the fireman and his flame

Tractors and Tutus!

2009-04-23T14:59:00.000-07:00

so i decided the other day that savannah needed her first tutu. so i went and bought a few things and made her this one. she actually loves it and looks so fancy, i love having a little girl.
it has also been really warm lately,so kyle has gotten to bust out his christmas present, which was a power wheels tractor. matt recently motified it, so it goes so fast. i think kyle gets mild whiplash every time he starts off. he is awesome at driving it too. yesterday he decided he wanted to wash it, so that is what the picture is.

so sweet!

2009-04-12T19:08:00.000-07:00

i took this picture of kyle and savannah before church today. they are so dang cute!! we had a great easter. ( we did ours yesterday because matt had to work today) kyle also had a primary activity where they were called on missions. he went to russia. i have to admit i almosted teared up when we left him. i think the next 16years are going to fly by. sad. but he had so much fun. we also had the fire department's easter egg hunt, where kyle did not get any eggs. ( we showed up like 2 minutes late) the to top it off we went to a friend's birthday party,which was really fun, but i think i will post more about it tomorrow. so, happy easter to everyone from us!!

this is awesome!

2009-03-30T15:55:00.000-07:00

so i found this, and i love it!! i think i fell in love with Jake Ryan when i was introduced to him by my cousin Liz (thanks!). if you dont know who he is, he is a super hot, cool, senior from the movie 16 candles. yes, we are pretty serious.

Fancy's new room!

2009-03-30T15:38:00.000-07:00

matt and i have been talking for the last 6 months about how we wanted to paint savannah's room, and finally we did. i think it turned out cute!! i am not sure if you can tell in the picture, but it is a darker purple on the bottom. i also made a crib bumper, but thanks to kyle it did not even make it a month, so that is why there is nothing on the crib. i think i will take it apart and make cute pillow for when she moves into a big girl bed. i should also say that matt did 90% of the work, good work matt!

the tooth fairy dropped something off for Savannah!

2009-03-30T15:25:00.000-07:00

so i dont know now many of you know, but kyle calls savannah "banna" and somehow that has turned into "banny".
the other morning i was talking to kyle and he was so excited that banny had a new tooth so i thought ya'll might be too.

SIX!

2009-03-24T21:39:00.000-07:00

this is the sixth picture in my sixth file!

so cute!! kyle about 1 1/2 and went through a phase of hanging out on the bottom shelf of our bookshelf. he is awesome!
i tag:
Michele
Megan Johnson
Shantay

i heart kilts

2009-03-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

yesterday the iffd pipes and drums did a little show downtown, where they walked to several places and played for everyone to celebrate st. patricks day. i went and watched and had so much fun. every place they went people went nuts and cheered. matt played so well, and i was so excited to see how he did. my friend was a good sport and came with me. it was really fun. the link to the news picture is cool, but matt is hidden by the piper in the middle. and naturally i forgot my camera. also, just a little side note, it is so funny to see middle aged women go nuts over seeing the younger guys in their kilts. so funny!!

my wish list

2009-03-11T20:25:00.000-07:00

so the pictures are of us at the firefighters' ball, then the kids at christmas with the jolly guy, kyle on the back of the firetruck, cute savannah and kyle's first day of primary

i wish for...

1. nice, warm weather (ahh!)
2. a lawn
3. a nice massage and pedicure
4. close parents so the kids could play with their grandmas and grandpas more
5. more cute shoes
6. never having to highlight my hair again
7. holding hands during a movie
8. matt could get the truck he wants
9. i would stay 21
10. my kids to always be healthy
11. a cute black jeep
12. i could eat brownies all i wanted without getting fat or feeling fat
13. a nice booty
14. roxy didn't shed
15. i could call into work and say i was tired, and i needed a substiture mom/wife
16. a personal chef 2 days a week to make me mexican food

oops.

2009-03-09T18:37:00.001-07:00

i forgot to post the picture of savannah...

work in progress...

2009-03-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

i decided that i was going to do better on updating my blog. i am also working on it, so it is not very cute right now, but it will be soon. matt said he found the cord to our camera (matt, where is it?) so as soon as i find it i will post more pictures. anyways, i really enjoy other peoples post, so i am going to do better.so here we go...
lately kyle has started his potty training again and is doing great. he actually tells me when he has to go, so a vast improvement for him. he also started in primary, and i think he likes being a sunbeam most of the time. he tells me all the time that there is too many kids, but i think he likes it. also, he started his gym class. oh my gosh!! he loves it, and he does so good. they do a little obstacle course and jump into a foam pit. he even listened to his teacher. he was just so dang cute streching with everyone in his class. i think that it will be really good for him (thanks deb deb).
savannah is our sweet little girl. i think it is also fair to say that she is high maintenance. i guess she is a girl, so its not really a surprise. she just wants what she wants, and she wants it now. thats ok!! she is 8 months old now, and sitting up and so close to full out crawling. she is so cute, and i had to post a new picture since i have not posted one since october. she is fancy!!

the boys!

2009-01-12T20:03:00.000-08:00

so i think i will update ya'll a little more on the boys. they are so funny!!
Matt is great. he just got switched to a different shift, so it is a change for him, but i think he likes it. i think he is fine anywhere as long as they let him put out fires and help people. he is so funny, he has not been working as much overtime this winter as he did in the summer, so he has been home more. which is nice for me, but probaley a little boring for him, but at least he gets sleep at home. the kids just love him and he and kyle are always playing together. he is the best person i know.
kyle is also great. he is working so hard on his potty training. he went the whole day today without any accidents, yea!! he is trying to go good, but he doesn't know when to tell us he has to go until its too late. but if i remind him, he does great. there is one downside to the potty training, he will not quit showing me his weiner, and touching it. honestly, i think he just has to keep tabs on it all the time. oh well, he is a boy.
so the boys are great, and are so funny. they are a realy great part of our family

our little fancy!!

2009-01-12T19:53:00.001-08:00

savannah is getting so big. she is 6 months old now, which i cannot believe because it has gone by so much faster this time than it did with kyle. it makes me want to cry sometimes. but anyways, she is changing so much lately. she is getting a little chub chub on her and she can roll over. she is really close to sitting up and wants to be with me all the time. literally, she would nurse all day, every day if i would let her. But she does really love matt and kyle. i think she is learning that it will go a long way to be sweet to daddy. she is so sweet and cute. she looks just like kyle. ( i will definatley put up pictures as soon as i can, because she has changed so much since halloween) she also had a good christmas, she got fancy clothes and i made her bows to match every outfit!!also, today kyle was dancing for her and singing "shake your booty" and she was laughing so hard, the cutest little belly laugh. i loved it! it is cute how much she loves kyle, they are so cute together. it makes me so happy. they are awesome!

december!!

