The day before 2011...

Here I sit the day before the new year and thinking about what the new year will bring for me and my family.

Will we be able to get a second vehicle?

Will our financial situation be what we have been striving for it to be?

Can we go a whole year without having to deal with the loss of a loved one?

The list goes on and on.

So, with the ringing in a new year approaching, I am kind of on the fence. I would really like to stay up to watch the ball drop and blah, blah, blah. But really, can I even stay up past 10pm?? Besides that I already have a really bad headache brewing, and staying up late for sure won't help that. Good thing I have like 12 hours to decide what I am going to do.

With a new year many people, including myself make "resolutions". The things that come to mind that I wouldn't mind changing is the way that I parent. Can I be better, or better yet can I get these children of mine under control?? My 4 year old is a little terror and my almost 2 year is gladly following in the footsteps of her big sister. Yikes!! We sure have our work cut out for us. Just what to do to get these kids under control? I have tried the whole patience thing and that only works for so long. I have tried the naughty chair, and that too only lasts so long. How the heck do you get structure with your children if there really never was?? Kind of like you can't teach an old dog new tricks, yet my kids are still young. I just need to find a different approach and stick with it I guess. Apparently what I am doing just is not working!! Any and all advice on the will taken and appreciated, if you don't mind sharing.

Besides that, we are really going to make it a long term goal to hold Family Home Evening on a weekly basis, and to attend church without missing, and to read the Book of Mormon as a family. These have always been the things that I have wanted to do since I was a little girl, and then I wind up getting married outside of the church and struggle to find the support to become the daughter of God that I have always known that I was. But with being 5 years in this marriage I have found the support that I have always wanted. My husband is even attending church with us now, and has been for a while. Now I am beginning to feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I have always known that I was lucky to get the guy, but now that I know that we are on the same page with just about everything, that's what makes the biggest difference. I am just thankful that Heavenly Father has His hand in my life and that He will help things work out if we are valiant and faithful. It is such a blessing!!

The things we'll do for our children...

We finally decided last night that we were going to bring Cadence to get her ears pierced. Not really the best time to run up to Walmart since it was pouring rain, but we felt that she was ready and went. We get there, go straight to the jewelry department and sign the paper work and thought for sure that we were leaving there with her ears pierced. Yeah right! After 30-45 minutes of going over the same stuff with her I thought for sure that she was going to sit there and actually get this done. She did build up a lot of courage, but when it boiled right down to it, she wasn't going to do it. Stupidly that was the only thing that we had went there for so after walking around for what felt like forever, we left.

By the time that we got home and got situated, before I knew it I woke up at 2am on the couch. I stumble into the bedroom where I begin to feel really hot and over heated, so I ask Clint to open the window to let some of the cool air in. In stead of drifting off to sleep as I had wanted to do, my mind begins to wander. With the wind howling and my mind wandering there was no hope of retrieving the sleep that I so badly wanted. As if that wasn't bad enough, I started to think about Granny!:(

I can't even believe that Clint's time home is already half way over. I dislike how every bit of time that he is home for flies by, yet the work week drags.

I am just looking forward to this Sunday. We no longer have 9am church time!! We get to go now at 11am!! That means that there is no reason that we should be walking into Sacrament Meeting late. I am so excited!! But that also means that we won't be getting out of church until 2pm. But that really isn't that bad. That's actually the perfect church time right there.

I seriously can't even believe how fast this year went by!! We are just a couple days away from being in a new year already. I am just waiting for December 31, 2011 to get here. Where the world is sitting there at 11:59pm waiting for the world to end. I think it's going to be like 1999 at 11:59pm when everyone thought that computers were going to crash and all that other hoopla that was going to happen, none of that did. I really think that it is going to be another Y2K. What are your thoughts on that??

Today is the day...

