Life as I know it

STILL HERE AND KICKING

2010-09-13T14:51:00.001-07:00

http://causetodayisanewday.blogspot.com/

hello friends and family. Still here.... this will now be my new blog site. i need to start writing so here we go....... follow my new blog....i will do my best to keep up.

DEAR FRIENDS!

2009-11-16T17:38:00.002-07:00

Hey friends in teh bay area!! I am a commin home wednesday! for 2 weeks. and i would love to visit my friends who i miss! Delila and i are so excited to see friends and family! we are soooo excited! so let me know if you wanna get together!!!

its freezing here and i love it! but i am excited for the nice CA weather! woohoo! anyway just a heads up!!

long story short

2009-11-06T12:08:00.001-07:00

just after my last post i got a call from a debt collections company and......... IDENTITY THEFT has happend to me! oh JOY! im sooooo glad. NOT! freaking freak! why are people such idiots!

GRRR

2009-11-06T08:31:00.002-07:00

so to start out everyday i try to upload pictures and blogger will NOT let me grrr!!!

so.... a little bit of whats been going on without pictures SORRY FRIENDS!

Delila is so cute and so TWO! if you know what i mean?? TANTRUMS oh joy! potty training though shes doing fab!! so proud of her i would say 95% potty trained. night time and the random accident is what needs to be worked on! oh i love my lil delila! her words and sentences are so cute! i can go on of course.........

Richard and i are keeping very busy!! Rich busy with work and helping me out with all my endeavors! during the winter our soccer team has now started INDOOR soccer. last night was my teams first game and they are so great! cutest little misses ever! but timpanogas soccer on the other hand...... LAME!!! seriously LAME! they are so NOT organized at all i wish that they were cause i like their facility a lot but the people seriously could they get any LAMER! is lamer a word? haha. I have also been keeping very busy with photography and i am loving every bit of it!!! tomorrow i have 3 shoots and it makes me feel happy and proud inside! so VOTE me KATIE KEELE as your family PHOTOGRAPHER! haha.....

Of course i have a billion little projects going on as usual and i love it as well! keeping busy is what i need not saying i dont like to be a lazy mama but keeping busy is GREAT! delila is having fun with her crafty things too. Our home is great and getting to be even more us! pretty soon were gonna be painting our family room cause it is needed and delila will be switching to her big girl room so we need to get that all painted as well.
and the last note of today is... i will be going out to california for business and family fun november 18-december 2. i have like 6 bookings and i still have 4 openings so friends if you wanna set up a shoot with me while i am there let me know and we will discuss what dates are open!! EXCITING stuff going on. so i hope my friends and family are all doing great out in blog world and their life! love ya all!

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she CAN DO IT! she DID IT!

2009-09-29T10:39:00.003-07:00

well we are at the great age of 2 and potty training often goes on at that age! delila is doing so great with it. the last 6 days but one day she has been in undies and she has wet 3 undies and they were all at around 7 in the evening outside! so i see a pattern. i should just bring her froggy potty out there with us. she got distracted. but really she has gone poo poo and pee pee in her potty and we are soooooo proud of her! way to go D!!

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updating some of the last little bit

2009-09-29T10:02:00.003-07:00

warning all pictures are taken with iphone, i tried to edit them so they were not DARK!

my sweet little miss just being super cute! we love her mucho!! here is delila! she chose her outfit out and we went to walmart! haha

yes even her headband and she put it on like that and i let her wear it! so cute!! this age is GREAT!

so here is delila eating after her nap! she is so so cute after she wakes up! she is watching her favorite show yo gabba gabba! now i got this chair from the DI well i got two actually and the chairs on ebay are worth 175 each kinda crazy. i love them though. i refinished them. they used to be a very ugly outdated wood stain so of course i gave them the fresh white finish with cute black and white fabric. i love them!!

and my sweet delila having lunch.my hair is now darker and i love the redish tint to it and i got it cut as well!

some of delilas halloween art work. my mom is gonna do these letters in vinyl for me but bigger to go just above the white board below and under the writing i will string ribbion from one side to the other of the white board and hand her art work there. super cute!!

some of our halloween decor so far.

and some more fall decor

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happy!!

2009-09-24T09:00:00.002-07:00

im glad that with time things begin to heal itself.

welll

2009-09-22T08:30:00.002-07:00

we all have our own issues and we all need to work through those issues! my issues are differnt than yours and yours are different than my husbands. things have been kinda tough for us in our home recently and we are now working through the tougher things! basically you get what i mean! i dont like to get to personal but this is my blog this is my journal and this says why i have not updated in a while cause of some tougher things going on! Rich and i have been given some great councel and i am very glad about that. i will prob go more into it later as the wounds heal more. just remember how important your spouse is and make sure everything is done to let them know how important they are cause one day thing could be different. i know i like to be loved and im sure that you do as well!

Happiness

2009-09-21T10:00:00.002-07:00

wondering whats going to happen??? time will tell........i just hope it turns out happy! everyone deserves that. right ???? HAPPINESS!! so far not but looking up!

another adventure! one that i am SO INLOVE with.

2009-08-07T10:23:00.002-07:00

http://shopatdelilas.blogspot.com/

check this out. it is my stuff so far! im very excited to start this part of the business!

Delilas bday party # 2

2009-08-03T10:00:00.007-07:00

We had such a GREAT time at delilas party! everything was GREAT! i wish i got out there earlier to get pictures before little fingers got to everything and before the wind blew the candy backdrop down! oh well. but it was sooooooooo GREAT!

last minute rich made this cute little arch!

this is our neighbor grant. delila calls him papa grant. haha. she loves their dog chip. the little brown one. the white doggy they are doggy sitting.

giving thank you hugs.

little linus guy

the wind blew the poor tissue flowers around.

D jumping

we borrowed this fun bounce.

i made this little fence thingy. like a string of candies.

kelly and linus. so cute.

the squashed cake! yummy. thanks heather.

haha the face. haha

mommy and daddy got her undies! wooohooo cant wait!

ok our little missy loves to color. may i brag for a moment... she is so good too! i will hae to show a picture of how detailed she is at age 2.

she is so inlove with babies. loves to feed it burp it and put it nigh nigh.

gma keele got lila size 2T pants but our 2T baby is little! hehe these are not gonna fit for a bit.

cracks me up! hehe

party guest!

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LILA TWO!! is what she says....

2009-07-31T09:02:00.002-07:00

Our sweetest little girl Delila is 2! oh my goodness! this year went by so fast! 2 years ago today our little miss was born! What a day! so many things went unplanned yet i stayed so calm! i remember that day very well! lets remember it.....

