The Carson Clan

Update

2012-01-07T07:11:00.001-07:00

Sorry it’s been so long for those of you who want updated pictures. Brycen is growing and is such a joy to be around. He will be 9 months in a few days and will go in for his 9 month checkup; we are expecting nothing but good reports. He can fully pull himself up on things and tries to get anything that he isn’t supposed to have J He doesn’t crawl on all fours, he prefers the army man crawl and rolling around to get where he wants. He loves to smile and has simple joys such as Snicker and Hercules. He likes Benser and Lela but they are still much larger than he is so it’s a little intimidating for him. We are learning Brycen has a very gentle soul, he doesn’t like you to yell, and he doesn’t like rough housing with the dogs. He is very cautious about everything; he isn’t a trouble maker and has a mild temperament which I love because I know he will be an obedient kid. J Below are pictures of each month, I have one video mixed in there too. Hope everyone enjoys the pictures; he is such a cute kid.

4 months old first time eating pancakes. He loves them!

Just like Dad. They are so handsome together. I just love these two!

Brycen was a Pumpkin for Halloween so Ian and I decided to be a pumpkin patch!

7 months old swinging in the park. It was a perfect day to be outside!

He likes to play on the bottom of his bouncer.

This is Thanksgiving at Ian's uncle's house. That is Ian's cousin's baby Wyett. Bycen enjoyed spending time with someone close to his age.

Playing with dad's hat 8 months old. GO SUN DEVILS!

First snow trip 8 1/2 months old. He did so well!

Sitting up but not very stable, notice all the pillows for soft landing. 4 months

We took a trip to Out of Africa the first of October. Brycen was 6 months old. He loves to be out side!

Tonto National Brindge. 6 months We took the hike all the way to the bottom and then hiked to the brindge. Brycen ended up falling asleep by the end of the hike.

3 months old Pictures

Trip to New Mexico to vistit Matt and Nicole-- 3 months

Brycen and Benser best of pals!

This is a video of Brycen screaming at me as I am rough housing with the dogs. He really doesn't like it.

Brycen's Firsts

2011-05-01T12:32:00.005-07:00

Here are a few of Brycen's first. More to come in next few weeks as we start to venture outside more. :)

Easter

Gifts from the Easter bunny (Grandparents)

First bath (I put the more appropriate pictures on here the others will be used as blackmail)

First time in car seat (which he loves!!)

Labor and Delivery

2011-04-30T16:57:00.005-07:00

Cutest baby in the world! I can't believe we made that!

On 4/12/2011 at 1 am I woke up becuase I felt like I was having contractions. Since I had some braxton hicks before I wanted to make sure this was the "real thing" so I got out of bed and went into the living room to watch some tv. As time passed the contractions became stronger. This was it, so I started to get myself ready to go to the hospital I took a quick shower and straightened my hair. At 2:30 Ian got up wondering where I was. I didn't want to wake him up since I knew I would be at home going through contractions for a couple of hours I wanted him to have enough sleep. He didn't listen to me and stayed up with me anyways as the contractions grew stronger. At about 4am the contractions were so strong that I could no longer walk through them. I tried to stick it out 30 more minutes because I didn't want to be sent home. At 4:30am we left for the hospital. Everything went smoothly checking into triage, I was 5cm dialated already and got the okay to admit me and take me into a delivery room. I got the epideral as soon as I was situated in my room and could not feel my contractions anymore it was wonderful. :) Ian's grandma and my mom showed up and we spent some time talking while we waited for my labor to progress. Ian's mom showed up just before it was time for me to start pushing. I didn't realize how hard pushing was until the physical act of pushing occured. My doctor gave me a new experience that I will never forget, once the baby's head was out he had me reach down and dlivery my baby the rest of the way. It was gross but an amazing experience. My mom and Ian were great coaches and after an hour of pushing Brycen was born at 2:08pm weighed 6lbs 11oz and was 20 3/4in long. We are happy to report we have a healthy baby boy with 10 fingers and 10 toes.

