Tyler, Jody, and Lucy

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2012-01-19T17:17:00.000-08:00

Last week I had the chance to photograph a darling couple in my ward. We went to the Provo Library and had a lot of fun! Here is to you Katie and Vitali!!!

Desperate times calls for desperate measures

2012-01-09T20:22:00.000-08:00

Here's the deal. My child is a picky eater. No I take that back. She's not a picky eater, that is way too much credit, she is a like a non-eater, or maybe a food hater. Its not like she absolutely won't eat anything, she will, but only like 5 things. Seriously I could name on one hand the food my child will eat.
-Bread
-pizza
-breakfast food (well any sweet breakfast food, no eggs or meat or anything like that)
-horrible foods like anything covered with sugar, or chips or crackers and stuff like that (which we rarely give her because we don't buy it)
-peanut butter, she is CRAZY about peanut butter
-sometimes quesadilla's or a grilled cheese

Thats it. No fruit, no veggies, no meat. I have researched and researched until i could research no more about picky eaters, and they are all the same. All the same advice. And i have tried it all. Multiple times. In fact, she has gone to bed hungry right now. She is SO stubborn that she could care less about going to bed hungry. And its not because she isn't hungry that she won't eat, she is, she just wants the above mentioned food, and nothing else. I REFUSE to be a restaurant and make a different thing for every person in our house. REFUSE. Thats not even an option in my house. So, time to cut to the chase.

The other day at the in-laws during dinner time I told everyone at the table "if you can get Lucy to eat 1 bite (of anything besides the above mentioned food) I would give you $100". Needless to say, my wallet is still full. I do not know what to do. I am at my wits end. I lose sleep over this. I have prayed more times about this than I pray for my food to "nourish and strengthen our bodies". If anyone out there has any USEFUL info to get Lucy to eat, no joke, i will pay you $100. No if's, and's, or but's. I will come to your door with a $100 bill. You know what they say, "Desperate times calls for desperate measures".

Blah-ness

2012-01-06T21:18:00.000-08:00

BLAH. Thats how I feel at the moment. Just when I thought I was home free, it hit me. Now I'm the sickie. Seriously what is it about winter time and getting sick. Its like an unspoken law of the universe that every winter, every person must get sick at least once, or the world will end. Luce is still sick but she is feeling MUCH better as her "spirited" little self is much more perky than before.

Speaking of... Today after work I got home and again, feeling blah, all I wanted to do was lay down, and Ty was tired too. Lucky for us, Lucy just woke up from her nap, so there went our dreams of having a dream, if only a brief one. So we piled into our bedroom and popped in Aladdin. See its somewhat genius on our end cause Lucy can't get off our bed, which means we don't have to chase her, and we can "relax" somewhat for the length of said Disney flick. Well she got restless so we put her down (rookie mistake on our end) and she went running off into her favorite place, our pantry (aka the lazy susan cupboard next to the oven). Both of us were too exhausted to go and get her as we hear rustlings going on in the kitchen. Next thing we know she comes sauntering in with no joke, a bowl of cereal. It was of course without milk in it, but still, a bowl of cereal. That Lucky Charms box was HUGE and just imagining her dumping the entire box onto the floor just to get a few marshmallows, made us shudder. So after the movie was over we put on a brave face and went to assess the damage. HA! To our surprise, Ty went in the kitchen, no mess there, no mess in the living room, or her room. Nothing but a few charms on a movie case. We were amazed. I think Ty even wiped a lone tear from his eye. Our little angel is all grown up!

Here are a few pictures that I have wanted to put up, to catch up from the past while. Visit to temple square, Christmas, first ever cake for a client, and some random funnies.

Awe... one of the many joys of winter, endless static

She is SUCH a girl. She has been OBSESSED with this tutu (and fairy wings) since the day she got it from Grandma King. (Don't mind the wack-a-doodle hair)

Christmas catch-up

2012-01-01T19:34:00.000-08:00

WOW. I honestly cannot believe that it is 2012. The month of December flew by faster than any month this year, and that is REALLY saying something! I swear it was just the other day we put our tree up. We had a crazy busy month, so many things going on all the time, i have been really bad at keeping up. But for the actual holiday we had a lot of fun. We went to G-town and celebrated with my sister and her family. It was fun to have little kids around for Christmas morning rather than just adults, and Lucy. We went to church and then went to my parents and met up with my other sister and her family there to have Christmas dinner. It was delish and fun to see everyone. The next day we had a little party to go to for miss Deja Butterfield as well as another Christmas party, again so much good food and fun. I made my very first fondant cake and surprisingly, it turned out better than expected and I didn't swear once during the process! A few years back the one thing that i REALLY wanted to accomplish was to one day be able to make a double layered cake, thats it, just a double layer, nothing special. And now a few years later I made a double layered, two tiered cake from scratch. See (I'm telling myself), I really can accomplish things, even if it takes a few years. I don't want to track down the cord for my phone to get pics off but I will do that shortly.
Then we went to Logan to celebrate with the King side. We were spoiled, of course, and celebrated "Christmas" for THREE days straight!!! Again, good food, good fun, and good family time. All the little girls (except lucy, until now) was sick the whole time we were there, but moral was high and so was the toddler energy. Now my poor baby is the most sick she has ever been, but at least she went down having fun.
Thanks to EVERYONE who made our Christmas a memorable one!

Being the new year, it is always infamous to make new goals and resolutions. I used to make a list of goals and then about Jan 7th they were all already down the drain. Since I have never made a resolution that I have kept, I haven't made any for the last few years. I think about them and kI think about ways that I can better myself or accomplish something, but I don't officially make a goal or write them down. I guess I feel like I am setting myself up for failure if I do. But I am SO excited to see what 2012 has in store for us. We have YET to have a calm and relaxed year. As my husband says, our lives seem to have something crazy, life changing even, going on. So Im excited to see what this year will bring us.

Sunny San Jorge and the stomach flu

2011-12-14T20:35:00.000-08:00

Gosh I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do! Sheesh its basically Christmas and I havent even written about Thanksgiving yet! Well I will start there...

For Thanksgiving we had the pleasure of journeying southward to sunny San Jorge (st. george in King language). It was fun and we had lots of fun hanging out and relaxing (sorta) and just vacationing. Lucy got sick Wed night and threw up everywhere in her crib in the middle of the night. Poor thing. We didnt notice until we went to get her in the morning. So she had the stomach flu for a few days and gave it to a few people (not me, WHEW) but she was surprisingly really happy and playful the whole time. You never would have known she was sick. We took a few family pics in the beautiful red rock too.

Lucy was THRILLED in this one. Nice...

Now we are here just preparing and bracing ourselves for the next holiday speedily approaching. Ty is FINALLY done with finals and made it through his first semester as a grad student!!! HOORAY!! We are proud of you daddy!!! Im not going to lie I have gotten a lot done for this Christmas season, but I still feel like I have SO much more to do and only like 11 days to do it!!! Also I am making my first cake that someone asked me to do!!! I am SUPER excited (and kinda nervous) to do little Deja Butterfields birthday cake. Per her request, I shall do a Minnie Mouse cake with polka dots and ribbon to adorn. Photos will shortly arrive on this here blog, so hopefully it wont turn in to a disaster. Lets keep our fingers crossed...

Chalk one up on the Lucy board

2011-11-18T20:10:00.001-08:00

Oh my little child. My little, little, naughty, gross, beautiful girl. You sure have done it this time! Wow. Just wow. I am speechless actually.

Ok here is the story. Tyler and I were watching a movie tonight and our little, dear, sweet child was all up in our grill. We descided "hey, we NEVER get to spend time together, just us, so lets put her in our room and turn on a movie". I know, we are great parents. So there she goes, in to watch her favorite show as of late, Beauty and the Beast. We saunter on back every so often to check up on her and see if she needs anything or what not. So our movie ends and I go back to check on her and as soon as I walked into the room I noticed she had something in her fingers. Something small, round, and... brown. I also noticed her hand was coming from her diaper... I ran over to her, praying that the obvious was just a vicious trick played on my mind, but no, nope, no tricks here in the King home, no tricks, just a bunch of little turd-letts scattered strategically across our beautiful, freshly clean bed. I dont remember the words or the decibel level that came out of my mouth, but Ty came running. I just remember the words "GROSS", "Lucy, dont ever do that again!" and "GROSS" and "Lucy that is cah-cah (yes i use baby words, sue me)" and "GROSS". Did i mention how gross? Thank HEAVEN that it was in little pebbles and not schmere stuff. THANK HEAVENS!!! I can tell you one thing. And please fast forward if you are sensitive, but I know my child, and if there is one thing I know, Lucy STILL puts things in her mouth... EWE, gross, EEEEWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEE, ewe, ewe, gross, BLAH, I CANT GET THAT IMAGE OUT OF MY BRAIN!!! And now neither can you. Sorry. But I DID warn you. To say the least her hands were scrubbed and her teeth are more clean then they ever have been. Oh my dear child, my curious, curious child. Why do you hate us?!

Jealousy and Lloyd Christmas

2011-11-17T17:43:00.001-08:00

Yesterday was a big day in the King home. We cut Lucy's hair for the FIRST time yesterday!! It was so exciting! She was bawling basically the whole time, mostly because it was her nap time and she was draped in weird black cloaks. But she did great! Before the hair cut she looked pretty much like Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber. Im not kidding, we would call her Lloyd all the time. We cut only about an inch off, just to even out her hair. Not much change at all, in fact you probably would never even notice the change. We took pics but they are on Ty's iPod and i dont want to download them right now.

Speaking of Ipod. How many techies out there are obsessed with iPods (of any variety), T.v.'s, the latest gaming system, pretty much anything that is new technology? Not you? Me either, not my cup of hot chocolate (although some of that does sound good right now). I dont reallly care much about it at all. My husband on the other hand is OBSESSED!!! In fact I dont think that is a strong enough word. We are talking about a guy who has gone through THREE iTouch's! Well today I have broken my husbands heart. Literally he hasnt been the same since we found out the news...

My phone is HORRID, i hate it in fact. I have had it for a little over a year now and it has been on the frits about a year. So today it totally bit the dust. We went to Verizon and low and behold it has wter damage? Weird, i have never set it or dropped it in any sort of liquid. Anyway, since i am up for an upgrade we have descided on me probably getting an iPhone. I was totally against it in the beginning. But I either get another crappy phone that will probably go out fast again, or I get some kind of a smartphone. But then again, is it a waste of my time spending $100 on a phone that I dont even care about. But then Ty convinced me that it really is the way to go because most all cell phone compainies are trying to phase out your plain jane phones to these "internet capable" cool phones. Whatev. Anyway now my husband is seriously distraught and depressed that I get an iPhone before him. He has wanted one since the word iPhone even existed and I could care less about one. Sorry hun!

In other news, I cant believe that in one week it is Thanksgiving!! WHAT?! Its basically Christmas, which means it is basically 2012, which means Lucy is 2 years old!!! I cannot have a TWO year old people!! We are taking off to sunny St Jorge (this is how we pronounce it in my house) for the turkey fest and we cant WAIT!

I swear there was something else I was going to blog about but I cant put my finger on it, literally, ok that was a bad pun, i dont even know if I get it! Also I just looked up Lloyd Christmas on google and I have been totally wrong, its Harry who we compare Lucy's hair too. Oops!

Happy Halloween!!!

2011-10-31T12:18:00.000-07:00

So I think I mentioned that I was in a cake decorating class. This was my final project! Im not going to lie, I was kind of impressed with how it turned out!!

Here are my little lambies. Arent they the cutest!!! Dad was a good sport.

One of our favorite parts of the costume is her little tail that wags when she runs. Its SO FUNNY!!!

This is grandmas costume that she bought and we just HAD to borrow it. This is the funniest little costume ever! She also took home first place cutest costume at our ward party!

And here is me, Little Bo Peep with my baby sheep

My sheepies again frolicking in the ~~pasture~~ grass

Odds and happy endings

2011-10-24T20:09:00.000-07:00

Lately I find myself at odds with Lucy. The last 2 weeks for some reason we have just been butting heads. This same thing also happened like 2 months ago. I dont know if it is her or me but someone has some serious SASS that needs to be dealt with! Everything is "NOOOOO!" or a fit or some kind of meltdown. Maybe its because she is almost 2 or maybe its because she is teething. Or maybe it really is me and Im just in a bad mood! I dont know. But I tell you what, kids certainly have a way with turning things in its opposite pretty quickly.

Let me give you a little back story. We try to be strict with Lucy a little and we do put her in time out and we do repremand her for doing naughty things. Dont get me wrong, we play with her and laugh and let her get away with plently. I always try to keep the motto of "Say yes to children as often as you can". So before you all call child protective services on us, just keep that in mind. BUT... I digress. When she does get punished or repremanded she will likely throw a little fit and then quickly be ok and things are great and she for the most part wont do the thing anymore that got her in trouble to begin with, and life goes on. She doesnt really cry and doesnt get really sad or or her feelings hurt. Like I said, maybe a little tantrum on the way to timeout for a few seconds and then she is fine. Back to my story...

