In loving memory.....

Our dancing angel, Kaitlyn Mariah Adams, returned home to her Heavenly Father on April 12, 2010 at the age of 16 after a courageous 5 year battle with cancer. She was born in Salt Lake City on February 12, 1994 to Shane Adams and Carolyn Horne-Adams. Kaitlyn lived to dance and was a member of the Taylorsville High School Chirons drill team and served as its sophomore representative this past year. She fulfilled her dream this past March by performing a solo, one that she choreographed, at the National Competition in New York City. She received a 100% score for attitude and showmanship and a standing ovation. Kaitlyn was an inspiration to everyone who knew her. She always had a positive attitude and strong will. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Kaitlyn is survived by her mother, Carolyn Horne-Adams, father and stepmother, Shane and Amy Adams, sister, Shannon, brothers, Jaxton, Hayden and Jake, all of Kearns. Grandparents Chris and Kathy Horne of Kearns, Robert and Karen Adams of Taylorsville, Nyle and Julie Robinson of Nephi, great-grandparents Ken and Phyllis Ingram and Ann Denece Robinson all of Nephi, her two best friends that never left her side, McKenzie and Zandalee and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be held Friday April 16, 2010 at 11:00am at the Bennion Heights 5th Ward, 5775 South, 2700 West, Taylorsville, Utah. A viewing will be held Thursday April 15, 2010 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Redwood Memorial Mortuary , 6500 South Redwood Road and one hour prior to services at the church. Interment will be at the Redwood Memorial Cemetery at 6500 South Redwood Road following services.

A memorial fund as been established in Kaitlyn's name at Cyprus Credit Union.

We'll miss you, sweet girl, until we meet again..........

A new post!

I know, I really, really SUCK at this blogging thing! I just don't have time :D I only have a full time job, three sons, two daughters, a scrapbooking obsession, a new PhotoShop obsession and so on and so on.....LOL!

Anyways--some of you may have known, some may not, but Shane was laid off on February 16th (2 days before my birthday--Happy Birthday to me!). We knew his project was ending, but he was told he would have a job until Feb 26th, an ending bonus and then help with transferring to a new project either in Orem or at the Salt Lake Convergys, so the layoffs on the 16th were a bit of a surprise. After a MAJOR bout of panicking on my part, I realized that we were luckier than most. First, we had just gotten our taxes done and were lucky enough to be getting a decent refund. Second, I've started getting into couponing and so we started building up our food storage in December. Third, we have the AWESOMEST parents in the world! Shane's parents are always sending over juice and treats and groceries and of course my parents are always there to help too! So, we cut back spending, shopped A LOT out of food storage (ours and Shane's parents'!) and just prayed a lot. Shane was spending every day applying for jobs, sending out resumes and just talking to people all day and I just kept working and talking to everyone I could think of that might be able to help. Then, on March 5th his sister told him about a job opportunity at Wells Fargo. He applied online that day, the called him the next day to set up a phone interview for March 8th. After that they had him come for a face to face interview on March 9th and on March 10th they hired him! Talk about relief!

His training starts on March 29th, so at this point he has just over a week to get my honey-do list done (ha ha!) and then he'll be back to work. The best parts of all of this are that this job is in Salt Lake, no more driving, it will be seven weeks of training and then his regular daytime schedule will start, he'll be making more money and they have GREAT benefits! I was so distraught over him not being able to stay at Convergys and if he had, he never would have gotten this opportunity!

It was a nice reminder of something I try to live by:
Everything happens for a reason, you just have to patient!

Anyways, friends. I cannot promise more blogging, but I'll try! If you want pictures, you will have to see my Facebook page :P

Love you all!

Catch up

I know, I NEVER blog! There's just been a lot going on lately! Some of you may know and some may not, but Shane lost his job about 3 weeks ago and so things have been stressful! We're taking it one day at a time and luckily Shane has an interview tomorrow, so keep us in your thoughts tomorrow!

