Sharing Love with the Loveless'

New Recipe.

2011-04-20T14:12:00.000-07:00

Last night we tried a new recipe, which we altered to fit our budget, Mango Pork Tempura. It was super super delicious. It has pureed FRESH Mango, Pineapple, Orange Juice, and Lime Juice. We cubed the pork ourselves from a large Pork Loin and made our Tempura batter from scratch. IT took a long time to prepare and make the meal, but it was well worth it. It was so fresh tasting and absolutely amazing. We definitely will make this again and we are excited to try it with different meats depending on our mood.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYDER!!!

2010-06-15T16:02:00.000-07:00

Today is our sweet little boy Ryder's birthday. He is turning 1!! Yay! We love him so very much. I can't imagine my life without him. He is so cute. He has one WILD personality. We love watching him grow and learn everyday. We are so honored to be his parents, we love him with all our hearts. Happy Birthday Bubba!!

2010-04-09T08:41:00.000-07:00

It has been a very long time since we last posted. We do not have the Internet at our house so it is hard to keep currant. We are now living out in Lund, Nevada, and we love it there. It is so nice to be out in the country and living on a ranch, I really enjoy it. This weekend we are going to the temple to be sealed as an eternal family. I am so grateful to have my boys FOREVER!! I love my family very much, they mean everything to me. Here are some pictures of the currant happenings in our life.

This is Boss, he is a Jack Russell Terrier. He is Ryder's protector. He loves him and always cuddles up to him when he gets the chance.

Last week we bought these sweet shades for Ryder, He looks so cool in them.

This is such a sweet picture, Ryder had been running a fever and we never found out why, it just came, stayed for two days, and then went. Very strange, but he was so cuddly the whole week, I enjoyed that part of his being sick because now he won't hold still and cuddle with me for anything.

Haircut Time!! Ryder has had 2 haircuts in the 10 months of his life, his hair grows very quickly. He does pretty well when I cut his hair. This last time it was very long.

Here is the result picture, he was totally tired after so his eyes are teared up. His haircut makes him look a lot older. He is such a big boy.

We always find Ryder is funny positions when he is sleeping. This was one of the cutest positions we saw him in, he loves his Teddy and his Tigger (we call him Hobbes though).

This was on his blessing day, he was so handsome and so big. We waited until Logan would be able to bless him, it took a while to get there but it was totally worth it.

BATH TIME!! Ryder has the brightest blue eyes, they almost stop you in your tracks. He loves baths and he has just figured out how much fun splashing is.

He is such a HAM! He loves to pull faces and loves laughing. Sometime he will be crawling around and playing and then he will just start laughing. He is so fun to be with.

My sweet Ryder. I love this boy so much. I can't imagine him not being a part of my little family. He brings so much joy and love into our lives. I can't wait till he can run around and play and brings home all kinds of creatures, he will be just like his Daddy when he was a little monster. He is a sweetheart.

Ryder loves to wiggle and move, for a while he could not hold still when he was in his high chair. He is one wild boy.

Halloween

2009-11-09T14:25:00.000-08:00

We had such a great Halloween spending time with our family in Utah. The little boys were so cute in their costumes. This is our little Super Ryder, he was so cute has Superman. He is getting so big. He is starting to get a tooth on the bottom, hopefully it'll come in soon so he will be able to sleep better.

Rrrrrrr. . . Graham-Beard. Laura is so creative, Graham was such a great Pirate.

We love you guys!

The two boys!! They are so cute and they are starting to interact more with each other. They are eight months apart but Ryder is almost as tall as Graham.

This is sweet little Anabelle and Ryder when she was here in September. She is so darn cute!

Ryder's shirt from his Nana. He is so cute in it. Thanks Nana!! Muah! :)

Ryder and Cereal

2009-10-15T22:59:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night we gave Ryder his first taste of cereal.

We followed the instructions on the box for "Baby's first

feeding." They said to make it really runny for the baby to

try, Ryder was not interested. So we made it thick. It is

so exciting to watch our little boy grow up. He is so sweet

and so cute. We love him so much. Today he is FOUR months

old, can't even believe it. Enjoy the show, it is a little long

but oh so cute!

