Random Thoughts

I am excited for October because Justin gets 3 paychecks and I have a little extra wiggle room to buy extras that I normally pass up on. I am also planning to start Christmas shopping and I love doing that! Also, Justin has been working on loan doing a job for 6 months now that he officially applied and interviewed for and is now officially doing the job which means a little pay raise, yeah!

In other news, Allison has started to crawl and isn't very fast yet but really enjoys being able to move. This means that I need to put up the gate soon and keep little things off the floor. She already choked on something this evening and spit up half of her dinner trying to cough it out. It was a little piece of slate rock from our fire place with jagged edges, ouch!

I was able to go to Lagoon with my mom and sister Sherri last Saturday, it was fun! I haven't been to Lagoon in over 3 years and I wanted to go all summer but finally got my chance in September. I highly recommend going in September when the summer crowd has died down.

This past week has been a rough one for my family and things have been weighing heavily on my mind. Please send any prayers you have our way.

Lastly, Tim is getting old enough to go play with friends. I really enjoy when his friends (or their moms) call and ask him to come over and play because then I get a break and he's not being baby-sat. What a fun stage!

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas to Me!!

On Saturday Justin bought me my birthday and Christmas present....a beautiful Entertainment Center! I have been drooling over it at Sam's Club for months now and it used to cost $1,000 but since the price dropped to $650 Justin finally agreed to let me buy it for both my birthday and Christmas present. I just love it!!

(By the way, the small black entertainment center to the side is now for sale for $50 if anyone is interested!) - SOLD!

Ahh, the changing of the seasons!

You know how people always ask which season is your favorite? Well, I must admit that my favorite time of year is when the seasons are changing. I enjoy every season almost equally but I especially love it when we are moving from one season to another. While I really love fall and winter, I usually get sick of the seasons either waiting for it to snow and then waiting for the snow to melt and warm up!!

There always seems to be a special smell in the air when the seasons change and I really love it every time it happens. It really puts me in a good mood! The only season I really love the whole season through is the Christmas season!!

I must admit that I am quite partial to fall because I do not love the sweltering heat of Utah and I love it when a chill starts to develop in the air. I also love fall because it was when Justin and I started dating 6 years ago and I absolutely love Halloween!) Yeah for fall!!!

Scared Tim!

Tim woke up from his nap while I was feeding Allie applesauce and asked to watch a Little Einsteins show....I agreed because he had not seen one today. He asked me to get his blankie so I did and he started watching his show. When I finished feeding Allie I went to say hi to Tim and he was not on the couch. I started looking around and found him lying on his blankie in the hall outside of his room. I asked him what was wrong (thinking he might be sick) and he didn't answer right away. I then asked if he wanted to watch another show and he said yes and said he was scared! He didn't like that particular episode about good and bad knights so he was not watching....too funny!

I turned on a different one and he watched on the couch happily! I don't think I've ever encountered him not watching a show because he was scared!! What a sweet boy :)

Blanket Obsession!

Tim has always loved fleece blankets but lately it has turned into an obsession! He wants his blankets with him (thankfully not everywhere we go) but whenever he is watching a movie and especially when he takes a nap and goes to bed at night. After I put him to bed last night with his blankets piled up next to him against the wall, this is what I saw when I went in to check on him before going to bed myself:

(His favorite blanket is the red, black, white and gray one which was the only one on him when I left the room!)



Tim up close:



My happy kids:

Justin starts his MBA!

Well, it has finally started. Justin started his Executive MBA with a week long orientation down at BYU in July (I was able to go down there for an evening and have dinner when the spouses were invited and spent the night and went shopping, thanks again mom!) and then started classes officially last weekend on August 15. He will be going to school every other Friday and Saturday and will attend classes at BYU in SLC at the triad center downtown. He will be very busy and hence, I will be very busy taking care of my family and doing a lot more on my own. If you see him, wish him luck!

Here goes nothing!! I wasn't nervous until I went down to BYU for dinner with Justin and they talked about how much homework the students will have and how to cope as a spouse...sheesh! I am proud of him though and know the next few years will be challenging but ultimately rewarding!

Private!

I have finally made my blog private! I appreciate everyone responding, it is fun to see who is reading my blog!

Going Private

In a week, I am going to turn my blog private. I am a very open person and wouldn't do this normally, but I read an article and it just said if you didn't want to share something on your blog with some stranger in the road at night, then you don't want it available to share on the web with everyone. Since I don't want to be extremely careful about what I write on my blog, I am going to go private. Please send me an email with your email address or respond to this post with your email address so you can continue reading about my life!

Thanks!

Memory Game

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Goodbye Ivan!

Well, Ivan has gone home and we are all a little exhausted! After we went to the Roy Aquatic Center on Thursday Ivan left with the girls in our ward and was gone until 3 AM. We didn't mind though because I had my cooking group that night and we just had leftovers for dinner.

On Friday I took Ivan to the dinosaur park in Ogden and Tim was afraid of all of the dinosaurs, it was pretty boring but kind of funny watching Tim. That night my parents took us to dinner at Garcia's and then he went out with his new friends.

On Saturday Justin took Ivan to hike Mt. Olympus with my brother, his wife and my sister. Then we all went swimming at my grandma's house and then to dinner at Mueller park with Justin's family since his sister Shannon and family are in town. Then we went to the Ogden Rodeo...what a crazy busy day! On Sunday we went to church and then took him to the airport and he was off!

This week I am going to catch up on everything and relax at home!