Christmas and stuff

Well, since today is the 30th, I suppose I better write something about our Christmas. We had a great, fun and family (and a little stress) filled holiday. We spend Christmas Eve and Day with both our families. It means a lot of driving for us, but it's worth it. We went sledding on the 24th with Michael's family and have a great pictures of my cute little boys, which is great because Keagan cried almost the whole time we were there. Here it is:



Then we had a late lunch at his parents house of soups and breads and it was delicious. Then we went to my parents and had our traditional turkey dinner, complete with egg nog and toasting to the things we are grateful for, and of course the reading of the Polar Express.

The next morning we got up, opened our presents, got dressed and headed to my parents to open more presents there and have our breakfast of butterscotch rolls (mmmmm). My sister Jessica didn't get to come home from Bangladesh this year, but set up our webcams and she stayed up all night to watch us open our presents. We love technology. At about noon, we headed over to Michael's family for our other traditional meal of ham, roast and.....shrimp. Mmmmmm. The holidays are good to us. This year his parents gave all the grandkids BYU sweatshirts. Ron is a professor there and is retiring soon. They will have a party in the next couple months for him and take a family photo with all their grandkids wearing their sweatshirts. It will be adorable.

We usually hang out there for a couple hours, but we were beat. We loaded our super tired kids in the car and came home for some quiet time. But since they both fell asleep in the car, once we got home, Michael and I didn't get much R or R. The next day we left to go up to my parents cabin with my family (parents, sister-husband-son, sister). We had a great time. It snowed about 2 feet while we were there. We played a lot of games, did some cross-country skiing, ate, laughed and just relaxed. We had a great time together, as always. (I'll post more pictures of Christmas when they're downloaded. I had the one of sledding because it was emailed to me...thanks Christine!)

Now we're back, facing a dirty house and work this coming week. Welcome back to reality. We hope you enjoyed your trip.

So boring, So exciting

I didn't write for so long because I had nothing to say. My life can be pretty boring at times, and it has been. However in the last two weeks things have been pretty exciting and now I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with all the stuff I want to share.

Last week Zander and I made a gingerbread house. He was so proud of it. We did it over two nights and he was so excited when it was done he wanted to take pictures of it, so here they are....our masterpiece! (His favorite part was the roof.)




Then last weekend we had both our work Christmas parties. We had so much fun at both of them. They both had their plus and minuses. The DeltaValve party was at the Marriott, overlooking Gallivan Plaza skating rink. That was very fun. And they had a live band, and they were awesome! We danced the entire night. Literally. I think we danced to every song. And sometimes we were the only ones out there. Yeah, that was a little akward. We even got compliments from the band when it was over how much fun we were. AND, they did the limbo and I WON! Well I tied with another person, but I still got a $100 gift cart to MACY's! I was so excited!

The next night, the Dept. of Dermatology had their party at the Jewish Community Center. They also had dancing all night, but it wasn't a live band. Not quite as fun. However, we were never the only ones on the floor. Not even close. Some of my friends from work stayed and we all danced through the night. It was really a lot of fun! Here's a picture of Michael & I that night.


I tried to add a picture of us dancing...I have a pretty good one, actually, but I guess I've reached my limit for the day because it doesn't want to load. I'm on my way out for the evening for a birthday party, so I'll do more later.

If you scroll down to the post on Nov. 18th, the final pictures of the finished kitchen are there. I started that post on the 18th, and couldn't get the pictures to download. I just finished it the other day, but because it had that date originally, it posted in that order. Because I've been promising it, I thought I'd let you know where to find it!

All my little thoughts

Here is one of my new favorite pictures. We decorated our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving. This is Zander playing with the ornaments when we had turned off the lights and were just enjoying the glow of the tree. I love that about Christmas.


It snowed on Saturday, almost all day. We had to shovel the driveway twice. Michael and Zander went outside and built a snowman. This is another cute picture of them. Keagan wanted to go out and play, but he doesn't have snow pants (yet) or boots, so we stayed in together.

Well, I wanted to add another few photos, but I guess I've reached my limit. Blogger and photos and I don't really get along that well. Anyway, Zander has been really cute and smart lately. He keeps saying things that just keep me laughing. A few days ago when Keagan woke up from his nap, he followed me in and said, "Is our precious little boy awake?" He tells me several times a day how 'cute' his brother is. Anytime he holds his blanket or sucks his thumb (which is often) or sleeps. On Friday, when I was getting ready for work he said, "Why do you always wear the same thing when you go to work?" I replied, "Well, this is kind of like my uniform. I work in a hospital, so this is what I have to wear." He thinks on that for a minute then says, "So does that mean that you take blood out of people to find out what is hurting them?" Is my kid a genius or what?! I told him sometimes I did, but mostly I take out small pieces of skin to find out what's hurting people. How cute.

