Pictures

Here are some pictures from Conference Weeekend

Kam


The Girls


More girls


Me and Davo


Dave and Kylee

Fall Out Boy

Last night Dave and I went out to SaltAir to see Fall Out Boy in concert. Fall Out Boy is Dave's fav. band. I got him the tickets for valentines so this concert was two months in waiting. Last night I learned that I don’t really like concerts. I didn’t really know it. But after last night….I’m pretty sure I won’t be spending money on them anymore. Don’t get me wrong…They did a great job, and I really liked listening to them in person…it was just not worth the money, back and feet pain, and paralyzing fear that came over me as I realized that one day my children are going to want to come to something just like this. AHHHHHHHHHHH. I remember in 7th grade Rachel Roberts mom was taking all the kids to the Bush concert. I wanted to go so bad. I was the only one that couldn’t go and it was all my mom’s fault. Bless my mother. I’m sure that the only concerts my children will ever be going to will be put on by the church. I must say that people watching was almost better than hearing fall out boy sing. There were so many WERID people.

This girl was one of my favorites to watch...check out her braid...


Adults who were retarded, teens who just want to be accepted and have no other way of expressing it than through making themselves look like FREAKS. It made me sad. It made me hurt for them. It made me wish they could just have lovely parents and friends to show them the way. I wished they had a purpose. I wish they knew about the plan of salvation and our savior and what life was all about. I wanted to scream it from the roof top…not really, but i did think it. I was disgusted by some people, annoyed by others…I also realized that I am going to be the strictest parent in the world. Sorry ahead of time future kiddos…you’re going to hate me. But one day when you grow up and figure yourself out…..you’re going to look back and be so thankful that I was such a rock hard witch! J Ok..just kidding, I’m not going to be a witch….but through my experiences good and bad I really have learned a lot. And I’m sure that a Fall Out Boy concert of anything of that nature is not somewhere or something that I want my children to take part in.
We got to the concert at 7:00 hoping that Fall Out Boy would come on in 30 minutes or so….but we didn’t get that lucky. We had to stand around and listen to opening bands for an hour and a half.

I couldn't stand for one more second and since there were no chairs I squated for a while...


My feet were killing me. My back was killing me….and Dave had no gum. That’s right. He didn’t bring any gum with him and he almost died (he can’t live without it)… so being the “cool” wife that I am…I started to ask around. At first Dave was a bit embarrassed that I was asking these random strangers for gum…but once he realized there was a possibility that he might get a piece, he egged me on. After about 45 minutes I finally found a piece!
Little Honey

Once Fall Out Boy had started we were about at our whits end. The smell, the people, and our aging bodies were ready to hit the road. I wondered if anyone elses feet or back hurt. Or was it due to the fact that we were 10-15 years older than everyone else that our bodies were uncomfortable? We stuck around for another hour and then left. It was nice to leave early because we missed all the traffic!




We made it home by 10:00 and were thankful to get off our feet and into bed. It was an interesting night. A lesson learned. And an obvious sign that I am getting old And you know what I say to that? If making logical choices, being realistic and having common sense is a sign of getting old…then I say bring it on. I am more comfortable in my skin now than I’ve ever been….so I guess is I’m “Old” compared to the people at that concert….i’m actually thankful for that birthday song “one year older and wiser too….(clap)…happy birthday to you!”

Easter Weekend

My parents were out of town and since we celebrated Easter last weekend it was just Dave and I the entire weekend. We went to Chili’s on Friday. We love that place. In Portland there was a Chili's right across the way from our town house and we went their often. About six months before we moved back to Utah they closed it down. It was really sad, I may have even blogged about it…I can’t remember. So when we moved back to Utah we were so excited to be able to go to Chili’s again. After dinner we got a frosty (vanilla) ( I choose it over chocolate every time). We came back home and watched the movie “Wanted” on clear play. I was not thrilled to watch it, but once it got going I really liked it. Can’t say the same for Dave. He was asleep ½ way into it. Saturday we slept in and lounged around. At 12 we went to the gym. When we got back we were both so tired and worn out from a hard week of working out that we crashed. We slept for 3 hours. Later that night we met up with Crystalyn and Rob at the Porcupine restaurant in sandy. It was really good! The plan was to go hot tubing at snow bird, but it didn’t quite work out that well. We got caught trying to sneak in and a really mean girl told us she was going to call the cops on us. Dave was concerned this was going to happen from the get go, but Crystalyn assured me that she does it all the time. It was so funny to see dave bolt out of the room as soon as he sensed any sort of trouble. He is so cute..always minding the rules! Since we didn’t get to hot tub we got ice cream instead and it made everything better. It was a great night…(minus the part where I almost threw up in Dave's car from being car sick…we pulled over in time…and luckily it was a false alarm).
Easter Sunday was really nice. We went to church and had some really great lessons. Christ’s resurrection was the complete and final step that will allow us to one day return and live with him again. I am so thankful for his sacrifice, his suffering , and his perfect example. I love my family so much and am thankful for the gift he gave us all that enables us to live together forever.
After church we took a tiny nap and then went on a walk. The sun shining and the warmth of the day made it feel like a special day. After our walk we thought about making a fancy dinner. But since it was just the two of us and neither of us like to cook…

Our Easter Feast

I am so thankful for the knowledge of the plan of salvation. I know why I’m here, I know where I’m going, and I know what I need to do to get there. What an enormous blessing and comfort this knowledge brings! What an amazing gift our Savior has given us all. The gift of eternal life.

Conference Weekend

As if I don’t say it enough and we don’t all think it… weekends are the best! This weekend was even better than normal because of conference. My mom got the family tickets and we went to the Afternoon session. It is only my second time going (first time was Dave and I’s first date) and I really loved being there. I was uplifted by the speakers and am determined to keep fighting the fight and try to do a better job of it! On Monday Dave and I had family night together and talked about what we learned from all the things we heard over the weekend. We each came away with some really great council. We made some goals to work on together and personally, and committed to each other to try and come closer to our heavenly father. We are so blessed to have a living prophet who loves us and gives us council and so much support. I wish conference was held more often than just every 6 months!!


