Our AWESOME and CRAZY Family!!!

Where has the time gone??

2010-08-31T12:31:00.000-07:00

Well, it's officially been a year and a half since I've posted on my blog. There are so many things that have gone on and It's about time I attempt to get caught up. So stay tuned to see new posts covering the last year....from Rocky's birth and on.

Our Handsome New Addition To Our Family!!!

2009-06-08T14:26:00.000-07:00

With each kid I have, I realize I have less and less time. Good thing I have a pretty good baby because sometimes he has to fend for himself cuz I'm busy taking care of all the other kids. :) I have such great older kids that are so good at helping out. I was realizing that as sad as it sounds, I haven't done very good at blogging about my sweet handsome boy so this post is dedicated only to Rocky Hyrum Jolley.

2 Weeks Old

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2 Months Old -------------- He looks like a doll, can you tell which one is Rocky??? The girls were playing with there babies and Rocky was one of there babies and he fits perfectly in there baby stroller and car seat. We all love Rocky so much and he brings so much joy and love to our family. He has so many brothers and sisters that absolutely love him and are all so attentive to him. He is so spoiled by everyone and gets all the love in the house. He is smiling so much these days and is really trying hard to talk. He's getting there by saying goo when you talk to him. He is doing better at sleeping at night and goes sometimes up to 6 hours. I had him weighed today and he already weighs 11 lbs. 2 oz. He surpassed his cousin Marlee who was born 5 days before him and weighed almost 3 lbs more then Rocky. He is definitely a chunk, that formula fattened him up. Knowing that this is my last baby, I am making the most out of every day that he is little. I don't want him to grow up. He has such a special place in all of our hearts and makes us smile just by looking at him. I have to put this next picture in here because at the beginning it was quite the rare moment to see Darin changing a diaper. He is all about the 1 and 2 year old stage and not so much about the newborn stage where there not very responsive and too fragile to really throw around and play with. But things will change soon enough.

We Love you Rocky Hyrum Jolley!!!!

Memorial Day BBQ at Nana's and Hapa's

2009-06-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

Fun Fun Times With The Family At Our Memorial Day BBQ

Maren and John played against David and Meghan at one of Gramps homemade games. I didn't stick around to see who won. I was too busy taking pictures.

We went to the Pond behind Nana's to feed the ducks. One mean duck was pecking at another ducks neck trying to mate I assume, they freaked Rain out so bad she was running, screaming as loud and as fast as she could if they even looked her direction. I think this picture proves that Daylon had a little too much soda that day.

Quick Trip to Casper, Wy

2009-06-03T12:35:00.000-07:00

A couple Saturday's ago, I rode to Casper Wyoming with Mom and Steve to watch Anna play in her Soccer Tournament and then we brought Hali back to stay with me for a couple weeks. It was short but sweet to see Susan and her family. Wish we could have had more time but something is better then nothing.

Mother's Day

2009-06-03T12:22:00.001-07:00

This is a really lame picture of my Mother's Day, but my camera died so I didn't get any other pictures. I did have a ery enjoyable Mother's Day though. I got breakfast which was supposed to be in bed, but because I ended up sleeping on the couch with Rocky, I just ate in the kitchen. I got a really cool necklace from the kids and then my favorite part of Mother's day which is all the homemade gifts from the kids that they make at school. Rain made me some art made out of beans, and Daylon made me a little journal. I loved it and I love being a mother to all my wonderful children....all 5 of them. Thanks kiddies for making me such a happy mom.

Darin's 32nd Birthday

2009-06-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

For Darin's birthday this year, it was just Darin, me, Star and Rocky enjoying the evening at home with Pizza Hut for dinner and some yummy cake. I decorated the house and posted 32 reasons why I love Darin all throughout the house. He liked it and we had a good night. Happy Birthday Love!!

Speaking of Hair Cuts!!!

2009-05-20T00:12:00.000-07:00

Star had her first real haircut at the Salon, or should I say Smart Clips inside Walmart. She loved getting her hair washed in the big sink, but was pretty much done after that. We couldn't get her to hold still for anything, but it actually turned out really cute. (Do I even need to mention that I cut her hair so it was all one length instead of a mullet, and I couldn't get it even so to avoid her being bald, I just took her in....So glad I did)

Teresa the Hair Butcher Strikes Again

2009-05-19T23:50:00.000-07:00

No matter how many haircuts I screw up, even multiple times to the same person, they never learn. I guess maybe they think that since some time has passed since the last screw up, that maybe I've learned how to actually cut hair, or maybe they just forget just how bad I am at cutting hair, or in David's case, is too desperate to care. In any case, Teresa the Hair Butcher has Sliced Again (that's a pretty good name huh). Muahahaha!!! I'm hoping one day it'll teach them to never ask again, cuz honestly, one of the main reasons why I QUIT Cosmetology School was because I wanted people to sing Beauty School Dropout about me, no really the main reason why I quit was because I hate cutting hair.....oh and the small detail that I suck at it. So let this be a lesson to all those out there, or to those who read my blog at least, DON'T ASK ME or you will end up bald.

Before (looked bad before so I couldn't do any worse :)

After ( I actually like the buzzed look on him and I think it looks better then the before picture, but the fact of the matter is that he was just wanting "SOME" cut off, not all but a quarter of an inch. I know you still love me though.David, if you ever feel like your alone in this situation, Don't. Hyrum knows how it feels, but be glad you are boys and it doesn't look horrible to be shaved. I still remember my worst hair cutting experience ever (shortly after I dropped out of school) and it was Aunt Tammy. She already had short hair but just needed a tiny bit off the ends.....Needless to say, I could have just shaved her and no one would have been able to tell a difference. In fact Gramps came in just after we finished and said "Well it looks as though I finally got the boy I always wanted". So sorry Aunt Tammy, for the butcher job and for telling everyone. You learned your lesson huh?

Easter Morning at Home

2009-05-19T10:23:00.000-07:00

Star's Basket, the nice Easter Bunny just left it out for her so she didn't have to go searching, the older kids were bummed though, they wanted to search for it.

Don't even ask about Star's and Rain's clothes. Apparently they wanted to play dress up more then they wanted there baskets, either that or Rain wanted to make sure she looked good for pictures.

Rain's Basket, and honestly, I'm having a big brain fart cuz I can't remember where the Easter Bunny hid hers. Tiana, see what she got?? HSM 3.

Daylon's Basket, his was hidden in the laundry room between the washer and the wall. The older they get, the harder it must be for the Easter Bunny to find good hiding spots.

As you can see, Daylon was the most excited about the candy. He is a boy after my own heart. We both have the worst sweet teeth ever...and you wonder why we have so many cavities. It looks like the Easter Bunny did color coordinated baskets. I bet he thought that would be fun. Stars was orange, Rain was yellow and Daylon's was blue. There were many different colors to choose from but note, if you shop too late then the good stuff is all gone. Ok, now I'm finally done with my Easter Postings, I can get onto other one's now....like how big my baby boy is getting.

Indoor Easter Egg Hunt

2009-05-19T08:46:00.000-07:00

Since all of our plans failed with the other Easter Egg Hunts, we decided to just do one of our own. It was too cold outside and Maren's house was a wreck with boxes so we decided to just have it in her house. The kids were happy with that and that was all that mattered.

The other kids may have been more interested in the candy, but all Jaiden cared about was the eggs. Babies are so easy to entertain, especially Jaiden. He's such a good baby.

Not enough for you greedy Rain?? :)

The babies doing what they do best, sleeping, but we wanted to include them anyway. Rocky was used as a hiding spot and we just borrowed someones basket to take a picture of Marlee.

Maren had to have her candy too, Jaiden went without obviously :)

Daylon wasn't satisfied with one hunt so David did an extra hard hunt in the back bedroom. He's such a good uncle.

Thanks for collecting the eggs Rain, the kids only want the candy inside anyway.

This was the 4th activity that day, one more at home and I'll finally have all my Easter Blogs Posted....Now that May is nearly over. Oh well, better late then never.

