The Strattons

Giveaway!

2011-06-24T09:30:00.000-07:00

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Picture Update

2011-06-14T01:35:00.001-07:00

(these are out of order but its been 6 months since my update! so...)

Capri and Willie's Wedding was of course BEAUTIFUL! She was Gorgeous! Everything turned out great and it was such a special day! LOVE you sis..

This is Christmas Eve. Every year we get PJ's and take pictures, Capri and Willie couldn't be there because they flew in a week later for their Wedding! But we had a great holiday. Damon's Step mom Tammy and step-brother Alex came down and woke up on Christmas morning with us... Alex was so cute coming down the stairs to see what Santa had left.

(yes Im blogging about Christmas in June) haha

One of the other things Santa brought this year was LILLY! I don't think I have introduced her on this blog yet...

This is Miss Lilly, the newest member of our family. She's still a puppy in this picture, but she SO cute! Hopefully it wont be another 6 months before I post an updated picture of her.

These are just some fun pictures of us girls as Capri's Bachelorette Party the night before the Wedding. Good times, good times.

Its been a while...

2010-12-30T19:39:00.001-08:00

So as usual I'm busy busy.. And Im pretty sure that my Sister and My Mom are the Only ones that ever check this blog... SO..

Heres What we've been up to the last few months..

Damon and I went to California for a much needed Vaca and to Photograph my friends Wedding in August! We had a blast on the beach and at Seaworld. But being that I went there to take pics of a wedding, I didnt really take many of our vacation. We just RELAXED the whole time!

For Halloween this year we went back to California with Damons Family. This time we went to Disneyland and California Adventure! SO MUCH FUN!

It seems like the last few months have been crazy with Weddings and Showers!

ALL my Besties had a shower in one form or another and like always I had to have my hand in it!

For Thanksgiving this year we spent time with both Damons family and Mine.

Damon's Granddad Day was in a Car accident and had to spend THXGIVIN in a rehab. So we brought Thanksgiving Dinner to him. It was very Memorable Year for us to spend time with Damons Granddad, grandma, and my family.

Santa was very good to us this year. We had a great Christmas.

Damon especially spoiled me...

I LOVE my new Ring! It was just what I wanted! Its flat and smooth and perfect for me to wear to Work.

THE OTHER BIG THING GOING ON RIGHT NOW...

CAPRI gets Married Next week!

Updated to continue soon...

HOPE EVERYONES HOLIDAYS WERE GREAT!

crazy, crazier, and craziness!!!

2010-08-11T10:17:00.001-07:00

So Some crazy things have been happening lately...

Chandler turned Sweet 16! This is CRAZY to me! She was just born yesterday! I can't even believe what an amazing sister I have! She is absolutely Incredible in every way! But here are 16 reasons why she's the best!

1: Chan is SO Smart!

2: Chan is so Funny, Im always laughing with her.

3: Chan is always Happy. Never has had a bad day.

4: Chan has a beautiful voice, can Sing like no other!

5: Chan is So Responsible. I feel sometimes like she's older than she really is...

6: Chan has the best hiccups! Seriously make her hiccup for you, you'll smile.

7: Chan has the best style! Funky but Fun!

8: Chan always sets a good example.

9: Chan has the softest hands (but the roughest Feet) :-)

10: Chan is SO photogenic! Never a bad picture.

11: Chan is so Creative. Always makes new things, and has new ideas.

12: Chan has the sweetest Testimony.

13: Chan has the best Smile! Totally contagious.

14: Chan is SO Gorgeous!

15: Chan is always helping others. She's the best friend everyone wants.

16: Chan is my best friend! We do everything together!

Chan I LOVE YOU! I hope you had to best Birthday ever!!!

A previous post i showed some pics of my crazy room makeover.

Well here is an updated pictures of the new Bedspread and Pillows. Because life is crazy the rest has been put on hold.

Damon's Brother and sister in law did a Job for one of the Harlem Globe Trotters,

Meadow Lark Lemon!

We had dinner with their family and it was Crazy Night! We had a blast with them and loved getting to know their family, and hearing all the crazy Basketball stories!

For Fourth of July Once again we went up North for the Heber Fireworks!

We had such a great time with my Uncle, Aunt, and Cousins! Us Crazy DeWitts had a blast playing Family Feud and of Course eating all night. Thanks for such a fun time COUSINS!

So the craziest thing in life right now has been our on going BABY battle... Once again I found out I was Pregnant, and Once again it ended with me In SURGERY with another Ectopic/tubel pregnancy, and this time my Right tube was removed. What an emotional roller coaster we have been through.

