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I couldn't find Gracy, I couldn't find Nacho.........I finally looked at the foot of our bed and I find these two hooligans cuddled up together giggling. You can see Nacho knows she is in BIG trouble she is NOT allowed on the blankets. But I still laughed out loud, they are getting to be pretty good little buddies. :)

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A few things have helped me keep the sanity lately :) when I can I go Back to the old studio and do makeup appointments for Betty ..... its really my true outlet. Thanks to danny he is more than supportive. Plus it doesn't hurt to make a few bucks here and there doing something I love. :)

sometimes a neon nail polish usually unleashes the wild side in me :) I have to get it out of my system somehow. I thought Prince of Persia was really entertaining, the special effects were mesmerising and it was a fairly clean movie :) Fun escape from reality. Plus Danny used to play the video game ALL the time.

Oh the things they come up with to get our kids to brush their teeth :) LOVE the Blinking toothbrushes. Sometimes gracy cries when I take hers away.

My indulgence lately is this delicious bucket of goodness. This tastes like homemade Rice pudding that your Grandma would make. I personally could down an entire bucket in one sitting. And for those people that are calorie counting there is only like 120 calories in the whole container ;) mmmm.

I have been relying on AE online to do some shopping. I LOVE THEM, they also have size charts so you can for sure get your size. They have the perfect fitting t-shirts. thats pretty much all I wear.

This stuff is seriously the diamond in the detergent Isle, Gracy's skin gets so irritated and dry with brands like Tide and Gain and even he Great Value brand really brings out the Eczema in the skin. But DREFT is so amazing and it smells soooo good. I even use it on our clothes. It is a bit pricer but I print off coupons online and it ends up being about the same price as Gain. :) Try this product for sure :)

MAY MADNESS

This last month has been an EPIC part in our lives....after much deliberation and thought Danny and I decided we needed to switch gears in our life. We looked at a few different employers and nothing never struck us as " this is what we need to do" until Danny was offered a job working with a friend of ours. He is going to be working side by side the big salesman for windmarian! This is such a huge step for us, kindof foreign territory but we both feel its the best thing for our family, and a HUGE opportunity. I am sooo incredibly proud of my husband for what he does for Gracy and I. He is so gutsy and confident, anything he sets out to do he masters it, no questions. What an intelligent person i married. There are so many great things about this position that will be blessing our family. Without Danny's drive and brains we would never be where we are today. I am so excited for him to try something new and finally get some credit for all of his great ideas. He has been working for only 2 weeks and has already some big pending sales ready to go through, what a go getter !!!!


I couldn't get this photo to load later so i had to insert it here......MY BABY BROTHER is Graduated!!! i cant believe it. I usually am not such a light weight but i am going to miss this kid. We have had so many late night smoothie dates that i don't think i can let him move away from me! He is currently in Ir land as I am typing.......he saved his own money and went to experience a once in a lifetime experience. He is such a good kid. I love him so much and am so proud of him. I cant wait to see where he goes on his mission in a year!
With this new job they required us to trade in the red truck.....i was bummed, just started to get attached to ol' reliable. oh well out with the old and in with the new. :)

We went "vehicle shopping" for our anniversary.......so romantic i know.....oh well I am proud to say we are on Anniversary #3 and going strong love ya hun.

We usually go to Neola and see the Binghams every Sunday. This particular Sunday we had a few birthdays and had some family come out. Gracy LOVES her cousins and as you can see Neola is Heaven, keeps the grand kids busy and the parents happy :)

We were able to leave Gracy with Grandma and Grandpa Bingham while we went Truck shopping and of course she never missed us......she spent the entire time riding four wheelers with Grandpa and getting her hair braided by Grandma and Aunt Amy :)

Just watching the crazy cousins

Riding jake

Gracy always has and will be a daddies girl.

catching bubbles with the cousins.

Gracy has found her BFF !!! My sister and brother in law flew out for a week for my brothers graduation and just to visit. There cute little girl Bailey and Gracy are the best cousins ever. They seriously never fought once the entire week. They were obsessed with each others shoes and gave kisses and pretty much gave all of us adults a break, they just kept each other so busy.

They both have grown up sooo much. They are almost exact opposites but get along so well. I cant believe how cute these girls are together. They are lucky to have a cousin the exact same age. They get to do everything in their lives together. How awesome is that.

Gracy is now officially in a big girl bed ..... she sleeps in it great, thank goodness :) We took the girls for a few hours so tiff and Ry could hit a movie. They loved every second of it.

They played in the bath so cute......they made sure to wash each other really good. :)

of course treats at Nanna's house is a must.

just a picture of monster and dad.

you would think its still Easter at our house......Gracy has an obsession with bunny ears, she wears them everywhere.....wal-mart......to bed........to McDonald's........anywhere but church...i usually have to put my foot down sometime.

