Announcing...Nixon Ryan Leavitt...

Yay!! He is finally here!!! I was so anxious to get him here early!! I was showing signs that he would come early and had massages and reflexology done too!! He finally came, but only two days before I was actually due. I had a longer labor than expected, but he was finally born on Friday, July 15 at 7:51am. He was 7 lbs. 15 oz. and 20.5 in. long. My mom was there with me during the whole labor as well as Troy, of course. My mom was amazing as usual. She helped me with my breathing and kept me focused. Thanks mom for being there for all four of my babies births!!

Kentucky Derby Party

Troy and I with our hats on for the party!!

Melanie, Lucy, and Grandpa Leavitt

Ryan and girlfriend Sam

Ron, Lisa, and Alexi

Jason and Carmen






Grandma Leavitt made Lesha some cupcakes for her birthday too!!

Lesha's 4th Birthday

Lesha turned 4 years old!! I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone!! She is so grown up! She loved her "Hello Kitty" cake I made her! That is actually the last time I decide to make the cake though....too much work...and it turned out pretty bad....Lesha loved it though! That is what matters i guess...

Lesha's two little friends: Marah and Sadie

picture-taking????

I am just posting a little note to say I am PREGNANT!!!! I am 17 weeks along and feel pretty good now and am definitely showing a baby belly!!!! I have not been taking pictures at all the last few months I guess because I have not felt that great.... I had some pretty bad days, but that is pretty much gone now--thank goodness!!! I have a friend who is due around the same time as me and she feels awful during her entire pregnancy!! I have a lot to be thankful for!!! I will get back on the picture-taking today and hopefully get posting so you all will get to see some updated pics of me and my family....

Family Time

This is actually a picture the day after we got back from Turks and Caicos. We went to Cardston to pick up kids from Grandma's house (Thanks MOM!!). We went to the Temple to take pictures for fun that day. Mallory, I promise to put up more pictures soon....

Turks & Caicos trip

I haven't blogged in about seven months...this seems so new to me. I have to learn how to do this again! Anyway, I am excited to post these pictures of our trip to Turks & Caicos!! It was such an AMAZING place and I actually wasn't ready to leave when it was time to come home!! No stress, no worries, no cooking, no cleaning...I got to relax and enjoy my time with Troy!! It was so much fun!!! Here are some more pictures....



The beach was incredible!! It was just like I stepped into a brochure article...the ocean was so blue and clear!! My favorite thing was to sit by the ocean and read my book and lay there in the sun by Troy! Troy couldn't sit as long as I could...he went and did some scuba diving trips. He really enjoyed it, but was still wanting to see more ocean life. He found a couple big seashells including a conch shell, but we decided not to bring it home...to stinky! Another reason not to bring another shell was that we couldn't get the creature living in it to come out!!! Aahhhhh good times...I miss the beach and perfect weather already!

There were sixteen different restaurants on the resort. We ate some pretty delicious food!! I ate a lot of fish...swordfish, sole, red snapper, salmon, and shrimp of course. I guess there isn't much lobster in that part of the ocean, so I didn't have that. Lobster is my absolute favorite, but oh well. We drank a lot of smoothies and created a few new non-alcoholic drinks for us to sip on...so good!! My favorite was the "Royal Boat" (coconut cream, pina coloda mix, banana, and ice).


We had a great time at the Beaches resort in "Provo" (as the locals call it) and will definitely go back someday....next time with our kids!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

OK finally (Brenan....who has waited so "patiently") here are some pictures from our Halloween night!! Lesha was a little chinese girl by day and chicken by night. Troy brought back the kids the chinese outfits from china town in Victoria, BC. They are so cute! I will have to get pictures of the boys in their costumes later.
The boys ended up being what they were last year since they still fit the costumes and wanted to be them again. Mason was a clone tropper and Keston was Batman. I was the classic witch that I have been for about five years now. Great costume I picked up while I was in Florida five years ago. Troy took the kids around to the neighbourhood houses and came back with an enourmous amount of candy!!! Way too much!! They had so much fun as usual though!!!


I even put lipstick on Lesha! She loved it!



Micah and Aric brought Jack-the-monkey over to visit!! Ivy was even his little banana!!


I made caramel popcorn balls


I spray painted some pumpkins, but it took quite a few coats and a lot of fumes....hey maybe that is why i liked doing it....

Testing out my computer abilities.....

This is a invitation I made for a primary in-service meeting we are going to be having. I thought it was cool that I could put it on my blog.....so I did...Anyone can come if they want to:)

Make a Smilebox invite

Mason's 7th Birthday!

Mason turned seven years old. I can't believe seven years have gone by already! Seven just sounds really old to me. Anyway, we had a family birthday party on the 29th, his actual birthday. Then, we had a friends birthday party on the following friday. I stuffed toy animals with eight boys and lesha watching. It was pretty wild, but it was fun! Mason loves the party scene!! Happy Birthday Mason!


I thought this was a cute idea: Mason's grade 1 class each wrote something nice about him on a poster and gave it to me him on that day of school. Mason liked it too!

September Happenings...

My BFF Krista came to visit me with her wonderful family. It was such a good visit (as always). Even though our lives are so busy right now, we can always pick up right where we left of when we get together or talk on the phone. You are the best Krista! Love you! Hey, I am craving some homemade tomato cream sauce and meatballs. Could you come make me dinner again? :)


I love Lucy!! My sister-in-law, Melanie, had a baby girl. She is so cute and such a good baby!


Keston's first day of preschool (2nd year). He looks so big to me in this picture!!


Mason's first day of Grade 1!!! I can't believe he is that big already!! He was so excited and ready to start school again after the summer! His best buddy, Shaye, from his kindergarten class ended up being in his grade 1 class, so that was even better!


Carmen, my other sister-in-law, is getting married this Saturday (October 10, 2009). I went to her bridal shower and this was her cake that her friend, Amanda, made. AMAZING!!!


Melanie and I at the shower.

The summer is gone...

Mallory and Kam came up for their one year anniversary. It was so fun to see them!


Daddy's little girl


Family picture at Waterton Lake

August highlights

Since Troy's dad now has his realtor licence, we decided to be in the Cardston parade to do some advertizing. It was fun, but we ran out of candy half way through the parade. Not good. Oh well, we learned for next time...



Dallin came to live with us for a couple of weeks. He worked doing jobs for Troy and his rental properties and odd jobs here and there. He even did some landscaping work for me in my own yard! Thanks Dallin!!


The Cardston Show 'n Shine was another fun event we went to.


This was Lesha's favorite car because it was pink.