I can only thank every one for the sweet thoughts, flowers, dinner, treats, time, and prayers that have been sent our way. Damon and I are hangin in there, and are trying to stay positive. This one has hit me a little harder than the last ones. I've been trying to hang on to my Hope, and my faith in my Heavenly Father that he will bless us with a Family when the time is right. Damon has been SO great through all of this and has been my back bone, and my shoulder to cry one. And let me tell you there have been lots of tears, Mostly because I just cant seem to kick theses hormones... :-) But I'm thankful for the amazing life we have and how blesssed we are in so many other ways. I still have faith and i'm awaiting my time when I can be a mom. Cause dang I dont know where Id be with out mine.

I love you mom...

Catchin up..

2010-06-28T21:56:00.000-07:00

We had alot of stuff happen in the Month of May!

My Sweet Grandpa DeWitt past away at the age of 94! He lived such a great life! I had the honor in designing his funeral Program, this was the front cover:

We did an entire 4 page program! It was great! For a Great Man! Miss you Papa.

This was our family pic from the Funeral.

Damon and Me at the Cemetary after the Dedication of the grave.

We Lost a family member and gained one in the same month!

Meet Ella Jane Stratton! Our new niece!

Damon and I just love her to pieces! Cant get enough of her!

.........

Volleyball has been another big thing this last month! Chelsi and I coached a Club team together in Phoenix this year. All our girls wanted to do a photo shoot at the end of the season so these were some of the fun pictures.

Speaking of Volleyball!! I dont know if everyone has heard that Chelsi got the HEAD Coach Job over at WESTWOOD! Im SO excited for her. Im gonna try and help out as much as I can! Im so excited for WW Volleyball!

In one of my last post I promised to update on our CRAZY baby situation...

I had my procedure done and besides it being the MOST painful thing Ive EVER experienced!! Our results were not great.. Unfortantly MY TUBE IS BLOCKED! SO I only have one functioning tube. I had to have a follow up ultrasound just a couple of weeks ago, and the greatest news since of this CRAZiness is that my tube isnt causing any infection SO IT DOESNT have to come out!

Im really thankful that Im not going to have to have another Surgery. I was really dreading that day if it had to come..

So for right now, we are able to start "trying" again, so we will see what the future holds for us. But for now, Damon and me are trying to enjoy our time together (seeing that we've been married 4 1/2 years!!) and are PATIENTLY waiting. I hope its not much longer, but in the mean time, Ill enjoy Life... Cause its GREAT.

Mothers Day Gifts

2010-05-25T21:58:00.001-07:00

MY ROOM!

2010-05-06T22:10:00.000-07:00

In the 4 and half years we've been married, I've never finished our master bedroom decor. It seems like that is always the last room to be decorated. These pics aren't that great, but this is the CUSTOM bedding my Mom's best friend Kris Nance is making for us! She is an amazing seamstress!

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SHAMS, CURTAINS, AND PILLOWS TO BE DONE!

Next week... WE PAINT!! YEAH! More pics to come!

Update

2010-04-24T20:12:00.000-07:00

Here's a little bit of an update....

The last couple of months have been busy. I started working full time on my Trauma Floor at Scottsdale Osborn Hospital, and well lets just say I don't LOVE it but I don't HATE it. ITS JUST HARD. I guess its just different than I thought it would be, and it seems as if I cant get out of work on time if my life depended on it!

Chelsi got Married at the end of February, and it was AMAZING! She was a beautiful bride and we are so excited to have Chris be apart of our family. But I can say, that I am SO HAPPY its over. It turned out better than I ever thought possible, but it was a lot of work!

On Easter Sunday we got to see my Grandpa Gardner's Headstone. It was a very relaxing and quiet General Conference Sunday.

When Damon's Grandpa Stratton past way last year, I grabbed a bunch of flowers and ribbon that had this wording on it. I made a Shadow box for Grandma Stratton. There's 13 flowers in it, one for all 11 children, and for Grandma and Grandpa. Miss him MUCHO. (Grandpa used to always say, "Love you MUCHO".

Yesterday I was supposed to being having a procedure done to find out if my Fallopian tube is healed from my Tubule pregnancy. Well the lady that scheduled my appointment was an IDIOT and told me the wrong parameters for the test to be performed. You are supposed to be 7-10 days from the first day of your period, and the scheduling lady told me 14-16 days so the Radiologist wouln'td do the procedure. SO HOPEFULLY I will be having the procedure in 3 weeks. Ill try and keep you updated!

Sorry I suck at updating!

PhotoShop

2010-03-12T18:27:00.001-08:00

I've been getting more and more into Photography lately. I LOVE IT! Its not stressful like everything else in life!

