Quaders

Memorial weekend Camping

2010-05-31T08:53:00.000-07:00

JOB

2010-03-15T20:47:00.000-07:00

Well I got a new position at work and I have to say I am elated! I work in the Business Management dept and I work reports and support the Directors and VP. I love it!

West Jordan, Utah

2010-01-29T19:47:00.001-08:00

I promised Austin I would make a snowman for him

Me and my sweet neices.. Jazz and Jes

My sis Alissa and bro in law Pat

Me and my bro in law

Sisterly love

Me and my sis

Hot momma's

Awh me and the girls again

Jarae's Kindergarten school

2009-10-10T08:50:00.000-07:00

Austin Rides....

2009-07-06T21:22:00.000-07:00

Austin learned to ride his bike with no training wheels. I am just amazed at how Travis can teach the kids things, he is an excellent teacher! Austin is 2 1/2! My kids and Travis are outside almost everyday if not everyday most of the time they ride there bikes come rain or sun. I don't know how they stand the heat. Well Trav asked Austin if he wanted to try without the training wheels and Austin was game so here we are just a day later. We are so proud of our little guy he is awesome! He is just so proud of himself and loving how he can ride like a big boy. Jarae is an awesome big sister trying to help Travis teach Austin by riding next to him showing him how to peddle and balance. I am so excited for Austin and loving that he is turning into such a little boy I just love my little lover. I have the best kids! And a wonderful hubby that teaches them such awesome things. :)

30 And FABULOUS!!!!

2009-06-08T22:45:00.001-07:00

30 years ago at 11:08 am I was born! Lucky all of you :O) ah ha ha lol.... Well I really wanted to throw a party but Trav told me that was his job... well I didn't hear another word so I thought well I am not getting my party! So I must say I was quite the pooper before my b-day. Trav took me to Payson Saturday night for an overnighter without the kids it was really nice and peacefull. Today I woke up and went to work like every other Monday the kids wished me happy b-day, my visiting teacher Cheryl brought me a muffin on her way to work how sweet is that. And just before I left Trav told me he was going to take me to dinner for my b-day. Mandi made me brownies and we had brownies with whip cream and strawberries.. Yum!! I got home changed and off Trav and I were to dinner. He took me to Texas Roadhouse Yum Yum my favorite! We get to Texas and are taken to our table right away... 1st time every! Well I walk into the room and SURPRISE my friends and family are there! Awh I was so so so so surprised. I really really really had no clue and was completely surprised and loved it. It was a great night I will have to post pictures once I get some. Best 30th b-day!

SURPRISE!!!!

My husband the culprit. I was so excited he did this for me. It meant a lot.

My gf's the culprits- Me, Cassie, Mandi and Angela

Me getting on the saddle with my 30 ballons.. arent i cute :)

My little Graduate

2009-05-24T11:11:00.000-07:00

(Karstin & Jarae)

Jarae graduated from preschool on Wednesday. I am such a girl! I started to get teary eyed when the program started. I had to keep telling myself none of the other moms are going to cry you baby!!! But my little sweat pea is growing so fast. I can't beleive it. She was such a good student in preschool I am so excited and proud of her. Oh you can bet daddy's heart swelled with pride over his daddy's girl accomplishments.

A HUGE HUGE thank you and love go out to Grandma Sue (trav's mom) for paying for Jarae's preschool! It was a huge help to us and Jarae.

Grandma and Grandpa Fish were there, Grandma Sue, Mommy, Daddy, Little Bro Austin and Aunt Morgan and Uncle Chris were there to see Karstin Graduate. It was so fun for Jarae and Karstin to be in the same class.

Preschool Graduation Presentation - There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

2009-05-24T10:57:00.000-07:00

Jarae was the horse who killed her of course!

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.

Mini Mommy....

2009-05-02T20:58:00.000-07:00

While Travis helped his friend Robert replace the engine on his boat I got to watch Robert and Demi's son Kale. I must tell you Jarae makes watching babies so EASY!!! She was a super mini mommy with Austin and still is whenever we watch any other kids. She loves to feed them so when it came time to feed Kale she was jumping up and down to do so. I love how she makes the faces as Kale eats. Jarae is an awesome helper. Just look at those cheeks on Kale!

Another name for Da Bra

2009-04-26T09:53:00.000-07:00

So of course my kids love to say things when they see me getting dressed on those rare occassions. So just yesterday I was getting ready and Jarae picked up one of my bras held it up and said 'mommy it's a boobie cover.' I responded 'well that is one thing you can call it, but honey it's called a bra.' Travis almost split a gut over Jarae's little comment and quick adult rational response I gave back as he called it.

Pay it Forward

2009-04-23T20:58:00.000-07:00

Okay I won on Brandi's "Life as a musical" blog so in order to play I have to pay it forward as well. Here is the game: The first 5 people to post a comment on my blog will win a special prize by me, could be anything from a drawing, baked goods, secret recipes, anything. So get to posting those comments!

Easter Easter Easter Easter

2009-04-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

This little piggy with Grandma Kitty

Jarae and Grandma Kitty

Easter Easter Easter

2009-04-13T18:26:00.000-07:00

Ty's youngest Kailub... He loves the swings!

