Thanks for being such a great dad! We love you and hope you
Picture from a early birthday celebration on Sunday
Peiton and Aunt Kelly
Grandpa Charlie and BodeAlright, I have been a huge slacker on posting anything lately. I do feel like I have a great excuse, I seriously have not had the chance to sit down and take a minute to let you know something else that I LOVE. Plus, I am kind of getting a little sick of posting things that I LOVE...not to sound ungrateful or anything, I just need something a little different. So, this may be the last post on LOVE. Valentines is long gone anyway...bring on March baby!
So...this last LOVE post is going out to my "Sista's." I LOVE my sisters big time! We have such a riot when we are together. My favorite time with them would have to be the trips we take to St. George in the summer with my sweet grandma and my cousins and aunt. Only girls are allowed, and we have a BLAST! We spend the drive down listening to GREASE 2 over and over again. Who sings Grease 2? Who knew there was a GREASE 2? O' the Van Wag gals do!! (And we are shocked our mom let us watch it growing up.) We know it word for word, (especially Hollie) and shout it on the top of our lungs, singing it just like Michelle Pfeiffer, she really rocks the house down. Tuacahn is full of memories, we have been doing it for 9 years now.
Quick photo shoot before the Tuacahn plays...O' so hot! (Especially my belly!)
We are so lame! This picture was taken as a joke, we are NOT being serious! But isn't it beautiful?
Last night as we are watching American Idol, Cooper comes to me and says...
Coop: "Mom"
Me: "Yes, Coop."
Coop: "Don't you think Paula is looking a little old?"
Me: "Well, yes, I guess she is."
Holy cow he is 6, where did he come up with that. I wonder when he is going to tell me I look old.
Today I was changing Bode's diaper (yes I still change his diaper and probably will for a couple more years). Anyhow, it was a poopy one, (I do need to give you all the details) and as I was looking at the poop I noticed something in it. It kind of looked like a black rubberband. It got my interest so I started to examine (yes, I did use coverage on my hands, and I vigorusly scrubbed my hands after completion) and I realized it was a quarter! And then I kept looking to make sure there wasn't anything else and I found a nickel. So, I guess I STILL need to hide money and small objects from Bode because he will STILL eat them. I guess I am pretty lucky that he didn't choke on that dang Quarter.
I LOVE my boys!
Well we got the MRI results yesterday and we were told that Collin would be needing surgery on his knee. Apparently he tore the cartilage behind his left knee and it needs to be fixed otherwise, there can be some serious damage to his knee. He tried to talk the Doctor into letting him do it after the cruise, but he said "no way, you need to get it done right away." We were very lucky that they were able to fit him in today. So, my husband had knee surgery today...pretty crazy. Now, that it is all said and done, the surgery went great. From the MRI results it looked like the cartilage tore in a straight line, which was a great thing. If the doctor got in there and it was all torn up, it could have been pretty bad. When they got in there, it was a straight tear, but he still had to remove some of the cartilage. The doctor hopes this will make the recovery quicker...we are praying that it does. Now my poor husband has to lay in bed for the rest of the week, and his feet can't touch the ground unless the bathroom is calling his name.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that he will recover quickly, like 11 days quickly. I am so glad that everything went okay and that he is home safe and sound.
