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Oh how I love...

2012-01-22T23:02:00.002-07:00

DRY SHAMPOO!!!! I know it sounds lame but just go with me on this one. It is AMAZING! Today I was so tired from being sick (yes this is the 3rd time in 3 months) because I hadn't had much sleep so I didn't wake up in enough time to take a shower, and who really wants to be the family walking in late during church when the Prophet is sitting there by the door? So I pulled out my handy dandy dry shampoo that I got as a sample and a few little sprays and SHABAM! Like magic my hair looked like it did the day before AND it smelled good. Heck yes I am putting this on my list for when I go to the store next! I'm very excited about this new find if you haven't noticed by all the caps. SCORE!

That Great and Spacious Building

2012-01-15T21:39:00.003-07:00

Today in Sunday school we were taught about 1 Nephi 8-11. And it was a great lesson. We mostly focused on chapter 8 and the significance of it and what the Tree of Life=love of god, Iron Rod=word of god, the Great and Spacious Building=Pride of the world etc. really mean. If you don't know what I'm referring to check out this link here and read chapter 11 too.
My teacher repeated a great quote from the 1987 conference talk by Elder Glenn L. Pace....
"...let me make it completely clear that the people in that building have absolutely nothing to offer except instant, short-term gratification inescapably connected to long-term sorrow and suffering. The commandments you observe were not given by a dispassionate God to prevent you from having fun, but by a loving Father in Heaven who wants you to be happy while you are living on this earth as well as in the hereafter.

Compare the blessings of living the Word of Wisdom to those available to you if you choose to party with those in the great and spacious building. Compare the joy of intelligent humor and wit to drunken, silly, crude, loud laughter. Compare our faithful young women who still have a blush in their cheeks with those who, having long lost their blush, try to persuade you to join them in their loss. Compare lifting people up to putting people down. Compare the ability to receive personal revelation and direction in your life to being tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine. Compare holding the priesthood of God with anything you see going on in that great and spacious building."
What a perfect way to put it. It makes me ache inside for my friends and family that have chosen the instant short gratification over their eternity and their families. I'm so grateful for the happiness that I feel because I know I'm doing the right things. I love Visiting Teaching and the girls I get to go see. I love the power of the Relief society to teach women to lift each other up and support them and work together instead of putting each other down trying to be "better" then others. I love that I have the Prophet of God Thomas S Monson in my ward :) What a sweet blessing it is to see and hear him as often as I do. I am so thankful for the atonement, I don't use it enough. And I'm thankful for all of you who took the time to read this and who care about me and my well being and helped me be who I am. I am a grateful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Please Read This Post

2012-01-11T00:29:00.002-07:00

Alicia is an old friend of mine hoping to adopt their 2nd child this year. If you don't know her all you have to do is read her blog to know what a beautiful person she is and a wonderful mother. There little family is searching to fill their eternal family. Please help them if you know of anyone who can help them fill that place in their hearts. You can read their blog at: http://aandw2adopt.blogspot.com/

2011

2012-01-10T13:12:00.003-07:00

Some pictures that some what sum up 2011

You thought I forgot huh

2012-01-09T21:37:00.002-07:00

Nope!!! I didn't! I'm pretty proud of myself actually because my mind lately can only be summed up in one word, nonexistent. I keep forgetting important stuff and have no idea how I can/could forget those kind of things. Now the real problem is figuring out what to even write about...
still thinking...
thinking...
Walla! wait, nope...
Well I bet that was the shortest post I've ever written. I bet you can't wait for post 3!

This Time Around

2012-01-02T23:07:00.003-07:00

So I've made some goals for our family that will hopefully bring us all closer together spiritually and emotionally. I also made some goals for myself. I'm pretty amazing at starting things that I want to try or do but I'm never good at finishing it or even keeping it going (lets be honest). I want to make a chart on the side that has my list of goals that can be seen so I can keep it updated and view it to be reminded so I'll have to see about that later.... (I swear I will look and see if I can).
Family Goals:
Every Monday we have Family Home Evening-we started tonight and I'm sure little M had no idea what was going on but that's OK

Alan and I go to the Temple every month-now that we have a live in baby sitter we have NO excuses

Alan and I do our Home/Visiting teaching every month- I never got called in our ward to be one and its been a year and I felt it was time to go ask to be one. So far so good! I have great girls that I get to go see

We pray and read scriptures as a family every night- We do this anyway but I want to keep it up

Goals for Myself:
Update this blog once a week-crazy I know compared to what I have been doing in the past but I can do it!!!

Complete the Book of Mormon better than I did last- It took me 8 months last go round and I know I can remember the stories better if I read it like a novel like my late gma told me to do. (she would read the ENTIRE triple combination in a month!)

Be more patient-I've been working on this for a while and I can already see a big difference especially with my son.

Fit into smaller jeans-I've been able to fit into my pre baby jeans since I left the hospital but I could go smaller but my legs are just to big lol so they need to do some shrinking

Finish what I start- self explained

So now that you all know my goals you all better kick my butt if I fall out of routine! Especially because I never finish what I start! it takes a village to raise a family, well for me its going to take you guys to help finish my goals. Don't be afraid to tell me if I'm doing a crappy job, just do it!
Love you all and I hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New years!

Things that I've learned

2011-10-12T12:07:00.003-06:00

I don't know about you but as soon as I got the October Ensign I read it in 2 days. It was just what I was needing. I love learning about the stories in the Book of Mormon. That is the only book that makes me feel guilty when I walk past it if I hadn't read it that day. Heavenly Father has given us 24 hours in a day to do what we want. Can't I take 30 min or so to read from his book? Yes, yes I can.
In this edition you will find time lines, promises, guides to studying and conversion stories on almost every other page. The faith that the people have in the gospel is so amazing. I'm going to go through a few of the things that really stuck out to me in this edition of the Ensign.

The Iron Rod
There are 3 groups in Lehi's dream that are trying to get to the Tree of Life. The 1st group are on their way and come across temptations of Satan. They wonder off and are lost. There is no mention of the iron rod because if you ignore or treat lightly the word of God you do not have access to that divine compass aka the iron rod. The 2nd group they pressed forward through the mist of darkness aka temptations and partook of the Tree of Life. But they were mocked by greatly dressed people in the Great and Spacious Building and they became ashamed, fell away and were lost. The 3rd group pressed forward continually holding to the iron rod and by the time they got to the Tree of Life they fell and partook of the fruit.
Now we know the reason the 1st group fell- temptations
the 2nd group perhaps they fell because they only sometimes they read and studied from the scriptures
the 3rd group stayed there perhaps because they diligently searched the scriptures and studied them. That saved the 3rd group from perishing.
It makes me think of what group I am in. Or what group I should be in. Well I for sure used to belong to the 2nd group but I'm striving to be in the 3rd. I started consistently reading from the Book of Mormon a while ago but not only that I write down in my journal after each chapter with my take on it and the story that it told to me. I know that sounds like a lot but I remember so much more and I know better where to find the stories. I'm in the book Helaman and going strong. I'm not saying this to boast or act like its easy. Its not. I worked hard to get where I am and continue to try and resist temptation to not read it. Because I know Satan knows what I'm doing and he doesn't want me to get there. I urge you to study and pray about this precious book. "You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the straight and narrow path...You will find life in greater and greater abundance..."
If there is any reason that you don't feel you can or want to read from Heavenly Fathers book that feeling is not coming from Him but from his adversary, Satan. He doesn't want you to learn and grow. Those are the most important times for you to grab that book and show Heavenly Father where your faith lies.
What group are you in?

