Adoption Update!

So I got the letter we've been waiting for that says the case worker approved the adoption order and wrote her recommendation to the courts. Now we have to wait 10 business days to call the court and make our appt to see the judge and make it final. I am so excited! We started this back in November and now we are finally near the finish line.

Taylor has been anixously awaiting for this too. She has been practicing her new last name. It was really cute one day when we were talking about the adoption and asked her about how she felt about it all. She said "I'm excited mommy but Humpherys is a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGG name. It's longer than Frank" (Frank is our previous name) Then she asked me"Mommy why did you guys pick Humpherys to be the last name" I said "Its daddy's last name that he was given" and she said " yeah but why would someone want a really really long name" I just laughed. The other day she asked me if we could pretend that she was 7 so that it would be closer to her being 8 so daddy could baptize her. Her cousin Yesenia will be getting baptized in the next couple months and Taylor is so happy and excited and can't wait till her big day!

Taylor is such a sweet sweet girl who brings so much joy to my life and with only having a 20% chance of being able to keep her during the pregnancy and losing her twin during the pregnancy she is my miracle baby. I can not picture life without her sweet spirit in it. I've learned so much from her and everyday I love her more.

Mark and her have such a great relationship. He is the first person she cries for when she is scared or hurt, (I come 2nd when he is home lol) she definity is a daddy's girl. They have long talks, and she loves to show him new games she makes up and he is such a great daddy that he will patiently sit and play her game and never ask questions when she changes it 100x in how you play it so she always wins...lol Everywhere we go we usually get Blake looks like me and Taylor looks like Mark. We all laugh and Taylor loves when people say she looks like Mark. She will say "daddy we have the same color eyes huh?" and "daddy I look like you and Blake looks like mommy" Mark is the first person she wants on her team when we play something cause she says he's stronger and more better as she puts it.

Mark is such a great father and great husband. I love everything about him and love him even more taking this next step in our lives. When we talked about Taylor being sealed to us, he said he wouldn't think of having it any other way. When I talked to him about adopting Taylor he said he wouldn't think of having it any other way. He melts my heart and makes me love him even more.

Today I am blessed and grateful for this good news and we plan on throwing a big celebration to celebrate this joyous occasian for Taylor. Sorry no pics just wanted to share my GREAT DAY NEWS!!!

Happy Birthday Honey!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BEST FRIEND!!!

Happy 37th Birthday baby! You are such an amazing, wonderful man! I am so thankful to you and all that you do for me and our family. Your my best friend, you bring me so much joy and happiness since meeting you. Honey, you make life enjoyable and fun. You helped me to laugh again, and open my heart for love again. When I thought life couldn't be joyful, I met you and you changed everything for me. I can not picture life without you in it beside me. Your a wonderful father and wonderful husband. I am grateful to you and all you do for me. I look forward in spending eternity with you.

There are so many reasons WHY I LOVE YOU and here are a few:

1.You always kiss me goodnight
2.You make me laugh
3.You always walk on the outside of the sidewalk to protect me from cars/traffic
4.You always hold my hand when we walk
5.Your a GREAT kisser
6.You do a lot for our family and for me. Even after putting in long hours at work you always find time for our family and always with a smile.
7.You never complain to play or spend time with the kids after a long days work
8.You open the truck door for me and close it when I'm seated
9.You hug me every chance you get
10.You write me sweet messages just to let me know your thinking of me
11.Your sexy
12.You light up a room when you walk in with your smile
13.You love me for me
14.You take our kids for walks to give me a break
15.You speak to me w/respect
16.You always look for the positive
17.Your strong
18.Your smart
19. You stand up for what is right
20.You always call me babe
21 You don't like to go to bed mad/upset
22.Your so HOT
23.Your a dedicated Sailor and Proud to protect us and our freedom
24.Your a GOOD man
25. You lead by example
26. You are a fun dad
27. You tell me how pretty I am even when I don't feel it
28. Your a wonderful priesthood holder
29.You love unconditionally
30. You make sure I know how much you love me on a daily basis'

I can go on and on...but I think you got the point. I love you so much for these reasons and more and I am so blessed to be married to you and lucky to share our lives together. I look forward to each day in what it brings us and look forward to sharing more of life's experiences with you. Everything is possible with you beside me. I find new reasons to love you each day, my love grows more and deeper for you with each passing day. I am lucky to be the girl you chose to marry almost 3 years ago. I am a lucky girl to be able to spend FOREVER with you. Thank you for sharing your life with me and thank you for allowing me to love you. Life would not be this fun without you in it.

Happy Birthday STUD muffin! I'm sorry we can't be together on your day but I look forward in celebrating it with you, when you get home. I look forward to many more birthdays with you. I love you very much!

All my love forever and ever,
Your One and Only

Easter fun 2....

My fav pic of my cuties....Blake loves his taylor...and taylor is the BEST big sister EVER!!!

Blake loved Taylor's skateboard...and it was fun watching him roll around on it....

My skateboard girl!!! She will be snowboarding in no time at all..she will have to show me how..

Decorating easter eggs...

We attempted to take pics w/the easter bunny at the mall but Blake was NOT having it at all..So we have a picture that has blake totally leaning off the bunny...

