Derek And McKenzie Money

My Miss Priss Boutique: 5th giveaway is........

2012-02-04T15:06:00.000-07:00

My Miss Priss Boutique: 5th giveaway is........: My new collecection of headbands!!! You get one of each in your choice of size!!! SO fun! This is a $48 dollar value! All you need to do...

Charlie is almost ours... Forever!

2011-07-23T23:06:00.003-06:00

I can’t believe that it’s already been almost 6 months since we were blessed with becoming parents to our little girl. It’s been so much fun getting to know her and watching her reach so many milestones. In the last month she has learned to roll from her tummy to her back and then just last week she has learned to roll form het back to her tummy so needless to say we cannot keep her in one spot. She is also standing with help from us but she is standing! She has found her voice and will not stop talking I love listening to her talk up a storm I just wish I knew what she was saying I am sure it’s interesting. I was also worried about how the dogs were going to react to her but, her an Ruby are best friends and Charlie laughs every time Ruby walks past her it so cute. Sammie is still trying to adjust but is getting better every day. We have been so excited planning the sealing and blessing the last few weeks that when we found out that we got the hardest judge for adoption we got a little worried. Ok not just a little I am terrified because he requires an FBI background check and the state only requires a general background check. So what did we do the general background check. So we are a week and a half out from out court date and we and now going to have to do a FBI background check. It normally takes 1-2 weeks to get it as you can see we don’t have 2 weeks to wait. We also have sent out the announcements to our family to inform them of sealing and blessing date and the birth family has made arrangements to come into town to be a part of this special day. So now we are praying that the background check will be back on time. We hope that we can become an eternal family on August 6th so as I leave this in the hands of god I have to ask for all you’re to pray that this will run smooth and we can seal and bless our baby girl as soon as possible. Thank you all for the support and prayers that I know will be sent out way.

It' a girl!!!!

2011-02-04T14:24:00.002-07:00

On January 5th we were contacted by our caseworker that there was a birthmom trying to get ahold of us. Shortly after the phone call we were emailed by the birthmom. We exchanged a few emails that night and talked to her on the phone the next day, where she said she would like to help us start our family.

We decided to make a trip to Dayton Nevada a few days later to meet with her and her family. At the time she was 8 months along but felt like she could give birth at any time.

Shortly after coming home she informed us that she could go into labor within the week, so we scrambled to get enough baby stuff to get by until we found out the sex. On Thursday at 7:15 am we got a call that she was on her way to the hospital. We thought we would be driving to Nevada that day, but the hospital would not admit her since she was not dilated enough. She then continued to have contractions all through the weekend. On Monday she went to her weekly doctors appointment and the doctor thought she was still a few weeks from having the baby. A few hours after her appointment she started going into labor so we hurried and left for Reno.

At 9:23 pm Charlie Anne Money was born!!!
5lbs 12 oz. and 18 inches long

TIME FLYS !!!!

2010-12-17T20:15:00.003-07:00

Wow it’s been awhile since I have last blogged. Derek and I have been up to so much the last four months.

In October we were able to spend lots of time with family and friends. We went camping with Derek’s side of the family. I was able to take a girls trip to St. George with my Mom and sister to see Thriller, Yes it was as good as everyone says. After long months of studying for the Real Estate test I passed with flying colors which I was so nervous about.

In November we were so lucky to take another trip with Derek’s parents to St. George for a long weekend to relax and enjoy their company. We were also blessed to be able to see both of our family’s this year for Thanksgiving and we stuffed ourselves with turkey, mashed potatoes and pie! The next Morning I was crazy enough the get up at 2:30am to stand in line at Target for a TV for Derek but to be gypped out of it because the guy in front of me took two and another lady had taken five, yes I said five. I have no idea why she would need five TV’s but she did. (This is not fair to the rest of us who stood in line just as long and froze) But we were able to get him a TV by the end of the day and he has been so excited to play his COD now that he can actually see the other players. Shortly after Thanksgiving and lots of cleaning on both our parts (yes I went overboard and re organized everything in our house in preparation for our home study.) we were approved for adoption, now the wait begins!

In December on of our neighbors alerted me of a job opening at her work and so I applied because of the awesome pay and benefits and low and behold I got the job! I started Monday and I have been learning lots and an so excited for the possibilities that it will bring to our family.

Now as the Christmas season is upon us and the craziness is starting I find myself looking back over the past year in amazement of how far we have come as individuals and as a family. I am so grateful for the opportunities that have presented themselves we have been truly blessed. I cannot wait to see what the New Year has in store for us.

Thank you all for you love and friendship over the year and we hope you have a Merry Christmas and have a happy new year!

Love The Money’s

News! step 2

2010-08-26T15:24:00.002-06:00

We just got word our file looks good and they have requested our letter of recommendation from our bishop! Let hope he can get it in to them quickly so we can move on to step 3 this is where they decide if they are going to accept us as clients. (this is one of those scary parts)

An answer to our prayers!

2010-08-23T13:59:00.001-06:00

So as many of you already know we have been praying for a little one to bless our lives for a little over 3 1/2 years now, we knew that heavenly father would give us the answer to our prayers. After much though and prayer we have received and answer, our means to have children will be through adoption. We have started the very lengthy process to adopt, so I have decided along with updates on our life this blog will act as a time line through our adoption process. We want to thank all of you who our supporting us through this fun, thrilling and exciting but at the same time scary, unknown and a little terrifying time in our life. We love you all and cant wait to start the wait! (let pray its a short wait)

I Have A Trailer for sale $5000

2010-05-20T19:55:00.002-06:00

This trailer is in great condition and everything works really well. Trailer includes:
New battery
Air conditioner
Awning
Built-in jack stands
...2 oversized propane tanks
3 full size beds
Tons of inside and outside storage
Removable chair
We have not had any problems with this trailer and hate to sale it. We will include a heavy duty equalizer for $100. We will also throw in wheel blocks, block for the hitch, outdoor carpet (we would put by the front door so we did not track mud into the trailer. Approx 6’x15’).

