Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was AMAZING!!!

Great people, great food, and wonderful memories!

Couldn't ask for better. :)

So Wednesday My Brother and Sister in law came down to spend Thanksgiving with us! I was really excited cause its been years, the last time was about 4 years ago that we spent Thanksgiving with them. So it was pretty exciting..

That night Logan needed to let lose! Ha

Him and Mike stayed up and played games, (Drinking games) Logan doesn't drink. But he had SO much stress built up that he really needed this. So the night ended up like this...

Passed out with all the dogs. :) I really think that he had a good time and i know my brother was proud to be the first to get him a little tipsy.

So now on to Thanksgiving day! :)

We woke up and started cooking the wonderful meal.

I got to make this really cute veggie tray that i go from Pintrest. And i think it turned out really cute. I was pretty impressed.

We didn't do much but just hang out with great company. We watched our Cowboys beat some ass. Haha not really they only one by 1 and at the VERY last second. But hey the still WON right.

I love that im able to be with Logan and my wonderful family for the holidays. I love this time and i love that we make such great memories. :)

Thanksgiving was amazing cause i had such great people spending it with me..

We are true COWBOYS fan right there

I sure love my Brother and sister! They make me whole.

Us girls getting our spoon on after dinner. Getting ready for BLACK FRIDAY.

OH MY

Black Friday was so crazy..

So Myself, My mom, Celest, Breanna, and Barb all went to walmart at 9:00. Wish we got there a little sooner. The didn't start opening things till 10. We thought an hour before we would be good. Wrong. People had been there from 7:00 even soon. Yeah talk about crazy. So we all split up, so we could all get what we wanted. Mom and Celest went to Toys, Breanna went to kids clothes, and Barb and I went to Movies. When it hit 10 everyone staring YELLING and going CRAZY. To say the least it was CRAZY haha can i say that once more! CRAZY!!! But totally worth it! I love the feeling of craziness. haha I think that we got pretty good deals. I was happy with what i got and for the price..

After Walmart Logan Barb and Myself heading into Salt Lake. We went to Shopko, the mall and Target. We got so more good stuff at great prices. Walmart was by far the WORST. We ended up not getting home till 6:30 and by that time i was so tired i couldn't even get up till Noon haha..

But again it was worth all the craziness and the lack of sleep..

I love it and cant wait to do it again new year.. 

Here is a picture of walmart right when it was all about to start. haha

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!!! I KNOW I DID!!

Thankful

Thanksgiving. 

Is anyone else as excited as i am! ;) I think not.

I love food but most of all i love thanksgiving food. For some reason Food at Thanksgiving is so dang good, even if you have that kind of dinner all the time. IT just taste better on this day. Haha 

So I'm just going to leave you with what I'm Thankful this year. 

I can name a million things and one. Ill leave it short. 

So Who I'm Thankful for. :)

Connor Michael.

The light of my life. I don't think i can put in it into words how much this little man means to me. He has changed my life in so many GOOD ways. He makes me laugh all the time, with the cute little comments he says. He makes my heart melt when just out of the blue he will come hug me and say in my ear, Mommy i love you!! He makes my life worth living, he is the breath inside me and my smile on my face. I'm so thankful that god pick me to be his mom! I love him more then words can express!

Logan Sean..

My other half. My best friend and the love of my life.

We have had our hard times but i don't want to go through these hard times with anyone else but him. I love him so much and still get the teenager feeling when i talk about him..He makes me a better person,  He is the one that knows me and loves me for ME. Logan  still and always will make my heart skip a beat. I'm thankful for Logan love.

My Parents.

These two amazing people are my rock, my back bones. They are why I'm the person i am today. They are my best friends and the ones i can laugh and talk about anything. They are always there to listen or talk to. They have stood behind me on everything i do and will do. I love my parent so much and very thankful for everything they have done for me.

 My siblings.

