Garage Sale

So we are having a garage sale. Cory has decided to go back to school FULL TIME (the goal is to Medical School) so we are really trying to down size OUR LIFE so we can concentrate on that.

Come visit us this weekend and BUY some of the cool stuff we have.

Here is the info from the craigs listing that I have posted.

******* 4 FAMILY GARAGE SALE*****


We are all cleaning house
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Oct. 2nd & 3rd
8 am - till you stop coming!!!

In Mesa, East of Lindsay Rd. between McKellips and McDowell

LOOK FOR THE SIGNS!!!
We have everything you would want!!!!
Click on link below to see just some of the pictures.

Tools
LOTS of home improvement items crown molding, new light switch covers, lighting, (we had a fix it upper and we have lots of left overs)
Antiques (50 years of everything she couldn't live with out)
Baby items, New and gently used including an Eddie Bauer Bassinet and a New in Box Fisher Price 3 in 1 swing
12 ft. PRE LIT Christmas Tree from Costco. (has the real feeling pine needles on the ends of the branches)
Vintage Games
All kinds of Books
Furniture
Home Décor
Office chairs and furniture
TV
Computers, Computers and more computers and anything and everything you need for you computer.
Printer
Full Size Pool Table
Beautiful Wrought Iron Chandelier
Full work out Gym with bench, bar bell and weights
Shoes ALL sizes men’s and women’s (many new in box)
Women’s suits
Jr. Girls clothes
Men’s Clothes
Baby Clothes
Floral Arrangements
90 gallon aquarium, marine equipment, lights, pumps…lots more.
Many new in box kitchen appliances and accessories including, microwave, toaster oven, blenders and Pyrex…etc.
PAINT BALL / AIR SOFT STUFF guns, ammo etc. (my husband owns a business and he has tons of OVERSTOCK priced to move!!!!!)
Halloween Decor, including foam head stones, fog machine, costumes....etc.
MANY MORE ITEMS NOT LISTED!!!!

We have so much stuff and we must get rid of it. My husband didn’t get married until his 30’s and he is a pack rat
(we have kept some dang good stuff) I JUST DON’T HAVE ANYMORE ROOM!!!!!

If you are interested in seeing any of the items before the sale please contact me.

The Cory Chronicles

A few blogs ago my post was titled "whirlwind" boy I had no idea what that meant. Here is the link to let you know where our life is now..

Please keep Cory and our family in your prayers...we need a miracle.

here

Easter Pictures at the Mesa Temple

O how lovely was the morning...

I really wasn't planning on posting this morning. But, as I sit here with the window open I can hear the baby birds in the nest chirping away and I just wanted to say how much I love SPRING TIME!!! With all the blooming buds everything seems so fresh and new. I have loved having a new baby in spring. It just seems so right for some reason.

I posted some pictures of this weekend. On Friday I took my sisters family pictures. We went down to Falcon Field to take pictures with the airplanes. They turned out really cute. Good idea Jen.

Sadly I was unable to take picture of both my girls in their first ever MATCHING EASTER DRESSES because after church before I had a chance to get pictures Miss Rubi had an accident. O well hopefully today I can head town to the temple and get some cute ones like I did last year.

We had a lot of fun this Easter. It was so exciting to watch Rubi really get into it this year. She even watched the Easter message on LDS.org and loved it.

I was so grateful to be able to teach my primary class on Easter... my friend told me about something she heard on the radio so I used it in my lesson. I gave them each an empty Easter egg (in addition to a cute lil basket) and told them that the empty Easter egg was to represent the empty tomb that Christ left after the Resurrection. I think I am going to try to remember to give my own children an empty Easter egg every year so they will remember the true meaning of this sacred day. Thanks Julie for the great idea.

Scottlyn

Oh my beautiful babies are growing up too fast. On the 4th of April Scotti turned two months old. Since I did not post these pictures of her when she was two weeks old...I will post them now.