I will carry my eggs on the bicycle

Ah nevermind the bike, I will take the car!

Easter at Papa Quaders

Easter Easter

2009-04-13T18:20:00.000-07:00

Jarae and Karstin- smart little cookies they are loaded there bags into the dump trucks and pushed them around. :)

EASTER

2009-04-13T18:10:00.000-07:00

Grease Monkey!

2009-04-13T18:04:00.000-07:00

My little Austin. He loves to help daddy take things apart and put things back together. So when Trav put my running boards back on the pathfinder there was Austin eager to help and getting just as dirty and greasy as daddy.

Bad Patient :)

2009-03-20T15:41:00.000-07:00

Well anyone who has seen me since my braces have been put on, or especially the last couple of months hav seen my enormous lips!! Red, inflamed, dry, cracked and very unattractive. Well since I work for an orthodontist, me and the people I work with have been trying to figure out why my lips are reacting this way. Rubberbands to non latex etc. Well after about 2 months of this and not being able to kiss my kids or my husband let alone eat without having fire lips I decided my teeth were better than they were and so after 8 months of wearing, OFF came my braces. :) My teeth look great to most people who don't spend their whole day looking at teeth. So I have to say I am pretty pleased with the progress and looking forward to my lips returning to normal size. I must say that I had them taken off in the morning and by nightfall they were already 70% better. The doctors have never seen anything like it. Most of the girls think I was having an allergic reaction only in my mouth to the stainless steal. Whatever it was I am one of kind still :)

Gonna Call you on the Telephone Papa and give you a ring......

2009-03-06T19:49:00.000-08:00

The kids wanted to call Papa Quader since they hadn't seen or heard from him in a while. Austin got way into talking to Papa Quader as you can tell. He tells him about his race cars, say hello to them, his Elmo shirt he is wearing and asks about fishing and proceeds to tell Papa Quader about how he reels in his fish and says "Come on Baby" which is exactly what Austin says when he is reeling in a fish. And proceeds to tell Papa Quader that he caught a really big fish. This snap shot of his conversation is a glimps at the personality of Austin. We just love this little guy to pieces!

I caught one!!

2009-03-01T07:26:00.000-08:00

On Saturday Travis and his friend John went fishing and Trav decided to take Jarae along for the day. Jarae was a trooper didn't complain once and had a great time. Daddy's heart swelled with pride over Jarae having the interest in fishing and having a great time. He is such a good dad and takes so much time with the kids in teaching them things. I am so lucky to have my wonderful little family.

Wind in my hair

2009-03-01T07:18:00.000-08:00

Look at that face!! Jarae will tell you she loves to go fast!!! She feels like such a big girl being able to drive the boat. Brave John took all these pictures and held on while Travis let Jarae drive. Anyone that knows John knows he doesn't like other people to drive.. So I can imagine a 5 year old behind the wheel had him a bit nervous. :)

Jarae and Trav fishing

2009-03-01T07:10:00.000-08:00

Jarae with one of the fish she caught

Jarae caught the most fish! She was so proud of herself as she should be.

Ah look at the little guy she caught. She will tell you that she caught and let them all go

Two peas in a pod. Jarae had so much fun fishing with her daddy.

More Road to Hana

2009-01-28T19:58:00.001-08:00

A tiny cave on black beach that runs to the ocean. It was really cool inside. Mandi has pics from inside I have to gets these from her.

Me sitting on the black beach. The sand is thicker it was weird. Mandi and I collected some sand from the black beach but were later told it was bad luck to take it home with us. The day before we left was when the plane crashed into the Hudson River so we decided to leave the sand in Maui. :)

A nice over look of black beach and the ocean. Isn't it Beautiful!

The ocean crashing up on black beach I love watching the ocean do that. The way the ocean moves onto the beach and the rocks is very interesting and powerful.

Road to Hana

2009-01-28T19:47:00.001-08:00

A tree on the road to Hana. Made a nice picture we thought.

One of the little waterfalls on the road to Hana. The road to hana has approximately 600 curves and 54 bridges!!! We road in the Mustang convertable that America and Liliana rented. We were on a time crunch so we didn't get to enjoy all of the road to hana but what we saw was beautiful

Black Beach, The rocks the sand it is all black!!! Isn't that crazy. Aparently a few more turns and curves down the road there is Red Beach but we didn't have time to go there too.

One Tree!!! Yes One Tree

2009-01-27T19:59:00.000-08:00

This one tree makes up an entire little park, I forgot what it is called but it is amazing!!! It just growns branches and re-roots itself into the ground and grows another tree!!! It is so cool. Sorry there is no climbing on the tree.

Well we first ran into this tree at night so here is me sitting at the base and founder of all the of branch trees.

Old Lahina Luau

2009-01-27T19:49:00.000-08:00

Me and one of the Performers. Before the Luau he was making coconut flakes using real coconuts I don't know but it was incredible. And just look at the view!!!

Some ladies learning a the basic hula steps.

