DisneyWorld

Finally I am posting some pictures from Disneyworld. We had a great time even though it rained almost everyday we were there. That's right record rain while we were visiting. We hope to go back sometime.





We ate in Japan at Epcot all the kids tried there chopsticks. even I ate with them (rubberbanded of course by the waitress) The kids had a great time watching the chefs cook the food and it was very yummy. We are going to try to go to a place in CA that does the same thing any suggestions??

Our hotel room. It was a pirate theme and very cute. The kids loved it!

This is how we spent most of our vacation in our panchos. This was a dry moment for us at Epcot.

One of the days we ate in Cinderella's castle. Of course we did have 7 boys and 2 girls and both are tomboys, so I think the meal was more for us so we could eat in the castle. The food was good and I think they all had a great time when they werent posing for pictures with the princess.

Magic Kindgdom on our way out to catch our bus to the airport. We ate lunch in the park and then were on our way to a long flight home. Little did we know then that it would start pouring rain and our flight would be delayed an hour or so. They do look cute though sitting with Goofy!

Update

As most of you know these past few months have been very crazy for our family. We finally moved into our new house and we love it! The kids had spring break and we had a great time spending it with the Paxman side of our family. Jacque and her girls came down from Utah to visit and we had a great time seeing them as well as the rest of our CA family. Then Tragically on Friday my sister in law Natalie ended her life. It was a very sad and traumatic event for our family. Needless to say we have been very busy from moving to speniding time together as a family. This has been a really har month for us with a lot of emotion and questions. I am not sure how many of you knew my sister in law with the red hair (that is how most people remember her), but she was an amazing mom and friend. She will truley missed by alot of friends and family members.
The kids and I also preformed our first play at the School. Laura and I wrote, directed and choreograhed the show. I am glad for it to be over, but we had a blast working with the 65 kids that signed up. Over all it went well and I think turned our pretty good for a first show. Next year we will know more of what we want and what we don't want after doing it once.
On a happier note the kids and I are leaving on Thursday for DisneyWorld with the Kings. Marcus will be joining us later and we are so excited. It will be a great break from the crazy life that has been here.
We love you all and I am sorry I haven't update my blog in awhile. I promise to post pictures after our trip and try to be on top of keeping it update.

IT IS OURS

Today we officially closed escrow on the house pictured below. We are so excited and will be moving in soon. Of course you are all welcome to come visit and cook in the kitchen. Love you all and thank you to the family that is helping us move. I will post pictures after we move in.

SURPRISE

This post is way over due. My Mom along with my sister Jill and Marcus and my friend Laura gave me a surprise party for my 30th birthday. Yes I was really surprised and I was so excited. Thank you all for all you did for it and for coming out. I LOVED it!


Who says money doesn't grow on trees. Mine did!


Kaelyn loved the balloons she had on the cuties little outfit. She is so cute!

This is the poster I think my Mom made of me over the 30 years I love it and will have to get it back once we move!

Erin my good friend from church/school since we were little girls before we could talk!

Laura and Zach, Thank you for letting us use your house!

Laura and Justin(her husband) made this cake for me. It is Minnie Mouse for Disneyland, wearing the Green dress from Gone With The Wind thinking of Harrison Ford a hottie. They tried to have minnie hold a can of diet coke, but apparently that was too complicated to draw in icing. Isn't it cute!

Kaelyn, My Mom, Jill my sister, and Me

Me with my poster smiling for my Momma!

This was me right after the surprise seeing everyone for the first time. It took me a second after Jill jumped out to register what was going on.

We did it We have a house!

So it is official we are in escrow for our new house. Now don't get me wrong it was built in 1979 so it is as old as I am. The good thing is that it is move in ready the sellers have re done almost every part of the house. The areas that they haven't done are still in great shape. We are so excited and as long as all goes well with the inspection and the rest then we will own the home in late March.
We really wanted to try to stay in the same school and ward, but we are in a diffrent stake. We are litterally one street over from our ward boundries and in a diffrent stake. Who knew. The kids will be able to stay in the same school and that was most important. Not to mention we are still really close to work and all our friends in the are. Feel free to come and visit anytime you are in So Cal Lake Forest area.

The front of the house

The newly remodled kitchen ( I am now going to have to start cooking diner)

The 14 person spa no pool, but Marcus promised me with in the next 20 years I can get a pool. Check back with me then and see if I have it yet!

*** I will post more once the house is ours!

New House

Sorry for not having pictures lately, but I haven't even had time to update anything. So I just wanted to get everyone up to speed on our house buying process. So Marcus and I both liked a house and put in an offer and then did the home inspection and there were a ton of things expensive things that would have to be done to let us move in. Moist walls in the master bath was just the begning. With Isaac's terrible asthma there was no way we wanted to chance that without doing a mold test and who knows what that would unfold. So we both decided that this house isn't the one for us. We weren't feeling it. There is another house that I went to see today that I really liked and we are going back with Marcus tomorrow. We will see there isn't a pool at this one, a huge spa, but everything was recently re done so that is nice. I will keep you all posted and post pictures once we know what house we are going to purchase. Please remember us in your prayers that we will get the right house. Thanks Stacey

My Birthday

Thank you to all the friends and family that called and or sent me something to wish me a happy birthday. I turned 30 yesterday and I have to say I was having a hard time with it. Over all it was a good day. I went to breakfast with some friends from school and church it was nice to talk and hang out wiht more poeple. Laura and I went to Disneyland to ge my fun card to spend of over 60 dollars. My Mom came as well and she and I and Zach (Laura's baby) shared an ice cream. It was yummy! The bummer part of the day was that we had to get back for the kids getting out of school and to hold our den mtg with our bears. That was interesting as it always is. Afterwards I came home put on my pj's to watch TV and enjoy myself. Marcus came home and got El Pollo Loco yummy for dinner and I vegged most of the night. So now that I am 30 I need to remember that it is the new 20's thanks to Michelle!!!