Stats.
She currently has a popped ear drum and is on antibiotics...tear. The saddest part is I didnt even know her ear hurt until we went in on Monday for her well check up. She is such a good baby. She doesn't cry. EVER!
Weight= 10lbs
Height= 23in
Happy as can be. Still eating like a champ. (thankfully). and only waking mommy up once in the night to eat. YEAH!!!

Mommy loves you Scottlyn Reece.

whirlwind...

W O W!!! is all I can say. My life has been a whirlwind, which a part of me is grateful for but man its tiring.

We are living with my parents and last week the family went to NYC for my cousins bar mitzvah so Cory and I were so excited to kinda have the house to ourselves. (well mike and kim and the boys were still here but they live in the guest house in the back). Anyways on Cory and I decided that it would be fun to go to Mexico even though the house would be empty because Tues. was our 3rd Anniversary. Well lets just say there was a change of plans.

Cory's dad Bill called us up and asked if instead of Mexico we would go with him to Wyoming for a funeral. And so one thing lead to another and by 4 pm on Sat. (he asked if we would go on Friday. ) we were on a plane with our two girls to Salt Lake.

Now lets back up a little bit. Friday we spent the day at work with Cory as we were running an errand Rubi started barfing out of no where. So picture this. Driving to Phx. on the freeway in the middle of rush hour and she starts throwing up. There was nothing I could do. So I throw myself into the back of the car to try to help her and all I really could do was hold her hand while she continued going for 5 more min. (I didn't know that a 1 year old could have that much in their tummy). So we drive around looking for some sort of establishment that would have all the amenities that we needed for this craziness. Finally Wal Mart came to the rescue so after Cory ran in to get cleaner and then I ran in for some new clothes for Rubi. We were finally on our way. o and did I mention that the smell of throw up makes me want to join in the action myself!!! yucky.

So that night I took the car seat out and sanitized every last bit of it. I am not sure the smell is ever going to come out. So as I mentioned about we live with my parents and everyone was out of town which included my older brother Gabe who is our watchman at night time. (he loves catching the kids tepeeing us) well as luck would have it we were tagged by some vandals. My car and my brothers car both got the windows bashed in. and of course they had to break the most expensive windows on the car. It was so annoying too because they didn't even steal anything (my purse was in the car with cash in it). O well I guess it wasn't as annoying as it was a blessing.

Now I mentioned that we went to Wyoming. Well let me also mention that there was a huge blizzard in that part of the country. Also let me mention that I live in Mesa I don't live in the snow I don't go to the snow I do not own snow clothes for me or my girls. So Sat. morning after the window bashing and police reporting I headed to the only store in town that I could think of that still carries winter clothes in Phoenix in March....Burlington Coat Factory. And yes it did save the day.

Ok so you think that my story could get any crazier....picture this 4 huge luggage bags 2 strollers 2 car seats 2 kids 30 min before our flight leaves (10 min before our flight boards the plane) trying to check in and get through security. OMG is all I can say I felt like such a spectacle. Thank goodness that we were blessed...our girls were angles on the plane rides.

We had a lay over in Vegas. Stayed one night in Salt Lake drove 6 hrs to Wyoming in a Blizzard. Went to a Catholic funeral. Stayed one night in Wyoming. Spent two hours looking for my father in laws parents grave in a Blizzard...didn't find it. Drove 6 hrs back to Salt Lake. Visited some friends in Park City on the way back. Stayed another night in Salt Lake. Visited different friends the next day and flew home. HAHA did you catch all that. Ya.

All in all....my kids were ROCKSTARS!!!! they were amazing the whole time. The only real hick up is that Rubi doesn't sleep on trips and she now has a major cold and fever haha. So we did all of this with major sleep deprivation and with a sick kid.

This months trip....MEXICO so we can actually CELEBRATE our anniversary.

PS Love ya Cory...cant believe we made it to number 3. Here's to 60 more.

This Month

take time to stop and smell...the dandy lions?

So this week has been jammed packed....