Mason's 2!

2011-08-22T11:27:00.004-06:00

We woke up Sunday morning to a 2 year old! And to start off the day he decided it was time to bring out the terrible 2's tantrums. oh the joy. Because of that we got to church 10 min late which put us out in the foyer while they were passing the sacrament. Then walks in the Prophet who also was having a birthday that day! We had no idea him and Mason shared the same birthday, and to have each other wave and smile at one another. A perfect way to start off church :)
When we got home we changed his crib to a toddler bed and gave him the new bedding, leaf over his bed, table and chairs along with the other gifts we bought for him prior to his b-day saying that it was going to be for his birthday but that never stops us from buying more. lesson maybe? learned. Alan's cousins bought him a little grocery cart which he is stoked over, he loves to push the cart when we are at the store. Grandma and Grandpa Wilson gave him $30 to help buy a rug for the room and Grandma Rose gave him a leap frog movie and book.
He slept in his new bed all night in the wrong direction :) We couldn't help but sneak a few peaks. legs hanging off the side, so cute. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MASON!!!

Learning How To Sew

2011-08-07T17:34:00.003-06:00

Let me emphasize the word LEARNING. It is a totally different language to me. I have to talk some of the instructions through with Alan so it makes more sense with what I'm doing. There is this great book I'd like to get called 1-2-3 Sew! It gives you 11 chapters with 3 projects to do per chapter to master a new skill, it even comes with patterns. Which is totally unlike what I've been doing lately. No patterns just reading off a piece of paper to try and figure it out and pray that after its sewn its going to be the right size. I started with a blanket and I ended up needing a walking foot for my machine ( I thought it was going to bust my needle and break my machine) so I had to stop until I get it in the mail. The next is a dress I made from one of Alan's old dress shirts he never wore. And last is a case I made for Mason to use during sacrament meeting that holds paper and colored pencils. As you can tell I use a lot of the same fabric. That's because I'm a freaking genius and ordered like 5x the amount of fabric I really needed for the blanket. But it worked in my favor so I could try all the new things. (and yes I still have a ton of fabric left :))
So if any of you dear friends know of easy fun things to sew let me know. I'd like to try more! Thanks girls!

A Biking We Will GO!

2011-07-25T16:04:00.002-06:00

Mason has a new bike! We got him a new Strider Bike with a matching (wtg alan on the matching) helmet and he is sooo cute! Alan brought home the bike and helmet today from work and mason hasn't seemed to like the helmet very much, in fact he hates it. But little M isn't allowed to ride with out it. He did smile for me so I could take a picture. Here is the first day on the Strider!

Happiness through Selflessness and Obedience

2011-07-19T12:12:00.002-06:00

I was reading in the Ensign last week when I came upon a topic that struck me in more ways then one. Realizing that I am at fault and so are many parents that are in the church that seem to get caught up in the ways of the world. I always say that I could never of been a pioneer because of all the sacrifices they had to make along with the trek they endured. But the honest truth is the same is being asked of us as parents. I have found myself living my life day to day figuring out ways that I can be alone/find myself with out little M pulling at my finger, climbing all over me, hitting me with something, making him food, cleaning up his messes and making sure Alan is taken care of too. I've been doing it all wrong. Just like the Pioneers were asked to make sacrifices so have I. I've been justifying ways to say that I need to have my own time/find myself by sneaking off while mason is playing to go on FB or play a Sudoku game or browsing the internet. Instead I should be playing with little M and doing better with my duties as a mother/wife.
In the Ensign is says, "Selfishness in any degree weakens the bonds that hold families together." Don't get me wrong I do play with little M and I do try and keep my house clean, laundry done etc. But I do find myself sneaking off way more then I should. "...messages we constantly hear in media entertainment, and advertising sound like this: "Your number one. Do your own thing. Your special. Find yourself." Such messages are so pervasive that we unconsciously absorb them and sometimes repeat them. Yet they are diametrically opposite from the message of the Savior..."He that findeth his life shall lose it:and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it""
I have become lazy in my duties and I know Heavenly Father gives us things like the Ensign to help us remember who we are and what we are supposed to do in our lives. I hope that now that I've been reminded I can stay reminded and help grow my family the way that Heavenly Father intended.

4 Years Ago Today

2011-05-04T12:40:00.002-06:00

I married my sweet handsome husband 4 years ago today!!! He has been by my side through thick and thin. We have had such a great time together growing and learning how to raise a family. He always surprises me when I least expect it. Like last night/early morning he came in with a cute little photo printer, paper and ink so I can finish my scrapbooking at home :) I'm soooo excited about it! I've been wanting this for a long time. Alan Hates to be dressed up and clean shaven but he does it for me with out complaint (most of the time lol). He is always happy and full of energy! And I mean FULL of energy! He has always been willing to go with my ambitions and let me be creative so I can still be me to my full potential. He thinks I'm more beautiful when I think I look my ugliest. He loves our little boy with all his heart. I love to watch him be a daddy. He is so smart!!! He soaks up everything he learns. And he only has to be told once on how to do it. His knowledge of the scriptures is so impressive. If I ask him where a story is in the scripture he knows exactly where it is most of the time down to the right page. It blows my mind. If you give him one word that has to do with one of the 10 commandments he will tell you which one it is. I could go on and on about the things I love about Alan. Thank you Alan for the most amazing 4 years of my life. I LOVE YOU!!!!!

Mason's First Hair Cut

2011-03-03T12:10:00.007-07:00

Well it's about freaking time huh?! He has needed a hair cut for soooo long. I mean I did cut his hair plenty of times before in the back so he wouldn't be rocking a curly mullet. His hair is stick straight on top but a cute baby curl in the back. I always saw babies with one lock of long hair longer compared to the rest of the hair and I always wondered why in the crap do they let that grow out!!! Its so wrong. Babies are so much cuter with out it! (of course just my opinion). So after many a day convincing myself that was not Mason (because I would try and hide it by parting his hair on the side) I decided I couldn't handle it any longer! Needless to say it was quite the challenge to keep him still. He is his daddies little boy and has to keep moving. But I bought a shaver that is made just for little boys and its super quiet and has a great shield on it so no nicks and cuts when he is running around. I cut about 2 inches off (ya like I said, It's about freaking time). And for a boy that seems like a lot to me! Here are some pics of that blessed event.....

Alan thought it would be great to just vacuum off the excess hair on his head and what fell oh his shoulders

the finished product :) sorry not the greatest picture but the best I got with him running around

Precious Moments

2011-02-28T12:23:00.003-07:00

I walked into the living room and found little M had pushed his chair from his room to watch t.v. He grabbed himself a snack he didn't finish at lunch and his favorite stuffed animal, plopped down and got caught up into the Cat in the Hat. I couldn't help but grab the camera :) He looked sooo tired. Little M never stops moving so this was a moment I didnt want to pass up.

