Busy Week!

Let's go in order here. My brother and his family have been staying at my parents for the weekend. So we have had a lot of nephew time!

Seriously so cute after his tubby time.

Hair. Yes, it's seriously obnoxious. I sometimes wish I never cut it in the first place. I have been trying to grow my hair out for reals for the last year. And it was at the awkward length and wouldn't poof anymore and just blah. So it does not take me long to look up a cut I want (I have a million saved on my computer) and chop it. And where I work at a salon chopping hair to us girls is like a rush as silly as that sounds. So pretty much any of the girls volunteer to do it. 20 min later and this is what we got.

It's been fun to have! I wonder what my next cut shall be..whooo knows. 

Now to Memorial Day weekend. My family kept it simple this year and went to Mesa Falls. Unfortunately my husband had to wait around all day for the order to come to his work. So he didn't get to come. One of these days I swear me and him will have a day to ourselves without anything to do something. I WILL make it happen!

We went and visited our grandparents grave of course. Its awesome to see how many things are left from all the families. Even after us there was MANY more things left.

And all the Mesa Falls pictures. Even though i've been there a million times it's still so cool to see!

Gender reveal party! My sister Shandell found out the sex of their baby today. She wanted to have a gender reveal party to tell us what it was. So we all met up for a BBQ. After dinner we all had cupcakes and bit into them at the same time. Lo and behold they were filled with BLUE! That's right, she is having a BOY! They are so excited :) This makes nephew #11 for me and Caleb. Still only 1 niece. We really are doomed. hahaha

Today was the last FULL day I babysit little miss Natalie. And I'm actually kind sad! I bonded with this little girl a ton! I guess having her 3 times a week for 5 months will do that to you. 

She is seriously adorable!

Random.

Haha so me and Caleb got to bed WAYY late one night, like 3 in the morning late. And I swear after every time we take Libbie out to use the bathroom for the night she gets super hyper and has ALL this energy. Haha so Libbie and Caleb had to play to get some of that energy out so we could sleep. lol

And this is what I saw when I turned my head to check on her. Hahahaha she is so weird. Just snoozin away!

Chaperones

Today me and my sister Shandell got to be chaperones for my mom's 1st grade class and went to Bear World. I hadn't been since I was in elementary so it was kinda fun to see it all again. I definitely do not miss riding a bus though. haha and I know I could never teach elementary. Way too many kids and way too much noise. But, it turned out to be fun morning. It's fun to see my mom in her element working. Anywho..here are some photos.

Waiting patiently for food. haha

The baby bears were my favorite. SOOO cute!

Seriously adorable!

As creepy as peacocks are..they have cool feathers!

Lagoon/Boise/Randomness

Last Sunday, me and some of the girls from the salon made a day trip and went to Lagoon! Turned out to be a pretty fun day! I slept like a baby that night. Must have worn me right out! P.s., these pics aren't in order..

Us girls on our way! L-R Johnie, Kenzi, Allison, me, Shy

Sky coaster tickets!

Can't go wrong with good ol Mouse Trap!

Probably the best ride there! It's worth the extra money!

So fun!

Now onto Boise. So I can't say much of why we were down there. Let's just say it was for Caleb's work and that many fantastic changes are happening. All for the better. It was a good reason we were there! We made it a quick trip.We drove the long drive down there Tuesday after we got off work. The guy Caleb met up with payed for our Hotel. So once we got to our hotel we were both super surprised because it was the nicest hotel we have ever stayed at! hahahaha clearly we are kinda cheap. We were grateful for it though. I doubt we will pay that much for a hotel ever. 

Since we got there kinda late that night we went straight to bed. We had to get up fairly early that morning so that Caleb could meet up with the couple of guys for his meeting. I dropped him off just ahead of 9 that morning. Then I pretty much had the rest of the day to myself. I had only been to Boise once in my life and that was in high school and I wasn't driving. I was not/still am not familiar with the place at all. So after dropping Caleb off, I found my way back to our hotel so I could finish getting ready and pack up our things. I stayed there till the last possible second to kill time. I packed up and checked out of the hotel. Once I got to my car I had NO clue what to do for 4 hours by myself. Where was I gonna go? I'm nervous driving by myself. What if I couldn't find how to get back to Caleb? haha ok so maybe I was having some anxiety. But seriously! I was a bit scared. I only got lost once. But for the most part I did great navigating by myself across town. Thanks to my gps.You gotta put all your trust in that which is slightly scary to think about really! So I first decided to call my grandpa and step grandma up to see if I could come say hi. I really hadn't talked to them probably since my wedding almost 4 years ago. So it was SO long overdue. I hung out at their place for a bit which was so nice. Grateful that I could see him! Then I drove over to Hobby Lobby. Everybody raves about this place and I had never gone so I decided to check it out. It was such a fun store! And around that area is where I got slightly lost. Plus there was a boatload of traffic on the highway and in the city. Traffic was back up on the highway for miles! I guess it gave me some time to figure out where I was. haha

Uhm hi. I'm lost.

After that I went to Ross. Theirs sucks btw. I didn't buy anything and I usually can easily spend at least 50 bucks. I took my sweet time just trying to kill time before I had to pick up Caleb. I had peanut butter and honey sandwiches in the car so I ate my lunch, took my time, listened to music. Finally it was about time to go meet up with Caleb. So I gassed up the car and then hung out in my car for like half our...listened to more music...watched the stormy weather (rain, thunderstorms)

 FINALLLYYY it was time to go in with Caleb. Was in there for a bit. Thennn it was time to make the long drive home. Sadly I didn't get pics on this trip. Wasn't much to take I guess. Even though the trip itself was boring, I still found it fantastic to be sit in the car with Caleb for hours and hours. I seriously married one funny guy. He makes me laugh till i'm crying. And it's like that EVERY day. 