Anyway, for my last piece of news, I didn't get accepted into the PA program at the University of Washington. I got the letter two days ago. It sucks, but I'm still hoping one of the other five school I applied to will want me. They all invite for interviews this month, so I will know by Christmas whether I will interview anywhere else or not. I'll keep ya'll posted!

I love Thanksgiving (and my birthday)

So, I woke up yesterday morning to Zander in bed with me (Michael was already up with Keagan) poking at my face to wake me up. As soon as I opened my eyes, that sweet little voice said, "Happy birthday, Mama!" What a great start to the day. Then Michael and I put the kids in the stroller, the dog on the leash and went jogging. Man was it cold! But it felt great to start the day like that. Then while I got ready Michael went to the store and made the mashed potatoes for dinner. Then we spent the day with the Gonzales family. We got there about 2:00 and stayed until 6:30, eating our way through the day. We would have stayed longer but kids need their beds at a certain time of night. We really enjoyed our day. Then we came home bathed the little ones and I got to read to them and put them to bed. Then my mom and sister called to wish me happy birthday. That was nice.

Today was a great day as well. We decided to face the crowds and do a little shopping. We didn't actually go until 10:00. It's our first year, and it was as much as we could brave! We went to Sears, then the Cingular store to replace the charger for my phone (which I left in Seattle), then we took the boys to lunch and a movie. We saw "The Bee Movie". The kids liked the beginning then both fell asleep. The parents didn't like much of it. It might have been a cute 30 minute episode, and did have some funny lines, but not two hours worth. Then we spent more money at Wal-Mart buying Christmas lights and decorations. Michael's goal is to have a 'Griswald Family Christmas' this year. As we got home he was getting the ladder off the top of the Jeep and stepped down from the car onto the part where the driveway and grass meet and rolled his ankle, and heard it pop. I was inside and Zander comes in and says, "Dad is hurt." He doesn't seem the least big panicked so I wonder if he's kidding. I question him and he says, "He's laying on the grass saying, 'Ow.'" So I run outside only to see Michael being picked up by neighbors and hobbling into the car telling me we're going to the hospital because he can't move his ankle that it is killing him. One urgent care center and hour later we come home with a walking boot (just sprained, thank heavens), a prescription for pain pills, and a pizza. We were hungry by that time, so took a detour on the way home. My parents brought the kids back (thanks for taking them for the fun doctors visit) and we watched "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation".

I guess no holiday weekend is complete without lots of food, family, and a trip to the emergency room, right?

Oh yeah, and I finished my book! Yes, I finally finished all 1,130 pages of the unabridged version of "The Count of Monte Cristo." It was awesome. I highly recommend this book. Now I get to move on...any great suggestions?

final kitchen pics, Finally!

Here is the kitchen fully finished, and a close up of the tile backsplash. Doesn't it look great?!

It took about 748 tries to get the closeup picture of the backsplash up, so sorry it took so long.

My big interview

Dressed for success...I hope.

The short version of the day is the interview went well. I feel like a strong candidate. I should know before Christmas whether I was accepted or not.

If you want the details of the day, read on. =)

