LIVIN LIFE TOGETHER AND LOVIN IT

My cute Trapize Artist

2009-06-17T17:47:00.004-06:00

Averie had Circus Day for the last day of school. I decided to throw together this costume and told her she was a trapize artist, she had no idea what that was but she was pretty excited. She of course she need to pose for a picture, and make me take a video of her dancing. She is the so fun. I don't know what I would do without her, my life would be so boring.

So enjoy the show. She's histarical

Av at the Gateway

2009-04-07T23:16:00.002-06:00

I know, I know... I am sorry. Here is Averie at the Gateway in her Easter dress. She is so fun. I wish she would stay this age forever!!!!

2009-04-07T23:15:00.001-06:00

Christmas Morning

2009-01-09T12:54:00.006-07:00

Christmas Morning.. My sweet girl woke up at 6:30 which is pretty early..I think this is the first year she has really gotten excited about Santa coming, I have always had to wake her up before. I had given her a new nightgown and this cute robe the night before. She loved the Robe and had to sleep in it. My girl and me

Chutes and Ladders is quite a delightful game and Averie loves it. She wanted it opened immediately to play. She loves the simpilist things and I love her for that.

The Barbie Van was also a big hit, but it didn't work after we got it all set up with batteries and all. Ugghh!!.. Averie really did not appreciate it. LOL

Cheesin it as usual.

My Daddy served up breakfast. Pancakes, bacon and eggs.. Averie requests these almost every morning.

And of course it was xmas morning so I let her have root beer to drink.. Thanks so much to my mom and dad again for making everything so wonderful for mine and Averie's holiday. Love you.

Christmas Eve

2009-01-09T12:43:00.005-07:00

Christmas Eve is always so fun at the Nicholas house. My mom has 4 sisters and there are kids everywhere, and we didn't even have everyone there this time, but I just am so grateful for our wonderful family the support and love we give each other now matter what.

Here is Averie in mid song for the kids talent show they put on. It was a delightful treat, I wish I could have gotten Hunter on video, he really was the highlight. Ryan... Well what can I say about you. Yep thats about it, there are no words that can describe the joy you bring to our lives....LOL

The Sisters... and My Sweet Grandma

The girls...Missing Nicole, Marie, Stacie, :( And Kensie.. Where the heck is Kensie she was there.. She must have been hiding,, don't worry I will find a delightful pic of her to make up for it later...

Candice...Hidin out from the Camera..Oh my sweet Candice...I love you!!!

Averie's Christmas Program at Challenger

2008-12-18T13:30:00.005-07:00

Averie's Christmas program was yesterday at Challenger. She is so funny and just stood up there with so much confidence and sang all her songs so cute. Mind you this pic is before the program started she was just doing a little dance moves. Cute pose for the camera, she is finally starting to look at the camera when you take her pic,, YEAH!!

Here is a pic with most of the kids in her class with Santa and her cute teahers Miss Shawna and Miss Shanna. This ladies do such a good job with Averie's class.

Here is a quick video of one of the songs Averie sange she is so cute, and did such a good job, I am so proud of her.

Our First Driveway Shovel

2008-12-18T13:22:00.003-07:00

When we woke up the other morning there was quite a bit of snow on my drive way so I thought I better shovel, half way through Averie woke up and wanted to help, so we bundled her up and set out for a fun filled hour of shoveling.. She loved it. But after a minute she got a little bored,, WEIRD..I know and wanted to make snow angles. She is so cute.

She had snow all over, and then after she said, "Mommy, how do I get the snow off my gloves?" She was a little concerned about it..

Then she helped me finish up the last little bit, she is the cutest thing and always wants to help me clean and do laundry she is the best girl ever and I love her so much.

Here we are all finished up, and ready to go in and get warm. Such a good memory with my girl.

Thanksgiving..

2008-12-18T13:13:00.004-07:00

I know, I know.. I am a little late on the Thanksgiving situ, but hey at least I posted them before Christmas.. HAHA.. Here is my cute brother and Brady, really excited to have there pic taken.. Heehee.

Kensie and Camisha my sweet beautiful cousins.. Love these girls.

My Sweet girl and me,, of course she goes strait for the dress ups when we are at Aunt Barbaras.

Brady and Me.

My Sweetest Grandma, Mom and Cute girl. Four Generations...Crazy.

Stuffed full and ready for dessert!!!

DiSnEy On IcE

2008-11-14T21:30:00.002-07:00

Here is the Snow White Princess, off to see Disney On Ice... YEAH!

They day the announcement came in the mail in September she has been so excited to go!! We went to dinner at Happy Sumo before, but that was my treat for haveing to sit through the delightful Disney On Ice.