Weekend with the Girls

2011-02-22T12:21:00.003-07:00

This last weekend I went with my cousin Jody and her kids to go see her sister Jana in NV. It was so fun to get away and have a little girl time. Mom's you know what I mean, we all need it every once in a while. I left Mason at home with his daddy so they had a lot of " Male Bonding". Us girls did some shopping and I found some sweet deals on a dress and shirt and best of all I broke down and bought a purse! This would be the 2nd purse I've ever bought, Yes I know that sounds lame but I'm cheap and could never get myself to pay the money on the ones I thought were cute enough to buy.

Isn't it cute!!!! Green is my favorite color and my cousins thought it was totally me, and I have to say it is! I look at it and it makes me grin :D
We also played 7 games of skippo, it is my favorit game. But I had a winning streek going on I think because I won 5 of those games. I felt so bad it almost became not fun to play with winning all the time. But they were good sports about it and always delt me in. On sunday after church Jody got out a craft that we all made for St. Patties Day.

I think it turned out pretty darn cute! Thanks Jody for bringing the stuff to make the craft and Jana for being so awesome and always opening your doors to us freezing Utah chillins. Love you both thanks for a great weekend!!!

5 New Posts!!!!!

2011-02-18T09:02:00.001-07:00

I've been such a slacker!!! Here are all the things that have gone on in the last few months that I haven't posted until now. Get ready.......

Valentines Craft

2011-02-18T08:39:00.003-07:00

This V-Day I wanted to come up with some thing a little more personal. Of course what a better way then to blogstock. I found this cute idea on Dating Diva's. And I think it turned out pretty cute! Mason and I went to Alan's work and heart attacked his office and left him that on the door. He said he hasn't been that suprised in a really long time. Wahoo, go us!! Inside each cup is a reason why I love him. Can't get more personal than that!

BFF's

2011-02-18T08:29:00.004-07:00

Mason and Malia. These two are little partners in crime. Except its more like they do it to each other. They love to steal each others toys and blankets and sippy cups. They teach each other what they don't know yet. They are so cute when they play together and share. Its so funny because when they want to steal something they look at you first to make sure you aren't looking and if you are they do it really fast and try to take off running, well Mason more waddles and trips.

Mason's Bath Time and Crazy Hair

2011-02-18T08:17:00.004-07:00

Can you say HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!! I love this little crazy man! Everyone who knows Mason knows that he has about a gazillion expressions and some are so cute and some are just right down funny. And here are some great examples of the funny. Mason's favorite time is bath time. So I like to just get him washed and let him play for the rest of the time so I don't have to fight him when he wants to splash and get me all wet. Well I thought it would be a good idea to try and dry his hair a little with a rag so he wouldn't be so cold and maybe want to play a little longer..... I did it super fast and I just couldn't get my self to comb it back down :)

My Favorite!

Masons 1st Birthday

2011-02-18T08:03:00.003-07:00

Well first of all we had Mason's B-day planned on his birthday but of course he woke up with a bad cold and cough. (I swear our family with colds never ends, buh!) I ended up canceling it not wanting to get anyone elses child sick. And it was a great day outside :( It was posponed for about a month because we all got sick one after the other. So it was chilly and it got dark real quick. I planned the wrong theme for sure! I had a monkey party since it depicks Mason to the T. But EVERY single present was a truck or car. Not that I'm complaning, he loves them its just funny how things work out. Mason loved the cake which I was planning on giving to him so I didn't put very much frosting on it but it was so huge so we just gave him the foot. Poor people who ate the cake didn't get hardly any frosting ha ha ha. But I did make cup cakes! So at least I'm not a total idiot. We ended up going inside and hanging out and the boys ( meaning our husbands) played with one of the trucks my parents gave him and looked like they all wanted to take it home ha ha ha ha their faces were so inthrawled ha ha ha boys inside will never grow up. Mason recieved about 10 trucks that day. Way to go my little man!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Christmas 2010

2011-02-18T07:42:00.006-07:00

We had a great Christmas this go around except for the fact that Alan was deathly sick with one of the worst colds and crud I've seen him have. But he made the best of it which made it so much better than it could of been. We at first had a budget of 50 bucks for each other and 100 for Mason.... so much for that! we both well out did our budget and it made for an exciting time unwrapping all we thought we weren't getting. Mason had so much fun unwrapping all of his presents and all of ours too :) He got the hang of it REAL quick! But unfortunately that is all on video instead. It was funny because I think Mason had more fun with the wrapping paper then he did his toys :)

Addresses!!!

2010-12-04T09:03:00.003-07:00

I need address for anyone that would like a christmas card from us. If you already gave it to me on FB you don't need to again on here. Let me know!

Motion

2010-11-17T11:19:00.005-07:00

Sitting on my butt watching tv I saw a commercial that says,"A body in motion tends to stay in motion." And I'm always doing the exact opposite. Unless it involves me cleaning my house, I feel like that never ends. But I decided to try and "stay in motion". So here are a few of the things that I have accomplished the last week...

This was a hat that I was making for Mason but it turned out to small so I decided to make a flower and sew it on instead. Now I just don't know what to do with it. But it was fun to make! I wish I had a little girl I would make tons more!

Cant decide which one I want to use. Alan is going to crop some of them for me so there isn't so much head room on top but again fun to do! I just couldn't stop :) My friend wanted one and that made me so excited! So if any of you want one of them for you I can always swap out the picture :)

Choose Your Words

2010-11-15T07:56:00.002-07:00

Choose your words wisely and make sure they are uplifting. Sarcasm is all fun and games until someone gets their feelings hurt. Choose your words and make sure they are uplifting. Being a member of the LDS Church, we believe that families can be together forever. We need to make sure we don't put down others especially our families (even when we are joking). Our families are the only way we can be happy forever. We need to hold them close and speak kind words to them. Aleca taught me this valuable lesson yesterday. Its one to be remembered.

Update from my last post

2010-11-11T10:55:00.005-07:00

I'm finally getting around to updating what has been going on. Sorry for the long wait but our whole family has been sick with colds and flu's and all the in between. I had one last blood draw last Monday which reveled a normal miscarriage. phew. My HCG levels dropped from 3000 to 1000 and now to 45. Which in some way is great news but in others still hard to hear. But it really makes me feel blessed for having Mason in our lives. No one ever really knows how its going to be to build a family, whether it will be easy and no complications, or very difficult and have to take painful measures (physically/emotionally) or simply incapable to have any at all.

We love Mason so much and he is a HUGE part of our lives. We simply are lucky to have him here to raise him on Earth. He loves to smile at anything and everything you do. He has this amazing personality that melts our hearts. He has pretty much the most random hair on top of his head but if you look a little bit further down his eyes will captivate you. His teeth are at the stage right now they are so funny its cute and his skinny little tan (at least compared to me) body, luckily he got from his dad, makes it easy to pick him up. Although it would be nice to have a forward facing car seat. He has pretty much zero desire to walk and learn words but he can crawl at the speed of light and speak in his own language that I'm pretty sure he can understand. He loves working with his hands and playing with legos and fitting things where they don't belong. He loves banging on his legs and opening his mouth and wide as he can while doing it lol so cute. All in all I love my little M. And if he is all I get in this life, I'm a lucky gal.

