I miss my Bestie...

So it is like 2am (dallas time) and my bestfriend Kandace just put up her graduation pictures from today... and I am soooo home sick. I guess I'm more like, bestfriend sick. I miss her so much!
Today she graduated from university and I wasn't able to be there to enjoy the special moments with her. I hate that! Kandace is one of the most amazing girls that I know. We have been through so much together and have come so far together as well. I feel so blessed to have a friend like her in my life. When ever I think about her I have to laugh. I have boxes back at home FULL of random pictures we have taken over the years. Even though most of them are just face shots... I can tell you exactly where we were and what was going on in each one of them. Hahaha. She has got to be the funnest person to road trip with as well! Good times indeed!

Doesn't she look so pretty and happy?!
I miss her so much right now! This is the 4th summer I have spent away from her... which means it is the 4th birthday I will have to celebrate without her. Sucky!
I am so lucky to have a best friend like Kandace. I really am. Summers are not the same without her. Lately I have been in conversations with other women about best friends and I have come to realize how having friends like Kandace are really rare. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have her.
I love that we have each others backs. I love that no matter what, she is always in my corner if I need her... and is always down for a good dance party! hahaha
She looked so awesome in her grad pictures today... and I could tell that it was such a fun day! I know she worked so hard to get to where she is today and I'm so proud of her! She did it!!!
Anyways... I miss you Kandace! I'm glad you are my bestie.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are going to be the BEST social worker out there! I know there are people who need you and will need to have such an amazing person like yourself in their lives! I know I do!
Kandace you are the bestest bestie a girl could ever ask for! I'm sooooooooo sooooooo sorry I wasn't able to make it to your big day. I can't wait to hear about it all!!!!
Ok... that's all. Good night!

Summer so far... and a lil shout out to Kandace!

Well first off... here is a shout out to my bestie KANDACE!!! Today she is graduating from University and I am soooo SO proud of her! I am really sad I couldn't be there for her big day. She worked so hard and deserves to enjoy this moment! I love you Kandace and I am so proud of you today!!! You did it... you GRADUATED!!!

What a busy summer we are having down here in Dallas Texas... so very very busy!
Jarom is continuing to sell tons and tons each day and we could not be more proud of him! He is such a good provider!
Vienna and I keep ourselves busy with... pool time, friends, walks, dancing, reading, games... and all sorts of fun things. I'm so grateful to have her as my baby bestie!
The last few weeks have been busy... but good... mostly. For memorial day weekend we had fun at bbq's a pool parties. Sadly though, Vienna got heat exhaustion and we spent a few days inside and taking lots of naps. But she is back to her fun self and life is all good again.
This past weekend was Kevin and Jaime Monson's wedding and reception. They make the cutest couple and we are so happy for them! Last thursday morning Jarom and Coby took Kevin and some other boys paint balling for Kevin's Bachelor party... I wish I had pics to post of it... but sadly I don't. But I have seen some and it looks like they had a lot of fun!

Also on friday it was Phil's 25th birthday so we thought we should do something special for him. I made him his favourite German Chocolate cupcakes with coconut pecan icing. We threw him a lil pool party at Coby and Typh's and had some pizza. The boys had fun playing night water basketball and of course Jarom and Phil had to have one NHL 2010 hockey terny on the x-box. For Phil's b-day present Jarom took him to 7 flags the next night. They had loads of fun together and I know it was nice for them to just be goofy and silly together. They are not just cousins, they are best friends too, which is great.
Today I successfully put pigtails in Vienna's hair and it looks soooo cute! I'll have to post some pics of it later on. We also bought her a walker toy... which she is obsessed with! It is so funny watching her walk around our house with it. She is getting some speed too! She makes me laugh!
Well I better run... Vienna should be up for her nap now and it is time to go for a walk.
I would be lying to say I am not extremely blessed. I love my life... although at times it is trying... I am very blessed to have the husband that I love more than anything on this earth and a daughter who I could not love more each and every day!
Well until next time...

Today is the day our lil Vienna turns 11 months old!

