Tyler and Kim Norton

Dad's Birthday Party

2012-01-27T22:58:00.000-08:00

On Sunday we had a birthday party for my Dad. He was on a plane going to Hong Kong on his actual birthday, so we celebrated it on Sunday. Happy Birthday Dad. We love you!

Telling the Fam

2012-01-25T19:21:00.000-08:00

During the luncheon after Josh's Homecoming, we announced our big news. It was so fun to tell the family! We got in a lot of hugs!!!

The girls!!!

2012-01-25T19:11:00.000-08:00

This is the first picture of the girls that we took. Its funny how Kirstyn looks bigger, cause she was so much smaller then Em in real life. The camera angle is not great. They are going to be great friends. Many more pictures of these 2 together to come!!

Chinese

2012-01-25T19:06:00.000-08:00

On Sunday (at Josh's Homecoming) the girls wore their new Chinese outfits. It was SOOOOO cute.

Of course there was Chinese hair then too!

Mae LOVES Ash SOOOOO much. It is SOOO cute. Ash is such a little mother to her.

Dreams really do come true!!!

2012-01-22T16:16:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we met again with the most amazing girl. We have fallen completely in love with her. She is so great. We took her and her aunt out to lunch and there she gave us a present. After we took the time opening it and looking at all the things inside, and then leaking a WHOLE bunch of tears, she said, "I would like to ask you if you would be the parents to my baby." After even more tears came out, we said we would love to. We feel so blessed. Not just to be getting a baby, but to know such an amazing birth mom. The whole story is amazing. I can't believe it is actually happening.

These are the girfts that she gave us. Each one is so special to me. I love it all.

Meet baby girl Norton. This was the last present that I pulled out of the sack. I couldn't help but cry so hard.

Then Tye and I went to Kohls to celebrate as well. That is where the story starts, so we decided it would be best to celebrate there. We got these cute things for our little one to come!

Cute girls!

2012-01-22T15:48:00.000-08:00

Time with the cute girls!!!! They are SOOO stinking cute!!!

Hospital visit again

2012-01-22T15:43:00.000-08:00

We went to the hospital on Friday, and we saw Kirstyn again. She is just so cute and cuddly!! I love her so much!!!!

Josh is home!

2012-01-19T23:54:00.000-08:00

This was how Mae felt on the way to the airport. She was being so funny. She was excited!

First time we saw him!!!

This was my sign, and it WORKED!!!!!

Mae didn't know what to think of him.

But she decided to give him a good welcome home kiss anyway!

Caden LOVED being with Josh again!

The house was very cute! Lots of Chinese stuff!!

We had 2 birthday parties for him. That was fun! Jessica made a cake for his 20th birthday, and a cake for his 21st birthday (which was today)We sang Happy Birthday twice. Then he got his presents. We themed it all with movies and things that he had missed for the past 2 years. It was fun.

Then I had to get a picture with him too, to prove that I was there on this day as well.

WELCOME HOME JOSH!!!! We are excited you are back!!!!!

Our morning!

2012-01-19T22:05:00.000-08:00

This morning Caden and Jacen came to play with us so Leon could be at the hospital with Jennifer and Kirsytn. Jessica, Mae and Em came over too. We had a great time. The kids were SOOOO well behaved. It was a lot of fun. Towards the end we found that blowing up some balloons was the funnest part of the day!!! The kids loved it!!

Such a fun morning!!!!!! I love those kids!!!

Has it been 2 years already??

2012-01-18T22:47:00.000-08:00

Josh is coming home tomorrow. He has already been with my Mom and Dad for a while. We are getting signs and decorations ready. It's going to be a big day, and we can't wait!!!!!!

Kirstyn Noelle

2012-01-18T22:42:00.000-08:00

This is the first picture I saw of her. This was sent to me through a text.

As promised here are many more pictures!!!

She is SOOOO stinking cute!!!

Ashy is such a cute big sister. She is SOOO happy to be one.

This is my favorit picture of the day!!! I love it. They are both looking so cute at the camera!

Jace really did love holding her. You will see in more pictures to come. He just didn't smile but he loved it.

2nd favorite picture of the day!

Aren't we cute!

2012-01-18T22:22:00.000-08:00

A while ago we took this picture. I didn't get it copied till today. We took it months ago, but better late than never huh!!! I love it. I was SOOO mad cause we paid $3 and the machine was out of ink so that is why it looks so weird. Oh well, its still cute!!!

Landon's Birthday Party

2012-01-18T22:18:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had a party for Landon's birthday. Even though his birthday is today, we all could get together yesterday, so that is what we did. It was a lot of fun. Cris and the kids came up too, so that was fun. Landon was so funny opening all his gifts. It was so cute. He was SOOOO excited and happy about each one.

I have a new Niece!!!

2012-01-17T21:09:00.000-08:00

You can bet I will have pictures soon, but for now you just get the info that I have a new Niece. Jennifer had her baby today. Kirstyn Fackrell. She is SOOOOOO cute. I love her already and can't wait to hold her.

Our fun weekend!!

2012-01-17T21:01:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we had a fun time with Amy and Anthony and Jessica and Erik. We stayed at my parents house while they were gone, and we had a lot of fun.

Mae loved Jessica's new nursing cover

Playing Catch Phrase. Best game EVER!!

Jessica had a hard time withe her water. She spilled it a few times. Come on Jessica.

Em was SOOOOO cute!!! I love that kid.

I was in charge of lunch and Mae helped me get it ready. She had to wear an apron and everything. SO Cute!!!

Homemade Hot Pockets!!

I also did Mae's hair. She sat so good for me. I LOVE doing little girls hair. It is one of my most favorite things.

It was a GREAT weekend. Thanks for all the fun guys!!

As Promised

2012-01-17T20:21:00.000-08:00

These are those cute pictures I promised I would post that I got of Mae on Mew Years Eve. She was so cute. I love it when I catch a smile on her cause she doesn't share it with the camera that often.

Hanging out!

2012-01-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I spent some of the day with these cute things. Tye had drill this weeked so I came down too. I also went out to lunch with my sisters and I forgot to take a picture. Dang. Oh well. Next time maybe!

