Finally, an Update!

I have been meaning to blog so many things for months now! Wow how time goes by, and how I run out of it so often. So many fun things have happened these past four months. I will start by giving a quick update on what is new with each of us. You will also see in the next week or so (Hopefully) a couple of blogs from events in the past!

Here is a little update on all of us:

Nick- It is that time of year again, where he gets ripped and leaner than ever! For those of you who do not remember, last year he entered a Mr. Fitness body building contest. Yes, he loved it so much that he is doing it all over again! It will be April 10, 2010 at the Egyptian theater in downtown Ogden. I guess I don't blame him for doing it again if you have a body like his, why not!!!!

Well besides body building, Nick is busy working as an Escrow officer and loving it! He is so great with people. He is also very busy being the GREATEST Dad on Earth and the GREATEST husband ever!

We just celebrated our 8 year anniversary this past weekend. I am so blessed to have him in my life and as my best friend- Nick I love you!

Me- I am still working from home as a mortgage processor. Many ask how I do it with two kids and really I am not sure? Trust me there are days when I want to SCREAM! But truly I would have it no other way. I love being able to be with my kids and also help financial. I am blessed with the best sister on earth who gave me this opportunity.

I am currently taking a Photo shop class at Bountiful High. It is a five session basic learning class and I am really excited about it! For those of you who do not know, my real dream is to be a photographer. Well not really, but I do want to be able to take a picture that I would be proud to hang on my wall. (such as the one above of Nick and I, my friend Kami took it, she does AMAZING work!)

I am constantly taking pictures of Rhett and Bella and I know they are so SICK of me! I really love it though- Even if it takes me a lifetime, I hope to be great at it one day!

I am loving being a Mom. However, some days I feel that I am really not cut out for this job. It is a tough one, but then my sweet little Rhett says things to me like, "Mommy you are my best friend!" and my little Bella comes up with those big brown eyes and her lips puckered and gives me a BIG Kiss! It is moments like those that make this Mommy job the best job on earth!

Rhett- I never thought he would be old enough to want to play video games.... then his fourth birthday came and guess what? He is old enough! Rhett got a game boy for his fourth birthday along with a fun Buzz Lightyear friend party! He had a great day- I will share pictures in the upcoming blogs.

Rhett loves to ride his scooter with friends in the neighborhood. He loves to learn. In fact almost everyday he asks me if we can do the letter flash cards in my office. He is getting so smart, he knows how to spell his name, verbally, we are still working on the writing part!

I am enjoying him tons and tons!- He makes me laugh everyday and he loves his sister soooo much! It is so fun to see them together! Rhett you are so cool- We love you buddy!

Bella- This little "Fireball" is the funniest, cutest, and sweetest little additions to our family! Bella is now eighteen months. We all jumped for JOY on Sunday when she walked into Nursery. Yep! She walked right in and did not even look back! She could of cared less that we all left. She was ready to be on her own!!!

Besides the fact that she is full of attitude- Bells loves to play hid-n-seek with Rhett. She loves to play in the backyard and kick around the soccer ball. She loves to ride her brothers green motorcycle push bike. (she has no fear!)

She is starting to talk a little.... she says Mommy and Daddy of course, but will often call Nick Mommy. She also says, Hi, eyes, bye bye, no, and just recently says Thank you! She kinda says Rhetter Bug and her first clear name was Amie (this is my sister who she is named after).

She is learning to feed herself. She loves to put on any pair of shoes. She dances in the car to the radio.

My most favorite thing she does is not only give kisses, but does not really enjoy doing so. When we ask her to give us a kiss, she often responds with a long drawn out "NOooooo!" It is super cute! She is super cute! We love you Bella Boo!

Well that is us for now- I hope to be blogging more soon!

Meet Brynlee

Meet my adorable, beautiful niece Brynlee Elizabeth Bingham. We had our first meeting two weeks ago! Brylnee lives in Oklahoma and made a special visit to Utah. We were all so excited! We could not believe how tiny and perfect she is! We love you Brynlee!!!

Optimis Prime and Bumble Bee

Here is Rhett and Bella dressed in their ever so SPOOKY costumes (not). Without fail Rhett always wants to be some type of Super Hero! But he sure makes a cute one! Bella, well she just is too much fun!

When Bella got in her costume Rhett said to his Dad, "Hey Dad there is a Bee in the house, get her out of hear! It is Bella the BEE!!! LOL :) He is too funny!

Grandma Bing's Halloween Party

We had tons of FUN, as always, at Grandma Bing's yearly Halloween party! We ate yummy chili and scones, played games, and received fun prizes!!! We love Grandma Bing's parties and appreciate all she does to get them ready for us! We love you Grandma Bing!

Here are just a few pictures of all the scary little Monsters who attended-

Bella's First Birthday Party!

We had so much fun at Bella's party! She opened all her fun gifts! We sang to her and she loved it! She dug into her cake and got pretty messy! We all had cupcakes and ice cream! All the kids were able to fill a bag full of candy, they loved it! We all enjoyed spending time with each other and sharing in Bella's special first Birthday!