On Saturday when the boys went to Priesthood session me, jac, erin, the kiddies, and zone went to TONYS! Yay! Dinner was lovely, however Erin might tell you different since Kylee would not stay in her high chair. We came back home with stuffed belly’s and played cards, ate cookies, and watched a movie. Trev and Erin stayed over cus they are the best! It’s tradition in the Keyes home to have a HUGE conference breakfast. French toast, waffles, pancakes, bacon, eggs, hash browns, fruit with cream cheese dip, chocolate milk, assorted juices, cinnamon rolls….ya. We ate it all. I remember as a kid laying in bed on conference morning and smelling pancakes and hash browns. No matter how bad I wanted to keep sleeping….the smell drew me out of bed and to the kitchen. (it’s not like conference starts that early 10am…but I remember thinking it was so early when I was younger). We don’t eat breakfast at the table but instead lay blankets in the tv room and eat while we watch. It’s wonderful. After we give our bellies time to settle everyone continues to munch throughout the day. Ever since I can remember we would all take naps in between conference sessions….those naps seem better than most. Since my mom and dad will be out of town over Easter we had an Easter egg hunt Sunday night for Kam. It was fun to see her find all the eggs...she was the only one searching since Kylee is too little to understand. Later that night we had a nice Easter program put on by mom and dad…and then we ate yummy roast for dinner. After everyone left Dave and I ended the night with a great movie. Slumdog Millionaire (edited on clearplay)

What a wonderful, wonderful weekend!

Unanswered Prayers

(Warning…I’m going to post cheesy song lyrics and say sappy things)


Friday night Dave, mom, dad and I went to a new restaurant called Pleasant Valley Grill. FLASH BACK: Anyone remember my old boyfriend Josh from high school? Well his mom owns this restaurant and he was there waiting tables. I haven’t seen him in 6 or 7 years. He came over to our table and said hello to us when we got there and before we left he talked us into ordering some coconut cream pie…we didn’t chat much other than a hello and how’s your food. Why do I bring this up then you ask? Let me take you back in time……In high school Josh and I were inseparable. We dated for 2 years…and I would have bet 1 million dollars that I was going to marry him … I was that sure! I was devastated when Josh left on his mission and thought without a doubt I’d wait for him, I remember thinking I would die if I couldn’t be with him. Ha ha! ….I wrote him faithfully…for a while, but things turned out a bit different than that (much too long to explain). Long story short…drama…drama…more drama…and it didn’t work out. I’ve come to conclude that my crazy 19 year old brain took a while longer to mature than most….that is the only logical explanation for some of the things in my past that I like to block out of my memory. I thought I knew what I wanted and how I wanted me life to turn out. But heavenly father knew better. He knew what was in store for me. When I look back on me 5-10 years ago…. It’s weird to think I was me. Of course I was me…but now I’m me in a different way….a better way. I am so incredibly grateful for Dave. I just can’t say it or think it enough. He truly is more than I could have ever dreamed of. He is my best friend. He makes me want to be a better person. Never in a million years would I have guessed my life would turn out how it has. And I am SO GREATFUL that it did. I am thankful to my heavenly father. I am thankful to my family. And I am thankful to a husband who by himself had the courage to seek out the truth. To study, pray, and gain a testimony of the true and everlasting gospel for himself. Without him having the courage and humbleness to do this and accept the gospel, we would have never met. I don’t think we would have met had one thing been different. I’m sorry to be so incredibly sappy, but it’s true. I actually accidently heard the words to that song before I even thought about putting it in this post…I swear! To add to all the sappiness I’ve created I’d like to wrap this post up with an oldie by Garth Brooks…”Unanswered Prayers”…. Ya know that one? Of course you do. Well…on Friday night as I thought about the past and everything that has transpired ….this song couldn’t ring more true! Here are the words…read them (I altered them just a bit)

Just the other night a hometown football game

My Husband and I ran into my old high school flame
And as I introduced them the past came back to me
And I couldn't help but think of the way things used to be

He was the one that I'd wanted for all times
And each night I'd spend prayin' that God would make him mine
And if he'd only grant me this wish I wished back then
I'd never ask for anything again


Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers


He wasn't quite the angel that I remembered in my dreams (no offense)
And I could tell that time had changed meIn his eyes too it seemed

We tried to talk about the old days
There wasn't much we could recall
I guess the Lord knows what he's doin' after all

And as he walked away and I looked at my husband

And then and there I thanked the good Lord
For the gifts in my life

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers


The end…

Thursday night fun

My Mom and Dad are tending the kids this week and my mom forgot about a young women's meeting she had to attend in SLC...so this is what we've been doing tonight...

Kylee loves Dave so much..its really cute




They spent 30 minutes just cuddling


She's so stinking cute


Kam watching 101 Dalmatian's with her sleeping bag, popcorn, chocolate chips and chocolate milk...love her!




You can't see it in this picture...but Kylee has a snaggle tooth and she does the hugest cheese smiles ever...its so funny!

I’m rude..will you still help me?

I need some help! I am having difficulties with my workouts..well maybe not difficulties…but confusion. I’m not sure I’m doing enough or the right thing…and I’m getting frustrated by not knowing…I want to make sure what I’m doing is going to give me the results I’m looking for. I know that it takes time to see results….and I’m fine with that…..the problem is I‘ve never consistently lifted weights as a means of losing weight. I always focused on the cardio and hit that hard. I want to make weights be a consistent part of my workouts and help me progress to my goal…. but I’m not sure I have a good routine (if you wanna call it that). If I had extra money to hire a personal trainer I’d do it in a heartbeat and have them make me a weight lifting schedule and routine…but since I don’t…I’m reaching out to you in hopes that you may have a great weight lifting/cardio routine that is tailored specifically for losing weight and toning your junk…and not just the junk in your trunk J. I know beggars can’t be choosers but I’m not looking for little helpful hints that you “THINK” might help (not to be rude)…... I am looking for advice from someone that lifts weights regularly …has lost weight by doing so….or even better… a personal trainer. Rude alert. I’m setting the rude alert off on myself for being so demanding when I am asking for help!! Sorry…I’m not trying to be rude or demanding and I’m not saying I don’t want to hear your advice...…I just want factual facts and not helpful hints like those provided in People magazine.