Before:

After:

What a difference it makes!! I SERIOUSLY LOVE IT!

HOPE

2010-02-14T23:33:00.000-08:00

I've been avoiding blogging about a pretty major and crazy day from back in December. Until Yesterday, I dont think I was totally and completely at peace with what had happened.

So, Yesterday Damon and I went out to Dinner and a Movie with 3 other couples for Valentines Day. One of the couples I didn't know, and as the night progressed we got to know each other and this event from December came up. Come to find out that I had heard about this couples story a couple of years ago.

BASICALLY, she is the co-founder of the Non-Profit Organinzation "Lanee's Legacy". ( I have a blog buttom on my sidebar, go check out their blog). Their Organization is for mom's who lose their babies. Rayel and her partners have all lost children. Rayel lost her Son Garrett, at three DAYS old.

Their Organization helps Mom's who deliever their babies and then basically dont get to take their baby home with them. Lanees Legacy provides Baby Boxes for mom's to take home with them after their discharge from the hospital. The boxes contain all sorts of sweet rememberence items, and it provides the mom's with a place to bring blankets, hats, and whatever sweet thing their baby came in contact with home with them.

Rayel, was SO wonderful. She told me about her organization and how when they experienced their loss of their child, that all she could hang onto was HOPE. In the boxes they give to these moms, it usually has a necklace like this one:

Rayel was so sweet and brought me a necklace to remind me their is HOPE.

Now my story is not even compariable to these women and lossing a child. I can't imagine the pain of that experience. But I have experienced 2 miscarriages, and on Decemeber 1, 2009 I experienced the worst pain I have EVER had in my life when I found out I had an Ectopic or Tubel pregnancy.

That day was SO scary for me. I had been in pain all night long and ended up going in for an Ultrasound that next day for them to tell me that I was about 7 weeks pregnant and that it was implanted into my right fallopian tube. Within 3 hours I was IN surgery to have it removed, and LUCKY for me they didnt have to remove my tube! Needless to say, the next two weeks were hard, and I was back in the ER after vomiting for 12 hours straight because of the anestetic, which left me severly dehydrated.

SO it wasn't fun at all. Miscarriages are not fun. Emergency Surgery is NOT fun. There for trying to get pregnant and have a family of our own was becoming NOT FUN.

Until I talked with Rayel I had hid my emotions and didn't say much about how I was really feeling. I was SAD, angry, confused, and really hadn't had much HOPE about getting pregnant and being able to STAY pregnant. Rayel was so great. Even though I didn't experience anything close to her experience, she made me feel SO much better about our situation, and my hardship with these 3 pregnancies. I have been feeling so down about being a mom. Because I want it SO badly. Rayel gave me my HOPE back. I am eternally grateful for her kindness, her soft spoken words, and for my beautiful necklace that reminds me of the sweet spirits that are waiting for me some day. I HOPE so badly that day is soon, but until that Im at peace and will always have that HOPE.

Thanks Rayel.

PLEASE GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND READ THEIR STORIES AND HELP ANYWAY YOU CAN...

Catching Up

2010-02-13T23:21:00.000-08:00

I have ALOT of catching up to do!
The last couple of months have been busy as usual.

First and formost! I finally took my State Nursing Boards, and am officially a Registered Nurse! I can't even begin to describe how great it feels to be DONE with school and finally in my career!

The day I graduated, which was also Damon's Birthday, we had a little party and get together with friends and family.

I had Katie Tolman, Rachel Jorgensen's Sister in Law create these fabulous cakes! A Nurses Cap for my Graduation, and a big old fashion Dumb Bell for Damon's Birthday(see below).

They were Awesome! I loved them!

Ali and Sarah were in my Nursing Class! We got to graduate together that night! Love those girls!

Damon and Me after Nursing Graduation.

These are pictures from Christmas Eve. Its tradion every year to go over to my Moms side of the Family on Christmas Eve and then open Pajamas.

This year Chris got PJ's! He's offically apart of our family in exactly two weeks!!!

Damon's Birthday Cake!

We also had Chelsi's Bridal Shower this past month! I let her put more pictures up on her blog, but this was another cake I had Katie Tolman make for the Shower! ITS AMAZING! I dont know how she does it!

Chelsi and me at her Bridal shower.

The last few months have been mostly focused on Chelsi's Wedding! I can't believe that it is 2 weeks away! We have alot to do!

2010-01-28T15:01:00.000-08:00

I know I totally suck at blogging now a days, and I could think of a hundred reasons why Im to busy, or how my computer crashed, or how I've been studying to take me State Nursing Test, BUT to be honest I just haven't felt like it!

