Changes...

Over the last few months our family has gone through a ton of changes.  Good changes thankfully! Turns out I have so much to say about each person in our little family that I have decided to split them into three separate posts.  That way I can journal all the stuff I need too without feeling bad that my post is SUPER long. 

This first post is dedicated to the changes going on in Mr. Adam's life....

This man has been a busy busy man the last couple of months. Usually this time of the year Jayson is juggling selling real estate, doing taxes at his dad's office and getting things ready for the new season with his asphalt business. Oh how different this year has been!

For those of you who don't know, Jayson owns an asphalt business called Precision Asphalt Maintenance.  You can click HERE if you wanna see what they do. This business has been such a huge blessing in our lives.  They have been in business 5 years and each year they have at least doubled or tripled, which is crazy since the economy the last few years has been so horrible. They have put in so much hard work the last five summers and have prayerfully made smart decisions. It has been amazing to see how this business has blessed the lives of not only the owner's families, but all of the employee's as well. 

Those first couple summers were really rough and hard having my husband gone from 6 in the morning till 10 at night laboring in the hot sun.  The floors in my shower all summer long were sick NASTY and covered in black which I HATED scrubbing.  Slowly but surely they were able to hire employee's to do the labor which allowed them to spend more time finding jobs.  And now they have made it to the point where they have salesman to do that portion as well so they can focus on managing and getting even bigger jobs. 

They have been so busy this year that Jayson quit selling real estate and no longer does taxes for his dad.  It sure has been nice not having him juggle a million things at once, but boy have they been busy with their business!

Jayson recently "got one step closer to manhood" as he would call it.  Since we purchased our last car, Ruby (click HERE if you forgot who Ruby is)  Jayson got stuck driving my car NIIIIICE (for those of you who don't know, that is what the license plate said).  Poor Jayson got some pretty strange looks pulling up to meet with property managers and business owners in this beauty....

So, it was time to say goodbye! Thanks to the success of the business he was able to upgrade...

 

I wasn't a huge fan of putting the HUGE logo on the truck after we got it, but I have actually grown to really love it.  As sad as I was to see my sweet sweet Corolla go after all these years, it was a sacrifice I was willing to make!

Another BIG change in Jayson's life is that he is starting a new business.  With his two best friends he currently owns the asphalt business with, Dave and Aaron.

It is actually an asphalt manufacturing business which deals with the production of asphalt material.  I won't go into any details about it, but the last couple of months they have spent a ton of time getting stuff ready to rock and roll with that.  Here in the next couple of weeks they will have an asphalt plant built just in time for the asphalt season to begin!  The start up of a new business is always nerve racking, but I know without a doubt in my mind these three will grow this business just as successfully as they have Precision Asphalt Maintenance.

Another new change in Jayson's life is that he was recently called to the Young Men's Presidency.  This is a perfect calling for him.  He does so well with the youth and absolutely loves getting to work with them.  Although this means less time with him on Sunday's because of his meetings, I am grateful to have such a good example of service in my life.  Plus, he needs something like mutual during the week to let him get some of his inner child out!

Aren't you so happy I decided to split up this post? Sorry for how long this is, but this is literally the only "journaling" type thing I do which I know is horrible! The next post to come will be about me and my ever growing baby belly.  We have a name chosen! So maybe, just maybe, if you're lucky, I will tell you :) 



Yay for Easter!

What a fun Easter this year!  We had such an eventful week full of tons of fun friends and family time.

We took the kiddo's to the treehouse to see Peter Rabbit, read some Easter stories and do some fun Easter crafts.. Then enjoyed all the fun family parties and Easter egg hunts!

We couldn't believe how intense and excited Paislee was Easter morning.  She was SOOO excited and being so funny.  Turns out she likes the Easter bunny more than Santa... Who needs presents when the Easter bunny brings eggs filled with TREATS!

Easter Sunday best!

