I would die for that!

As most of you know Dave and I have been trying for about three years now to have another baby. It took us about 2 1/2 years to get pregnant with Elle. We got pregnant with Elle on Clomid. We have just finished our last cycle of clomid, and my doctor has taken us off of it. He feels we need more intensive fertility treatments. So I've been sent to a specialist. When I watched this video I cried..and it really hit home.
I can't help but say HOW blessed we have been to have Elle. If we can't have anymore...at least our lives has been enriched by her spirit.

Throwing yourself down a mountain can be fun!

On Saturday Dave and I went skiing to Alta. We had such a great time. It was the first time both of us had been out for eight years, so needless to say we were a bit rusty. We got in a lot of runs, and wore ourselves out. On one of the runs I came down almost snowplowing the entire way. When I got to a flat spot Dave was waiting for me, and he said "Good job sweetie...look what you just did." I looked up aqt the slope where I just came down..I just about peed my pants. I had no idea we were coming down the face of the mountain. It was a whole lot of fun. I only fell 3 times...I was proud of myself. Dave is a much better skier then me...but one day I'll be better. We had a good time, and we are looking forward to getting on the slopes again.

A very personal post...that's not so private.

(written by Kandis)

I have never blogged about anything personal, so this is a first. It's no secret that for the past year i've been publicly dealing with what I call "Ed". It was over one year ago that Kamille, my best friend forced my hand to get help. I wrote this about a year ago....and I am still feeling the same way.

"For the last while I have someone else a part of my life. Someone who really not many people knew about. His name is Ed. I hate him, but I can't seem to let him go. I dated Ed while in high school and thought I kicked him to the curb, but I guess there was unsettled feelings, and well Ed made his way back to my life.

Ed now lives with us, he sleeps in my bed with me and Dave and he is at every family function, and ever life event. Ed eats dinner with us, and most times Ed follows me to the bathroom.

Ed tells me things that I'm sure aren't true, but some how I belive him. He tells me things like "You're fat today" or "You look great today" he also tells me things like "You can't wear that shirt, you should wear this one, it makes you look thinner" Ed tells me what I can eat and what I can't. Ed tells me where I will go and where I won't.

Today Ed went with Elle and I to the mall. I got Elle some lunch there, but Ed wasn't hungry so neither could I be. Then when we left the mall Ed told me how proud he was of me, because I listen to him, and I didn't eat lunch.

Today I was going to buy a shirt at the mall, but I didn't. I like the shirt, but the size was a large and Ed thought by buying it I was saying I am a large size, so I couldn't buy the shirt...mainly cause he didn't like the tag size.

While at the mall Ed would wisper things in my ear like "Do you see her, she's fat; you don't want to look like her". he also points out all the pretty girls and how attractive they are and says things like "you are nothing until you look like them"

Ed goes with me to the gym every night. He makes me run 3 miles in 30 minutes. Any shorter then I'm a loser.

Ed eats every meal with me and says things like "I can't believe your eating that...you're so fat."

Sometimes Ed says nice things like "You look great today, a lot better then last week." Ed also says things like "You see when you are thin people notice, and they approve. You want their approval don't you?" He also says " Your face is so much prettier now that you are thiner"

So you see not all thing said by Ed are bad, just most of them.

Ed controls my entire life. I hate Ed. I wish he were gone! I try to kick him out, but he only stays gone for a day or so..and then he sweet talks his way back into my life by saying things like. "Life is so much easier with me around." and "come back to me, I'll so you how great you can be" then there's "you see, you need me. With me in your life, people notice you."

I really do hate Ed. I want him gone. I don't know how to get rid of him, it seems the longer he's in my life the harder it is to let go of him. I'm afraid without him then I won't be what I want."

That was a year ago...and I'm still dealing with it. Many close people have told me "I'm over your Ed." THat hurts, because I can't get over it. I am still dealing with this everyday, and I need you all to not be over it...untill I'm over it. Thank you so much those of you who have shown your support and love. This is not something that will be better tomorrow, but I'm working on it. If you would like to know how you can help me..it's this easy. Don't give up on me, when you give up...i've given up.
That's it...maybe in another year I will have more progress to tell about.

My new addiction!

I am so addicted to Digital Scrapbooking. It is so fun! I have tons of scrapbooking supplies, but can never find time to scrapbook. And besides I am so lazy I don't ever get the pictures off the computer. And then when I want to get pictures developed it costs a fortune because I have so many to develop. So when I was introduced to digital scrapbooking I feel in love. Some of you might already have found the joy in this...but I'm so excited I had to share it with you all.
SO FUN!

The most amazing Pie EVER!