I have a ton of pictures that I need to blog about and soon enough I think I will.. But for now this is all you get..

PARTY!!!

2009-12-16T07:05:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE MOST HANDSOME HUSBAND EVER! I LOVE YOU BABE!

PS... DID I MENTION I GRADUATE TODAY!!!! FINALLY DONE WITH NURSING SCHOOL! COME CELEBRATE WITH DAMON AND I TONIGHT! 630 OUR HOUSE!

Thanksgiving!

2009-11-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving! First we went to Damon's Mom's House and ate till we were sick, and then off to my Uncle Lances House where we ate Dessert till we were sick.. We had a great day, spending time with Family.

(Whitney, Michelle, Tk, Kinsley, Karen, Elliot, Kami, Damon)

Uncle Lance ( The Cook)

The Cute Couple

Sisters...

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving..

Utah Trips

2009-11-25T07:58:00.000-08:00

My mom dad sister and me got to go up earlier in October to see Chelsi play vball! We had so much fun watching her team beat the number one team in her conference, Hawaii Hilo.

That same trip we went drove down to Las Vegas to walk the strip.

We had a blast laughing at all the crazy people... A group of "come back to God" people were handing out $100.00 bills with information on how to come back to god, so we took pictures!

The second trip we took up to Utah EVERYONE got to go!

It was amazing to see my sister play her last games. I definately lived out my dreams of playing at a D1 school through her. I absolutely envie her experience at Dixie, and Im so glad that she went and played. She had such an amazing year and Im SO PROUD of her. I get really emotional about her and her accomplishments. Chelsi I love you, thanks for ALWAYS being such a Great example, friend, and sister.

Update... Finally

2009-11-09T14:53:00.000-08:00

Im the worst blogger ever! Alot has been going on in the last few months. I have tons of pics to show but dont have the time to have them upload!

So Im gonnna make a list of things to blog and show pictures of..

1: Damon suprised me and took me to the Chris Daughtry Concert SO FUN!! Loved it!

2: We went to the ASU game with my Uncle and Aunt! Had a BLAST!

3: Not so fun, but Damons sweet grandpa Stratton past away, YES PEOPLE THATS 3 GRANDPARENTS IN ONE YEAR! Lucky for us I did family pics of the WHOLE family, (all 10 kids, spouses, and children) just weeks before that!

4: My family has gotten to go up to Utah to see Chelsi play twice in the last 6 weeks! This past weekend being one of our trips! Chelsi is SO good! Im so proud of her! (lots of pics from that vaction!

5: DID I MENTION THAT MY FINAL IS FRIDAY AND THAT ILL FINALLY BE A NURSE!!!

ONE WEEK LEFT! I CANT WAIT!

(DAMON AND ME AFTER THE CHRIS DAUGHTRY CONCERT)

(pictures to come...promise)

TODAY!!!

2009-10-14T14:13:00.000-07:00

GIRLS!!! The Purse Party is TODAY!!!
My Aunt Darlene is so kind to let us have it at her house!

There is going to be JEWELRY, CANDLES, BAGs, and Goodies!
COME AND BRING A FRIEND!!!!

From 7pm til Whenever....

Darlene Brinkerhoffs house!
Call me or text me for directions!
(480) 383-3684

Hope you can come!!!!

Nieces cant live with them, or without them...

2009-10-08T22:27:00.000-07:00

The other night, T.K., Michelle, Kinsley, Whitney, Kent, Damon and I were having dinner at our house and we noticed that Kinsley was missing... When its quite you know they're doing something they shouldnt be.. and this is what we found..

IT WAS EVERWHERE!!!!

Kinsley had gotten into Whitneys Makeup! I was LAUGHING SO HARD...

She's just So cute that you couldnt help but just laugh..

PURSE PARTY!!!

2009-09-26T23:35:00.000-07:00

THATS RIGHT GIRLS! I'M HAVING A PURSE PARTY AGAIN!

LAST TIME WAS SO MUCH FUN, MY MOM, SISTERS AND I HAD TO DO ANOTHER ONE!

it's WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 FROM 7-9 PM COME AND GO!!!

iT wiLL bE At MY aUnt DARLENE BRINKERHOFF'S HOUSE.

THERE WILL BE A DRAWING THAT YOU CAN ENTER TO WIN A PURSE! YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO WIN, BECAUSE IT IS A COME AND GO, YOU JUST HAVE TO COME!!!!

LEAVE ME A COMMENT WITH YOUR EMAIL SO I CAN GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS AND MORE INFO! OR CALL ME - 480-383-3684

bring a friend!!!

