Ryan, Lindsey, Alyssa & Landon

Updates

2012-01-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

NEW YEARS 2012
Drinking Root Beer, what a cute little girl :)

Played UNO Attack now Playing Morman Guess Who
Watching Ali and Mommy Dance
My Fairy Gangster
Look at those cute chunky legs
Our Gear for the night
Sparking grape, Root beer, Grape & Milk
Toast to a New Year

CHRISTMAS MADNESS 12/25/2011 Picture Overload

SANTA CAME
Alyssa telling Landon Thank You for her Pony's(Present)

Alyssa opening her Present from Landon
A Tornado went through our house named Alyssa

Gift from Alyssa he was being so cute!

LANDON'S BABY BLESSING 12/18/2011
THANK YOU to all that came and helped out. It was a very special day and Ryan gave an amazing blessing. It was really a beautiful day and I am so blessed to have my two amazing kids.

Family Pictures

2011-12-30T11:58:00.000-08:00

Landon is here and we are so happy, Alyssa has been a big help and so cute!
Thank you to all has helped us out and been there for us! I will try and write more soon! xoxo

It's a Boy! ... I hope!

2011-05-06T13:48:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I had an ultrasound done yesterday around 5:30pm and It's a boy! Our due date is on Oct 20th, though the ultrasound says that it should be the 15th(I like that date better.We have been trying to get pregnant for about 2 yrs and finally it happened! Alyssa is excited for the new baby, she carries her little baby around the house and helps my sister feed her little one. She is going to be a great big sister, we can't wait for October to come.

In other news we are loving our new home, it's been about a year now that we have been in there and it's been great! I love having a home, not so much the house pmt and all the cleaning, but its worth it in the end.

Hopefully I post more soon! :)

Craziness

2010-03-17T10:06:00.000-07:00

WE ARE BUILDING A HOME IN SPANISH FORK!!!! I am so excited, I didn't think that this day would come! We are so blessed to be able to do this and I am so grateful for such a wonderful husband that supports our little family! We are going to do a garage sale soon so if you want to join or donate anything feel free to, just call or e-mail me for more details :)! Alyssa has been so cute and she is getting so big. She is starting with Potty training. When ever she sees pictures of the model home that we are building she always says that she wants that house, lol she is so cute! Ryan is still working and going to school and I am still working at the Canyon View Medical group and as of this moment I am loving life and I enjoy the many blessing I have! Sorry there hasn't been a post in sooooo long but life can be crazy. I hope all is well with you all and if anyone needs help with anything call me and I will try in any way to do so!

Santa Came to Visit

2009-12-14T21:29:00.000-08:00

Alyssa is so beautiful and was so excited to see Santa! I love my family and I love the feeling that Christmas brings. I love that my extended family, immediate family are close and that we are able to come together each year to celebrate Christmas Time.

Online Garage sale lol

2009-12-02T20:44:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone - We are selling a bunch of things so let me know if you want any of it!
*99-02 Galant Back lights $30
*Girls toddler bed, foldable toybox, and toy organizer.$60.00
*Rockband $100 *surround sound Yamaha (ask for more info on this)
*Nice looking CD player $35
And Possibly a coffee table (I am still undecided on it)

Also I am doing a sale on my Bow Boards for the month of December they are $10.00 if I have the material on hand and $15.00 if I need to buy the material!

www.nurseryrhymephoto.com/

2009-10-28T09:59:00.001-07:00

http://www.photosbymig.blogspot.com/ Her blog as well! These were done by my sister in law Miranda. She is a great photographer as well as a fun person to work with. These were taken for Alyssa's 2 year old birthday invite!

~HEY EVERYONE!!~

2009-10-25T12:08:00.000-07:00

My sister in law is doing a Christmas special on family photos.
Check out her web site
http://www.nurseryrhymephoto.com
Also I am doing a Deal for the next Week on my bow boards 10$ Check out my blog
http://stylebowboards.blogspot.com

My Beautiful Little Angel

2009-10-13T12:20:00.000-07:00

Here is the Hospital picture of my little Angel Alyssa! I loved her the first day she was born and I still love her and will always love her!!!