On Wednesday night, my darling husband decided to injure himself. (Well I guess he did not decide to, it just kind of happened.) He was playing a vigorous game of basketball at the gym and injured his knee. He got home about midnight from the gym and told me he was on his way to the ER. His good friend Chad was taking him there and his dad was going to meet them. They were at the ER until about 2 in the morning and then he just went home with his dad and spent the night there (this was the night that the snow was a comin' down and the roads were awful). So, they took some x-rays and couldn't find anything wrong. He went to a Specialist on Friday morning who has now ordered a MRI to be done on Monday. So we will see how it all comes together. I don't know if I should hope nothing is wrong and he will just have to deal with the pain (he is in a lot of pain) until it heals, or hope that there is something wrong so they can fix it. I think both ways are kind of a bummer. Now the bigger bummer is that we are leaving for a cruise in two weeks and if he has to walk around on crutches the whole time it will kind of put a damper on the whole thing. He does assure me that he will still be in good spirits for the cruise and everything will be okay. The other bad thing is that I am not a very sympathetic wife, I get this from my mother (thanks MOM!), she never really babied us when we were sick, unless she knew we were really sick, we had to buck up and move on. And I think I carried this on to myself. So, honey I am trying a little bit more to be sympathetic because I know that you are in a lot of pain. It just makes me realize on how much I depend on you to do things for me, and not having you constantly at my side is kind of a bugger. So, I guess on Tuesday we will find out what the deal is. I will be sure to keep you all posted.
Thanks Dad and Mom for all that you have done for me. I LOVE you!
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All our little Valentine's....
Adult table
Sorry :( the pic is really dark...
Kids table
So, I was suppose to post something that I LOVED everyday this month. Well, I have been so busy that the last time I checked my blog would have been Monday when I made my last post. So, maybe I will get back on the bandwagon and continue posting the little things that I LOVE! (Don't be suprised if it doesn't happen everyday though.)
Dad and Coop ready to go down the hill
Peiton and Mommy
Kelly and Cohen
Kelly and Holly
Charlie and Logan
I must say that I absolutely LOVE the ....
We got a glimpse of it today, and it just made me want spring here so bad. I am jealous of all of you that get to enjoy the sun everyday...sunny St. George, Vegas (Keysha have fun), and anywhere else you might be enjoying the sun, because here you only see it about once a week.
Today in gym class, my cute instructor Debbie played this song for our cool down. It is a new song sang by Trace Adkins called, "You're gonna miss this." I was literally holding back the tears as I was listening to this song. It talks about life in general and how when we get through this stage in life, we are going to miss those times with our little ones, and miss all the fun things that we were able to do. It just made me want to run in the house and love and hug my kids. We go through life so quick, and we just can't wait until they do "this" and "that" because we want our lifes to be easier and we want to get through the hard stages. But, there is so much in this stage of life that I need to soak up and enjoy. At the Super Bowl party last night, all the sisters were talking about pregnancy, I was saying "I was pretty much done" (which I still am), and then we were saying how we wish they could come out as two year olds so we don't have to worry about the late nights, the feedings, etc. And now I feel so bad about that because I need to cherish every little moment I have with my baby, because this will probably be my last. I need to just eat her up, and eat up all the fun Bode CAN be and the things he teaches me. I need to enjoy this time with Cooper when he is learing how to read, and just learning all this new stuff, because before I know it, he will be in Junior High and friends will be his highest priority, not his lame-o mom. Sorry, to go on and on about this, but it just really hit me hard. So, thanks to Debbie for the emotional gym time, I think I really needed it. And to all of you take a minute to listen to this song, download it on I-tunes or something, it is really good and it puts things in perspective.
I LOVE Bode!! I know half of the time I am complaining about all the things Bode gets into, or something that he did that just urked me. But, it is times like this, that I am glad for the little mischievous guy he is. On Friday, I was in the shower and Bode came into the bathroom. It looked like he was playing with lotion, so I just let him lather himself up. It wasn't until I was getting him dressed a hour later that I smelt tanning lotion. Bode WAS playing in the lotion, but low and behold it was the tanning lotion. :) All I could do was laugh, he was suddenly getting this nice and golden tan on portions of his body. I LOVE things like this that he does that gives me a good laugh. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I just have to remember that I can make the best of everything little thing he gets into. I can laugh about it, or be mad, laughing about it is the much better way and brightens my day. So, here is to Bode and his nice golden tan. You look amazing little guy!