While we were at the good Ole' Walmart last night picking up a few things that we needed, we past the jewelry section, where they also do the ear piercing. At that point we hadn't brought Cadence, but had kept mentioning it. Finally last night she is dead set on getting her ears pierced, so we asked if they were still able to do them. To bad they weren't! The lady told us to come back tomorrow when there was going to be a second person there so they could do both ears at the same time. Well, Cadence didn't like that and through the biggest fit!! Finally she settled down and was fine with it before we even left the store.

Since I have a daughter that won't quit cutting on her own hair, I have finally decided to grow out my own hair as long as she promises to not cut hers anymore. I am not really a big fan of myself and having long hair, but I am just waiting to see how long this is going to last.

Cadence also is really wanting to learn how to read, so with this upcoming year that we are just a few days away from I am going to try to teach her. We are going to get her a V-Reader and lots of other books and little electronic devices that will help her along the way. I am so excited to help her. We have the ABC's posted in her bedroom which she knows really well, so here we are at the next step, putting those letters together to make words!! She really is growing up way to fast. It doesn't seem that that long ago she was just learning her ABC's, but now she wants her ears pierced and to learn how to read!!! My baby is growing up to fast!!!:(

Chazlyn on the other hand hasn't quite learned how to put two words together. I am not to worried about this since she's not even two yet. Yet in her own baby way, she too is growing up way to fast. She crawled and walked early, when all I wanted was her to stay baby for longer, and in her own way, she is! She rarely lets me help her with much of anything anymore, even when it comes to zipping up a zipper on her jacket, which she can't do!

At times I get so frustrated with these kids that I have no idea what to do (a point that most stay at home parents get to, or even for parents that work), but I truly am grateful to have these little people and wouldn't trade either for anything. That may sound strange coming from me, but it has taken me a little longer than may be myself or an outsider that gets it has thought that it should, but these kids are a gift! They are mine and I need to take sometime and teach them the way that I should. This year we are going to work on reading the Book of Mormon with our kids, even if that means we are only reading 1-3 verses a night. I am learning to take things little by little with my 2 small kids opposed to trying to cram a bunch into an attention span that is getting little to nothing out of what I am trying to teach them. Yet again, another thing for me to work on in this upcoming year. I need to learnt to relax and just roll with things, especially with the kiddos!:)

The pain... it's gone???

As I had said in a couple, if not 3 of my previous posts I was having some trouble which led me to, aswell as those in my family that I was having gallbladder pain. I went the day after Christmas, yet again eating next to nothing. The following day I did the cleanse, but when I noticed that I was starving more than I was feeling pain, I went ahead and ate. I ate more than I had in 4 days!! The thing was, was that I had no pain. So now I am beginning to wonder if it was ever my gallbladder causing all of the trouble that I had in the first place??

Since Clint is on his Christmas vacation, or time off of work till after the first of the year, the girls and I are sure going to miss the time that we have had him home for. We have been playing catch up, as far as our house goes anyway, yard work and getting the house looking the way that we are wanting it to going into a new year. As for me, I am playing catch up on all of the never ending stuff, such as laundry! Speaking of which, I got to tend to...

The day after...

We had such a great Christmas!! The kids made out really good this year, and aslong as they're happy, I am happy. Including the Bunco party that I went to, we made out with a lot of gift cards between the 4 of us. Just as soon as I am able to eat we will be able to use them!
What the kids made out with as far as gifts go...

Cadence...
1.) A Sleeping Beauty Ballerina Barbie<---G&G Pine
2.) Sleeping Beauty Dress Up Dress<---Nana&Papa
3.) Sleeping Beauty Dress Up Shoes<---Nana&Papa
4.) Gift Card to McDonalds<---Nana&Papa
5.) Coloring Book W/ Crayons Attached to the back<---Cousin Gift Exchange
6.) Magnet Paper Dolls<----Cousin Gift Exchange
6.) Super Cute Outfit<---G. McCall
7.) Steelers Tee<----Uncle Jake
8.) Necklace & Earring Set<---Gma R.