I just need to clarify....

2010-04-30T08:41:00.004-06:00

In my last post may have miss lead some people so I just want to clarify.... I am NOT pregnant if and when I do get pregnant I will be shouting from the roof top. I am sorry if I got any ones hopes up.

GOOD NEWS!!!

2010-04-29T11:04:00.003-06:00

I just have to shout that........ I GOT A JOB!!!!!! The only thing that could top this is if I got pregnant... I start Monday and will keep you posted on how it goes!!!

Thanks for all you thoughts and prayers on my behalf and the job leads!!

Thank you,

McKenzie

So this last week has been crazy!!!!

2010-04-21T09:11:00.007-06:00

So this last week has been crazy!!!!

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday I had interviews with a call back for yesterday which I have another call back for Thursday so I hope all goes well tomorrow!

Thursday- So Wednesday night we got a call from a family friend that his company needed a place to dump dirt so that in the next few days he would be dumping the dirt. On Thursday morning Derek got a call from the Foreman and said he would be their that day to start dumping so I had to finish some prep work in the back yard to get ready for them to start dumping. and i also had some weeding to do so needles to say i worked in my yard for 7 hours and was paying for it the next day. I also got a nice surprise from about 20+ deer at the park and they are their almost every morning now!

Friday- I worked on my house and exercised enough for 2 days because had missed Thursday. Later that night i went to my friend Nichole's house and got to hang out with her and her son Dorn and watch the first part of My Sister's Keeper which got stalled because it was scratched so I ran to the movie store to get another copy and when I got back the DVD player ate the 2nd copy and I mean ate it would not play or give it back so we have plans to finish it tonight!

Saturday- Derek and I got up at 7:30 am to go to his aunts house to build her a shed so we started the morning off with a trip to the store to get our supplies and on our way home for some reason the tie downs did not work and we lost our load of lumber all over the road and a bunch of random guys stopped to help us load it back up. It was so nice to know that people still care and will stop and take time out of their day to help a stranger in a time of need.

Sunday we just spent the day at home and relaxed.

Monday Derek and his friend Patrick decided it would be fun to ride their dirt bike's on the dirt in the back yard and try and make a track . They both said that it was a lot harder to do then they tough and it was a lot of fun to watch them crash and stall.

We hope you have enjoyed the look into our life's for the last few days! I am sure with the summer just around the corner and the backyard to put in their is a lot more to come!

Whats been going on with the us.

2010-04-09T10:48:00.005-06:00

So I think its time for an update on us. So we have been busy, busy, busy the last few months… we have been trying to get our back yard done but with me not working we are relying on free dirt, rock/ gravel and more dirt se almost have all the dirt we need thank you to our back neighbor who works for a home building company and had 4 lost worth of dirt they need to dump some where so now its looking like we are going to be able to raise up our lot to meet the others!!! It’s been fun watching the dump trucks come and go with all the dirt. The dogs bark all day long watching the trucks and then once they are gone ruby loves to go out and run through the dirt and get a dust cloud kicked up its so fun to watch her.

We have also made a trip to St. George a few weekends ago; it was good to get out of the cold hear in the valley. Derek was able to take off half of Thursday and all of Friday so we were able to have a long weekend full of work, dance and just relaxing.

Friday: so may parent are doing their back and found a rock quarry down by their house and you can pay $10 per ton and go and haul your own rock. So Friday we went and hauled rock all day and then had to go to my little sis solo dance comp.

Saturday: we again attended Kayla’s dace comp where her groups did really good she came away with second, second third and first on her 4 dances. Derek was able to take his dirt bike and go riding all day Saturday and needless to say he was a very happy camper to be able to get out on it for the first time science ever!

Sunday: we again went and hauled rock all day and came home with a few bumps, bruises and scrapes. Then it was time to leave.

We are so excited for the spring and summer to come so we can enjoy the out doors with friends, family and dogs!

Love always.
Derek and McKenzie

2010-03-11T12:23:00.001-07:00

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JOB HUNT

2010-03-01T15:52:00.002-07:00

Sorry for not posting for a while we have been busy busy busy.....

But this will not be a fun post I need a huge favor if anyone knows of anyone or place that is hiring I am in need of a job email me at mmoney1033@yahoo.com if you have any leads. I really appreciate all of you and you friendships over the years.

Thanks so much!!!

Love always McKenzie

Scentsy Party

2009-11-09T21:11:00.003-07:00

I am having a Scentsy Party this Saturday November 14, 2009 from 11am to 2pm bring Friends and family to be able to have first picks for the holiday seasons warmers and scents. Email me at mmoney1033@yahoo.com for my address or more info!!!!

WICKED!

2009-10-29T14:41:00.002-06:00

Just got home from Denver, it was fun i recommend to everyone to go and see WICKED! it was amazing. I loved every minute of it. we were worried about getting home because it was cold, windy and snowing(18') when we left we lucked out after 2 flight cancellations we were able to fly stand by. but we are home now and cant wait to see it again someday! now i have to get ready for Halloween!!!

What a month....

2009-10-26T22:24:00.000-06:00

OK so an update is in order...

