Broken things to mend...

I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWM4U6gnPE8&feature=share on this blog- www.patrickandashley.blogspot.com
Jefferey R. Holland is one of my favorite apostles- every time he speaks I feel so reasured that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. If you haven't checked out the above blog- do so. It is soooo inspiring. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose a child- and yet this video helps me understand that even the littlest of trials or discouragments can be brought to the Lord. No matter what is going on in our lives, the good and bad, we can always turn to our Father in Heaven and His Son for peace. We just need to keep our heads above the stormy water and TRUST in Him!

New Start...

above-Nolen and Papa Nolte on our visit to Ut. in Aug.

Cousin William

Three of the five brothers...Bryan, Mark and John (at our family reunion)

Grandkids w/ their cool tye dyes!

The amazing cake my sis-in-law Sarah made for my hubby on his bday- The Office!

Grandma Karen w/ Nolen at Bates Nut Farm

Well- I am going to start blogging again. Even though my blog doesn't look the way I want it to- I am ready to become better at "journaling" our family events:) Since it has been FOREVER since my last update- I will just add a few photos from the past few months instead of downloading EVERY picture I have...simplicity- that's how I roll!

Anyway- stay tuned...I hope that I will get better and better at this and have more fun doing it:)

Enjoy.

enough already!

hi there! still alive- yes. just not in the posting mood lately as you can see:) and this one wont even come w/ pictures- sorry! i will get to pictures soon enogh...maybe. but anyway- most of you know by now and if you dont you will NOW- im pregnant- 17 weeks to be exact! wahoo! i look like im 28 weeks pregnant already-probably why there wont be any week by week photos of me...hehe. anyway we are thrilled. i had AWFUL morning sickness and it finally started to go away around week 15 but all of a sudden it surprised me last night- sick as a dog again. what the crap??? other than feeling like i just want to sleep this pregnancy off things are well! like i say- hopefully there will be more posts to come with pictures very soon- cuz we have had a great summer thus far!
buhbye!

3 Years!!!

Take me out to the ballgame...

What? RELAXING?

Ok 1- I am not a good blogger. I find my posts quite boring because I post pictures then just give a short, brief paragraph or two about what happened. I really do wish I had better writing skills! Skills people!

2-I don't think I have ever really posted about my husband- not that I dont want to its just again I seem to just post here there and everywhere pics and then write about them. And Owen is not in my everyday pictures a lot- as he should be because he is a good man!

3- We celebrated our 3rd year anniversary this last weekend! Oh so nice to have Nolen dropped off w his gparents(thank you thank you!!!) and to be able to RELAX!!! We got a GREAT deal at the Hyatt downtown. GREAT deal or we would have had a campout in our backyard. We had a great view and enjoyed waking up in the morning on our own- with no Nolen calling for us:) We also went to another Padres game and had sooo much fun! I love summer ballgames- the atmosphere, the game, the crowds, the smells (kettle corn to be exact!) All together it was just good ol fun!

4- I love Owen Dewey Snead. I will forever.

Family time!

My parents were able to come down last week for a visit along with Matt and Lindsay's family. It is always so much fun when family comes to town. We went to the Padres game and they won 18 to 6! 18!!! NEW RECORD! the game was forever long but so worth it! We also went to the beach a few times and Nolen got to know his cousins Lance and Luke pretty well.

Disneyland!

cute Ella tired of smiling for the camera...

A few weeks ago Nolen and I had a great oppurtunity to go to Disneyland with family! We met up with the Harbertsons, Valenzuelas, Hombs, and Stuckis! Thanks to Gma Karen and Gpa Jim for taking us! Nolen had so much fun for his first time even though he was bit young:) It was nice to have lots of adults so that I could get away on some fun rides myself. You can see in the pictures my cute little niece Ella. She got all dolled up in Cinderella's castle. Such a pretty princess!

Beach Bum

yay for BEACH weather again! Nolen is LOVING the beach. It is is FAVORITE place to be. He LOVES the sand- it ends up in his mouth mostly! The beach to him is a GIANT sand box with cool rocks and waves that he loves to splash in. good thing he loves it so much cuz so does his mama!