Wow, what a day! I interviewed for the PA program at the University of Washington today. The process lasted from 8am-5pm. The whole day was structured and full. Right now my head is feeling full, and it aches, as do my feet.
The first hour was the introduction and explanation of the day. Then they split us up into two groups, and for 3 sessions we traded places taking tests/being in info sessions and interviewing.
In the first session I was in an exam. We took an 80 question vocabulary test in 15 minutes. I finished by the skin of my teeth. The second test was reading comprehension, (about 7 short stories and 5-6 questions each) which we had 20 minutes to finish. I finished about half of it. Then I went to my first interview. We were in groups of three, being interviewed by two people. The first interview was good. Straight-forward questions and answers. I felt good about this one.
The second session was an essay about how we felt about the healthcare system. An article that came out in the beginning of November said that "one-third of Americans feel the health care system needs to be rebuilt." If we agree, how would we fix it, blah, blah, blah. I felt okay about my answer. Then I went for my second interview. Overall, that was good. I felt like I was being analyzed more in this one. One of our interviewers was a psychologist, and he and the PA were both taking small notes while we spoke. A little intimidating.
Then it was lunch time. There were several first year students who came and took small groups with them to eat lunch. My group went to a Thai restaurant, and unfortunately my lunch wasn't great.
After that, we came back and I went to the info session where they discussed what would happen from here, when we would find out if we were accepted or not and all about financial aid. Most of us will know 'yes' or 'no' before Christmas. That's much earlier than I thought!
Then we went to the third interview. This was was more...interesting. They kept asking us scenario questions. I won't bore you with the details. So we discuss back and forth and give our answer. At the end, Grace (one interviewer) smiles at Mat (the other) and says almost under her breath, "See, I told you we could get away with not paying a shift differential." What? Did we just fail that question? Whatever. The next question was, "Okay, it's 3 months later and Matt and Tammy are happy and Rachel is having problems with coworkers not respecting her role as PA. Rachel, get advice from your friends." Lame. That interview sucked the worst.
Then we came back to the common room and had a "social" for 30 minutes where they served lemonade and cookies and expected us to mingle and introduce ourselves to those interviewers that didn't interview us and make our last "great impression". Whew.
After a bunch of people decided to take advantage of the free wine tasting this hotel has. I joined them and had a great glass of...water, and a sandwich for dinner. We had a great time and an even better time once a few of them got wine in them.
Now my belly is full, my head is fuller and I'm going to go work out (maybe), take a hot bath, and watch a few episodes of "Grey's Anatomy" that I borrowed from a friend before I came up here.
Wow. What a day.

more house pictures!

Okay, you have all told me enough that you're waiting for these...so here they are! Our house is a multi-level home. We have a living room, kitchen and dining on the main floor. Upstairs are bedrooms (2 bedrooms, 1 office) and down a few steps from the dining room is the family room (TV room). Then down a few more steps is laundry area and play/guest room. So, without further ado...

Family Room


Kitchen before

But apparantly I don't have the after shots downloaded yet. We have the countertops and backsplash finished. Here is a good one of me using the tile saw. Don't laugh at the outfit. Those tile saws spit out more water than my shower does. Without the garbage bag I would have looked like I just went swimming with my clothes on!

Michael rocks!

Here is the prelim photo of our countertops. We're doing granite tiles, but we haven't done the grout yet, so you can still see some of the grooves. Michael worked on them all day Saturday and yesterday (after church - he even skipped dinner at my parents house to get it done for me)! What a man! While I was at dinner he cut and laid all the tiles. He's my hero.
Yeah, the dishes in the tub got really old, and I'm glad this picture doesn't include the table because it's filled with dirty dishes and pans. We did start using paper plates after 1 day, Jess. We got smart there. The going out every meal would be nice...I'm just curious who wants to pick up the bill?
Once again, our internet and phones were down, but should be back up. Michael emailed this pic to my work email, and that's where I'm posting this, so I better be done for now, so I don't get fired!

I was lost, but now am found...

I really am still alive, just missing in action lately. We are basically moved all moved in, except for our office, which is the bane of my existance for the time being. I have things in my office that I am in need of and CAN'T FIND! It's quite frustrating. That's the biggest reason I haven't posted lately, I just don't spend much time in that room.

Also, we started on our countertops. By started I mean we don't have countertops or a sink right now. There are pros and cons to this. What are the pros, you ask? Well, I don't have to open the top drawer or cupboard door for anything inside, I just reach in. Another good thing is I've stayed right on top of doing my dishes. How? After every meal, I take the dishes up to the tub, wash rinse and set up the drainboard right there. Staying up on dishes? Good. Washing dishes in the tub? Sucks. The downside to no countertops or sink are much more numerous than the positive side. I'm sure I don't need to elaborate on this.

So, on another note, as we were working in the kitchen last night, Nov. 1st (keep that in mind) we turned on the radio to KOSY 106.5. I heard a Christmas song come on! I was shocked! Then another, then another! It never stopped. And this morning on my way to work I turned it on, just to check, and yep, more Christmas music! What ever happened to the day after Thanksgiving being the start of the Christmas season?! Who knew it started the day after Halloween? I thought that was pretty interesting.

Well, as soon as I get pictures loaded to the computer, I'll put some up. I'll do that soon because I have Halloween pictures I want to share. Yeah! 'Till then...

Our new house!

