I'm back

I have found myself sucked into the blogging world. Mostly looking at fashion blogs and things of that sort. However with it being so accessible now I have no excuses to at least post here and there!!

Rick

Today marks the 6 month mark that Rick Widdison passed from this life.

We miss him.

A LOT.

Sometimes I can't believe that this isn't all just a bad dream.

This is our new life.

and sometimes it just sucks.

We push through and try to figure out how to adjust to it all.

I hate watching my husband mourn the loss of his HERO.

Someone he loved more than (I dare say) ANYONE in this world!

I know his Dad is proud of him.

We miss you Papa Rick.

Kids

today I am so thankful for these two.

Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky to get these two awesome spirits.

Other times I wonder what I did to deserve the tantrum throwing toddlers they can be.

all of the time I'm thankful for the opportunity I get to be their mommy!!

New year

I get down on myself when i realize how bad i am at jounaling my life and my kids lives.
Today I am changing my attitude and doing something about it.
I want to use my time more productively.
I feel like blogging really is something made in this day to be able to keep a journal of our lives.
So here it is....
I'm really going to do it. Let it all out there. Blog, blog, blog!

Here we are...July, 2011! Just got the internet back after not having it for about 2-3 months. I have missed looking at blogs. It has also made me realize how many things i would like to write down, but when the internet was down i couldn't. for instance-
last night while driving home from provo, Ashlyn was being so good putting on her new lip gloss we had just bought her.
I turned around and said "Ashlyn, you are so GORGEOUS!!"
beaming she says "ya mom, I cute!" (or so i thought that was what she said"
then i say, "OH! yesss, you're cute."
in a softer tone she then said "no mom, like you! I gorgeous like you!!!"
ok, my heart melted right there and i started to get a little teary.
"Mommy, don't cry. I'm sorry..."
I want to remember these things! I don't want to let life get too busy and forget the little things.
Treyden is a lot of fun right now. He is beginning to like to get a rise out of his sister and he lives for it. A typical brother, right?
That is all for now.
Life is good

Birthday Boy!

This cute little boy had his 1st birthday on Saturday.
We had so much fun with family that came to celebrate with us!
Cookie monster was the theme. We had cookie monster cupcakes, cake and shirts that Skylar and I wore.
Treyden is such a joy. I really feel so lucky to have such a sweet boy come into my family.
He is crawling all over the place right now. Starting to stand a little on his own. Walks along the furniture. Loves going up the stairs.
He is such a momma's boy right now. He just wants me to hold him all the time. If I am not holding him then he want me by him.
He says Ashlyn when I tell him to. Not clearly, but he gives it good effort.
He is such a bright spot in our lives!
Happy Birthday Treyden Buddy!

Let's not state the obvious...

ok, i know i'm terrible at this blogging thing, but my goal was to be better. not perfect. so on that note...

tomorrow is February. I can't believe that. time is going by way too fast.

The year has been great so far.

This month we went to hawaii with some of the briggs family members. It was such a great time! We even left the kids for the first time. It was great.

Ashlyn had a birthday while we were gone so we had a birthday party for her when we got back. she is such a fun little girl. She sure is lucky to have lots of people that love her so much.

a little scare...

So, yesterday i had a little scare with my blog. I typed in the blog address and it said that it no longer existed.

It made me sick.

I don't blog enough.

That doesn't mean it's too late to start.

I think that sometimes i feel like i am not the most computer smart, so i let that hold me back.

I may not have the BEST looking blog out there, and i may not be the best writer, but i know it's important to keep memories.

I already find myself looking back a year ago and loving the memories that we created.

My dad is a man i look up to and he said something today as i was kind of complaining about how hard this stage of life is. He said "Traci, when i am gone and you are my age, you will look back and realize how fast time goes. Enjoy it because it goes too fast." I need to do that more. Take the time to appreciate the good times.

So anyway, i got the whole situation figured out and it was just a problem with my gmail account. It was a wake up call though to keep my thoughts and memories in writing.

I love my little family so much!

I am happy!

My life is good, I am so blessed.

Enjoying the decent november weather we have been having.

Ashlyns favorite chips are cheetos...that explains her messy face

Playing in the fall leaves

Oh man, I love this little guy.

Taking the time

New Beginning

I have decided it's about time to get back to blogging! More for journaling than anything else. I feel bad that it has taken me this long to get back to doing it, but like they say...better late then never.