2009-01-12T19:34:00.000-08:00

where to start...
i think i will start in december. matthew and i decided that we needed a small vacation to get away for a couple days, so we got a hotel and stayed in salt lake for a few days. the first morning kyle woke up at 4 am, and matt and i decided that is why parents get a seperate room for their kids. we saw the von guntens (family friends) who have so many kids running around, kyle had a blast. it was fun to take the kids to temple square and let them see where matt proposed (i think the sentiment was lost on them, they were hungry, tired and cold). it was nice to get away and get out of town.
next to come was christmas... oh, it was so fun this year. kyle was so excited and really got into all the traditions of the holidays. we made lots of treats and decorated our tree and he just loved it. he got to see Santa come in a fire truck to the fire station. it was so funny, santa comes into the bay at the fire station where everyone is waiting for him and kyle cannot contain himself and takes off. he ran over and jumped on santa's lap before he could even sit down. he quickly told santa he wanted a power wheels jeep. it was so cute. ( i do have a ton of new pictures but we lost our cord to upload the pictures, so sorry. i will put them up when i get a new cord.) i also put savannah on santa's lap and she was okay with it, because kyle was with her. christmas morning wa really fun, kyle got so many good toys, he just wanted to play with the first one, not open more. he did get his riding tractor power wheels. it is so cute, and he is getting really good at driving it too. he got lots of stuff, and told us the other night that he just wants to go to grandma's house for a beautiful christmas. maybe next year?!!

HALLOWEEN!!

2008-11-01T11:21:00.000-07:00

we had a great halloween!! kyle picked out a bee costume for himself and a ladybug costume for savannah. they looked so cute! to make the day special, i started by making orange pumkin pancakes with green syrup for breakfast. then we had a scavenger hunt for kyle to find a box full of halloween surprises. (i got him a fireman toolkit, a latern for trick or treating and some halloween socks) he loved going from room to room looking for clues. he liked it so much, that i think i will have to do it again. kyle and savannah also got cute cards from grandma deb deb and grandpa, so thank you so much. (he will love to use the Mcdonalds $) later on we got the kids dressed and went to a part of downtown where they had some trick or treat staions set up. the line was like a mile long, so we decided to go to dinner close by. it was very yummy, and the kids were really well behaved. so, at dinner we decided to try to go to the "boo at the zoo", but the meltdowns began on the way. savannah was tired and hungry and sick of being a ladybug, so we just ended the night by taking kyle trick or treating in our neighborhood. he did so good, he would not say trick or treat, but he did say thank you to everyone. ( more important to say thanks i think anyways) he got lots of candy, and we had a great day!!

i forgot something...

2008-10-13T21:01:00.000-07:00

i forgot to mention that debbie and rich sent kyle a big gox for his bday. they sent 3 movies, a book and a soccer ball. kyle loved it! thx grandma and grandpa!

just a little bit of everything!!

2008-10-11T19:08:00.000-07:00

things have been really crazy lately, so i am trying to make up with this post... i know i need to do better about blogging when things happen. so a few things that have been happening...
kyle turned 3!!!! i can't believe my little boy is 3. where has time gone? i still can't believe he has survived this long between having parents who have no idea what they are doing and the crazy things he gets into. well, this year matt was working on his birthday, so i decided not to have a party. matt had to do something for the induction ceremony of a new firefighter, so we went to watch him. they had a huge cake for the new guy, but i told kyle it was his birthday cake. he loved that all the firemen told him happy birthday. my mom sent kyle bday money, so we went and picked out toys. he got a rolling backpack with Handy Manny on it and a Backyardigans book that sings. he sang to that book for two days straight. so cute!! he also picked out sprinkles at the store and we made cupcakes to eat when matt got home the next day. i think kyle really liked having us sing happy birthday to him. he is so awesome!! we are so lucky to have him for our son!

savannah has been having a little bit of a hard time staying full on breast milk the past few days, so i decided to start her on rice cereal. she loves it!! she eats so good, and it seems to have helped her finally get on a good feeding schedule. she is getting so cute with chubby little cheeks. she is so sweet, and dang fancy!!!

roxy is the best toy we have ever gotten kyle. they have been wrestling hulk hogan style lately. kyle also loves to try to ride/cowboy her. its so funny. she sits when he tells her to, and he gets so excited. shes a really good dog, and is so patient with her little friend, kyle. also, roxy scares the heck out of savannah, ithink it has something to with roxy jumping into savannah's car seat on the way to the groomer a couple weeks ago. roxy is so cute with them though.
finally we got some family pictures done and these are some of kyle and savannah. kyle was so cute while we were doing them, he is so photogenic, i love it!!

kaptain kyle

2008-10-11T18:59:00.000-07:00

kyle has recently gotten into super heros, so the other day he was asking for gear.( like he wanted to wear my puffy vest and my knee high boots) so i decided to make him this cape and mask. he is so funny, and loves being super-boy!

some of my favorites and not-so-favorites

2008-09-22T18:06:00.000-07:00

so i was thinking today about all my favorite things (do you pictures julie andrews singing to the von trapp children when you hear that ? i do) so i thought it would be fun to write them out!!
My Favorite Things:

Savannah is definatley one of my favorite people in the world! she is so dang cute, and fancy!! she is such a sweet girl, who is starting to coo and smile, i just love her!!

Cuddling is one of my favorite things too! i think that our kids got that from me, because matt is not a fan of cuddling. lately kyle has been telling me that we just need to cuddle, and i love that!

i love zebra print! i can't get enough of it, i want zebra print shoes really bad, i think that they would look so fancy!!

i just tried a new sweet & sour chicken recipe, and it is really good and easy, so i made it twice last week.