Enjoy these pictures for now. These 2 kids are so stinking cute. I love it.

Mae put her hat on all by herself!!!

New Years Eve!!

2011-12-31T13:41:00.003-08:00

To start off the day, we went to the store to get a few things. Not such a good plan on New Years.

Then we got ready for the party. Mae was excited!!! I got some REAL cute ones of her with this headband, but I can't find my cord to get them off the camera. Those will have to come later.

She wanted to take pictures!!

Then she got silly and I LOVED it!!! She is so cute!

Once the party started we played a little rock band. That was great fun!

Of course Jessica won!

Then we played A LOT of catch phrase. It was the BEST!!!!!! We had so much fun we almost missed midnight. We stopped at about 2 seconds to 12. It was so much fun. There was the perfect amount of people and the right kind of people. It was so fun.

Then we went outside screaming, and doing sparklers. It was a great night. SOOOOO much fun!!!!!

Cute Mae and Em

2011-12-31T13:41:00.001-08:00

This picture needed a post all by itself. It is SOOOOO cute. I love it. They are both the cutest ever. We were just hanging out today and they were being adorable, so I got out the camera!!

Yearly Christmas Magic Show

2011-12-30T12:06:00.001-08:00

Tye and I went to a magic show the other day. It was fun. There was a lot of technical problems and we felt SO bad for the guy, but it was a fun show. We went last year and it was all the same this year, but that was fun cause I was able to pay more attention and figure things out. We like doing things like this. It was fun!

Creamer Christmas

2011-12-25T20:14:00.001-08:00

After some time at the Nortons we headed over to the Creamers. That is where we had Emmie's blessing. We got to talk to Josh too. He gets home in less than a month. Can you believe that. I can't it is crazy soon. We are excited. We had a great time opening presents and just being together. It was a great Christmas.

Caden and Jacen got this present together. I love the way they are both just looking at it trying to figure out what it is. It is a Shuttle. You will see it later in the pictures.

Here is the shuttle. They had SOOOO much fun. ALL the kids did!! Yep that is one of the kids you see there. I would have been in it for sure with her, but I was too busy holding Em and didn't want to give that up. I am sure I will find myself in it soon enough.

I can NEVER pick just one or two to post when I take pictures of little ones. There are still more than these but here a the ones I liked.

Dinner, of course was DELICIOUS. My dad is SUCH a great cook!

Emmie's Blessing

2011-12-25T20:04:00.003-08:00

Emmie was blessed on Christmas Day. It was her due date so it was a good time. Plus both the families were in so that was good too. She was so pretty. Mae looked so cute too. It was a nice blessing. Mae thought it was time to talk instead of folding her arms, but thats alright. She likes to be the center of attention.

Here are some cute pictures of the day that I stole from Jessica.

Christmas Morning

2011-12-25T20:04:00.001-08:00

We had a good Christmas morning. Full of presents, candy and lots of smiles!!! Tye and I got up a little later than the rest, but that was a nice Christmas present! (sleeping in!) Enjoy the pictures!!!! It was a fun morning.

YUMMY Dinner & Norton Present Exchange

2011-12-25T20:03:00.001-08:00

On Christmas Eve we had our big dinner. It was SOOOOO YUMMY!!! Everyone did a great job on the cooking.

Then we did our presents. We do secret santa each year. This year I had Amy, and Tye had his mom. Amy had me, and Aaron had Tye. We got and gave some fun presents. I didn't get too many pictures though. We were all caught up in the moment, so I forgot to be snapping. It was a lot of fun though. Tye and I were WAY excited to give our gifts this year. We felt real good about them!

I kiss Santa!! Yep!

2011-12-24T22:25:00.003-08:00

That's right. I kiss Santa. This year again, my man played santa for the kids. It was so fun. The kids are getting older though so we decided to try to make him look different. He is a GREAT sport. I got out my make up, some pancake mix, and water balloons!!!....I'll explain.

We were in the bathroom trying to get him ready. We were hiding him from the kids so this picture was taken to our surprise.

He had make up all over his face. Blush to make the cheeks red and then powder to make the rest whiter. Then we took pancake mix and put it in his eyebrows to make them look white. Anthony made some small water balloons and he put those in his cheeks to make them puffy, and it made him talk WAY different so it was great. He is SUCH a good sport. I love that my man is willing to do things like this.

The kids LOVED it. It was SO cute.

I love you Tye. You are such a good Santa!

Fun with the Nortons!

2011-12-24T22:25:00.001-08:00

We had a lot of fun over the weekend. I took the pictures from my sister-in-laws that they took. It was real nice to have a lot of shots about what we did through the weekend. Here they all are.

We sat around and talked a lot. We do that a lot in this family and it is REALLY fun.

Of course the kids loved to play hard with the uncles!

Ganny and Grandpa got in their time with the kids too!

Bike riding!

Being silly!

Smiles!

Crafts

snuggles!

Funny stories!

New toy time!!

Chillin!

Eating and drinking!

I loved this look. It was SOOOO cute to see all our stockings. There was a lot of them.

We did a LOT of things this weekend, and we enjoyed it all!!!!

Norton Family Pictures!!

2011-12-24T22:23:00.001-08:00

We always take family pictures too. This is the one from this year. There is no photoshop done to it yet. I think it is amazing when I shoot with a remote that we get at least one when all the kids are looking. Most are smiling too!! They are good kids.

Posing is hard when you can't be behind the camera. This one is a little off, but still cute.

Fun Pancakes!

2011-12-24T22:22:00.005-08:00

Tye and I were in charge of breakfast the next morning. We made pancakes. I decided to make a Mickey Mouse one and it just went from there. It was SOOOOO much fun. I have never made shapes before, but I had so much fun. I decided I will be doing this a lot when we have kids!

On this plate is Mickey, a butterfly, and a teddy bear head

A snowman. It didn't work too well.

A turtle

Isaac wanted a dead man. This is as close as I could get.

Another turtle

Aaron wanted Hairspray and Tessa wanted a flower.

A spider. I know, you can laugh at that one.

An elephant. This one is my favorite.

The after elephant

A dinosaur

Wrapping Presents!