Today she has just been into everything and tearing things apart and getting into things she KNOWS she isnt supposed to. Lets not even get started with dinner, (or her eating habits that stress me to know end) and throwing food all over and dragging things here and there... the list goes on. Well just before we put her down for the night we were trying to get her to fold her arms for prayer time and all of a sudden WHAP, she smacks Ty in the face... Immediately we tell her no and that we do not hit and that it hurt daddy and Ty very firmly tells her "NO Lucy!" She fell absolutely silent and stared at Ty for a second and then nestles into his chest. I Look at her and notice her little lip start to stick out as she lets out a little tiny whimper and her eyes start to fill up with tears. She didnt ever actually break down and cry but she just had that look where her heart has just been shattered and she is fighting back the tears. We have NEVER seen her react this way before. Ty and I looked and each other and our hearts were broken... We both started to tear up because of her little emotions and it was the saddest little thing! I still get a little choked up when I think about her little lip stick out and quiver like it did. And during our prayer she gave daddy a little kiss and nestled back into his chest.

And this my friends is the reason I have a child. And will continue to have more for that matter. Because no matter how hard it is to raise them, there is always a tender moment like this that makes me realized just how blessed I truly am. I have never in my life felt the type of love that feel for Lucy. Every night before we go to bed we will go in her room to check on her and we just stare at her adorable little face and stroke her hair and chubby cheeks and just marvel at how precious she is and how happy we are. Often times a tear or two will leak out and every hard day or moment we have just disappears.

2011-10-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

Alrighty... Gosh It seems I never post these days. I guess I just feel like there is nothing new to share. Everything is fine and dandy, same ol' same ol'. Well I guess there is something new. I started a cake decorating class!!! Its so fun and I have learned a lot. I really want to start doing cakes, so if you know anyone... I still need to take the nest two class, so by December I should be a pro!!

Last weekend I had the pleasure of taking family pictures of some of our best friends! It was so much fun. We love the Trythalls!!! Here are a few pics that I promised to post for them.

We also saw this little guy slithering along. I bet if Blake hadnt have spotted it, we TOTALLY would have stepped on it!!! CREEPY!!! Also we really think it is a real life baby rattle snake!!!

Long overdue

2011-09-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

So I finally got the gumption to edit my sis-in-laws wedding pictures (dont worry, i wasnt her real photographer, so there was no rush). Her wedding was so cute, and it turned out fantastically (is that even a word?). Here is a little shout out to the latest a greatest newly-wed couple out there, The Bangerters!!!

This one makes me laugh because it looks like Catherine is totally picking a fight with Andrews mom, and Caits is like "hello people!!! This is my day!!!"

Also not much going on around here. Well actually Ty is back in school and is working two jobs!! Holy smokes huh! Well they are on campus and the rule is you cant work over 20-22 or so hours a week (both jobs together) so its not that bad. But speaking of work... I have a confession... I am having a REALLY hard time deciding something. In fact I have been losing sleep, lots of it, and stressing out about this decision. We think we are going to take the plunge and quit my job and stay at home with Lucy. It has been in the mix for a while now, I am just having a hard time actually doing it. Im scared. I have had a job since I was like 14, everyone in my family has had to have a full time job their whole lives, and I honestly I am scared of what people will think of me. I feel like people will think I am a huge slacker, or entitled, or not contributing to my family and making my husband do it all. I am having a REALLY really hard time with this. But other than that... not much is going on.

But if I do quit my job I am considering advertising more about photography and maybe trying to take more peoples pictures. Also I am starting to get into baking. I am starting up a cake decorating class next week and this is something I have always wanted to do. So maybe Ill make cakes for people! So if you guys need a cake (or pretty much anything bakery) or need some photos taken... Think of me!!!!

Lucy is getting so big, as usual. She is still a sassy pants full of energy little ball of fire and it is really funny!!! Seriously, we think she is trying to cast a spell on us! She points at us with such power and says (in a language we have yet to decode) BA-Uh-DUDDO!!!! Or something like that. Its really funny, maybe a little creapy, but still funny. What a silly girl. We sure do love her!

Whew!!!

2011-08-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

Man oh man, where on EARTH has August gone?! We have been so busy with so many things it feels like I blinked and its over. We have had a wedding (with two receptions), St George, an impromptu drive to Gunnison, Lucy's 18 mo check up, family parties, friends moving, friend get togethers.... And the list goes on. Its been so much fun. I want to blog about it all, but that's the problem. I dont really want to. I have been dreading blogging because Im so far behind, and I dont want to take the time to upload pictures, blah blah blah. Plus there are other things that I want to blog about. There are just so many things!!!
First off, have to start with my baby-kins. Lucy that is. She is the big 1-8 months!! That means nursery!!!! It couldnt have come faster, i tell you what!! The first time, she just ran in there and didnt look back, like "see ya mom and dad, im outta here"!! But the last two times for some reason, she cries and hugs my legs and looks at me so sadly, like i am leaving her forever. I can just hear her say "dont you love me?" Its really sad, but i leave and she gets over it and is back to normal in no time. Other than that, she finally weighs a whopping 20.9 lbs now. Im proud. I thought she would never be over 20 lbs and look, she is basically 21!!! Everything is right on target. the Dr asked if she is saying at least 8 words, and well, she isnt. She is having trouble in the dept. They said if within a month, she still hasnt caught on, we have to call a specialist. Immediately I thought to myself. I am a horrible parent. how can i teach a person to live in this world and not even be able to teach her how to speak. I still feel bad. What did or didnt I do? Is it because i didnt nurse her very much? is it because she was early? is it because i didnt really take vitamins while pregnant? The funny thing is, is since the Dr said that, she is picking up words all the time. She now officially says momma and dadda, not just says them because thats the jibberish that happens to fall out of her mouth, but actually says them specifically for tyler and i. The other day she brought a book over to me and said "boo?" (as in book without the "k"). Its so funny she also started counting. she says "wah, two, hee" she is obsessed with that now. but lately its "wah, two, wah, two, wah, two" really fast. She is starting to do actions, like itsy bitsy spider and stuff. So im not so worried anymore, she is getting it.

In other news. Ty started back up at the ol BYU yesterday. I wanted to take a picture of him with his backpack on holding his lunch sack, but i forgot, you'll just have to picture it. But we are so excited and he is going to do great. We for sure have an internship at Dixie State next summer. We are SSSOOO excited about that. We love St George, and this is the exact direction Ty wants to go for a career, so we are so lucky and blessed with that.

Also this weekend we are doing the Man vs. Mud 5k in Logan. Are we ready, well the question is. am I ready? I havent ran in like a month. And let me tell you, im NOT one of those people who never run and then actually go running and whip out a 10-miler. Or like my bro-in-law Cam who is basically on the Wendy's diet (except super slim of course) and never goes running, yet seems to smash everyone else in a race. I dont get it. I am not one of those people. Ty seems to think this is going to be really hard. He runs like 4 days a week... Oh boy...

Sorry no pics this time. Im just to lazy. Mostly because i havent edited any, and it takes forever to upload... BUT tune in next time to read about Ty and I's latest fav's and craves. I love to blog about new things we have tried that are a huge hit. You'll get that in my next post. I know, your just exploding with anticipation

A little G-town stock

2011-07-30T19:43:00.001-07:00

Last week my sister called me to do a somewhat impromptu photo shoot of all her family (the in-laws, not our family) So of course I said YES. So we loaded the Mazda once again for a road trip of a lifetime. Ok it wasnt THAT exciting, but we always love going to G-town to spend some quality time with the Stewarts. Here are a few shots that I took of the cute family...

The Stewart Grand kids

The WHOLE gang
My Bro-in-law and his sibs

My cute sis and hubby

The Belnap Family
And my cute niece and her cousin Cadence

It was a ton of fun! Even though I got 20 blasted mosquito bites on my legs! Anyone know anyone who is a pro photographer and a pro Gimp user who wants to make an amateur gal such as myself like unto themselves? Im DYING to get some great tips and tricks of the trade. Anyway ta-ta, fair-the-well, see ya, peace out, adios, chaio, bye bye, so long, ect. ect.

Jackson/Yellowstone

2011-07-19T20:04:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went with the Trythalls to Jackson WY and Yellowstone. It was a BLAST and a half. We loved every minute. Ty and I went up thursday afternoon and nikki and blake didnt end up coming til friday morning. I love Jackson, its such a cute little place that has a lot of rustic charm, not to mention its right smack dab in the middle of a mountain so you get lots of wild animals roaming around. I have so many pictures and videos to share, so please, bare with me...

First we saw these guys. Yes they are miniscule, my lame lens wasn't working right. You can only see one but there are two HUGE moose ,and this one had big antlers

Then we saw a ba-jillion buffalo about 50 yrds
You away from the road

Then there was this lonely fella just hanging out by itself in the field.
I was super excited because I have never seen a Pronghorn deer before.

But then when we were coming back from our safari these buffalo were right on the side of the road, we were about 20 yrds from them, then they eventually crossed the road, coming right at us and we got scared and drove off quickly!

That was only the first day with Ty and I out on the safari. The next day we only saw these with the Trythalls. We, well I, saw as small moose but we were too fast on the busy highway to stop and turn around to get a picture. The bottom picture we were literally 10 yards away from that HUGE thing. We were probably WAY too close, and that was dumb on our part, but I figured we were in our car and it was ok...

Then the next day was YELLOWSTONE DAY!!!! I was more than excited to go because I have never been and I had heard, from a VERY close source that its the Disneyland version of national parks. I was expecting a few bears, tons of huge elk, a few moose, and maybe, just maybe a real life wolf!!! Can I just say OVERRATED!!!! I was HUGELY disappointed in Yellowstone. There is no doubt that there are millions of animals there, but the forest is SUPER dense that you can only see in like maybe 20 yards at best from the main roads. And its not like you can just go on some unpaved roads off in to no-mans land either, you have to stay on the main road. The only way you would see lots is if you were to go back country hiking or maybe go to the west part which i hear is less dense and more open. Or if you were lucky and an animal just HAPPEN to be ON the road where you are, even off to the side is questionable. But I do have to say that Yellowstone lake and Old Faithful was pretty awesome. But all in all lame-o!!! But on our way, while we were still in Teton park we just happen to catch these...

A momma grizzly and her two cubs!!!! We have also never seen a grizzly either. This was by far the highlight!!!

Ok and last but not least a few more fun shots that I had fun taking.

Season of Summer!!!

2011-07-06T20:41:00.001-07:00

Gosh this summer has been so busy for us so far, and its just the tip of the iceberg to boot! Well July is pretty tame we only have a couple of things going on but August, holy smokes we have something going on EVERY weekend and even in the mid-weeks too. Sheesh! We are excited though. Some fun things are Bear Lake, Sanpete (multiple times), Logan (multiple times), St. George (you guessed it, multiple times), Jackson/Yellowstone and just good ol' P-town, aka Provo. Ok that one doesn't count cause we live here BUT you get the point.

So the other week we went to our good friends, some of our most favorite people, the Barton's to have a farewell BBQ because they sniff sniff, are sniff sniff, moving sniff, to Denver wwwaaaaaaaa!!! We are super sad they are leaving, but super excited because they have a rockin job opportunity and of course that means we have a reason to go to Denver now!!! It was a blast and they asked me to take a few family pics of them to commemorate their last few weeks in Utah. Of course I was honored and agreed. Here are a few:

Adorable family

Like Mommy like baby!

Get a load of these CHEEKS!!! I cant. handle. them!!

Little Buddies. Except we missed Deja and Tay in there, BOO

Also the other week Lucy had the hardest day. First I was getting ready for church and she was just messing around as usual. I left for two seconds and came back just as she pulled down my flat iron and grabbed the plates!!! It was SO sad, and i felt like a horrible mother. Her little baby fingers instantly blistered really bad and she was so sad. I hurried to the store to grab some burn jell stuff and gauze to wrap her fingers in but she wouldn't keep it on. So we resorted to taping a mitten on her hand, she thought that was pretty cool. Not to mention she totally fell down the stairs at the Nixons house, and didnt get a nap. Poor BABY!!!

And here is a spaghetti shot for good measure

Oh ya I guess the biggest news as of yet is that Ty got a JOB!!!! Hooray!!!! I am so proud of him. Its the perfect job for him and for what he wants to do in the future. He is working with the Alumni department for the Family Home and Social Sciences school at BYU and he is the man in charge of this new program to reach out to Alum and current students and meld them together. We are SUPER excited!!!

Lucy vs. The Pool

2011-06-07T19:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Lucy started swimming lessons. I was SSSOOO excited and seeing her in her cute little swim suit is ADORABLE!!! She was less than thrilled with the whole thing.

