10 years later

Well we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary. Who could have imagined it would have come so fast. This is the only picture I have on my computer of our wedding. This is my grandma and grandpa Girardo. The rest of my pictures are in storage so that is why I put this picture on here. Everyone tells you how fast it goes but now that I'm here I can say they are right. It all seems to have gone by in a blur. I feel like at 10 years we are starting over somehow too. Chelton is starting a new career as a police officer and we are starting a new life in Fillmore, Utah. If you haven't heard yet he got a job in Fillmore and we will be moving very quickly down there. We sure have been through a lot in these last 10 years and it has been quite a journey. I can't wait to see what the next 10 years will bring. I have learned a lot in life these past 10 years and I can't wait to bring that knowledge to good use. I definitely love Chelton more than ever too!!!

A princess turning three

KYLIE



Well my baby just turned three. My oh my...where in the world does time go. Kylie is getting so big (well not so much big as she is getting older). She is all girl and all that it implies. She is such a princess and a diva and a sweetheart all rolled into one. She likes to be the boss of everything. She loves her brothers and calls them "my boys." She loves to play with anything pink. She likes to wear anything pink and anything that has a skirt on it but at the same time will get down and play anything boyish the boys are playing too. She likes to boss around the boys a lot. She has absolutely no problem telling the boys (or me and Chelton what to do). She definitely likes to get her way. She is very emotional (hence the diva statement). Yet she is such a sweetheart. She is always running in our room telling us she has a secret to tell and when she comes over she will tell me that "mommy is so cute." She will not go to bed unless she has given mommy and daddy a big hug and kiss. She is into music big time. We got her a Tinkerbell CD player for her birthday with a bunch of CDs to play in them and she has listened to them nonstop. She loves anything from princess music to Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Leona Lewis, loves Kris Allen (like her Mom) and just loves all music.



This year all she wanted was to have was a tea party and to have cupcakes. We went to dinner with my mom and dad on her actual birthday and I asked her where she wanted to go and she just told me she wanted to eat cupcakes. We ended up going to Moore's (mostly because Connor wanted to have breakfast food). The next night was her Aunt Meridee's birthday so we had a combined party and had Kylie's favorite food hot dogs and we also had hamburgers and then Kylie's Grandma Spendlove made her pink cupcakes...she was so excited. She was happy to play with her cousins and she had a great birthday turning 3.

Vacation (well kind of)

Well this week my parents went on vacation to St. George and they couldn't take their chihuahua Diego so they asked to come house sit for them for the week...we were excited to come and stay the week and be on our own for the week. It has been like a vacation for us too. We have got to watch TV for a week (real TV)...we have been watching movies at my in-laws an it is kind of fun to watch TV again and the kids have been running around being loud (which they do anyway but I don't have to keep them quiet all the time so they don't bug everyone) so they have been loving that. It has been a fun vacation for all of us. I bet my in-laws are loving the peace and quiet at their house too. I'm sure a week away from us is heavenly :) It makes me excited for Chelton to get a job and finally get back to having a house of our own.

Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.....Just finished the book (I have read them before...just wanted to read it again before the movie came out) and now I can't wait to see the last movies....they are going to be sooo good. We are a Harry Potter family. We watch a Harry Potter movie at our house at least once a week, totally out of order and totally random. I wonder how close they will stick to the book. We plan to see it the weekend of Thanksgiving. I have been saving Coke Rewards Points (well actually mostly my Mom has been saving them for me) and with that I got two movie tickets so that will pay for half of my family to see it and the boys want to see it with us so we are taking them with us. Hopefully it is not too scary but they watch all the other Potter movies with us all the time so I think they will be okay. I just am so excited and can't wait. I think the last one will be the best.

Now I just have to find a new book to read....have been thinking about reading the Work and the Glory. I just got done rewatching the three movies. I read the first three and never finished them. That might be my next conquest...or I have heard good things about the Outlander series....who knows. Any ideas. I am really a series kind of girl.

I really need to post about Halloween but my only pictures came from my Mom and she is out of town so I can't get the pictures until she gets back.

Passing along easily

I want to first give a shout out to my wonderful husband. He is doing well in his police acadamy and we are very proud of him.

The rest of us are still plugging along. Connor is loving kindegarten and all that comes with it. He is a math genius and is doing Garrett's math homework right along with him. He is learning his multiplication tables with him. Garrett is loving being in scouts and loving the 3rd grade. Kylie is 2 and all that comes with it and getting closer to 3 every day and all that comes with that (I'm sure you know what that means if you have a 2--almost 3 year old)....she loves princess stuff and being in charge. She loves her boys and has to do what they do.

I can't really post any pictures now because I haven't got a battery for my camera but need to soon because Halloween is coming up. Hopefully I will get some pics up for that!!!

Christmas shopping

Okay so I'm not one to try to talk people into signing up for stuff but this website is one that I already use and I love so I thought I would share it with others too. I did a lot of online shopping last year for Christmas and throughout the year (no stores, free shipping, good deals) and I earned a check delivered right to my door for over $40 just for doing so. There is a website called ebates.com where if you go there first, find the website you want first and from there go to the store you want and buy something, you get cash back and mailed directly to you. They add up from the cash back from all the stores you buy and mail you a check three to four times a year and you get paid for doing what you were already going to do anyway. Anywere from 4% up to 12% and sometimes double rewards on special days. It works and there is no catch and virtually every store is on their site (minus amazon.com bummer). I got a hefty check in February last year for $40 after buying my Christmas. Also every time I order my pictures through Walgreen's or Shutterfly or Snapfish I always go to Ebates first and then click on their link to those sites and then get cash back for ordering my pictures. Anyway...they have a refer a friend link so if you are interested and if you order online please use this link and try it out. You might have to copy and paste the link in your browser as I couldn't get it to just click to go to their website. They also give away a $10 giftcard just for signing up. I would appreciate it much.


http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=qB5JQK0Zwas3Bgh9m8D%2BYg%3D%3D

Back to North Ogden

Well we are moving AGAIN (yes we just moved two months ago). We will be moving this weekend back to North Ogden to live with Chelton's parents until he gets done with the police academy and gets a job (hopefully until February at the latest). Hopefully he gets a job up north and we can try to find a house back in Plain City as we loved it here. We made such good friends and had THE BEST neighbors and ward. Hopefully also my kids don't bug my inlaws too much. Thanks to them for letting us house crash for a while. Now I have to focus on moving again this weekend (I am so sick of moving) and just to think I have to do it again around February. You'd think I was a pro by now. I am glad at least that Garrett gets to go back to his old school with his old friends and doesn't have to try to make all new ones.