2011-12-24T22:22:00.003-08:00

The first night at the Nortons after the kids were in bed we all wrapped presents together. I helped wrap the kids gifts. I love wrapping. I think it is one of my most favorite things. We made a mess but it was sure fun!!

These were the gifts I wrapped the night before at our house. I love putting more on the gift than just wrapping it. I think it is my creative side that just needs to do more!

Some time together!!

2011-12-24T22:22:00.001-08:00

After the funeral we headed to be with Tylers family. We decided before starting our Christmas weekend being with so many people to spend just a little time together. We went to Wal-mart to grab some last minute food for the parties, and just sat and talked for a while. It was so fun. I think things like that are so important. He was gone for a few days earlier while I was still working and he is gone again now after Christmas, so we needed some alone time to just be able to enjoy each other. I hate being away from him.

Grandpa Jeppson

2011-12-24T21:55:00.003-08:00

My Grandpa passed away on Monday. My mom's dad. We had the funeral on Friday. It was beautiful. It went very well. I don't like funerals but it turned out as nice as it could. I will add more pictures later after I edit them and get some others, but here are some for now.

Nicholas flew in for the funeral. That was nice. We were just missing Josh and then all us kids would have been there.

All the grandkids, and great-grandkids sang my mom's song. They added a verse to the end too about grandpa. It turned out real pretty and was a very nice song to sing.

Poor Ashy had a VERY hard time dealing with it. I am sure death is a scary thing to a little 7 year old who hasn't been able to deal with it much. She is so sensitive and it was so sad.

Durning Lunch I went into the hall to see this cute site. Tye had helped with Jacen during the funeral cause he was being loud. He ended up getting him to sleep which doesn't happen a lot. He actually really loved it. He is truly the favorite of all the kids. He is SUCH a good Uncle.

LOVE THIS!!!!!!

Twilight

2011-12-24T21:55:00.001-08:00

On Thursday I came down and Richelle, Jessica and I went to see Twilight. We were all going with the men, but then last minute they decided to change and go to a different movie, so we made it a girls thing. That actually made it better. We had tons of fun being girls!!!!! I like being like that some times. You all know what I mean!!

We love monkeys so we had to take a picture with this!!!! Can't wait to see it!!

Hanging out for a moment

2011-12-18T22:46:00.005-08:00

Just some hanging out with the babe and Mae.

Mae was happy, she is just Mae and didn't want to smile. Love her though!!

SOOOOO funny. Its one of my new favorite pictures!! SOOOO funny Em. I already think you are so great.

Temple square

2011-12-18T22:46:00.003-08:00

On Saturday we went to Temple Square with some friends. It was SOOO much fun. We rode tracks and it was so great. They are our neighbors. We met them just a few weeks ago, but when Tye went to their house they realized they already knew each other. She was is in his unit with the Army. Such a small world!

I thought this one was so cool with the light of the star.

My favorite tree in Temple Square!

Carson and Taylor

On Tracks

When we got on to go home we found a random pack of cards. It was SO funny. We had hours to kill so it was GREAT. We had so much fun!!

Thanksgiving for Tye!!

2011-12-18T22:46:00.001-08:00

On Friday we went to Mason and Donna's house and they made a Thanksgiving dinner for us since Tye missed it. It was so nice, and SOOOOO Yummy. Mason is a great cook! We really love their company too. It is so fun for us. Thanks guys. We had SO much fun!!

Gingerbread House!!

2011-12-18T22:45:00.001-08:00

We had to make our traditional gingerbread house! I was so glad that Tye got home before Christmas so we could do this together. It was a fun night! I love Christmas!

2nd Party

2011-12-16T00:01:00.000-08:00

When we got home Saturday night I gave Tye a tour of the house. It was fun. He was sleepy though, so I felt bad. We went to our room and I showed him this picture on the wall. I had it all wrapped up. It was a welcome home present for him. I am now thinking I so should have taken a picture of what the picture was. I will post that later. It is a picture of the Lake where he grew up. He lived on 500 acres and they had an 18 acre pond. That is where he got his love for swimming and where he got good at it too. It took a small snap shot of it and made it bigger. I think it is so nice in our room. He loved it!!

Then on Sunday, Adam and Cris and Fam came over as well as Anthony, Amy and Fam. It was great. We had a great time. They were here all day. We played games, talked, and ate. It was fun.

We had lots more treats. This weeked about killed us. No wonder Tye got so sick after the weekend.

This is such a great shot, but even more cause I have a picture of Miriam just like this at about the same age. It is so funny. We decided it will be tradition to take a picture of all the girl cousins with this at about that age. So far there is only 2 and so we have them both!!!!

I LOVE Adrienne's face in this picture. It is so funny. She was having a good old time on Mom's hip. No need to be in that conversation, just happy to be where she was!!!

Party for Tye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-12-15T23:45:00.001-08:00

On Saturday the 10th we had a party at my parents house for Tye. It was so much fun. Jennifer, Leon and fam were there, Jessica and Erik and Fam, Anthony and Amy and fam, and then my Mom and Dad too. We had LOTS of food, and fun!

Lots of fun Military and Red, White and Blue Decor was used!!!

Tons of creative treats too!!

Mae was there early and she was all about showing off. I love it. She was dancing here!!

I love it when she makes this face. She was laughing real hard at something Tye did!

Then cousin Ash got there and Mae was so happy!!

Harrison was excited to see Tye!

He is smiling again!!!! YAHOO!!!! I love that Jace that was good for pictures!!! I am glad you came back!!

Caden thought the stars on the table were real cool!

The kids all thought it was real funny to decorate the eagle with the army men, so we took pictures of it!

(Leon was waving his hand, not cover his face!!)

Told you Caden LOVED the stars!!

This is Tye meeting Adrienne for the first time. Of course she took to him real fast too!!! He is so good with kids!

Ashy's decor of the Eagle!

Caden's decor of the Eagle.

Emmie was off in her own room but was real alert and having a good time!

This was so funny. Mae was SO tired. She just sat here and was so so funny. I love that kid!

Of course there was always time for dress up!

Harrison built a pretty long train and was real proud of it, so we took pictures!!

Love this picture!!! Not sure why, but I LOVE it!! She is so Funny!!

