Quilting Block

Steve's older sister Melissa is pregnant and she is due in February. We are going to through her a baby shower when we all get together in December for Christmas. Julie, is Steve's younger sister decided for her baby shower that we would make her a quilt. Julie decided that it would be fun to have all the sisters' and her mom each make a quilt block then she would sew them all together to make Melissa a baby blanket. This was such a cute idea, I can not wait to see the finished product. I feel pretty proud of myself because I have not done a lot of quilting before I took on this project. With the help from my mother in law and Julie over the phone I was able to teach myself how to make this block. It was challenging but I think it turned out great even with the imperfections.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

This weekend was our "Trunk or Treat" at the church. One of the items we signed up for was a cake for the cake walk. I was at Target and saw this pumpkin tin that had a rice krispi treat cake on the picture. I thought I could do that. I am proud of the way my cake turned out. Everyone at the Halloween party wanted my cake and kept asking me about how I made it. I felt good that for once I could make something and it turned out good. I posted a picture below. Also is a picture of Mykie and ty one of his friends that live in our apartment complex that came with us. Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween!! :)

Two Years!!

This last Tuesday Steve and I celebrated our second anniversary. Our anniversary always seems to land on a Sunday or a day of the week so we usually do not get to do very much but we had a great anniversary despite that. The weekend before our anniversary,Steve took me to one of my favorite restaurants called the Melting Pot, everything there is fondue. So yummy..... Then we stayed in a very nice hotel and of course it had a big screen T.V. Steve wished he could have taken it home with us. Then this last Tuesday, on our anniversary, Steve took me to a little restaurant in Denver called Tables. It is very good food as well. Steve brought me home roses and some Reese's peanut butter cups. It was a great anniversary. Time seems to fly so fast, can't believe it has been two years already.

Update!

I figured I would give an update since I have not posted anything for a while. I have finally finished school completely!!! I finished my last class on September 15, 2008. For my birthday present Steve got me Carrie Underwood concerts tickets and flew Clarissa up here to go to the concert with me. Clarissa flew up here the day after I finished my class. We had a great time and I got to spend time with Caily her 9 month old too. Below is a picture of us at the concert and then at the very bottom are pictures of Steve and Caily. Steve babysat for us and Caily was not too excited about it, as you can tell by the pictures but I thought they were kind of funny still so I wanted to post them. Also, Steve saved up money to get me a wedding band. We were waiting until he and I were both stable and not having surgery. The beginning of September, Steve surprised me one night with my wedding band. I was supper excited.
This last weekend, some ladies from the ward got together and went up to Glennwood Springs to spend time in the hot springs and on Saturday we went hiking at the Maroon Bells up in Aspen. Even though I was out of shape, we still had a good time. I took some pictures of the beautiful Mountains of Colorado.

Clarissa and I at the Carrie Underwood concert!

The Maroon Bells Group Picture


This is my ring with the wedding band.

Steve, of course, took the picture :)

Caily not so happy. :(

I don't know why but I love this picture because Caily's face says it all. Who are you?

Water Balloon Fight

Here is a video of the boys water balloon fight. Enjoy!

Mychael's 10th Birthday Party!

Opening baseball cards.

Pl
Playing at the pool.

The cake was very good and you can differently tell by Mykie's face.


This last Saturday we threw Mykie a birthday party. He had 4 Friends over. We had lunch and then opened presents. The boys played Lego's for an half hour. The theme this year was army. She we got water balloons that looked like grenades when you filled them up, water guns and dog tags for each of the boys. They had a blast with the water balloons. The best part was when all the boys started gaining up on Steve with the water balloons. I wish I had the camera to take a picture. The boys had fun playing at the swimming pool and using the water guns. Then we came back to the apartment for cake and ice cream. Mykie picked out a snowboarding cake and it was very cool. Overall, we all had a good time and no one got hurt. Steve and I were exhausted toward the end of the party but slept good last night.

Happy Birthday Day Mykie!!!!

Mychael's scouting awards night

They played water balloon volleyball after the award ceremony.



I love this picture.

This last week Mykie got his Bear award for Souts, plus 6 belt looks for different activities he did. Here are some pictures of his ceremony. He is going to be in Weblows next. We are so proud of him and all his hard work.

New Hair Cut

My New Hair Cut

Today I chopped my hair off. I have been contemplating this decision for a while. I decided that all I do with my hair is throw it up into a bun or pony tail and off to work I go. It was time to cut it and find an easier hair cut for me to do. Steve took this picture and played with, which is why it looks so good. I like my new hair cut, it is very weird not to have all my hair there. This is the shortest I have ever had my hair and I am getting use to it. I plan to donate my hair to locks for love.
Oh, for my last post. Steve is improving. I was reading over it and saw that wrote it wrong and had already posted it.