The boys are growing and growing! Jaxton is wrestling now and it's so funny to watch! His first tournament was definitely a learning experience for him, but he LOVES it! He asks every day if it's a wrestling day. And Hayden is getting so big. He makes me laugh every day with some of the things he says! Like today, we called Aunt Nichole to wish her a Happy Birthday and after Hayden talked for a minute, he hung up on her! I asked him why he didn't wish her a happy birthday or tell her that he loved her and he said, "I forgot!" Cracks me up! And Jake is just a little monster! He's standing now and almost walking and he crawls around here so fast! He loves being in the bedroom with the other boys and right in the middle of whatever they're doing.

Work is still work and I'm so lucky to be where I am! I have some many wonderful friends at TOSH and I don't know what I'd do without them. It's such a good place to be. I love you guys!

I have a new friend too! My sweet brother-in-law has a new special someone in his life and I ADORE her! She's so funny and we have a lot in common and it's nice to talk with someone who understands a lot of things about my life.

Life has its ups and downs, but luckily for me, I have a great support system to catch me on the downs and to share the ups with.

I'll try to blog more! And hopefully this week I'll get some videos of Jaxton wrestling up!

Jake crawls!

I know, I really suck at this blogging thing, I just never remember to do it.....but, today Jake is 9 months old and last night he started crawling for the first time!

I'm getting sad! My sweet baby boy is growing up too fast! Soon he'll be walking and before I know it he'll be in kindergarten! Cuz I swear, it was five minutes ago that Jax was learning to crawl! And now he's in kindergarten and plays Jr. Jazz and will start wrestling next month.....it's crazy!

2009 has come to an end.....

Well, here we are at the end of 2009. It's been an interesting year! The birth of my third son, the death of my best friend from childhood, family pictures, camping in our new (to us) trailer, Shane totalling another car (heehee) and the ups and downs of a job I adore. It's been a strange year, but I think it's definitely been more good than bad....

I think I'm afraid of what 2010 will bring; certainly no babies for me! But I know it's going to bring death and sadness. Oh, I'm sure there will be happiness too, it's just that right now I only know of the sadness that's coming.

But I do have three wonderful boys, Jax will start 1st grade, Hayden preschool; Jake will turn one and learn to walk and run with the other kids. There'll be lots of trips to Nephi for birthdays and holidays, the Ute Stampede and camping at the 1/2 of 10. There will be parties at Grandma Adams' and Sunday dinners and family reunions.

I know there will be good times, but for today I think I'm sad to see 2009 go and afraid of what 2010 will bring me.

Friends, I wish you every happiness and few tears for 2010. Hold your loved ones tight and please, tell those you love that you love them! Happy New Year everybody :D

Happiness

It's a good day :D It's been a GREAT weekend! Today, Shane and I have been married for six years and we are so happy. Are there things about our life that suck? Sure, but we just do the best we can and take everything a day at a time. It seems like things have been really stressful and really icky for a while, but this weekend was just perfect! Shane's parents took the boys overnight last night so that we could go to the Jazz game. The game was GREAT and it was so nice to not have to race home afterwards! We got to sleep in this morning and then went grocery shopping before we picked up the boys and it was so fun! I made enchiladas for dinner and now we're just hanging out watching Real Salt Lake.

I just got word that one of my good friends got her miracle today and I guess that's really what made me think about my life and just how great things are! It'll be Thanksgiving in a few days and I'm so excited to go to Nephi and spend the day with some of my most favorite people.

I know it's pretty "Capraesque" but it's a pretty wonderful life right now!

Don't tell my husband.

Don't tell my husband, but last night I went on a date with someone else. Yes, I left Shane home, cooking dinner and taking care of the kids and I spent the evening with a younger man. He's so cute and really liked holding my hand as we walked. I had to drive, but I don't mind. I had to pay too......