So Confused

2010-10-15T12:15:00.004-06:00

So I was so excited when I found out I was pregnant again with baby number 2 that I took 3 test from 2 different brands and all came out positive!! I surprised Alan with little M wearing a shirt I made that says "BIG BRO" for when he came home from a work trip. I wanted to wait to tell everybody after the 3 month mark so I new we were in the clear. But I only made it to 2 1/2 months. I started spotting on tuesday but it never stopped. We also found that little M had a rather large bump on his cute little butt cheek with a rash all on his front. We went to the doc and found that little M has an abscess the size of a quarter and if it doesn't go down by today he has to get it lanced which means to cut it open and drain it because it is so far into the tissue. On top of that he got 4 shots for his year check up. Needless to say it hasn't gone down with the meds he is on it has only gotten bigger.
The doc took an ultra sound and nothing was in my uterus. We are at a loss and so confused. Nothing really makes any since. Here are some scenarios of what could or is happening.

1) I lost the baby but never felt the pain of it
2) I never had one in the first place
3) I have another tubal pregnancy
4) I have a really early pregnancy
5) I lost the baby but also have a tubal pregnancy

1) don't you feel pain when you miscarry? 2) I don't see how 3 tests and almost 3 months of no aunt flow could be wrong. 3) If I had another tubal pregnancy I would be in so much pain and probably dead by now having a baby that big in a tube (last time it ruptured my tube at 8 weeks and I had about a day left to live with how much I bleed internally). 4) Prego tests dont even show up until your at least a month along and I had taken it 3-4 weeks ago so no early pregnancy for me. Number 5 is what we and the doc think what happened to me my last tubal/ectopic pregnancy. I bleed like a period and about a week and half later I was in surgery to remove the pregnancy in my tube.
They took my blood to check my HCG levels and scheduled for another visit at the hospital for later today so I can get another ultra sound to see blood flow and check my tubes to see if there is anything in them and take my blood again to check if the HCG level has changed.
If I do have a tubal pregnancy that means surgery. If little M's abscess doesn't go down it also means surgery. Ugggg I would just really love a normal pregnancy and delivery. No complications, no confusion. But most of you know so far that hasn't worked for me. But that's okay. This is my test in life. I know I have at least 2 babies in Heaven working hard and got saved from this world. What a blessing to know that I could give them a body so they could finish their work in Heaven. I'm a lucky girl.

Mason Update

2010-09-28T06:51:00.002-06:00

Great News! All of Mason's tests came back normal except for his hemoglobin is slightly low. So we have to go back and get it checked one more time in 3 months. He is now only throwing up a tiny bit once every few days which I can totally deal with! Thanks for all the prayers and concerns. We just have to guess that he is so small because of all the energy he has :)

What we thought was going to be a normal day....

2010-09-10T22:49:00.002-06:00

We didn't take any pictures since we were only planning on a doctor visit for Mason's acid reflex and a bad cold. Just so you can get the scoop, Mason was throwing up about 5 times a day after he would eat, drink, get excited, or move. Even sitting still he would still throw up, we just never knew when the next time would happen. We have taken him in several times for normal visits to a different doc and he said he would grow out of it but he never did. He is normal for height, 29 1/4 inches, but less then 3% for weight. Needless to say we went to a different doc and he is now only throwing up once every couple days about with help of prescription. We went back today for the follow up and he still has not gained any weight, he is still exactly the same weight last time we weighed him 16 lbs 12 oz. So we know its not the Acid Reflex that is causing it. After Mason did a pee test he sent us on our way to Primary Children's Hospital to do a Sweat Chloride test and some blood work to check if he has any diseases that would cause him being so small. I'm optimistic that he will be fine and he is just little because of who his parents are. ( I'm just throwing myself out there, it makes me feel better ;)) He was a trooper for the tests! Test one, pee test: I always wondered what they would do for that but they just put a bag with a band aid like seal around it to keep it on under his diaper. Test two, Sweat Chloride test: they rubbed some liquid around his arms and biceps that helps the sweat glands and put a 2x2 gauze on with 4 hook ups to machines that send electricity through for 5 minutes of a constant shock. Little M started to cry as he was in daddy's arms. Then the wrapped his arms up with more gauze and plastic to make him sweat, we had to put a coat on him and wrap him up nice and tight to make sure he would sweat for 30 min. Test 3, blood test: they had to take out enough to do 4 more test so they took it from his arm. He cried when the needle went in but just watched as the blood came out. He did so good! I couldn't handle it I had to go and wait for his prescriptions. I was glad for that! and of course as soon as he saw me he had a huge smile on his face, it melted my heart. I'm so blessed to have such a great little guy I get to raise. We will find out monday or tuesday what he tests come out as.
Please pray for Mason, we hope they all come out with Negatives!!!!
Thanks Alan for missing work and being there for Mason. We both appreciate it!

Tech Support for Installing a Husband

2010-08-04T16:36:00.004-06:00

I was looking at some fun blogs (love actually) I like to go to and this just made me laugh so I have to share it with you. Because just like she said some times you just have to. If your marriage is some what boring with the same old routine every day I might of found your problem

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail. What can I do?

Signed,

Desperate

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Dear Desperate,

First, keep in mind that Boyfriend 5.0 is an entertainment package while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter the command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html, download Tears 6.2 and be sure to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If those applications work as designed Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

However, please remember that overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (It runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0-program. This is an unsupported application and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck!

Tech Support

Source: StrengtheningMarriage.Com, author unknown

Bathroom Adventures!

2010-08-03T16:06:00.004-06:00

I was painting my toe this morning ( my cousin painted my toes super cute and it came off at raging waters so I had to redue it :( ) and I got a little involved in my toe painting and Mason took off to his favorite place in the house... the bathroom. After hearing some silence followed by some bangs and crazy sounds from a little person I went off to Alan's bathroom to discover.....

Summer Time Fun

2010-07-29T11:04:00.008-06:00

I can't believe my little man is 11 months!!! But at the same time I can. It seems that time has flown but then gone so slow. How that works I don't know but Mason is amazing. He is such a wonderful baby. I can only hope that all my babies will be as good as he is. I love you my little man!

We went up to Alan's grandparents cabin with our cousins/friends Tyler and Shannon and their cute little baby Malia. We went on a hike that Alan told us would be a short easy hike..... I am not a hiker, nor will I ever be a hiker but that was not easy or short! I have this little enemy called heights. It doesn't like me and I don't like it. Therefore we don't get along to well. And at this little short hike I met enemy on some boulders. But I showed dear enemy who is boss and slowly but surly I kicked its trash! It got me in the legs but the pain only lasted a day or so. Mason and Malia like to steal each others toys and Mason loves to pull her hair. But on this short easy hike they made up and decided to be friends. The top picture is one of a car that fell off the little cliff there and is rotting at the bottom.

We went to Joes Valley for camping and 4 wheeling with my parents, aunt and uncle and their family. It was so fun until I got sick :P I ended up with a nasty cold and we are guessing I had an ovarian cyst rupture at 5 in the morning. It made me pass out 3 times in a row. It was a good thing that I made it to my parents trailer in time. But we got to watch a movie on a big screen with the projector. That was pretty fun until the generator ran out of gas in the middle of the movie lol. Mason had his first 4wheeler ride and I think we were more excited than he was :)

I love fire works!

