Diamonds in the Rough

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Holiday fun at Nana's !

Nana took us to this golden tree across the street. It was so beautiful with the sun shining through the leaves. I guess it is still fall in Mesa. So we soaked up the sun and warmth before heading back to snowflake.

Frolicking with Nana.

What a bunch of cuties!

Moments to remember

Love this..Rustin and Colton.

Candid moment...note we are in our PJ's. Something is pretty funny.

Love my sis!

"are you ready to rumble"

Nothing like a good wrestling match.

I don't remember what I was saying but apparently something important.

The race is on!

Snuggled on the "Gold" couch for quiet time.

Hugs for papa. After opening christmas presents from him.

Christmas family talent show. Bobbi and kids were so cute. They really know how to move.

Kami and Lacey performed their dance from ballet.

Amy and I went for the goofy big booty look for our talent. Our kids were all shocked to see us so voluptuous. Who's idea was this anyway?! What talent..haha!

Movie time. Its tradition to all pile in Nana's bed, which is so comfy. How many monkeys can we fit in the bed before one roles off?

Papa in his papa bear chair.

Reading stories that Nana gave kids for christmas. It was so cute that she had objects to go with each book.

The sibling present exchange. We got an awesome popcorn/party kit from Merrills. Lots of cute stuff.

Baylee had made a bunch of wire headbands and gave one to Nana for Christmas.

Foam gingerbread house craft.

Christmas cheese ball made by Lacey.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Its Christmas time. My girls are getting so tall next to the tree.

So proud of their itty bitty snowman. And that was about it for the winter. Not much snow this year.

Our good ol' Tippy dog.

Kami didn't want to leave JunieBug out of the fun so she decorated her a Christmas tree in her pen and put a santa hat on her. She was so excited for Santa to leave a present for her horse. haha! I even went out one time and saw Lydia and Kami playing the Headbanz game with JunieBug. Too funny! What a spoiled horse.

Another ride for Colton in the doll stroller.

Baylee is such a natural on the stage. She has never had stage fright. She is a quick learner, great singer, and just confidently does her part. I love that. She performed in the Christmas Spectacular with her music theatre class.

Lydias kindergarten Christmas program. She was so cute and one of the littlest ones on the front row.

Sweet Mrs Romney her teacher made them all these blue knit hats.

Story time with Lydia

Getting tired...

so sweet!

Milk shake...ahhh yaaa!

Acting out the nativity at the neighbors. Caleb was a sheep, baylee and kami were angels. Lydia a shepherd and Colton was baby Jesus. So cute!

Kambrias Christmas program at Whipple Elementary

Baylee's first orchestra performance. She was in advanced orchestra and loved it. She was one of the youngest along with her friend Braelyn. they were glad to have each other to sit by.

Our Adventure

Our adventure together started when a city boy met a country girl at heart (even though she grew up in the city). We are so glad that our paths crossed and that our destination was the same. Now after almost 8 years of marriage we continue to enjoy the adventure of our lives together. While I try to keep up the pace along the path, he makes sure I don't miss any of the scenery along the way. We want to appreciate each stage of our family journey together, by treasuring the moments that matter. With so much to be grateful for through ups and downs we like to carry on the phrase "never has life been better than this".

Describing Myself

So, I have always thought it challenging to describe myself. Maybe it’s a second child syndrome or maybe its because I am a melting pot of quircky traits. Luckily I am not alone in that, its genetic, haha!

So, here is my attempt at describing myself.
An Arizona native, though I was actually born in CA. I love Arizona and its diversity. The desert can be so beautiful. I come from a family of 4 kids. I am #2. I loved taking care of my sister Chelsey, who was 8 yrs younger than me and growing up I always loved babysitting, because I could just play with the kids. I have a lot of self-motivation and a challenge never stops me from trying. This trait was acquired at a young age when I wouldn’t let being the smallest and shortest be a disadvantage. I have always loved horses, since I can remember. It’s in my Randall blood, though I have never actually owned one. I love the outdoors and sometimes its hard to be doing the mundane house jobs when I would rather be outside. I really enjoy figuring out solutions to problems. I like gadgets (a trait from my father). Thus, when my Sunday School teacher hired me as his secretary, when I was a Junior in Highschool, I was in my element and thoroughly enjoyed getting his company out of the old and in to the new computer world. This job supported me through college. I truly love learning. School wasn’t easy, but I enjoyed what I learned and was able to go to BYU. In college I had a hard time deciding on a major because their was so many subjects I wanted to learn about. I took classes in Engineering, science, business, dance, recreation, and music. - so, I probably could be labeled as knowing a little bit about a lot of things. An experience I’ll never forget was living in Jerusalem and Egypt for 4 months doing a BYU study abroad. It gave me a bigger perspective. I am more of a listener than a talker. I love hearing about peoples experiences and I am good at keeping confindences. I remember as a youth sitting amongst my adult relatives, just listening to them talk. I am so grateful for a close extended family that loves to share ideas. I am a detail person and a planner, I am working on being more spontaneous. I am learning to appreciate the different stages in my life, and now that I am 32 I really wish time would slow down. I am so grateful to be married to Dave, a super wonderful husband and father. Above all, I love being a wife and a mom to 3 beautiful daughters, it gives purpose and meaning to my busy days. I enjoy music in my home - playing the piano, singing songs, and dancing with my kids. I especially love to dance with Dave, even though we don’t get to very often. I love doing projects with my kids and reading to them. I enjoy cooking healthy nummy foods and I have way too many cook books. Cleaning the bathrooms is my least favorite house chore and sweeping the floors (since they need it so often) is therapeutic. I will sweep and sweep with a million thoughts going through my head. I have always loved giving hugs (the big bear hugs), when I was young it was my pets, now it is my kids. So big hugs have become a tradition in our family. I love it when I can use my talents to serve others. I love the Gospel. I love that the Lord makes up the difference for our imperfections. I am so grateful to have a forever family.