Belle's first day of Pre-school

As you can see Belle was extremely excited for her first day! When I picked her up she was so excited, and so tired that she took a really long nap when she got home. I think that pre-school is going to work out real well.

My Tenth Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I did in Kauai 1…. Saw beautiful waterfalls you only get to see on TV. 2. Got a gecko off of our hotel wall. 3. Spent a WHOLE LOT OF MONEY on groceries. 4 Took care of two sick kids (just for two days though, so not too bad) 5. Did a whole lot of swimming. 6. Saw the sun rise from the airplane, and will never forget the most amazing colors I have ever seen in my life. 7. Admired all the beauty, The Napali Coast will be something I never forget. 8. Enjoyed and drank up all that humidity! 9. Saw Robert Downey Jr. 10. Had a great night of hot tubbing and conversation with my sisters and sil 11. Rode on a train, and saw pigs, and piglets. 12. Ate lots of pineapple 13. And finally, enjoyed each and every beach we went to! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)


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Wordless Wednesday

Greeting cards

I am making greeting cards for any occasion with a print of my original art. For further details go to my art blog at http://artbydawnae@gmail.com. Or email me at artbydawnae@gmail.com

Weight Loss Update

Okay here is the weight loss to date. The first two pictures are the day before surgery! Wow! I can't believe I let myself get that big! That side picture really makes me sad! (I can't believe I am posting these!)

December 2007




March 2007





May 2007




September 2007
81 pounds lost, 45 more pounds to go..........

Belle's Birthday!

I just can't believe that my baby is now three! Belle turned 3 on August 23rd. It really does go by so fast. It seems like yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital. Belle was such a good baby. She hardly ever fussed or cried. She was that baby that makes you think that parenting is easy! I can do this again, no problem! (Ha) Well we all learn don't we. Here are a few pictures from her birthday party.


Rose wanting in on some of that unwrapping action!

oooooo I want to push this stroller soooooo bad!

Unwrapping presents is a serious business....

New school shoes...Yeah!!! (she really was excited...she loves shoes! already).




The post party blues are setting in....everyday since her birthday, Belle has asked, "where are my presents, I am ready for more".

I'm Sorry So Sorry.......

I'm sorry that I vanished guys...just life! I think if I get any busier I just might go crazy!!! I don't know how my sisters do it with so many kids! I have been busy school shopping, getting Spencer in the swing of things for school, baby well checks, and three yr old physicals, Belle's birthday, and company coming into town! Not to mention going to Vernal to collect all the stuff my husband took to Vernal, when he was working there. I am also trying to finish up a couple of paintings that I am going to try and get into the Redlands Gallery, thanks to Micalanne. It has just been a crazy couple a weeks! So either my children needed me, or Allen needed me, or the housework and meals for company. Either I am inept at all this housewife/mother stuff....and everyone is much better at it, or none of you guys get any sleep!!! So which is it????? Okay enough of the poor me, I am really glad that I am missed in the blog world! So with out further ado......the much anticipated....drum roll please....Hawaii Pictures!!!


These first pictures are of us in Waimea. It is the grand canyon of the South Pacific, as John Wayne said back in the 50's, according to the reading material over there. It was absolutely amazing, unfortunately, you will not all see the amazingness because the day we went there it was engulfed in a cloud, and we all got soaked. But in person it was truly something else. I think the canyon pictures themselves look a little bit like another world or the moon or something....kinda freaky.

I really loved this tree laying down like this....cool...

Took this while driving by a beach...I loved the colors of the two blues..the sky and ocean.

These are called the twin falls. They are the falls in Fantasy Island show....Remember that show???? Da Plane Da Plane. There was a really cool hike that you could go on that ended in swimming down at the bottom of the falls. I would have loved to go on the hike, but it was real steep, and the girls never would have made it.

These next pictures are the day we took the train ride, and toured the sugar plantation. There was some gorgeous scenery!

Little plantation cottage....didn't get the whole thing...so quaint!

Look at that sky!!! I just hardly ever see a sky this blue...especially here in Utah.

feeding the animals on daddy's shoulders.


I wish that I had more pictures. Both of the girls got sick on the trip and were down for a day each, but luckily felt better quickly. This day Belle was still not up to par, and started running a fever. I have to say that I really want to go back. I want to see the Na Pali coast, and do some of the hikes. I cannot even tell you of the majesty of the NaPali Coast. The sheer black cliffs are absolutely breathtaking with the blue ocean and the white capped waves crashing onto the black rocks below! Just amazing. I wish I had a camera on the plane, and I would have taken a picture, I have really never seen anything like it. I "heard" that it was where they filmed Jurassic Park.

Well, I do have lots more pictures coming up, and of course Belle's birthday post....so until next time....I bid you farewell. (now I get to make dinner and drag my children to back to school night without hubby who is working......fun)

*I promise next week I will have my wordless wednesday and Thursday thirteen up!