October started off slow Kayla's 14Th birthday, Ruby having puppies so we thought that our life was pretty boring, we thought to soon. By now you have all heard i lost my grandma a week ago so that is when the may ham started. We had a lot to plan for the funeral so it was one busy, emotional ,existing week Friday was the viewing and it went off with out a glitch then Saturday came I was running late like normal and was so stressed out that we were going to miss the family prayer, but we made it just in time. Then came the flood of memories form the funeral so poor Derek got to sit between my mom, sister and I (who are both criers like me) for the hole 2 hour funeral while we cried and cried and cried, what a sport he was because the hole time he was not feeling well with and upset stomach (this will come into play later.) So after the grave site service Derek my brother Kris and his girlfriend Jessie and I st oped at the Mav to get a drink which was quite hilarious walking into a church with pop and my hole family looking at you like your some kind of hellion for drinking pop. After we ate Derek and I Had to Run uptown for a wedding reception for a lady I work with I just have to give Mel kudos for the reception it was one of the best I have ever been to. Derek at this point is still not feeling good and needs to leave this is about 8:00pm so we get home and he is laying on the couch and is still complaining of an upset stomach so I tell him to just go to bed and sleep it off so about 2 am he gets out of bed, I figure that he just cant sleep and is going to watch TV so I went back to sleep so about 4am he came back up stairs to ask if he can take some ibuprofen for the pain… so at this point I know its bad so we make a call to his parents to see if they can come give him a blessing, so Bob and Shauna get down to our House about 4:35 so about 10 min after they arrive we make the group decision that Derek needs to go to the hospital. So we have to go clear to TimpView Hospitals ER we get their and they run some test and we find out that he has Appendicitis's and he need an emergency appendectomy to remove his appendix… so they told us that the surgery would take place 9am this left no time for one of Derek's brothers to come help his dad give him a blessing so I was able to call on some wonderful friends that we know from our ward. (Patrick and Shyla thank you so much for all your help on Sunday we really appreciate it and sorry for waking you so early on a Sunday morning) so they came to help give Derek a blessing and also went to our house and let our dogs out side to go potty and got our primary book to the president this makes me so grateful that we have amazing friends like the Lucky's! so after they took off Derek's brother Cory shows up and shortly after that they moved us up to a larger room to wait for the DR. who was at another hospital still in surgery so finally around 1pm the DR. shows up and they took Derek is for surgery right after they wheeled Derek down his other brother Jason and his sister showed up as well. The surgery went well and we were finally discharged around 10pm Sunday night… now comes the long recovery process for Derek.

I just want to say thank you to all the calls, emails and post on our behalf this weekend has been one for the books but I don’t think I could have pushed through with out all the support we have received from our family, friend and or ward. Thank you all so much. I think now all I want is for a very boring weekend but I know that will not come till the first of the year.

Love always

McKenzie
XOXOXO

We are going to follow the trend....

2009-10-26T22:21:00.001-06:00

We will be going private soon please send your email address so i can invite you if you wish to still view our blog... If you want you can email it to me as well at mmoney1033@yahoo.com.

Thanks all!

Grandma Grate we love and miss you!!!

2009-10-19T19:37:00.000-06:00

This weekend has been a tough one for our family Saturday night we got the news that my grate grandma was not doing good and that she may not make it through the night me and Derek raced to her care facility to say a last good by she made it through ... I will always remember the good time we had together. Grandma i will love and miss you say hi to Grandpa Grate for me.

2009-09-18T14:20:00.001-06:00

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I'm Back!!!!!

2009-09-09T20:22:00.000-06:00

OK so the last few months of our life have been a little crazy so ill start from the beginning and move forward.

In October of 2008 I got a new job!! Which I love I do believe I am meant to be were I am at now.

In November it was pretty quiet.

December was full of excitement and nerves first my parent took us on our cruise for Christmas. It was so much fun, we were gone for a full week and to tell you the truth it was not quite long enough. We had so much fun climbing up May filled falls in Jamaica then going out for authentic “Jerk Chicken” I was so apprehensive about eating food from another country with no health food laws that I did not eat as much as everyone else. Then we went to Grand Carmen we were suppose to swim with the stingrays but the wind was to strong to permit it so we snorkeled near by. Then did a little shopping.
At our last stop Cozumel, Mexico we did a 6-hour drift snorkel it was absolutely beautiful and would go back in a hart beat everyone was so nice and hospitable. We had a total of 3 days at sea all we did on those days were lay out on the deck and get some sun then at night we would go to dinner and the hit one of the many shows. It was so much fun that I am trying to convince Derek to take me again next year.

Then Christmas cam and went (it was not as exciting as other years because we did just have a fantastic vacation) but I do have to say that it was memorable year because we got to spend it in our new home!!!

In the next few months we began the painting of the house it was a huge project and some of the room are still not done (I will tackle them this winter)

Then in April we had a bundle of joy enter into our life… No I did not have a baby or adopt but our baby Sammie had 3 puppies!! They are so cute we finally should the last of them a few weeks ago and now we have good news again… Our other baby Ruby should be expecting too!! And if all goes as planed we will have a bunch of boxer puppies ready for their new homes the week before Christmas (So if you know anyone who is looking to get a puppies for Christmas you know were to send them)

This summer has been jam packed of little getaways to my parent new home in St. George, camping with family and friends. We have also meet two grate couples in our ward and to say the least they boys are all a like. We are very excited to have hit it off with them and cant wait to see how much fun we have with them in the years to come!!

Again I am sorry but life got away from us so blogging was the last thing on our minds. We hope that all have had fantastic summers!!

Love always,

Kenzie

2009-08-18T13:29:00.001-06:00

Ok, ok I know I have not posted in like almost a year life has been crazy we are getting the Internet at home so I will be back in business soon!!! Just wanted to let everyone know we are still around!

Update on the last year:

I got a new job in November which I love!

We loved our cruse it was so much fun I can wait to go again, hint hint Derek

We have meat along of the people in our ward and are very excited to be were we are at.

My parents bought a 2nd home in St. George so we have been taking full advantage of the on the weekends we can get away.

Derek has going a new position at the bank and so far is liking it (but it’s only been 2 1/2 weeks) so we are very excited about that.

Sammie had 3 puppies about 3 months ago and they have been a joy and also at times a pain.

Now ruby may be expecting a bundle and I mean a bundle of puppies this fall so can anyone say Christmas presents!? (I am not sure how I feel about this)

Derek and I are doing grate we are stronger than ever and enjoying being a couple and still hoping that a little one will grace our presents in the near future but we are enjoying the process which if any of you know me it has been along time getting to this point!!
Stay tuned and I promise more to come in the next week or so!!!!!