Dr apt 9 am. and my blood pressure was high.
Dr. comes in and says your blood pressure is high and your 4 days past your due date and you have had a rough pregnancy. would you like to go over and have your baby today?
I remember tearing up and bit and saying i have been waiting for you to say that!
5 minutes after that i called richie and said im going to be induced my blood pressure is to high.
Rich is so excited and says i will be over in a couple minutes. (he works a couple minutes from the dr and hospital)
i tell rich no it is ok stay there till it is time im gonna have to wait a while im sure. so he stays.
then i call my mom let her know the news and also my sister in law heather since she was gonna be there to help me through along with richie. (the plan was allllll natural)
20 min later im up in the hospital in my hospital bed gown and all waiting and while waiting i send out the mass text, im going to be induced. keep you updated!
after waiting i get bored then i sorta was like ok i need my richie. so i called him and he came right over.
shortly after he gets there the induction starts. the water gets broken and i suggest leaving it at that to see if i progress on my own. ( i was already a 4 when i went in) i wasnt progressing after an hour so they give me the pitocin.
oh FREAK that was not cool of them.....the pain hit hard.
right away after the pitocin the labor hit hard core, i was progressing and the contractions were royal! but i knew i could do it on my own with no meds. i walked i sat i bounced on the labor ball and more...
i was doing so well but the progression still was not happening so they laid me up on the bed a certain way to see if it would help. after 5 hours of hardly progressing at all it hit me nothing is happening and this pain is terrible (if you have had back labor you know what i mean cause that is what i had and more) then i decided ok give me the meds! so i got and epidural. i cried to rich i am sorry i need it. and of course he says yes katie why would you be sorry get it.
the epidural then worked for maybe an hour so that was a waste!
but at least i started to progress finally i got to a 6 after ummm 15 hours of labor then i progressed to a 7 and 4 or 5 hours after than my blood pressure when higher and delilas heartbeat went lower.
i was then rushed to get ready for a c-section (we chose to get right into it) after the prep for the c-section i was wheeled into the surgery room and 10 minutes after being in there our little Delila was here!
I stayed calm even though i didnt hear her crying. i kept thinking stay calm, stay calm, stay calm. sure enough close to a minute later but felt like forever i hear her lungs share her joy of being here with us. i loved her cry so so much!
about 3 minutes after that richie brought our sweet wrapped up pink faced girl over to me! i saw her, i saw her , i saw her and i loved her! i cried and said hello sweet delila it is mommy! she responded with sticking her tongue out at me! oh i loved her!
the nurses said she is a beautiful little girl and her sweet name is perfect for her.
Delila was an amazing baby! she did so well in the hospital and i was recovering GREAT we went home after being there 2 days with special permission! i was happy to be home! things only got better! and better! and better! she was a terrific sleeper, eater and daughter! and ever since then she has been the joy of our lives!

http://katieandrich.blogspot.com/2008/07/our-little-miss-is-one.html here is her 1 year old shout out...

our CA trip in May

2009-07-15T12:28:00.008-07:00

So this is like 2 months late! oh well!

Here are pictures of some of the little day trips we had while spending 10 days out at my parents house in California. We had a blast. i wish i didnt forget my camera while we were in fresno for Julie Cattons wedding. She sure did look beautiful. Delila loved seeing her good buddy Jonas! they are so very cute together. maybe my mom got pics? But we had such a blast and cant wait for next summer. We also stayed one night with my Grandparents in Minden NV. We had lots of fun there also......... and now for the day trips.

This was at the Children's Discovery Museum in San jose.

If you live near this area DO go with your kiddies. Delila loved it so much. The best part is they cater to each age group. and i will tell you more about that in a second.

this little girl behind delila was a twin. her sister was so cute and then another set of twins walked up. now this area they are in is only for kids under 3. so all the little ones were there at the same age and played.

Again this was and under 4 age group room. they had paint, sand, tunnels, story area and more. Delila really had a great time here. We also went to an area where we could build corn husk dolls. She was more into the pretend grocery shopping in that room.

Now another day we went to the Jelly Belly Factory.
They give free tours here and you get free treats at the end. of course we had to go to the gift shop and buy us a huge bag of belly flops. belly flops are jelly belly beans that are miss shaped or have two stuck together and so on. I didnt know if delila would have much fun here but she sure did. she loved to look in the windows watching all the factory workers hard at work. Rich and i learned some interesting facts as well.

sorry pics are outa order. this top should be the last!
you have to wear these hats at all time.

Next up... The BEACH!!! it was very overcast and windy. so we were a bit cold. but that didn't stop delila or richard. i enjoyed relaxing there. They had so much fun playing in the sand and water. i didnt get pics of them in the water because i got some video. sorry. delila loved playing in the sand but hated when it was time to clean her up! oh boy! haha they need to make a special sand repellent diaper.

This day Delila and i were waiting outside for Grammy to get home so we could leave to Fresno. so these are the only pictures i have from that day/weekend.

My favorite corner of my parents yard! I have had many , many pictures taken right here.

sittin so pretty miss D

Here we are on our Drive out to California. Delila was Perfect. She didnt cry a single time there are back! She seriously loves to draw and color. these doodle pads are THE BEST! this occupied like a couple hours of her time. She watched a couple of movies and......

She also did a lot of this. We left at 5 am so we could get to my parents at a good hour. we got there at 5ish so we made great time.

so precious. look at the wacky hair.

Well California summer trip 2009 of may was super fun! we cant wait till next year!!!

thanks grammy and papa for another GREAT week.

oh and by the way while mom, delila and i were in fresno my dad and rich went off on a fun photo trip day down the coast! look at richies blog for some beautiful pictures of that day and from our beach trip as well!

soooo

2009-07-13T09:01:00.001-07:00

i have a new link on the top right of my blog that is something special to me. working on this and i cant wait to get better and grow more and more! check it out often!

4 cute cousins.

2009-07-01T08:07:00.004-07:00

i stole these pics from my sister in law's Heather and Kathy cause i didnt have my camera at these times!! awe!! i wasnt feelin so hot this day!!! and rich was busy with his camera with taking pics of the stream. these are from our reunion up in heber and it was such a blast. more pics and the tell all about the trip later.

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26 years

2009-07-01T07:35:00.005-07:00

of ME is what my parents and hub and daughter celebrated together yesterday!!!

today will be lots of fun as well! i have friends and family coming over this fine evening to bbq with us!!! celebrations are the best! 4th of july saturday too! tomorrow morning my parents, hub, delila and i will head down to cedar city to visit family!! oh i love when my parents are here. it is the best!!!

my dad! my huz!