The luau starting but the camera I took with me didn't take photos in dark places worth a darn so this is the 1st and last photo I took. If I get other copies from others I will post more but it was a great show and tons of food!

8 of us at the luau. All the girls from the office here in AZ that went. Alecia is taking the picture.
Back row - Rafa and Liliana
Front row - Me, Norma, Elisa, Mandi, America and Annette

Whale Watching

2009-01-27T19:34:00.000-08:00

The Beautiful beach and Ocean just outside out hotel. Isn't that water just so blue!It looked just like this in real time.. Gorgeous I tell you gorgeous!!

Mandi and I on the boat waiting to leave the dock to go whale watching and snorkeling. Mandi's face looks a bit scared. As we left the harbor and boats would come in I would point and say look Mandi that whole boat of people and not one attacked by a shark! I am so glad she went.

A Northern Humpback Whale that came right up to another boat on the ocean. Isn't that incredible?!

All 5 of us on the boat. Back row L to R, Alecia and America, Front row L to R, Mandi, Me and Liliana. I love my short hair but the wind in Maui had it in my face a lot. :)

First Couple of Days in Maui

2009-01-27T19:24:00.000-08:00

Me, Alecia, and Mandi we all roomed together. Alecia is from Dr. A's office in Utah she was AWESOME!!! We had so much fun together and she was such a trooper being put in a room with 2 strangers that have known each other since High School. This was our first day of class, I know boo hoo a seminar in Maui, Hawaii!!!

Our first day on the beach in MAUI!!!! L to R, Mandi, America, Me and Liliana. We along with Alecia hung out most of the week, I laughed so hard it was fantastic!

Mandi and I on the beach near black rock right outside our hotel we could literally be on the beach in 5 mins from going down stairs and across the walkway to the beach. It was awesome.

The view of the beach and the back of the hotel from our hotel room. It was beautiful and spoiling to wake up and see that for a week!

Snorkeling at Molokini Island in Maui, Hawaii

2009-01-27T19:12:00.000-08:00

Some of the fish we first saw when we got into the water.

Yep a White tip Shark that was in the waters around us.. we didn't see him thank goodness! We all would of been out of the water! Mandi is deathly afraid of sharks and this was her first time on a boat and in the ocean we were all in shock!!

All 5 of us.. From L to R, ME, Liliana, America, Mandi and Alecia

Molokini island is about an hour boat ride out to the middle of the ocean we saw a lot of Northern Humpback Whales, they come from Alaska to the waters of Maui to mate it is amazing! We saw some dolphin that played in the front of our boat they were so cute. It was a an excellent trip!

Happy Birthday Jarae!!!!!

2009-01-02T18:55:00.000-08:00

On January 2nd 5 years ago at 12:20 AM my sweet pea was born. The instant love I felt for her the moment I found out I was pregnant. I loved the feeling of her moving around in my tummy and how personal it was just between the two of us. I know I am weird I enjoyed that part with both my kiddo's

Jarae of course wanted a Hanna Montana cake so walmart was kind enough to provide me with the edible decal to go on the cake for free! Score!!! I was cutting off the edges to the cake cuz they were a little hard and Jarae proclaimed she didnt want 'crust' on the cake at all. So I proceeded to cut all the 'crust' off the cake spoiled yes but my princess only turns 5 once. :) So the cake wasn't the preetiest to frost if you can imagine because the inside of the cake was very moist and yummy. But no one seemed to care. :)

I can't beleive she is 5 though. Makes me sad that it has gone by so fast and happy at the young girl she is and how incredible she is. She is so beautiful and so smart we just love and enjoy her so much.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-26T08:04:00.000-08:00

Kinda dark but this is the kids making magic reindeer dust to sprinkle so the reindeer know where to land.

The kids sprinkling the magic reindeer dust all over the driveway so the reindeer have their magical spot to land. The kids just love throwing it everywhere. They had it all over themselves by the end of it.

Peeling carrots for the reindeer to eat. We don't only leave cookies for Santa but carrots for the reindeer. Jarae did all the peeling and Austin displayed them for the camera and handed them to Jarae when she needed another one. What a team!

The kids were dancing to Christmas music.

Milk and Cookies

2008-12-26T08:00:00.000-08:00

Jarae telling Travis what to write for Santa she didn't want to write it herself.

Jarae writting her name. So intent on writting it perfectly.. Love the tongue hanging out. :)

And Austin's name...

Pouring the milk for Santa.

The finished product. Jarae picked out 5 cookies for Santa I thought it was because she is turning 5 a week from today but when I asked her she advised me it was because Santa is fat.

Christmas Morning

2008-12-26T07:59:00.000-08:00

Austin telling Jarae no his turn to cheez. :) ah siblings.

Austin sneaking out and opening one of his presents.... Is he a boy or what?

The kids discovering that Santa had eaten the cookies, drank the milk and the bag of carrots is gone!!!! Jarae's face just cracks me up!

Going outside to see if the carrots had been eaten. If you can't tell the curlers in Jarae's hair didn't last. Both my kids changed jammies.. I guess they were just too excited or something.

The kids looking at the tracks from Santa's sleigh, the mess from the reindeer eating in such a hurry.

