I AM ALIVE.........................

Yes I am still alive, a lot of things have changed. We have moved, and now live within the schools boundaries!!!!! Yay!! The kids get to ride the bus and love it! We have a beautiful home but miss our old one. We miss our wonderful ward!! At least we still have FB:) Hopefully life will slow down and I can blog some more......but I am not counting on it. I've started to make crafts and sell them, VERY BUSY with that. I'll have a Etsy page soon!!!! Well it's late so I'd better hit the hay, just had to let y'all know I am still ALIVE!!!! LOVES!!!!!!!!

Jeffrey Parker Spencer

Jeffrey Parker Spencer

May 23, 1978-September 9, 2009

This is my brother in law Jeff and sister in law Krystal. Jeff took his own life on September 9th. He was an incredible man with a huge heart. He had a severe illness that no one knew about. We love him so much and we're going to miss the crap out of you!! In honor of Jeff, Marcus and I are going to attend the Church of Jeff on Sunday:)

Life will not be the same without you Jeff! I've never seen Krystal so happy than when she was with you. You were the best thing that happened to her. You've made her a better person. Thank you for sharing yourself with us for these last 13 months.

We love you!!!!!

.....GET OVER HERE!!!

First day of SCHOOL!!!!

School started on August 24th this year. They were all ready to go back...including MOM!!!

Kaden, 8, 2nd grade Mrs. Dalrymple
Isabel, 6, Kindergarten Ms. Van De Graaff

Zachary, 4, Pre-school Mrs. Cami

JaKobe, 1, didn't want to be left out!!

YAY FOR SCHOOL!!

Kaden's Baptism

Kaden turned 8 on August 17th and on August 22nd he was baptised. He was so excited!! Marcus....no explanation!!!
We are so PROUD of him and his choice to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints and receive the Holy Ghost!

Before the program

These are Mikell's kids. We are so happy they were able to make it and we are so grateful to the Mellen's for sharing this moment with Kaden!

Lots of family and friends came to support him! Thank you to everyone that made it!! We love you!!

Zach's Birthday!

Zach turned 4 on August 11th. He was SO patient waiting for his birthday. He was anxiously waiting for his NEW BIKE!! I love you Hacka!!
He picked put this WAY cute cake from Dicks Market. And we just had to have his nickname on it....Hacka-Dude!

This is his favorite picture!!

The famous "Havoc Heli" Kaden cried and cried for 6 days....until he got his on his birthday!! 6 days is an eternity to an 8 year old!!

Carsin, Connor and Zach

The birthday BASH!!

We had a HUGE birthday party for 3 of our kids this year! I've decided that we can only handle ...and afford... a party every other year!! We got a Costco cake and over 1000 water balloons! We started filling them up at 4 o'clock the day BEFORE the party. And it took us until an hour before the party to finish filling them!
Needless to say, it didn't nearly that long to use them!! But the kids had BLAST!! We had the kids line up along the curb and then Marcus rode ISABEL'S bike in front of them while they nailed him with balloons!! It was HILARIOUS!!

This is an action shot!!! Go Peyton and Kaden!!

Some GENIUS came up with the idea to play a "GAME" with the kids. We split them up in 4 groups and had them pick up the balloon pieces!! Clean up was a breeze and they didn't know they were cleaning!! Ha ha!!

Por-Ben-Ruesch Family Reunion

This years family reunion was too short!!! We were only able to stay 3 days. But we filled those days with a lot of fun!!
A family tradition, every year we take a family photo with the infamous sign!! My Great Uncle Vernon painted this before he died.

JaKobe was a good sport. He was trying to learn to walk and the rough terrain was difficult, but it didn't get to him much!

The 4 wheeler is ALWAYS popular!! Rides, rides and more RIDES!!!!!

This reunion is the one that my two cousins that died came to. Their spirits was very strong, especially on those long 4 wheeler rides. We also past the sight where the accident happened. My Aunt and Uncle put signs up as a memorial. I still think DAILY of them and hope they are happy and taking care of my Aunt, heaven knows she needs it!! Love you Edwards and Micah and Shilo!! xoxo

Boating and Krystal's B-day party!!

Krystal and Jeff threw a HUGE bash at the lake for her birthday. They rented a water trampoline and a snow cone machine. We had beer brats and hot dogs. And LOTS of fun with the boat and jet ski's!! Thanks for having a birthday Krys!!

This is Jeff's AWESOME mullet wig! Zach just had to try it out!!!

The water tramp is not as easy as it looks....okay maybe it is if you're young!! This is Krystal, Bethany(Krystal's other sis-in-law) and myself TRYING to just STAND on it!! It was very comical! We had a blast!!

Kaden water skiing!! He rocks!!

This was on the 4th of July. We went up at the butt crack of dawn and had EXCELLENT water to ski on. The best part...we were leaving when all the crowds were getting there!!

JaKobe's 1st bday party

We have a tradition that on our kids 1st bday they get a teddy bear cake. My Mom did it for all of us so, I have done it for all of mine. This is a picture of JaKobe loving his!!
He thought it was so cool that we were all singing, of course he didn't know it was for him!!

He would have rather just played with the tissue paper!!

Yes I did this!!! Yay me!!!!

Happy 1st birthday JaKobe!!

I cannot believe this was a year ago!! Bittersweet!! From this to....
This!! Happy birthday my SWEET HANDSOME little man!!! I LOVE YOU MORE THAN I CAN EXPRESS!!!!

