ALL boy!

Jake has a new trick....(not that hes a dog or anything)

watch! :)

Christmas Must Be Something More!!

I cannot believe its CHRISTMAS EVE!!!! Oh how does time fly!!

One of my favorite Christmas song is Taylor Swifts' "Christmas must be something more."
She pretty much talks about how Jesus is the reason for Christmas, as we can easily forget with all the lights, trees, and presents.

"Here's to be birthday boy who saved our lives! Its something we all try to ignore, and put a wreath upon our door, but here's something you should know that is for sure...Christmas must be something more!



Here's here song with the lyrics!!!

As much as I'm excited to see Jake open is his presents this year, I'm really excited about reading him the Christmas story book that he got last year!

Wise men. Guiding star. Mary. Joseph. No room in the inn. Baby Jesus. The REAL story.

Merry Christmas, peeps!!!!

Jake's First Birthday!

Here is the link to my fb to see all of Jake's pictures from his first birthday bash!!!!!! PICS

Here are some pics from Jake's first haircut, in November! It wasn't a major haircut, just a few snips here and there! I'm so grateful that Holly could come and do this for us!

Before

During

After! yay!

december.

Hi! Long time no type, eh?

Let me just say that December has been I N S A N E L Y busy...but filled with SO much fun!

Jake is now a 1 year old! I have a one year old child! CRAZY!!!!!


His birthday party went great, but I'm so glad its over!!! Seriously, I think it HAD to be the cutest cowboy party ever!! Just wait..you'll see!!!! That thing stressed. me. out. though.  I've got so many good pictures that I need to go through and share! Now that I'm on break, I can do that!

Speaking of break...HALLELUJAH 3 weeks off!!! As thankful as I am to have a long term job, I am extremely thankful for these 3 weeks to spend with Jake, shopping, play dates, reality tv! (ohh and hallmark movies!!)

Also, my birthday was on the 13th! The big 2-6! It doesn't feel much different than 25. Joel got me some beautiful flowers then took me to outback where we indulged in a blooming onion and a delicious dinner! MM! Then, last night he surprised me with dinner with my friends, then cowboy country! What a thoughtful hubby I have!

Other updates not about me:
1. My sister is engaged!!! Yep!! It happened two weeks ago in NY!!! I'm so happy she's found a good guy and is happy!
2. Val is having a BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahooo! She is so lucky to have one of each now!!! I'm so excited for her!!!!


I have 3 Christmas parties to go to this weekend, then a week to go shopping for everyone...then it's CHRISTMAS!!!! AHH! I This year has gone by so quickly! It will be so weird writing 2012! I just go used to writing 2011!! haha

Well, be looking for Jake's birthday pictures!!!!! Hopefully I can get them up this week!!

The break in.

I told you guys I would write a blog about the craziness that happened this morning, so here it is. (I just got down at work and am pretty much calmed down so I can explain atll the deets!)

Some background info: 2 weeks ago, Joel came home  from work at about 1:30pm and the kitchen window screen was off..and the bathroom window screen door was pryed open. We called the police and they took a report...took fingerprints...and thats it. freaky right?

Now today:

I woke up like normal...5:36..took a shower, got ready, ate breakfast, then waited for Jake to get up.
When I heard the munchkin at around 6:35am, I got him...then went change his diaper....when the door bell rang.

In my head I was like, "Who the heck is ringing my bell at 6:45!" Knowning that if it was one of my family members they would be calling...I looked through my front blinds at the door. I see a 20ish year old girl. I didn't recognize her or her red, 2door car across the street. Keeping Jake quiet...I decided not to answer the door. I kept looking through the blinds to see if she was going to ring again or leave. I saw her leave...walk to her car and get in. I thought she left in her car.

I go to make Jake a bottle, sit on the couch and call Joel. I was just telling him about this RANDOM girl who came to our door and how werid it was. As I was feeding Jake, I decided to just double check if the car was gone. To my surprise, the car was back (or still there.)

weird.

I was still on the phone with Joel saying how werid and random this girl was when I start to hear banging and noises at the sliding glass door. HOLY CRAP. Someone is trying to break it! Joel told me to call 911, so as I was holding jake and his bottle in his mouth, I go toward the screen door, open the curtian and BAM...there are 2 black guys standing in front of me with tools in their hands trying to open my sliding glass door.

