Overview

I thought I would start out at the top. I am originially from South Dakota born and raise. I lived on a farm for only a few years when we moved into town. I grew up in a population of about 1200 people and it definetly had it's pros and cons. After graduating highschool I attended college and played volleyball for the school. It was a short lived dream because that spring I became pregnant. Some days I do wish that it would have worked out differently but looking back I never would have traveled the road I did to get where I am. In 2000 I gave birth to my little boy Brayden.

He was everything I could have wanted, and still is to this day with all the mess. Being a young mother I had not idea what to expect. Brayden was very colicy but I learned to except it thinking it was just the way life was with a new born.
I continued to attend college, and for a litte while tried to jungle classes, being a mom, and practicing to go back out for the volleyball team. That part did not last long though. I had already made the choice of the baby and with that you have to make sacrifices.
In 2003 I meet the man of my dreams. Well almost:) He is wonderful and I would not take back any of our moments good and bad and look forward to all of the experiences that we will share. We dated for only about 5 months when we got engaged.

Our Reception

Wedding in 2004

A couple months after the wedding we got pregnant. This was my husbands first child eventhough he had accepted Brayden arms wide open. This pregnancy was harder on me then the first because I was working a lot more hours and being on my feet so much caused a lot of pain. But in June of 05 we had our second little boy names Kyler.

Kyler was a better baby then Brayden had been so it was a nice change. Brayden absolutely loved being a big brother and would try to help out at all times.

For Tom & I we were starting to feel more that we needed a change. We had decided that at the end of 2006 we would move down to Nevada closer to his family and to a career opportunity that he wanted to pursue. But that Christmas right before we left we recieved our own unexpected present. We found out that we were pregnant again and would be due in August. It complicated things and made it a bit more stressful but we managed. We settled down in Nevada and Brayden who had started kidnergarten that year had no probably adjusting to the new school. Tom started his career and I worked part time and currently still do. In August we had our third boy. Brayden was really shooting for a girl this time but I think he'll have to wait until he's married and has children of his own. We named our third child Zaelur and had a few problems with him after his birth.

The doctors we unsure which possibility it was so they treated all of the possibility. We were able to bring him home after a long 9 days in the hospital. Kyler was excited to have a baby but after he realized what it all entailed he wasn't so sure about it. Brayden on the other hand once again was over joyed on having another baby. He wanted to do everything for Zaelur.

We have now lived in Nevada for about two years and it has been somewhat hard on all of us. I miss my family that all lives back home, but I know that there's a rhyme and a reason so I try to keep that in mind.