Brandon Family

Kristina Curtis Photography: give away!

2012-02-11T12:11:00.000-08:00

I love her photos and she giving away a free session! Hurry to her blog and become a fan!

Why did this happen to me today?

2012-02-05T23:39:00.000-08:00

Thought this was a really cool poem I might have to put it somewhere in my house!

Me: God, can I ask You a question?

God: Sure

Me: Promise You won't get mad

God: I promise

Me: Why did You let so much stuff happen to me today?

God: What do u mean?

Me: Well, I woke up late

God: Yes

Me: My car took forever to start

God: Okay

Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait

God: Huummm

Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call

God: All right

Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did You do that?

God: Let me see, the death angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one of My Angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that

Me (humbled): OH

GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.

Me: (ashamed)

God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.

Me (embarrassed):Okay

God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.

Me (softly): I see God

God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.

Me: I'm Sorry God

God: Don't be sorry, just learn to Trust Me.... in All things , the Good & the bad.

Me: I will trust You.

God: And don't doubt that My plan for your day is Always Better than your plan.

Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, Thank You for Everything today.

God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I Love looking after My Children...

Miracle Pregnancy

2012-01-31T00:47:00.000-08:00

Check out this link on Good Things Utah about a family we met when Nate got injured. Their story is a lot like ours expect there accident was two years before Nates and their baby a lot younger. This story touched my heart and made me bawl! It gave me so much hope that we can have children again i think that I will call them tomorrow! Nate has been wanting this for over a year now and I have had something holding me back, but seeing them first be able to get pregnant and then being able to handle having two children just might give me the courage I need.So cool!!!!!!

wow its been awhile

2011-09-13T15:17:00.000-07:00

oh boy one day i will update the world on what has been going on lately but for now i want to share a very funny video that was filmed at our family reunion. My grandma is the one in the middle. Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR2exHZKnps&feature=share

Paparazzi Jewelry

2011-07-28T00:08:00.000-07:00

I just started selling this Jewelry and I am having my first open house Tue Aug 2nd please stop by and check it out! each item is $5!

My Paparazzi blog has some of the items that will be available.

To Crisp or Not To Crisp

2011-05-26T19:47:00.000-07:00

So my new project has been to organize my house sort of a spring cleanning. I started with the kitchen because I feel like the countertops and flow of the place just isn't working especially the fridge! I have been doing a little research on the best ways to store produce herbs etc. I have found out a lot of interesting things, but what I am still up in the air about is what do you use the crisper drawers for, and high humidity or low?

What are some of your fridge storage tips?

Paralyzed man walks

2011-05-23T22:05:00.000-07:00

This is a really cool Discovery! I am very interested to see what come out of this.

Science & Technology

With Electrical Stimulation to the Spinal Cord, Paralyzed Man Walks Again

Published May 20, 2011

| Popular Science

Rob Summers On the Treadmill University of Louisville via CBS News

Electrical impulses sent to a paralyzed man's spinal cord allow him to walk again, researchers say. Rob Summers, 25, can voluntarily move his feet and hips and walk on a treadmill with support, in what could be a major breakthrough for the treatment of paralysis.

The research team, led by Dr. Susan Harkema of the University of Louisville, Ky., stressed that the treatment is not a cure for paralysis and that it worked with just one patient in one trial. But researchers not involved in the study say it is promising - one UK doctor told the BBC it was "mind-blowing."

The findings appear to show that the legs and spinal cord, not the brain, are in control of movement. That means interruption of messages from the brain may not preclude paralyzed patients from walking again - they would just need new electrical signals to stimulate the spinal cord.

Summers appeared in various media outlets Friday to discuss the research.

Weeks after winning the College World Series with Oregon State University in 2006, Summers was hit by a drunk driver, suffering spinal cord damage that paralyzed him from the chest down. Neuroscientists implanted 16 electrodes in his spine, and sent electrical impulses to his lower spinal cord, mimicking the signals normally sent by the brain to initiate movement. Summers was suspended over a treadmill while the signals were transmitted to his spine. Writing in the British medical journal The Lancet, researchers say the spinal cord's own neural network, combined with sensory information from his legs, is able to to control muscle and joint movement.

Summers trained for two years with a treadmill and physical therapists moving his legs to help him stand and walk.

V. Reggie Edgerton of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA said sensory information is sent via neural networks in the legs directly to the spinal cord. The sensory feedback allows Summers to balance himself, bear his own weight and take steps over various speeds and directions, Edgerton said in a news release.

In a statement, Summers said the treatment has changed his life.

"For someone who for four years was unable to even move a toe, to have the freedom and ability to stand on my own is the most amazing feeling," he said.

He was left with some sensation below the chest, so it's not clear whether the treatment would work for spinal cord injury patients who experience no sensation. What's more, Summers was an athlete in excellent physical condition before his injury, which could have helped his rehabilitation.

Still, his doctors hope that someday, patients with spinal cord injuries could use a portable electrical stimulation unit to move independently once again.

The work was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

[via BBC]

Oops

2011-05-02T19:24:00.001-07:00

oops Forgot the link. HEHE

http://chairboundhuntersut.com/?page_id=64

Nates Turkey Hunt

2011-05-02T19:23:00.001-07:00

Here is a link to read about Nates Turkey Hunt. It was so much fun! Im glad that he was able to get one!!

My new projects

2011-04-26T12:41:00.000-07:00

I have been Trying two new things lately the first one is loosing some weight I have not managed to loose any really but I haven't put all of my efforts into it yet. I have managed to stay about the same weight so that is a little accomplishment. Nate said that he would buy me a new wedding ring to motivate me so I better get moving, of course I don't really want to let the old one go...

The next thing is coupons. oh boy I had no idea how much effort this was going to take. The thing that makes me so mad is that the stores are out of everything that I was planning on purchasing by the time I make it to the store. It really frustrates me!! Check out the whole story at my other blog.