2010-07-06T18:10:00.003-06:00

Alan's uncle Larry invited us to go to his house for a party and watch the fire works from bountiful on the mountain near where he lives. We had the best seats in the house :) we got to watch pretty much at eye level. No kinked necks here! Here are some of the Pictures that Alan took of the fire works.

Mason also got so go swimming in their pool and that was the first time he had ever been. He LOVED it! He splashed and kicked like crazy enjoying himself. He is such a fun little guy. Thanks Larry and Paula for letting us enjoy that with your family!

Refound fun

2010-06-30T15:18:00.003-06:00

A few months ago Alan's great uncle brought me back to putting puzzles together. I forgot how fun it was and fast time goes by when I'm doing it. Granted we haven't been able to use out kitchen table for about a month. There are four 500 piece, four 300 piece and two 100 piece which really aren't hard at all but just fun to do. I haven't found any good fun puzzles at wally world when we have been there other than this that came in a pack. Now to figure out what to do next!

if you are LDS you will understand

2010-06-22T10:47:00.002-06:00

My son's a CTR ... I go to PEC.
I work for CES.....I study the TG.
I read the B of M . I probe the D&C.
I search the KJV ... I ponder the JST.
Today in BYC ... we planned for EFY.
I stayed a little after ... and had a PPI.
The YM and YW ... are putting on a play.
It's one that I remember ...we did in MIA.
Before our oldest son ...went in the MTC,
He helped the BSA . complete their SME.
Soon our oldest daughter .. is heading for the Y..
Soon our oldest clothing ... is going to the DI.
Now, if you've understood ... this alphabetic mess,
The chances are quite good ... that you are LDS

ha ha ha I never realized how many we actually had!

Layers of a sandwich

2010-06-16T12:10:00.003-06:00

1. Bun ( very important )
2. Sauce ( also very important )
3. Meat ( even more important )
4. Conduments ( not as important )
5. Sauce ( also very important )
6. Bun ( very important )

I thought this was a pretty simple concept, right? So how in the world does Carls Jr. forget the BUNS!!! Alan and I don't go out to eat very often, and I know to some of you this may not even count as going out to eat. But for us it does. So alan always gets three of the cheapest spicy chicken and I always get a meal (I take it for all its worth). So the most expensive thing we get they give me lettuce as buns. What did they do? Run out of the very important part of a sandwich? lame

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-05-05T09:23:00.008-06:00

For my birthday we decided to go to my cousin Jana and Scott's house in Nevada. Our plans were for me to pack while alan was at work and he would get home around 5 and we would get the heck out of dodge! oh but no alan got stuck at work and didn't get home until flippin 11:00! So mason was already asleep and he had been crying all day I'm assuming from being sick the last few days so I didn't get much packing done at all. Needless to say we didn't get the heck out of dodge until about 1 in the am... Just so you know its a 5 hour drive. So not only was I driving and every one was sleeping it started snowing, hard. For most of the time I was driving I couldn't see 5 ft ahead of me. After I had been driving for 2.5 hours I pulled over to have alan drive. We looked at the GPS and it said we still had 5 more hours! How does that work you ask? It means I drove 2 hours and got NO WHERE! I was going 30 most of the way because it was snowing so hard and the roads were white. We got there at 6 am on my birthday and slept for a few hours before getting up for the day.
Alan was amazing, he did so great for my gifts. All through out the day he would hand me a gift wrapped up in my favorite blanket. They all had to do with hobbies of mine. I got a scrap booking book of 601 pages of ideas, beginners crochet book, the last 2 Fablehaven books, I know this may sound odd but I loved it, a cigaret lighter for my car to replace the one that was taken.
My cousin Jana and I painted each others toes. She does such an awesome job! She always does all the girls toes when she comes out to visit. Hers are the ones with the black flowers and mine are the pink. And of course baby M wanted to model his as well.

The next day we went and saw Bounty Hunter and went out to eat at a pizza place. It was the first movie baby M has been too. For the most part he wasn't bad. He sat in his car seat and stared at the big screen sitting in his own chair. The pizza was super yummy. We laughed almost the whole time; it was either some one had something on their nose, pointy ears, or looked like a elf. Even the waitress decided to join in on the poking fun. To end the night we watched Avatar. LOVE IT !!! It was alan's first time seeing it. I can't wait to see it in blue ray!
Sunday was great and relaxing. In church Jana taught the RS lesson and did an amazing job. It was the best lesson I have had in a long time. We had amazing grilled hamburgers and got to chat the day away. And of course I got a quick motorcycle ride in thanks to scott! He knows what makes me have a permagrin.
What a great trip!! Thanks Scott and Jana for letting us stay there and get away for a mini vacation. Love you!

You want a good laugh?

2010-04-21T00:54:00.003-06:00

How I came across this lovely invention..... I was looking at what a crochet needle looked like for some patterns that I just bought. And here she was. BA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!! Sorry but if I saw this out in public I would not be able to contain myself! I'm already in tears thinking to myself...... Good thing your face is hidden. It is 1:03 in the morning so of course I will pretty much laugh at anything but I think no matter what this is funny! BA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

The time has come!

2010-04-19T11:16:00.003-06:00

Alan and I got married almost 3 years ago. And alan has been going to work and school full time and will take on a second job on top of that plus building websites. So needless to say he has kept himself pretty busy with work and school and its been hard for him to spend good quality time with the family. And this Friday he is finally graduating from BYU!!!! I can't wait to be able to spend more time with him and do some traveling and camping! We need a family vacation. I'm so proud of how hard he has worked in providing for our little family. Love you babe!

And thank you Kathy for helping me figure out how to put it up :)

Following daddy's keystrokes!

2010-04-10T14:28:00.003-06:00

While mom is away, Mason is helping daddy work! I work a lot so when I'm home I like to have Mason sit with me. Well he always goes for the keyboard so I just gave up and let him play. Well he loves my laptop as you can tell. I hope he keeps his interest in computers when he gets older!

Monday's Allergy Test

2010-02-23T19:09:00.005-07:00

I don't know about you but I always get super stuffed when I go lay down on anything, especially on the side I'm laying on. The doc referred me to an allergist here in Provo and I had an appointment to go get my allergy test done. After I figured out what they do to you I was NOT at all thrilled to go. They told me a "few" needles in my back to do the testing. But come to fine out when I got there it was a whole other story, they wouldn't tell me how many they were doing just "a lot" is all they would say. I was totally freaked In fact on Sunday night I dreamed that I purposely missed the apt and had some one call in for me. But I went and 54 shots in the back and 1 and half hours later I found out I'm allergic to........ NOTHING! not a single freaking thing! I just have what everyone has but more pronounced. So there is nothing I can do about it and I will always be stuffed. I was hoping I could get this taken care of for my next pregnancy because it was so hard for me to breathe especially with a gigantic belly (Mason never dropped). So after all the scare, shots, and sleepless nights it was a waste. ha ha I'm so negative some times :P

Skills

2010-02-16T18:31:00.003-07:00

I just want to shout out to all my friends that happen to have skills to sew. You are so blessed! I see all of these great things that you lovely ladies are putting together and making and everything turns out beautiful. Mostly it is for little girly things for their daughters...bows, dresses, flowers, blankets... I'm just amazed at all of the many great things you all can do. I love seeing the new idea's you have and I love to see the turn out of what ever it is you make. I do have a sewing machine but no idea how to even thread the thing. Its sits on my floor starring at me wanting to get used by my unskillful hands (and foot) to make some thing from a awesome piece of fabric to a hideous masterpiece. I don't know a single term or what you can do other than a straight stitch. So a square is about as creative as I can get, if I don't go over the edge. So again I'm very proud to see it is possible, how? I have no idea. But it can be done! :)
So if any of you out there can help my simple mind of sewing techniques I would love to TRY and make some thing from a piece of fabric. any thing simple to start and if there are any terms I need to know, that would be greatly appreciated!!!

