Jaren's Baby Blessing

I am a little behind at posting things that have happened in January, and one of the most important things was my baby boy finally got blessed. Every Fast Sunday that we have had since Jaren was born Jeremy was usually working. We never thought to ask to do it on a different Sunday, but we finally asked our Bishop to let us do it at home. He wasn't to thrilled about the idea at first but within a month he agreed and told us to just let him know when and where. So we hurried up and decided to do it on January 11, 2009 at 5 pm. We wanted to hurry and get it done before we moved. It was planned at the last minute so only my immediate family and Jeremy's family were there. Jeremy did such an awesome job on the blessing, and Jaren was just as happy as could be. I have been so relived to finally have that done and to not have to stress about it any more. We have been so BLESSED to have another beautiful baby join our family.

SHOWLOW

I am A little behind on posting pictures from the Butler Christmas party in Showlow, but better late then never! We left on New Years Day and drove the long three hour drive, which it was only long cause my six month old had the flu. We arrived right before the party started and partied all night long, well until about midnight. Then we headed to Aunt Mary's house to get some well needed rest. The next day the kids enjoyed the snow while the adults spent the entire day trying to kill time. My family left that night after a wonderful dinner at Aunt Dana's house. We were a little bummed to leave before everyone but now we look back and are so glad we got out when we did. That night our little niece Jaycee threw up a few times then in the morning a couple of other people got sick. So my little baby gave everyone the flu except me. Jeremy came home and had it on Saturday and he wouldn't even leave the house to get the stuff he neaded for his trip to Texas, so I was having to run all the errands for him. Over all the trip was a lot of fun and Analyce enjoyed playing in the snow with her cousins.

CONGRATS BABE!!!

When Jeremy first told me that he wanted to fly helicopters for a living, I was like say what, do people really do that? He first told me about it before we were married and I kinda thought he was a little crazy.When I would day dream about getting married to a wonderful guy who was rich it didn't usually involve him putting his life in great danger every single day. Then I thought he wouldn't get accepted to the school ( since it's very expensive) and if by a miracle he did he would just chicken out or I would convince him to try something different. I can still remember the day when I was checking our answering machine and heard the message that he had been accepted and approved for the loan. I thought for a moment, do I really need to tell Jeremy about this I mean I could have easily hit the DELETE button at any time. Then I realized that this must be meant to be because there is no other way he would have been accepted. I then decided to interrupt his shower and tell him the good news and at that moment I realized he really wanted to do this. The excitement on his face was just awesome, I didn't know anybody could get that excited about flying in a death trap and spending 60 G's to do it. He then spent a really long and tiring 2 1/2 years to finish his schooling. During his schooling he was told by several people (instructors) that he was an excellent pilot. He was even told by one of his examiners that he flew like a ROCK STAR! He definetly is a rock star when it comes to flying, he just knows his stuff. I have been up in the air with him three times, and now I know this is what he is meant to do. I really believe that he has angels watching over him when he is in the air. His ultimate goal was to eventually fly in Arizona doing EMS with Native Air. He had that goal set right after he started school. I don't think he thought he would get his DREAM job as fast as he did. He put in some long hours as a CFI (and was great as a teacher) and then he headed off to the Grand Canyon(which was really hard at times) but he pushed through all the foreigners crap. He originally wanted to go out to the Gulf and ferry people out to the oil rigs, but if he would have done that he would still be out there. He built up his time super fast at the Grand Canyon and then applied with Native Air. He didn't think he would get the job because he doesn't have very much experience, but he GOT it!! Jeremy left for Texas on Jan. 4, 2009 for his initially training. He will be based out of Prescott, Az. which means we will be moving as a family. We will miss both of our families, but this is a great opportunity for our family. We are so excited for Jeremy that he gets to finally do what he wants to do with his career. Not very many people look forward to going to work everyday, or get paid to sleep on the job (at times) Jeremy has been told by so many people that he is their hero, cause he went out and did what they have always wanted to do. We are so proud of you babe (daddy) just remember you will always have a family to come home to every night, so FLY SAFE!! WE LOVE YOU and GOOD LUCK on your first day.

CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

Christmas is so much fun when you have two super cute kids to enjoy it with! When they first walk out the door and just look at the tree in awe at all the presents, this is my favorite moment of the whole day. Analyce was so excited about her little princess table she got from Santa, but I think she was even more excited to show Jaren his gift from Santa. She is such a good big sister she is always looking out for her little brother and helping him open all of his gifts!! We know since times are rough right now especially since Jeremy has been out of a job since the end of November that Christmas was gonna be really small this year. We were so blessed to have a bunch of people from work, friends, and family members give us gifts for our kids. So our kids got way more then they needed, but Analyce loves all the toys and I don't think she has even played with everything yet. Despite all of the trials that my family has gone through this past year we had a wonderful Christmas! So thanks to everyone who contributed to our Special Christmas, We love you all!!!

SANTA CLAUSE!!

On Sunday December 14, 2008 we had the opportunity to see Santa Clause!! My Aunt Carol was so kind to invite my family over for a visit and while we were there Santa just happened to show up. Analyce absolutely loved it and still talks about it every day. Santa gave Analyce the only thing she has been asking for and that was a baby, but now that she has the baby she keeps asking for a kid. I think she wants a kid to play with whenever she wants. I keep telling her that one day very soon her little brother will be a kid that she can play with and she gets very excited about it. I can only hope that the excitement will last and she will be as willing to share her toys with him as she keeps saying she will. Jaren enjoyed all the excitement and was happy to get a little rattle, that his big sister helped him open. The night was a lot of fun and something Analyce will remember for awhile, so THANKS Aunt Carol WE LOVE YOU!!!

MAKEUP?

Note to self: When my two year old daughter disappears into her bedroom and locks the door usually means she is up too NO good. Analyce locked herself in her room so she could apply some makeup like mommy does. The only problem was it was not makeup it was WHITE OUT! She put it on her forehead and on her eyelashes which made it very difficult to get off. It was quite hilarious but she didn't think so when I was having to scrub her eyes to get it off. It took about a week to remove all of it. Everyone she saw was like what are the white specks around her eyes and Analyce would just laugh and say it's my makeup. So if your two year old has been gone for more then two minutes go check on them cause for all you know they could be applying their own makeup.

GRAND CANYON

My computer has been broken for the last couple of weeks so I haven't been able to post my pictures of our Grand Canyon trip. We left for the Grand Canyon the day after Halloween and stayed for two days. Jeremy's mom came with us on our little trip so she could get a ride and be a babysitter while I went for a ride. The day Jeremy took us up for a ride it just happened too be the windiest day they had in a long time. So the tour was a little bumpy which added to my fear of flying. Analyce went up with Jeremy's mom and they flew first. Karla said that she didn't seem scared or excited to be up in the sky. Karla loved the flight except for the couple of drops they had due to turbulence. After they landed then it was my turn which I had been dreading the flight all morning long. Jeremy wanted me to sit in the front with him which just added too my fear of flying. I don't like to have a big window in front of me looking out over a big hole in the ground. Jeremy is an excellent pilot but during the whole flight I kept repeating a prayer in my head to not die. I just wanted to make it back to my kids alive and my hubby got us on the ground safe and sound. I really don't know how Jeremy enjoys to fly so much, but he loves it. Over all the whole trip was wonderful and it was great too go see what Jeremy does when he is at work. Here is a couple of my favorite pictures of the trip.