Spanier Clan

Family Pictures

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Pregnancy photots

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20 weeks

23 weeks 4 days

Family Pictures

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Thank you to a friend who took the pics and to my aunt who made it possible for our family to get pictures done. Love you both!

Brynnlees 1 year pics

2011-11-12T09:34:00.001-06:00

Brynnlees birthday toy!

2011-10-18T21:07:00.000-05:00

Brynnlee got this tonight at toys r us for her birthday which is on the first and becuase im impaitient i decided to let her open it tonight hehehe. She loved it and she knew what to do to turn it on after one time of showing her!

Brynnlee walking

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Brynnlee walking at 11 months and 10 days old.

One of brynnlees MILD temper tantrum

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This is brynnlee when i wouldnt give her a chip.

Brynnlee is a trouble maker lol

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Fun at grandmas!

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Ellas Gymnastics

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Kayden Joseph Spitzenberger

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Sorry if they are turned my computer is being dumb and wont let me turn them without hiding them

Seven babies in seven years in seven different months

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Madysen Jaimes Spitzenberger August 1st 2005

Logan Steven Spanier April 1st 2006

Ella Elise Spanier October 23rd 2007

Kari Lynn Grace Spitzenberher Janurary 31st 2008

Chole Nadine Spitzenberger December 21st 2009

Brynnlee Marie Spanier November 1st 2010

Kayden Joseph Spitzenberger September 1st 2011

Logans Preschool Pictures

2011-08-31T17:37:00.001-05:00

Ok sorry thought i published this but i guess not!~

Well time has really flew by. Logan just celebrated his fifth birthday and brad and i are going to be celebrating our fifth wedding anniversary in December. Life's precious moments definitely don't last a life time.

Brynnlees nine month pictures

2011-08-31T17:33:00.001-05:00

Updates on the house

2011-08-31T17:09:00.002-05:00

Brynnlees room

Brynnlees room again

Brynnlees closet

Basement

Upstairs stairway

Laundry room

Stairway

Living room

Front door

Upstairs bathroom

Guest room/day care sleeping and changing room

Entryway

Upstairs bathroom

Basement

Living room

At the Zoo

2011-08-29T22:14:00.000-05:00

Logan actually finally walking to school nicely

Ella walking to the bus stop with me

Brynnlee eats corn a lot and she eats it right off the cob and can get everything off!

Yup she likes to model cars hehe

Logan ella and brynnlee by the garilla we always get a pic at every year.

Logan and ella with the gorilla

Same pose with the turtle every year also.

Logan with the turtle

Brynnlee watching the sea lions

CHEESE

Brynnlee watching the sea lions again (scored that back pack for five bucks)

Logan and ella watching the polor bear up close

Posing with the giraffes

Brynnlee looking at the snow leapords

CHEESE

The farm after the storm, and after we cleaned up.

2011-08-29T22:02:00.000-05:00

I wish i would of got more before pictues so you had somthing to compare it to.

Rough night

2011-08-23T02:20:00.003-05:00

Im just needing to vent. Two nights ago the dog we are watching came in with a swollen eye, i knew it was bad and knew she needed to be seen, so the next morning i had to be up at 545 cause i was babysitting my naighbors and 6 and brads nieces were comeing at 630, When i woke up i knew i needed to make the appointment so i called and they were able to get her in at 1130 so i had to find someone to come watch the daycare while i go to the vet. Luckly my mother in law was not working and was able to come for a few hours till she did have to work, So i get to the vet at 1120 and was not seen till close to 12oo which bugged me in the first place! REALLY i had an appointment at 113o i was even 10 minutes early and yet i dont even get in close to my time. Anyway so i get in and find out she has a ulceration on her eye and its big, which means somewhere along the time she hit her eye and its just progesivly gotten worse. So we had to get ahold of the owners and they decide they want her to go to the eye specilast instead of just seeing the regular vet. So i had to again drop everything so i could get her there, i understand its important that she get there i get that i really do but i have a life and things that i needed to take care of before this dog but did anyone else care....No. So i went home so my mother in law could go to work and had to call brads brother to come get his girls (the neighbors already went home while i was at the vet) so he came and i had to leave to drive to blaine to get her to the eye specitalist, again i was there 10 minutes early and i was not back in a room untill 510! ARRGGHH so they give her three meds that i have to give round the clock every 2-4 hours which im fine with whatever it needs to be done, so we get home and logan needs to be in bed at 700 because he has school tomorrow and so we get them all ready for bed, i forget we need dog food and milk so again off running around, then i have to come home which its 830 by now and decide since the owners are coming home tomorrow that it would be nice to clean the three bird cages really good for them so i do that and it takes be about an house so now its 930 im exausted and crabby so i head down to go to bed and read my scriptures and say prayers and was texting my neighbor who i feel asleep on. Then low and behold midnight roles around and here is the dog barking because she had to get a cone on so she didnt rub her eye..... :(:(:(:(:(:( I get so mad cause im just tired and now what tomorrow is gonna bring that i just cry. I thought maybe she needed to go potty so i bring her out and nope she never went. So now im here 233 in the morning because the dog is still barking off and on and i cant sleep!

Ok so i vented im going to go show ear plugs in and pray i can sleep!

Mandi

This is what i had to do on friday

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So i just hope this is not what my life consists of even though i will continue to drag him there is i have to.

My amazing husband

2011-08-14T20:20:00.003-05:00

I just want wanted to make a post about my husband because he means the world to me. The other day i was sitting home while brynnlee was sleeping and brad logan and ella were at my parents house getting a trailer loaded onto another trailer so he could bring it home to fix it well needless to say he ended up droping the trailer on his foot and gashed it open and needed to get stiches. He called me and sounded like he was crying and was like "you need to come here now" and im like "where?" so he told me to my parents house cause he droped the trailer on his foot and needed to go in so not knowing the circumstance i told him to call 911 and he said no he would be fine to just drive so i go and rip brynnlee out of her crib and run around getting some clothes for me since i wasnt really wearing much and then grabed what i needed for brynnlee and headed out. I was crying the whole way there (practing mostly for if i got pulled over cause i was speeding) but i also didnt know how bad it was. Well i got there and took him in and he had to get an exray to make sure there were no broken bones which im so grateful there wasnt but he did however need to get five stiches of the big stiches he would of needed more but i guess she gave him the heavy duty kind? Anyway my brother john was gracious enough to watch logan and ella while we went to the hospital. Im just so grateful that nothing more happened to him and i hope he learned his lesson on not doing things alone. (My brother was in the house and his friend was on the way to help him but it had rained and he when it stoped he wanted to to get it on before it rained again, which it didnt!)

Logans School (Preschool and Kindergarten)

2011-08-06T10:01:00.008-05:00

Logan in preschool with his thanksgiving turkey
He gradutated...Well preschool anyway hehe

His preschool class

His halloween costum in preschool

Isnt he cute!

His preschool class outside

His other grad picture

His preschool picture

Another one

This is his first day of preschool

Pajama day in preschool!Coloring in preschool

Riding the horse on his field trip for preschool

In front of his preschool locker

Listeing to books in preschool

Learning to stand in line and follow in a line in preschool

lol i love this picture because his grandma spitz wheres these all the time.

Just got off the bus from kindergarten.

Must of got water on my lens, but logan and his friend noah getting of the bus.

Getty ready to ride the bus for the first time.

Waiting for the bus to go to kindergarten

HERE IT COMES!