My friend ashley is definatley one of my new favorites, she is so dang funny and fun. i know her from waiting tables awhile ago, that was before she was married and either one of us had kids. she is awesome!! she also is a fany of being fancy, YEAH!!

the way that kyle reacts when matt comes home. it is the best thing i have ever seen. kyle runs as fast as he can yells "daddy's home" and jumps into matts arms. they then go through a very detailed discussion of what matt did on the firetruck the day before.it is so great to see how much they love each other, because i think matt is equally as excited to see kyle.

the office, and i can't wait for the new season to start. i think it has some of the best writing of any tv show i have seen in a long time. it is also the only show i follow religiously.

the summer, i love the warm weather and i am so sad to see it leaving.

that kyle calls me "girl", for instance he always says "thanks girl" or "girl, come get Banna". it is so funny, but most of the things he tells me are dang funny!

the firefighters ball. i love that we get to get all dressed up, matt wears his fancy uniform, and it is fun to dance and see all the firemen behaving themselves. the best part is that matt gets so excited too. ( it is coming up nov. 7th)

MY Not-So -Favorites

folding laundry. it si the worst part and it seems to take me days to finish laundry just because i dread folding it!

our yard. matt and i bought our house in the winter, so we never realized we should have had them take care of putting in our lawn,so this summer with having so much going on , we have put it off. the mud and dirt makes me crazy, but at least i have a cute house anyways.

waking up at night. i realize it is a necessary evil, because savannah has to eat, but i really like to sleep. ( she did only get up once last night, i can do that)

my boobs. yeah, i know none of you really care, but they are way too huge. they make me feel very big. i know that it is just a part of nursing, but they are not attractive ( some members of my family might disagree) and i know that they will not be any better when they shrink after i quit nursing but i am just not a fan of them right now.

Roxy fur. i know the cute dog cant help it, but her fur drives me crazy. i find it everywhere, i mean everywhere. she is a good dog, and cute, so i guess the fur just comes with it.

so that is some of the things i am really into lately!!

the bonds go to the fair!!

2008-09-04T11:32:00.000-07:00

kyle and savannah cuddling

so yesterday matt was off of work, so we went down to blackfoot (small town about 25 minutes away) to the eastern idaho state fair. i was not sure what to expect,but it was pretty good sized actually. (it was not texas state fair though)kyle loved seeing all the animals and savannah slept the whole time, which i think she equally enjoyed. matt and i laughed so hard at how quickly would go up to animals and start talking to them.he was bossing the goats around in the petting zoo, then he caught one sneaking food from his little cup, so he told her to go over to time out. kyle asked me a couple times if we could take a horse home. we saw huge cows and horses, they never seem so big when they are in a field or on tv. kyle even got to go on a little ride all by himself, he was so cute, but had a death grip on the sides the whole time. despite not getting any good fair food (i love funnel cakes) it was really fun!
also, this morning kyle was downstairs with me while i was making muffins, and our laundry room is right by our kitchen, so kyle comes out of the laundry room wearing as much as he can of matt's dress uniform. he is so cute and funny. notice the socks, he was especially proud of those!!

some new pictures!!!

2008-08-25T07:38:00.000-07:00

Catching up...

2008-08-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

i know that i have not updated my blog in a while, but i have not had to time to do anything besides the essential stuff lately. however today, savannah is sleeping and kyle is watching the backyardigans, so i thought i would catch everyone up on us. First of all, savannah is doing great. she is a very sweet baby, and a great eater. i feel like i am always nursing her, but that is okay because she is growing so well. she is getting better at night too, she was only up twice last night and went right back to sleep after her feeding. i am not going to complain about that. i can't even tell you how much fun i am having making every color bow for her hair and dressing her fancy. she is just so cute!!next is kyle, he loves savannah. ( almost a little too much sometimes) he is very eager to hold her and kiss her. he thinks she is "so cute and so little". he wakes up in the morning wanting to know where "banna" (he cannot say v's, so he says b's instead)is. he really enjoyed his time with grandma and grandpa, and asks when they are coming every once in while. he is really is such a cute little boy!! now, matt is great. i think he really enjoyed having time off when his parents were here but i also think he was glad to get back into his work routine. he had a really big wildfire last week, but missed out on a huge house fire, so i think he is kinda eager for some action at work. he is also so helpful to me. after my "incident" of hemmoraging he took care of EVERYTHING (with deb deb's help) and really was sweet. he also has been doing a lot to help me get extra sleep too, like getting up with the kids early in the morning so i can sleep through one feeding or staying up late. he is awesome, and so cute. lastly, i am doing better. i feel like i am finally getting my energy back. i still get a little dizzy running after the kids a lot, but i definatley feel so much better. i didn't nurse kyle, so i was not so sure i was going to be able to nurse savannah, but it is going great this time around. she makes it easy because she is such a good eater too. i thought that i would have has a major meltdown being home with the kids by myself, but i have done really well. my house is not as clean as i would like, but everything is good. i feel really blessed that i am feeling so good, and everyone has been so generous and caring with everything that happened and with the arrival of fancy.here are some new pictures!

SAVANNAH BELLE

2008-07-12T19:06:00.000-07:00

our daughter Savannah Belle was born yesterday. she was 6 lbs 1 oz. and was 19 in. long. ( the exact same size as Kyle) She is fancy to say the very least. We all adore her. Kyle told us today that she is so cute, and he also asked if we could put her back in my belly. we really as blessed to have such adorable, sweet and healthy kids. So Labor was a little long, but everything went really well. i only had to push for like 10 minutes. it was nice. However this morning we had quite an emergency, i started bleeding horribly. i lost 2 liters of blood, and we were just terrified. My dr and all the nurses were really fast, and were able to finally stop the bleeding and get me back on track. i have never been so grateful to see matt walk in my room. ( he and deb went home to get some decent sleep since labor was so long) So all in all, very scary morning, but doing better. i will just have to take it really easy for a while. we are still in the hospital, but may be able to go home tomorrow or monday morning. well, here are some pictures of our little girl, grandma deb deb,kyle and matt.

the fourth of july!!

2008-07-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

we went to see fireworks, and they were so good. kyle really enjoyed them, but fell asleep in the middle. he kept telling us they were rockets.he was such a trooper all day. it was a really fun fourth of july!!

matt was in the parade with the Honor Guard. he is the one in the very middle. he did so good. he was not suppose to smile, but he did kyle a little one at the end. kyle also got a little flag, which was a really big deal to him.

a disney princess??

2008-07-01T07:59:00.000-07:00

i never take these quizzes, but i thought this one would be fun. my answer was very unexpected.

You Are Snow White!

Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

its getting close...

2008-06-25T09:42:00.000-07:00

so everything is going okay with my pregnancy. i had a sorta scary day last friday, i went to the dr and my blood pressure remained high, i also have been measuring pretty small for how far along i am. so the dr. put me on bed rest for the weekend and had me do a urine protein test. (it was a huge like 1 1/2 gallon bucket, matt said it would not be big enough. he was going to get me a 50 gallon drum) on monday we went back and they did a non-stress test and an ultrasound. she looked so good. i was worried she was small, but she measured about 5 lbs. so that was very reassuring. my blood pressure is still high, so i have to stay down as much as i can, but kyle has been awesome, and made it easier for me. matt also has been cooking and cleaning. he is awesome and very cute. well, i have a funny little story. debbie told me to let kyle know that if he was really good and helpful until the baby came, they would buy him a basketball goal. he looks at me, like he was thinking about it and says " and a basketball?". i laughed so hard, it was like the basketball was the deal-breaker. well, i have to go. i will let everyone know if fancy comes.