Life is GOOD.

I feel seriously so blessed to have the 2 wonderful children that i have. We were just watching home video of the last year and WOW! What a year it has been. My little Ashlyn girl was 5 months when we found out she was going to be a big sister. Which was hardly believable because she was still such a baby. Treyden entered the world on March 5 and we love him so much. He is growing into such a strong, fun little guy.

We have enjoyed the summer so much. We bought a trailer and have gone camping a few times. Ashlyn loves it, but i think next year will be more fun for all of us.

We have also gone out on the Deer Creek Reservoir a few times. Ashlyn is such a water bug. I can't believe she gets in that water without a complaint (well almost) She is so fun right now! I love hanging out with her. She seriously is my little buddy. she is daddys little buddy too!

At the end of the day we like to unwind by taking a ride in the Jeep all together. It's quite a site! I ride in the back with Ashlyn and Treyden rides in the front seat (it's not quite as windy up there) Both of the kids just love it! We turn up the music..Lately it's been the black eyed peas and Ashlyn sings along. She seriously sings "Boom, Boom, BOOM" in the right tune and everything! She makes me proud...ha ha

Like I said before....LIFE IS GOOD!

Miracles DO Happen!!

WOW! It's hard to describe the feeling when something so AWESOME happens to someone you know. This family had a tragedy happen to them about a week and a half ago. their youngest child had drowned in their bathtub, but this little boy is awake! ALIVE! His little spirit is back.... i have been following their blog to check for updates every couple of hours, every day, i have become OBSESSED because SO many people have been praying for this little boy and the prayers are being answered! Check out their blog and start from the beginning. BE PREPARED TO CRY! www.stakerzxposed.blogspot.com What a cute little guy! I am so happy for them....
If it doesn't make you believe in miracles then i don't know what else will!!!

change of email

hey everybody!
my email has changed, so now i can't view a lot of the blogs of friends that have been set to private :(
my new email is traciwidd@gmail.com
friends-please add me so i can see all your cute families:)

WE ARE ALIVE!

ashlyn-9 months

if anyone still looks at our blog, yes! We are alive! i know its been since July that i have posted and i have good excuses, but we wont get into it too much. Lets just say with no working computer at home, a baby and some other things, my blog has taken a back seat!


Just had to let you all know (if you dont already) that i am expecting again! That's right, my 9 month old is going to be a big sister at the age of 14 months! After a bit of shock, We are super excited (it took us 3 years to get prego with Ashlyn) we found out its a boy! YAY! one of each!

July

July has brought the heat! It has been great to finally feel like it's summer here. I love the evening walks we take here in midway to get a sno-cone and hanging out on the porch! Summer is great.

The 4th of July was fun. We spent the weekend in Manti where they do a great old town celebration. They have a parade on the 3rd and my nephew, Tanner was so adorable riding his decked out bike! The next day we participated in potato sack races, 3 legged races and climbing the greased log pole. We set up chairs and blankets under some shade and camped out there for the day. It was really nice and relaxing and i hope we can do it again next year!

Ashlyn loves eating her hands

our patriotic girl

our little family

love her smile

Widdison grandkids

oh so serious!

look at that nose! don't know where she got it, but i know it's cute!

Last weekend was my 25th birthday. Skylar and I went to Park City and went on the Alpine Slide and the Coaster. (Highly recommended) A bit overpriced, but we had a lot of fun!

We have gone to the lake a few times now and are lucky to be able to have such beautiful places to go that are so close.

That's all for now.

catch up

in my last post i told the summer weather i was ready, but apparently the summer weather wasn't ready to come. It has been so rainy the last few weeks, but finally the sun is out! YAY!

