My Marathon Man

We had a great 4th, 23rd and 24th of July. On the fourth of July we hung with family and had a good time. That evening Will and I watched the fireworks from Bountiful Blvd. It was a nice view of the fireworks and of the valley.
For the 23rd we went to the Bountiful Park for the carnival. I love it every yr. Even though I'm to old for the rides I have a great time at the fish pond, eating Brigham bread and watching my nieces and nephews have fun. After spending the afternoon there we went to watch the parade. It was nice but this year it lasted forever! Will had to go home after to get some rest for the marathon but I was able to party till late and watch the Mueller Park fireworks with my good friends Maren and Alden and her family. We were right up close so the fireworks looked huge! At one point a firework blew up on the ground- that was cool! I swear I felt heat from it where we were sitting. It was a great show.
On the 24th Will ran a 26 mile marathon that went from East Canyon to Liberty Park. Wow, I am so amazed with my wonderful husband. I couldn't do more then one mile let alone 26! I'm so proud! He finished in good time and got a cool medal for finishing. The rest of the day was spent mostly relaxing. We watch fireworks up at my sister Andrea's house and that's always fun. So, over all we had a great but busy holiday.

Road Trip

Will and I were able to get a bit of a break and we went to see my sister Cynthia and her family in Texas. We drove down there (Yeah, long drive) and it took FOREVER. About 30 hours to get there. We did stop in Roswell to see the famous Alien museum. It's not that great. Just alot of article's to read. Not that great but it got me out of the truck for abit. We got to Texas in the AM hours and I was so grateful to be there! Will only got to stay a day before continuing to drive to Florida. It was nice because he got to see his Mom for Mothers Day and we were able to clear out the storage unit that he had down there. While he was driving and working I was playing with the kids, shopping with my sister, and getting a little tan at the pool. When he got back we did the tourist things like going to see the Alamo and having lunch on the River walk. We had a blast and I wish It didn't have to end. I don't get to see them enough. The kids are so cute and fun... and full of energy. I miss them and can't wait to see them again. Leaving was hard, driving home was the worst! We got a flat in the middle of nowhere, on a dark deserted road in New Mexico. Ahh!!! So we had to stop early for the night. And of course all the nice hotels were full so we had to stay in HECK'S HOTEL!!! Really, it was. The only thing good Will could say about it was "At least it doesn't have bugs". And I'm not even sure about that. The next day he had the nerve to ask if I wanted to take a shower- Heck No!!! Never stay at a hotel with a number in the name! We were able to see acouple of cool things on the way home; we drove route 66 and stopped at the Four Corners. Getting home was kinda weird after being gone so long but I was very happy to sleep in my bed after Two lllooonnnggg days in the truck. Now I'm rested and ready to go on another trip.

Wicked: The Musical

It was Fantastic! I went with my sister Jessica. We went, we saw, we got the t-shirt. It was so well done. The music was great, the dancing was great, the actors were great, the whole thing was great! From the first moment to the last I was captivated and enthralled with story, music and wonder of the show. It's one I would recommend to all and would see again myself.

Hoppy Easter

We had a typical awesome Easter. We decorated eggs a few days before with my sister Andrea and her family. My niece Saphirah loved it and made a huge mess. My favorite egg of mine was one that had little lady bugs drawn on it. Will did a cool on with Indian art all over it. He's my cute, non afro Bob Ross. In fact, he also did a Bob Ross egg. It had happy little trees and everything.
We have a tradition in my family- we schedule with the Easter bunny for him to come a night early for us so we can celebrate with him on sat. and the more religious part of Easter we focus on sun.
On the night before Easter sat, the Easter bunny came and hid our eggs. So, when we woke up in the morning we had to search high and low for them. He put Will's eggs in the office and mine in the living room. Thank goodness we found them all. The Easter Bunny also left Easter baskets full of treats and fun things. In the afternoon we went to my sister's house and gathered with family. Every year she does a huge Easter egg hunt for the kids. There were eggs everywhere. It was great!

A Magical Evening At The Ball

We went to a real ball! It was fantastic! It was a Military ball for the National Guard. Will was dressed in his dress uniform and DANG he looked good! I didn't look half bad either in a long formal gold sparkly dress. We went before and had my step sister Mary take a few pictures. Thanks Mary! I had stuck a phone call to my Dad to let him know that if he wanted to see Will dressed up to meet us at Mary's. Will loved being shown off... Hee Hee Hee. After chatting for a bit we left in out magical pumpkin. The ball was being held at the state capital. It was so cool to see all the guys in there different uniforms; Navy, Army, Air Force, ect... Of course my husband looked the best. It was also interesting to compare the dresses and the girls there. There were some really "interesting" dresses. So "interesting" that I wondered if some of the girls where wife's, girls friends, mistresses or cheep hoe's. There were a lot of people there. They had a band and an orchestra that took turns playing. It was neet but very loud in the echoing building. They had refreshments of all kinds and a great variety of songs. We dances the night away. It was great! And we even made it home before our pumpkin turned back into a pumpkin.

