Fireworks, turning 24, and moving....wow that's a lot!

Once again I have so been slacking! So much going on!! okay well 4th of July was awesome! We went to the river (big suprise!) we took moose and my cousin was there with her husband and 3 boys so that was super fun!
Moose was much more calm this time around but boy did he love that water! They are not water dogs but he has taken to the water as if he were a lab! It was awesome! He had such a blast swimming playing fetch at the sandbar and hanging out in the boat I am so thankful that we have a dog that loves to ride in the car, loves other dogs and people, likes the water, and just stands still when you give him a bath! Most dogs it's always one of those things that freaks them out but he has been amazing with all that stuff and it makes it so much easier. Ok on to other things.... so my birthday was saturday (july 12) and to be honest 23 was a crappy year for me for all kinds of different reasons so I was telling Andy friday I was excited because I hope 24 will be much better..... and as my luck would have when I woke up on my birthday around 7am (thanks to the puppy!) I felt really sick like I was going to vomit everywhere. and I did just that ALL DAY!! on my birthday!!!! I had food poisoning in the worst way and couldn't even hold down water! We had to cancel my dinner reservations and everything I was so bummed!!!! I had gotten the cutest new dress and shoes to wear and was gonna go get my make-up done and instead I couldn't even get off the couch! Andy was sweet though he went and got me some chicken noodle soup and a girly movie and watched it with me. So when Sunday came around and I decided this year to reschedule my birthday so sunday was the day! haha so I was still feeling yucky and hungry but didn't feel like I could eat anything and was super determined to do dinner that night so I moved slow all day and Andy took me to get my make up done and that made me feel better and off to dinner we went! We went to the melting pot. I love that place it's so yummy and different and super duper fun! I didn't eat as much as I wanted to and didn't get to drink at all but it was still lotsa fun! This is my Favorite ever!! I love this pic!

He is just such an amzing man! and a handsome one too!

this weekend we are going to Arizona....not to visit my mom (well we will visit her but that's not whyt we're going!) we are going to find a house because our lease is up at the end of august and we have decided to move to arizona. Don't think that's where we are gonna put down any roots though because I can't stand not seeing any green but for now thats the plan. California is just getting ridiculous! It's so wierd though because I am such a California girl and swore I would never even think about leaving but right now I can't think of any reasons to stay so we're going. who knows we might come back though I seriously doubt it but California isn't going anywhere and I really want to see what else is out there so we're jumping in! so kinda scary though!!! At least my mom is there and so is one of my uncles so that will be nice! Oh and our friends robbie & nichole are moving out there too because she just got a kindergarten class!!! yay!! so excited for her I know she is going to be amazing!!!! so if any of you live in the phoenix area (all 2 people who might read this! haha) and your child is in Mrs. Nibecker's class you are super lucky!!!! I don't remember the schools name though..... So anyways I am also going to Oklahoma to attend my cousin's wedding the first week of august and I am super stoked about that!!! I might even get to do some wedding pics!!! Well toodles for now got some packing and cleaning to do and some bags to pack for our trip this weekend!

xoxo <3, Nicole & Co.

In need of prayers...

I don't even know where to begin....my cousin Nick and his wife Sarah adopted a sweet boy in desperate need of love and a family over 5 years ago, his name is angel. a very brief background from something his wonderfull momma wrote..."He is missing most of his small intestine since birth and receives all of his nutrients through the IV in his chest. He also has a G-tube in his tummy for meds. 30-something surgeries, 400 plus days in the hospital, and 4 years with a new family produced this little boy with the most zest for life I have ever seen. He has never been in a bad mood. EVER. He is our little miracle!" this doesn't even begin to describe this amazing child!!! He has had his ups and downs of course but in the last 5 years they have had him this child has thrived! They said he wouldn't live until his 5th birthday and since he has even started school! he now has a lil brother ( hudson 3 1/2 ) and they have been blessed with a 3rd baby, a girl!, due in about 5 weeks. They have said that in the 5 years they have had Angel they have never been in fear for his life but twice now...this last december and now. But now he is so bad it's hard to even explain. He is in liver failure, so bad that the doctors said he needs to be listed on the transplat list last week and very high up! in medical terms... " The Total Bilirubin (Tbili) is what we track to follow the significance of Angel's liver failure. It can often be seen visually by how yellow or jaundiced he is. One's Tbili should be below 1. Prior to these last 9 months, the highest we'd ever seen Angel's Tbili was 13. In November before we switched out his central line we saw it get up to 23. "
as of yesterday his total is 38.3!!!! bad is considered 3, so it's bad very bad. The family has been in isolation for weeks now because of his immune system, a simple cold could be devastating so even hudson can't leave in fear he too could catch something and bring it home, all this with a new baby almost here. So I'm asking for any and all prayers for this sweet boy and his amazing family that I am also proud to call my family. Pray that he's strong enough to get a transplant and that one becomes available (that too is sad because that means tragedy for another family :( ) and pray for the family with the new baby and that they can all pull through this, thank you. Here's some pics of the fam....Angel is really that yellow because of the liver failure....and Sarah is an amazing photographer and took these pics!




pray also for all the many sick children in the world...

xoxo <3, Nicole & Co.