Pursuit of Happiness....

I was tagged in the pursuit of happiness by my lovely Aunt Linda. For 7 days straight (without fail) I am going to post what makes me happy for that particular day. I also am supposed to tag 7 people.

I am tagging...

My Mom Diane

My Dad Alan

Robyn

Kari

Carson

Aubrey

and

Renee

I hope you all take this challenge.. I think it will be fun and very interesting to see the joys in your life that happens daily..

#1. Today, I am happy for my ultrasound...

Carson watched Kasen (last time I took him in with me, he was into EVERYTHING)

I failed to mention a week ago that it turns out not to be twins. The second sac the doctor saw was a blood sac that had began to spread around my uterus. This ultrasound showed the blood is beginning to fade. And that the baby looks very healthy! GREAT NEWS..... My due date has changed to Christmas Day. I have to have C-section because Kasen was takin by C-section and the time period between the two has not been long enough. He will be taking the baby a week early so we will be home for Christmas. Every year for Christmas we make our rounds, first is the Christmas Eve party thrown every year at my Aunt Linda and Uncle Barney's, it has always been so much fun. Then to my in-laws on Christmas Day, usually we all meet at Grandma Melba's, however Great Grandma Thelma is getting older in her age and we met at her house last year. We open presents and eat lunch. After that we go to my parents house. All my siblings meet there and we have a great dinner and open more gifts. Now, the only downfall this year is that the baby will only be a week old and will not be able to take him/her out of the house that soon. I hope my family will come to us this year! =)

The Renee Award..

I was given this award from my mother, Diane.. http://dianiemacdesigns.blogspot.com/ As most of you already know, she is a wonderful Artist. She inspires me to do just about anything! She has a kind heart and never gives up when giving up seems easier.. I love her so much! Thank you mom, for giving me this award.

The Renee award was created by Bella and Ces in honor of their friend Renee http://circlingmyhead.blogspot.com/. In Bella's own words "this is a brand new award and I have the pleasure and honor of spreading the seed, watching it grow. I hope it finds it's way to those who are like Renee: the acorn, a small package becoming a tall and sturdy oak, giving more acorns, becoming tall and sturdy oaks, giving acorns..." You are to choose 8 other people to receive this award.

I am sharing this award to a few people because I do not have 8 blogger friends..

Carson.... http://iiwantadonut.blogspot.com/

Aubrey.... http://dayylate.blogspot.com/

Robyn.... http://vedajorgensen.blogspot.com/

Mother's Day

I woke up Mother's Day with my favorite breakfast! Biscuits and gravy... Rob helped Kasen make me this wonderful framed poem with his hand prints from Walmart. And since the proceeds went to Primary Children's it made it worth going out to get it done! Rob also got me a collage picture frame.. I have always wanted one!

The poem reads...

Sometimes you get discouraged, because I am so small. And always leave my fingerprints, on furniture and walls. But every day I'm growing- I'll be grown some day, And all those tiny hand prints, Will surely fade away. So here's a little hand print, just so you can recall exactly how my fingers looked, when I was very small.

Yes, i teared up big time!

We went to my mother in laws, and visited with with her and my brother in law Danny. It was a nice visit. We had KFC! Not to fond on the new grilled chicken they have.. Danny was sick, he ended up at the ER and was told he has bronchitis. Hope the zpac helps him.

My parents bought me a flower pot with beautiful flowers. And this other one I fell in love with that my mom had bought. Also, my mother's friend/boss at work me me this wonderful cake! She did an excellent job..

It was a wonderful Mother's Day! I just feel bad my mom was extremely sick during the BBQ my dad had for her. She was fevering, so she ended up getting in the warm tub and falling asleep after we ate! She went to the doctors today, turns out she's got STREP THROAT.. I really hope she gets better soon!

Wednesday....

On Wednesday Carson and I went for another stroll down to the park with the boys! Yay for me and Kasen, she locked herself out of her house.. Ha ha, so we had fun with her and Jace all day..

Sometimes, and I don't know if it is just because he is my son but some of the things Kasen does is AMAZING! He had wiped the slide off for Jace before he slid down. There was some wood chips on the bottom of it that he just had to get off first. He is so smart!

We left the park starving! I had no ambition to cook lunch so we went to McDonald's instead..

They had a blast playing with the musical toddler toys. McDonald's designed an area just for toddlers! With music and things to climb on, of course they loved it.. There was a cute little girl there that they also loved =)

They were all tuckered out by this point. But this wasn't the end of our day...

I had a doctors appointment for an ultrasound because I have been cramping a little. And with my history of the problems I have had carrying Kasen and the few miscarriages he figured he'd take a look. Carson and Jace came with us and she watched the boys in the waiting room while my husband and I went in. I am currently carrying twins! However, the second sac is smaller then the other and he could not see a heartbeat. He says it is still very early (I am only 9 weeks) to determine, but, he told us there is a few possibilities.. That 1. Its is still to early to see the heartbeat or 2. That the baby is not alive and the sac is slowly shrinking. I have another ultrasound this upcoming Wednesday, I will know more information then.

Helping out.....

Today Kasen was a real big help... I was cleaning my kitchen and making dinner. I turned around to see him sweeping the floor!

After dinner, we all went outside! My husband decided to mow the lawn before the storm rolled in. So, Kasen pushed his little toy around copying his daddy.. It was so fun watching them!

He must have thought he helped daddy long enough because he then came over and helped me pull weeds! We had finish in time... As soon as Rob put the lawn mower back and Kasen and i was headed back inside the storm hit!

Our weekend..

FRIDAY

Rob got home from work and we were starving and sometimes, i just don't want to cook!! So, we went to McDonald's and let the kids play in the new play area! It is designed to allows toddlers a place to play.. They had a blast!

Kasen spent most his time taking the basket balls out and putting them back in the cubby..

Jas was playing on the computer they had, she kept teaching Kasen how to play it.. What a perfect sister she is!

This little girl is Hailey. She is Jasmine's sister from another dad. We sometimes take her on the weekends we get Jas. We love her just the same! She is fun and great company to us and the kids..

It is sure nice to have all these children in our life! It sure makes you reflect a lot on your past and realize that what we have today is a blessing..

SATURDAY

We planned a bbq for this past Saturday a week in advance and had no clue it was going to rain! But, we didn't cancel.. No WAY!! Rob stood out in the rain and grilled some hamburgers and hot dogs.. It was well worth it, not only because the food was great, but the visit with family and friends was fun..

This is a picture of our friend Matt's little boy, Ryder and Kasen hugging! They are the same age.. I love this picture and just had to add it. Matt, his two kids, Andy, Robyn and their two kids stayed the night.. So this picture was taken after the boys got in their jammies..

A day out on the town...

I have just recently moved back to the town where most my family lives and the town i love. It is small and quiet. The other day my cousin Carson and i took our little boys about the same age all over town!

It started off to be just a simple walk down to the park.. The boys had a blast! They meet many other little kids.. And tried every slide there! It was getting to be around lunchtime so we walked back up to my house and ate some lunch.

We let the boys play a little bit outside while we took a little rest. We then walked over to Carson's house. She wanted Kasen to try Jace (her son) new JUMP-O-LINE! Oh boy did Kasen love that.. I need to get him one! After jumping a little bit we walked up to the gas station for some drinks and then over to visit my parents. What a great surprise we gave them!

This is Jace. My cousin Carson's son.

Kasen

I never felt any better after our long all day walk.. Except the sunburn!!