Catching Up

So I am going to do a very fast little post since I am very behind. No time for pictures so I will have to get those up here when I have time,which will probably be when I'm in the Philippines.

Brock turned 2 on March 25th. Since he loves fishes so much I decided to take him to the Aquarium in Sandy. He loves that place so much but when it's time to go he throws a major fit. He kicks and screams and now he is starting the pinching phase so he also pinches very very hard! After we went to dinner at Wingers. I invited my friend Silene and we just caught up on things. I forgot how much I hate taking Brock to restaurants. He is such a little pill. He has grown sooo much and he is starting to say a lot more words now. I am glad that he is finally starting to talk a bit I was starting to get worried. He loves loves Toy Story. He watches Toy Story like 5 times a day and when we are at my parent's house he watches Toy Story 2. Whenever he sees a Woody or Buzz item he immediately grabs it. Needless to say I give in and buy whatever he grabs, as long as it's a reasonable price. This little boy is such a little pill but I love him to pieces. He's been a little naughty and I think it's cause of the changes he is going through. Those changes would be including seeing a ton of boxes in the living room and no furniture, and no crib to sleep in. He sleeps with me in my bed and it's not the best cause he doesn't take his naps that he really really needs.

Over the weekend I went down south to St. George for Jazmin's last dance competition. I left late Thursday night cause I didn't want to drive in the early snow storm that was suppose to hit in Beaver. I stayed at my friend's house in Cedar and hang out with Mary and her 3 girls. It was sooo good to see Mary. Mary is my old college roommate and it's seriously been forever since I've last seen her. I enjoyed staying with her and just chatting it up. Friday in the afternoon we headed to Hurricane and stayed with Aunt Sheree. It was soo good to be able to hang out with Sheree and her kids before we leave. She is a very important person in my life and so is Bruce and her kids. I had lots of fun and enjoyed the yummy food that she made for us.

Now I'm in my final days here in Eagle Mountain. I can't believe I will be out of my house Friday night and leaving Monday night for the Philippines. I haven't gotten emotional yet but I know I will when I'm up north hanging out with family. I ended up crying when I said goodbye to Sheree and I didn't think I would so I'm sure the tears will be flowing over the weekend. I'm starting to get teary eyed just thinking about it.

Well there's my post and now I'm going to head for a nice warm bubble bath. I need it after today.

I'm Pooped

I'm tired...

tired of packing
tired of throwing things away
tired of being tired
tired of stressing out

I have been doing nothing but packing my house up for the past week now and I'm about ready to scream at the top of my lungs! My dad came down last weekend and actually helped me out a lot! It was a busy Saturday last week for me because I got up early, got Jazmin ready and took her to a dance competition in Provo, came back home and moved stuff to our storage. I got back from the competition and the truck was loaded up, my walls were done (my dad finished the spackling job I started), and the girl's bunk beds were down and Brock's crib was taken apart. We got the garage cleared out and all I had was a huge mess in the end. I never realized how much crap I have save over the past 5 years we have been in this house. I was done so I just took everything that I didn't need to take to the Philippines or that didn't need to be in the storage over to the D.I. I have cleaned out my basement and have started to pack clothes and toys in suitcases and duffel bags. Yes, I have shed some tears the last couple of days because I feel sooo overwhelmed but I should be proud of myself for having to do a lot of things by myself with no hubby. I seriously need a medal or something for having to do this by myself. Oh ya and during this whole ordeal of packing up things I have sprouted a little gray hair! Grrrr! I can't wait til Brandon gets back so he can help me out. I'm hoping that he was able to get an earlier flight home. I'm crossing my fingers.

Countdown begins

Wow, I can't believe that I only have 2 weeks left of what I've called him since I've been born. I have 2 weeks before my family and I begin an incredible adventure of living outside out comfort zone! 2 weeks until we call Cebu,Philippines our home. I was talking to Brandon this morning and I told him 2 more weeks and we are moved out. It will go by soo fast too. This weekend Jazmin has a competition here in Utah county and then next weekend we will be heading to St. George for her last competition and to visit Aunt Sheree and her family. Sheree has been a big part of my life since I've been married to Brandon. When we lived in Cedar we would always go to Hurricane and have Sunday dinners and she would come to Cedar and help me out whenever I needed it. While we lived in Cedar I got to know her family and have loved them to the fullest. It has been so fun to watch her 2 youngest children grow up before my eyes. Jazmin has known Sheree since she was born and she loves her aunt Sheree! We are excited to visit them next weekend and see them one last time before we leave. It's been soo hard to be able to fit time in to see friends so if I wasn't able to see any friends before we leave I'm sorry. When Brandon was here I thought that he would be spending lots of time with us but he was sooo busy. He had meetings that he had to go to so we didn't get too much bins into the storage. We didn't even get to have lunch together. Seriously he was running around like crazy but it turned out to be good in the end. Now it's my turn to run around like crazy. I have lots of things to do in these next 2 weeks and Brandon won't even be here to say goodbye to our house and friends and neighbors. He flies in early Saturday morning of Easter weekend. Oh soo much to do in soo little time.