Also this is her awesome laugh. Just had to stick this in cause who doesnt love listening to babies laugh

LITTLE Lucy

2011-05-21T09:10:00.001-07:00

Last week we spent the weekend in Logan. We went to help Bryce with the Health Days festival thing that he was in charge of and to get away. It hasnt been since January that we had been to Logan so we thought it was about HIGH time we get up there. Saturday we ran the 5k in Smithfield and it went pretty well. We all did really well. My mother-in-law killed us all in time though. Nice, a woman in her late 40's totally destroyed her children that are more than half her age. She was AWESOME!! I am proud to say I smashed my last time by almost 10 minutes!! But trust me, its not saying much, this girl that was about 15-20 yards ahead of me the whole time stopped and walked probably 10 times and i STILL never caught up to her, thats how slow I am. But it was fun and I am glad I did it.
Yesterday we had Lucy's well check visit. Ty took her in since I was at work and I get a text that Lucy is still only a WHOPPING 18 lbs!!! WHAT!!! She hasnt gained an ounce in 3 months. I felt like the worst mom ever!!! She is the tiniest, skinniest baby and I feel like its all my fault. She is less than the 5th percentile, and that is also for her adjusted age of 13 months instead of 15 months. Nice. I swear on everything we feed our child. She is just so picky and she NEVER stops moving to boot. But seriously I feel HORRIBLE!!! So immediately after work I went to wally world (I hate the orem wal-mart btw!!!) and stocked up on pediasure, avacados, olives to add to our 3 jars of peanut butter and other high fat food to hopefully sneak some weight on this little munchkin. I hate that the nurse said just to feed her icecream, cookies, french fries and any other horrible food. Like I am really going to stuff my childs face with junk food all day. Seriously? And we wonder why there is a HUGE epidemic of obesity in our country. But one thing I could NOT find was full fat yogurt. All they had was low-fat. Does anyone know where to get full-fat kind? What brand? Anyway, in my goal to LOSE ten pounds I am determined for Lucy to GAIN 10 pounds. Ok maybe not 10 for Luce, I'll settle for 5. Heck, Ill even take 1!!!!

2011-05-08T20:49:00.001-07:00

Wow so much to blog about and so little time I swear!! This past month and this current month are SUPER busy for us but I like to feel busy and of course its the good busy where we get to do awesome things. For example, the last weekend in April I went to Women's Conference with the King girls and we also just hung out just us girls and did wedding stuff and ate a LOT of cupcakes. It was fun but after two days straight of 20,000+ women all together for 8 hours a day, I was exhausted!!! But it was great and lots of fun. Sorry no pics, Catherine has them all

Also today we just got back from the BEAUTIFUL St George!!! We were SO lucky to be able to go with the Kings to St George to celebrate a great family friends wedding and enjoy one of our favorite places also. Ty and I LOVE St George, we would move there in a second if we had a house, a job, and didnt have to worry about the 4 hour commute to BYU we would have to take. Oh man, we LOVE it. It was so nice to finally be in warm weather!!! We also experienced a new restaurant. Its called Anasazi and its INCREDIBLE!!! They sear your meat before they bring it to you but they bring it on a 700 degree rock that you continue to cook it on to your liking. It was SO good. All they season it with is salt, thats it, and it is SUCH good flavor, it needs nothing else. Not to mention the chocolate fondue we had for dessert!!! OH. MY.!!!!! They make it for you right at your table and they bring a platter with all kinds of fruit, pretzels, cheesecake, cream puffs, the WORKS. YOU HAVE TO GO!!! Did we mention we LOVE St. George!!!! I could go on, but I shall continue...

Next week we are going to Logan to help out Ty's brother put on this 5k race for his work. I am in NO shape to run 3 miles, but Im committed to not wuss out.

Then we just have other random stuff followed by a weekend in good ol Sanpete for Memorial Day. That is a special weekend for us. It was almost 3 years ago that my sister Holly passed away and FINALLY we have set a date to do her temple work, and its memorial weekend. Its about time!!! We are excited and truly feel it a blessing to do this.

Also last weekend we went and took some "Easter" pictures of Lucy and here are a few for your entertainment.

Good day

2011-05-02T18:59:00.000-07:00

Today is a great day. Not only is it the beginning of one of my most favorite months of the year, but it was actually starting to warm up outside!! Also Ty had a meeting with a professor of the communications department at BYU and it went REALLY well. Turns out Ty got the assistantship that he applied for!!! I cannot tell you how glad we are for that!! SO BLESSED! He also learned that he was 1 of only TEN students that got accepted into BYU's program. HOLY SMOKES. Way to go hun!! Also this week we are heading down south to thoroughly enjoy the hot sun and some wedding bliss. What a good day!! But most of all today is a great day because 3 years ago today I married this handsome devil...

Wow 3 years... So much has happened. So much incredible, awesome, worrisome, heartbreaking, breathtaking, spiritual, stressful, beautiful memories we will have to share. I love my Tyler more than I could have ever imagined loving anyone. No one could be more perfect for me, than him.
I Love you sweetheart, forever and for always

Happenings

2011-04-24T19:34:00.000-07:00

Gosh so much to catch up on!!

First off I am officially OVER a quarter of a century old. I cant believe it myself. Im still so young but I just think of how fast time goes by, pretty soon Im going to be a half century and not even realize!! My birthday fell on a Sunday so really I had a whole weekend celebration. Ty took me to the BYU ballroom dance show, totally awesome by the way, and we went out to eat and just hung out. We have a tradition where we make breakfast in bed for the special day but sadly, my day was fast Sunday so the french bread I bought specifically for my breakfast, didnt get used :(

Oh ya, this is BIG news!! Lucy FINALLY has some teeth!! Her two bottom ones are finally in, with no others in sight. They are so cute, her little teethies, they make me laugh. She is such a little girl now, not so much a baby. Just the things she does its just so grown-up and childlike. Like her little poses she does when she is watching something, its so funny it looks like a little girl trying to be ultra cool. She hasnt figured out the hand on the hip thing yet, thankfully, but Im sure its on its way. She is our little spitfire sassy pants. She still isnt really saying many real words yet but she jabbers ALL DAY LONG!!! She doesnt stop, ever. Its so funny!!

What else. Oh ya So i totally hit the jackpot this time of year. Poor Ty, first we have Valentines Day, then its my birthday, shortly followed by our anniversary AND Mothers Day!!! Boo-YA. Its pretty awesome.

New Day

2011-03-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

Well friends today is a new day. Well everyday is a new day, but today, today is the beginning of a new life! Ok that is a little dramatic BUT I am proud to announce that today is the first day since the age of NINE that I have had ALL my teeth!!! Its true. When I was a little girl, for many reasons that I cannot remember i had to have 2 of my molars removed. Since then, I have had 2 HORRIBLE bridges that were glued on to the teeth on either side of the missing teeth and they would fall out a day after the dentist put them back in. This happened more times then I could count until finally i just left them out and had to go hillbilly style. It was annoying, embarrassing even though people couldnt see it, and just frustrating. Its been a long haul but finally I get to enjoy any food without worrying if it will ruin anything, and the peace of mind knowing that I am whole again!!! Ok, so I sound like those cheesy people on the Clear Choice commercials. But i am SSOOO happy about it!!! p.s i didnt do Clear Choice just fyi

So now that I have a full mouth of pearly white chompers, I am also proud to announce that my wonderful husband has gotten in to ALL of the grad schools he has applied!!! I dont mean to toot our horn, but remember one year ago when we were DENIED to ALL the schools he applied, and how we were so lost on what we were doing with our lives, and where do we go from here, and what do we do now, and starting all over from scratch and it was SUCH a leap of pure faith to completely revamp our future. Well, I certainly remember, and for that i WILL toot our horn!!! When we were deciding what on earth we were going to do with our lives I prayed so hard everyday that something will come up, that we can be lead to opportunities that will be good for our family, and less that a year later we figured out what we were to do. When we were applying to schools again these last few months I prayed again so hard that if this was the right path that maybe we could get into just one school, just to confirm the choice we made. Can I just tell you how wonderful it is to know that you are on the right path!!! Im so glad for Ty and how hard he has worked to get to where we are.

P.s. it looks like we will probably be staying in P-town a while longer as one of those schools is BYU and there is NO WAY Ty would give up returning to his dream school again!!!

p.p.s. Lucy is walking!!! Well she is mostly still hanging on to things and crawling BUT we can get her walk all over the house when we get her in a courageous mood that is. Once i figure out how to upload a video, i will prove it!!!

2011-03-07T20:18:00.000-08:00

So right now I am staring out the window sobbing a silent sob of sorrow. Pretty sad huh. The good thing about snow in the spring, well its almost spring, is that the snow never lasts for too long. And thank the heavens above for that one. I have come down with a severe case of spring fever and the only way to break it is the warmth of the golden sun.

Enough about that. The other day, Saturday to be exact, Lucy and I had a girls night at the mall. IT was really fun. While daddy was at work we were busy spending all of his bucks on the CUTEST little outfits. She was in desperate need of 12 month clothes, as she is pretty close to fitting in them now. Macy's was having a KILLER sale and although I went in to purchase pants, I left with 2 outfits, 2 dresses, and 2 pants. Everything was at least 50% off for there 1 day sale and I thought I better stock up while its cheap. Not to mention the CUTEST swimsuit from Crazy 8. Lets see if I can upload a picture of the ridiculousness. Actually we will just give a link. P.s. the back is as cute or even cuter than the front!
http://www.crazy8.com/shop/dept_item.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524445989566&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374306249045&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395917465&bmUID=1299558388367&productSizeSelected=0&fit_type=

So lately I am crazy about my Pandora mix. I put it on Norah Jones and most of the time it ROCKS!!! Not that I am a huge fan of Norah, I do like her, but I love the mix of stuff it brings up. I have to tell you about James Morrison, not the jazz musician. i LOVE his stuff these days. You should check him out on iTunes. Also there is a Genius list of people that sound like him and basically you have my Pandora mix. LOVE IT!!!

Also running was hard tonight for some reason. I almost cried. I only went like 1 1/2 miles. But it was killer. Nights like tonight make me wonder why I ever want to work towards a 10K. But alas, my life will go on. Night night!!

Lucy 1 year Pics

2011-02-28T11:21:00.001-08:00

So here are Lucy's 1 year pictures that I took. I cant wait til it gets warm so I can go outside to take her pics. Indoors are so hard for me!!! I didnt get as many as I hoped but here are a few of my baby girl.
Also today is the day Tyler officially applied to BYU grad school. We are SSOOO nervous!!!

Birthday Girl

2011-02-21T09:53:00.000-08:00

I cant believe my beautiful baby girl is 1year old! Man oh man the time has flown!! Friday was her official birthday and we were super lame and didnt do anything. Both Ty and I had to work so we just celebrated Saturday and it was a lot of fun! We had so many people over in our little appt for a party. We were a little squished but it was fun to celebrate with so many people who love Lucy. Here are a few pictures to commemorate.

I know my cake frosting skills rock

Opening an awesome gift from the Stewarts

Our girl is spoiled already!

Once again on the cake decorating

Its funny to see just how big her cupcake is compared to her
Mmmm YUMMY!!!

Miracle

2011-02-07T09:08:00.001-08:00

So a couple of months ago I tried putting our video camera's SD card in our laptop to post a video. Low and behold it got stuck inside our computer. Like REALLY stuck, eventually ending up inside by and inch or so. I found out yesterday my hand-man husband got it out somehow and so I wanted to find it to get all the stuff that was on it. This was SO precious to me as it had everything on it from Lucy's first hours/days born and her first pictures, everything. We couldnt find it!!! It was no where to be found. I almost had a serious panick attack. We put our current SD card in and it just had stuff from the summer-current and nothing from when she was born. I was searching frantically to find the other SD card that got stuck and then unstuck. Then suddenly Ty put the current card in the computer AGAIN just to see if we over looked what was on it and all of a sudden they all popped up!!! MIRACLE!!! Here is just a little video for your enjoyment, I cant believe how little she was!

2011-02-03T12:08:00.001-08:00

So here i sit awaiting my wonderful husbands return from work so that I myself can go. And how I wish so badly that I didnt have to go. I actually want to clean my house, like really CLEAN it, and look for a new vacuum, take Lucy's 1-year pictures and just hang out with my buddies. I also wish that I can work from home. Not doing what I do now of course, but doing what I love!! Like going to D.I and buying something ugly and turning it into something cool (pictures to come) or make greeting cards, or go out and take pictures, and the best part, doing it on my own time and in my own way! I dream of that day quite often. But I am so grateful for the job that i have and that I DO have a job when so many people dont. I am so grateful for my boss and my coworkers too.

So I am going to attempt to take Lucy's one year old pictures in the next couple of days and I a little hesitant. The last time I tried taking her pics she was about 1 month old flailing and screaming and peeing all over the place and I wanted to pull my hair out. Thats when I hired a professional. But I am hopeful that I can do these myself and not have to spend oodles of dollars to get the look and feel that I want. Lets face it, I am a picky picky picture person, I cant just go to JcPenney or target and have someone take yucky, stuffy, forced, no-fun, ugly pictures! Yep I said it, and Im not taking it back! So hopefully in the next couple of days I can get some pictures up that are public-worthy.

On that note, my lovey is back and now I have to go. Ta-ta!

