A New Friend

I'm going to stop lying to myself and others. I will not promise that I'm going to post more, because I really don't know if that's true, ha! I will post when I post! Here is a quick post/story for you.

I was putting Laundry away one afternoon and I could hear a knocking noise coming from Drake's bedroom. It kind of freaked me out because I knew no one was in there. I walked in and realized that whatever it was, was outside and it was knocking on Drake's window. Ok, I would be lying if I told you I was not completely freaked out, lol. I slowly opened the blinds to see this.......

a Robin, pecking at the window. (don't make fun of me for all the rain spots on the outside of my windows) This thing won't leave. I've hit the window to scare it away but the dang thing keeps coming back to Drake's window. Drake thinks it's amazing and says it's his friend. Drake has come up with a very unique name for it..... Flappy The Bird..... unique right? Anyway, I hate the thing. It was cool for about two hours and now I'm tired of it.

Stayin' Alive

OMW!!! (Oh My Word)
I've said it before and I'll say it again..... I'M SO BUSY!
We moved to a new house (that we LOVE) and things have just never slowed down.
Drake is getting older by the second. A funny story for you; Drake was saying his bedtime prayers the other night and he asked to "help us hunt for lions, tigers and bears" and "please keep daddy safe from the spiders and snakes at work" and "help us enjoy the food" DISCLAIMER: We don't let our child eat right before bed, so why he wants to "enjoy the food" at that time is beyond me. Drake is so funny and he's always good for a laugh!
Photography has been kicking my TRASH! I've had a lot of shoots and a lot of classes. But I'm loving it!
CJ and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary on Nov 11th. I also had a wedding to shoot that day/night and so I was in the dog house for just a little bit :) He got over it. lol. We went to Yellowstone Nation Park in September as an early anniversary get-a-way. We had a blast. I'll create a post all about that trip soon, I hope.
This house that we love so much has a really small spot for a fridge. That being said, our fridge is 5 inches too wide. We've had to put it out in the garage, and we've been walking back and forth ever since. We went looking for fridges this Black Friday weekend but all the sales are on these huge stainless steel economy size refrigerators. I don't need one very big, nor do I want something fancy and expensive. We might resort to an ice box or something.
We put up our Christmas tree last night and it looks great! Another story about Drake; CJ went hunting yesterday morning and I was feeling rather lazy, so Drake and I just laid around in our PJ's all day. Well CJ came home and we all took a nap and when we woke up I mentioned to CJ that we should put our tree up. CJ agreed but neither one of us moved. Well leave it to a child to remind you how special things are. Drake jumped off the couch and looked at CJ and I with great big eyes and a ton of excitement and said "I have an idea! Why don't we put the tree up together!" CJ and I could do nothing but smile. Drake was absolutely right, we should do it together! Christmas, or any holiday for that matter, is so much more fun when you have a child around! Drake is totally in the Christmas spirit, and that means asking for a lot of things as well. After almost every commercial Drake will say "I'd like to get that" or "I think I need that mom" This kid has a lesson or two coming his way :) On that same note; Whenever Drake sees a commercial for anything girlie, whether it's a Barbie, an Easy Bake Oven or even a trampoline commercial with a girl jumping on it, Drake will say "I'd like to get that for Addi" Addi is his cousin, the only girl cousin he has, so I guess he wants to spoil her. My little energized bunny has a super big heart!

That's Right!

We're MOVING! HOORAY! The condo life is over! We're moving into a Pleasant Grove home at the end of this month and we could not be more excited!! We've lived in our condo for two years, and although the payment has been nice, we have not really enjoyed it.
The new home sits on .47 of an acre and it's fully fenced :) I'm so excited for Drake to just run and burn energy!!! (I think I've used my yearly limit of exclimation points!)
Anywho, we're super excited and just can't stand to wait any longer.

Here are some fun pictures that I took of Drake helping my mom in my grandparents garden. They were doing some Strawberry pickin'

So tell me...

What is your favorite blog to read and why??

On My Mind

I hate TV sometimes. My 3 year old loves it and I think because of that reason I hate it.
Drake is not the shy child you see clutching onto his mothers leg at the shopping store. No, no, no, he's the one touching everything he can. He's the loudest kid in the store. He's not afraid of ANYTHING. I love this about him, well, most of the time. However, when we meet new people or when I want him to behave his very best, I'd like him to just calm down for a bit. Anyway, back to this TV thing. Drake is a talker (I wonder where he got that from) and he's very articulate as well. He picks up EVERYTHING that you say!!! And because of this I hate TV now.
Drake can say some really bad words. He has said a few 4 letter words but I'm talking about words like 'stupid', 'loser' or 'idiot'. I can't stand those words coming out of me 3 year olds mouth. Oh, and the #1 word that I hate him saying is the Lords name in vain. He's only said my #1 hated word 2 or 3 times, but in my book that's 2 or 3 times more than he should have. He doesn't say any of these words very often because he knows they are bad words but I swear he only says them when we are around other people. They've got to think I'm raising some punk kid or something. I don't know how to get away from these words.

- On Toy Story, Woody calls Buzz an 'idiot'. Thanks Pixar!
- EVERY Single channel (even Disney and Nick channels) say the Lords name in vain.
- On Kai Lan, she called something 'stupid'.

And the list goes on and on.

I know that Drake is just pushing my buttons, and I'm sure he's just testing the water to see what he can get away with. But, I want to hear from other parents. What do you do about this? My son can't be the only one that does this. Am I being too picky about what I consider 'bad words'? I just think he's too young to say those words.

Comments??? PLEASE!

Zimmerman Camping Trip 2011

This is the 3rd annual Zimmerman Family Camping Trip. The first couple years we called it the 4-wheeling trip, but we all have kids now and so it makes it hard for all of us to go on one big ride together.
We camped up by Strawberry reservoir and it was beautiful! The weather was great too. Here are a few, ok I mean a bunch, of pictures.

We're on our way!!



The view from our camp









Drake was dirty from the second we got out of the truck until we got home. We don't have a shower in our trailer so we went through a world record amount of baby wipes to try and get this kid clean before bed each night. He had a blast!!!

CJ went fishing on Saturday while the rest of the boys went to the shooting range.

This is my Brother Zac and my dad preparing some kabobs for dinner.

We ate lots of delicious food!!!

While we were there you couldn't fish the streams. And we saw a lot of fish in them. This is my nephew Dallin, my niece Addi and Drake looking at the fish in the water.

This is my niece Addi holding the butterfly that she caught.

All the kids playin' some ball. My nephew Dallin has a broken arm so it was kinda funny to watch him play :)

In the dirt, again.

This is the whole clan! (I love self timer)

My sister Jennell is pregnant with her fist child and she found out what she was having the first day of the camping trip. Most of the group was already up there so we were just waiting to hear from her. When she pulled up, she got out of the truck holding a 'It's a Boy' balloon. Super cute idea!!


This is Baby Rekker, Brandon & Whitney's little guy.

This is baby Dax, Rusty & Jess's little dude.

And this is baby Henry, Zac & Traci's 3rd little buddy.

They all so dang cute!!!



CJ and drake did a little 4-wheeling.

We had a blast, and with all these little kids, it will just get more and more fun each year!!! I love family!

What Do You Think??

Let me know what you think of Amber's Bridals. It was so hot outside and with all that dress that she had on, I'm sure she was close to dying. I think they turned out BEAUTIFUL though!






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