Monday- I gots my hairs did.  (its the one thing I still do for myself and let me tell you I wont stop) and I know this doesnt sound like it should wear me out but between finding a babysitter (thanks jen) and bringing  Scotti with me its not as relaxing as it should have been.

Tuesday-  This was our day of rest and prep for the rest of the week. 

Wednesday- My dear friend Courtney went through the temple and received her endowments.  Again between finding a babysitter for Rubi and Scotti was not a simple task.  Thankfully Cory agreed to stay home from work in the morning so Rubi could still have her normal morning routine and the Corys mom took Scotti.  But that was not easy on me because the secession was so long and so Scotti had to take her first bottle.  Luckily she did great. Then later that day was bridal pics. and the family dinner.  

Thursday- This was wedding day full of temple ceremony, so Rubi and Scotti headed over to grandmas again.  Then at night we went to a birthday party and the reception.  And then last night Cory needed me to follow him in my car to Globe so he could sell a car so we didnt get home till almost 2 am. 

Friday- Today has been filled with resting, recovering, and reflection of the week.  Which leads me to the title of my post.  My lil sis Steph went out back with Rubi and my camera and took these darling pictures of Rubi just playing and being Rubi.  I love that little girl.  

OH and hello... I forgot to mention that Scottlyn had her one month birthday on the 4th.  Its amazing how fast this month has gone.  

I am not sure of all her stats as far as weight and height but some highlights so far are.  

She is sleeping very well.  Mostly because she is still in that newborn state.  She eats like a champ which I am very thankful for.  I swear when she is awake she is having conversations with the heavens.  She does have some projectile vomit spells which cause a hospital visit but luckily she will just grow out of it.  And she is just the sweetest little baby and just love to kiss, hold, and love on her.  Did I mention she is the best baby to hold, she just melts into your arms. I seriously cant get enough of my girls I love them so much. 

I am being attacked...

I wrote this post last week and thought I lost it but today I found it....dont ask me how that happened. 

So its not that surprising that with a new baby there has been some recourse that has come from my first child.

Scene 1- 

We moved into my parents house in Nov.  So this means 8 adults, 4 children under 3, 3 dogs, 1 bird, some fish and last time i checked i think my brother has a snake all in one household.  And then my sister, her husband and there 3 kids and dog are over here once and maybe twice a week too.  So what I am getting at is that as far as the kids go its pretty much survival of the fittest...or fits...I am not sure which most of the time.  And Rubi has learned a trick or two of what being a kid is all about.

She does pretty good most of the time but as of lately this is how its has translated to affect my life.

Scene 2-

For the last nine months we have told Rubi that there is a baby in mommys tummy.  But how is a 9-18 month old really supposed to comprehend what that means...their not.  So when we brought Scotti home from the hospital and said "wheres the baby?"  a little confusion set in when mommy no longer just had a huge tummy that had taken away the lap that she once occupied. Now that not as fat tummy was being occupied by something else and it sure wasnt Rubi.  

So this leads me to the next scene 3-

Rubi LOVES the "baby" and she gets it now but something still isnt right.  So where do those uneasy feelings go...you guessed it MOMMY.  Now heres where scene one comes into play.  She began HITTING ME!!! Well that didnt last too long before she understood that wasnt going to fly.  So after a few min. in time out we learned we do NOT hit mommy.  ok we are still working on it but its getting a lot better.

However this did not cure the uneasy feelings.  

Heres to scene 4- 

Last week I put Rubi down for her nap.  And she seriously loves naps, she goes down so easy no crying and sleeps for a couple hrs.  Well not last week.  I put her down and after an hour of her still making noises I go in and low and behold she learned how to take her pants and her diaper off.  (lets not forget that scene one helped a little with this new trick too).   Well of course there was pee and the washing of the sheets began.  Well as the week has progressed and 4 days later with poop in the mix I have finally resorted to TAPE.  

LUCKILY it has worked so far....UNFORTUNATLY I fear those uneasy feelings are still there and I am a little terrified of what form they will release themselves next...

I will update the progress :(