Fall Season

[Pictures soon to come]
I love decorating for fall and halloween! Decorating in my own house is much more fun then decorating an apartment. So I used that excuse to go out and buy fall decor. I love the pumpkins, harvest themes, the cooler weather and of course all the fun activities that go along: pumpkin carving, corn mazes, haunted houses, and stomping on the fallen leaves!

Working on getting organized...

A few weeks ago we cleaned out the cars because Juan was wanting to sell them and get a new one. Anyways we piled up all the junk in a corner of the living room. This weekend we finally! went through it all and got organized. Well, Juan did anyways. I am better at cleaning the house (doing the dishes, laundry, sweeping, mopping, etc.) He is great at getting rid of the junk and making the house look organized. We still have about 6 boxes of junk in the basement that never got unpacked (because its just junk) so I told him each weekend he can work on one box :) Well anyways in that pile we found an old camera! It had pictures from the summer so I can put up some new pics... Just not today because today I need to learn my anatomy! So far this semester I've had one chemistry exam and one physiology exam and wednesday is my first anatomy exam. Anatomy is probably my favorite class (The second time over everything comes so much easier!) Chemistry is my easy A. My first exam was 100/105 and my husband questions why I didn't get those last 5 points, until he sees my physiology score... I have a much harder time with biology, so time to hit the books for wednesday!!

The End of the Summer....

Well I can´t believe how quickly this summer has passed. We have kept so busy with working and the changes to our family. Fixing up and moving into our home took up alot of time, and its an ongoing process. We have had many fun adventures with Jade this summer. We´ve gone swimming, to the park, to Jugle Jims and Hollywood Connections, we went to Lava Hot Springs, seen a few movies, we went camping to Fairview, Jade loved her first Demolition Derby!, we´ve played at 7 creeks, sugarhouse park, and went to the county fair. So many adventures and I am so terrible at keeping up with them with pictures and writing our memories! Now I start school on wednesday and Jade starts preschool on the 31st so its off to another busy year!

Our little home

I haven't posted in a long time because we have been so busy and then I lost my camera for awhile! But I found it today so I wanted to post some updates to our life. In June, we finally closed on our house!!! It took a long, long time and lots of papers and patience, but it finally happened! And we couldn't be happier!!

The living room:

Our little kitchen, which is already a mess (of course):

The master bedroom:

The boys painting Jade's room:

The bathroom (my least favorite part of the house, it needs to be completely remodeled):

Our garage:

I cooked our very first dinner before we move in!

We just finished painting and put in new carpet so I will post the "after" pics asap!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there. I am so thankful for my mom and the way she raised me and taught me. I wouldn't be the person I am without her. I love you mom!
This holiday isn't mine to celebrate yet. (I only have the work of a mom every other weekend... but I still get to enjoy all the hugs and kisses and I love yous, just minus the title.) So of course I am working again today :( but its ok, I get to share mother's day with all my grandmas and grandpas!
On friday was the commencement from SLCC. I am officially a college graduate! Whooo!
But an Associates in gen ed doesn't really get me anywhere so in the fall I will be off to school again. I am taking 3 classes fall semester and then I can apply to nursing schools. 3 classes should be a breeze after this semester... 5 was just too much so I bombed chemistry. But I don't think it will really be that easy. Anatomy and Physiology will take a lot of time and then I will retake chemistry. Since it is my third time in anatomy hopefully it will come easy this time. Third times the charm! :)
I enjoy the labs most of all and thats where I really do well. Its the written part of the classes that I have a hard time. I just don't really like lectures... I have a hard time paying attention and then I justify a million reasons for not going to class.
But not this fall. I am going to do my best. I really want to go to nursing school. I really enjoy working in geriatrics and especially with the Alzheimers patients. So I need to get my grades up so I can get accepted!

Last month we bought our first ever...... Zoo membership! Whoo I know you are all jealous!!
Here are the pics from our first day at the zoo:









So with the child custody we get two two week vacations with Jade in the summer and one of those we are taking starting next tuesday. So expect lots more photos of our adventures with our little princess!

Family Fun

Does anyone remember lite-brites?
Jade loves them!! And we all have fun helping her...

