My lil peanut

D.O.B October 8th 2009 8:57p.m.
Happy six month birthday to the sweetest lil thing ever. I seriously cannot believe that it has already been six months since you came into our lives. You have brought so much joy to this home. Your smile is like nothing Ive ever seen. You have made me a better person, a better mother. I love looking into your eyes and feeling your little spirit. I come in every night just before I go to bed just to see you sleeping. I stand over you and smile to myself and thank my father in heaven for such a wonderful, perfect little blessing. You have brought your big brother so much joy also. No one can make him smile like you. When I watch your daddy hold you it melts me inside. You can just feel his love radiating from him. I truly do not remember life without you. Thank you for choosing me to be your mommy, you are so wonderful. I just wish I could slow down time and make this next six months last longer. I love you my peanut.


Pictures takin today at bath time. SOOOOO CUTE!

Easter fun

So every year, I dread dying eggs. Its a big mess, the eggs never get eaten, and its hard to hide boiled eggs. If you loose one it can start really stinkin, if you know what I mean. Anyway my friend Veronica and I came up with a fun and tasty alternative. We made rice crispy treats in the shape of eggs and then rolled them in molding chocolate and let the kids decorate them with different sprinkles. It was so fun and very tasty. The kids absolutely loved it.

1. I made the rice crispy treats and we quickly started making the eggs before it had a chance to set up too hard. p.s. the brown tint in the rice crispies is chocolate. I melt chocolate chips in the marshmallows, its um um good.

2. We pressed them into these egg trays and put a stick into them

3. Melted the molding chocolate



4. Sweet kidlets eagerly waiting to help. Sammie and Maverick





So they didn't turn out looking professional or anything, for heavens sakes we made them with the kids. However the taste was soooooooo delightful and it was very fun making them and seeing the smiles when we were finished.
I hope that everyone takes time to reflect on the Savior during this holiday and everyday. Heavenly father gave to us his only son, what a powerful and wonderful gift. As I think about what Jesus went through while in the garden of Gethsemane my heart aches for the pain he felt for you and for me. I think about all of my sins and how I caused him pain. Its hard to comprehend how Heavenly Father must have felt when his only son pleaded to let this cup pass. However he knew that he had to give his life in order for us to have our lives be eternal. Just think of that, can you even imagine? I'm so grateful for all of my many blessings. I'm grateful for my trials also because its through them that I feel him closer to me each day. I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter and that the spirit would be strong in your lives and in your homes.

Can I push pause?

I took Maverick to his first dentist appointment yesterday. It was bitter sweet. I was soooo proud of him and how brave he was, and I was soooo sad that he is growing up so fast. The woman cleaning his teeth said that she can never get kids his age to sit still for cleanings, let alone the x rays she took of him. We were in and out of there in less than an hour. It was great.




The only melt down we had was when he could only pick ONE treasure and not five. lol

Today I laid on the floor and kissed all over this baby. My heart was so full looking into his beautiful eyes and I was overwhelmed with pure love.


I had no idea I could love these boys to the capacity that I do. But they are growing up so fast I wish I could push pause and lay with him on that blanket forever

check it out

Check out the new photos I just did of a beautiful girl and her grandpa's horses. Im just getting that spring fever and am ready to do some pictures. So let me know if you'd like some and what you think of the photos.
Just click on my pic me photography button

A little pick me up

After my poor me post I posted last time I thought it might be time to post something nice, so that you all dont think Im loosing it. I was able to go up north this last weekend and present Korbin with the money I raised for him. I just want to thank everyone who donated. It meant alot to me and the world to them. I went to see Korbin at his house and brought my dog Rambo with me. I think it was just what the doctor ordered. He was so happy to just let Rambo snuggle in his lap, I think he was happier to see the dog than me. Im so proud of Korbin and his strength. He is working hard with his physical therapy and soaking up all of the attention he has gotten.
While I was up north I also got to see my lil sis who I hadnt seen in like nine months. Man I missed her. She is soooooo great. It was her first time meeting Kanon since he was born. It was love at first sight for the both of them. Maverick enjoyed playing the WI with her and chasing her friend Lacie's dog around. It was a nice break to go for a visit and forget about my trials for a moment. I looked at Korbin and thanked my Heavenly Father that my boys are healthy and I dont have to watch them suffer in pain. I am truly blessed it just takes being down in the dumps to see the light some times.

Korbin (the Warrior) and Rambo

Auntie Jess, Korbin's mom getting some snuggles from Kanon


Maverick and his future girlfriend Kaitlyn. She's Korbins sister

He LOVES his auntie Sarah!!!!!

Man I miss her guts, I wish college didnt take so long to finish

Does it hurt when I press here?!

