Gand Canyon State Tortoises

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So this is our new blog for our business, www.grandcanyonstatetortoises.blogspot.com .

We also have a web page www.grandcanyonstatetortoises.com . The web page was just created today so we will be doing a la lot of work on it. We are very excited in in our long time coming of saying that breeding tortoises would be a business, VERY EXCITING!!

Update

Happy Birthday Stacia Flake, thats my sister!!!

Life has been busy as usual. Neal takes 2nd of 4 exams in October, pretty cool. Work is going good, just trying to pay off student loans. After I have been working my regular night cashier shift i have been helping out with grocery. I hope to keep my regular hours as a cashier and help out later at night with grocery, I hope it will work out. I am a huge fan of Dave Ramsey, author of "The Total Money Makeover." I have always been strict with my money growing up ( working with my dad and mom saving money) and reading his book has fired me up!!! I love being disciplined in this sense because we are making AWESOME decisions now to live like no one else in the future!! Yes I would consider myself a budget Nazi, but oh well its for our own good. : )

My Girl is turning two next month!!!!! It is soo cool life fly's by so fast! I already have her party planned out all I can say is confetti!!!!I love you my beautiful girl!!!

I know he lives

I haven't born my testimony for a very long time it and trying to keep an almost 2yr old occupied(quiet) during sacrament is difficult as I want to try and go up to the pulpit for many months now.

I know that my savior lives. I know he blesses our lives, as we try to figure out our eternal path. I know that if we are on the straight and narrow path we will come across blessings when we need them. I know that blessings of family prayer helps us build a closer relationship with our heavenly father. I know we all have struggles but if we live by faith and with faith our worries and fears will be but a faint shadow down a a dirt road. I love my family and friends, I love their determination, and kindness, I only hope I can be as good as them in the many years coming. I love my husband who is such a great example to me. He is such a hard worker, a wonderful father, and caring individual; I love him with all my heart!

I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ,

Amen

Out

Pointing to the horse at Red Robin

She likes to pretend like she is invisible when I tell her I 'm going to change her diaper.

We don't getting many pictures together, well cause I'm usually taking all of them.

We usually eat out on Fridays but today we ate out on Monday for FHE!! We went to Red Robin, and man was it good Berk was dancing in the high chair and we were having a fun time!!

Besides working and taking care of berkley I knit and sew here and there. I'm making Berkley a hot pink rug, it's taking so long she might get for her Christmas present.

We are Alive

Life becomes even more busy when you are working part time. Neal is getting ready to take one of his 4 CPA exams, his dad said each test is like taking the BAR exam as I wish my love the best of luck. We have a garden with mixed greens and herbs but our zucchini is growing like crazy; we have been making breads and muffins with it, oh ya!! We've started making a compose (left over fruits veggies and grass clippings) pile for our garden which will eventually turn into soil and be used for our winter garden.

Berkley is adorable she constantly keeps us on our toes. Gosh, her vocabulary is amazing!! Ever since like 19 months she has been picking up on words that we say, like for the first time she heard me say wrapper and then she said it without any hesitation. Now it we could only have her listen to us in church to sit down and stay still that would be a miracle. We have now had our church time (1pm-4pm) for two years and you'd thing we would be use to it, nope. Berk will only nap in her bed and if she is really sleepy she will fall asleep in your arms, but man it is tough when she doesn't get a nap from 1:30pm-4:00pm.

I have been thinking for a while to get my haircut short, I just need a new and cute change that I can manage. As all moms know we always put ourselves last, because we feel like other things come first. But life is just a balance we do our best and that's what we can do. I just need to remind myself that it is ok to do something for myself, like have berk watch a movie while I try to put my face on (make up) or pick out an an outfit that looks ok and matches. But no matter what life is good, no it's GREAT!!!

Happy Father's Day my love, you are such an amazing husband and father!!!!!

Berkley the T.V. Star !!

Berkley's swimming instructor (Holly Nelson) Ask me if Berkley would like to be on T.V. while doing her swim lesson, and I said "Yes !!!"

So tomorrow(Thursday) we are going at 11:30 AZ time to her swim lessons as Channel FOX 10 will tape it. I don't know it it will be live, or if it will air later in the day, but I thought I would let everyone know.

** Next week is her last week of swim lessons too!! **

Green Jello with Carrots: giveaway 3: Green Jello packet o' Fun

Green Jello with Carrots: giveaway 3: Green Jello packet o' Fun: "We can't host a giveaway extravaganza without giving away something from our own shop . (that's like a law in some rulebook somewhere.) So..."

Just to let everyone know I love "Green Jello with Carrots Easter bags they are super cute and creative