2009-06-21T17:46:00.007-07:00

my rich is a great Father to delila and she adores him! hes a hard worker and i mean that cause as we speak he is doing touch up painting for me on fathers day! he's awesome! i am glad he has taught delila the things he has and he is willing to work his butt off to provide enough that delila can have an exciting life!

my dad is also a hard working man as well. he runs a family company along with my mom and my brothers that also work there. he is on business trips all of the time but never complains because he know how important it is! he has a very loving heart and can always make me smile. i am forever a daddys girl! most of my pictures as a little girl were sitting with my dad! my favorite is me when i was around 3 or 4 wearing matching jammies with my cabbage patch doll on my dads lap while i was totally asleep! i wish i had it here. but on top of being a great dad he is an AMAZING papa who love his gran kids! delila sure loves her papa so much and often randomly asks "hmmm where papa at?" and that to me is the best ever! a couple of my favorite things about my dad are..... he is a quiet person but when he has something to say he does! he's always had interesting stories and tells them well! also the best is when my dad is about to tell a funny story (haha) he starts it out and less than 10 seconds into the story he starts laughing and then goes on and never stops laughing! it is one of those times i know i am my fathers daughter! thanks for passing it on to me!

i know that these two amazing men have and will raise their children to be the best persons they can be! they really are two of my hero's in life! thanks for always being here for me ;)

delila and papa

my dad is a very patient person ( i used that caption because he is teaching my mom here at our old home awe, a few different settings on the camera and well sometimes that takes patience! haha) oh and me as a daughter he prob has learned patience there too.

delila and richie one of my favorite father daughter pictures.

my dad and delila!

richie always teaching delila GOOD things to do. hahaha

my round headed no haired baby girl and my super cute hubby

another one of my favorite daddy daughter pictures.

i love you richie and i love you daddie!!

give o way give o way

2009-06-19T08:33:00.002-07:00

Here is what you can win!!!!

http://mysweetsavannah.blogspot.com/2009/06/one-lucky-reader-will-win.html

you should really go this this site to enter in for this give away. it is a GOOOOOD one!! i promise you will love it! and dont stop there, keep reading on to the rest of her posts, you wont be disappointed!

Thank you KEVIN!!!!!

2009-06-18T19:21:00.003-07:00

So this is a picture my brother in law kevin made of delila!! i seriously love it so so much! i just want to cry happy tears. THATS HOW MUCH I LOVE IT! He did this for me as my birthday gift. (JUNE 30th) best birthday gift i could ever get! Kev again i thank you so so much! i love it!!!!!

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things that inspire me for our home.

2009-06-18T10:06:00.003-07:00

3 years of good times!

2009-06-10T09:00:00.003-07:00

Dear Richie.
Thank you for a wonderful 3 years and i am excited for the many many many years to come. i am so grateful for our great laughs together and the happiness you bring to my life. thanks for being a great husband and even more thanks for being an amazing daddy. delila adores you and that is the sweetest thing to see. i love you rich!! thanks for being amazing!

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nearly done. so here is a peak.

2009-06-09T12:14:00.002-07:00

k so here is a preview of the close to finished dining room. i still have a few things to do like fill in the gaps and one more coat and a shelf is going on this wall as well!! i did about 95% of this on my own so i am pretty proud! so i have 4 more slats to put up and paint and the coat of paint of white all around and i will be DONE! whoa huge project. it wasn't gonna be but it has been a week now! SHEESH!

i kinda like the dark chairs against the wall but we will see if i keep them? i will prob end up painting them still??? whats your opinion?

oh drat!

2009-06-03T13:57:00.002-07:00

is pretty much what i have been saying the last few days! re-painting our dining room is crazier than i thought. first i got this paint a while back i loved and i wanted to do it for our dining room... so i painted it and got it all done and a couple hours later after looking at it I HATED IT! really i did. so anyways i right away began to paint it the blue that is in our kitchen thinking oh it isnt bright in the kitchen but DUH the kitchen is a small area with not a ton of light. so i then got nearly done with that blue color and looked around and oh my gosh bright, bright, bright! i cant handle it. so i let it sit a couple of days and look every now and then at it and every time i do i HATE it.

i love this!!! soooooooo pretty

now here is the happy ending well close to the ending.... i knew i wanted it lighter/softer so i took the white we had and added a tint of our blue to it and I LOVE IT! yes i LOVE IT! it is white with a tint of blue and i LOVE IT! the nice part is that i didnt do the bottom or the top cause were gonna do a nice wainscoting on the bottom and a nice molding on top! awe i am happy. now i wanna do the wainscoting so bad. first time doing it but i am excited! it really is not that pricey either!! SO STOKED!

some finds

2009-05-30T12:30:00.008-07:00

so this little rod iron table we found today at a garage sale for 5 bucks and the mirror i got at ross for 3 bucks. so it sits at the landing of our stairs and i will find something cute to set on it that works better than the mirror that i love. the bigger black mirror i got from di for 4 bucks just the way it looks nice huh. so it sits on the entry way wall. i got the little black organization box from ross as well it was a bigger spend only 8 bucks but i love it so much. now the best purchase for 15 bucks a totally pimped out doll house for delila. has furniture people and a cool family car that honks and has a radio that plays music. she soooooooo loves it. its for her bday but we cant take it away now! she is so cute! also the little white wall hanging thingys i dont konw what they are really but i have another bit of white to spray paint on them but they were a buck too. lots of fun.

dining room

2009-05-30T12:24:00.005-07:00

so we got this table for free from our neighbors. i love it. richie painted it for me for mothers day. needs one more coat maybe? or i will just distress it and it will look good. so i got 4 matching chairs from the DI 10 bucks each, so not bad. i will repaint them white and recover the seats. we got two big white end chairs at a garage sale for 10 each as well. they need to be fixed a bit though. recover the seats and screwed back together in a few places. you can see one of the chairs on one end. when the other is done it will go in place of the red chair and i will put the red chair back in the corner. delila eats in that chair when she wants to eat up at the table with us. she is so cute. speaking of cute delila i have my magnet board up above her little eating table full of delila pictures. i love her. so for now this is our dining room. the walls will be painted a beautiful deep tealish color next week. so pics to come.

ps see my touch of pink?

our family room

2009-05-30T12:19:00.002-07:00

so with our family room i have basically taken things that we have had around the house and just moved them to new locations. first off i love my little metal basket find from the di for like a buck!! a huge whoop whoop there. so now it will be where we keep our remotes. ORGANIZATION is key for me now. also i would like to sometime mount the tv on the wall but the day will come for now im loving our family room. i still want to do horizontal strips all the way across the wall the tv is against down into the hallway where our new wall is that you saw before.

front room

2009-05-30T12:12:00.006-07:00

ok so this is our front room. this is the room you see when you first walk into our home. again the wall is more green in person. anyway i have changed the arrangement a few times i think i am stickin with this for now. we will see how long. HAHA! anyway i got this awesome mirror for 10 bucks at ross and everything else you see is pretty much from DI. the candle holders a buck the vases a 50 cents and frames way cheap and so on. i love that place. so here is our front room now. oh and i gotta keep the ice skates up year round.
oh and a ps note the wall with pictures not done i dont think i like it. not my cup of tea putting up pictures.

ps see my touch of pink?

Kitchen.

2009-05-30T12:07:00.003-07:00

so off the kitchen i painted with chalkboard paint and i love it. i was feeling a little yucky about the blend of the family room and the kitchen so i came up with this idea. rich did the frame. i love it. ok so can you find my little bit of pink now in the kitchen? it is the softest pink but i love it! DI finds!

