Kids at the Circus

The kids had a blast, they loved the clowns, and all the animals. You should have seen Rayney when the lady jumed on top of the six person stack; she covered her eyes and said "I can't watch!" It was classic


But I think Lincolns face say's it all, hehe :)
I had to through in this pic because he looks so cute in his little knome coat

Circus

We went to the Circus, How fun is that? I think I was more excited than the kids, and they were excited!! My friend Shantel got me tickets for my birthday, she is the coolest friend ever. So I tried to take pics, but they didn't turn out great so I will post some of the better ones.
There were white hourses
tight rope walkers
an upside down show
trapeze artists
and of course our favorite an elephant

camp out on tramp

We decided to have a sleepout on the tramp before it got too cold! They thought it was fun stuff.

Of course there was some fun play time before they went to bed

How cute are they all tucked into bed, Dustin is the best at telling ghost stories; Lucky for me I was sleeping inside with Lincoln! :)

Kids Room

Our store has a kids room that we decorated the walls with vinyl, it's way cute! I think I will do my childrens rooms like this.

All Things Imported

We have opened a home decore store, it is a lot of work right know, but it is beautiful. It seems to be doing very well, so we plan to start one in Idaho Falls soon. We plan and hope to open a new store every few months, if all goes well. Here are some pics!

Twinkled!

I was driving down the road in heavy trafic the other day and Rayney wanted me to look at something. I told her I couldn't because I was driving and I didn't want to die until I get old. She say's "you want to die"? I say "Not until i'm old" Rayney expresses that she never wants to die. So then I start into a whole spiel about how dieing is not a bad thing, living with heavenly father and eternal families. She seemed to understand, and agree, then in an after thought I said, "besides you will probably be twinkled anyways". Well that started a whole new topic, Rayney says, "twinkled? What's twinkled? I don't want to be twinkled!" So again I explain what twinkled is, after my atempted explanation, (it is not an easy thing to explain to a four year old) Rayney asks, "like Shantel?", me, taken back a little, "no Shantel isn't twinkled", Rayney, "then why is she so shiny?" Ahh, the great and pure mind of a child, I love it! Needless to say Shantel got a kick out of it, and I have to agree with Rayney, (who adores Shantel, and thinks she is the most beautiful person in the world) that Shantel is Shiny in every sence of the word. She is beautiful inside and out!!

My Birthday!

still no camera cord, so I thought I would celebrate me. Hey I deserve it right? I'm 27 years old today, Dustin keeps trying to say I'm getting old but I keep reminding him that I'm still four years younger than he is :)

Seven Year Itch!

Well I seem to have misplaced my camera cord to put new pics on; I have lots to post but no pics to go with it. So I thought I would write some thoughts I was having about the seventh year itch. I have a friend who was telling my about her first marriage, and how it ended in the seventh year, I will not put the details as it is not my story to tell, but needless to say she definitely believes in the seven year itch. Well Dustin and I had our seventh anniversary in April; so I asked myself, “am I itchy”? I can say with complete validation that I do not have a single itch on me. I Love Dustin way more today than I ever have!!! He was my best friend before I married him and he is even more than that now. And goodness how could I be itchy in this seventh year? The Lord made sure there was absolutely nothing boring or routine about this year. We found out our child was going to be born with only half a heart, decided to move across country from Georgia to Idaho, finding new doctors, insurance, job. Traveling to Oregon to have our baby, five surgeries and many months in the NICU and PICU without my babies, watch this new little stranger go through so much. Starting a new business, and moving into a new house in the process. Yes, nothing normal or routine about it! But I thank the Lord everyday for these rocky times when I feel his love so deeply, and have the opportunity to grow and become an even stronger family. So all and all no itch for me!!

when they told us we could go I waisted no time in getting his clothes on for the treck home, and he was happy too, after five heart surgeries in five months he was realy tired of the hospital life. Hopefully he has a good long break this time, we don't want to see the PICU again until he is three please.
My doesn't he look good!!

He loved the teddy they gave him! It was the first time since he was born that he had the energy play with a toy, you can't imagine the joy that gave me.

right after surgery, it's always so hard to see him this way. My sweet little munchkin!

But I love when I get to hold him for the first time again, although it's always a mess with all those lines

Saying bye to my Little Lincoln, just before surgery!

Reunion at Lake Cleavland

The fun tuckered little Lincoln right out, but that is the story of his life, conserve the little energy he has.

Dagan was the only one that caught a fish! Can you see it? He was so excited about that minnow.

The kids had fun fishing and swimming!

Hotdogs yummy!!

Dustin and Kids fishing in Lake Cleavland

who ever said Idaho isn't beautiful?