Swim Pass

On Memorial Day we bought a swim pass to the pool at our local Jr. High. It is a huge pool with 3 diving boards 2 big slides and a baby slide that is a frog and you slide down the tongue. They have these buckets that slowly fill up with water and then randomly dump on those below. It's all just so much fun. I know we are going to get our moneys worth. We went today and I just love the above picture. What cute kids I have.

The boys both jumped off the diving boards and Kyle went off the high dive I couldn't believe it, he wasn't even scared. I wish I got a picture of it, but I got yelled at after taking this one. Apparently no cameras are allowed. Dumb rule if you ask me, but oh well, we had fun.

Got juice?

Pweeeese that is what I heard while in the kitchen making lunch. I turned around to see that Becca whom I had just heard playing in the pantry was holding a juice box and a lolly pop.

She knew that the white straw is supposed to go in the top. She couldn't get the straw off the front of the box and found the next best thing.

I put her in her chair to see what she would do.

and sure enough she figured it out.

See mom, really it works.

I traded her the straw for the sucker and Ahhhh...at last, a nice refreshing drink. Thanks mom!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!

I would like to wish my Mother-in-law a Happy Birthday! I hope you have a good one.

5 things I admire about Grandma Moody:
1. Her family is her #1 priority. She would do anything for them and loves to spend time with her family.
2. She has a strong testimony of the gospel.
3. She is a cute Grandma. The kids love her and are all very excited to stay at Grandma's house. She has the coolest movie collection and they love to go places with Grandma and Pa in the big truck.
4. She is a very talented gardener. She has a very beautiful walk-way leading up to the house. I wish we were closer so she could give me pointers.
5. She has a very cute laugh and happy smile. It makes me smile just thinking about it.
There are many more things I admire about Grandma Moody, but these are just a few. You are an amazing woman! We love you!

Nothing can stop this little one.

Becca has been the funniest little walker. She took a couple of steps shortly after her first birthday but had a few hard tumbles which freaked her out and she has furniture walked or used what ever else she could come up with ever since.

first there is this toy which is an actual walking toy.

If the walker is no where to be found she will use one of the chairs from the little table set. She often walks, turns around and waves while saying bye-bye like in this pic.

Then she discovered she could push these 3 drawers on wheels to get to what she wants too.

and now my favorite, all by herself. Looks like she finally got the confidence to try it out on her own. She still crawls quite a bit, but at least she will walk if she has too.

Graduation Day

Today was Jaden's kindergarten graduation, he was so adorable. The kids sang and danced to Mambo #5. It was so cute, Jaden sure had some great moves. My baby is getting SO big.

He looked so cute despite the fact that he gave himself a haircut. (of all times to do it, he would pick now).

This is Jaden's teacher Ms. Carrasco. She is in my opinion the best kindergarten teacher EVER. We are so glad Jaden was able to learn and progress with such a fun and amazing teacher. She really is WONDERFUL and I am sad that we won't have her next year.

HELP

I'm getting a bit frusterated. I've heard people are having a hard time viewing my blog. That all they see is a white page and pictures. No words. I tried to fix it but lost all of my side bar stuff. Arggg.... Anyway I re-did my backgroud page and hopefully you can see it now. If you don't mind, leave me a comment or email me at debbmoody@cox.net and let me know what you see. I'd really like to know if it's working now or not now. Thanks.

We're moving!

Okay, so it won't be anytime soon, but we know where we we want to live. For our 10 year anniversary Ryan took me to the Beautiful Sedona Arizona that we've heard so much about. It is absolutely breath taking there. The people were so friendly and kind and it has such a cute home town feeling. The nice thing about his job is they are needed everywhere, so we thought we might look into it. I doubt anything will come of it, but it we both love that place.





We enjoyed a nice drive of the area and hiked over to this gorgeous view.

We ordered take out and enjoyed a nice romantic night in by the fire. We stayed at the Kokopelli Suites in the King suite, and boy was it ever "sweet"

We had to be sure to get a picture of us together. These pictures never work, but they are fun!