2008-12-26T07:56:00.000-08:00

Aunt Morgan made Jarae a super cute apron for Jarae which is right up her alley and her wanting to help us cook!

Okay I knew Morgan was making mom one and slid in there that I wanted one too.... Hoping I would get one for my birthday or something.. well she surprised me with one for Christmas. I love it... Love it... Love it!!!

The kids riding their new bikes

Austin got a cars bike.

Jarae got a purple schwin bike.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Sleepy Boy

2008-12-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

Well Austin decided he didn't want to take a nap today so around 5 o'clock he was a bit tired don't ya think? It was extremely funny to us to watch him twitch... He is such a cutie we just love ya Austin!

More Sleepy Boy

2008-12-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

Guitar Hero

2008-12-14T19:03:00.001-08:00

Well I bought a 2nd guitar for our PS3 Guitar Hero. The kids were playing one morning making some of the funniest faces I could only get one photo before they started smiling for the camera but I thought it was funny. :) Enjoy

Turkey Day

2008-11-28T16:56:00.000-08:00

We went to Trav's Uncle Kens house for Thanksgiving before coming home and having my family over. Well while at Uncle Kens the kids were tree climbing jumping fools. If this is any indication as to the things Austin will do as he gets older he will be jumping from the roof of the house soon. ha. He is sucha a boy last night he peeled a scab off his foot and it started to bleed a little and comes up to me and says mommy wanna see.. Crawls up on the couch and says gross huh mommy.. :) Jarae was like yeah Austin that's gross you are not supposed to do that. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for my family all of them and our health.

Beatle Mania

2008-11-21T15:42:00.000-08:00

Beatle Mania

One of my bff's Mandi, I am lucky that I work with her she is the best!

Dr. A and I, he invited everyone from work to Beatle Mania 6 of us went it was a blast thanks Dr A for inviting us!

Some of the gals I work with Norma, Elisa, and Annette

I was sceptical of going to Beatle Mania. I didn't think it would be super fun.. But it was a super blast. I would recommend it to anyone. I had a great time.

Fishing with Dad

2008-11-12T18:47:00.000-08:00

Everytime Austin would reel in a fish he would say, "Come on baby, come on." I guess my nephew Kasen says this phrase so Austin picked it up.. Quite commical that's for sure.

Today Travis left work early and took Jarae and Austin out on the boat for some daddy time and fishing. Brave man he is as Austin is 2 and has no fear of the water or anything. As you can see both the kids caught a fish they had a blast and came home tuckered out. Travis is an amazing dad and so wonderful with the kids. He takes time out of his busy day and life to do special things with the kids they just love it and are so lucky to have such an awesome dad. Love you babe!!

Locks of Love

2008-11-07T16:40:00.000-08:00

BEFORE

AFTER

Well today I decided to chop my long maine I have been growing since Jarae was a baby and donate it to Locks of Love. Thank you to my awesome friend Cassie for the gorgeous cut!!! I love it. It feels very weird to not have hair on my neck but it's only hair and it is going to a wonderful cause. Please excuse the after pic it was taken with my phone and I have no make-up on.. :) I will post a better pic once I get one.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-02T14:56:00.000-08:00

Batman and snow white. Jarae's dress was too big poor girl so skinny and I bought it at Target in the dress up clothes.. ha so one size fits most... :) We went over to Mandi and Jakes to trick or treat. Both the kids buckets filled quickly and they had a blast trick or treating with their friends. When Mandi post some pics on her blog I will have to steal a few and add them. It was a lot of fun.

Robyn Hood and the Pimp!

2008-10-28T19:18:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went to Jake and Mandi's Halloween Party. It was a lot of fun. Travis actually dressed up! I went as the sexy female version of Robyn Hood. I won best costume for females and Mandi's husband won for the men. He came as a gladiator.

Here's a pic of Jake and Mandi.. Awhh..

I Can Read!!!

2008-10-20T19:47:00.000-07:00

In the last few weeks Jarae has been increasing words she can read. She is reading most 2 & 3 letter words and some 4 letter words. I have been trying to figure out how to shrink my video's to put on blogger so this video is a little old but here it is anyway. We are so proud of her and the accomplishments she has made in her reading. We owe hug thank you's to Mrs. Spier (her preshool teacher) who has engaged Jarae leaps and bounds in education. Mrs. Spier is an awesome teacher Austin can't wait to go next year. Grandma Fish for working with Jarae on the days she does not have preschool and Grandma Sue without her Preschool would not be possible. Jarae is so proud of herself for being able to read and is encouraged often by Mrs. Spier to read for her classmates. Jarae loves being able to read to her fellow classmates so it encourages her to read even more.

Camping pics of the kids

2008-10-10T17:25:00.000-07:00

We went camping over the past weekend it rained on us and was too cold so we left early but here a couple of personal photo's I took of the kids. We went camping with the Ramsey's they stayed and weathered the rain and cold weather. Trav's heater wasn't working in the 6500 ft altitude it kept shutting off so our tent kept getting cold and just before we left Austin kept wanting me to hold him and said he was cold and then would tell me. 'go hom mommy' I felt so bad I told Travis we should go.