The "Tan King" himself
A little "tan" here and a little "tan" there.A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. B. Each player answers the questions about themselves. C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
10 years ago...I started working at Delta Airlines as a ticket counter agent. I worked nights so in the day I was pretty bored. I got a full time job at Old Navy during the days to fill my time up. I had a lot of fun shopping because I had two incomes. SWEET! I also bought my very first car. I black 1994 (I think that was the year) Acura Integra. I LOVED that car! Collin and I had it until a little over a year ago when some girl ran into him and totalled it. When I had a night off, I usually spent it rippin' up the floor at The Bay...O' Yeah...you know you all loved The Bay! I loved to go country dancing there.
5 things on my to do list today...Run 11 miles, go to the store, have a nap, clean out old clothes, tend Drewski.
Snacks I enjoy...Now, the question is...are these suppose to be healthy snacks? For healthy snacks, I love my Carb Master yogurt with the Pumpkin Granola (the one Haws and Stacy loves too) it is delish. My Apex cookie dough bars. An apple with salt on it, let me remind you, the apple does have to be crispy or it just isn't as good. Now as for those snacks that are not so good for you...I LOVE anything with cookie dough in it, shakes, icecream, whatever bring on the cookie dough. And I LOVE popcorn, my favorite would be Pop Secret Homestyle if it is store bought. I love to make it from scratch with oodles of butter on it.
What would I do if I were suddenly a billionare? I would pay off all debt (duh...of coarse). I love to travel, I would take my family on trips all the time...see the world. Invest and experiment with things that I would love to do, if it didn't work out it didn't really matter...heck I am a billionare. I would be very giving with my money, help those in need. I would also love to start something to help those kids with down syndrome get the best help so they can succeed in life and become the best they can.
5 bad habits...once I start eating something really good, I usually can't control myself, so I keep on eating. I am a procrastinator on a lot of things. I forget to enjoy each day, I wish away the weeks and can't wait for the weekends. I need to enjoy each day with my family and cherish the memories. Some of the TV shows I watch are bad habits.
5 jobs I have had...Pharmacy Tech, Delta Ticket Counter agent, Old Navy, medical transcriber, mom.
5 things people don't know about me...I am a beauty school dropout (sometimes I would love to go back). I am a fan of MTV reality shows...go Jackwee! I am really not a blond, I was at one time. I got my associates degree from Snow College, O'yeah Snow College baby...go badgers! I broke both colar bones when I was little.
That is it! Now I tag...Kelly, Court, Amanda, Shannon, Laurie, Keysha, and all those that want to participate.
Cooper Charles is next on the things that I LOVE! How could you not LOVE this kid? He is one cute guy. Cooper is such a good big brother. He is constantly helping with Bode and Peiton, and the thing about it is that he LOVES to do it, no complaining comes from his mouth. He is such a sweetie with a tender heart, yelling at him could really traumatize this little guy. But, there is rarely an occasion that you need to yell at him. He is always choosing the right. Cooper LOVES to play with his friends, LOVES to play video games, LOVES to run around outside, and LOVES to spend time with his grandparents. I LOVE that he brightens my day each day....LOVE you so much Coop!
Of coarse the first thing that I love is my family. I decided since I do have 29 days to tell you something that I LOVE, I would individualize them. So, we are going to start with my sweet hubby Collin. We have been together for about 9 years now, and it has been amazing. There are so many things that I LOVE about Collin. I am going to have to limit it to just a couple, because I could go on and on about the things I LOVE about him. First, he is a wonderful husband. He goes over the top to make sure I am happy. He always puts me and the kids first, he comes last. He is so supportive in all that I want to do, and makes sure that I accomplish it. He is a wonderful father, couldn't ask for better. The kids LOVE to spend time with him, and he LOVES to spend time with them. One thing I admire about Collin is that he is always in a good mood. If he is not I know something is bothering him. You can always count on Collin for bringin' the fun to the party. Like I said, I could go on and on about things I LOVE about Collin, but I don't want this to be a novel. So, I am going to leave it at that. But, just to let Collin know how much I LOVE him and appreciate the man he is. LOVE you babe!
