Mother's Day and Spring 2010

This is the start of our spring. At the end of April I had my first Drs. appointment for the baby and got a due date and pictures. Our due date in the 26th of November, but due to a C-section the baby will be born a week before that 26th. I can't even believe that we will be going through that again. I tried really hard to be able to try to have the baby naturally but due to the unknown reason of why I couldn't with Elizabeth the Dr. said "nope I don't think so." I'm a little sad about it but that's whats best for me and the baby so that's what goes.

Elizabeth has a new found love for band aids. She had to put one on everything and anything that she bumps or hits. It doesn't matter what it is hair, her butt, her lips. She gets it from my sister, her yeayea. If I let her should would have a whole box of band aids out and on her. We've gone through like 4 boxes in the last 4 months. I better start buying stock in the brand. She came out of the bathroom tonight and said "look mom band aid." She shows me her head and there is a Dora band aid in her hair where she bumped her head. Gotta love her!

For Mother's Day on Friday, Luke and Elizabeth took me out for dinner on Friday and my favorite restaurant. We had a wonder time being a family together forever. I was a wonderful time to celebrate being a mom. We came home and Elizabeth made me a card and she and Luke went and got me roses. After all was said and done it was a wonderful way to celebrate having my family.

The start of the weekend just stunk. I had the stomach flu and a horrible headache. So I spent most of the weekend in bed. Sunday I felt better but not wonderful so I decided not to spread all of my germs with my family at church so we didn't go. I slept most of Sunday. Luke then took us out to the lake to get some air. We had so much fun! After all we had a pretty good weekend.

Some pictures of our time out at the lake. Huge sandbox for Elizabeth to play in. Then she was mad because she didn't what to come home so she wouldn't leave the posts to get in the car. So Luke and I got in the car and start to pull out, boy was she mad. I think it taught her that when we say lets go we mean lets go.

Easter 2010

Easter this year didn't seem like it was Easter at all. From traveling to coming home the week of Easter we didn't have any time to do any little activities for Easter. The pictures aren't in order...

Finding eggs in Grandmas house.

Finding eggs in the back yard of Grandmas house.

Look I found one mom

Opening her Easter basket.

Our died eggs.

Look mom my hands different colors

dying eggs

waiting for the dye.

We had a good Easter. Had a little dinner by ourselves which was different but it was ok. Had fun hunting the eggs and dying them and just being a family. Hope every one's Easter was wonderful!

Trip to my sister's

Here is my blog on my trip to my sister's house. It started out with a few days at my dads! It was fun cause Luke got to spend a few days in Denver with us. It was way fun!!! Elizabeth loves her Papa and Nana. She was so excited to see them. Then my dad took me up to my moms house cause I didn't have the car. At moms house I got things going for the trip. While getting ready I had a wonderful day with my friend Marissa and her sister Liz (Elizabeth). My Elizabeth loves them and was not happy to see they leave. It was a wonderful time catching with with such wonderful friends!

Its the day to leave and we wanted to leave like 6:00 which is just to early for my bones but I was up and ready to go before my mother was, which doesn't happen to often. We were in the car and on our way around 6:45. It was snowing like no other but that wasn't going to stop us from going to the warm and sunny AZ!!! Our trip through the rest of Colorado and New Mexico was slow going because of the snow. Oncw we got into AZ, it want fast. We spent a night in Hollbrook, AZ which is about 4ish hours from my sisters. We stop in Flagstaff and looked around and then headed on to my sisters house. We did a lot to swimming and site seeing.


She loves spending time with my dad (Papa)

Elizabeth Linford and Elizabeth Cogan watching a movie.

Marissa doing my chores! Thanks!

My mom and Elizabeth driving the train in Raton NM

Elizabeth and I on the train car in Gallup NM

Elizabeth talking to my sister and going nuts after a 11 hour car ride!

SNOW IN AZ! WHAT NO WAY

Yeayea and Elizabeth playing in the pool on the first day we are at her house.

Palm trees!!! Love them!!!!

Eating lunch with her Papa at a park near the capitol building.

Sitting in the capitol building having a rest.

Fun in the trees!

Looking out over Phoenix

Picking rocks at a stop.

Getting ready to leave. Yeayea isn't very happy

Suppose to be going potty...rocks are so much better

Trying to get her to pee but it is freezing outside so she is sitting in the car.

We had a wonderful time seeing all sort of wonderful things while at my sisters. We had a lot of laughs and fun time with my sister and my mom and grandpa. Elizabeth had so much fun with all of the family and all of the things that she got to do that she wouldn't get to at home, chewing gum. After a long trip I am very glad to be home and getting back into the swing of life!