Some of the kids on our blockFIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN August 1st 2011

Getting ready for pictures for preschool

First day of preschool

Sand in preschool

Dodge ball in preschool

Ellas Dance

2011-08-06T09:48:00.004-05:00

Striking a pose before dance

Her actual dance photo im sad i cut her hair but its a good thing its growing back

Doing her hair for her first recital

Practice

After her second dance recital, they were both very tired and crabby.

It was very cold at her first dance recital and she was mad i took her sweatshirt before i went and sat down.

Her whole class

Looks like the teacher is blowing her nose lol but no she is telling her to remember to hold her hand but the girl next to her didnt want to hold her hand hehe

Pretty dance hair! Cant wait for it to grow back out.

Fair time

2011-08-05T22:37:00.006-05:00

Brynnlee watching the preformance
Ella playing the blow up guitar

Logan also playing

They acutally made it in the isanti county newspaper

Still watching

Getting ready to jump up

Brynnlee getting her face painted

Logan, Ella, and Brynnlee with the minnco puppy

Ellas balloon from the scary clown (i hate clowns)

Ella and the kangaroo "joey"

Locked up hehe

Grandma says we needs some of these on the farm

Ellas first big face painting

Of course she chose the butterfly

Playing games

Riding his first pony i had to beg him to go on and then he loved it

Of course ella just jumped right on

Bunnies!

Not sure what it is lol

SLIDE!!!

So the we had a lot of fun at kids day at the fair but we ended up spending way to much money as always.

Happy 96th Grandma Spitzenberger

2011-08-05T22:29:00.004-05:00

On Thursday the 4th my dad's mom celebrated her 96th birthday we took the kids over there for her little party my mom threw her. I did bring my camera and got a few pictures before my camera died. We will just have to go back up there soon to get more some with her and the kids. Here are the pictures from her birthday party.

This is right before we left grandmas

Grandma right when we got there, mom got her dressed up.

Singing her happy birthday.

Getting ready to blow out the candles.

I love her and will miss her when she is gone. But i know she will be in a happier place where she isnt suffering anymore.

I was reading older posts....

2011-06-08T12:04:00.002-05:00

And i came accross the one where brynnlee was born and it said she was a cuddle bug.....HMMM Not sure why i wrote that cause i dont ever remember her being a cuddler she HATES it now so im not sure what changed. Anyways brynnlee is seven months now its hard to belive that its already been seven months since she was born. She is a handful but i love her to pieces she keeps me on my toes, Im not ready yet for another one so im not even thinking about getting pregnant right now. Im sure by the end of the year though i will be ready for our last baby. Its funny to think that my parents have a grandbaby every year since 2005 its crazy heres the rundown, Madyson 2005, Logan 2006, Ella 2007, Karilynn 2008, Chloe 2009, Brynnlee 2010, and baby boy (not born) 2011, John and aly have Madyson, and Kari, I have Logan Ella and Brynnlee, And John and Kayla are have a boy due in august. Its fun and we finally will have another boy around yay yay yay! And i pray that i have a boy!! 2 Girls is enough for me.

Well most of you also know that brad and i closed on our first house its been so surreal we moved in on the 26th of may and on june 7th i had it all cleaned, it took awhile but everything has been good, yesterday i had a party lite party and it was 103 degrees out and my dumb brain decided that it woud be a good idea for me to go mow the lawn, well you guessed it IM FREID, it hurts to squint, i also mowed the lawn in my swim suit cause i was in and out of the pool and so my shoulders are fried also so im in a lot of pain, but it was so stinking hot out that i felt like i couldnt get anything done after that but i did get my house cleaned even with a massive headache.

I will hopefully get pics up soon but i guess we will see if my internet will let me or not.

Vote For Brynnlee

2011-02-11T15:28:00.000-06:00

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Weight Loss

2011-01-09T21:38:00.002-06:00

You're now 10% of the way to reaching your target weight of 135 pounds!

You've lost a total of 15 lbs

This is what i got to see when i entered in my weight. It told me i should blog about how i feel for losing this much weight. Well first off i feel hungry lol. And im a little tired. Second off i started trying to lose wait about 7 months ago (i was pregnant so it wasnt going to well so i stoped but when i had brynnlee i lost a bunch but didnt count it) I started working our about an hour a day last week with a friend and it has helped a lot. Also i started only eating about 1900 calories a day. Because i did this test thing on how much my body burns if i just sit around all day and its about 1926 But if i add a little excersise it burns about 2648 and it says i should cut about 500 off that or more if i want to start losing weight plus increase my workout. So i just decided to stay at least under 2000 a day and im doing really good i havent gone over 1990 yet. I started burning about 800 calories when i work out to so im ok if i go over a little. I started with my family on the biggest loser family diet thing and we started on the 1st and so far i have lost 4 lbs since then. And 15 since i started trying to lose weight. (minus the baby weight) I feel really good about only losing 4 lbs even though im 15th on the chart with the family but i dont even care if i win the money i just want to be heatly and im grateful for everyone to push me and help me now be last lol thats all i want is to not come in last. I love you all but im off to bed.

Ella has croup

2011-01-08T17:54:00.002-06:00

I have been to the doctor or hospital every day this week. Monday i was there for logans allergy shots, Tuesday brynnlee and i had had check ups and brynnlee got her shots, Wednesday we were in urgant care for brad and ella and i, Thursday we were in the ER with ella and friday we were in the clinic again for ella again and finally on friday we found out she has croup. We are trying hard to keep her away from brynnlee but its hard lol she loves her sister and thinks its not fair to stay away from her. She had to miss her dance recital today (saturday) because of her being sick she wasnt happy. Poor thing.

Welcome to the world little one

2010-12-09T21:15:00.005-06:00

OK Ya i know I'm WAY behind but i figured most everyone that reads my blog had facebook anyway so i really wasn't in a hurry to update this. Anyway Brynnlee Marie Spanier was born November 1st 2010, weighing in at 7lbs 7oz and 19.5 inches long. She was my middle size baby with Logan being the littlest and Ella was the biggest. She is a very fussy baby, usually when she is awake she is crying so when she isn't crying we usually think she is asleep (which is true 95 percent of the time) We love her to death though. She was getting up 4 or 5 times a night when she was born but now is down to 2 so that's been a big help to me lol. She definitely is a cuddle bug more then my other two and she is a really big daddy's girl. Brad can walk in the room and say one word and she gives him about 30 seconds to say hi to her or come pick her up or she is screaming for him. Some days i feel like she doesn't even like me cause all she wants is her daddy (most of the time I'm OK with that :) ) Tomorrow though she has a doctor appointment because she has had a stuffy/runny nose for about 8 days now and also is getting a rash on her head that looks really painful.

Logan and Ella love her now, Ella did from the start but she had to grow on Logan. They love to play with her and wish i would let them play with her more but they still aren't soft enough with her head and I'm scared they are going to hurt it. They love to push her in Ella's toy stroller lol, I swear one day I'm just going to pack up her little one and let her push Byrnnlee instead of me having to lug my big one around. I wonder how many looks i would get he he!