Right when I pulled the curtian, one guy when to the left, the other to the right. After the ran, I quickly went to the front windows and looked out to see them running down the street, and the car following them.

I then callled 911 and was balling because I'm so freaked out.

The cops came...took a report and the fingerpring lady came too.

HOW CRAZY IS THAT?????

So that freaking girl came to my door  to see if i was home so her firends could break in! WHO DOES THAT??? urgh.

I just wonder what she would have done/said/asked if I HAD opened the door.
Also, I was thinking I should have called the cops before opening the curtian, then they might have caught them.

Oh well. I could go on with a bunch of shoulda,woulda, coulda.

I must say, that was the scariest moment of my life. I'm so thankful they didn't get in and Jake and I are safe.

So there it is. Crazy stuff.

Hap Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I wanted to share a fun song!!!This is a couple goes to my church and their song was played at the end of Extreme Home Makeover last week!! Spread the word!!!

my first pintrest saying.

Yes, I'm lame. I was editing some pics on photoshop, and then went to send my mom something on fb....and did this. So, I made a pin about it. bhahaha

You know you do this allll the time too! Don't hate!

Thanksgiving and fun!

Lol...Poor turkeys. However, I cannot WAIT to eat one! :) I think I'm most excited for the pumpkin pie, mash potatoes and turkey sandwiches! I'm anxious how Jake likes a good, thanksgiving meal!

On Thanksgiving at my Moms, we are going to make salt dough ornaments with the kiddos! I want to make this a tradition, then I"ll remember Jake's hand print for years to come (and any other kiddos I have!)

Last year at this time, I was anxiously awaiting Jake....now I'm anxiously awaiting his first birthday! I CAN'T BELIEVE HES GOING TO BE ONE YEAR OLD ALREADY!!!! :( :)

I can't contain the excitement of only working 1.5 days this week!!!!!!!!! HOORAY! After Thanksgiving break, we come back..it's December... I work for 3 more weeks then have 3 weeks vacay!!!!! AND...throw Jake's birthday and my birthday in the mix....and, duh, CHRISTMAS! Gah! So much to look forward too!I'm also excited to start decorating for Christmas and start shopping! This year is just going to be so different with Jake around...I can't wait!


ANYWAY!

The Fabulous Holly Leach took some family pictures for us...and I LOVE the way they turned out! She takes great pictures! Here are a few of my favorite!

I hope everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving! :)

Jason Aldean.

I have a mild obsession with Jason Aldean. I hear the first step of recovery is acceptance. haha
Now, I know that lots of girls/women have crushes on celebrities or singers. 


This is not one of those. This is not a crush. This is  l e g i t admiration.


No, really though. His rugged, good looks is probably only 5% of my obsession. Maybe less. Honestly, he is attractive..but not like OH MY GOSH look at him.


It's his music. His songs. His voice.



I could, and have, and do listen to his songs over and over and over again. (Poor hubby should know every word to his songs as much as I listen to him)


My good friends all know about this mild "obsession" (I'm using the term lightly here!)

Lets just make one thing clear here;No, I don't want to marry him or have his babies. 


I would just LOVE to meet him, have him sing me his songs (and i sing the harmonies of course)...and talk about them and how he wrote them.

Now, you might say, "Yeah, his songs are on the radio are pretty good." You would be right. However, my favorite songs from him are not the ones on the radio! There are some serious hidden treasures on his cds!

I also read a little blurp on him in People Mag. He is such a family man...married his high school sweetheart, and has 2 daughters. He cut down his touring schedule just so he could spend more time with his family.


I realize that I am a unique, music (especially country) obsessed girl and not everyone is going to love everything I love, but I thought I'd just share my obsession. This obsession is nothing new...I've liked Jason since his first single, Amarillo sky.


Now, if you have heard his songs on the radio and liked them, I urge you to go get his cds and listen to his other songs. Here are a few songs I LOVE:


Fly over states
Best of me
Back in this cigarette
Don't Give up on me
Even if I wanted to
I'm just a man
Keep the girl
On my Highway
You're the love I wanna be in




"I wanna be there when you wake up, be more that just your friend. Baby there's no mistakin, You're the love I wanna be in."