MY BEST FRIENDS. They are some of the funniest people in the world. in just a matter of 2 seconds they will light up your whole life. They are my laughter and the smile i have on my face each and every day! They know just when i need a pick me up! I know no matte what happens in life i WILL always have these 3 right beside me! 

I'm thankful i have these 3 as my siblings

Alyssa, Aidan, Austin.

The 3 A's. I never knew i could love someone to much till they were all born. I have a VERY spacial spot in my heart for these little kiddos. They make me laugh so hard and make me a better person! I love them with everything i am! I wish more then anything i could see them more then a few time a year. But in time we will all be close again! 

Barb

My mother in law. 

This woman is like a mother to me. She always knows just the right words to say to me to make me feel 100% better. She will be the one up till 4 in the morning making sure I'm okay, and making sure i have someone no matter what. I love her and so thankful that she came into my life. I don't know where i would be without her in my life..

I can go on and on and on about all the amazing people in my life. I'm so thankful so everyone. i always know that i have friends, true friends!

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving and a FUN Black Friday, Cause oh boy i know i will!!

P.S This was my 400 POST!!!!!!!!

WOOT WOOT for me haha

Ryan Paul Garcia

Well here i am again talking about a death in the family..

I feel like in the last few months this is all i post about.. 

death.

and I'm tired of it. 

I think 6 in a year is far to many..

My heart hurts.

RYAN PAUL GARCIA

39 years old

Most of you don't know that Logan had an other older brother. RYAN. He was Sam (Logan dad) Son. Sam was married before he was married to Barb. And that where Ryan came from.. 

Anyways When Logan was growing up Ryan lived with them most of his life. On and off. So Logan grew up knowing Ryan and being with Ryan. About a year before Sam died Ryan went off and tried to do his own thing. Long story short he got into drugs and didn't keep in touch with ANY of his family. Sad right, Well when Sam died Logan saw him for about a month after and then Ryan didn't want anything to do with family again! So for 9 year Logan hasn't had anything to do with his brother. Not Logan choice but Ryan's. Logan tried and tried to reach out to be with his brother again but Ryan wanted nothing with his family.. So in the three years i have never meant Ryan or really know anything about him. That makes me really sad. I look at this picture and think that we would of gotten along so well. Logan would of had another brother to talk to and have fun with...

The story goes on and on but i wont keep going.. 

So yesterday i got a call from Barb saying that she had some bad news. 

Ryan had died. 

My heart just dropped.

I then started worrying cause i didn't know how Logan was going to take it.

Logan is the kind of person who holds EVERYTHING inside and doesn't show his true feelings. So i was worried.

Barb said that Ryan just Friday got out of a 90 day Rehab, she said that they don't know what the cause was but they think it was a heart attack. Logan's Grandpa, as well as his Dad died from a heart attack. Ryan had, had 2 in years before. So it a high chance thats what it could of been. 

When Logan got home, we told him and he took it okay. He was mad, He was mad that Ryan wanted nothing to do with him, mad that Ryan didn't want a relationship with anyone. I think it just hurt him that he didnt have the chance to be brothers with him. 

I know I didnt get to know Ryan like i wish i was able to. But i know that he was an amazing man, If he was anything like his dad he was very strong. I wish more then anything he is with his dad and being able to start a NEW and BETTER relationship with him. And i know one day Logan will be able to share that with BOTH of them.. RYAN may you always rest in peace! You will be missed by so many people, and i wish i was able to meet you, and you meet connor i know he would of loved you. Watch over us and tell Sam we love him and miss him!

Fly high with you dad and always watch over your BROTHER Logan.

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Sock Bun?

Umm i saw this on a blog i follow and i thought maybe this could really work. 

Well im going to try it tonight and will let you know how it turns out tomorrow.. 

I hope it works cause my hair doesnt curl worth crap. ;)

Wish me Luck.

Try it out maybe it different with each hair.. Maybe

Disney on Ice

I think we have became the pro at Disney on Ice.

