The Finks

mexico!

2010-06-04T20:45:00.001-07:00

Lily's First Official Vaca and Easter!

2010-04-22T20:48:00.015-07:00

We had a great time this year for Easter. My parents made their way from the arctics and down to the desert for a weekend full of fun! Here are some pics to prove the good times.

We had a great dinner and Easter egg hunt on Easter at Cody and Megan's house. This year Lily was able to crawl to the eggs but there were really only two eggs that sparked her attention.

She did get one egg in her basket. not bad for an 8 month old baby

This was her excited face as she finally approached her lonely egg

Say cheese!

Easter basket from grandma and grandpa Christensen

Her Easter basket from the Easter bunny into shambles, sorry this is all out of order oh well:)

Cash and Daisy attacking the Easter bunny! RUN Lily

Her priceless face when she spotted her Easter basket

Bubbles and candy oh my

good morning my bunny

Easter basket before she thrashed it. We made an exception for the day and put lots of soft candy in there like Cotton candy, peeps, and marshmallows. She spit all of it out thankfully so she does not turn into a candy monster like her mom!

We also made a quick trip to San Diego with our friends Lacy and Alex which was Lily's first real vacation.

Lily and Noah playing in the sand together

I L-O-V-E those eyes

The water at Coronado island was freezing but Lily didn't mind because she kept splashing us

She wanted to sit in the water so we let her hahahaha

We have been teaching her to walk and why not do it in the best place in the world, the BEACH!

eating sand

This pic is Lily at the end of the day at the San Diego Zoo. SOOOOOOO tired

piggy back with Daddy

piggy back with Daddy? hahaha

family pic didn't turn out so well

this is what she does to the dogs. Poke the eye and pull the ear

SOO tired as we wait in line for the panda

here fishy fishy

Thanks for visiting our blog! More of this cute face to come.........

Spring Photo Shoot

2010-03-21T16:42:00.008-07:00

I decided it was about time I read the instruction manual for my new camera and attempt a photo shoot outside with Lily to test my mad new skills. I took her to the cutest little park here in Las Vegas. There were ducks everywhere and not to mention peacocks. I really wanted to bring a peacock home with me but I refrained from being a criminal. So here is what I came up with for her Spring photo shoot hope you enjoy!

MARCH MADNESS

2010-03-05T19:38:00.008-07:00

Well I thought it was about time for a post so here it is. I am sorry there is not much typing and it is out of order aso bare with me but I feel like I do this ALL day at work so unorganized pics pare all you get hahahaha! There are some perks for living in Las Vegas and that is if we are bored we can take a visit to the Bellagio and check out what new garden and water show.

This is Lily's new smile is it not the cutest funniest thing you have ever seen? hahaha

This time of the year they have a Chinese garden and it was really pretty and did I mention smelt amazing!

Clint's sister Steph and our nephew Braden came to visit and he sure loves Lily and Lily LOVES him she would just laugh at him if he said BOO!

Oh did I mention Lily is crawling. I know it seems early doesn't it? She knows where door stoppers and cords are and oh my goodness it is hard keeping her out of trouble:O

Emma came to visit one Sunday and Lily and her had a great photo shoot that night. Here is Emma's funny face.

Just hanging out

Like I said this face is to die for I love it

All ready for church with her pearls

We took a trip to the Arctics ( Cedar City) and thought is would be a good idea to let her play in the snow. Turned out that it was not such a good idea.

Picture overload

2010-02-06T18:17:00.012-07:00

After going through 437 photos that have been taken over the last 2 months, I have decided to post a few. Lily is growing up sooo fast and we are super busy with work and church so this is what you get.

Lily is 6 months old and is starting to scoot on her belly. Some how she has figured out how to move from one end of the room to the other by rolling. She is so crazy and I don't think I am quite ready for her to be crawling!

She always so happy! She did have pneumonia and an ear infection a couple of weeks ago and she was still a happy baby for the most part. Don't get me wrong she had her nights poor thing.

I am posing my new mouth free of wisdom teeth minutes after they had been taken out yeahhhhh!

snuggly buggly

surprise MOM!

Lily attacking her cousin Evelyn who is a month and a 1/2 older and is about 5 inches shorter and 5 pounds lighter than Lily. I am going to have a big girl on my hands

Grandpa Barney's 85th birthday Hawaiian party

Piggybacks rides are her favorite

Tired eyes

Getting ready to go to church just reading her sing along book

She pooped out nemo hahahah

She loves doing raspberry's especially when peas have been put in her mouth

standing in her porta crib waiting for someone to pick her up

Need I say more...............

eating bows and wrapping paper was her favorite Christmas tradition

All of the Fink grand Kids with grandma and Grandpa

Fink Christmas picture

Me and my bugga boo

Taylie twirling her gorgeous curls

Cody put a 855 piece weight set together in 1 day

She loves her aunt Heather

and her aunt TJ

We played the wii I think 99% of xmas day. sooo fun!

My cute mom and dad! Love them

Clint trying to figure out the new camera he got me

My cute little present

Don't worry she was well supervised for choking hazards

Merry Christmas to ALL

2009-12-06T16:34:00.005-07:00

Well here it is. Our official Christmas card has gone electronic. With Clint and I working 40 plus hours a week this is as best as it gets. A trip to the mall ending up as a family Christmas pic YEAH!!!

This Santa was sooo nice and super cute. He really looked and acted like the real thing. If I didn't know better I would pass this guy as the real deal.

We have also introduced rice cereal and oatmeal cereal to Lily and this is the result with every meal time, For some reason she thinks it is a good idea to stick her fist in her mouth with every bite.

This is the picture before Lily got her ears pierced. Yes we are mean parents that put our little angel through the pain of beauty. We took her to Clair's at the mall and they did a good job. The first hole, no cries. The second hole screams of pure terror.

I was a little hesitant in holding her in fear she would remember this moment for the rest of her life and she would remember I was the one who was an accomplice

It's very hard to tell due to the wigglyness (I think that is a word) but they are there

Her first pony tail on the top of her head. Look at that face what a crack up hahahaha

She has graduated from the baby tub and is now chillin in the tube and LOVING every second we let her spend in there.

just a pic that I thought was cute. I would post pictures of other things but her pictures are far cuter so this is what you get.

Thanksgiving in Panguitch

All the Fink grand kids while Mom was taking care of sick people in Las Vegas boooo

Trying to keep warm while we waited for aunt Shelly to complete the Rock n Roll marathon

Good job Shelly maybe one day I can complete one of those hahaha

Our cute family trying to keep warm

4 Months Old

2009-11-21T22:35:00.005-07:00

I can't believe my little Lily is 4 months old! She is absolutely hilarious and not to mention the cutest thing EVER! She is such a great baby I cannot believe we were so blessed with her sweet spirit. She giggles at about everything you say or do and we cannot get enough of those smiles. Here are some pics we caught of her over this last month.

Her seemingly growing rolls that I butter up everyday and eat everyday all day

She has been into eating her feet and reaching them up above her head.

Her new past time is her jumper. She LOVES this thing as do I. She is an absolute kangaroo in this thing. She is always trying to eat the straps though hahahaha.

It's a little blurry because it is quite a challenge trying to take a pic of this wild animal.

Sleeping with her eyes opened slightly and her tongue sticking out

Sitting in her bumbo and looking at herself is also a favorite activity of the day.