INSPIRATION

2009-05-27T10:52:00.003-07:00

Nothing great was ever achieved without Enthusiasm!! My mom has always had this quote in one of her bathrooms and today it has totally Motivated me to get things in gear. i am inspired by this quote and these fantastic women!

http://deardaisycottage.typepad.com/daisy_cottage/

i cant help but get so excited about color from this site! every little bit of her home is drenched in color in a GREAT way! seriously INSPIRATION right there.

http://makingitlovely.com/

i cant help but get so excited about the adorable outdoor projects from this site! well her indoor is just awesome as well but my goodness i love the porch she just did. VOTE for her!

http://www.chriskauffman.blogspot.com/

and now my favorite!!
i cant help but get so excited about the fresh look around her home! the mind can only be calm and refreshed from seeing her home. im sure being in her home is even better!

so thank you to my top 3 ladies of inspiration!! i get excited through the day to think of what i can do next. and it is a challenge working on limited moolah so it is more fun!!! but what cant a can of spray paint and a string of twine do?? you tell me? then i will find you something! anyways so get inspired today!
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photo shoot by Richard and Grammy! Rose Garden!

2009-05-26T21:00:00.006-07:00

picture overload! WHOA! my mom and rich did a very cute photo shoot of delila! delila had like the same look the whole time. kinda funny. oh and her tongue! she is such and expresive kidd-o!

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painted a wall

2009-05-26T15:33:00.003-07:00

change again? YUP!!! got bored. this will happen many many time. the wall is a greenish yellowish color.also went to DI with the huz and darling girl! got some goood finds. here are some and i have my pics developing now and i have some mroe things to paint and throw up there. so this is just my rough draft of my new wall that i love. the color is a bit brighter in person. super cute!!

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2009-05-10T20:32:00.002-07:00

This is for you MOMMA!! I love you so much! I am so glad that you are my mom and that you were the example that you were to me! For your never ending service and love that you have always, always shown! To me you are Super woman! You have taught me well and i know that i am the mom today because of you! and i am only at the start. if only i could be 1% as great as you i will have done my part here as a mother! Thank you for everything that you have done for me and my little family. YOU ARE AMAZING!!! Your fun! Your Beautiful! Your smart! Your had working and super loving!

Here are some fun pictures of you that i love! To Grandma Swarts you are amazing too, to teach my mom everything that she knows too!! I love the picture of Mom and Grandma with my nephews and little cousins! It really does show your joy and love that you have with your grand babies!

WE LOVE YOU MOMMA!!!

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photoshoot number TWO!

2009-05-07T12:53:00.003-07:00

So here are the pictures from my second photoshoot with Delila!!! it was fun! i went with my sister in law Heather and nephew Max. Heather just got a new camera so i thought she would wanna give it a whirl too! it was fun! anyway they just ran around and this is what i got!

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cutest picture ever! OMG!

2009-05-07T07:40:00.003-07:00

Richie took this picture of Delila and i on tuesday and i seriously LOVE IT! He brought it home framed for me yesterday as an early mothers day goodie!! i really do LOVE IT!! there are so many pictures i want to get printed out and framed!!!

Thanks Rich hunnie. i love it thanks!

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who is that person?

2009-05-07T07:37:00.002-07:00

IT HAPPEND AGAIN! i totally went light haired again! i am so NOT used to it. it seems bright to me but i know it will tone down. anyways, rich loves it so i guess thats good. im not inlove with it yet but soon!

is it really way to bright? or am i just crazy? how do i tone it down a bit? no i didnt do it myself. i do like it but i guess i need some more time?

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i dont care, i dont care!!

2009-05-04T11:59:00.003-07:00

So i love the color pink and from now on I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS!! i am adding a bit of pink to every single room in our house! Rich is gonna love this i know it! but seriously why not? if it makes my home looks sweeter to the eye thats what i like! so my touch of pink starts TODAY!! hip, hip hooray! hip, hip hooray!

i mean i am not going this far but seriously how cute though? a bit of pink here and there in the kitchen. i cut pillow or two in the living room. throw a cute pink frame up on the wall. i'm going to town!!!!!

over the last few weeks

2009-05-03T19:51:00.004-07:00

so i was out of order for a couple of weeks but i managed to get a few cute pics of Delila! rich got a ton more than i did. i will get those up soon!

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fun little crafts!!

2009-05-03T19:00:00.003-07:00

So this is how i spent my sunday afternoon! i am not feeling so hot so i just sat around doing this! so much fun! haha. this was one of the projects i wanted to have done over the weekend anyway. the other project will be delayed cause of the weather yesterday and today! but this was so much fun. 2$ tanks and then scrap fabric i had and then the cute polka dot scrap from my friend kelly! woohoo. none of it is perfect at all especially the bigger flower. it was my first and looks a little funky but thats what is cute about it! haha. anyways im excited to do more it was pretty fun and only took me a couple of hours! happy sunday!!!

this little flower i think i am gonna make it into a clip for delila cause she actually has hair now. haha!

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PPPPPROJECT in the works

2009-04-30T08:49:00.002-07:00

So i am very excited about this project. my friend kelli and i were sitting on the floor today in my living room folding laundry (this used to be her living room haha) (she has no washer and dryer cause they are moving into their new house TODAY PROB!!) anyway we were sitting talking and i mentioned something i wanted to do and oh man the things we come up with from just one little idea is amazing!!! so today i will get started on project 1 and also on project 2 woohoo! i cant wait to share the greatness with everyone this weekend! i of course have several other projects on my list of to-dos but these are happening first!

On another note our sweet delila is doing well in her big girl bed! she has only come into our room at night once this week and we took her right back after she fell asleep with us! woohoo... so through the night is great but falling asleep is harder. so it will take us another week or so till we figure out whats gonna work best with her. it seems she isnt tired enough to fall asleep in her bed alone untill nearly 10 pm.... she also really likes to cuddle with mommy and daddy especially daddy before she goes to bed. anyway any hints for us?

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round 2 of my baby girls pictures.

2009-04-27T13:25:00.003-07:00

So here is the other batch of many pictures i got the same day as before! i really enjoy taking pictures of people and kids!! especially my own lil pretty girl! who doesnt though! so i went along and did some photo shop to these. i love making old fashioned lookin pictures! anyways my lil sweetie is napping and doing awesome in her big girl bed!!!

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my first photo shoot with delila!

2009-04-26T14:16:00.005-07:00

So on friday night while waiting for our friends the Quangs to get here i took delila outside for a little 5 minute photo shoot because it was windy! here are some of the pictures i chose! She is looking so much older now and it kills me! Anyway i love richards camera and take it when i can! so we didnt have much time so these were some of the best ones but i am gettin better! and learning more as well!

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human chipmunk

2009-04-24T09:19:00.002-07:00

oh man and this wasnt even the worst!! haha!! the worst will remain a mystery!

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THE TEETH ARE GONE

2009-04-22T10:31:00.003-07:00

First off HAPPY EARTH DAY! delila looks adorable today in her little earth day outfit! oh i love her. all day yesterday she would come over and give me hugs and look at me with a sad face and say oooooh momma owie and kiss my cheeks better. awe i love her!!!