2011-04-24T11:12:00.000-07:00

New posts

2011-04-03T13:52:00.001-07:00

check out my other websites:

This is my photography website :

http://kendallleephoto.blogspot.com/. I just posted some of my recent pictures

This is my craftish website haven't updated it in a while but I will soon.... I hope. :)

http://alltiedup-kendall.blogspot.com/

Check us out!!

2011-03-26T22:43:00.001-07:00

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Thank you,
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Projects

2011-03-08T21:54:00.000-08:00

So I have some new projects that I am starting one is going to be learning how to save some money with coupns. If you do it right you can same hundreds of dollars on your groceries. I will let you know how it goes.

The second one is loosing weight. Why isn't it as easy to loose the weight as it is to gain it. I am so out of shape I can't beleive. I don't know how I let myself get so out of shape. I feel like the biggest retard in the classes that were so easy for me. Its enough to drive me crazy...

So anywaise I will keep you updated on my progress. :)

Stare Down

2011-02-28T16:58:00.000-08:00

So you know when you watch Americas Funniest Home Movies and you think how were they able to get that on film, well my friend I have actually done it. I got home from watching the Oscars last night to find my cats having a stare down competition with with the neighborhood cat through the glass door anywise all of the sudden I hear a THUMP! and well see for yourself.....

The best part about this is that this wasn't the first or even the second time that cat did this, that is how I had enough time to find the camera and get the shot in. Poor little Ashlyn did not like the noise that snuggles was making. wow didn't know she had it in her.

Sacrament

2011-02-27T21:52:00.000-08:00

What a day today. I decided to go to church for the first time since Ashlyn was born, well maybe not the first but its been a long time. In order to make this happen I had to get up at 6am so that I could get Nate, AShlyn and Myself ready before 9am, that my fried is commitment. And it wouldn't have happened if I didn't Pray the night before to make sure that I didn't sleep in and that all would go smoothly. Little did I know that his idea of not letting me sleep in was having Ashlyn wake up at 630 am, well I have to say thank you because it worked.....

So anywise I got everyone up and dressed without any major problems. Then we get to sacrament. They had a very nice musical number by the ward choir, when it ended all was quiet except for the two year old next to me yelling " Yeah, Yeah" while clapping. I was so embarrassed! She made it up to me when she tried to sing the hymns with everyone. ahhhh, ooooo. It was precious!

Then we ended the night with Oscars at my parents house and a cat trying to break into my house ( video to come ), and it not like when I thought the deer tried to break into my house...

My new home phone

2010-11-22T11:46:00.000-08:00

This is the cooliest thing ever! It works as a regular phone and a video phone! And best of all it runs on the internet, Good bye phone lines!

I can't wiat to have this christmas morning! We will hook it up to the tv and see everyone in life size.

I wish we had this while nate was in the hospital he wouldn't have missed so much of ashlyns life.

Check this out!!

2010-10-17T23:17:00.000-07:00

Check out this new background I just made!!! I got the papers and tutorial here. I am so excited! Can't wait to make more.
Sorry this was such a lame post for not posting in forever maybe I will post something better tomorrow

2010-08-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

This was just too funny I had to share. I know that I am a mean mommy because I have never lasughed so hard in my life. Normaly she loves anything to do with Sesame street especially Elmo, but for some reason Cookie monster dressed up as a baby freaks her out! It has ever since she was little. We havnt watched this Elmo in a longime so I forgot all about it and figured that she would be over it but no still terrified!!

I think she has a problem with white/gray hair or bonnets on their heads, or maybe she is affraid of gray hair because of this video. hmm

Oy with the poodles already

2010-07-16T23:19:00.000-07:00

Lorelai: Huh. You know what I just relized? Oy is the funniest word in the entire world.
Rory: Huh.
Lorelai: I mean, think about it. You never hear the word oy and not smile. Impossible. Funny, funny word.
Lorelai: Poodle is another funny word
Emily: Please drink your drink lorelai
Lorelai: in fact if you put oy and poodle together in the same sentence, youd have a great new catch phrase, you know? Like, Oy with the poodles already. So from now on, when the perfect circumstances arise, we will use our favorite new catch phrase
Rory: Oy with the poodles already.
Lorelai: Im telling ya its knocking "what you talkn' bout willis" right out of first place.
Emily: Lorelai be quiet

Blonde or Black

2010-07-08T22:51:00.001-07:00

So I say Black and Nate says Blonde what do you think?

Blonde

Black

Half and Half

Not the best pictures. They are copies of copies

Photography!!

2010-05-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

Check out this website. I need your feedback !!!!

Happy Bithday Stinky!!

2010-04-19T20:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Stinky was one of Ashlyns favorite skits from sesame street. It was so funny to watch her get so excited over the whole thing. I just thought the title fit her well!!

Once she heard elmo in that bag she went crazy! She couldn't get him out fast enough and started to get frustrated

This is the deck in our backyard and Ashlyn went up and down and up and down.....

and up and down. It was so cute!!

These are the funny looking cupcakes that I made.

If you can't tell they are elmo, cookie monster and big bird.

This was the cake we let her eat. I thought that with it being elmo she would dive right in and try to eat his nose like she does her stuffed elmos. She didn't. Maybe it was too late and she was just too full from the prime rib and potato salad.

Its almost here!!

2010-02-20T21:48:00.000-08:00

Bib......... $5.oo

Party Plates ........ $3.oo

Jumbo Elmo Balloon .......$10.oo

Celebrating Baby's First Birthday...... Priceless

The worst Emotion

2010-02-06T13:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday something happend to me that made so so mad. It was the stupidest thing ever but it really pissed me off. It got me wondering what my least favorite emotion was.
So I decided that my least favorite emotion is Angry ( it leads to the dark side ). It just ruins my day and mood. I hate being mad at people. I never like to hold grudges either and I have a few right now that I would love to get past.

What emotion do you hate.

Things i've learned so far

2010-02-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

1. There is a plan in motion, we may not see it right away but its there.

A. It was not hard to get pregnant with Ashlyn. Now I know why.

B. I had a C section. Now every delivery from now on can be planned.

C. Ashlyn is so dependant. She started walking at 9 months. She is going to be such a big help.

D. Having to stay in the hospital longer than expected. If we were home we probably wouldn't have figured out the reason for the sickness until it was too late.