Before & After Pictures of My Bed Sets

2009-09-22T12:58:00.000-07:00

Remembering 9-11

2009-09-11T08:05:00.001-07:00

Wow, it is truly amazing how strong I feel and how grateful I am for those who serve our country and those who put their life on the line every day for us! THANK YOU to all of you that has loved ones that are serving or served for our beautiful country, and thank you for supporting them while they fight for us!
This day changed so many lives, and it changed mine!

I Want, I Want, I Want :)

2009-09-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Poor Ryan keeps hearing about the things I wished I had :)! I am so excited that he only has a year and a half left of school and maybe we could get into a home then :)! I will wait till the time is right, I don't want to get into a home and end up losing it because we weren't smart about things. But I can dream about what I want in a home, can't I? lol Here is one of the things I want: I LOVE THIS TABLE SET

Here are two of the Beds I LOVE as well :) I told you I WANT I WANT lol. They are a lot a like but slightly different.

WOW an UPDATE!

2009-09-04T15:23:00.000-07:00

Here is a small update because all my pictures are on my other computer. :)

These were taken by my sister in-law Miranda! She is awesome!

This is the Cake I made for Alyssa's Two Year old birthday!

Alyssa's Birthday Invitation

2009-06-25T22:30:00.000-07:00

I erased some information so that I don't have any creeps showing up. Family you all are invited Friends I am sorry if you didn't receive an Invite it's not that I don't like you but this is for my daughter. :) Family call me and I will tell you more about it!! Love you all

Alyssa's Birth Announcement 2 Years Late

2009-06-25T22:01:00.000-07:00

So I decided that I really wanted a Birth Announcement for Alyssa so she could have one like everyone else when she gets older and here it is! I didn't have any professional pictures done of her when she was first born and I wish I did :(! She still looks beautiful as ever and I can't believe she is getting so big.

Bow Boards

2009-06-10T11:02:00.000-07:00

This is my new Hobby! I am trying to save up for a camera and help with bills now that I stay at home with Alyssa!

Pictures from our California Trip

2009-06-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is getting so big!!

2009-05-11T14:09:00.000-07:00

Alyssa looks so old now and is a lot of fun to play with and she loves to play with her cousins. Ryan and I are still planning on waiting another 2 years before we have another little one, for those who keep asking! Ryan has around 2 years left of school and hopefully that is the last of his schooling, I miss him all the time when he is gone. I am not working I am staying home with Alyssa still and I am having a lot of fun! I enjoy spending time with Ali and watching her grow each and everyday, the sad part is that she is growing way to fast! We are living in my parents basement apartment and are very thankful for all that they do for us! Ryan and I are also doing a weight loss contest with his family and I am finally starting to lose some weight. Ryan is handsome as ever and I love him so very much and I love how much he does for us!

Old Pictures from Christmas

2009-04-17T12:30:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't done anything on here in a while! Here is a ton of pictures from Christmas and Alyssa room set she got!

A Week of Madness

2009-03-26T18:45:00.000-07:00

So for those that don't know this past week has been..... Heck. I was up all night with my beautiful Daughter Friday night and Saturday I took her to the doctor to find out that she had Croup. That's not the end,.... Saturday and Sunday night I was up with her all night again and she developed a really bad cough so I took her back to the doctor Monday when they told me that she now has Pneumonia but they didn't admit her to the hospital. They gave her an antibiotic and she is doing so much better. Also Saturday night I thought it would be fun to play with Scissors and I ended up cutting the tip of my ring finger off, who needs it anyways, right? I think I have had about 20 break downs, it's so hard to have a child of your own be sick, I wish it would have been me other than her. I also got a call from my mother a couple of days ago informing me that my beautiful Grandma Zeeman was in a car wreck and again I started to cry. All I could think about last night is how much I love everyone in my family and extended family.