Chilling on the recliner

Lily was invited to her first birthday party ever. Her friend Noah turned 1 and she loved chuck E cheese.

Excuse the huge slobber stain on her shirt she has a serious mouth fixation right now. Anything and everything is found in her mouth finger, hand, fist, shirt, mom's hair, mom's shirt, mom's hand, blankets, car seat straps, and all toys that can fit in her tiny mouth.

Driving chuck E cheese's car.

Noah and Lily

Having so much fun at the par-tay

Halloween trunk or treat

2009-11-01T21:44:00.008-07:00

We had so much fun with Lily's first Halloween ever! Clint and I dressed up as Sandy and Danny from Grease and Lily was a UNLV cheerleader. I found the most adorable headband ever with fake hair and could not resist the buy. The hair changed her so much I just laughed every time I saw her hahahahaaha hope you enjoy the pics!

Fun Happenings!

2009-10-16T09:32:00.005-07:00

We have had a lot of fun since I have been off of work. Here are some pics to prove it!

Lily always looks suprised because our stupid camara always flashes before the flash but she is still so dang cute haha! Here she is getting ready to go to the Laker and Kings game

She got to visit her cousins Mason and Kenny and her Aunt Catie last weekend. I love that fake smile on her hahaha

Trying to keep warm in the cold Utah weather brrrrrr

We also had a blast hunting until the storm rolled us out of there

Braden and Mason holding Lily in hunting gear. They love Lily

Tiff and I hanging out at the camp with no makeup on Yikes scary!

Hanging out in her bumbo with her bear ears in the trailor was the highlight of myday

My mom can't get enough of the this little nugget

Clint got me Britney Spears tickets for my birthday. We had amazing seats! I could see the run in her pantyhoes

Even though she didn't sing on her own it was a pretty good show

Thanks Cody and Megan for watching Lily while we went on our first date alone since she has been here:)

Lily's Blessing Day

2009-09-21T17:16:00.002-07:00

Lily's blessing day turned out pretty good if you exclude me dropping the only bowl salsa which was a main ingredient for the "chips and salsa" haha. Clint did a great job despite his nerves. Lily also did a great job managing to not peep the whole meeting:) Thank you to everyone who came we are so grateful to have such wonderful friends and family. These pictures do not do her dress any justice it was beautiful.

This was the end of the day and she was about done with this dress by this time.

Our cute little family.

Lily's grandma Louise

She is such a sweet and good baby she looks peaceful.

Baby blessing announcement

2009-09-04T22:59:00.007-07:00

We were so fortunate to have our best friend Lindsey Romney take some amazing photos of our little Lily Sue. She is seriously amazing and exceeded our expectations times one million. Thanks Lindz. Also, we are blessing our little nugget on September the 20th here in Vegas. Everyone is invited and we are having a luncheon at our house right after sacrament meeting. If you have any questions call Clint or I and we can give you the info. Hope to see you all there!

She didn't love the feathers in her face so much but it turned out cute

she looks so tiny on clints chest

I just love this little girl she is such a blessing in our lives and we are so lucky to have her. I can't wait until she can react to our goofiness.

Richfield Fun

2009-08-09T17:57:00.007-07:00

Here are some random pics of the fun we had in Richfield. We decided to head up to Utah to visit my parents since they were unable to come after my dad's accident. It was so nice to enjoy the wonderful weather and scenery and enjoy the comforts of my mother's hospitality.

We call this our little Lily burrito

Here is our nephew Braeden holding Lily on his stay at our house for a week

Lily loves to sit on our bed and look out the window when the blinds are open. She could do this and eat all day if we let her

We were also privileged to go and have Lily meet her Uncle Brian and his beautiful headstone in Panguitch. I know that she was hanging out with him the whole time she was in my belly. No wonder she was such a wiggle worm he was probably making her laugh hysterically the whole time.

Tiff loved holding Lily I had to pry her away to feed her.

Lily 's first real bath in Grandma's sink the day her umbilical cord fell off.

Beautiful scenery at big lake

I miss real pine trees. We already have our x-mas tree picked out

trying to juggle holding Lily and shucking corn

her cute little strawberry outfit

pulling over in the car to burp her

This is what Lily did 99% of the time in the car. What an angel!

More Lily Pics and Going Home

2009-07-26T14:45:00.006-07:00

So here are some more pics for everyone to see.

She don't look too happy.

Her first full outfit with a bow.

giving us the evil eye already

Christie's dad, Cornell

Christie's mom, Tamie.

Lily a little hungry. She is a good eater.

Time to go home.

Putting her in the car seat.

And we are home.

Apology

2009-07-23T16:22:00.003-07:00

For those of you have seen the "Baby Now on Board Post", I would like to make an apology. I had to remove one of the pictures posted due to what Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake would call a "Wardrobe Malfunction". As soon as Christie's wound heals a little more we will be laughing about this for a long time.

Note to self: Do not make posts late at night when your tired.

Baby Is Now On Board

2009-07-21T23:09:00.009-07:00

Tuesday July 21st was finally the day that our precious Lily Sue came into the world. She was born at 1:29pm. She weighs 7lbs 2oz and 18 1/2 inches. She was originally due the 31st, but she was breach so we scheduled a C-Section. Everything went well and she is as healthy as can be. We are so excited to have the bundle of joy finally in our lives. A few of our family members were able to make it down from Utah and Arizona and some from here in Vegas. Cody, Megan and Emma made it too. They had to leave before they got a chance to hold her so we had no pics of them. Thank you all for your support. Here are some pics.

Christie getting ready to go inside of the hospital

Here she is. When she came out she kept sticking her tongue out. Isn't she adorable.

They had just cleaned her off and they put a little gupey stuff in her eyes. She didn't like it very much.

Whats that Dr. Fink. I just delivered this baby with my own hands. I was amazing. What really happened is, I started watching the surgery and they had here cut wide open. I was doing really well until the doc reached in for the baby and all of the fluids and blood started spilling over the sides of her belly. I went pale white and got light headed. Luckily I sat down before i passed out. It was very interesting though.

Another of her just after being wrapped up.

The proud parents of a beautiful baby girl.

My sis, Dani, with the Lily.

My sis Becky

Christie's parents, Cornell and Tamie.

My mother Louise and I with her first diaper change. I did so good, except for the fact that as soon is I took her diaper off she pee'd all over the bedding. and right after i put the diaper back on she pooped with in 30 seconds.

My sis Shelly.

Christie couldn't take her eyes off Lily. She had been so anxious to see her and now her time has come.

My nieces Sydney and Jocelyn

Lily is already showing off doing leg kicks and man is good at them.

Maternity Pics

2009-07-07T11:51:00.004-07:00

So early on in my pregnancy I decided that I wanted to get some maternity pics. Lindz did them in Cedar City and they ended up being so amazing. Who knew you could look half way decent at nine months pregnant. Well thanks to Lindz they ended up being way more than what I expected! Thanks Lindz you are amazing!

