If you can believe it or not my baby turned seven....I can't believe it. She is growing up to fast. What a joy she has been to mine and Matts life. We feel very blessed that our Heavenly father sent her down to us. She is so fun to be around, so smart, so caring, so full of energy, and the list could go on and on forever. Thanks for being such a good girl! We love you so much Sadie!!!!
Well, we finally did it!! With all the tears and bribes and coaxing and begging, we pulled Sadies dead tooth out!!! She has had a dead tooth for three years now. We were wondering if she needed it pulled by the dentist but he said just let nature take its course, and let it fall out on its own, so we waited and waited for it to become loose, and it finally did a couple months ago. She was happy that it was loose, but kind of nervous at the same time. It was finally wiggly enough to get out, and she had had it with the tooth, so we pulled it Thursday night. She was so excited to get that black tooth out, and so were we. She took her tooth to school the next day to show her class and friends , and everyone was so happy for her, no more pirate tooth. Then the next night she put it under her pillow and the Tooth Fairy brought her three dollars, and boy was she thrilled. 
What can I say about these two beautiful girls? I love them so much, what supportive friends they have been over the many years that I have known them. They were a blast to hang out with in High School, we have many stories that we still laugh our heads off about, like the time that we spied on Cami to see if she would get a kiss at the door after a date using our binoculars that we got from a Wendys kid meal, or the time we secretly put Dr. Pepper in Mandy's water and she thought that the waiter had brought her dirty water, she was so disgusted. All the fun dances that we went to, all the boyfriends we went through. They have always been great examples to me, even to this very day. Cami has always been a strong person, someone who wouldn't budge on her morals, and her faith, if there is anyone in her life that needs anything Cami is right there. I love her for that!! Mandy also has been a great example to me, she is such a funny person to hang out with, she says the funniest things, and she has always been there for me. I can always count on her when I have a question about the whole infertility issue. They both are very crafty, I call them mini Martha Stewart's. They both can whip up a very extravagant Halloween costume like nothing. I am so grateful to have been able to have these two in my life, and I am grateful that we all live somewhat close to each other, so we can still hang out. Thanks for being such great examples to me, I love you both so much!
Halloween at the Marchbanks
Here we are carving our pumpkins, as much as Sadie said that she hated the goo...she couldn't get enough of it!!!
Here is my hot, sexy, redneck of a husband. I couldn't get enough of him that night!
Git'er done hon!!!
We had a Witches brew on our porch for Halloween, it was a big hit, but only lasted half the night!
Sadie the vampire, ready to get some blood...I mean candy!!!
Every year we (my mom, sisters, and their kids) have a tradition to go to Gardner Village to see the Witches during the month of October. This year we went on a Witch hunt, the kids had a blast doing it!! My mom found it on their website, you had to go around the whole village looking for certain witches, and when you found them all your prize was a Chocolate chip cookie at the Bakery for .25 cents. Then we went and ate at Archibalds(the restaurant there) it was good, and then we topped the night off with a trip to Sweet Aftons(the candy store there.) We all got to pick out a treat, I got myself a Caramel Apple.....YUM, and Sadie went for the more traditional Fun Dip.
We always have a great time up there and look forward to it every Year.
If you can believe it this is what we woke up to yesterday morning. Our first snowfall of the year.....Yikes!!
I don't think that I am ready for this. Cold is not my favorite thing in the world, but I am looking forward to the Holidays. I love Christmas time, and being with family, all cozy around a fire, drinking hot chocolate.....Yum! 
I was looking through my pictures tonight and thought that this one was pretty cute of Sadie. We went to her parent teacher conference last night and her teacher couldn't say enough nice things about her. She is doing really well in her class, her teacher was really impressed how well she was doing on reading and writing, but the thing that impressed me most (and her teacher) is how nice she is to everyone in the class and how she makes everyone feel included. It is fun to hear her come home and tell me that she invited someone to play with her who didn't have anyone else to play with during recess. This is one of Sadies greatest qualities, she never wants anyone to feel bad. She is such a good girl, and such a good example to everyone around her. I am very proud of her, and I am lucky to have her call me mom.
Matt recently purchased a Rhino, it is a 4X4 side by side. He is really excited to have it, he has wanted one of these for so long. He has already been out in it about a half a dozen times. He took me and Sadie up into the mountains one late afternoon for a ride, it was so fun, we took sandwiches up with us and had a picnic, the leaves are turning colors right now, and so it was so beautiful. Sadie loved every minute of it, she just kept saying how beautiful the mountains and the trees, and the leaves were. It is a fun little toy!!