Our New Project

2009-10-09T23:07:00.001-07:00

We are finally living in Nevada and we have found somewhere to live. Now all we have to do is fix it up. Here are some pictures of the place. This is the master bedroom floor, we have to tear it all out and replace it with new wood.

This is our bathroom. There will be lots of updating done here.

Our kitchen. It is a pretty good size. We are planning to remodel here too.

This is our living room. Yes there is a ton of wood paneling. In the summer we are planning on replacing it all with dry wall. But for now it isn't so bad.

And this is sweet Ryder bundled up. It was snowing this day for the first time. Ryder's first snow. We have not bought many winter clothes yet. I think it is now time. He is getting so big and he is so happy and smiling and laughing all the time. It is so fun to watch him grow up. He looks like a chunk in this picture, but he has two pairs of pants on.

Things with us are going great but are really busy. Logan is really enjoying his new job. He likes working with all the boys in the home. It can be challenging and tiring, but he likes it. I am still taking my two online classes. They are going pretty well. My math class is a lot harder than I expected, but it's good to finally have my brain hurt from studying, it has been a long time. Well there's the newest update on us.

New Pictures

2009-09-07T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of our growing boy.

He is such a handsome little guy.

I have so much fun with him all day long.

Graham loves hanging out with Ryder and giving him kisses.

It is the cutest thing to see.

Just a few Pictures

2009-08-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few pictures of things we've been up to lately and places we've been.

Ryder. . . growing so fast!

2009-07-31T23:14:00.000-07:00

Our sweet boy is growing so fast. We've been super busy lately and we don't have the Internet in our apartment so we usually only update when we come down to Salt Lake to Nana and Papa C's. This past week we were up in Idaho at the Saxton family reunion, we stayed at Larry and Gail Miller's cabin. It was the most beautiful place I have ever been. We loved being there. I just wanted to post a few pictures of our sweet baby boy so everyone can see him and how big he is getting so fast. We love you all!

This is Ryder's towel. I chose between the ducky towel and this one. I LOVE duckies, but I opted for the puppy towel, it fits him better.

This is his styling hat, we got it on a sale, such a good score, to help keep his head from getting sunburned at the reunion. It has octopi on the top!

Hanging out with Dad on the futon. I walked downstairs and this is what I saw right away. I love my boys! We didn't place Ryder like that, he did it his own, I'll admit I had Logan put his arms out the mimic him.

This is the shirt Papa C bought for him. All three of his grand babies have these, well Graham and Ryder have the shirts and pants with cars, and cute little Anabelle has a bib I believe.

My laundry buddy, just hanging out in the basket while I switch and fold loads. What a sweetheart! Pretty soon he won't fit in one anymore.

Ryder's Hiccups

2009-06-21T18:04:00.000-07:00

He had the hiccups for almost five minutes and it was really cute!

Ryder Keith Loveless

2009-06-15T04:28:00.000-07:00

Here is our sweet baby boy. He was born at 1:26 AM, 8 lbs 6 oz, 20 1/2 inches long. Super cute and healthy. In labor for about two hours, everything went well. We are all doing WONDERFUL!!

Baby's Room (Post 3 of 3)

2009-06-05T18:48:00.001-07:00

Lately I have been in the "nesting" mood as they call it in the What to Expect book. I have been trying to get the baby's room all finished. I still have some stuff left to do, furniture to move in, and pictures to hang on the wall, but it looks pretty good so far.

I've done a few projects as well for his room. The first one I bought some wooden letters and toys from the craft store and painted them dark blue, a lighter green, and brown. It was fun and a way to spend my time. Here's the finished pieces. Eventually we'll put his name on the wall. Oh also we've decided to name him Ryder Keith.