2. Family is wonderful!

A. Don't really need to explain there.

3. God will help you get through anything, all you have to do is ask and know how to listen.

4. He really does answer your prayers just not they way you might have thought.

A. I wanted to stay home and take care of my family and do photography, now I have that opportunity.

Im sure that there will be additions to this post in the future!

Here we go Again

2010-02-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

Well for the last couple of weeks Nate has been getting really weak and losing some of the mobility that he has. The doctors thought that it was drug related. They changed some things around but he was still getting weaker.
A couple of days ago he had a MRI done and the test results showed he has scar tissue that formed around his spinal cord and is creating pockets of fluid that is causing his cord to swell. He is going into surgery tomorrow to have it removed. this is a rare and complicated surgery and the doctor wasn't going to do it until monday because she wanted to research it and make sure that all her ducks were in a row. After consulting with other surgeons she has decided to go ahead and do it tomorrow. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!!!!
If you were not on the first email list and want to be leave me a commet with your email. Thank you for all of your support!!

Can babies hear in the whomb?

2010-01-31T14:00:00.000-08:00

I say YES. Ashlyn has always loved Nascar and Football and So You Think You Can Dance, which Nate and I watched alot while I was pregnant. Of course she could just love to watch moving noisy things. I have been watching Gilmore Girls lately and everytime the theme song comes on she imediatly stops what she is doing, turns around and starts clapping. Once the theme song is over she is done with it. She dosen't do it for any other shows, well maybe elmo. I used to watch it at least once maybe twice a day ( yeah I know I am obsessed ), so its like she remembers it or something.

What do you think? Do you have any stories like this?

Flashes

2010-01-10T21:52:00.000-08:00

LumiQuest Soft Screen Diffuser LQ051D1 B&H Photo Video

This is my new love I dont have the money to buy an external flash right now but I hate using my pop up flash on my camera. This is supposed to soften the harsh light that comes out of that flash. It is really cheep and if it works great, and if not im only out 15 dollars.

10 Guilty Pleasure

2010-01-07T15:52:00.000-08:00

Well Amy you have inspired me to write my top ten guilty Pleasures

1. Gilmore Girls.

The more i watch it the more I love it. I have seen every episode so many times it is amazing. Some episodes I just have to know the title and I know what is going to happen in that episode. Bonus points if you can guess what episode the picture is from.

2. Facebook

I just love to get on and read peoples status updates

3. Fabric Stores

Oh my gosh I could go into a fabric store be in there for hours and come out with nothing or come out with 5 yards of Fabric just because I thought it was cute. I am starting to become a fabric Hoarder

4.Book Stores

Man this one might be more on the obsessive list. I have so many books that I have bought and not read and I still want to keep buying. And most of them are the teen books. They are good stories and you don't have to put alot of thought into following a plot.

5.Food Network Channel

I never thought that I would get hooked on this channel I mean all they do is cook how exciting can that be? But here I am hopelessly addicted

6.Real World / Road Rules Challenge

Or just Real World. When it comes to Real World its all about the drama. The Challenges, its all about the competitions + drama makes for a real good show!

7.Purses

I am really starting to love purses, I can't afford most of them but they sure are fun to lok at!

8 Gadjets

Especially kitchen gadjets anything that looks fun to play with, or that would make life easier. I really want a lemon zester even though I will probably never use it. I just got a panni press because it was on sale and I have always wanted one. I just hope that I use it

9. Beads

I want to make really cute jewlery but, I can't ever figure out how to put the cute beads together to make cute jewlery. I struggle bad when it come to that.

10.pasta

Need I say more?

The best sound in the world

2010-01-04T14:42:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Me

2009-12-31T14:49:00.000-08:00

Ok so this is an early birthday late christmas present for me. I saw it at costco about a month ago and have been saving up ever since and I was finally able to get it. I am so excited i can't even stand it!!! For those of you who don't know what this is it is The Complete Gilmore Girls collection!!! This is one of those shows that you can watch over and over again!!!

Beatutiful Hands Competition

2009-12-26T15:03:00.000-08:00

I hope that eveyone had a great Christmas! We sure did! Nate got to get out of the hospital for a few hours and see ashlyn open up all her presents....well she really wasn't as interested in that part like i thought she would be, but it was still alot of fun. I will show pictures and tell some of the stories later. But first the guys in our family got their nails painted by Presley and we decided to have a beautiful hands competiton and share the fun with all of you!! Write a comment and tell me which hand is the most beautiful!!

Meg Johnson

2009-12-23T09:01:00.000-08:00

http://www.megjohnsonspeaks.com/watch--listen.html

You have to check out this website. She has a spinal cord injury almost like nates. She is the cutest thing ever! She gave us a calandar that she drew that is amazing! She weaves the pen in between her fingers to draw, it is something to see! Amy you should check it out!

Fundraiser

2009-12-19T11:48:00.000-08:00

This is from my dada email and i thought that it summed everything up nicely!