Meeting Em!! Also Mae falling in love with Lyeler all over again.

2011-12-15T23:39:00.000-08:00

After the condo we went to Erik and Jessica's house to see them. It was a lot of fun. We spent some time holding the babe too!! That is always fun!

This is a picture of Tye holding her for the first time! I love it when he holds babies. He is so so cute. He is going to be such a cute dad!

I loved this picture cause he took it when she smiled. It is SOOOO precious to me.

Here is a close up in case you can't really see it. The angle is not the best, but it was SOOOO cute!

Oh man, Oh man. Mae was IN LOVE with tye. SOOOOO IN LOVE. She wanted to just play and play. She made this face when he put this hat on. It was so funny. She is so in love with him! I am sure he secretly loved it too!!

Then they did a puzzle too!! I love the hair band on her head. She had to have it on.

Talking on the phone!

This is my MOST favorite picture EVER!!!!!!!!! It is SO SO SO cute. She was SO happy to be with him. We haven't been down again yet and we need to. She was so cute and happy!!

Our Mini Getaway!!

2011-12-15T23:35:00.000-08:00

We decided to stay 2 nights in our condo at wolf creek. We had so much fun. It was so nice for me to feel like I was on a vacation, and so nice for him to be back. We were both just so happy to be together!!! We love being in the valley too. That is where we met, so it is nice to visit once in a while!

We spent some time in the hot tub. It was SO great. It was an out door hot tub, so you got the cool breeze and the warm water. I loved it!!

There was a LOT of bubbles!

We had pizza for dinner on Friday night! It was SO yummy!!

And of course we had chocolate covered strawberries and bananas!!!! That has become a tradition of ours!!

As we drove home we saw the waterfall. It was starting to freeze, and when we were dating we took a picture of us in front of it, so we stopped to get that picture again!!!! We are cute like that!!!

Picking him up at the Airport!

2011-12-15T23:28:00.000-08:00

Tye's flight got in at 4:20p.m. I was SOOOOOOOOO excited. Just standing there waiting for his plane was so much fun.

While we were waiting we looked over and saw this kid holding this sign. I laughed. Then we looked closer and it said Go Army, and we HAD to go over and talk to them. I guess their son was coming home after 2 years in Korea. That is nuts. It was SOOO funny though that his name was Tyler and he is in the army, and that they would be there at the same time. My Tye got off first, so we had them hold it up. The funny part is the guy kind of looked like Tyler's dad, so I was a little nervous that he might think it was when he saw the sign. It was so funny.

Seeing Tye for the first time.

I think the security guy didn't like how close I was to the DO NOT ENTER sign. He started to walk over, and I looked at him, and he just waved his hand like, nevermind. I thought, That's right, you just stay over there.

HE IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My parents came to the airport with me, and then we all went out to eat after. It was so great. I love airport scenes!

Isn't he SO cute!!

Okay, little by little.

2011-12-15T23:17:00.000-08:00

I am trying to get all the pictures I took last weekend up and posted, but there are TOOOOO many. So I am just loading a little at a time. These first 2 I have been wanting to post for a while, so thats why you get them.

This picture was taken cause they are both on oxygen. I think it is the cutest thing ever. I love it SO much I had to post it.

A little while ago I was watching Adrienne and this was what she was doing, (well some of the time!!!) She has the best smile ever. I love it!

And then to the great week/weekend. On Wed. the 7th when I got off of work I came home and got the house all ready for Tye to come home!!!!! I had been wanting to put the sign and bow up for a while, but I tried to be patient, so when I finally got to I was SOOOO excited!!!

That night I made my way down to Jessica's house and spent some time with the babe, and Mae. It was great.

I LOVE this one of Mae, cause that is what she mostly does when a camera comes out. She is SOOO funny. The stinker hardly holds still and smiles.

But you HAVE TO LOVE THIS ONE. I laugh each time I look at it. I LOVE that Mae is laughing so hard, and Em is like what kind of family did I come to. Your in for a big treat with Mae as your big sister Em!!!!! Look out!!!!!!!!

This was the first time that I got to hold the 2 of them at the same time. It was so great. I love them both so much!

Later that evening, Jennifer, Jessica and I went out to get some ice cream. It was so much fun. We decided we need to make that at least a monthly thing. I am not sure why we haven't been doing it this whole time.

Then on the 8th, I got up, and went to Ihop with Jennifer, Caden, and Jacen. It was GREAT fun. Then I went to Jessica's house where she got my hair all ready to see my man! Mae helped too!! I was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO giddy!!! And SOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a fun morning.

Yahoo!!!!

2011-12-10T23:11:00.001-08:00

For now its just the exciting news that he is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have SOOOOOO many pictures from such a fun weekend. It may take me a while to post them. I just am going to enjoy my time with Tye for a while. I'll get to it soon I hope!!!! Enjoy this face for now, cause I sure am!!!!

Getting Ready!!!!!

2011-12-04T18:24:00.001-08:00

This weekend I spent my time getting the house all ready for Tye to come home. Actually I have spent a lot of weekends doing that. My parents have helped a lot with it too. I have been real grateful for that help!! Thanks guys! I have a few more things I will do on Wed, so that it can be ready, but for the most part it is done!!!!!!!!!!! Also I haven't taken pictures of our new place all decorated, so here they are. Tye has never been to this apartment so he is excited to see it, and I am SOOOO excited to show it to him. It is my most favorite place yet. I am in LOVE with it. I actually love being at home and looking at our cute place. It makes me happy!!!

This is the doorway to our bedroom! We have never had a nice bedroom before so it is like a little present for him to come home to!!

This is as you walk into the bedroom!

Then there it is. Our first comforter. I am so excited!!!!!! I LOVED it SOOOOO much. It is also SOOOOO soft. The best blanket we have ever had. I sleep so good with it!!!!!!

I got the bed all decorated with chocolates and rose pedals!!!!

This is the master bathroom. It is so nice. We have so much counter space compared to all our other places!

The closet is amazing too. It goes back real far. I know its messy, sorry. I have never had a closet this nice before though. I LOVE it!!

One of my favorite wall displays!!!

The office!!

The spare/(hopefully) one day baby room!!

The 2nd bathroom

Then as you go downstairs this is what you see!