Even tho we have been quite a few time, i still get as excited as the first time. I know that Connor loves it so we will keep going till Connor is board with them.. :) Maybe..

I love that we are luck enough to be able to go out and do these things with Connor, i want Connor to always look back at his childhood and love ever minute of it.

Anyways The show was cute as always!! I loved it, but Logan said its getting to girly and he didn't like it at all.. I guess we might lose a person on the way, oh well Connor and I will go together. :0

I'll leave you with a few pictures from our night.

Didn't take much cause they are all on my phone

cause stupid me lost my camera AGAIN!!!!. ;(

A day with a 3 year old

Today Connor and i had a pretty fun day.

We watched the Lion King TWICE!!

Played Thomas the train matching game THREE times!

Ate Lunch on the floor.

Ran up and down the stairs 20+ times (Great work out)

Played tag

made a fort

Had a pillow fight.

Did some WWF

Took some Pictures

and now all mommy wants to do is sleep!

But i love seeing these faces!

Oh the joys of being able to stay home with my little monkey!

I LOVE IT

Christmas Coupons

We are on a chunk for money.. In my last post i was talking about how i was scared that i wasn't going to be able to do Christmas or even Birthday. Well i found kinda a way..

Coupons and Black Friday!

First ill tell you about my lovely coupons i used at Kohl's..

In the mail we got a card that was $10 off.. you have to spend $10 or more but that's always easy when you shop at Kohl's..

Well my friend had lots. i think she had a total of like 14.

So she gave us 7.. that's a total of $70 we got for free.

Kohl's is always having really good deals.

Everything in this picture we got for $33.. Yeah that's all and we got 6 Christmas gifts, my sister an outfit and myself a shirt... normally $170.

I got those two Barbie for $1.70, each barbie was $6 each.

Te Nerf gun and my shirt for $8. Nerf gun is normally $12.00 and the shirt is $8.

My mom got Breanna pants,shirt, and jewelry

for $13.80. Pants normally $35 on sale for $10.80 and the shirt was $14.50. Not sure on the price for the Jewelry.

The dump truck was $2.93. Normally $24

the to cars were $2.60 Normally $24

So i think we got a pretty good deal. All that for least then $50...

(Sorry really bad picture.)

Then BLACK FRIDAY!!!

I'm crazy about this day.. Ive been doing this for 3 years not and I'm addicted..

I always get most of my Christmas shopping done here. Most of it.. They always have the best deals, you just have to fight people to get what you want. :) I'm hoping this year i can do the same and get some awesome deals. I have been able to get some of my family to come with me. This year ill have my mom, sister in law, and Barb. I'm really excited to see how my mom is going to like it. She hates shopping and she

hates crowds ha. So we will see. But I'm going to make a list of things that we really need to get and make sure i get them. I have this App on my phone of all the Black Friday deals. So i already have it set. Haha yes I'm addicted, But hey its gets Christmas done. :)

Just thinking about it makes me all excited haha.

So there it is my plan for Birthday and Christmas on a low income. it BETTER WORK.

Wherever you are my ♥ will find you.

My mom found this wonderful book that she is going to give to all her grand kids for Christmas.

But i loved it so much that I'm going to share it with you.

Made me cry..

Hope you all love it!

Wherever you are my love will find you.

By Nancy Tillman..

"I wanted you more than you ever will know,

so i sent love to follow wherever you go.

It's high as you wish it.

It's as quick as an elf.

You'll never outgrow it.....it stretches itself.

So climb any mountain...

climb up to the sky!

My love will find you.

My love can fly.

Make a big Splash!

Go out on a limb!

My love will find you.

My love can swim.

It never gets lost,

 never fades,

never ends....

If your working...

or playing...

or sitting with friend

You can dance 'til you're dizzy...

paint 'til you're blue

There's no place, not one,

that my love can't find you.

 And if someday you're lonely,

or someday you're sad,

or you strike out at baseball,

or think you've been bad.

Just lift up your face, feel the wind in your hair.

