These are cupcakes I made after taking a cake decorating class, they were DELICIOUS!, and cute too.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Lots to share, again:)
These are cupcakes I made after taking a cake decorating class, they were DELICIOUS!, and cute too.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Goodbye goodtimes
Well, it's official, I'm old. I am no longer carefree, living it up, irresponsibly young. I'm 30. That's right, I've said goodbye, held the memorial and buried my 20's. They are dead to me.
OH the stories!!
Finally! I've been waiting for some weeks now to post this stuff! Dustin had all these pictures on his phone and I really like telling stories with pictures so here they are:
In May we took a trip to St. George to meet up with Dustin's parents who were visiting there. We took a drive on Sunday up through Snow canyon and got out to walk around, it was really beautiful. We had a good time catching up with them and meeting other family members at great Aunt Bee's birthday party. The picture above is Damen and Papa keeping up with him!
The day before we left for the cruise Dustin took Damen camping to the "Father and Sons" church campout. It was great for me because I was able to pack with NO distractions. The picture below is a picture of Damen with a small mountain/peak in the distance, a portion of it is highlighted with arrows because that's where Dustin found Damen (and took pictures of that below). Damen had apparently gotten away unnoticed and decided it looked like a fun place to play, up there on the side of the rocky hillside, someone called out to Dustin, "hey isn't that your kid up there?" and away he ran to save our little mountain goat. Thankfully I didn't hear the whole story until later. . .
After the cruise, some saturday in June we went to the local airshow and this is Damen demonstrating to Olivia how to take down the enemy with the automatic weapon in his hand, nice.
I REALLY REALLY loved the Mayan ruins in Belize and these are some of the pictures Dustin captured for me on his phone, not bad!
Masks outside the Sun temple.
The presumed bath house.
View from the top.
A few weeks ago this was the view from our house, pretty crazy weather for this desert town, but it was kind of spectacular to look at.
And last week Damen and I went swimming at a friends house, then later out to Frozen Yogurt with Dan and Melissa and Olivia. Dustin took this picture to showcase what an awesome mom I am getting sunscreen in just a few places so Damen's sunburn looks like somekind of super-hero mask.
And those are the stories of our lives for the past two months, oh the memories!
In May we took a trip to St. George to meet up with Dustin's parents who were visiting there. We took a drive on Sunday up through Snow canyon and got out to walk around, it was really beautiful. We had a good time catching up with them and meeting other family members at great Aunt Bee's birthday party. The picture above is Damen and Papa keeping up with him!
The day before we left for the cruise Dustin took Damen camping to the "Father and Sons" church campout. It was great for me because I was able to pack with NO distractions. The picture below is a picture of Damen with a small mountain/peak in the distance, a portion of it is highlighted with arrows because that's where Dustin found Damen (and took pictures of that below). Damen had apparently gotten away unnoticed and decided it looked like a fun place to play, up there on the side of the rocky hillside, someone called out to Dustin, "hey isn't that your kid up there?" and away he ran to save our little mountain goat. Thankfully I didn't hear the whole story until later. . .
After the cruise, some saturday in June we went to the local airshow and this is Damen demonstrating to Olivia how to take down the enemy with the automatic weapon in his hand, nice.
I REALLY REALLY loved the Mayan ruins in Belize and these are some of the pictures Dustin captured for me on his phone, not bad!
Masks outside the Sun temple.
The presumed bath house.
View from the top.
A few weeks ago this was the view from our house, pretty crazy weather for this desert town, but it was kind of spectacular to look at.
And last week Damen and I went swimming at a friends house, then later out to Frozen Yogurt with Dan and Melissa and Olivia. Dustin took this picture to showcase what an awesome mom I am getting sunscreen in just a few places so Damen's sunburn looks like somekind of super-hero mask.
And those are the stories of our lives for the past two months, oh the memories!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Gotta love it!
All day long Damen says to me:
"Hey mommy, guess what?"
"What Damen?"
"I love you"
Ahhhhh, I wonder how long this will last.
Mothers Day
"Hey mommy, guess what?"
"What Damen?"
"I love you"
Ahhhhh, I wonder how long this will last.
Mothers Day
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Everybody should go on a CRUISE!
Yes, we've returned from our Family reunion cruise and IT WAS AWESOME!! We had such a great time, seriously everyone should do this at least once. We stopped in the Caymen Islands, Ilsa Roatan(Honduras), Belize, and Key West, the last stop was supposed to be Cozumel but it was canceled on account of the ridiculous pig flu. Regardless, it was great! We went snorkeling: I got stung by some unseen thing and had to stay out of the water.
We literally played with monkeys inside of their cage: one tried to grab my camera and smacked me in the face.