They are gone and i am glad for that BUT GOLLY i am in PAIN! yesterday was a terrible day. fainted, looked ghost white most the day and puked like 5 time. sorry for telling you all that last part but golly! i know in a few days i will feel better but ugh! if you wanna see what a human chipmunk would look like then come over and look at me. i am hoping to get some sleep today cause i didnt in the night. my sister in law kathy has delila today and i am so grateful for that. i need to rest. my drugs are starting to kick in finally and it makes me sleepy so i hope it works. i ate something this time with the meds so i hope i dont get sick again! well i wanted to sign on to let everyone know i am still alive but ugh!!!!! the stupid teeth were so far in there and my mouth is so small i am lucky that my jaw didnt break! it was a close one though! well yea have a great day!

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Delila is a BIG GIRL!

2009-04-22T09:34:00.002-07:00

So Delila is on her way to being a BIG GIRL! She is so cute!! Here is the story! So on Monday i talked to delila all day about one thing to do to be a big girl is to sleep out of a crib a big girl bed! No we dont have a normal twin or anything yet for her but the front of her crib is off now so she is free to roam! So when daddy got home and took it off she got so excited.

So 8:30 came around for nighty night time and she got in her jammies and brushed her teeth and we then said ok Delila get in your big girl bed and she was so excited. She got in and Richie and i began to read her, her bedtime stories. Then we said our family prayer and gave her kisses for goodnight! We then turned off the light (she still had a night light though) and shut the door the same as we always do.

We stood by the door for a minute or two with some excitement and heard her cry for 2 seconds then silence. so after the two minutes we went downstairs and about 40 minutes later richie went up to check on her!

He came back down a minute later and said I AM SO PROUD OF OUR LITTLE GIRL! i asked why? He said She pulled out one toy and then went up and got in her bed! She did great that night and didnt wake up till 6 am! She is so GREAT!

Last night She again did well with going to sleep in her room haha not her bed. she fell asleep on the floor but didnt make a mess again. at least she is going to sleep and not being naughty. We will see how it goes tonight! SHE IS SO CUTE! i love our lil D!

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Last but not Least

2009-04-13T14:43:00.002-07:00

The last little bit of Easter now. Delila can not get enough of her cousin Colton! The newest little dude to the Kuhn Family! He is soooooooo ADORABLE and has the cutest DEEP voice. Whenever D notices Colton around she goes right to him. She always leans over him as seen in the pictures! She even will share her blankey with him. NO ONE EVER GETS TO USE HER BLANKEY! True sign of LOVE!

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D to the R to the E to the S to the S

2009-04-13T14:38:00.003-07:00

Everyone knows Easter would not be Easter without the Easter dress! So here she is in her lil Dress! LOVE IT!

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Easter Weekend

2009-04-13T14:12:00.005-07:00

So Yesterday was a GREAT day! we together as a family minus a few had a GREAT dinner that mom and i made together and we had a great EASTER EGG HUNT! the kids loved opening up the little eggs with notes, candy and change in them! such FUN!

These are from the Ward activity here in SC and Delila sure did have fun playing with her friends here! I also had a great time visiting with friends here!

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The little Cutie!

2009-04-13T14:09:00.002-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of our little D!! She is just a Doll and can not get enough of her! We have had a blast the last couple of weeks here and can't wait to see family. The life would be to live here as a family together! AWE!! but We do have our own home and i love it but miss having my family so close! :(

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Colton man and Hair

2009-04-07T16:56:00.002-07:00

Here are a few adorable pictures of our nephew colton! he is SO SO CUTE! he is nearly the same size as delila. hands and feet are the same size for sure though! haha! he is gonna be a great line backer someday! now i have been doing these cute piggy tails in delila's hair for the last few weeks cause her hair was lookin like a mullet and that was the only cute way to do her hair. so i went for the cut and it is cute. She looks adorable with her little bob! she has wave to her hair so with a bit of product she is a doll! Anyway, we love you richie!!! Delila is learning new words out here EVERYDAY! so funny! my dad (papa) taught her where her BUTT is haha! she also knows other odd body parts like her armpit and elbow! SUCH A CUTIE!

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A good time in CALIFORNIA

2009-04-06T08:38:00.004-07:00

Well here are some pictures of our trip so far out here in CA! Delila says HI DADA! She is having such a great time with cousins here. She is is loving all the attention from grammy and papa! she loves her papa! and grammy to of course. We miss Richie a ton! These pictures are from my little cousins 3rd birthday party! my uncle and his family live on a Ranch and we love to go out there. Delila was in love with all the animals. She is so cute! 20 months old now and a total JOY!

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Give - Away

2009-04-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

For an awsome give-away GO TO THIS SITE!!! awsome!!!
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I got GOOD news and i got BAD news

2009-03-31T13:36:00.002-07:00

The BAD news first!! i went to the dentist today and found out i need to get my Wisdom Teeth pulled ASAP! ugh, not looking forward to that at all! The GOOD news is i have ZERO cavities. woohoo!

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The other good news is that this lump on my neck is nothing to worry about unless it doubles in size and unless it gets hard. right now it is rubbery like an eraser! same size too. so i am good! WOOHOOO!!!

so here is a cute story.

2009-03-30T12:34:00.002-07:00

Richard and his family growing up did this fun thing called dancing in the dark. It kinda explains itself. they Dance in the dark to the electric light orchestra. So richie has decided to start this with delila and she LOVES IT! we do it just before she goes to bed and just before she watches her nightly Gabba show. So last night we were all dancing and a slower song came on so rich and i were having fun dancing together haha i know cheesy but it was fun. Delila then pushes us away like she wants to dance with us. so then richie picks her up and as soon as she is up with daddy she pushes mommy away. haha

Delila has certainly become a total daddy's girl! It is so cute. As soon as richie gets home delila is like obsessed with rich. It is sooo cute! Richie thinks it is cute most of the time but she sometimes can get a little overwhelming! haha. anyways, just a cute story!

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so kitchen update

2009-03-30T12:20:00.003-07:00

i wish it was a little brighter well the pictures atleast! but i still have a little bit to do and it will be done. i am deciding if i want to glaze the cabinets or antique them. i need to find some hardware i like too!!! one thing at a time though. i love the brightness in the kitchen! whoa! so yea, here ya go!

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FREAKIN FREAK!

2009-03-27T12:22:00.002-07:00

So this is a venting post. I found this lump on my neck last week and it was small and didn't hurt at all. So i thought oh it is ok i set up my Dr apt (this Tuesday YEA) and i didn't think anything bad of it. That was until today when i woke up and it was larger and now hurts! I have thyroid problems and it seems like that never gets under control. It is pretty close to being good now but i have struggled with this yuck since i was 14, not to fun getting pricked every 3 months. I know some people have it worse than myself but my goodness. So now this lump on my neck sheesh. Feeling the pain of it is buggin me. i cant turn my neck all the way and it is killin my shoulder too. Also the prego thing on top of it doesnt help. I dont need stress. THATS THE LAST THING I NEED! So at least the break-downs i have this week are SERIOUSLY allowed! so this is my VENTING TO THE BLOGGING WORLD!

I am so gratful for Rich though for being understanding of it all and letting me know things will fall as they may and be ok! I am a strong person and i know i can handle anything thrown at me BUT i am kinda freaked out now! GOODNESS!!

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dont mess!