"I'm torn and its tearing me apart I wanna go but I don't wanna break her heart. Like a sword with a double edge blade, its gonna cut me either way. This little town, that big ole world, chase the dream...or keep the girl."


ENJOY!

Happy Birthday, Joel B!

In honor of Joel's birthday today, I thought I would post a song that Toby Keith wrote for him (not really, but anyone that knows Joel, knows he loves his red cups!!!!)

I'm so glad Joel was born 27 years ago! Can't wait to spend MANY more birthdays with him!!!!

xoxoxoxox

p.s. this is the un-edited version...so beware. Its not that nasty..just a warning!

Pictures and Updates!

Happy Sunday!!!!!!!!!

I wanted to update you guys with a few pictures of pumpkin patch/birthday stuff before I get too overwhelmed this week with parent teacher conferences!


Oo..I have to share! I hit my goal of 25lbs!!!! I weighed this morning and was down 1.8, which puts me at 26.4lbs gone! Wahoo! I need to celebrate!!!

Ok..now on to the pics! I took some pics of Jake for his birthday invitation (which I made and will share once everyone gets theirs in the mail)...but until then...I put up one of the pics that I absolutely LOVED from our min shoot! Then, here are some pics from our trip to the pumpkin patch!!!!

Adorable, right????

Cheese!!!

mini me

love him!

classic Jake-screaming- face

family pic!!!!

Have a GREAT Halloween everyone! Pics to come of the cutest puppy dog you will ever see!!!!!

School, Jake and .4

Okay, I'm a sucky blogger now. Or maybe I always was...but I am for sure now! :(

Life has been SO busy....but a good busy!

My plan was to update my blog every Saturday at work, but I have been suck with piles of grading instead.

I love my job. I'm sad its only lasting until Marchish...because I finally know the kids, got them under control *kinda*, and am kinda starting to like them! Don't roll your eyes! Yes, I complain every day about em...but they are KINDA growing on me.

1 out of 5 of my problem kids moved. WAHOO. One problem solved. When we are not biting, socking, or yelling at people..my class actually functions! Little victories.

My next task to accomplish is progress reports (I'm almost done!), and then....the dreaded
parent

teacher

conferences.

wahhhhhh.

Theses things scare me. Especially when I have to tell them their kid does not know how to read, write a sentence, or write his numbers :( Thankfully I only have 1 of those, but still. I'm scared.

Now on to JAKE! :) My boy is getting so big!!! He now claps when I sing patty cake. He can high five, wave bye bye, give kisses on command, and army crawl. He still doesn't crawl completely...but that's ok!He will do it on his time! On the other hand, hes good at taking steps and holding himself up!

I started working on things for his party! I can't believe he is going to be 1 in less than 2 months!!!

I haven't taken his 10 month picture yet, yes I'm a slacker, but today I'm going to take his cowboy picture for his birthday invitation! He is gonna be thee CUTEST cowboy around! I can't wait to show you guys! :)

Now on to .4. I am .4lbs away from reaching 25lbs!!!! I really was hoping I was going to get it today..but last night I was tempted by the devil (aka Jeff) and him and Joel brought back 2 peanut butter and chocolate brownie sundaes! I indulged and had 5 bites, then stopped. Hey, I still lost 1.8 this morning..so not TOO shabby!!! So...24.6 pounds gone.

I would be happy if I lost 2 more...but REALLY i would like to lose 7-10 more. We will see.

We are excited to go Gavin Evan's first birthday party today, then out to the 909 for some Val, Todd and Brooke time!!! Tomorrow, 30 of the Bomgaars gang are taking a train out to San Juan Cap for Grandma Greta's birthday!! That will be SO FUN! What a fun weekend ahead!!!!

Hope you all have a great weekend.

No need for words :)

Crazy Crazy Crazy!!!

Hello!!!!!

Gosh, it feels like its been FOREVER since I last updated!!!

Here is quick update:

Jake is 10 months old (as of yesterday!) I haven't taken his 10 month pics yet, but I will do it asap!)