Will's Birthday

Will is Old!!! Okay he's not that old... but he'll always be older then me : ) He had school on his birthday so we did most of the celebrating the day before. We went and looked around at some stores that he's been wanting to go to. The first was a cowboy/ranching store. It was pretty cool to look around. The second was guitar city and he had a blast there as well. After all this fun we went to Typanyaki (no clue how to spell that and yes I know that's wrong). It was yummy and very fun to watch. If you haven't gone we recommend it. They make your food in front of you and do some funny things. I caught a piece of shrimp in my mouth (even though I hate shrimp). It was funny!
On his actually birthday I gave him the present Walker Texas Ranger session 2 on DVD. He got the first for Valentines day. How romantic! We had a home made dinner followed by one of Will's favorite treats- Key Lime Pie.
Happy Birthday Honey!!!

Valentine's Day

We had a great Valentine's Day. We both had the day off from work and school to be together and to tell one another how much we love each other and to kiss and to kiss some more...

Okay, i'll stop so that you'll keep reading. I made us breakfast in the morning, but it wasn't just any breakfast, it was a pink breakfast (lots of food coloring). It was even topped off with napkins cut out into hearts. We exchanged gifts after: (don't be mad at my husband because i'm not) I got workout clothes- because i'm taking a yoga class and he knew that I needed some. There cute too. He did a great job! I got him a Chuck Norris calendar and Walker Texas Ranger complete season one on DVD. And to answer your question, Yes, my husband likes that stuff. Later Will made us a great Italian dinner! Yum Yum! Than we went ice skating at the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake. It was so fun. Will did such a good job. He had never been ice skating before and he picked it up pretty well. It was romantic because they have lights on all around and you skating in the center of all these huge buildings. It was like being swept away from it all. After we had bubbly and chocolate dipped strawberry's.This is where you stop reading...

Why are you still here?

O, come on... haven't you gotten the hint!

Can't a person get some privacy around here!!!

Babies, Babies, Babies!

My Friend Maren and Alden had there first Baby and I was lucky enough to be there for the birth. It was a very special moment when that beautiful baby came into this world. I am so lucky to be the God Mother of the cute little Isabella. I just call myself the fairy godmother though : )

I have many friends and two sisters that are expecting. It seems that it's baby season. The two sisters of mine that are expecting are both having boys. The funny thing about that is that my family seems to go in flows with the baby gender. My oldest nieces/nephews are all boys. Then the middle batch are all girls and now we are on our way back to the boys. Funny huh? What next... And NO, I am not expecting- in case that's what you thought this was about.

"To Punish and Enslave"

We kinda kept it hush hush at first but it's finalized now so here you go...
WILL JOINED THE AIR GUARD!

We didn't want to make a big deal about it and tell people because last time we looked into it we didn't end up doing it. It felt right but then it didn't feel right. I guess the time wasn't right. He will be doing the same thing as when he was in the Air Force (fuels on jets) but on a big fuel plane. It will be the one weekend a month, two weeks a year. He could be deployed but were crossing our fingers for now. His unit usually goes to Turkey for about 15-30 days when they go somewhere. We were lucky and my Dad was able to be the one to swear him in. That was cool. After all the paper work we went to where he will be working. The guys there are nice. We lucked out and a plane came in. One of the guys took us in the plane and walking on the wing. It was neat. There are some scary things about it but also some good things. We will get all of his school paid for, a little money and a signing bonus to pay off some debt. And best of all... health insurance!

The Holidays

We had a great holiday season. We were lucky to have two Thanksgivings. The first was with my Dad and most of my siblings and my Dad's wife and her family. We
celebrated the weekend before Thanksgiving. The second was with my sister Andrea and her family on Thanksgiving. It was nice to have somewhere to go on the actual holiday, because lets be honest... I can't cook a turkey.

I was excited to hear that my sister Cynthia and her family were coming to visit from Texas for Christmas. They got here just in time for Christmas. We had our cute apartment all decked out in holiday decor and our beautiful tree to help us feel the Christmas spirit. The Sunday before we had a family Christmas party and that was fun. For Christmas Eve we spent some time at my sisters and then went home to be with each other. We exchanged one present with each other which was P.J.'s. I got soft pink ones that have an ice skating penguin. Will's has skiing polar bears. The next day I woke Will up by jumping on the bed saying "Its Christmas, it's Christmas". We were so happy to see that Santa had come to visit. Some of my favorite gifts were a big pink my little pony ( I had asked for a pony- who'd have thought) and Rainbow Bright the t.v. show on DVD. For Will it was moccasins and an electric keyboard. We had a great time opening presents and spending time together. It was a great day. Throughout the day we went to visit family. It was a great Christmas and we didn't want the day to end. My sister was in town for about another week so I tried to spend a lot of time with them. It was so fun to see my niece and nephew react to the snow. My nephew hasn't seen snow in so long that he doesn't remember and my niece has never seen snow. It was so fun playing in the snow and watching them sled.
I was afraid New Years would suck. Will had to work and I was afraid we wouldn't see each other at midnight. I spent the evening with a few of my sisters playing games and watching weird t.v. shows. It was a miracle- Will made it to my sisters house at about 11:57. I was so happy and relieved, I got my New Years kiss. What a great way to start off the new year.