Chazlyn...
1.) Stacking Rings<---G&G Pine
2.) 2 Footed Winter Jammies<---Nana&Papa
3.) Elmo Play Toy W/ Microphone<---Nana&Papa
4.) Gift Card to McDonalds<----Nana&Papa
5.) Learning Tea Set Toy<---Cousin Gift Exchange
6.) Super Cute Outfit<---G. McCall
7.) Singamagig<---Uncle Jake
8.) Big White Teddy Bear W/ Blue Dress<---Gma. R.

Later today we are taking Cadence to get her ears pirced since she got some earrings for Christmas, and also because she has been asking, we are taking her today to get her ears pierced. Clint and I are just a lil worried about how well that's going to go, but once it's done, it's done. That's the only positive in going forward with this. Today we also got the girls matching Polar Express shirts. I will post pics later! Hope everyone else had a great holiday season!:)

After day 1 I almost want to quit...

So, I gave this gallbladder cleanse a full day, and it was great! No pain, other than the hunger pains! I felt great! And then there was day 2. Now I am beginning to think that it's not a good idea to continue. Ouch! So I am thinking of laying off the apple juice for a full day, and see how I do then. As it stands if I continue with the cleanse, then I am more than likely not going to make it to any families house for Christmas. But I think that if I can postpone this cleanse until after Christmas, I hopefully will be able to make it to all events taking place this weekend. I know that Cadence would be pretty disappointed if I couldn't leave the house and in return means that she doesn't either. Since she noticed that Santa came by to leave her stocking stuffers, she has been much better than I had expected. Instead of a 3-5 day cleanse, it looks like I am going to take a 3-4 day leave on that.

Last night we got another surprise from people in our Ward. I had heard at church on Sunday that the Young Men and Young Women would be going by to random houses in the Ward to go caroling and to drop off cookies. I never once thought that our house would have been one that was chosen. Although there were no carolers, there was a door bell ditch, and when I opened the door, there lays on our doorstep, a plate of cookies. Since I was to the point of not being able to eat, I went ahead and placed 3 cookies in a Ziplock in hopes that they would still be good by the time that I could eat them. That still remains to be seen.

I have been having weird dreams here lately. The night before last night I had a dream that we let a complete stranger, of whom I know not who he was, live in our extra bedroom in our house. The strangest part about that was that my whole family, including my parents and siblings, aswell as Clint and I were okay with this. As if that wasn't weird enough, I had an unreal dream last night. It was about Granny. This dream was beyond belief as she was still alive. That's right! She was alive and talking! It felt so real that I actually thought that I was going to go see her today. But upon awakening reality had to smack me in the face! I am not going to see her today!:( The worst part is that I can't even remember what we talked about!:(

On a happier note, today is Clint's last day of work for the rest of the year! I love that we are going to have him home until the 3rd of January when work starts again. The girls are really going to enjoy having him home as he is who they both want when Clint and I are both present. It will just be nice waking up to him instead of rolling over to an empty spot on the bed from where he was sleeping.

As Christmas Eve approaches, and starts tomorrow, I had told Cadence that if she continued to be good that we would let both kids open the gifts in their stockings on Christmas Eve. This means for Cadence that there is still "one more sleep"! I actually have been thinking here lately that I am going to be fine this time of year. Yes, there is still this huge viod that will never go away and that I will always have because of the loss of Granny, but, Granny would never want us to forget her, but to at least continue in life. Let me use Granny as an example, and who better of course than Granny's example. On Granny's birthday, and years ago, she had to bury her mother. I get now why she never really liked her birthday, but what choice did Granny make? She never really showed how much she disliked the day that she burried her mom, she always make it the best that she could. And she had a lot of "happy" birthdays that even I was able to be present for!:)

As it stands, today seems like a better day...

