Getting really excited!

So I have soo many thing to be getting excited over.

1. My Heritage Makers Business! I just discovered that I can go to Jamaica in January 2013 for FREE just for working a business that I love to do! I get to be creative, take photos and show off those photos in a variety of ways, plus meet people and share it all with them. Not to mention make money and now go on Cruises all over the world. Best part I get to do it from home.  Check out my new love for FREE at Lovely Hearts Memories

2. I am finally making a head way into getting that darn parasite out of my house. In case you missed what parasite I am talking about google Cryptosporiduim. Nasty little bug when it wants to be and sent Tommy to the hospital this past summer and kept us from the rest of the world for the rest of it! All the beds are gone and the couches and stuff so we are sleeping on floors at the moment while I bleach and disinfect the entire house but when I am done I get to get all new stuff and enjoy my home again.

3. THE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK!!! I love my kids, I really do and I truly enjoy them but after so many years of having that time to clean and get things done without a mess following behind it is hard having them all home at times. Especially when you don't have time to clean all behind them because you are trying to keep up with the puking and other fun things that come with having a sick family.

4. 3 days a week ALL TO ME! That is right 3 days a week I will have the house all to myself since Cloe goes to Daycare Monday, Wednesday, and Friday so she can make new friends and not going wondering the neighborhood to find them (which she hasn't done since we started!) I can work my New business (see #1 on my list) plus do my Photography schooling, and Tax classes start up in mid September. I will be able to complete projects I start without interruption and maybe even find time to talk to all my long lost friends and family. I have had my moments where I miss that I am not having anymore babies because I love everything about them... BUT NOT RIGHT NOW! I feel human again... it is crazy!. And to think I was worried about what I would do when I had no kids at home.

5. Starting up date night with my hubby once a month again. It has been YEARS since we have done a regular date night, but now with him working mornings and great friends to help in the evenings we can plan one night a month for us. We would do one day a week, but really who are we kidding.. we are stinking tired and would rather sleep the other 3 nights ;)

6. The last thing I am really excited about is finally having time to go through the photos I took this past summer. I had quickly done my future Sister-in-laws pictures and worked a little on the ones I took of Jennifer and Joel, but didn't have time to focus on them or any of mine with everything we have had to do this summer.  I am even going to end this blog post with one of Jennifer and Joel's photos. More to come later on my Photography Blog

What Are you getting excited about these days?

Congratulations Maria :)

So my soon to be sister-in-law just got baptised and she worked hard for this day to come. It is an amazing choice to take on. I saw the struggles and how hard the adversary worked on her to prevent this day coming to pass and even though there were days that she just had to cry and wanted to give up, she didn't. She is an amazing lady and inspiration and I am so happy she is part of my family. I love how the atonement of Jesus has made it possible for us all to feel that same weight lifted everyday. I have had some major struggles in my life these past couple of years and I have to say seeing my son son hooked to 2 IV's and oxygen this past summer and the slew of expenses that came with it has made me feel over whelmed and wanting to give up. Just when I feel I can't take anymore and feel myself slipping along comes this quiet small voice to calm me down and good things come. I am not a perfect person no matter how hard I try to be, and for those slips I am grateful for the ability to release my pain and suffering and be able to move on. Maria, I was able to be there with you in flesh but my heart and soul are there and I hope you can feel my love as you let Jesus' spread through you.

Wednesday.... but not weighing in.

So things have really been crazy around here these past couple of months. When we were down in Abbotsford we picked up a parasite called Cryptosporidium that has knocked us for a loop. It had Tommy in the hospital for just uner a week and us isolated to our house for a while and now to make sure it is completley out of the house for good we have to get rid of the matresses and couches and chair that kids and animals had accidents on while we fought off this nasty bug. It has me worn out and exhausted. I have been emotionally eating at night when the kids go to bed because I don't have the energy or even will to exercise. I am sure I gained weight back while eating the cafeteria food at the hospital and having finally gone under the 300 club finally after years of being above. I guess that makes me sad even thinking about it too. Now I haven't gone over board with my eating but what I have done is that I told myself that for the rest of the summer I needed to remove one of my stresses so that I could survive. I decided that seeing my weight would be too much and took that off my plate. I am not sure if that was the best choice but come September I will start back up and give it my all again. So today is not a weigh in day but I did decide to blog today anyway.

So instead I am going to share a song I found on You Tube that has really inspired me with my Heritage Makers projects and if you are feeling ispired too go sign up for your FREE account HERE and start seeing the possibilites for saving your memories.

I Heart Faces: Beautiful Eyes

OMGosh it seems like forever since I have had the chance to enter an I Heart Faces challenge with everything that has been going on in our lives. I was happy to see what the challenge was because when I was down in Abbotsford helping my brother and sister-in-law move I had to opportunity to take some photos of her for a special project gift she is doing for my brother for his birthday. My goal was to show off how truly beautiful she is and this photo is my favorite from the whole day. I managed to capture how beautiful she is but how beautiful her soul is through her eyes. Please go check out the other amazing beautiful photos at

Something to check out

Well I have not been on much thanks to a bunch of unfortunate events in my family. I will tell the story in another post. I just wanted to come and say Hi to all and that I am still alive... barely some days.

While you wait for me to get my family through the rest of this event I thought you might like to check out a video of what Heritage Makers and Club HM is. I know I have mentioned it before. If your interested in a free account to check it out or to even start working on your own great memory items go to

Lovely Hearts Memories.. my home page for my business.
I will be back soon. (I hope)