2009-03-17T18:26:00.002-07:00

haha rich snapped some funny pictures of delila and of course i photoshoped them! so fun! she is a cute lil chicky!

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Birthdays

2009-03-17T08:08:00.004-07:00

Yesterday was my Biggest brother's Birthday! Rudy is a cool big brother! He gets at me all of the time. Yes he is a total Butt head to me but i still LOVE HIM! He has always been the nicest brother at the same time. funny i know! He used to wear cool Buddy Holly glasses. i used to want to go everywhere with him as a little gir. I want to still do a lot of the cool things he does! He is a music guru and that is cool too. over all i guess he is just COOL! and a BUTT HEAD! haha.... anyway, Rudy i hope that your 30 something birthday was GREAT!! We love you tons!!

Our AWSOME nephew Jayden turns 8 today!! woohoo!!! Jayden, we love you very much and your such a fun little man! here are a few pictures from this past summer when our nephews were staying with us WHAT A BLAST! this other picture is from when my dad took our nephews out for a fun photoshoot!

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and here it is

2009-03-14T21:43:00.003-07:00

The rest of the pictures from today's first ride on the bike! rich is so cute with his camera! anyway, i sure do love my bike!

p.s. Morgan LETS go for a ride anytime!!

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sweet lil D

2009-03-14T21:06:00.002-07:00

i seriously cant get enough of her! soooo cute!!! she is lots and lots of fun! anyway, here are some cute shots richie got of Delila and i!!

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hurray!! it is done!

2009-03-14T20:45:00.002-07:00

so here are the pictures of our hallway that we decided to get some hooks and stuff on but decided to do the bead board and so on... this hallway is the hallway you walk into when you come in from the garage. we are still gonna put up a shelf on the top and richie is gonna build a bench for it as well! awesome , awesome! we worked well together on this project as well..... no im off to finish my other project!

i am painting the top half of my cabinets white! so i just need to put another white layer on and then do my glazing! woohoo!!! i love projects!

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sneaky peaky

2009-03-14T16:57:00.002-07:00

So my sweet hunnie got me an amazing gift i have been wanting for a while now! WOOHOOO an adorable pink Schwinn Beach Cruiser!! LLLAA LAAA LAA LOVE IT!! I took it on a fun spin around our neighborhood! it was so much fun! i cant wait for the fun rides to come on it! THANK YOU HUZZY!

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Nope NOT Yet...

2009-03-14T16:05:00.002-07:00

Not prego yet!! but we hope soon people! haha! Well we like a few names... funny cause we only think about girl names cause well i feel like im gonna have all girls and that is exciting! So some of you wanna know the latest names we like!! Ok so maybe by now you guys realize that rich and i do not like your typical names but still pretty names just different! We like the names Paisley, Anora, Amilae (pronounced Om-i-lay) and so far my favorite for sure is Sloane! those are just a few! but FAV so far is i think Sloane K. Keele! i like the middle initial for that one. or i would have it be Sloane Kuhn Keele (my maiden name as a middle name) now for a boy we both agree on Knox David!!!!! but i also love love love the name Jagger like a lot but rich hates it and everyone shoots that name down but i love it! i also love love love the name Lennox you can call him lenny or shorten that to knox too! anyways those are the names i am dropping for you peeps wanting to know!

p.s. i will have some exciting pictures to put up today (saturday) or tomorrow (sunday) woohooo!!!!!!!!!!

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do you ever.....

2009-03-11T08:46:00.003-07:00

Think about names for your kids even when you are not expecting? i totally do haha!! luckily rich doesnt think im a silly person for doing it! well he thinks im silly but he doesnt knock my ideas! i just thought of a GREAT name! anyway, just wondering if other people do too?? also do you ever feel like your put on this earth to be a mother to a certain gender? We sure do! We think were gonna have ALL GIRLS!! lots of girls! and that EXCITES me so much! I hope that everyone is having a GREAT week so far.

p.s. Does your kid watch Yo, GABBA , GABBA? HAHA it is so cute. Lila loves it and runs around the house saying more dabba more dabba more dabba! haha

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So then he UP-CHUCKED

2009-03-10T18:31:00.002-07:00

So we had the kids from our primary class over for a fun pizza get together!! we had a blast watching a fun movie playing games and eating pizza and drinkin juice! then one of the boys in our class says may i go home. i go yea sure. (he didnt look so great) anyways then he runs over and says where is your bathroom?!!? i go around the corner. he didnt make it to the bathroom or the hard floor instead he stops inches away from it on the carpet and then he PUKES! a few times at once. the girls screamed and then we all ran into the front room. we then played in there while richie took car of him and cleaned up the yuck! holy crap im not good with puke unless it is my own kids! whoa! we still had such a fun party! we will make this a monthly funtime i think!?!!

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Just for fun!!

2009-03-05T22:18:00.003-07:00

This was all just for fun!! i wanted to see what i could play around with in photoshop!! haha my dad will laugh at this cause he calls me a professional self picture taker! lol! oh the high school days!!

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haha

2009-02-26T19:24:00.002-07:00

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play that music little girl!

2009-02-26T14:12:00.002-07:00

Last night we had dinner with richards sister Kristal and her husband Robert! Lets just say delila had a plast and can't wait to go back!! The two are very into music and talented as well so they have the whole jammin get up in their spare room!!!

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just pics of our itty bitty D!

2009-02-26T13:15:00.007-07:00

Awe i sure do love me some DELILA! she is so cute about saying cheese and she thought it was so funny that mommy was trying to eat her up!! i sure could she is so adorable!! funny moment we had this morning, she got a bonk and i kissed it better and i have a scratch on my knee so she kissed it better lol. over and over and over and over! it was ADORABLE!

these adorable pictures are of delila being her cute self hanging out while waiting for her friend to come and play!!!

SO last sunday delila had a bit of a tummy ache and that meant a very sweet cuddly little girl! she is obsessed with her daddy it is so cute. she was all cuddled up on richies nap and the next thing we knew she was totally asleep! We sure do love these days!!!

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has your child ever...

2009-02-26T09:06:00.001-07:00

so delila woke up around 4:20 this morning and i was not about to get up that early so she came in bed with us and slept a couple more hours. anyways in the middle of sleeping i hear hello...no no no no....hello...kitty.. no no no no hahahha! has your child ever talked in their sleep! sorta funny!!

p.s. dont forget about the post below and pray for my sister in law, brother and nephews!

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lots of prayers

2009-02-26T08:59:00.002-07:00

My sweet sister in law Carmella has been feeling pretty cruddy since sunday! she had to go to the ER a couple of times to get fluids fromt his flue like illness she was having. up till the other day maybe we just thought it was the flue until she couldnt even get dressed or remember her own name or respond to anything. she was not herself. last night my brother brought my nephews to my parents (who have been taking care of them the last week to give carmella rest) and my mom answers the door and my nephew jayden was crying bad! jason comes back to tell him it is going to be ok and gives him a big huh. HE WAS SCARED! anyway, they went to the er last night (jason and carmella) and they did a spinal tap and drew some more blood. so jason was then told that she has viral meningitis! eeek from what i know it isnt good. but there are different types viral is the best to have. so luckily the dr is calm and lets my brother know it will be ok. she is young and we are on the ball. the big wigs have come to help and she is getting the attention needed! this is such a learning experience for my brother! Blessings, Faith and Prayers.... it isnt easy going through this but i also pray that this is something he will learn faith through.... he's an amazing person and i am sad he is going through this but what an experience to help him know through faith heavenly father is here by his side and watching over carmella and his boys!!

so please keep them in your prayers!! xoxo

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this was our saturday!!!