It's that time of month again... no not that time of month hahaha... the time of the month where my daughter gains another month. I can't believe my Vienna is 11 months old today. She is growing up so fast!
This past month it has really hit me that she is no longer a baby. She is becoming more and more independent. I love watching her learn new things. This month we have realized that Vienna has taken a huge liking to drawing. She will sit on the floor with crayons and draw on a piece of paper for the longest time. She has found the most comfortable way to hold the crayon and loves to draw in swirls instead of dashes. I'm so proud of her. I guess she picked up the artistic gene from my family. I wish I could say from me... but I'm not what you would call artistic. But I am very excited that Vienna is.
As we introduce new foods to her, she is easy to please. I have not found a food yet that she has not eaten and loved. I'm sooooo happy that she is not a picky food eater. She also enjoys spicy food. I make sure that it is not too spicy (I don't want to destroy her taste buds so young haha) but she does enjoy a bit of spice.
She also LOVES our trips to the pool in our gated community. Jarom and I bought her a floaty toy that she can sit in and put around the pool in. She loves it!!! But now she is bored of it... she now enjoys laying on her tummy with my hand holding her up while she kicks and splashes around. It is sooo cute!
Vienna is enjoying the heat here in Dallas for sure... mostly because it allows us more outdoor time! We go for walks... play on our patio... go to the dog park to play with the dogs... trips to get ice cream... daily trips to the pool and to the beach volleyball court (we play in the sand!). We have sooooo much fun together!
Another part of our day that we enjoy together is when Daddy comes home!!! Because Jarom is gone from 12-10:30 everyday we have changed her schedule so she is up when Jarom comes home. That allows her more time with dad. Plus it helps when Vienna isn't cranky about sleep. I just changed her nap times so it allows her to be awake for about 40 min after Jarom comes home. It is sooo worth it cause when she hears his key in the door she starts giggling and clapping and freaking out! I love it! It is so fun to watch those two together. You can tell they have such a special relationship together. It is such an awesome feeling to know they are so close.
We have some what started a play date group with a few ladies and their kids down here and it is so fun! Vienna LOVES playing with other kids... and she loves watching them and trying to mimic what they do. She is quite the learner!
We are also getting more progress with teaching her the features on her face. She loves showing people where their nose, eyes and ears are.
I can't believe Vienna is turning one next month. It just blows my mind that she has already been with us for a whole year. I have decided to make her a mini mouse birthday party. It should be sooooo fun!!! One of the plus's to living down here in the states is that it is so easy and cheap to find theme things for parties. I already have so much to work with. It should be sooo much fun!
So here is a shout out to our little princess Vienna...
HAPPY 11 MONTHS VIENNA!!! We love you sooooooooooo much!!!

I got a Wii!

Wow I feel so spoiled today! We went to Costco before Jarom had to leave for work and they had Wii's for real cheap... so I jokingly picked one up and put it in our cart. I have to admit I was shocked when Jarom ended up leaving it in the cart and buying it for me! I didn't have to beg... I didn't have to argue... he just bought it for me! I'm pretty stoked! I have wanted one for a while. It's black and it came with Wii sport and Wii resort! I just need to get Mario Kart and I'm pretty much the happiest girl out there!
What a nice gift eh!
Also Jarom decided we need to make the plung and buy a bigger tv for down here in Dallas. We have a big screen back at home... but it is pretty annoying trying to watch movies and stuff with our lil tv we have here. We would also like to have people come over to watch movies and stuff... and lets be honest, Jarom just wants a bigger tv. So Jarom is getting one. Wow how spoiled are we today... a new Wii for me and a new tv for Jarom! Life is good!
Ok that's it... I just wanted to brag a lil bit. Today has been a good day!

Dallas... the lone star state...

I'm here!!! We made it to Dallas! Well we did about a week ago.
It feels AWESOME to be here again. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I got here. All the craziness is over... the move, the goodbyes, the packing... DONE! I can relax and enjoy the summer with my family.

Before we came down Vienna and I stayed an extra 10 days to make our rounds to the family and say our goodbyes. We drove up to Fort McMurray to see my sisters and their families for a week. It would have been such an awesome week if Vienna didn't get so sick during the whole trip. There even was a few hospital visits during the week and an IV for her. It was so sad to see her so sick in the hospital with this huge needle in her hand. But I am also very grateful for modern medicine. I don't know what I would do if we couldn't take her in. I am glad to report she is BETTER! It was so sad to see her suffer. Vienna is such a people person and during that whole week she didn't want anyone but mom. It broke my heart to see her so uncomfortable. It is so good to have my happy and playful baby back!


