Cute Things

Today I came up to see what Kayla was doing in her room. She was changing her babies diaper. She had out the wipes and everything. Girls are so different than boys.

Don made me a CD for Valentine's because he is awesome like that. One of the song talks about Superman. The first time Landon heard it he was really excited about Superman being mentioned in a song. I just briefly told him what the song was saying and that Daddy is our Superman. Now every time he hears the song he says, "It's talking about Dad!" and then proceeds to sing at the top of his lungs. He now requests Superman in addition to Melynda's favorite song (Human). It's nice to have some variety.

Eldon's cute thing? If I only choose one it would be his dancing. He has done awesome moves, and I don't mean that sarcastically. When asked a question he sometimes will answer me with a side step and jazz hands.

Bryson is the most tender hearted of the boys towards me. He is always trying hard to help me with cooking, deep cleaning, or just by being empathetic when I talk.

I think it is really cute when a brother tells a story about something that made them feel sad and he responds, "I know just how you feel," he then continues to tell how he can relate to them. He is growing up too much. He can carry on adult conversations and while that is awesome it makes me a little sad.

Don is the cutest of them all. He always kisses me before he leaves in the morning, if it wakes me I even get an I love you. It's the little things that make life great.

Don is 29 for 1

The big man of the house is 29 for 1 year.  His day was filled with a work around the house and the evening was filled with fun and friends.  We have started doing something fun for our birthdays and I really like this.  We spend birthday money on an activity.  This past year Don and I have picked up the tradition.  We went miniature golfing.  I planned a Cafe Rio night with some friends.  This means I cook Cafe Rio food.  The boys loved coloring pictures for dad, this year I didn't even suggest it they just did it on their own. The cake I made was black frosting with all 6 basic colors of white chocolate drizzled over it.  I think it turned out good even if Don never took the chance to have any of it. 

Personal note to Don ; ) ~ On your birthday I can't help but think of how glad I am that you choose to come to earth so you could be mine.  I love you sexy man, thanks for staying strong through the bumpy road of life.  I hope we have at least another 30 years together!

Don's Birthday

The big guy in our house turned 29 on Sep. 10th! I really can't believe we are that old we still act so young. I tried my hardest to make his day extra special. I think he enjoyed a day of cake, pizza, football. When he first started at FedEx he delivered a few times to Janie's Cakes. He just went on an on about how great they were, but they are also a little expensive. This year I swallowed my cheep side and bought him one. I also bought LOTS of ice cream to go with it.
The day kind of got away from me and I didn't do as many other things as I would have liked to. The boys made some cards for him and we had friends over throughout the day to keep us company. We ordered pizza for dinner instead of going out. Anyway . . . I love this guy so much and am happy he was born!

7 Years and Counting

On August 13th Don and I celebrated 7 years together. We spent 5 hours out together!! It was so nice and much needed. It is always good to date each other and remember why we hooked up in the first place.
We didn't have much money but I still wanted to do something special. So I made this 7 layer cake. It took a little time, but was SOO good. I am glad I did it for him/us.
I also enrolled him in the date of the month club. I came up with fun but inexpensive date ideas and he choose which ones he wanted to do through the year. I am excited to do these I think it will be fun and also we will do dates at least once a month. Dating each other is so important especially the more kids you have because that usually means less time for each other.

I can't believe 7 years have gone by. It feels like I have have known him for forever, but then it feels like it was just yesterday we were married. It has been a great 7 years and we look forward to many more together.

University of Utah Graduate!!

Don did it!! He got a bachelors in Exercise Sports Science. He stuck it out, even though he hated school he finished. I really am proud of him for that. He even got good grades. It was a nice day, Don was so excited.
So what next? We will have to get back to you on that one. We are exploring a lot of options.

Happy Birthday Don!

So it is a little late I know, but I did get to it. Don turned 26 on the 10th.
So I feel super bad that I didn't do anything grand or great. I made his a good dinner and tried to make a cake twice, but that ended up not working out either. I even still went to my institute class. But this is the very thing that makes me so thankful he is in my life. He honestly could care less if I don't do all the extra things. He doesn't expect me to bake a cake, or have a party. If I do things for him he appreciates them, but they are never expected. I expect enough out of myself I think and he realizes that more than me. We complement each other so well. I love the way he can make me laugh, no matter how mad I am. I love the way he tries so dang hard to please me! The greatest thing is he keeps trying even when I tell him he is a little short (not in height). He is slow at changing, but that only teaches me patience. He is so good with the boys and those few weeks that his knee was hurt I was really struggling since he couldn't play as much. We sure love you Don and wish you a late happy birthday!

Poor Don

So yet again Don has hurt his knee. Last night while playing church ball his left knee was dislocated. It is not the same knee that he had ACL surgery on. I just want to say what a great job he did through the whole thing at staying calm and keeping it together.
The guys that were there with him had to come and bang on my door to wake me up. They were going to try and get him into the back of one of their trucks and take him to the ER. The boys there were unable to get pop it back in for him. When they tried to move him he started to go into shock. His fingers wouldn't bend and the whole works. Don had training in what to do in these situations so was yelling out orders for the guys so that he wouldn't get deeper into shock. At this point they realized with who was there they would not be able to take care of the situation. They called and ambulance & gave him a blessing.
I tried to call our home teachers to come be with the boys so I could go over. No luck there so I called Heather Miller to come up from down stairs to be with the boys until I could get family there. I also called Don's mom since their family is somewhat experienced in this area, two of his sisters have had this happen twice each. I also called her to come be with the boys so I could go to the ER. At the first of the month Don no longer had insurance, so we really couldn't afford for the ambulance to come and take him to the hospital. Luckily his mother was thinking straight and called Aunt Cathy, who was just 5 minutes away at the U hospital still working. She said she meant to be out of there by 7 or so, but for some reason just stayed. She is a nurse and was able to be an answer to our prayers. She came sent the EMT's away, put his knee back in, and then helped get Don home. Since she was able to get the knee back in there was no reason to go to the ER now. We put his leg in his straight leg brace, iced it, and had a fitful night.
This morning Don went into where he works and they took a look at it. For right now he will just keep it in the brace, do PT, and be careful. He will go back to work next week, they said too since we need that money so bad they will make things work. We will evaluate it later to see if more needs to be done. Since it was out so long there might be some problems, but that has yet to be seen.
Thanks to everyone that was an answer to our prayers and there for us when we need you.

So Gross

So Don came into the marriage with this ultra gross pillow. He says he got it from a hotel (even more scary). I have tried for several years (4 in fact) to convince him to purchase another one. When he wouldn't get rid of it. I decided that I should at least wash it. I put lots of bleach and oxy clean. It looks much better, that his hard to believe I know.
Well he finally consented because his was going a little flat. So here is the old and new pillow, can you guess which one is which?