Making Changes!

It really is amazing to me to see how much a person can change in the blink of an eye. I know that for me I thought that throughout the years of being Married to Stephen that I really hadnt or wasnt changing very much at all and that whatever changes were happening were very small and for the better. But just being away from Stephen for this past month and a half has shown me how much I have changed already throughout the years and how Quickly I can change for the better. Before Stephen left for Boot Camp we never went to church accept for on the very rare occasion which beleve me was very rare. Our relationship was really good though. We loved each other and our kids, but something was missing... we werent really sure what was missing but we knew that something was. So of course, as many have before us we tried to fill that hole with things that we really shouldnt have... Before I had always thought that we werent so bad off since our only Big flaw was going to church ( or the lack there of. ) But as we continued attempting to find that missing peice we didnt realize the affect that it was having on our relationship. No red flags shot up to tell us that we were hurting ourselves. I guess we should have just known. Because since Stephen has been gone we have missed eachother so much. And we dont want to hurt one another so we have stopped filling our hole the way we were and since we were apart both of us have gone back to attending church. I know to those of you who dont go or go but arent really there you are going to think "yeah one of those stories again, you go back to church and everything gets better" and you are wrong. If anything my life has gotten a ton harder. I have had to make choices that a few years ago would have been easy to make but were so hard since i have changed so much. For those of you who know what is going on in my life right now will understand exactly what I am talking about. But since i have gone back to church, I know that church was what was missing before, and if I would have realized that then I wouldnt be in all of the weirrd and difficult positions that I am in now. But i can tell you this, that because of Stephen being separated from me and me from him we have both realized how very blessed we are... and how much we took one another forgranted. And how much stronger our relationship is now and will be, with each other and our boys. I am just so thankful to have the Church. And I am so thankful that I have my perfect, amazing, wonderful, forgiving, silly, forgetful, loving, caring, thoughtful, sweet husband. And of course my amazing, crazy children that keep me busy and on my toes. I also want to thank everyone that has been there for me through the years and through this tough time.... Thank you!

A Phone Call Changes Everything!

So tonight I got to talk to Stephen, I mean Actually talk to Stephen. I got to have a 43 min conversation with him!!!! I swear i will be Happpy for at least Two weeks. ( what can i say i am greedy and i want to hear from him more!!! So we talked about his Dad (who is currently in the hospital dealing with more than one or two problems) and then we talked about how things are going for him over there! And of course we talked about how he is doing physically..... He apparently sprained his knee and it is completely swollen because there is a butt load of fluid around it and there must be something else wrong with it because he was talking about operating on it but he was a little hard to understand because he is possibly suffering from pnemonia on top of everything else! And then he told me that he slept better last night after hearing my voice and the boys voices over the PHone! ( he called last night to tell me to yell at his mom) ( special shout out to Sabra! if you werent being difficult i wouldnt have gotten to speak with him two days in a row!!!!) And he told me how Camo looks so different than he did when he left... oh and i am not allowed to send him any more pics of anything..... apparently i overloaded him with them and he is getting introuble for them now! And lastly we of course talked about how much we loved and missed each other.... i cant even express how happy i am that i was able to talk with him, these two days have been the first in a month and a half... i had actually started to forget the sound of his voice... I love him sooo much and i cant wait to either hear from him or see him!!! Nothing more to say other than the fact that it was a very exciting night!!! AND CONGRATS TO MY SISTER MAL WHO GRADUATED TONIGHT!!!!! YEAH YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA!!!!!

My Tiny Male Models!

So Yesterday Auntie Boo took it upon herself to attempt to get good pics of both of the boys! Which of course for anyone who knows my children would know that is an impossible task! But what can i say Becca is a miracle worker! She got a few pictures of each kid! So here is a couple!!!!!

Stephen!!!!!

So i was on Stephens FRG website where there are pics posted of his troop, and i was searching through all the photos for him and i f9inally found him in one of them....
This is the pic i found him in!!!

This is the pic zoomed in on him... I miss him soooo much and can't wait to see him!!!!

He has a Family Day coming up on June 12th where he will be given a weekend pass until sunday the 14th at 4:00 p.m. so i am so excited to spend a whole weekend with him!!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!

Conquering the Impossible!

So ever since I first attempted to put Q on the trampoline he has completely freaked out. Well the impossible has happened... Q with the help of his fearless side kick Camo have conquered the Trampoline!!!!!