Carissa was kind enough to come with us even though she doesn't have any children and should not have to endure the joys of Disney on Ice,,, But she is a wonderful friend and I love her for coming!! I was so much fun with her, and Averie loved that she joined us also.

And of course we had to venture over to the Chocolate Factory before the show for treats to eat. It was a really good idea!!!

Here is the Shark chasin Nemo's Dad and Dori

Averie did not like that one bit.. .LOL.. She covered herself up with her coat.

But all smiles after that Shark went back behing stage.

She was so excited when the Princesses came out! They all came out together one by one with there prince. But she was not happy that tinkerbell did not come out..

One more hiding moment when the whale came out from Pinnochio (is that how you spell that..LOL) Anyways.. We had such a great time.

Halloween Fun Already

2008-10-30T09:48:00.006-06:00

Av and I went to a trunk r treat this last weekend. It was so fun, and Averie was so excited to put on her Arora Princess (is that how you spell Arora? LOL) costume. I had to bribe her to take it off to go to bed that night. She is such a good girl and is so polite she told each car thank you as they put candy in her bag. She is my little princess...

Of course we had an issue with her looking at the camera...LOL

Even here with the glasses on she wasn't looking, she is so funny she has to know whats going on all the time, doesn't want to miss anything...
Me and My princess
This is the group that we were with for the night, they has so much fun. Averie was a little scared of the boys costumes, and a couple of the cars were decorated and had Halloween music playing out of there cars, Averie wouldn't go near them, it was pretty funny.

Here are the girls in the Trunk we laid the seat down and turn the heat on cause it was so cold, but they warmed right up.

We had a good time. Thanks for the fun girls. Love you.

Sorry about the Delay

2008-10-24T11:12:00.002-06:00

I'm sorry it's been so long. I have received a few nasty texts and comments so I will do a quick update today, and the more on Sunday cause I am taking Averie to a trunk or treat tonight in her Arora Costumes and she is so excited.

My friend sent me this email and I was so touch by it. He wrote it and I just wanted to share it with everyone because he truely is the way we should try to live our lives even though its so hard sometimes:

So growing up, I loved the Sesame street book. There's a monster at the end of this book. I just thought was so funny how Grover was so worried about seeing the monster that he couldn't function. He would say. "Please STOP!!! Don't turn the page. There is a monster and the end of this book". " Oh you just did it. You just turned the page, stop turning the pages. Don't you know every time you turn the page it brings us closer to the monster at the end of this book." So he would try and build a wall of brick, so you couldn't turn the page. Or tie the pages down. Then he would say. I 'm beggin you please stop. Can't you see what your doing. He was straight trippin...And on the second to last page he makes his final plea. "Please" he says. Full of palpable anxiety and fear. "The monster is on the very next page. Don't turn this page." But you do. Because, well your curious as hell, and your five. And you Don't really care that Grover is scared. You think its Hilarious!!! And when you finally get to the end. The monster was Grover. In fact. He was the monster all along. That silly Grover.... I mean I think the book has a way deeper meaning. Like, we can all be monsters, and maybe we all fear the monster within ourselves. But in the end if we not only accept. But embrace the monster as part of who we are. And realize that it's OK. Because you can't run from it. Or pretend it doesn't exist by not turning (living) the pages of your life. Sooner or later you're left with you. All that makes you. Your good and your bad. Your angels and your devils. Your hero's and your monsters. And you can either embrace all of you and love every part. Or you can Try and run and hide and deny it until you are lying to yourself about who you are. And to the world. And you're never truly happy because deep down you know there's a monster and your so afraid people might find out. And won't love you once they know you. And that Fear makes you live this false life. Where nothing is authentic or genuine or real. Not love. Not passion. Not friendship. Nothing. Non of us are perfect. We all have our "monsters" But In order to evolve and change. We need to first accept who we are. What we can and want to change. And what part of us is what makes us, us. And sometimes what we perceive as the monster is actually Not that at all. Just lovable old Grover "US"!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think thats' what Grover was trying to tell us. That we all have to face our fears. Because they are going to meet us halfway.

Labor Day in Flaming Gorge

2008-09-05T14:40:00.005-06:00

Well sorry for the delay in updating but this is a good and long one so sit tight and enjoy.. When I was young we would go to flaming gorge every year with a great group of friends usually in August it was always so much fun,, and I think the parental units of this group are trying to get it started again. So we went again this year with some of the group and grandkids (new additions) it was a lot of fun... We boated and fished, and ate and ate and ate.. which is usually what happend the most on these trips. Anyways it is always great fun and Averie and I had a great time. Here are a few pics of our adventure.
In the car ready to go for the quick 2.5 hour jaunt to the GORGE. Averie is so good in the care it wasn't that bad,, she did get a bit nervous about the Windmills that we had to pass by in Wyoming but it was all good after that.
We didn't get there till evening so we just ate and went to bed, but in the morning my Dad (aka the best grandpa ever) had purchased a cinderella fishing pole for Averie and taught her how to use it. She was instantly hooked on it and played with it for hours... and Mason had a spiderman on so they just fished and fished and both got really good at casting.
Grandpa gave her a few lessons and soon enough she was doing it all by herself.

