The last 6 months

I'm terrible at the whole blogging thing obviously; its been FOREVER since the last post. So much has happened in the last 6 months: graduation, vacation, new job, lots more time at home, our anniversary, grad school...just to name a few. once again this post will mainly be pictures to bring everyone up to date on what we've been doing. i hope to keep it more up to date from here on out HOPE being the key word:)

playing with daddy's work stuff

my personal maid

our anniversary 3yrs down forever to go

I saved all my tips at school and a bunch of other money to buy this for chris for graduation/anniversary. He was so surprised

we took a cruise for our graduations/anniversary with our friends the Gardners it was so fun

Ensenada, Mexico(cruise)

I graduated Cosmo School Hallelujah!!! 1600 plus hours were spent there although i'm so glad i did it i'm super glad to be done. Special thanks to my awesome mother in law who kept Paetyn all those hours.

Chris received his associates(E.A.) and Bachelors(NAU) in the mail on the same day. HaHa. After he opened them i asked him if he felt smarter now that he had the papers he said ya. lol Way to go babe we are so proud of you.

Paetyn playing with her cousins Waylon and Whitley

mother's day with my baby

first time bowling

4Th of July parade

cool editing i can do with my ipad

So there you have it! Chris was accepted to ASU and UOW for his masters program after a lot of thought and prayer he decided on UOW. He gets up and does school before work then works all day and comes home to more school at night. He works so hard for our family and me and Paetyn sure appreciate it. I just got a job working at a salon 3 afternoons a week so i'm still able to stay at home with Paetyn the majority of the time. And Paetyn, well she's almost 2 but I'm pretty sure she's been in the terrible 2's for months now(must be that Goodman blood haha) but she sure is the light of our lives and such a cutie.

Catch up

A lot has happened since our last post. Life is busy as usual, Chris is going to get his bachelors degree next month and I'm going to graduate from Cosmetology School in May also. They say pictures are worth a Thousand words so most of this update is going to be pictures.

She really did not like Santa.

First limo ride to look at Christmas lights and she loved it.

Christmas Eve at the Peters' looking at Christmas lights in a big bus.

She loved her little Christmas Tree.

Christmas Morning.

My Birthday

Playing in the snow on the mountain.

While going down the mountain she started screaming like a big girl.

V-Day

Uncle Brighten leaves for the MTC.

Tucson Zoo and she loved everything.

Chris' birthday 1/4 century old.

Playing at Grandma's.

Picnic in the poppies.

Hanging with mom during spring break (note pigtails on the top)

Her first ice cream cone and she thought it was the greatest thing ever.

Easter egg hunt.

Easter morning. Outside toys.

Called to Serve.

Brighten got his mission call and opened it on thanksgiving. He is called to the Florida Tampa Mission. He reports Feb. 24th. We are proud of him and will miss him.

Halloween

This Halloween Paetyn dressed up like a little piggy, perfect don't you think? We went to a trunk or treat to see grandma and grandpa and to get a little candy. We carved a little jock-o-lantern and she wore one of her favorite shirts during the day and it said "Daddy's Little Pumpkin." Teesha and some of her friends at school dressed up like Trolls.

Paetyn turns 1!

On Oct. 22 our baby turned 1. The day started out with a Birthday pancake made by Daddy. We didn't have her a birthday candle at the time so we had to improvise. She went to Mom's school just before lunch and got her nails painted. Then we met Dad at the park for lunch. She had a little bit of an eye infection that week so her eyes are a little goopy and squinty in the pictures. She had a little party on that Saturday. Oh yeah and dad saved her life at Walmart on her birthday, literally. To make a long story short, she was falling out of the cart head first and dad quickly swooped in and grabbed her by the pants when her head was millimeters from hitting the concrete floor. We love her and are so grateful for her and the joy she brings us.

Disneyland

This summer Chris's family all went to Disneyland for a big family trip. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to Mom and Dad for taking us all and helping with the kids. Grandpa even got to take Paetyn on her first ride on the Merry-Go-Round, I think Grandpa had an even better time than Paetyn. After Disneyland we went down to San Diego for a night and day. Paetyn loved the sand at the beach but not the water, it was kind of cold. It was a really fun summer, but now we are both down to the nitty gritty in school.