Surprise

I had the best surprise of my life last weekend and now I will share it with you all. Since Brandon was home and we had no other free weekend we decided that we would throw an early birthday part for Brock at my mom's house. With a wedding and dance competitions and us moving I wanted to make sure that Brock had a party before we left and while Brandon was home. We all ended up going to bed fairly early and I was completely zonked out. Brandon on the other hand ended up waking up at 2:30 a.m. and then he finally got up and showered at 4 or 5 a.m. He left my parent's house close to 7 a.m. to see his grandma Godfrey and I ended up not running with my friend that morning. I got up for some reason and at the end of my bed was my SISTER! I was in complete shock! My sister drove all the way from Arizona, an 8 hour drive, to see me one last time before we moved. I couldn't believe it, and my mom, dad, and brother had known about this for 2 weeks! I was soo happy that she was able to see us and be at Brock's party. I called Brandon and he was shocked too. He had seen the kids asleep in the living room when he showered. When he woke up at 2:30 that's what he heard was my nieces and nephew coming in. We had Brock's party and the rest of my family, like aunts and uncles, where also surprised. It was fun being able to spend time with my sister and see my nieces and nephew. Brock had fun at his party. He ate lots of candy and kept drinking all the open Sprite cans. Let's just say he was on a sugar high by the end of the night. I love it when we throw the kid's parties because my family gets them clothes and since we are moving Brock got lots of summer/spring clothes. It saves me from having to buy him clothes.

We are now in the process of selling stuff and moving the totes that I've packed into the storage unit. We are planning on moving over Easter weekend and I should be out of my house the first Friday of April. Brandon has lined up people to come help move the big items in the moving truck and driving it to the storage unit that we have set up. I'm pretty sure that when that day comes the tears will be flowing. Brandon goes back this coming Sunday so that will be sad again and I'm alone for 3 weeks. I'm sure that this month is going to fly by so fast for me and I am hoping that I will be all ready and packed up.

Hitting the pinata or going after his sister


Ian,cute little nephew, hitting the pinata






A little sad, He didn't like everyone singing to him




Grandma and the grandkids

Home again!

Yay Brandon is finally home. He got into Utah at 1:30 p.m. and we went to pick him up at the airport. I thought we would surprise him and wait for him inside to greet him at the baggage claim. He was surprised. It's sooo good to have him home. He has to do some business stuff while being home but we get to spend all of Friday and the whole weekend with him so that's good. The only crappy thing is that he is only here for 2 weeks and off he goes again :( He will be coming back for us the end of the month beginning of April so that will be good. I'm hoping that we will get to spend Easter here in the states before starting our little journey in the Philippines. We will see though. He brought back some pretty cool souvenirs for his friends and some yummy treats for us. I'm just hoping that he will get use the to whole time adjustment while he is here. He flew for 24 hrs or so and only slept I would have to say less than 10 hrs. I think. I know that he didn't sleep too much on the long flight. He did take an 1hr. nap and he is trying to stay up til 10 p.m. tonight so we will see how he does. I'm just excited to have my hubby home again.

Pictures

So I have finally got the pictures off of my video camera that I took in the Philippines. Here they are.

Here is Brandon lifting up a truck. There are small trucks in the Philippines but everything over there is small.


This is the property where the truck was at. I thought it looked all jungley so I took a picture.


A beach resort


The Hilton. It's pink. This is the beach resort we played at one day.


Getting ready to go on the chocolate hill tour


Chocolate Hills view. So so pretty


Water buffalo


Me and Brandon on the river cruise


Another beach resort.

Jazmin's Competition....Wohooo

Last Saturday Jazmin had her first dance competition for the year,and it was held at Thanksgiving Point. Since I was flying solo for this I decided that I would drive up north the night before and drop Brock off at my parent's house. I am soo glad that I did because Brock would have never lasted the 3 to 4 hrs that we were there. Her little dance group did pretty well being their first competition of the year. They placed 3rd in their jazz routine and 1st in their lyrical routine and also grabbing the overall high point. Jazmin has love dancing for Ultimate Dance and she can't wait to dance for them again when we return from the Philippines. Here is Jazmin in her lyrical costume. It's way cute! At the next competition I will take more pictures of both costumes.



On another note this guy comes home tomorrow and we are super excited! It's been a long month and a half without him!