2011-01-23T15:52:00.000-08:00

Greetings one and all! Today is a great day. This actually was a great week! Last week Ty had surgery on his nose. He had a deviated septum among other things that needed to be fixed. So under the knife he went and 2 hours later he was all fixed. High as a kite, but fixed non-the-less. It was awesome I went in the recovery room and he was just happy as a clam. The five questions he would ask right in a row were "where is Lucy, is she sleeping?", "is my nose huge?", "do I have black eyes?", and "your so pretty". He honestly said those things at least 5 times right in a row. I said "buddy can I get you anything?" and he replied "just a Jody sandwich" or something to that affect. So that weekend was a LONG weekend, draining, and hard. But he is doing great and finally being able to breath again!

So today was a great day. Not just because it was Sunday and we got to go and praise the Lord, dont get me wrong, that is cause enough for a great day, but today, today we have peace of mind. Last night after I put Lucy to bed and while Ty was at work, I sat down and filed our taxes. Last year we got HOSED with our tax return, but not this year!!! After every page of questions I was so worried to click submit for fear that the amount of the return would vanish. But instead it just kept going up and up!! Finally, FINALLY we get a real savings started. Finally we can buy a vacuum, one from a real store, not one from the 1960's that weighs 50 lbs, squeeks, stinks, and makes me think about swearing every time i use it, ("use" is a loose term). And we get to buy Lucy a big girl car seat!! Gosh now I know why Ty's brother and his family have a baby every year, because its like winning the lottery without sinning! To bad we didnt buy a house too.

So speaking of Lucy getting a big girl car seat, I cant believe she is to the point where she gets to have one! My little baby girl is basically in college now and it makes me want to cry. Not just because she is getting so big so fast and soon she wont be my "little" shnookie bear but because the vast realization of having to start thinking about getting pregnant again will be soon upon us. Ya, ya say what you want, the fact of the matter is, I dont LOVE being pregnant. Im not even going to get into this topic because I could go on for years about loving/hating pregnancy, but I wont. I just wont. I love my baby like nobody's business, and that wont stop me from having more kids, and yes we had to use fertility medicine to get her here, but that doesnt mean I have to love every second of being pregnant! I dont HATE being pregnant, but I dont love it either. Ok here i am getting all worked up...

In other news... Our home teachers today gave us a challenge to bare our testimony's or share a part of the gospel in our cyber world on a weekly basis. So here is mine for today. I know that Christ lives and loves us. I do. I KNOW it. It is as simple as that. Those times that are ridiculously hard, shape our lives and make us better, stronger and bring us closer to the Lord. This year Tyler and I have put that to the test for sure and here we are, we have more blessings than we can count, and we love each other and the Church more than ever. The countless things that have "gone wrong" this year has made us more strong than I think we thought we ever could be and made us realize that WE CAN DO HARD THINGS. The Lord isnt going to leave us hanging he will help us, to where he see's fit. This i know is true!

Photos, Christmas, and new beginings

2010-12-28T20:08:00.000-08:00

Well first thing is first. So remember how I was STRESSING so much about this wedding I had to photograph the other weekend ago. Well, it came and went and I havent even blogged about it. I have to say first off, the wedding was AWESOME!! My good friend Jenni and her lovely new husband "E" (his name is a little hard to pronounce so he goes by E) were as gorgeous and darling as ever as they tied the knot. Everyone was dapper and sparkling and there were lots of lit Christmas trees, awesome African inspired food, dancing, AMAZING African wedding garb and the most adorable little kids around. We had a lot of fun. However, my fears did come true. I was SO nervous that the lighting was going to be horrible and the pictures would therefore suffer immensely and it happened. I could salvage them a little and get some good shots but the quality of the actual image is not the best and for this it makes my heart break. I am so nervous that she is going to be upset with them and forever remember her big day as grainy and low quality when she looks at these pictures. But unless I rented studio lighting and all this fancy equipment to help out with the lighting, I think this was as good as it would have gotten. Honestly, there wasnt anything else I could have done. But I still kick myself for it. But here is a little view of the "better" ones that were taken .

First the wonderful cake made my by old roommate Brittany, she is the Martha Stewart of Utah

The first moment together as they venture on their new lives. I loved the look on E's face

A little moment of the bride getting ready

A shot outside, it was FREEZING and windy

This one is my fave. The look on Jenni's face is priceless!

The grooms sister and niece, aren't they GORGEOUS!

As for my next item of business. Christmas! We had a great Christmas season. It came and went faster than ever this year I swear. We went to the Kings and enjoyed the great traditions and family time that we had. My in-laws, I cant remember who actually, got the Wii game Wipeout, SO FUN!! We love this t.v. show and the game is hilarious, if you have a Wii we recommend it. Also Just Dance 2 was a blast as well. We all got matching pj's and this years theme was Moose. I will have to get Catherine to send me some pics of us, especially Lucy, she was adorable and her pj's were so funny! She got a mini Kitchen thing from G&G King and she LOVES it, that was a major hit. Oh AND I finally got a pair of boots!!! Here is a picture of them, in brown. They are even cuter in real life.
http://www.dsw.com/shoe/bare+traps+trystine+boot?prodId=207536&cm_mmc=GPS-_-all-_-BareTraps-_-207536&mr:trackingCode=9968A0FD-A99C-DF11-904F-002219319097&mr:referralID=NA

So all in all we had a great holiday and I CANNOT believe the New Year is basically here. I complain about the time moving so fast that Tyler always tells me "your going to be fifty and not even enjoy the years you have had because your so worried that the time is going to fast". Which is true, BUT IT IS!! I cant handle it. My baby is almost 1 whole year old!! This just simply will not do! I am bracing myself for that day so i dont have a total meltdown.

Which reminds me, so Tyler and I have found ourselves on a path this year that has lead us down so many twists and turns, forks and T's and in and out of the woods and traffic more than our whole lives combined. We have now come to the conclusion that more school is in the cards for us. Everything we have come up with, every career option, life goals, you name it, all seems to be pointing toward more schooling. As much as Tyler is so nervous for doing this, we have decided to apply to Grad school for next fall. We are a little gun shy as the last debacle over this didnt quite pan out the way we had imagined and were denied to ALL 5 grad schools all in the most stressful and difficult week of ours lives. But we feel really good about this direction and the "current" path we are on. He has decided that the sports world is where we need to be and that is what he loves most. So Sports Communication is what he will get his Master's in. We are so far applying to Weber, SUU, Utah, U of Denver, and ASU so keep your fingers crossed for us, we need it desperately!

Lucy Lu

2010-12-13T20:13:00.000-08:00

Well its been a bit since I have put any pictures in here of Lucy, well good ones anyway. On Sunday Ty and I decided that it is hi-time we get some good pictures of Lucy before she is in college. So we headed over to the Riverwoods before church and snapped a few photos of our cutie-pie. Here is a bunch of our fav's.
So this coming Saturday I have a wedding to shoot. I am pretty nervous. Well, really really nervous actually. I am doing the whole she-bang, the ceremony, after ceremony pics, dancing, cake cutting, everything. I am so nervous. If I mess up, they will never get this moment back. My pictures are all they have to remember this blissful event. Oh boy. I think I will need a few prayers.

I need help AGAIN!!

2010-11-12T20:58:00.000-08:00

Ok thank you all for your thoughts on my dilemma on skinny jeans and boots. Well I have a new dilemma. This doesnt have to do with fashion though. So my family drew names for Christmas just like always except this year we changed it up a little. Instead of each person (spouses included) drawing out a name we did it as families this time. Great idea, because instead of spending $90+ on presents for two adults and one kid, we only spend $50 on the whole family. So here is my problem. I drew my eldest, or I shall say most wise sister and her family. Love my sis, love the fam, but what on this earth do I get them?!! She is just recently married and now they have a mixed family. The kids range from 10-23 and none of them really like the same things and there are a total of 7 people that I have to think about. I NEED IDEAS!!! PA-LEASE

In other news, Lucy is dangerously close to crawling, dangerously! Im nervous because now she will be into everything! But excited because a new stage is always exciting. Also my dreams have finally come true and we can now do Lucy's room! I cannot WAIT!! I have been waiting for this since before I was pregnant. Anytime I can decorate or dream about decorating is like a big breath of fresh air in a floral shop, but outside, maybe in the mountains on a beautiful spring day, just after it rains. Literally. I just refinished her changing table, found it on KSL for $25. And I we are currently looking at paint samples and deciding on a style. Dont your worry yourselves, pictures will come!

Problem solved

2010-11-01T19:52:00.000-07:00

So I did it. I took the plunge and bought my first pair of skinny jeans. And you know what? I LOVE THEM! I am definitely going to by more. I think the key is you have to try and try and try them on, a bunch of kinds, you cant just settle on trying on one pair. I know my tush doesnt just fit into any pair of jeans its the hardest part of shopping in my opinion I have to try on a bunch of brands and cuts so I took that philosophy to TJ Maxx because they have loads of different brands and I had a dress to return and after 8 different pairs and a tired husband he hates shopping and a fussy baby, I walked out totally satisfied. They are black didnt think I would get black and not SUPER skinny like jeggings but just skinny enough to tuck into those perfect pair of boots that I am destined to find AND here's the best part, the bottoms wont drag on the ground and get wet in the winter which I do believe is my BIGGEST pet peeve, I HATE IT!!! So, awesome all around!

Another awesome thing, my mother-in-law is taking all the girls to So You Think You Can Dance concert on Thursday. Even though this past season wasnt my fav, I am still super stoked about going. I love dancing and I love concerts so its a two in one bonus.

This past weekend we went to G-town to visit my sis and her family and celebrate her son Zach's baptism. Lucy had all the attention she could ever hope for and Tyler finally got a two day weekend that was well past due. We love going to my sis's house. Congrats Zach! This is Zach with a little war paint on his cheeks, gotta love him!

Dilemma

2010-10-23T21:41:00.000-07:00

I have a fashion dilemma people. Im not sure what to do. Winter is slowly or rather quickly in my opinion creeping up on us and I have found myself for the 4th year in a row yearning for the perfect pair of boots. Preferably, ones that dont cost an arm or a leg or my feet in this case hehe. The thing is, I find ones I like but they always have at least a 3 inch heel on them. Dont get me wrong, I am definitely not one to oppose a rocking pair of stilettos, but while walking on snow/ice carrying a baby and heaven only knows how many more items in my arms, 4inch stilettos aren't going to cut it or maybe they will by me falling on my head and cutting my head open! I dont want to look like I just got off a horse, motorcycle, llama, pole, or the premier of Robin Hood 2. Not sure what to do...

Also with my fabulous boots that I am destined to find, cant very well hide under a pair of baggy jeans. So what do you do, pair them with skinny jeans right?! There is my problem. I think people look either awesomeor flat out ridiculous in skinny jeans and I do not want to look the latter. I am afraid my tight perky bum/flat non poochy baby belly days are gone and I dont want to emphasize that matter. Not only that but I have a phobia of buying things that are super-faddish, that I look back and think WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! Are skinny jeans going to be around for a LONG time, Im not sure yet. Am I going to have Stacy and Clinton in the back of my mind saying "That is definitely What Not To Wear sweetheart!"? Or am I just being hesitant on the latest and greatest? Do you have to be super skinny to wear them? People I need some feedback!!!

Finders Keepers!!!

2010-10-16T16:06:00.000-07:00

So my friend Steffi and I were going for a walk around the temple block just like we normally do, on a very normal day, Thursday. As we were walking she said "oh there is money on the ground!" I couldn't see it and she pointed out a folded bill on the grass. We hesitated for a minute and decided to walk around the block and if see if i was still there and its rightful owner didnt come to pick it up. So around the block we go and the bill was still there. As i was looking at it from a far I noticed it didnt quite look like a dollar bill so I went to pick it up and sure enough it wasnt a dollar bill it was a:

Thats right it just happened to be a ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL!!!!! We couldnt believe our eyes!! We actually found a real life, no joke Benjamin sitting right on the grass! There had been multiple people walking up and down the hill and no one had seen it but us. So being the good little girls that we are we decided to write a note to the car it was by and gave them my number to call if the ( undisclosed amount) money was theirs. Well 24 hours passed and no call. I decided to call the Provo Temple to see what we should do and we brought it in and since it was on the outside of the temple grounds, they have nothing to do with it and they said "its your lucky day, make sure you pay tithing on it!" I COULD NOT believe my ears, it was OURS, WHAT?! So now we are each $50 richer and miles more excited. It is not everyday you find $100 just laying around, especially when you are as poor as we are!!

Goblins, ghouls and ghosts OH MY

2010-10-14T12:12:00.000-07:00

I cannot WAIT for Halloween! I love it. I love the crisp air, the fallen leaves, pumpkins and sweaters. Not to mention all the awesomeness of All Hallows Eve. I was so excited that I took Lucy out in her costume and took some pictures.

