5 Years and Counting

February 18, 2005 changed my life FOREVER! That is the day that we said, I DO! The last 5 years has been great. Full of ups and downs, good times and bad. Zach and I have been through a lot together in the last 5 years. It started out 3 weeks in Egypt, when I went to visit Zach while we were engaged. We have spent a week in Hawaii for an AWESOME honeymoon. We have been through 2 SCARY pregnancy's. 2 ADORABLE little kids that we both love to pieces. We have been through lots of summers apart, while Zach works in Egypt. We have are on our 4th car together. We both brought cars into the marriage that are now gone. We have been through a foot surgery. We are still going through school. We have been through a death of a parent. I lost my dad last year on this day. Lots of sleepless nights, due to sickness or just not being able to sleep. We have bought a house together, and made lots of memories. Through it all LOVE still remains. It has been a great journey so far. I won't say that it has been easy....AT ALL, but it has certainly been worth it. Life brings its challenges everyday, but that is what makes us strong. I am so thankful for my challenges and that I can share them with Zach. He is a great husband, and makes raising kids so fun and has all of us laughing all of the time. Zach, I hope that it has been as good for you, as it has been for me. I LOVE you and I can't wait to celebrate this weekend with you and the rest of our lives together. I LOVE YOU!!!

xoxo

New Hobby and CRAZY Kids

My NEW Hobby that I LOVE

CRAZY Addi

Good Buds...only Sometimes

What a little STUD

Just having FUN!

I'm a BIG kid now...

Kohen started primary and LOVES it. He is so cute...he LOVES to sing the songs and has met lots of new friends. He is getting so big and is such a good kid. Way to go Kohen...we LOVE you lots buddy!

Princess On Ice

2 Peas in a POD...they LOVE to be with eachother


Princess Addi...Jill bought them matcing wands and crowns



Cute Holland

Addi SO excited in the car....she can't wait to go inside to see all of the PRINCESS!!

So I am WAAAAY behing on blogging....I will try to catch up in order. On November 14...(my 30th b-day) My best friend, Jill gave me tickets to Princess on Ice. WOW! It was a blast to go with Jill, Holland and Addi. The girls had a BLAST to say the least. It was a great b-day present to be with my girls!

CRAZY Addi

Yesterday I got a text message for Zach that said this, "Remember the mascara that you threw away...look what ur daughter decided to do"...the pics speak for themselves...she is ONE crazy girl!

2009 In a NUTSHELL

Zach and I are getting ready to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary in February. Time flies when you are having fun....RIGHT Zach.

2009 Has been a very interesting year in our lives. February 18, 2009 Zach and I celebrated our 4th anniversary, and my dad passed away that same day. What a way to kick things off. Thankfully we received the news after we had already celebrated. It will always put a new twist to my anniversary.

Zach is still attending SLCC and getting ready to transfer the U of U. We are anticipating his graduation very much, as most of you know that will send our family to Egypt for a few years. We are all very excited about that big change. The kids can't wait to see where Grandma and Papa go every time we take them to the airport. Zach has spent 3 months a year in Egypt working for the last 4 years.

I am still working at the U of U doing Birth Certificates. I don't love the fact that I am working, but if you have to work this is the job. The U recently remodeled the hospital. It is so beautiful and I actually have an office. I LOVE to be around the babies, and use my Spanish daily. I have made some life long friends and enjoy it.

Kohen is our BIG kid. He turned 3 in May and started preschool in September. He LOVES every minute of it. He is in a class with 3 of his cousins and is the youngest in his class. He has the pledge of Allegiance memorized and will do it on command. He is starting to recognize letters and can spell his name. He was diagnosed with Asthma this year and has only had to use his inhaler a handful of times. He is SO sweet and loves to be with family and friends. His sister is his best friend. He will be starting primary next Sunday. He is a GREAT kid and we love him to pieces.

Addison is our princess. She turned 2 in September and thinks she is 16. She LOVES to play dress ups and cook in her kitchen. She loves babies and wishes she had a real baby. Addi has endless amounts of energy and is very sweet. She occasionally will beat up Kohen. She defiantly can hold her own. She finally made it on the charts at the Dr. She weighs 25lbs...starting at 3lbs...that isn't bad. She loves to dance and watch Enchanted. She is very much a girly girl. She loves when I do her hair and brings smiles and laughs all day. We are so glad she is apart of our family.