The day we left the hospital we went to my grandmas house so grandma could meet her 6th great grandchild. Grandma loved her and we heard about 15 times "i wonder if mine were ever this small" We love you grandma lol! It was funny watching her try to feed Brynnlee her bottle at thanksgiving because she cant really see well at all and so she was putting it way to high and was blocking Brynnlee's nose luckily my mom was right there to help. Mom has been taking care of grandma for a while now and her and dad live there right now because grandma cant be left alone. I commend her for what she is doing, as i heard someone say "i don't know very many people who would take care of there in laws" My mom has an awesome spirit and even when grandma makes her feel really bad for being there some of the time she just keeps trucking along with a great heart, lol all i can think in my head is "this too shall pass" (he he get it ha ha i know i crack myself up if not here's a hint *replace this with she*) Anyway i love you grandma and i know your ready to go but are still grateful to god that you "can still walk on your own two feet".

Santa 2010

2010-12-04T21:28:00.002-06:00

Love these guys! So glad they sat on his lap this year with no problems!

Toys'R'Us Holiday Scavenger Hunt

2010-12-03T11:29:00.000-06:00

Toys'R'Us Holiday Scavenger Hunt: "Enter for your chance to win $25 Gift Cards Daily! One grand prize winner will also receive a $1500 Gift Card!"

Update!

2010-07-19T23:36:00.002-05:00

Wow i cant believe it's not going to be just them in less then 4 months..... Time sure does fly. It seems like just yesterday i was changing dirty diapers and feeding midnight bottles. Sometimes i just have to sit back and think how amazing my life has been and how blessed i am to be able to bring such cute and amazing children into this world. Logan and Ella have been fairly good kids. Logan is starting preschool this fall and Ella will be starting dance this fall also. Both are very excited to do them. Ella is such a little dancer/gymnastics maniac that we knew if we didn't get her into something soon she would drive us both nuts and she would be bored out of her mind when Logan goes to school. Brad is still working two full time jobs, there is talk that we might be moving to Wyoming the state here shortly. Brad and i need some change, brad mostly its tough on us with him working two jobs and we know we cant do it much longer. Heavenly Father has definitely blessed our family this past year and we are so grateful for church friends and bishopric to help us through the tough times we came upon. Life has been amazing here in Minnesota and it would be a HUGE change to live 15 hours from home but the lord will help us if it is the right thing to do. Well i love you all and thank you for your support!

Baby Update

2010-07-13T17:43:00.003-05:00

So im 23 weeks pregnant, but im mesuring 20-21 weeks (not the baby but my uturus) which means i might not have enough fluid in there. I have another ultrasound on friday to determin whats going on. But as for her saying i will go around the 20th of october i dont think thats going to happen anymore. Anyway we will also hopefully for sure find out if its a girl or not.

Leaking ceiling in our apartment

2010-06-08T12:37:00.002-05:00

So this month has not been a good one.... Not going into to much detail but lets just say I NEED A BLESSING! Ella's room started leaking this morning through the light fixture, around 10 i thought she had peeed on her floor so i was getting stuff to clean it up when logan came in and was like "ellas light is leaking" So i was like what and when into the room and sure enough there is more water on the floor and her light is leaking. So i called maintance and they came over and put a bucket under there but then proceded to say they cant do anything till the rain stops. Which i really do get its just one bad thing after another. I know my heavenly father loves me but i just have to ask how many trails do i need to go through before i learn what i need to learn.....

POTTY TRAINED!

2010-05-16T21:22:00.002-05:00

Ok so i cant say its official yet but ella has been going on the potty for 3 days now (2 days without pull ups) and she has only had 3 or 4 accidents! I am so proud of her! Yesterday morning she woke up and i hd put a pull up on her that night and she was soaked so when i put her to bed in just undies last night i was really nervious but she did great! She woke up dry! So cutting cold turkey is the best way to go! She is 2 1/2 and i thought it would take a lot longer. Yes i know im not done but she is doing great, it only took her a couple times to understand that when she has to pee and lets us know she cant just go right there she has to wait till we get her on the potty, and she just started this evening just sitting on the potty herself without telling me! Yay she is a smart girl and was so much eaiser then logan to potty train.

Im a little behind

2010-03-18T10:28:00.005-05:00

This is chloe and ava (Chloe is howard and shaleys daughter and ava is eli and kristens daughter)

This is the beautiful St. George temple.

Brad and Chris during our game of croquete?????? Not sure how to spell that

Chloe before church in the dress and headband/flower that brad and i got her.

This is brad looking off the edge of dixie mountin.
My babe!

This is the in n out burger in las vages (i saw a Taylor lautner look a like BAWHAHA not really)

Our plain ride there are many of these kinda pics but thought i would only put up one.

We had lots of fun and loved seeing family! We ended up flying there and i hate flying it might be because im pregnancy and was sick the whole ride but i also dont like feeling like im falling so landing sucked! But brad liked it so ive decided that if we are crunched on time then we will fly or if the drive is longer then like 12 hours then we will fly also. But im not going to look forward to it. But at least i tried it and know i dont like it heheh. We were able to see my cousin eli and his wife and 3 very active but beautiful girls. I dont think i could ever move to utah though im not sure what i dont like about it but i just really wanted to go home. But i would love to be a couple blocks from the temple that was really amazing!

ITS OFFICIAL~

2010-02-23T14:01:00.001-06:00

WERE PREGNANT!!!

Update

2010-01-07T16:04:00.002-06:00

Hey everyone,

It has been forever since i wrote on here, so i thought i would update you all on whats been going on. LOL nothing really. I'm not kidding about that actually.

Brad is working two full time jobs his first job is Monday - Friday 9am-5pm, his second job is Sunday nights - Thursday nights from 6pm till usually 2 or 3 am. I'm still at home with the kids.

Logan 3, is deffinitly following in daddies shows, hes always saying he wants to go to work and he wants to help fix things a lot which is prolly just the boy in him but i think its really cute. He just started primary and so we will see how it goes, but we went and met his teacher last Saturday and he really likes her. He cant wait to go to preschool, he thinks he gets to ride the bus and isnt getting the concept that A: Preschoolers dont ride buses and B: I wont let him ride the bus if i can do anything about it. He is absolutely in love with his uncles and aunties and grandparents and any chance he can get to sleep over at there house he wants to. He is doing really good with his ABC's and 123's and is teaching Ella a lot too.

Ella 2, is a handfull i think its all ella's lol or maybe its just cause she has my jeans who knows, She is always screaming untill you ask her why she did something wrong and then she whispers and says "because" i usually have a hard time from laughing cause she is to darn cute when she says it. She is also doing really good with her ABC's and 123's and loves to sing and she knows how to carry a tune. She loves babies (go Figure) and loves to play with cars though too. She has an amazing little attitude for just turning 2, and she can keep up a temper tantrum for longer the 3 hours.....ya its been done! (currently go on right now is one) She also loves to sleep over with family and also loves animals.

Zoey is our little dog, she is well I'm guessing 3 years old (we were told she was 6 months when we decided to get her) She is about 13lbs and yet i want a smaller one after she passes many years down the road.

For myself its hard not having brad around. I get to see him for about an hour a day except on the weekends. and so with that I'm always stuck home and want to get out when he gets home and yet he is always gone so he just wants to be at home....I have decided that i will not being having 6 kids...! HAHA! I think i will stick with 4, we would like to be done having kids at 25 so we can get college and everything done too.

Chloe Nadine Spitzenberger

2009-12-22T18:03:00.001-06:00

Hey everyone just wanted to let you know that Howard and Shaley had a baby girl on December 21st at 7:15pm She weighed 9lbs and was 21 inches long. She is a Spitzenberger through and through....