MY Boys and ME

I swear that i look Mexican next to them.... They are getting sooo BIG!!!

Me And Mal

Were Hott, I know!!!! J/k!

Mal Pals BF!!!!!

So Mallory has a Super Cute Boyfriend who she met in Hawaii, apparently he goes to school there! So he came down to visit a couple of weeks after she got home, and here is a pic of them! I like him alot!!!!

!collages!

So after making the Collage on the top of the Blog I decided to make one of each boy!

To The Park!!!

So i have been trying to keep the boys as pre occupied as possible... So onto the Park we go!

Nana took on both boys at once, shes a brave one!!! They are very demanding about the swing going fast enough!

Camo swung on the swing for twenty minutes straight and still cried when we stopped so we put him the little swings for another 15, he is obsessed!

Q is so independent, he only likes the swings if he is by himself!

Quentin Actually wanted to go down the slide on his own, he is growing up sooo fast!!!

COCO CHANEL

So here are the pics of Coco.... Finally!!!

Our New Addition!!!

So Sheena had gotten a new puppy, which is absolutely adorable. But Quentin kept getting upset that the puppy wasnt his! He kept saying my puppy and Janae would say no puppy and they would go back and forth until i would have to tell Q that it was in fact Janaes puppy and not his! He was so sad!!!! So i was on a new mission, find Q and Camo a new Puppy! I DID!!!! She is the Cutest little Min Pin! She is the chocolate rust color and is so itty bitty! Quentin LOVES her! Whenever we go anywhere he holds here in his lap in the car! Her name is Coco Chanel, but Q calls her coca! I will put some Pics of her on when i get home, but right now i am on lunch break at work! What can i say, I am bored!!!!

Lookin Back!

So I was looking back through all of my pics on my Computer and i found a few old pictures that were similar to some new ones. I thought that was pretty interesting so i thought that i would share them with you!!!





This one is one of my all time favorites!!!!

If this was a darker pic it would look so much like the other!





I absolutely love this pic!


Then we have the sleepier version!


And the Version with me instead!


And now these two are identical!!!!

Hes getting so big!

Easter Egg Hunt

So yesterday was Glenn and Sabras Annual Easter Egg Hunt! Quentin and Camden had so much fun picking up candy, snacks, and of course MONEY! They each got a little egg with their name on it and a dollar inside. So here are some Pics of the happy event!!

So here is Camo trying to figure out how to open a box of raisins that he found!




And Quentin, So excited with his Easter Basket!




And Quentin and Camden Picking up more Treats!









And here is a Pic of the Three of us. We had a lot of fun. It wasnt the same without Stephen, We miss him!

Movie Night

Sheena is the best! She has been trying so hard to keep me busy so i dont get upset! So on Friday night we went out for movie night! Firt we did a little shopping at the mall then we went to Applebees for dinner and then went out to a movie! We saw I love you, Man! It was Pretty funny the guys on the movie act just like Stephen and Adam Act when they are together! I had a really good time, so, Thank you Sheena you are Awesome!

Pics to Stephen

So i took some pics of the boys and me yesterday and out of those i picked one pic of q, cam, and me to print out in Wallet size to send to stephen! I also had the boys color a picture each to send to stephen with my letter! But the only problem now is that i need an address and stephen was apparently not allowed to call me at all yesterday, but i am hoping that i get a call today....(fingers crossed) Anyways here are the pics that i picked out!

Goodbye...

So for some insane reason, after he swore in the army was in some huge hurry to get them to the airport! So we didnt really get to talk much. But we did get to have a quick goodbye!



And here is the last pic that I was able to take of him before he hopped in the Shuttle to leave! Q was yelling "bye Dada" out the window as he drove away and then looked at me and said "dada gone". I'm pretty sure that i died right there. He is so cute!



And thankfully i have spoken to Stephen 3 times on the phone since this pic. We love him, and all three of us miss him already!

Morning Of

We woke up at 4:30 a.m. to make sure that he was fully packed and ready to go! And of course Q woke up and wanted to say bye bye to Dada!



About 15 min after stephens recruiter picked him up, Camden woke up and Grandgpa helped me take care of them and get them ready to see Stephen do his Final Swear in and see him off!


Q and Camo had fun watching Airplanes and people working on the ground while we waited for Stephen to Swear in!


He is such a Goober, he thought he was hilarious making fun of himself swearing in!



Camo was being such a pill, the only way to keep him was to take pics of him and then let him look at them! Here is one of them!