Ok to the point…my main concerns are….Am I doing enough? Is 30 minutes a day enough? Am I doing the right exercises? Should I split my workouts into upper and lower body? What should I be doing? How much cardio? How much weight lifting?

If you can help…THANK YOU! I was hoping you might give me some examples of what you currently do or have done. I know not many people read this…so I’m not sure I will get much if any feedback but if you are reading this and you can help me…please leave a comment and tell me what you do…and please be specific.
P.S…. Just to avoid any retarded comments that might come from this post… I don’t think I’m fat. I don’t think you’re fat. I’m not asking you to tell me I’m not fat…I would just like some suggestions, and if you can give me any I would be so so so so so thankful!

Thanks love ya..

This is what I’m currently doing (only for the past 2 weeks)

Monday/Wednesday/Friday
· Weight Lifting 30 minutes
· Leg Press 3 sets 12
· Inner and Outer thigh Machine 2 sets 30
· Bicep Curls 3 sets 12
· Tricep Curls 3 sets 12
· Walking Lunges 20 down and 20 back
· Shoulder Raises 3 sets 12
· Calf Raises 2 sets 30
· Abs 3 sets of 20 (weighted)
I try to only rest 15-30 seconds in-between each rep so I am getting cardio too

Tuesday/Thursday
25-35 minutes Stair Stepper

The Sun Killed me

When Dave went to the gym this morning, I didn’t join him. Shame on me. I had a horrible dream last night and I think it left me feeling kinda weird and I just didn’t want to go (excuse). But for real…My dream was creepy… I was killed by the sun. I was driving with some friends on Glassman way and as we looked out the window we saw the moon and it was HUGE it looked like It was red and yellow and on fire…it seemed to be falling from the sky. It was such an amazing site that I called Dave because I didn’t want him to miss it…..he told me it wasn’t the moon but that it was the sun. As he began to explain to me what was happening using a bunch of technical jargon…. all the sudden this huge ball of fire was right in front of me rolling down the road…I knew I was going to die. I didn’t have enough time to explain to Dave what was about to happen, all I could do was tell him I loved him over and over and then the huge ball rolled right over the top of us… and I was dead.

Bla. I didn’t like it. I’ve never died before in my dream. It was pretty real….and weird. I think I ended up coming back to life later on in the dream, but I’m not clear on that. Geeze brain take it easy…don’t kill yourself. I guess this dream was a little better than the night before where I dreamt that my sister made out with my husband. WTH? My dreams are so cooky sometimes! Where do dreams come from anyhow? It can’t be from something I was thinking about because trust me, I was not thinking about a giant ball called the sun rolling down the street…. and I definitely was not thinking about my sister kissing Dave. Today after I got to work and was in the mood for conversation I called Dave and told him about my dream and how I died. I’m not going to die like that right? I asked him… (Hoping he would comfort me)………NO! he said… definitely not by the sun rolling down the street…..that’s just impossible…. maybe an asteroid though. What? Hello that is not what I wanted to hear…Thanks for the comforting though! Too funny. I’m ok though.

I don’t know about anyone else but if I have a weird dream It takes me a bit to get over it. Sometimes I still feel a little sad, mad, upset, or weird. Even though I know it wasn’t real. Does that happen to anyone else? I remember when I was in elementary school having a dream where my mom was in prison and was smoking and I was so upset with her… how could she do this to our family? I distinctly remember being so angry with her the next day! How about the dream where you are pregnant but you know you didn’t do anything that would make you pregnant…Heck sure you’d never even kissed a guy, so how could you be pregnant? Wasn’t that the worst? Dreams are weird. Most of my dreams are annoying. Why don’t I have those sweet dreams that Dave always wishes me at night? The ones filled will everything you ever wanted? Hmmmm?? Maybe since my life is filled with so many sweet dreams…. my dreams can’t be filled with them too?

The end.

PS…if you see the sun or the moon and it looks abnormally large and is red and yellow and looks like it is falling from the sky…..RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

The weekend

-ate union grill

-watched some 30 rock

-fell asleep on the couch until 4am and then we moved to the bed with sore backs

-attended a baptism

-got an oil change

-ate lunch at gateway

-prepared a lesson

-putt another offer on a house (CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND TOES THIS TIME)

-eat at tony’s

-watched more 30 rock w/martenilli white grape juice

-went to church

-took a nap

-had a birthday party

-successfully fought the Sunday night blues

-had a sleepover with honey

For Back Up

My super hot, skinny, and young faith hill look alike sister wrote a wonderful entry in her journal/blog today that made me want to be better about blogging. Lately I haven’t been doing much of anything that feels blog worthy…so I just haven’t been blogging. After reading her entry…I feel refreshed, motivated and excited to blog. I’ve decided that my posts might not be exciting to read…but oh well! I want to be able to look back and remember today…this week….and this month, and I know the only way to do it is through keeping a record. When I stop and think about it stuff happens every day…I just don’t seem to want to blog about it..but if I don’t…what record will I have of it happening? My memory certainly won’t be enough. I swear I don’t have a long term memory. I need a back up memory! That’s why I’m feeling it important for me to blog….its really the only record I will have of our life…and I want to be better about documenting it! Thanks for inspiring me court!