My amazing weekend

2009-05-03T19:38:00.003-05:00

So i have lots to say but lots of time to say it in, Logan turned 3 and man let me tell you 2 was nothing 3 is hard lol i know im already complaining anyway Ella and Logan are both in nursery now so its tough being the nursery leader and having both my kids in there but that's OK im getting released soon, im happy now i can go to class with brad and then learn something finally hehe although i love the kids and i offered to take over anytime someone isn't there.
We went horse back riding last night it was fun, Logan being the scardie he is didn't want on the horse but Ella went on and so did brad that was his first time and he did really good. The horse didn't really listen to anyone but that was OK we all did good.
Today we went to Duluth for stake conference and we were able to see why they need north branch its a small stake and i think with north branch and pine city we double the stake! I love the church and everything we stand for, Its so amazing when i can go out and have fun without getting drunk or smoking a little something something... I had a really good time with the family to day and im looking forward to going to duluth a few times a year now with the family and being able to see the beautiful creation that god has created for us. We were able to go to canal park and watch the ships go under the lift bridge and have a picnic with my family.

Hit a milestone

2009-01-28T10:30:00.002-06:00

Well My mom and I have been doing weight watchers for about a month now, and i am pleased to say i have lost 5 lbs. Still now though i am like really only 5 lbs like I'm kinda embarrassed to say ive lost 5 lbs. I mean i feel great but i just wish it was more. Who am i kidding i sound like a suicide waiting to happen. I am proud i lost 5 lbs I'm excited to be on the road to good health. My next goal is 11 lbs which will be my 5% weight loss goal so i only have 6 more lbs to go. I am very lucky to have a husband and family members that are helping me along the way.
Brad and i get the opportunity to move in with my parents and save money while paying less then half the rent we payed for a dinky 2 bedroom apartment. My parents are my life line and im so greatful for there willingness to help brad and i out. Its been rough since christmas for us and just cant seem to get back on our feet. But it sounds like thats whats happening to a lot of people.
Logan and Ella are great, fighting all the time lol cant seem to get enough of it for them. Ella usually starts it which is really sad since she is 18 months younger, although logan doesnt share so that doesnt help the situation.
Brad is working his butt off too keep money coming in, I had a job interview yesterday well a 2nd interveiw and im praying they call me back for a drug test so i can get this job and help him out.
I love you all and cant wait to see most of you at the family reunion in july. (its not set in stone yet but brad and i are working toward being able to get sealed in billings montana temple the first weekend in july)

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2009-01-08T23:15:00.001-06:00

Oh and i got a treadmill too!!! HERE COMES THE WEIGHT LOSS!!!

The Lord will bless us...

2009-01-08T22:32:00.002-06:00

So Brad and i thought it would be really cool to be able to wear wedding stuff after we get sealed at the temple. And since the wedding gown i wore at my wedding was borrowed i dont have one to myself which i really want. So i started looking online at wedding dresses but everything was really expensive, so i put on my facebook that i was looking for wedding dresses just because it asks what you are doing, and a friend of mine was like "are you getting remarried" and i said " no we are getting sealed in the temple for time and all eternity" And she was like "do you want my wedding dress i never wore it and i will sell it to you for 50.00" and i was like "I WOULD LOVE THAT" so anyway the lord does bless us for the things we do. OH and i also found a little white tux at burlington and a little flower girl dress there too for logan and ella!!!

Pay it forward and i WON!!

2009-01-04T22:55:00.002-06:00

I won!! I won!! And now it's YOUR turn to win!!! I ran across this very fun little "contest" on my friends Grace, and Mandy's blogs, and I WON!! So now I'm paying it forward. Check out the rules and leave a comment! Nothing fancy just a hello or if your top three say I WIN!!!

{The Rules}

--Be one of the first three bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me.

--Winners must post this challenge on your blog, meaning that you will Pay It Forward, creating a handmade gift for the first three bloggers who leave a comment on YOUR post about this giveaway!

--The gift that you send to your Three Friends can be from any price range and you have 365 days to make/ship your item. This means you should be willing to maintain your blog at least until you receive your gift and have shipped your gifts. And, remember: It’s the Spirit and the Thought That Count!

--When you receive your gift, please feel free to blog about it, sharing appropriate Linky Love!

If you are not one of the Top Three Commenters on this post, you can still play along. Please take the button and post it on your blog; start your own Pay It Forward chain, and encourage your blogging friends to do the same!

Happy Anniversary

2008-12-16T10:26:00.000-06:00

So yesterday brad and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary and on the 19th we will celebrate our 6 years of being together. I love this man so much, he makes me so happy! I love to be with him and just have him around. Brad and i met at school in 10th grade and i fell in love at the first look, I was already in a relationship so i didnt do much about brad and first but i did flirt a lot. Anyway to make this short brad and i dated about 2 months after we met and have been in love since. I cant wait to be sealed to him. His 1 year baptism date will be April 13th 2009. We will be starting temple prep classes soon and cant wait to be sealed in billings montana and cant wait to go to the st paul temple together to get ready to go to billings! I LOVE YOU BRAD!

Another husband tag (i just love this guy)

2008-12-12T22:02:00.000-06:00

Husband Tag!

1. Where did you meet your husband? High school, Im very happy to say we are high school sweethearts. We were in a "special class" for people who missed a lot of school and who didnt like to do homework (hahaha how me...oh yes me)

2. How long did you date? 4 years

3. How long have you been married? 2 years

4. What does he do that surprises you? Not very much but im ok with that because he never was raised with that either, but when he tried to suprise me like bring me flowers home its very cute.

5. What is your favorite feature of his? His muscles in his arms, sounds weird but it a big turn on hehehe

6. What is his best quality? His personality,he is willing to try everything at least once and he can always make you smile.

7. Does he have a nick name for you? He mostly calls me hun.

8. What is his favorite food? Steak and shrimp

9. What is his favorite sport? Is monster trucks a sport HAHA

10. When and where was your first kiss? In school, sadly it was the first day we started going out but it wasnt on the lips just the cheek.

11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? I love to go shopping with him even though he hates it i rarly go shopping alone. But we like to watch movies together.

12. Do you have children? Yep, Logan 2 1/2 and Ella 14 months

13. Does he have hidden talents? Lots of them

14. How old is he? 21

15. Who said I love you first? I did i always go faster

16. His favorite music? Rap or hip hop but he also likes country

17. What do you admire most about him? His love for his family, his mom and dad and brothers and me and the kids. His faithfulness to me and his kids. His pation for helping where he can. His unselfusness towards everyone and the way he respects boundries. The way he still treats me amaizing even after i say somthing bad about him or spend all the money and we cant afford what we need. I JUST LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM!

18. What is his favorite color? Im not sure he has one, at least not that he has told me in the last 6 years.

19. Will he read this? Probably not but thats ok he knows how much i love and care about him already.

Husband tag

2008-12-10T21:18:00.001-06:00

5 Things he loves

Working on cars/trucks
Being home
His family
Watching CSI Miami
Hanging out with friends

5 Things on his to do list

Work
Sit back
Fix things on my list
Put the kids to bed
Spend time with his girls

5 Foods he enjoys

Pizza
Steak
Hamburgers
Salad
Fajitas

5 things you may not know about him

He keeps his temper down when i spend to much money.
He watches a lot of chic flicks with me because he knows i have bad dreams from the movies he likes
He can cook a mean dinner
He doesn't lie i have not caught him in one lie and we have known each other for 6 years
He loves my mom and his mom and wants to do everything he can to help them, even if he is tired

5 things you would never change about him

The way he always remember to give me a kiss goodbye before he leaves even if im dead asleep when he leaves for work.
How he cleans when i dont want to
His annoying way he burps at the kitchen table (its very annoying but it wouldnt be him if he didnt do it BUT IT IS RUDE)
I would never change his personality i love him for that (and his good looks)
I would never change the fact that he cares about everyone and will always give them a chance and a second and third and fourth......you get the point.

