The Feeling of RAIN

The rain always brings peace to my soul. I love the feeling of things being made clean again with the rain. Almost like a since of a new beginning. All this rain in the valley is encouraging me to make some much needed changes… 

Ps... This picture was taken in my front yard Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE my camera??

Things I Love

I wouldn't say that I am a ‘Material Girl’… BUT I do have a few things that I am LOVING right now:: my candle sticks,my lovely little bird,my hairspray,my new VS eye shadow: Ulta mascara:&lipgloss,my antique silver bowl—given to me from Jakes Grum,long dangly necklaces & flower ring,my pretty little vest w/silver sequins & blue blouse,VS Love Rocks perfume,an antique mirror, & last but not least my very NEW and most favorite LOVE right now My Camera BAG! What things are you Lovin these days?

Getting ready...

Molli, Aiden and Alli are on there way back down to the valley with Jakes parents and Cory (he went with them to Eager for a few days) I spent all day yesterday cleaning! and my house actually stayed clean all day! must be the absence of a 3 year old tornado boy!
We have such a fun week planned, The Museum of Natural History, Wildlife zoo and Aquarium, playing at the park, taking pictures of Baby Alli and the rest of the grandkids, visiting Family, and any thing else we can think up!!
Me and my camera are going to be in heaven.
I have been looking at everyone's pictures of the heaps of snow up on the mountain and I thought I would post a picture of what I get to look at day after day week after week year after year!
 

Yes it is actually this green! And boy did it feel like SPRING today!

Also isn't my niece adorable??

See you next week with probably a TON of pictures :)

Ok ok I know--It’s getting out of control!

 

 

So I am pretty sure its safe to say that I have let my house turn into a disaster!

How did this happen you ask? Well Its rather simple. My new toy! As you can see I just have been ignoring my chores and dragging my family around to take pictures! But I am taking a “break” for at least the rest of the week and putting my home back in order. What does this mean for the Coombs Family?

Bed times for EVERYONE –including myself

a cleaner floor for my baby to crawl around on

Tidy closets and cupboards

Clothes actually folded and put away—Yes Jake Socks too!

No more bacteria in the bathrooms—maybe that's why I have been feeling under the weather today

Cory's Sticker Chart finished and up on the wall

The purchase of the mile long grocery list

and the checking off of the mile long TO DO list

Dinner actually being made in this kitchen and not a restaurants kitchen

And much much more!!

So have a splendid rest of the week I'm off to Clean and organize and put order back into my house, or for the first time ever

 

 

I need your input...

So I have been throwing around the idea of starting a family newsletter every new year in January, Mostly because I always plan to do a Christmas card but the only time I have the time is in the middle of January after Christmas is long gone!

What do you guys think?? Don't be shy. Are newsletters with a little family photo of course, outdated or just for grandparents?

LOVE

Yesterday the day past like normal Jake woke up ran some errands came home Kissed me and the boys good bye and left for work. I spent the day cleaning and chasing after a 3 year old tornado and kissing on a squishy 7 month old who is rolling and scooching just about anywhere he wants to go these days. Jake got home a little later then usual. We visited watched TV and then went off to bed. Now it might not sound like it but yesterday was our 4th year Anniversary. I’m sure we will plan something romantic when we have the time. But days like yesterday and today the “normal” days are just fine with me. 4 years ago yesterday I couldn't even imagine the happiness I would experience with Jake in just these short years. We have been given so much to be thankful for and to love. We have a Beautiful Life!

4 years in fast forward

I think its time for some family pictures!

Days of Laziness continued...

A few days ago i rambled on about being "lazy"... If you came to my house this evening you would see a half made apron with fabric still pined to a pattern, toys strung all over the floor, a sink full of dishes shoes by the front door several loads of clean unfolded laundry in piles two sleeping boys and one handsome man feet propped up watching sports center.

I may not have finished my sewing goal for the week, Scrubbed my floors folded all the laundry put away all the dishes or picked up all the toys...