My kids, My life....

2008-10-10T17:19:00.000-07:00

Another perk to working for the ortho office is I have every Friday off. I am very thankful for this because I get to spend more time with my kids. I don't get home early during the week so it makes it nice to wake up and be with them one whole extra day. They are a handful sometimes and fight as good as the next brother-sister but they all in all worry so much about each other and love each other so much I am blessed to have such wonderful kids.

Brace Face!!!

2008-09-29T18:07:00.000-07:00

Well working for an orthodontics office has it's advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantage you see a lot of perfect teeth and realize how jacked up yours are. Advantage- you can get braces and be treated without making an apt. ha. Dr A has been itching to put braces on my 'jacked up' teeth as he calls them since day 1. So I finally let him. Tomorrow I will get my lovely Roof Pallet Expander so I will sound like I just had my jaw wired shut to expand my pallet for my teeth to move in so they will be pretty. We are kinda known as the non-teeth pulling orthodontist. Not always but we do Pallet Expanders vs pulling teeth a lot of the time. Who know they may put it in tomorrow and I may say forget it take it back out. I already am having a hard time with the excessive spit that is forming in my mouth! But everyone loves how big and pretty my teeth are so they keep telling me I will have a nice big pretty smile and all this will be worth it in the end. I sure hope so!

Tag you are it!

2008-09-20T17:54:00.000-07:00

I grabbed this from someone else’s blog. I am a serial blogger and I will read blogs of people I don’t even know. I know a little creepy but I get ideas!

1. What's his name?
Travis Charles Quader. Most people call him Trav. I call him babe or honey.

2. Who eats more?
Hmm. Those who know him know he eats more these days but I bet I can still out eat him.

3. Who said, 'I love you' first?
I did.

4. Who is taller?
Travis is

5. Who is smarter?
Probably him he’s been alive longer. Ha J

6. Who is more sensitive?
I am. I am a cryer and have been trying to change that for years. Ugh.

7. Who does the laundry?
Usually I do, but Trav takes his turn

8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
Trav does.

9. Who pays the bill?
I do.

10. Who cooks more?
I do.

11. What meals do you cook together?
Ha… none.

12. Who is more stubborn?
Trav is.

13. Who's the first to admit they're wrong?
We are probably about even. We both take it in before admitting the wrongful doing.

14. Who has more siblings?
Me by a long shot, I have 6 and Trav has NONE!

15. Who wears the pants in the relationship?
Hmm each of us would probably say the other one does so I guess that means we share them.

16. What do you like to do together?
Anything fun.

17. Who eats more sweets?
Trav does. He used to eat Susie Q pies for breakfast. And still if I buy them I will find wrappers in the trash and on the counter early in the morning. Ugh..

18. Guilty Pleasures?
Susie Q’s and Boston Crème Pies

19. How did you meet?
Long Story. I met him when he was dating his ex wife and I was dating my ex fiancée. Needless to say we both were dumped by the other parties and stayed friends. Here we are 10 years later.

20. Who asked who out first?
We hung out as friends but I would say I initiated that.

21. Who kissed who first?
Trav did. I was leaving to see my sister and we were just friends and we went to lunch and he kissed me and told me to think about us on my trip. I was floored!

22. Who proposed?
Trav did at the kitchen sink.. How romantic guess I fooled him into thinking I was going to be a good house wife.. Ha! Those who have seen my house know otherwise!

23. His best features?
I love his eyes. They are so sweet looking and reflect the sweet person that he is. His sense of humor. He is so very funny and has a great smile when he laughs.

24. What's his best quality?
He is the best dad in the world to our 2 young kids. He takes the fishing, swimming, plays with them outside in this gosh awful 110 degree weather. They just beam when they see him. It lights my eyes up to see the great relationship they have.

25. Tag?
Morgan, Alissa and Celeste. My three sisters. Ha J

ROOOOAAAARRRR!

2008-09-19T14:14:00.000-07:00

Austin loves the Imaginext toys especially the dinosaurs. We went to Target today to spend his gift card from Papa Quader. They had this display of the Imaginext Mega Dinosaur. We seriously had to stand there for 10 minutes while he and Jarae pushed the button to make it go over and over and over. We started out a few rows down and some other kids had pressed the button.. Austin's ears perked his eyes widdened, and he said to me.. mommy. whad dat? I said I don't know we will have to go see. His face lit up like the dinosaur when he saw it as he said... 'whooooa mommy big ninasaur!' So I tried to take a pic with my phone sorry it's not the best but you kinda get the idea how obsessed he was with it.

Preschool Pic!

2008-09-17T20:17:00.000-07:00

Jarae is attending Dawn's Primary Learning Preschool. She is part of the 4 year old class and she just loves Mrs. Spier. She has learned so much from Mrs. Spier I can't thank her enought for the education she is giving Jarae. This is a picture of Jarae from picture day at school this week. I can't beleive how big my little princess has gotten. She is such a smart girl and such a joy to our lives. Isn't she just gorgeous!

What's your memory of me?

2008-09-08T18:39:00.000-07:00

Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses

TWO!!!!!!