When we got on the boat that is all she wanted to do was stop driving so she could fish...
Well, so I all know that you guys think that I am not super athletic, but I have secerts,, um hello I'm going to school to be a PE teach,, I have a few tricks up my sleave.. So here is the approach to my very skillful impressive jump on the wake board.....
And the beautiful Jump,, so graceful and throughly impressive,, I am pretty sure I am going to have some pros call me for some tips.
Well,, maybe not.. LOL cause this is the Landing.. Maybe I shoud practice a little bit more. HEEHEE.
This is cute Mason... Him and Averie get along so good. They never fight they just follow each other around all day and play and play, the moment that Averie woke up in the morning she want to go get Mason, which was a bit of a problem cause they sleep a bit longer, but lucky for her Mason wanted the same thing as soon as he got up so he came lookin for her as soon as he was awake.

Well, I kept trying to get a good pic of me and Av, but my sweet girl has a little issue with looking at the camera,, but good thing we got a great pic of Mason.. LOL. He is so cute.
Averie loves to blow bubbles and she is getting so good, look how big this one is.
Well everyone,, this is it,, my peanut saw a few guys fishin by our camp and they caught one so she said I want to do that. So my dad loaded up the cinderella fishing pole and thru in in the water, and what do ya know caught a fish immdiately, but as you can see by the screaming and the pure face of terror Averie did not like this idea anymore.. She screamed and cried when the pole started to have a little tension on it and she set it right down, to bad I didn't get my dads pic reeling in the fish on the cinderella fishing pole.
Her and Mason caught three fish with the professional poles, but as you can see Averie really wanted nothing to do with them after she got a look at what it was that she was pulling in.. She is a pure character.

So all in all it was quite the weekend and again have my great parents to thank for all the fun times... Don't know what I would do with out them.. Hope you enjoyed the story.. Until next time.

Bear Lake

2008-08-07T15:30:00.004-06:00

My Mom, Dad, Averie and Me went on a little day trip to Bear Lake..Sharlan, Sharae, and Lane, and Ryan come up with us and we had a great little day trip.. Averie is not much for the tube but we are trying to get her to like it. I asked her if she wanted to go and she said no, and so Ryan and Lane got on, and then all of the suddenly out of no where she says,"OK, OK, I'll go,, Geez I'm comin" it was so funny. She climbed right up there with the boys., but only lasted about a minute after we started going. I did get to through Land and Sharae off the tube though, I wish I would have had a pic of that it was great.

This is Av's favorite toy when we are on the boat, and she likes to spray everybody, here she got my dad pretty good. She thinks she is hilarious.

Here she is lougin,, she sat right down and threw her leg over the other and at her hamburger, it so funny when I see her do things that look just like what I do. I never even notice that I do them till I see her do them. She is so funny.
Just smilin, have a great day!!

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for the fun day!!

AveriE is 4

2008-07-31T11:07:00.006-06:00

Can you believe my little girl is 4 it seems like just a minute ago that they laid her in my arms and I had a mild breakdown when I realized I was a mom, Whatever...I got over it and have had a beautiful girl to grow with and learn with and have her teach me the way that love should be. I am so blessed to have her in my life she truely completes my heart and I don't know where I would be without her. I am so grateful for all my family, especially my mom who help me so much with her. Thank you to everyone that came to the party my cousins are so great, and I have great friends. P.S. I got the cake from Costco, and I think I might just pick one up on the way home today and eat it by myself,, it was SOOOOO Good.. I highly recommend..FABULOUS FROSTING>>LOL

So we had a little party for Av at the South Ogden Splash Park which is so great for kids her age. But of course the moment the party was to start they turned off the water to check the chlorine and it was off for like 30 min.. GEEZA just my luck so they played on the playground for a few and then we did cake and presents while we waited.

Averie is a crazy girl when it comes to the playground she wants to be able to do anything and pretty much she tries everything, its good though she is getting so big now, I just let her play and pretend like I am not screaming every five seconds to be careful, don't fall...

Here is a pic of Averie and Jaycee. Jaycee is Averie's new Stepmom and we are glad that she come to play at the party with us.

Sometimes I just don't think she could get any cuter...

