These are not my kids.....

But I sure do love them like they are mine....at least I think I do.
Can I really say that since I have never had any kids....how do I know.
Well if I can imagine loving my children more than these kids....WOW
that's a lot of love.

I have always loved being around kids.....ALWAYS!!!!
You never know what to expect, they are so honest, they
keep you on your toes, they are so cuddly and want to make you happy,
and on top of all that....THEY ARE THE CUTEST STINKIN THINGS AROUND!!!!!
(except for Travis that is)

Here in Maryland there are a few kids that have grown very special to me.....
I see these kids at least 3 or 4 times a week for several hours
and I love them so much!

First we have Corrina....oh what can I say about Corrina
She is gorgeous in the cutest way possible
She loves to get into everything
She just turned 2
She is very stubborn
She says thank you before you give her anything (instead of please)


Samantha is Corrina's big sister and I don't have a lot of pictures
of her because when we are all usually together.....Samantha is in school.
Sammy loves to read
she loves loves LOVES LOVES LOVES animals
and yet she is afraid of the new kitten they have :)
She loves making up stories and plays
she has the most gorgeous eyelashes ever
Now Baby Ezekial or as we call him......Mr.Bigs
is the best baby around....he is always smiling
he rarely ever cries
he loves loves LOVES LOVES food
(we took this plate away from him...of course and he threw a fit)
(FIRST TIME HE GOT REALLY MAD)
And now my little man Gabriel.....
He gave me a singing rose on Valentines day
he used to call me his girlfriend....until Sammy came along
he is really into paper airplanes right now....but his interests change weekly
he calls himself Captain Underpants and runs around in his skibbies :)

Well there is one more and her name is Annika....unfortunately I don't have any good
pictures of her because my camera can be tempermental.....ergh
Annika is another beautiful little girl that is always smiling
she has beautiful blue eyes
she is a total daddies girl
she knows more sign language than most adults
and she is a bundle of energy

Now you know all of my kids....well kinda my kids.
I love them like they are my kids....or at least I think I do...
well you know what I mean.

Friendship

Last Saturday....I was able to go the Washington D.C. Temple
with my two best friends Kim and Erin.
We three have been through a lot together in a very short time.
We have laughed till we cried, leaned on one another for support,
and given to many hugs to count. Times have not been easy for our
little group of three, but together we have seen the light and made it
through the storm.
Erin had the honor of doing a session for her Grandmother....which
was an amazing experience. There wasn't a dry eye between
the three of us. Kim who is amazing at her geneology work, had several
names and I was able to do a session for her distant relative. It was an amazing
experience to share with these two women whom I have grown to love so much.
After our session we found a quiet place on the temple grounds and Kim
shared her blessing with us. She had been praying about it and just felt that
with everything that we had all gone through together it was something that
needed to be done. It was a beautiful moment and we were
all in tears by the end.....the spirit was so strong on that
tiny little bench that held us so close togeher.

I just wanted to tell Kim.....I love you like you are my Sister !!!!!!! I love your
cute little family like they are my own and I am honored that
you shared your blessing with me. I will always be here for you!!!!!
I am so happy the Lord has placed you into my life.

The worst blogger ever.....me!!!!

Alright so.....a long long time ago...I can still remember, I went to Indiana and my little sister got sealed in the Chicago, IL temple. I arrived in Indiana a week and a half before the wedding to help my mom with all of the decorating and shopping and cooking and everything else that goes along with getting ready for a wedding.


The first day I was there this is what I saw....how cute is he. This is my nephew
Noah and his school was having cowboy and cowgirl day. It was so good to be reunited with my little buddy again....it is so hard being away from all of our families!!

Noah is my little helper....I can get that kid to help out with anything I want...I
had better be careful with that. We painted about 7 HUGE tree branches white to place around the gymnasium for the wedding and we had 2 teams painting and we
raced to see who could get done first. This was probably the messiest way we could have done this but it was fun anyway.

Now, Savanah couldn't have gone the easy way out and just set up tables no....she had us slaving away(but she is totally worth it) for 3, yes 3 days setting up the gym at the church. We had to call in all the reinforcements.....I think we had about 10 -15 people helping each of the days, and it was still cutting it close. We hung wire across the ceiling to drape fabric and My brother Josh (who really tweaked his backpretty bad) and cousin Tiffany and
Aunt lisa and mom and Aunt Sandy...well you get the picture they got it done.

These were the tiniest helpers we had there that day....and boy were they good helpers. they kept their cousin Sarah very busy and out of the way of all the workers... :)
Dirk and Amelia

I just had to get a picture of my Mom's make shift make-up bib so it didn't get on her dress
she is pretty creative in a pinch.

This is the ceiling of the gymnasium at the end of the first day

This is what the side walls of the Gym looked like, and the tables are partially set up.

Alright now to the god stuff.....I will have more pictures of the bride and groom later.
But let me just tell you a little about the sealing and reception.
So Savanah flew in from Utah on Thursday evening before the sealing on Saturday.
Daniel was supposed to fly in on Friday night before the sealing because he had a test that afternoon. Well as he was pulling up to the airport in Utah he got pulled over and his friend was driving, so Daniel thought I am just going to run in so I can catch my flight. Well the officer had other plans and pulled his gun on Daniel. So needless to say Daniel missed his flight. There was no flight in the morning that would get him to Chicago on time for his sealing so , Daniel had to fly to New York to catch an early enough flight to Chicago.
Well he made it to the Temple in time for the sealing which was delayed an hour.
During the ceremony my dad got to be a witness and the Sealer accidentally called him Brother Ferguson (Fernandez) and he kept calling Savanah, Susanah. But they were sealed and the ceremony was beautiful.