So last year Ty and I went a little crazy for Halloween; awesome ideas, yes, a little over the top, maybe. We realized the over zealous costumes as I went into work and nobody recognized me. Thats right, no one! But I do have to say I have been the runner up two years in a row for having the sweetest costume. And not to mention when we went to the awesome party at the Butterfields, we were expecting equally as awesome costumes from the rest of the crew but alas I guess the extent of some transformations were a black shirt with a tiny printed off lightning strike on it saying "Lightning Bug". Yes Kade, I am talking about YOU. To say the least, we were a little embarrassed!

(sorry picture quality is not great, this is a picture of a picture, my scanner wasnt working)

So as you can see, we are lawn ornaments. I as a garden gnome and Ty as a pink flamingo. We laughed at least. Anyway, here is a sneak peak at what the King family's costumes are like this year. Obviously from the pictures above Lucy is a black cat, tail and all.

Ty is going to be Chuck, from the tv show Chuck (go figure). Big stretch I know...
And I am going to be a child eating, potion brewing, broom riding WITCH!

2010-09-03T15:42:00.000-07:00

Ty and I have been trying new things for dinner, things we have never had, broading our paletted adventures, spicing up our pots and pans if you will. Last nights creation was called
Everything Jambalaya courtesy of Rachel Ray. We have never had jambalaya before but we like all the ingredients and we like to try different cultured things, so we thought we would give it a try. It was DE-LISH!!! It was so good, and it may be even better the next day (that was lunch for today also). I highly suggest it. I think trying new things is usually always a great experience, and this was no exception.

So the funniest thing, well sort of. Lucy is starting to throw fits, i guess your never to young to start. But she just started making this deep throat straining/growling thing and kind of holds her breath and her face gets red when she gets mad. I have got to get it on camera one of these days. P.s. she is starting to LOVE her rice cereal and other foods. Oh ya, and she is obsessed with sticking out her tongue and screaming. Oh how I love my Lucy bear!

In other news. I have finally went to part time at work. Like really part time (10-13 hours) and I cant tell you how I love it. I dont mean to rub it in to you mommies who work full time, honestly i pray for you mothers who wish to stay home but cant. I really do, often actually cause I know how you feel when you have to leave your little ones to do something you dont want to do but have to. Anyway, so I started to stay home more and it really got me thinking. since probably high school i have always wanted be a stay at home mom, but "work" from home. I say "work" because what i REALLY mean is "create". I love doing crafty/artistic things. Anything with my hands I love to do, if its creative. So it has always been at the back of my mind, until lately, now it is very much at the front of my mind! The only problem is, I dont know how. Meaning I dont know what to make, how to sell it, how to market, pretty much I dont know anything. I want to do something that not everyone else and their dog, cousin, cousin's next door neighbor, and their great aunt does. You know, I want to do something unique, or sort of unique. I love Etsy, but EVERYONE sells on Etsy, how on earth can I stand out. You search necklace's on that website and 3,496 pages show up! Also it kind of scares me, because I dont want a hobby that I love turn in to "work". Meaning that I am a slave to it, and i get so bogged down that i dont have time to spend with my family, which is why I dont want to work. Anyway, its just been on my mind. I guess if it is supposed to happen, it will. Something will come up.

2010-08-21T17:16:00.000-07:00

So the other day Lucy had her 6 month check up. YIKES i cannot believe that she is already six months, soon she will be walking, and then she will be leaving me for kindergarten! But the Dr said she is doing great and right on track. AND her body is catching up to her head! All around she is in the 50%, so thats great! Here's the stats
Length: 25.5 inches
Weight: 13.13
Head Circ: 42.5
So she is getting big! Also they gave us a Rx for her eczema, so we are glad for that, as she gets really bad flare-ups. We are practicing sitting-up, rolling over and laughing. She is so funny, I cant get enough, i just want to gobble her up!!

In other news. We went to SLC the other day, the day with the GIGANTIC rainstorm. We had to get Ty's sales license. For lunch we had to stop at this little dive of a restaraunt. Let me back up a little... So Ty and I are crazy about the Food Network Channel and we especially love the show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives and there have been a few places in Salt Lake featured on there. We have made it a goal to go to each of these places and check them out.
Its called Pat's Barbecue, and this is what it looks like on the outside:

It really is a dive! You roll up to it and its down this little random side street, and it looks like a place you would be a little nervous to go in to, but let me tell you, AWESOME!!! We LOVED it. LOVED loved it!!! You walk in and it has this awesome bluesy rocker vibe and its super colorful and chill. Then you walk in, grab a menu and sit where ever on a picnic table and did I mentionthere is a little stage with live music! All of this awesomeness and we havent even eaten yet! Then we order and get our food in less than 5 minutes. And the food... oh the food. SO GOOD!! Ty was even so bold as to say, that it was the best barbecue he has ever had, and thats big for Ty to say! So next time you go to salt lake you HAVE to stop in and partake of the awesome wonder that is Pat's Barbecue.

Changes

2010-08-17T19:39:00.000-07:00

So i have been meaning to post for the last couple of days but I have just now finally got around to it. Last week Tyler officially graduated from BYU on friday. Also that night we had a surprise party for him (even though he kinda new what was going on). Sunday was his birthday AND he starts his new job TOMORROW!!!! Wow, all i can say is the last 6 months have been insane, and now, everything is coming together. It was so nice to celebrate my wonderful husband. Also I have just figured out that my eyes are not as sharp as they used to be, ALL my pics that I have taken with my Nikon D40 are OUT OF FOCUS!!!! BOO
This one is Lucy in her new high chair I just put together. Also she doesnt like solid food. She hates rice cereal and she doesnt like any of the few flavors of baby food that we have tried either. Is this normal? Oh well, she also doesnt laugh either. She will squeal but thats about it. It makes me sad because I cant WAIT for that adorable belly laugh and she just wont do it. Her next check up is thursday, so I am excited to see her stats and make sure she is growing, and also hopefully get a cure for her eczema.

So I mentioned that Ty is starting a new job tomorrow. Here is where he is working:
(well this says Sandy, but he is in Provo)
Yes, he is selling cars! SSOOO if you happen to know anyone or you yourself could use a new or used Ford, Lincoln, or Mercury. Go on over and see Ty, he will hook you up with something sweet! And the best part, he wont push you around OR wheel and deal you. Well I must go, the chubs is getting hungry and its her bed time. Adios!

This just in...

2010-07-13T18:10:00.001-07:00

Some awesome things I would like to share with the class:

1) I am sure you have ALL heard because I cant stop blabbing about it that Ty and I have been working on running a 5K this summer. WE DID IT!!! We in the King home are NOT runners well maybe we are sort of trying to be runners these days. In fact I would have died if I knew I had to run more than 1 block, and even then... But we have been training and we did it. I actually accomplished something. This is such a big deal to ME because I actually set a goal and I actually accomplished it. I always make goals, but I pretty much never accomplish any of them. Sad I know. But Ty and I and Lucy in her little stroller did this together!! Neither of us have ever ran that much or that long before. Here is what I have to say, PEOPLE YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS!!!We can do hard things. Even I, Jody King, can do hard things. So we did the Lavender 5K and let me just say that Young Living Farms is BEAUTIFUL!!! I fell in love with the place. I never knew it was so beautiful because you cant see most of the farm from the freeway only the awesome lavender fields. If you ever get a chance to go SEE IT!!!

2) Lucy just laughed for the FIRST time today!!! I have been waiting for this moment since she was born. I am super excited at this!! Not many things are more adorable than a baby laughing. I will catch this on camera one day and post it, just you wait. Another thing she did today is roll over from her tummy to her back! Here is a little video...

Ok... So i cant get the video uploaded. And... i ended up getting the drive stuck in the computer. Like REALLY stuck. Like an inch deep inside stuck. OOPS

3) I have been craving tootsie rolls lately and so I made homemade ones. Not so good. I was really bummed. They definitely aren't as good as the original.

4) I LOVE my Lucy-bear and my Ty-bum. I am so lucky

5) And this one I am grateful for but still trying not get get uptight about. Heres why. I am not down to my pre-preg size yet. Bummer :( Thats why I get a little frustrated. BUT the good news is I am down 7 lbs since starting the running thing. WAHOO!!! I just have to keep telling myself that I can do and I AM doing it. Just slowly, kind of like my running.... Who knew the few extra would be so stingy!!!

Summer lovin

2010-06-27T20:46:00.000-07:00

Well all I cant believe it myself, but we have actually kept a real life human alive for a whopping 4 months!!! This may not be an achievement to most, but to us, its kind of a big deal. I mean your talking about a girl who cant keep a plant a live and killed it by putting christmas decorations on the tiny little leaves and who fed her brothers fish some candy for its dinner. And my lovely husband whos fish Sparky died after a day. ok, maybe we just arent fish people. But it is true that little Lucy has hit the 4 month mark back on June 18th. We are proud of our little butterball, maybe the kind of butter made with 1% milk because she is still pretty little, but a butterball none-the-less she is growing like a little weed. It turns out she is in the 50th %ile for height and weight, and yes an astounding 90th %ile for her head!!! She is just really smart i guess. Do keep in mind though, that these stats are for her adjusted age 2 & 1/2 months not for a typical 4 month old. So all in all she is growing, growing, growing! I was really worried that she wasnt even going to be on the charts but she is right on track! GOOD JOB LUCE!!!

Another two thumbs up would be to Ty and I because believe it or not, we have actually, for reals, not even joking, have worked our way up to jogging 2 3/4 miles nonstop!!! I know, i honestly cant believe it either. I never in my life have been able to do this, never. I was even pretty darn fit in high school and this would have kicked my trash in a second. I think it has to do with a LOT of prayer and telling myself that I can do hard things. I always tell myself "Jody, you have given birth and it was a heck of a lot harder and longer than this is going to be, and you are still alive, you can do this!!" We are scheduled to run our very first 5K on July 10 at the Lavender Fields. We are excited. Nervous, but excited well I am a least.

In other news, still no job yet for Tyler. Granted he does have a job right now, but thats only because he is taking a completely waste of our time and money class that he has already taken for a stinkin $600+books so he can not even make that much money in his total salary this summer notice how I am not at all pleased with this situation, just so he can keep a job until August. I feel like we are being taken, I dont think we are, but thats how I feel. Its just like sending your kid to daycare just so you can work and make money, but all your money goes to the daycare, so there really isnt a point in going to work and sending your kid to daycare. Does that make sense. Total catch 22!!! I cant handle it. There must be a better way. But there isnt!!! At least not to our earthly knowledge. Ty has had his resume out to at least 35 places since April and he has had a total of 2 job interviews, TWO!!!! Its not that he isnt qualified. Its not that he is applying for jobs that he isnt trained for, or shooting for the absolute perfect job. He isnt. He is just trying to find a job that makes more than minimum wage for crying out loud!!!! Gees he couldnt even get a job throwing peanuts at the Owls baseball stadium!!! I just dont get it. But we are trying to keep our spirits up mine are warring, im not the most patient. Its just really scary to know that he HAS to have a job by August or we will have to resort to selling our kidneys on the black market you think i am kidding?. Plus I dont think our insurance will cover that. Anyway, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let us know of any job openings!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will be our hero.

I wish i had pics of Lucy to post. They are all on my phone and I have NO CLUE of how to get them transferred, our phones dont have sd cards in them. But maybe I will think of something. Until til then, have a wonderful week all!!

PICTURE OVERLOAD

2010-05-16T17:48:00.001-07:00

Well here is a butt load of pictures that i have been waiting to post. most all of the pics are from when Lucy got her newborn's done (even though she was 2 months old at the time). Now we need to get her 3 month pics done! but i am pretty sure these are some of the CUTEST pics i have ever seen. our photographer is Alisha Siddoway in Logan and she is AMAZING!!! Her prices are incredible and she knows how to handle a camera. Lucy was kind of a pill through most of them and as you can see she still got amazing pics!!! I cant say enough about her!! Andthis is completely random but i just have to say, right now lucy has this swing she sits in and there are little birds that go in circles above her head and also has a mirror to look at. well for weeks she loves the little birds and watches them as the bobble and sway above her head, but today, today folks is a new day!! she has discovered the mirror!!! she has been staring at herself completely bamboozled for the past 10 minutes!!! oh i love it!!! i can just see those brain wheels a churnin. She is so stinkin cute, i cant handle it!!! Oh ya, and another way random thing, lucy is losing her hair:( there are little hairs all over her stuff and when i put lotion in her hair it gets all over me and her!! But she is still bea-utiful!!!

these first pics are from lucy's blessing on mothers day

these are the ones alisha did

So little time

2010-05-03T19:11:00.000-07:00

Well, where do I even begin?! It has been almost two months since our last post. Well life is awesome. We will start there. Ty and I are still here in Provo, and will be until who knows when. You know what, we are perfectly ok with that. We didnt get in to any school's for Ty. And we are ok with that too. I am back to work, and for the most part, am ok with that (most days). Life is great. We still have no idea where we are going to end up, what Ty will be doing for a career/school, and where we will be 6 months down the road. But life is good. Honestly, we are so happy. Having Luce around is the best thing ever. Being miserable for 8 months was TOTALLY worth it, and I would do it again in a second (well maybe in a couple of years).