Here are all the great presents that she received. Everyone was so genorous and I'm so grateful for everyone that thought of Averie. You are so GREAT!!! She wanted pep shop toys and barbie for her birthday and she got just that, and she loved everything she also got a cute dora chair and and an art set, and a movie, great things that she loved.. She really is so fun to give presents to because she gets so excited for everything.. Thanks again everyone.

Here are a few pics after we finally got to play in the water. Sotera and Averie and Brynlie havin a good time..

And Lilee and Averie.

My cute Rylee who is the sweetest girly ever!!

And Kylee and Averie. Averie follows Kylee around all the time, I am so grateful to have such great cousins for Averie, she loves to be with them.

Kris and I,, she looks so good!! And half way through her pregnancy..

Jett and Averie friends from birth,, can you believe they are only two months apart.. Jett is such a big boy.

And Mason, cutest boy.. And so sweet.

I'm a slacker..

2008-07-15T16:30:00.003-06:00

Saturday was Farmington days, so we joined the DeVere's for a little bbq, and a trip to the fire works. The girls got to go on a fun four wheel ride before dinner. Which they loved of course.
Here is Bobby givin the a little ride, but Jay and Chad took them up into the moutains for a good long ride, they had such a good time.

And of course we had to buy lights sticks at the fireworks, Sotera and Averie play so good together,, its good thing too since Krissie and I are BFF's forever...I love that girl.
I am havin such a hard time with Av looking at the camera and actually smiling like a normal person. She is so funny,,, but she always looks cute,, sometimes I just look at her face and can't believe how beautiful she is.. I know, I know I bias.. But hey I'm her mom I can say that.. Anyways I will try to be better at the updates..

2008-06-10T16:52:00.001-06:00

Weekend Fun

2008-06-10T16:32:00.003-06:00

Heres a little slideshow of our weekend, Averie was pretty tired by Sunday night, but it is all well worth it. We went to the movie on Saturday (no pics) but we saw Kung Fu Panda, and let me just tell you it was truely entertaining, it was super cute. Then that night we went to the park with Krissie and Sotera, and weird me and Krissie showed up in practicaly the same out fit, we just decided that fantastic minds think alike, I know is usually great minds, but I like the word fantastic much better..LOL..Then on Sunday we went to the park with Gabe and Livvy. We went to that castle park in Layton, and Averie kept calling it the Crystal Palace, and now she keeps askin when I will take her back, pretty much a least 50 times since Sunday..hope she forgets soon..HEEHEE just kidding.. I love that she is so enthusiastic about things. Anyways, enjoy the show..Love you all.

Memorial Weekend

2008-05-25T22:55:00.006-06:00

OH yes.. campin on Memorial Weekend and it is a woppin 50 degrees..acceptable? NO..but still we had a fabulous time!!
Apparently Av and I need to still look super cute in our sunglasses with are winter coats wrapped around us as tight as they could go..it was a little chilly.
And yes of course we roasted marshmellows...I just pretend that Averie loves to do it so I can eat all the mallows.. it is my favorite part of campin.
Here we are gettin readyt go for a ride. Averie loves to go on the four wheeler. She has no fear and just tells ya to go faster..I am so grateful that we have the opportunity to do fun things like this together..Again shout out to my PoPs!!! And of course to my mom for bringing so rockin treats along for the ride also..
Off we go. Check out the slide show for more great pics and a couple of originals from your one and only Averie Inc. She is lovin bein able to take some pics. She is going to be 4 in two months. Time flies. CRaZy!!!

ShOuT OuT to my PoPs!!!

2008-04-29T08:59:00.011-06:00

Can I just say that my parents are totally BOSS!!!!! (PS Juno is my new favorite movie)LOL!

The past few weeks my dad and I have been trying to pull together the time to put a small project together for our little princess...the out come... we went from this--------

---------To this this can you believe it, it only took a mer 20 hours or so...I know its like the coolest thing ever and Averie is so excited about it, all she wants to do is play outside, I wish the weather would stay nice so she could play out longer than one day. Oh well, I am sure she will get plenty of us out of it.

I am so grateful for my parents they do so much for me, my dad is there for me whenever I am trying to be mechanical or work on something that I really have no idea how to do but try to pretent cause I am a little indepentant...Weired that I don't know everything...And my mom watches Averie for me everyday while I go to work and school...Who could ask for anything better

Just a few pics of Av's playin on her new favorite thing..for a week the first thing she asked me in the morning was if Grandpa had he playground done..cause she would like it to be done now...Oh Geez..