Marathon Man

2009-06-09T20:51:00.005-07:00

So i am now a Marathoner. On May 31st I ran in the San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon and believe it or not I made it, 26.2 miles. At mile 21 my legs started cramping really bad and i didn't think i would finish, but somehow i managed to do it. How did I get started? Well one day my mother called me and asked if I wanted to run a marathon. I said "Heck No" then i asked why she would ask me. Come to find out my brother, Brian, who passed away in October was signed up for it. So i felt obligated, in a sense, to run for him. There were 6 people that ran in it. Brian's father, brother and 2 sisters in law, and me and our sister Shelly. We had a huge get together of my family and Brian's In-laws make the trip down. We even had a few family friends travel the distance just to see us cross the finish line. It was nice to have the support.

Cam And lindz suffered the traffic and the thousands of people to come and support thanks guys.

Here are the t-shirts we wore in memory of Brian.

We also made it to Sea World. Here we are in front of those pink birds.

Christie got this great shot of a shark and it's teeth.

Here we are in the biggest ever sharks jaw.

Here is everybody at harbor village from the fink side of the family that came.

and the grand finale........... Christie's belly at 33 weeks only 49 more days wow!

New additions

2009-05-23T09:51:00.005-07:00

We are now the proud owner's of a boat. I know that we are crazy to buy a boat right before our new baby. I say what the heck, we need to start our princess off early on wakeboarding hahaha! We are so excited about our new buy but I am totally sad that I can't even wakeboard till at least September.

We haven't had a chance to take it out, so I will post some new pics once it's out on the water.

Here is our other new buy. We traded out our old couches for this high grain genuine leather sectional. We were never really a fan of leather until we realized how much we hate clothe couches with dogs. I figured with a new baby coming, it was in our best interest to purchase something cleanable. I have to admit that they have been amazing. Just a little wipe and BAM it is all clean.

And another addition, My Belly. It has not really grown that much this month. It could be due to the fact that I have been jogging a mile and half every day to start early on the baby weight.

I can't believe that I only have 69 days left. I probably have less because the Dr. said he was going to strip my membranes at 37 weeks. Holy crap that is 7 weeks away! I can't wait to meet my princess. I am sooo inpatient and I want her here as soon as possible (but healthy early)

Our final purchase was our baby girl's dresser/ changing table. We are still in the process of looking for the perfect crib so I will post it when we find it.

Dr.'s visit and some easter

2009-05-02T15:00:00.006-07:00

Yesterday was my 27 week checkup. I cannot fathom the fact that I am almost 7 months preggers. Yikes I have 90 days to go and I am not the slightest bit prepared for this little lady coming. I keep having nightmares that I go into labor early and I have nothing, not even a car seat to bring the poor thing home in. Needless to say I need to get cracka lackin on this baby furniture stuff. On a better note I have finally caught up to the weight I should be for this time. It could be because I ate like a Horse this month. I have been working 60 hour weeks and eating every minute while I am at work wow. you can really see a difference from last month.

Here we are early in the morning at the doctor. Not only is my belly getting huge look at that Booty! Wow I have never really had one and I kinda like. What do you think?

Shirt down makes it look even bigger haha!

Cheesy Clint wanted to take a picture next to the wall art (ps. it's a little fuzzy but that is the vagina) you dirty boy!

Here are some Easter pics. I know I am late but it will have to do for now. My whole side of the fam decided to beat the snow and head down to the nice warm weather. Here we are at the park not even paying any attention to Clint photographing us.

This pic is before I started scarfing my face with coconut pie, homemade ice cream, chips and salsa, french fries, and jamba juice to name a few of my favs haha. This month I am going to start some aqua aerobics classes at the gym and cut back on the sweets. Wish me luck cause I really am going to need it.

23 weeks and feeling just ok

2009-04-03T21:13:00.002-07:00

Well here it is 23 week belly! Clint thought it was a good idea to snap this shot on his cell phone this morning right after I chugged that nasty glucose drink before I had to go to the doctor. As far as nausea goes, I have good days and bad days. I really only get sick at nightime which is a serious improvement from 24 hours a day and that just started getting better 8 days ago. I'll keep you updated if anything exciting happens.

Baby Bump

2009-02-23T00:55:00.003-07:00

So here it is by popular demand the infamous baby bump at 17 weeks. I know that it does not look like much but none of my pants fit not even my biggest pants I have ever owned. I have gained a whoppin 1 pound. I guess my hips are just widening and I hate it. I am still sick throwing up every day and nauseated all day. The Dr. said "oh you should start feeling better any day now" and that my friends was at 14 weeks. I have surpassed that by almost a whole month without any relief. On a better note, I failed to post the sex of the baby. Drum roll please........................ Its a little princess yeah! We are excited but we are already fighting over names. I knew it would be trouble considering we couldn't even decide on the same ceiling fans for our new house hahaha

So here she is at 15 weeks old. We decided we couldn't wait so we participated in the 4D ultrasound. She was such a little movie star look at that zoolander pose haha.

Cruising and being Sick

2009-02-07T13:26:00.004-07:00

Sorry its been sooooooo long this baby is really kicking my bootie! I have been sick every day all day since week seven. I will have to admit that this is one of the hardest things that I have had to go through but I know it is well worth every vomit haha. On a better note Clint and I decided that a cruise is something we needed to do before we became parents. A couple of our friends had the same idea so yup we planned a cruise. We flew to Miami and stayed there for a couple days and then went on a cruise to key west, Cozumel Mexico and back to Miami. We had a blast here are some pics of our adventure.

Getting a sunburn the first day in Miami was not in the itinerary

Here we are on our balcony in Miami in our hotel. I am not sure what we are doing ha!

Sunset after snorkeling in Mexico sooooo much fun!

Virgin daiquiris and red bull is how we roll

All dressed up for dinner

The girls riding bikes in Key west

The southernmost part of the United States of America

This evil parrot just on the side of the road who took a bite out of everybody's arm

Just the girls hanging out while the men win some money in the casino

The best part of the boat. yup water slides!

Breakfast on south beach

Last night of vaca tan and tired

Does The "Plus" Sign Mean Boy or Girl

2008-12-05T22:42:00.007-07:00

So it is true. Christie is pregnant which means one thing: I will be a slave for the next 9 months or longer.

So here is the story. Christie was 5 days late and she decided to take a test. Negative. She had been on and off each month so we figured for her it was normal. 8 days later, Thanksgiving Day, another test. What to our eyes could this be. Positive. I was so excited to tell everyone but she didn't want to believe it at first. 4 hours later she decided to confirm with another test and again positive.

I was able to keep this exciting news a secret for 6 1/2 hours. At Thanksgiving dinner i kept bringing up pregnancy topics to start a conversation. Finally her father asks "when are you guys having kids." Right then i blurted out "About 9 months or so." The family was so excited to hear the great news. I figured since her whole family was with us for Thanksgiving it would be a good time to share.Of course being so excited I also called my whole family and told them too.

We told everyone that we were not going to tell friends until we went to the doctor and felt it was a good time so please don't tell anyone else. We finally came up with telling everyone else and posting this blog Christmas Day.

What was the first mistake I made? Telling The family members.

The secret was kept for one week until we found out that Christies mom told everyone at her work in Richfield. (Everyone that she works with travels from cedar city once a week with the dermatologist) Also christie used to work with all of them and is good friends with a few. Christies sister then told 1 person at Applebees (where christie also used to work for 5 years) and anyone that knows how quickly news travels in Utah, its fast.

Second Mistake? Going to applebees to eat with two of our good friends in cedar city.