Ian's Mom and Brycen

Me holding Brycen

Ian's Grandma and Brycen

The proud dad

This is my doctor that deliveried Brycen

Ian's Aunt and Brycen

Ian's Dad and Brycen

My dad and Brycen

Brycen's room--- Theme Snowboarding

2011-03-30T16:45:00.003-07:00

Hey Everyone! Sorry it's been so long been busy baby shopping. Babies are so expensive! Well we had the baby shower and it was a blast. Was so upset I brought out the camera and then got so distracted that I didn't take a single picture!!!! I wanted to say thank you to everyone that came you really helped make the shower special! Brycen will need everything, thank yoy for all the thoughtful gifts. Ian finished the room and it looks amazing. Yes he painted that picture of a snowboarder. He's talented! The final touch is being worked on this weekend. It's a snowboard we are having painted and Brycen's name put on by a very talented friend of mine. She made me a blanket and the currents to go in the room. Such an awesome girl! Last update... the last 4 weeks are so uncomfortable!!! Everything up until now has been a breeze, but now I am ready to call it quits and get the baby out. It helps going to see the doctor every week but I wish the baby was ready to come soon. Okay that was the vent of me being miserable. Enjoy the pictures!

LOVE!

2011-01-19T18:41:00.002-07:00

Today I feel love. Love for everything. I wanted to just express my love for everyone, especially to Ian who is such a great husband he is just the best. As soon as he found out I was pregnant he has been getting stuff done so the nursery will be ready. He picks up the slack when I am tired or can't lift something. When I am crying about nothing he sits there and holds me. I don't know how he does it but he is the perfect man for me and I don't know what I would be without him. I love the friends I have that support me and make everything normal with pregnacy and everything that comes with it. Babies are expensive and people are so sweet showing me how to make being a mom affordable. I can't thank my friends that have helped me find baby resale stores to help us out with the cost of baby items. Those stores are freaking amazing! I also want to thank my Heavenly Father for giving me the opportunity to have this experience and build those relationships stronger. He really knows each one of us and what we need to experience. I now understand being a mom is going to be a trail, but it's going to be a blessing at the same time and I can't wait to start that journey.

In my most recent experience I learned that children are something that brings the family closer together. So many times all you hear are the negative things kids do as they grow up. But those experince are nothing compared to the love they give to you and the love you feel for them and your spouse. Today was a "I get it" day and it has just filled my day with love!!!!

I hope everyone feels loved today!

Update

2011-01-03T16:13:00.004-07:00

Sorry I have been very bad about updating this. Thanksgiving has come and gone and now Christmas and a birthday! Well not too much to report. I am getting bigger almost at 6 months. The baby moves alot and loves when I drink water. When I told Ian this he got all excited (Ian was the top swimmer at his Highschool) so naturally the baby will be a swimmer like his dad, Ian couldn't be happier! Oh and I guess I should tell everyone WE ARE HAVING A BOY!!!! Ian has choosen the nursery theme to be Snowboarding. He has an old snowboard that he plans to write the baby's name on with vinly lettering and mounting it to the wall above the crib. It will be a little hard to plan the bedding to match but I will make do with it. The two names we are deciding betweeen are Brigden and Brycen (Bryce for short). If you want to give your opinion on our names I would love a poll of the name you like best! I love Brigden and Ian loves Brycen. So it will be a struggle to the due date. :) I have attached our christmas photos. Enjoy the belly shot!!!!

And it shall be called Peanut

2010-10-05T18:20:00.000-07:00

Peanut, is the lemon sized baby growing inside me! Yep I said it I am pregnant! I am officially 12 weeks along, I didn’t want to say anything before 12 weeks because of all the things I have heard about the first trimester. Ian and I are both very happy and excited and can't wait to learn what sex the baby will be. Ian had a hard time keeping our little secret he told some of his friends and of course we told our parents. My due date is set for 4/19/11. Ian’s mom is driving me nuts as most mother-in-laws are good at, she means well and that’s all I am going to say :) Ian is like a mother hen smacking all the not so good (but oh so tasty) food out of my hand mid bite. No bueno, he might get bitten if he keeps it up, become my midnight snack! Any tips on pregnancy would be welcome as all these changes are weird and kind of freak me out at times. :)

I gotTagged...