A New Baby in the Linford Family

Once again there is going to be a new baby in the Linford family! This time its Luke and I. Yes that's what I said. Luke and I are pregnant with baby number 2. We are so excited! I am about 5 weeks along! I have my first appointment the 27th of April. From what a due date calculator my due date should be around the 26th of November! We can't wait. We have so much to do between now and then so we better get on them and get them done!

So glad to hear that my friend Holly is cancer free!!! Hope the rest of her family gets better soon!

Had a wonderful time on my vacation!!! Glad to be home and getting back to the swing of life!!!! Will post pictures and more later!!!

Weekend in Denver

This weekend we went to Denver to drop Elizabeth and me off with my dad. This is just the begining of my trip. We had so much fun! Saturday we went and watch my dad work with his high school students compete with their robot. It was way fun. We weren't able to stay long because Elizabeth was having a cranky moment and was done with the robots! After the robots we went to some of the malls in Denver area to find me some pants for my Arizona trip. After a long day of looking I finally found some at the last store. By the we were done shopping my dad was done with the robots and we went and had dinner.

In the middle of our shopping Luke and I came upon the Denver Temple. It was a very nice time out to shopping. We got lost trying to find it but eventually found it. We weren't prepaired to go in so we just looked at the grounds and took pictures! It was such an awsome time with the family!

Sunday the weekend was over. My dad and stepmom brought Elizabeth and me back to their house in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Luke went back to Casper. We had such a fun time with our family and my parents.

This week we have just hung around my dads house. My stepmom had been really sick so we haven't done much which is totally ok. Tuesday night we went out with my cousin Brooke and her boyfriends. It we way fun cause I haven't seen her since our grandma past away in 2001. It was nice to see her and what she is up to these days. She is in the Army and will be deploying in July 2010 for a year, it was a much needed visit!

Wednesday Elizabeth and i are going to my mom's house. And on Friday we will be on our way to Arizona to see my sister! So excited!!!



Elizabeth and me at the temple!



ELizabeth and Luke at the Temple!

Elizabeth looking at the fountain at the Denver Temple!

Hope everyone has a good rest on the week!

Family news and the Linford's first snow man

This week has been full. With being sick, getting ready for our trip, being a mom and a wife. I'm finally getting well I hope. I've gotten all of our stuff for our trip I hope if not I'll have to get it later. Being a mom is a huge part of my life. I wouldn't change it for the world!!! I love being a mom and I am so ready for baby 2. Some day I hope! Being a wife is rewarding. Lucas is know sick and I have a chance to take care of him life he does when I am sick. It brings smiles to my face.

It has snowed in Casper and it was a nice wet snow so we got to get out and play in it a little. We made our first snow man as a family and Elizabeth's first in here life! We had so much fun just being able to be outside and able to run and breath the wonderful air! Here are a few pictures.



The first Linford snowman


Elizabeth and the snowman

Helping build the snowman

rolling the snow balls

helping dad sholve

so excited to be outside

This picture was the heart dinner that we made....it didn't get up on the other post.

THERES A NEW BABY COMING TO THE FAMILY!!! No its not me yet but it is my amazing sister-in-law Heidi. A s you may or may not know they have Issac who is 4 i think and the twins Emma and Elli who will be 2 in June. The will be having baby number 4 in September. I am so excited to have a new baby in the family. Heidi is a wonderful mother, wife, sister, daughter! We Love you guys so much!!!!

Cheese, Cheese, Cheese

Can we say Mac and Cheese any more. Elizabeth is on this huge Mac and Cheese kick. Thats what she wants to eat at every meal. Or maybe its just cheese. She eats it at every meal. She breaks the bank with her cheese habit!. You gotta lover her though, she eating and that good!

Last week was just a week. Elizabeth had her best of her worst 2 year old moments. She finally got over her cold and cough. Thursday we got our taxes done, which is wonderful cause I was stressing out about them. I started cutting out hearts for clovers for st patty's day. We will do the rest of them this week. Saturday we went looking for a bigger car, and we found one that we liked but we can't it cause we can't afford a higher payment, so we didn't get it. Sunday we tried to get out of the house before church and that's what we did....we locked our selves out of the house, so we missed church. So we went for a nice drive out to the lake and had a wonderful time playing around at the lake. I seem to have miss placed the camera so no pictures. Hope to find it soon so I can have pictures for us on our trip to AZ to see my sister.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!!!! Hope all is well!