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

2008-04-20T19:37:00.005-06:00

Well as many of you know that I post a few months back that I was going to do the SL Half Marthon....well this past weekend it was time for the big race... and I did it. I accomplished this 13.1 miles in 2 hours and 20 min...Yes..And I didn't stop running the hole time. Although I had to cross the finish line all bymyself it truely was a empowering experience. Candice, my mom, and Shannon decided that they were going to do it last minute. Candice finished right behind me and Shannon and my mom finished a little after that. Candice and I were so proud of ourselves.

This is the before picture, it was cold that morning and I think all of us were hoping a little that someone would say that we didn't really want to run...but no body joked. We were all a little scared. And honestly I didn't know if I was going to be able to do it. Buy it began and I didn't look back...Just kept running and told myself that stopping was not an option..

Candice and I before Candice and I after,,,Still ALIVE

We were pretty proud of ourselves, there might have been a few tears,, but we aren't admitting anything.. Anyways it truely was so great, and I am for sure going to do the Ogden one to. I am pretty excited.

Here is the last pic of all of us... we all complete the 13.1 miles and lived to tell about ut.

Fun Weekend

2008-04-13T22:43:00.011-06:00

Av's and I had such a fun weekend. We went over to Krissie's on Friday and spent the night. The girls played dress up of course and got to stay up till 10 p.m...WOW..by then Krissie and I were pretty tired to so we all went to bed.. LOL.. I am so grateful for Krisse and of course for Chad for letting us come over and play..

Then on Saturday we went to the Clearfield Aquatic Center this was our first time swimming this year and Av's was a little leary at first but then she remembered that she loved it so much and it was quite the chore to get her to leave.

This last pic is just of her in her cute dress that she wore to church,, its so funny cause I am bringing out all the things I have bought for her over the past few months for when it gets warmer and she gets so excited because she gets to put on something new...EEEKKK its a little scary how in tune she is with what she is wearing..I love it though she is so fun to buy things for because she really gets so excited,, its fun..

Gateway Look Out

2008-04-09T09:58:00.007-06:00

Could my daughter be any more a a DIVA?

She is so funny. It was Maggee's birth day last week and Averie and Grandma Jacki bet Candice and Maggee down at the gateway for so girl fun. They went to build a bear and made friends, then went to lunch and then went to the Discovery Gateway center which is Av's new favorite place to go, we have been there a couple times before and she just loves it. Anyways her are few pics of the day.

Magge and Averie play so good together, we are so glad that she is up in Utah so Averie can spent more time with her and of course so I can spend more time with Candice...Even though she is already going to back the AZ for a visit and she bailed on the 1/2 marathon with me.. GEEZ SISTA!!!

FRIENDS

2008-04-01T14:45:00.010-06:00

Can I just take a moment to share by gratitude for my friends. I have a few great ones. First of all I don't have a pic of us...WEIRD...But Krissie is the bestest friend anyone could ever ask for, she has stood by me through the thick of it and I don't know what I would do with out her. Truely my sister that I never had..

Second, my cousins....WEIRD...I don't have a pic of us either (that all of us would approve of) OH yes, what would you do in your life with Candice and Kensie..really my best friends forever and always and know that they will always be there for me. I cherish there friendship so much..

And last but not least...Amara a new friend of mine but truely a great one. She is always willing to lift my spirits and I am grateful that I have her in my life also.. She is always there if I need to talk..

Sorry for the sentiments but I had a moment pass when I just appreciated all the love and support that I have been givin thru out this past year. I have had many other people in my life that have helped me so much I could never list them all.. But just a big thank you for all of my true friends.

Easter

2008-03-24T09:35:00.013-06:00

OH my Goodnees....She is such a hamm! We had a great Easter. The Easter Bunny brought Averie a Baby Alive. It's a good thing too, it is all she has been asking for for the past three weeks. It is so much fun(hint sarcasm)...it cries...YEAHHHH(more sarcasm),, LOL!!! Anyways she loves its. She had to sleep with it so I did turn it off so it wouldn't cry all night.

Instead of doing the whole dying of Easter Eggs, I did decorating of sugar cookie eggs instead..that way I can eat them duuhhh...Heehee. She had a fun time doing that. I let her take her candy out of her Easter basket to decorate some cookies for her Daddy, before I new it she had 12 chocolates open and stuck to one cookie. She loves chocolate. I am pretty sure she gets that from her Grandma Jacki. I didn't get a pic of that one.. Dang it.

Anyways she was pretty proud of her cookies she made her dad. I think she might have put a few more candies in her mouth than on the cookies..Oh ya I did too. LOL

These are just a few pics we took outside of church. She looked so cute in her spring/Easter skirt

How do you like her leg pop...She is so funny..