Hi everybody,I would like to apologize for the people that donated items and did not get them into the raffle or auctions. It wasn't that we did not want them there, it was because we were overwhelmed with what items we got and the RSVP's we received the final day. It really caught us off guard, we had no clue of what we were up against. When I made the decision to do the pulled pork by ourselves we were sitting at 75 people, figuring maybe 150 people. That is just a little bit under the 429 people that paid for dinner, I am responsible for that decision. I figured dinner was the first thing on our list we needed to take care of. I hope everybody was satisfied with what the "PULLED PORKING" team from Boswell Olsen and the side dishes prepared by Marvellous Catering. If not I will send you your money back. Going from 50 pounds of pork to 250 pounds in a couple of days for people that do millwork and doors for a living is a little bit of a task. It was our main priority to get people fed and try to find some seats for everybody to eat. Luckily the owner of My Noah's, Bill Bowser, was remodeling rooms on the third floor. I told him my dilemma and he made the room he was working on presentable for serving people that night. THE PEOPLE AT MY NOAH'S ARE SOME OF THE BEST PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER MEET. They did every thing possible from moving people upstairs that had booked rooms on the first floor so we could fit the first wave of people in to helping clean up from midnight to one in the morning. Thanks Bill for your generous donation of using your facility.As for the items that never got put into the the auctions or raffles if you want to come and get them you can. Some people already have.If people want I can list them for a while and we can have a little auction on line on this Blog to sell these items off, or we can give them to Nate and Kendall and see what they want to do with them. Most of them are food coupons and overnight stays at some really nice places.The only things I want to auction off is the Ginger bread house that Marc Grill completed on time and Kelly put it up on a shelf so Ashlyn would not destroy it and Maurine Mcquivey's facials. My opening bid is 100.00 dollars a piece, 300 dollars total. Anybody wanting to bid higher let me know. This is the first banquet that i have never bid on anything or bought raffle tickets too, you people had me too busy. I will put up a list tomorrow on what items are left over.In closing, the people that attended the banquet, bought tickets for the Vespa and television raffle, my employees, friends (I hope they still are), my brothers Craig and Kim, The Mule Deer Foundation, Mike Laughter who lost his best friend a day before fundraiser and still showed up, Wayne from MDF who took all your money and knew how to run a credit card machine, Ducks Unlimited Gerald Olsen who looks good in leather chaps, Rick Britton who runs the Ducks Unlimited in Utah County, Scotty from Flirts who ran the bar, my children, Danielle and Andy and John Bair the auctioneer, anybody that can sell four of my turkey breasts for 100 dollars a piece, sell a gun back to the same guy that donated it and best of all sell our golf tournament for 1,000 dollars per person, (by the way if anybody wants to by one at that price, I have only 68 spots left, the proceeds will go to Nate) is pretty good auctioneer in my eyes. Bart, my cousin from Olsen's Greenhouse who had to go back and buy some Poinsettias to supply the tables. Also, thanks to the gal that gave me the pink envelope at the night of the auction. We had a successful night. If you'd like to know how much was raised, give me a call. Thanks all you people, you are the greatest. I now need to go set up Kelly's Christmas tree for her while she's still out shopping. She is getting really sick and hasn't had much energy to do much today so she put me in charge of babysitting and decorating. She didn't think it was funny that I put a strand of lights around the box. Another in closing, Rick Huffman, we have your knife sheath and box. Call me and we can get that to you. And anybody else that needs to know anything else about the auction, if you lost stuff or still need stuff, contact me - 801.787.9022. Don't call tonight, I'm going to bed. Since I don't know all 400 people's email address that came last night, please pass this message of thanks on to anybody that came.
Thanks again, I appreciate everybody's supportClint

Dear Santa...

2009-12-17T22:19:00.000-08:00

I want these for Ashlyn

And these for me

Thanksgiving

2009-12-02T19:39:00.000-08:00

Pictures!!

I think that she is sick of me taking pictures!!

3 weeks apart my baby is a tank!!

She loves her elmo

MMMMMM

Its Ofiicial

2009-11-25T18:21:00.000-08:00

So i am being lazy and instead of just putting all of the information on the blog i am just going to put of websites and you can look them up. sound good?

http://helpnateandkendall.blogspot.com/
http://www.nateandkendallfundraiser.blogspot.com/

He got to see ashlyn

2009-11-22T20:33:00.000-08:00

Yeah we were able to bring Ashlyn to the hospital and nate downstairs so that he could be with her for a few hours. I don't have a way to put the pictures on my computer yet but once i do i will post them. It was so good for him to see her and she didn't cry which is what i was worried about. she was crawling all over the chair and spitting and being so cute. I was really glad that he was able to see her. I think that we are going to make two days out of the week that she comes up and then if anyone else wanted to come up at that time to see Nate they could. It is out in the lobby of the hospital so we could have a big party and they wouldn't care. hehehe

Fundraisers

2009-11-19T18:07:00.000-08:00

check out this post from my sister. My family and friends are putting on a raffle and she is selling tickets so if you are interested contact her or just leave me a comment and i will get her the information. You also have the option of trying to sell them if you would like to.

I also want you to check out this blog if you don't have a facebook, because there will be some information on fundraisers and ways that you can help.

I really appreciate all the support and love that i have been getting it really means alot!!

Thanks

2009-11-18T20:22:00.000-08:00

i am so horrible about updating this thing since i got a facebook page. I forget that i have a blog. Nate is doing good he is in therapy right now, he will probably be there for 8-10 weeks. The worst part about the whole thing is that they are being so strickt on the visitors. he is supposed to pick 6 visitors that can visit him throughout his stay, and they don't want any babies their. It makes sense but still sucks at the same time. Hopefully he will be able to go out side of the hospital soon and then he can see her then.
Nate is doing good he has been keeping a good attitude throughout this whole thing and i am so impressed with him! I don't think that i would be as strong. the times that he gets down is when i am home with the baby for a few days and dont see him. The doctors say that he is doing really good for how soon his accident was. he still has no feeling form his chest down. Nobody can tell us if or when that will chage because noone really knows they say that time will tell. He might go 6 months with no feeling and then one day he might be able to move his toes. I wish that i could look forward and know how the outcome would be either good or bad. I have put my faith in the lord and know that he will take care of my family and i am amazed at the peaceful feeling i have that everything will be alright. I am so thankful for all the prayers and fasting that everyone has done on our behalf i can definatly feel them working. You just never know how much support and love you have around you until something happens. Thanks to all of my support i would not be able to do this without you!!

updates

2009-11-04T14:17:00.000-08:00

so i just have to tell you that nate is heading into surgery now to finish the surgery that was interupted on sunday. we have been able to communicate with Nate since my dad taught him "sign language" he can now give us "hugs". he went into surgery at around 4:30 this evening so we are just waiting for him to get out and i will get an update. he has made movement in his wrists so that is an improvement from yesterday!!!