Right now I am back to work full time. Ty is working at the Library until August and in the mean time, is looking for a good job, so that maybe I could stay home more and take care of Lucy. He is going to change his major to Sports management and is looking for a job to give him some good experience in this. We are also thinking about the Air Force. The bottom line is, we are trying to figure out what the Lord wants us to do.

Luce is growing like a weed. Well to us she is. To everyone else she is teeny tiny. She is almost 11 weeks old and is 9 lbs. She is still in newborn clothes. But last week i could fit my thumb and middle finger around her thigh, and this week I cant!!! I was exciting about this since I would LOVE for her to chunk up a bit. But she is doing awesome! She is almost sleeping through the night and is cooing, and talking, smiling, and is so strong! She is like a little he-woman. She does have reflux and has to take medicine and she pukes ALL the time (not spit-up, she pukes, like her whole bottle at once sometimes). Man we love this little girl. In our prenatal class we took before we had her, the nurse drew a straight line and then the line dipped and then rose up and flat-lined again , but the line after the dip was higher than the other line (if this makes sense). She explained that before you have your baby, life is good, then for the first few weeks after you have them, stress, exhaustion, and whatever else makes life dip down. After you get used to everything life is better than it ever has been and you cant imagine it any better. That is SSOOOO true in our experience. Life is so good. It doesnt matter how poor we are, where we are going to be in 6 months, or what crazy things come our way. Its crazy how much happiness one little poopy, spitty, crying, beautiful, happy little girl can bring.

In the mean time... Awesome news!!! Ty and I have been married for 2 years!!! Yesterday (Sunday) was our anniversary. I cant tell you how amazing our two years together has been. Man I can tell you I have never been more in love. I have said this time and time again, Ty and I can stare at the wall and it would be SO fun. We love being together. We are obsessed with each other. I always wonder if people get sick of us being so lovey dovey all the time. Not that i care one i-ota if they do. One thing I love about us being married is that we are best friends. Honestly, there isn't one thing we dont talk about, we are never worried if we are dorks in front of each other (which is all the time), we laugh, cry, sometimes laugh until we cry. I am so glad we have eternity to hang out and just be together. Dont worry we have many pictures to catch you all up with, but I dont have them uploaded yet. But stay tuned!

What a week part 2

2010-03-08T18:47:00.000-08:00

Wow, again, like we said before, WHAT A WEEK!!!! Last Wed our little Luc finally came home!!!! Holy cow were we excited! But what a rude awakening we had into parenthood! Every little noise she made i woke up to make sure she was ok, and boy is our little munchkin a chatterbox!! We surely didnt get any sleep that night out of worry/feedings/diaper changes. All I can say is it is a good thing we had a few days to "sorta" catch up because we are EXHAUSTED, and I am basically recovered. I cant imagine what it would be like taking her home in normal circumstances like usual parents do and still have to recover. I feel bad that I only get basically one thing done on my to-do list a day, I honestly didnt realize that I would be this busy with a newborn cause she just sleeps all day. I still dont get it. Besides making bottles, feeding, changing diapers, and squeezing in a cat nap I am not sure what else I do, but my day is over by the time I get all of this done. I just dont get it!

We went to the Dr today and Lucy is progressing fabulously. I was kind of worried because at the hospital the nurses and Dr's talked about "failure to thrive" and that is when a baby goes home they dont grow and dont do very well, hence, "failure to thrive". But she has gained 7 oz in 5 days and is a respectable 6 lbs!! I was pleasantly suprised. And supposedly she is 20 inches long, which i CANNOT believe since she was only born 17 inches. There is no way she can grow 3 inches in 2 1/2 weeks, right? This wednesday I am thinking I may tackle the chore of taking her pics. I may post some, if, and I mean IF one actually turns out. I am nervous.

Anyway, in other news. My family had the unfortunate event of losing yet another of member of our family. My nephew Wesley passed away last Tuesday. What a crazy day. Wesley and I are only one year apart and for the greater part of our childhood we spent them terrorizing my neighborhood. He was basically a brother rather than a nephew, so hearing the news had a great impact on me. But as that day/week went on I felt very comforted. I am very grateful that I have my beliefs and testimony of Christ, because I truly believe that is why I became so calm about the ordeal. In fact, its more than that, its more than truly believing. There arent words to explain, but the fact that I had my baby in the hospital and the many stresses incorporated in that, and the fact that I was/am still recovering from the hardest moment of my life and my hormones and emotions were RAGING really says how blessed I was that I didnt completely fall apart. Wow, how incredibly blessed am I. Once again, there are no words to explain. The funeral was Sat. I hate funerals. Especially non LDS funerals. But this one wasn't that bad, meaning it wasn't as doom and gloom as they usually are. I like the fact that I know I will be with my family and friends in the next life, and it makes me sad to know that people think that this is the end. I think that is the hardest part of funerals. But everything turned out ok, and I think Wesley would have been pleased.

But to end on a happy note. Lucy is SUPER cute and my husband is SUPER handsome. Its to bad we aren't filthy rich so that we wouldnt have to work and go to school and we could just be together all day everyday and maybe tour the world. Oh if only...

Little Lucy

2010-02-21T17:26:00.000-08:00

SSOOO here is a little update of our little precious Lucy. Last night Tyler and I were released to go home from the hospital. Man what a long awaited time! But let me tell you, it was one of the hardest things ever, having to leave behind our baby. I was on the verge of tears all day knowing that time would come and when it did come, boy were the tears rolling. In fact i swear I havent stopped crying since!!! Sheesh, people were right, emotions run HIGH after you have a baby. It has all been so surreal. In my last post i talked about how weird it was to get that connection with her because of all the shinanagans that went on, but let me just say, I seriously cant imagine my life without her. Gosh the love i feel for her is unbelievably overwhelming (hence the tears). Gosh i thought for sure that I couldnt feel anything more powerful then when I fell in love with tyler. That was THE most amazing feeling I had/have. But now that I have my baby here, words cannot explain what I feel. I cannot believe that Heavenly Father thinks I deserve such blessings!! But i guess I will just take it and run right!? Even though it is SO incredibly hard to have her still in the hospital, i know that she is being watched over. Her nurses and Dr's are incredibly talented and I know she is in great hands. The one great thing that I have out of this, is that by the time she gets home, I will be ready, I will be healed, rested (hopefully) and ready to take on the new challenge of motherhood. Since I was kinda put through the ringer, I am really grateful for this time to heal so I can be 100% for my baby. Sorry this is so long and I still havent even updated you on the latest with our he-woman baby. My heart is just so full right now I just cant help it!
Ok ok, here it is, the latest with lucy goose. Since the hardest thing we have to do/teach Lucy right now is learning to eat, I get to do this cute "training" session with her twice a day. Basically i try to get her to breastfeed and kinda show her what to do, but then when she doesnt do it, we get to have "skin to skin" time, where I just hold her next to me, and she just falls right to sleep. It is the cutest thing!! But today she has made GREAT improvements. She got to have to IV taken out AND she started to latch on!!! Man she gets SO mad when we have to practice feeding, but today SHE DID IT!!! Granted, it wore her completely out and as soon as she latched she was gonzo, but, she did it! She has to be under the billy lights starting today too, but thats ok. So hopefully she will continue to eat and grow, and get stronger, and everything else that will help her come home. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers, you are all wonderful, seriously, and here come the tears...

What a week!

2010-02-20T10:07:00.000-08:00

Man alive!!! What a week it sure has turned out to be. It has been crazy, scary, wonderful, great, aweful, everything all wrapped into one. I am still in the hospital PRAYING that we (daddy and I) are able to go home tonight. My blood pressure is still high, so it may be iffy. All i can say is sleeping in hospitals is not cool. I guess it would be similar to when we bring Lucy home, no sleep at all. This has been such a crazy experience, now i am talking about birth and the new life of motherhood. When they induced my labor i could immediately feel the result of the on coming contractions. At that point, EPIDURAL please!!! I seriously CANNOT believe I ever contemplated going natural, ARE YOU KIDDING, not in a million years. Praise to all you poineer women out there that go natural, you guys are TOUGH cookies!!! I was trying to focus and breath and do all those things while you are contracting, but thanks to the super friendly chattiness of my nurse, I had to listen to her talk about chocolate, and laughing, shooting the breeze like nothing. To her, it probably was, but to me, I just wanted to scream! But then i luckily got the epidural in and all was well in zion, well of course, until the going got tough and it wore off almost completely and I felt pretty much EVERYTHING!!! Lets just say that going through birth was THE absolute hardest/painful thing I have ever done in my life. There were moments when I honestly did not think I could do it, but somehow it happened and all of a sudden I saw my little juicy butterball being carried over to get worked on. Talk about SURREAL!!!! I had invisioned this moment time and time again, and once again, just like the rest of the week, it wasnt exactly how I imagined. I was in such shock thinking that I have a real life child and watching the nurses carry her away, that I had no emotion. I thought that I should cry, but i couldnt, I just layed there. Isnt that the weirdest thing?! I had no emotions when my first born child was born. I only got to hold her for about 2 minutes before they had to take her away again. And again, I just layed there in complete oblivion. It has been so strange these last couple of days, having a child but only with the supervision of others. We cant take her to our room and when we are in the nursery, all the nurses, other babies and parents, and machines are all around and we cant just be a family all by ourselves and that is a really strange thing to us. I just want to hold my baby all day, and just look at her and marvel at how precious she is. She may have to be in the hospital until her actual due date (March 30) but she may get to come home sooner (fingers crossed) if she learns how to eat. I just pray that all goes well, I cant wait to have my family all to myself, healthy and happy!!!!

Baby Lucy

2010-02-20T08:40:00.000-08:00

Well friends baby Lucy is here, just a few weeks earlier than what we expected. Both Jody and Lucy are doing great but after being in the hospital since Tuesday we are ready to go home. Since Lucy was so early she gets to stay here. Its kind of weird. We don't feel like real parents yet because we can go hold her, feed her but then we leave and have round the clock babysitters to do everything else for us. Yes I know we should enjoy it while it lasts. Needless to say its pretty awesome having a baby girl, I highly recommend it! I'll keep this short and I'll post some pictures of her so everyone can stop saying I'm a bad husband for not putting pictures up sooner.

Holy crap!!!!

2010-02-16T14:44:00.000-08:00

Well, what an interesting day it has turned out to be! This morning I had my two week Dr appt and it turns out that my blood pressure is HIGH and I have quite a bit of protein in my urine (TMI, i know). So the Dr had me go straight to the hospital with the news that I could be a real life mommy by tomorrow!!! WWWHHHHAAAAATTTT!!! I am only 34 weeks, I cannot be having a baby right now! I am not ready, what about complications with the baby being early, what if there are complications with my health, what if, what if, what if!!!!! Talk about a scare and a half. I was in complete shock when they were explaining all this to me. I knew something wasnt quite right with myself, but then again, i have never been pregnant before, I thought feeling like crap was just part of the deal (which I think it is to a certain extent).
So here is the run down of what has been happening today and what may or may not happen by tomorrow. I got to the hospital and they put me on fetal monitors and a blood pressure cuff and they monitored me for a few hours. My blood pressure didnt really go down much so then we went in to have an ultrasound. That was cool and it was great news. The baby is doing great! WHEW!! There is plenty of fluid in there and everything has developed just fine. In fact it turns out that she is measuring a week ahead! So that is great news. She is approx 5 lbs 9 oz. And yes she is still a SHE ( i was kinda nervous about that). So everything with the baby looks great, so we couldnt be happier. But since my blood pressure didnt go down and there is even MORE protein in my urine (sorry, i know tmi) I have to stay over night here at the hospital for further testing. WOW I did not see this coming!!! So here is the run down, if my blood pressure gets over 160 or if there is over 5 (grams?) of protein in my urine after 24 hours, then SUPRISE we will be having our little baby tomorrow!!!! Again, WHAT!!!! But if I am stable and everything looks ok, then I just have to be on STRICT bedrest until I have her, and if thats the case (which it probably will be) then i have to go to the Dr twice a week to be monitored and have an ultrasound and more testing and if I actually get to 37 weeks (mind you, that is ONLY 3 weeks away) then they will induce me. So it looks like I am on maternity leave early, poor work, i haven't even trained the person who is taking care of my stuff while I am gone, I feel so bad! So ya, that is the jist of things. Pretty darn crazy. But I actually feel ok about it all, I was really scared in the beginning but I know things are going to be ok regardless of what happens. Keep us in your prayers!

Sitting, waiting, wishing...