But I did march around the house like an elephant with a imaginative 3 year old. I did rock my sweet baby boy to sleep many times. I did watch Tom cat chase Jerry mouse while being climbed on drooled on and sat on. I did scoop up my boys one in each arm and run around till they both laughed and smiled gleefully. And I did sleep in on a Friday morning with both of my children and my husband in the same bed knees in my back hands in my face and little squishy cheeks snuggled close by my side.

So much for my "organized schedule" !!!

Days of laziness come to an end!

yesterday morning when the sun was just begining to peek over the mountains in the distance, and the valley air was still cool.i nicole coombs had a date with my running shoes. I began making my way through my normal route. Just as i found my pace my mind began to wonder like it usually does while i am running. this day i would reflect upon my self. i thought of many things,and the things that kept coming to my mind were that i want to be a better indivdual,a better mother, and a better wife. i have to admit since Kellin joined our family almost 5 months ago i have been a little overwhelmed and have done the very minimal that i am capable of doing, for fear of burning myself out. Well i am burnt out of doing nothing!
i know life is difficult and crazy, but i have really been feeling down about all the things i know i could be doing should be doing and want to be doing.
so it's time for nicole to jump off the lazy boat. i'll be seeing you non lazy people first thing monday morning!

Our Freedoms are at STAKE!!

As I sit here in San Diego on vacation with Family, My very Freedoms are being negotiated thousands of miles away in Washington! I LOVE my country I LOVE the Constitution and I LOVE my Freedom! I am very passionate about my beliefs and America, but I often keep these to myself as to not create "conflict" or offend anyone. But I think its time to start standing up for what so many men and women die for, I think its time to start standing up for what our Founding Fathers belived in, and I think its time to start standing up for what is RIGHT!!!
I have been kind of active in recieveing emails from the Stop the Abortion Mandate. Just today I recieved this one I copied nad pasted it to my blog so that I could share it with as many people possible. Please read it! and Try and take action. What is going in Congress as I type is killing America! And it needs to be stopped! 
For more information on current events and whats going on in our country check out http://www.glennbeck.com/ 
Also read this wonderful talk by Elder Russell M Ballard {Talk}

Thanks for reading!!!


{Last week, you and more than 36,000 other people participated in what the Washington Post described as a "massive webcast" -- the historic Stop the Abortion Mandate web event. The replay of that inspiring webcast is online at:
http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com


More than 100,000 letters and e-mails have already been sent to Congress because of your actions in response to the webcast and the actions of others associated with organizations making up the Stop the Abortion Mandate coalition.


Reporting on the webcast, U.S. News & World Report documented: "In the last few days, Christian conservatives have quickly organized themselves into a coalition opposing the inclusion of abortion coverage in President Obama's proposed public healthcare plan."


The Washington Post reported: "If the organization and strident words during the webcast are any indication, the anti-abortion tide that is rising against President Obama's health care plan may shape up to be a sizable force in coming weeks."


Bottom-line: YOU ARE MAKING AN IMPACT, and we have a real shot at stopping this abortion mandate! But the battle is far from over.






**BREAKING NEWS**
Last night, the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a pro-abortion amendment which would force abortion into the public plan and force YOU to fund abortion through your tax dollars. After passage of the pro-abortion amendment, the Committee then went on to defeat a bi-partisan pro-life amendment.


Today, there will be another vote when an amendment will be offered in committee to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion. This amendment could be the last chance to prevent the abortion mandate before the vote goes to floor of the House of Representatives. And, if you've been following the news, you know that
things are changing almost hourly here in Washington. Health care "compromises" are being proposed that
would do nothing to stop the abortion mandate and there is a slim possibility that a full vote in the Senate could happen prior to their recess next week. With all the confusion and rapid changes, one thing is clear -- this abortion mandate must be stopped. Your action is needed TODAY to stop the largest abortion expansion since Roe v. Wade!