Please Pray for Nate

2009-11-02T20:59:00.001-08:00

i was going to be brave and write some feeling about the last couple of days on here but i am just too exhausted right now. if you have not heard nate was in an acciendent and broke his neck bons they took him into surgery sunday night but had to stop because of complications ans they are planning to starting back up on thurseday. he keeps getting better so i know that the prayer poeple have been saying are working if it is one thing that i beleive in it is the power of prayer/ blessings it has a way of calming you down in situations like this. please keep him in your hearts and prayers.
the good new is that he didn't cut the spinal cord he just pinched it so i am praying that he gets the lesson that he was supposed to learn from this and that his body will be back to normal. thank you for all the calls and support i will try to update as soon as i can. please keep us in your prayers!!

I fisnished Ashlyn costume

2009-11-01T08:41:00.000-08:00

check out my boos costume on my other website alltiedup-kendall.blogspot.com. I willl post pictures on this one later

Gap Casting Call

2009-10-27T22:25:00.000-07:00

Kendall Boswell Brandon we have entered Ashlynr in the gap casting call and we need your help!! Here is the adress, there are three pictures entered and they are judged seperatly so vote for them all!! Here is the address and the codes: 294373448, 104373964, 704373786http://family.go.com/gapcastingcall/Thanks!

3 weeks

2009-10-23T20:38:00.000-07:00

Well it has been 3 weeks since i got laid off and it has been rough! this stay at home thing is hard! I think that i have gotten less done then when i was working. Here are some things that have kept be busy

and this

She is so hard to keep up with! she climbs on everything falls off everything and pulls everything onto her. I am about ready to wrap her in bubble wrap and give her a helmet or something.......

Hell Week

2009-10-04T13:45:00.001-07:00

well my week started off with me breaking my chair at work. All i did was sit on it and snap right in half. I thought that i jsut feel off it, because i do that sometimes, until i looked down an saw this

Yep the base split right in half. The next day I got laid off from work. I am so glad that it is a new week. I joke and say that instead of going through the hassel of getting a new chair they just let me go. I have to put on a brave face or else i will drive myself crazy!!

Busy

2009-10-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

Well if you have not heard from me for a while it is because I have been busy with this:

and this:

Yes she is only 6 months and crawling! I am in so much trouble!! The first one reminds me of a frog and the second one reminds me of a spider

Finally Posted

2009-09-10T00:29:00.000-07:00

Ok I posted on my new blog go and check it out. Probably nothing new to most of you.

New Blog!

2009-09-08T03:28:00.000-07:00

I started a new blog all about my crafty adventures check it out! alltiedup-kendall.blogspot.com.
I am also thinking of going private with this blog so i need your emalis so that I can invited you to join

Stop Growing Up!!!!!

2009-09-02T12:28:00.001-07:00

This one is at 5 or 6 weeks old

This one is 2 weeks ago

I was looking through my pictures and i saw these two and i just couldn't beleive how much she has grown!!

I just had to.....

2009-08-17T22:12:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these pictures i think that it turned out so cute!!

Grandpa

2009-08-17T22:04:00.001-07:00

This is my dad, no really it is, for those of you who have never seen him without a mustache ( including me ) this might come as a shock to you. Ashlyn dosen't even recognize him he wanted to hold her and the second i let go she gave her little poutty face and started crying! she had the biggest tears streaming down her face, and for a baby that is not supposed to have tears that is some mayjor crying lol! And all i could do was laugh at her. Boy i am a mean mommy!

This is grandpa taking ashlyn for a ride around the house, these pictures just crack me up!

The bookmark is done

2009-08-17T22:00:00.000-07:00

This is what i ended up doing

i forgot about the niffty little invention called a cricut and decided that i would put all the colors on the white backgraound just like the dress. and then i tried to laminate it no professional and i think that i ruined the whole thing. oh well it was just a tester with some pictures that i have lying around!

Help

2009-08-05T11:18:00.001-07:00

ok i am making a bookmark with some pictures that i had and i can't decide on a background so i need your help!!

Leave me a commet if you like RED GREEN WHITE PINK or BLUE the best!! OR if you have any other ideas that would be great!!

My Garden

2009-08-02T12:45:00.000-07:00

So I Planted these flower in July of 2008 and they finnaly appeared in June 2009. They are the cutest flowers that I have ever seen and I can't wait to see how what these flowers will look like in full Bloom!

Random Video

2009-07-20T11:49:00.000-07:00

This one is getting ready to come home from the hospital

these are some random ones

The second video should really be in the middle, since it was filmed between the two.

Pictures

2009-07-20T11:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some random pictures that were taken after one of her baths they turned out so cute!!

OOPS forgot to turn this one around. lol

She Loves his bunny everytime it gets turned on she stops whatever she is doing and turns to look at it. Thanks grandma it is great for when she is fussy!

Thanks Erin

2009-06-13T23:54:00.000-07:00

Erin you are an amazing photographer. The fact that Ashlyn was so fussy through this entire thing says something. These pictures turned out so good!! Ashlyn was 4 weeks old in these pictures, she has changed so much and has gotten so big!

I like the fact that she is fussy in this picture because it looks like I am trying to be a mother and calm her down. Its real not posed and I really love that about this picture.

Thats right that is my baby hanging from a branch, but she is not that far off the ground.

Peek-a-boo

This one is my favorite.

Princess and the pee. She has such beautiful lips in this one

Her blessing dress

A couple posts in one

2009-06-13T23:31:00.000-07:00

I am very behind in my posting and want to get up to date so here is one post of many days.

First Shots

ok so i feel like a horrible mom, i laughed at her when she got these. i don't know what it was but it just made me laugh. she was really good, she didn't start cry until about the second one and then a minute later she was done.

Rolling Over

she has sort of rolled over a couple of times. when i put her on her stomach she pushes off with one arm and gravity pulls her to her back. im not sure if she dose this on purpose or not but i was sure impressed!!

Baseball Game

of course we has to take a picture at the ball park for her first baseball game. it was in lindon nate was playing on his boswell olsen team.

Its Amazing.....