This morning I woke up before 5am, startled by Clint getting up for work. We are still having quite a problem with Cadence and her not going to bed when we say to. So she was up till atleast 1 this morning. We awoke to our door being shut, which it never is, and the computer chair pushed up to our sink in our bathroom. Luckily there was no damage done there. I told Clint that I was a little worried about what the kitchen might look like. So we go out into the front room together, and yet again, no damage done. Whew! Although the only thing that we did find was Cadence passed out on the floor with her "pink" blanket. She started to fuss. Clint picks her up and relocates her to her bed. One of the only good things about my kids sleeping scheduals is the fact that they are still asleep in their beds and it's pushing 10am!! Aslong as my gallbladder stays doremant like it has for the better part of the morning, there will be no nap time in this house for anyone today!!:)

Yes, I did mention my gallbladder!! UGH! After talking to my mom about how I was feeling and the things that I was experiencing, I now know that it is my gallbladder causing all the pain that I have had since the 20th! The only good thing that I can pull from all this gallbladder trouble that I have been having is that I am literally eating next to nothing!! Not sure that it's showing, but one never knows! We went to the store last night around 8:30pm and bought a bunch of organic apple juice and vegetables, hoping that if I can just live off of that that at least I am still getting nutrients of some type. I still have yet to eat today.

Since I was up early this morning I had Clint show me where he had hid all of the stocking stuffers so that I could may be get those wrapped and put in their stockings while the kids were still sleeping. I had told Cadence that Santa would visit random houses of the good little boys and girls and leave their stocking stuffers early. Although Cadence has been nothing but perfect, or good to say the least. I am just hoping that she will notice them and put forth that much more effot to proove that she has, or can be a good little girl. I have been trying to teach her about the "REAL" meaning of Christmas, and at I times I think that I contradict myself since I keep bringing up Santa!! But I just continue to tell her that Santa is only going to bring her 3 gifts, just like Jesus got when he was born, so I try to tie it in there somehow. Whether it's working or not is beyond me! I just can't wait for Christmas to be here already!! I think the girls are going to have a great morning opening the gifts that we got for them.

For Cadence we got her...
1.) A Bedtime Book<--- since she is always wanting a bedtime story!:)
2.) A Baby Alive<--- she's been wanting that since her birthday!:)
3.) A New Cinderella Dress Up Dress<---- since Bella ruined her other one!:)

For Chazlyn...
1.) A SOFT baby doll with bottle that cries when you take the bottle away.
2.) A push toy that plays music very quietly<--- I think we can handle that!:)
3.) A matching Cinderella Dress Up Dress<---- Since she wants what Cadence has!:)

And then we got them a joint gift, which is a new table with chairs. It is a Tinkerbell table, but the best part is that we bought extra dry erase markers, since they can draw on it! Just hope that that doesn't end up being a regret! LOL!
As far as stocking stuffers go, we got them each a kalidescope, a tube thing that makes noise when you shake it and a Tinkerbell play phone. We made those match so that there was no fighting in that part of the gifts. And that's all that we did for that!

Hoping today is a better day...

I got up around 3am this morning feeling quite sick. I was up feeling sick for at least 2 hours, before realizing that if I hadn't puked by now, I probably wouldn't at all, so I let myself drift off to dreamland shortly after Clint left for work. My phone rings shortly before 9am this morning, it is Clint. He was on his break. We talk and find out that the reason that we haven't gotten our food card that we were approved for for well over a month ago, is because we have to go down to the office to pick it up. So finally we get to stock up on groceries!! So my day, today is already tons better than yesterdays, day. I got ample sleep, and can feel at ease about groceries. Besides that, both kids are still snug in their beds! Now, if only my kids would help me clean up and get some laundry done today. One of my friends made a post about how "Santa" won't visit a messy house, and that her house had to be clean on Christmas Day before they were even allowed to open presents when she was a kid. Such good advice that I am going to use on my own family as my kids get older, actually starting this year!
So, I am happy to report that we are finally 100% done Christmas shopping and have been since last Friday or Saturday!! Now, to get those not only wrapped, but hidden is going to be the hard part. Cadence has been staying up until pushing midnight AGAIN!! I totally dislike when she gets her sleeping schedual all messed up, and thinks that I am just going to work around her. Not going to happen!! Been there, done that around the age of TWO!! Here we are at age 4, just to repeat the pattern!! Nope! I am working on setting her straight, yet again!:)

I just want to have a good day!!