2010-09-20T16:31:00.002-07:00

When Sara texted me today at work stating she tagged me I thought it was some cute thing you do to the blog. Now that I read her blog I was totally wrong but super excited to answer these questions to help everyone learn a little bit more about me.

What is your favorite TV show?
I love watching so you think you can dance! I prentend that I am a dancer and make Ian dance a couple of dances with me. I always give us great reviews even though I know I can't dance. (I know I'm sad and lame, but keeps life interesting)

When were are you the most happy?
I was the most happy the day I got sealed to Ian. It was the most amazing experience in the whole world.

What is the moment when you were the most proud of yourself? I was most proud of my self the day I enrolled in a masters program at University of Phoenix. Education is important and I was putting it off for too long.

If you could be anywhere right now where would it be? Hmm... tough answer. I think it would have to be in San Diego. It's so nice there and the beaches are beautiful.

What is your favorite Holiday? New Years of course! It's my bithday plus Ian always does the best birthday get aways!!!

What do you love most about being married? I love the companionship always having someone there to talk to, argue with, and most of all cuddle.

What are you looking forward to? I am looking forward starting a family.

What does a perfect Saturday look like for you? A perfect saturday would consist of some garage sales with great finds, a shake from lenny's and a movie to finish off the day.

Benser and the Vacuum

2010-08-24T10:46:00.004-07:00

One day I was vacuuming and Benser decided it would be fun to play with the vacuum hose. You will want to watch this with the volume on. You can hear it suck his tongue in. LOL. Lela got jealous so she tries to get Benser away from it. She is such a jealous dog. Enjoy!

Puppies and Sister ---They're both CUTE!!!!

2010-08-03T19:01:00.010-07:00

Just wanted to show some picuture of us sisters (and cousin) hanging out and how silly we got. Then of course some silly puppy pictures to go with all the cuteness.

July- What a month

2010-08-03T08:36:00.017-07:00

July was a busy month for us. Ian finished his class that started in June; the first of the month had three parties. One for Ian’s uncle that returned home from the military. He has been stationed in Japan for many years so Ian never really knew him. Then we had a fourth of July party at our house with family. The following day was my nephew Jake’s 4th birthday so we had a party at the park for him. It was a very fun weekend but also exhausting. I had the following Monday off due to the holiday and we took a trip up to Sedona and did a relaxing hike. I love how beautiful Sedona is, it can be a little hot at times but the creek is cold so it was fun to wade through it to cool off. That following weekend we had the idea to go visit Matt who was down the fourth of July weekend and Ian got to hang out with him but it wasn’t enough of Matt for Ian. So I took Friday and Monday off and we left Thursday afternoon. It was a blast to hang out with them and see a different area of New Mexico. I was disappointed with the food there. Nothing special, if I had to live there I would miss my Mexican food that I can find just down the street. MMMM… CARAMBA’s… We did get the opportunity to eat at the #7 green chili burger in the world. Ian and Matt came up with this crazy idea to track down 6-1 burgers. We’ll see if they actually do it. We drove back Monday morning, and of course had to get the good fireworks on our way out of NM. I came home to e-mails about our family reunion/campout was being cancelled due to the fires in Flagstaff. After a few exchange of e-mails the reunion was back on. This happened July 23, it was fun to get with family and spend time. Ian does so well with my nieces and nephew; I think I lost every apple I was eating to them. We brought along the pups as well and they did so good. I am so pleased with our dogs and how they behave. The last little update would be that I started school. Yep that’s right I am going back to get my masters in Health Administration Gerontology.. I figured since we are coming up on the baby boomer generation health care is going to be a good career to get into so that I will always have job opportunities. Here are some pictures from our crazy July.