That's me, my sweet baby, my love is right there.

In the green of the grass... in the smell of the sea...

in the clouds floating by... at the top of the trees...

in the sound crickets make at the end of the day...

"You are loved. You are loved. You are loved," They all say

My love is so high, and so wide and so deep,

it's always right there, even when you're asleep..

So hold your head up high

 and don't be afraid to march to the front of your own parade.

If you're still my small babe,

or you're all the way grown,

my promise to you is you're never alone.

You are my angel, my darling,

my star....and my love will find you,

WHEREVER YOU ARE...."

A little of everything.

Ya this is going to be a post about everything. I just have so much on my mind lately.
So its going to be a random and point less post..

So on Saturday last week i found out that I'm going to be an other AUNT to a beautiful baby (GIRL, that's what I'm hoping for). My sister Torie is 4 weeks pregnant. I got a phone call Saturday morning and it was Alyssa. She was just talking to me like any other day, told me that she got all A's in school and that she was about to lose an other tooth.. Then just out of the blue she said. My mommy is pregnant again! Haha I paused for a few minutes.. I was in total shocked cause Torie and Mike both said that they were done having babies! Haha they were wrong. Opppss. But I'm so over excited to have an other beautiful baby in this family! I cant wait to see if it will be a little girl or boy! The only things that sucks is that we wont be apart of the pregnancy, or the birth! Wait I'm going to try my hardest to be there for the birth! It will be right about mine and my sister birthday so i think that would be the best 21st birthday gift ever is to be with my sister when she has the baby! Oh i cant wait!!
Can you tell I'm a little excited!! :)

Next
Friday i went to the Women's expo center. It was a fun girls night to just get out and be around girls. We walked to all the different booths and checked everything out. Then we got to the Psyche, Ive always been a little weird about these things but Barb had been to one once before and she said that she was amazed of how much they really know. So Barb sat down to get it done and i was shocked on what she was telling Barb. First she said that Barb was an amazing woman, and that she had just taken on a big job, something with kids. (Barb has taken in Logan 2 little cousin), She said that barb has three kids, and the first born died right after birth ( Logan older sister died a week after birth) Then she said that she has been married more then once. (Right) And he 2 husband died from a heart attack  (Logan Dad) and that the son of this dad was worried about having a heart attack. (true) She said that this son is in a committed relationship, and when he got in the relationship it wasn't just her who came into his life.(True) She said that they will be getting married in the next few year.. (YES) and that HE loves these two people more then anything in this world.. (AWWW) Anyways there was a lot more that she had said but ill leave it at that and get one to mine.
So after Barb got hers done i thought i would do it.. I was scared to know what she was going to say. Haha. She first screamed OH NO!!!! It looks like you are very independent and don't let people in! You always have a wall up and wont let people in easy cause you have been hurt really bad and its hard for you to trust anyone.. (Yea i guess that is really all true.) She said that i was young when i had my child and that the father left us cause he was scared and wasn't ready for this. (You all know the story there) She also told me that i need to watch my health.. ( umm) She said that there will be a BIG decision in my life here soon and when it comes DON'T DO IT.. (uh that kinda freaks me out.) She said that my man that I'm with now i will marry and when we get older we will travel the world. All over the world. Pretty neat i say.. She wasn't able to get into me as much she said it was cause i had my wall up. But i think i would go back to one of those. I thought it was really neat to see that they can do this...:) I guess we will see right.

