ABC's TAG

A. Attached or Single? Attached
B. Best Friend? Dave is of course my best friend! Although my mom is also my best friend. And my best girlfriend is probably Emily--we were crazy in high school and now were still crazy moms!
C. Cake or Pie? CAKE! My mom makes the best chocolate cake for birthdays! Yummy!!
D. Day of Choice? Saturday--because Dave is home and we switch off getting naps! It's also nice to have a whole day to spend together as a family.
E. Essential items? A bra and deoderant. Kelli, what good is a toothbrush without toothpaste??F. Favorite color? Green.
G. Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms? I like the sour gummy worms.
H. Hometown? Kaysville
I. Favorite Indulgence? Cookies, brownies, and VAMPIRES!! I am addicted to the Twilight series. I am on my third round of reading those books--it's a pretty sick addiction, but I"m hooked!
J. January or July? July is the obvious answer for me! I will be in Mexico this July--just wanted to throw that in!
K. Kids? Two wonderful little boys!
L. Life isn't complete without? Family and Love!
M. Marriage Date? November 29th 2002
N. Number of brothers/sisters? 4 brothers.
O. Oranges or apples? Oranges
P.Phobia or fears? I'm scared of about every insect that flies around--I usually think it's a bee and I flip out! Sometimes I run and scream--I think I am creating fears for my kids too!
Q. Quote? "Money can't buy happiness, but it's a nice down payment!"
R. Reason to smile? Last week of school!!
S. Superman or Wonder Woman? It would be nice to have Superman around--it would save a lot on gas!
T. Tag 4 people. Alisa, Karin, Melanie, and Nikki
U. Unknown fact about me. I've taken 5 years of Spanish (2 years in college) and I still am not fluent, or even close to speaking the language right!! Don't ask me how I passes with flying colors!
V. Vegetable? I like lots of them: broccoli, aspargus, and artichokes
W. Worst habit? Dave says it's chewing ice, but I don't think so! I have an obsession with keeping my boys' noses clean--they get their noses picked a lot!
X. X-ray or Ultrasound? I'm not sure what this question is asking. I would have to say x-ray because you don't have to have the sticky goo rubbed on you first.
Y. Your favorite food? Chicken Enchiladas and Chicken Alfredo from Olive Garden.
Z. Zodiac Sign? Leo

YIKES!!!

I am flipping out right now because I have my first interview for a teaching job on Monday!! Holy cow!! That is sooooo soon! I have to put together a resume--and I don't know what will be on it because I've really never had a real job. Here and there I've had jobs that last about 6 months tops...so I maybe handing the interviewers a blank sheet of paper!! Haha! Anyway, my interview is at Northridge High for an English teacher with possible coaching experience! I was nervous on the phone so I forgot to ask what I would be coaching--ooops! Oh well, I figure if it's soccer then it will be no problem, but even if it's volleyball or basketball I can at least be an assistant coach! This is very nerve racking. And of course I need to go shopping for an outfit to wear! I guess that's a good thing because I love to shop--and I don't have anything in my wardrobe that is professional looking enough for an interview! Sorry honey, it may get expensive!! j/k Anyway, we will see how it goes!

On the Hunt

This last weekend we decided to escape down to my parent's home in Mesquite. Dave is going to be super busy with work and this was his last chance to get away before he is a slave to his job and we never see him. So we went down on Thursday and came home Sunday. I wish I had taken more pictures, but I left the camera in the car when we went mini-golfing and swimming. Yes--swimming! It was 80 degrees down there and of course I got sunburned again-even with sunblock. The picture above is Dave and Gage golf ball hunting. My dad has started a tradition of looking for golf balls on the golf courses surrounding there home. They have located the best holes to find balls at. So Dave loves the hunt and Gage is almost as obsessed as his daddy is!! Dave hit the jackpot this weekend and totalled 55 balls! On his first outing he got a whopping 23 balls! Most of them were really good too! Before we headed on our drive home we had to stop and look for some more balls and I think we tallied a dozen just before leaving. Golf ball hunting is not my idea of a fun time, but everyone else seems to really love it!!

We went to our first Blaze game of the season a couple weeks ago! Dave is a huge FANatic and loves to go every chance we get. We actually were given tickets on the 9th row! It was awesome! I knew that Gage loved to go to the games, but this was Bostyn's first time! He loved it and he clapped every time the crowd cheered! It was really cute to see him excited about it. By the end of the game I was standing in the hall with him. I wore my handy "Baby Tai" wrap and it was a life saver! I just strapped him on and all of his weight was held by the wrap! Thank goodness or else I would never have made it through the game!!
Gage got some cool bandanas and a really cool tatoo that he is very proud of. Ever since the game he has been obsessed with tatoos. And it just so happens that McDonalds has pirate tatoos in their happy meals...so the obsession is continuing.
For Easter Gage got a scooter from the Easter Bunny! He was really excited about it and he is getting really fast at riding it. It is a 3 wheeled scooter, so it's a little bit safer! Of course he is equiped with his Spiderman helmet and pads!
After church on Easter Sunday we decided to head over to the park and let the kids play. Bostyn and Gage did swings for at least a half hour and they were cracking up doing it!
Dave took Gage on the Big RED swing at the castle park (well, that's what we call it) Gage absolutely loved it until Dave started going too high! My stomach is a lot weaker than it used to be because I rode on it for a minute or two and I was ready to get off!