Marathon Post

2008-06-16T17:26:00.000-07:00

i should start off by apologizing for this long post, but i thought i would just get it all done in one shot. it has finally started to get nice here, so we have been outside playing so much. it is so nice to be able get out and play. it does make for a pretty dirty little boy though. for instance, tonight it was a combination of dirt and pudding. he has been so busy, it makes me tired. on saturday kyle and i went up to Rexburg for a little airshow that they have. it was so much fun. we brought a little picnic and just watched the planes. he loved that the trick planes had smoke, and they do tricks that look like they are going to crash. i think kyle was hoping that that the firetruck would be into action, but i explained that when planes crash it is not good. it was fun though. i have had several requests for new pictures of Roxy. she is getting so big, and very cute. she is doing much better with learning to behave like Dodger.(that is our goal) the last picture is of my 35 or so week belly. i can't believe how close it is getting to having her here. i had a dr. appt. last week and my blood pressure was high, this happened with kyle, but i was hoping it wouldn't happen with her. i am feeling good, just uncomfortable. i guess htat is to be expected at this point though. i also thought i would tell everyone about matt too. he is doing great. he had a good fire last week, so i got to see him on the news. it is always fun to see him. it makes me so proud, and reminds me how hard his job is.( it is not just ping pong and water fights) i also finally finished making the baby's bedding and covering her chair so i will take pictures as soon as i get the room set up. so all in all, we are good, and finally feeling summer.

here are some new pictures!!

2008-05-30T15:18:00.000-07:00

kyle found the baby pouch and wanted to put the baby in it, so we put his monkey! it is cute he actually gets the baby

kyle's "band aid" (Matt did this, funny huh?!)

eventful night?!!

2008-05-28T17:19:00.000-07:00

last night kyle and i went to visit matt at the fire station, because kyle had been asking for him a lot ( ok i really wanted to see him too). it was really fun, and we hurried home for dinner. i had let Roxy out in the garage while i got dinner ready. all pretty normal, then i went to let Roxy in and Kyle shut the door behind her. somehow he managed to lock me out of the house. so i am just sitting at the garage door trying to give my 2 1/2 yr old verbal direction to unlock the door. right, that was going to work?!! so i racked my brain of what to do, when i hear him yelling, "i'll be right back", and i hear banging in the playroom, (its right above the garage). i may have thought a few explatives. next thing i know he is back by our backdoor that goes outside. it has a window, so i figured maybe i could show him where to try to unlock the door. no such luck. i was however able to talk to him, and watch Roxy pull parts of dinner off the kitchen counter.it had been about 45 minutes and i then realized i would have to call Matt or the police or something. then i heard the thunder. are you kidding me? i was going to be drenched watching my dog eat our dinner as our son destroyed our home. so, i ran to our neighbors house to ask to use their phone. they didn't have a phone book, and the only number the operator has was 911. great. finally i just went home and started searching my car for anything that might get me into my house. luckily i happened to leave my purse in the car, so i did have my phone after all. i honestly wondered if it would actually be better for me to just camp out in the garage than call matt home from work. he was so nice about it though. he had to have the entire ambulance crew drive him over, so my savior came in an ambulance. he gave kyle a hug, and Roxy ran into the yard where there was a huge pile of mud. i wish i could say that was the end, but i had to go into the disaster zone that was my kitchen. Roxy had eaten a couple tortillas, half a pound of cheese and i am pretty sure the wrapper to something. i was not about to let her stay inside and destroy my carpet with her aftershocks of eating all that stuff, so she went to bed early in her crate. kyle had actually been good. the noises i heard in his playroom were him getting his tools to let me in. it was actually really cute that he had tried to fix it. well, needless to say, we are getting a hide-a-key. i will post new picts soon!!

cutie kyle!!

2008-05-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

it has been so nice and warm here, so we have been playing outside a lot. it has been so nice to finally have sun, i was not sure if it was coming back. matt has been working a lot because they have a ton of overtime avaiable in the summer, so today he is spending a much needed day off with me and kyle. we went to a really pretty park by the river for a picnic. kyle was so funny, he would go down the slide run back up the stairs, yell at matt to ask if he could go down the slide, and start all over again. they are so much alike, it gets me all the time. also, a couple days ago, kyle and i were at the craft store looking for some stuff from the baby's room, when we found a HUGE firetruck puzzle. he wanted me to take a picture of him with it. he is really just he cutest little guy!!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

2008-05-10T19:57:00.000-07:00

pictures of biggie and matt being crazy!! and kyle's cute little grandma

i also wanted to make sure and tell Debbie happy mothers day too. not just from me, but especially matt and kyle. we all love you so much, and are so thankful for you. there are few boys who love their mom as much as matt loves you. i must hear all the time that i need to be more like deb-deb.i take as a great compliment. thanks for always listening to me and treating me just like a daughter, you are a great friend and i love ya. biggie talks about you all the time and i know you have a special place in his little heart.(i think it has something to do with letting him eat all the chocolate he wants!) we hope you have a great mother's day! sorry, there is a card, but it is still in the works, so you should get it soon.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

2008-05-10T19:44:00.000-07:00

i just wanted to take a minute and say Happy Mothers Day to my mom. Mom, i know you don't look at this much, but maybe you will see this. thank you for making the sacrifices you did for us.i could not do what you did all by yourself. i also could not have carried twins, i would die honestly.kyle says "happy nanny day too!" i love you!

' i'm just a little emotional..."

2008-04-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

ok, so i am just going to say that normally i am an emotional person, but if needs be i can control myself. unless i am 7 months pregnant. i am not sure what is going this weeks, but i am totally irrational, crazy, crying girl. i mean last week i was making cinnamon rolls, and the first batch did not rise, and i nearly lost it. i had to sit down and have a talk with myself before i could make my 2nd attempt. ( the 2nd batch turned out really good, and you would have thought i won some sort of beauty contest because i was so happy) and today i just totally lost it because of no reason. i remember crying while watching sportscenter when i was pregnant with kyle, but lately i seem to be so irrational. really, i feel sorry for matt, he cannot win. i try to not be crazy, but i started to cry because he told me that i should have used masking tape instead of tacks in the playroom. kyle asked matt if i was sad, he said yes, but he was probaley like, " no, kyle, she is just insane." honestly, i don't even feel normal, i feel totally out of control with emotions. its annoying, i do not want to be crazy, but when i am feeling emotional, i feel completely justified and i want sympathy. the funny thing is that people feel sorry for me because i have to live with myself. anyways enough of me whining, i cant be crazy pregnant forever, it will end and i will have to deal with postpardum crying, great...:)

my belly!