So I am substitute teaching the Relief Society lesson on Sunday. Since I don’t have much to do today at work, I plan on spending a majority of the day preparing. Who says you can’t get paid to do church work? Ha ha JK! But really I get paid jack squat here at work…and it feels like I’m giving unpaid service 9 hours a day 5 days a week… oh the joy! J So my lesson is on the sacrament. I hate to admit that I haven’t done any studying yet, but I’m just kind of like that. I enjoy teaching lessons and feel comfortable doing so…but I usually do better when I spend a lot of time studying close to the day that I will be speaking. Spanning things out over an entire week or two is not my thing. (or is that my excuse?) NA…I just feel I prepare better this way. Maybe after I prepare the lesson and have pondered and learned some things I’ll write an entry about that, but for now I’d like to capture a few things that have been going on with Dave and I.

We have consistently for 10 days woken up at 4:45 and gone to the gym. I am so proud of us. Ever since moving to Utah we have had a really hard time getting up any earlier than 6:00am…and even then we were struggling. In Portland we had things down to a science…we would be up at 4:00am or 5:30am every day. We were going the gym regularly working our bums off and we were both in great shape! Well that is not the case anymore. I am in major need of losing some LBS and Dave feels like a girl with no muscle. He feels weak when he isn’t lifting. I’m not saying I’m fat..I’m just saying I would like to be more trim and feel better about myself and by working out and eating healthy it will happen! So 10 days is only 11 days away from 21 days and 21 days makes it a habit right? I don’t know if that is true or not but I’m going with it. I have to admit that the first couple of days felt like H E double tooth picks…but now we are getting the groove and starting to feel good afterwards… plus its awesome to get to work at 6:30am and have already worked out for the day. So that’s that.

House searching… not so much. For the past two or three months we have been laying low and not really doing much searching. We haven’t felt like it was the right time to buy as the market continued to decline right before our eyes. I honestly don’t know what will happen or when we will buy…we are kind of playing it by ear. We are READY to move…but who knows when and where. We have however made an offer on an AMAZING short sale home in Kaysville http://www.utahrealestate.com/864764 . We are in love with this house and as you can see it is a STEAL of a deal…so we are hoping that may pan out. Short sales are pretty sticky so we are praying for the right thing to happen and crossing our fingers for some extra luck.

Last weekend I went on two hikes and it was really great! The weather was amazing and the mountains were beautiful.

On Friday afternoon I went with Carlie and Jordan and we hiked to the Uintah “U”. The view was so pretty! I had a great time chatting with Car and Jordan and their crazy dogs! Saturday afternoon we went with Jac, Jared and the rest of Davis county on hike in Layton. It was hard. I guess even though I’m trying I’m still not in that good of shape. When we got pretty far up and there was a lot of snow…it made it pretty hard to continue up. The way down in the snow was even worse! I ended up sliding down on my bum for a portion of the way. It was like sledding without a sled. My bum stayed cold for quite some time. After the hike Dave and I got in our swim suits and tried to lay out in the back yard just in time for the clouds to come out….we were too cold so we opted to spent the rest of the afternoon in the hot tub. It was really fun. We played the “would you rather game” and talked for hours! I love that boy.

Dave..I must say something about how much I love this guy and how blessed I am to have him as my husband. It’s the truth. He makes me so happy. He is a sweet heart and truly tries so hard to do anything he can to make me happy and better our life. Of course he isn’t perfect nor is our relationship…but if it was ever to get there it will be thanks to him. I am so blessed to have a best friend who is always cheerful, happy, goofy and positive. He is never in a bad mood or negative…never…it makes life so much brighter!
FYI:

If you don’t watch TV or have no interest in it…I suggest pushing the “X” button on your browser.

TV. It would be a shame if I didn’t do an update on the shows we watch. I think Dave and I are addicted to TV and proud to say so. Of course we have many things other than TV that we love to do, but if you asked us both to describe a relaxing evening...we would both say it would be cuddling and watching our favorite shows (and eating treats). So here is the low down. We just finished watching an INCREDIBLE show called “Jericho”. If you haven’t seen it…rent it! Season 1 and 2 are available on DVD. It’s so good. Not only was it entertaining but it gave me an urgent need to buy a gun (check) complete my food storage(in process) and be make sure I’m prepared for anything that can and will come. (In progress)
I think I’ll make my list of shows in order of the night they air…NOT in order of favorites.

Monday Night:
“Heroes’” It has been a little weak this season, but we still love it. “Save the cheer leader save the world!”
“24” Jack (run for president Bauer) has made a major comeback and the show has been really great to watch!
“The City” I love this show. I really do. It’s not the Hills, but I hate Olivia just as much as I hate Spencer. I was bummed at the last episode of the season…I don’t think Whitney made the right choice…that’s just me though.
“THE BATCHELOR”…need I say more? I loved it and am so bummed its over! I loved Jason, and unlike anyone else…I always liked Molly. I think he did the right thing (although maybe he didn’t go about it the right way)…But seriously….you have to follow your heart. Right? People who say he is a jerk for following his heart have never followed theirs!
“True Beauty”….tell me you didn’t love that show. It was so freaking funny and so incredibly annoying to watch. I didn’t know someone could bother me so bad (Chelsea) After watching the show I’ve mastered an impression of Chelsea’s annoying voice and body language…I whip it out sometimes just to drive Dave crazy!