Right after we sat down we had someone ask Christie if there was anything she wanted to tell her and we played it off the best we could. (We thought we were still good) 5 minutes later, the girl her sister told comes to the table to congratulate us and let us know how excited she was to hear that she was pregnant. So Mike and Laura, you were pretty much the first friends to find out on accident. By the end of the meal the manager came up and said, "congratulations, i heard you were pregnant."

So here we are telling you 3 weeks earlier than planned so that hopefully you don't hear it from someone else.
We are very excited to find out what it is and can't wait to have the little bundle of joy in our home.

Here is Christie holding her tests. Of course she didn't believe the first one, so hey!!! lets take another. (this was the second picture taken. you will find out why we took 2 when you see the next pic.)

I told her to take a picture with her tests and the picture says it all. She put them against her cheek right next to her mouth. So gross. the cap may be on the end but still, gross. The funny thing is it didn't even cross her mind until i said something. Then she became disgusted of what she just did.

Catching Up

2008-11-24T00:56:00.005-07:00

Wow we apologize for be so incoherently busy that we could not keep our friends and family updated on our exciting life. Yes, we still only have our cellular devices for our picture taking moments so it will have to do. Here are some random pics we had on our cell phones so bare with the randomness.

So here is by far the most random event of all time. Here is the story of my pet rooster/chicken. One beautiful morning I was awakened by the noise of a cock-a-doodle-doo. Yes, and keep in mind this is in Las Vegas. I stumble down the stairs trying to talk myself out of what I was hearing. Sure enough to my wondering eyes may appear a rooster/chicken in my front yard. I am not sure what the difference is between a rooster and a chicken since this is the first time I have been close enough to see a real life one (lame I know). I tried to steer that stupid thing into the road or even into someone else's yard. This scheme worked for ummmm about 5 minutes then there that stinking thing was again in my yard. I am pretty much the most pathetic animal lover there is to man so I figured this monster was hungry since it was at our house for 5 days. I decided that dog food was a good choice. Bad choice! that monster stuck around so i stopped with the feeding hoping it would get hungry enough to go back to where it came from. Sure enough it was gone. I was kind of sad when I found that it left because it was always exciting to come home and check if it was still there. I got over that sadness within minutes. If anyone has seen my friend make sure he is in a good yard:)

Clint had some friends from Phoenix visiting so we decided to take the to the Mandalay Bay shark aquarium. We had tons of fun. There is something about aquatic life that amazes me. I could have been there all day watching their every move.

Here is Dora the fish. She is so famous I couldn't''t resist getting a picture with her.

Cell phone pic gotta love it NOT!

A SHARK yikes. This is the one of reasons I avoid the ocean. The second if Jellyfish.:O

Can you believe I was touching the same animal that killed the croc hunter! Danger is my middle. Christie Danger Fink sounds soo good doyou agree?

Here are Brian's little boys. Mason is on the left and Kenny on the right sitting on Brian's grave site in Panguitch

Here is cash in his beloved bee costume for Halloween. Doesn't he look like he loves it hahaha just kidding. I swear I am not an animal torturer.

We tried to capture the action of him trying to shake that dang thing off but it was not budging poor little cash. At least he was warm:)

Thank You

2008-11-02T13:21:00.002-07:00

As everyone knows the funeral services were held last saturday on the 25th. The day was beautiful. I just wanted to thank those of you who came and showed your support and love for Brian as well as our family. I know that Brian would be pleased to see some of his closest friends and family show up. Some traveled over 2 thousand miles to be there.

We appreciate the love, support and prayers that you have given us during this time. We would not be able to make it through without them. Its amazing how families and friends come together when a crisis arises. It makes you realize how close we really are and the love we have for each other.

I am grateful to know that families can and will be together for all of time. Nothing can take us apart. Although Brian is not physically with us now, he will always be in our hearts, thoughts and prayers and in everything we do. Brian is now in the greatest place and we will soon see him again.

Thank you all for everything.

Obituary

2008-10-23T15:00:00.004-07:00

This is the obituary that is being posted in the newspapers on friday and sunday.

Brian VerMon Fink

Our beloved Brian returned to the arms of his Heavenly Father on October 21, 2008. Although Brian lived most of his life in Phoenix, AZ, he was born in Panguitch, UT on 10/21/08 unexpectedly during the infamous Barney family deer camp. Brian attended school in both Phoenix and Cedar City excelling in academics and athletics. He especially enjoyed playing and coaching soccer. He served an LDS mission in Lima, Peru where he was dedicated to serving others and spreading the gospel.
He met the love of his life Caytlin Rochelle Staples Fink and married in the Manti Temple where they were sealed for time and all eternity on May 28, 2004. Brian loved his small children Mason and Kenny and worked hard to provide them with the very best. They were his pride and joy.
He was happiest outdoors spending time hunting, camping, fishing, and riding his four wheeler and dirt bike with his kids and family. Brian had a generous heart. He was hard working and always put others before himself. He had a quick wit and a contagious laugh. He always made us smile and was a joy to be around. We love you Brian. You will be deeply missed.
Brian is survived by his wife Caytlin Staples Fink. His sons: Mason Brian Fink (3) and Kenneth Gordon Fink (6 Months). Mother and father: Dan and Louise Fink. Brothers and sisters: Danielle and (Jarrett) Roe, Brandon Fink, Clint and (Christie) Fink, Stephanie Fink, Becky Fink and Shelly Fink. Grandparents: Twyla Sue Fink, VerMon and Catherine Barney. Nieces and nephews: Sydney, Jocelyn, Ashley, and Emily Roe, Braden Loveland.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 10:00am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1450 S. 800E. Orem, UT 84097. A visitation will be held Friday October 24, 2008 from 6-8pm and Saturday 9-9:45am before the funeral Services at the same location. Interment: Panguitch City Cemetery 4:00pm
A memorial account has been set up at Zions Bank in the name of Brian Fink Memorial Donation.

Funeral Services

2008-10-21T18:16:00.010-07:00

Sorry. there was an update to the address from when i posted this morning. Iput provo as the city but the funeral is in Orem. For those who don't know they are cities right next to each other. I have edited the post so what you see below is now correct.

Its day 2 and emotions are still just wandering. Until this afternoon it has felt as though this still isnt real and your just waiting for him to walk through the door or give a call. We finally had the opportunity to go visit Brians body. Reality has finally kicked in. It was so hard to even walk through the doors just knowing that your brother is on the other side and not going to beable to greet, hug or talk to you. Our family has never had a more emotional time, but just glad to be together for it all. The strongest one in the family was Brians 3 year old, Mason. He kept telling his mother to not cry and that he would be there to help and that she can be happy. He is such a strong spirit. Every action, look and saying is just like Brian. He is his walking image. Everyones support has been great and we are so grateful to have such friends and family to be there for us. We appreciate that.

This is what i have found out so far with the funeral services

The services will be held in Orem, UT and the burial in Panguitch, UT

Friday 10/24 Viewing 6pm -8pm

Saturday 10/24 Viewing 9am-9:45am

Funeral 10am

All services in Provo will be held at his church center.
1450 So. 800 E.
Orem, UT 84097

The burial and dedication will be held in Pangutich, UT at 4:00pm

Panguitch City Cemetary located on the east end of Panguitch as you are heading out of town on highway 89

A Memorial fund has been set up and donations can be made at any Zions Bank locations. The account name is Brian Fink Memorial Donation

BRIAN FINK WILL BE MISSED

2008-10-21T09:21:00.003-07:00

For those of you that havn''t heard my brother, Brian Fink passed away last night. We are currently in shock and denial and its been a rough morning full of prayers and tears. We know whats happened and just don't want to believe it.