Another favorite wall.

This is the 2nd little living room area. I love that we have a great place for the lovesac. We have wanted it in our house each time but it never fit anywhere good. Now we finally have a place. I am so happy!!!!!!!

FAVORITE wall in the house. I LOVE this wall. It has Tyler, my dad, and my brother on it, and I am getting some of Tye's brother to go on it too. It is to honor all the men in our family who served, or are serving in the military. I am IN LOVE with this wall!!!!!

The laundry room is also a lot bigger than we have had in the past. I love the space to store things.

And again we have a lot more space in the kitchen too. Just more cupboard space. I love it. Things aren't all smashed inside.

Then of course we have the Christmas tree. I did it all red white and blue, with stars and flags. I am excited for Tye to see it!!! I love decorating trees. I think it is so much fun!!! I love the blue lights too. The feeling when they are on is so cozy.

THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. He will be home this week. Can you believe I still don't know the time or the day for sure!! That's the Army for you. I may have a hard time with the Army life. I am such a planner. They said to plan on Thursday though, and I will find out for sure tomorrow!!! I am SOOO excited. I love you Tye and I can't wait to share this house with you. It's been lonely. I am so proud of you and I am SOOOO excited to have you home!!! Here's to a very quick week!!!!

Officially!!!

2011-12-02T22:26:00.001-08:00

I can officially say LESS THAN ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!! So soon I will be with my wonderful man again. I still can't believe it. I just don't see it happening. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO excited. This weekend I am just getting the house all ready. I LOVE you Tye. I can't wait to see you, and just be with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friends!

2011-11-26T20:04:00.001-08:00

These have been my best friends for the past 6 months.Thanks guys. You have really helped me through some hard times. They were always there when I needed to cry, when I was lonely, scared, sick or sad. They always kept me happy on my good days too. They have been so great to me for the past 6 months. I am sad we won't be spending so much time together any more, but I am grateful to move on. They will still visit each week and probably a couple times, but for the last 6 months they lived with me everyday.

Ross: you really are the funniest one. I laugh OUT LOUD even when no one is here to hear me laugh when you tell a joke. Or just talk. You are so FUNNY.

Joey: you are so dumb sometimes that I love it.

Chandler: you are also SO funny. I also loved watching the way you love Monica so much. It reminds me of a certain someone that loves me so much. Then I got happy to think about him.

Phoebe: I wish so bad we could hang out in real life. To have a friend like Phoebe, well that sounds like the funnest thing in the WORLD!!

Monica: Thanks for keeping the group together so well. I am glad that you were there to keep everyone in line.

Rachel: You are my favorite. I feel like we could be good friends. The group wouldn't be the same without you!!

You guys have been the best friends ever. Thanks for all the good times. I LOVED laughing to everything you did all 3 times I went through the 10 seasons in 6 months. I laugh just as hard each time I see it. Thanks for being there for me.

I was so happy to have friends like you!!!!

Not too long now!!! Only about a week and a half till Tye gets home!!!

Great day!

2011-11-26T18:39:00.001-08:00

Today I got to hold Emmie for the first time. It was GREAT!! First Jessica and I went and go our toes done. I got glitter toes. It was a lot of fun. Then we went to the hospital. This little cutie is already in a crib. She is doing so well. She was so cute all dressed in jammies.

She was very awake this time too. I haven't seen her much like that.

I sat and held her for about an hour and I loved every minute. She was smiling like crazy and was so peacful. She is such a good baby. Oo I am going to be kissing her so much when she is home. I love this cutie.

Emmie you are the BEST! Thanks for the snuggles!!

Video of Em

2011-11-26T18:29:00.001-08:00

This video kills me. I got to hold her for the first time today and this is some video that Jessica got. She is SOOOOOO cute. I want to kiss her all over. She was so peacful and happy. I love you so much Emmie!

Good times!

2011-11-24T19:22:00.001-08:00

Yesterday I got to spend some time with the little cutie. She was so perfect. She just slept most of the time. I was SOOOO happy to get to see more of her face though. I didn't really like having to see her in those lights and with the cover over her eyes. She looks so much like Mae. I love it. She is still doing real good. Hopefully she won't be there for much longer.

Look at her hold my finger. It was SOOO fun. I loved it.

Then today we had THANKSGIVING FOOD!!!!!!! I love it. My dad makes the BEST turkey in the world. I never really liked turkey, but he has perfected it and now I get SOOOO excited for this day to come. He is SOOOOO good at it.

I love getting together for family parties and holidays.

Then to end my Thanksgiving Day I got to spend more time with this little one. Sounds like a great 2 days to me!!!!!!

Sweet Angel

2011-11-20T18:36:00.001-08:00

Here was my sweet moment for the day. I wish I could see her eyes cause they are just so pretty and cause I know she wishes she could show them off too, but that's alright. I am pretty much in love with the rest of her too. She is so great.

I think the reflection of my head is pretty funny in this one!!

Thanks again guys for letting me see your angel!! I love her so much.

Baby Emmie

2011-11-18T21:34:00.001-08:00

Meet Emmie Marie Fenenbock

4lbs. 14oz.

17.5 inches long

Born: November 18th 2011 at 6:35p.m.

Due: December 25th 2011

Here is her story and pictures!