Love, MM

a little back ground on me and derek

2008-10-24T10:40:00.000-06:00

Derek and I Meet on a blind date when I was still in high school…(thanks Michelle for dragging me out that nigh … And thanks to Car for canceling on them…) And this is where I say the rest is history but that’s not quite the entire story. We did meet on a blind date when I was in high school and that day was the being inning of a beautiful love story. Shortly after meeting Derek and dating. We hade a very funny conversation on nigh laying out on the tramp in his parent’s back yard it went something like this….

Derek: I use to be best friends with Jason ***** (my next door neighbor)

Kenzie: nooooooooo are you serious???

Derek: Yep!

Kenzie: that’s so funny because when I was younger I use droll of Jason and his friends.

Derek: (laughing)

Kenzie: what’s so funny?

***Please keep in mind when I “drooled” of his BF Jason and his friends I was in like 3-5 grade***

Derek: are you the girls that hid on the other side of the fence and would peek over and giggle?

Kenzie: yep! (At this point I was embarrassed that when I was 7,8,9 and 10 I was drooling over my future husband)

Then Derek began to ask me if I know one of his other friends and then I proceeded to tell him about when I was 14 and at youth conference and I liked this guy named Joel***** and that he had pined me down with one of his friends and dumped buckets of water on me. This is when Derek informed me that the ‘Friend” was him wow I can believe that my hole life I hade ran in to him and that I never ever knew him. Their are a lot of other things that have happened like Derek and I hade the same friends in high school and we still did not know each other till that day when Michelle called and asked me to fill in for Carly who canceled on them…. Now I can say the rest is history….

whats been going onwith the Money's

2008-10-23T09:39:00.000-06:00

I have good news I………. No I am not pregnant I wish but I still have good news I got new job!!! So I start on Monday!!!! I am so excited my new hours are from 7:30 am -4:40 pm my old hours were from 8:30 am -5:30 pm and I am not a morning person so this will be a challenge for me. the bad part I have no idea if I am going to have internet access anymore I hope I do ( I should I don’t know any business that does not have internet) and I don’t have internet at home so I and really nervous that I will not be able to check anything or blog anymore:( but we will see I guess that the price you pay for a raise so the rest of the week I feel like I am hitting my head against a wall because I really don’t want to be at work ( I just feel like the office has become hostile towards me for leaving them but the pay raise was to big to pass up so I guess I will be ok for the next 2 days.

So we are all settled in to our home and our landscaping is being put in and it should be done next week!!!! And dun dun dun Ruby went in to heat ahhhhhhhhhhhh this is not what I needed this month but at least we will get it over with before we leave on our cruse which if you have not noticed its 1 month and 21 days till we leave!!!! But me and Derek being procrastinators we still have not gotten our pass ports yet crap crap crap is all I have to say on that so this Saturday we have to wake up early and go down to the post office and get that part squared away and have them expedited so they will be hear in time. Maybe this will teach me not to procrastinate but in my defense what we needed to get it done was in the storage unit all summer long and by the time my parents told us it was already packed away for the long summer so I had to wait this long oh well what can you do huh?

Well I will try and get on some time next week if I have access to the internet and let you all know how my new job is!!!

McKenzie

wow!!!!

2008-10-16T10:16:00.000-06:00

So i cant believe we have been in our house for at least 2 weeks its been so nice this last weekend we Had some friends over for a game night and then on Sunday we had over Derek's family for family home evening and the kids about tore our house apart but it was goodnight. and that day at church we met some really nice people and we are sooo excited to be in this ward.

its been so crazy we have unpacked the hole house and got all our stuff put away and Derek has hung up all of our pictures. its so nice to have our own stuff now and the dogs cant stop running around the house like they did in our other house they love the yard and the park across the street.

we are so happy and cant believe how blessed we are to be able to have a home like ours and in the aria we love we can wait to raise kids in the neighbor hood. ( we found out from our home teachers that the ward has to have 4 nurseries and it ha about 180 kids in the ward) so we hope we can add to that number some day)

we love you all and can wait for you all to be able to come down and see our home and be able to make lots of memories in it..

P.s. so my parents have been so stressed about Derek and I getting our passports that they have called us almost every day about them... so I just want to let everyone know we have an appointment on October 25Th at 10:30 to get them so we can go on our cruse on December 13Th 2008 i am sooooo excited it only 1 month and 28 days away!!!!!

we love you all!!!

ITs official we are home owners!!!!

2008-10-01T08:52:00.000-06:00

Ok so i have not posted in a a few days but our life has been way hectic on Thursday we had our walk through and then Friday Derek went hunting and lost his wallet and at five i got a call from our loan office called me and informed me we would not be closing due to the appraiser not getting him all the info they needed on time so it was being pushed back AHHHHHH! so he said we will close on Monday but we didn't know what time. Ok so at this time i didn't know Derek had lost his wallet so i was freaking out but still ok we were going to close but when was the question so Friday night my mom sister and I had a girls night watching 80'S movies but we got a call from the boys and the bad news just kept rolling my dad popped the tire on the 4 wheeler and Derek lost his wallet which had credit cards debit cards and ....... his drivers licence AHHHHHH her needs this to close crap what are we going to do. so we went on with our movie and i ended up sleeping over with both dogs on the bed with me. so the next day ( Saturday) we went shopping and just went where ever we wanted with no care in the world. and then we went to dinner and then went home to watch more 80's movies then we got another call from the boys the blew up a 4 wheeler so they would be home in 15-20 min. well the next day we had to take Derek's parents to the airport and then went to my parents for dinner. so Monday rolled around and Derek went to the drivers licence division to get a new drivers licence, he got and that part was ok and then the frustration began. to make a long story short we didn't close after many attempts. but Tuesday morning we finally close and last night we started to move in!!!!! so we just want to take a moment to thank all our Friends who helped last night and the rest of this week who are coming to help we really appreciate it. so hear are some pics for you to enjoy....