Its just so suprising that within one moment someones life could change dramatically. I am just very blessed that we had the opportunity to spend last weekend with him during the deer hunt. He was doing so well and looked great.

He was a very good person and loved his family very much. He would do absolutely anything for them. He just turned 27 on sunday, 10/19, and he sounded good. He will be leaving behind his wife Caitlyn of 4 1/2 years and his two handsome sons 3yr Mason and 6month Kenneth

We love you Brian very much and you are going to be extemely missed. You make up so much of our family and i know were a great influence on all of us. You were definitely someone to look up to. Our prayers are with your family. They will be taken care of. I am glad we have the gospel in our lives. Its something we can turn to at all times. The best part is to know that we will be able to see you again. Again we love you.

I am at a block for words at this point. The whole family will be reuniting in provo by this afternoon. We should know what the plans are by tomorrow and i will do my best to keep everyone informed.

WEEKEND TO SAN DIEGO/BIRFDAY

2008-09-20T08:56:00.015-07:00

Happy birthday to me YEAH

On Wednesday night before my birthday I came home to a delightful surprise. Yep finally got bar stools for my kitchen and .......

The beautiful back splash that I have been wanting forever. My little babe put together the bar stools. So with the help of Megan ( well she probably did most of it) they put up the back plash up while I was at work. What a surprise. I thought that was enough. Nope, then on my bday Clint gave me some perfume and a new coach purse. Loved them. Then he took me to get some sushi and fillet Mignon. Wow what a great day. Thanks babe and thanks Megan for everything.

I think I need some new canisters. Green is my least fav color and they totally don't go now what do you think.

We took a short trip to San Diego. We went deep sea fishing. Can I say WOW it was so much fun. We had to catch the live bate in our hands and poke them in the nose and you had to change it every 3 minutes. Can you say fun. Well I caught two fish both pink and too small boo. Everybody else was catching tons of fish one foot away from me. I could not figure out what I was doing wrong. Clint said I smelled to nice to go fishing and the fish don't like that. Haha what a bunch of crock.

I hate this shirt for 1 it says snorkeling is sexy and 2 it is the most disgusting color of yellow I have ever seen.

random picture of daisy with a pink dress I found for 2 dollars. She hates it but I love it so it stays on.

deep seaing it nice sunset huh. We couldn't take pics of our fish cause our stinking hands would never dry out at sea and we only have cell phone cameras cause yep I broke another one.
Back of the boat everyone said the back is the best fishing I think they lied so they could get all of the fish dang them.

We also went to San Diego zoo. We had so much fun. I love going to zoos because I am such an animal lover. The only animals I don't like are the boring birds and the snakes yuck and scary.

We watched the gorillas forever they are so much like humans it kind of freaked me out. I told Clint I want a monkey and of course he says no every time

Oh the Polar bear was such a show off. He or she was so pretty I want a polar bear for a pet too.

We also went to the temple. This is where we got sealed and we have not been back since. It was prettier than I remember. I was so grateful to be able to go back.

the temple at night which is now our new screen saver

Look at that. I love the San Diego temple because you can see it from the freeway. You go around a turn and there it is sitting on top of a hill perfect in every aspect.

LABOR DAY

2008-09-20T08:45:00.005-07:00

Sorry these are so old but I have been so busy. The fink fam rented a huge cabin up on paragonah mountain. It was a blast just relaxing four wheeling and hangin out with the fam.

Family pic. Everybody hates these

The grand kids and the grand parents so adorable huh?

Sidney, Jocelyn, Mason, and Bradaen

This picture would have been good if I had showered and Clint would not have worn his stupid orthodontics t-shirt that he oh so loves. Webster's orthodontics there is your walking advertiser.

Four wheeling

Oh sexy babe in his cool gear and his cool dirt bike

Quail Lake

2008-08-16T23:34:00.004-07:00

Clint and I both had the day off yesterday so we decided to head up to Utah and enjoy the cooler weather at Quail Lake with our friends the Romney's. We had such a blast because we haven't seen them for so long and their little boy Cohen is so big. Clint and I could not get over how good of a baby he is. He was like a little baby statue, not even a little peep while we were there. We had a blast wake boarding, wake surfing, and eating budding meat sandwich's.

Here is Clint and Cam showing off how much they love each other by wake surfing together BFFL.

This is me trying to attempt this wake surfing thing. I was a little frightened by the fact I could fall and become decapitated by the propeller

Best Baby in the world and Lindsay. Look at those cheeks resting on his life jacket so cute.

Clint catching a little bit of air

and of course me catching even bigger air. Not really haha

Cam would not let go of the dang rope and insisted on holding on until we found his surf board again and his face is priceless.

Me and my babe after a long fun day at the Lake. A little wind blown don't you think

24th of July

2008-07-31T22:48:00.006-07:00

Well we have had the pictures for some while but we never had time to post. So Clint uploaded the pictures and I am adding the text. I decided I had time to post since all of my patients are sleeping. It has been so busy lately because all my patients are catching respiratory infections. That means a lot of antibiotics, vital signs, and charting charting charting! I will have to admit that charting is my least favorite part of nursing. I am always worried that I am going to get sued so I always make my charting very thorough. So for the 24th of July Clint was able to go to Panguitch to visit his family and see parade, ride horses, four wheelers and dirt bikes and hang out with all the cousins, nephews and nieces. I was SO mad because i had to work. Now i know how Clint feels when i go do something when hes working. Not fun at all. Plus to top it off i had to stay at home by myself at night without the puppers because we decided to control the pet population and took the dogs to get fixed. For me in Vegas, I didn't get much sleep those couple of days.

Here are the newest twins. They are identical but they are still different sizes.

here is Kenny the newest Fink so cute

Jocelyn always has the mischievous face it is so funny. I always wonder what she is thinking.

Mason hates picking his nose but it looks like his finger is still in his nose and he does not look happy about it.

Braden thought the sirens were too loud for his tender ears.

Panguitch always has the best Candy at the parade. They passed out dog treats, Popsicles, homemade, root beer, and band aides. What a selection huh? Now you know why I was so bummed I missed it.

The only kids on the road. They were willing to risk their lives because there was a float 5 feet away.

This is the highlight of the Panguitch parade. The kazoo band. These very old ladies play a kazoo . You can never really hear the tune but it is the funniest thing that you will ever see I just laugh and laugh for the rest of the day.

Look at my little metro cowboy. I still try to tell him he needs to wear the attire if he is going to ride a horse like a cowboy.

What a good uncle he is. Rid em cowboy giddy up!

Waving like a cheeseball

Here is my worst fear flashing right before me. TWINS. This generation is Clint's side of the family. I am doomed. They say it skips a generation and I am going to be up next. Already three hopefully no more.

All grand kids all tuckered out from a long day of races and candy.

ROCK CLIMBING

2008-07-31T22:11:00.002-07:00

So a few weeks ago we got bored and decided to go rock climbing. Me, Clint , Megan and Cody went. Unfortunately Cody had to be the babysitter and watch there baby girl, Emma, while we were there. I thought is was alright, but Clint and Megan had a blast. It was something to do though. Here are some pics of the event.

