Afternoon of fun~

After a great suprise of getting to stay home from work last night; Kaiden and I spent the day in our jammies and just enjoyed the day. We wanted to play outside but the weather was not all that great. We did some house stuff... laundry, dishes, stuff like that then we pulled out the finger paints and painted for a while. We then cleaned up our mess and moved on to coloring. After all way picked up we had a snack.... grapes... and watched Kaiden's favorite show......... America's funnies home videos. After that we pulled out the board games and spend the next hour with the "Candy Land Gang".

Once we battled out who was the candy princess (Kaiden of course). We pulled out the Lego's and started to build. Here is what we came up with. Now that our day of play is over; I better get off of here and dinner finshed so I can get showered and off to work!

~Kaleaha~

Well after Kaiden's first puppy experience which as you can remember didn't turn out well. My grandparents found Kaiden another little puppy to love and to spoil. Kaiden has named her Kaleaha. She is very cute and pictures don't do her any favors but Kaiden loves her.

After only a few short days. Kaleaha is very protective of Kaiden. She doesn' t let her out of her sight. They have been playing for hours and are both worn out. I am so excited to see this smile on Kaiden's face again. She has been so excited to have her "Kaleaha Special" she is my "special dog" mom. I love her!!! So once a gain we are a family of one little girl, three dogs, and one cat.  Life is grand!

They are worn out from playing the day away in the sunshine. Kaiden doesn't nap anymore so these moments of silence at our house are far and few inbetween. Blessings to you all I hope you have a great night!

Happy Birthday Kaiden!

So Kaiden turned 4 on Jan. 24th. It's amazing how fast she has grown. It seems like yesterday that she was crawling and now she is running around the house, has tap dance classes, pre-school, a full vocabulary, her own sence of style and her own opinions! She makes life fun and interesting and always on the move. We held her birthday party at "Bouncing off the walls" in bend. A wonderful place for kids to play. The whole group was exhausted by the time we were done playing.. Kaiden had a great time with all her friends. We had a great turn out and even the adults were tired by the end of the day. Here are a few picutres from the day.

After all was said and done she was blessed with lots of gifts and a sugar high from the cake.  As we drove home I had to stop and think how amazing our life is. We are covered with blessings of family and friends. We have the most amazing gift from God as our daughter. We get to laugh often, live large, and love is all around us. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAIDEN I love you more than you will ever know! I thank God evey day for you!!!

My night at home!

Tonight is my 1st full day/night at home since our vacation to Hawaii. I will work on getting those pictures up there but I am going to show you a little of my home life. I love my life. I have an amazing little girl who loves to play. A wonderful husband who spends all this time with her. Two dogs and a goofy cat. We spend our nights hanging out playing games, chasing the animals around the house and then we crash! Funny how our nights happen so quick!
Tonight Josh called to chat to our good friends the Keegans. When we found that they were in the DQ drive through we suprisingly got blizzards!! Thank you Kody and Becca! Glad we got to see you guys even for a short while. Here are a few pictures of a our night together!

~Sledding in to 2010~

After a wonderful time with friends to ring in the New Year last night we all loaded up the kiddo's and headed to McKay saddle for a little sledding and snow play. There were a total of 13 kids running around in the snow and having a great time. It's funny to me that when you hear kids having that much fun it can put a smile of your face like nothing else. The oldest kid was about 10 and the youngest ones were a little over a year. They all played so good together; we are so blessed to have this many friends with kids who love to do outdoor stuff too. Our kids will always be friends I am sure!

Cole pulling Kaiden and Bailee. He is a great big brother!

Bailee wanted to sled like the big kids.

Kaiden and Parys had so much fun together!

This is us! This is what we do, being together, making memories for a life time and loving the life God has given us! We are so blessed!!!

2010 bring it on!

Rest in Peace~

Thursday afternoon when I woke up from a restless day of sleep. I got dressed and drove to the vet in Terrebonne to see how Poachie was doing. On the way there I called my grandma and she told me that this morning Poachie didn't look good so Kaiden had said her good bye's and unless he got better she didn't need to go and see him anymore because she was so heart broke. When I got to the vet he was beeing held by Ann. Ann had been working with him the whole week he was there and was very attached to him. He was very weak and could not hold up his head. He flipped his tail when I said his name but he was to weak to respond. I held him for about 45 min talking to him and telling him how much we loved him and needed him to come home. I said a prayer for him to get the strength and come home soon.  We helped him eat and drink but he was unable to hold it down. Ann said that he was a fighter but it was still touch and go if he was going to pull through. I had to go back to work so I said that I loved him and good bye. I drove to my grandmas house which is just down the street and when I got to her house my phone rang. Poachie and laid down closed his sweet brown eyes and passed away. Ann said he had just waited for us all to  say good bye. I cried, but more than anything telling my baby girl that her best friend was no longer with us; that was painful. Watching her big eyes swell up with tears was heart breaking. She asked why, and I didn't have a great answer. I said that he was not sick anymore and that he was in heaven healthy and happy. She asked if he was in "heaven with uncle". I said yes and she smiled and said "uncle will like him." We drove up to the vet to find Ann crying. She gave us hugs and said how sorry she was. She then let us see him. We said a prayer and she placed him in a small white box. As we were leaving Kaiden said she wanted to carry him. She carried him to the car and held him the whole way home. We colored his box with crayons and wrote messages on it. Kaiden wrote his name and her name and then colored a heart. Josh made a cross and Kaiden said good bye. What a hard lesson for a 3 1/2 year old little girl to learn. She is so strong though! So after only 3 short months here on earth Poachie Tolman left us. He was so sweet and we hope that she can find another puppy some day to love her like he did. We love you Poachie.

Praying~

Well this weekend has been one full of sorrows and is in need of many prayers. We got news Friday afternoon that a good close friend of ours passed away Friday morning. I am not sure that I understand why these thing happen or that I can always believe that there is a reason for these things and we just need to trust in God. I do trust and I know God will be with the family through this but it just isn't fair. Tami was only in her 30's and she had a 7 mo. old baby boy! I have known Matt much longer than I had known Tami but to see Matt as happy as he was when he was with her was amazing. Matt and Tami were together through a lot in their short time together but being together gave them strength beyond comparison! Baby Dilon was a blessing to them both in many ways! As friends we can only make sure that he knows what a wonderful Mother she was and how much she loved him! For Matt we are here for anything he needs but we know that is nothing compaired to having his wife here with him. Please keep them in your thought as the holidays come this year. Give your spouse an extra kiss today and hold your babies closer! You never know when you won't get to do it again!!

So friday night Josh and I took a night and went to Ka Nee Tah resort in Warm Springs for the hospital Christmas party. It was a wonderful time! Kaiden and Poachie went to see my grandma for the night. Saturday morning we got a call from my grandma and Poachie was very sick and she had taken him to the vet.  The vet had started an IV and he had diagnosed him with Parvo! Where would he get that? How? I was confused and angry! More than anything I was sorry for Kaiden. She didn't understand why her little puppy was so sick and why he had to stay at the vet and couldn't come home with her. Well it's now Monday and he has made it through the weekend but yesterday they called and said they were thinking he wasn't going to make it! I was so sad and poor Kaiden has been crying all weekend for her little puppy! He is getting better but still has a long ways to go before we can bring him home. I have been cleaning like crazy with bleach all over my house and spraying the yard to keep him safe when he does get to come home!! Crazy animals!!
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