Ryan beat me to it, but I thought I'd just post about how wonderful it is being married to my guy. It's true we've had a view bumps and bruises along the way, but he is what gets me through all of the hard times. When things are especially difficult he has a way of making me laugh and helping me see it is all going to work out fine. I can honestly say that marriage is more wonderful than I ever thought it would be... that means Ryan is more wonderful than I ever thought any husband could be. I never thought that I could love someone more than I loved him when we got married, that he would grow to become more handsome to me, and that he would love me with that same devotion. He gives so much to me and the kids. I love to see how excited they get when Ryan is home because it thrills me to see that they recognize their dad is wonderful. The kids have increased our love for each other exponentially. I love you Ryan. Thanks for asking me to be your wife, thanks for sticking with me, and thanks for making so many of my dreams come true. Here's to many more wonderful years.

Married to Debbie - From Ryan

I can hardly believe that Debbie and I have been married for a decade now. I am sure that those of you who are married will share the sentiment of "It's been the best of times, it's been the worst of times...." And they are times that I would not trade for anything in the world.

I have to say that when we were dating way back when, Debbie and I would talk about futures plans I mentioned that I wanted to follow my dreams and work in Law Enforcment. When I returned home from Argentina and married Debbie, I attempted to start in Law Enforcement, I wisely heeded Debbie's counsel and did not do it at that time. Years later when our circumstances had changed another, and even better, opporunity to follow that dream presented itself and I was able to follow it. I bring this up becuase I would not, and could not now, follow that dream without the support of Debbie. While at times I am sure she is not too thrilled with some of the sacrifices asked of her, she is there to support me no matter what is asked of her.

One of the things that impresses me the most about Debbie is how great of a mother she is. To me Debbie is the ultimate mother. There are times when I am humble by how "in tune" Debbie is when it comes to our children . I don't know how many times she has called while I was at work to voice a concern over one of our children. Distracted and involved with work, I would blow the incident off to Debbie being paraniod, only to be proven wrong time and time again by my wonderful partner. She is a blessing and a example to me.

In short, the last ten years have only been wonderful, but trying as well (and in their own way, a way for us to grow as a couple). If I could only use one word for Debbie it would be AMAZING.

Blah, blah, blah

That's how I feel--emotionally not physically. Arggg...it's been one awful week. And that's all I have to say...[This blog thing is really therapeutic]
*What do YOU do to get out of a bummer of a mood?

She's got talent

Becca loves music. She is so funny at church she puts both hands up in the hair and spins her wrists around and jabbers along with the hymn's. Well she loves this first song I have on my blog and always "sing" it when I am on the computer. It is so funny and I was able to get a few pictures. Look close at her tounge and you can tell she's sings "la la la la la la" just like the song.

greatest job in the world

All day I have thout of the quote by Abraham Lincoln - "All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I have always loved and remembered his quote because it reflects my own life. This quote sums up my experience in life. My mom has always been such a great teacher and I appreciate everything she has done for me. Also Ryan's Mom's are amazing women whom I love and appreicate. Thank you for raising up such a wonderful husband for me to love.

The boys each picked out a Mothers Day card for me. Inside was a paper with a picture of them on it with 3 of their favorite things about Mom. Kyle's favorite things about me were

1. that she is my Mom

2. that she be nice

3. she makes lunch and dinner for me
Jaden's favorite things about Mom are:

1. to tickle her

2. to have a tea party (we had one in his class at school on friday)

3. to play.

Becca always smiles when she see's me. She is such a happy girl and brings me so much joy.

I love being the MOM to such adorable little children. Nothing brings me greater joy!

Happy Mothers Day to all you Moms.

Tagging your friends is fun to do...

Blog tagging that is. So the "rules" of tagging are as follows...Post these rules on your blog. List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. So my sis in law Mandy tagged me, here goes...

My 3 joys

1. Ryan is without a doubt such a huge joy to me. I don't just love my husband--I adore him, respect him, and it is my main goal in life to help him be happy. My heart still skips a beat when he walks in the room, He always tells me he loves me...we honestly say it probably 20 times a day still. So cute. It makes my day and brings me so much JOY knowing that Ryan will be mine forever! :) yeah!

2. Our children. Each one has such a cute unique little personality. My kids are so amazing and inspire me to do all I can to be a better person. They really do bring me joy, so much in fact that even when they are being naughty they are still so stinking cute and say the funniest (serious to them) things that just crack me up even when I'm upset.

3. When my entire family gets together. My side or the inlaws it doesn't matter, I just love being together and acting silly together. Since we are scattered all over the US this is very rare. I'm so excited though, we will get to be with Ryan's family in June and mine in July. Becca hasn't met most of her extended familiy. I'm sooooo ready!