This is a picture of his vibrating bounce chair that we got from someone in our parents ward. I love getting things so we don't have to buy them, it's very convenient. The mat next to it I made out of foam puzzle pieces I also found at the craft store and placed together to form a small play mat. It will probably be a while until he'll be big enough to use it as a play mat, but for now it adds some color.

We also got this swing from the same family, along with a car seat, it'll be nice to have this to place him in while I clean the house or make dinner.

This is his crib all ready for him with the mattress and blankets. We were never able to find a cute inexpensive crib set so we are just using blankets, but it still looks cute. We are so excited for our sweet baby. He is due on Wednesday, but could come any day.

I apologize that the lighting in the pictures is so poor, it was very bright in the room and difficult to get the lighting right. I need to work more on my photography skills.

Our new place. . . (Post 2 of 3)

2009-06-05T18:31:00.001-07:00

It sure has been a very long time since I've updated the blog. I apologize. We have had a lot going on and are finally settled down a bit, for the time being. We currently are living up in Cache Valley, and we LOVE it! We live in a two bedroom townhouse, they were built in November and are very nice. Here are a few pictures of our place. We are still trying to get it set up completely and when it is all finished we'll post more picture.

This is our kitchen table. It was Logan's Mom's and we are getting to use it. It's nice to have a table.

A picture of part of our kitchen. Logan is getting dinner ready. This day we had Mom and Dad Henderson and Laura, Alex, and Graham over for dinner.

We have 1.5 bathrooms in our place. This is a picture of the half bath, its just off the kitchen by our back door.

Logan got me this for Christmas. We are going to put it in our second bedroom above. . .

Our crib. We are having a baby boy. He is due on Wednesday. We love this crib, it has a changing table attached. It is one of those cribs that is a 4-in-1 set. It can change from a crib, to a toddler bed, to a daybed, and then to a full. It also came with a hamper and has the trundle drawer underneath for extra storage. We got the crib at Target for a really good deal.

Fishing (Post 1 of 3)

2009-06-05T18:12:00.000-07:00

So I have never really been fishing before and since we are now living in Cache Valley, Logan has decided to take me fishing a lot. This day we got up at 3:45 AM to go fishing at Porcupine Reservoir which is located in Avon, about a 45 min drive south of our home. We didn't have any luck there so at about 1:00 in the afternoon we went over to First Dam, just down the street from campus. By this time I was pretty skeptical that fish even existed since this was our sixth attempt of fishing and still we hadn't caught any fish, but when we arrived we saw some guys catching fish, so we knew they were there. So we set up our chairs and got ready to catch some fish. It had been a long day but after about being at the new spot for about 30-45 mins, I FINALLY CAUGHT A FISH!!

It was very exciting. It was only a little fish, but still my very first fish. Here's the lucky fish. . .

Later on Memorial Day we were down in Payson for Logan's grandpa's 75th Birthday and decided to go fishing again. This day we only woke up at 6:00 AM and went to Payson Canyon. Again we didn't have any luck, so later after the party we stopped off at Salem Pond to do some small fishing. But amazingly we caught a lot of fish this day. This is a picture of me catching TWO, count them, two fish on the same fishing pole. It was so cool!

These are our little ducklings at First Dam. They are our buds, whenever we go there to fish they always come swim over by us. I have grown very fond of them. There were originally eight of them, but after about two weeks there were only five left. We don't know what happened to those three ducklings, but we like to think that they were adopted, not another thing.

So fuzzy and so super cute!

We are. . .

2009-03-20T23:54:00.001-07:00

Getting Married!!!

Yay! I am so excited. He is such a sweetheart. We have so much fun together. We are getting married two weeks from today. I can't wait, well I guess I can but I hope the time passes quickly. This is what our invitations look like. My Mom made them and did such a great job! I love them. Thanks Mom!! :)

Introductions. . .

2009-02-20T21:02:00.000-08:00

I would like to introduce you all to Logan Loveless. He is the love of my life. We have so much fun together, he is my best friend. He is so very sweet and so handsome. We have been dating again quietly for 8 months. I couldn't be any happier. I hope one day soon you are all able to meet him and get to know and love him as I do. Here are a few pictures of us and the fun times we have had together. . .