Ryan's Birthday

2009-03-19T17:10:00.001-07:00

I think I spoiled Ryan WAY too much! I also made better than sex cake with whip cream topping, it was so much fun. On his actual birthday I just bought cupcakes, lazy me. ;)

Grandpa, Alyssa & Playdough

2009-03-19T17:05:00.000-07:00

My father came down to play with Alyssa and when you mix Grandpa, Grandchild and Play dough together you get to much fun!!! :) Oh I added some of Alyssa's artwork too.

Valentines

2009-03-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures of Alyssa in her beautiful dress! She is so cute and so much fun!

Alyssa's & Mom's Adventure~

2009-02-21T13:51:00.001-08:00

I woke up this morning made pancakes for breakfast and might I add they were quite tasty!!! After breakfast I wanted to go to the gym, I live in a DARK basement apt so I never get to see the light of day and as I walked out the Sun was so amazing and it felt so good to be out there. I went to the gym and came back and I didn't want to stop at that I went and asked Alyssa if she wanted to go out side and she hurried and helped me find her shoes and she was ready to go. It was supposed to only be around the school and it ended up to be about 2 miles and I would have kept going but she needed to get home for her nap! Here are some pictures of our findings and our adventures that I took with my phone! Love you all!

O' MY GOSH!!! A POST!!!!

2009-02-14T20:13:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Sorry about my slacking on this blog. My life feels like it never has a moment to my self to do what I want! Ryan is always so busy with work and school and I am so busy with work, Alyssa and seems like everything else. Ryan is really a wonderful person and I am so great full for him. Ok I will stop with the mushy..... Alyssa has gone 2 weeks with out being sick **Knock on wood** She is so cute she is my little princess she likes to *try* to help out with everything(and ends up making a bigger mess) but that is ok she is cute and can get away with it all you have to do is look at my house and you would know that she does lol. I have been doing alright I have had a couple of rocky weeks I would say but I can't really complain I have such a beautiful family to make up for it. I go in on Thursday to the hospital to see why I am sick all the time - nothing big. For the most part I am blessed with people that love me :). I had a lot of fun doing my little cousin and her best friends hair for their sweethearts dance tonight and it turned out pretty cute I only had from 4-7pm to do 2 up dos so I think for the time frame I had I did a dang good job! I am posting pictures. Well I will post more pictures of my family sometime this week I hope I need to get to bed Good night all of you! Let me know how your Valentines went!!

~Question~

2009-01-16T07:31:00.000-08:00

So I am in this Biggest loser contest and I don't want to be the Biggest loser, What diets work for you? I want to get everyones on this! This over weight thing is not going to be a part of my life anymore!

~A Quick Catch Up~

2009-01-15T08:39:00.000-08:00

Sorry that I haven't written in some time, I feel like my whole world has been so busy. Alyssa has had the chicken pox for the last 3 weeks :( She was doing really good for a little while where all her little spots were crusted over and she wasn't contagious and Monday she woke up with more and everyday I think I find more. Poor little one, I feel so bad but there isn't much that I can do. I feel like the poor little girl is always sick. I wish that I could take a week off and be with her but the way things are I can't afford to take work off. I am so grateful for my mother, sister, mother in-law and my sister in-laws for all that they do to help us out. Thank you to you all. Alyssa is talking a lot now she thinks that she is brilliant and so do I. She is so much fun, I love to hang out with her its hard lately with her being sick but she still is my fun little angel.
Ryan started school again, he does so much for our little family and I love and appreciate him for all he does. He is really an amazing guy (he is cute too :) ). I am spoiled to have Alyssa, and Ryan in my life.
As for me I am still working at the Police station. I help my mom out with weddings here and there.
I have been to the doctor I think 20 times in the last month for all three of us. I feel like I could be an old woman, I am falling apart. The doctor thinks that I need my gal blatter is the reason for making me sick all the time. I can't go and have the test done because of money reasons so I am just dealing with the sickness, also I need my knee scooped and I am too stubborn to do that plus to expensive. There is more but I am done whining. :)
This last Sunday My in-laws, Ryan and I started doing the biggest loser contest and who ever wins get a $120.00 and I am going to win I need the money to buy new clothes for when I am all skinny. Plus I am sick of being so over weight so bring it on Merrells! Also we are doing it with my family as well so far its just my mom and I and I think she is winning she looks awesome she is a smaller pant size than me and she is so beautiful. Though she started like 4 months ago. Well Love you all but I need to get ready for work.
Mom you are really great and thanks for your help with everything you and dad has helped out our family so much and I love you!