My 3 fears

1. Ryan's career. This is a love hate relationship. I am extremely proud of Ryan and the courage and service he gives on a daily basis, seriously how many people have a job that improves the community and changes lives of those they protect and serve. Ryan has been so good at talking with people and giving them guidance. I love watching him in action. Nothing makes me more proud than my husband yet at the same time just as any officers wife I fear that something might happen to him in the line of duty. I get sick to my stomach just thinking about it so I try not to. Prayer... lots and lots of prayer on my part just to make it through the day

2. Eyeballs. Weird I know, but they freak me out. The worst are the stupid lasik eye commercials on T.V. Holy Cow we get it...there is no need to put a giant eyeball on the t.v. screen. Ahhh...it's so creepy a pair of eyes stairing at you. I should wear contacts but after trying for almost 2 hours to put my finder in my eye, I gave up, and I absouletly hate putting on my maskara.

3. I fear failure as a mother. I want them to have the greatest childhood possible. Full of happy fun memories that will impact them for life. I want them to be hard workers. I want them to be honest, I want them to know right from wrong and know about all the things that are truely important in this life. I hope that my kids know how much I cherish them. I fear that I might not get it right, but I'm trying.

3 of my goals

1. Pay off our home. Even though I know it will take years and I'm sure we will move before we ever pay it off, our home is our only debt and definately something I want to get paid off. I love power paying and having some of our hard earned cash to go towards the principal.

2. I am looking forward to serving a mission with Ryan someday.

3. Buying Christmas presents early. I've done this for the last few years and I love it. People out of state get their gifts on time and we can enjoy the "true" meaning for the season with the kids . It leaves December for gingerbread houses, secret santa's and other fun tradtions with out being stressed about fighting the crowds. Plus money is not so tight by the time Christmas hits and I can buy and make all those yummy recipes and neighbor gifts without going broke. (which by the way...Mandy~do you know who we have for Christmas this year)

My 3 latest obsessions

1. The feeling right after a good workout

2. Creating...scrapbooking, card, bows ect...it doesn't matter you name it I love it.

3. Taking a really good picture. Sometimes this can be pretty difficult, especially with babies. I've been doing a lot of online reading and am considering taking a class at the scrapbook store.

3 surprising facts

1. I have a mild case of OCD...when it comes to a lot of things especially eating. If I have a plate full of food, I only eat one thing at a time and I do not move onto the next food until I have finished another one. I know, it's really weird and I have no clue why I even do it. Also I am always the last one finished eating no matter where we are, home, friends a restuarant where ever and I would say this is more than likely due to the fact that I have to chew an even amount on both sides of my mouth. I take a bite and then even it out in my mouth until it feels equal before I start chewing For example, when I eat m&m's I pour a handful out, select two at a time that are the same color, and chew one on either side of my mouth simultaneously. If there is an odd number in the handful, I put one back or give it to the kids or something. I do this with popcorn, fishes cracker or whatever it's even steven for me baby!

2.I laugh easily and once I start I can NOT stop. This happened one time when I was trying to teach a lesson in Young Womens. I could not get a grip. It was so embarresing. Most the times I laugh so hard that I start crying. When I try to tell someone about something funny I just start cracking up and can't get throug it. They can hardly understand me and it takes me forever to spit it out and half the time it's really not THAT funny. It just makes me chuckle just thinking about it.

3. I have this habit of figuring out--right before bed--just how many hours of sleep I'm going to get. For some reason, I tend to habitually announce it after the clock is set for the next morning. If I wake up in the middle of the night I check the time and add up how many more hours I get to have. I think my fibramyalgia has a lot to do with this. I know if I don't get enough sleep I am going to hurt so I just add it up no matter if I'm hurting or not. Also I have this thing with time. When I see the numbers on a digital clock I seems to see in dates or other significant numeral patterns. Like my birthday 11:26 and I'll usually say "look it's my birthday" or 7:11 is always fun to see. I also like 12:34 . Weird I know.

