Finding the Strength

I don't think that it is any new news that I have had a hard time with our infertility issues lately. I think that I need to take the time to personally thank everyone that has helped me in this struggle. I have had so much support from family and friends and I couldn't ask for anything more! Matt and I just went to the temple over the weekend and it was just the medicine I needed! We both left feeling more comforted and sure that we will be blessed with a baby when the time is right. We are working on the Lord's time, not ours. I think that I need experiences like these to set me straight! I tend to think that I don't need anyone's help. I try really hard to be as independent as I can. I hate feeling like I am a burden on someone. It just doesn't sit well with me! Sometimes I think that I don't even need the Lord's help! I am so wrong! These experiences are hard, but at the same time I feel so lucky for them. Without these roadblocks, I would not be reminded to get on my knees and ask for help! I wouldn't have the relationship that I do with my Heavenly Father. That is something that cherish and strive to keep and strengthen! I love my family and friends for helping me through this tough time! I also have the best husband in the world. Whenever I am feeling discouraged and depressed, he brings me back to reality. He reminds me to be positive and hope for the best. If it weren't for him, I would have given up a long time ago! I am so blessed to have him in my life. I truly do not know what I did in this life to deserve him! Thanks again for all of your support!

Bad Blogger!

I think that I am possibly the worst blogger! I haven't posted anything new for a long time now! I don't think anything big has transpired in our home since our vacation in March, but I'm sure it is nice to know that we are still alive. This summer we all kept pretty busy between Keagan's 2nd birthday and all of the fun family get togethers we have! Well the latest and greatest is that Keagan no longer sleeps in his crib. We changed it into a toddler bed and he is doing great now! We first decided to change him to the toddler bed, because he was crawling out of the crib. He was smart about it too! He would throw out his pillows and blankets and pile them on the floor for him to land on! So the first week in the bed, he did great. He went right to sleep and slept through the night. Then, he realized that he could get out and refused to stay in! He would turn his light on and just cry, or come into our room. We tried several methods and finally found that with the safety door knob on, and a dimmer switch, he sleeps in his bed once again! Next thing to tackle is potty training! He likes to go pee in the potty because he gets rewarded with candy! But he is a little confused. He will sit on the potty and fart and then say he is "all-done"! We will get there eventually!

I recently decided to open up my house for daycare. I'm not doing anything big right now, just two kids three days a week. It is really fun for Keagan to have other kids to play with during the day. He is such an active little guy now, that I think that he gets bored just playing with Mom all day! Matt and I are doing good, and still trying to expand our family! Things seem to have been a lot harder this time around than when we tried for Keagan, but we are hanging in there. I always have to remind myself that I am blessed just to have ONE child of my own. I have always known that bringing children into this world would be harder for me than others, but I have been prepared for the worst and take everything one day at a time. Don't get me wrong, I still have those days where I start to feel sorry for myself, but I've learned that in doing so, I get nowhere! This experience for me is definitely humbling and sometimes I forget that I need to just stop and pray! As for now, we will keep doing what we're doing and leave the rest in the Lord's hands!

Here are some pictures from the last couple of months!

VACATION

So last week Matt and I returned from our little Mexican getaway! We were there for about six days and had an absolute blast! It was really hard being away from Keagan for that long, but he was in very good hands with Grandpa and Grandma Sutton. Here are all of the picture that we took along the way!





Picking up our rental car from Alamo

Our sweet ride for the trip!

The entrance to our hotel

Inside the Hotel lobby

These vines hang from the top floor six stories up and they were beautiful. There were live plants all over the hotel and ponds with fish.

Our bathroom had a bidet and a toilet!

The sunset from our room balcony

Some pics of our room

Tub on the balcony. It was pretty cool, but if you looked too far over you balcony at night, you got a glimpse of a naked old lady lounging in hers!

Our balcony view during the day. Our room overlooked the Lagoon and the ocean was on the opposite side.

Our Hotel Beach

The way the locals get things done!

We loved going to walmart to get our little snacks! Walmart has taken over the world! And thank goodness!

Poolside! I didn't know Matt was taking pictures of me!

Another one of the pools. There were a lot of them but we pretty much stayed at the same one while we were there.

Our hotel from the Lagoon.

We took out a little speedboat on the Lagoon and had lots of fun. The first boat we had broke and would only drive in reverse! Go Grease Lightning!

Our little Cabana!

We all know by now that Matt is a candy addict and we are trying to help him! These little candies at the bottom were so disgusting! They were strawberry flavored licorice covered in spices and sugar! Gross!

This was the little taco stand we stopped at on our way to Tulum

Shrimp tacos!

Matt felt like going a little over the regular speed limit since everyone else was. This is actually only like 85 mph but it still felt really fast in that little car!

The beginning of the Tulum ruins

Tulum

This beach at the ruins was so beautiful and the sand was so soft.

The water was warm but not warm enough for me. And we didn't bring any towels!

There were these Mayan dancers that kept coming out and singing and swinging from this pole. It was kind of weird!

The shops outside the ruins

The city of Tulum, I had no clue that I was walking by myself, thanks Matt!

Our car was a little tight in that spot. I couldn't get in!

Senor Frogs on Play Del Carmen. No there is no alcohol in that. This is just their "Large" cup.

Our table on the beach!

Our giant bowl of salsa. It was really heavy too because it was real stone

Shopping in Playa Del Carmen

We went to a really nice steak house and this was out $10 bottle of water!

We ate outside since it was so nice!

They gave us this cotton candy at the end of dinner. For being such a nice restarunt, it was really weird!