Guy Mortensen Gardner

2009-09-16T23:24:00.000-07:00

Well, this is the Second Grandparent I've lost this year.. My sweet Grandpa Gardner, my mom's dad past away on Aug 27. He was an angel on earth! The sweetest Man you'd ever known. Here's some pictures of the viewing, funeral, and the grave site. Honestly it was the most touching grave site ceremony I've ever been to. Because my Grandpa served in the Air Force, they had representatives come to the funeral and conduct a special flag and salute in honor of his service in the war. They presented my grandma with a flag in his honor. I could hardly take pictures my eyes were filling with tears, it was very touching and I was proud of my Grandpa.

My Grandpa and I only a year and a half ago.

This is my Grandma and my mom and my aunt Teresa.

My mom and all her siblings and spouses.

All of us at the grave site.

For the Viewing and the Funeral everyone in the family wore Real Hawaiian Lais! My Grandpa LOVED Hawaii and had been there over 30 times in his life! We even passed out fake ones for the congregation to wear during the funeral service.

Guy Mortensen Gardner ....

or as I called him "Handsome"

This was the collage I put together to go on the inside of the Funeral Program.

Im SO glad we did family pics only SIX WEEKS before my grandpa past! I posted below some of the pictures from that day, it was perfect timing! Im SO glad we did that.

I miss you Grandpa... We love you, and make sure you send "little Guy Stratton" down safe to us soon...

WARNING VERY LONG POST!

2009-08-06T22:18:00.001-07:00

So Im trying to catch up on my blogging since my computer has been broken since May! Theres ALOT thats happened in the last three months, especially since I've been out of school with nothing to do! Heres some of the high and low parts of our Summer....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! I AM 23!!!! YEAH!!!
For my birthday Damon and I went to a really nice dinner and a movie. I actually had to work a 12 hour shift on my birthday at the hospital, and Damon showed up unexpectedly and brought me flowers! What a good husband!

One of my favorite people in the world got married in June! Damon and me made the trip down to Sedona for Lauren and Ty's Johnsons Wedding, and everything including the bride looked beautiful! Sedona is such a beautiful place.

(besides the fact that we got stuck on the I-17 for 3 hours, due to a crash that closed the freeway down! WE had a blast!)

Fourth of July was so fun!
We headed up to Snowflake and then to Heber for the fireworks! Like always they were awesome, and I was so excited that my family got to come up to Damons Dads house and stay for the night. We had such a good weekend!

If anyone can believe it my BABY sister Chandler turned 15!

We had a really fun day celebrating. Shopping, Cheese Cake Factory, and then cake and icecream and my Parents! I can not believe she's gonna be a Sophmore at Westwood next week! CRAZY!

My grandpa Gardner hasnt been feeling well lately.

We though it would be a good idea to have family pictures taken with the whole family "just in case". The bad idea was that it was the middle of July and SO FREAKIN HOTT OUTSIDE!

My Grandpa and Grandma Gardner ( my mom's parents)

Our Family with My Grandma and Grandpa.

All the Girls...

The WHOLE FAM DAMILY!

I think they turned out pretty good for being 115 degrees!

This past weekend we went to the LAKE! We had a blast hanging out with Damons Family! His dad, brothers family, and sister all came and had a ton of fun!

This is Damon and his sister Whitney on the innertube... They were hangin on for dear life! It was hilarious to watch!

Damon His Dad and his Brother on the boat!

Our Cute Niece Kinsley.. She LOVES the Water!

My Grandma DeWitts Headstone finally went up! It was so sweet to see my Grandpa see it for the first time...

It was so sad to see him cry...

Her headstone is really nice. The back of it list all of their childrens names.

I love that picture of my grandparents

So the last thing that has been going on in mine and Damons life is that we got to annouce that we were pregnant, and then annouce that we miscarried. So just so I can put rumors to rest, we definately were pregnant, but are definately NOT pregnant now.

This has been one of the craziest things I've ever been through!

Heres the story:

So we found out that we were pregnant at about 5 weeks and by week 6 I had started to misscarry. We had a Doctors apt about three days after I had started to bleed, and my Doctor had acted like the bleeding was no big deal. He said that bleeding happened with some women in the first trimester, and that some women even get their periods the first couple of months they were pregnant. So he dismissed it until he decided to do an ultrasound (which he couldnt see anything on) and then do the usual blood work.