Tuesday Night:
“FRINGE” I knew it was going to be an amazing show when I found out the producers of lost had something to do with it. If you haven’t seen this show…start watching. It has been on break for the last month but will start up again the 7th of April. This show is so great! I don’t feel like going into detail about it..so just trust me.
“BIGGEST LOSER” I’m disappointed that I haven’t stayed up to date watching the show…honestly there are just too many shows to watch and this one has taken a back burner. I still watch the clips on NBC updating me on what is happening and I am super amazed and proud of all the people on the show. If they can do it..one day I will too! (I keep telling myself that)

Wednesday Night:
Wednesday is Dave’s “Game Night” he plays video games with his friends all night and loves it! I usually go on a walk with dad, take a bath, get on face book and look around or just spend time relaxing.
At 8:00 everything stops and our FULL ATTENTION turns to…..
“LOST” I cannot tell you how much we LOVE this show. It is so great. Every time we watch it we love it more and more. It will be a sad day when it’s over! The episodes are never long enough and are always so entertaining. Lost is #1 on my list of favorites!
(DO NOT TRY TO WATCH THIS SHOW UNLESS YOU CAN COMMITT TO STARTING FROM THE VERY FIRST EPISODE AND WATCH AT LEAST TWO SEASONS…if you don’t like it after that go see your doctor cus you are mentally insane!)

Thursday Night:
“Kath and Kim” ha…this show is perfect. I love everything about it. EVERYTHING! It’s just so stinking great!
“The Office” love it, we all watch this, so no need to explain.
“30 Rock” is on directly after the office and we had watched it a few times in that past but didn’t really get into it. Well last week we started watching it from the pilot episode and OH MY we are HOOKED. It is one of the funniest shows I have ever watched. I laugh out loud more in that show than I have ever laughed at any show or movie. It took me a few episodes to get into it…but oh man, it is so funny. It has become one of my favorite shows! Tina Fay is a genius. The show is a crack up. Watch it..trust me you will LOVE IT and be so happy that you did!!

Ok there you have it…now you believe me when I say that we are truly addicted to TV….sue me. Ok maybe we aren’t addicted, but we do love it! Lots of time we don’t get around to watching the show on the week days, so we wait until the weekend and instead of renting a movie we catch up on our shows! Ok I’m done talking about that…I didn’t think I had so much to say about it..i guess I’m passionate about it… who knew? ok JK I knew!

Ok. So this post is way too long..sorry. This confirms that I must post more often so that when I do post its not incredibly long and painful. Happy Friday!

B-Day and St. Pattys

Last weekend was a blast! We celebrated my birthday and St. Patricks day with the entire family. It was so much fun! I didn't have to work on Friday so that as even better! After I woke up and had some breakfast we all lounged around in our PJ's hanging out and talking. Friday night everyone came over for the St. Patty's day dinner/party. We ate green food, played green games, and watched Darbio Gill and the Little People. I didn't get to partcipate in the annual coin toss, because my head got smashed inbetween Dave and Trev at the very first of the toss and MAN IT HURT..i was down for the count and didn't get a single coin! :( Other than the huge headache I ended up with, the night was a BLAST!



I think this is what we would look like if we were drunk. Thank goodness that will never happen

Court and Kylee

Me and Grace

Anytime the goggels went on dave's face did this...what a dork(a cute dork though right?)


On Saturday (b-day day) we woke up and went to breakfast at the yummiest place. Pleasant Valley Grill. If you have not been there..GO its so delicious! I had Pancakes(my favorite)!! We had a wonderful brunch and then went back to the house and hung out. I got a little tired so I took a nap and then Dave and I went and played basket ball at the park. Later that night we headed to my all time favorite restaurant... TONYS!!


I will never get enough of this stuff


The Waiting Room


After a delicious dinner we headed back home and I got to open my b-day presents...everyone was so thoughtful and sweet and I got some great things! After that we played American Idol Karaoke on the play station...so fun!

On Sunday we all woke up and went to church and then came back and took our regular Sunday naps. Sweet Adeal (our third grandmother) brought over HUGE new york stakes for everyone..so we grilled those baby's up and had a YUMMY steak dinner followed by a bunch of fun games!

What a wonderful weekend! Thanks so much mom and dad for making everything so wonderful! It was so fun to have everyone home and spend so much time together! Love you all!

Blogaversary

Yesterday was my one year anniversary for my blog! I can't believe it's been a year, and then on the other hand I can't believe it has only been a year. At one point in my blogging life all i seemed to think about was blogging...(mostly because i had nothing else to do at work) but also because it was really fun for me. I would even say it was kinda becoming a hobby. Things have changed a bit as life has changed...but i still love blogs...i love reading them, i love writing on mine, i love talking about them. I look forward to twenty years from now when i can look back on all these posts and remember what i was feeling, thinking, and what I was doing!

PS:
Today...we celebrated my birthday even though its a week away(too long to explain why)...

the celebration went like this...

home made rainbow cake with the ball frosting (the BEST)

a house full of balloons

a room full of hidden presents that i had to search for in order to open

My favorite licorice...much needed nail oil and lint roller...a birthday card, and dr. pepper lip smaker!

A cute pink bag for my lap top

AND....an INCREDIBLE b-day gift....a home made "gift certificate" for a shopping spree!!

last but not least...a lovely dinner at Tony's...

can you say holy mother of america happy birthday to me??


I never knew Dave could be so romantic, so thoughtful, and so darn good at giving me exactly what i want! ha ha...but seriously!! and not because of the gifts...but because of the thought he has been putting in to the things he does....its really so sweet. I tell him all the time that i really didn't know he was this wonderful when i married him..I'm sorry to be so cheesy....but he honestly gets better every day! Thanks babe for making my birthday so special...it means a lot! 143!!

ta ta for now. we are going to start watching the series "Jericho" on netflix..i heard its good!

HERE is my first blog post in case you're interested to read it!

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Bachelor Smatchelor

WTH!