We went to the Mayan ruins in Belize, an amazing experience for so many reasons!
We took jet skis around Key West: the Atlantic Ocean was not meant for jet skis, however the Gulf of Mexico is. . .
We bought a hammock, swam in the Gulf of Mexico, ate A TON, sang Karaoke(even Dustin), played phase 10, had family skits, SLEPT IN!!, missed Damen(a little), ate lunch at the chocolate buffet, gambled(only $1 in the slot), and did I mention ate A TON!! It was seriously the best Suggs/Lewis family reunion EVER! Here are a few pics:
Dustin and me docked in Miami
Dustin with a monkey on his head
My arm after being stung?bit?something. . .
Ruins at Altun Ha in Belize, and Lori, this is the only picture I took before my camera battery died!
My brothers-in law, dad and Dustin singing karaoke, Beach Boys of course.
PS we(the 6 of us with kids) didn't bring any of our 10 kids and our professional opinion is, don't bring them! Unless of course you go on a Disney cruise, otherwise people would wonder. . .
We literally played with monkeys inside of their cage: one tried to grab my camera and smacked me in the face.
We went to the Mayan ruins in Belize, an amazing experience for so many reasons!
We took jet skis around Key West: the Atlantic Ocean was not meant for jet skis, however the Gulf of Mexico is. . .
We bought a hammock, swam in the Gulf of Mexico, ate A TON, sang Karaoke(even Dustin), played phase 10, had family skits, SLEPT IN!!, missed Damen(a little), ate lunch at the chocolate buffet, gambled(only $1 in the slot), and did I mention ate A TON!! It was seriously the best Suggs/Lewis family reunion EVER! Here are a few pics:
Dustin and me docked in Miami
Dustin with a monkey on his head
My arm after being stung?bit?something. . .
Ruins at Altun Ha in Belize, and Lori, this is the only picture I took before my camera battery died!
My brothers-in law, dad and Dustin singing karaoke, Beach Boys of course.
PS we(the 6 of us with kids) didn't bring any of our 10 kids and our professional opinion is, don't bring them! Unless of course you go on a Disney cruise, otherwise people would wonder. . .
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mothers Day
The wedding day, the day you give your heart away to, in some cases(mine especially), practically a stranger. We take a giant leap of faith that this person will be faithful, love us, and never leave us. We extend our heart out in hopes that it will be well taken care of and never broken, it can be a tough decision.
It does not compare to how a mother gives her heart away when her child is born. A tiny little life, no bigger than a loaf of bread, is placed in her arms, helpless. At that moment it is too late to change your mind, you're already in love. In love with someone they've just met, a mother has no regard for how her heart will be treated by this person, no worry, no doubts about his or her faithfulness, her entire heart is given away with no thought to it being broken. That is being a mother.
I am so blessed to have a wonderful loving mother of my own who loveS me so unconditionally and I am double blessed this day to be a mother. The Lord sure knew what he was doing when he brought us here to love a tender small child SO much, even when they are screaming, kicking, or in some cases telling US to go have a time out. Love at first sight is an exception not the rule with finding a husband, but it is always the rule when becoming a mother.
With all of my love to my dear mother, my sisters, and my friends, Happy Mothers Day.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Legoland, again, and other stuff
Last week we just filled up again on all kinds of fun stuff! We went back to Legoland (season passes:), went to the park with Olivia, and went to the Celebration of the Children at the local community college. There Damen got to ride a horse and experience for the first time a blow up bouncer, loads of fun! And here are the pictures to prove it all:
We went to the new aquarium at Legoland this time, Damen RAN through it in a half hour, but it was really neat!
CLOSE up!
They have lots of water spray areas and it was HOT, too bad mommy forgot swim trunks or a towel, but Damen didn't seem to care. OH, he is wearing underwear.
Giving loves to Olivia at the park
Not the first time on a horse, just the first time with a camera.
Damen chilling in the bouncy house.
Yesterday we got these super cool RayBans in the mail from Lori(my sister), since I already have a pair we are now a super cool RayBan family(Lori's words not mine) Cute huh?
We went to the new aquarium at Legoland this time, Damen RAN through it in a half hour, but it was really neat!
CLOSE up!
They have lots of water spray areas and it was HOT, too bad mommy forgot swim trunks or a towel, but Damen didn't seem to care. OH, he is wearing underwear.
Giving loves to Olivia at the park
Not the first time on a horse, just the first time with a camera.
Damen chilling in the bouncy house.
Yesterday we got these super cool RayBans in the mail from Lori(my sister), since I already have a pair we are now a super cool RayBan family(Lori's words not mine) Cute huh?
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