2008-09-07T11:38:00.000-07:00

From my little baby boy

To my litte Austin man!

Austin turned 2 on September 4th. This is him trying to hold up two fingers. He couldn't do it on one hand so we taught him to hold his two 1st fingers up... I can't beleive that my little boy is 2 already. Man time flies too fast! Seems like just a little bit ago we were bringing him home from the hospital. Austin is such a character and has such a personality he is a joy to our life. He is so stubborn and yet so sweet. Such a temper and yet so loving. He talks very well for 2 so we can understand him. He loves to be outside, fishing and playing. Imaginext toys, planes, trains (Thomas), and automobiles oh and motorcycles (cycles as he calls them). Balls, bugs, and animals. He is a boy thru and thru.

Some of the peeps at my party

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Me and my new toys!!! CHEEZ!

Eddie Herrera.. Guess he didn't want his picture taken :) Too bad

Treena Bradley

Mandi Ramsey.. Glued to her phone :)

Mommy & Daddy

More peeps at my party

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Cassie and Taylor Secor

Yanele & Alex Fish

April and Blaise Herrera

Uncle Ty

Storm Herrera

NERD!!!

2008-08-14T18:46:00.000-07:00

Today we had NERD day at work in honor of back to school. So here is my NERD outfit... Everyone said I was the best nerd in the office. Well me and Dr. G. I wish I had a pic of his outfit it was great too. I was going for Sarah Jessica Parker in Square Pegs and America Ferrera of Ugly Betty. Then Dr. A. had us all go out to lunch.. I swear people were looking at me like I was an actual ugly nerd it was so embarassing. Even patients coming into the office were looking at me strange like Ugh this girl is a NERD! Guess I hit the mark. It was funny.

I almost forgot the best part. I had tape in the middle of my glasses at work and as I was checking out (meaning having him review) a patient with Dr. A. he asked her why she didn't wear her nerd costume she was confussed and he let her in on the fact that it was nerd day. He then said do you think she (meaning me) looks like this all the time? The patient replied back with, "well I wasn't sure, I mean when I saw her glasses I thought maybe they were broke and you don't pay her enough so she can get them fixed." BAM! I wanted to fall over laughing.. :) It was great!

Camping

2008-08-14T18:43:00.000-07:00

We went camping last weekend and my camera died. I didn't charge it before we left and I didn't realize how low it was so this is the only picture I was able to take. The kids had a blast and both whinned and cried when we left. Jarae was a quad riding queen! She loved going round and round with Dalton and Summer. Austin just loved being dirty! And thankfully the No Burn was lifted so we were able to have a camp fire and make smores.

Wendi Lee Workshop

2008-07-30T18:05:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone Wendi Lee is a fabulous photographer that I met through my sister Morgan. She is a wonderful mother of 2 adorable boys and she is a professional photographer. She is holding a special workshop for those of us who want to "shoot out kids and get away with it" AKA meaning shoot great pictures of them with our own camera. Below is the link to sign up for her workshop. One day when I get my wish we will have a nice family portrait done by Wendi.

http://wendilee.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/next-workshop-date/

Regan Maree Turley

2008-07-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

My beautiful baby sister Morgan and her hubby Chris had a beautiful baby girl today Reagan. She was 7lbs 3oz. Morgan is doing well for having a c-section. Morphine is good stuff. :) Morgan looked just beautiful for just having a baby.. Much better than I ever did after mine were born... Love you Morgan.. Welcome Reagan so excited you are here!

Big Sister Jarae

2008-07-21T18:24:00.000-07:00

Well Jarae had a tiny accident in her booster seat and luckily I had an extra carseat in my car from driving a gf little girl around with me. We were on our way to the store 10 miles from the cabin to buy worms so Jarae, Papa and Trav could go fishing the next day. On their way back from fishing they came upone 3 girls that had rolled one of their quads. A 5 year old and 10-12 year old were on the one quad that rolled. The 5 year old had a gash in her forehead and the 10-12 year old flipped on the bike and by the time they drove the girls to their camp the poor girl couldn't even hardly get out of the car. I hope they were okay. Jarae was a super trooper when the girls got in the truck to be driven back to camp.

The second pic is Jarae trying to lift Austin up to touch the leaves on the tree. So far away but she kept saying to Austin.. You almost got it buddy.. :) She is a great big sister and a super trooper!

Poor Pine Tree...

2008-07-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

Well the kids decided to pick on this poor baby Jack pine... Trav told me to let them as it was a tree his dad didn't want. So here they are pulling the needles off.

Quad Ridding Jarae!

2008-07-21T18:17:00.000-07:00

Jarae kept telling me ridding her quad was so so so so so so much fun... And asked if I would go with her and take Austin on Papa's quad for a long long ride. Trav did most of the riding with the kids but momma got out a few times with them..

Quad ridding Austin

2008-07-21T18:14:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend we went to PaPa Quader's cabin to spend the weekend with Papa Quader. The kids rode their quads and yes that is a pink barbie quad Austin is riding as it is Jarae's old one... Jarae snapped the adorable photo of Austin on her big girl quad with daddy. Austin can't wait to ride the big boy quad by himself...

