Spring life

New life in our home. Three new plants gifted to me from my sweetheart today. I adore them but not as much as I adore him. 

Jaysons Birthday

So this guy. . He is kinda a big deal in my life. I am absolutely 100% head over heals in love with this guy. You know when you are dating and get those butterflies.... remember them? I do. I do because this guy makes me smile. He makes me fall more in love with him each day. Sometimes we drive each other nuts but there is nobody in this world I would rather fall asleep to each night and wake up to every morning. 

I love you babe. Even if you wont read this for a month. I hope you know that you are my rock. My better half and I am so happy and feel blessed that I get to spend eternity with you!

Happy birthday babe. 

** Ty put on the candles. They were suppose to spell out Happy Birthday.... but this was way better! 

 

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Happy Four years.

I never did believe in soul mates. Now its nice to be married and find out I feel differently. I believe Jayson and I were meant to be in every way. I like to think before we came to this earth we were the best of friends and knew we would find each other. He is my everything, my other half and my soul mate.

Jayson...I know you will read this. I want you to know that I love you with my whole heart and I will love you  forever. I am so thankful for you in my life. I am so glad we found each other and get to spend our lives together. Thank you for being my best friend.

White Coat Ceremony

I don't think I could be more proud of Jayson.

 He has worked so hard to be where he is today. 

Long hours of studying...

Papers to write...Books to read...Tests to take. 

He has been busy, busy, busy...

We celebrated his White Coat a few weeks ago. This is the start of big changes in our life.

We are about a month into school and if I had to know all the things he does my head would for sure explode. He loves it though. He comes home happy and eager to tell me what he learned and how he can apply it in real life. He definitely picked a carrier where he will be happy.. 

He works so hard at home and school. 

He is my rock. 

I love him with all my heart and am proud to be his wife!

My birthday

A few months ago before we moved out to Colorado I knew we would be celebrating my birthday here. With no other family I wanted to do something with all of us and something we all could enjoy. I told Jayson I wanted him to take us to the ZOO! Well he did one better and got us year passes to go. With it being only a few miles from our home we thought it would be a great way to get out of the house and for the kids to have fun as well. 

Mom surprised me with an edible arrangement. I die. So good. Not only that but some chocolate covered fruit. It didn't last long. The only person who liked it more than me was Ty. I have to say the chocolate covered bananas were for sure my favorite. I also got the perfect gift from my sisters. Four individual pictures with their hands signing LOVE. They are in small frames hanging on my fridge. I wish I would have taken a picture. When I do a home tour in the kitchen I will for sure point it out! Also some movies from my mama. One of my all time favorites Alice in Wonderland. Yay, its funny because I also got Ember the book her her birthday in a few weeks! O and Grease. Pretty sure I could watch that all day. Some sweet care package items for me and the kids and lots of love from mom and dad. Vance and Eileen and Grandmas and Grandpas sent some money!! Totally going towards something I already have in mind. Or maybe bills....I don't know yet. 

The best part of my birthday was waking up to some sweetness right in my home. Jayson isnt one for artsy or decorative things but he did make me a sweet sign and hung it on the microwave. Also spelling out Happy Birthday with the kids magnets on the fridge. After church we made dinner and relaxed. He gave me his gift that I was so excited for because I was pretty sure I knew what it was!! I DID:) Pride and Prejudice. I watched it for the first time not long ago and cried and cried. I could not stop talking about how much I loved it. I went out and got the book but was dying for the movie. I was hoping he picked up on my not so subtle hints. He did. 

Getting lots of snuggles and kisses,warm wishes from friends and family that made it wonderful! 25 should be an amazing year.

10 reasons I love my lover

Hi there. Linking up again for My Husband Rocks with The Growing Tree....

Topic of the day: 10 Little Things that Made you Fall in Love with your Husband

1. So I am not going to lie...One of the first things I fell in love with about Jayson was his shoulder muscles. We were set up on a blind date so I didn't have much expectations going in to it....when he stepped out of his car I about died. He looked like he had football pads on...yum! I knew I loved those shoulders.

2. Then he opened his mouth...everything that came out I soaked up. He was so kind, funny, smart. I loved listening to him talk and how easily our conversations would flow. We could and still can sit and talk (just talk) for hours. 

3. His testimony. O man it shines out of him so bright. He is such a strong follower of Christ. He truly inspires me to be a better person. 

4. The love and respect he has for his family. Very early on when I was first coming around his family I truly loved listening to him talk to his parents. So much respect for them. I knew if he talked to me as kindly as his mother I would be in good hands. 

5. Surprises. I love surprises. They don't have to be gifts, just things that are out of the ordinary. They make my heart skip a beat. Jayson would surprise me at work and take me to lunch. He also leaves me little love letters around the house. Or surprises me with a diet coke if he knows I am having a rough day. 

6. I fell even more in love with him while we were delivering Ty. He knew what to say and how to act. Never left my side and always telling me how proud he was of me. I never could have done it with out him. The look on his face when he saw Ty and became a dad. Made me fall madly in love with him.

7. The way he writes the grocery list....Seriously makes me laugh every time. To stand around and talk with his family is sometimes painful I can laugh so hard. The way they tell stories and add sound effects may make me pee a little. 

8. The fact that we both could sit down and fall asleep to Bob Ross. The best and most relaxing show in the world. Someday we will own a Bob Ross painting... Someday.

9. When he gets mad or irritated with me....For example he just cleaned out the inside of the car not even a week ago and already there is clothes, water bottles, gum wrappers, sunglasses, lip gloss and a few other things on the floor, seat and cup holders. . He doesn't get mad or yell just shakes his head and says "O I love you so much"

10. The special voice he has...The one I have only heard when he is talking to Ember. The way he tickles her nose with his and tells her he loves her. Melts my heart and reminds me why I fell in love with him.