Sadie loves it, She asks for rides every day!!
Matt looking for some deer
I just thought this picture was priceless!!
So it has been a while since the last time that I blogged, i haven't had to many pictures lately because my model started Ist grade, and she is gone for most of the day. It is weird to have her gone all day, I have free time to go shopping without someone complaining the whole time that she wished she was at home playing with friends, I have fun going to lunch with family and friends(I am available any day feel free to call). It is nice to have freedom, but I also miss her and being around her during the day. I sure love being a mom. Sadie has been a huge blessing in my life. I have been told by doctors that I probably won't be able to conceive another child, which crushed my heart, although we have tried invitro fertilization twice, getting pregnant both times and losing them both shortly after, we aren't going to give up. My awesome fertility doctor was sent to jail for a year. I know, I know, sounds bad, but I believe that he was falsely accused. He has been the best, most caring, most understanding doctor that I have been to. He is very smart, knows his stuff about fertility, and rises to the new challenges that people bring to him. He has helped so many people have their dreams of having a family come true. I haven't been to another doctor yet, and I feel right now that I just need a break from all of that stuff. So after long consideration, prayers and fasting, we have decided to adopt. The process has been long, lots of paperwork, and interviews, but well worth it. We just have one last letter to write and we will be good to go. We don't necessarily feel like we will never have any of our own children again, but we feel that we needed to proceed this way to grow our family. We are really excited, Sadie especially. She has told me time and time again that she wished she had a brother or a sister, which breaks my heart every time, but she knows that we are working hard to get her one, and let me tell you she will be THE BEST BIG SISTER ever. I sure love her, and my awesome husband who has been there for me to lean on through this whole situation. He truly is the BEST
Aren't I lucky!!!!
Here are some pictures of the neighbor girls hanging out in their shades.
They are so adorable.
Sadie is looking hot!!!
If you can believe it or not our little munchkin is already in First grade. She was so excited to go back to school. I thought at first she was kind of putting on a little front, and that she was nervous to go, but she wasn't she went right in without any hesitation, and absolutely loved the first day. Her favorite part was eating in the lunchroom with all of her friends and being able to play with them at recess. I must say that I was a little nervous to leave her there all day, but she did awesome.
Last Friday we wanted to do something fun, but relaxing. We decided to try the lift ride up at Sundance. It was the first time that I had ever done it. Actually it was Sadie first time too. It was sooooo relaxing it felt amazing, the weather was perfect and the views were breathtaking. I enjoyed myself so much. Matt absolutely loved it, and Sadie had a fun time too. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a relaxing, good time.
Well she finally learned how to do it. Sadie can ride a two wheeler. Last year we tried to teach her, but we didn't have success, in fact she was deathly scared to even try again. She told me that the only way she would ever ride a bike was if it had training wheels, I asked what was going to happen when she became an adult, and she told me she would still have the training wheels on. Well we conquered that fear. It really only took her about five minutes of me holding on and then she took off on her own. That is all she does now. Mom, can I go and ride my bike, I hear that about fifty times a day. I am so proud of her, way to go babe.
Happy Birthday Mom,
My moms birthday was on Monday. My dad was out of town for it, so me and my sisters decided that we needed to have a party that night for her. We all went and got pedicures while the awesome sons-in-laws watched all of the kids back at home. Then we went back and rescued the men from the kids and got some take-out Chinese food and had a feast for dinner it was tasty. I think that my mom really enjoyed the pedicure ( I did too!!) and she definitely deserves it. Thanks mom for being a great mom and a great example to me. I love you.
Just relaxing
All of the cute toesies
Here are all of the neighborhood kids enjoying themselves in the shade on a hot summer day. They have so much fun playing together and are constantly with one another. Sadie loves living in this neighborhood, there is always someone to play with.
Emma, Sadie, Callie, and Jade
Isaac, Annalee,
Lydia, Emma, Sadie, Abagail, and Elizabeth
Emma, Sadie, and Elizabeth
My sweet pea Sadie
Here we are again up at Beautiful Bear Lake. We went up last Monday and got to stay until Saturday night. It was really fun, the kids enjoyed swimming every day, we were able to go to a little parade in Paris, Idaho (I have never seen so much candy at a parade, the kids were in heaven, it was literally raining candy on them,) for the fourth of July and watch Fireworks over the lake. We had a blast, and this time we even got in the Lake. Dad rented a boat and Matt rented a waverunner. The water was still pretty chilly, but we had fun anyway.