Broc...our dog is getting old. He is a great dog to have around and is SO patient with our crazy kids. I love to have him around especially when Zach is in Egypt. He is low key and loves to go in the car. He loves when Papa and Grandma Betty come to visit...they give him the most attention.
We are so blessed with family that lives all around us. It definatly takes a village to raise your kids. We could never be doing this without our family.

I am sad to say that my NEON from high school finally died. We welcomed a new family member to the Gerrard Clan...a 2009 red HHR. It is a FUN car, and it is SO nice to have a radio that works ALL of the time.

Life overall has been good to us this year. Every year brings the good and the bad. Throws curve balls that are unexpected. My mom survived and deadly car accident on December 1, 2009. She is an amazing woman to me, she truly has angels with her at all times. Heavenly Father blesses us SO much.
I feel so blessed to have the 2 great kids that I have...they are healthy and normal. Their is just something about being told not do this again...Zach has been a ROCK to me through all of this. He is an amazing husband and dad. When he is playing with our kids, I often think how lucky they are to have him.

Hopefully 2010 will be a GREAT year to us ALL.
Happy New Year!

Goodbye Tyson...

Brock, TYSON, Braden and Argus

2 brothers and dog.

Last night my nephew Tyson got a call at 9:30pm with instructions to have his bags packed and his Recruiter would be to pick him up at 10:30.....ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I can't believe that I have a nephew old enough to be enrolled in the United States Air Force.


My sister called me in tears, telling me if I wanted to say goodbye to Tyson, I would have to meet him at his work. I grabbed my camera and drove as fast as I could. I saw Tyson walk out of the movie theaters with the BIGGEST SMILE! I am so prod of him, and I know that he will be AWESOME! Tyson and I have always had a brother-sister relationship more than aunt to nephew. I guess that is what you get when we are only 10 years apart.





He has been waiting for this day since graduation day from High School. Today, he is headed to Fort Worth Texas for Basic Training. We are hoping that he makes it home for Christmas. Either way...I don't think that he cares. He is SO excited. Tyson, we know that you will be awesome. My kids will miss you like crazy....Good Luck buddy....WE LOVE YOU!!!!

My Dancing Divas!

Trying NEW cute hair...so FUN to have a GIRL


Best BUDS

Little DANCING DiVaS...to be SO carefree...

Happy HaLlOwEeN 2009

My STRONG spiderman and my BEAUTIFUL princess

SCARY.....

SO Sweet...and LOVED everything about Halloween




All the kids at the SSCO party

Koda...Addi and Kohen....

We went to the annual Steven Sales Halloween party. The kids Trick or Treated every desk and then we had pizza! Saturday night we headed out to trick or treat and Kohen wasn't really into it. He stayed home with Zach and I took Addi....we had a BLAST and Kohen was really mad that Addi had a BAG full of Candy...go Figure!

Back to Blogging!!!

It has been awhile since I have had a moment to sit and update this thing that we call our journal! Life is always CRAZY and BUSY...but we are having a GREAT time. Zach is getting through school one day at a time....doing a great job. I am really proud of him. I am still hanging out at the U of U with all of the cute babies...working! Kohen is LOVING every minute of pre school. He is doing really well. Addison is just being silly Addi and we LOVE her. I love having my one on one time with her while Kohen is at school. She misses him, but we find plenty of stuff to occupy our time. They have both been sick....poor babies. Kohen is finally over STREP. Addi has had the CROUP! Getting up every 2 hours the last couple of nights isn't what I call FUN! They are getting better.

Zach and I have had a fun month of lots of date nights. I LOVE it. He is my best friend and we seem to have lots of fun doing nothing! We are getting excited to start the Holiday Season. Fall is my favorite season. I LOVE driving around looking at the FUN decorations and the changing leaves. I LOVE the crisp air....the sweaters and boots too. Hopefully everyone is enjoying this time of year too!