We are rounding the middle of June and I still need to plan Gracy's second birthday!!! holy smokes.......i feel like I'm just running around crazy all the time. hopefully it doesn't take me longer to post those pictures. :) What a great month of may, as I was loading and going through all of these pictures I can help but be so incredibly grateful for the wonderful people in our lives. Family is everything thank goodness for them :)

Gracy's first fish

On Saturday we headed up to Calder to catch a few fish. It was such a nice day.....a little chilly but we all loved every second . It was my first mountain trip of the year, I grew up fishing, baiting my own hook and gutting the fish we caught, its something that is a big part of my life. It was heaven for me to see my little girl get so thrilled to go fishing, seriously she was giggling and just spilling over with excitement the entire time. It was so fun to see her with her Daddy learning and getting that one on one time. Those are the times I loved most spending with my dad. We caught a few 19-20 inchers but i think they have to be like 22 inches to take home......so we didn't get to keep any. What a beautiful day..... My Dad (who taught me the ropes and sport of fishing) and my Beautiful mom.

It got so cold i had to put gracy's extra socks on her hands.....and of course they were coated with fish slime pretty quick.

Danny would go fishing everyday if he could, I think he may be a little obsessive.

Na Na and Pa pa and Stinker.

Gracy kept saying ......AWSOME...cooo ......Ish .....ISH (meaning fish of course)

This is Gracy reeling in her first fish with her very own pink pole Grandpa Gardner got her when she was born.

Nacho was so thrilled to find out there were living creatures at the end of our lines lol......she loves the out doors. Wish we could have giving her one of the fish to play with. maybe next time nach.

Thanks cousin Adi for the levi jacket!!!

taken pictures. say "cheese mamma" ......so excited to get to the lake and "ISH"

Newest shinanigans......

Lately my daughter has informed me that she now is officially an intellectual 23 month old. And if you look closley that is her dad cheering in the background. (no really) She can easily hop the fence to her port-a-crib ......... we found this out while she was napping at my parents house....and her newest is acribating out of her crib......guess its time for a big girl bed......

It was my best friends wedding last Saturday.....She also married a friend. Mr. and Mrs. Colby Decamp. Mel I love you and am sooo happy for you. xoxo.

She was gracious enough to let me help with the wedding ........ she wanted something different for her centerpieces ..... we saw this done on a celebrity wedding and thought it was cool. really fun to put together......plus it was easy....

Thanks to my sister corinne for helping me the entire day put things together. what would this world come to with out sisters....Mine are pretty much hold my life together.

Danny got me these beautiful flowers for mothers day. They have been refreshing addition to my living room :)

We had the Sprouses over for a BBQ and FHE, Carson and Gracy are hilarious together. What good buddies they are.

Best time of their lives in the wheel barrow. Carson's mom Brooke is due on the 16th! we cant wait for baby girl to get here !!!! more friends the better !

On a much sicker note......we have had the flu for the longest time.......Gracy and Danny had it last week and Ive had a sinus infection and the flu for the past two days. Hopefully things will let up and we will all get feeling better before the Grady's come out to visit!!!! Yay.....T-minus 9 days. Like I said my sisters are defiantly my best friends I miss them sooo much. Especially Tiff because she lives so stinkin far away. And since she has already given the word....I get to be an aunt again!!! tiff is due at the end of September with .......(drum roll) A baby BOY!!!! we are in desperate need of this little guy to get here. we all have already been shopping for little boy fabric.......which was foreign territory for sure. but sooo fun.

What in the World?????

My dad and father in law Our dog nacho, she was pretty funny hangin out and she found time to dig a hole under the shed, trying to get to the chipmunks that live under there.

Notice my child's pants and shoes ....... Im ok with the mud and even the clean up if it means she is occupied for a few minutes.

Danny has been renting these crazy machines to get our yard in order, I think Gracy rode with him for about and hour or more. she thought she was pretty cool up there with her dad :)

Where have I been??? talk about busy, I am so behind on my blogging that I dont know if there is any hope for a catch up, it is my goal to get everything caught up from Easter to Danny's birthday and Gracy's "worth documenting" accidents, but for now, I thought I would post last weekend. We had Jon, my dad, Clark, Rhet and Danny working on getting our fence up in the back yard all day on Saturday. Our goal for the summer is getting a back yard in, grass, deck and maybe a swing set type thing for Gracy. wouldn't it be a dream to be able to send Gracy in the back yard to play!!!! We are so lucky to have supportive family that are willing to drop an entire Saturday to come and work! we were able to get up all the posts :) we are having the sprouses over tonight to help pop the rest of the fence up !!!! It sure doesn't look like much has happened back there but I tell ya what, it feels like Dannys has been working 3 jobs at this point. I put myself in his shoes and I don't think I could do what he does everyday. Thanks for working so hard babe!!!