2009-06-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

I was amazed at how natural being a mom has been it isn't quite the crisis situation i thought it would be. I am really amazed at how Instantly i knew her. I remember the first week of her being home i felt like i have known her my whole life like she has always been here. i always thought that it would be like getting a new animal you are excited and everything is new, but its not its like i have been doing this my whole life. It defiantly strengthens my testimony of the preexistence i now know that we all new each other before this life and that i am where i am supposed to be.

The Hardest Thing

2009-05-25T23:51:00.000-07:00

one of the hardest things that i have ever done is leave my baby while i go to work!! I bawled that whole day. i am jsut glad that i work with such great people it made the transition alot easier for me. they got me flowers and bought me luch for my welcome back gift. i have never felt so wanted at work before!
Even though Ashlyn is with grandma i still worry about her constantly and wish that i was there with her! i am very grateful that i am able to work for days a week instead of 5 that make a big diffence i hope that one day i will be able to be off more days than i work. I also go and visit her for lunch. here are some pictures at grandmas house.

one of the things that makes her smile is when i stick out my tongue it makes her laugh, the best part is when she starts doing it back to me then i start to laugh.

The First Campout

2009-05-25T23:44:00.000-07:00

We went turkey hunting with dad in oak city and it rained on us the whole time, it was ok because i got to catch up on some reading. It rained so hard that it busted the owning right in half. We had to go to delta to geet some tools to take it off the trailer before we could leave. That was one ruff weekend!! dad didn't get any turkeys which is good because i really don't want that thing hanging from the ceiling. And since it was just the three of us these pictures arn't the best because i had to set the timmer and run.

Ok i am obsessed with taking pictures!!!

2009-05-25T23:36:00.000-07:00

Dad and baby getting some shut eye

This is when you know she is in deep sleep, when her arms are in this position

She often has one are straigh out like this

No one ever takes pictures of mom and baby so i took them myself.

First Easter

2009-05-25T23:24:00.001-07:00

her fist easter was alot of fun grandpa boz came over that morning to give ashlyn a big stuffed bunny, it was so cute! Grandma Boz bought her the outfit. she is already spoiled rotten. between my parents and danielle she is definatly going to be spoiled!! then we made the rounds and went to nates parents house and to my grandparents house.

Random Pictures

2009-05-25T23:02:00.000-07:00

first bath

2009-05-25T22:57:00.000-07:00

aslyn is doing much better with the baths she really hated them at first

More pictures

2009-04-30T13:12:00.001-07:00

Random memories of the hospital

2009-04-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

I was in the hospital for 4 days. it got old fast i had a cathader for most of my stay so i couldn't really go anywhere, plus with the c-section they didn't want me to move much. i was so excited to see all of my family and friends there; at one point i had 20 people in my room everyone decided to come all at once.

The fist night at the hospital i had a hard time sleeping because my face kept itching so every like half hour i had to call in the nurse so that i take the medication that gets rid of the itching.

nursing has been going very well. i am so glad because i stressed about it. at the hospital she mostly slep. ashlyn was a very good baby.

Nicole Swan is one of the best nurses there. she was a favorite. request her if you get a chance! she is on the second floor. the day that she was my nurse is when the post partum depression started and i cried so hard after she left. this was the 3rd day at the hospital, and it was just nicole and I which could be why i felt so connected to her when she left.

I was swollen for an extra day and had to moniter my pee outtake. i had to use a bladder scanner which is kindof like an ultrasound for your bladder. i once peed 1000 ounces at once i was shocked no one had ever heard of such a thing.

Ashlyn Bella Brandon

2009-04-30T07:57:00.000-07:00

WARNING ITS A LONG POST!

The story begings March 28 2009 at 6:00 am..... We left the house thinking this was going to be our last trip away from home where we didn't have to think about someone else, there was no turning back. We got to the hospital it is 7:00 am where we meet the nurse that is going to help us through most of the day, we also had to fill out a bunch of paperwork and get wristbands put on and get the IV in my hand. i have a good pain tolerance and have no fear of needles but for some reason putting it in your hand really hurts! At about 7:30 we got the drip going and broke the water from here it was just a matter of waiting.....

I was a week late so Dr. Smith decided to induce me. i had maybe dialated to a one and the baby had not dropped at all before saterday. Dr. Smith said that she didn't like to go to far over the due date because the placenta gets bad, that is why we didn't wait until i was dialated to start my labor.

The worst part of the whole thing was waiting i couldn't eat there was nothing on television i wasn't progressing. they had a really nice veiw of the mountains nate wished that he brought his spotting scope into the hospital to occupy his time. Nate also go to go and have breakfeast, little bugger he should have starved like i was! lol
by about 10:00 am the contractions are starting to pick up, but i can't feel them yet, i can see them on the moneter going up and down i just can't feel them.

By about noon something starts to happen i reach a 4 and the contractions start to get uncomfertable, this is when i get the epidurral.

The Epidural,

first they have me sit up on the side of the bed with my legs dangling off one end with my back towards the anesthesieologist ( however you spell that ) i have sit with my arms folded while nate holds one hand and he nurse holds the other. the worst part of this whole process is the anethesieologist has to align my spine perfect which doesn't sound so bad but the whole time he is pushing so hard on my spine that it is killing me! once he is satisfied then he gives me a shot to numb the area where the epidural goes. i was not expecting this so i jumped when he put it in luckily no damage done then the epidural went in and everything was good from then on out!

by 1:00pm I had progressed to a 6 and i am starting to get excited! not very long now.... or that's what i thought. At 2:00 p.m. I was at a 7 and getting really excited.