So, my morning was a little on the frutrating side. I had to get myself ready, then turn around and get both the kids ready. One kid was cooperative, while the other wouldn't wake up. Finally both kids, myself, and Clint were already to go, so off we went to church being over an hour late. What little bit of Sacrament we got was really good, then I dropped Cadence off at Primary and Clint took Chazlyn to Nursery. They must have changed the nursery teacher already since the people that we were used to weren't in the nursery so they weren't willing to take her so that we could just go onto class like we are used to. I met Clint in nursery and he shortly sneaks out. I glance up to see where he's gone to, and don't see him, so distract Chazlyn and sneak out the room. Upon leaving I notice that Clint is just right outside the door, so we go off to Sunday School. Sunday School was really good, but next there was Relief Society. That was not to welcoming. Ugh! I so hate being new!! I sat there and next to no one talked to me. Then I start thinking about Granny and what would she do?? So I deal and I handle. We got both kids out of their classes, and I look at Clint, in which he can tell I am not to happy, I tell him, "I just want to leave!" I kind of tell him what's going on on our way home. I laid around for most of the day, kind of bummed out. Slowly I got out of it. My biggest problem is Granny!! I just don't know if I am ever going to get to the point that I am going to be okay with this. My biggest fear is not ending up in the same place as Granny. I believe 100% that she's in the Celetial Kingdom, whereas where I am, is in need of a lot of work. Like they said in Sunday School today, we are judged on a daily basis. And that's why we have the Atonement, so that if today were the last day of our lives, we can leave this earth with a clean slate. My judgement today wouldn't be what I would want it to be, at least not for today. I have had such a hard heart, that that's what I have been working so hard at not having for the better part of the day, and finally feel that I just about have worked through all of my hard feelings! Yay for that! Before my day even started to get better, I came home and was searching every possible spot in this house for a $20 gift card that I got as a gift, and haven't seen in days and couldn't find today. So that was yet another thing to add to my crap list! I am just glad to see this day coming to a close!:)

Just a lil FRUSTRATED!!!

I can't believe how stressed and frustrated I have been here lately. I thought for sure by now that Clint would have gotten bonus, but not yet... kind of hoping today's the day. We haven't even started Christmas shopping and are a little worried about the girls getting anything from us. Not to mention, today is the VERY LAST day to pay our mortgage!! Ugh! I don't even know anymore. We have never been in a situation like this around Christmas time, I am almost at a loss with what direction to go in. We were approved for a food card back in November and still have yet to see it, so we are struggling in getting groceries for our family. I have no idea. Luckily I have come up with enough ideas for dinners to get us through until Monday. After that I am just going to have to get "really" creative. I know that it is only a quarter to 7am, but I would kind of like to know now if Clint is getting a bonus today, or if they are waiting until the day before Christmas Eve to pass out bonuses. Don't understand the logic in that, but at the same time, have no control over what the company does. The only thing that I really have left to do is to wait for the light at the end of the tunnel, although it seems like forever away.

Hoping for a good day...