On Thusrday Jessica was having some complications and she went to the hospital. Long story short, I knew about it all that day, but they were not sure if they were going to deliver her. On Friday afternoon I got a call from her saying they are going to take the baby. I hurried SO fast that when I put my pants on I forgot to take off my pajamas, and I didn't realize till I got there that I was wearing both. I went down through the snow storm and I never felt more calm. It was nice. I got there and we talked. I got pizza, we had a good time. Till she started to feel more pain. She called in the nurse and she was ready. I had only been there for about 3 hours. Because she was more than a month early they said she would have to deliver in an operating room, which would mean I couldn't be there, which would mean no birthing pictures for Jessica. I was sad for her and me, but whatever was best for the baby I was okay with. Erik started to get dressed to go into the room, and then last minute they walked in and said, well I guess you can just deliver here. I was SO excited and all of a sudden got so nervous. (Could I do that? Could I watch?) I have NEVER been to a birth before and I have wanted to my whole life. I was supposed to see Josh be born, but last minute it didn't work out and I have been sad about that ever since. Lately I have been more sad cause I was not sure if it would ever happen for me. I never wanted to ask anyone to be there, but I really felt like as a girl I REALLY wanted that experience. I was SOOOO grateful that I got to share my first birth with Jessica, and that they were so wonderful to let me stay. It was one of the best experiences of my life, and was a moment I will never forget and will be truly grateful for that I could be there. I think it is just something that every girl needs to experience. I am so happy I got to. They both did SO wonderful. When she came out I couldn't believe how great she looked. I was surprised. She was only 4lbs 4oz, but to me she looked healthy and big. She took a breath right away, and she was great. Jessica did great too. The whole thing went so well, and it was a GREAT birth for me to see for the first time. I only hope that if I am ever blessed to have a baby that it goes that well. I was very impressed. Emmie is SO amazingly beautiful. She was just perfect. I loved every minute of just getting to see her. I didn't need to hold her at all to know that I was in love with her. She is so precious, and I love her so much.

Here are some pictures from the amazing experience. I decided she is so important that each picture should be full and not all mixed together on smaller pictures. She is getting a long post, but I think she is worth it.

Enjoy the beauty!!

Jessica just chillin, cause she was doing great!

So sweet. (the moment I dream about all the time. The baby is coming. There is so much love and excitement in the air. I had to catch it for them.)

Best moment

It was amazing to stand so close to her and just watch them do all of this. She was so good. My heart loved her so much.

Showing her to Maeli for the first time. Just a few minutes after she was born.

I couldn't believe they let her get that close to her. It was the sweetest moment. She reached over and just was so gentle and gave her a little pat. She was so cute with her and you could tell she knew it was Emmie. Her sister she had been waiting for. It was so cute.
Too cute to post in Black and White. There was such happiness there and the color showed it better.

Then after they had at first said no skin to skin for Jessica, since she was doing so well they decided to let her. It was another great moment.

As she went to get washed up, we looked in from the window. Maeli was in LOVE!

I LOVE her nose smushed up against the window!

Look at her cute finger all smushed up too, pointing at the baby. Also she was holding her baby the whole time. It was so cute.

I LOVE how she is looking right at Erik in this picture. She was so alert and did SO great.

These pictures are ones that Erik took during the first bath and that great father time that he gets to have. They are so precious. He got to be there for a lot, and the pictures are great. She is so beautiful.

So, another niece to squeeze and love. She is so great. I always think there is no way I could love anyone more than my nieces and nephews I have now, but then a new one is brought to the family and it is instant love again. I have NO idea how that works. I love her just as much as all of them. Its crazy. I can't wait to snuggle her all the time. She is so precious. We are so happy you are here baby Emmie. We love you so much!!! Welcome to our family!!! Thanks for sharing your entrance into this world with me. I will treasure it forever!!! You did a great job!!

Graduation!!

2011-11-17T22:15:00.001-08:00

Tye graduated from AIT today. I am so proud. I wish I could have been there so bad. I know its not the best picture cause its a phone picture for starters and then it was sent in a text so the quality is really poor, but I thought it was too cute not to share. I am so proud of him. He is moving on to Virginia now. All done with South Carolina. He leaves first thing in the morning. He is a little sad about it. He is SOOO excited, but he made some good friends and I think it was hard to say goodbye. I am so proud of him. The next time he is done, he is headed my way. I CAN'T wait. I am so excited to kiss this face. We have so many plans of just doing nothing and all those plans sound wonderful. We are so in love. I LOVE being so in love. You should read the "love texts" we send eachother. Think about the dreamiest man and then think about all the cheesy oh so freaking cute things that he could say to you, and you have my hubs. Seriously. One note said...You are so beautiful. You are kind, you are the love of my forever and always. How STINKING cute is that. He sure knows me well too. He is all about the princess happily ever after things cause I am so in love with them. He does it just cause he knows it makes me happy. He has always been like that, so its not a huge surprise to me, but it is fun to get it everyday and in texts and things, so its like a daily love note. Even if your husband is around you should do it. It is so fun and it makes us so happy together. There are 100's more. I wish I had time to share them all. Actually he probably wouldn't want me to, but I feel like a little high school girl who just wants to talk about her boyfriend and tell everyone the things he said. I am SO in love. I love being twitterpaited. I can't wait to have him back. Less than 3 weeks baby. 3 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats Tye. We are all so proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are truly amazing!!!

My 11/11/11

2011-11-14T09:15:00.001-08:00

On 11/11/11 I had a great day! I spent the morning with Amy. We had a great time talking and went for ice cream. I didn't really have plans for the day, so her and I planned that a few days before. I was then going to leave to head to my parents, but then another friend called and wanted to get together. Kristy came over and we had a great time talking and then we went to Angie's for Dinner. It was so much fun. What a great day with friends! I enjoyed it! Thanks girls!!

Oh this is Hartley at Angie's with us. She was REAL good. She didn't even really get her nap either, but you would never know. She was great.

Mom's Birthday Party!

2011-11-14T09:08:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was my Mom's birthday. We had a get together to celebrate! Home made chicken noodle soup and Pie! My dad is such a good cook.

Cute kids!!!

PRESENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jacen got this tissue paper on him, and Caden kept calling him his side kick. It was so funny and cute!

Text pictures from Tye!

2011-11-14T08:37:00.001-08:00

These pictures are not the best quality, but I love them so much. They are some of the pictures that Tye has sent me through texts. I love getting pictures.

Some are not so fun. Ones that make me feel bad for him like these first 2 pictures.

The message he sent with this first one was "You should have seen the other guy!" Poor thing. It looks painful. It happened one moring during PT.

This is his finger. Do you remember in last posts about that. The nail came off at the begining of AIT. Poor guy again.

He is so CUTE!!

A few weeks ago Tye go to go off post over night. He had a great time. I was so happy he was able to go. This was him and one of his really good friends he has made (Barrett) at Texas Road House.

This was the first time I saw him in civilian clothes since he left. It made me happy cause I knew he was out having a good time. The message he sent with this one was "I'll be home for Christmas!" I LOVED it. It is now the open screen on my phone. I can't wait. He will be home for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My photography man!!