Pictures with the Bunny

2009-05-10T13:10:00.001-07:00

We had to run to Walmart to pick up one or two bags of candy, and while me, Rain, and Alexandra where heading towards the candy isle, we noticed that the Easter Bunny was there taking pictures so we couldn't pass up the opportunity for cute memories....and I really wanted the Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs they were passing out so I made sure I got my turn too. They were actually giving free 5x7's that you could pick up the next day, but I wasn't going to be in Orem the next day and I kind of forgot but I made sure to take some with my camera, not that great, but they'll work for me. Me and all 4 of my kids stayed at Maren's house the Friday night before Easter because there were alot of fun things going on Saturday morning that I thought it would be fun to take the kids to, so at 8:00 am (I know, it's a miracle I was able to get up that early) we were up and needed to be at Mt. View High School by about 8:50 cuz they had a candy dash in the football field. Well I dropped off Daylon, Alexandra, and Rain to get in line and I went and parked the car. They started letting people in the field and the line was right next to where I parked the car, so I just waited there til they came past me. Well after the line was gone and I couldn't find them, I rushed into the field to make sure they made it in. The dash was over after 5 minutes and the kids were no where to be seen. So I headed back out to the parking lot hoping to find the kids with candy in there baskets. I finally found them all with sad faces and empty baskets. I asked Daylon what happened and he said "I thought you told us to wait there for you to come back after you parked the car". I felt so bad. I guess I shouldn't have put them in that place to stay there while I went and parked. So they stayed clear at the end of where the line was and didn't move forward with it. This is the only picture I got of that lovely incident. Not to mention, it was raining the whole time.

So after that little problem and trying to calm my son's tears, I promised them McDonalds breakfast and there was another egg hunt in Cedar Hills at 11:00am which gave us 2 hrs. We got breakfast, ran around town trying to get a key to my sister's house so I could get some different shoes for Rain, stopped by Marens quick and then headed to the next egg hunt. As I was driving there, I looked at the clock and realized it was 10:58 and and I was still at least 10 mintutes away. And for any of you who have been to these events, they are over in 2 minutes max. So needless to say, when we got there 10 minutes late, everything was done and over with and all we got from it, was some cute pictures with the bunny and by the stream.

Since we were close to the cemetary, and I had bought a stone step to put on my dad's grave ages ago, we decided to stop and see my dad's grave with David and Meghan.

This one's all smiles.

This is them crying over how much they miss grandpa....or pretending anyway. Kids and there imaginations are great!!

So this concludes three more of our Easter Activities. I was a stressful, annoyed, impatient, late, bouncing off wall Mom, that doesn't make for any fun at all!! Poor kids that had to deal with me :(

Dying Easter Eggs at Marens

2009-05-10T11:51:00.000-07:00

I have to start with this picture because we were shopping for eggs for this post so I decided that this darling picture of my adorable daughter belongs here, besides I didn't know where else to post it but she is so cute I had to post it somewhere. She wasn't very happy when I made her take it off and leave it at the store.... she was screaming uh hatch mom. I have a hard time saying no to this little twirp, as you all know.

Now the dying eggs starts. We did it at Marens house, her house is the only house big enough for us all to gather, plus that way the mess stays there. (although that didn't make a difference cuz I ended up cleaning up after all) HAHA, you know I love you sis. We had lots of family there and lots of fun. Star was being very feisty and wouldn't take a picture with her egg so I had to help, I can't remember who made the egg (sorry whoever it was) but they wrote twinkle twinkle little star on it. It was darling.

Braxton Keoni

Rain-the Poser (I wonder where she gets that from. Ah-hem???) Alexander Grand Bell A.K.A Alexandra Hanks Daylon-My Stud Man (really he's my baby, but he doesn't like me to tell everyone) David-The Dweeb Maren-The Mega Butt Shot

Elisabeth and Alexandra-Awww so precious

This is what John called was his GQ pose. Ewwww your so hot John.Sisters In Laws- Maren & Meghan ( we love having Meghan in our family)

Meghan, save that for the bedroom

Nana and Hapa sitting on the sidelines, doing what they do best. Watching and enjoying, but not wanting to get down and dirty, come on ma, where's your Easter spirit? Oh ya, I'm sure you had enough of dying eggs with all 7 children you had, ok, you have the right to rest and watch us be the mothers now.

David, can you ever take a decent picture, he's sitting with Marlee inside cuz it's too cold out for the babies.Rocky was also enjoying the indoors snuggled up to Nana's chest. Everybody loves that, but I love it the most.....awwww so comforting. :) I'm a nerd, I know.

We all enjoyed Gourmet Pizza from Little Cesears. Can't top that, at least the price.

I warned mom that every time she made a dorky face, that I'd post it on my blog and I wasn't lying.

And the best part of all of it.... THE DREADFUL CLEANUP. Acutally me and David were the one's that cleaned it up at 10:00 pm. We got a little carried away and instead of dumping the dye in the grass we decided to splash it against Maren's concrete divider thingy that stands about 4 feet high from the ground as you can see in the background in the picture below. We made a beautiful mural of reds, greens, blues, yellows, and oranges. It was a priceless work of art....until John woke up the next morning and saw it.... We deny it all. We have no Idea what happened. Too bad I didn't think to take a picture of it. Really, it was hardly even noticeable and the dye was way light but I like to dramatize my stories so there more interesting. And for the record, I don't think it's even there still and I don't think John was mad, at least he said he wasn't.

UGH!!!!

This was the greatest, I wish I had my video camera for this. Daylon, who is nearly as tall as I am, decided to start messing around and teasing and bugging his Aunt Maren, so she decided to join in and get him good. She picked him up like he only weighed a pound (thanks to Jaiden for strengthening her arm muscles from being carried aruond all the time) and went on like that for a bit. I just think it's so fun and enjoyable to watch when my kids aunts and uncles really get down and dirty and play with my children. I love it. And my children love them.

So this was the first of many Easter Activities we did this year, so I'll try to get the rest posted today as well, but we all know how that'll go.

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P.S. I just have to apologize now, cuz there are some people who are annoyed by this (you know who you are uh hum...MOM), I'm sorry that I didn't pay attention in English to know how to decifer when to use there and their so I pretty much just always use there for both, mom explained it to me once but my brain doesn't take and store information very well, so I'm sorry for those of you, more then just my mom, who can't stand my bad grammer. Hopefully, you'll forgive me and continue to read my blog.....at least I'm not as bad as Maren.....yet. j/k Maren :)

Fine!!!

2009-05-10T11:43:00.000-07:00

Ok, I got an ear full for sobbing and complaing but those of you who know me well enough, know that I love all the attention, so that was my way of getting attention!!! LOL :) Love ALL you guys!!!

Funny Pictures

2009-04-29T20:11:00.000-07:00

So today this neighbor girl of ours came to my house and handed me and Darin this paper and it has drawings of me and him. He looked at them and kind of chuckled and then handed them to me. First thing I noticed was that my boobs were lopsided. When I started acting like I thought I looked pretty funny, I looked at her and she looked hurt. So then I said, "These are really good Nicole, you have some artistic ability". In all honesty, it looked like those drawings you pay money for at carnivals where they blow your head up huge and make you look like a cartoon character. They actually are cute, so cute that I decided to post them on my blog... regarless of what size my boobs are, how fat it makes me look, how big both of our ears are or our noses for that matter. At least she got one thing right and that was that Darin was on a skateboard. It's all for good humor.

This first one is Darin!!!

And this beauty is me....like you had to be told, it looks just like me!!

:( SAD :(

2009-04-29T18:28:00.001-07:00

I'm starting to feel like no one ever reads my blog anymore... I hope that's not true so to prove to me that it's not, all of you must leave your comments. It really takes no time at all, if you don't have a blogger account, just leave a comment under anonymous and then put your name as part of your comment. I love to hear what all of you have to say about things.

Pictures of Marlee Moo

2009-04-29T14:25:00.000-07:00

I found that I had quite a few cute pictures of Marlee (David & Meghan's baby) so I decided to post them so everyone else can enjoy them too. Marlee wanted me to be sure and post the oh so cute pictures of her parents too, so I did, just to honor Marlee's wishes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is probably my most favorite picture of Marlee. She has such a good suction, as you can see, no one is even holding her bottle. She keeps it up all by herself, her and her suction that is.

Jump On It - April 3, 2009

2009-04-27T20:54:00.001-07:00

Since I'm always about a month behind schedule, I figuered i'm due to blog about our adventure to Jump On It. Susan was in town so we decided to all get together and do something fun instead of being cooped up in someone's house. Here are who joined us in our escapade...

John, Maren, Jaiden and Braxton

I had to get this one of my cute rearend in there

Susan and her two older girls, Whitnee and Anna

I'm hungry for Susan... I'm a dork.

David and his mistress, Ryan (Meghan was smart and stayed home with Marlee)

After two failed attmepts to get a good picture of me and David jumping and capturing the picture while we were in the air, we settled for the third picture below of us totally faking and pretending we were jumping. Ryan sucks at taking pictures if you can't tell.