I'm starting to plan for Jaker's 1st bday! The first craft night is 10/15! If you have any ideas for a western/cowboy party..PLEASE let me know! ( I am not crafty and would LOVE any ideas!)

I got a long-term job teaching 2nd grade in Paramount...until MARCH! (Which is why I've been MIA lately!) The class is CRAZY, naughty, and  very low...but we are working through it all! If you're friends with my on fb..you will hear all the crazy stories! ha!

I'm down 20.4lbs on weight watchers (I lost 3lbs last week due all the madness of starting this job!)

I started a Dicipleship group with my church (www.erc.la check it out!) and I'm pretty sure its going to be an amazing experience!! Wahoo!

I think that's all.

Until next time! (hopefully its sooner!!)

Mushy Mushy and Yay!

Last night as Jake was rolling around on the floor...I looked at Joel and said, "Can you believe hes ours?!"

I have these mushy moments occasionally a lot. As Jake is getting bigger and is ALMOST (okay, in 3 months) a year old...I can't help but to think of how special he is. He has changed our lives so much and I don't know what I ever did without him!

A few days ago, our redneck side came out. We threw out a blanket on the front lawn and sat out as a family, enjoying the evening!  I took a few pics:

Now for the YAY part!!! I'm down 16.4 (and I weigh in tomorrow before vacay.) Hooray!! Also, I ran around the block 4x without stopping ( a mile). Before I lost this weigh..I was DYING running around once! YAY for little victories!!!

9 Months

I cannot beleive i have a 9 month old in my house!!!!!!!! AHH!

At his 9 month appointment, he weighed 18.10lbs (25%) and was 28inch long (50%)!!

I wanted to take his 9 month pic, but of course, as soon as I stuck the tie on, he was grabbing at it. I only got a few good shots, but a few is better than none!! :)

Here they are! Enjoy!!

 Jake will HATE me for this one! Saw this pic on pintrest and decided to try it. The blue horse is made by my grandma for jake! :)

 cutest. picture. ever.

9 month tie!

Cheese!!!

Brookie

Val stopped by on Friday and I "tried" to take a few pics of Brooke! That girl is on the GO and would hardly look straight at the camera! It was fun, though, and we were laughing!!!

Here are some of my favs:

I had to throw in one of b and jake, too! He wasn't too fond of her hugs and kisses haha.

Yes!!!!!!

I try to plan lunch/coffee dates with my girlfriends around weight watchers. I don't want to set myself up for failure and not be prepared. ( I sound like SUCH a dork, but its true!!!)

We were just going to go to starbucks, so I can get my 4ptp mocha light, but my girlfriend wanted to do lunch!

So..........

Thank you, Mimi's Cafe, for having your nutritional values up on your website. Although 80% of their food is WAY over my points value (and i secretly figured out that my FAVORITE 5 way grilled cheese sandwich is a RIDICULOUS amount of points), I still found something I would enjoy!!!!! I used my handy-dandy Iphone points plus calculator...found what I wanted to "Spend" (how many points I wanted to use for lunch) and am ready to stay on track!!!

Here is what I came up with
Mix and Match:
French Onion Soup (Cup)- 6 points plus
Side Green Salad- 3 points plus
Salsa for dresssing- 0
Side of Fruit-0
Total: 9 points

I'm trying to be good today, because I weigh in tomorrow morning. I don't think i'll lose much (if any) this week because I only worked out once...and have been not tracking as I should.

Oh well. 13.6 down total..6 more lbs till Pre-Jake weight!

2 Rants & 1 Rave

Rant : 
The other day on facebook, I asked my lady friends recommendations for face cleansers, moisturizers, toners..ect.  MANY of them suggested cetaphil. So...I go to Costco...get the double pack thinking I was set. Yes. Cleaner, softer, healthy looking skin.

fail.

My face hates me.

After a a few days of using the dumb stuff, Ive had more breakouts then a 14 year old freshman in high school. I gave it a few more days, and my face started getting REALLY dry.

What the heck man.

Needless to say, I'm going to target and going back to "good ole reliable" clean and clear (and under control). ha! Oh well. Maybe Ill try something else.

Rant:

Ants. 