Here are some before and after pictures, finally! I realized that we didn't have very good before pictures as soon as I started to compare them. Well that's okay, because it'e the after that really counts, right?



This is the front living room. The biggest changes (in addition to people and furniture) is there is no more carpet here, but dark hardwood floors, and a tan paint on the walls. Makes such a difference!

Okay, for some reason, my pictures don't want to upload tonight. Maybe blogger is busy, but it's taken about 10 minutes to load these two and get them right. So, I think the others will have to wait. I hope you enjoy the little preview!

Coming soon...

I'm at work and have to make this quick. =) We are getting internet hooked up tomorrow at our house, so I'll be getting back online soon! We have our wood floors in and they look FANTASTIC! Great job to Michael (and me and Zander who helped a little)! He's such a great guy. We finally have our furniture in place, are almost done painting, and our kitchen is actually getting unpacked. I have the utilities in my name now. Man, you just forget how much crap there is to do when you move! Stay tuned for pics of the new house! Yeah!

7 random things about me

I have read this on other peoples blogs, but my sister (thanks, Mar) officially tagged me to do one. So, without further adieau:
1. I hate dirty feet. I love to wear sandals, but not anywhere that I know my feet will get dirt on them. And if I feel like my feet are dirty and I'm just sitting somewhere (like in the car) I just keep my toes up so they don't hit my dirty flip-flops. Eewww.
2. I love to read. And I love to read mystery novels. However, mystery novels sometimes scare me. So I'll read a good one, then have to find some sappy love story or other type novel to read in between or I start to get paranoid. Just ask my husband.
3. I love snowmen. And snowflakes. I had a friend whose mom used to collect Santa Clauses and I thought that was so cool. But I have found that without even trying I have started to collect snowmen. It's just everytime I see one I just have to have it! Snowflake jewelry is super cute (especially necklaces, hint, hint), but currently I don't have any.
4. I love small things. Anything miniature is adorable to me. Little tiny dishes, notebooks, pens, stuffed animals, you name it. I used to get teased saying I loved small things because they were just my size. (Jerks)
5. I am still fascinated with little girl things. For example, I see the Barbie movies at the video store and want to rent it because Barbie is so pretty. I sometimes wish I had a little girl so I could get away with stuff like that. My favorite color right now is pink. I love to dress up in pretty clothes and wear cute jewelry and just feel pretty!
6. I am obsessed with maps. Maps of every size and color. I like to learn where places are, names of states and capitols, countries, whatever. mapquest.com is one of my favorite hits on the computer. If I could decorate an entire room with maps as wallpaper, I would. (The new office? What do you think, Babe?)
7. I collect quotes. I don't use them much for anything, but I love to collect them, and have a notebook specially dedicated to great quotes (or funny ones) that I find. One of my all time favorites is by Marianne Williamson (not Nelson Mandela):
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Well, there you all have it. You know a little bit more of the craziness that is Rachel!

Out of the mouths of babes

Last night at 8:30, Zander and I are in the kitchen getting a snack. We're frying a quesadilla, so he's standing on a chair and I'm standing next to him cooking our treat. Here's a little snippet of our conversation:
Rachel: "Zander, I love you."
Zander: silence.
Rachel: "Zander, I said I love you."
Zander: "I can't say that to you right now."
Rachel: "You know, you can say I love you anytime and anywhere."
Zander: "Now is just not a good time, Mom."

Not a good time? He's only 4! Where do they come up with these things!

Then a little bit later, when I'm rebandaging his 'owie', again he's standing on a chair and I'm standing in front of him putting a bandaid on his hand (where he got a blister from sliding down our rope swing) and he laughs a little laugh then says, "Do you want to get away from me? I just tooted." Then laughs again.
Kids are so stinkin' cute!

my presidency (yes, mine)

So, I'm in the primary presidency, for those who don't know, and tonight we had our weekly meeting. We have our primary program on Sunday (yeah!) and we did the finishing touches on that and the final draft of the seating chart, which took way more time than you would think (think how many kids there are, and who can and can't sit by who, who can/can't be seen behind the piano, etc.). In our meeting our president asked for suggestions on who to put in as 1st counselor when we move. We talked about a few names, then I started crying. What a baby! I'm going to miss these girls so much! They have been my best friends and we have so much fun together, even when we're just in meetings. Rachel, Melissa and Joanne, here is your warning: You better keep in CLOSE contact with me (I know I'll only be a few miles away, but once we don't see each other in church and at meetings...it's all downhill from there. At least we all have our blogs!
I love you girls!!
Side note: this picture is an old one...our secretary also moved and we have a new one (we miss you Irinna!), but I don't have a picture of the 4 of us, so sorry Joanne!