Alexandra

And most importantly Me and my kids!!

Daylon

RainStar

And Rocky, who was by far the easiest one to take care of that day. He stayed in his car seat covered and slept the entire time without so much as a whimper.

The rest of these pictures are just of all of us enjoying ourselves on and off the trampolines.

It's hard to tell, but this is David doing a flip off the platform.

Elisabeth's Birthday / Part 2

2009-04-21T00:10:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, I am horrible at blogging and I kind of left you all hanging by doing part one of Elisabeth's Birthday and then never finishing it so finally here it is. So the day after her birthday, we bribed Whitnee and Anna to stay with all the kids so the adults could take Elisabeth out to Olive Garden for dinner. Me and David brought the newborns but Daylon, Rain, Starlett, Braxton, and Alexandra got to stay with Whitnee and Anna at Maren's house. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELISABETH ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!

Who is that stinkin cute baby she's holding??? Oh ya, it's Rocky!!

The company that was there included....

Darin and I (Aren't we just the cutest couple ever??)

Maren, John, (oh and Jaiden came too) Susan, and Ryan ( David's friend came with us)

And last, but certainly not least, My nerd of a brother who I love so much, David and Meghan.

We had the awesomest waitress ever, her name was Fee-Fee. Her and David had a funny little thing going on between them and David's name was baby pooh because David was telling us a story about when Marlee poo'd on him and she heard the story so from then on whenever she was trying to get David's attention, she called him baby pooh. It was really funny and she was great fun.

And then it was time to sing Happy Birthday,and blow out all those tons and tons of candles. (I'm teasing you sis, you know I love you)

Don't we all look like a bunch of tards when we take pictures?? Yes I was the one behind the camera, and yes I do like to take pictures when there not expecting it and there not posing but this is the ending result....

I was in one of my weird moods that night and I decided I wanted to take my breadsticks home but I wanted them to be safe from any harm so I put them in Rocky's car seat, but unfortunatly I had to put Rocky somewhere so the breadsticks had to settle for a to go box. I love those breadsticks, they were so special to me..... I know, I'm not all there in my head, you don't have to tell me.

So anyway, we had a great time celebrating Elisabeth's birthday, I just hope she enjoyed it as much as we did. Elisabeth, we really love you and I really think your a wonderful sister. Thank you so much for always being there for us whenever we've needed you and for always looking out for us like our mother hen. You truly are special to me and I look up to you and admire so many good qualities that you have. I love you and am very happy we got to celebrate your birthday with you twice. Love you lots lots lots lots lots!!!!

Elisabeth's Birthday / Part 1

2009-04-12T14:06:00.001-07:00

This year we got to celebrate Elisabeth's birthday twice. Ok, the first one was because she wanted to come see us and i'll be honest, we didn't realize it was her birthday. Poor sister, we all know her birthday is April 2, however it never fails that every year, I never realize that it's the day of her birthday until it's too late. So this year she said she wanted to come see us for her birthday. So after I realized I hadn't called her for her birthday I ran to Smith's and got a cake, and a plant for her so when she got here, we had cake and sang happy birthday. So this was part 1.

This is me rapping Elisabeth's Happy Birthday song.

4-5 Days Old

2009-04-09T23:46:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pictures with him opening his eyes. Here are a few cute ones.

1st Bath

2009-04-09T23:35:00.001-07:00

His first bath that I gave him was when he was 4 days old. He definatly didn't like it. He screamed and cried. This was the only sponge bath I had to give him because his ambilical cord fell off when he was 5 days old so then I was able to give him his baths in the sink. He is still so small that even the sink seems too big for him.

Going Home

2009-04-09T23:23:00.001-07:00

All bundled up and ready to go home!!!

My neighbor had dinner waiting for us when we got home and along with that, she had made this cute cake. Thanks Cyndi!!

Our Time At The Hospital

2009-04-09T16:46:00.000-07:00

I know I'm late on doing these posts, but I forgot how much 2 kids consumes my time. Here are our pictures from the hospital. The time at the hospital was nice and relaxing and THANK YOU MAREN for taking Starlett while we were in the hospital. I love you even more for that.:)

My water broke at 11:00, we were at the hospital y midnight with my contractions about 2 minutes apart.I got my epidural 20 minutes after I got to the hospital. Right before my epidural, I was at a 4. Right after the epidural, I was at an 8, 5 minutes later, I was fully dialated and ready to deliver. My doctor was taking his time, thinking that he had at least an hour, until they called and told him I was at an 8. Luckily with an epidural, you can kind of hold of the labor, but as soon as he got there and got ready he told me to push, I pushed 3 times and the 4 he told me to stop cuz the baby was already out. By far the best labor and delivery I've ever had. The Doctor also toldme that was the best and easiest delivery he ever did.

Ahhhh, After the drugs. SO much better!!

It was the middle of the night so we had to bring Star with us. She was such an angel. She got a popsicle, coloring books, milk from the nurses and she just entertained herself. During the actual labor she just watched and didn't say anything. She didn't act scared or anything. She was perfect.

All the pain ( for the whole 2 1/2 hours) was so worth it. Look how adorable he is.

They had doors that you could write on, so I, Rain, Daylon, and Star all wrote Rocky a message. You can't really read it but I wanted to put it on here anyway so I can remember it.

This was our nurse the majority of the time. She was AWESOME!!!

2009-03-30T17:53:00.000-07:00

Baby Tag! 1. WAS YOUR PREGNANCY PLANNED?

No, I was told after my cervix surgery that I probably wouldn't be able to have anymore kids and we were ok with that.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes but not to the father, JUST KIDDING. We had been married for Almost 3 years

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?

Suprised but actually VERY happy. I wanted it to be a boy.

4. WAS AN ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?

NEVER!!!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT?

I missed my period so I took 5 tests and they all came back positive.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?

Of course my husband cuz he was there with me, but then I think I told Maren next.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?

Definatly Yes

9. DUE DATE?

April 9, 2009

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?

Not really

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?

Depended on the day. I craved fresh fruit, chocolate, steak...Just about everything

12. WHAT IRRITATED YOU?

I would get gas pains so bad if felt like I was having contractions.

13. WHAT WAS THE SEX?

Our handsome boy

14. DID YOU WISH IT WERE THE OPPOSITE?

No, we were both hoping for a boy to finish off our family.

15. HOW MUCH WEIGHT DID YOU GAIN?

15 Pounds, I got in trouble for not gaining more in my 7th and 8th month.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?

My wonderful sister Maren gave me, Tiana, Meghan, and Olga a combined Shower at Thanksgiving.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?

Not until I was down to 7 weeks left, I hadn't gained any weight and the dr was worried so I had to go get another ultrasound and a stress test which caused me to start having contractions so I was put on bed rest til they stopped.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?

LDS Hospital, it was wonderful

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?

A whole 2 1/2 hours. Best Labor and Delivery of all my children.

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?

Darin

21. WHO WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN YOU GAVE BIRTH?

BESIDES THE DR AND NURSES, Darin and Maren BARELY made it.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR A C-SECTION?

NATURAL WITH EPIDURAL

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICATION TO EASE THE PAIN?

I got my epidural 20 minutes after I arrived at the hospital, and barely had enough time to get it before I was fully dilated.

24. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN?

March 28,2009 ; 1:30 am

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?

Rocky Hyrum Johnson

Pictures of Rocky

2009-03-28T18:32:00.000-07:00

Rocky Hyrum Jolley

2009-03-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

After all the days I tried and tried to have this lil guy early, the day I decided to let him come on his own, he surely did that. I hadn't had contractions at all yesterday, and I was getting ready for bed when my water broke. I have never had my water brake on it's own so it kind of freaked me out until I realized, I'm having a baby. About 5 minutes after my water broke, I got my first contraction and it was hard and very few minutes in between. I got to the hospital with in the hour and seriously had my epidural within 20 minutes after arriving to the hospital, which was a very good thing because within 30 minutes I was at an 8 and ten minutes later I was ready to deliver. Luckily with epidurals, you can kind of decide when to push so we were able to hold off until the doctor got there. My water broke at 11:00 pm and Rocky was born at 1:30 am. 2 1/2 hours of labor? I can't complain, by far my best and last childbirth. I'm in the hospital still and I don't have a cord to hook up my camera so your only getting the story today. I'll get some pictures put up tomorrow when I get home. Baby is doing great, other then he still hasn't let out a good cry, but his lungs are clear, he's breathing great, and he passed his hearing test so the Doctor and Nurses are clueless as to why he hasn't cried. I told them, he's just trying to be a really good baby for me. He weighed 5 lbs 14 oz, was 19 inches long and was born on March 28, 2009 at 1:30 am. He has basically NO hair and what hair he does have is kind of a strawerry blond. Not what I pictured him to look like, but still adorable to me. I'll admit, he isn't the cutest newborn to any of the outsiders, but to his mommy, he's precious. I'll keep you posted.

