Simply Adorable!

Yesterday Troy's phone rang at 6:00 am. I jumped up to answere it to hear Angelina's voice on the other end. "Teresa, my water broke, I am on my way to the hospital." I stammered a couple of things, hung up and then told Troy.

This is how our tuesday morning began. Troy called into work and said that he would not be coming in. They asked why and he said.. "Cuz I'm going to be a Grandpa today!" On the other end I heard a whoop, and a great big congrats! Troy got ready for the day and headed out the door. He had to be there.. I couldn't go, because I was right in the middle of volleyball tryouts, so I had to recieve information via the cell phone! But told Ange that I would be down as soon as volleyball was over. (Darn the two a days, right?) Troy called me with the news that at 2:30p.m. give or take Ange had given birth to a beautiful baby girl. She was perfect, and adorable. I was so excited and wanted to so badly to be able to jump in my car to see her, but had to wait until after my final session of tryouts! 5:00 p.m. could not come fast enough!

5:00 finally got here and I was off to St. George. I was going to see my grand-daughter. (now that sounds weird... but kinda cool too!) I got to the hospital around 6:15. I was so excited to see her, but would be put off a little longer, why you ask... Because Troy and I got lost in the hospital. Couldn't find her room and actually ended up on the wrong side of the hospital floor... But that is another story! We walked in to see Ange holding her beautiful daughter while she was sleeping. I couldn't resist.. I washed my hands and asked if I could hold her. She was so tiny, and precious... What an incredible miracle! I held her in my arms and watched her sleep and pull little faces, she at one time even stuck her tung out while pictures were being taken.

Ange and baby are still at the hospital, while test are being run to make sure all is well with Tahlia. She is having trouble breathing, which is resulting in her not wanting to eat. As far as we know all is going to be fine. I can't until they are home with clean bills of health. Troy and I believe they will go home tomorrow.

Tahlia Marie

7lb 11oz 19 1/2 inches long

Simply Adorable

Check It Out

Saturday night Troy's friend Dave invited us up to his property on top of Cedar Mountain. Our plan was to get a couple of steaks, bbq, and shoot the bow's on Dave's small target range.

Let me tell you I was so excited. I have wanted to learn to shoot a bow for quite some time. Troy is an excellent shot and has been taking Kayla out to shoot. Marquel has wanted to shoot also, so Troy found her a small bow that she can begin to learn on, and I, well, I don't have a bow. I wanted to shot one just to see if I would like the sport. I got to shoot one arrow... Wow!! It was awesome! Only one problem.... I SHOOT LEFT HANDED!!! And knowone has a left handed bow. So while shooting right handed, I could not see the sights, so I just pulled back, and let an arrow fly! Sunk that arrow right into a tree... It was AWESOME!! I couldn't tell what I was shooting at, but loved the rush... I am not wanting to find and buy a left handed bow.

The one and only arrow I shot! Am I good or what... I should tell you the target was about 10 feet away from where my arrow landed... Oops. ;)

Our adventure didn't end there, Troy taught Marquel to shoot, and she absolutly loved it! Infact, she shot for a good hour, Troy also did some shooting and lived up to my expectation! He is an amazing shot!

Marquel learning the art of shooting a bow!

Her first shot.

Reload!

2nd shot! Looking good!

Arrow successfully hitting target!! Way to go Marquel!

My amazing husband!! Shooting like a Pro!

Dinner was Great! and the company was AwESomE! Thanks Dave for letting us come. As for my bow. I will be sure to keep you all posted:)

Mitchell History Tour

Troy's cousin came down on Friday to visit the places that her and Troy's great-great grandfather had been, Their family were some of the original founders of Parowan. We had a lot of fun re-visiting these places. Thanks Marcie and James for coming down and spending time with us!

All of us in front of the "old rock church" in Parowan

Artifacts that were Troy and Marcie's gg-grandparents. Donated to the "old rock church".

Troy and Marcie on the road where their gg-grandfather was killed while bringing logs down the mountain.

James and Marcie at the headstone of her GG-Grandpa

Marcie showing us how big Dinosaurs really were!

Troy out at Parowan Gap

Marcie next to some petroglyphs out at Parowan Gap

The painting bug

Since I painted my bathroom and I thought that it turned out so cute, I thought I would take up another challenge... Paint Marquel's bedroom! To take it one step farther, I thought I would paint some stripes on her wall, easy, right? Well, it wasn't that hard, just took a lot of time! I still need to add the chair rail but, so far I am really pleased with the end result.

Marquel has been staying with my parents and my brother Jared and his wife Traci for a week, so she hasn't seen the results. I sure hope she loves the new look of her room!

Getting Married

So I am really excited to show off these photo's that Troy and I took of Craig and his cute bride to be Erin a couple of weeks ago. Now if Craig finds out that I did a post on him he will kill me so lets keep it on the DL. I just had to share though.

They are getting married on August 22, 2009. I am so excited for him. Erin is great and her and her two adorable boys fit right into the family!

FaTHerS Day Weekend

For all of you that have been sitting on the edge of your seats waiting to hear if Troy has been able to go back to work... I have GREAT NEWS!! He is working again! Has been for the past week. He is surveying again for Rosenberg in St. George!! We are so happy that they were able to re-hire him.. Unemployment is the pits! :(

For Fathers day we spent the weekend up at the cabin. All Troy wanted for a presant was "salt licks" that he could put out for the deer and elk, so, that is what he got. 6 salt licks. As for getting them place in the strategic postions, I will just say three have been placed.

Sunday Troy and I decided to take the 4-wheelers for a little ride up 6 mile canyon. Check out 6 mile pond and just get away. Since it had been raining all week we knew we were going to get a little muddy, but thought it would be fun anyway. We set out at about 11:00 in the morning totally enjoying our ride when we looked up and noticed some huge thunder-bumpers. Oh well, we thought and continued to the pond. As soon as we got to the pond the rain began to come down. (If any of you have been up 6 mile, you know you must get down fast cuz the roads become a slippery mess. ) We started down the road, and within 15 minutes the rain had stopped. We arrived back at the cabin, with just a little mud on our machines.... Alright A LOT!! It took Troy an hour and a half to get all the mud off.

So Happy Fathers Day Troy! It was a great day! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!

Bathroom Makeover

A couple of months ago, I decided that I was tired of our bathroom, and felt like I needed to do something about it. The quickest way to refresh a room is new paint, so I went to Home Depot, (Now, I have never painted before, so I went and picked out some color samples, and a book on painting.) After much looking and reading on painting, I went and had the paint of my choice mixed. Next I was going to need the painting tools. There are so many tools to pick from, but I finally settled on a roller, and some sponge brushes, a paint tray and some painters tape. I was now ready to paint my bathroom.

After three days of painting and some serious clean up here are the results! I absolutly love the look of my bathroom. Now I do believe I am ready to move onto a bigger room! Just need to settle on a color!

Before the paint, boring white

Taping off the doors

First coat around the tub

Finished! I two toned the doors and just love them.

I finished off the bathroom with a great vinyl thought