5 things you love about the outside of him

His hands (i love the way they just fit in mine like a puzzell)
His Arms (i love the way they feel when you have just had a bad day)
His clothes (even though they are always dirty because of work i love that he doesnt need name brand to look good)
His Nose (it is just so cute)
His feet ( i love that i can tickle his feet and he just squeals cause it tickles so much)

I love you Brad!

i love this kid...

2008-11-21T14:19:00.000-06:00

Well i just read a blog from Anne about her daughter Abby who i have in nursery class on sunday's and it made me remember the conversation Logan and i have quite a bit.

Logan: (digging in something usually the fridge)
Me: Logan will you please get out of there, you just ate.
Logan: I'm just looking give me a minute...
Me: Now Logan or you will have to go on time out
Logan: (slams the door and goes to sit on time out)

Did i mention they have to have heard it somewhere...do you ever think "do i really say stuff like that?"

My Halloween

2008-11-03T10:09:00.000-06:00

Well the kids and brad and i had fun for halloween, Ella was a lady bug and Logan was elmo, they both were very cute.

SHES ONE AND FINALLY WALKING

2008-10-23T14:09:00.000-05:00

So Ella has decided that because she is one now she is big enough to walk lol she kinda started that past couple days really doing it but today her birthday she is like hardly crawling anymore YAY ELLA!!!

Heres to firsts

2008-10-23T14:07:00.000-05:00

The first joyous news • The first midnight cravings • The first sonogram photo on the refrigerator • The first time you look in her eyes and know you’re no longer number one • The first night at home • The first funny little smile • The first time she sleeps through the night (Hallelujah!) • The first laugh • The first crawl • The first stumbling steps • The first time she says "Ma…ma…ma…mama" • The first love pat • The first kiss • The first time you realize that — no matter how well you’ve prepared — you’re never quite ready.
Happy 1st Birthday!

ELLA'S FIRST BIRTHDAY

2008-10-23T10:53:00.000-05:00

Happy 1st birthday princess!!! Mommy and Daddy love you!!!

Tagged!!!

2008-10-21T12:13:00.000-05:00

Tagged! Go to your fourth file in your pictures and find the fourth picture, then post it!

This is the fourth pic in the fourth folder. Its of ella drinking my big bottle of water in her diaper lol.

I tag Lauri, Tawnya, and Angie

Way behind

2008-10-20T11:12:00.000-05:00

Well i havent been in the mood to blog but i better since im way behind, Brad and his mom brother sister in law and i went to the pumpkin patch with the kids. It was lots of fun we were able to get all of there face painted with a pumpkin and they all did a really good job picking out pumpkins. Here are some pictures of them having fun.

I also got a new job at toys r us and am liking it so far but not liking the people swearing all the time... I have been looking for a new job because they can give me any more hours then 20 a week so its kinda lame so hopefully i cant find something more useful of my time.

Life is tough...

2008-10-09T12:16:00.000-05:00

Brad's 21st birthday was yesterday, I tried my hardest to keep everything a secret and i did good without saying anything (which thats usally the hardest for me is to keep my mouth shut) but i accidentally had him check my email and he found out two surprises. The only thing he didn't find out was that his friends were going to be at the bowling alley, he thought it was just going to be us two. Well sadly the only friends that showed up of brads was mike bless his heart... he has really only been the true friend of brads since we graduated from school... I understand that the others had to work but it seems every time we have something we want to invite his friends too its only mike that shows up, Anyway so thanks mike you made last night worth going. I also invited Krissy and Kenzer so that i would have someone to talk to while mike and brad hung out, Kenzers mom ruined it all for us though thanks for that by the way!! Please remind me when my kids are older that i cant control everything they do after they are 18 or I might run them away.
My thoughts on this are... ages 0-17, yes you can make some decisions for them but how are they going to learn when they have to be out on there own, if you don't let them learn from there mistakes. Take me for example i made UMPTEEN mistakes when i was younger and look at me know I'm on my way to going to the temple and getting ready to be sealed to my family for time and all eternity!! I am glad i made some of the mistakes i did because i wouldn't have the loving husband that i have right now or the two beautiful children either! I love my life i wouldn't change anything at this time. I am grateful to have a mom in the church so that she could understand that god has a plan for us. actually i believe he has many different plans depending on what path we decided to take in life, My mom never threatened to disown me, never called me names, never told me to get out, and never hurt my feelings... even though i hurt hers. For that i am thankful i love my mom and my family will all my heart and last night made me realize how much i am grateful for my family and all they went through for me!

Don't ever push them away because you may need them someday, Just like they needed you, not so long ago.

Top 8

2008-10-08T12:37:00.000-05:00

Top 8
8 TV shows I like to watch:
1. One tree hill
2. Jon and Kate plus 8
3. Animal Cops
4. CSI Miama
5. Ugly Betty
6. Little people big world
7. Dog the bounty hunter
8. Hannah Montana

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. The Q Mandrin
2. I Hop
3. Old County Buffet
4. Olive Garden
5. Perkins
6. Pizza Hut
7. Subway
8. Taco Johns

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Shopping
2. Blogging
3. Texting
4. Fed myself and kids
5. Alone time
6. Played computer games
7. Went to the bathroom
8. Looked at houses

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Getting our own house
2. Going to college
3. Finding out if im pregnant
4. Bowling tonight
5. Eating at the Q
6. Having Money
7. Getting either a English bull dog or a Yorkie
8. Having A weekend with out kids

People I tag:
1. Lauri Jo
2. Kenzer

Bored

2008-10-03T12:59:00.001-05:00

Hey everyone i really have nothing to blog about that is to exciting, I'm just very bored and come on here everyday a lot and look at the same thing over and over so i decided i would write even if it didn't have any importance.
Brad and i are doing good we are in the process of getting a home mortgage and looking at many houses, I just got a job and start on the 6Th so we approve for a little more witch is good cause we looked at houses for was what we were approved for and they were OK but needed lots of interior and some exterior work. We are working with a really cool lady from re max and have looked at so far 6 houses and i really like 1 but just because of the yard, I would tare it down if we bought it and either rebuild or buy a modular house and put it there. But my new job is going to be a real challenge with the over nights and then coming home and taking care of kids all day. It will really prove my Patience which is everyone knows me i have very little anyway to start with.
Logan is getting big and getting an attitude he is doing really good with potty training, only downfall is cleaning poop out of his underwear is becoming a daily thing because he will not go in a diaper or on the toilette, so downfall of that is we have to have more underwear then necessary just in case after you wash them in the sink really good they cant be put in the washer right away (since we have to pay 3 dollars to wash and dry our clothes so we wait to go to his or my parents to do laundry) Anyway but he just started standing by himself and hes doing really good and he doesn't even ask at home for me to help he just runs to the bathroom, Other places we have to remind him but that's OK. He hasn't had a pee accident in a long time and he just started potty training in September. Logan has started this new thing at getting up at 5 am or around there to come in to our room and sleep but at least he is quite about it.
Ella is going to be one October 23rd!! She is getting big also and her attitude makes up for what Logan doesn't do on some days! She has 4 teeth now and has two more coming in on the top so she has the runny noes diareah and all the good stuff lol she defiantly is making up for everything Logan held back. He never made a peep when teething but Ella on the other hand is miss drama queen. Although she is a really good sleeper she takes a 3-4 hour nap and then they both go to bed at 9 and wake up at 9 so its really good. She is a handful but we love her and cant wait for her to stop teething. She is taking some steps again and is really trying (on some days) to get and up go by herself it wont be to long before she takes off without any help ill be happy and sad when that day comes.
Well i better get going mom and i are going to go see great grandma spitzenberger and then go pick up brads check.