But he was so sweet! He shared his cotton candy with me (which I bought) and at the end of our date he told me he loved me!





I'm so in love with him......wanna see a picture??

HAHAHAHAHAHA! Now who out there thought I would cheat on Shane???? You people are sick! :D

Yesterday was Jaxton's school carnival, so we had a date, just me and him. It was a pretty fun deal, lots of blowup slides and silly carnival games. Jax went home with a pocketful of silly toys and suckers. And of course, we couldn't leave without cotton candy!

Happy Assday, flooding urinals and perfataping...

Hello friends! I'm enjoying a lovely, rainy Sunday being so lazy! I've had a fun, busy weekend up until now and it's so nice to just hang around the house. Friday we made the mad dash to Hurricane for Shane's nephew Kyle's wedding. It was fun to see everybody and we took some pictures of all the grandkids together; well, except for Zach, Kyle's brother who is on a mission at the moment, but it was fun to see all of the kids together. They're all growing up so fast and now Kyle is married! It's amazing how time flies....
After the wedding we drove into Washington and saw Marci Jo and that was fun too :D Then we dashed over to Jack in the Box for a quick dinner and to let the kids change into their pjs for the long ride back to Nephi. Shane was outside getting stuff from the van and I sent Jax into the bathroom to change. After about a minute I can hear him screaming, "it's flooding, it's flooding!" at the top of his lungs! I run in there and sure enough, the urinal is spewing forth water and he's "trapped" on the other side of the water from the door. After I made him stop screaming and took him into the ladies restroom I asked him what he had done. He said, "nothing Mommy! I unbuttoned my pants and then the water started coming over the edge and I couldn't get out!" I laughed so hard....
We got to Nephi rather late Friday night and then spent Saturday helping in the "KFC" (Ken's Fun Center) that Gramps had built next to Mom and Dad's. We mudded, perfataped, cleaned up garbage, picked up nails and mostly just had a good time. It's kinda nice to help with it and know that everybody's had a part in building this place that we'll all be able to use.

Okay, so let me explain "Happy Assday." Hayden loves to sing the birthday song, but he can't really say birthday. He used to just sing "Happy to yoooooouuuuu," but now he's come up with some sort of "birthday" word, but it sounds for all the world like "assday." He sang it ALL the way to Hurricane and we laughed and laughed. And then when we hit Nephi and was hangin' out with the fam there, we got him to sing it again. Everyone was agreed, it's definitely "Happy Assday!" So that's the new joke.......so for everyone out there who needs a smile, "Happy Assday to yooooooouuuuuuu!"

Can't sleep.....

I can't sleep...so I'll blog a bit, I guess :D I was thinking today about life, specifically my life. Most people probably look at my life and go, "jeez, I'm glad I'm not her..." And some days I wihs things were different, but mostly I love my life.

I adore my husband. He's so wonderful and puts up with so much from me! We have such a great partnership and I just don't see how my life would work without him.

I have three absolutely darling boys that I fall a little more in love with every day. They are constantly amazing me, making me laugh, and showing me the simple joys of life.

I have two beautiful stepdaughters that continually teach me about living life, loving others and adapting to an ever-changing world.

Are there things I wish were different? Absolutely. Are there things I would change? Some, if I could, but mostly no. Everything that happens to us, everything said, done, thought, changed has made a difference in who we each are and who we are as a family. Is it tough to live my life? Some days....but some days it's the best life I could ask for. What I go through, put up with, figure out every day makes me a better, stronger person. And why would I ever want to change that?

Blessings for today...

1. Erica and the rest of the Tuesday night class. You guys ROCK!

2. My very, VERY supportive co-workers! Tracy, Jen, Chandra, Janet especially! Thanks for all your support and help!

3. Shane, thanks for the steak!

4. Oriental Trading Co., they have such cute scrappin' stuff for cheap!

5. My food tracker, because it's teaching me so much about myself!