Tis' the Season

Presents are purchased

Cards are out(... about 185 of them!)

Neighbor gifts, teacher gifts, kids friend gifts, etc are delivered

Tree is up and decorated

Parties have been hosted and attended

Check, check check...

To do...

Wrap

Bake

Cook

Enjoy

Of how they fly!

This week we celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. Crazy to think about the last five years, where they have gone, what we have done... so here is a wrap up counting down...

Dec 1st 2002- I am working, flying around somewhere. Dating an average guy with an exceptional family. Thinking this might be great, I adore his family... him... well, jets just say it's good that all ended!

Dec 1st 2003- Doug and I are just "hanging out." He is moving to Toronto to work on a film and I am thinking, "Well, that's good, now I don't have to let him down because CLEARLY, he is not the man of my dreams!"

Dec 1st 2004-We spend the day at the Salt Lake Temple tying the knot, in the most frigid weather possible. The ceremony is PERFECT. The pictures, etc after... well, let's skip that. Yet, three days later, our reception is PERFECT!

Dec 1st 2005-We are living in our new home in Lehi, I am 3 months pregnant with our first little bumpkin, Toria. We spend the weekend in a lodge outside of Heber-lovely place.

Dec 1st 2006-Still in Lehi( we love it!) Anniversary at our "honeymoon inn." We enjoy our first holiday with our baby girl, and lots of family who come to visit.

Dec 1st 2007-I am 6 months pregnant with Baby #2, Rome. We take a very difficult trip(for me that is) to Vegas for the weekend-leaving our poor little gal with my Mom. She feels completely abandoned... scarred forever. Not so much.

Dec 1st 2008-Rome is 8 months old, Toria is 2 and we our on our"one night close to home" anniversary. Since every other year I am nursing! So off to the "anniversary inn."

Dec 1st 2009-Baby #3 is 4 months from arriving. We have a relaxing day getting massages, having a quiet lunch, and finally pedicures.

Five years, almost 3 babies, a house and lots more in between... next thing I know I will turn around and it will be 25!

Make my day... or month!

Again, a greatly tardy post. We have been on a trip to he lovely and warm state of AZ... a post on that to follow. No internet access... excuses, excuses. Moving on...

About three weeks ago, on a lovely Sunday afternoon. I was chatting with a friend after a meeting. Let me start this story with a description of this friend. First of all, she is gorgeous, tiny, stylish and always, ALWAYS looks perfectly put together. Add to that that she has beautiful kids that also are as put together as she. And top it off, most importantly, that she exudes a calm and confident demeanor, she has a radiant countenance, is knowledgeable in things spiritual and temporal, is well educated and pretty much is the kind of gal I look at think... now that is someone who has it together! She is so classy and I find it hard to even imagine her cleaning a toilet or mopping a floor- not that she is not a hard worker, but you know those people just seem above such menial labor that pretty much surrounds my day. She is someone I admire greatly and think is pretty much the cream of the crop.

Well, now that you have an idea of who this is coming from... she basically threw me for a loop and gave me about the best compliment one can get, especially form someone like her. She told me, in a much more eloquent way, that she thought I was amazing and great. I know this seems like a funny post, but I just had to let this said sister know that, it was one of the best compliments I have ever had. So.. to you... Thanks!

You just never know what others think...

Boys will be boys

And this is how our Friday went... little boys heads and square banisters do not mix well.

At least 2 hours in the ER, being strapped to a pappose board, and getting 4 lovely stitches did not dampen his spirits too much. Although, this picture was taken about 8 hours later.

Illiterate and tired

I am working on getting the ever anticipated "rest of summer" updates up. But, much to my dismay, my dear hubby(whom is the master of this lovely computer) has done some tampering or something with the shortcut he so kindly created for me to shrink down my photos for your viewing pleasure. And since I am far from the master of this machine, I am at a standstill until he is home from work long enough for me to mention this to him. Yes, he is working LOTS these days. I am not a fan. The other day he arrived at our abode at 11 pm- yes I said ELEVEN! I am going to have to call up those general authorities and give them a piece of my mind... what kind of slave drivers are they?

As a side note, does every Mom out there have "getting their 3 year old to go to bed" problems? Or am I just miserably failing in that aspect of my parenting? I swear I have tried everything... but am very open for suggestions. I am talking sitting in her room for 2 hours singing and doing everything she can to not fall asleep. Pretty much, just driving me crazy. If I would sleep in her room with her(which I have done) she falls right asleep. But, alone... it's the ninety minute wind down. HELP!

Toria's big "3"

On a hot and windy day in July, we celebrated our little gal's third birthday. All She wanted was a circus/elephant party. So... that's what she got. I attempted to turn our backyard in to a "greatest show on earth." We had our deck turned into a circus tent(note the "windy" previously stated, not so helpful in keeping that tent together). A clown, "Bubbles",  who provided the face painting/magic show/balloon animals entertainment. We had two amazing cakes(thanks Aubri!!!) 1)an elephant and 2) a circus tent. We had a pink elephant pinata, make your own clown hat, circus coloring pages... and well, that's about it. The only request that I could not make happen for my ever so easy to please tyke was an elephant ride. Yes, just a small request. But, alas, there are no elephants for rent in Utah. In fact, there are no elephant rides, that I could find, anywhere except for India. A little too far and too exotic of a trek for the time being. Still, she was thrilled with everything. Especially the elephant cake. I think she only stood staring at it for about 15 minutes.

Excuses, Excuses!

I admit it. I am a pathetic, finicky, non-consistent blogger! I know all of you(all 3 of you that read this) are just dying to hear updates of my amazingly exciting life. I really only have 2 reasons(ok... excuses) for my absence, here goes.

1) When I get behind, I think of all the time it will take to catch up. Hence the reason that my scrap booking effort has not been completed past my freshman year of college(and never will! I have written off that dreaded means of torture and guilt forever. I'll save my soap box on that one for another post.)

2) Baby #3 is on the way and I have been feeling, how shall I put it, less than stellar. Now there are many of you that I cannot hold a candle to. I'm not saying this is a good excuse. I am not throwing up 14 times a day, I am not bedridden, or anything of the like. But the daily nausea/vomiting/exhaustion/etc. have taken a bit of wind from my sails. 

But, nonetheless, back on the bandwagon I am! I will post about my firstborn's 3rd birthday(only 2 1/2 months late), my son's biting tendencies, and more! 

I hear the faint cheers of my 3 followers!