MY FIRST JOB

2008-09-30T16:06:00.000-05:00

So today i had an interview at toys r us and I'm proud to say i got the job, they said they liked my bubbly personality and the way i approached people!! YAY ME!! So i have orientation on Monday the 6th and then i don't know when i start after that but my hours for now are 4am to 10am and then three weeks after that they said it was switch to 10pm to 6am im really exited!!

Friends

2008-09-29T12:49:00.000-05:00

Well lately ive been having a couple friends from high school over and its been fun. One of them is going through some tough times with guys and i feel bad for her cause i dont know how to help her. I am happy though that im over that and have a loving husband who loves me big or small mad or sad, happy or gone lol. But then when she comes over she kindof mopes around and i hate to see her hurt cause then i hurt cause i cant do anything about it. I wish i could just get enough guts to invite her to church and show her hat god has a plan for everyone and he doesnt hand you anything that you cant handle even if you think you cant handle it. The only problem with that is the girl she hangs out with is a member but refuses to go to church because of rumurs then went on i love her to and just wish that she could realise that we cant stop people from talking but we can giving them things to talk about...The church is true and i know that and i know with all my heart that if i could just get her to go to church and to feel the spirit that she would know the true gospel and know that god is helping her through all this even if it hurts.

DEMO DURBY!!!

2008-09-27T17:42:00.000-05:00

Well last week we had a Spanier get together and we went to the rush city demo Derby. We were really hesitant to bring Ella cause she is really restless but i think she had fun besides being forced to sleep my mommy he he she hates that. Anyway we had Logan there and he loved it also then brads brother Mike and his fiance Denesa brought there kids Anika and Braydon they also had a lot of fun. They all had fun going potty together since Logan is 1/2 potty trained i say that because he still wont poop on the potty! Oh well. Anyway so Ryan and Jen where there to (Brads brother and sister in law) and so were Nana and Papa spanier so it was fun we got full of mud from the trucks spiting it at us!!! So here are some pics.

I love my hubby

2008-09-27T15:27:00.001-05:00

So since Ive been looking for so many jobs and actually putting effort into it my husband decided to by me some flowers and they aren't like any Ive seen i was so excited cause he NEVER does that just out of the blue usually i have to hint for them and girl we all know we don't like them as much when we ask! RIGHT! Anyway so here are a couple pics of them i just love them they are two of my Favorite colors. So here are two pics.

hard work..... literally

2008-09-26T14:26:00.000-05:00

So the past few days and a few last week i have been working my butt of to find a job. Ive never worked so hard in my life to find a job. All i keep hearing is I'm sorry but you don't have enough experience.....Well first off Ive never held a job before unless you consider helping my mom with a paper route which was supposed to be mine but never got payed because she did all the driving so it went to gas. Anyway i volunteered at a old folks home when i was about 11 but really didn't do anything that has experience for jobs I'm looking at today. How do people expect you to have experience if no one will give you a chance and let you get experience.... Brad and i are going to be out of our apartment the end of November (it was supposed to be the end of October but the landlord is trying to make herself more money and made up some lie saying we didn't give her proof that we were leaving at the end of our lease which we did i talked to her on the phone but whatever!!!) Anyway so we don't want to live here anymore but we don't want collections down our back when we are trying to find a house we can live in fix up and move in 6-10 years. I did finally get a call today from toys r us and have an interview September 30Th at 11:30 but i am so bad at interviews its not even funny!!! I choke up and forget what I'm going to say, is it bad if i bring a note book??? Anyway Brad has been wanting me to get a job for some time now since its always me wanting to go shopping and i understand his point so now I'm really trying... I just wish i could find someone who owns something and work for them. Then i can prove I'm a good worker and will be able to make money to help support my family. Well pray that i will get the job and do just fine at the interview love you all thanks!

We will miss you uncle kevin

2008-09-18T22:14:00.000-05:00

Have you heard the song "waiting on a women" Well I think of my uncle kevin when i hear this song now. Here are the lyrics for thoes of you who dont know them. The verses in red are what i think Uncle kevin is doing.

Sittin' on a bench at West Town Mall
He sat down in his overalls and asked me
You waitin' on a woman
I nodded yeah and said how 'bout you
He said son since nineteen fifty-two I've been
Waitin' on a woman

When I picked her up for our first date
I told her I'd be there at eight
And she came down the stairs at eight-thirty
She said I'm sorry that I took so long
Didn't like a thing that I tried on
But let me tell you son she sure looked pretty
Yeah she'll take her time but I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman

He said the wedding took a year to plan
You talk about an anxious man, I was nervous
Waitin' on a woman
And then he nudged my arm like old men do
And said, I'll say this about the honeymoon, it was worth it
Waitin' on a woman

And I don't guess we've been anywhere
She hasn't made us late I swear
Sometimes she does it just 'cause she can do it
Boy it's just a fact of life
It'll be the same with your young wife
Might as well go on and get used to it
She'll take her time 'cause you don't mind
Waitin' on a woman

I've read somewhere statistics show
The man's always the first to go
And that makes sense 'cause I know she won't be ready
So when it finally comes my time
And I get to the other side
I'll find myself a bench, if they've got any
I hope she takes her time, 'cause I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman

Honey, take your time, cause I don't mind
Waitin' on a woman

Do you ever wonder when someone dies if they ever are looking down at you to see if you are crying because of there death....I do and I feel like a jerk when i cant get myself to cry. Today my uncle kevin died and i heard the news and cried but it was for a short time and then i just stoped...I loved him and will miss even though i didn't get to know him very well hes been in my life for 20 years and in my family for many more. He will be missed very much but maybe im not crying because i know hes not suffering anymore with his illness and that he is in a better place. Pray for my family that we will all find peace and beable to laugh about the good times with him.

WE LOVE YOU UNCLE KEVIN!!!

Stake confrence

2008-09-14T20:47:00.000-05:00

Well brad and I had the privilege of going to stake conference on Saturday night and Sunday morning with out the kids. We also were able to go to the new member meeting which was really cool to listen too and feel the spirit. Bishop Edgley was an amazing speaker and we were very blessed to have him speak at brads "first" Member state conference. He has been to one or two but not as a member. Bishop Edgley asked a question Saturday night to the congregation, He asked what have you learned in your trials and your tribulations (not exactly what he said i couldn't remember it all or exactly how he said it) Anyway people stood up and expressed what they had learned through they trials, I was going to stand up and express my gratitude to my church members for helping me through my teen pregnancy and not shutting me out, I hear from so many people that they don't go to church anymore because to many rumors went on. All I have to say to them is its the true church but the true church doesn't only except perfect people, Rumors will happen weather your here or not. I have a saying on my myspace, "people are going to talk, so why not give them something to talk about" I know that's not the right thing to do but people wont talk if you don't give them anything to talk about. I know there was rumors going on around the church about me being pregnant and not married, At first I let it affect me but my awesome mother told me that I needed to find for myself if the church is true, and if I will find that then I wont have to worry about the rumors because they wont affect me anymore because I will know why I am supposed to be there. Now look at me 3 years later I'm nursery leader and loving every minute of it, I am happily married to a wonderful man who GETS me, I have two BEAUTIFUL children that even though its hard to be with them all day everyday I would give my life to save them so they can raise their children in the church.