This picture was taken before our hike. I had to get my hair on record for looking good without me doing anything to it. LOL, lame I know. But I do love it

Home Decoration Projects

2010-06-14T14:30:00.005-07:00

So I have done a few decoration projects and all them have turned out very successful, I was so proud of myself because I am not very creative and to have some of them turn out good was amazing for me. Here are some pictures of the projects.

Goodbye BFF

2010-05-20T10:47:00.003-07:00

Ian's best friend Matt and Nicole moved to New Mexico this past weekend... We will miss hanging out with them. They have invited us to come there anytime we want for the two years they will be there. Ian is sad that he can't hang out with him any more so we will probably take him up on the offer for a free place to stay every once in a while. The two years will probably go a lot faster then we think. Good luck to Nicole and her dream job! We love you both and hope to see you sometime soon!

Blessed

2010-05-10T14:06:00.000-07:00

This past week I have felt blessed. What really got me feeling more blessed than ever was an old friend contacted me and they sounded so miserable. Almost like they weren’t satisfied by their life style and was looking for something more. This friend was baptized when they were younger and fell off the straight and narrow in college and now they say they believe the gospel they just don’t want to live the principles. We had a long talk over the internet (gotta love technology :)) about what was so great about the world and the current choices they have made to make the gospel look less appealing to them now. One thing I asked them was if Heavenly Father would want them to feel the way they felt at that moment and they said no, that gave me an opening to help them understand Satan’s power and how it can take us down to complete hopelessness. I told them it was time to turn back to what they know to be true so they can feel at peace with their lifestyle choices again. We did some remember whens about the good old days and it seemed to help them realize what they needed to do. The best memories I had with this friend were in Seminary and our “mormon” parties on the weekend (those were so much fun) so it seemed perfect that the Holy Ghost sent them to me to help them find their answers. I would have never imagined I would be having this conversation with this friend because after high school we lost contact and you know how life progresses and people change or go their separate ways. I hope they follow through with what they said they would do. I can’t imagine my life without the gospel and I know that I am so blessed because of it. Ian is such a wonderful and worthy priesthood holder in my home and for that I know I am even more blessed by him and his willingness to serve. I just wanted to share how blessed I am for having the privileged to talk to someone about the gospel as it really doesn’t come that easy for me and this experience was just what I needed for me to understand how important it is that I share it with everyone.

Suns are in the Playoffs

2010-05-05T08:49:00.004-07:00

Ian got some awesome tickets from his boss to the Suns Playoff game on Monday night. Ian invited his BFF Matt and Greg. It was so much fun, the energy is completly different than a regular game. Just an FYI to everyone I am totally in love with Steve Nash and his abilty to handle the basketball, and don't get me started on his three point shots... what a hunk! :)

We are a purple and orange team. Go Suns!

The boys again...

Greg & Ian

Boys will be boys (no matter how much you want it to look good)

Matt & Greg

the Hunk I get to go home with! :)

Steve Nash- we had really awesome seats!!!!

Steve Nash again.

Action under the hoop.

Final Score

Puppy Training (Graduation)

2010-05-03T12:35:00.003-07:00

Our Lela graduated from Petsmart in April. We only put one dog in and then brought home the skills and trained our other puppy... worked like a charm but they are in their "teen years" so they only do the comands half the time. To be completly honest we are so blessed because we have some of the best animals ever! I know this sounds bias but we do. lol. Our puppies are sweet and melow for boxers, we have had several boxer owners say how mellow they are for boxers. Here are some pictures of the graduation. She has such personality! I love her facial expressions.

Vacation

2010-04-05T12:56:00.011-07:00

Vacations are great and very much needed sometimes. This year we went to Los Angeles for our spring break. Ian and I try to do one big vacation a year and this one seemed like it was exactly what we needed. We spent a day at Six flags – scariest rides I have ever ridden… Ian was very proud of me even when I was about to back out at the front of the line I went on every ride with him even though my eyes were closed the whole time!  We have never been on a big roller coaster together so to see my expressions on the rides seemed to crack Ian up and I was glad to provide the humor of the trip.