2008-04-25T16:39:00.000-07:00

so finally i am posting a picture of my little pregnant belly. i swear it seems bigger in real life. or maybe it is just my point of view... things are going really good lately with my pregnancy, anything is better than the beginning when i felt like i would die. i am feeling good though. i am very excited it is a girl, and have been looking for things to decorate her room, and i think that i have found some cute things, i just have to make the curtains and the crib bumper. luckily matt has 6 days off the first week of may, so i can totally focus on sewing. (i can sew, but i have to give it my total attention or it is sad looking) we are also still trying to figure out a name, we have a couple ideas, but no final decisions yet. i think by july we will figure it out. so all in all, the baby stuff is great, she is getting big and i can tell she is fancy already.

POTTY TRAINING!!

2008-04-21T16:09:00.000-07:00

kyle told me he wanted to pee in the potty so we got him his underwear ( they have mickey mouse on them) and treats and his potty today. he has done good so far, we will just see how the next few days go. i thought he looked so funny so i am putting up his new look!!
his fire boots are the best part with new underwear!

kyle"isms"

2008-04-21T10:04:00.000-07:00

so i know that everyone has the cutest child ever, but lately the things that kyle has been telling me are so funny that i thought i would write out a few for ya'll to see.
1. "Mama, us worker mans" ( matt and kyle were building some shelves in the garage, so he had to tell me they were worker men)
2. " Me want Roxy's tail" ( he said this to me sunday morning, he was completely serious and very upset)
3. " This bed, a baby bed" ( 3 am the other night he told me this because i wanted him to sleep in his bed, but i guess it is getting too small for him)
4." Good Girl" ( this is just funny because this morning i was getting him some pumpkin bread i made and he slapped my bum and told me i was a good girl)
5." where's jesus?" (everytime we have a prayer he asks where jesus is)
6." kissing, gross" ( we were watching a tv show, and he reminded me that kissing is gross to little boys)
7. "grandpa, buy me a motorcycle" ( i came home from the store the other night and kyle was walking around saying this, and every so often i hear him repeating it)
8. a sad face with his hands covering his eyes, its very dramatic and works really well with getting matt's sympathy
9. "look bo bo's" ( we were walking through target and he saw the bra section and told me to look at the bo bo's, it was really funny because i never call them that, but grandma deb deb does...)
10. " me no want this dog no more, put her in cage" ( he and Roxy made each other mad, but seems to just foreshadow a day when he wants the baby to be put in her cage?!!)
so there are just a few of the awesome things he has been telling me lately, and he has taken up ping pong because that is what the firemen are doing everytime we go visit matt at work, its really cute.
i keep meaning to post pics of the house but we are still putting it together, and i want to post cute pictures not ones of boxes, so soon!!
also i do finally look pregnant so i will have matt take a pic soon so ya'll can see what i look like pregnant ( sorry,but i am not a very cute pregnant girl, only my butt and boobs get big)
also, something funny about matt, in elder's quorum yesterday the local hs wrestling was saying that for a fundraiser we could go a shoot the boys with paintballs for 12 shots like $2. also it is at a local corner store, so we might be able to get cheap big gulps of diet coke. i have not seen matt this excited about an event in a while. he is so cute and funny! you gotta love that matt bond.

we find out...

2008-04-03T12:40:00.000-07:00

IT'S A GIRL!!!!
we are so excited. we thought (like most of you) that it was going to be a boy, but surprise, we will have our fancy little girl!!

i got tagged by chira!!!

2008-04-01T18:29:00.000-07:00

my really cute friend from college tagged me so here you are kiki!!

10 years ago...
i was in 7th grade. i was totally terrified because i had just moved. i made cheerleader, it was awesome!! my mom got me balloons, i remember being shocked, and really scared about wearing the really short shorts, but i got ove that really fast!i think i had a cute haircut back then too. it was pretty normal... nothing too exciting really.

5 things on my To Do list...
pack some of our stuff
bathe kyle and roxy (she is shedding a little, i can't stand it)
pay some bills
find out what the baby is on thursday
go to utah on friday

the first few are boring and i could go on and on, but i will not do that to ya'll

5 snacks i enjoy... (fun to ask a pregnant girl!!)
cucumbers with ranch
grapes
chocolate candy
donuts ( this one hit me hard on our recent trip to chicago)
any kind of cupcake

5 places i have lived:
Hobbs, NM
Oregon
Bedford, TX
Rexburg, ID
Idaho Falls, ID (very soon)*

5 jobs i have had: i have had a lot of jobs
tanning salon receptionist
working at the Purple Cow making shakes
scheduling senior pictures for a photographer
sales girl at a store i forgot the name of in Grapevine Mills Mall
waiting tables at Frontier Pies

5 things people don't know about me:
1.i have never broken a bone in my body
2.i really want to learn Hebrew and go to graduate school for Jewish History and study in Jerusalem
3.i am a convert to the Church (when i was 14)
4.i hate not doing my hair or wearing it in a ponytail (unless it is an activity you would wear you hair back for)
5.i thought Matt was kinda weird on our first date, but i soon realized he was just really nervous. he hardly talked, but did not waste any time kissing me on the first date. worked out ok for us, right?!?!
so i tag Deb Deb, Susie, and Susanna!

WE FIND OUT WHAT THE BABY IS ON THURSDAY, SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEAVE ME A MESSAGE TELLING ME WHAT THEY THINK IT IS... A TREAT FOR THOSE WHO PICK CORRECTLY!!( we have not got any names yet, maybe that will be your treat!!!jk)

ROXY!!

2008-03-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

so, we got the puppy! the lady called and said if we did not get her someone else wanted her, so we did! kyle loves her it only took him a couple hours to go from calling her dodger to calling her roxy. i can't lie i had a bit of anxiety last night (it was ver similar to the first night i brought kyle home) but she did good, i took her out about 1:30 am and she went outside, and again for matt at 5:15 am and then we fed her breakfast at 8:00 am and she went outside again. she peed a little in the bathroom last night, but i guess she is trying. well, i didn't mean to give a play by play, but i guess things could have been so much worse. today, i think kyle and i are going to go get a crate and try the crate training thing. i must comment on how awesome kyle is,he is so good with her, she is likes to try to wrestle with him, so i told him he could tell her "No" if she was doing something she wasn't suppose to, so at first he was really polite, but today he is definately demanding her stop. it is funny, i think he has actually matured overnight. well, here are a couple pictures. i will try to get one of matt with her, because then you can see how tiny she really is!! one picture is of her and her baby that she brought home from animal control. its pretty cute!

hi!