For those of you that were there on Saturday, A women stood and asked what she could do to bring her friends to the church without pushing them away, In response Bishop Edgley asked who the most recent convert was and it just happened to be Brad (which he didn't want to raise his hand) and he had to stand in front of the congregation, Bishop Edgley then asked him if he forgave me for introducing him to the church, He whole heartily said NO!!! Later I asked him why and he said no and he was so nervous that he didn't really even listen to the question and so he didn't answer it right, But then Bishop Edgley asked again after we all had a good laugh "do you forgive your wife for introducing you to the church" and Brad said "Yes" it really made me realize what miracle I did by bringing my husband to the church and having two beautiful children and raising them in the true church they only true church on this earth.

Logan and Ella stayed at brad's mom's so it was fun to have a night to ourselves since it had been about 6 months since our last night alone. But now that we are back to reality and had some time off we are set to be parents again. I have to admit its been hard the past couple weeks, with things my family has been going through. I've had to stop and ask for help from my church members with concerns in my head and if it was OK to feel the way I was feeling. But I learned that I can't take things to seriously which for those of you who know me that's hard for me, very hard.... But not so much to take them to seriously, but don't take what people do for only themselves and be mad at them, because sometimes they can't help it.

For those of you who don't know my family is going through some hard times and we are having to put faith in our lord Jesus Christ more then we ever had. We pray that you will keep us in your prayers and in your hearts.

All day at the hospital again

2008-09-08T21:46:00.000-05:00

So brad had to go back to the hospital today again because it was swollen really bad again. So when we got to the clinic we waited and waited cause they had to fit us in. So anyway then the doctor had to check it out and he was stumped he didnt know what it was so he sent us to the hospital to get an ultrasound and then to see the uroligist (which i cant spell) anyway so we were joking that if he had to get it removed that he get fixed while we was doing the surgery hehe we also saw jon nue so it was funny that we got to see him in the hospital. The lady that did the ultrasound didnt think we were too funny we asked for a picture like you get when you get the ultrasounds of babies and she didnt think that was funny!!! How dare she right lol we said we were kidding and she didnt laugh i really dont like nurses or doctors who dont joke. We are in their for something serious and we just want to joke around cause if you dwell on the pain to long it will get you down, so we joke about you know what i mean. Anyway the nurse we had was awesome! I loved her i was so excited to have someone that would laugh with us. Brad had to go pee three times because first we did it at the clinic then got sent to the hospital and then they needed one and then that tube was cracked and had leaked so then they needed another one. He was put on a shot with antibiotics in it then was put on more antibiotics for three weeks but if the swelling isnt gone by tomarrow we need to bring him back in on wednesday. Man we need insurance!!! Anyway so god is with us and we know he wont give us anything we cant handle. God is good i love him please keep us in your prayers.

Another day at grandma's

2008-09-04T16:56:00.000-05:00

This is logan riding on his bike in the trailer behind the tractor
OK so there is a story behind my favorite dog in the world (who has a heart, kind of) So today brad and i went to my moms and helped my dad in the garden pulling up corn stalks and hoses and black plastic. When i was pulling up the last piece of black plastic i hear baby mice and not even two seconds later here's Maci grabbing the first pile she saw and took off with the baby mice and ate them YAY for her OK now her the funny part. After doing that we went to the fire pit to take out the box springs that were burned and maci found another mouse but it was a bigger one. She picked it up did her swinging thing to make sure it was dead and she lost it so i had to show her where it was. Then she picked it up again made sure it was dead all the way then went to the fire pit started to dig a whole and BARRIED it!!! What a sweet little doggy, she wanted to give the mouse a properal barrial. How cute is that! I love this dog.This is Ella on the way home from brads moms on the same day
This is logan also on the way home from brads moms

Pictures from this summer

2008-09-02T16:56:00.000-05:00

Well Brad and i just found our camera so now i can finally add pictures to update everyone.
The Family at the zoo Logan and Ella being cute on the train.
Logan eating Ice cream I just love the backs of them walking its really precious.
Logan Got to get this close to a bear at age 2!
Daddy's tired after a long day.
So is Ella...
But not logan he's wide awake!
This is how Ella looked for about 3 weeks cause her and Logan both got sinus infections at the same time.
Logan Ella and Bailey
This is where Logan slept in IL cause he didnt like his room. (in our closet on the floor)
Gangster El Bell
She actually fell asleep! In the Shredder bucket!
This is my best friend since birth Sadie and Logan and her sisters wedding reception.
Ella riding her doggy Macy!
Logan at the county fair in IL We got to see the animals he was pretty excited about it.
Logan with the pigs at the fair.
Ella's Hair that i did myself! YAY ME!
Ella swimming all by herself!! She was 8 months!!!
This is all the farther logan would go in the pool before having a heart attack.
Logan and Bailey chillin on the couch. They did that a lot.
Ella standing on her own for only the second time.
Logan is playing Wii with daddy. With his eyes closed HEHE he's so talented! HAHA

Sad day at the spanier's

2008-08-29T22:41:00.000-05:00

Well yesterday Brad started complaining that his man parts were hurting. I didn't think much of it, but when he started walking weird, i went onto webmd and was looking at some possibilities because we still don't have insurance. Then i called my mom, he called his mom and his mom called his aunt who is a nurse, and we came to the conclusion it was a hernia. (which his dad had at brads age also.) Well anyway we went to bed that night and we were planning on calling the family services to talk about our insurance and then go to the hospital. Well at about 5 am brad got up to go to the bathroom and i fell back asleep and to my surprise i woke up to a THUD I thought it was Logan so i ran into Logan's room thinking he fell off his new bed, BUT it wasn't him... I was like what the heck and then i hear a moan and my heart dropped......I look at the bathroom and the light was on, i had forgotten that brad had gone to the bathroom...So i open the door and there he is on the bathroom floor moaning and I'm panicking asking him what just happened and he couldn't remember, all he knew is he went to the bathroom and that was it, he didn't remember going for the door or me coming in... His nose was bleeding so he must of hit his it but other then that we were clueless. So i quickly called my mom to have her come stay with the kids while i rushed him to the ER, and those of you who know my mom LOL she doesn't hurry!!!! So 35 min later she came and we left, We got to the fairview hospital at 5:50 and we were both extremely tired, but brad got all checked in and i had to sign papers for him which was weird cause id never done that usually it was my mom that filled them out. Anyway i get into the room and we were expecting a LONG day at the hospital with the hernia cause they have to sew it up or something like that. But 15 min and the doctor was in there and doing the exam and in 5 min we figured out was it was...Epididymitis...Which is inflammation of the epididymis which is the tube through which sperm passes (an infection) and he was proscribed vicodin 1-2 every 4-6 hours, doxycycline 1 twice a day for 10 days, and 800mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING he cant even function on the vicodin he is so tired with it! Then the antibiotics make his sick to his stumach i mean come on people i dont need a druggy for a husband! But he was joking today cause we are in a rut with money and he was like we could sell the vicodin for money how sad is that, that we have to think of somthing like that to make money To bad we would never ever do that!!!! But its even worse now that he is out of work for a few days cause the antibiotics hes on, your supposed to stay out of prolonged sunlight! HE IS A LANDSCAPER there is always sunlight!!! Anyway so i just needed to vent so i thought i would blog love you all!