Now the reception was amazing we had a huge buffet of Mexican food, dancing, mingling and loads of fun. But still the DJ kept calling Daniel, David and kept saying that they were the Fernandez's instead of the Rodriguez's. All in all it was a visit filled with tears, laughter, near disaster, and a whole lot of love.

Help....

Alright so I read off of someone else's blog about cutest blog on the block which was way easier than the way that I was doing it before with pyzam.  I had to go back and save all of my blog list over every time I changed out my background.   But now I don't know how to change the colors of the background that my writing is actually on......how do I do that without having to redo all of the blog list and add the gadgets all over again.   Please help me .....Megan.....Katherine.....hello?  Is anyone out there?

The too LITTLE black dress......

So my sister Savanah is getting sealed March 28th in Indiana. So exciting right...well I got online to order my dress early because Savanah picked the only dress (well maybe not the only one) that could not be ordered from the U.S., no it was coming from China. I am on their website and I link to a chart with measurements to make sure and order the right size. I get out my hand dandy tape measure do the deed and order my dress. This weekend I got my dress and I was so excited, the first thing I did was try it on.

IT DOESN"T FIT!!!!!!! We tried for 10 minutes to get that thing zipped. I am so depressed!! I have to get into this dress by the 28th. I can take it to my Aunt Sandy if I don't fit into it by the time I leave for Indiana, but come on I would rather fit in the dress!!

Anyone have any good ideas how I could lose some inches in the next week ?

They many joys of aunthood.....

These are some of the BEST kids in the WOrld....
This is for all of my nieces and nephews I have been missing so much!!!
I can't wait to see all of you again.


Me and Noah snuggling to a movie...
man I love these kind of moments!!!

Look at that doo.....how tight were those
rubber bands Jenny?
Poor Mariah

Ethan with his new baby sister......
He is such a good big brother!!!!

Kaysen and Tanner....now those are some handsome boys

Fun in the sun camping....
Alexis, Paige and Ryan

My awesome nephew Ethan....we were doing some
whale watching off the Monterey Bay

To cool for school....
Kaysen

My oh so cute niece...
Paige

Kendon wants to be a cowboy and he would dress
like this everyday if he could....so I just had to capture this
with my camera....so we had a fun little photo shoot

Want any cheese with that HAM
Ashton and Travis

Chipmunk cheeks with cherry tomatoes....
Noah (with his favorite aunt)

Best friends and cousins.....how sweet!!!!!
Paige and Kendon

There is no better place than on Grandpa's lap...
Mariah

Not you too.....

Shelby....Travis' cousins (Kyle) wife was on the east coast visiting
her family and was kind enough to extend an invite to dinner at
her parent's house. It took a little convincing to get Travis out of the
house as usual....but he agreed and we were on our way.

Now when we arrived we were welcomed with warm hugs
and sincere introductions and then the unthinkable happened.....
Travis was not prepared for this and never saw it coming.......
they gave us a gift.......
Now you may be thinking what a nice gesture...or.....
Why the movie Ever After?.....or
Why would Travis not be prepared for this?.....



Well this is how he felt about it
HE HATES DREW BARRYMORE......HE CAN'T STAND HER.....
HE HAS BANNED ANY MOVIE WITH HER IN IT FROM
EVER ENTERING OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!


His cousin Kyle knew this about Travis and made sure that the gift
was offered to us when we arrived. Other than this little incident,
Shelby's family was AWESOME and we had a wonderful visit with them.
And.....I think I found a new traveling partner.....because we all
know Travis does not ever want to go anywhere......So I will be
calling you Jackie. Thanks for the great visit....well except for the incident.

Is it really worth it.....

So on Valentine's Day I decided to make some of my cousin
Tiniel's (SHOUTOUT) soft Sugar Cookies.....which were delicious!!!!!
And as usual Sandy was at my feet in the kitchen while I was
rolling out the dough and sprinkling flour on the counter and.....well
let's just say it was messy!!! I look down at my lovely dog
and this is what I found.....what a good little helper I have. It
almost looked like she had done all the work....she was more dirty than me.

So the time has come.....the season of SHEDDING!!!!!
Sandy needed a bath so I head upstairs and get ready....
Now you may be asking yourself....Sarah, what do you need
to get ready for?
Just Scroll down...............

no problems so far.....

Don't let that cute little innocent look fool you....

Alright this is how I feel about the next pictures.....

This is the bathtub after I had already cleaned out the drain
several times so the water had somewhere to go.......

SERIOUSLY.....HOW MUCH HAIR CAN ONE DOG HAVE?

I just don't know if it is worth it to save $30.00 to groom her myself.....
now you know why I had to prepare.....I was armed with about 5 towels,
1 bag of treats, blow dryer, grocery bag (for hair), brush, and the
camera so you all can be warned about dogs with long hair......but she
is totally worth having!!!!! We just need to take her to get a bath somewhere else!!!

These are a few of my favorite things

Alright I have been feeling kinda bad that the last 5 or 6 posts don't have Travis in them....so this one is all about Travis......Here are some of my favorite pictures of him. I love you so much Travis and I am so happy that we found eachother.

Look at this handsome man....he could be a model !!!!

This is why I love my husband....he is always making me laugh. This
is us goofing around with our nephew while playing a game.

This is halloween our second year dating....isn't
she one good looking dame.

All the love from his family!!! Brother Korey and niece Mariah.

I don't even know if I can explain this one.....it's his family
at their annual camping trip....we have a lot of fun!!!!!

This is Travis in his element....if he could do this everyday he
would be happy. He loves dirtbiking!!!!!!

Oui oui, Monsieur!! Oh if that doesn't make you smile....

Travis was playing hide and seek with his nieces and nephews...it took
them a while to figure out where he was.

He tried to shave his head then called me in to finish....this is what I found