2011-11-10T22:21:00.001-08:00

I have been trying to post these pictures for a while now, and I realize this is an appropriate time to post cause it is Veterans day tomorrow! So here are some cute pictures of the hubs!

When he first started AIT they asked if anyone had a camera. He raised his hand. They said, you are going to be happy that you raised your hand, cause you are the official photographer. You can step out at any time to take any picture you want, and you get to have your camera on you at all times!!! I was SOOOO happy when I heard the news. I then realized it could be sad cause I won't get to see his cute face as much, but he did a great job making sure he was in some of the shots!!!!!!!

So last week I think it was, I got a package from Tye. I got lots of cute things, but the best was 3 cds full of pictures!! I was so happy!!!!! Thanks Tye. You made my day!!

Here are a few pictures from formation. He does a lot of that. Like 6 or 7 times a day. Maybe more. Thats all I know of.

I still haven't seen him in his dress blues. I was so excited to get pictures. He is on the end on the back row. Oh he is so cute!!!!

This is a picture from when he was getting asked a question from one of the head guys.

While Tye was at AIT, he was assigned to do funeral duty. It took up a lot of his free time, but it was something special to be a part of. He in on the right at the end.

I love this picture. He is taking it, not in it, but I love it.

These are some shots from around the building. Some in the classrooms, and some at the lunch area.

Marching, Marching, Marching

I love this shot too. See how there is another group coming the other direction in the distance? I think its real cool.

These were some of the first few taken. I am guessing they were getting all ready, and making sure they had all their stuff.

Class A's again!

These were some pictures he took when he went away for a weekend on a religious get away. It ended up being a lot different than he thought. There was more meeting things than personal study time, but he enjoyed it. It was so pretty he said. Tye LOVES the out doors, so that was nice for him.

Physical Training. You gotta love that!!

One day it was 4 guys birthdays. They let them stay up late, and make a tent, and have a sleepover. I don't know who brought the hello kitty blanket? Yikes. I was on the phone with Tye, when people came running into the room saying Norton, Norton come here and take a picture. Then he took one on his phone too and sent it to me. This is what they wanted a picture of!! So funny. I was happy to know that there is a good morale there though.

He told me about this picture on like the first week he was there. I have been bugging him to send it to me. I wanted to see. Look closely. They all have their feet up on the shoulders of the guy behind them. Then they did push-ups. It looks so funny. There is a closer one under this one. They had to do push-ups cause someone called the leader mam, and she is a sargent or something big like that, and so they are supposed to call her something else. Not sure, but they got in trouble.

Here's the closer one.

This was on their FTX. Field training exercise.That week was hard for me. I hardly got to talk to him, and it was a hard week. It looked like he had fun though.

This was a picture he said from when people were trying to act like the Sargents. They were making fun of them and he said some people just nailed it. These are the Sargents laughing at it. I think their faces are so funny.

Still more FTX

These pictures are back in the shop.

Love my cute hubs!

There he is again. He is the second one in from the right. Hard at work.

These pictures kill me. I love them all. He caught pictures of people when they fell asleep. So funny. The one where they are leaning up against each other is so funny. I could never sleep like that. Well maybe I could if I was up at 4 everyday, ran all day and did push-ups all the time, more physical training, and then worked all day, and went to bed at 9:30, only to be woken up for no reason at midnight, have to do more push-ups, and then stand in line in the cold for 3 hours, then do it all over again, and more on some days. Yeah, I could probably sleep like that too!!! I just think the pictures are SOOOOO funny.

Tye I am so proud of you!!! I love you so much. 4 weeks!!!! That's all till I can kiss your sweet face off!!! I am so proud!

Fun Sunday

2011-11-09T20:20:00.000-08:00

On Sunday I got to play single again. It was really fun. I went with my cousin to her singles ward, then after that I went to her apartment with her roommates, and they made dinner for me. Then we made cookies, and frosted them. It was TONS of fun. I then even went to ward prayer. It has been SOOO long since I have done that. It felt a little weird doing it with a ring on my finger, but the feeling of energy that was there was SOOO fun. Then I stayed till about 11:30. We laughed at some funny pictures online, and had a grand old time. It was great. I wouldn't change being married, and even more so cause of who I am married to, but it was sure fun to play with the singles again. I love that crazy happy, hyper feel!! Thanks girls for such a fun night. I LOVED it!!

Birth Photography Promotion (Jessica Fenenbock)

2011-11-08T19:26:00.000-08:00

My little sister is really good at birth photography. It has become a big passion of hers. She started one year ago, so for her year mark of that she is doing special pricing.

$100 off any birth photography session, or A newborn photo session free with the purchase of a full price birth session.

Its a great deal, but only lasts till the end of February so book it fast.

PS, don't you really wish you had pictures like this when your child was born. She is very professional about it, and makes it very comfortable, so don't worry about that.

To see more go to maikaimemories.blogspot.com

Roommate Fun!

2011-11-05T20:11:00.000-07:00

I had a really fun day today. I got to spend the moring with these cute things. They were so fun to take pictures of and SO cute. Just look how cute they are. It was a lot of fun. I love it when I can take pictures of people who I just have fun with. No stress, just fun cute little models. It was a blast. These are Kelli's roommates by the way. We took roommate pictures!! Then we went out to lunch. Thanks guys for such a fun time!!

More Phone Pictures!

2011-11-03T21:45:00.000-07:00

There was so many picture of these 2 that I had to do a whole seperate post. I send so many pictures to Tye of Adrienne. He has never met her, so I take them all the time and send them. Also I love just taking them. Mostly the ones where she is all cute and sleeping in my arms. I love that. She is so sweet!

Then came the smiling stage. Hard to get a picture with a camera phone of that, but still so cute, and I had to get one for Tye.

What a doll. I love holding her.

Oh Mae. What can I say. She is so funny, and always so stinking cute that I can't not take pictures. I am also with her a lot and so that helps. I hate having to drive down every weekend, but when I am there it is fun to be with family. We always have a lot going on.

This is Mae trying to be like Mommy and Aunt B. Trying on shoes!