pics of the house

2008-09-23T16:39:00.000-06:00

This is the master bedroom
the stairs
what you see when you first walk in
the kitchen
the appliances are in !!!

we have less than a week left till we close!!!!
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Their is a light at the end of the tunnal

2008-09-23T15:57:00.000-06:00

So it has been along 11 months and a adventure to say the least, we are thankful for what the lord has let/ Made us learn it has been very trying and hard at times and others has been very rewarding. Derek and I relationship has grown and strengthened more than i ever thought possible even though some times we thought it was becoming week, in the end it was actually at its strongest at those moments. we have faced loss, homelessness, sickness, disbelief, thankfulness, love and feeling like we have fall and something keeps pushing and kicking us down. W e are all so very thankful for those who have stood by us through out all of our many, many struggles we have face over the years and we would not have been able to face them head on with out you.

when we found out that we would not have a home to live in in less than a week and we Had to make the dreaded phone call to friends and family to help us move ( the first time) we were overwhelmed with joy of all the people who came to help us in that time of need. after this move Derek and I were in a car accident and were with out a car and Derek's sister lent us her can for a few weeks till we could find out what was going to happen to our car or get a new one.

the just a few short weeks later ( 3 months after we moved in the Salt lake house we started to name them after the 2ND house we were in) we got the call that the house had sold and we had to be out so we moved again to the Riverton house where we were for about another 3 months. In this time we were looking for a house of our own but may offers and counter offers later we decided to build ( a better deal) so we started a new adventure and trial during this trial we had many other trials Derek had his gal bladder out and at the same time Ruby had a tumor removed and i went back to work ( in a office and not at home) we also had to move out of the Riverton house in the middle on June to my in laws. we have been blessed that we have a roof over our head and food in our tummy and cloths on our back. but now this adventure is coming to a end with our house being done. Even though we are still going through some trials and we hope that they come to a end soon. so we can start a hole new sort of trials. we know that its in the lords hands and he has a plan for us and unfortunately he wont let us have some say in it. but we have come to terms with and are tanking in day by day, week by week and month by month. we are looking forward to have may memories in our new house. we are also looking forward to our cruse this December with my family and the adventure of some day a family to fill out house.

at this time we want to thank everyone for all their help and patience over the last year we love you all and could not have done it with out you.

THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES

2008-09-17T08:53:00.000-06:00

This was simply too good and too true to share it with all of you. I hope you enjoy! And to my sweet, awesome hubby - I am signing you up when we have kids!!!!

NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES

Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and
3 kids each for six weeks.
Each kid will play
two sports
and either take music
or dance classes.
There is no fast food.
Each man must
take care of his 3 kids;
keep his assigned house clean,
correct all homework,
and complete science projects,
cook, do laundry,
and pay a list of 'pretend' bills
with not enough money.
In addition, each man
will have to budget in money
for groceries each week.
Each man
must remember the birthdays
of all their friends and relatives,
and send cards out
on time--no emailing.
Each man must also
take each child to a doctor's appointment,
a dentist appointment
and a haircut appointment.
He must make
one unscheduled and inconvenient
visit per child
to the Urgent Care.
He must also
make cookies or cupcakes
for a social function.
Each man will be responsible for
decorating his own assigned house,
planting flowers outside
and keeping it presentable
at all times.
The men will only
have access to television
when the kids are asleep
and all chores are done.
The men must
shave their legs,
wear makeup daily,
adorn themselves with jewelry,
wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes,
keep fingernails polished
and eyebrows groomed.
During one of the six weeks,
the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches,
and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or
slow down from other duties.
They must attend
weekly school meetings,
church, and find time
at least once to spend the afternoon
at the park or a similar setting.
They will need to
read a book to the kids
each night and in the morning,
feed them, dress them,
brush their teeth and
comb their hair by 7:00 am.
A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information:
each child's birthday,
height, weight,
shoe size, clothes size
and doctor's name.
Also the child's weight at birth,
length, time of birth,
and length of labor,
each child's favorite color,
middle name,
favorite snack,
favorite song,
favorite drink,
favorite toy,
biggest fear and
what they want to be when they grow up.
The kids vote them off the island
based on performance.
The last man wins only if...
he still has enough energy
to be intimate with his spouse
at a moment's notice.
If the last man does win,
he can play the game over and over
and over again for the next 18-25 years
eventually earning the right
To be called Mother!

What a week indeed…….

2008-09-15T11:28:00.000-06:00

They have the deck in and its bigger than we

thought it would be .............

The counter tops are in and look amazing........ The pictures don't do them justice ........

WOW........ That an understatement for this weekend let me take that back its an understatement for the past week. it all started on Tuesday i work up with a stuffy nose and a cough i went to work thinking it was just allergies but as the day went on the worse i got and it turned in to seines pressure and a head ache. so i went home a sleep all night till about 9:30pm when my wonderful hubby woke me up with a big bowl of chicken noddle soup and crackers and then after i ate a went to bed about 4 hr later so it not about 1 ish and i am up and freezing cold ..... yep you guessed fever... so i finally got a little warm thanks to Derek who held me in spite of me being a furnace to him and was able to go back to sleep. But again i was up about an hour later i was freezing and had to pee this happened all night every hour till about 5:30when i hurt so bad from shivering all night i got up and took a bath to try and get my temp down and my body to stop aching. i was able to relax and went back to bed and when Derek got up to go to work i took my temp like i do every day and it was at 101.43 holly crap i have never seen my temp so high so i stayed home and sleep all day....... so the rest of the week went find i was not 100% but i was able to go back to work so i was thankful Friday came and i was able to have a brake until Derek got home and announced to me that he was sick so all weekend we locked our selves in the basement so we would not get anyone sick.... so i read and watch movies all week and was soooo excited to get out of the house on Sunday when we went down to our house and saw all the progress they have made .......