Infinite Power of Hope

2010-01-25T13:14:00.001-07:00

These last few months I've been trying really hard on being a better example for my son and husband. It seems that the harder I try to better myself the harder Satan works at destroying it. But I know I need to continue to push myself at doing the right things like reading my scriptures, praying openly, showing the respect that Heavenly Father deserves by going on my knees to pray (i'm famous for pillow prayers), keeping my journal, going to the temple, and doing my visiting teaching. I will admit that it has become extremely difficult at times and I seem to get EXTREMELY distracted (satan's work) by situations going on in my life that seem to be almost impossible to over come. This month for the R.S. message a quote stood out to me," Each of us has a responsibility to try to avoid problems before they happen and to learn to overcome challenges when they occur..." then satan comes in and tries to make it so overwhelming for me which makes me more angry and upset, and that is not Heavenly Fathers plan for me to get through. But I'm going to do my best at what I know is right for me. I need to better myself first before I can better my family. I know Heavenly Father seriously loves me for me and my efforts to keep my family spiritually together and happy. I'm not going to lose.
this video is amazing and what a strength builder

Infinite-Power-of-Hope

Bath time Mason

2010-01-19T19:34:00.004-07:00

Mason loves bath time and does so many faces I couldn't resist. When ever he is upset and not tired I stick him in and its instant splashing and yelling that goes for about an hour

Rice Cereal Adventures

2010-01-09T22:16:00.002-07:00

Today we decided to try the rice cereal, here are some pics to show how the adventures went! And he loved it!

So I Married A Computer Nerd

2010-01-08T07:02:00.002-07:00

The night before last I was on a cleaning frenzy when Alan decided to pitch in. "I'll take out the trash" he said. He walk out the door to the gigantic dumpster right across from our condo and threw the big white bag in, well tried anyway. It only made it half way, it got stuck between the fence and the dumpster. So as anyone would do he tried to push it in. He comes in running to the bathroom with blood completely all over his hands dripping! "I cut my had really bad!" So I put my clinic skills to work and got him bandaged up with gauze and neosporine and wrapped it with medical tape and we were off to the hospital. The blasted emergency entrance was a beast to find, poor Alan. But after all the paper work and checking him in we were sitting in the back in our own little room and they tell him he will need the stitches (alan being continually in denial that he even needs them) in his left thumb and his middle finger will be glued shut and he will get some shots to numb so they can explore inside the cut and stitch it back up. Alan goes pail. They had to lean his bed as far back as it went for most the rest of the visit to get the blood to go back to his face. Needless to say it didn't really work all to well. It made him less dizzy but he was as pail as ever. Come to find out the doc is a good friend of my cousin's husband who is a dentist so we got a talkin. Meanwhile poor alan is getting a shot from a nurse who didn't really have the experience in shot giving and was inserting the needle "fishing" all around his thumb. " its about ready to pop out the other side!" says alan. It was the ugliest looking shot I have ever seen in my life! she started going in in one direction but the needle (that never was pulled out during this process) ended up in almost the opposite direction. The doc quickly comes in and does the other injection. Alan's face was white! And for the most part Mason was a gem. He was super happy, ate and threw up on me twice, screamed just so he could hear his own voice since it some what echoed in the hospital with bare walls and fell asleep right before we left. And now Alan has a huge bandage on his thumb like what you would see in the cartoons after they smash their thumb with a hammer. After all that this is what he says to prove my title of this story," At least I push the space bar with my right thumb!"

2009-11-17T19:24:00.004-07:00

Alan finally taught me how to upload pictures on this computer and I wouldn't of been able to do it anyway with out the card reader. So here are the blocks that I made on sunday with my sister-in-law. So much fun! If you want them and don't have a table saw I'm selling them for $7 in black, red and green. I will probably be putting up more crafts during the holidays that I will make and sell to help us out for Christmas since now I'm a stay at home mom. Just let me know if you want any and how many and what color. Im going to be doing them for family and friends and some neighbors for Christmas. If you would like I can also make any other word that you come up with so your not stuck on just the word believe with any other color. I love the holidays!!!

A great weekend

2009-11-16T04:12:00.003-07:00

I have the most delightful husband in the world! I was so tired on thursday so I sacked out when mason was asleep in the afternoon and I woke up to Alan home with a bouquet of beautiful red roses next to me. I asked why and he said, "Just because. I saw them and thought of you." And they are still beautiful and smell amazing!

On friday we had Alan's sister and her boyfriend over for dinner and games. I am always watching the food network and I love Alton Brown's shows and he had a crepe episode, Alan and I love crepes and would always make them but some of them would rip. So last min I remembered the episode, found it online and made it and it was delish! The first one tore but all the rest turned out perfect and sweet tasting, yumm its totally fool proof. Here is the site for the recipe but make sure you double it. It really only makes half of what it says. http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/crepes-recipe/index.html

Inside the crepes we put chicken, green and yellow peppers, 1/2 an onion mixed with a fajita seasoning packed. then we added sour cream and/or ranch dressing. excellent!

On Sunday all my family met at my parents house for dinner and in our noisy house we played Beatles rock band and my sister-in-law brought the stuff for us to make wood blocks that say believe using vinyl. So I got my cricut out and they turned out sooo cute! I'll have to post pics up but alan isn't home and I don't know how to download pics on this new mac with alan's cords every where :)

All in all I had a fantastic weekend! Especially since I got to sleep in all weekend!

Teachings in the Ensign

2009-10-16T15:39:00.001-06:00

When I was pregnant we went and finally got signed up for the Ensign. I haven't been able to read it in a long time. Well we just got it and I've been so excited to get it that I've only got a few more stories to read and I'm done :( But I read an article on blogging about the gospel and how I feel about it. So that is what I've decided to do. Elder Ballard reminds us, "Every disciple of Christ will be most effective and do the most good by adopting a demeanor worthy of a follower of the Savior. Discussions focused on questioning, debating, and doubting gospel principles do little to build the kingdom of God.... There is no need to argue or contend with others regarding our beliefs. There is no need to become defensive or belligerent. Our position is solid; the Church is true."

How easy is it for us to just say, " the Church is true." Because it seems so easy for him. For me I've always struggled with containing the information that we learn in church about who did what and where in my memory that it would be hard for me to argue with some one about it and tell them which scripture says what to prove it. But I do know that in my heart that it is true. I guess the good thing about not remembering the stories in the scriptures is that every time I read it, it seems like I've just opened it up for the first time :) It is amazing how the spirit can tell show us by our feelings what is true and what isn't. The other day Alan and I were reading in the scriptures about Adam and Eve and how Heaven Father only spoke to him and non of his sons and daughters, and by the spirit he will be able to preach to his prosperity. I wonder how did some of them not believe the good but satan would speak and they would believe his every word. I hope that I will never doubt or question what I am taught.