Well all of this was on Monday, and Tuesday I should have got my blood test results, but of course the dr. office couldnt find my lab work. So Wednesday afternoon, I got a call from the medical Assistant stating that my lab results were in and it looks like my HCG hormone level was too low for me to be pregnant. So I took the news as best I could and called Damon. We were both said but decided to make the best of it. Well about an hour later, I get another phone call from the medical assistant saying that they had read my results WRONG and that I WAS pregnant that my HCG hormone level was at a 560. (for those of you who dont know, an average level is about 100-400 when you are 5 to 6 weeks pregnant). So once again I called Damon, (this time crying) and said were PREGNANT, they read my results wrong! So that same day I went back into the Dr office to have my 48 hr re-draw to make sure that my HCG levels were headed in the right direction. Well as you probably know they didnt go up.. They dropped to a 450, and then 5 days later they dropped to a 220. So two doctor vists, 3 lab draws, 2 ultra sounds, and our excited families, and basically no baby..

This whole thing has been SUCH a ROLLERCOASTER! That week of blood work, dr visits, and being pregnant and then not being pregnant was SO NOT FUN (not to mention the horrible cramping and bleeding)...

But Damon and Me are trying to be positive and take it for what it is. Hope fully we will be pregnant soon, but for now its just gonna be the two of us..

(this was my pregnancy test when we first found out, we took pictures to tell our families)

Schools out for the Summer!!!!

2009-05-18T23:43:00.001-07:00

School is finally out! I am so excited to be done with Block three of nursing school! I have the whole summer off until Aug 24! I dont know what Im going to do with myself all summer long! Some of my Friends actually graduated from nursing school this semester so I went to support them.. That was a really hard day knowing that I should have been up there with them! But oh well things happen for a reason... I guess. (Love ya Janelle, Im so excited for you!)

Here was after the pinning ceremony...

Janelle and Me...

Jenna and Me...

Janelle, Dan, and Me...

This past weekend we went up to Showlow, and Snowflake for Damon to play in the Softball tourney. We stopped up on the Rim while we were headed up there and took some pictures because of how beautiful the weather was.

Damon, Me, and my bro & sis in law and our niece went out to the Avondale Zoo and it was SO much fun! My niece Kinsley had so much fun feeding and petting the animals. It was really cool, I totally recommend going out there with your kids (maybe when its not so HOT!)

we had a blast!

Just last week some of the old friends got together! (missed you Lindsey G and Jeannie).. We went out to lunch and had a ton of fun..

Heres an inbetween shot.. :-) (trying to get the owen, and arys to hold still for the picture!)

Chandler had her final Choir Concert for Carson Junior High! I CAN NOT believe that she is going to be a Sophmore at Westwood next year! It makes me feel really old!!

Chandler had a solo and did such a GREAT job.. She's freakin Gorgeous!

Mothers Days Gifts!

2009-05-08T22:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day MOM! We love you!

Coyotes Game & Pictures

2009-04-16T11:22:00.000-07:00

A couple a weeks ago we went to a Coyotes Game with our good friends Jason and Samantha! We had a blast! I never knew how fun hockey really was...
THANKS FOR SUCH A GOOD TIME GUYS! We love you guys!!

The other thing I've been doing lately is photography! I am loving it!!!! Its so much fun and I never get bored! There is so much you can do with a Photograph..

2009-03-26T00:00:00.000-07:00

I LOVE YOU BABIES!!!

2009-03-16T08:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was such a GREAT day! Damon and I attended my parents ward, and got to listen to my sister Chandler speak in sacrament meeting. She did an AWESOME job, such a good little speaker! Afterwards my little brother Stetson got the Priesthood! I can not believe he is 12 already!!! Time once again is flying by...

Here's some fun shots of the fam...

Life is busy!

2009-03-04T21:57:00.000-08:00

Life seems to be moving really fast!

Damon got his Braces off! after only 10 months! flew by!

Nursing school Block 3 is half way over! Spring break is a week and a half away!

Another season of Softball started (again) for Damon.. he LOVES it!

My brother Stetson is turing 12 on Saturday and getting the Priesthood!

Things are going by SO fast... I wish they would slow down!!

Doesn't he look good without Braces!!!!

Damon and I are doing great! Sorry we haven't posted for a while..

By the way... I've been getting really into taking pictures since my awesome hubby bought me my new camera for christmas! Check it out: www.byKami.blogspot.com

PURSE PARTY!!!

2009-01-30T12:28:00.001-08:00

Purse Party!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
7-9 PM

At my House!

EVERYONE COME!! It will be fun! And Bring a FRIEND!
(Leave me your email and Ill send you my address and details!!!)

3 YEARS TODAY!!!!

2009-01-27T14:12:00.001-08:00

Can you believe it! We've been married 3 YEARS today!!!! I have to say that I have the most amazingly wonderful husband, and I love him more than life. I am the luckest woman in the world to know that I get to spend the rest of my life with Damon. Babe you are the best and I dont know how I got to be so lucky to be with you! Thanks for 3 awesome years! I can't wait for the rest to come! I love you!

