"Throughout our lives, we must deal with change. Some changes are welcome; some are not. There are changes in our lives which are sudden, such as the unexpected passing of a loved one, an unforeseen illness, the loss of a possession we treasure. But most of the changes take place subtly and slowly. Day by day, minute by minute, second by second we went from where we were to where we are now. The lives of all of us, of course, go through similar alterations and changes. The difference between the changes in my life and the changes in yours is only in the details. Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes. This is our one and only chance at mortal life—here and now. The longer we live, the greater is our realization that it is brief. Opportunities come, and then they are gone. I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey—now. Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family. One day each of us will run out of tomorrows. " Thomas S. Monson

August 14, 2013

Happy 10 year Anniversary to us....

Seriously 10 YEARS??? Holy cow, I never thought that day would ever come. I remember when we first got married we had a conversation about our 10 year anniversary and it seemed like it was just FOREVER away and we couldn't fathom when that day would come!
But low and behold HERE IT IS!


It's Crazy how much life we have been through these past 10 years. They have been FULL of life/fun/memories/trials/and love! We have had our greatest blessing these first 10 years, our 3 amazing boys and one angel baby that we know of for sure. They have been our greatest blessing in life, they make up for all the hard times we have had to go through. They are our whole Life!

There are so many things that we have been able to do/have these past 10 years together, here are a few big things that stand out in the order i can remember:

fell in love
made it through dating
got engadged
bought our first car (yellow exterra) together
got married to my best friend
bought our first home together
went on an amazing temple mission to Hawaii our first year
bought our first truck together (big gray dodge hemi)we loved this one!
bought our first BIG dog together (sampson, great dane)
got my realestate licence
had our first baby boy, sweet little kaylin!
went on our first family vaca to disney land
got pregnant, lost that angel baby
bought our next big truck (gray dodge diesel) loved this one the most!
got pregnant and had sweet little kiptin
got our durango (but should have kept the truck :(
went on our first family vaca with 2 kids to sea world california, zoo, and the ocean
decided to move to cedar (best thing ever)
got an amazing house we love
kaylin started elementary school (he is headed to 2nd grade in 2 days)
meet some pretty amazing friends (adults and children)
kiptin went to preschool
got pregnant with little Khailo A HUGE SURPRISE
took the boys (kaylin & kiptin) on their first trip to HAWAII and spent 2 weeks there and stayed for christmas!
Had little Khailo
Celebrated birthdays with the boys, each other, celebrated lots of anniversaries!!!

(im sure i missed a bunch of stuff but these were some of the fun stuff we got to experience)

and FINALLY here we are 10 years later..still having fun together and looking forward to more and more fun stuff!

I LOVE being married to Nick, even when times get tough we manage to make it through. we have the same set of goals and same standers and with those nothing has torn us apart nor will it if we stick together like we have the past 10 years of marriage!
I love you honey, Forever & Always.


For our anniversary we had planned to go on a cruise but since Khailo was a surprise when august came around we just knew we couldn't leave a barely 5 month old for a week..he isnt even sleeping through the night so it would just be too hard for the grandparents to handle for that long (nor could I, in the middle of the night when we left I woke nick up and told him I needed my baby and i was almost ready to head out the door and get back to him so 7 night would not have worked for us just yet either).... so we changed our plans and just went on an over nighter to st. george and stayed at green valley spa resort, went out for a super yummy dinner to Anizazi steak house and had our favorite Fondue, then got a few movies and hung out for the night. the next day we got kaylins school shopping done and headed back home to our boys that we missed so much!!!

it was a nice little get away but i am looking forward to the day we get to go on our romantic cruise soon!
(here are some pictures from our night)




good advice!

Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man's rib, not from his feet to be walked on, not from his head to be superior, but from his side to be equal! Under the arm to be protected, & next to the heart to be loved.

brothers forever

brothers forever

the haslem family