Pushing

At 4:30 the nurse kicked everyone out of the room and i started to push. This i when I started to think yes half hour and the baby will be here, boy was i wrong. They must not use the sturrups anymore because nate held one leg and the nurse held the other right up to my chest. Everytime the contractions started to peak is when i had to push as hard as i could, this was a weird feeling and hard to get the hang of because you are just pushing you can't feel anything so you hope that you are doing it right. i had to skip a few because they babues heart rate was going crazy when i pushed and the contractions were right on top of each other. Suprisingly pushing during the contraction was less painful the when i had to rest during one, the pushing gave me something to focus on. The moniter can tell how hard you push and by the end i was pushing a 32 and the highest the nurse had seen was a 36, so i was pushing hard

.......well after 2 1/2 hours of that i started to get sick and tired and she still hadn't enter the birth canal so the doctor decided on a c-section. This is the point that nate lost it, he got very emotional and started to think the worst. Nates dad and my grandpa came in and gave me a blessing which i think help alot, maybe i should have got one at the begining of the process. from here till the end it is kind of a blur. they wheeled me in and numbed me up and i was bummed that i didn't get to see anything but i probably wouldn't have paid much attention anywaise. nate was glad to have that sheet between him and the blood. You can't feel anything so when they took the baby out it was like they took your whole inside out. its the weirdest feeling ever!

This next part was no fun either everyone got to go and see the baby while i had to stay and get sown up and recover back in my room. This is when nate got to watch them giver her a bath and hang out with her. i have been told that she screamed the whole time. Its a good thing that babies don't remember alot once they get older because they do go through alot of hell at the begining!

it is getting close!

2009-03-27T09:36:00.001-07:00

well i go into the hospital at 7am saterday morning!! wish me luck.

Fablehaven is finally here

2009-03-24T17:56:00.000-07:00

i am so excited that this book has finally come out
i think that i am going to take a bath just so that i
have time to sit and read!!! i better get it read fast because i don't think that i will have much time next week or this weekend, because i will finally have my baby!!!!

One omre doctors visit

2009-03-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

well i went to the doctors today and nothing has changed!! so we have a inducing date of saterday the 28th which is this saterday!! that is not many days left!! so she better come out that day. we are putting carpet in her room tomorrow so i joke that she is waiting for the carpet in her room.

Well....

2009-03-20T16:28:00.001-07:00

well my due date has come and passed i had a doctors appointment yesterday and nothing had changed, and i am good with that. i am a little nervous to have a baby and to leave work at the same time. i don't feel ready in both departments, but what do you do? just a little update for everyone

a little update

2009-03-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

still have not dropped, i am patiently waiting and haveing dreams that i had the baby but when i wake she is gone and it makes me sad and more axious!! they have given me an induction date of the 27th if i don't go on my dues date ( 19th ). at work we took votes to see who will guess the closest date and it was alot of fun, so if you want leave you guess as a comment!

bunny vs cat

2009-03-06T06:20:00.000-08:00

this made me laugh so hard!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfS-vHIU2VE&eurl=http://icanhascheezburger.com/page/6/&feature=player_embedded

animals and pregnancy

2009-03-01T12:57:00.000-08:00

i don't know if any of you have had the opportunity to be pregnant with animals but it is very interesting to watch how much they change. i was taking a bath today and left the door open a bit and snuggles came in and was begging for some attention she even went so far as to sit on the edge of the tube and hung out with me while i read my book. now if any of you have cats know how strage this is, mine have never done this before. she is getting more and more loving the closer i get to the "D" date. the other two are males, they still have to be in the same room with me but not on top of me. i could be imagining this, if anyone can relate i would love to hear the stories. i wonder how they will act when she actually gets here.

i just had to add the bugs!!!

2009-02-23T19:13:00.000-08:00

The babies room

2009-02-21T21:30:00.000-08:00

The room is starting to come along. Nate spent all day painting and putting the furniture together. He wanted to suprise me and act like he didn't do anything today but i came home early and spoiled the surprise. i was still excited and have been putting clothes away and trying to decorate. now i need to get a mattress so that i can put my cute bedding up!!

Jazz VS. Lakers

2009-02-21T21:24:00.000-08:00

we were lucky to get to go to the jazz game a few weeks ago, i am not much of a basketball fan, but it is definatly more fun to actually go to the games. what also made it more fun was that it was against the lakers and we HATE the lakers so i was glad to see that the Jazz won! they had some really cute onezie outfits there and if i was more of a fan i probably would have bought one.

Happy Birthday to ME!!

2009-02-21T21:20:00.000-08:00

here are some pictures of ny superbowl / birthday party. The cat is mittens/sheetrock. it was alot of fun, but the best part of that day was the Transformers comercial! I can't wait!!!!!

Mittens

2009-02-01T22:35:00.000-08:00

so i have to tell you about my cat mittens AKA Sheetrock. for those of you that know mittens you might get a kick out of this.
well my parents are redoing their bathroom downstairs and well i guess they left a hole open and if any of you have cats you know how dangerous this is because cats like to climb into everything. anywise my parents were sitting in the living room and kept hearing this cat meowing they looked everywhere for it and finally realized that she was in the walls, so my dad had to make a new hole in the laundry room to get her out. so that is where her new name Sheetrock comes from. there is never a dull moment with cats.

Transformers

2009-02-01T22:21:00.000-08:00

i just have to say how excited i am about the new transformers movie that is coming out. i am so camping out for this one. in case you missed the preview during the Superbowl, here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S59omQPfPOk
well here is the link to it.

New furniture

2009-01-19T18:06:00.001-08:00

yeah i am so glad that we got new furniture we were due for some! we were useing an old water bed frame and had a mattress instead of the waterbed. we got this one on KSL for a great deal.

the best part is how tall this bed is compared to the last i need a step stool just to get into it.

HELP!!!

2009-01-19T17:57:00.000-08:00

so i went and registered for baby supplies on Saturday and am now totally overwhelmed! its bad that there are so many things to buy, but then there is like 10 brands for every item and it makes it that much harder for a person that can't make up her mind in the first place. i am asking for help anyone that has suggestions on what some of the mucst haves are would be greatly appriciated!

you get the jist

2009-01-19T17:54:00.000-08:00

this is pritty much what the babies room is going to look like. it is funny because i saw this bedding pattern at babies r us and loved it then i googled it the other day and found this picture and it is exactly what our room is going to look like except that the walls are a brighter pink. so i think that it is fate that brought me to this bedding and i just have to have it now!!

well i did it

2009-01-12T19:27:00.001-08:00

ok these pictures are horrible but i did it.......i colred my hair dark. its not quite black but i still like it.