It is amazing that Mason just came from where I want to be. He was with my other son and spoke to him. He saw my fluffy :) And he is pure. It scares me to think this world he is going to live in will try and force on him things that are not true. I'm glad that I was born in the Church and I was strong enough to "survive" the world so Mason could be born in the covenant. I'm grateful for all my family and friends that I can look up to to try and be a good mom and become a stronger person. Thank you every one that has done or said some thing to share the gospel and lift my spirit.

What a good day!!!

2009-10-10T05:31:00.000-06:00

It all started yesterday when Alan let me sleep in and get a whole 8hrs of sleep!!! He only woke me up to feed Mason and I was back to bed. After waking up to get ready for the day Mason decided to be awesome all day long and just chill in the swing with out a fuss and he was awake the whole time listening to the nature sounds that play on it looking around. I was able to clean the apartment with a little help from Alan. Alan's little honda broke down so my brother Brad and him worked on it from 1 to 5pm and Alan was working on it since 9 so it was sweet of him to stop and help me out before my bro showed up. I was able to make my self pretty in pink for the day and dressed up in cute clothes ( for all those that know me well I love my pjs and that is all I wear when I'm at home all day) and put on make up and curl my hair. I think since I've had Mason I've only done my hair 5 or 6 times, it normally goes up in a pony tail or a messy bun. Then I was able to make Hash brown funeral potatoes for dinner while Alan watched and fed Mason and it turned out really really good :) Alan gave it a 9! Mason fell asleep on the floor while we were eating and I wanted him to stay awake as long as possible so he would sleep well at night since he has been getting days and nights mixed up. We tried everything we could think of to wake the little guy: we picked him up, rolled him from side to side, made lots of noise, poked his face lol and he didn't even flinch! It was completely impossible to make him open his eyes. Every once in a while during his torture he would do his normal grunting but then nothing. After everything was cleaned up and put away we made brownies together and relaxed to reading family scriptures then watching the first 4 episodes of the Mentalist, which we both loved! During which both my boys fell asleep, Mason woke up for about 30 min. to eat then back to sleep the little turd, and I slipped into the bedroom, put on my beloved pjs, curled up in bed and read a few stories in the Ensign.

I have my husband to thank for it. If I hadn't had all that sleep I would of been a zombie like every other day and only of done half the things I did and not cared about the rest. Thank you Alan for being so great to me and seeing that I needed the rest and letting me sleep. You have been so great with Mason, it is amazing to watch you with him. I love you!

2009-09-30T04:32:00.006-06:00

It sure has been a while since I last updated.

But as I'm sure most of you know starting a

new family and getting things figured out is

pretty time consuming and confusing. We

still have to get a schedule it seems so erratic.

Mason is now a month old and is moving like

mad. When ever he is awake he can't stop

flinging his arms and legs in all directions.

He is doing great and growing fast!! As for

me I'm doing much better, recovering from

a c-section is not fun or short. I'm now able

to get around with out to much fuss. I only

have pain a little through out the day that

are random. So I can actually get some thing

done around the house. It is crazy how much

your life changes by bring a little person into

the world. Well its 4:30 in the am so I'm going

to try and get some sleep :)

Cindy and Blairs family pictures

2009-09-09T13:58:00.004-06:00

Cindy here are some samples of your pics. it was so good to see you!!

Mason Randy Rose's First Video

2009-08-22T10:15:00.003-06:00

This is Mason just after he was born!

Mason is here!!

2009-08-21T18:24:00.008-06:00

Mason was born at 1:51 PM. He is 6 pounds 5 ounces and 18.5 inches long. Checkout more photos in my picasa account. That way you can all see pictures as they go up.

All cleaned up.

Hanging out with daddy before mommy was out of surgery.

Our Little Family!

2009-07-27T19:39:00.007-06:00

We are lucky enough to paint the babies room in our rented condo. It was way fun for Alan and I to finally start on getting it going and make it feel more real. I was going to find a crib bedding set but i couldn't find one that I liked that didn't have the retched BLUE in it some where or brown over powering it. So we made one up by getting things separate. I hope it turns out! I'll put up picks when we are done but we got paint!

Prego Belly!!!

2009-07-24T19:37:00.003-06:00

This is Desi..Aleca's Friend/Cousin( in law, hahah) and she hasn't updated her blog in a really long time so I thought it was time to put at least a cute lil picture of her rapidly growing belly up for all of your viewing pleasure!!!! :) She is so cute, you cant even tell she is preggo from behind..until she turns around and then there appears to be a basketball under her shirt:) I am jealous!!! Skinny biatch:)LOL She has 5 more weeks to go and I am soooooooooooooooooo excited for her to have Mason!!! Love You Aleca!!!!

2009-05-14T21:15:00.003-06:00

This would be Alan's latest project. One of his sisters room mates is getting married so he took their engagements last week at the state capital and did their invitations last night. Didn't he do such a good job!!!! I'm a proud wife :)

Boy clothes are difficult, the end

2009-04-20T20:51:00.003-06:00

Alan and I went looking for baby boy clothes at stores like Ross and Kohls to find them for cheaper. I don't want to pay a ton o' money for clothes that he can only fit into for a few months, if that. And NO WHERE can I find clothes that DON'T have blue in it!!!!!! I am going crazy. So if any of you find or see any that are cute with out the blue, let me know! I'm going mad with all the blue why can't there be colors like oh ya know maybe green, orange, black, brown..... but no they all have to have blue some where. grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Our Baby Boy

2009-04-05T09:24:00.005-06:00

How fast can you type?

2009-03-27T11:17:00.003-06:00

So I must be pretty bored at this point to actually enjoy this. I'm sure most of you can type way faster than me. See what you get on your first try

64 words

Speed test

Meghan tagged me!

2009-03-11T23:37:00.002-06:00

Here are the Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2) Answer the six '8' items
3) Let each person know they're tagged by leaving them a comment.

8 Favorite TV shows
1. Greys Anatomy
2. Deserving Design
3. Ghost Hunters
4. Ghost Hunters International
5. House Hunters
6. Chopped
7. Hero's
8. Rate My Space

Things I did yesterday
1. Woke up at 9
2. Went to Work
3. Did like 10 teeth cleanings and some fillings
4. A dental lab came to the office and gave us free Kneaders food, and tons of it!
5. Trained a new hire
6. Went home waiting for Alan to come home (which he didn't until almost Midnight!)
7. took a nap, i love naps
8. When Alan got home we read twilight and went to bed!

Things I look forward to
1. Being out of debt
2. We find a place to move and actually move
3. When I find out what I'm having!!
4. AFTER the baby is born
5. When Alan is done with school
6. To see Betsy and Meghan again
7. I'm putting my 18 1/2 yr old cat Fluffy down on Friday and i just want it to be over, my parents and I are having a hard time doing it
8. When my hormone's go back to normal, what ever they are

8 Favorite Resturants
1. Olive Garden
2. TGI Fridays
3. Pizza Factory
4. McGraths Fish house
5. Applebys
6. Tucanos
7. European Connection
8. IHOP

8 Things on My Wish List
1. A new kitty
2. No money stress (who doesn't)
3. My own home
4. Decorating my babies room where it matches
5. A new book to read
6. Seeing all my old friends
7. Becoming a home maker
8. Singing with friends, I love the sound of harmonizing

I tag....
1. Cindy
2. Desi
3. Mandy
4. Amber
5. Leah
6. Nikol
7. Nikki
8. Anyone else who feels like doing it :)

Freebie Tag

2009-02-09T22:48:00.000-07:00

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It will be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry (but probably not) or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows?
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so, and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

No guarantees, no returns! Let the games bgin!