So last week I went to a friends house, and she made the most amazing pie. So I had to make it for myself. I'm telling you....it is amazing...and you need to try it for yourself.
And I'm even going to be so nice to give you the recipe, and you don't even have to ask for it.
YUM YUM YUM

3/4 cup crushed wafer cookies (about 24 wafers - Nilla Wafers are suggested)
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted
1 ready-to-use refrigerated pie crust (1/2 of 15 oz pkg)
4 oz (1/2 of 8 oz pkg) cream cheese, softened
2 large baking apples, peeled, sliced
1 large pear, peeled, sliced
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups thawed whipped topping
Preheat oven to 375°F. Mix wafer crumbs, brown sugar and butter until well blended; set aside.
Place pie crust in 9-inch pie plate. Spread cream cheese carefully onto bottom of crust; sprinkle with half of the crumb mixture. Set aside. Combine fruit in large bowl. Add granulated sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss to coat. Spoon over crumb layer in pie crust; sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.
Bake 35 minutes or until fruit is tender and crust is lightly browned, covering loosely with foil after 25 minutes if necessary to prevent crust from overbrowning. Cool on wire rack. Serve with the whipped topping. Store any leftovers in refrigerator.

I hope you love it as much as I do...if you don't you're crazy!

A Broadhead Year!

It's been forever since we've updated our blog, so I guess it's time.
So we've decided to remind you what the Broadheads did this year.

January....
Nothing too event full happened in January. We brought in the New Year with our friends Clint and Kamille.

February
This was a fun month. We got away for eight days on a cruise to the Mexican Riviera. We had such a wonderful time. In each port we wanted to do something different. So in Cabo San Lucas, (we have been there before) we first went and ate at Cabo Wabo...and made sure we had the Waburrito. Okay it's the best thing ever. We've had it before, so we had to go back. HEAVEN ON A PLATE. (if you like Mexican food) Then we took a Rhino ATV adventure, and went through the desert and down to a beach front. That was so much fun, although super dusty....but so worth it.
In Puerto Vallarta (I know I'm not sure on the spelling.) Our tour was cancelled because of our ship had to rearrange the order of our port stops. But we really wanted to do what we had planned. So we were some of the first off the ship and made our way over to a little stand and booked the adventure we wanted to do. We got to go into the jungle and zip line. Over 1000 feet in the air. It was so much fun. However we were pushing it close getting back to our ship....we were the second to last tender boat back in. That was so scary.
In Acapulco...we went snorkeling...and shopping....and In Ixtapa..we went shopping and we walked along the beach looking for seashells. We had such a great time. The ship was awesome.
Elle stayed home with Grandma Elaine, and Papa. They are such great parents to have watched her for us. That was our February.



March
Dave turned 30!

April
hmmmmmm...do you remember April...that's pretty numb to me.

May
I cut my hair off.

BEFORE

After


We also spent time going to the zoo.




And at all the Jazz playoff home games. GO JAZZ!



June
Dave and I celebrated our 6th anniversary. We didn't do anything too big. We went to dinner and a movie. While Elle got to spend the night at her cousins house. That was her first sleepover. During the middle of the night she got scared and woke up...and tried to ex cape their house. So needless to say she hasn't been ready for another sleep over to any ones but grandmas.
I turned 26 on the 3rd.... And Dave bought me a new T.V. Yes I really wanted it too.
At the End of June my parents took us to Disneyland, along with my sisters and their families. I believe there were 19 of us. We had a great time.


July
Bear Lake!
We went up to Bear Lake for Dave's families annual "reunion". We had a good time. Although while playing some water sports I bursted my eardrum and was in a huge amount of pain. "It's all fun and games until someone gets hurt."




Elle also turned 3 on the 10th of July. She had a "Pink" party. And she was most excited to wear her party hat.

August
Elle competed in the Miss American Starlet Pageant
She didn't place, and that's okay. This was her first pageant. However she was chosen to be in their ca lander...She is Miss March 2008
MISS MARCH ELLE BROADHEAD








Elle's cousin Alexa also competed in the pageant. (not against each other.) Alexa won the swimsuit competition, and placed in the top 15. GO LEXI.

At the end of August Kandis B. Designs made their debut at Buyers Fashion Week in Vegas. Kamille Bauer went with and helped so much. I'm so grateful for her selling energy! She's amazing.
While in Vegas we took advantage of the fun. We were given VIP passes to Pure the night club, and so we went dancing one night.
We went and saw KA at the MGM one night...and we made sure we ate at some really awesome places too. We had a good time. It was a fun week to spend away...especially with my best friend!

September
Elle started preschool
Her teachers name is Miss Hollie.
She loves her school.


October
Circus time! My parents once again out did themselves and took everyone to the circus. Elle had a fun time! Here is some silly pictures!