Photography

Hey everyone!
It has been a while since I posted anything on my blog so I thought I would update everyone on what is going on with us. This few months Steve has been in and out of the hospital due to a work related injury. He is not improving but not yet back to work. We are hoping he is able to go back to work sometime this coming week. While he has been at home, he has finished his photography website. Take a look: http://fstopproductions.net. He has worked so hard on it. We got our business cards and started advertising. We are well on out way to starting our photography business. Our plan is to start advertising in Seattle because he already has networks. He will fly up there and photograph with his mom. Once we start making some more money, then we will start advertising more in Colorado. This is our plan to start getting into the business.
I am in my second to last class for school and I am all done. I am getting very excited about that. I am so done with writing 6 page papers. I am enjoying my new job as a child care caseworker. It keeps me very busy but I like it that way.
Mykie and my birthdays are coming up and we plan to throw him a party this coming Saturday. We have some kids around our apartment complex who are coming. We are going to have lunch and then go swimming. I will post pictures after we have party. That is about it for us. Life has been crazy but starting to quit down.

Graduation Video

I forgot to add in this video they took of

them calling my name at graduation.

Kim's Graduation, 2008

Graduation, 2008!! I did it!

Norm, Sue, Me, Steve and Mykie

My Family after graduation

SMILE!
This lady won the outstanding student award for

the undergraduate program for 2008.

Waiting to switch over the tassel, officially a graduate!

Doesn't he look handsome?

My mom and grandma after graduating.

Being a little sassy for the camera.

That's right, I am graduating from college!

Waving to the camera....

That's right, I graduated college this last Saturday, June 21, 2008. Most of you know this has been a long road and I never thought this day would actually come. In fact, when I graduated high school I never really had intentions of graduating college. It has taken me 5 years to finally get my bachelors degree. I started my journey with school at Weber State University in Utah. I was working toware a degree in general studies. I lived on my own, worked full time, and went to school. Now, if that is not exhausting I am not sure what is. It was a struggle at times and I would have to drop credits at times and only go part time but I still stayed dedicated. When I was a junior at Weber State, I decided I needed a changed in my life and picked up and moved to Seattle, Washington. After living in Seattle for a few months, I really wanted to go back to school. I came to the realization that I needed a school that would allow me to work full time and go to school full time. Another realization was if I was going to buckle down and do this I would need to take out a student loan. I had paid for all my schooling up to this point on my own. Not sure how I did all that with no help from my familybut I set a goal for myself. I weighed out my options and started look at schools. I had a friend that was an enrollment counselor at the University of Phoenix. He told me about the different programs and about the school. I prayed a lot about it and chose to start at the University of Phoenix in Feb., 2006. Two and a half years later I graduate! I could not be more excited, I had lots of emotions at the graduation because I have worked so hard for that moment. Going to college was not a goal I had but it is a goal I set for myself. This experience has shown me that I can do anything I set my mind to.

I must add that getting to graduation this past week did not come without its challenges. My husband Steve had a work related accident about an month ago, he strapped his leg really bad. Well, long story short he had surgery last Tuesday and was in the hospital until Friday. Not to mention I had family coming into town that week at the same time all this was going on. It was a wild ride to say the least but we made it through and graduation was a great day. Oh, Steve is healing slowly but doing much better.

Date in Denver

Steve surprised me this weekend with reservations to a restraunt in Denver called Tables. Before we ate dinner we walked around Denver's capital and took some pictures.

Steve and I at the State Capital of Denver

Veterans War Monument

Colorado Federal Building. This building is across from the State Capital.

Pretty Roses!

The State Capital

Statue in the front to the Capital

Liberty Bell

CALIFORNIA

This Memorial Day, Steve, Mykie, and I went to San Diego, California. The trip was a Christmas present from Steve's parents. They decided for Christmas, they would give all the kids money to use for tickets at Southwest airlines. We decided to go to California for our trip, plus see some of Steve family while we were there. I attached some pictures of our trip. We had a great time! Check out the videos below of Mykie.

Downtown San Diego, in the far distance :)

Downtown

Steve's grandpa was a Marine and on Memorial Day we went up with Steve's family to visit his grave on the army base. This was such a neat experience and it was so peaceful.

San Diego Temple

I think this is the prettiest temple I have ever seen!

Me and Mykie

Steve's favorite fast food restraints. I think we ate here as least 4 times while we were in California. They have the best hamburgers.

Grandma Sparks (Steve's grandma)

Mykie boggy boarding. Me and Mykie tried boggy boarding for the first time.

It was so much fun.

Steve and I buried Mykie in the sand

The dodge caliber

(I love this car! We always rent one when we travel)

Walking to the beach

We miss the water

The Ocean!!!

Cool rock formations



Aunt Shelly and Mykie

Steve and Mykie (I love this picture)

Everything is made of Lego's, even batman

Aunt Shelly and Mykie mined for "fools" gold and got 5 nuggets!




So cute.....!




HI Grandma!!

We decided to bury Mykie in the sand.




Mykie playing in the water waves