2008-03-10T17:17:00.000-07:00

today matt and i took kyle to "try on" a new dog. he loved it, i think that he understood that all the dogs wanted to see him. matt and i actually had a lot of fun too. we probabley could have taken home 6 dogs, but that is the same as when i was little. well, there are pictures on kyle's blog so everyone look at them. he keeps saying "our dog" so i think he is very excited.

for marcia...

2008-03-03T15:40:00.001-08:00

hey marcia- i forgot to post that kyle and i were having craft time, so we made you a little card, we sent it today, so be looking for it!!

an update!!

2008-03-03T15:33:00.000-08:00

to start off i have to tell marcia thanks for the little care package for kyle, if i said he loved it, it would be an understatement. he loved the book because there was a page with a dog pooping and it says "all dogs poop". he must have repeated it like 50 times, laughing. so thank you, it was very thoughtful so i put up some pics of him for you. also, we bought a house!!! we are very excited. i think that we will do a walk through with the builder tomorrow, so hopefully i will have pics soon. my pregnancy is getting better. the dr told me that i have to start showing soon. my response" uh...ok." to be honest i was a little excited to not have put on weight yet, because that is one think you can count on with being pregnant, you will get big. so it will come! we were supposed to find out what the baby was in a few days, but they had no appts until april, so i guess we will just have to wait.well, here are some pics of kyle, he is wearing matt's goggles backward with his backpack. he is so cute and funny!!

valentine's day!!

2008-02-14T15:28:00.000-08:00

i made these cookies for matt and since he was working i thought i would at least post them, so he could see them before tomorrow when he gets home. we are having a great day, kyle and i are eating lots of candy and cookies, which is pretty much what v-day is about right?!!

my fancy cake!

2008-02-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

so i really like baking and since kyle was born i have kinda gotten into decorating cookies but i have also recently have gotten a little better with fancy cakes. i learned how to make roses, which is cool. sometimes they aren't the cutest, but it was really fun to make. i think that it is just a matter of time before i attempt something extra big and extra fancy!! oh, my pregnancy is fine, i would post pictures but there is not much to show. i think my tummy is a little bigger ,but noone notices. i thought that since i am 4 months i would be showing, but that is fine that i am not. i am fine putting that off as long as possible. matt is good and cute!

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2008-01-26T08:41:00.001-08:00

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i need a vacation...

2008-01-22T08:40:00.000-08:00

so this morning we woke up and i went to check the weather. yeah, thats right the temperature was -18 and then it said it felt like -34. yes, i am not kidding it is that cold. last night we got home about 10 pm and it was so cold that it hurt to breathe. the cold is bad, but it honestly has snowed like 10 inches every week since thanksgiving, no one really plows the roads, so needless to say i am sick of the weather. poor kyle, it is even too cold for him to play in the snow for more than like 2 minutes because his little fingers will freeze. i keep telling matt that if we are going to live here for the rest of his career we are going to need a time-share or something to break up the winters, i think Cabo San Lucus sounds good, or Puerta Vallarta would be nice too, ok honestly any where with no snow and i could wear 1 layer of clothing would be an upgrade. we'll see if that ever happens, but i have to go eat breakfast now!

To MATT!

2008-01-10T14:22:00.000-08:00

hey this is a special post for matt, because i know he is at work and is so tired and has to cook all the meals today. i though you could use something special. we miss and love you. here is picture of kyle with his new sissors, i have never known a 2 year old who could cut so good with them. we can't to see you tomorrow. have a good day fighting fires, saving lives and being a hero (and getting a big gulp). love you!

sometimes my son is just too cute!

2008-01-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

i am not sure how much ya'll know this, but kyle LOVES matt. i know this is sorta obvious, but everyday matt is on his way home kyle just waits by the door saying "daddy home?" then when matt gets home kyle helps him take off his boots and kisses his dad. kyle has to put on his boots too to be big like dad. it is the cutest thing to see how much kyle adores matt, and it helps that matt has the coolest job any little boy could ask for. it makes me want another little boy, so matt has more adoring fans. but i am not sure that it overshadows wanting a fancy little girl! well, i also thought that i would talk about how kyle has started boxing. thats right, he has started punching our hands with his closed fist. he also plays baseball in my kitchen with his father. he makes everyone playing wear a ball cap and stand in different positions. he is totally a little matt!! well i hope everyone is good!

the firefighter's ball

2008-01-03T14:47:00.000-08:00

at the end of november matt and i went to the IFFD's big fancy ball. it was so much fun. there was dancing, and ok food, but mostly matt wore his Class A uniform, which is probaley the sexiest thing ever, well except for the suspenders. ok , just kidding!! anyways, here are some picts of us. oh yeah, i had a girl in my ward make my dress, and you can't tell very well from the picts, but it turned out so cute!!

family picts and big news!

2007-12-05T18:09:00.000-08:00

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so we went and had family pictures last week and they turned out really cute. kyle is really the cutest little boy ever! i also found out that i am pregnant so i am really excited (matt is too). kyle says he would rather have a baby dodger than a baby girl or boy, so i can totally understand where a 2 yr old little boy would think that. well, i have more picts to post of us at matt's firefighter ball, but i will put them up later! bye!!

MY BIRTHDAY!

2007-11-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

yesterday was my birthday, which was really fun. matt is the best husband and got me a 90 minute massage and 60 minute facial at the new spa in town. he did a really great job on that gift, because normally he is into more logical gifts like knives. it was so awesome, he had to work, so today we are going out shopping and to dinner. i had to be in charge of our ward's play groups so we made turkey hats and taught the kids a thanksgiving song. they looked so cute!! all in all it was an ok bday, but it did make me miss my mom. she used to make us a special meal and chocolate cake. and i missed sharing my bday with whitney a little too, but it was a fun bday. i know that everyone wants picts too, so i am adding some from halloween. kyle was a cow, and matt and i were farmers, it was cute!!!

little momma's boy!

2007-10-22T13:26:00.000-07:00

i never write i know. i am terrible about it. here is a couple new pictures of us. things are going really good.this is matt's last week of the fire academy and he will start his shifts next week.i have never seen him so tired or sore, but he loves it so much. he has his graduation on friday, so i am really looking forward to supporting him on this, it means more to him than gratuating with his degree!! kyle and i have been trying to come up with stuff to do since it has gotten cold, so we go to the stake center by our house and he rides his bike and we have a picnic. its seems like everyday we get together with other moms and their 2 yr olds and do something. (today we had a pizza party).it is really fun to play with kyle. well, i hope that everyone is doing well!!

so i guess i was tagged...