It was so humid that it started to drip!

The ferry to Cozumel that made me so sick!

The water was so choppy that it was hard for people to walk! Not good for us that get motion sickness!

This was for my Dad. We ate at another place that was owned by Senor Frogs called Carlos and Charlie's.

Our scooter in Cozumel

Driving on the scooter

Tagged... 5 Things

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:
-Working at Burris with my Dad
-Probably fighting with my parents (I was still a little in my wild streak!)
-Living on my own for the first time (I was back home a couple months later)
-Getting ready for Amy & BJ's wedding
-Preparing to be an aunt for the first time

5 Things on my to-do list today
-Get ready for church
-Remind Matt to get ready for church
-Get Keagan ready for church
- Bug Matt again to get ready for church!
- Go to church (You get the idea)

5 Things I would do with a million dollars
-Pay off my house
-Pay of my car
-Go on a really nice vacation with both our families
-Save, Save, Save
-Help any family member in need

5 Places I have lived
-Friendswood, TX
-Loveland, CO
-Ft. Collins, CO
-Layton, UT
-North Salt Lake, UT

5 jobs i have held
-Kennel worker at Blue Sky Vet
-Cashier at K-Mart
-Hostess at Lonestar Steakhouse
-Carhop at Sonic
-Inspector at Burris

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years
-Have most if not all unnecessary debt payed off
-Be close to being done having kids (We'll see how that goes!)
-Live in a bigger house (we probably will have outgrown this by then)
-Continuing to try to be the best mom I can be
-Be more organized in my daily life

5 people I tag
-Sam
-Cristi
-Toni
-Jamie
-Anyone else that wants to do this!

Catch-up for December!

So I have been slacking the past couple of weeks because of the holidays. We have been pretty busy and it is usually pretty difficult to get things posted with a regular schedule! So where should I start. Oh for my birthday last month, Matt and I went out to dinner earlier in the week and had Grandma and Grandpa Sutton babysit. That was a lot of fun, but tiring when we try to venture out in the middle of the week! Then that Friday Matt took me to this cute bed and breakfast that we have been wanting to go to called the Alaskan Inn up the Ogden Canyon. It was pretty cool and really fun to get away. It was the perfect time to go because it was really snowy up there and just makes it feel more like getting away to a little cabin. All of the rooms are themed and ours was the Eagle's Nest! Here is a picture from their website.

The next day we got together with all of Matt's family and headed to Temple Square to look at Christmas lights. I thought it would be fun for all of us to take the Front Runner down and eat at The Pantry before hand. Matt had to snow plow that afternoon so he was going to meet us there. I packed Keagan and I and headed to the station 20 minutes early so I wouldn't miss it. Matt's family were already on from the Layton station and were waiting for me. Just when I pulled up, I saw the train coming. I tried my hardest to make it but the train left like two minutes early and I could not get my stroller through the snow fast enough! How frustrating. So I waited for Matt and we just drove down and met everyone there. It ended up being a lot of fun. We walked around for a while and left right as it was starting to snow hard.

Shortly after was Christmas but I was terrible and forgot our camera. I will have to steal so pictures from my Mother-in-law later. New Year's snuck up on us so quick. Matt's younger brother left for the MTC on New Year's Eve and it was an emotional day. It was really fun for Matt to see this experience for his brother and remember what is was like for him when he left. Christopher was so excited and ready to go. He will be serving in the Mexico Monterrey Mission and will leave the MTC about March to go to Mexico. That night we all went to my sister-in-law's house and played Rook and watched movies. We bailed at about ten. We were really tired from the excitement from the day!

I almost forgot about the get-together we had after Christopher's farewell. He did a really good job on his talk. I was so proud of him. He is the closest relative I have had to go on a mission. Even though he is my brother-in-law he feels like he is my real brother and I feel so happy for him to be doing this great thing, and I can't wait to see what blessing are in store from it! After his talk I swear everyone that had ever heard of Christopher came over. There was a point that you couldn't even see the living room carpet because all of his friends were sitting on it that there wasn't and inch of room. It was pretty busy for a while but then things calmed down. Later on that night, Keagan decided that he wanted to go out in the garage with the other kids. Too bad he doesn't know how to walk down stairs, only scoot down them. He must have gotten brave and tried and failed. He fell down the cement stairs and landed on his eye I'm guessing. This was the results of the fall!
Well as soon as I get Christmas pictures I'll post them. Have a great new year!

Thanksgiving and More

So I am embarrassed to say that I didn't get any pictures at Thanksgiving! We did have a lot of food and fun though. Everyone was there on Matt's side of the family except my sister-in-law Jenny and her family. They were with her husband's family this year. We ate in the early afternoon and then went to see a movie right after. This year we saw Madagascar 2. It was a really cute movie. We took Keagan and he loved it. As long as he had his popcorn, he was fine. Towards the end he started to get louder and louder. He kept trying to tell all of us what was going on in the movie! Grandma was nice enough to take Keagan to the front doors to finish. The next day I went shopping with my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and her husband. We got into the line for Target at 4 AM and waited till six when they opened! It was a lot of fun talking to people in line that early in the morning. The best part was that we all got what we wanted from the door-buster deals! I will have to say that if Target has good deals next year, we will have to go again! Today we did retakes of our family pictures. Matt and I were just unhappy with the way the others turned out that we wanted to redo them. Here are a couple that my mother-in-law and sister-in-law snapped for us. I can't wait for the other to come out!

Early Merry Christmas!

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