11. I fall in love with him more every day. I love the way we are growing together. The way we are taking on each others attributes. We are becoming better people together. Strengthening each other in our weaknesses and complementing each other in our strengths.

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Linking up today with The Growing Tree for my Husband Rocks linky.

Topic: a time when your husband helped you through a difficult point in your life, or how he supports you when you're having a bad day!



After thinking about this for a while I realized Jayson and I have been very fortunate in not having any major difficult times. I am sure we will have many however in our three years of being married we have been very blessed with healthy kids and family, good finances, a roof over our head and food in our tummies. 

Jayson does support me through everything though. The most memorable moment I have of my true love for Jayson besides looking into his eyes while we promised to be each others for eternity was when we were having Ty. I was in labor for a really really long time. I was worn both physically and mentally. I thought there was no way I was going to live through the delivery. Sounds a bit dramatic I know but I was scared. Jayson was always right there. He said so many positive and heart warming things that made my heart swell. The moment Ty came out the first thing I saw was Jaysons face. I remember thinking that I could never have done this with out his support. I saw him look at Ty and saw true love in his eyes. Then he looked over at me and we just smiled at each other for a second. He kissed my forehead and told me he was so proud of me. I knew then that no matter how hard things got Jayson would always be at my side. 

Since then I have had a lot of times where I needed his help on day to day things. After having Ty I was in heaven. I always knew I wanted to be a wife and mommy. To nurture and protect my family. After staying at home for a time I soon realized I also missed my busy life style. I missed being in a salon all day visiting women and feeling like I made a difference in others lives. I had always had amazing clients. Ones who would come in and tell me everything on their hearts. I missed communicating with adults. I missed making women feel better about themselves. The look on their face when I turned the chair around. Pure happiness. 

I never once thought that I regretted starting our family so soon. I just felt like I lost a little bit of myself. I lost the energetic talkative spontaneous girl I was. My family use to joke about how friendly I was. They would say I could become best friends with a rock. I had a way of talking with someone and finding something we were both passionate about. I never felt awkward talking to knew people or being in difficult situatons. 

I felt like being home all day with a baby made me weird. I soon lost that talent of being a people person. I lost being able to communicate with others easily. When I realized this I had a hard time excepting it. I cried to Jayson telling him that I thought I was weird. Of course while crying in his arms he was not about to admit to me that he agreed. He simply hugged me and supported me. 

He talked to me about finding things I can do that was not just for Ty. Some new things I could do. Discovering new talents. I knew I loved being at home with Ty. I knew I was happy...just something was off. Jayson soon realized how much joy I was having making things for Ty. That I was making things for our house. I was sewing, cooking, writing...He also knew how much I enjoyed blogging. 

He started really encouraging me in blogging. He saw that it gave me something to do to feel good about myself. I could share the things I loved the most in my life. Number one my family. I could share my story. I could write anything and everything I wanted. Sharing things I made or activities we do. I was meeting new friends who were going through similar things. I was happy. 

Jayson helped me find a passion and is my biggest supporter. I may not be a social butterfly anymore and maybe I am awkward and shy around people when I actually get out of the house now.

Especially with Ember here now. Having two kids means a lot more time focused on them and their needs and less on my own. I honestly wouldn't have it any other way. Raising my babies and making sure they are protected and happy is my number one concern and joy. 

I am so blessed to have Jayson in my life to pick me up when I am down. To tell me I am doing a good job with our babies. To have him thank me for cleaning the house or making dinner. For walking in while I am getting ready and telling me he has never seen something as lovely as me. 

Being a mother is wonderful. I feel like its my calling in life. With out Jayson helping me through it...there is no way I would survive. He is a wonderful husband and father. Marriage is truly a partnership. One between man and women. To support each other and complement each other in strengths and weaknesses. 

Everything I believe about marriage and family can be read here in the Proclamation to the World.

Disney

Disneyland was a blast to say the least. We could not stop smiling the whole time. We went to California Adventure the first day. The Aladdin show there is amazing, the World of color show was truly magic and the rides were awesome. We got there about when it opened and stayed tell they kicked people out. The next two days we went to Disney. I felt like a little kid but as much fun as I had I think Jayson had more. I lost track of how many times we rode space mountain. I got just as excited to see the princess as I think the little girls around me. We got drenched on Splash Mountain. Poor Jayson was dripping wet. My hair also suffered for it. We stayed as long as we could and then went home to our babies. I feel slightly bad for leaving them at home but that time with Jayson was wonderful. We both want to take the kids back soon. We kept catching ourselves saying things like "Ty would love this" "Ember would look so cute in that" We wanted to buy them everything there. So someday we will take them and have a blast. 

One of my favorite moments while there was when we were standing in line for what seemed like ten minutes or more. We were waiting to watch the Tiki show...standing there complaining on how slow the line was moving when Jayson looks at me then smiles and says "um, were in line for pineapple juice". I look around the corner and started to laugh. We had no idea... but the Tiki show is in almost the same spot however there was no line for the Tiki show. Instead there are nice benches for you to sit and wait to be taken into the room. We laughed and laughed but I was excited to see the birds and maybe even pet one. The show started and there were singing stuffed birds everywhere. I started to laugh again about how wrong I was about the show. I had it in my head that I was going to see real birds and walk around and pet them. With that being said it was nice to sit and relax our aching feet and watch those singing birds. They did put on quite a show.