Yum, peanut butter!!

I just found this picture and had to post. This is Zach, but it could be Kaden or even JaKobe!!! But it really is Zach!!

Kaden's 1st grade graduation

My happy 1st grade graduate!!

Better late than never....:)
Right?!?!

SuPErhERoS

This is what we do on Sundays.....

Super Kaden with SUPER-smelly feet!!
This is Super-sweet Isabel with SUPER sweetness.

This is Super-Hacka with SUPER craziness!!

BBQ at the Stacey's

Isn't this how we all feel?? Maren G. at our first friends bbq this summer. We met at the Stacey's and had a bunch of fun!!
The 3 babies

All the rugrats!!!

NeW BLog!!!!!!!

My friend R and I were having a belly laugh with our hubby's the other day on how funny men can be. So we thought it would be really funny to blog about it. Check it out and let me know if you want to be an author and add your husband stories!!! angryhousewivesstories.blogspot.com

Edit.....

My previous post might have sounded as though I had changed teams, but alas no changes!!!! Edward Cullen is still my "Yummy on the side!!!!!!" Love to all:)

The Wolf pack!!!!

As most of you know(and are probably the same)I am a huge Twilight fan. This is the first photo of the wolf pack...can you say "YUM"? Just thought I would share a little eye candy!! From left to right we have Paul, Sam, Jared and Embry

Jon Schmidt- FaNTaStIC!!!!!!

Alma 26:12

This is a picture of my cousins that I had an artist draw. It brings me so much strength to see it. The same artist did one of Mikelle. What a beautiful thing to look at when there is so much suffering. I am still struggling with the the fact that you two are gone. That I will never see your beautiful smiles and that my children will never get to know you! I love you so much and pray for your family everyday! I love you Micah and Shilo!

What a wonderful scripture!

Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of God, for in his strength I can do all things" (Alma 26:12).

This is our new dog Trex. We adopted him about 6 weeks ago. He is full grow and completely house trained. He has the sweetest personality and will cuddle with anyone that sits down. This video was taken just a couple days after we got him. I have been meaning to get it on here but have been so busy with work and being a Mom that its taken awhile. But definitely worth the wait!! Happy laughing:)

Pay it forward

I was on my friend Tammy's blog and this is a game she has started on her blog, it's called Pay it forward, so I thought I would do it also! Have fun and happy blogging!

Here's how it goes:

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice--for you!This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make NO guarantees that you will LIKE what I make! (I can only hope)

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It WILL be done this year.

4. You have no CLUE what it’s going to be … it may be cards, a bookmark, something delicious or a complete surprise to you (and me!) … who knows?

5. Most importantly, you MUST offer the same deal on your blog - the first 5 people to comment on your blog get something made by YOU!

Shilo and Micah Edwards

My two beautiful cousins were killed in a car accident today. I love you so much and will miss you. My heart is broken.

Micah Maddie Edwards age 21
Shilo Anne Edwards age 19

Much love...

As the 1 year anniversary approaches of the death of my sister-in-law Mikell, I feel the need to reflect on these last 12 months. So many scary, hard things have happened in my life. The very first of the year my beloved Grandpa passed away. I love and miss him so very much. My sweet little Isabel was confirmed autistic. Of course Mikell and her accident. Bed rest, early birth, 5 weeks of NICU. But besides all of those hard things I feel so much stronger. I understand the value of life. I understand the need to keep friends and family close. To always let the people I love know it. My sweet sister Krystal has taught me to ALWAYS say I love you whenever you leave the ones you love. She will IM me and after our long or short conversations she always says she loves me. I feel the strong need to tell EVERYONE of you how much you mean to me. I love you so very much for your differences. Your strengths and weaknesses. I am so very grateful for the role you play in my life. You have taught me so much! I also want you to know how much I love our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I know he lives and loves us. He knows what we need and what we can accomplish. My favorite story is about the little boy who is playing at his grandmothers feet while she cross stitches. Every time he looks up he sees the backside of her work. He asks her why she is working so hard on something so ugly. She tells him that from where she is sitting it is beautiful. A little while goes by and he says again "Grandma it really looks bad from here" so she invites him up to her knee and he sees it from her perspective. He sees how beautiful it is. He continues to play and knows that even though things look bad from where he is he knows that it will be beautiful when it's done. That is the same with our lives. Even though we may look around and see nothing but bad have faith that God is making something very beautiful. Have faith. With ALL the love of my heart, Stacy

Knocking a wall down! So much fun?!?

Our neighbors decided to tear out the wall between their kitchen and front room. They only took out half which for their floor plan looked really good. Our wall is a lot smaller so we decided to take out the whole thing. We started on Friday and by Monday it is pretty much finished. My neighbor, Kris, came over and helped Marcus with most of the project. But for the electrical my good friend Lindy and her husband Todd came over and moved that around. Todd is an electrical, and a very good one might I add! We ordered pizza and it was a party(for everyone but Todd) Anyways, we love it!!! It opens up the house so much! Thank you so much to my Husband and to Kris and to Todd...and most importantly Lindy for letting me steal your hubby!!! I'll post an after picture as soon as my house is clean:)

Zach thought this was so much fun!!!! A young boys dream!!!

Kaden was only interested in the bashing not the cleaning! Imagine that:)

Isabel was so dainty! I don't know if she actually ever broke through! But at least she had fun!