Baby Marlee is here

2009-03-24T17:49:00.000-07:00

Marlee Elizabeth Johnson was born on March 23at 4:12 pm. She weighed 8 lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches long. Meghan did such a great job. She was enduced on Sunday night and was dilated to a 10 by 2:00 pm the next day. She pushed for 2 hours and then baby Marlee Moo was born. She has a full head of hair and is so chubby and cute. She is so adorable. David couldn't be prouder of his lil papoose. I can't believe he's a daddy. He sure does love her.

The Next Day....

2009-03-24T17:45:00.000-07:00

Playtime at the Park!!!

2009-03-17T15:26:00.000-07:00

The weather has been so nice here the last couple of days so we decided to head to the park with the kids. Daylon and Rain spent most of the time in the tree, Star just ate a sucker and did what she wanted, and me and Darin just relaxed on the grass. It was nice to be outside and enjoy the weather. I just wanted to note...look at my husbands face. He has been losing weight and his face is so thin, he looks hot!! Course I've always thought he looked hot, but it always bothered him so I'm happy that he's happy.

Mommy Daughter Date

2009-03-17T15:19:00.001-07:00

Darin gave me a gift certificate to get a pedicure for Valentine's day so last weekend me and Rain decided to go get pedicures and get our nails painted blue for the arrival of the new boy coming into our lives. We had alot of fun and some much needed girl time.

37 Weeks - Dr Appt

2009-03-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

Ok, so things are looking really good lately with the baby. I'm finally measuring right at 37 weeks, I gained 2 more lbs. in 2 weeks. I got checked today and he said that I was dilated to a 1 and the cervix was just about in place to deliver. He said that he would bet that it will come a little early. YEAH!!! I am hoping so!! I am ready for sure. So here are some pictures from Sunday and today of my belly.

Baby Scare

2009-03-03T13:25:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago I went in for my doctor appointment and the doctor was worried because I was losing weight at a time when I should have been gaining at least a pound a week, so he sent me over to LDS Hospital to do a stress test, and another ultrasound. Luckily everything showed to be just fine except the fact that I started having contractrions the night before and the day of my tests so they told me to stay down for a couple days til my contractions stop because I still had 7 weeks left in my pregnancy. So thanks to my momma, she came and helped me with Starlett for a couple days so I could rest and catch up on how much I was supposed to be eating and drinking and within a few days I felt back to normal. I did miss out on my trip to Oregon unfortunatly cuz I didn't want to go into Labor in Oregon. So here we are now two weeks later and I just got done with my dr's appt. He was very proud of me cuz I gained 4 lbs in 2 weeks. So my next appt is in another two weeks and then he'll do the strep b test, check me, and it'll soon after that when Rocky makes his presence into this world and we can't wait. But thank goodness he's waiting so he can come out a healthy "little" boy. They did say that he was measuring a week behind so he will most likely be a small baby.

This was my favorite ultrasound picture I've ever had. He looks so precious in this picture.

Fashion Show

2009-02-16T18:46:00.000-08:00

I got a bunch of maternity clothes from a super sweet lady in my ward so me and Rain decided to put on a fashion show. Enjoy!!!!

Rain's Spotlight

2009-02-16T13:58:00.000-08:00

Not too long ago, Rain was getting a haircut to "trim" up her hair. Well she moved her head to the side, and needless to say, she ended up with really short hair. I actually love it this length and thinks she is adorable. So Rain noticed that there isn't any recent blogs about her so she wanted to show off her new haircut and couldn't miss out on the chance for a small photo shoot to show off how glamorous she is. So her is my lil miss Rain. New haitcut and all!!

Almost 33 weeks

2009-02-16T13:55:00.000-08:00

7 Weeks and 3 Days to go!!!!

Happy Valentines Day To Us!!!

2009-02-16T13:22:00.001-08:00

Well, we unofficially decided we weren't going to do anything for Valentine's Day because Daylon and Rain were home this weekend and I didn't know who to ask to babysit so I settled for getting him a card and a small something and just staying home. Well Friday, the more I got to think of it, the more I realized we needed a date night. I can't even tell you when the last time was that just me and Darin got to go on a date. Starlett always accompanies us which directs all the attention to her instead of me and Darin being able to focus on each other. So I asked a neighbor girl if she wanted to babysit and she said yes so we decided we were going to go to dinner somewhere. Yes, as our luck has it, the babysitter called 3 hours before we were leaving to say she couldn't babysit. So I called every girl I know in the ward and after leaving 5 messages on answering machines, I decided to wait an hour to see if anyone called back. Only one did to say she couldn't babysit. So I was stumped. I didn't want to cancel our plans.....Then I remembered our good friends that use to live two doors down from us and Rain plays with there daughter Estefania and they have another little girl who is just a bit older then Star, so I called them and they said yes. So Rain and Star went there and Daylon stayed at a friends. I know you really didn't need to know all that, and most of you probably just skipped to the pictures, and that's all right. So we tried a new Mexican restaurant called El Matador. It was pretty good but the best part there was not even a minute wait...on Valentines Day, I was impressed. So the rest of our Valentines Day date was then going to Kohls, Darin got two pair of new shoes, and I got two Maternity Shirts (I hate buying maternity clothes and will probably return them). Then on to Best Buy to buy Darin a CD he's been wanting. BIG MISTAKE!!! Don't go to Best Buy when you love music and video games. Darin got 3 CD's, not 1 and Daylon and Rain have DS's and since I'm going to Oregon this weekend, I wanted to take one with me to entertain me on the trip so I went to see what DS games they had and ended up buying two. I probably won't even end up playing it but oh well at least if I don't, the kids got some new games out of it. So me and my Valentine had alot of fun together... ALONE. I love you Darin and couldn't imagine my life without you. You are the only person in the world that I would want for my Valentine.

Yeah, I got a new toy...Or I mean Rocky got a new bed!!

2009-02-14T12:51:00.000-08:00

I finally got this pack and play in the mail and I couldn't wait to put it together even though I just had to turn around and take it back down but it was so fun to put it together and imagine having a baby in there. Wow, it made it all so real and I realized how fast it's coming. Aggghhhh, I don't know if I'm ready yet. Ok, I am. Thanks Mom, I love you so so much!!

Is Starlett really 2 already???

2009-02-10T13:54:00.000-08:00

I wasn't much in the mood to throw a big party at my house this year so we decided to have Star's 2nd birthday at Good Ol' Chuck E Cheese's. As Star calls it, Uh cheeze. We had alot of fun and thanks to Darin we got tons of tickets for each kid and had tons of pizza and nummy cake. And we can't forget all the darling presents Star got from everyone. We had a blast and so did Star.

It's almost impossible to get a good picture of Star, but here's the best one.

The Birthday Girl!!

I tought her how to say two with her fingers and since she couldn't hold up two fingers on one hand I tought her to hold up her two pointers and say 2. It's cute.

Here's what you get for making goofy pictures mom, they go on my blog.

David and Darin giving each other love...again!

Sorry sis, I had to put this one up. I know you love me still.

Spencer don't you think your a lil big for that???

Two of my most favorite men in the world.

Can anyone guess who the Minnie Mouse came from??? Yep Aunt Elisabeth. David's present was one of her favorite.

She found a different use for her balloon, to hit me with it.

Rain and Daylon made cards for her, this is her carefully listening to Daylon reading his card.She's pretending to read it.

She had her fingers in the frosting from the second we took off the lid, so did Uncle David.

She even knew what to do when we told her to blow out her candles. She's so adorable.

This was the morning after when she finally got to play with her toys. Notice who's gift she went after first David??

This is a gift that Daylon got for Star with his step mom. She won't keep it on but I still had to show it off.

Extra's from Star's Party

2009-02-10T01:30:00.000-08:00

2009-02-07T16:45:00.000-08:00

To all the Mothers that I love, here is an awesome poem I came across that I wanted to share with you all. For all of us who feel like we're the one's doing everything and never get a break. Just remember that are little one's are probably watching and noticing your tears. Your not alone.

Awww So Sweet

2009-01-31T16:32:00.000-08:00

Darin came home from work with these the other day. I used to think flowers were just a waste of money, but now I love them. I have such a sweet husband.