Our hotel was a block away from the Hollywood strip so at night we walked it and saw all the sights there were to see. It was fun, that place stays open until 2:00 am. I was in shock! I do live a sheltered life in my Arizona bubble. Parking sucks you have to pay everywhere you go even in a target parking lot your have to pay if you stay longer than one hour. Did I mention how much I love my sunshine state!  I think my favorite part of the Hollywood strip was the cement squares with hand prints and messages from movie stars. I felt like I got to touch their hands… yes I can say that I touched Hugh Jackmans hands... He is a sexy cowboy if you have the time to see Australia do it. It’s worth it just to see him as a cowboy. I think that was where I feel in love with him…dreamy…. ;>

We spent a day at Venice Beach …. Okay, don’t make fun of me but I went out a bought a brown outfit to wear on the beach it was super cute. I’ll post some pictures of it so you can either agree or disagree  The beach was interesting to say the least… we walked the pier and saw a bunch of bums, the water and horizon were beautiful. I understand why they spend their time there. We parked on the opposite side of the beach from the carnival so we thought we would walk the board walk to the other side. Yeah we got a little over half way and decided to stop because it was so far away still and we would have to walk back eventually. On our way back there was a “beach bum” putting on a show for people. He had a pile of broken up liquor bottles and was going to jump off a chair into the pile of glass. I was disgusted by this and Ian seemed intrigued so we stayed I turned away I couldn’t watch someone jump into glass. Ian tipped the guy a dollar for his efforts. Yuck, I would have walked away that just grossed me out. People do dumb things on the boardwalk.

The next day we spent at Universal Studios, it was a fun. A much different experience then six flags, I felt like it had more of a family friendly environment. Our tickets are linked to our finger prints so if we lost them no one else could use them which I thought was cool. Also if you wanted to rent a locker it was also linked to your finger print.. Technology what a wonderful thing. We still have two days left on our tickets and it doesn’t expire until December this year so maybe we’ll go back just for fun.

Our last day there we went to the Los Angeles Temple. I have been to that temple before with my family and I love the grounds they are so pretty with large trees and flowers and big flat and round rocks. We got some great pictures and the odd thing was that there was no one walking around the grounds like you would normally see. My mom thinks it is because of the whole gay marriage thing, which is such a shame because it’s so beautiful, people don’t know what they are missing out on.

Happy Anniversary!

2010-03-10T06:40:00.003-07:00

Today Ian and I celebrate 3 wonderful years together!With today being such a special day for us I wanted to tell the whole blogging world and Ian how thankful I am to have such a loving and caring husband. I have compiled the top reasons why I love Ian.
1. He’s Loving
2. He’s Patient
3. He’s Hard working
4. His Green eyes
5. He’s supportive
6. His honesty
7. His trustworthiness
8. His love for his family and mine
9. His love for the Gospel
10. His love for being outside
11. He’s Kind hearted
12. Has Amazing work ethic
13. Gets along with everyone (even if he doesn’t like them!)
14. His can do attitude
15. Is Easy going
16. Trys his best at everything
17. He never gives up
18. His CRAZY ideas
19. He makes me laugh
20. He always strives to improve
21. He helps me around the house
22. He can cook really yummy food
23. He’s sweet to me even when I am being mean to him
24. He loves me when I have a bad day and come home and nothing is right
25. He stays up and talks to me when I know he’d rather be asleep
26. He puts up with my always on the go personality (he likes to take things slow and sleep in, LOL complete opposites)
27. He lets me be me, even if it means having a house full of animals! :)
28. He can fix my car when it breaks or change my tire on the way to work on the freeway! You are awesome!

Babe, I love you for all these reasons and more and I look foward to another wonderful year with you. Thanks for being you and putting up with me.

Love,

Cassie

Secrets are never good....