Here is a Picture of my Big Family

2009-01-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

This Picture was taken by my Sister in-law Miranda. I just made it black and white. I don't know why but I love block and white.

~~SNOW~~

2008-12-15T23:05:00.001-08:00

Alyssa having fun in the snow! It was her first time playing in snow*~*~*

PICTURES GALORE

2008-11-30T23:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from thanksgiving. We had two thanksgivings and they both were SO GOOD!!! I think that I am like 20 pounds heavier lol :) My mother hosted the Thanksgiving for the Zeeman side in the Party Barn and it turned out so cute, fun and delicous. Later on in the day we went to My sister in-laws house Miranda's and the tables looked so cute and the food was wonderful. Oh and the boys nerded out on the playing the PS3 while we were getting things ready. Boys will be boys! All in all the day was a lot of fun and it was a good day. Oh and the Bread in the Picture I made and it turned out so good! I was pretty excited. Also Rob and Miranda's home is so beautiful it was fun to have Thanksgiving there.

What I am Thankful for!

2008-11-30T15:48:00.000-08:00

I am thankful for my Handsome Husband and all that he does for me. He goes to work full time and school full time and he deals with me full time, so I am dearly thankful for him for that. I know that its not easy at times but I am thankful for Ryan for never giving up and for being so great. I am so thankful for my beautiful little girl that brings so much joy and happiness into my life. I am truly spoiled to have her, she is such a good girl and always has more of a smile than a frown. She is so easy to babysit (so I hear) and she is so easy to make happy for the most part, she is a little child so she does have her moments. I am also thankful to have a job that gives me a little extra money to help get by and its a lot of fun. And to you all Friends and Family I am thankful for you for being so great and always being there when we have needed you and also when we just needed a break. Thanks again to all of you!!!

Hair Change!

2008-11-25T19:56:00.000-08:00

Ok So I finally changed my hair! I do not look like me, its a BIG Change. Ok so I am not sure if I like it better or not but its nice to have a change. I hate these pictures of me but here you go!

More Pics from my B-day

2008-11-19T21:55:00.001-08:00

So I celebrated my birthday the Sunday before with my great family and had a AWESOME chocolate cake from Costco and after that day you can see how much was left from the cake :). Then on my birthday Ryan and I went out to eat to Applebee's (My Favorite Restaurant) I ordered my usual the Applebee's House sirloin(YUM) and Ryan order his usual the Bourbon steak, when we received our order Ryan took a bite out of his and commented to me that his steak tastes like musk LIKE OLD MENS MUSK, so I took a bite thinking he is crazy, and IT DID, it tasted like what BOD(Cologne) Smells like. YUCK!!!! I took a bite of my Steak and I was in Heaven!!! I Loved mine, it was cooked to perfection (med. well) just how I like it, it melted into my mouth. Just thinking about it makes me want to go back. Then we went shopping for some Christmas Presents since we are never in Orem and with out Ali. Then the next Sunday we celebrated with his family it was so much fun, his little sister gave me a gift card to bath and body works(I think she is trying to tell me something, like I stink, geez how rude lol) jk and his mother gave me some money and other sister gave me a cool wall hanging that pictures go into! His mom made me my favorite better than sex cake and it was really delicious, so.......... yeah that is my last week from sun to sun lol. Well I hope I have more to talk about next post than myself :S I can't help it I had a great week and wanted all to know!!!! Love You all thanks for being great! Oh and to those Creeps out there YOU SUCK!!!