June has been good though. We celebrated Skylars birthday in Vegas. we left ashlyn for the first time with some friends. It was by far the hardest thing i have ever done, but once i got over my sobbing, i was able to really enjoy the weekend with skylar! we stayed at treasure island for 2 nights and went to cirque de soleil. It was a lot of fun. plus i got to spend some time at my favorite store ever! SEPHORA! Ashlyn was in great hands and i have to thank Kayla and Matt for taking such good care of her! they will be great parents

the only picture i took while we were in vegas

we saw our brother in law Mike while he was in town and the only thing that would have made that better is if my sister and her family could have been here with him! it was great to see him though.

oh, and i went to my friend Ambers house for a little reunion! I have not seen her since before she was pregnant with her little girl Brooklyn, and now she is 9 months old! It was a fun experience to see eachother and our babies for the first time! It was great to get together and catch up on eachothers lives! I just wish we lived a little closer so we could do that more often.

here we are with our cute little girls!

ashlyn was doing this new scream face...so funny

ashlyn and i spent the weekend being very sick. i could have sworn i had no more to throw up, but it just kept coming. i sent ashlyn to Grandma Widdisons in hopes that i could get some rest, but the poor little thing was sick too. It made me so sad. She was such a trooper! I was whining the whole day and she just dealt with it like it was nothing.

this was the night she was sick. such a sweetheart!

something you don't see very often-ashlyn without her bow! ha ha

skylar and his girl on Fathers day. blurry, but cute

the widdison clan up at the cabin on fathers day. dont ya just love all the babies?

we went to my families house yesterday for a late fathers day get together,but we never seem to get a picture with all of us. next time we get together i will have to try to get that.

Life is good! beside the fact the my husband likes golfing way too much!....

June already?

seriously, i know this sounds so cliche but where does the time go?

i can't believe it's June!

i can't believe we have been married for 5 years!

I can not even believe that Ashlyn is over 4 months old! 4 months and 2 weeks to be exact!

she is the light in skylar and my eyes~!

everything looked really good with her checkup. She was 14 lbs 10.5 ounces and 24 inches long.

She's kinda short and a little chunky! let's hope she grows out of that. ha ha

here are some recent pics for your viewing pleasure-

we just love those cheeks!

we love pink and brown

big girl in her bumbo

"skylars girls"

seriously how cute is that bow? (thanks rachael)

she looks so chunky in this picture!

on the 26th of May skylar and i celebrated our 5 year anniversary!!! YAY!!

he surprised me with a beautiful bouquet of roses and a sweet note to go along with it...and something with the note- tickets to Taylor Swift that night! he lined up a babysitter for the night and we enjoyed the night together! It had been awhile since it was just us 2! I seriously never knew someone could be so good live! She was so entertaining and talented! I've become obsessed with her now (even more than i already was) we had so much fun!! Thanks babe-

June brings the summer and busy weekends cause we are always doing something! i welcome it though! Bring on the warm weather!

this picture doesn't do these flowers justice!

5 years ago today.....

5 years ago today, i married my best friend!
I'm so glad i did!
I am so lucky to have skylar in my life.
We seriously are still best buds and theres no one in this world i would rather spend all my time with! He makes me so happy and i feel so lucky to have him!
Thanks babe for being such a great husband and an even better dad!
LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

not really much to say, just took some cute pics of Ashlyn and need to post them before another week passes!

pretty in blue

i absolutely adore this picture!

this was right after her bath and she couldn't look more precious!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ME!!!!

love her!

Ashlyn and me just hangin out together

we still exist!

I know it has been way too long since i last updated. Its been about a month since my last post and things have been going pretty good. We went to Mexico with the Widdison clan the first week of April. I wont go into great detail, but lets just say that because Ashlyn was sick and we got a bunch of things stolen out of our room, it wasn't the best trip we've ever had. Ashlyn did great on the plane and that was a great thing, but while we were there it just didn't really feel like much of a vacation. It was great, however, to be able to spend a lot of time with Skylar!

Easter was great. We went to the Widdisons 20 acres and had a big easter egg hunt and roasted hot dogs on the fire. Then later that afternoon we went to the Briggs and had another fun easter egg hunt and had a lot of fun. It's always good to get together with family!

Ashlyn is chunking up a ton and i feel like she changes every day! She is just over 13 lbs now and she is getting so fun! She smiles a lot and is starting to giggle!

This is Ashlyn on the last day in mexico. She was exhausted~

Mommy and her sweet babe

we love her smiles!

Ashlyn and daddy in their new easter clothes

she was staring at skylar and would just smile at him all day

Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Briggs

Marci & Sophie, Me and Ashlyn, Kelli & Dean and Elysee

Grandma and Grandpa Briggs finally got a picture with her!

Dinner at the roof for Grandma Suzannes birthday

Happy Family!

Sorry about the plethera of pictures but i had too many and it was hard to pick and choose!

We are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives!

We are going to see Wicked tonight and i can't wait! YAY!