Not sure why it was taken, but she looks so little.

That would drive me crazy to have my hair in my face like that. Kids don't mind anything when they are totally out.

Kill me now, she is adorable.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the dress. Maybe I'll wait even longer to have kids, so Jessica can hand it down to me.

I don't know why, but I laugh SOOOOOOO hard everytime I look at this picture. She was the one who started it. Not Richelle. I think she just has the cutest face in it too. Even though it's not a smile.

Where's the smile Mae? Well at least you looked. Thats a start.

Again, what is that face Mae?

LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture. TOTALLY LOVE it. Not sure why either, but I think she is SOOO cute. Probably because she won't keep hats on, so its so cute to actually see her in one. Of course she took it off like 10 seconds later, but that's okay. We still love her messy hair too when she won't keep anything in.

Theres the smile.......

Wait, even bigger.......

Got it. This was the first time she started playing cheese with the camera. I was in heaven of course. I only wish I had a better camera at the time, but I also wanted to send them to Tye, so I had to take what I could get. I love that grin. What a nut.

A very VERY random post

2011-11-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

I love it when I finally get the pictures off my cell phone and blog about them. They are so random, and so fun cause they are just taken with my phone cause I don't have a camera around, or cause I sent it to someone. I like cell phone pictures even though they are SO crappy.

This one was on Tiffany's wedding day. I got my nice camera later, but they weren't looking as cool then. Its 4 deer. Can you see them?

This was a display that I put together for out fathers day cards at work. I liked it.

This was the picture a lot of you saw, when I went to se Tye. I sent this through a text that said, Pure Happiness. It sure was.

Poor Tye was SOOOOO tired. He slept a lot of the time. He was so cute. I wanted to just give him hours and hours so that he could get all caught up.

Okay these next 2 are SOO bad. It was SO dark and I don't have a flash on my phone. I tried to lighten them up as best I could. This was the movie theater that Tye and I, and Nick and Lisa went to in South Carolina. Look how small it was. It was only 4 rows.

Then if you can see, this front seat was a love seat. How cute is that? Why don't we have something like that. The funny thing was, it was a big theater, but there was just so many around they can make them smaller I guess. It was so nice. I loved it.

I was at the store and on the phone with Tye. He was really wanting a sobe. So I took a picture and sent it. Don't worry, it wasn't mean. He wanted me to.

This was when I watched Heathers Kids. It was on Sunday when they were all cute for church!

This is Amy and Anthony's door. I decorated it for her birthday. It was real fun.

Now I don't remember the whole story, but I took this out the back window of Jessica and eriks car. We were going to Provo. There is a story behind the guy on the motorcycle and the girl in the big black truck. I can't remember it all. I do remember how funny we thought it was to see this little girl driving such a huge truck, but I am not sure. I know it was funny enough to take a picture though. Jessica, can you help me out with this one?

Some very yummy salads. I have learned that I don't have to go out to get that great salad. Did you know you can actually just make a good one at home? Who knew?

The start of the wreath

Then a delicious Conference meal.

My cute nails that Stephanie (Jessica's mother-in-law) did.

I was on my way to the dentist from my parents house this morning and the sky was so pretty. As always you can't really tell by the picture but it was so pretty. I took a picture to send Tye.

The other day I was in the storage unit and found so many things. I have been looking for this dress for SOOOOO long. I got it in China and I have been wanting to find it, and these shoes. I was SOOOO happy. I also found so many other baby clothes, from China, Sweeden, and Brazil. I was SO happy!!

Okay, so Jessica and I have this thing. We text friend quotes all day, everyday to eachother. It is my most favorite thing ever. When I get them, even if I am not watching it, I can laugh SO hard, cause we both know the whole thing so well. The other day I started with a picture quote. There was nothing to say. The picture was the funny part, so I sent it that way. I LOVE that we do that. The other day she texted me a quote from one I was watching at the exact same time. How crazy is that. It was bound to happen, but I couldn't believe it. We laughed pretty hard.

Well there you go. A bunch of random.

A very late post, but better late than never

2011-11-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures I have been wanting to post for a long time. They are all the way back from my birthday. I wanted to take more pictures of everything that I got, and didn't get around to it, so I guess I will just post these few.

This is what Tye got me. It is TO DIE FOR. He sent me a text on my birthday with these pictures. Thats why they are not so clear. He scored SOOOO big. It was the perfect gift. It is a little baby outfit that says, I'm the little princess of a U.S. Soldier. If any of you know me, then you know that was so SO SO perfect. I loved it.

This was just to show how small it is next to his hat.

Then Jessica scored big too. Look at this. What a great idea huh? Its a pillow case. It was so perfect. I get to sleep with him everynight and kiss him goodnight. What a great present!!

I had so many other great presents. That's why I wanted to take more pictures, but I didn't get around to it. Maybe one day, but this was already 2 months behind.

These were the balloons at my party, at my parents house. I loved them.

Another cut

2011-11-03T20:52:00.000-07:00

So I got my hair cut again. Its not that big of a change. I feel way different, but no one even noticed, which is really how I like it. I feel stupid doing some HUGE change. I like it though. So far it has been easier than before. I thought it would be harder, but it sure hasn't. I wore a hat the day I cut it, so you can't see it too much but you can see the length, and the layers.

Before..

After... (sorry its not the best. I was still wearing the hat after the cut.)

Before...

And after. It is a very subtle A line which I swore I would never do, but I think it is really easy so I like it. The last style worked while it was shorter, but now that it was longer it was just not working for me. I may just always have short hair now.

Halloween Day, and Halloween things!

2011-11-03T20:42:00.000-07:00

This was a card that I made at the Norton Family Halloween party. It was so fun.

This is how I dressed up for the Trunk-or-Treating at my parents house. I forgot all about a nose and wiskers. Don't worry, I remembered them on Halloween.

I brought these treats to work with me on Halloween. They were Yummy!

There it is. I went to work like this all day. I LOVED the spider on my neck. I had one on my arm too. It was fun.

Then Kristy, Hartley and Russell came to visit me at work. I was so excited. Look at little Hartley. She was SOOO cute.

The picture was very dark, so when I lightened it, it got real grainy, but that's alright. You can see us!