Friday, January 30, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Goodbye Tooth

Emma lost her first tooth yesterday. She was playing the Wii in the other room and then she came in holding something and said "is this my tooth?" Sure enough it was a tiny little tooth. It's been loose for a while now and she has her permanent teeth already starting to grow up behind her bottom baby teeth so I new it wouldn't be long. I can't believe how big she is getting.


The tiny tooth


The gap


The new cute smile!

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

$45 To Feel Better, I Think It's Worth It

I don't want this post to come off as if I am complaining because I'm not. I've completely accepted the fact that I have Celiac disease and all that comes with it but sometimes it can be inconvenient. So I went to the Dr on Monday because I have a sinus infection (I get them a lot). Anyway, I ask the Dr specifically to write on the prescription to dispense as written because the name brand antibiotic was gluten free and if they tried to substitute it for the generic that wouldn't work because it is not gluten free. I have that fight with the pharmacy every time I go there. Now when I arrived at the pharmacy to pick up my prescription I waited and waited and finally the man came back and said there was a problem. He told me that my Dr wrote out the prescription for the name brand only and he couldn't substitute. I explained to him that that is what I wanted because of the allergy. He kind of stared at me for a second and then said "you know it's going to cost a lot more?". At this point I refrain from the urge of saying "yes, but it sure beats being sick for weeks and tearing apart my stomach because I took a pill that I'm allergic too" and just say "yes, I know". He then explains to me that they don't carry the name brand of that particular medication at that pharmacy and that they would have to order it in for me to pick up the next day. So long story short I don't understand why a pharmacy wouldn't carry a name brand medication of something as common as an antibiotic, and I also think that spending $45 to feel better is worth it. So there, Target pharmacy.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Killers - Spaceman

Beautiful Day!

Yes, I know it's freezing out side but isn't it just wonderful to actually see the sun shining? I can actually see the mountains in the distance, it's great. It's the kind of day that makes me want to find the patch of sun coming in from a window on the floor and lay in it all day. There is something about sunshine that puts me in a great mood.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Germy Germs

I don't think I am one of those crazy germ-a-phobes or anything, I mean, I always wash my hands as soon as I come in the door from any store and I've never been a huge fan of sharing drinks or food (with anyone other than MY kids, sorry Dan) but I don't find that overly crazy. I am, however, having a hard time with germs at my current job volunteering for Sundance. Let me explain, this year instead of working in a theater I am working in a small group of people counting the ballots that decide who wins the best films of the festival. Anyway, what we do is take the ballots that were collected from the theater and count them one by one adding the total different number of stars each film has received. (It's not brain surgery but it's very important) These ballots that we received are passed out to everyone as they enter the film and collected again as they leave the theater with the votes placed on them. Well, as we are doing all this ballot counting the other people counting the ballots are eating while they are doing it. Maybe I am just over thinking it but I can't even imagine eating anything while touching all of those ballots that were touched by all of those people. It just seems so dirty to me. So I ask you, am I crazy or do I have a rational germ fear??

Monday, January 19, 2009

Odd Sighting Of The Day

I was driving home from Park City this morning when I saw a teenage girl walking down the street wearing shorts . . . yes shorts. Now, I'll accept the fact that it may be jacket weather for some people even though I'm still wearing my coat, but shorts?? No.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Future Stars

I'm thinking of taking this show on the road. Oh Yeah!


Walking With Dinosaurs

Last night we went to see the Dinosaur show at ESA. My parents bought tickets for all the grand kids for Christmas. It was lots of fun. I'm surprised my girls didn't get scared at all. I'm sure if we were closer they might have been. It was great being up higher because we could see everything and had a great time. The pictures are a little blurry because it was so dark in there.


















Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Excuses, Excuses

In these past five months some of Dan's clothes have mysteriously disappeared. I'm not saying that I had anything to do with it but I'm trying to think of some excuses to give him when he comes home to find some of his clothes gone. I know, it seems weird especially because only the ones I didn't like were the ones that have gone. Here are the excuses that I've come up with so far.

A flood came and managed to only hit your half of the closet.

We were robbed by homeless men.

I sold them for grocery money.

The 1980's stopped by and wanted their clothes back. (If you know Dan this one might just work)

I couldn't bare to see them hanging there in the closet. It made me miss you too much.

My boyfriend borrowed them. (hmm, probably not the best excuse, might be cause for more explaining . . .)

I used them to clothe an army of scarecrow men that headed off to battle.

What? I thought you only had four shirts when you left??

Are you sure you didn't take them to Dallas and forget to bring them home?

And finally . . .

You've been in Dallas for the past five months?? I wonder who that guy was living here wearing all of your clothes??

Friday, January 9, 2009

ONE MORE WEEK!!

I am happy to announce that my husband will be home from Dallas in one more week. I also must mention that he will be flying home on his 30th birthday.