My skateboard cuties....My handsome boys!!!

Blake loved having his easter ears on that nana bebe got him...he walks around our house with Taylors headbands on his head so putting ears on was no biggie to him..LOL

Looking mommy I'm decorating my egg....

Pic of us the first day we arrived in Torrance...

So of course these are out of order as well..but it does show the fun we had. Great easter weekend which was tons of fun. Family time is always great!

Easter Fun....

Our little family....Blake was being a stinker and did not want to look at the camera. We had a great Easter weekend..
Blake loves this rocking chair.....

and he LOVESSSSSSSSSSS to climb into things...

Taylor decorating easter eggs.....Easter morning, my little medusa princess...WILD child w/that hair!!! Blakey sleeping w/daddy....easter morning!!

Easter day not wanting to show me his chocolate his titi got him...

Taylor being a little mommy with her present nana and papa got her...

Daddy with kiddies and Blake in mid yelling....he's famous for that...

This is my fav picture of the boys, blake was watching his daddy fix his truck..which was a present from nana and papa...

This is Blake showing us his eyes...SOOOO cute...and he loves to do this when he is in trouble to get out of it..lol

Another picture of Blake being silly with showing us his eyes...

Blake and Taylor walking in front of the house after brunch...Blake has been walking like that all week...with his hands behind his back..just like a distinguished gentleman..soo cute!!

Outside the place we had brunch....

Taylor helping him find eggs..such a big helper...

Pictures are out of order but it takes forever to rearrange them...so sorry!!! lol

Arggg ye Matey!

Finally Blake's Pirate theme room is done! Of course the day I took these pics he had made a mess and I did my best to snap pics w/out including the mess..lol He loves his BIG boy room, and I had a blast putting it together...

This is the pic of his bedroom door!!

Blake's boarder and wall stickers...Isn't his headboard so cute?! We found it in the clearance section at the Base for $40 and it included a barral looking side table and a treasure chest bench toy holder...

As you can see I did not take pics of the floor cause that's where the mess was..LOL

Blake being silly and laying on his bed after he pulled his blankets and sheets down..His bedding matches his room theme...

I will have to take better pics and post them once his room is Clean!! LOL

My Crafty Corkboard

My supplies and what it looked like before I started. I had been surfing craft blogs for the last couple days and I have been wanting to do something, but either don't have everything you need or lack the creativity. So today I was in a crafty mood. I sat literally for a couple hours trying to think of what to make to curb this crafting mood.. lol Then I remembered I had this frame and matboard that had taylor's picture in but the glass had broke and I had cork pieces Mark had bought a year ago that I just used tacky tape to stick to my kitchen wall. Hmmmm WHY NOT PUT them together!!! So thus my creativity flowed and I was able to fulfill my craving of crafts! (Don't mind my counter clutter, my craving to do a craft winned cleaning that up) ha ha ha ha


The matboard before I decoupaged(sp)

Pretty scrapbooking paper I had...

Finished project!!! I glued color matching buttons to push-pins...SUPER easy and SUPER cute!!!

Another view of it!!! My camera flashed so there is a glare cause my mod podge is glossy when it dries..LOL

Now just have to find a home for it!!!

Spring beauty VS Allergies

I love Spring and all the beautiful weather and flowers. I wish I could really enjoy it to the fullest but I can't. There is one problem ALLERGIES!!! I suffer as well as everyone else in my family including my children w/Allergies. We usually have to stay inside during Spring months cause we can't handle the sneezing, coughing, not being able to breathe cause asthma is acting up (only me), and the endless use of Kleneex. I think we could be RICH and buy stock in Kleneex and T.P(when we run out of Kleneex) cause we use it SOOO MUCH!!!
I think this invention would be AWESOME!!!! Just reach up and pull some down...no need to search for it or ask everyone where the tissue box is at...It would be so convenient..
This of course is how I feel!! I would be better off at another planet!! (during spring) lol

Oh the endless sneezing!! Have you ever sneezed and caused yourself to have hiccups?? Well that is my life story...My allergies are so bad that my asthma acts up, and I sneeze soo much that I usually have hiccups all the time..Soo annoying....

My relief!!! I can take Benadryl but that makes me sleepy and I usually take that if I forget to take singulair but at night since my allergies for some reason is even worse at night. I have woke myself up from itching my throat...Singulair when I remember to take it helps me w/my asthma since it gets triggered by my allergies...So I do feel like the lady in the pic running w/arms wide open w/no care in the world...(okay maybe that is strecthing it but I feel good and feel normal and can function..)

So as much as I love spring and all it's beauty...I just wish allergies wouldn't be a problem or a issue but since I have had to live w/this since I can remember. It will just be an ongoing complaint. ha ha ha Unfortuately (sp) since Mark and I both have allergies we have passed them down to our kids. The doctor had said if one parent has it your child has a small chance of getting them..but if both parents have it then your childs chances increases to a positive! So our kids got the short in of the stick and have to suffer...

Hope this spring is better for all of you guys and if you don't suffer from allergies I am jealous of you!!! ha ha ha I'll try to really enjoy the beauty around me and all the great weather!!!