I just need a moment to feel sorry for myself. So Im sorry ahead of time if you thought you were about to read something uplifting or interesting.
I feel like I have been through alot in the past ten years. I was married to a heroin addict for almost five years. I survived day to day moment by moment. I drained my friends by being so needy and always having some kind of drama going on with me. I felt so lost and helpless. However during that time joined the LDS church, against my families wishes and finally felt a glimmer of hope. I ended that marriage and quickly met and married Nephi. We started our family fast and life hasnt stopped since. Nephi has lost his job twice, twice I said since we have been married. It seems as if we are never going to catch a break. Dont get me wrong, I dont look back at my life and not see the blessings, believe me I do. I just feel like we are always being hit down right when we are about to climb out. I was reminded today about how scary things are when I went to WIC. Not even one hour after the doors had opened they were full for the day and couldnt help anyone. And I was one of the ones they couldnt help. And it sucks of course my checks just ran out last month. UGH!!! And also the government is running our of unemployment so having Nephi still on it, which he has been for the last SIX months is really up in the air. Now anyone who is married can understand, I love my husband, I really do. I just dont want to be around him 24/7! I need him to get a job, oh wait he cant! In case you didnt hear, he tore his ACL while trying to be an NBA star in church ball and now has to have surgery. Do you see what Im saying, Im dieing here!
So why is it you ask Im going on and on like this. Well today I was reminded again about how crapy of a friend and person I have become while wallowing in my own crap. I forgot about a hair appointment and scheduled something else at the same time. My friend does my hair and is always very good about getting me in. However I back out over and over, One time I have money to do my hair and another I dont. Its just not who I am, Im tried of who I have become. Im sorry to all of my friends for draining you and not having alot of good things going on to share. However to all of you that I have wasted your time, I am truly thankful for you all. Without you I dont know where I would be. Im making a promise that from this day on I am giving my best effort to be more positive. To not share everything thats going and have everyone feel sorry for me. The only one that can be sorry is me. This post wasnt really for anything accept for me to get it all out of my head. Im sorry if anyone actually read this!
Until next time I will now be going and listening to my son sing "talk dirty to me" by poison so I can smile and remember that life really isnt that bad.

Starting over

Im starting over with my photography blog. I have come a long way since I first made my other one and feel like I needed to spice things up. I took some pics of my sweet boys to start it off, I mean who else would I start with really. (they are just stinkin cute) so if you want go ahead and take a peek, my photography button is on the left under my new photography name "Pic Me Photography"

My cute boys

So I have been sick now for over a week. Maverick has been sick too so the two of us have been butting heads. I havent been very patient with him and he is soooo not with me. I start getting into stinkin thinkin and remember that my two little angels were sent to me from my father in heaven. They are only mine to help bring together his plan for them and be blessed in the process. That line is very hard to remember when you are a sick, tired, and frustrated mom. I think its safe to say we all get that way from time to time. So today while Im remembering why I love being a mom I got together some pictures of my two monsters. Everyone keeps saying how much alike they look. My friend Wade put it in a very funny way, he said "they look like they were twins in Heaven and one got sent down before the other." Now since I am the mom and see them every day and know their personalities I dont see it that way. However when I put these little collages together Im starting to see what everyone is saying. They are almost exactly the same age in every picture. So see for yourself.



And this handsome guy is our newest family addition, Wiley. He is a Weimaraner, we rescued him from a very bad place. The people who owned him before paid 1200 bucks for him and we got him for FREE. SCORE.


He is the sweetest thing ever and loves being with us. He even does tricks for Maverick. He will sit,shake and lay down for him. Its great

Cash for Korbin/Prayer

This is my sweet friend Jessica's son Korbin. Korbin is an amazing person who has been handed a few hard tasks in life. When he was on 18 months old he was diagnosed with Diabetes. That was such a heart wrenching time for his parents and family. I'll never forget seeing his sweet little face laying in that metal crib at the hospital, nurses coming to poke at him every few hours. Through that event however Korbin gained a strength unlike any Ive ever known. He has learned all he can about his diabetes and takes care of it with such maturity. Now after all he's been through these last 7 years you would think the boy could catch a break. That's not the case. Hence the purpose for my post. Korbin had been having a bit of pain in his hip and leg for some time. His mom or doctors couldn't put their finger on what it could be. After x-rays and other tests the discovered he has Perthes Disease. Perthes is a condition in children characterized by a temporary loss of blood supply to the hip. Without an adequate blood supply, the rounded head of the femur (the " ball " of the " ball and socket " joint of the hip) dies. The area becomes intensely inflamed and irritated. What a blow this was to their family. They have been overwhelmed with bills after bills with all that Korbin needs. Korbin just had surgery yesterday to receive some hard ware in his hip.

As you can tell this was a very very painful procedure, followed by high blood sugars, and an upper respitory infection. He however has a spirit stronger than anyone I have ever met and is fighting back. He will be in the hospital until Sunday and will be in a wheel chair for 6 weeks. Followed by intense intense physical therapy to learn to walk again.
So why am I sharing this you might ask? This is because I need your help. I am doing this fund raiser called cash for Korbin. I'm trying to get together a little cash for his parents to help them with some of the medical expenses. I know that times are hard for everyone so anything would be great. And if you cannot offer money please please keep him and his family in your prayers. I love this little boy deeply and his mom is a rock. She is such a great person, friend, mother and wife. If you are interested in helping please leave a comment.
I have posted some pictures of Korbin just before his surgery and just after. I know what you're thinking too....... yes he is a handsome boy thats going to get alot of ladies and thats no thanks to his daddy, its all mom.
thanks for reading this if you did and please look inside yourself and see if there is anything you can do.

2010 I Suck!

So as you can tell by my blog or the lack there of I haven't been very good about posting. In my defense, I don't have the Internet at my house so going to the library isn't that convenient. Anyway so I thought Id bring life up to speed through some fun pics of whats been happening at the Iverson household.
They go as follows............
1. Just Cute pics of me and my boys on Christmas Eve
2.Baby Kanon's amazing blessing, given to him by his amazing daddy. Truly an emointal day and wonderful blessing. Grandma and grandpa Iverson came for it
3.Random pics of my cute boys
4.Maverick trying out potty training, only lasted one day. LOL Mommy realizes he and I are BOTH not ready.
5.Maverick is OBSESSED with bowling on the wi. So we took him bowling for his first time and needless to say he LOVED it.
So those are the top five things that make my life worth living. Not to mention my wonderful hubby who is currently kicking my butt with a weight set we purchased. He and I are working out together at night when the boys go to bed. The best part is ending in the shower together afterwords. LOL ok so that might have been alittle too much information.
Plans for the new year are to keep up on this dumb blog, eat better and be a great wife and Mommy. thanks for not forgetting to check my blog now and again.

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