You know how sometimes when you wake up and you just have this overwheming feeling that it's going to be a good day, and then it turns out to be beyond crappy?? Well, that would be the type of days that I have been having here lately, but today seems different. Maybe it's that I actually was still sleepng when Clint left for work this morning. There is nothing worse than sleeping, and someone starts talking to you. I won't lie, sometimes I don't mind it, because I don't have a lot of one on one time with Clint and no kids, so I do try to enjoy those moments, but then when he leaves me in the quiet and I am wide awake, it kind of puts me in a grumpy mood. But it's mornings like these that I have a more clear mind and can think back on my week and really appreciate the little things in life, like a couple more hours of shut eye! LOL! It's amazing what a better day the girls and I will have here at home too!
So, I talk to Grandma M. yesterday on the phone, and woke up kind of half thinking about our conversation... Christmas. Needless to say, I have come to terms more with not letting things get me down, but to have a better attitude about the things I still have. Now, we didn't talk about the past, or really people that have moved on, but we just talked, and it was nice. Starting today, I will "try" to ackowledge the memories that I have with the ones I have lost and the ones I still have on a daily basis, whether it's in a journal, or simply in my heart and mind.
As Chazlyn was napping yesterday I had found an idea on Little Hands, Big Work's blog and decided to use the idea and make Christmas gifts using this idea. So I had prepped all the stuff that I knew that I needed over this past weekend, and so Cadence and I sat down at the coffee table, turned on a movie and got to work. I think that I am almost excited as she is to finish making them and more importantly to hand them out!
I love mornings like this. The ones where I get at least an hour all to myself as the little ones still slumber in their beds!:)

So I had a little bit of a scare...

Many people may find this post a little silly, being that it's about my dog, Inky. Kind of ironic that I make a post about her yesterday, just to worry about her last night. She had barfed twice, ate nothing, drank very little water and never really left where she laid for the better part of the day yesterday. As we sat down to eat dinner, I felt that I should text my mom, since anyone who knows anything about dogs, would be her. So I text her and tell her what's going on with the dog. She told me that I could just watch her, or bring her to the vet, or that I could always ask Heavenly Father to make her well. Before drifting off to dreamland I said a little prayer in my heart that she would be better by morning and more importantly to calm my nerves, as I was dreading waking up to a dead dog. This morning Clint is getting ready for work, talks to Inky and she starts wagging her tail, which was kind of a good sign. Shortly after he leaves, I get up, Inky follows, which is more than she did yesterday. I grab the phone charger and Inky gets a drink. I noticed that she was sniffing around the little Tinkerbell table that we have set up for the girls to eat at, hoping to find a crumb of something to eat. I get the bread and pull a slice out thinking that bread is a light thing for us to eat when we don't feel well, so I thought it was the best thing for her to kind of get something in her. She ate the little pieces that I tore off for her, she even stood up on her tiny little legs quite a few times for a little piece of bread. I am not going to say that she is out of the woods yet, but I do think that she is acting more like herself, which is a good thing.

Our Inky

This was our Inky when we got her. Hard to believe that we have had her for 5 going on 6 months already. She has really turned out to be the BEST DOG!



This is Inky now. She sleeps all the time and loves our big comforters (just like Cadence, who has a hard time being without her pink blanket! LOL!)

Am I really ready for Christmas???

With the tree up and decorated, the stockings hung, the outside lights hung, you would think that we look like a family that is getting ready for Christmas to make its debut for 2010. Well, what if you took this family of mine and looked at us individually under a microscope. Would we still look the same??
First, there's Cadence. She's the type of kid that wakes up every morning asking if Santa came. I am guessing that this kid is ready for it.
Secondly, is Chazlyn. This is a kid who 9 times out of 10, is happy! Doubt that she's showing signs of not being ready.
Third is Clint. He just wants the girls to be happy and to have a happy childhood. Kind of thinking it's not him either.
Fourth is me... Well, I lost Granny. And when that happened, I just kind of let Christmas Days flame flicker a little. I don't mean to sound selfish, but the Christmas days that I have had with Granny, well, she just made the day Christmas for me. It wasn't the presents, or all the food, or even family gatherings. It was my Granny that made that day easier for me to go to and feel content. While everyone would be upstairs laughing and talking, where was I?? Downstairs with Granny. It's going to be the moments like that that I am missing the most... Can I just go about it and make it a happy time for my kids??? Yes. Is this is a holiday that I can't wait to see it end??? Yes. Can I carry on without this missing link in my family?? Well yeah, with time, although time is what I think I need more of.
I had a friend tell me that I am not the only one that misses her in my family, but that we all do and that I need to be where that support system is, with those that are more than likely feeling the feelings that I am. I "can" do that, but that's when I feel that things are the toughest, and what if I am not ready for that?? What if, I just wanted to stay home with my own family a year?? Would it really be a bad thing???