2009-02-23T10:13:00.002-07:00

So we went to a fun place rich and i used to go to before we had delila. the progresive power tumbling place in springville. lots of fun to get together with tons of people. anyway, so this was delila's first time JUMPING in on the fun! it was totally fun that her cousin MAX was able to be there as well! woohoo!! anyway, so here are some of the pictures from the day........

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D must have been needing her Z zzz

2009-02-20T19:08:00.003-07:00

so this is how i found delila. she only took a short nap today grrr so she must have been sleepy still. 5 hours later i found her doing this above. she is so so cute!

just a cute ps note, delila and i were going through family pictures today and she knows who dadda and momma and lila are and says those fine but she was learning new people as well so we come to the picture of my brother in law Josh and she repeats it back GOSH haha it is Gosh now lol. then also mason comes up as well and she calls him MAY MAY so May May he is. and her cousin Max is MAA so Maa he is lol. kids are great. grandpa has been gapuh and grandma so far is grumu. my parents go by papa and grammy papa she says great but grammy were working on that but atleast she can say nana just great!

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lil over 18 months now

2009-02-17T12:00:00.005-07:00

here is our adorable delila drawing. she loves to draw, this pic is pre kiddie bar we set up it is now her designated drawing spot. and another picture of delila being adorable. she is so cute!!!

so delila is super super fun. she has been learning so much over the last few weeks. she says a bunch of new words like elp is help. she is adorable the way she will bring things to you and say elp for help with something. or bubbles she loves bubbles and she will say it over and over until you play bubbles with her. she is singing and doing the actions to the song we love to sing very well now. one of the cute things she has done this week is i heard her waking up from her nap and she was singing up above and pointing up cause she knows thats where the stars are but over and over i heard up above, up above, up above.... so cute. this morning she was doing it again along with saying bye bye (while waving out the window) and she says bye bye no (snow). it is funny that she says no and no(snow totally different). i guess she gets it is time for the winter to be gone too. haha. so i was walking upstairs to her room with her and she says momma eyes when i put her in her bed. i look at her and she is all ready to fold her arms cause we tell her to close her eyes when it is time to pray so she wanted to say a prayer. she is super adorable. we just love her to bits!

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extra pink valentines day!

2009-02-16T10:59:00.003-07:00

so Valentines this year with my lovey huz was so much fun! friday night we went to CPK mmmmmmm yumm and walked around the mall after to walk off the bread i ate haha! and i got a cute yellow hat and some fun red earings. our great friend crystal watched delila for us (she watches her tons and we love her much for that). on the way home i said richie lets get ice cream (it has been an addiction of mine the last 2 months ugh!) rich said well i want a smoothie hahaha one is healthy the other is not, can you guess?? so i got maggie moos ice cream mmm never had it and it was delicous and rich got smoothie king!! and on our way home we went. so that was friday night then lucky us got to go out again with my inlaws and richards uncle and aunt to daltons. yummmmmmoo it was great! my great lil brother in law watched delila for us while we went to dinner. delila loves her uncle ake ahah Jake is his name but she says ake! we love what she calls her uncle josh too hish ahhaha. she said grandma yesterday! anyways to top off the great weekend my great hunnie got me this....

i have been wanting one for a while now but i could never spend money on that. haha so richie did! lol anyway i love it a lot and when sping comes it will come in handy for some running (if i am prego) some walking!! anyways, i hope everyone had an amazing sweetheart weekend.

p.s. dont you guys worry richie was for sure spoiled to.maybe toooooooooo spoiled! love you richard!
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by the way i got this note from him that says your kick "A" . i love you my beautiful wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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just so everyone knows...

2009-02-12T22:41:00.003-07:00

here's one of the pictures of Roman and here is a picture of Delila about the same age!!!!

i really want a little baby!!! (haha) we took pictures of our friends little boy roman tonight and ohhh my gosh he is cute i really really want a baby bad now!! so here is a little venting....

lots of people i know are prego right now and people i know have friends that are prego and so on.... it is making me so antsy!! i am so thrilled for friends and family that are expecting but here is one HUGE QUESTION?... when will it be my turn? lots of people dont know we have been trying for a little while now a little sometimes means big things by the way. anyway, everyday i pray for my turn and i have learned to be patient and calm through this and have also grown a lot closer to the lord! i know deep down that it will happen someday cause we have delila we know it can happen but i crave the baby smell and for delila to have a little sibling. so that is my venting....

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2009-02-11T09:41:00.002-07:00

So yesterday morning delila and i woke up to a huge KABOOM! freaked me out i ran all over finding what it was. and i found it! it was our computer desk just fell. RANDOM! nothing was hurt in the fall. Anyways it gave us the perfect opportunity to get the craft/office room put together with the storage and smaller desk unit we have wanted. so we went and purchased this cute desk below and also this great wall storage!!!! my mom has a few of them in her craft room and i love them. i got the largest one that fits perfect on our wall.

anyway so today while delila is napping i will be painting that room to get it all ready for my kinda craft room! still need to get some things like boxes and a shelf or two or three haha!! but i am so excited!
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go home Deanna

2009-02-10T22:04:00.001-07:00

so i just watched this weeks episode of the bachelor and omg next week is gonna be good. but i just want Deanna to go home! why the heck would she come back to screw things up? i mean if it means for molly to go home to thats ok. but sheesh things are gettin steamy! if you dont watch the bachelor sorry for the babbles and if you do are you here with me on this? i loved Deanna last season but she screwed things up so go home already!!! next week needs to come fast!
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home sweet home

2009-02-09T11:39:00.003-07:00

we are home from sunny cali!! it was very fun and now it is snowy !! crazy crazy! anyway pictures to come later. i need to get some cause my cam was dead!! ugh!! i hate that. my brothers wedding was so sweet and pretty!! well i have some projects to finish now woohoooooooo!

Hmm what could it be?

2009-01-29T11:36:00.002-07:00

so i started working on this cute project a couple of days ago and so far i love it!!! i love the sweet beachy look of this blue!! so we hope to get it all finished up by the weekend!!!!! WOOHOOOOO i can't wait to show you all this cutness about to happen!

love the D

2009-01-28T20:09:00.003-07:00

Isn't she just soooooooooooo cute!!!

We sure do love this little D!!! Richard always snaps adorable pictures of
Delila! SOOOO CUTE!!!

10

2009-01-27T12:34:00.001-07:00

thats it. 10 more pounds to kick off!!!!!!! woohoo it can be done. my huz even said to me yesterday whoa, katie your lookin like you lost weight. WELL DUH!!! hahaha!!! the funk has left the building!