Damon had this for me when we went to lunch today.. He's the best!

I can't wait for my kids to look like this!

Isn't he the cutest!!!

Pic's of the Funeral

2009-01-26T10:16:00.000-08:00

Hard couple of days...

2009-01-18T11:20:00.000-08:00

My sweet Grandma DeWitt passed away this weekend. This is the first grandparent I have lost, and it was harder on me than I ever expected.. I think I took for granit growing up right next door to my Grandma and Grandpa DeWitt for 20 years, I could go over and see them whenever I wanted and I should have gone over there way more.. Im going to miss her a lot.

... Grandma I love you so much..

Keeping Grandpa company after his sweetheart passed..

Christmas and Ohio!

2009-01-06T19:32:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so great this year! Damon and I both got some great gifts and had a great day... My mom always does PJ's for Christmas eve so here we are...
For Damons birthday this year we were able to go back to Ohio where Damon served his mission! It was beautiful and FREEZING! We stayed with a good friend of Damons from his mission Dr. Henry Hook. He is the sweetest man I've ever met and I know why Damon learned to love him while he was in Ohio.. Henry let us stay with him for the weekend while we drove all around Ohio seeing the different parts of Damons mission. We even got to drive up to the Kirkland Temple. It was a great experience and very interesting to learn a little more about our church history.. enjoy the pics! ill have more soon.. seeing as I got a Nikon D40 for Christmas!!! YEAH!!! (Im still trying to figure out how to use and download all my pics)

X-MAS EVE

Dayton Ohio... Damons First Area

Kirkland Temple

Henry and His gorgeous property...

11 Days til CHRISTMAS!!!

2008-12-14T18:14:00.000-08:00

We FINALLY got our Christmas tree and decor out! I've been begging Damon for weeks now and we finally got it all up! Now we just need to get the lights up outside!

Happy Birthday Dad!

2008-12-07T21:20:00.000-08:00

Then... and Now... Still Handsome as ever!

Love you Dad! Happy Birthday!

Weston Lee Vert!!

2008-11-24T15:56:00.000-08:00

That's right.. Ashlee had her baby on Tuesday Nov. 18 at around 6 o'clock via C section. Weston was 6 lbs 5 ounces , 19 inches and did I mention he was 4 weeks early! He's the cutest thing ever! I just love him! They are both home, and Ashlee is doing really good!

I love my Sisters!

Thought I'd throw that pic in of us last weekend when Chelsi was in town!

Tagged, Tagged, and Tagged!!

2008-11-12T14:15:00.000-08:00

I guess I've been tagged like three different times and didn't realize it! But I only decided to do one of them!

It's a "PICTURE TAG" and this is how it goes. Go to your pictures and go to the 5th folder. Then open up the 5th picture and post it. Then tag 5 people when you are done. Have fun!

So this is my Grandma DeWitt and me at a nail salon about six months ago. Isn't she just SO cute! She's getting so old and never get to go do anything anymore, so my mom and my sisters and I decided to take her to have her nails done. She loved it! And for those of you who know my grandma, YIPEE was all she could say...

I tag.... Rachel J. , Jeannie B. , Nikki L. , Janelle S. , Stacey B.

BUSY!

2008-11-09T12:42:00.000-08:00

Ashlee will be having her baby this week! I am so excited! I went to her shower a couple weeks ago, she got some really cute things! I can't wait to meet little baby boy Weston Vert!

My dad, mom, and my little brother Stetson all drove with me out to the Regional Tournament, to watch SCC play. Since I am one of the assistant coaches there (but never go) I drove all the way out to Glendale Community College where the Region Tourney was held, THREE days in a row! SCC won the whole thing and they are off to the National Tournament in Wisconsin next week!

We are such bums when it comes to Halloween. We never dress up or anything. Well the night before Halloween one of Damon's good friends Paul invited us over to carve pumpkins. Here's what Damon created!

Halloween night Damon's Dad, Step-Mom, and Step Brother came and Trick or Treated in our neighborhood. I think we had 500 trick or treaters! It was crazy! But we had a fun time handing out candy...

Last Tuesday night was my High School Coachs last WW home game. Coach Crook is retiring after 18 years of coaching and teaching.. All the Alumni showed up to the game and then played Queen of the Court afterwards for a good 2 hours! It was so fun to see old friends and play again..

HAWAII !!!