Missing my hubby!

2008-08-11T22:54:00.000-05:00

Well today was long, Brad left for IL. again on Sunday so I'm at my mom's house with the kids. I'm very blessed to be able to have a family that allows me to stay even though we are messy. But anyway I miss my hubby I really hate being away from him. The kids know when hes gone too they sure act out when hes not around. Logan's little attitude shows and he starts to act up, Ella is pretty much the same all the time but at night she starts to miss her daddy. We have been moving back and forth from states and just decided that this is our last year for APX mostly because were going to start again for number three in February and its just going to be hard to be moving 5 people just for a few short months. Anyways Brad will be back in Sunday the 17th and we will be staying at my mom's or Brad's Mom's we havent really figured out where yet. We will be there until september 1st when we can move back into our apartment, It will be nice to be back on our own again and am able to clean when we want hehehe.

Update

2008-08-02T16:24:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone,
I don't have much time to blog since I'm not using my internet. I'm using the APX office internet. But i thought i would just write a little bit. Well first off we are moving back to Minnesota in 5 days which i am very excited about. Brad is in his oldest brothers wedding on Saturday. He is a little nervous because hes never don't that before and the girl that he is walking with is 8 months pregnant so that will be pretty funny to watch anyway. Lots of pictures will be taken (not because the girl is pregnant but because brad in a tux is not very common to see.). Anyway it will be really to see everyone again in a few days. Ella is starting to take little steps on her own so that is pretty exciting. We started potty training Logan and well it was going great in 4 days we thought he was trained but then he stopped pooping and then would go in the bathroom and take his pull-up off and poop on the floor and so yeah lets just say were going to wait a little more. Anyway Logan is wanting to go so i better hit the road. Love you all talk to you soon.

Babies are sick

2008-06-21T11:58:00.000-05:00

Well the kids have been sick for a few days now. And with brad and i not having insurace we were hoping it wouldnt come to having to go to the doctor. But of course it did and they had to BOTH have antibiotics. Logan also has an ear infection in his left ear which means his tube is not working. I feel so bad for them because when they wake up in the morning there noses and eyes are just nasty crusted over its hard to watch. But today i had enough when they work up and when i clean ellas eyes they started bleeding and same with logan so we vouged for going to the doctor they both did amaizing. But needless to say it cost us almost 300 dollars for everything we needed to do and get. I know the lord with bless us because we are full tithing payers and are keeping the commandments. I woke up this morning with a little stuff in my eyes but i will just hold a warm cloth on my eyes which we tried with the kids and well lets just say that didnt go well. My throat has been really bad and i have a stuffy nose but other then that its been good. Brad just started to get a sore throat but we are really hoping he doesnt get sick cause he is our only income provider. Well life is pretty good but i got to go love you all bye!

MOST IMPORTANT!!

2008-06-20T22:15:00.000-05:00

Well i dont know if everyone knows this but i wanted you all to know!!! BRAD WAS BAPTIZED APRIL 13TH!! Its been a long road but Brad was fianlly touched by the spirit thank you all for your prayers we felt everyone of them!!!

Sorry its been awhile...

2008-06-10T16:50:00.000-05:00

Well just to update everyone on whats happening in our life. Brad and i moved to Naperville, Chicago in the middle of April and we don't have internet so that is why i haven't been keeping up on this. But i decided to come home for a week to see my parents because i missed them and well not i decided its not worth leaving my husband lol cause i miss him more. I'm still not working its amazing how hard it is to find a job, But I'm still trying we cant live off one income in these days. Brad works for APX security systems and they are having a hard time getting off the ground this year. There are a lot of first year sellers and so they haven't really learned yet how to close a sale so we haven't been making enough money to afford the expensive gas and groceries on top of diapers and everything else we need. But i guess you could say were dealing with it. Nothing really new about myself. Logan is the cutest i love him to death he just has the best personality and his cuteness tops it off. We started him on his alphabet and numbers and he well lets just say he has a short short short attention span i try with him everyday but he just doesn't want to do it but he at least know 123 and abc he he but I'm not worried. Ella is almost 8 months already its amazing how fast time flies when your having fun. She is crawling everywhere and is standing on everything, She just started saying mama and is becoming a big mommy's girl.

I really dont like snow...

2008-03-17T22:53:00.000-05:00

Well its been really nice here in Minnesota untill today.....Its started raining and snowing and the same time it really makes me sad lol i was really hopeing for it to stay in the 30 or higher from now on i love that weather. Well the other day Logan decided to give Ella Elise a crayon lol....yah you can all guess what happened with that.... Here is a little picture to just give you a little view hehe... Well now that you get the picture you can see how hard I was laughing while taking this picture. Well Lauri Jo is coming home in a few weeks and I couldnt be more excited!!! Logan always its saying her name, The new car i bought is "ori's" car not mommys lol he still thinks mommy has a van. Well today i was in the hospital in the er for chest pains lol mom and i walked out.......I know its not what your supposed to do but when you sit in there for an hour and no one comes in its kinda annoying. We think it was just gas anyway cause now i dont hurt anymore. Brad almost cause an accedent today because of the snow, The roads were plowed except for the middle where the lines are and his car slipped in that snow and he started going in circles and 4 cars almost hit him when it finally stoped he was faced the wrong way in the road luckly it was late at night and there was only one other car. Im glad he call me to tell me because im a worry wort. Brad and I are moving to warrenville, Illinois along with Chris Joey Howard and Lauri it will be fun to have almost my whole family out there with us. Logan is getting so big even though his sister is only 10lbs less then him hehehe she is a chunker she just loves to eat. Well i better get going i love you all night!

~Logan is turning 2~

2008-03-04T21:37:00.000-06:00

Well I decided that I'd get my own blog since I'm not very good and writing a journal cause I hate my hand writing and it takes so long to write for me. Well as all of you know Brad and I have been married for 15 months now and Logan is going to be 2 in less then a month. Brad and I made a few mistakes before our marriage but that's why god has the plan that he does. He knows we will all make mistakes and he knows and we know we can be forgiven for them. I would not trade my life for anything in the world I love my husband more then he knows. I'm very bad at showing it most days because we are both very moody after a long day of work. I love my children and will be very excited to start again in a few years to have two or more. My daughter is a hand full Brad and I call her drama and that will probably be her nick name for awhile. My mom always said I would get a child that had my personality, Which isn't always a bad thing I just hopes she learns early from her mistakes then I did. It took me 18 years to stop a habit that I had and I'm very proud to say I am doing excellent on it. I just want my children to know that they always have a place to come home too and know that family comes first before all. That has been my biggest thing with life right now, Brad is an awesome man I love him so much and he loves me I know he does cause he could have walked out on me so many times and I thank god for bringing me someone that can deal with my personality and still love me for me. He just is a workaholic I feel like every time he has a chance to go to work he does, I know he is just trying to provide for his family, but its hard he works 5-6 days a week and the kids don't get to see him very often. They are in bed by the time he gets home and then they only get to see him for three hours in the morning before he has to go to work. Well Logan is going to be turning two on April 1st its going to really cool to be able to see his face when brad and I give him his kitty for his birthday. Well I better be going brad should be home soon and dinner isn't made for him yet. I love you all NIGHT!

Love Brad Mandi Logan and Ella (drama)