Jade always asks to go swimming so we finally gave in and went to the pool. We had fun in the water and we are trying to teach Jade how to hold her breath underwater. Not much luck yet.

Of course Barbie needs her hair dried too!

Jade's 4th Birthday

Well these pictures are really old, from Jade's birthday party back in February but there are some cute photos so I thought I would post these until I have something new. Thanks to everyone who came Jade had a blast!

So busy

Well I know I haven't posted in about 3 months but life has just been so busy. I just have three weeks of classes and one weeks of finals and then I can put a real update on here. This is my last semester at SLCC and I will have my associates degree. Yay!! I also have been really busy with working my two jobs so I am looking forward to taking some vacations this summer!

Back to School

First thing I would like to thank my big sis Camilla for taking our family pictures. I put one at the top of our blog and I love them!
Today was my first day back at school. Its always a little exhausting and I'm already looking forward to taking the summer off, lol. I have five classes this semester: English, Spanish, Communication, Dance, and Chemistry. Its going to be a lot to get through but its y last semester at SLCC and my last semester before I have my associates degree. I'm really excited for that. I will be the first one of my brothers and sisters to have a degree! Then, after a relaxing summer off, I plan to go the the U of U to get my bachelors in secondary education. I want to teach math and chemistry in high school. Well I have plenty to keep me busy for the next couple months!

December- Birthday, Christmas, and New Years!

I think if I blogged more than once a month then there would not be so much and it would not be so overwhelming. But here I go again! I'm learning to speak spanish so that I can talk with Juan's family since they speak very little english so I am going to write a little bit on my blogs in spanish so that his family can also read it and see what we are up to.
December 6 was Juan's birthday. Jade spent the weekend with us and we decorated while Juan slept in. The present was supposed to be a surprise but Jade couldn't wait, she told Juan early.
Este fue el regalo de cumpleaños de Juan y la decoracion de Jade y yo.
On December 9 we went to my little sister Hannah's dance recital. Esto es en el concierto de danza de mi hermana. These are my nephews Cayden, Kyler, and Caleb at our family Christmas party. I wish I took more pictures there! Mis sobrinos es nuestra familia fiesta de Navidad.
And finally its Christmas! We opened presents early on the evening of the 22nd when Jade was with us. (and I think once Juan saw that he had a present under the tree he couldn't wait any longer)
Jade patiently waiting to open her presents and talking to grandma on the phone. Jade espera de santa claus.

Jade opening presents at Grandma Berg's house. Thank you mom for reminding us to read to her! We didn't even have any kids books and I don't know why I never even thought about it.
Jade abriendo sus regalos en casa de la abuela.

And finally, opening her presents at home. She loved her spongebob pajamas and now she wears them every time she sleeps over! She had asked for a princess bike for christmas and when she opened it she called it a princess motorcycle. So Juan asked if we should take it back since santa got it wrong. Nope! She started riding it around the house and then the next day we took her outside and she rode it forever!!
Jade abriendo sus regalos en nuestra casa. Ella usa su pijama de bob esponja cada vez que pasa la noche con nosotros. Y ella le gusta mucha su motocicleta de princesa!


Juan and I opening our presents. This was our first christmas together and we enjoyed it very much. We picked out all of our decorations together, decorated the tree as a family, (Jade didn't even want to wait until after thanksgiving) and we spent lots of time together. I'm sad that it is all over but I guess our family has many more years together to look forward to.
Juan y yo apriendo nuestros regalos. Esta fue nuestra primera Navidad juntos y lo disfrutamos mucho.

Juan and Jade ready to go sledding! And Jade playing with a doll of mine. Juan y Jade listo para jugar en la nieve y Jade jugando con mi muñeca.

On New Years Eve we finally made it downtown to see the lights. It was so beautiful I wish we could have spent more time there, but it was too cold...
En la noche del nuevo año nos fuimos al centro a ver las luces de Navidad. Fue muy hermoso, pero hacía mucho frío.



And finally, a kiss for the new year! Un beso para el nuevo año!
On New Years Eve we went out dancing with our roomate. We all had a great time! Juan and I enjoyed sleeping in on New Years day. Juan has been working 7 days a week and I have been going to school 4 days a week and working the other three. We thought that a day off together was a perfect way to start out the new year.