BOWLING!!!

2009-01-31T16:08:00.000-08:00

I just found this Post in my blogs as a draft and I realized I never finished the post so I'm not going to write and write about it, just that when Susan and her girls were here, we all went bowling with Nana and Hapa. We had tons of fun. The End.

Here we all are with our balls. Heehee.

Starlett loves the snake

2009-01-31T14:54:00.000-08:00

When we had our flood last week, we had to keep the snake in a pillowcase over the heater for quite a few hours. When we finally pulled it out, we were kind of suprised that Starlett wanted to hold it, so Darin let her and she quickly became obsessed with it and wouldn't let us take it away from her. Me, not being a complete snake lover, was a little nervous because I didn't think she was holding it very well. She would try and play with his mouth and that just freaked me out a little too much so after a few pictures, and Star saying uh cheeze everytime we took the snake away, meaning I want another picture. I decided that was enough for the day. But at least we know now that she definatly takes after her dad in the animal loving department.

TAG: Getting to know me

2009-01-26T16:21:00.000-08:00

This was actually an email that was sent to me, but it was fun and I thought it would be a fun way for me to get to know other people so I decided to make it a tag. So everyone who reads this, automatically is tagged. That way if you don't do this tag, I'll know you don't read my Blog. :P 1. What song do you sing the most when you're alone? Right now, Bella Danceralla cuz of Star, but other times, usually Sandra D from Grease 2. What is the last thing you remember dreaming about? Fighting to get my kids for a party 3. Do you hate getting muddy? Ya, and right now our whole basement is mud 4. Are you self-conscious about the way you eat? Not right now because being pregnant is the only time you don't have to. 5. How many people have a nickname for you? Probably only about 5 (Poohbear, Aunt Tresse, Treenie, Stogie) Nice, I know 6. Which child are you? (1st, 2nd, last, etc.) 5th 7. Do you like to be scared? Hate it 8. Does wasting time annoy you? No, I always waste time 9. Non-believer or believer? Believer 10. Favorite composer? I don't know 11. Favorite fabric? fleece, I guess 12. Do you like reading out loud? Don't mind,except in church 13. What are people sick of hearing you talk about? Too many things to count, my pity party on myself about all my issues with myself 14. Ergonomic or Standard keyboard? standard keyboard I guess cuz I don't know what the other word means. 15. Is your hair naturally curly, wavy or straight? Unfortunatly Natural Curly 16. Do your eyes change color? I don't think so 17. Do you break the speed limit? Of Course, all the time 18. What's your nervous habit? shaking my leg up and down...thanks dad 19. What's worse: Spiders or Cockroaches? cockroaches 20. Most mundane thing in your life? what does mundane mean??? skip 21. Do you like the way you look? Normally, but not being 7 months pregnant. 22. Do you dodge questions like #21? No 23. Are you a 'rubbernecker'? Try not to be, but probably sometimes 24. Do you get faint when you see blood? No, but I still don't like it. 25. Can you smell your own perfume/cologne? usually no 26. Do you like grapefruit? NO 27. Are you good at taking care of plants? NO, I couldn't even keep a cactus alive 28. How many people are you comfortable saying "I love you" to? ALOT of people, it's not hard for me to express my love. 29. Do you play video games? Sometimes...Guitar hero, SingStar, Mario Games 30. Which famous person do you most identify with? I don't know??? Brooke Shields?? 31. Do you prefer to be hot or cold? Hot, my house it 60 degrees right now and I hate it. Stupid flood. 32. What do you collect? I'm not a pack rat, only thing that comes to mind it black and white pictures of singers for my bedroom 33. How would you spend $100,000? Buy a nice car for me and Darin, and pay off all my debt. 34. Do you remember faces or names better? Faces 35. If you were a different race, what would you choose to be? I like all races, but Russian women are beautiful 36. Do you worry about politics? Never, Hate them 37. If your life were controlled by a steering wheel, how many people's hands are on it? Probably only a few, I'm a control freak. 38. Do you like your initials? TLJ Sure why not-my married initials are same as my maiden. 39. Do you still have guilt about the worst thing you ever did? Every day of my life 40. What superhero are you most like? The incredibles mom, at least I want to be.

Flood times!!!

2009-01-24T17:23:00.000-08:00

Friday morning at about 3:30 am, me and Darin were woke up by the sound of a waterfall coming through our bedroom/basement window. When we pulled up our blinds, we noticed that the entire window well, which is deep, was completly filled with water and was coming straight into our room at full speed. No way to stop it and no way to catch it with anything, it was coming in way too fast. We hurried outside to see what was going on, it had been raining, but there was no way all that water was from the rain. We saw that a pipe had obviously busted and was gushing water everywhere and the only place there was for the water to go was first in our Window well and then to the front of the Apt's. I went and pounded on the Managers door and luckily we were able to call the city and get the water shut off with in about 10 minutes. But in the meantime, we got about 8 inches or so of water in our basement. I'm bad at keeping my room clean and I really paid for it, everything on the floor is pretty much trash, the poor snake was right under the window and by the time we got him out we thought he was dead, from being frozen. Luckily after 4 or 5 hours on the heater, he started to move a little, but his stupid cage is definatly toast, so that was the only thing we were in a hurry to replace was a cage and heat for the snake. Everything else just sat how it was until 7 the next morning when Utah Kleenup Disaster came to start on the clean up. They had to rip up all the carpet, padding, baseboards and place about 15 utility fans down there to air it all out. So that' s where we're at right now. The fans have been going non stop since Friday afternoon, our heater still isn't working, thank goodness we were able to get our hands on a couple space heaters. So hopefully tomorrow everything will be dry enough to get rid of those obnoxiously loud, and cold fans and start on the next project which will probably be ripping down part of our wall and replacing the drywall. All in all we'll probably be without our bedroom for about 3 weeks. It definatly could have been alot worse, but it sure opens your eyes to the everyday conviences that we take for granted. Heat, hot water, our own bed, washer and dryer...etc. So tune in for more details as the basement gets put back together. One thing I am very thankful for, is that I RENT this Townhome so I don't have to do any of the clean up or pay for any of the damages. Just an Inconvience mostly. I didn't get very many pictures cuz my camera kept dying, and the one's I did get, don't even do justice to what it was really like. I am going to try to upload the video I got, but that'll take time. I know I am making this a bigger deal then what you guys think I should, but this is alot of drama happenin at our house and at the time, really freaked me out. So Ya, I am probably making a bigger deal out of it then it's worth, but I can do what I want to do because this is my Blog.... So there!!

These were after the water went down. It damaged the next 2 more townhouses down from me. Yes, that was Darin's 400.00 phone ON THE GROUND. Thank goodness we had it insured. This was our attempt to catch the water, ya that didn't work. It only took about 30 seconds to fill up those huge tote's.

Rocky's Outfits

2009-01-17T15:20:00.000-08:00

Well I have been really forcing myself not to go out and spend a bunch of money of boy clothes now that we know what we were having, but I've held back....up until the other day. I decided I would allow myself to buy him an outfit to come home from the hospital in, but I couldn't decide between these two so I got both. One for Daddy, and one for Grandpa.

Yikes!!! So Soon?

2009-01-17T15:01:00.000-08:00

So last weekend I agreed to let Daylon have his friend over for a sleepover. Shortly after that, Rain came and asked for a sleepover also with a friend of her's that is 3 years older then her. I decided that because Daylon was going to be occupied, that I would let Rain have one as well. After a while of all of them playing upstairs (in seperate rooms so I thought) I decided to go and check on them. Daylon's friend that was sleeping over has a crush on Rain's friend that was sleeping over so they decided to play prom. I thought it was so cute, as long as it all stayed innocent so I went and made them let me take pictures. They'll probably hate me for taking these pictures in a few years, actually Daylon already was mad, but oh well. If you don't take pictures then sometimes you f0rget precious moments like these.

The boys even gave the girls flowers

28 Weeks / 7 months

2009-01-13T18:03:00.001-08:00

Ok, now none of you can say anything about me not looking pregnant. I have gained alot of weight and have an appetite that is out of control. Here is my 7 month picture.

Dinosaur Ice Sculpture

2009-01-13T17:39:00.000-08:00

When we were down staying at Maren's when Susan was in town, we saw this Dinosaur Ice Scultpure and had to stop to take pictures. It was just me and Anna.