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i love you

2009-01-19T18:58:00.004-07:00

so today was richies birthday so i made hime a cute little sign but i thought awe perfect i can leave this up for valentines day as well!!! i did a few other crafts today to. when your in the mood you just gotta pull out the crafty stuff and go for it!!! atleast for me. i love you richard!

p.s. dont mind my mantel right now. i have not fixed it up yet. oh and i have a plan for that to! :)

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birdies

2009-01-19T18:51:00.002-07:00

So i have been wanting to do this and i just did! i free handed it so i have some things i wanna fix up a little more tomorrow. i need to get a little paint brush though. i wanna re-shape one of the birdies a little bit. I think it is so so cute. now i need to decorate delila's shelves and over her crip off to the side i want to paint a tree. in black as well!!! i sure have a bunch of little ideas in my head! and i cant wait to get them out.
does this look dumb??? be honest.

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Nursery time!!!

2009-01-19T10:16:00.003-07:00

Delial had her first day of Nursery yesterday Jan. 18, 2009!!! Rich dropped her off and he said she went in no prob didnt even look back at rich. (haha) and so i went in to check on her half way through and they were just getting around in a circle on their little chairs for singing time and i stuck around for a minute. they said fold your arms and be reverent and she did and so she thought it was a prayer so she said AMEN very loud. (haha) then singing started and it is a song we sing at our house together and she was totally doing all the actions and she finally saw me half way trhough that song and waved hi to me (haha) and then i said bye bye delila! We picked her up together and she gave us her picture she colored and it is now on our Fridge. Such a great day for her and for us!! when you read (haha) it is really a happy sad laugh from within cause lila is so grown up now. so sad! she is an amazing little girl though and we love her to bits!!!!

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hair shmair

2009-01-16T11:33:00.001-07:00

so i love this hair. it is great for a growing out short cut. my bangs need a little more to grown now. when it gets there you can see it. haha isnt it cute atleast till my hair grows to what i want it to be?!!!

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LOVE

2009-01-16T10:07:00.001-07:00

i seriously just love this pictures. Delila is so little in it and she is so happy. i have such love for this little missy!! Delila your the bestest little nut EVER!

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do you ever feel like.....

2009-01-16T09:53:00.003-07:00

like your in an ugly funk? I DO RIGHT NOW! i have 13 or 14 more pounds to loose and my hair was way cute when it first got cut but now i am growing it out and it is ugly! i am so in a FUNK! what can i do though right? just keep on keepin on. give me a few months and then i will back HAHA! but really i feel like i am in a FUNK! so to make me feel better im just gonna paint my house lots of fun times!

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Before and After of the kitchen

2009-01-14T19:39:00.002-07:00

WHOOP,WHOOP! HAHA!! So i am so excited with the out come of the kitchen. i was in teh mood to paint and so i decided to do the kitchen cause it was quick and easy! i love it. i think i am gong to do our stairway this color or similar cause i got to paints this one and another one with a bit more green in it. LOVE it!! so cheery! i actually am going to spray paint the LOVE red. i am waiting for the spray paint from rich. WHOOP, WHOOP!
p.s. still have to paint the bar stools. it is on my soon on my list!! :)

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baking with mama

2009-01-12T21:36:00.002-07:00

so we went to our neighbors house for family home evening tonight and we decided to bring over some brownies. So delila got this apron and matching chef hat from grammy kuhn for christmas. (she was so lucky to also get one from grandma keele and i made her one) anyways here is a fun picture of her dressed up. i let her lick the spoon after and WHOA she loved it!

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this is funny

2009-01-11T17:51:00.001-07:00

2009-01-09T17:16:00.001-07:00

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what i have been doing?

2009-01-09T17:03:00.002-07:00

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i have been learning how to do digital things in photo shop. my mom asked if i would put together an announcement for my brothers wedding cause they wanna keep it low budget. so of course i sad YES!!! so i began to figure it out and once you understand how to do it you get ADDICTED like me! but it is lots of fun and this was one of the first digital that i put together of delila.remember i am learning so just know that. haha but i do like the simplicity of it.

whats in my front yard?

2009-01-06T22:48:00.002-07:00

So our little family was playin in the family room and i just looked out the window for a sec and saw a huge shadow outside under the street light. i run to look and there was a family of 3 huge deer hanging out in our front yard. whoa!! so rich runs to get his cam and of course they leave. oh well. anyways that was so cool. i guess cause of all the snow they are gettin hungry so they come to our neighborhood to find food?? crazy.

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kitchen still a bit in progress but lookin good.

2009-01-06T14:25:00.006-07:00

so a few things still nee to find its place. and i am working on that. found these baskets for cheap ikea and i sprayed them red. cute and gives me more places to put things. the corner i think i will find something cute to put up there for decoration. i need to paint and add a pad and fabric to the bar stools that we got at our friends garage sale for 5 bucks for all three! nice huh. anyway lovin it. oh we got a new light for the kitchen too.

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2009-01-06T14:15:00.002-07:00

her is the dining room. rich and i work great together on projects. it is fun. we made this little kids bar. it is great for coloring and eating. lila loves it. then here is the hutch that we painted. love it. then we decided on the painting richards dad did for us to go in their as well. we still need to get chairs and paint our table black too. lots of fun.

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missy d

2009-01-06T14:03:00.005-07:00

these top ones are all from our house. the first two are delila loving her tink and the next one is delila in her fav. drawer in the kitchen. the last one is funny. we ran from the church to the car and it got windy all the sudden and her hair stayed up like that forever. haha

these are from our trip in sf.

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D with Grammy and Papa

2009-01-06T13:12:00.001-07:00

Here are the pics of Delila with her grammy and papa from the san francisco outing! She sure does love them. Were excited they will be here in 3 weeks!!!!

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The SF City

2009-01-06T11:52:00.006-07:00

so here are some of my shots from my point and shoot. i think they are pretty. it was a bit overcast but it was still so fun.

Christmas trip to vist my family in California.

2009-01-06T11:37:00.005-07:00

We flew out christmas eve and we were delayed only 10 minutes. That was awsome. Then we had so much fun. We got to meet our new little nephew Colton. ADORABLE little guy.
We hit up san francisco one day with my mom and dad so the guys could take some awsome pictures. it was overcast though. that sucked here are the kids at the kids table eating dinner on christmas. James is there to?? haha. Then we flew home New years day. Delila is great on the plane all the time. she sleeps every time most of the flight. i usually have a whole row to myself too cause no one wants to seet by a loud brat kid. little do they know she is an angel!

Here is my dad and Delila. Delila would walk around the house saying PAPA PAPA PAPA. she doesnt call for me like that :( haha. D sure does love her papa.

Funny Story

2008-12-26T09:42:00.002-07:00

So the subject of the e-mail my dad sent me was CPOLTON KUHN. so i thought my new nephews name was CPOLTON. hahaha typo...... it is Colton Ira Phillip Kuhn. haha thanks dad.

so Colton is adorable i saw him last night at our family get together and my gosh he is so handsome.

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