2007-09-22T14:10:00.000-07:00

before i get my "tagged" answers, i have to tell everyone that Matt got a great job. he is the newest firefigher/paramedic for the Idaho Falls FD, which is so dang exciting!!
now to these questions:

1.where did i meet my husband?
at a dance at BYUI, it was very mormon of us. i bumped my roommate into him, because he was the only cute boy there.
2.where was our first date?
we were supposed to meet some people for a bonfire, but matt couldn't find them at the sand dunes, so we went to a movie.
3.what was the first thing i said to my husband?
hi, i am cortney, ( or something along those lines)maybe i said sorry for bumping my roommate into him, honestly i have no idea.
4.where was our first kiss?
on the lips
5.did we date for a long time?
not really, we were only engaged like 7 weeks or something
6.where did we get engaged?
by the Salt Lake temple, it was really cute, we always go stand were matt proposed
7.where did we get married?
the dallas texas temple
8.how did the reception go?
fine
9.how was the honeymoon?
good we went to Wisconsin, we didn't get cell phone reception which was nice

so that answers the questions! hope everyone is good.

2007-07-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

a couple pictures

2007-07-27T10:00:00.001-07:00

kyle is so funny! he is putting out a fire with the hose from our bicycle pump and laughing at us when we were acting crazy!! he is so cute!

there has been a lot going on...

2007-07-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

there has been so much going on since i last posted. we have been to California, back to Idaho for me to finish classes ( which i just found out that i got all A's and one B+) and now we are in Chicago. then we leave here on the 1st of august to go home to Idaho. matt has a golf outing with friends on the 7-8 th and i leave for Texas to see my parents on the 15th-21st. its going to be fun!!
anyways we are having so much fun here. kyle is definatley a two year old by the way he has started to act, but now he can say "please" so we make him say it on a regular basis. he is spending as much time as he can with Deb-Deb, and she acts crazy (does her little dance) and he laughs and covers his eyes because he is so embarassed. its so funny, and something we can all relate to. well, that is about it for now!! ( i will post pictures later)

Any Ideas??

2007-05-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

hey everyone!! i just got called into the Relief Society Presidency and i am in charge of Enrichment. we want to do it on emergency preparedness ( both temporally and spiritulaly, so do ya'll have any ideas? we probaley will do mini-lessons on different topics like: financial planning, food storage, faith in times of need, etc.. so if ya'll have ideas for topics of activites especially drop me a note. this is a subject that i know nothing about,s o any help would be awesome!! everyone is good, we wil put new picts up soon of Big!!!THANKS!

Mother's Day!!

2007-05-15T09:07:00.000-07:00

we had our first mother's day with matt present on sunday. it was nice having him there, because last year he was on his internship. kyle got me a bag of reese's mini cups and matt got me some knives. they are nice and i really needed them. also this weekend we took kyle to the zoo. he really loved it. he got so scared of the chickens in the petting zoo. it was so funny to watch him running away as fast as his little feet could go. also, we let him swim too. he loves to hold his breath and go under water. he is part fish i think. also, i need to put more pictures up, maybe tonight. school is good, i took my first french test yesterday, and i think that i did really well. also, it is midterms already. half way to being done. it is sorta exciting. well we are looking forward to California. it will be nice to get away. matt is also getting buff, which is a bonus!! hope everyone is good!!

doing good!!

2007-05-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

so it has been a while since i updated my blog, so i figured i should actually do it.things are going really good. school is pretty good, i always have something to do, but it is pretty easy,so it does not take up too much time. it has been really nice out so we have gotten to take kyle out a lot and play.tonight we are getting a bunch of couples from our ward together to play sand volleyball, so that should be really fun. Matt is actually coming too, so that will hopefully make our team better because he is tall.we are also going to his friend's house for his birthday too, so we actually have plans on a weeknight. that is a big deal for us!! well i have to pay attention to mon classe de francais!!

Are you expecting?

2007-04-25T20:54:00.000-07:00

Today i was walking between classes when i saw a girl in my ward. she is pretty nice, but sorta new to our ward, so we had the little getting to know you discussion. it was the typical questions... where you from? where is your husband from? how much more school do you have left? how long have you been married? yada, yada, yada. then she asked if we had any kids yet, so i said one little boy who is 18 months old. then she says, "oh well aren't you expecting another one?". WHAT?? i know that i am not a fashion model, but i am pretty sure i don't look pregnant. so i tried to not freak out, and just said " well, i am not quite ready to jump back on that train yet" and kinda laughed. then matt was at work a couple of weeks ago when one of his coworkers asked if i we were having another one too. WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? but it got me thinking, people here procreate like it is up to them to replenish the earth, but you cannot go around asking people if they are pregnant without some solid evidence. By solid evidence i mean, they have announced it or can rest a drink on their belly. i know that i am wiggin out a little about this, but i just got rid of all the extra chub from having kyle, so i wanted a little cushion before people thought i was pregnant again. (not to mention that i went to the dr the other day and i was the lowest weight that i have been since i was in like Jr. high or High school, so i thought that i was doing good) i also realize that maybe people just assume since kyle is 18 months old we would be ready for another one. i mean a lot of people have kids a couple years apart. i guess that is just what i am telling my self instead of feeling like i need to go lose 10 lbs. immediately. the funny part is that even if i was done with school and matt had a job and we were settled, i do not think that we would be ready for another baby yet. to be quite honest, i am very scared of being pregnant again. i hated being pregnant and sick and fat. it was not fun or fancy. and lets be honest about how much i hate not looking fancy!! not to mention that we already have a perfect child, and why mess with perfection. ok, that is a little much, i do need a little girl.( i think it goes back to being fancy) well that is enough ranting about being pregnant. but on that note, i am really glad mandy finally had the baby. and michele still has all the fun stuff to look forward to like labor and delivery. also, i know that matt is going to read this tonight while he is working at the fire station, so i love you and put on the turnouts just for me!!

MY SWEET HUSBAND!