A New Job!!! WOOT WOOT!!!

2009-01-30T18:45:00.003-07:00

The time is finally up! I got a job working at Orem Family Dental!!! yay!! and I'm going to make more than I ever have which will let Alan work less and study more on school. What a blessing paying tithing is. It couldn't of come at a better much needed time. We didn't know if any one would hire me because I am pregnant but my cousin randomly called me up knowing that I was a dental assistant but thought I still had a job was hoping that I would come work with her at her office. I went in and interviewed (you have to work for the interview) so I assisted and looked around the office to memorize where things were and he canceled all the other interviewers he had scheduled and had me come back for a couple more weeks to interview and see if I was as good as I looked he he. Well needless to say today my cousin got fired and now I'm on full time ha ha ha sad story but its just funny how it all worked out. Many many blessings Alan and I have been given lately like a baby and a new job and the help that we have received from family and friends. We thank you all for your prayers and "donations" to the rose family we have been so blessed and with out it we would of been into a lot of trouble right now. So thanks again and bless you all.

Bun in the Oven

2009-01-15T21:22:00.003-07:00

Alan and I went to North Carolina over Christmas break for 15 days. The day after Christmas I was having cramps but yet nothing was happening. I didn't want to have Alan go and get a preggo test because I wanted to suprise him since he is the one begging for a baby he he. But with out telling one of his family memebers which might of ended up spredding I decided to ask Alan anyway. He didn't wait 1 minute before grabbing keys and saying he was going on an "ice cream" run. So everyone told him what they wanted and he was off!
I peed on the sticks since one just wasn't enough to convince me, and called my friend/cousin Desi to tell her first :) meanwhile poor Alan is banging on the door begging to let him in and tell him the results! I finally gave in and put on a normal face and let him in and handed him the stick telling him his future. He froze. Didn't even move. Not what I was expecting! After the antagonizing wait he put a huge grin on his face and said, "what do we do now?" ha ha ha
I have passed the mark from my last pregnancy and every thing is going good so far, I'm sick 24/7 but haven't barfed yet. I get up and I am instintly light headed and have to sit back down. I also feel like I can't catch my breath. I feel like i ran a 5k after 5 steps. But I sleep like a baby. All in all I hear a baby is worth it so I'm going to trust that :)
I made an appointment for the 26th! I'll give you updates!

Thanksgiving Night at Jody's

2008-12-02T10:29:00.006-07:00

Before the Warheads.....

After the Warheads....

How in the crap does Brett still look normal?!

Every one was either spitting them out or chewing them up really fast ha ha

That day was so fun. After everyone left from thanksgiving Alan and I went to Jody's and Brett's house to play card games along with Desi and Jeff. I learned a fun new game called I Buy and we also played Hand and Foot. During the game Jody brought out the kids Halloween candy and dumped it on the table, I think we ate half of it and saved all the "good stuff" for the kids, NOT! But to me that was funnest part of the whole day (besides bunco and donuts of course!). I love being with my family and hanging out playing games or watching movies. I wish we could all get together more often. But it will be exciting to get all together in a couple weeks to do crafts. I love my family and hope we never grow to far apart. LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, now what?

2008-12-01T18:55:00.003-07:00

So now that thanksgiving is over people are decorating for Christmas and putting up lights and their Christmas trees and spending time with their spouse. I don't mean to sound bitter but doesn't it sound pointless to decorate if your not even going to be home for the holidays? That is my debate. I'm the only one home all day every day and we will be gone from the 19th to the 4th of January. So I don't see a reason to be festive. People are telling me to decorate and put up a tree but should I really if I'm not going to use it? What would you do?
I can't wait for Alan to be done with school so we can start traditions of our own. Give me some idea's of what traditions you guys do for the holidays. What are your favorites? I've got to figure out some thing to get Alan and I into the spirit of Christmas.
As you all know Alan and I have been through a lot in the last month and have lost a lot of what used to be a normal life for us. We've had to change the way we think about life, marriage, money, children, the blessings we've received, and some times we can't wait for Christmas to just be over. But it all makes you think, what is Christmas really about? With all the materialism of the giving of gifts surrounding Christmas, it is important that we look at the deeper spiritual meaning of this celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and examine the gift of God to all humankind in the coming of Christ. Gifts are good because it represents the giving of gifts from the 3 Wise Men but I doubt they stayed up all night and raced and pushed people in the stores to be the first one to get the really expensive gift they wanted for Him. Who is it really for? Is it to max out our credit cards and make a new years resolution to pay them off? Is it for our kids so they can have what all the other kids are getting? Or is it for all the food we get to eat? What about Christ? What do we really do to remind ourselves of what he has done for us and for others? I know myself that I've never really done a whole lot. I know for a few years I would get together with the ward young woman's and give a turkey dinner to a poor family in the ward. But never really did anything after that. I don't even read the story of Christs coming to the earth and the path that had to be made to get him here. But I'm going to challenge myself and you to do some thing that will really give the true spirit of Christmas.

Picture Editing

2008-11-18T22:03:00.004-07:00

So this is my latest work of art! Alan is trying to teach me Photoshop. I figured since I am home all day everyday I might as well make myself useful while I can :) let me know what you think?!

Feeling Better Than I Deserve

2008-11-06T18:27:00.004-07:00

I feel I just need to express every thing that I am greatful for. I have to say, NEVER PRAY TO BE HUMBLED!!!! Bad idea, Heavenly Father will get ya! But needless to say I learned the hard way ;) I have been tried and tested to the extent I think Heavenly Father knows I can go with out breaking and I've learned more about patience, humility, the joy of kids, gratitude for my husband, the joy of blessings, modern medicine and the women's reproductive system! (you would of think I would of know about that before, maybe in a class they call Health?)
Knowledge is a blessing. Because of knowledge I have delt with my current situations with a lot more ease then most. I realize that life is eternal, and today is not the end. Families are together for ever and we are blessed to continue to be close to our precious family that we knew and loved and we get to see the ones we've never met. I know that with out the knowledge of life after death right now my heart would ache for the ones I have lost.
I want to say how greatful I am for my husband. He is more than I could ever dream of. I have definetly taken him for granted and need to make up for that. In the time that I have been "down" he has wiped away my tears and cryed with me, held me close and let me know how special I am, got me up and walked me to the bathroom when I couldn't go on my own (poor guy), he held me up so i could take a shower (no baths for 2 weeks! and I couldn't stand up on my own, good luck), and listen to this....he even made food!!! I could list so much more. It made me realize what it ment when you take your vows for better or for worse. He had bypast that mark for sure! And the best part about it all, he never once complained or did it grudgingly. He ALWAYS had a smile on his face even when I knew it was hard for him to no show he was hurting so I would smile at him with my druged out face. As for my husband I love you.
I want to thank my Heavenly Father for the trials I have been through and the family and friends he put in my path to keep me above water.