Christmas

2009-01-12T18:12:00.000-08:00

Every year when we were younger we always have done grammy jammies, so I carried on the tradition with my children and now we call them Nana Jammies. Rain was pretty upset this year when she found out that they didn't really come from Nana. I did too though when I was her age and found out that my mom was the one to buy them. Oh well, she got over it quick. Here are pictures of everyone's jammies except me. Of course, I am the picture taker so I forgot to get my picture. You can see them in the one picture I have down lower where I'm showing off everything I got for Christmas. We actually had Christmas the Tuesday night before Christmas because they were with there dad on Christmas so it was a little different but we all still had a good time.

I love there faces when they get something they really wanted and they didn't think they'd get it. Rain has been wanting a Nintendo DS since her brother got one, so this is the test to see if she can be responsible enough to take care of it. So far she has done great.

Daylon's main present was an ATM skateboard from Zumiez. I am completly clueless about skateboards but this was right down Darin's alley. I think Darin was more excited then Daylon was.

Starlett was being a pain in the rear because it was actually way past her bedtime so this is the best picture I got of here. She wouldn't even open her presents and when someone else did, she could care less. But the next day she had a blast. She got a graco baby set with the car seat, high chair, swing, bouncer set and then she got a Dora trike which she absolutely loves, but she'll love it even more in a couple months or so when she can actually reach the pedals. Then she got a huge crap load of fake food that was a big mistake and I want to throw it all away already.

I know, you don't have to tell me that I'm a dork, I already know but here is me showing off all my Christmas presents. I got a sweet new coat (finally got me a really nice one), I got a new purse, new boots and underneath the jacket hat is another cute hat that I was wearing. I also got versace and kiss perfume, both smell sooooo good, and a jewelry box that hangs on the wall and you put pictures in it. I spoiled myself this Christmas.

And I didn't get a picture of Darin with all his fun things but of course they were mostly things that had to do with guitars. He got a Cry Baby Wammy pedal, strings, a new tuner, 2 pair of work shoes, and I can't think of what else, but anyway, we had a great Chirstmas and I hope all of you did as well.

Darin's Family Work Christmas Party

2009-01-11T09:04:00.000-08:00

Every year Mark Millerr put's on a Christmas Party on Christmas Eve day and have a yummy dinner, give the parents out a gift and a ham, and give each child in the family a gift. Me and Darin got a $100.00 gift card to Macy's (which we have never shopped at before) but found 100.00 worth of stuff easy, Darin got a cologne package of Chrome with a free watch and I found a way cute necklace and earrings. Then Daylon got an RC car, Rain got a Polly Pocket Boat with many little accessories, and Star got a Princess See and Say. It was a fun party and Mark Miller is very generous when it comes to Christmas time. This doesn't include the dinner party that they had just for the adults at a restaurant called Carvers. The meals are about 75.00/person and a delicious dessert. Then they also give out the Christmas bonuses that Darin makes throughout the year with each car he makes they put a certain amount away for Christmas. It's enough to buy all the kids Christmas and even enough for me and Darin.

Doesn't Rain look sooo happy?Ok,now she does because she got a present.

Daylon is almost too big for Santa's Lap.This is the only way I can even get Star near Santa is if I force her too by holding her while I sit on Santa's lap. She is horrified in this picture.

Christmas Party's

2009-01-11T08:42:00.000-08:00

Ok, I figured since it was the middle of January I should start posting about Christmas, so this is getting the Christmas festivities posted and out of the way for the blogging world.

This is our ward party, the had a Mareache band playing which you'll see in the next 3 pictures that Star just loved because she could dance her little heart out. She's definatly my girl, but I only dance at home when noone is looking.

This is clearly before Santa came otherwise she wouldn't have been within 20 feet of it. She liked it much better before Santa came.

Great Life Christmas Party

2009-01-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

So I convinced Meghan and Ryan to go to the Great Life Christmas Party. Bad Idea, it was so lame but I got a cute necklace for only $4.oo and there was good company so we had fun. Plus me and Meghan got to have prego pictures again. So at least I got out and did something, I just wish it would have been a little funner. Oh well.

Go Utah Utes

2009-01-07T14:23:00.000-08:00

Ok so I'm not really a Utes fan but we got free tickets so I took my neighbor because he is a Huge utes fan and he took some friends so at least for one night I pretended to be a Utes fan. We had a blast and Star learned a new word. Basetball. That is how she was saying basketball.

My nails even matched for the Utes (not on purpose) but it was still cool.Ok so we lost by 3 points at the very end the other team hit a 3 pointer. Darn!!

Sister Date

2009-01-05T12:00:00.000-08:00

This too was a long time ago, but I'm still posting it because we had so much fun. Me and Maren decided it was long past due for a little sister date for me and her so we decided to pawn the kids off on Meghan and we went and had some fun. First off we went to this place called Paradise Bakery and Cafe ( Maren had gift certificates so it was FREE) it was good but I've been there since and when you have to pay it's not worth the money. Anyway, then we decided to go and get our nails done. I get my nails done quite often but Maren couldn't even remember the last time she did her nails so I talked her into getting nails on. It was a fun little outing and I think the nails look great. Mine are the red and silver ones and her's are white with sparkles. Since then I got my nails done again and now there Hot Pink. SOOOOO adorable. I'll have to post a picture later. Anyway, I had a blast with you sis. Love you lots.

Student of the Month

2009-01-03T22:56:00.001-08:00

It's been a couple weeks since this happened, but since all of you know, I've been slacking big time on the blogging, so I'm just getting around to this post about my wonderful, awesome, smart as heck son. There was a student of the month chosen from each class and guess who is the best kid in his class???? Yep, that's right. DAYLON!! Way to go son, you make me proud every day and I'm so honored to be your mother.

Suprise Baby Shower

2008-12-07T00:23:00.000-08:00

So since there are 3 prego's in our immediate family and 2 extended family members, my wonderful, thoughtful, creative, amazing sister Maren came up with the idea to have a mini baby shower since we would all actually be together. So even though she planned a bunch of games, by the time we got done eating and such, my mom ( the one who goes to bed at 7pm) decided she wanted to opt directly to the presents so that is what ended up happening and then all Maren's hard work on games and etc. went down the drain. That's ok though because we have other plans to put them to good use. So Maren make a cake looking thing with 4 tiers made out of diapers for each one of us, and then there was the rest of the family that was in on it so we made out with quite a few good, fun gifts....And some priceless pictures. My favorite gift was the hooter hider....of course. But I did love all of them because I'm having a boy and it just made it all the more real. The girls pregnant go like this: Tiana is due first, then Olga, then Meghan, then me. I'm not even going to try to remember the due dates because I know I'll mess them up, I just know that Tiana is due in February and I'm due in April and the others are in between. Thanks Maren for being such a wonderful thoughtful person and throwing us a baby shower that we all enjoyed very much. I love you so so much and your the bestest friend EVER!!!

The Hostess with the Mostest

The Adorable Cake/Diaper tiers Maren made.

Hyrum & Tiana...expecting a baby girl.

Forrest & Olga (Darin's cousin) expecting a baby girl.

David & Meghan, expecting a baby girl.

Darin & Teresa, expecting a Baby Boy!! Yeah!!

GIFTS!!!

The Best of all, the men who are also expecting!!!

Thanksgiving with my family

2008-12-04T21:41:00.000-08:00

I have so much to be thankful for this year, but just like everyone, it's hard to stop and actually think about it. We're too busy baking and talking and playing that we don't get to share what we're thankful for so I'll just blog it instead. I am deeply thankful to my husband who was been through so much with me and still loves me the same. I am so grateful for my 4 wonderful kids who have blessed my life in so many ways. Dustin, he has been a god send into my life. At first I was very scared to be a step parent and truth be told we have a very rough first year, however, now we get along great and I could never ever ask for a better step son. I love Dustin as if he were my own child. Daylon, once was the oldest, well not anymore. What would I do with out all the screaming from Rain cuz Daylon hit her???? He is such a sweet, sensitive, emotional boy. He is the one that I can count on giving me love when I need it. He is so active... skateboarding, riding his scooter, and playing with friends. Rain, my lil drama queen. She is so creative in everything that she does. She has such an enormous imagination. She is definatly a girl, with a girl attitude. I am so not looking foward to the teen years. Star, my lil Star. I couldn't imagine my life without her. She has been my lil angel since she was born. She is always making me laugh and keeps me happy all the time. She is growing up way too fast. I just love her and love them all. I am indeed grateful for my wonderful family and I was overjoyed to be able to spend Thanksgiving with them (minus Susan who we very deeply missed) my family means the world to me no matter how disfunctional we are. I love them so much.