**ACTION ITEM**
Even if you have already sent letters and e-mails and made calls, it is URGENT that you call the Washington office and district office of your Representative and two Senators TODAY with one clear message:
"KEEP ABORTION OUT OF HEALTH CARE! Any health care proposal or bill MUST explicitly and permanently prohibit any use of taxpayer funds for abortion or health plans that pay for abortion, and MUST
explicitly and permanently prohibit abortion from being a mandated service."
Look up the phone numbers for your Senators:
http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com/senators

Look up the phone numbers for your Representative:

http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com/representatives


The phone number for the switchboard of Congress is: 202-224-3121
Please make these calls today if at all possible -- countless lives are at stake!
Stop The Abortion Mandate coalition http://www.StopTheAbortionMandate.com}

I can almost TASTE the salt in the air

We leave For San Diego on Saturday Morning! Today has been filled with Laundry and Packing. Tomorrow will be filled with more laundry, packing, cleaning and TO DO lists.

I am getting excited. Jake will be joining us on the beaches Monday morning sometime. So far its all in order to be a splendid week in Cali.

See you all when we return...

**Oh and I totally stole my blog style from a very talented friend. Who has the best blog ever!! You should all check it out and read it often. Its my inspiration! {Our Happy Nest}**

{Time Out}

I am putting myself in time out of Blogging for the rest of the week!
You see I am moving (its about time) and I have much to do in the next few days to get there.
And I know if I sit here Reading Blogs and such I will be way behind.
So see you all later for now. The last post from this little smelly(smelly cause my neighbors are pot smokin chain smokin dog peeing off the balcony people) Apartment!
My next post will be from the comfort of my new little home far away from here with the back door open and the cool breeze or warm breeze blowing in the smell of Orange Blossoms from my back yard --Lovely!

{Finding the Beauty}

Its Spring Time in the Desert and I wish I could bottle up the smell of warm air and blossoms.

When we first moved back to the valley I was two things happy Jake had work and very sad that it was in the desert! What can I say I am a mountain girl through and through I missed the cool fresh air, pine trees and starry skies at night!

I still miss those things even now, I don't think that will ever change. I remember telling My parents last summer how much I HATE the desert and how miserable and ugly it is and that I would never love it or even like it. Well I think you cold say I have had a Mighty change of Heart!

The past several weeks maybe months I am not sure I have seen and realized the beauty that surrounds me here in the Valley of the Sun! The funny thing is that this is not a new discovery for me these are things that I have always loved and new were beautiful I just think this time it really has sunk into my heart and I can honestly say I love it down here and I am Happy to be here in this beautiful desert city. Don't be fooled there are still ugly things about the "city" but I choose to look past those things and Find the Beauty that surrounds me every day and the wonderful opportunities I have for my Family down here!

I found Some Pictures of the things I Love here in the desert
First is Palm Trees they always remind me of summer and Tropical Islands

Second is the smell of spring and New Blossoms on orange and Citrus Trees I could sit and smell for hours!

I Love the Rain wherever I am But there is something about a desert rainstorm the smell the clean feeling everything I wish we had more of these storms

Of course the Lighting storms go hand in hand with the rainstorms. About two years ago we were driving to Sandiego we had just left the valley and it was late in the evening There was the coolest lighting storm just outside of the valley I have never seen anything like it I will never forget it!

And last but not least The sunsets are... I have no words.

"Life is beautiful when you make the effort to find beauty in it. In some of the most materially deprived parts of the world, I have seen the sunrise in all of its splendor and heard birds joyously welcoming a new day. I have seen beauty reflected in a small pot of flowers by a humble shelter or in the shy, beaming grin of a child at play, intent on discovering the world around him.
You can become depressed if all of your interests are focused on the media with its explicit details of the most worrisome world events. With care you can find much to reverently appreciate in this world Father in Heaven has given you"
Richard G Scott