Happy Birthday Bella

I can not believe that this day is here! Bella is one TODAY! Can you believe it? Her little baby life has past by so quickly! Where did the first year go? She is so much fun and I am so glad that she came into my life. I love her tons and tons!

I am amazed at all the things she can do at such a tiny age. Some of her favorite things to do are, go down the small slide with her brother, climb inside her toy car and go on walks around the block. Bella has brought so much more to our family.... a lot more drama, tears, and LOUD screams, but lots of happiness. We love you little Bella Boo! Happy First Birthday!

These AMAZING pictures were done by my friend Kami Nelson. You can check out her picture blog as Kaminelson.blogspot.com. She is so talented in everything she does!

~ I also want to wish my friend Katie a Happy Birthday today too! We love you!~

Blogger Friends

So I have a few friends out there that are private bloggers or I do not have your blog address (Monica, Katie, & Tiffany). I know you have invited me before, however I need you to do it again. When you first sent me the invite I was not up on how to save you into my blog, but now I know how! Will all of you blogger buddies please email me an invite to mtloan@readytek.net so I can add you to my blogging list. I get these cute comments from you all but can not get into your blogs to check on how you are doing. Thanks so much and sorry I was not better at it when you first invited me.

Preschool

Rhett started preschool last week! He was super excited!!! He has been ready for school, well since he could talk! He has older cousins that go to school, who he wants to be just like, so he was ready for this day. It is just too bad that he only goes twice a week. He asked me, "Mom why don't I go to school everyday like my cousins do?" I explained because he was younger and one day he will everyday too!

I am so proud of him. He did so good to say goodbye to me. He did not even look back! It is so great to see him grow into a brave little boy! It is also sad to see my baby turn into a young boy, but wow I am so proud of how wonderful he is. I love you Rhett!

Rhett & Bella's New Pictures

Here are some new pictures of my two cute children. These were done by one of my favorite photographers, Veronica Reeve. You can check her work out at veronciareeve.com.

I can not express to you how much I love these two! They are so fun to be with and they are both growing so fast! I love you Rhett and Bella, you make me smile every day! I do not know what I would do without the both of you-

Long Lashes

One of my friends sisters is in the business of giving us women beautiful lashes. How fun would this be to get done? I would love to do it and hope to soon!

Go to her blog http://mitzirae.blogspot.com/2009/07/giveaway.html and check out more about her FREE giveaway!! A value worth $75.00

Meet My New Nephew~

McGuire Kip Bingham

He is here and I am so EXCITED!!! Although he decided to take a while to get here,

he Finally made it at 12:58 a.m. on June 18th 2009.

He weighed 8lbs 8oz

20 1/2 inches long

and he has a beautiful head of auborn hair!

I love him more than ever!

It is so much fun to be an aunt again!

I know him! The man flying this C-17

Can you believe this actually flies? And can you believe I know someone who knows how to fly it? Well I do and he is my brother!!! I am not wanting to brag, well I kinda am wanting to, I am so proud of him.

Adam, my big brother, is in the U.S. Air force and he amazes me everyday with all the cool adventures he has taken this far in his life. He was able to fly in the recent airshow at Hill Air Force Base a couple of weeks ago.

Adam has such a talent for anything and everything in life. I only wish I had as much determination as he does! Whatever he sets out to do, he does and he does it well!

Nothing stops or gets in his way! What a great example you are to me Stingin' Bingham-

I love you!

San Diego Trip

I am posting this a little late! Time sure flys in life now days. Nick, Rhett, and I went to San Diego at the end of last month and we had tons of fun! We visted the Zoo, Sea World and of course Rhett's all time favorite, Legoland. It was a lot of fun to spend time together. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures from the trip.



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Look how AMAZING they build characters out of legos. We told Rhett he could pick any lego set he wanted and guess what he picked? Yep Sponge Bob. Although Nick and I are not fans of Sponge Bob, we did tell him he could have whatever he wanted. So we left purchasing it for him. It is a pretty cute lego set and he was so Happy with it!

CHECK OUT MY SHADES!

We watched a 3D movie at LegoLand- Nick's glasses were broken

and Rhett just looked too cute in his 3D shades. I could not stop

laughing. I have the two cutest boys in my life.

Cute Bella Boo~

Ok I just had to post these pictures of my sweet Bella. She is so much FUN and is now 8 months old! She is army crawling everywhere and has been since about 6 months. I know Crazy!!! I cannot believe how mobile she is at such a young age. She pulls herself up to everything and sometimes she is brave enough to let go and stand for only about one second and then fall flat on her face!~ But being the tough girl she is, there is rarely any tears. We love her to peaces! Rhett thinks she is the cooleset sister ever! He is constantly kissing and hugging her!- How could you not, look at this cute face?
P.s. Don't you just love the baby leggins and girly skirt?- Thanks Kami she looks adorable in this outfit!!!

Bella's Baby Room

Since I have two older brother's who live out of state I wanted to blog Bella's cute bedroom once completed. Well it has been done for a few months now and like always I forgot to send them pictures of it like I promised. So I thought why not blog them instead. Here you go bro's look how cute and girly it is. For those of you who do not know this about me.... I LOVE to DECORATE! I would love to change my house decor every six months, but I don't because that is kinda silly!!!