2010-01-19T14:40:00.006-07:00

As most of you who know me, know I was in foster care for part of my life growing up (the most important part...teen years) and I had three younger siblings that were severed and adopted out to the same family, that lived in NY. I always dreamed that someday I would fly to NY and try looking for them. But being a broke college student I never could afford to fly there. Well last year in March a miracle happened and my oldest sister that was adopted called me. It was an amazing call. I remember her asking for Cassandra (I really hate my name by the way) and I said this is her and she started to cry and said do you remember your younger sister Tonya and of course I broke out in tears with Ian sitting next to me curious as to what was making me blubber like a fool. Needless to say we were on our way to eat dinner at the in-laws I ask if I can ditch dinner and go see my sister who lived with a friend just a few blocks from my apartment!!!! It was good to see her. She has been living here for a while she moved back here when her adoptive parents got a divorice. My two other siblings are doing good haven't met them yet one lives in Colorado and the other one is only 16 and I can't have contact with her until she turns 18. I bet you are wondering if this all took place in March last year why didn't I tell everyone sooner.... well my real/biological parents are a little on the crazy side and we wanted to keep this a secret from them especially because my younger sister is only 16 and we don't want to disrupt her placement. And knowing my parents they are capable of anything. well my sister, against all advisement, called my brother who is buddy buddy with my parents and told him everything (even where she lives) So the gig is up and I don't know how much longer I will know where they are because if my parents do anything it could cause the adoptive mom to move and close up all contact I have with them. At least they will hav my contact information and can stay in touch that way. It has been fun this past year to see the person Tonya grew up to be. She has a sad story but hopefully she can turn it around and make it into the best life experience for her future. It feels good to not have to keep all that inside anymore.

New Job

2010-01-12T10:28:00.002-07:00

Well I finally did it, I got the academic position that I have had my sights on since starting at University of Phoenix. I am totally excited and all set to start the new job training on 1/26/10. My hat goes off to Anna Ehle who recommended I apply at UOP, she worked here as an academic advisor prior to Breydon being born and she loved the position and I have had my heart set on it since. Thanks for the support Anna, you're the best! It will be sad to leave all my friends that I have made with the people I sit near and work with, and I know I will make new friends in my new position but I wont forget all my friends, and the laughs we have shared. Thanks for being so great! Can't wait to start my new adventure!

Growing Pains

2010-01-08T06:43:00.004-07:00

Every week the puppies get bigger and bigger. It's so fun to watch them grow into their personalities. Lela is our cuddle bug and Bensor is our energized bunny. We just got them fixed this last week and when I brought them home Hercules was so worried he rushed over to them and checked them over kissing each one of them in the face, then turn to me and just barked and barked like he was scolding me for taking them all day. He has become such a father figure to them it's really cute to watch. A week ago we were all messing around on the floor and of course I pulled out the camera. Benser loves the camera he gets right in there and just starts posing, super cute!

Birthday Trip

2010-01-07T06:41:00.010-07:00

Yep another year has come and gone and I am now "half way to 50" or 25 if you don't want to be weird, but where's the fun in that. LOL!Thank you to all those that wished me a happy birthday it really made my day speacial. Ian threw me an awesome birthday party new years eve, I had so much fun. Ian took pictures in the begining then we forgot to take more. We also went up to see snow like we always do. Ian got to go snowboarding with his friend Patrick. On the way down the mountain it was so backed up it took us 2 hours to get to our hotel. We had some fun with our camera while we were stuck in traffic. There was so much snow up there that people were sledding on areas that normally have rocks this time of year. We made an awesome snow man too! We had a blast this year is was a good way to start the new year.

Erin & Patrick

Matt & Nicole

Ian & Patrick

This is Patrick's Nephew, we were laughing so hard because it was a huge bottle of apple cider that was almost as big as he was and looked like a champange bottle!

2010

2010-01-05T11:12:00.003-07:00

Happy 2010!!!!

So this year I am so not doing resolutions... More like being thankful for everything so here it goes....

