Blog Book Giveaway

Blog Book Giveaway

Every once in a while, something comes along that is HUGE! Well for those of you who are looking to turn your blog into a book, now is the time! We are giving away something you can't find anywhere else! A custom blog book!

Becky and I have been printing our blogs ever since we started offering the service and it has been such a fun event to look through the books as a family.

It’s so important that we preserve these memories in a tangible book so that our children can have them for a keepsake.

To take advantage of this giveaway, your instructions are:

1. Write a post on your blog announcing the giveaway.

2. Leave us a comment as to why you’d like to win the blog book.

We'll be choosing the winner randomly on Thursday, September 30th, so hurry up and enter! Good luck everyone!

Ashley and Becky - TCBOTB

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Bring it on!

Bring on the cooler weather! It has been a beautiful past few days here in Buckeye. I have loved the cooler mornings. I brought out a few Halloween decorations for the kids the other night. We are so excited for fall and Halloween! One of my favorite times of the year! Joel wants us to be a quartet this year! Lol! We will see if we can find the vests and hats for it. Sorry about no pictures this time.

What the heck happened???

I am not quite sure what happened to my blog background, it just disappeared so I changed it to this one. Who knows?? :(
I was thinking today about 9/11 and what I was doing today nine years ago. I was in my trailor at Eastern Arizona College and my dad called me really early in the morning because one of my roomates woke me up telling me my dad was on the phone. He told me what had happened and I was in shock. I woke up and get ready and we didn't have a tv so I went down to the Lee Little Theater and found the huge big screen tv on with the news on. I remember watching it and crying, not knowing what was going to happen. I was terrified. It was a comfort to me to attend the devotional at the institute that day and I also called my parents and talked to them later on that day. What a scary day that was! Sheesh! I remember being so inspired by words and scriptures Pres. Bush spoke that day. Thank you to all those that gave their lives to save lives! You will be remembered and those that are serving in the military right now, thank you for your service and sacrifice for our freedom!

Blogging

Blogging to me is sometimes really difficult, I think it is a skill. I really do. This photobucket thing turns up on my blog and I do not know how to get rid of it and also the cutest blog on the block symbol I can't get rid of either. If you are good at blogging or computers can you help me to remove these things from my blog. I would really appreciate it and love you forever.

Precious Moments

We have had some really fun things happen this June and July. Preston celebrated his fourth birthday with his cousin, Cooper. I can't believe I have a four year old! We had Preston's party at Grandma Marcia's house and the kids swam and had a pinata! It was so much fun for the kids, but too hot for the adults! :) Preston enjoyed his party so much this year. He even had his very own John Deere cake!
We have been swimming almost everyday, either outside in the mini pool or in the big pool. I love it! I have always loved to swim, but didn't go a lot living up in the cold country. Lets just say Flagstaff only had like two indoor pools and they don't heat them so the water is cold. Not fun! Love Flagstaff but you just can't swim there unless it's the middle of the summer or in a heated pool.
We have really enjoyed living here! Joel starts school in three weeks and the summer will soon be over. I can't believe it. Enjoy it while it lasts.

A Turning Point

We have been truly blessed this month. Joel graduated from NAU in Music Education on May 8th. We had a little barbeque for him that day. It was a really nice time. Thank you family for coming!

Well, as I mentioned in my last post that he had been applying for jobs, he sent out about thirty applications around the state of Arizona. A couple of weeks ago he got a call for an interview in Buckeye, AZ. Who would of thunk? So we went and interviewed and he was offered the position and accepted. I couldn't be happier for him. I thought we would be waiting a while to hear from anybody, but the Lord in his wisdom knows best. I am really humbled by this blessing, and we are looking forward to our upcoming move!

Life!!!!

I just realized that I haven't posted in almost two months. Life has been busy and it doesn't seem to be slowing down. March was a great month. We had Spring break and spent a lot of time down in Queen Creek with my parents. It was so beautiful down there. I love the area that they live in. It is perfect. It has a super Wal-mart right down the street!! I love that! The boys loved being down in the warm weather since the winter up here has been never-ending. I think I fell in love with Queen Creek when we were down there. We had a blast and got to spend time with Jordan and Shari and then traveled down to Buckeye to see Joel's family. We had the pleasure of going to one of his cousin's wedding celebrations and that was a treat! April has been kind of stressful for us. Joel is putting in applications all over the state and so we will see if we get any calls in the next few weeks. Cross your fingers!! I've debated quitting blogging since I never seem to find the time to post, so we will see in the future if I can keep this up! I really enjoy it, but my boys seem to always scream and cry whenever I am on the computer so....we'll see.

Happy Times!

The month of February is such a happy month for me. We celebrated Ethan's first birthday on the fifth and that brought back so many dear memories of his birth and his first few weeks on this earth. We had a little party for him up here. Some of our friends from around our complex came, my sister and Grandpa Marvin and Grandma Marcia came too! It was such a treat having them come! The party was really fun and turned out quite successful! (pictures are coming soon!)
One of my FAVORITE holidays, Valentine's Day, was celebrated at home this year with our boys! We didn't do anything special except exchange cards and candy, which is one of my favorite traditions! Preston was especially excited about the exchanges. Next year maybe we will do a big Valentine dinner! I really like that idea! Maybe when we are in a house again? and we have a little bit more room. ( I am crossing my fingers). I hope you all had a happy V-day and a happy February!

S.N.O.W.!

I am sure that most of you heard that Flagstaff got about 58 inches of snow! Isn't that crazy?!? It has been a beautiful sight though. Heavenly Father has truly blessed this area with moisture, a ton of it!! I have really loved seeing this much snow. I haven't been outside in about three days, but hey that's how it goes sometimes! Here are some fun pics from the storm!

This is a plowed parking lot and there is a car hidden under all that snow! I thought it was funny!


Can anyone spot the picnic bench?

Notice Joel's head compared to the snow pile.
Right outside of our apartment. Joel plowed throughout the storm. Some nights he would leave at 3am and not get back until noon the next day. He loved doing it. He loves the snow more than I do and he is from the desert!! Crazy kid!

Welcome 2010!

2009 was a great year full of joy and happiness, growth and healing. I had a baby, he has been such a good baby. He got his two bottom teeth and has started getting his top two. He just started to walk in December which has been such a joy to watch! I had my gallbladder out last April, thank goodness for the support of a wonderful mother-in-law that dropped everything and came to our aid. Thank you so much. My parents returned from their mission and it is so great having them home and spending Christmas with them. A new year brings excitement! Joel has begun student teaching at Flagstaff High School. Everyday I ask him, "how was your day?" and he says, "it was a really good day." It is so nice to hear that. My boys are growing so fast. Preston started sunbeams this year and I ask him if he likes it and he says,"yep!" So I hope he continues to do so well. He has been potty training as well and with that comes trials. We are dealing with the slow process. Joel graduates in May in Choral Music Education and with that I hope and pray he can find his dream job. We have been really blessed living here among great neighbors and great friends and we will miss it. I hope wherever we go it will bring as much happiness and fun. Be good to us 2010!