WE'RE MOVING!

We bought a new house! Well it's not brand new, but it will be new to us. We close on it next week and move in next weekend! I can't believe it's already here...does anyone know how long it takes to box up a house? I'm pretty sure I don't have that much time until moving day comes. Michael is out of town all this week so not much is happening in that area right now....Aaaahhh! We'll keep our same phone numbers, so don't lose those! We're really excited, because our new house will have a playroom! Yeah for toys being all in one room! We are also going to be doing some renovations and I'm excited for all of that! We'll keep you posted as we get closer and things start moving.

Lake Powell, Part II

So, better way late than never?? I have other things I want to post now, so I better get this out of the way. Here are some more fun pictures from our Gonzales reunion at Lake Powell.

Some of the girls in the fam...Kinley, Christine, Nicole, Samantha, and Rachel.

Oh so pretty...wish I was better at taking picures while on a moving boat. =)

Zander got stuck in the mud here twice. The second time it took 30 minutes to find his water shoe that he lost. He didn't do that again.

Christine, me and Nicole getting some good air on the tube. I was a little sore the next day to say the least.

Michael on the slalom ski.

And me on the slalom. I shouldn't put this picture next to Michael's...makes me look bad. But I did make it out of the wake as you can see. Getting back in, well that's another story.

Here is the sandcastle the kids made. Isn't it awesome? They even broke up little sticks to make a door that you can't see in this picture, but it was pretty cool.

Well, there are some more fun pictures from one of our summer adventures. Hope you enjoyed, and stay tuned for many more posts to come!

Girls at Work

So, I found some cute downloads for scrapbooking and decided I needed to put them to work! It was a DIVA album, so I naturally had to put the girls I work with in there. Take a look, I hope you like!

Lake Powell

Hey, better late than never, right?!
We went to Lake Powell with the Gonzales family August 9-12 and had a great time! We camped on the beach. We actually got up there a day later than expected due to Zander having an ear infection and fever of 103.6. Little scary. Here are some pictures of our fun vacation!

Keagan being a big helper and helping Michael set up the tent.

Keagan, Michael and Me starting the long, hot day!

Here's our dog Patch, and even though it doesn't look like it here, she had a great time at the lake with us, and she was even well behaved, which was a little uncharacteristic of her. Good dog!

Michael being a big hot shot on the wakeboard.

Well that's it for now. I'm going to stop and post this, just to make sure it all works, then I'll come back and post some more pictures and stuff later!

Happy Anniversary!

So, eight years ago today (well August 20th was the EXACT day) there was a beautiful young couple excitedly waiting their turn to be married in the Salt Lake temple. It was me and Michael, of course! We got married on my parents 25th anniversary. It was a beautiful day, nice and sunny, until we got to the reception. It was raining so hard the power went out, when they were trying to take our family pictures, of course. Amazingly, our pictures turned out great! You'd never know there were no lights on at the time.
So this year Michael sent me these lovely flowers while I was at work! I was the envy of the office, it was great! It's a beautiful bouquet of all pink flowers: roses, lilies (two kinds), gerber daisies, and carnations. It was gorgeous. What a great husband I have, even eight years later! That night we went to dinner with my parents to Thaifoon, a delicious restaurant at The Gateway. I highly recommend their lettuce wraps and the spicy tuna rull sushi. Amazing.

Look what I did!

I got online, found a tutorial for photoshop use specifically for scrapbooking and made my first digital scrapbook pages! I am so proud of myself, I thought I would share it with all (3) of you who read my blog! Everything used for these two pages I downloaded for free on shabbyprincess.com. Take a look.

I have a ton of other things I've wanted to share (my high school 10 year reunion, my anniversary, etc.) but my pictures won't download to my computer. The program keeps quitting before the pictures are there, but I'll keep trying! What fun is a blog without a picture? Some are fun, but I'm not funny or interesting enough just to write and have you all keep coming back for more. That being said I'm off again! Maybe if I can get my pictures on, you'll see seven posts next time you visit me here!
Later! =)

My Husband is the Man!