I’m assuming everyone in the world watched the Bachelor last night. I was freaking out the entire time. I was sure he was going to pick Melissa (even though I always liked Molly… and ps.. am I the only one that liked her? Seems like no one liked her) anyhow… I was sad for Molly but so excited for Jason and Melissa, they seemed so happy. And then as soon as Jason walked on to the stage on the after the final rose show…I knew that something bad happened. Everything after that was, weird, awkward, and hard to believe. Dave was giving me his thoughts the entire night about how he thought it was so fake and everything was staged. I wouldn’t have it. I defended Jason, Melissa, and Molly the entire time. Even this morning Dave sent me a long email about his conspiracies of what happened and that he thought it was a big hoax. I disagreed. I gave him a big long email about how it could have really happened that way and bla bla bla. After sending the email I decided that just in case something he said was true, I should look around online and see what other people are saying….. L I’m not a happy camper. It seems that something very fishy and fake is going on and I don’t know about everyone else…but I just wanted everyone to end up like Trista and Ryan…happy and actually in love. If you haven’t talked to other people or looked around online, you’ll be surprised when you see all of the theory’s that are floating around out there. Most of them are pretty consistent, and the biggest thing is that most of them where written weeks before the finale even aired. Its not like they were just written last night or this morning. People knew this was coming. WTH? Am I retarded? I knew some sort of twist was going to come about…but I didn’t think it would be staged and a big hoax to bring in more viewers….I guess I’m too much or a romantic and I actually believe in the stuff that is going on. I mean, The first time dave and I had any contact I we were living different states, I knew I was going to marry him after our first phone conversation and ended up falling in love with him over the phone before I even met him, 1 ½ months later (2 weeks after meeting him in person) I moved to a different state to be closer to him and 8 months later was married…. If it happened for me why couldn’t it happen for them? Dave on the other had is a bit more practical and has been having these “conspiracy” thoughts for quite some time now. I guess before I make any firm decision about how I feel or don’t feel about what happened I will give tonight’s show a chance. But looking back on everything….there are just way too many things that happened that just don’t add up…things I wanted to believe just happened that way because it was meant to be, but now….i just can’t be sure.

If you want to read some of stories or conspiracies of the Bachelor go here and read the report and watch the video. I’m sorry to bring this to your attention if you weren’t already thinking it….

PS….i think he should have just picked Jillian and avoided all this drama!

weekend happenings

We had a fun weekend! Nothing to exciting….but it was still fun and relaxing.


Here are the highlights:

-dermotoligoist visit

-test drove a tundra (for the 10th time in the last month)

-Wings at Wingers (dave hated them)

-Brought Nana a diet coke

-Hot tubbed

-sister came over

-Watched “unbreakable”

-Watched “Saving McCallister”

-Fell asleep on the couch

-Woke up at 10am

-Ate a PB & J sandwich for breakfast (a Saturday favorite)

-took nap while hubby volunteered to clean, vacuum, scrub, and wash my car (a 2 hour task)

-went shopping and bought a bra that made me VERY happy

-saw a movie that I didn’t love

-ate at Tony’s and loved it

-enjoyed a soft serve vanilla ice cream cone

-played w/turtle

-cuddled with honey

-fell asleep before 11:00pm

-went to church

-took a nap

-ate with the family

-moved the tv into our bedroom (yay!!)

-stayed up until 11:30pm on a week night




Can’t wait till Friday: 4 days and counting….

funky funk junk

I’m in a total blog funk. I read everyone else’s blogs and LOVE them. But I can’t seem to come up with anything to blog about. I think I know why. Let me explain….About 4 ½ years ago….My life was funky, in a funk, funkdified, funky funk funk…and anything else you can make up using the word funk.. I was confused. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life, where I wanted to work, where I should live…and don’t forget about the Panic/Anxiety attacks worrying that I wouldn’t find “Mr. Right.”

QUESTION: What does this have to do with not blogging and my life now?

ANSWER: I’ll explain with an analogy

Do you remember the last time you broke up with a boyfriend? It has to be a boyfriend you really loved and adored. You loved him, you loved being with him, you were best friends…. but deep down inside you just knew it was not right to be with him forever? MEMBER THAT? I do…and all too clearly.

I remember trying so hard to make it work, while at the same time trying so hard to make not work and end it once and for all. I wanted the change but had a hard time changing….

Immediately after I let go and broke it off I was so relieved because I KNEW I had done the right and now everything would magically fall in to place. LOUD BUZZER NOISE

W R O N G!! My life did everything but fall into place. I became a mess…I was confused, a bit bored, very lonely, and completely overwhelmed about what was to come next. Every day was a stomach ache and every night was a cry fest pitty party (drama mamma aka: Natalie pre Dave….(side note thank goodness for husbands who love us enough to help us grow up and become better all around)

Ok…here’s the analogy


Old boy friend that you love = Portland

*Loved Portland! Adored it. Loved the people, loved my job, loved the adventure…. But we knew it was not where we were supposed to be. It was really hard to leave our friends, the beauty, the endless fun and memories….the life we had created together as newlyweds

Breaking up with boy friend because you knew it was the right thing to do and you longed for “Mr. Right”= Moving to Utah

*As much as we loved Portland and as hard as it was to leave, we knew Utah was the place to be and we knew we needed to get there not matter what it took. We searched for over 2 years trying to find the right job and when it seemed like it would never happen…it happened and we were thrilled. Finally our dream was coming true! (live by family, buy a home, have great jobs) … it was all in the near future!

Making the right decision but still feeling lost, confused, and funkdified= Current situation

*Although we are thrilled to be here… I believe our expectations of what it would be like are a little different now that we are here. We are confused… a bit bored, lonely in a sense (we miss Portland), and slightly overwhelmed with what is to come next.

Don’t get me wrong. We are happy, life is good, and we don’t have many complaints, I have however come to realize that WE ARE IN A FUNK. We feel a little bit of where should we work, when should be buy a home? A bit of what should we do and how should we do it?… a little bit of where are all our friends and I thought we’d have more to do and a lot a bit of living in my parents basement and not our own place……

Word: Lim-bo
Pronounced: [lim-boh]
Definition: an intermediate, transitional, or midway state or place.