I honestly believe that God DID have good intentions when creating ants...but I don't think he intened on them to raid my house and make me miserable, which is what they have been doing the past couple of days. Every where I look, there is another little, sucker. I HATE THEM! Please go away. I know you're hot and want some water..but fine someone with a Pool or something!!

Another thing on my list at target...ant killer.

Rave:

A blog I stalk suggested using a lip color thats like half lipstick and half lip gloss. I decided to try it, since chap stick was just not cutting it these days. I acutally REALLY like it. Besides the fact I'm not used to seeing color on my lips, and a feel kinda awkard, but I had it on once, and joel said "Hot Mama!" 

I've been wearing it since. ha!

So if you see me around with pinkish looking lips...its the Pretty Amazing Lip Color from bare essentials.

That's all for today!! Off to Jake's 9 month appointment! Stats and pics to come! :)

Whats new???

Ah, I'm such a slacker!! Things have been pretty busy around the Bomgaars house!

I ended up trying out for the voice, along with thousands of other wannabes. I met people who came all the way from Kansas, Oregon and Utah, JUST To try out!!The whole process took about 3 hours. Once registered you were put in groups of 10, then placed in 3 different waiting rooms. When the time finally came, the group of 10 went into a room and sang a verse and chorus in front of a producer. No one in my group made it, and there were some AMAZING voices. Oh well. I wasn't too bummed. If someone from my group DID make it, I think I would have felt worse.

On the day of my audition, a big, industrial truck came down my street and used MY driveway to try and back up his truck and trailer. Fail. He ended up hitting the front of our house and did some structural damage. Luckily its a HUGE company and they are going to take care of us! :) Wahoo!

On Wed I officially registered to be a substitute teacher in the city of Paramount. I immediately was given a job for Thursday and Friday! I was kind of freaking out because I was thinking I would have until after Labor Day to get back into the work schedule. It was hard leaving Jake again... but It was SO nice being so close to home and working in the city I live in! I have 5 more days of work already for the next two weeks :) Things are looking up!!!

Update on Weight watchers: I haven't updated since my FIRST weigh in. I'm at 11.2lbs gone! wahoo! I'm weighing in tomorrow, since they will be closed on Monday. This means I can REALLY enjoy some yummy bbq on Monday :)

Jake is getting SO big. He is still not crawling, but looks SO cute trying (Sasha says he looks like a fish flopping around..ha!) We have his 9 month appointment this coming week. Ill post his stats then! Here is a pic of him in 12 month "big boy" jammies!! Love him!!!

Photoshoot

Jake and I had a little photoshoot today. Above are my favorites :)

I need YOUR help!

So...I've decide I AM going to try out for the Voice on August 30th. I mean, why not. What is there to lose?

I need to have 2 songs ready (to sing A Capella) for the producers. I'm not sure if Ill be singing the WHOLE song, or just 30 seconds? It doesn't say.

Since I like to sing country, I was thinking I would do a country song, then a pop song.

Its SO hard narrowing it down to just 2. I also wondered if I should do a popular song from an artist, or a song that is not so popular.

Below are the videos/songs of my potential choices. SOME of you are lucky enough to have heard me sing some of these songs...but for those of you haven't..what would you chose for me?? Remember the first auditon has to be A Capella- no music. just me.

For country, I was thinking Whitney Duncan, Sugarland, or Sara Evans.

Here is the Whitney Duncan- Skinny Dippin song

Here is Sugarland- Baby Girl

and last Sara Evans- Stronger


Now for a pop song. This is where I'm not sure which way I should go.
I was thinking Sara Barielles, Rhianna or........thats all I've got. Any Suggestions???

Sara Barielles- Love song or Vegas?

Vegas

Rhianna- Take a bow



There you have it. What do YOU think??? Any other songs you would suggest???

please please pleas help a sista out! ;)

To continue...

with my moaning and groaning:

I was reading Nailstah's blog and usually shes all about nailpolish and such, but she was on a ranting about a few different things and this one I had to agree with. She said this:

"5. Job hunting.. sooo… jobs want to hire someone with experience. But, they won’t hire you because you don’t have experience. So, how are you supposed to get a job that only hires someone with experience when you don’t have experience. *shrug* the vicious cycle known as life."

pretty much sums up my job search as of now.

the end.