So, he was out of town on business (which happens a lot lately) and the lawnmower broke down. Actually it broke down before he left, but whatever. My awesome mom brought their lawnmower over to me so I could mow it while he was gone and ours was in the shop. When he returned (and I cried tears of joy instead of tears of loneliness) he called and was told it would cost $230 to fix the lawnmower. Did we even pay that much for it when it was new? Not sure. They told him what was wrong with it, and he decided he would take a look at it. He brought it home, put on his manly work clothes, turned up the tunes and took apart our lawnmower. He then put it back together, and guess what? It worked! Started up on the first try! No more broken lawnmower. Yes, my husband is the man!

A Much Needed Vacation

Not this weekend, but last, I went with my family (my mom, dad, sister, sister, sister's "friend", and two sons) to our cabin. Michael was out of town, so it was a nice distraction for me. I ordered a bunch of pictures and decided that I was going to take ALL my scrapbook stuff and bang out a whole bunch of pages. Well, I used about 40 of the 60 pictures I ordered and made about 10 or 12 pages. I was pretty proud of myself.
I love being at the cabin. There's no one else around. I'm there with my family. We go on walks, I scrapbook, we read, play lots of games, eat, and watch movies. We even floated down the river with canoes and did some shopping in West Yellowstone. What's not to love? I just wish my hubby had been there with me, that would have made it perfect. I wasn't necessarily ready to come home, but we had an eventful week/weekend ahead of us.
My cousin was married on Friday 8/3, so we had a lot of family in from out of town. I have a large family on both sides (both my parents are one of seven children) and love to see all of them. It was a busy, but fun weekend with all the different family gatherings. And Michael even surprised us all and came home 6 hours early, in time for the wedding! I was thrilled to have him there with me.
All in all, I had two fun weekends in a row, one very relaxing, one a little more crazy, but both were just what I needed!

Finally. Gosh!

I finally got a picture to go on! This is one of my favorites. It's my family at our annual formal Christmas party. How cute are we? I'm still trying to figure out how to load a picture on to my profile, and how to make a list of links to other peoples blogs. Why is this user-friendly program kicking my butt? I just don't get it! Well, it's late, and I'm going to play with this crap for a little bit longer, so I'm ending this post!

Back again, even if not so soon

Well, I was so excited to set up a blog, and very quickly realized I didn't have much to say! I've tried to load some pictures on, but once again, I thought I was smarter than I apparantly really am. I had the picture picked, and then the computer thought long enough that I knew it wasn't happening. Anyway, I must say how much I really love Sundays. It's such a relaxing day. The hubby is home with me and the boys. We don't run errands. We usually eat with family or friends. And a movie usually works its way into the schedule. But tonight I got to read quite a bit. I love my book (see current readings)! All-in-all, a nice day.

Zander has been really funny lately, as he always is. His new phrase is, "The only thing I want is (enter thing I just told him he can't have/do)." Or "The only thing I don't like is (enter thing I just told him to do/eat)." It's pretty entertaining, the first couple times. He has grown so much. He is getting super tall (not my genes!) and has big feet compared to other kids his age. Does that mean there's some hope for a child of mine to be of average size? I hope so.

Keagan on the other hand, is not so funny lately. He has been so grumpy lately. Zander and I call him grumpy bear. Not sure how that one started... My mother-in-law suggested tonight that maybe he's allergic to milk. He's had not so pleasant diapers or is constipated, and often gets really red, raw rashes. Poor kid. I guess I'd be a grumpy bear if my bottom looked like that, too. Also, he doesn't talk at all. He occasionally whines, "Mamamaa," or calls out to "Da? Da?" when he wakes up in the morning. Other than that he just screams.

Well for not having anything to say, I just said a lot! Maybe some day I'll also get some pictures up!

Back so soon?

Okay, now that it's not 11:00PM with an early morning awaiting me, I'll post a real message. So, I have a lot of friends and family with blogs, and since I have family both out of state and out of country, I thought it was about time to 'plug in' and stay connected. If you are wondering about my web address/log in name, it's the first two letters of everyone in my family. "Oh," you're thinking, "how clever!" I like to think so.
As for my header and title, as it says in my profile, I'm a wife, mother, sister, daughter, employee, friend and many others. I'm in the primary presidency in my church, I work part-time, am home with my two boys the other most of the time, and am currently applying for graduate school. Yes, I want it all.

I did it!

I created a blog. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, except for coming up with the title, name and address. Why is that always the hard part? Not to mention the fact that I should be in bed and I'm playing around on the computer. But, it's fun, what else can you say? I'll put in a better message later, because I really need my sleep before an early morning meeting at work (ugh).