2007-04-23T12:11:00.001-07:00

i am ready for it to be warm. i am a texan, we start tanning in February. i am so over the cold weather. it keeps getting warm(ok like 60s) then it gets cold again. i hate it. i am ready for warmer weather. i just needed to whine a little bit to get it out of my system.
so something amazing happened last night. i have been a little stressed lately with starting school, and kyle has been whining a ton ( i think that it is a part of being 1 1/2 and teething) and yesterday for some reason i have kinda just been on edge. i was trying not to let it get to me, and i guess matt noticed. he had to go to a stake priesthood meeting, but when he got home he said " honey, i noticed you are a little stressed, so tonight we can watch "the Holiday" and cuddle" and sure enough we did. it was awesome! not only did he notice that i was stressed, but he did something he hated ( cuddling and a chick movie)because he knew how much i love it.if you know matt, him cuddling is a big deal. he hates it ( with a few exceptions, ie. it leads to something). he is really cute and made my day.
school is good, i realized that now that i am taking lower level classes again that there is a lot less reading and writing, but a lot more crappy busy work. it is really annoying. anyways, my classes are fun though. i really like my french class, but today i realized that if we went to Paris i would be able order food and say my name is Cortney, but that is about it. oh well, it is getting better though. i just need more practice. anyways, things are good, hope all is well. and congrats kershaws on the new little baby.

SNOW!!

2007-04-19T11:47:00.000-07:00

so i thought that it was the middle of april,but i guess i am mistaken. it has been snowing all day yesterday and today.just when i was getting my hopes up for shorts and flip-flops. it really makes me sad. and kyle too, he was just getting used to going outside to play with his little friends. also, school is good, but really busy. my classes are not very hard, but they take up a lot of time.i think that it is harder for me to go to school, because i don't want to leave kyle with someone else, but matt is home with him so much, and it really makes it ok. he is really great. tomorrow matt takes his test for the idaho falls fire department.he also takes the physical test and interview on saturday if he does good. i know he will do great, he has been studying a lot, but keep him in your prayers. they always help.

Last One!!

2007-04-16T20:23:00.000-07:00

today i started back up at school for my last semester. it seems like it is going to be pretty fun. i am taking French (OUI!), Eternal Marriage, Church History, Cardio Fitness and World Civilizations, they are all classes that i am pretty excited about. other than school, things are good. today kyle was outside playing with his friends and dumped a whole juice box on his head, then threw a handful of dirt into the sticky mess on his head. i guess that is just him being a little boy! Anyways, things are going good. i am looking forward to being done with school in July though, until then i will just have to look forward to going to California in June though. hope everyone is good!

our concert!

2007-04-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

so on thursday night, we went to a concert. it was fun, besides all the people smoking weed, which was absolutely discusting. it was nice to hang out with james and becca and actually spent some time with matt. also, kyle got to play with their little girl kaitlyn, so he had fun too. well here are some more pictures!

cute little kyle

2007-04-12T12:30:00.000-07:00

this morning i had the funniest thing happen. matt had just left for work, so it was just me and kyle at home. i was getting dressed and he was in the living room playing. the next thing i knew i came into the kitchen to find him trying to clean up the box of mac and cheese that he had climbed up and opened. he moved a chair from the table and got the box off the counter. but being the good little boy he is,he got the broom and dust pan and started to clean up his mess. it was so cute!! how can you be mad at someone so cute! well, i thought i would share how cute he is with everyone!!

laundry day!

2007-04-11T16:12:00.000-07:00

today was laundry day! it was not the most eventful day, but very productive. matt was home today, so that was really nice. i almost forgot what it was like to have get a whole day with him! he has a meeting tonight, so he will be able to get some quality BS-ing time in. i realized that girls talk more, but it is productive disscusions. guys just BS. anyways, we are going to a Blues Travelers concert tomorrow in Pocatello with James and Becca so that will be really fun! they are sorta old but what can you expect from a little town in Idaho!! hope everyone is good!!
ps matt is really getting into the blogging thing, he checks everyones' several times a day! he always wants to leave comments , but does not want to commit to his own blog

after our busy weekend!!

2007-04-09T15:32:00.000-07:00

so, this weekend was crazy!! my parents came, i walked in graduation, and it was easter. graduation was good, i got to shake elder eyring's hand. it was really neat!! my parents came up and it was nice getting to see them. i got a cute picture of kyle wearing my cap! easter was good, kyle really go into the egg hunt. he is quite the accomplished hunter! also, today we had quite an event. matt had to work, so i was home with kyle when one of the paramedics who works with matt called me and told me that matt had an accident. my heart dropped. i told him i would be there in a few minutes. i ran kyle to my neighbors house and tried not to cry the 5 minutes to the hospital. but it turns out that matt got hit in the head really hard, passed out, maybe had a seizure and was in the ER. i was so scared. he is ok though, he has a concussion, but is doing good. i never want to have one of those phone calls again, but i guess with his job, anything could happen. so all in all, matt is doing good, kyle is perfect and i am graduated, expect for summer classes. we are good!!

2007-04-03T14:29:00.000-07:00

i thought that i would finally post some pictures of kyle. his grandparents would really like that i think!! we are good, kyle and i were really sick, but we are feeling much better! things are pretty steady here. my parents will be here in three days and i can't wait to see them. it has been forever. matt has to test for the fire department here this weekend too, so it will be really busy, but it will be good for us. well, i have to get back to studying now!! by the way these are really old pictures of us at Halloween. me and matt were danny and sandy from Grease! one of cowboy kyle and one of me cheerleading in the fall!

the day after...

2007-03-30T11:46:00.000-07:00

well, yesterday we had a very big event in Rexburg and espeically in our family. matt had a huge fire. it was massive!! the house was huge and matt spent about 5 hours working it yesterday! needless to say he is exhausted and sore today. he had so much fun though. we also got our new laptop, so we are trying to figure out all the bells and whistles, so there will be pictures soon of kyle too!! all is well here, only 1 more day of school this semester and then my parents are coming in 1 weeks, i can't wait to see them.

good day!

2007-03-26T12:41:00.000-07:00

today is a better day! i finally finished writing 3 10-page papers. yes, thats right 30 pages worth of writing is all done!! i could not be more excited. other than that, things are good. kyle is awesome. today he is wearing a basketball warm-up outfit that james and becca got for him. he is the cutest little balla!! well i have to run! by the way hi deb! we really miss you, but matt especially!!

2007-03-24T14:07:00.000-07:00

today is all about homework. kyle and matt are out playing and i am writing a paper on the Renaissance. it is really not fair. i wish i had more exciting stuff to do, but i don't. oh, i do plan on putting up pictures and stuff, but not until after finals, until then you will have to just read instead of look at how cute kyle is. all for now!!

hi!

2007-03-22T13:23:00.000-07:00

today there was a mini petting zoo on campus. Kyle thought that it was his job to take the mini horse for walks, so he just stole the reins from the girl and proceded to show everyone his new horse. he is perfect!! who couldn't love such a cute little horse trainer!