Now I tag Amy, Marilyn, Brynn, Annalee and Brandi

Two is better than one

I've decided that having a baby girl is so much fun. From day one I have had so much fun playing with Becca's hair. She always has a bow, flower or something cute in her hair (unless Ryan dresses her) I am happy and excited to report that I get to start making sets of bows. Everything I've made so far have just been single bows because her hair was not long enough, but hurray, now she can wear two at a time. She looks so grown up in them though. This is a little funny to me because before I ever had any kids I was so not a fan of little girls with Big Bows in there hair. It was just too much. Well...now that I have a girl of my own, I can not help it. I've been able to use a lot of my scrapbooking ribbon to match outfits with and it's so fun. Here is her first "set of bows"

Doesn't she look all grown up


Well at least i got one picture of her looking at me.

what we've been up to

Ryan and 8 of his friends all went to the sneak peak late night showing of Iron man Thursday night. Apparently this is a really great movie. I think he's crazy for going that late, but they all wanted to do it and had fun so more power to them.

This weekend was our wards Father and Sons campout. At 1:30 this afternoon I got a call from the school that Kyle had a fever and his throat was fire red. We picked him up and took him to the doctor. It's a virus, so no meds. for Kyle, and unfortunately no Fathers and Son's either.

The boys were so disappointed. Kyle's fever went away with motrin by 3:00. So their wonderful daddy set up our tent in the back yard and they were still able to have a fun campout.

Ryan is so cute with the kids. He's such a big kid himself and makes everything so special and fun for them. I'm so lucky to be married to such a wonderful guy. He even kept Becca while I kept my plans and went to the Cheesecake Factory with my girlfriends (we took a pic. but I look awful so you don't get to see it) :)

Tomorrow is National Scrapbookers day so I've got to decide what fun thing I am going to do in honor of it. Look out Scrapbook Ect... and Scrapbook Barn here I come!!!

Daddy's little look-a-like

I've been working on Ryan's scrapbook and when I came across his little picture I totally thought of this other pic of Jaden. They look SOOO much a like, don't you think. It's so cute. He is his daddy's little shadow.

He's too young.

So while sorting through the laundry yesterday I found these two little pieces of paper folded up and in the pocket of Kyle's blue jeans. One says I love you and the other says your hot. I asked Kyle about them and he blushed a little and said Bethany the girl who sits behind him at school gave them to him. I asked what "your hot" means and he said "well it's not like when you have a fever it's a differnt kind of hot, but I don't really know what it is, I think it's like being COOL, but it's hot". hee hee.

Heart Update

Becca had her appointment with the cardiologist yesterday for another echo. Her doctor is happy with the way her heart is growing. She had 3 small wholes in the actual heart, but they have all closed now. Yippy! Her aortic arch is still very narrow. but he can tell it is starting to open up more as she grows. He's more concerned about the pulmanary valves (the ones that take the blood to the lungs) he said those are still narrow, but he doesn't want to do surgery on them just yet because so far she's been "working things out on her own". She was so good during the whole proceedure and was such a little sweetheart. We feel very blessed and happy with her progress. Here is what else she has been up to.
*Becca is a BIG time daddy's girls. She claps and kicks her legs anytime he walks in the room.
*Becca can stand and walk although, she still prefers to crawl. The most consecutive steps she has taken (that I know of) are 9. Then she sits down and crawls. :) At this point it's faster I suppose.
*Becca LOVES her brothers and does everything she can to keep up with them. It's cute.
* She LOVEs being outside. She often stands at our back door and says "Side, side, side" over and over until someone takes her out.
* Becca knows the sounds a duck, pig, cow, cat and doggy make. Moo and Quack are her favorites though.
* She loves her big wood puzzles
* She loves to color and thinks she needs to anytime the boys are doing homework.
*She know's how to open all of my "baby proofed" cupboards and she LOVES to get into my scrapbooking supplies.
*She LOVES to play in the pantry.
*She loves sesame street
*She loves music and singing and dancing. She always starts singing at church and it's just the cutest thing ever.
*She loves to drink from a straw and feeding herself.
*She loves paper. Everytime we go shopping she reaches for the reciept
* She can say Kyle (I-eell) Jaden (daadin) Mom, Dad, Hi, bye bye while waving, WOW, please (eeze) and Elephant (ya ya fent)
*she gives and blows kisses
*she is so girly, she loves to comb everybody's hair, and playing with her jewlry.
* Becca is the most easy going baby I have ever seen. She seriously never cry's and she is just soooo happy all the time! I love running errands with her because she is so happy and loves to see it all. Although it does slow things down some times because everybody wants to stop and talk with her.
*I love Becca's cute little curls and piercing blue eyes.
Becca is such a wonderful little girl and I'm so glad she is getting healthier and stronger day by day. We love you Missy B.