I kinda wish I were doing the limbo under a pole instead of being in a state of limbo. I believe this feeling comes from not being able to create our own life here in Utah. We are not on our own schedule, we aren’t in our own house, we don’t even buy our own food. (not that I’m complaining, cus its so wonderful to not have to do the grocery shopping…but sometimes you just want to have the food you want, when you want it and its not that my mom won’t buy it…of course I give her a list sometimes, but there is already so much food in their house that I don’t want to add unnecessary things when they really aren’t needed. And since I give my mom money at the beginning of the month for food, anything I buy on top of what she buys is just additional money spent…and we are trying to save ya know.)

We are so blessed to be able to save money by living with my parents, but it’s not our home, it’s not our stuff, and it feels like it’s not “our life”….or at least not the one we were used to living.

This past week Dave and I have been taking walks after work. The weather has been nicer and we need exercise so taking a walk is a great way to get in some exercise while spending quality time talking and listening to each other. And just in case I wasn’t feeling funky enough…. Leave it up to the conversations below to fill me with more to think about…

Monday

Dave: “maybe I want to go back to school and become a radiologist”

Me: “huh?”

Me: “another 8 years of school?”

Dave: “hmmm…”

The next day

Dave: “I think I want to be a professor at BYU and get my doctorate”

Me: “do it”

1 day after that

Me: “Do you want to move to Australia or New Zealand?”

Dave: “yes”

Me: “me too”

Me: “what about buying a house”

Dave: “I don’t know”

Me: “me either”

Today

Dave: “happy Friday honey”

Me: “thanks you too! want to go to Tony’s tonight?”

Dave: “you read my mind”

Ok I made up the dialogue about Tony’s…but trust me we’re thinking it.

I have felt a lot of different emotions since we got here. It seems I can’t put my finger on what it is I’m thinking, wanting, or feeling (aka why I suck at blogging lately)…. Amidst the confusion, there are a few things I know for sure…

*I know Dave and I truly love each other

*I know that the church is true

*I know we have to go to work even if we don’t want to

*I know we love to watch “our” TV shows (the bachelor, hero’s, 24, true beauty, fringe, biggest loser, lost, Kath and Kim, the office)

*I know we love turtle, even when she is annoying and won’t let you pet her

*I know that a king sized bed is much better than a queen and if you don’t have one you HAVE TO MAKE THE SWAP

*I know that my allergies magically disappeared and I could not be happier about it

*And last but certainly not least I know Tony’s is the best restaurant in Utah and that we have eat there at least once a week.

Other than that everything else is up in the air. Who knows what we will do and when we will do it. I guess it’s a waste of time to worry about when it will happen and when we will get out of this funk….kinda like how it was a waste for me to worry about when I would find “Mr. Right (aka little honey)”. I found him didn’t I? And what a worthwhile wait!

The way I see it is, we just need to keep CTR’n….and enjoy this funky journey…. it will be worth the wait!

Love Love Love

After I bought Dave a Valentines present last week I was so excited to give it to him I could hardly wait! I came right home and told him that I’d just bought him a Valentines gift! His response…

”you bought me something?…. I didn’t know we were buying each other gifts for Valentines…I hadn’t planned on buying you something..”


Without sounding disappointed I said…”well I don’t expect you to buy me something…..I just had a great idea of something to get you so I had to get it!”

A few days passed and I asked him if he had anything planned for Valentines and he said…

”no not really…I figured we’d go to dinner.”


Of course I was a bit disappointed as I’d hoped he would have planned something…really though when it comes down to it, he does cute things everyday so who cares if he doesn’t for Valentines right?

I know he thinks its a stupid holiday anyhow.

Well, Friday night rolled around and while watching a movie, he paused it and said…lets exchange valentines gifts! HUH? I didn’t think you were getting me a gift…he looked at me like I was a dumb dumb for thinking such thoughts and went on to tell me I was really gullible if I fell for his

“I didn’t know we were giving each other gifts line…” (which I totally did)

He went into the bedroom and came out with his hands behind his back! He told me he wanted me to go last…so I then gave him the gift I had bought for him…(Fall Out Boy concert tickets)…he was super duper excited. Now it was my turn! He reached behind the couch and when he came back up he was holding a huge pink gift bag. I asked him where he got such a cute bag and he told me he picked out from Target! The fact that he bought a decorative bag to put a gift in, for me, on Valentines, was enough of a gift in itself…I didn’t even care what was inside the bag….it could have been a pile of poop and I would have been happy! (it wasn’t poop) I opened the bag and inside….was, TA DUH…..



I have wanted one of these for a really long time! I am ALWAYS cold and every time this commercial comes on I always say how cool I think it is, and that I want one…the commercial is so dorky, dave always makes fun of the acting, which probably made it easier for him to remember that I really really wanted one! I was thrilled with the gift! A big pink gift bag, a bright blue snuggine…and a husband who picked both of them out just for me! I cuddled up to him in my snuggie and we fell asleep on the couch.


The next morning I woke up and Dave was not lying next to me. He must have snuck out without me hearing. As I started to walk up the stairs ready to eat some cereal, Dave opened the door and told me to get back in bed. So I went back and waited. He came down a few minutes later and brought me breakfast in bed. HOW SWEET! While eating breakfast he handed me his phone and told me that someone had sent him a text message. I checked the phone and there was a long message addressed to me! He knows how much I LOVE love letters, so he wrote me one…. along with a really sweet poem. What a sweetie heart. Then as if that was not enough…. he pulled out two more pink gift bags! One with a few pairs of really cute socks I have been wanting, and one with two different kinds of my all time favorite old fashion licorice… which he had gone to 4 different stores to find. And to top it all off he handed me a long stem…chocolate rose and told me how much he loved me! It was so sweet…and even sweeter that he took the time to do something for me. Maybe I’m a dork, but it meant so much to me! The rest of the day was wonderful as well! We went to Kylee’s birthday party….went to a great movie, ate at our favorite restaurant (Tony’s) and came home and watched another movie. I made chocolate chip cookies and we ate them right up. I had a wonderful valentines filled with love, love letters, gifts, and yummy food….BUT in the end….nothing and I mean nothing will ever beat the everyday love that my little honey shows me…. It’s that everyday love, that makes life so darn sweet!