We decided at Christmas time we wanted to get Pais a swingset, but who wants a swingset in the winter time? So, we decided to wait and give it to her on Easter from the easter bunny.  Jayson spent an entire week putting this thing together (over 15 hours!) AND he had at least one other guy almost every day here helping him (so we are talking like 30 man hours!) Every place I called charged at least $500 dollars to install it.  SERIOUSLY!?!?!? It's a swing set people... It was such a pain, but we couldn't be happier to have it done! Paislee was SO excited to see it Easter morning. 

(I think the play house is her favorite part)

It's hard to believe this fetching thing came in a box (well 6 boxes) There were SO many pieces!

I think I'm the most excited about it because now I can send Paislee out back to play any time.  It will make this summer with a new born fabulous!

I'm so thankful we have a holiday where we can focus on our Savior and spend time with our families.  There is no greater knowledge than to know that because of him and the sacrifice he made for us that we get to be with our families forever.  What an incredible gift and how blessed we are! What an amazing example Christ is and I know I am so fortuante to have that knowledge and I know I am a happier person every day because of it!

P.S. Stay tuned for my next post.  I know I have been a horrible blogger, but we've had alot of changes in our family over the past couple of months I need to post about. I can't promise it will be anytime soon though....

My husband is old....

On March 6th Jayson turned 27! That sounds so old to me... haha it makes me feel like at 23 (almost 24) that I am still so young, even though I know I'm not...

For his big day I took him to P.F. Changs for dinner and finished off with dessert at the Melting Pot...which is always DIVINE! We always have so much fun when we get to spend one on one time together and this night was no exception.  I'm so thankful I married a man who is as weird as I am and finds humor in little dumb things like I do.  We really couldn't be more perfect for each other. Although we are getting older, we keep each other young at heart which is exactly what I always wanted in a husband!

Jayson truly is the most amazing father who will do anything for Paislee.  From dress-ups, to tea parties to dancing like princes and princess, he does it all.  I love seeing the love he has for Pais and I'm grateful our two little girls have a father like him as an example.

Jayson works so hard for our family and regardless of how tired he is when he gets home he still manages to find the energy to take over and give me a break.  I snapped this picture one night when his tiredness got the best of him....haha cute guy

I couldn't ask for a more giving and selfless man.  He never thinks of himself first and is always looking for ways to serve others.  How thankful I am to have a spouse who I know would and will do absolutely anything for me.  I feel so lucky every day that I married him.  He makes marriage so easy in a day and time I know marriage for alot of people can be hard and a huge struggle. 

He's going to kill me for putting these pictures on here....

He works harder than any person I know.  Not just at his job, but at every aspect in his life.  He truly cares about being and doing the best things for himself and his family.  He wakes up at 6 every morning to go to Crossfit so he can be healthy.  He recently got licensed to train at Cross fit which allows him to take a little time to help those around him become healthier too which he is truly passionate about!

What a huge example he is to me with his solid testimony and faith.  He is amazing at his calling with the Young Men and truly sets a great example to everyone who knows him.  There aren't many men in the world like Jayson and I am forever grateful I some how snagged him as my own! Happy Birthday Jayson Baby! I RUV YOU

Valentines!

Valentines this year couldn't have been better.  Pais and I woke up that morning and walked into the kitchen where OUR valentine had a beautiful thing of roses for mom and a single pink rose for the goose accompanied by his famous omelet breakfast.  Paislee couldn't have been more excited about getting a rose from her favorite guy in the world....and I was pretty touched that he not only showered me with roses, but didn't forget "the other woman" in his life :)

That night Jayson had planned a fun date for the two of us.  We went to Benihana's for dinner which was delish!

Afterwards we endulged at this new yummy cookie place we found at the Gateway where we decided since we couldn't decide on one cookie to get an entire box! We then snuck the box into the theater where he took me to see The Vow which I had been DYING to see. 

Trying to act casual hiding an entire box of cookies in my little purse.  This kind of stuff makes me so nervous to do because I know it is totally against the rules! Luckily, I made it in without being caught red handed!

Nothing beats spending time with my sweety! Thank you for such a fun Valentines Day!