Update (from previous post)

I never got "the call."

I'm assuming I didn't get the job and am moving on.

I'm no longer looking at teaching ideas on pintrest or proteacher...but now looking at substitute forms and ideas to keep the kids under control.

Oh well. I'm building a bridge and getting over it.

I'm thinking maybe God didn't let me have this job because:
1. He wants me to spend more time with Jake
2. He wants me to audition for the voice
3. I'm going to be famous.

ha.

:)

waiting...

I feel like a little, high school girl...patiently waiting for the phone to ring from that special "someone."

I had a job interview last Thursday and the principal said, "I'll try and let you guys know by Monday..."which, in my head, means Monday.

In my head..she never said TRY.

So, since I woke up this morning until right now, I am constantly checking my mail and making sure my phone is not on silent.

I have a feeling I'm not going to get the job. Why? Because I feel that if a teacher with 2 or even 1 year of in the classroom experience went up against me..someone who has been "just a sub" for the last 3 years.

I guess in my situation, its a win/win. If I get the job, HOORAY. If I don't, I get to sub and spend more time with Jake..HOORAY.

But I REALLLLLLLLLLLLLLY want this job.

So...here I sit at work. I think I looked at EVERY website on the internet to keep myself busy.

I know God has this all figured out. I just need to LET GO! (Which is SUPER hard btw)

Ill keep you posted.

Filled.

You will never realize how empty you are until you find out how it is to be filled.

Truth.

Ive been stalking Tumblr lately and I found all theses post about people longing to reconnect or get closer with God. Is it sad to say I'm glad I'm not alone? Not that I've fallen off the turnip truck or anything...I just have a wish to be closer with God...spend more time with him and the his word.

I guess I'm just glad I found these...because I learned remembered that having a relationship with God, or anyone, is a day to day decision and takes effort.

I want to be filled...or re-filled rather.

What if..

What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

Holy cow. That is a wake up call if I've ever read one.

I found this on pintrest...and when I read it, I literally stopped, posted it on facebook...and just sat in silence.

What if that really happened? I"ll admit, on that specific day...I would only have Jake. Its not that I'm not so thankful for everything....but the question asked what if I woke up today with ONLY the things I thanked God for YESTERDAY.

This has been a GREAT reminder of how I need to tell God how thankful I am for all the blessings he has given me.

Needless to say, my prayers at night are SUPER long...but so good!


What are you thankful for? Remember to thank God for them!!!

Scripture and a Snapshot

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. – Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

I shot this picture of Silver Lake last weekend. Seeing this picture reminds me of how great God is. Looking at his beautiful handiwork makes me wonder how anyone can deny him and what he has done.

Rebecca St. James said it so well in her song: Song of love
"The heavens declare You are God
And the mountains rejoice
The oceans cry Alleluia
As we worship You Lord
For this is our Song of Love"

Job fairy and God

Dear Job Fairy,

It's almost THAT time of year again...where teachers are getting their stuff ready, classrooms set up, name tags written, first day of school activities flowing though their heads. I wrote to you last year during this time, and you didn't come through. You gave me lots of sub jobs before and after Jake which was great, but now I really need a full time job.
This will be my 3rd year subbing...and although it's been GREAT, especially with our newest edition....I would LOVE to put that BIOLA education and the teaching board on pintrest to use. ;)

Dear God,

I hate that I worry and worry every year during this time, frantically checking my mail and sending out resumes to schools hoping it will be my time to be a "real" teacher.
I hate that I'm not more grateful for the sub jobs you have provided for me. I just really would like a job, but you know that. You know my heart.
Please help me to be patient, content, and grateful for whatever happens in August/September.
If I sub another year, over take my heart and give me peace that this is what I'm supposed to be doing.


Job fairy- I wish you were real. God- i know you are. I need you now.

Quicky...

This post will be quick because I am EXHAUSTED today ( not really sure why, maybe it was because I was SO itchy from all my mosquito bites, I decided to wake up at 5:30 when Joel left and just get ready! blah!)

I have a few pics to share from our trip to Silver Lake, but they will have to wait until next post.

Here is something to get ya by.

Quite the ladies man, eh? Oh yea. The shirt says it all :)