My Little Peanut...
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Cinderella Bike Ride

2008-03-07T11:18:00.008-07:00

Shannon was so kind enough to bring over this cute Cinderella bike that is just Averie's size. She road it all week when Shannon watched her for me. She was so excited.

Shannon brought it over when Averie was napping, so she was in for a big suprise when she woke up and want to go out and ride it immediately. She had to wait for Grandpa to come home so he could go out with her. She had a great time.

This is a little clip of Averie ridin her bike. But the part that is the cutest is when I ask her about her song, and remind her of the LOLO part, she starts to sing, "apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur, the hole club was lookin at her, she hit the floor, when you know, LOLOLOLOLO" She loves this song, is that horrible of me. But it is so cute. You can't hear her very well. But she rides the bike so good. A big thanks to our sweet cousin Shannon.

Sotera's Birthday...

2008-03-03T16:12:00.002-07:00

It was Sotera's Birthday on Saturday. She had a Pirate Princess Party, and of course Krissie did a great job and getting everything ready. She is so creative and is such a good mom. All the kids had a such a good time. She made them swords out of wood to decorate and played pin the crown on the skeleton, and she had an eye patch for the boys to do. Averie had a fabulous time. Sotera and her are such good friends. The slide show shows all of the pics, but I just wanted to point out a few worth mentioning.

Krissie made this whole outfit for Sotera, the bows, the shirt and the tutu. She is amazing.

Um, after we told the girls they can have no more treats because they had already eaten so much candy, I busted Sotera with this bowl of marshmellows. She can tell she was busted!!! LOL!!

Ok, oK, I wiLl DiG DeEP

2008-02-29T15:46:00.003-07:00

I have been Tagged by Candice to write six interesting thinga about myself, and tried to get way with saying that I really didn't have anything and got a little heat....So hear it goes with a few things. I still don't think they are very intersting. And just in case you need to see a funny one, click on The Nelson Nine and read Candices intersting things..and Kensies they are both good for a side split moment.

1. I have secretly have always wanted to be a master at the Martial Arts. I don't know what it is, but to know that you could kick anyones kester that messed with you....OOOHHH I would LOVE it!!

2. I love school....I know I am so weird. But I have just been back this semester and have started in my degree, Physical Education, yes everyone I want to be a PE teacher. And I can't wait to do it. I am so excited.. And I love learning about it. I am pretty sure that I am going to be one of those teachers that the kids hate because I will just want them to love PE as much as I do. And I want to continue on and get my masters for sure!!!

3. I love mushrooms...I don't know what it is but one day I tried them and now I love them. I love to put them in everything, but mostly I love to have an eggwhite omelet with mushrooms every morning, really I make it for breakfast everyday.

4. As many of you know that I was a dancer in High School, and I am sure that I will always be at heart, but what you don't know is that I dance in front of the mirror pretty much daily just to remind myself that I totally could have moved to LA and became one of JLO's back up dancers, and since I have a six pack stomach the costumes wouldn't ever have been a problem.

5. I hate gardening. Why do we have to do it. I really like it when my yard looks all pretty and there are flowers and everything. But I am horrible at it. I don't know what to put with what and how often to water it. I really kill everything I plant. I just don't know why everything can't just grow were it is suppose to and the weeds would just go away.

6. I love to vaccum. Heeheee. I like the lines that it makes in the carpet, and now I have a vaccum that you can see all the crap that it sucks up. And I love to see that...I am pretty excited to go downstairs at my house and vaccum the new carpet that just got laid. Because I vaccum my upstairs so much that I don't really seen and crap, so I am excited to fill up the cylinder again. LOL

OK There you have it. It only took me two hours to come up with these intereseting things. And I know they are not that interesting.

Don't forget to sign up with me for the half marathon. Erica a see that you passed right by that post and commented on my other post. Shame Shame.

Our Brookey is Getting Married

2008-02-29T15:15:00.012-07:00

Could it be that our sweet little Brooke is gettin HITCHED!!! YES, and is she IN LOVE. We can barely get her and Matt (that's the fiance) to seperate from each other. (Its pretty grose) I am pretty sure I never acted like that (LOL!!). Anyways we are so happy for her. We had a shower for her at Grandmas on Wednesday. Of course we had great food. Blarney stones which I have never tasted before, but have come to know that it is a delightful treat!!!

Here are a few pics from the night!!!

If you all didn't know already that our sweet Aunt Teri has a very twisted mind, and we love it. She has put a plethora of items in this bag to help Brooke do a pre-wedding night practice on what to were. She makes her do it blind folded for a litte extra fun.

And.......

There you have it. Probably the sexiest thing, Matt will be going crazy!! We have decided to frame this picture and give it to Matt so that he will never forget how beatiful Brooke looked on her wedding night...LOL.