And for randomness.

Loves my Libbie

I LOVE this little girl. I have been babysitting her every week since January. She has grown up so much. Plus she is totally adorable. 

Libbie being so sad that I won't throw that annoying duck. Hahaha 

Caleb's headphones came in the mail and he was ecstatic! He was gettin ready to get his nerd on. Love that boy!!

Mothers Day / Kristie's Birthday

This mothers day was a tad bit harder for me. I've debated even blogging about mothers day because I didn't want it to be all about me or my selfishness. It hit me harder this year because we are obviously having difficulties getting pregnant. It was hard to not feel sorry for myself and focus on all the wonderful moms out there when I'm over here just longing to be a mom and that just isn't even working out nor has it worked out. I blame it on my condition. I've spent thousands of dollars including a surgery to hopefully help the process along. So far nothing. I'm not giving up hope but it sure is probably one of hardest things I've had to deal with. Emotionally, physically, and mentally. All past mothers days I've always loved it to be able to make my mom feel extra special, but this year I couldn't help but think of myself, friends, and family that have dealt with infertility, losing a child/miscarriage/stillborn, or losing their mom. I avoided the internet and especially facebook and instagram. I know thats horrible because everyone is always so kind on there making a loving status towards their moms. Going to church on mothers day has now become a challenge. Maybe next year will be better but for now I did what I could. Seeing family and friends loving on their babes hurts to watch. And for some reason, whenever it's a holiday, that is when it is especially hard. I dream of babies and kids. I want the small things so bad. I want to read my children stories, do their hair, feed them meals, take them trick or treating, wake me up in the night that their scared or hungry, take them to the zoo/ park, have picnics, travel, the list goes on and on. I want to be a mom. I know I have no control over these trials and that either way, it is in the lords hands. I had to and still have to remind myself of that every day. So that little saying was what got me through that day. That and having a supportive husband and pup that I claim my child.

Although it was a tough day, it was also a wonderful day. I love being able to have a day to show moms out there how grateful we are of them. Especially my mom. I am truly blessed to have the mom I do! Shout out to my mom, grandparents (even though they are in heaven), sister in laws, and my sister who's got one baking. You are all fantastic. You guys make me excited for my own one day.

For mothers day we all met up at my parents for dinner......

......And as usual there was TONS of food. Everyone was so full and so they decided to compare with prego in the group. It's a toughie on who one ;) 

My sister Kristie turned 14 this last week. She's growing up WAY too fast! I ended up out at my parents to hang out with her on her actual birthday and then we combined mothers day and her birthday with family where they were so close.

I ended up getting her a nail polish kit thingy with more nail polish so she'll stop asking to use mine ;) ha

Happy birthday sister! You are so beautiful and turning into such a cute girl. I love you lots! 

Overall life is busy but going good! Caleb and his job are improving a LOT. Lots of changes are happening and for the better. We are definitely excited about it!

Same old same old for me!

And same for Libbie too :)

We are honky dory and doing well :)

Update

Last Sunday my family got together for our usual dinner. Afterwards as we were all visiting, my dad mentioned that when he was a kid he had this toy train and that he found the set when my grandparents passed away and they were cleaning out their house. So we pulled it out and it was kind of neat!

Setting it up.

Cute little nephew :)

All while that was going on, my mom helped my brother Lane make cookies for the first time.

So this is a couple weeks old but I thought it was adorable. 

And this was from yesterday. Me and Shandell went shopping to get her some maternity shirts. I'm SO grateful for the relationship I have with my sister. We are incredibly close. The only true girlfriend I have ever had :) Love you sister!

As for other news--I am still working away! Lucky for me I got bumped up in my position. Which is huge! You are either just a stylist, an expert stylist, or master stylist. And only Tami is and will be the master stylist. So the highest you can go with a title is an expert and i'm proud to say I achieved that! It also means you raise your prices which leads to bigger pay checks. I've improved SO much and seriously love what I do. I hate to say it but I'm glad that my parents made me stick through it. You don't have to say I told you so mom and dad!! ;) I am still truckin along with my dental assisting school. Im pretty close to being done! Hallelujah! I also am still babysitting little miss Natalie. Recently I have become SO attached to her. I sometimes wish she were my own. I've pretty much recovered from my surgery. Surprisingly its still swollen and had been bleeding again this last week. Not really sure why. And not to be a total downer but the surgery didn't work. I still have a small glimpse of hope. If nothing changes within the next few months we shall continue onto the next step which is hormone/fertility shot. I'm so frustrated it's tough to talk about. So, I will just leave it at that. 

As for Caleb--He has been working more than 40 hours a week depending on the week. He's also still doing school. He is NEVER home. For all you who read this blog can call me a big ol baby all you want. I hate being away from Caleb. I hate that our schedules clash so much we literally never have a single day off to do something with each other. It's like Im gone before hes awake, and I'm in bed before he gets home. Sucks big time. I wish allll the time that I could turn back time and go way back to the times me and Caleb had the exact work schedule. We were with each other 24/7. And we loved every minute of it. We really aren't the people that "need a break from each other". Seriously. Like i've said in previous posts, if Caleb and I were with each other every day all day, we'd be happy. That's what makes us happy. It's what we look forward too. But, I am grateful we both have good jobs and a good life. I just wish there was more of us seeing each other in it. 

Libbie is good :) We think shes been having a reaction to the dog shampoo we buy her because her poor ears are probably scratched raw. :( Sorry Libbers! We are fixing that problem. 

I have been wanting to escape the world with Caleb and go on just an easy, no plans weekend getaway so if you have any ideas feel free to send them my way :)

Over all, life is good :)