Moving on
This year we are really having a hard time with money. With me not having a job i will be shocked if we can have a Christmas or even a birthday for Connor. I'm having a really hard time with that. I just sit here and think how could my son not have a birthday or a Christmas. I can imagine that. Just to see the look on his face would be the hardest thing in the world. We are trying to come up with something to at least get him a few gifts, but only time will tell i guess...
Speaking of Christmas last year Logan and i talked about how we will spend Christmas with both families. Last year we had Thanksgiving with his family and Christmas with mine. Well Christmas Eve with my family. and Christmas day with his family. This year we will be spending Thanksgiving with my family and allll Christmas With his family. I guess I'm being a little selfish but i want to spend it with my family i think last year wasn't fair for my family to only get us half the time. But i guess this is what goes on when you have to different family in two different states. I know that once Christmas gets here ill be more then fine with it cause all Christmas is, is spending time with the ones you love. I know it will be hard at first but i need to also put myself in Logan shoes and if we went to my family what would he be feeling. Its just something you have to do when you are in a relationship. Its just right now hard to get my finger wrapped around the fact that I wont be spending Christmas with my family this year..

Lets just say that I'm so excited for the coming up Holidays!! I love this time of the year, if only it didn't have to be freezing Cold. I'm excited for BLACK FRIDAY, I'm excited for CONNOR BIRTHDAY, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEARS, MINE AND LOGAN 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY I'm excited to sit in the house on a cold night and just curl up in a blanket and watch movie with Logan, I'm excited for Christmas music, and the smell of the food, and just being with wonderful family! I'm just over excited for this time of the year! I think about it and i just want to jump up and down! HAHA :)

Well there is my pointless and random post! Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday night :)

Craft Swap

These two wonderful ladies are putting on a great Craft Swap!

Go over to Karina's Challenge or over to Our Family of Three. To get all the details.

It a fun way to spread the Holiday Cheer this year.

What they are doing is getting any blogger together to to make a hand-crafted gift from the heart.

They will pick you a Partner to make the gift for and your partner will do the same for you. Its just a really neat way to get something for the Holiday and to get everyone into the Holiday spirit.:)

So make sure you get on their blogs and get signed up. They will have no details over there.

So get going and get signed up.

Its will be fun promise. :)

Halloween.

Ill leave this one short and sweet.

Halloween was pretty fun. First year Logan wasn't able to come with us to go on main Street. But that's okay he was able to get off work and make it so he was able to take Connor around for an hour or so. Connor was really excited this year. Every morning he would wake up asking if today was trick or treating. When i told him today was the day he was more then EXCITED.!! He was happy to wear the Lightning McQueen!

He got tons of candy that we are still working on eating.

and he got to spend the day With Lil and Grace.

Over all Halloween was a great day for all of us

Ill leave to you some handsome picture of my handsome Lightning!

Pinterest anyone??

I guess pinterest is my new love.

You all can agree with me!

I love it..

So i was looking and i thought i would post some of my favorite pins this week..

Everyone has some hard days. So i think everyone needs to read this each morning..

 This has always been my saying to Connor. I read the book to him almost every night when he goes to bed. I want this in my house. In the play room or in alll my kids rooms. I just want them to always remember that i will love them forever and always.

I know i don't have very many shoes but i think this is the coolest idea! I want this

 As we speak right now I'm ordering  my pictures to do this to my wall. I have a huge wall in my room that has been blank for a really long time. I thought this was perfect to put there.

 I want make this with the kids one day! Maybe for Connor birthday Cake.

 So the nest three are a few really neat wedding ideas that WILL be at my wedding. The book is placed on each table number 1-however many tables to have. Write on them. Please leave a message in the book for Logan and Chelby to open on their 1, 2 ,3 and so on Anniversary.. So each year we will be able to look at these books and always know how amazing our big day was.. Yes i will need help making these. :)

Great idea huh!!

These will be my center piece! I just need to think of what to put in them. Flowers, candles, rocks, pictures, something.

 To me this Will be so special to me. On my flower i will out 3 pictures on it of the people who passed in mine and Logan family. People who cant be there with us. We will have my two grandmas and Logan Dad. They will be there no matter what and will have front row seats. I think this is amazing and i love it.

In the inside of my wedding dress, put our wedding date written in Blue.. For Something blue.

Maybe this would help me get more organized.. i need them

And for Connor Valentines day i want to make these for his cute little friends at school..

Cutest idea for them..

Ya i think im in LOVE..

:)