2008-07-21T18:12:00.000-07:00

Okay so Austin wanted Travis' hat and straw so I had to take a picture of him.. He gave it all back to Travis and posed for big CHEEZ for me afterwards. This is on the porch of Papa Quaders cabin.

Austin's New pout face

2008-07-21T18:10:00.000-07:00

Oh I think his new pout face is too darn cute! We were on our way to the store that is about 10 miles from the cabin not sure why he was pouting now but look at how cute that face is!!

Pampered... Mommy and me..

2008-07-09T17:03:00.000-07:00

I took Jarae for her 1st pedicure. The lady was so nice she put a flower on every toe and proceded on to paint and put flowers on her fingernails to. Jarae was so patient and sat still the entire process. The ladies kept complimenting her on what a good girl she was being and how cute she is. Jarae felt so special and that was the whole point. I was so glad I could spend a little time just Jarae and I. We talked about her friends and what we did that day. Jarae is my little sweet pea.. I enjoy her so much and she is so loving and sweet. She is a huge helper and loves to do things for Austin she is going to be a great mom some day.... My big feet are in there just to show you what I had done.. :)

Round we go!

2008-07-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

Round and round we go! The kids were pretending to be race cars like NASCAR they even made pit stops! Cracked me up. Left to Right. Summer, Kasen, Jarae, Austin and Dalton

Makutu's Island

2008-07-09T16:56:00.000-07:00

Jarae's friend Abby turned 3 and had her b-day party at Makutu's Island. Jarae spent most of her time on the zip line.. The poor girls that were working the line had to pick Jarae up to put her on the handle bars and often times she was one of the only kids on the zip line.. Those girls got their workout!

More Monster Trucks

2008-07-01T21:03:00.001-07:00

Austin Playing with Monster Trucks

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Austin

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Jarae

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The Quaders

2008-06-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

Well this is us. Typical of the kids to have something sweet in their mouth.. They are junk food freaks! This is Jarae's friend Emily's b-day party she had at a local park. But there are very few pictures of all of us sitting together. So enjoy it!

My Granny and Me

2008-06-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

My Granny turned 90 years old on June 9th. One day earlier I turned 29. My granny has been a huge part of my entire life and I can't possibly thank her and my grandad enough for all the love and care they have shown me. My granny is very special to me and I was glad I could share her 90th birthday with her. Doesn't she look fabulous for 90?!

Mommy and Me

2008-06-17T18:35:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of Austin and I. He is such a sweet, loving and adorable boy with such a personality. He cracks me up daily. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful boy as my son. He is a thru and thru boy. He loves bugs, balls, motorcycles are his favorite. We can not hardly go down the road here in AZ and not see a motorcycle or 10 on the road. Everytime he says to me.. 'Mommy..... cycle'. Jarae is a huge help pointing out the other 10 he doesn't see :) My mother in law swears he is just like Travis when he was little which has me a little worried he will dress as a ninja and be jumping off the roof of the house and things. Let's hope not but if how he jumps off furniture now is any indication I am looking at coloring my hair more often to cover the gray! :)

Austin & Kailub

2008-06-17T18:32:00.001-07:00

Ty & the boys cam over to hang out so I snapped this quick photo of Austin 21 months and Kailub 14 months. What a couple of cuties!

Mischievious Austin

2008-06-16T20:37:00.000-07:00

Thankfully this did not come out worse than this. Wondering where Austin was and why he was being so quiet. I turned the corner and here he is sitting in the hall and dinning room pumping hand soap out onto the floor. Thankfully it is just the two drops and it is on the tile. What a stinker!

On your mark get set go!!!!!

2008-06-16T20:25:00.000-07:00

The boys (Eric, Jake and Travis) wanted to race and after Jake getting into the inner tube they came up with this brilliant red-neck plan. Eric obviously won because Travis got ahold of Jake's inner tube and pulled the plug that holds the air in.. What a cheater.... We were all dying laughing so hard I am amazed the pictures came out as good as they did.

Jake... Or Jaqueline???

2008-06-16T20:21:00.001-07:00

Our friend Jake put on as you can see the baby floaties, child inner tube and snorkel... all in pink. I guess he doesn't realize I have a blog out here on the net :). We all got a good laugh out of it as Jake is also training right now to be a rage in the cage fighter.. So I think his nick name should be Pinky Tinky Jakey or something cute.. :)

Slip N Slide

2008-05-29T15:43:00.000-07:00

Whoopsie!

The kids had such a blast on the slip and slide. Austin loves to drink the water and as he walks across he slips. Jarae as you can see slides across on her knees she isn't quite brave enough to get her whole face wet and slide on her belly.

Attack of the ERIC!

2008-05-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

Memorial Day we went with our friends Cassie and Eric to swim at Cassie's mom's house. This is a slide that sits on the side of the pool and the kids were sliding down it into the water but then they pushed it off into the water and all the kids were pilling on like a life raft trying to stay away from the evil water monster Eric! The kids has a blast.

Aqua Austin!