It's been a long 5 1/2 months and we are so proud of everything that Dan has done and continues to do for our little family. I don't know how I would have gotten through it without my family so close. They've helped my over and over again with things. I appreciate everything they've done for me. I'm very excited to have Dan home again, although there may be a few adjustments to living with someone else again for the both of us. It seems just like yesterday that we were driving home from Lagoon on some idle Saturday when we got the call telling Dan that he was not just going to training for two weeks in Washington DC (yes, that is what the initial training was going to be) but that immediately after he would fly to Dallas and stay there for another five months. This call came in two weeks before he was supposed to leave to DC. I still remember feeling completely shocked and stressed in that moment. Not only was he leaving the first week of August but Emma was starting her first day of kindergarten. I felt sad that he missed it, and for all of the little things he's missed being so far away from these sweet girls. That's why I'm grateful for this blog. He can keep up on what's going on over here while he's so far away. He makes sure to call us at least three times a day. I appreciate every call I get from him and I know he understands when I only have a couple seconds to talk because I'm in the middle of working and my other line is ringing and one of the kids is tugging at my side.

It's amazing how much you miss just having someone there. Not always to talk to or to help you out, but just that presence. When your alone and get sick no one is there to come in to find you laying on your bed and ask you what's wrong and put their hand on your back. When you've had a stressful day and are at your wits end there is no one there to vent to just to feel better. When you've been running errands all day and come in the house carrying a kid, a bag of stuff and paperwork and drop it all over the floor there is no one to run over and offer to help pick something up (even though I will just tell him I got it). No one to come home and tell you that you look pretty even though you know it's not true because you've been working from home, grocery shopping, bringing kids to and from school and trying to keep the house in order and realize it's 5:00 and you haven't even gotten out of your PJ's yet.


I miss my husband. I miss teasing him just to make him laugh. I miss throwing his pillow off the bed just before he lies down in bed just to watch him have to get back out of bed and to retrieve it. I miss having someone to chat with while I lay in the bathtub. (It's ok, we're married ;) I miss having the same weekly argument about what he's wearing to work, usually that tan and tan don't go together. I can't wait to have him home again. Daniel I love you!! Thank you for all you do!!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Blackout

I need to tell about the funny thing that happened on the night of the Sugar Bowl. We were watching the game at my parents house when sometime in the 3rd quarter the power went out. All of us adults were upstairs and we all let out a groan of disappointment. About two seconds later we heard a scream of terror coming from the basement. We had ten kids down there watching TV in a room with no windows. We all jumped up (at least us moms did the men just laughed) and ran down the stairs in the pitch dark to try and find all the kids to bring them upstairs to some light even though it was still dark up there. We tried to round up some candles and before we knew it the lights came back on. Soon after we were watching the game again and the kiddies were playing once again in the basement. Well, while we were watching the post-game show the lights went out again. Once again there was a groan of disappointment from us upstairs trying to watch the celebration followed two seconds later by screams of terror coming from the basement. This time we were thinking and ran down there cell phones in hand telling the kids to come to our cell phones that were lit up. Well we ended up getting ready to go and leaving my parents in the dark. The kids were the funniest telling us what they think happened. Gabe said that he though Jesus turned off the lights, Hannah said that a monster turned off the TV and the lights and I remember hearing some kid mention that we needed new batteries. They amuse me. Needless to say it just added excitement to our already fun night.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Go Utes!!

So as you may already know my family is full of Utah fans. My parents get season tickets to the football games every year and invite us kids to go. As you may also know, I'm not a huge football fan. However, I am a huge fan of parties and of the U of U (my husband is and alumni you know) so whenever we do get together for a big game I enjoy being with the fam and having good food and good times. For the Sugar Bowl we had a Utes party at my parents house (that was much more exciting than our New Years Party). We had lots of food and all wore our red. My dad even had a CD with the Utes fight song that we played (and danced to) after every touchdown by the Utes. We had such a fun time. I know the kids did too, I think sometimes they are in heaven when we have parties and let them run and scream and eat whatever they want. Anyway, here are some pics from the from night.

Dan - I really wish you were there. It was fun talking to you during the game and giving us the play by play five seconds before it happened. Hope you like seeing what you were hearing over the phone.




















Happy New Year - and possibly New House

I don't have many pictures to show from our New Year party because of two reasons. One - I had a migraine most of the day and didn't start to join the living until around 6:00, and Two - because we were all party poopers and headed home around 10:00. I know, how boring. It just wasn't the same without Dan and we had planned on going sledding the next morning nice and early but instead my mom and dad were kind enough to come to my house and help me start removing all the clutter and setting up Emma and Hannah's new bed set (thanks again Angie & Casey).


New Years Party



You may notice that there is only one bed in this room for two little girls but my reason is this - We are planning on putting up the house for sale in the next month or so and I want to get out as much of the clutter as possible before people start coming through. I've also sent nearly all of their toys to storage for the time being. This house is perfect for a new couple with one or no kids, a single person, or an older couple. It's just starting to get a bit cramped for a young family of four. I'm starting to get excited to have a new place to live. I just still have a lot of work to do here first.
So here's to a Happy New Year, and hopefully soon a Happy New Home!!