Laundry Day!

I know every mother out there hates laundry. Ok maybe its just me. In my house we have tons of clothes b.c I hate washing clothes. If I can get away with not washing for 2 weeks I'm happy. The only problem with that is when I do finally wash it takes me all day.When I'm cleaning in one room the girls are making a mess in every other room. Oh well soon they will grow up and have to clean for me. I cant wait for that day. :)
So I was down stairs bringing up all the clothes I had folded when Breelynn comes around the corner and says," don't I look pretty". All I could do is yell GEORGIA! She comes around the corner, "what mom".
So I run up stairs hoping my bathroom wasn't covered in makeup. I had been scrubbing it earlier. This is what I found. At least Georgia is neat about putting on makeup. I guess when the day is over, all you can do is laugh and just be happy they got along for the few minutes. I love my girls they are the world to me.

I will always remember the fun times we have together.
Mindy

7 Year's Ago

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Seven Years ago today was the best day of my life. We have never written down the story so here it is!

I started out the day by playing golf with my Marine Corps buddies for a Presidents Day Tournament just outside Carson City NV. After the round my wonderful Fiance Mindy Whitney picked me up from the course. We drove to the court house in Carson City. Sitting outside the court house Mindy started to get cold feet and wasn't sure if she wanted to get married. She made me call my mother and tell her we were eloping. My mom was ok with it and told us she was happy for us.

Mindy had already broke off our engagement four or five times. The day before we drove up from Las Vegas with all of her things in the back of my Jimmy. I was done being rejected so in the parking lot I told Mindy if we didn't get married that day I was going to leave her in the parking lot with all of her stuff. (I don't know if I really could have done that!) But luckily we went in the court house and picked up our Marriage License right before it closed. They gave us a list of on call ministers that would be willing to marry us. After calling a couple we got a hold of Reverend Brown. We went to his house and with his wife as the witness we were married. His house was a double wide trailer in Carson City. Mindy was wearing a black skirt and black shirt and I was wearing black slacks with a shirt and tie.

We didn't have real rings because Mindy went through 5 different engagement rings and I wasn't going to buy her another one until we were married. The ring we had for me was stolen by Mindy's sister so we wouldn't get married. (Don't worry Kim we forgive you.) We used Mindy's Grandmother's rings to get married. After our little ceremony we drove into Reno and went to the jewelry store and purchased the original ring I got for Mindy when we were first engaged. We also purchased a cheap ring to serve as a filler for me.

After that we drove back to my base outside of Bridgeport CA and spent our first night together in the Barracks. Yep very romantic and I'll never hear the end of that one!

Despite all the odds and the doubters Mindy and I are still together. We are happily married or at least I'm happy. The day wasn't ideal but it has turned out to be one of the best days of my life because I have my wonderful wife to show for it.

Mindy I love you and I'm so thankful you didn't get out of that car. Thank you for sticking it out and I look forward to spending eternity with you!

Happy Valentines Day

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I don't know how many holiday's it is going to take but I keep testing the water. Mindy constantly tells me she doesn't want anything for a holiday but then with the holiday comes and I really didn't get her anything I'm in the dog house. Needless to say I didn't get my wonderful wife anything for valentines day.

To my wonderful wife that I love. Please don't set me up for failure by saying that you don't want anything when you really do.

Here are some flowers for you.

Fun Party Day with the Girl's Friend

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Mindy is hosting a Valentines Day party at the house today with the girls. Hopefully many pictures to follow. There were 10 children that RSVP. After this party we are trying to figure out what to do for Georgia's Birthday party in March. It is a Hanna Montana theme and Mindy's trying to find someone to dress up like Hanna for Georgia. I also want to check out this mini-golf place by our house to see if that would be fun for her. She always wants to play with her daddy.

Check back for Pictures!

Its cold outside

I am coming to a end with my time off. As a photographer my only down time is January and February. So every chance I get I want to spend time with my girls. I cant believe Georgia will be starting school in August. Where has the time gone. I remember when she was just a baby. There is nothing more important in life then spending time with your family. Georgia has really been getting into photography, Bree on the other hand is just happy when her sister is down stairs and she has the doll house to herself. Bree has really grown and it is so sad they are getting so big.
Today the girls really wanted to go see the snow since it was raining. We got in the car and took lunch and headed for the mountains. I didn't think it would be so cold. The girls were great sports they wanted to stay out and play in the rain. Here are a couple quick pics.

Mindy

Georgia Needs to Remember This

This is Doug again I forgot to mention this.

Georgia spoke to her Grandmother, Cheryl Bills, on Saturday and had a good conversation on the phone. Her Grandma Bills lives in St. Anthony Idaho and doesn't get to see her near enough. Hopefully Grandma will come and stay in St. George UT for a couple of weeks before her mission begins again. Part of that call consisted of Georgia telling her Grandma that she had the best father in the world. That sure made my mother proud.

I pray that as Georgia grows up and becomes a teenager that she will still think I'm the best father in the world.

I don't know if I'm the best but I sure do know that I love me children and would do anything for them.

Georgia besides being my daughter remember that you are also a daughter of our Heavenly Father and he loves you too.

Her is a photograph that Mindy just posted on her blog of Georgia at 4 years and 10 months old.

Golf in St. George UT

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On Saturday I went golfing with a friend Mark Barnes in St. George UT. A lot of the people from his home town get together once or twice a year and play in a little two man tournament. I was put on the only three man team because some people didn't show up. This was only the second time I had golfed since late 2008. I had two knee surgeries on my right knee in 2009 so I didn't play at all that year.

Because I hadn't played in so long I was put on a team as the weaker golfer of the two. Then there was one man left over who happened to be the little brother of my partner so he joined us as a three man team. We ended up shooting six under par as a team and took second place.

I really miss playing golf and I was glad I could do it without my knees bugging me. Hopefully I will be able to get out and play more. I'm grateful Mindy let me go even though she had a photo shoot that morning. With my knee problems I am going to stop playing all sports except golf. My main goal now is just to get good enough to beat my brother Bryan on a consistent basis. I have only beat him once in my life and I had an unfair advantage.

I really need to get Georgia and Breelynn clubs so they can learn how to play. I need to spend more time with my children.