We went to Arches in September. It was very fun. It started pouring on about our third and longest hike but we just kept hiking. It was a great time, we were too drenched to take any pictures.

Here he is on the Ranch in Nevada when we were branding. He is so strong, he's able to tackle a cow all by himself. Ha ha not to sound like I'm bragging or anything.

This was a few months ago, we took this one night after one of our famous home cooked steak dinners. We love our meat, and we enjoy cooking together a lot.

He is such a stud. He had an interview that he had to get dressed up for so we went and bought him this outfit. This was the first time I had ever seen him dressed up this way. He is cute. Later we took the outfit back. But our goal is to go buy it again.

And this is us right before Christmas. We had a very nice dinner together and then got some hot chocolate and walked down to Temple Square. It was very beautiful and it was the first time we had been there together. It was wonderful.

Thank you for taking the time to read my mushy blog about Logan. I can get a little carried away sometimes. I am a huge romantic and he fits right in to my romantic hopes. He is my modern day Prince Charming and he couldn't make me feel more like a Princess or more loved than he already does. Despite the trials that we have endured together, we are more in love than ever. We respect each other and are able to talk to each other about anything and everything. I couldn't imagine my life without him, and I don't ever want to.

I will try to keep everyone updated more than I am, it has been a while since I updated my blog, I will work harder on that. I wish everyone well.

Tagged!

2008-12-28T22:29:00.000-08:00

5 Things I was doing 10 years ago...

1.) Playing basketball with Dusty and Mike every day

2.) Sharing a room with Laura and Sarah

3.) Playing with my imaginary friend Megan who lived in a purple house

4.) Playing Lego guns with Tom

5.) Playing store in the living room with all of our food storage

5 Things on my "To-Do" list today...

1.) Go to church

2.) Finishing reading the seventh Harry Potter

3.) Take a nap

4.) Try to get rid of the headache I have had for the last 24 hours

5.) Play a game with Laura and Alex

5 Snacks I enjoy...

1.) Popsicles

2.) Carrots and Celery sticks

3.) Juice

4.) Ice Cream

5.) Grapes

5 Things I'd do if I were a millionaire...

1.) Get out of debt!

2.) Pay for all of my college tuition and housing

3.) Help others in need

4.) Save/Invest

5.) Buy a lot of books!

5 Places I've lived...

1.) Provo

2.) Murray

3.) Kearns

4.) West Jordan

5.) Price

5 Jobs I've had...

1.) Reams Grocery

2.) Cold Stone

3.) Sportsman's Warehouse

4.) Discover Card

5.) CEU Prehistoric Museum

5 People I tag...

1.) Laura

2.) Jessica

3.) Jeff

4.) Julie

5.) Alex

The big change!! (Post #1 of 3)

2008-12-15T15:36:00.001-08:00

It was time for a drastic change. Today I went to get my hair cut, just a slight cut about 5" or so, well we all know how that goes, instead I ended up cutting off about 8" and I LOVE IT!! Kristi Thornock (well no longer Thornock) cut it for me and she did such a great job! This weekend we are coloring it so once it is all finally done I will post the final pictures. I can't remember ever having my hair this short before, but I sure do like it a lot. I'm sure I will have lots of fun figuring out new hairstyles! (and that is our beautiful family Christmas Tree in the background, Mom decorated it so well).

Jamison Hughes (Post #2 of 3)

2008-12-15T15:28:00.000-08:00

Here is an update on Jamison and some newer pictures. He will be six months old on December 30. He is the happiest baby ever!! He loves his family so much and he is so cute with them. Next month the adoption should be finalized and then he will be able to be sealed to his family. I am so excited for him. I love him so much. He has the biggest blue eyes ever and is so sweet. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do!