2008-05-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

Austin loves the pool. Swims all over with no fear and drinking lots of water and burping. He loved wearing the goggles to I guess if I was that close to the water with everyone splashing around me I would to. He is such a joy to our lives and so precious.

Car Ride

2008-05-29T10:28:00.000-07:00

Austin loves sunglasses and it cracks me up when I bring out the camera and instant cheez comes on his face. Do you think I take a few pictures of my kids???? :)

No Fear... To be a kid again...

2008-05-29T10:23:00.000-07:00

My little darlings... They love to tear apart this couch and jump all over it like little monkeys! If you see all the toys in the picture with Jarae that is what is below Austin as he stands on the arm. That and more I should say all the trucks sit there. Now you know why I have heart palpitations!

Storytime!

2008-05-29T10:20:00.001-07:00

One of Kasen and Jarae's favorite stories is the 5 little monkeys. So Jarae decided to tell Kasen the story it was so cute! And Austin just decided he was going to grab a book and pose :)

Night Night... Sleep tight my little darlings.....

2008-05-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

After Jarae's bike crash both the kids crawled up with me on the couch and passed out.. So cute.

And when I crash....

2008-05-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

Jarae crashed for the 1st time since learning to ride her bike without training wheels. She was goofing around wiggling her handle bars back and forth saying "whoa". Well the Handle bars kicked back and down she went with her arms back, this really could of been so much worse. But she scraped her chin and her lip giving herself a fat lip and bruised her cheek a bit. What trooper she is as she wanted to ride her bike again the very next day.

I can ride my bike without training wheels!!!!

2008-05-12T15:05:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Travis and I worked with Jarae and here she is riding her bike without training wheels. She is so proud of herself. We are so proud of her for being 4 years old and having the confidence and will power to want to ride her bike without training wheels.

PaPa Quader and Austin

2008-05-12T15:02:00.000-07:00

Everyone was just cracking up at how Austin just breaks out his cheez smile when the camera comes out. He crawled right up next to Papa Quader and busted out his Cheez... Such a ham Austin is. Nice Cheez Papa.

Kitty & Jarae

2008-05-12T12:50:00.000-07:00

For Mothers Day we made the rounds. Our 1st stop was to see Great Grandma Kitty. Uncle Glen had traveled in from Maryland so we spent the morning visiting.

2008-05-12T10:41:00.001-07:00

Austin is 20 months old now and climbs everything he can possibly climb, crawls into,under and over everything in sight. So this him ready for bed and climbing into a box from Costco.. Mommy was able to get the camera out because she wasn't having a mild heart attack and running over to pull him down or out of something.

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And when they are done helping daddy they need a bath! My little greese monkeys!

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Daddy's little mechanics! They love to get out the tools and 'help' daddy fix things. It is super funny to watch they even make the noises that the tools make.

VVVVRRROOOOMMMMM!

2008-04-22T20:28:00.000-07:00

Jarae loves riding her quad. Our generous neighbors gave it to us on Jarae's b-day. Their daughter had outgrown it and it didn't run at the time. Well with a little work from Travis he had in running the same day. When Jarae first saw it she said.. Now I have a little quad like Papa Quaders. She loves to ride.

Wuz Up!

2008-04-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of Austin! I just had to share. He is almost 7 mos old and obviously teething just look at that shirt! But he got ahold of Daddy's hat put it on and mommy snapped the photo.

Austin

2008-04-22T19:58:00.000-07:00

On September 4, 2006 God blessed us with our little man Austin. He was 7lbs 5oz and 20 inches long. He wasn't baled and he was such an active boy from the start! No broken bones on this little guy he was perfect! Even though he was born with meconium his apgar was 9 out of 9! The doc was shocked. He is such a blessing to our family. Funny as it is.. Jarae has blue eyes like mommy and Austin has brown eyes like daddy.

10 Days old

2008-04-22T19:45:00.000-07:00

My little princess. Jarae was born 1/2/04 at 12:20 A.M. She weighed 7lbs 15oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Yes she was born with all of that hair! The nurse told me as she checked me before the doctor arrived... "wow you have one with hair." I thought okay she has is not bald.. good. When they laid Jarae on my chest I was was completely shocked! SHE HAS A LOT OF HAIR! She was born with her first broken bone! 4 days after she was born I took Jarae to the pediatrician who informed me my little darling had a broken collar bone due to the stress of delivery. She healed perfectly and is just a joy to our lives.

American Idol????

2008-04-22T18:19:00.000-07:00

Jarae loves to sing.. If that aint obvious! Hopefully she has more of daddy's voice than her tone deaf mommy's voice! Kasen went along for the ride even wearing princess Jasmine shoes for the picture!

Oh Austin!!!! NO!!!!

2008-04-22T18:15:00.000-07:00

Okay Travis was putting fishing baits into his fishing bait organizer and Austin of course wanted to help so I got out the camera and just happend to snap this lucky shot just as Austin was bitting down on one.. YUCK!!!! Besides the fact these are gross they smell!! BAD!!!!

My baby... not such a baby anymore.....

2008-04-22T18:06:00.000-07:00

What a long face! Mom there will be no smiling from me until you cut this hair! Look at how long and out of control it is!