Fun at the Park

It was such a nice day yesterday that we decided to go to the park! We went with my sister-in-law, Tara, and her adorable baby Addison! All of the kids had a lot of fun--as you can see from the pictures!
We are so excited for summer time to come. Hopefully we will be able to go to the park a lot more!
Bostyn's personality is coming out more and more each day and he is sooooo full of smiles that melt your heart!
Ignore my evil eye in this picture, but I had to throw it in because Bostyn is adorable and to state that I got sunburned from being outside for an hour! My red-head complexion is just so sensitive to the sun! That is why I will always be albino!!

Tara, Addi, and Gage getting ready to go down the slide! Gage loves his Aunt Tara and he wants to play with her everyday!
The other day Bostyn was heading into the kitchen and he found the laundry basket! It was hilarious because he would hit it over on top of himself everytime. I had to get the camera to capture the moment!

My Two New Best Friends

The boys played with the box all day long. Bostyn loved climbing all over it--their favorite part was the box, but mine is what was inside the box!

So I have a new best friend, and it is purple and plugs into the wall--can you guess what it is? Well, it is my new Dyson vacumn!! I used it for the first time this morning and it was really grose what it picked up! We have gone through 2 vacumns since we've been married, so we splurged and bought the heavy duty vac! It better be worth the $$$ or I'll be really upset---so far it is performing GREAT!! It took me a while to figure out how to use the vacumn though...it has so many different peices for doing different jobs around the house. I still need to read the owner's manual and find out what connects to what!

The filter was filled up in a matter of minutes! I really have vacumned recently--but it has just been with a broken vacumn! Yikes!

My other best friend and my husband's worse nightmare is ROSS!! It was the grand opening in Layton this past weekend and I have already been twice!! The first time I had the boys with me, so I ended up sitting in the corner reading books to Gage the whole time. Everyone else found lots of stuff though...I felt like I didn't get my fill of shopping....so my mom and I took another browse last night and I hit the jackpot!! It's been a long time since I've actually found some clothes that fit and look good! (You know how it is trying to find clothes after having a baby--your bod is just not the same!) At least that is my justification for spending too much money! Dave may have to lock me in the house or take the debit card away!

Another Week!

A couple weeks ago a friend of Dave's brought some clothes and costumes over for Gage. His kids had grown out of them, so we received them! Gage loves them. We are constantly playing pirate. Somehow, I have managed to become the Giant that the Bad Pirate battles--it's been a lot of fun!
He also got this Hulk costume and he is flexing his HUGE muscles for everyone to see!
The boys taking a bath! Gage loves that Bostyn can sit and play with him in the tub now! Of course, Gage gets mad because Bostyn splashes him too much!
With Bostyn moving all over the place he finds himself getting stuck quite frequently. The other day, Gage came and told me that Bostyn was stuck in the computer---and this is how we found him! Bostyn got his shots this last week, and he also got his first tooth! It was a double whammy for him, but he made it through!

This last week we went over to our friends house from the ward. We had dinner and then we went and played Church basketball. I thought that I would be able to play well, and not be sooo tired--since I have been going to the gym about 3 times a week....however, I was sucking wind the whole time! I have realized that exercising on the eliptical is a lot different than running. So this next week I am going to pick up the pace at the gym so that I won't be dying on the basketball court! It was fun to play, but it made me realize that I'm getting older and it's not as easy to be in shape as it used to be!!
I am one of the Sunbeam sharing time leaders, and it is quite the circus in there! Last week, kids were climbing on chairs, tables, and climbing into the cupboards! So I decided to make a good behavior chart where they can earn stickers. It worked pretty well this week! At least it wasn't a ZOO in there today! Gage is in this class, and surprisingly he is one of the BEST ones in class. For those of you who have been around Gage and seen how active he is, well, you would just have to see it to believe it!

How do I Love Thee?

I thought I would do a little Valentine's tribute to my husband, Dave! This is my favorite poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning from Sonnets from the Portuguese, and this is how I feel about Dave. I don't know where I would be without him and I'm just thankful that he is my Eternal companion and we can be together forever!


How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints—I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life!—and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.