Picture Tag - I tagged myself cuz Tiana didn't tag me :(

2008-12-03T16:27:00.000-08:00

Okay, so it starts with opening the first folder of your pictures, and posting the first picture in your file. Then do the second folder and second picture, and so on, until you've reached the tenth folder. You can explain the picture if you feel the need to.

#1 Halloween 2007

#2 My beautiful baby girl.

#3 I believe this is David's dog he brought from oregon.

#4 Starlett's one year birthday

#5 Tyler playing with Star in the summer of 2008. We miss them and wish we could see them soon.

#6 Meghan helping Braxton paint an egg on Easter 2008.

#7 Halloween 2007 with my dear friend Alely.

#8 This was Daylon or Rain messing with the camera taking random pictures. I have a cute butt huh? Thank you, I know.

#9 This was a bee's game. Bad picture, but I didn't want to cheat.

#10 Daylon and his mohawk, not sure why he's covering his face with the mirror.

I tag Maren, Meghan, Rachel B., Cyndi, Cindi, and whoever else I missed. It was fun so do it!!!

Dustin's Early Birthday

2008-12-02T09:49:00.000-08:00

We never get to have Dustin for his birthday's so this year we decided that since he was down here a couple weeks before his birthday, that we would have a early party for him. We had a ton of family here and we all had roast and potatoes and had such a good time we forgot about the cake until 11:00 that night when everyone was gone and we were getting ready for bed. Mmmm, good midnight snack.

Grandpa Jerry and Grandma Carol

2008-12-02T09:38:00.000-08:00

We were also fortunate enough to have Darin's mom and dad visit us this Thanksgiving and they were able to bring Dustin so that was an extra special treat. Here Starlett is talking to grandpa Jerry through the remotes as if they were phones. Here Starlett is talking to grandpa Jerry through the remotes as if they were phones.

Hyrum and Tiana suprise visit

2008-12-02T09:30:00.000-08:00

Hyrum and Tiana suprised us and showed up at our house on Tuesday night for Dustin's birthday party. I love them all and I don't get to see them near enough. It was so fun to have Hyrum and Tiana and there adorable family here. I loved being able to see them and spend time with them. I love you guys.

My Hot Rocker Husband

2008-12-01T19:55:00.000-08:00

Time for Christmas decorations to go Up.

2008-12-01T18:44:00.000-08:00

It's that time again believe it or not, so the other day we decided to pull out the christmas stuff and get the house Christmas ready. I love Christmas.

My Neighbor/friend came over with her son and helped me put my decor up.

Happy 3rd Anniversary

2008-11-30T18:15:00.000-08:00

Me and Darin have been married for 3 whole years. Our anniversary was November 18 and since Meghan talked so highly of the Armstrong Mansion, we decided to check it out. The room we had was much smaller then there's, however it was small and quiet and just what Darin and I needed to a romantic getaway to enjoy each other's company......and stuff. It was beautiful, the breakfast was to die for, and the whole atmosphere was wonderful. I had alot of fun with my wonderful husband who I love and adore. We have been through alot and he has always been there for me and never given up on me and who I really was. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't be where I am right now. I love you Darin for loving me the way I have never been loved before and showing me there is life out there, you just have to reach out and grab it. Thank you for my amazing, wonderful, adorable daughter Starlett, and for our active lil boy on the way, Rocky. You are my soul mate, my one true love, and I will never be able to live a day with out you. Happy Anniversay babe. I love you.

Our Room

This is us rocking the comfortable robes they had for us.

This is the foyer where you can sit by a fire, or get on the internet or just chill.

Here is the dining are where they serve the most wonderful breakfast. My favorite food was the keash (?) and the peach cobbler.

These are the infamous boots that were on our wall.

Me just relaxing on the comfortable bed.

Our romantic dinner, take out Wendy's. Darin was so bored, he was either on the internet or sleeping, he didn't know what to do with his time.

It's a BOY!!!!

2008-11-30T18:01:00.001-08:00

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

I know alot of you already know, but for all of you that don't, here is the news. Tiana found out she was having a girl, then Olga found out she was having a girl, then Meghan found out she was having a girl so by then I was convinced I was also having a girl even though at the beginning of the pregnancy I was telling everyone it was a boy. So when they told us it was a boy, me and Darin were both exstatic. I can't wait. Our little boy will be named ROCKY HYRUM JOLLEY. We have to continue on with the theme of our kids names so we decided on Rocky and I knew from the day that I found out I was pregnant that if it was a boy I would be naming it after my Wonderful, Loving Father who passed away. I miss you dad. I know your taking care of Rocky for me and I'm jealous that he gets to see you. I can't wait to meet our new little guy.

Catch Up!!

2008-11-30T17:59:00.001-08:00

Ok, so now I have more then a couple of weeks of catch up to do so we'll see how much I actually get done. Bare with me guys.

My baby girl has some hair

2008-11-18T23:11:00.000-08:00

Ok, maybe I took it to the extreme by forcing all her hair back into a ponytail that I knew would only last until it started to dry, but I couldn't help it. It was such a different look for her and it was so cute cuz it actually showed her face. See the smile on her face? Enjoy it cuz it won't be there in 5.3 seconds.

It's starting....she want the camera, I say No and this is what she does when she doesn't get what she wants.She Throws herself on the ground very dramatically and kicks and cries but she get's over it quick.

See, all I had to do was turn on Monsters Inc ande she's set.....although she did mess up her hair.

This one I was suprised I could do it, you remember the spider web. She didn't hardly move at all the whole time I was doing her hair (again, thanks to Monsters Inc) and as usual she looked ADORABLE!!!!!

Our new Kitty

2008-11-18T22:09:00.001-08:00

Darin Got anxious and assumed we weren't going to get Gato back so he got online and immediatly found this kitten (6 months old) for free. I told him before the only way I'd get another cat is if it looked simalar to Gato. Well Gato looked Siamese but he wasn't but this one is. He does look similar to Gato and MIGHT, I said MIGHT be a tad bit cuter. Star still runs around and calls it dato (gato in star language) she doesn't know that it's a different cat, but we'll probably name her chicita gata, since she is a girl and everything girl ends in a instead of o in Spanish. We got her completly free with all her shots, now we just have to convince gramps to spay her even though he just did that for gato. Dang it. Anyway, the little boy who gave this kitty to us was very sweet, he was sad that we were taking her, but we told him he could call us or look at our blog to see how she's doing. So Weston, she is doing great. She's finally comfortable in her new home and around her new family but I'm sure she still misses you. Just know that she is very loved and very well taken care of. Thank you for giving us the honor as having her as our new pet. Your a neat and handsome guy Weston....good luck barrell racing. Win some money!!

What I love most about her, is if you look close enough, the tip of her ear folds down, I think it adds character. It's adorable.

Here she is playing peek a boo, or where she also hides from Starlett.

Off We Go!!!

2008-11-17T13:29:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is mine and Darin's 3rd wedding anniversary and for the first time since we've been married (including our honeymoon) we actually are going to do something for our anniversary. After reading Meghan's blog about The Armstrong Mansion, I decided to check it out for myself. I went online and they still had the special where you buy one night and get the second night free. So we are finally doing something and I can't even explain to you how excited I am. Thanks to Maren, for watching Star and our new kitty (I'll do a post on her later) I get to go enjoy myself and my husband and just RELAX. So farewell my friends....Aren't you jealous???

New Blog

2008-11-13T09:14:00.000-08:00

I posted a blog about Starlett's first year but since I started it a long time ago, it is clear down the list, so be sure to scroll down to see them because she is so adorable. It's labeled How time flies with babies.

Yearbook Myself

2008-11-12T11:28:00.001-08:00

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High School Muical 3

2008-11-11T15:20:00.000-08:00

For any of you that have girls over the age of 5, you know that they live, breath, and die, High School Musical right now. Ok, I actually enjoy it too. But anyway, HSM3 came out a couple weeks ago and we finally got our chance to go on November 8. It was so much fun and the movie was the best out of all 3. We took Rain's friend Estefania and Daylon, Rain, Star, and me. Believe it or not, Star even enjoyed it and sat and watched all but the last 20 minutes. That's a record for her. I know I'm a dork but we all wore red and white for the Wildcat colors. It was a fun day out with the kids.

1 of 3 of our bathroom breaksAfter the movie, we looked all over to find a High School Musical 3 sign but had no luck.

Funny story, whenever Star see's that I have the camera she tries to do a somersault and say cheese so this is her somersault. Don't have any clue where she came up with this but it's still cute.