It was awesome to see my big sisters... Vienna being sick put aside. I really have missed them so much! I hate them being so far away from me. I wish we were all closer so they could see V grow up. I miss my nephews and nieces a lot too. I can't believe how grown up they all are.
This month I have two of my nephews hitting land mark ages... one is turing 18 and the other turned 21 yesterday. That is right I have old nephews! I love them so much! It was awesome being able to visit and be silly with them. Growing up they were more like siblings than newphews... since we were all so close in age pretty much. It was fun to remember the old days and to share laughs.
But now I am in Dallas! I am here... and I am so in love with the heat and the sunshine! It was weird... I left from Calgary last tuesday morning and it was a cool and crisp spring morning... and when I got off the plane it was hot and humid... instant summer. It was weird how in a few hours so much changed!
We were able to take Vienna to the Fort Worth zoo the other day and it was the perfect day! The zoo was so amazing! You actually got to see all the animals... and up close. Usually in calgary you hit and miss... some animals are out and some are hiding in their houses. But at this zoo you saw them all really well. We weren't sure if Vienna would really get a kick out of being there since she is so young by she LOVED it! She did a whole lot of pointing and "ohhhhhhhhhhh'ing" hahahaha. She is so cute! We had so much fun! We went with Typh and Coby Cahoon and their two adorable boys! Oh how I love those guys! It was so cute, Nash (he is 3) would sit beside her in the double stroller and let her lean on him and he would hold her hand. So cute! Those boys are so good to her. They love having her around and love helping me. I wouldn't be shocked if she gets a lil crush on one of them some day. hahaha.

We also took her to the Cahoon's house to go swimming in their pool. She LOVED that too. They have this toy that she can sit in and covers her from the sun. She sat in it and kicked her way around the pool. It was soooo funny to see her skoot herself around. We were all so impressed with how much she loved this toy and being in the pool. This is so awesome because We have two pools in our gated community that I want to take her to during the day and I'm so glad to know she isn't scared of water and loves to play in it. That makes life easier indeed.
Jarom is doing so well at sales. He already has more sales halfway through May than he did all of may last year. So he is kicking trash and I am so proud of him! It was about 38 degrees celcious yesterday and it is may... I don't know how he handles knocking in this kind of heat. He amazes me. I'm so proud of him and I appreciate all his hard work.
It is sooooo cute to see how excited Vienna gets when he comes home at night. He usually sneaks in to our room where I am usually playing with her and he calls her name. She straightens up and the BIGGEST smile spreads across her face. She freaks out when her daddy comes home and I love it. I love watching the two of them play. They are so cute! I also love knowing that my little girl LOVES her daddy so much and has the best relationship with him. Jarom is such an amazing dad. I think that quality makes me loves him more and more each and every day.
Today is also my mommy's birthday! I'm sad that I have to miss it... so here is a lil shout out for my mom! I LOVE YOU CHERYL FRANCESCHI!!! I HOPE YOU HAVE SUCH AN AWESOME BIRTHDAY!!!
Thank goodness for Skype! It really helps us keep in contact with everyone... and it's free so really, what's not to love?!
I guess I should end this. Vienna is pretty much done her nap so I think I'll take her to the pool for a swim.
I am loving life here in Dallas... it is good to be home again!
Till next time...

I can't believe Vienna is 10 months old today!

Where did the time go?! My baby girl is 10 months old today and I am in shock!
It just amazes me to see how fast she is growing and learning. She is so determined to figure out the world around her. I love it! But at the same time kinda sad... I packed up her little itty bitty clothes the other day and put them into storage and I couldn't believe she was already too big for them. Wow!
Today has mixed emotions for me... Jarom also left for Dallas. He is driving down so he can have our car there for work. I was sad to see him off but at the same time I know I will be seeing him on May 11th when Vienna and I fly down. So for the time being we are going to enjoy us some family time!!!
I'm staying here in Cardston with my inlaws so we can get in some Grandma and Papa time before the move. Vienna just LOVES them so much! She is really really going to miss them! She just lights up at the sight or sound of them. It is really quite cute. I am so glad that she has such a strong relationship with them.
On saturday we head for Calgary! We are going to go to a baby blessing on sunday and will be able to spend some time with Jarom's side of the family. It should be really really fun! Then on monday my mommy and I are driving to Fort McMurray to see my sisters and their families!!!!! I am sooooooooooooooo excited! I miss my sisters so much! They have only been able to see Vienna a few times so I am excited to be able to spend a week with them! I'm sad I will be missing my two nephews b-days this month. They are big land marks indeed! Kerry is 21 and Armancio is 18! Like when did that happen?! How did they grow up so fast as well?! Anyways, I couldn't be more happy to go see them all!
Once we get back we will be spending the last day or so with Jarom's big sister Melissa and her hubs Donny! Vienna spent last weekend with them while we were gone celebrating our anni and she had the best time! They took her to see Donny dirk bike race and they spoiled her rotten! They are so good to her.
I must say I feel so blessed. Vienna is a well loved baby and nothing makes a mom more happy than to know her baby is so well loved!
So this past weekend was our 2nd anni! Wow! 2 years already! Is it me or is time going by soooo fast in all aspects of life?! Looking back so much has happened in those two years. We moved to Dallas twice... and had a baby... who is 10 months old!!! Life has been very good to us! This year we decided to celebrate our anni by going to Banff! It was a good decision. It was snowy out but it was perfect hoody weather. We walked around banff looking at all the fun shops... got some snacks at the amazing Candy shop! We went for a nice dinner at the Keg and went and saw a movie. It was just such a relaxed two days and we really needed that! It was so nice to have Jarom all to myself and be able to just be together doing whatever we wanted! Jarom had never been to Banff so it was fun to show him around. He is excited to go back in the fall and check out some of those trails.
So all in all life is good. The moving and cleaning part is pretty much done so that is good... now it's just time to enjoy some family time before we move down to Dallas.
Now that the time is coming closer I am really quite excited to get down there and see some of my fave people I have dearly missed!
Oh another bit of awesome news!!! My best friend Kandace finished her very last exam and paper of university! She is graduating!!! I am sooooooo proud of her! A lil jealous... not gonna lie... but so proud of her! She worked so hard! Way to go Kandace!!!! Now we are planning a way cool grad photo shoot for her since I wont be there for her very big day. It should be pretty sweet! hahahaha.
Well I better go... Vienna is going to be up from her nap soon.
Till next time!!!