Our House

2008-09-09T09:46:00.000-06:00

OK so Our House is almost done we close on the 29Th of this month !!!!!!! i am so excited:) just had to share that with everyone!!!!!!!

2008-09-09T09:31:00.000-06:00

I found this on my friend’s blog who is going thought the same thing I am and it explains how I feel and how a lot of other people feel about infertility. (this in no way is a jab at anyone who is a mother or expecting its just a good way of explaining how I feel right now about the trial that God has chosen me to endure.)

Thoughts on Becoming a Mother:
There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and they are good mothers and deserve and love their children.
I don’t believe that God never meant for me not to have children.
That's not my destiny; that's just a fork in the road I'm on.
I've been placed on the road less traveled, and, like it or not, I'm a better person for it.
Clearly, God meant for me to develop more compassion, deeper courage, and greater inner strength on this journey to resolution, and I haven't let him down.
Frankly, if the truth be known, I think God has singled me out for a special treatment.
I think God meant for me to build a thirst for a child so strong and so deep that when that baby is finally placed in my arms, it will be the longest, coolest, most refreshing drink I've ever known.
I will be better not because of genetics, or money or that I have read more books but because I have struggled and toiled for this child.
I have longed and waited.
I have cried and prayed.
I have endured and planned over and over again.
Like most things in life, the people who truly have appreciation are those who have struggled to attain their dreams.
I will notice everything about my child.
I will take time to watch my child sleep, explore and discover.
I will marvel at this miracle every day for the rest of my life.
I will be happy when I wake in the middle of the night to the sound of my child, knowing that I can comfort, hold and feed them and that I am not waking to take another temperature, pop another pill, take another shot or cry tears of a broken dream.
My dream will be crying for me.
I count myself lucky in this sense; that God has given me this insight, this special vision with which I will look upon my child.
Whether I parent a child I actually give birth to or a child that God leads me to, I will not be careless with my love.
I will be a better mother for all that I have endured.
I am a better wife, a better aunt, a better daughter, neighbor, friend and sister because I have known pain.
I know disillusionment as I have been betrayed by my own body.
I have been tried by fire and hell many never face, yet given time, I stood tall.
I have prevailed.
I have succeeded.
I have won.
So now, when others hurt around me, I do not run from their pain in order to save myself discomfort.
I see it, mourn it, and join them in theirs.
I listen.
And even though I cannot make it better, I can make it less lonely.
I have learned the immense power of another hand holding tight to mine, of other eyes that moisten as they learn to accept the harsh truth and when life is beyond hard.
I have learned a compassion that only comes with walking in those shoes.
I have learned to appreciate life.
Yes I will be a wonderful mother.

2008-09-08T11:23:00.000-06:00

We had an amazing weekend on Thursday we found out That Derek's 2nd cousin may be receiving a baby through LDS services ( adoption) they have been married for 6 year and trying for about 5 of them and tried everything fro ovulation kits to IVF and on Fri the 5th their dream of becoming parent became reality the have Taylor Ann Tate she is beautiful and so we had to plan fast for Emergency shower for them. they had very littler preparation for it because they found out about the baby just a week ago and had a meeting planed to meet the birth mom on the 4th but she went into labor and so they meet with her in the hospital and about 2 hr later they signed all the paper work and went home on the 5th with them. so she is beautiful and so luck to have the parents she does. we love them and are so happy for them congrats guys!!

so on with our weekend

we went down to my grandparents for Peach days ( their town fair) it was so much fun we went to the parade and the demolition Derby ( the main event. why we go down besides to see my family) they only had 2 heats the normally have 3-4 heats so it was over pretty quick but one car did role over ( this is rare we have only seen it twice this year and last and we have been going for about 20yrs) but it was nice to be with family. and we had to leave early we had a baby blessing for sawyer and then the emergence shower for baby Taylor. so we got up at 6am on Sunday morning and any of you who know me i don't function with out sleep and i am not an early morning person i love to sleep in so Derek let me sleep the hole way home what an amazing man he is he had probably less sleep than i did and he drove the 3hr drive with out me yakking in his ear ( thanks Hun i love you)

so we got home about 9am and we got ready and off we want to the blessing which was amazing the support they have is amazing i hope when we are able to bless our baby one day we have that much support and love ( i know we will but its still amazing what the Gospel does)

so after the blessing and the luncheon we want home for a well needed nap before the shower

so Jamie and Dustin were about 30 min late but its OK we were so excited to just Finally see Taylor it was worth the wait. ( i have to confess now the real intention for the shower was to see hear and not the gifts JK we are glad to help out in anyway possible)

so over all it was a pretty good weekend and a very busy weekend i am sooooo looking forward to next weekend to just rest

P.S. i almost forgot the house ...................... the kitchen is in and the lights and the electrical, some bad news we gate a call for the loan officer and if we don't close by the 30Th of this month ( September) we have to come up with our down payment ( the seller wont be able to help with that through fanny may ) this is very stress full for us because we got our letter on Friday telling us that the 7Th of Oct in our final walk through and we close on the 11th AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH its past the 30th so Derek and Jeremy the loan officer are going to try and pull some strings and see if we can close well before the 30th and have the house done and us moved in by the end of the month!!!! so please pray for us so we can finally have a permanent roof over our head that we own

We love you all and appreciate everyone for all they do for us

Derek & McKenzie

2008-09-03T11:30:00.000-06:00

2008-09-03T10:30:00.000-06:00

More pictures

2008-09-03T09:29:00.000-06:00

OK so this weekend was full of adventure for the money family. We started the long weekend Friday night and we made our way up to strawberry for a family reunion, the dogs were sooo excited and could not stand it. so we picked up the truck at Derek's sisters house and headed up to docs flat for the weekend. we made it up safe and it was just getting cold and everyone was settling in for the night so it was a good thing we planed ahead and the Sunday before we took the trailer up to save our spot.

so Saturday we had to get up and shower and get ready in the trailer so we could go down to Haber for my nephew Gage baptism at 10:00 am ( trying to get ready in a 3x3 bathroom was not easy but we did it and it was nice to be able to go and share that day with him. so after the luncheon we all headed up the canyon again to Finnish out our camping trip. so the rest of the day went as a normal camping trip all the moms and dad yelling at the kids to get out of the fire and the women sitting around in the shade talking and the guys huddled around the trailer trying to get the U of U game . so Saturday was in -eventful.