Our Poor Cat Gato is MIA

2008-11-11T15:16:00.000-08:00

When I got our cat in May, I swore I would never allow it to be an outside cat. Darin felt the same. Cat's these days go missing so often, or they get hit by a car or other things so we decided it would remain an indoor cat. Well Gato had something else in mind. Everytime the door opened, he'd bolt out the door so fast we couldn't catch him. Well when he always returned home, we decided it was easier to just let him out then to deal with his constant meowing by the door. Well, it bit us in the butt. He has been missing since Friday November 7 and no one has seen him since. I honestly didn't think I'd be sad if something happened to him, but I think I'm affected worse then anyone else. I've put up signs, called animal control, knocked on every door around here with no luck at all. So we're not giving up hope, but for now, he is missing. :(

17 week checkup

2008-11-05T16:02:00.000-08:00

Well I had my monthly doctor's appointment. Not much news to deliver, except that I gained 5 lbs. They did another check to see where my thyroid levels are but I haven't received the results yet. I thought the doctor said I could get my ultrasound soon but I have to wait til November 18th. I can't hardly wait. I'm behind everyone else so they all know what there having but not me. Oh well, what's another 2 weeks. We have names picked out for either gender but I don't feel inclined to share because I know I'll just get negative comments. Noone likes my names but me and Darin do and that's all that matters. Who cares if they get teased the rest of there life....ok, I care but they won't. Anyway, stay tuned to find out what I'm having. Love to all.

One More Cute Pic of Star on Halloween

2008-11-04T17:15:00.001-08:00

How time flies with babies

2008-11-03T18:01:00.000-08:00

These are pictures I found of Starlett her first year. These are so adorable I had to post them.

Last Year Halloween - 2007

2008-11-03T13:46:00.000-08:00

I like how Tiana shows past pictures of things, so I have stole her idea. I was going through some old pictures and found so many I wanted to post. Here are a few of our last Halloween.

2007

Happy Halloween-2008

2008-11-03T09:42:00.000-08:00

Unfortunatly this year we didn't have Daylon, Rain or Dustin on Halloween so it was just me and Star. I wasn't going to even bother going trick or treating, but I wanted the candy dangit. So I went with a neighbor and her son and we decided to go to a Care Center, that way we are inside and only have to walk down a hall and all the old people were on either side of the hall in there wheelchairs giving out candy. Then we went to a rehab center for handicap people and by the time we got done at those two places, Starlett's bucket was completly full. That was good enough for me. I saw a rocker with a guitar hero guitar so I had to take a picture with him.

2008

This picture is my favorite, Notice even when I try really hard, I still can't look like a rocker. Here are a few of our neighbors, I guessed I missed the others.

Darin's Ideal Day off (Minus Guitar Center)

2008-10-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows Darin, knows that he is a big time animal lover. He even stopped eating meat for a period of time because he felt bad eating animals. Although he has started eating meat again, that doesn't stop his love for all animals. His ideal day would be to go the Humane Society to walk and play with the dogs and then make a detour over to Guitar Center where he could sit and rock out on the guitars for hours. This time I opted out of Guitar Center and went to visit his grandma Fisher instead. Back to the Humane Society story, Almost everytime he goes there, there are tons of Pitbulls, since people seem to think there dangerous, so that is usually the one's he walks. This time there were only two pitbulls, so he took a turn with the rotweiler too. That one was so calm and loving, even Star dared to pet that one. The other one's she was a little iffy on.

This is what Star first thought about the dog. She would come run to me or hide behind my back, but he warmed up quick.

She finally got brave enough to walk with the dog and her dad but with distance between her and the dog.

Then she decided she wanted to walk the dog but always her dad in between her and the dog.

And then before long she was playing with the dog and giving him loves.

This dog was my favorite, it was the last one we walked and it is another pit bull but it's black and brown, he was so young and lively and fun, yet very gentle.

And we can't forget this one, the Rotweiler. I personally don't like them, but it was because of the bad reputations just like pitbulls so I changed my way of thinking. This one was the calmest one of all of them. Darin really wanted to take him home....over the pitbulls. Can you believe that? I can't either. All in all we had a fun time. Ecapecially Starlett.

2008-10-29T08:55:00.000-07:00

After the Rec Center, we had to rush to pick up Darin from work (because we're down to one car cuz our lovely piece of crap van is broken down) and then rush over to the church for our Chili cook off/Halloween Party for our ward. The kids weren't too fond of the Chili but there was about 15 different kinds to choose from and they were really good. Then they had some games for the kids to play.

Me and my good friend from the ward, Tiffany. She is so adorable. And if you look closely, you can see a little pregnancy bump. It just barely popped out a couple days ago.

Rain seriously looks possessed in all the pictures I took of her this day. I guess that she thought that because she was a witch, she had to act like one all day long.

This is what Darin calls "Ground Beef". Haha get it? She's a cow and she's on the ground. I thought that was a good one. Isn't she just the cutest cow you've ever seen. It's not obvious that I adore my kids is it???

Happy Early Halloween at the Rec Center

2008-10-28T19:42:00.000-07:00

On Oct. 25 we went to A Spooktacular at our local Rec Center that we love so much. They had soooo many things to do and of course they all took tickets so my kids each got 7.00 to spend and that was enough to do about 7 things. They had a bat cave, fishing in the pool, canoe rides in the deep end pool, many different booths in the basketball gym and a whole bunch of more stuff upstairs that we didn't even get to because we ran out of time and money. Oh well, it was fun anyway. Me and the kids. Rain was a gothic witch(she looks possessed in every picture I took of her, Daylon was some zombie looking thing, but the mask scared Star to death so he didn't wear it very much, and Star was my little Mooo Cow.This is the kids with our friend Estefania.

Mooooooo!!!

Do Cow's Drink Milk?? This one does.

Where's Mooo Cow?

There she is.

Her big belly and fat butt were my favorite parts. She looked so cute when she'd walk. Here she was dancing to the music. That was adorable too.

Daylon the zombie with his mask on.

Daylon is awesome at basketball and if you get two shots you get a pez dispenser, after his 2nd one they told him no more.

I know, I look like a hooker, I was trying to be a punk rocker, but I forgot my guitar hero guitar in the car so instead this is what I look like, I was getting some pretty weird looks.

And next we're on to the church for a Chili Cook Off/ Halloween Party. Tune in.....

Gato Jevon (Lazy Cat in Spanish)

2008-10-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

I was cleaning out my fridge today and while I was cleaning the bottom drawer, I turn around to put it back in the fridge and there was something in my way..... See for yourself.

Lazy Butt!!!

Then there's times when he's just plain annoying, like when he won't quit licking himself so much that he's wet. Ewwww Grooss!!

My Tootless Rainder

2008-10-23T14:43:00.000-07:00

Rain has been losing teeth like crazy and she just barely lost another tooth last week so I figured I would show some pictures of her missing teeth to show how cute she is. I think we all know what she'll be wanting for Christmas. Haha, I'm so funny.

Isn't She Adorable??? I think So!!!

Fun Tag From Maren

2008-10-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

I apparently got tagged by Maren and I don't know how long ago it was because to be honest, I haven't read anyone's blogs for a long time. She finally called me and told me to read hers. Love you sis. So here is my tag but as I was doing it I realized it was boring. I should have really made it a horrible mess to give you guys something fun to look at. Oh well. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Kitchen Sink - Lucky I got this today and not yesterday. My sink was packed full and then some. 2. Fridge - Blah, and boring We always have to have plenty of water because our water here tastes like we're drinking right out of a lake. 3. Laundry Room - Boring, in the basement. Nothing too exciting. 4. Toilet - Once again... nothing too pretty. Except the round thing on the right, I just barely got it at our relief society auction, I bid on it and got it. I love it, it's a toilet paper holder. 5. My Closet - I, just like Maren have no doors because they kept falling off the tracks so I gave up and took them off.

6. My Favorite Shoes - Definatly not the most comfortable ones, but the cutest for sure.

7. My Favorite Room - Would also be our living room since that is where we spend most of our time.

8. My Dream Vacation - Cabo San Lucas, Don't know why, I just really want to go there.

9. My Kids and Spouse - Ok, it's just my kids because the spouse is working. My kids all looked at me like i'm an idiot cuz I took there picture without saying anything and then just walked away. I am a dork.

10. And Sexy ole Me - And that is ALLLLL truth. I am sexy and I am getting old. So rules for this tag is: Immediately go take pictures of all these ten things exactly how they are now. NO cleaning or straightening up allowed.

I tag whoever wants to do this and didn't get tagged already. It was actually really fun.