2008-11-18T21:42:00.000-08:00

Here is my Picture from my birthday its not the best but hey its me.

Friends and Family

2008-11-17T08:50:00.000-08:00

I am grateful to my friends and family for all that they do! Thank you to all for all the "Happy Birthdays" I received this last week. I had a really good birthday thanks to all of you, my wonderful Husband and beautiful daughter. I have to admit that my birthday is one of my favorite times of year and probably will be for a long time! I don't have any pictures yet the only picture I have is on ryan's phone so I need to get his phone from him! Thank you all again!!

Some PAST Questions

2008-11-12T22:03:00.000-08:00

1. DID YOU DATE SOMEONE FROM YOUR SCHOOL? Yeah
2.WHAT KIND OF CAR DID YOU DRIVE? Anyone that I could get my hands on.
3. DID YOU PASS YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST YOUR FIRST TRY? Yes
4. WHERE YOU A PARTY ANIMAL? Sure
5. WERE YOU CONSIDERED A FLIRT? Yes
6. WERE YOU IN BAND, ORCHESTRA, OR CHOIR? No
7. WERE YOU A NERD? Heck No I was Cute!!!! :) j/k
8. WERE YOU ON ANY VARSITY Teams? No
9. DID YOU EVER GET SUSPENDED/EXPELLED? Yes
10. CAN YOU STILL SING THE FIGHT SONG? Nope
11. WHO WERE YOUR FAVORITE TEACHERS? Don't remember
12. WHERE DID YOU SIT FOR LUNCH? In a car with all my friends and went places.
13. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S FULL NAME? Payson High School
14. WHAT IS YOUR SCHOOL'S MASCOT AND COLORS? the lion, green and silver
15. DID YOU GO TO HOMECOMING AND WITH WHO? Yes, ummmm can't remember his name
16. IF YOU COULD GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN WOULD YOU? NO! High school is ridiculous now!!!
17. WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER MOST ABOUT GRADUATION? I didn't walk with all the students I just stayed home and relaxed it was so awesome!!!!
18. WHERE DID YOU GO SENIOR SKIP DAY? My friends threw a party in Orem and just hung out to watch retarded kids.
19. WERE YOU IN ANY CLUBS? No
20. HAVE YOU GAINED SOME WEIGHT SINCE THEN? Yes! Dang Baby Fat.
21. WHO WAS YOUR PROM DATE? Daniel Blaney
22. ARE YOU PLANNING ON GOING TO YOUR 10 YEAR REUNION? Yeah I want to see what people look like and see how they are doing
23. DID YOU HAVE A JOB IN HIGH SCHOOL? Yeah I was a Waitress at Sonic

I Love My Nerds!

2008-11-11T22:47:00.000-08:00

Ryan and Alyssa having fun playing games! UGH She is starting young with the games! But I couldn't help but take this picture its so cute! I added some pictures that I took through out the day.

My Week So Far

2008-11-11T22:10:00.000-08:00

So I thought I would write how my week already has started. Yesterday I worked the morning shift which was awesome! I got off work went home and didn't stop cleaning till a half hour before Ryan came home, I was feeling good that I accomplished a lot, until I walked into my bedroom that all the laundry that I had done through out the day and dumped onto the bed made feel my days work I was so tired I couldn't push myself to fold it so I pushed it to the side and fell on the bed just to close my eyes and fall asleep. It was awesome to fall asleep so fast then I woke up this morning I couldn't move. I had to drive to Spanish Fork to Pay Bills and Deposit money into the bank to find out the bank was closed for Veterans day. I get to work and the calls that the officers were on were ones that I can't forget and also can't talk about but its put a damper in my mood. Tomorrow will be a better day, it is my birthday and I love my birthday. Always have and always will!!! Yay for birthdays!!! Maybe when I am turning 50 I will have a different opinion about birthdays lol! Well Here are a lot of pictures that I said I would post from Halloween.

Alyssa Is Growing up!

