Diabetes Walk 2010

The whole gang:

L-R: Dad Perkins, Mom Perkins, Christian, Michele, Taylor, Dave, Mom Gills, Anthon, Me, & Roman

This years walk was fun, HOT but fun! At least we wore shorts & t-shirts this year (unlike last years jeans & sweaters)!!! We had a smaller group but enjoyed the time together. Thank you to all that has helped us in anyway to raise money for this or supporting Anthon! We'll see you again next year :)!

Ward Halloween Party

We had our ward Halloween Party tonight & we had a lot of fun!!

Love Halloween!!

Had to Share...

We had an experience tonight I thought I'd share... Anthon takes 2 Different kinds of insulin: Humalog (at every meal) & Lantus (morning & night). He came home from scouts and realized his Lantus bottle was missing- which happened to be his very last bottle that he had just opened a few days ago. He normally keeps it way up high where Roman can't reach it, & I don't mess with his stuff, so he was FREAKING OUT trying to find what he'd done with it after he had taken his morning shot. After frantically searching for it, we determined that there was no way we were gonna find it without help, so we said a little family prayer asking Heavenly Father to help us find this tiny bottle that is so vital for Anthon. A few minutes later I was getting organized for all the things I have to do tomorrow & Anthon was sanding wood for me outside, when the thought came to my mind, "I wonder if he could've thrown it away", but being the retard I am, I took one look at our completely full trash bag and decided not to search thru it. Hours later, we're in our G's ready for bed, Anthon has taken all the trash out to the dumpster (since the garbage man comes bright & early tomorrow morning), & we still haven't found the insulin that Anthon needs to take before going to bed. He finally says to me "Will you come outside with me to look through the trash? I can't stop thinking that maybe I threw it away.". We go outside, pull the bag out of the dumpster, cut it down one side, pick up the 1st thing that's not completely disgusting, & guess what falls to the ground??? THE LANTUS!!!

Moral of the Story, Heavenly Father is real, he loves us, he hears our prayers, and he answers them!

A Few Favorites

Roman is 20 months & his little personality is just flourishing!! He's talking a ton lately and is such a funny, loving little guy! I just wanted to document a few of his favorite things...

This picture has 2 of his favorite things:

1) the lawn mower push tow...which is ironic because the closest thing we have to grass is asphalt! He just likes to push it I guess :)

2) the unsightly frog rain boots! As soon as he wakes up, they're on his feet & he doesn't want to wear any other shoes (unless I'm mean & hide them)

The Dr. Seuss dolls they sell at Kohl's... the kid is OBSESSED! Carries around the 3 that he has everywhere, all the time. His favorite is the one with the wild hot pink hair... go figure :) I'm kind of happy about this though cause he'll play with her hair while he's falling asleep instead of mine!

There are a few other "must haves" for Mr. Roman (juice, any type of dog, and his pillow),but these are his top 3. I LOVE this crazy little man!

Crafts for a Cure

We're having a craft sale to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation this Friday, Oct. 15th, at our house (632 N. 99th St. Mesa, AZ 85207), from 10AM til whenever people stop coming. If you can't make it this week, we'll be doing another one next Friday at my cousins house (Higley & Queen Creek)... more details to come on that one. Here's just a few pictures of the things we'll be selling:

Magnet boards (in all sizes & colors/seasons/holidays)

Seasonal decorative plates

"A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer's wave goodbye"

Holiday Blocks

Headbands/ Hair accessories

You can see more variations of each item by clicking HERE. Some of the other things that we have to sell that I haven't taken pictures of are Vinyl tiles, magnet boards, Hooter Hiders (AKA nursing covers), all kinds of hair clips, baby head bands/ bows, TONS of flowers you can customize yourself (hair clips, headbands, baby accessories, etc.), and much more! So please, come out & support this great cause while picking up something cute for yourself!

October 30, 2010- Join us!