Here's some new things that have happened to me within the past year...

January, we did what we all do, rang in the New Year. Then Clint went back to work after an almost 2 week break from work.
February, I spent a lot of time from January to February over at Grandma and Grandpa Pines, as that's where Granny was. That was also the month that she suffered from a stroke.
March, we celebrated Clint and Chazlyns birthdays. That was also the month that we lost Granny.
April, Clint and I celebrated our 4th year of marriage, along with my birthday.
May marked a year of being in our house.
June, we celebrated a few birthdays.
July was a month I dreaded seeing. Griffin, Braden and Granny's birthdays fell in this month. That's right, Granny's birthday! I cried, but only till it rained. Then I felt at peace as Granny loved the rain!:)
August we had my moms birthday.
September was September.
October we had some of Clint's family over to go trick or treating with us. I made dinner and dessert. Cadence went as Princess Tiana from Princess and the Frig and Chazlyn was going to go as Snow White until she got the front of her costume all wet. Thats when we improvised and she went as a ballet dancer. The day before that we had a little carnival type thing over at my parents. It was a lot of fun!:)
November, we celebrated Cadence's 4th Birthday. Also, we hit two Thanksgivings on the same day!! We had Clint's side first and then hit my side up later that afternoon.
And here we are in December. Yet again, a month that I am having a hard time dealing with. Christmas is approaching and I am once again missing Granny!! But here I go the way I have in hard days, making the most of it.

My Poor Buddy Boy!

A very stupid place to bring a guinea pig...
... I have never done a more stupid thing than to let him run around our backyard!

So heres own new guinea pig

This is our new guinea pig. Clint thought that the name Lucky was appropriate so thats what we named him. He is so full of energy, and is so hard to catch him to even get him out of the cage. He is only a month old, and has a lot of getting use to around here. The eyes are not red, its just from the camera. Hopefully tomorrow is a good day for us all!:)

So, no more Raisinette....

So, Raisinette died today. Cadence was in my bedroom without me and she tried to get her out.... Enough said! So, now we are just waiting for Clint to get home so that I can go buy a new one. I know, pretty pathetic to miss having a guinea pig, but I held her everyday, I changed water, her food, her snacks everyday, religiously, it was just part of my routine. So for this to happen so quickly, I feel that I need another one. I can't waste all of the food, bedding, and pretty much the whole cage for, what a little less than a week or two?? Clint gets off in 45 minutes so, I have dinner, dishes, and I still have to get myself ready before he gets home, so I guess I'm off to get something done today!!

Chazlyn & Cadence

Cadence laying on her bed, willing to give me a smile
Cadence on her bike, a look from the inside out!

Chazlyn, being as cute as can be with not much time for a picture!! LOL!

Chazlyn giving kisses to her teddy bear!!:)

Here's the story behind the guinea pig...

We were at Walmart, and were going to buy Cadence either a little pool or slip n' slide, whichever one she wanted. After she had settled on the pool and we were ready to leave, we passed the fish. Forget the pool, she wants a fish! Since you can't really do much with a fish but look at it and feed it, and since theres a Petco in the same complex, we thought, why not a hamster?? So we go to Petco, walk straight pass the fish and right to the hamsters..... then there was a sales person. She informs us that hamsters bite and that she recommends guinea pigs. So we looked at them, even held a few, finally Cadence had settled on which one she wanted.... the albino one!! How about mom pick?? Okay, so that was fine. So we wound up getting a 2 month old brown guinea pig, instead of a 4 month old albino, freaky looking guinea pig. Here she is, our little Raisinette......

This would be me...

Our kiddos

Cadence, our oldest, has such a free spirit. She is a lot of fun, but a lot of work. She definately keeps us busy, but we love her.



Chazlyn, our youngest and last little baby. We love her and are learning new things all the time about her.