2008-11-09T23:03:00.000-08:00

Alyssa Started to count yesterday(kind of). She thinks that she doesn't have to listen so I will usually ask her to stop and if she won't we start the counting to go sit on a chair. In this case the counting had to start ONE, then I heard a Two(it was so cute) so I decided to keep going to see how much she would do, three(me) Five(her) Well she at least knows two numbers even if one is out of order! Everyday she looks older and older, and she is learning so much, I feel like I am looking at a little person instead of a baby and it makes me sad. And for all those who are thinking "then have another little baby" that is out of the question for right know, at least. She is so much fun, she fell asleep on my lap today and that was so much fun! I am going to miss these fun times when she gets older. I think even though I will have more kids I am not going to forget their little personalities when they are young. Well its midnight and I am tired I have to get up in 6 hours for work! I will post pictures from Halloween soon I hope.

Hey!

2008-10-22T21:37:00.000-07:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

Its Amazing How Wonderful People Can Be

2008-10-21T07:33:00.000-07:00

So I am at work and reading my e-mail and came across this story and read it and almost started to cry, luckly I was at work so I held back the tears.

Am I A Fireman Yet??

In Phoenix , Arizona , a 26-year-old mother stared down at her 6
year old son, who was dying of terminal leukemia.

Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong
feeling of determination.

Like any parent, she wanted her son to grow up & fulfill all
his dreams.

Now that was no longer possible.

The leukemia would see to
that. But she still wanted her son's dream to come true.

She took her son's hand and
asked, 'Billy, did you ever think about what you wanted to be once
you grew up?

Did you ever dream and wish what you would do with your life?'
Mommy, 'I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up.'

Mom smiled back and said, 'Let's see if we can make your wish come
true.'

Later that day she went to her local fire Department in Phoenix ,
Arizona , where she met Fireman Bob, who had a heart as big as
Phoenix.

She explained her son's final wish and Asked if it might be
possible to give her 6 year-old son a ride around the block on a
fire engine.

Fireman Bob said, 'Look, we can do better than that. If you'll have
your son ready at seven o'clock Wednesday morning, we'll make him
an honorary Fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire
station, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine
yards! And if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire uniform for him, with a real fire hat - not a toy one-with the emblem of the Phoenix Fire Department on it, a yellow slicker like we wear and rubber boots.'
'They're all manufactured right here in Phoenix , so we can get them fast.'

Three days later Fireman Bob picked up Billy, dressed him in his
uniform and escorted him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook
and ladder truck..

Billy got to sit on the back of the truck and help steer it back to
the fire station..

He was in heaven.

There were three fire calls in Phoenix that day and Billy got to go
out on all three calls.

He rode in the different fire engines, the Paramedic's' van, and
even the fire chief's car.

He was also videotaped for the local news program.

Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that
was lavished upon him, so deeply touched Billy, that he lived three
months longer than any doctor thought possible.

One night all of his vital signs began to drop dramatically and the
head nurse, who believed in the hospice concept - that no one should die alone, began to call the family members to the hospital.

Then she remembered the day Billy had spent as a Fireman, so she
called the Fire Chief and asked if it would be possible to send a fireman in uniform to the hospital to be with Billy as he made his transition. The chief replied, 'We can do better than that. We'll be there in five minutes. Will you please do me a favor? When you hear the sirens screaming and see the lights flashing, will you announce over the PA system that there is not a fire?''It's the department coming to see one of its finest members one more time. And will you open the window to his room?'

About five minutes later a hook and ladder truck arrived at the hospital and extended its ladder up to Billy's third floor open window-------- 16 fire-fighters
climbed up the ladder into Billy's room.

With his mother's permission, they hugged him and held him and told him how much they LOVED him. With his dying breath, Billy looked up at the fire chief and said,
'Chief, am I really a fireman now?'

'Billy, you are, and the Head Chief, Jesus, is holding your hand,' the chief said

With those words, Billy smiled and said,'I know, He's been holding my hand all day, and The angels have been singing..'

He closed his eyes one last time.

See I told you that it is sad and would make you want to cry. I hope that we never give up on any of our dreams.