Pregnant

Who is? Not me that’s for dang sure! I did have a big scare the other day though. It went a little something like this….

After getting ready for bed on Sunday night, doing the nightly routine, I realized that my p-day party was three days late! That has never happened to me before so naturally I freaked. My heart began beating really fast and I felt sick. I didn’t want to mention anything to Dave (since the last time I mentioned something it left him in tears) I laid there in bed for over an hour worrying, wondering, planning, counting, imagining…I finally couldn’t take it anymore so I woke Dave up and told him that I hadn’t had my p-day and I was freaking out, he must have been too sleepy because he told me not to worry about the things I couldn’t control and rolled back over. WHAT! Last time you cried like a baby when my sisters and my mom worried me into thinking I was pregnant because I had a stomach ache.. (what’s up with that anyhow when your first married if you get sick in any way someone thinks you’re pregnant)…So even after spilling the beans went back to sleep. I didn’t, that’s for sure. It was now 2:00am….I laid there contemplating if I wanted to get dressed and drive to Wal-Mart to buy a pregnancy test…. I about did it but amazingly talked myself out of it by telling myself that if I was pregnant tonight, I’d still be pregnant tomorrow. Somehow I fell asleep. I jumped out of bed the next morning at the first sound of the alarm and pretty much ran to the bath room, hoping that someone had thrown me a surprise p-day party…. Nope. Nothing. I got ready for work with a pit in my stomach…I really felt awful. On my way to work I stopped at the gas station to buy a prego test. As I searched frantically isle by isle the clerk asked me what I was looking for…. I looked at her with a blank stare and said…uh medicine, but you don’t have it and then walked right out the door without looking up. On my way to work I prayed. And I cried. And I prayed some more. Geeze you’d think something horrible was happing. After my prayer I felt some discomfort in my stomach, I crossed my fingers and hoped the discomfort would turn into cramps! And to my relief…when I got to work I got that p-day party I was hoping for! Halleluiah! I called Dave immediately and told him. I felt like a new woman p-day, pms and all! In a way I feel a bit selfish that I’d be so upset to have a baby right now… but I’m not trying to be selfish…I’m just not ready to have kiddies yet. To me if I am that scared, worried, upset, panicked…it can’t be the right timing.. (kind of like when you were dating your old boyfriend… the one you didn’t marry and you felt worried, upset, panicked, and scared…about the thought of marriage) Didn’t go that way with your future husband to be right? NOPE not for me..its was smooth sailing…and just felt right!

I know when I’m/we’re ready to have a baby I’ll/we’ll know it and welcome will it with open arms. As for now… I’m happy where I am. I am a needy girl and need more time with my honey. More time for the just us, more time to grow, more time to learn, and more time to enjoy each others undivided attention. Once we have kids…we will have them for the rest of our life… I guess we’re not quite ready to start the rest of our life. Bye bye

PREGNANT

Who is? Not me that’s for dang sure! I did have a big scare the other day though. It went a little something like this….

After getting ready for bed on Sunday night, doing the nightly routine, I realized that my p-day party was three days late! That has never happened to me before so naturally I freaked. My heart began beating really fast and I felt sick. I didn’t want to mention anything to Dave (since the last time I mentioned something it left him in tears) I laid there in bed for over an hour worrying, wondering, planning, counting, imagining…I finally couldn’t take it anymore so I woke Dave up and told him that I hadn’t had my p-day and I was freaking out, he must have been too sleepy because he told me not to worry about the things I couldn’t control and rolled back over. WHAT! Last time you cried like a baby when my sisters and my mom worried me into thinking I was pregnant because I had a stomach ache.. (what’s up with that anyhow when your first married if you get sick in any way someone thinks you’re pregnant)…So even after spilling the beans went back to sleep. I didn’t, that’s for sure. It was now 2:00am….I laid there contemplating if I wanted to get dressed and drive to Wal-Mart to buy a pregnancy test…. I about did it but amazingly talked myself out of it by telling myself that if I was pregnant tonight, I’d still be pregnant tomorrow. Somehow I fell asleep. I jumped out of bed the next morning at the first sound of the alarm and pretty much ran to the bath room, hoping that someone had thrown me a surprise p-day party…. Nope. Nothing. I got ready for work with a pit in my stomach…I really felt awful. On my way to work I stopped at the gas station to buy a prego test. As I searched frantically isle by isle the clerk asked me what I was looking for…. I looked at her with a blank stare and said…uh medicine, but you don’t have it and then walked right out the door without looking up. On my way to work I prayed. And I cried. And I prayed some more. Geeze you’d think something horrible was happing. After my prayer I felt some discomfort in my stomach, I crossed my fingers and hoped the discomfort would turn into cramps! And to my relief…when I got to work I got that p-day party I was hoping for! Halleluiah! I called Dave immediately and told him. I felt like a new woman p-day, pms and all! In a way I feel a bit selfish that I’d be so upset to have a baby right now… but I’m not trying to be selfish…I’m just not ready to have kiddies yet. To me if I am that scared, worried, upset, panicked…it can’t be the right timing.. (kind of like when you were dating your old boyfriend… the one you didn’t marry and you felt worried, upset, panicked, and scared…about the thought of marriage) Didn’t go that way with your future husband to be right? NOPE not for me..its was smooth sailing…and just felt right!

I know when I’m/we’re ready to have a baby I’ll/we’ll know it and welcome will it with open arms. As for now… I’m happy where I am. I am a needy girl and need more time with my honey. More time for the just us, more time to grow, more time to learn, and more time to enjoy each others undivided attention. Once we have kids…we will have them for the rest of our life… I guess we’re not quite ready to start the rest of our life. Bye bye