My bestest little buddie!! (Post #3 0f 3)

2008-12-15T15:21:00.000-08:00

Okay so I know bestest isn't a word, but in Jaiden's case, anything goes. This is my little buddie Jaiden. He is my best friend Robin's little boy (some of you have met him before). Well a few weeks ago he was over hanging out with me and I decided to have an ice cream cone, well Jaiden wanted some too. Well that is how it turned out.....He is so so cute!!

Something New

2008-12-04T15:26:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, for no apparent reason, I decided that I would start writing a novel, and then after the first two pages, I changed it to a short story. Of course it is a romance story, and right now there isn't a whole lot going on in the story, but it was a way for me to get some of the emotional stress out. I got the idea for a short story from Laura, since she is such an amazing writer, I thought I could see how well I can do. We'll see how it goes from here. It has been such a long time since I have posted anything that I thought it was about time to just put something random in there. Jeff is always telling me to just write whatever, so this was a "whatever writing." Thanks Jeff :) Well I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, I sure did with all of my family, and I am so excited to announce that there is only ONE WEEK left in school!! Yay!

New Hair Do

2008-10-05T18:07:00.001-07:00

Okay, so on Saturday I dyed my hair. I'm not sure if I like it yet or not. Here are some photos, it would really be helpful to have some opinions of what others think. Should I keep the blond how it is or should I do a light brown? I know this is of really no importance to anyone, but I don't want to walk around looking ridiculous. If you could help that would be great. Thanks!

LIGHT BRIGHT DANCE

2008-10-04T19:55:00.001-07:00

So this weekend we had our light bright dance, it was so much fun!! My friends Clarissa and Brittany came down to go with me, it was a blast!!! If you've never been to a paint dance then I definitely would recommend it. Here are so photos. . . hope you enjoy!!

This is Claire and me all painted out!!

And Brittany and me!!

And all three of us, how cute!

The long shot, surprisingly I don't have that much paint on me, or at least not that you can tell.

And these are some of my roommates and other people in my dorm (left to right) Shaylene, my room roommate; Jamin, friend from across the hall; Sam, one of my roommates; Barbara, roommate; Joel, Barbara's boyfriend; Kelly, she lives next door; and then Me!!

It was a really fun weekend.

Serenity or at least momentarily

2008-09-07T22:00:00.000-07:00

I love this picture. I find it absolutely gorgeous and peaceful. In my computer literacy class that I am taking, my most recent assignment was that we had to find a picture of a sunset and in an email attach the file and email it to my teacher. Super duper hard! Not really, anyway this is the picture that I found. I love it! I looked at few others by the same photographer and they all have the same feelings and essence to them. I just needed something like this photo right at this particular moment in my hectic and stressed life and this photo did that for me. I encourage however else needs some peace and calming to look up his website. The website is www.hickerphoto.com. . . .enjoy!!

I still love taking pictures myself. This is one picture that I took back in March when I went to San Francisco. I hope one day my pictures will be out there and people will feel the same emotions about my photos as I feel about some of Rolf's. I just wanted to share that!

2008-09-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend I went to Arches for a fun trip. I was planning on taking a lot of pictures but with my luck it started pouring shortly after I got there and rained for the rest of the time I was there. I still went hiking which was very fun especially with the rain!

This is a picture of Double Arch. I love this arch it is so cool, especially because you can climb up to it. I tried to fit it all in but it is extremely difficult.

It started raining at Double Arch. The past three times I have been there it rained once I went to that Arch, which is a little strange. So if you want rain then go to Double Arch.

This Arch is called Turret Arch, it is over by the Windows Arches. I think it is cool.

And these are the beautiful puffy white clouds, this is what they looked like right before the rain came to where I was. I thought they were very pretty.

This is just a picture of it raining a few miles away, and then a few minutes later it all came to where I was.