2008-10-23T13:32:00.000-07:00

My sister Chandler, my Mom, and I just got back from a 5 day trip to HAWAII! We had so much fun! Chelsi was playing volleyball there for the week, so what better excuse then to go down, lay on the beach and watch some volleyball!

My mom suprised my sister Chandler and had us Lei'd when we got off the plane!

This shaved ice place is called Matsumoto's, Best EVER! I think we went there like 4 times in 5 days!

HUGE turtles right on the beach!

The water and beach was so amazing! Not cold at all and beautiful!

Behind us is Hanauma Bay(spelt wrong). That bay is awesome for snorkeling.

This is Pali Lookout. It was cold and windy, but an amazing view.

Here's the Hawaii Temple! I wish so bad we could have done a session!

This was our view from our hotel room!

(Just sister's hangin out!)

Thats NOAH! Jade's (Palmer) new baby.. He is my new favorite thing! I just love him!

Almost forgot the reason we went! Here's Chelsi playin vball against BYU Hawaii.

Nothing Happening

2008-10-12T20:50:00.000-07:00

I've been told that I don't really have alot of pics of my cute husband on our blog. We haven't been up to anything but work and school lately so there's no fun pics to post! Isn't he handsome though?? (Don't mind me I just got done with a 12 hour day at the hospital and was sporting not so cute scrubs!) He's the one to look at!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

2008-09-25T05:40:00.000-07:00

I just wanted Rachel to know how much I love and appreciate her friendship! We have been friends for a long time and I'm so glad that she claims me as her friend! I love ya Rach! Hope you have such a great day!

Nursing

2008-09-13T23:45:00.000-07:00

I often have to remind myself why I chose Nursing to be my career and then I read things like these and laugh my butt off and remember why.. Thanks Di I can't stop laughing!

I bolded some of my favorites!

You know you are a nurse when....

1) The front of your scrubs reads "Nurses...Here to save your a**, not kiss it!"
2) You occasionally park in the space with the "Physicians only" sign...and knock it over.
3) You believe some patients are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
4) You recognize that you can't cure stupid.
5) You own at least three pens with the names of prescription medications on them.
6) You believe there's a special place for the inventor of the call light.
7) You believe that saying "it can't get any worse" causes it to get worse just to show you it can.
8) You wash your hands BEFORE you go to the bathroom.
9) You believe that any job where you can drive to work in your pajamas is a cool one.
10) You consider a tongue depressor an eating utensil.
11) Eating microwave popcorn out of a clean bedpan is perfectly natural.
12) You've been exposed to so many x-rays that you consider it a form of birth control.
13) You've ever heard a patient with a nose ring, a brow ring, and twelve earrings say "I'm afraid of shots."
14) You've ever placed a bet on someone's blood alcohol level or urine drug screen... and you were right!
15) You've told a confused patient that your name is that of a coworker and to call it out if they need help.
16) Your bladder can expand to the size of a Winnebago's water tank.
17) You have seen more penises than any prostitute could dream of.
18) You believe that not all patients are annoying. Some are unconscious.
19) Your family and friends refuse to watch medical sitcoms with you because you spend the whole time correcting everyone and pointing out upside down x-rays.
20) You don't get excited about blood, unless it’s your own.
21) You've sworn to have "do not resuscitate" tattooed on your chest. Soon!
22) Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal is perfectly normal to you.
23) Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat.
24) Your idea of a good time is a cardiac arrest at shift change.
25) You believe in the aerial spraying of Prozac.
26) You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis.
27) You believe that the government should require permits to reproduce.
28) You believe that unspeakable evils will befall anyone who utters the phrase "Wow, it's really quiet, isn't it?"
29) You have ever wanted to write a book entitled, "Suicide: getting it right the first time."
30) You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say, "I have no idea how that got stuck in there."
31) You've had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably.
32) Full body CT-scans would be very beneficial for all patients.
33) You believe it should become a law for only one complaint per visit.
34) You often find yourself checking out arm veins on customers in grocery lines.

35) You can almost SEE the germs on doorknobs and telephones.

Sisters

2008-09-02T22:30:00.000-07:00

I totally have to brag about my little sister.. She just left for Dixie State College in St. George Utah a couple weeks ago to go play volleyball on a scholarship. She is growing up so freakin fast! She is totally living out one of my dreams and I couldn't be more proud of her and her accomplishments.. Im so happy I get to call her my sister and my idol! She has always been an example to me even though she is younger than me.. I miss you CHELSI. You're gonna be awesome up there!

Blogging World

2008-08-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

I'm a blogger now! I broke under pressure and figured since I always look at your blogs that I would start one!
Leave Damon and me a note, We'd love to get back in touch with old friends!