The MOVE!

So as I have stated before... we are moving! Where to you ask... Dallas Texas! For how long?... 4 months.
This is our third summer doing this... so you would think that it wouldn't really phase us... but... it does!
I hate moving! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! I hate not feeling secure in one area. I hate not really having a place to call home. I hate packing and unpacking ever few months. It gets really stressful. It's also hard saying good bye to family and friends for the summer. Wait maybe I should clarify some things... I don't hate that we are moving to Dallas... it's just the actual "moving" process I loath. I hate the transition between going from one place to the other! Ok now that I have that stated...
Don't get me wrong, there are definate benefits to summer sales. Jarom is really really good at it... and makes good money! The money we make each summer allows me to stay at home with Vienna and for both Jaorm and I not having to work as he goes to school. So yes... I see the need for it and do feel blessed. I am in no way trying to cry "woe is me" cause he can sell. It's just the "moving" part I really hate!
Anyways, today we finished packing up the whole house, loading the trucks and getting our stuff into storage. Now we just have to go back on monday and clean up. It sure feels good to have everything all packed up. You would think that after doing it so many times we would be fast pros... but we aren't. hahaha. I'm just glad that part of the move is over!
When ever it comes time to pack up again I feel like I am at a stand still... I don't know where to start. I get over whelmed... usually procrastinate for the most part... and then end up busting my butt until the wee hours on the last day! You think I would learn!
The other night I was able to go out for dinner with my two best friends and we started talking about moving. We each counted the number of times we have moved in the past 4 years and I came up with 13 moves! What the heck?!
Besides all the packing, organizing, cleaning and late nights... saying goodbye to family is really rough. Especially now that we have Vienna this part of the move is really quite sad. It's just hard. I know it is rough but we are lucky Jarom has such a great talent. I just wish people could see that and understand that we are trying to d what is best for our little family. And after such hectic constant travelling during the winter it's nice just to be the three of us. Sometimes I feel like I don't get Jarom to myself... or that we don't get to be alone to do our own thing, to figure out how we want to raise our new little family. I recognize that everyone is just wanting to help us out and bless their hearts, I love them to death!... but I can be stubborn and want to figure things out for myself.
Right now I am at a crossroads with emotions. (yes I can be a very emotional person). On one hand I am so sad to leave our families and friends... but on the other hand I am really excited to go back to Dallas to where I have made some really dear friends. It's really weird. I'm so lucky to have the friends that I do down in Dallas. Luckily I adore the bosses wife and her kids and some other awesome ladies involved in the company. They know what a summer sales life can be like and we can all support one another. I can't wait to see them soon!
I can see how some people view moving as a fresh start... a new adventure... but ya... we have been down this road too many times. hahaha. I can't wait for the day to come when we buy a house! How awesome will that day be hey! I'm not sure how many more years we plan on doing summer sales for... but to think that someday we will have a house that we will permenantly live in... wow... what a day that will be!
Anyways... look at me ramble on. hahaha. I can't believe it's already that time of year again. I'm just glad that the packing part is over! Celebrate your victories as they come!
I guess I should get my butt to bed. It's pretty late and I need to unpack my car and get organized so we can go to Calgary. Jarom and I have decided to go to Calgary and banff for our 2nd year anni this weekend. It should be fun!
I'm so grateful that this day is done. I am not sad that it had to end. hahaha.
Now we just need to pack our car for Dallas... oh fun... but that isn't till next week so I am going to not let it bug me just yet!
Wish me luck as I transition through the "moving" process. I'm going to need it!
Loves until next time!