Sunday we did a little 4 wheeling and then the rain hit so i took a nap and watched a movie in the trailer with the dogs and then we played games with everyone. that night we had everyone up for dinner ( everyone who did not camp with us ) and we sat around the fire once that rain stooped for a moment. everyone went home and even Gary Derek's uncle pulled off the mountain cuz he didn't want to try and pull out in the snow that was suppose to hit above 8,000 feet and we were 8,500 ha we didn't think that would happen so we all went to bed and to our surprise it rained all night and we work up in a river of mud..... OK so not a real river but it rained all night and it was sooo muddy that we didn't even try to get it out but Kevin Derek's other uncle had to pull his trailer off the mountain cuz it was a rental. so his other uncle Steve steeped up and said oh i can get it out and sure enough he did and so did Derek's cousin Matt and Jenna so me and Derek decided that we should try and then we got talked out of it cuz guess what it started to SNOW ..... so we packed up our trailer of all the thing that we needed and that we could not live or do with out till Wednesday when we could go back up and get the trailer so we got all our dirty cloths and food and pack the dogs up in the truck and 2 hrs latter we were finally on our way home. and we barley went down the dirt road and it looked like nothing happened.

so tonight we are heading back up the mountain to pick up our truck and our trailer ) we left the truck at his sister House again cuz we had the car at their house and that gas's it just sooo expensive so another adventure will happen tonight

so hear are some pics of the weekend. ENJOY!!!!

2008-08-26T15:16:00.000-06:00

OK SO I WAS BOARD AT WORK AND FOUND THIS ON MY BROTHERS MYSPACE BLOG ITS IT THE BEST ITS JUST THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT PRE TEEN ADN KIDS TODAY. THAY ARE ALL LAZY COMPARED TO "OUR STANDARD " ( WHEN I SAY OUR STANDAERDS I AM TALKING ABOUT THE KIDS WHO REMIMBER THE FOLLOWING:) THEY ARE UNGRATEFULL AND THINK THE WORLD OWES THEM SOMETHING. THE THING THAT SET ME OFF THIS TIME WAS OVER THE WEEKEND I WENT SHOPPING WITH MY MOM AND SI AND MY 12 YEAR OLD SISTER HAS A NEW CELL PHONE AND IT WAS ATACHED TO HER LIKE A THIRED ARM, NOW BEFOR I GO ANY FERTHER I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WHENI WAS GROWING UP I WAS SOOOOOO EXCITED TO BE SURPRISED TO GET A CELL PHONE FOR MY >>>>>> 15TH BIRTHDAY AND EVEN THEN IT WAS BASIC NO TEXT ONLY 100 MIN AND NOT MUCH MORE. AND IT WAS FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY. SO WHEN MY SISTER WHO IS 12 MAY I REMIND YOU HAS ONE AND HAS UNLIMITED MIN AND UNLIMITED TEXT PLUS A VERY NICE PHONE I WAS FLOORED AND UPSET CUZ SHE JUST STARTED 7TH GRADE ON MONDAY. SO I HAD TO DO A DOUBLE CHECK AND ASK WHAT THE CRAP WAS GOING ON. MY DAD SAYS IT A VERY DIFFERENT WORD NOW THAT SHE IS IN SCHOOL AND I WAS SAFER THAN SHE IS. WHICH IS SO NOT TRUE I JUST THINK AFTER MY SISTER BEGGING FOR A FEW YEARS FOR A CELL PHONE DAD BROKE DOWN AND GOT HER ONE. NUT IN DADS JOKING WORDS " I JUST LOVER HER MORE THAT YOU AND KRIS" NICE HU?

WELL HER IS HOW MY CHILD HOOD WENT

If you're under the age of 13...you shouldn't even read this and if you do, you should not repost this.
Just because you were born in '97 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid.
It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons. I am sorry but three conscious years of the 90's just wont cut it.
You're a 90's kid if:You remember watching:
-Doug-Ren & Stimpy-
Pinky and the Brain
-AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
-Rockos modern Life.-Animaniacs
-Gargoyles
You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!
"If you totally burned someone you would say "MODEDED"
You just cant resist finishing this . . . "Iiiiiiin west Philadelphia born and raised . . ." FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR!
You remember:-LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE!!!
-Step by Step
-Family Matters!!!
-Dinosaurs
-Boy Meets World!!!!
-Wild and Crazy Kids
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
There was always that toy that you HAD to have
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . .
not
when everything was settled by:
-rock paper scissors or-
bubble gum bubble gum in a dish or
-daddy had a donkey inky binky bonky.
-skunk in the barn yard
-ms. mary mackwhen
kick ball was a daily activity.
when we played Hide and go seek until our legs grew numb.
when we used to obey our parents
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time on a tape/.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
When it was ok to kiss Mom and Dad
When it was ok to sit on their laps
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
You remember The Original (Big Gray) Game Boy.
You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You remember watching:
-The Magic School Bus
-Wishbone-Reading Rainbow
-and Ghostwriter on PBS
bone thugs was BOSS
You remember when Yo-Yos were cool. (ball bearings LOL)
You remember those Where's Waldo books.
You remember eating Warheads and Splashers Gum from that paint bucket.
You remember watching:
-the 1st Batman
-Aladdin
-Ninja Turtles
-ghost busters
You remember jumping in the sprinklers in the summer
You remember looking up to the teens in your neighborhood
You remember Ring Pops.Or Push-Pops
You remember drinking Surge, and Tang.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
When they made the new lunchables so that you could make pizza AND tacos.Pizza pizza
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players.
Making those little paper fortune cookie things, and then predicting your life with them.
Do you remember having water fights?Or water balloons?
You played and/or collected "Pogs" :)
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
one word. . . . . . . .trolls.
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.And Windows 95 was the best.
When you were completely immune to drugs.
When you would never grow up like on Peter Pan
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Wild Thornberry's, Power Rangers, and Rocket Power.
Michael Jordan was a king.
YIKES pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.
Remember all those secret passwords?Remember all those clubs and forts?
Remember COOTIES??
You remember when the new Beanie Babies and Tickle Me Elmo were always sold out
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Carebears
Gak was the coolest stuff invented.
Lambchop's song never ended.
The old dollar bills.Silver dollars, which were cool to have.
50 cent pieces were P.I.M.P.
Everyone watched the WB and yelled at people who interrupted them.
RECESS!!!!
If you even know what an original walkman is.If you still have one.
If you remember family vacations