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-18T16:23:00.000-07:00

Ryan, Alyssa, my family and I all went to the Red barn for the pumpkin patch. We had a lot of fun! Alyssa had six shots yesterday so she has been running a fever so she had fun but I think it wasn't as much as she probably wanted to. She was so cute, Ryan watched her while I carried the pumpkins and it was so cute to see them both have some fun!

After words went went back to my mothers home and decorated them really cute, and decorated yummy cookies. All in all it was a fun day.

2008-10-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

The Grotto With Our friends

2008-10-04T13:52:00.000-07:00

This was on July 24th and we went with Jeff & Heather. I had a lot of fun going with them and I love nature and I wish I could have stayed up there for a lot longer but there were people there and its a smaller area.

A Quick Catch up

2008-10-04T13:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry to all of you that check my site so often!!

Ryan is now working at career step and liking it so far. I was able to quit one of my jobs so I can stay home with Alyssa more and I am liking it, though I am still trying to catch up with everything that needs to be done. I am going to post a bunch of pictures that I have that I should have posted awhile ago. I can't post them all on here the rest will be on flickr and if you don't have my account for that e-mail me and I will give that to you.
Alyssa is getting so big she is walking around everywhere and jabbering, thinking that she is having a conversation with us and it is so sweet, cute and adorable. She says some words that are in the English dictionary :) she is a smart little girl. She also likes to try everything out there to try, she is opening, closing, chewing, sticking everything in her mouth, and telling mommy no when mommy tells her no.
Ryan & I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary at the End of August, we were able to go to California and to Disneyland and that was a lot of fun. I have to admit after the first day at Disneyland I was wore out, but I did have a lot of fun the second day as well. It was good to get away but I was really excited to come home to see my baby. Well I am going to stop writing and start posting so pictures. Thank you all for reading. Love ya.

Life

2008-07-11T22:25:00.000-07:00

So not much has gone on other than I am now working two jobs one is for a Police Department as well as a Beauty School I am not going to the beauty school I work there and I am not sure if I like the Beauty School thing just yet but I just started so we will see how it goes. As for the Police Department I love it, I am having so much fun working there I have a lot of work to do, but it is stuff I like to do.
Alyssa is now standing up on her own and she is so adorable. She doesn't walk everywhere just yet but she is walking for the most part. She has these looks that are so funny she will meet new people and scowl like they are crazy, it is so much funny. Well I am heading to Bed See ya good night.
I posted some pictures that my sister In-Law took and did an amazing job!!!

Alyssas Birthday

2008-07-06T22:25:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is now one years old! CRAZY, it feels like just yesterday she was born(but at the same time it doesn't) I didn't really understand how much work it would be. I have done parties in the past but when its for your own child it is a whole another ball game. I was really tired by the time it had started but it was a lot of fun. I was really happy about the turn out. I made sure I didn't give her any treats the whole day for when it came time for cake we would have a sugar happy baby. That didn't happen like I thought it would, she picked at it slowly and only ate like 3 regular bites. She received a lot of fun toys and also she had a lot to tell people in baby talk. To bad I couldn't understand her she was probably saying mom your crazy but I love you :). When all was said and done and people were going home we had friends stay till around mid night talking and watching things on TV. Ali was so tired but really tried to stay awake to play and fell asleep in here chair she is so cute. Next year I think we are going to do a small b-day, it sounds easier. I am glad my mother came to the rescue and helped me set up and clean up in the end I was worn out!!! I will post pictures of her party later when I get my main computer and camera working! Love you all, goodnight!!!