Things I am thankful for
1. Ian and everything he does for me and our family (I love you babe!)
2. My family :)
3. The Gospel
4. Our house
5. my job
6. my car
7. our health
8. free will
9. prayer
10. scriptures
11. traveling
12. my animals (Herc, Snickers, Benser, & Lela)
13. good friends
14. good food
15. education
16. finding things you thought you lost! :> (physical and mental)
17. pictures
18. memories
19. the internet
20. spening time with people I love

The list can go on and on. But I think 20 is good. I plan on making this year better than last year. Who's with me! :>

Weekend blunder

2009-12-07T06:25:00.005-07:00

Watching Ian with his new puppies has scared me a little bit, but has also made me realize what a good dad he will be. It scares me because he has no clue what he is doing and I think I now realize how women just naturally know what to do with children/babies (I know dogs aren't children, but they are the closest I have come to them) On the other hand I think these puppies will be a learning experience before having a baby, so far we have learned you need patient with training them, when the puppies sleep you sleep (Ian has learned this one all to well) LOL!!!! another thing we learned was that you need a routine the works for you and the puppies and the final thing we have learned is the older they get the hard it is to control them... I think all these apply to a baby, right?

Ian taking a nap with the puppies

Puppy attack!!!! (Herc has been so good with them, I love my baby boy Herc!)

I think Ian learned not to lay on the floor. LOL!!!

Puppies

2009-11-19T08:06:00.006-07:00

We got two boxer puppies!!! Aren't they adorable!!!! The Brindle one is a boy and his name is Benser, and the fawn one is a girl and her name is Lela. They are 7 weeks old and we are learning how to train and make them into really good dogs can't wait! The only time to get them to sit still for a picture was when they were sleeping. LOL!!!! I'll post more pictures later.

New Home Owners

2009-11-16T10:54:00.004-07:00

Yay!!!! We closed on our first house on 10/27/09. This is so exciting for us, It needed a paint job and a good cleaning but other than that it's the perfect house for us. We have so much room we don't know what to do with it. We came from a 600 sqft apartment, so you can imagine all of our stuff is still in the garage and it fits with room to spare. We have become craiglist junkies looking for good deals, and have found some nice things that look great with our color schemes. If you have any good decorating ideas I am all ears. Enjoy!

Cassie B-Day "New Years weekend"

2009-10-20T16:44:00.005-07:00

So every year for my birthday we go and play in the snow. This year was the best year for snow so far since we have been going since I was 19 years old (2004). Wow times flies!!!!! I can't beleive it's been that long. Ian and I have been together since forever and it still feels like we were just married yesterday! Here are some pictures of our trip.

This is us hugging our snow man!!!!

Cassie's Graduation

2009-10-18T19:59:00.009-07:00

Graduate 2009

YAY!!! Cassie did it! Okay so I am trying to play catch up with everything that has been going on with us. I graduated this past August. I now have a degree in Psychology. I didn't have the whole graduation ceremony instead Ian and my mom planned a party for me that we had at my Parent's house. It was alot of fun, I am so glad to be done. I plan on going back to get my master's in Psychology from University of Phoenix since I am working there and it will be free! After that who knows possible stay at home until the kids are old enough and then work at a school so I can have the same scheduled as Ian and the kids. I'm a work in progress. Well here are some pictures of me in the cap and gown.

Ian's Graduation

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Okay so I am very late in posting this, Ian GRADUATED!!!!! We got to celebrate this with him in December 2008. We all went to his graduation Saturday morning and then a party at his aunts house. He graduated with honors in Special Education, and has been teaching at Vistancia since January 2009. He finds teaching challenging and rewarding but also has a dream of continuing his education to become a occupational therapist but who knows he changes his mind all the time. I have attached some photos of the graduation hope you all enjoy these

Ian Grandma & Ian

My Mom and Ian

Ian's Uncle

Ian's Mom, Bother (Levi), Ian, Sister (Kayleah), and Dad.

This is a video of Ian walking across the stage. Listen in you can here his dad Yell that's my Boy!