Here we are just getting our harnesses on. You have to use some special knot on the rope to hold you up. Clint, scouts must have done nothing for you.!!! Thank you Megan for knowing how to tie the knot.

Theres Clint climbing his way to the top. I don't know how he was climbing some of these. He had
such a far reach.

Who's that lady? Who's that lady? Need i say more? I'm at the top. Yay for me.

Its a spider monkey. (For those of you who really thought it was a spider monkey, its not. Its just Clint again.)

Pigeons

2008-07-18T20:25:00.005-07:00

OK so we have had a bit of a problem with the dang pigeons since we have moved to Las Vegas. Everyday there are at least 50 pigeons that sit on our roof and poop all day long. That is a lot of pigeon poop. There have also been some instances where the pigeons have ran into our bathroom window upstairs. When this happens the pigeons leave a little "pigeon dust" for evidence. I like to call germ infested dust. One of the pigeons hit the window and fell to the ground and was injured badly. I hate those things but I did feel so bad for this pigeon considering I had to smash it's head with a block to put it out of it's misery and cause I didn't want to put an alive pigeon in the garbage. So Our neighbors got this fake owl and put it on his house and the pigeons stopped going on his house. Instead the pigeons were all on my house. We trekked it over to Wal-mart and bought two fake owls. We were both excited about the owls because we were for sure they were gonna work take a look.

Here is our house with the owl in the top crack kinda small but it is there. This was 15 minutes after the owl was in place and we were so excited.

Then an hour after that I decided to go get the mail and I looked up and there they were four little brave pigeons. Let me remind you that it was hard work getting those owls up cause our house is so tall and it we had to borrow the tallest ladder just so we could jump up on the roof.

Yep still there even if I threw a rock at them. On a positive note there are not 50 to 100 pigeons on that spot, just four brave souls.

A closer look at them looking at the owl hunched over just cracked me up. We have come to the conclusion that a BB gun is the next step in our quest for pigeon free home:)

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

2008-07-13T12:29:00.006-07:00

Wow we have been so dang busy this month. Clint and I have been working like crazy and I have been busy with young women's and the holidays. Last week was girl's camp and we all had a blast. It was really fun to get to know the girl's personalities a little better. We were lucky enough that we did not have any serious problems while we were up there. They participated in a bunch of fun activities like the zip line. I had a blast on that thing because I had never been on one in my whole life. I decided to let go of the rope and hang backwards. Needless to say, I hung straight upside down and facing backwards. My poor little head almost ran right into a huge tree but I finally looked up at the split second.

Me and some of the girl's at camp don't we look beautiful:)

Here I am sitting in my "princess chair as the girl's call it because it was pink just like everything else I own.

This was the funnest game we played at girl's camp. It's kinda weird and I am not sure of where it was derived from but It got a lot of laughs. If anybody would say "Mine" they had to do five real pushups. Here is sis Connelly doing the pushup's the girl way so she had to so ten. I was lucky enough to never fall for that trick even though they tried to the end.

Who knew a Mountain in Nevada and hour from Las Vegas would be this pretty. Mount Charelston is what it is called

For one of our activities, we had a pool party. I stayed in the hot tub the entire time because the pool was a little too chilly for me. I can't wait till we start our own pool so I can keep it at the perfect temperature ( you know bath water temperature hahahahah)

Here is our bishop. He looks like he was smoking a little somthin somethin just kidding he is the nicest guy ever!

more pool party pics

And more pool party pics

Here are my fellow leaders at girl's camp. Doesn't sis Zonner's (middle hair look so wonderful) it was my idea everyone loved it.

Here is the video of me on the zip line. It takes awhile but you have to be patient it was the funnest 5 seconds ever!

Poor Little Computer:(

2008-06-28T11:45:00.003-07:00

Well if you haven't noticed I have not had anything to post for awhile and that is because my attention derived jack Russell terrier decided to jump on the computer cord and made it fall straight on the Internet air card and busted the computer input. So yep we were out of commission for awhile. Thank heavens we have a good warranty on the darn thing so we took it to best buy and they fixed it for free 99 (my favorite price). Anyways it seemed forever. It actually ended up being only 3 weeks but it felt like a year. I will get some good stuff up soon even though nothing has really happened.

Disneyland

2008-06-04T14:52:00.007-07:00

Well we finally made it on a vacation! Clint and I decided that neither of us have been to disneyland in quit a while. Clint has only been there once when he was 8 and I have been there twice and the last time was when I was 15 yikes. It has been a long time since we have been able to just leave and go to disney land spur of the moment. Sunday night Clint's boss thought it would be nice to give him four days off so we packed up on monday and left for California. Now that we live in las vegas it is only 3 1/2 hours away to disneyland. We arrived there at about 6 on Monday night and we met up with our cousin Tandy who lives there. We ate ice cream and I finally was able to see their new addition Ella. The next morning we woke up at 7 and darted off to disneyland. We were able to ride all of the rides and we were there till 9 that night. It was a long day of fun but we had the best time ever. I really felt like I was twelve again and nothing can really compare to that feeling.

Here is Beauty and the beast.

Belle was even prettier in person which is pretty hard to do because she is one of my favorite Disney characters

Here is Ariel. She was not as pretty as belle but I had to take a picture because she is my favorite character of all time

Well here it is the very last ride of the day splash mountain. We waited until after the parade and we sprinted to splash mountain and we got right on the ride. To my disadvantage it was getting dark and I got stuck in front row because my husband was being a big baby! I got drenched I had to take my top of and change into a jacket. p.s i even put my hair in a very tight bun and it still got drenched.

I was trying to get that dang sword out of the stinking ground but I had no luck at all.

At night the princess castle lights up pink and purple my two favorite colors so I had to take a snap thanks stranger for taking it for us.

Can we say creepy ! this is me when I am old. This just depresses me:(

Here is Clint hahaha he has a permafrown

Honey I shrunk the audience is still as funny as ever our favorite part when the dog sneezes on you is not part of the show booooo !

Jungle safari! that poor zebra is being eaten by the lions:(

HAha isn't it funny to see a grown man on a merry go round cause I do

here is thunder mountain is was not as scary as I could remember but it was still fun!

Here we are on the Davy Crockett canoe ride. As you can see we were not paddling and the guides had to help most of the way because my arm started hurting and there were like 5 kids on the canoe. By the end of the ride the guides were sweating and we kind of felt bad oh well pictures are sometimes more important right?

I wanted a picture of us with some mickey ears so we went into the store and found our favorite and and took a picture of them without buying them hahaha thanks disney:)

Here is one of our new favorite rides we went on. Finding nemo just opened this year and it was a blast. This was the longest line at disneyland so it took us about an hour to get on but was well worth the wait. It is a big submarine that floats around and has computerized nemo characters with jelly fish and lots of cool stuff. It really is amazing to see this ride and I always wonder how the heck they do it.

This by far is one of the funniest things we saw at disneyland. This little Asian guy was sitting in front of us at the parade and he had one of the biggest cameras I have ever seen hahahaha he was taking pictures of birds that were like 1000 feet away. Still makes me laugh

Trip to the Temple

2008-05-26T14:14:00.003-07:00

Well we decided as young women leaders to take the girls to the temple to show them around. There are a couple of the young women who are recently baptised and had never even stepped foot on temple grounds. Our lessons this month were focused on the temple and temple marriage. It was really amazing to see the girls and their expressions about the temple. We decided to take some pictures there for mother's day for the girl's to give to their mother's for a gift. We also took some pictures for the girls graduation photos. Anyways we had a blast and here are some of the pictures we took.