What did i get myself into?

2009-01-11T14:51:00.000-08:00

well i only have about two months left to go and i am starting to freak out. i have done nothing to prepare yet. there is still so much to do! and of course the whole can i really do this thoughts running through my head! at least we are getting the room ready once that is done then i can relax a little.

here is a update

2009-01-11T13:26:00.000-08:00

well we got the walls painted and some of the paneling up. we are going to have black furniture so i hope that it tones done the pink because it is a very bright room right now.

"Before Pictures"

2009-01-01T12:55:00.000-08:00

ok so here is a sort of "before picture" of the babies room, if it were the actaul before picture it would look like a storage room and the closet door would be the normal size.

The Tummy

2008-12-26T14:27:00.000-08:00

Here are some new pictures of how HUGE i am Getting!!!!!

i hate seeing pictures of myself!!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-26T13:53:00.000-08:00

well chiristmas is over with!! it was a very eventful day. first we went to my parents house for presents and breakfeast...

Christmas Storey playinging in the background.

Baby even got a present. the beanie says I Love Daddy

then we went to Nate's parents for Lunch/Dinner. Grandpa Ron got a fishing tent so of course they had to set it up in the living room.

Then off to my Granparents for more dinner and presents.

Presley took off with nate's shoes. it was so cute!!

It was a very fun and eventful day! thanks to everyone for all the great gifts!!

we finally have snow!!

2008-12-16T11:17:00.000-08:00

yeah we finally got snow!!! everyone has been saying that they have so much snow and we finally get to enjoy it!!!I LOVE SNOW!!!

7 Things

2008-11-28T18:46:00.000-08:00

7 Things that I can do

1. I can finally knit the purl stitch!!
2. I can relate anything to Gilmore Girls
3. I can sew
4. I can decorate cakes
5. I can finally eat for two and its ok
6. I can talk to myself very well
7. I can sleep anytime anywhere

7 Things that i cannot do

1. Drive a stick
2. Sing
3. Be in the house alone unless I have some background noise
4. I cannot cook even though i try
5. I cannot wait until January for 24 to start.
6. I cannot stand who they cast as Edward!
7. I cannot agree on a baby name

7 Things that attract me to Nate

1. He has such a cute smile
2. He is very caring
3. He pays attention to details
4. He balances the checkbook
5. He still loves me after this long
6. He tells me the truth no matter how bad i wish he wouldn't
7. He lets me do what i want

7. Celebrity Admirations

1. Alan Jackson (good music and still looks good)
2. Nicolas Cage ( he is always in my favorite movies )
3. Martina McBride ( her voice )
4. Tori Amos ( she doesn't care what people think and i love her music )
5. Lauren Graham ( Gilmore Girls, need i say more )
6. Johnny Depp ( Great actor!!! )
7. jerry bruckheimer ( he should have directed Twilight )

7 Foods

1. Fish or any seafood
2. Pasta
3. Cheesecake
4. Good cheeseburger form those little mom and pop stores
5. Bread/ Rolls
6. Potatoes and Gravy
7. Pizza

Twilight Movie # 2

2008-11-28T18:42:00.000-08:00

well.....it was better than i expected. i think that it would have been alot better if they spend more on the film and got a different edward, or at least gave him a different hair style. the only thing that really bugged me with the book to movie comparisson is that the "meadow Scene" was crap! i am glad that i saw it but won't rush out to buy the DVD.

twilight movie

2008-11-17T08:39:00.000-08:00

Yeah i just bought my twilight tickets!! i will let ya'll know how it is!!

Some reasons that I am so excited to have a baby!

2008-11-14T15:01:00.000-08:00

1. I can’t wait until I get to read stories to her at night. I just hope that she like fantasy as much as I do.
2. I love to see the world through children’s eyes. The things they say and do amaze me.
3. I get to be a kid again, play games, make snowman, carve pumpkins, believe in Santa
4. I will finally have a girl in the group to hang out with!
5. I just can’t wait to have my own family, my own traditions etc
And the funny thing is that if I were to write this a year ago I wouldn’t be able to come up with any ideas because at the time I didn’t want any kids. I was never baby hungry, seeing other peoples kids was great birth control for me, but now all I want is a baby! It is funny how fast things can change!

Details

2008-11-05T13:56:00.001-08:00

Well now is the time for the details. Everything looked good. With all the measurements we are 20 weeks and 4 days, which is right where we thought so that is good. They put it on a DVD for me and my computer doesn’t like the way it is formatted it runs in my DVD player just fine but I want to show everyone so hopefully I will get that up. I want to put the pictures on also, but I don’t know the best way to do it, because I don’t want those to get ruined. If you have any suggestions let me know. Now comes the hard part of picking out a name we like Hayden for a boy but now we have to think of some girlier names.

ITS A ........

2008-11-03T20:22:00.000-08:00

well if you haven't figured it out by the color change , we are having a girl!!! yeah that will be so much fun. pictures to come and hopefully a video (of the ultrasound).

I've Been Hit

2008-10-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks Melanie for the great opportunity to share these things with everyone

Ok so you don’t have to tell me how weird I am because I already know, and am embarrassed to admit it to you all today,
1. I am ODSESSED with Twilight, not so much the movie at this point i am hopeing that my opinion will change after i see it and not get worse
2. I have always wanted to have my own store like an Evans or a Bizy Biddy, lately I have wanted my own fabric store or bakery, or even a bookstore would be fun!
3. I am craving Ruffle chips dipped in cottage cheese. That was a childhood favorite
4. I LOVE Nascar!!!! # 88 need I say more
5. I love to buy organizing supplies or just be at that section in the store
6. I think that I am contagious. Everyone that is around me is getting pregnant, it is mostly first time moms but not all of them, so watch out
7. My favorite things to read are fantasy books with Wizards and elves and just magic in General, and dragons etc.

I am going to tag Danielle Erica Amy Taylor and Amy