2010-01-31T19:40:00.000-08:00

Wow I cant believe that it has been 5 weeks since our last post. I swear, time flies faster and faster every year!!! Gosh we haven't even talked about Christmas (even though our last post was about the New Year). Quick recap: it was great, as always. We spent Christmas in E-town and then New Years in Logan.
I swear I have a new blog post that I think up everyday, but I never post my thoughts! But today is a new day. Today's post is all about what is up in the King home. Well since the new year, Ty has started his VERY last semester at BYU. It is basically a fluff semester for him cause he has all of his credits, he is basically just going so he can keep his job at the library. Also, we have been applying to grad schools. We have everything in to all the schools and are just waiting to hear back. We are VERY nervous and can not WAIT to finally know where in the world we will end up in the next couple of months. Man, what stress I tell you. Not knowing what or where we are going to be 4 months from now (this includes jobs, housing, finances, everything) especially when we will have a baby in tow. But something will work out, we at least know that much. Its just kinda scary.
As for myself, I am just chugging along. Currently in the baby stats, I only have 8 weeks left. That seems so crazy!! I thought I would never be this far along, but alas, here I am. I start my "every two weeks" Dr. appt starting tuesday, so that is cool. Our little munchkin is only around half her weight, which is ALSO crazy to me, A) because i swear my stomach cannot get much bigger; and B) it seems like she should be bigger than she is since she only has so little time left to cook! I had my first emotional breakdown the other night. That was weird, didnt like it. I swear there wasn't one thing I didnt cry about!!! Oh I hate when my emotions get the best of me!! But I guess that is just one part of being pregnant sometimes. I felt really bad for Ty, but he couldnt be more awesome. Through the up's and down's of pregnancy, he never gets (or shows) annoyed and he treats me like a queen! What a sweetheart!! But I do have to admit, I am ready to get back to my normal non-pregnant self. I have had a pretty cake pregnancy, lets be honest, but I dont know, how do I say this without sounding completely HORID; I cant say I am one of those people who LOVE being pregnant. And no, I dont feel bad saying that. I know some people just LOVE it, and they love every second, but I am just not that way. That doesnt mean I will never be pregnant again, in fact it doesnt change how many children Ty and I originally planned to have. There are certain parts that I love, that are just so precious, that I feel truely blessed to be able to experience that a man will never get to experience; I will never take that for granted. And I know everything that happens will be totally worth it, and I cant wait, honestly. I may sound sort of contridicting saying i dont like it, but in a way i do, but that is the truth. I could jab on and on about this subject, but I will refrain; your welcome. But we have a TON of exciting things happening in the next little while that we need to keep up on, but until then, adios!

The Best of the 00's

2009-12-21T12:26:00.000-08:00

To those who have a job where they sit at a computer all day, spending most of their time rummaging through the internet in a quest to try and pass the long hours, you have probably noticed a trend. This is the time of the year when many of the most popular news sources like Newsweek, USA Today, and Time magazine put out their top ten lists. But since this is the end of the decade they have taken this holiday tradition to the next level. Nothing is spared as you can read the top ten lists about everything from movies, music, to worst political gaffes of the decade. Since I have to work these next two weeks with nothing really to do here at the library, I thought I would take the initiative and make some of my own top ten lists. Everyone who reads this should feel free to comment, contribute and even disagree with any of these lists because this is just the world according to Tyler.
As I've started to formulate some of these lists the first thing that jumps out at me is how much time I have on my hands, second how hard it is to narrow these things down! But don't worry loyal readers, I've pushed through the pain and with the help of my good friend Wikipedia, I have my first list.

The top ten films of the 00's
I should probably give some kind of reasoning to my madness but honestly I don't really know if I have any solid criteria. I think one of the things that makes a great movie is its re watchable value. Can you watch the same movie multiple times and still think its awesome. Also of these movies remind me of a certain time in my life that was fun or important I put them in. Some of these movies may not have won many awards but hey, this is my list and I can do whatever I want!
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Say what you want about the last two films in this trilogy but the first was the best! I remember seeing it my freshman year in the theater and then seeing it three more times once it came to the dollar theater. This movie is just plain fun, great acting, amazing actions scenes and one of the funniest scripts out there.
2. The Dark Knight (2008)
I think one of the best things about this movie was taking my cousin to see it about a week after he got home from his mission, needless to say I think he is still traumatized to this day! Its easy to dismiss this film as just another comic book movie but just like ogres it has layers. For me it talks about the post 9/11 world we live in and the difficult choices we have to make. Not to mention it has some of the best action scenes I have ever seen and through in Heath Ledgers Joker and you have a great movie.
3. Finding Neverland (2004)
I didn't seen this one until I got back from my mission but it was worth the wait. It was just a solid movie, from the story, cinematography, acting, I loved just everything about it.
4. Minority Report (2002)
The first film on the list from my favorite director, Steven Spielberg, Minority Report is another film you just can't think of as Sci Fi because there is so much more to it than that. Its like a modern day Raiders of the Lost Ark.
5. The Emperors New Groove (2001)
One of the lesser known Disney Cartoons but still hilarious and with a nice message at the end.
6. Hitch (2005)
Hitch is one of those movies that always seems to be TNT but you still watch it every time. In my opinion its the best chick flick of the decade, I mean it has the great Will Smith in it, what more do you need? Whenever I watch the part where Albert gets up the nerve to kiss Alegra and throws his inhaler away, I think of Cam, hamming it up in his Senior year video, priceless!
7. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Yes I know there are a few inappropriate parts but with clear play its all good!
8. The Incredible s (2004)
Can Pixar make a bad movie? I think not!
9. Gladiator (2000)
"Are you not Entertained!!!!"
10. Casino Royal (2006)
The best James Bond to date, this is one of my favorite movies because its the rare "guy flick" that Jody will actually watch with me.
10b. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
How can anyone not love this movie. Boy meets girl, Boy gets sold into slavery, Boy loses girl, Boy finds girl and wins who wants to be a millionaire. Pretty good if you ask me.

Honorable Mention:
UP (2009) Balled like a baby during the first five minutes. Shrek 2 (2002) The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Star Trek (2009) WALLE (2008) Bruce Almighty (2003), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) Avatar (2009)

The week of Thanks and Giving

2009-12-04T09:47:00.000-08:00

Hello to one and all. I want to be better at this whole blog thing because my journal writing is pretty much not existent these days. It probably has something to do with the fact that you really don't write things out by hand anymore which has caused my hand writing to suffer greatly! (It wasn't anything to write home about before but I digress)
These past few weeks have been crazy. For the Thanksgiving Break which we both needed desperately, we headed to my parents house in Logan. Even though it is Logan, its nice to get out of Provo. On Tuesday night we went to a Utah State Basketball game, you know I'm trying. I'm trying to like Utah State but its tough. I should rephrase that or people are going to start comparing me to Max Hall. I like the School, I like the program. I always root for them except when they play BYU. But I'll be honest, some of their fans make it hard to root along side them. Most of the things they said would be a little bit to racy for this blog but lets just say they've taught me a few new words. Utah State won of course and its always fun to go to college basketball games.
On Wednesday we headed up to Bear Lake, or Beartrada as my sister likes to call our cabin up there. Bear Lake was a great place to spend holiday. It's beautiful especially in the mornings and it's not very crowded. Though it does have some disadvantages like not having anything open Thanksgiving Day when your wife is about ready to start burning small villages because her heartburn is so bad and you can't find a place open to buy Tums. Luckily I finally did find a place and a crisis was averted!
The next couple of days consisted of a lot of sleeping and tv watching. My Mom, sister and Jody are obsessed with the same TV shows (The Biggest Loser and So You think You can Dance) so we watched a lot those shows. I will admit the Biggest Loser is not the best show to watch during the holiday season. There you all getting ready to eat as much food as you possibly can and your watching these people bust their butts to get the weight off!!
Lets see what else did we do. We came back to the Logan the day after Thanksgiving, we needed to do some shopping and some other errands. We went shopping with my brother Bryce and our little niece Kaylee. It was good parenting practice because she is an active two year old. We went to the Logan mall and the thing she was most excited about was playing on the ice cream. They have this play area with huge ice creams cones/ other desserts that she was practically pulling off my arm to get to. Wow I almost forgot to mention my brother and his wife had a little baby girl the previous Monday! Her name is McKell Ann King, I think thats how you spell her name, I'll have to check on that.
Logan was great, on Saturday we planned the whole day around the BYU Utah game. Wow that was a great game, almost gave me a heart attack but still a great game!! We had to listen to the last five minutes in the car because we were headed back to Provo. I don't recomened listening to any game on the radio. Not being able to see the game is not fun!!! I made Jody drive because if we won or lost I might have driven us into a ditch!! As most of you know BYU won and all was right with the world.
Fast forward to this past Saturday and I found myself in enemy territory. I had to take the GRE. The only place in all of Utah I could take it was up on the University of Utah's campus, so I was a little nervous going up there because I have BYU license plates! But everything went according to plan, the GRE wasn't too bad. I'm above average for all the schools were applying to except for one, Arizona State, but I'm only off a few points off. It feels so good to have it be over, now I just need to get everything in by January 15. The final schools are UNLV, SDSU, Arizona State, U of Arizona and Texas Tech. Well thats about it, were just excited for Christmas!!

Becoming a........

2009-11-09T17:51:00.000-08:00

This just in, breaking news on the King home front. This past Thursday we had the big appointment with the OBGYN. Its kind of funny the whole pregnancy thing, there are a few big moments before the baby actually comes. The first time you find out you're pregnant, when you start to show, and then when you find out what it is. Its a big day if not for the fact that you get to start calling them a he or a she and not an it. We have a great doctor, his office staff is awesome, the only problem is he doesn't have the biggest office in the world. You throw in a family with five kids under the age of 11, things can get a little hairy. This is the exact situation we found ourselves in as we walked in. As we sat down I looked over at Jody right when the kids started to overturn the furniture and thought, "Do we really want to have this thing?"
After another scolding look from my wife, it was our turn to go in. I have to give props to our doctor, he grabbed that ultrasound mouse thingy, whipped out the gel and started to go to town on Jody's belly. Pretty soon a blob appeared on screen, that's always the coolest things to see. This little baby just chilling out, relaxing all cool. The doc started to go through all of its body parts, making sure everything was in the right place, no extra toes coming out of their head or anything like that. Thankfully our baby is perfectly healthy. Once he was done he got the ultrasound machine ready to take pictures and said,"all right lets do this, lets find out what this thing is!"
I really don't know what to expect when we would find out. We both talked about how we really didn't care what we were having just that they were healthy. Also it was kind of strange to be staring at a video screen trying to see our babies unmentionables. But we finally got our baby to corporate and were having a little baby girl. Were pretty excited not just to be having a girl but now we can narrow down our names. I swear that's all we talk about but have no idea what we want to name her. So I will be adding a poll so you can vote for one of our favorite names (don't be shy to add in a few of your favs as well). We have some pictures from the doctor so here they are:

UPDATE TIME!

2009-10-19T17:52:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends. Yes indeed it has been quite awhile since i have last posted. It is so aweful that i procrastinate so much because so much happens and then my posts are FOREVER long.

Anyway back to the purpose of my post. Ty and I are doing great! Ty is loving school although senior-itis has begun to set in for him. He is so good, I think i had senioritis when i was a freshman!! Good thing he wants to be in school for the rest of his working life, since he wants to be a professor. What a good man. All i can say is i PLEAD for our children to get most of his traits. He is so honest, he loves school, he is a great student, he doesnt have one mean bone in his body, he is just so mild mannered and easy to get along with. What a great person he is!!

Pregnancy life is pretty good. No complaints here. Well other then I get the most WICKED headaches. But its really cool now because I am starting to feel the baby move! I was thinking at around 14-15 weeks that maybe i could feel something fishy going on in there, but i was just never sure. But I am thinking for sure it is little baby movements. We are pretty excited to find out what we are having, we get to find out Nov. 5 so like 3 more weeks and we can start call "it", he or she!! I have a strong feel it is a girl, but who really knows. I am now 17 weeks along and I cant believe how fast it has gone. I am ALMOST half way through this pregnancy, ALREADY?!! I am really debating on if i should put a baby countdown thing on our blog. I think it is fun when i see other peoples blog and see how far along they are but i am afraid i will look at it everyday and it will drive me crazy to find just how much longer we actually have to go.

I guess I will post a few pics of my ever growing belly. I seriously dont think I should be THIS big already (esp since I saw mindy's pic of her preg belly today and she is TINY!, Not to mention that she is almost a month ahead of me) Anyway, here goes nothin.

This is around 9 weeks or so
I think this is at 11 weeks (I try to take pics every two weeks or so)

This is 13 weeks

This is at 15 weeks (already huge)And finally, this is today. 17 weeks along. Holy crap, I think I am having twins or something!!! I just hope it is starting to look like a pregnant belly instead of a beer belly (not that i drink). One day when i was about 14 weeks or so I was buying some maternity jeans at JC Penney and the cashier said "well you aren't pregnant are you?" And i said " ya, I am, Im not showing that much yet, im only 14 wks" she then replied "oh, you just look like you have gained weight". SHE SERIOUSLY SAID THAT!!! Honestly, in what senario would make that ok to say to someone? So hopefully, look like i am carrying something of value other than extra twinkies and dorito's some people may think is only in there!!