Here are your culprits for the dress up....

And just a little FYI these faces were made on purpose, this was not a spontaneous shot...HEEHEE.

Here Kensie and Camisha have purchased a George Forman grill for Brooke, aaawwwhh!! But of course Kensie has written and funny little dirty comment in the card which at this present moment thinks is pretty funny!!!! I don't know what we would do with out Kensie, and now we get to have Candice back too. We are way too fun.

Lets Get Training.....I'm Challenging you!!!

2008-02-27T23:19:00.004-07:00

I am registaring for the SL City Half Marthon that is on April 19, and the XTERRA mini triathalon that is August 16. I want some company, start training with me and we will accomplish something you never thought you could. Let me know if you want to I am going to try to registar by next week so I know I have to do it!!! Are you up for the Challenge???

Here is the link for the SL City Half Marthong...

http://www.saltlakecitymarathon.com/Half_Marathon.183.0.html

Here is the link for the XTERRA so you can check it out..
http://www.xterraplanet.com/races/race.cfm?race_id=629

We CAN DO it!!!

First Trip To the Dentist

2008-02-17T20:00:00.004-07:00

Averie went to the dentist for the first time on Wednesday, she did such a great job. She just let the Dental Assistant clean her teeth, and floss with out a fight. And the Dentist said she has great teeth!!! They put the sunglasses on so the light would not get into her eyes, and she also got to watch the TV on the ceiling. Geez, kids got it made these days!!

Texas Roadhouse AGAIN!!!

2008-02-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

Ok, so as you may have picked up on from my previous blogs, Texas Roadhouse seems to be our new favorite place to have lunch. So we went there AGAIN on Saturday. There was 9 of us, so we had to be at two different tables. Well of course, you all now that Teri has this strange sense of humor that only we really know about. (Of course we all love it that she is completely twisted)...Anyways..she sends over to our table the SADDLE (literally a saddle they make you sit on when its your birthday) for my mom and says its her birthday. Of course my mom was completely mortified, but we all laughed and egged it on. Lucky for her Averie jumped right up to sit on the saddle and saved my mom the complete humiliation of the situation. I have a few picks but not nearly are any of the funny enough, so please just image the scene, and enjoy!!!

2008-02-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

Ok, Geez...I got threatened that if I didn't post soon, I was going to get booted!!! LOL!!!... So what can I say. Pretty much Averie thinks she is the coolest thing ever, I have know idea were she gets that from. Because her dad and I both are very modesty HEEHEE!! A few weeks ago at grandmas on Sunday she stood up on the basket and told everyone that they needed to be quite because she was going to sing. She proceeded to give a pray, and sing I am a child of God. I had to tell her that was enough or she would have just kept on going. Sometimes I want to let her because I think it is pretty much the cutest thing ever...but I might be a bit bias...Probably not as much as her Grandmas Jacki is though.

We went to Texas Roadhouse for lunch with the girls (apparently this is our new favoriate place to have lunch)...And it was Brynlees birthday so we had to get few pics on the sadel...Our babies are the cutiest!!!

This was just a givin...I had to post it. She poses for everything I just can't get over how big she is getting. I am love every minute of it, but I know before I know it she is going to be a teenager and hate my guts. I am glad she tells me several times a day that she loves me now though.

And yes, don't even think for one minute that we got to go to mall with out the girls puttin on there dress ups. Sotera and Averie always in the princess gowns. Averie always asks for Sotera to come over and play princesses. She has several dresses now, and goes through every one, every night before we go to bed. And asks me every time if she is a beatiful princess...LOL....I love it.

Christmas Day

2008-01-12T15:53:00.000-07:00

I had to wake my sweet little darling up, but as soon as I told her Santa had come, she jumped right up. She was pretty excited!!!

She was pretty spoiled!!! This thrown, sings "da da ta da ta da" when she sits on it. Its so cute and she loves it, and of course it came wit a princess dress and she as barely had it off since Christmas. LOLThis is Averie in her in her Princess Dress. She loves to dress up. Grandma Jacki also bought her a big trunk with a few more dresses. She puts one on everyday when we get home.

All in all we had a great day, Averie raked it in on the present department!!!.... She went with her day the rest of the day, and was very blessed be around family all day.... Hope all your Christmas Dreams Came True!!!

Christmas Eve

2007-12-24T22:11:00.000-07:00

Christmas Eve with the Nicholas' is always pretty entertaining. This year was not exeption. Joni and the boys drove in in a blizzard on Friday, and then everyone had to drive to Grandmas tonight in a blizzard. Everyone arrived safe though and we had a great time. Good food, great desserts, and wonderful company!!! Enjoy the pics!

