Let's recap

I had a wonderful dinner with a friend yesterday and her mention of her blog made me want to get back on here and blog a little more. :)

So many things have happened and I feel like my life has been a whirlwind of emotions!

My divorce was finalized in February (Has it really almost been a year!?)
Sasha has started Kindergarten!! And lost her first tooth!
I have started dating. WHAT?!

Can I just say that dating as a post-married person is so much different from dating as a teenager? COMPLETELY different! And most guys are freakishly open about how they want to jump into marriage, quick engagements, babies, dogs, and moving to Africa?! HOLD UP!

But after many crazies, I have found a good egg. His name is Chris. And guess what!? He has red hair! He lives in Utah - so we are kind of nut cases trying to schedule time to see each other around him having 4 kids, and me having Sasha. The good news is that we have our kids on the same weekends, which means we are kid-less on the same weekends!!

He makes my brain fuzzy and my abs hurt! (From constantly laughing). But is there anything better? I am pretty lucky that I get to see him as much as I do. He makes a lot of effort of coming to me, or rearranging his schedule to allow time for me. I am so grateful for that.


This is my crazy baby at her birthday lunch. Do you think I can get her to smile normal for a picture? No....no I can't. Not only does she usually pull crazy faces, but she thoroughly enjoys PHOTO-BOMBING other peoples pictures ON PURPOSE!!! Wow....I don't know where she got that from!

Until next time peeps!
Have a super fun Halloween!

My Mother

           My mom was put into the ICU here at Portneuf Medical Center last Friday - it has been the longest 7 days!! She is really ill, and the doctors can't seem to pin point what is making her white blood cell  count continue to rise every day. I feel so helpless because there is nothing any of us can do at this point. She doesn't recognize us, isn't responding to people, isn't eating or drinking on her own - so we are waiting anxiously for news on her situation.

           On a happy note, the 26th was Kaitlin's birthday! I drove over to my folk's house to say hi after work, and when I walked in the door, Korth was sitting there on the couch!! What a surprise! I really needed the mood-boost! We took a few pictures - here they are! We kind of act like nerds when we are together!

Christmas Eve

      We had a fun Christmas Eve night. We all went to Kira's house for dinner and to decorate Gingerbread Men! The kids did such a great job!

     Sasha and I had our Christmas on Christmas Eve since she was going to be with Mark on Christmas Day. I LOVED watching her open her gifts!! Her main gift from me was her Leapster. Her cousins all have them, and she has wanted one for a while. (Kira snagged a stellar deal on a pink one for me on Black Friday!) Thanks lady!!

Merry Christmas!

Starting Anew

It's taken me a long time to get to the point where I could start blogging again. So much has happened the last two years, and I needed to focus on my family and getting to a better place.

Sasha and I are starting a new journey. I am now a single mom, and she is a child with two houses, two beds, to sets of clothes, two sets of....everything. Coming from a family that never knew divorce, I can't sympathize what she is having to go through - but what I do know, is that we are going to be doing this fantastic journey together!! 

Here's to my little picket fence.