And finally, this is my friend Mr. Grasshopper. I was stopped at the gas station and saw something jump up in front of my windshield but I wasn't sure what it was so I just ignored it. Well a few seconds later as I was driving down the road this is what I saw. This was literally one of the biggest grasshoppers I have ever seen and I thought he was so pretty too, so I just had to take a picture to show everyone. He rode with me for a few miles on the windshield wiper and then I pulled over to try to take a better picture and when I did he jumped off. It was bizarre but really cool too. I like my new friend Mr. Grasshopper. :)

2008-08-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

Okay so after over a month of not posting anything, I've decided its time. So last Saturday I made my way to school down here at the College of Eastern Utah in Price. I really like all of my roommates and classes so far. I decided to take some pictures of my dorm room so you can all see. :)

This is my bed. It is so comfy. Mom and Dad let me take some memory foam. So far so good!

This is my desk where all the studying is done.

And another picture of my bed and slightly decorated wall.

Now this is my packed-to-the-max closet. My side is on the left, I have a whole lot more clothes than I was thinking I did when I packed.

And the latest of me, the college girl!! FINALLY!!

I am so excited to finally be away at college and having the experience. I will try to keep updating my blog when I find the time. I love you all!

2008-07-07T14:40:00.000-07:00

Jamison Hughes (Henderson) Parker

2008-07-07T13:44:00.000-07:00

JAMISON HUGHES

Born: June 30, 2008
Time: 9:44pm
Weight: 8 lbs 4 oz
Length: 21 inches

He is so precious. I was in labor a little over 10 hours, but everything went well. I can't even begin to explain the joy and love I feel for this handsome baby boy. I love him so very very much! Those three days in the hospital, have been the greatest days of my life, I am so grateful for the opportunity I had to spend those three magical days with my baby as his mommy. I want to thank everyone for their prayers, love, and support. I also want to thank all of my family for being there with me during this bittersweet time and for all of their love and support. I am so grateful to be a mother and to share that blessed gift of motherhood with a very special woman who I know is Jamison's earthly mother and will love him and take amazing care of him. I am so grateful for the spirit, our Heavenly Father, and our Savior and his sacrifice. I love my little Jamison so much, and I will always keep him in my thoughts, prayers, and heart.

babies

2008-06-13T22:25:00.000-07:00

I love babies and their cute little hands and toes!! It makes sense that I would like babies at this exact moment, but I can also say I love babies at every moment. Love you all!

blogs!

2008-06-11T18:15:00.000-07:00

Okay so I've decided to join the club and start a blog of my own!!! I am excited to try to keep everyone updated with the happenings in my life, but I'm not going to make any promises as to how frequently I will keep everyone updated. ;)
There are many new and exciting things going on in my life right now, and most of them I never thought I would be experiencing in my life and definitely not at this exact moment. But I am more grateful than anything for these experiences I am going through. I have learned so much and grown so much already and I can't even imagine how I will continue to grow.
But one thing I have to do is thank everyone for all of their prayers and support. It all has meant so much to me and I have the strongest testimony ever on the power of prayer and Heavenly Fathers plan for me now, and I can't wait for that to continue to grow.
Today I was sitting at my desk at work reading a little book I found on another worker's desk, I didn't steal it I only borrowed it for a tiny moment, but I did find a quote I liked so here it is. . ."My philosophy is that not only
are you responsible for your life,
but doing the best at this moment
puts you in the best place for the
next moment."
It was interesting to read that at this moment in my life, and I agree with what it is saying. It is comforting to know that everyone has a part to play in their own life, but it is also their choice as to whether or not they are a background character or the main character in their own lives as well.
Anyway, I've decided recently that when it comes to my major for College that I'm currently going to pursue Sociology. I want to deal with Teens and also study substance abuse and maybe become a counselor for that. But there are many other things as well I would like to do, but right now that is the major that I feel is where I should put my effort, time, and passion. We'll see where it goes over the next few months.
Okay so this is definitely a long entry, they probably won't all be this long, but considering this is the first entry it makes sense as to why it would be long. For those of you who are sitting there trying to figure out what the name of my blog means, let me save you the trouble, that you might have already gone through looking it up, to tell you what it means. Mnemonic means "assisting or intended to assist the memory." That is my hope for my blog, that I will be able to use this to assist myself and everyone else in knowing and remembering the happenings of life. I love you all and I'm excited to keep you all updated.