Halloween was fun, as Elle dressed up as Princess Aurora. She's so pretty!


Witches Night Out...at Gardner Village.
I was invited to go with a bunch of Women...and it was so much fun. My friend Heidi pretty much won the costume competition. She was a hoot!

November
Elle is bringing out the silly in us...she is so much fun...and always insists on making funny faces.






This month we also started something we call "Family Movie Night" Family movie night is always on Fridays. We make a big bed with lots of blankets and pillows. And we watch a movie we haven't seen...or haven't seen in a long time. We pop popcorn, and have candy...and spend time with eachother. Elle really looks forward to it, and always asks what movie we are going to watch next.
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We spent Thanksgiving at Daves Parents house this year. Carolyn and Anthony came in from Colorado and it was nice to visit with them.

December
We tried to make the holiday season as special as we could for Elle. We made Gingerbread houses. We relinquished all control and let Elle do her own thing. She loved the frosting part.


Christmas Day was so magical for Elle. The look on her face was so special. She was excited about everything.






Now on to 2009!
We hope your Holidays were amazing...and your year was great too.
We hope that Next Year is great too!

Tag Your it.

What is his name? Dave

How long have you been together? We met 7 years ago next week. Married 6 years

How long did you date? Oh we didn't date for long before we were engaged. We dated for three months and engaged for 4 months. (I know fast...but why wait.)

Who eats more? Dave eats more.

Who said I love you first? It was SO DAVE. FUNNY STORY TOO!

Who is taller? Dave...by a long shot.

Who sings better? I would have to say I sing better.

Who is smarter?It depends on what type of smarts your talking about....we both are smarter at certin things.

Whose temper is worse? I think it's a tie. But neither of us have bad tempers.

Who does the laundry? I do for the most part. But Dave helps a ton!

Who does the dishes? I do for the most part.

Whosleeps on the right side of the bed? Dave.

Who pays the bills? I do.

Who mows the lawn? Dave does....he loves the riding lawn mower.

Who cooks dinner? I do. I love to cook!

Who drives when you are together? We take turns.

Who is more stubborn? hmmmmmmmm that's a hard one....I think...we both are.

Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Neither one...we beat it out of eachother.

Whose parents do you see the most? Mine. (we live next to them...of course we would see them more.)

Who Kissed first?Dave kissed first....that's a good story too.

Who asked who out?It was a blind date...so we both agreed.

Who proposed? Dave

Who is more sensitive? Me....I'm a ball of mush.

Who has more friends? I think both dave and I have the same amount of friends. But maybe me...by a hair.

Who wears the pants in the family? Dave does...but I have a definate say in what goes on.

P.S thanks Sean for the Tag....
Now TAG....YOUR IT! SARAH...NATALIE!

Car Update.

Hello everyone!
Well here is a little update on our Car.
The freaking lady that hit Dave.....her insurance has "coverage" problems. What ever that means. So needless to say we have had to take out a claim on our policy and go through our insurance to get our car fixed. So it looks like that her insurance isn't going to fix our car. Yeah we are mad...bitter....want to go slash some tires. But what can we do? Grrrrrrrrrrr

Does the Lord work through Cars?

Oh my..oh my! So we have been trying to get out of debt, so we decided that we needed to sell Dave's car. So he put it up for sale last week, and we had some people come to look at it. Well on Tuesday a guy came by, and said "I want to buy it." Gave Dave some earnest money, and said he would buy it on Thursday. Well yesterday (Wednesday) they called and said they needed to buy it now. So about 5 p.m Dave met them at the Credit Union they gave a certified Check, Dave gave them the title...and the car was now theirs. So your asking...what is Dave going to drive? Well my dad is giving Dave a old Bronco (no payment awesome.) Dave just has to get it road worthy, and it's his. So he has been working on it, but it's not ready yet. So my mom told me that we could use her Expedition until he gets the Bronco fixed. So Dave would drive my car to work, and I would drive her car. (Sound good huh?)

Well this morning, I was sleeping in a rather amazing slumber might I add..when I was jolted out of bed by the phone (6 a.m) It was Dave. He was in a car accident. IN MY CAR! Some sleepy lady ran a red light and totally broadsided the car. I had to go rescue him this morning. So Dave was able to drive the car home..(he was only it less then a mile away) And a tow truck will come for it later. However we are totally car-less. So We will have my moms expedition for awhile, and that Lady's insurance will have to pay for a rental car for Dave.

Now...how the Lord works through cars. Had Dave not sold the car yesterday as planned it would of been him in his car that got hit....making the car unsellable. As much as we hate to say that the Lord works in mysterious ways..he does..even if it means a car wreck.