Brady and Averie

Averie

Grandma, Sharon, Nicole, Me and Kensie

Everyone enjoying the FEAST!!

Hello Benny !!! LOL!!

Me, Ben, and Brady

My Sweet Girl!!!

Joni

Brynlee almost her Birthday!!! 1 yr old

Kensie and Me

Well, you just have to have one of these. Good thing we are so gorgeous, that even when we try to be ugly it just can't happen!!

All the girls!

Marie, Kensie, Camisha, Racheal, Nicole, Me, and Shannon

Barbie and Shannon

My Boys!! Ben, Joey, Brady, and Grandpa

Matt, Dustin, and Grandpa. Three Generations

The sweetest people on the planet, my Grandma and Grandpa Nicholas

Here are the kids singing a couple of Chirstmas songs. This was our program for the year. They did a great job!!!!

Santa Came to the Neighborhood

2007-12-23T21:43:00.000-07:00

This is a little video pic of Averie making herGinger bread cookie.

And her is the finished product!!! Fabulous!!!

We had fun at the party. Tiffany Deamer our neighbor had all the kids over and let them decorate their cookies. And then Santa came and brought them presents. Her is a another little clip and a few pics.

Santa brought her a Barbie learning pack. She was pretty excited. It has all sorts of fun learning things in this pack!!

My sweet girl

2007-11-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

This is Averie's new Christmas Dress. She wore it on Sunday and made everyone call her Cinderella. It was so funny!!! She has a cute coat that goes with it and she didn't want to take it off. She just loved it.

Averie had her tonsils out on Thursday. She was all smiles before the surgery. She also fell on Tuesday and cut her head open and had to have 4 stitches. Hence the huge bandaid on her head. She is so strong thought and acted like such a big girl

She was so brave and went right with the doctor when he came to get her. After the surgery the Dr. Major came out to tell me that she did a little dance for them before the surgery. It only lasted about 20 mins. She was in quite a bit of pain when she woke up, but she has been pretty good.

More Pictures

2007-11-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

HALLOWEEN 2007:Krissie is always so good with dressin, up!! Me not so much. She is so much FUN!!

Halloween. Sotera a witch and Averie tinkerbell. Cutest girsl ever!!! They love to play together and get along so good. I am so blessed to have Krissie and Chad and Sotera in my life. They are always so good to me. I love them!!!

Oh look at her. She goes and gets in these jammies all by herself and comes and gets me and tells me to take her picture in her cute jammies. She is so hilarious!!!

2007-11-24T20:58:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends....Well, its been Thanksgiving this week its been pretty fun. Averie has not really figured out all the holiday stuff yet. But she is pretty sure that Grandma is going to buy her everything in the toy catolog!! HEEHEE!! I am trying to teach her that Santa brings her things. Today we were in target and she wanted me to buy her all this stuff, so I told her that maybe Santa would bring it to her for Christmas. So then she asked me if Santa was going to go to Target and buy it. It was so cute!!!! We decorated the tree this weekend she loves it. She was at Krissies this week while she decorated her tree, she was down stairs and when she came up and so her tree the lights were on and she said to Krissie, "OH, look at the Christmas tree, it is so Beautiful." She is so dramatic. I don't know where she gets it. LOL!!!!

Averie has been going to the Leap Frog preschool since August. She loves it so much. And has learn so much. She sings, "I'm so glad when daddy comes home" and does the actions with it, oh it is the cutest thing!!! She also sings twinkle twinkle little star and a bunch of other cute songs. She is getting so smart, everyday she amazes me a little more.

Last night we went with the girls to dinner and a movie. Ate to much, laugh alot and just had a super fun time. And yes we did act silly, what would be the fun of getting together if we did act all silly.

LIVIN LIFE TOGETHER AND LOVIN IT

My cute Trapize Artist

Av at the Gateway

Christmas Morning

Christmas Eve

Averie's Christmas Program at Challenger

Our First Driveway Shovel

Thanksgiving..

***DiSnEy On IcE***

Halloween Fun Already

Sorry about the Delay

Labor Day in Flaming Gorge

Bear Lake

****AveriE is 4****

I'm a slacker..

Weekend Fun

Memorial Weekend

ShOuT OuT to my PoPs!!!

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

Fun Weekend

Gateway Look Out

FRIENDS

Easter

Cinderella Bike Ride

Sotera's Birthday...

Ok, oK, I wiLl DiG DeEP

Our Brookey is Getting Married

Lets Get Training.....I'm Challenging you!!!

First Trip To the Dentist

Texas Roadhouse AGAIN!!!

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

Santa Came to the Neighborhood

My sweet girl

More Pictures

DiSnEy On IcE

AveriE is 4