New Calling

2008-05-01T13:40:00.003-07:00

Well Heavenly father has found a new church calling for me! It does not involve the nursery so I am more than excited. I have been called to the Young Women's Laurel Advisor. Yep I get to go to Girl's camp for the 7th year and I get to hang out with teenagers and go to youth night on Wednesday's. I am a little nervous because I am in charge of doing the lessons on Sunday's and I still feel like a young women myself. I sit in the crowd and I blend right in and that kind of freaks me out! We are planning our weekly activities so if anybody has any good lessons or activity ideas you let me know asap!

Think Twice

2008-04-25T16:04:00.002-07:00

Oh my goodness. I found this article and I could not believe my eyes. This really makes you wonder what is being put into your body. I love all of this food too! I guess not anymore huh!

Top 20 Worst Foods in America

20. Worst Fast Food Chicken Meal - Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 piece) with cream ranch sauce. 830 calories, 55 grams fat, 48 carbs. Add large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.

19. Worst Drink - Jamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 fl. oz.) 900 calories, 10 grams fat, 183 carbs, 166 grams sugar. The beverage contains as much sugar as 8 pints of Ben & Jerry's butter pecan ice cream.

18. Worst Supermarket Meal - Pepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie. 1,020 calories, 64 grams fat, 86 grams carbs.

17. Worst "Healthy" Burger - Ruby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger. 1,145 calories, 71 grams fat, 56 grams carbs.

16. Worst Mexican Entree - Chipolte Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito. 1,179 calores, 47 grams fat, 125 grams carbs, 2,656 mg sodium.

15. Worst Kids' Meal - Macaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese. 1, 210 calories, 62 grams fat, 3, 450 mg sodium. It's like feeding your kid 1 1/2 boxes of Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese.

14. Worst Sandwich - Quiznos Classic Italian. 1,528 calories, 92 grams fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 grams carbs. A large homeade sandwich would more likely provide about 500 calories.

13. Worst Salad - On the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef. 1,450 calories, 102 grams fat, 2,410 mg sodium.

12. Worst Burger - Carl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger. 1,520 calories, 111 grams fart.

11. Worst Steak - Lonestar's 20 oz. T-bone. 1,540 calories, 124 grams fat. Add a baked potato and Lonestar's Signature Lettuce Wedge and this is a 2,700 calorie blowout.

10. Worst Breakfast - Bob Evan's Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed hotcakes. 1.540 calories, 77 grams fat, 198 grams carbs, 109 grams sugar. Five Egg McMuffins yield the same caloric cost as this stack of sugar-stuffed flapjacks, which is truly a heavy breakfast, weighing in at a hefty pound and a half.

9. Worst Dessert - Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream. 1,600 calories, 78 grams fat, 215 grams carbs. Would you eat a Big Mac for dessert? How about three? That's the calorie equivalent of this decadent dish. Clearly, Chili's customers get their money's worth.

8. Worst Chinese Entree - P.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein. 1,820 calories, 127 grams fat, 95 grams carbs. The fat content in this dish alone provides more than 1,100 calories. And you'd have to eat almost five servings of pasta to match the number of carbs it contains.

7. Worst Chicken Entree - Chili's Honey Chipolte Crispers with Chipolte Sauce. 2,040 calories, 99
grams fat, 240 grams carbs.

6. Worst Fish Entree - On the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans. 2,100 calories, 130 grams fat, 169 grams carbs, 4,700 mg sodium. Perhaps the most misleadingly named dish in America. A dozen crunchy tacos from Taco Bell will saddle you with fewer calories.

5. Worst Pizza - Uno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza. 2,310 calories, 162 grams fat, 123 grams carbs, 4,470 mg sodium. Downing this "personal" pizza is equivalent to eating 18 slices of Domino's Crunchy Thin Crust cheese pizza.

4. Worst Pasta - Macaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce. 2,430 calories, 128 grams fat, 207 grams carbs, 5,290 mg sodium. This meal satisfied your calorie requirements for an entire day.

3. Worst Nachos - On the Border Stacked Border Nachos. 2,740 calories, 166 grams fat, 191 grams carbs, 5,280 mg sodium.

2. Worst Starter - Chili's Awesome Blossom. 2,710 calories, 203 grams fat, 194 grams carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.

1. The Worst Food in America - Outback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing. 2,900 calories, 182 grams fat, 240 grams carbs. Even if you split these starters with your friends, you'll have downed a dinner's worth of calories before your dinner arrives.

Sorry for the disappointments

New Addition

2008-04-24T22:17:00.004-07:00

This is the newest addition to the Fink family. This is Daisy Fink. She is 11 weeks old, Jack Russell Terrier and more than a handful. We got her at a puppy store by Clints work on Friday the 18th at 1:18pm.

I went to my cousins on Thursday and they had a jack russell and right then i knew i wanted one so i met clint at the pet store during his lunch break. We both decided that at this time we wouldnt get her. The very next day Clint called me and said i had to come pick up the dog from his work because he bought her behind my back.

So far she has been a good pup. She is going to the bathroom outside every couple of hours and she is very rambunctious. Cash and daisy so far are getting along really well. They like to play and run around the house. Their new favorite game is tug of war. She holds on to the rope as Cash pulls her around the living room. She has some cute little habits too. Whenever she yawns she squills. It is the cutest thing ever. I decided to paint her toenails pink today because I have always wanted to do that but I have always had boy dogs. We are loving her already and we are excited to teach her some good tricks like wishbone the dog!

Spring break

2008-03-24T16:41:00.006-07:00

We had soooo much fun this week. My whole family came to Las vegas to visit and we had the most beautiful weather. We went to Lake mead and rented a pontoon boat and had a blast. We also stayed a night at the Wynn hotel which by the way is the nicest hotel in vegas right now. We also took my family to a Cirque De Solei show at Treasure Island. We took my family to the flower show and water show at the Bellagio that they have never been too. I loved to see their reactions on some of the things we had done because most of them were firsts. We had picnics and BBQ's It was so much. It was really good to see my family we miss them now that we live in Las Vegas. Here we are at the Wynn pool it was the most beautiful pool setting I have ever seen sorry there are not any pics of the pool.

New Babies

2008-03-13T21:24:00.000-07:00

Me and Clint drove down to phoenix last night because Clint's sister Dani had her twin babies. Here they are. The bigger one is Emily and the smaller one is Ashley. They shared the same sac and placenta but had different umbelical cords so they are not sure if they are identical yet but more than likely are. They were so tiny and I had so much fun with them. It kind of made me a little baby hungry but not enough to actually have one:( We took our other nieces to the zoo to give mommy a rest and we had a blast. I love seeing little kids and animals. They get so excited about everything and it makes me laugh so hard. I will post those pics when I get home. We got some cute ones. Ta Ta for now!

a new dog maybe

2008-03-11T14:11:00.000-07:00

Since Taji passed away our other little dog cash has been so lonely and sad! He just walks around the house with a stuffed animal in his mouth and he wants to play all the time and we NEED to find him a friend. We have been searching for awhile now for a dog and I think we may have found one that we like. It is a chihuahua/pug mix. He is 8 weeks old and as you can see is very very very cute. I really didnt want another dog especially a puppy because we just bought this house and it has no dog pee in it and I really dont want any pee but I may have to just leave him outside until he is potty trained:)

Babysitting

2008-03-11T13:19:00.000-07:00

Now that we live in las vegas we have been babysitting our niece a lot and she is so cute. For those who do not know her this is Emma Taylor Christensen. She is the daughter of my brother Cody and his wife Megan. She is so freaking cute. She does the funniest thing ever but its kinda hard to explain oh well here it goes. When someone squints their nose and blows through it fast and hard she does the same thing it is the funniest thing you would have to see it. She is 8 months old and very adorable.