If you remember sledding
You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.
You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"
The principal was a scary dude
You know the Macarena by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
When Christmas was the BEST
When you believed in Santa, and the tooth fairy, and the Easter Bunny
You went to McDonald's to play in the play place.
You remember playing on merry go rounds at the playground.
Have you ever worn overalls?
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .Before the Internet & text messaging . . .Before Sidekicks & iPods . . .Before MIKE JONES . . .Before PlayStation3 or X-BOX 360 . . .Before Sponge bob . . .
Before Tupac was shot.
Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When you would record Poke'mon if you had to leave when it was on.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our Walkman.
When checking out drawing books and that one book about the rainbow fish from the library was THE cool thing to do.
You had slap bracelets!
You Actually played outside until it was dark!
Way back.Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.

This may or may not be true, but if it isn't, it should be!

2008-08-22T09:19:00.000-06:00

'Some people!' snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store.'You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line,'said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the holdup was and saw a well-dressed young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it.'It's one of them welfare card things. Damn people need to get a job like everyone else,' said the man standing behind me. The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment. 'It was me,' he said,pointing to himself.The young lady's face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the store. Everyone in the checkout line watched as she began running to her car. Never looking back, she got in and drove away.After developing cancer in 1977 and having had to use food stamps, I had learned never to judge anyone without knowing the circumstances of their life. This turned out to be the case today.Several minutes later, a young man walked into the store. He went up to the cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After describing her,the cashier told him that she had run out of the store, got into her car, and drove away.'Why would she do that?' asked the man. Everyone in the line looked around at the fellow who had made the statement. 'I made a stupid comment about the welfare card she was using, something I shouldn't have said. I'm sorry,' said the man.'Well, that's bad, real bad, in fact. Her brother was killed in Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children, and she has taken on that responsibility. She's twenty years old, single, and now has three children to support,' he said in a very firm voice.'I'm really truly sorry. I didn't know,' he replied, shaking both his hands about.The young man asked, 'Are these paid for?' pointing to the shopping cart full of groceries.'It wouldn't take her card,' the clerk told him.'Do you know where she lives?' asked the man who had made the comment.'Yes, she goes to our church.''Excuse me,' he said as he made his way to the front of the line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the cashier,'Please use my card. PLEASE!'The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young woman's groceries.'Hold on,' said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and began loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. 'Come on people. We got three kids to help raise!' he told everyone in line.Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast-moving belt. A few customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts.'Go back and get two big turkeys,' yelled a heavyset woman, as she looked at the man.'NO,' he yelled. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The entire store became quiet for several seconds. 'Four turkeys,' yelled the man.Everyone began laughing and went back to work.When all was said and done, the man paid a total of $1,646.57 for the groceries. He then walked over to the side, pulled out his check book,and began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of the store for a writing surface. He turned around and handed the check to the young man. 'She will need a freezer and a few other things as well,' he told the man.The young man looked at the check and said, 'This is really very generous of you.''No,' said the man. 'Her brother was the generous one.'Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to clap. And I drove home that day feeling very American.We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave!!! Remember our Troops of Yesterday and Today!!!A great example of why we should be kind and patient.Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear. May God's many blessings continue to be with you - ALWAYS!!!

MAY THIS KEEP GOING....
IT WILL OPEN A LOT OF EYES,
HOPEFULLY HEARTS,
AND KEEP SOME MOUTHS SHUT.

2008-08-18T09:27:00.000-06:00

OK so this the front of the house they colored the stucco and inside not a hole lot is being done that you can see ( they are still muding and sanding making sure its perfect)

so hear are some pictures. Enjoy!!!!

2008-08-15T14:26:00.001-06:00

This is the house we are building !!!!its so close to being done, all that is left is for them to put up all the doors and base board and trim, paint. then they will put all the cabinets on and the counter tops and the final plumbing ( faucets, sinks, toilets) the the mirrors, and then the flooring carpet and tile, then the electrical and the light and switches. them my blinds and this need to all be done by the first of September. so i really hope its done on time ( yeah right what planet am i on )

2008-08-15T13:24:00.001-06:00

OK so its official i am blogger Ahhhhh it took me so long to figure this out its a good thing today is slow at work so i can do it. i was feeling left out all of my friends have blogs and now their kids even have blogs so i figured that it was our turn to jump on the ban wagon so her we are.

a little bit about what we will blog about we are currently building a house in Lehi and we, well i should say i am a bit obsessed with tracking the progress with pictures so their will probably be allot of pictures of the house on hear. also we are starting the first leg of infertility treatments ( we are temping well maybe i should clarify I am temping every morning to see when i am ovulating and that good stuff so we hope this is the extent of what we are going to have to do to get pregnant.

i will also be blogging about our life, jobs are friends!!

love always
Derek & McKenzie