Is taking place at Tempe Town Lake on October 30, 2010. Our family will be raising money for & walking in this wonderful event! If you're interested in joining our team & walking wth us, or would just like to donate, please visit my page at

http://walk.jdrf.org/walker.cfm?id=87823791
This disease & the fight to find a cure is very personal for us! Anthon suffers from it every day, and we'd love all the help & support we can get for him!

Labor Day Campout

Every Labor Day weekend, Anthon's family goes camping up at Green's Peak. The weather this year was PERFECT (it normally rains a lot, but it didn't at all). Roman really enjoyed being outside all day, every day & I enjoyed watching him play! Here's some pictures of our trip:

View from our campsite
Poor Roman got his 1st bee sting :(

Daddy & Roman Just me

Beautiful, dirty boy!

Anthon added Roman's name to our tree

Sherry's new baby, Ezra

SO excited to drive the Artic Cat!

Daddy makes me a little nervous...

Day 3 of no showers... judge sparingly :)

Long weekend in Rocky Point

We had a BLAST in Rocky Point! We were there from Saturday til today & loved every second of it! I was afraid it was going to be unbearably hot & humid, but the weather & water were both perfect! We spent most of our time on the beach & I'm happy to report that we didn't get sun burned (probably the 1st time in my life I haven't)!!!

We normally eat at the Light House, but for whatever reason they were closed on the night we were going out to dinner, so we went to the restaurant next door. It was good, but the view was amazing & that was the best!
My brother, Peter, his fiance, Kelly & her 2 girls, Ellie & Avery came along with my cousins Dave & Michele & their 2 boys, Taylor & Christian. Here's Roman, Avery, & Christian. The little cousins all had SO much fun together!

I have a ton more pictures, but like always, Blogger photo loader is being stupid so this is all I can post on here :(.

18 month post... a month & a 1/2 late :)

Roman had his 18 month check up last week (when he was 19 months old- thanks to my crazy work schedule). The check up went really well- he measured 75% for height, 50% for weight, & 95% for head circumference- so he's staying on the same growth curve he's been on.

Roman has been a lot of fun lately (VERY busy & mischievous at times, but still fun)! He jabbers non-stop & is really good at communicating with us! He'll retrieve items for us (like, if we ask him to go get a diaper & the wipes, or to bring me his shoes) and he's a big clean up helper when he chooses to be :). He says a ton of words, but the ones we hear most often are "More", "Please", "Let's go", "Thank you", "Juice", "Hello", & "NO (followed by mom or dad)!"- my pesonal favorite :). He loves CapriSun & Otter Pops, playing in dirt, brushing his teeth, cars or any kind of push toy, & the "Friend's" theme song. He does not like sitting in his car seat, having his diaper changed, or the baby gate that prevents him from wandering the house at night.

When we first moved him to a twin bed, he did wonderful, but then we went on some trips & screwed it all up!! When we got home from our trips, he kept getting out of his bed, wandering around the house, & eventually ending up in our bed! So, we started putting up this gate to keep him in his room at night- this is what we woke up to the first few mornings! He does a LOT better now, but still isn't a fan of us leaving his room after we have fmily prayer, but we're working on it :).

Despite that, Roman is our greatest joy! He makes us laugh with his cleverness and melts our hearts with his sincere sweetness!

Pioneer Day

Our ward had our Pioneer Day celebration last night & it was a lot of fun. I spent the morning sewing us all costumes- Anthon was in the play & HAD to dress up, Roman is just plain fun to dress up, & I didn't want to the the odd man out :)

Anthon played Captain Smith, who was a total jerk to Mary Fielding Smith while trying to cross the plains. He did great playing mean & arrogant :)! (PS- I realized once his pants were done that they looked a little more like creepy pirate than pioneer, but it was the only fabric I had & he still wore them!)

Mine & Roman's costumes. My dress was made out of like upholstery material, so it was incredibly HOT. I guess I just got a little taste of the misery that was being a pioneer... SOOO grateful I wasn't born back then (I totally would've been one that got buried a long the trail)!