Brian Head

2008-02-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

Me and clint decided to take the day off and go snowboarding. It was beautiful and we had a blast. The weather was so good that I didnt even need a jacket. Here are some of our pictures I took

Rolls anyone

2008-02-29T17:59:00.000-07:00

Well I finally decided to master the art of rolls or breadmaking as some people call it. I had never really known the science behind roll making. There are chemical reactions and temperature modifications throughout the entire process. Anyways I had recieved a kitchen aid for christmas this year but I have not been able to use it because it has been packed away. I finally found it and decided to make my mom's famous rolls. Let me just tell you one thing, I DID IT and they tasted exactly like my mom's. The only bad part is that there are some people who know that I can make them and I have a feeling they are going to be asking for them a lot. Oh well you can just call me Betty Fink!

2008-02-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

This video really made me cry hope it doesnt have the same effect on you!

2008-02-16T17:10:00.000-07:00

Me and clint in the car being very bored as usual. I still really havnt got over taji's death yet. I think about him all of the time and I think about how I maybe could have prevented his death. I have been trying to keep myself preoccupied with things but it is not helping at all. I think that time is going to be the best medicine for my problem.

Some Pictures

2008-02-16T16:36:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of pictures of our house. I really havnt decorated yet but I will post some after I decorate. These pictures do not really do it any justice but here you go........

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I need some help PLEASE

2008-02-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

I know that I am retarded but I really cannnot seem to figure out how to make my blog a little better looking. I kind of tried but I am just lazy and need someone to tell me how to get a better layout and background. If you have any suggestions I would really like them so everyone does not have to look at our ugly blog anymore. Thanks a billion

Taji will be missed

2008-02-13T19:06:00.000-07:00

Well If you havnt already heard that our beloved chihuahua has passed away. It was very tramatic and very sad. I decided to write about it because I am trying to get over the situation. It all started about 6 days ago when me and Clint were sleeping and heard Taji jump off of our very high bed. This was really wierd for him becuase he never has ever jumped off of our bed. He apparently had to go to the bathroom really really bad. So over the next couple of days he was just not acting like himself. He started eating a lot and drinking a ton of water. I really thought it was weird but he wasnt acting like he was sick. We went to Utah for clint's dad's birthday on Sunday and Taji was breathing really hard and really fast. Most dogs repirations are usually between 30 and 40 breaths a minute and Taji's were about 80- 90. There were no vets open that would not cost a bizillion dollars so we waited till the morning and took him in at 7 a.m. when they opened. They ran some blood work and took some x-rays and told us he was fine and sent him home. That night he was not fine as he would fight for every breath he took and he was walking weird and panting while he was breathing. His pupils were fixed and would were nonreactive to light and his nuerological status was really poor. We then decided to take him back in that next morning and they immediatly put him on oxygen and gave him pain medications. We still had no idea what was the matter and he was getting worse by the minute. The vet wanted to listen to his heart but his respirations were too deep to hear it. They decided to sedate him and after the sedatitive was administered he experienced a seizure. The vet then administered Valium to stop the seizure and that is when he stopped breathing. They called me and told me that they were performing cpr on him and I had told them to continue until I got there. At 11:05 Taji had passed away and we are still wondering what it might have been from. I think He may have hit his head on the fall from our bed and suffered a hemmorhagic stroke. There really was no way to find out. We took his little body home and decided to bury him at our house so we could go visit it frequenlty. We had a little ceramony with me clint and cash. I know that he was just a dog but he was our first child. Clint got him for me 6 years ago for Valentines day and I enjoyed every minute I had with him. Thanks for listening to me ramble. We will miss him dearly

Its the month of Love

2008-02-09T02:12:00.000-07:00

Well I guess that it is February now and I take my test in 10 days and still freaking out. Other than that me and Clint have had fun in vegas so far. We live approximatly 1 block from the nearest target, wal-mart, jamba juice (love that place), Outback steakhouse, APPLEBEES, and Ross dress for less. So if I need anything I just walk( yeah right I would never walk even if it is that close). So we are really enjoying the convience of the location of our house. Clints sisters came to vegas from Cedar to visit for superbowl and we had fun that weekend. Here is a little bit of what we did. We went to a getto ice skating ring and decided that we were the only white people there and left, then went to olive garden, then to the stratosophere to ride some rides. Me and clint almost lost our lives on this outrageous teetertotter on top of the stratosphere. The thing is held on by a magnet, yes a magnet what the crap were we thinking. I really wasnt scared till we actully were waiting in line on the stratosphere and the wind was blowing like a mad dog then I really got scared. I finally had decided that it was the scariest ride I have been on and I really dont get scared of rides that often and I have been on a lot of rides. Anyways we watched the superbowl in DVR and skipped the game and went straight to the commercials which by the way were not very impressive. On thursday clint and I traveled back to our little hometown of cedar to go snowboarding. I couldnt walk the next day but we had a blast. The highlight of the trip was when me and clint decided to go on the off trails and got stuck in the snow with our feet sticking striaght up and our heads in the 5 feet of snow. It was so funny we just sat there for a good 10 minutes laughing and resting in our snow couch. Well I think I'm rambling now so I will stop but I will keep you all posted of our exciting life.

We are now vegas residents

2008-01-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a long journey to Las Vegas but we are here and we are ready for anything. We moved here on December 31,2007 into my brother's house. They are so nice to let us live with them for awhile until our brand new house we bought closes. We all know that closing a house takes quite awhile but we are expecting to move in the first of next week. I am so excited to have a new house and my little children back. I have seriously missed them dearly. I know that it sounds weird to miss dogs but I really did because they are like my children. Clint is working at verizon surprise surprise I am studying for the NCLEX test so that I can officially work as a registered nurse in Nevada. I have scheduled the test for February 18th and I am freaking out about it and I have been studying like crazy for this dreadful test. Vegas so far has not been as bad as I had thought it would. I have seen 3 accidents so far in front of my eyes. I have a bad feeling that my Cedar driving skills may cause me to crash in this town. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Clint now has to take the keys out of car and lock it while he goes into the gas station Finally! I warned him in Cedar that it could get stolen even though it is a small town, of course it never did, but now he knows that it will get stolen. We have 2 of the most basic cars with stock rims and stock everything hopefully that makes people not want to steal our cars. Other than that I really have enjoyed everything about Vegas except traffic. There is always somewhere new to eat and new to shop. This could be a bad thing because it does get expensive. I am excited for the journey ahead and I will keep you all posted about our life in Vegas. I will post some pictures of our house as soon as somebody can help me find the camera storage unit so it may be awhile!