Wedding Day Disaster

2008-07-06T22:24:00.000-07:00

Our wedding day was one day to remember, I mean everyone remembers their wedding day but mine was very out there. The morning of our wedding day I was up at 2AM with people down stairs making noises and running around. I walked down the stairs to have my mother tell me to go to bed (in a panic voice like I would find out what was going wrong). I looked out the window, it was poring out side with heavy winds. It wouldn't matter if my wedding was inside and I didn't set the backdrop up the night before. The backdrop had blown over, the lights on it broke, and the tables were all knocked over as well. We never would have set the wedding up if we knew it would have rained or even a slight chance of rain, the forecast said beautiful weather no chance of rain but to our surprise it was still saying that when it was poring. I went back to my room like my mother insisted and could not go back to sleep. Around 4am I got out of bed and jumped into the shower and then went to Orem to have my hair and makeup done. 7am came along and they were almost done with my hair and I get a reassuring phone call that things were looking up at home. The weather was looking kind of scary but it had stopped raining. 8am came and we were at the temple getting ready and I was doing better and had calmed down for the most part. As Ryan and I were sitting there waiting, they came to tell us they were about ready and all the sudden I became ill to the stomach and had to get up and leave Ryans side and head to the rest room. I wasn't having second thoughts I just was excited to the point I was sick, Ryan was a little worried though :). After the sealing was done and I was officially a Mrs. we walked out to do pictures and the weather was perfect. As we left we had time before the reception we went home and went to sleep (honestly) we were so tired. Now here comes the best part the Reception: we arrived and it started to pore again everything is set up I am in tears and my uncle calls to make things even better, he just heard over the radio of a Tornado warning for UT County(which no tornadoes decided to join my wedding thank goodness). The whole entire night the rain was off and on and so were my tears. I designed my cake and it was beautiful thanks to my mother but the fountain never made it out to complete it, my sign in book was lost no one could find it till close to the end, I had wonderful pictures done but none of me throwing the bouquet or guarder, and none of my line or bridesmaids. My photographer was great till they left before any of the exciting things that were about to happen that everyone wants pictures of. I did have people there that had cameras and took pictures for me. By the end of the night I was ready to be done. Even through all the rain and everything the wedding still looked really pretty. We got to our car to leave and there were two blown up balloons stuffed in a HUGE bra hooked to the front of my car. That was great but there was chocolate and underwear all over our car and with the rain the chocolate ended up looking like someone had used the restroom on our car lol. We arrived at the hotel and went to check in and the receptionist was a girl that used to had the biggest crush on Ryan so you could see how it was really uncomfortable for her hehe(I married him sucks to be her) and I am not going to tell you what happened the rest of the night. The next day we checked out went to our apartment and a week later looked on our card and the Receptionist had charged us double the little .. y I outta .. OK so it wasn't that bad we called and resolved that. So that is my (long) summary of my wedding day. Oh and I Married the Hottest Guy ever and he is all mine ;)!

Ali Bean

2008-05-07T20:35:00.000-07:00

HEY BLOGGERS!!!
Sorry it has been awhile since I have last blogged anything I have been really busy trying to get things ready for my sister in-laws wedding last weekend!
Alyssa is sick and has been for three weeks and tonight she has developed a fever so off to the doctors tomorrow! You know I have to admit being a stay at home mom I thought I would have a huge amount of time on my hands, for me that is not the case. I have been on the move almost every week since I quit my job! I do love that I can take my little girl with me seeing how she attracts a lot of attention with her cute smile! She is starting to push the high chair around the house soon she will walking and I am not going to know what to do. Well I hope to be putting things on here more often! Thank you all for checking in with the Merrell Trio!

Bridalvale falls Walk

2008-04-12T19:40:00.000-07:00

Hey Bloggers- Lindsey here,
---Today I was able to hang out with my two best friends, Ryan and Ali Bean. Our first adventure was going to Tucanos for lunch, and boy was it great food! Alyssa loved being in the high chair and with all the noise there it kept her very entertained as well as that high chair her little legs did not want to dangle in the front of her, she was turning around and the belt was not going to hold her in place (she just had to much fun). She loved the food and she made the cutest bitter faces.
---Our second adventure we went to Bridalvale Falls for a walk and to get out of the house and I loved the view I wish I would have brought our camera for pictures, I was able to take some with the phone but that was about it. Alyssa Loved watching the waterfall she looked like she was about to jump in. She is so adorable!
---Until next time - Lindsey