We three Kings

2009-08-25T16:36:00.000-07:00

So from my last post if any of you were concerned for my health, everything is ok. I went to the Dr and they did confirm that IM PREGNANT!!! We have known just over a month, but yesterday was my first appt and we actually heard the heartbeat!! The Dr didnt think we would be able to because I am not that far enough along, but sure enough, it was there and suprised me and Tyler. Man I tell you, it puts everything into perspective when you actually KNOW there is someone growing inside of you, it wasn't just a figment of my imagination. So here is the run down:
I am currently 9 weeks along. That puts my due date March 30 (my good friend Kathryns b-day!). It seems like FOREVER away, but i hear the time goes by fast. I have been feeling great, a little tired and a little moody but not much nausea at all (THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER!!). I swear, that was my #1 worry about having a baby; it wasn't the possible hours of agonizing child birth, the eternities of comittment; the financial struggles; the fact that this child is SOLELY dependant on Tyler and I; no, it was the fact that I could struggle with morning sickness. I cant tell you the stress I had over that one. But hopefully I will miss it all together (I pray for it everyday) Other than that, things are great. We are really excited and nervous!!

much going on!!!

2009-08-06T19:41:00.000-07:00

Well hello there. I dont know why everytime i start out my posts i feel the need to say hello, and then i procede to say how long its been since our last post and that i will try to do better. But today i shall just stat out by saying HELLO! Ha

Well much has taken place since Ty's post i do have to say! First off, i chopped my hair!!! Ok may not CHOPPED but i cut it to just below my chin exactly one month ago. I am so glad i did it. Now i just need to get a trim, it's grown probably an inch (i'm not even kidding) since then. Pretty exciting.

It seems as though we are gone every weekend. Our ward thinks we are inactive i think. We do feel bad about that, because we do have important responsibilities to fulfull. But the things we have been doing are:

Babysitting in Gunnison for a weekend

Logan

Bear Lake

Jackson

Family BBQ's

4th of July fun

24th of July fun

Hanging out with friends and family

I swear there have been more things, but Ty isn't here for me to ask about them. Also we are still in the quest for grad schools, but we will be in that quest for quite some time. We still havent' really narrowed any down yet. Who knows!? But i do have to say Ty is a TROOPER. He studies for the G.R.E. EVERY SINGLE DAY. Today he told me "I am actually getting more questions right than i am wrong!" Which is a pretty big step since he hasn't taken that kind of math in like 6 years. I just love that kid!!! And i finally took the plunge and starting taking guitar lessons!!! I am very excited for this. I have been wanting to play for years, but i just dont have the gumption/talent to teach myself. It is SOOO nice because it is at Summerhays Music in Orem, which is like 1/2 block away from work and my lesson is at 5, so its basically on my way home, SO CONVENIENT!!!

As for now, i am going to post some pictures of our adventures. Oh ya, its been kinda weird lately. I have been feeling different. Lately a little queazy, headaches, moodiness and very tired! Strange! Hum, oh well

My cuty-patooty niece Lauren

The crew (Mandi and Chad were there too) at Jackson. And yes, Blake is wearing ONESIES

The beautiful and wonderous Teton mountains

Ty and I before our 1 1/2 mile hike around Jenny Lake, the hike sign LIED it was more like 5 1/2 miles!!!!

Our first little friend we ran in to. Well he is OUR friend but you can obviously see what he thinks of us!!

Our second friend we ran into, I have no idea what he is eating but he really was THAT close and didn't even flinch at us!!

Mine and Ty's future family vehicle

The Quest for Graduate School

2009-06-20T16:30:00.000-07:00

Hello to one and all! I figure jody does a lot of the blogging in the family so I figured it was time that I start lifting my weight when it comes to that department. So the goal of this post is to let all those that care have an inside look into where, when, and the why of graduate school. It seems crazy but after six years of school and mission I will finally graduate from BYU this December.
Its pretty sad, this past weekend was new Student Orientation and is it me or do incoming freshman seem to get younger every year!?!? It was pretty funny, I was on campus today getting my hair cut and groups of freshman kept coming by the barbershop, just staring at me. It made me nervous because I didn't know if the lady was giving me a bad haircut or something! I started thinking and lets see these kids or 17 or 18 that means that when I was freshman way back in the Summer of 2003, they were 11 or 12 years old, that just was so crazy to me, but I digress from the purpose of this post.
It seems like for the past six months we've been looking at graduate schools, trying to figure out which one is the best for us. The game plan is to go on get the masters, then PHD and hopefully become an American History professor someday. To do that requires years of school, the exact number I really don't want to think about! After months of research and hours of searching on the Internet, I think we have finally narrowed it down to a few schools. At first we didn't really care where, as long it was some place cool and not Indiana ( I think I told Jody too many horror stories from the mission to convince her to move to Indiana!) Schools like George Mason in Virginia and the University of Florida in Gainsville both had the emphasis we needed but they were too expensive. Just to move out there would in the thousands of dollars range but maybe someday we'll have a huge move like that. We narrowed the group of schools to West/ Southwest so here it goes the positives and negatives of each school.
1. Arizona State University-Tempe
Positives: For one Phx is a great city with pretty nice weather if you don't mind the 115 degree days. It's a big school so it has the library size and rep you need to make it in the academic world. Since I went to High School there we would know a lot of people and we also have family there so that makes it nice.
Negative: Its pretty much over a 100 from may until October which can get pretty annoying.
2. Unviersity of Arizona:
Positive:They focus on Social and Cultural history which is what I want to do and its also a PAC 10 school so they would have everything I would need.
Negative: Tuscon is nice but I hear some parts our kind of ghetto and there's not much going on, so I hear. They also do a lot of with Western History and Mexican history which is cool but not really my thing.
3. San Diego State University
Postivie: Its freaking San Diego, what's not to like, we went there on our Honeymoon and we loved it. They also focus on Social and Cultural history which is great.
Negative: Its San Diego which means it would cost an arm and a leg to live there which means we would have to start selling black market kidneys or crack to survive.
4. The University of Utah
Positive: Its close, we wouldn't have to move very far, if we even moved at all, I think I would be tempted just to stay in Provo and take the bus the two times a week I would have class. They also have a professor who does sports history which is what I want to do when school is all said and done. And it would be cheap because we would get instate tutition.
Negative: Its Utah, I've spent my whole life bleeding Blue and it feels like it would be the ultimate betryal if we went to Utah. Also it would be kind of anti climatic to just move to SLC but you can't be choosey when it comes to grad school, if you get in you go!
5. Utah State
Positive: Again, its in Utah so its cheap and we might even just move in to my brothers condo when they move. They have a good history program with some solid professors and it wouldn't feel as bad as going to Utah when it comes to sports and rivalries even though they hate BYU with a passion.
Negative: Its Logan, not a whole lot going on. They also do more west and environmental history, i'm all about going green but it just sounds kind of boring.
6. Texas A&M
Postitive: Its a good school with tons of research materials, and from what I can tell College Station seems like a really nice town. Another positive thing is that the studnet body is a little more on the conservative side which is rare and would make grad school a little easier when it comes to picking topics to research.
Negative: I still don't know a whole lot about it and its pretty far away but Texas is awesome so it wouldn't be too bad.
7. University of Texas
Positive: Its ranked in the top 20 and its UT so it has major academic street cred. And I here Austin is a pretty sweet place to live.
Negative: I really have no chance of getting in, thanks to Stats and Nutrition 100 my GPA took a hit and I'm going to have to retake them this fall.
There are a few other schools were thinking about but they're still in the early stages of figuring out, if anyone has any ideas or suggestions just let us know!

I need some serious advice!!

2009-06-17T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ok not REALLY searious, but something has been plaguing my brain for at least a year. You see, a woman is defined by so many things in her life, her personality, religion, her associations ect. ect. Those things are very important indeed. And the choices we make in life that involve those things previously spoken of gravely affect your life. These decisions i can make. The decision to marry Ty, was CAKE; the descision to have kids and when, easy peasy! Buts its these unimportant, trivial, non life changing decisions that rock me to the core!! It takes the waitress at least three trys to actually get our order! So here is my question to pose to you. WHAT THE CRAP DO I DO WITH MY HAIR!!! I have been wondering, short, long, medium? What color? I have had my natural color for a couple of years. Here are some pictures and I shall throw out here and it will be up to YOU America. This ever important choice is now on your shoulders...Dont do me wrong!

Short?

(p.s. i have had much shorter hair, but i couldnt find a pic)

Medium?

Long?

Should I leave it brown? Add anything to it? Too hard!! I just.... can't... do it!!!!!

Whirl wind adventures

2009-05-14T20:16:00.000-07:00

So i know, it has been a while and we have a TON to update about. So i will shortly get you all up to speed on our lives.
I turned the big 2-4 on April 10! Man I havent really ever thought about being 24 before, but here i am, livin' the dream. Ty was so cute. He fooled me in to thinking he wasnt going to do anything special for me and he ran off to work before i even woke up :( But then I walked into the bathroom and he wrote me a cute message on our huge mirror saying how much he loves me. Then I go into the kitchen and on the counter was a bouquet of tulips (my fav) and Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal (also one of my favs) and a Martha Stewart magazine. SO CUTE!!. Then I suprised him and came home early and found him baking me my favorite cake (german chocolate). And for Ty to be cooking... Lets just say, thats a BIG deal. It tasted wonderful. He also got me a new pair of jeans, a shirt and a wallet. It was a great birthday!!

Ty had finals finally!!! He did GREAT in his classes, i am so proud of him! Now he is working full time until the fall when he goes back to school.

We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on May 2. How grateful I am to be married to my best friend. I feel so happy to know that our relationship and our love for each other grows everyday. I could never imagine before I met Ty that I would ever feel this way. Words cant explain how much I love him!!

The same day we had our anniversary we took a road trip to Cali. Interesting things that took place on our trip:

We had to replace ALL 4 tires and alignment the day before costing us almost $600.00
On our drive down in the middle of NO WHERE we saw a random couple riding a dirt bike 100% BUCK NAKED!!!! (can you just imagine if they wrecked, OUCH!)
Our hotel was a smoking room, the AC didnt really work, there was a spider and a spider webs in our bathroom, the bedside lamps didnt work, if you touched the carpet with your bare skin, im pretty sure your skin would dissinegrate (however you spell that) and oh ya, did i mention we had two seperate beds?!!! What a romantic get-away huh
We went to tide pools at laguna beach. AWESOME!!!
We saw a heard (a pack, school, bunch, i.e.) of dolphins really close to the shore and a few times they actually JUMPED out of the water. WAY AWESOME!!!
Disneyland/Cali Adventure for 2 days
We left like 10 shirts at the scary hotel :( Luckily we called them and they actually shipped them to us really fast... Still smelled like smoke.

Fun times!!! Now we are back home. We did take our camera and i will post some pics soon of our vaca. As for now, TTFN!!

2009-04-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

Ok so I believe i am the worst poster ever! Its been forever since our last post and I basically forced Ty to write it because I didnt want to. Oh well, I will get over it. Anyway not much has happened in our month of March (which by the way I cant believe its over). I basically go to work everyday and ty goes to school and work everyday. Pretty boring. However, just the other week we went to fabulous PHOENIX!!! I was super pumped because I have never been there. Ty used to live there so he knew what to expect. I loved it!!! Can I also say it was perfect weather too!! While it was snowing in Utah we got to enjoy shorts, sandals, sun, and palm trees. Of course I forgot my camera (pretty typical of me) so I will have to wait til we go to logan so I can snag them from my in-laws and post them. These are awesome things we did in AZ.

NCAA basketball Tourney: This was the main event for going to AZ in the first place. Only the guys went though, which i am ok with since I am not really invested in any teams playing. There were only 3 games this tme as apposed to last year when we went to Anaheim they saw 8.

Shopping, shopping, and more shopping: While the guys watched basketball the girls went and explored some awesome shopping centers. They have awesome stores once you get out of Utah. My mother in law spoiled me rotten because my birthday is coming up so for my present I picked out a bunch of MUCH needed spring/summer shirts (and an awesome purse). Thanks Catherine!!!! And my aunt bought me the best foundation in the whole world (Bare Minerals) because i love it and i didnt feel justified in spending almost $30 on powder when I have a husband to feed and bills to pay, so she literally forced me to the counter and bought it. I felt really bad because she DID NOT need to do that but also feel really greatful because i can literally see my face clearing up this second. Thanks Chris!! We went to Marshalls (which they dont have in Utah) and i found TONS of stuff for incredible prices, I didnt want to leave.

ASU: One of the places Ty is thinking about going to grad school is Arizona State so we went to the campus to look around and talk to some people in his depot. The people were so nice (except the front desk guy was little nuts) and the campus was huge. We deffinately liked it, so that was good.

So that was our great trip to Phoenix in a nutshell. Oh ya, something that Ty and I have recently started to do is try and exercise regularly and get ready for a 5K in May. I know what some of you are thinking "Jody, doing a 5K, hahahahaha!" But I really want to try it for some reason. However, I DO NOT run, ever, I hate it, i practically feel like i am going to die, literally, every time i run. So i am not sure how this is going to pan out, but at least I am making an effort (a small one) right?! So what we do every day to prepare (because its super crappy outside) is do my "Shape" ab video and then, get this, I have a "Dancing with the Stars" dance workout video, and yes, my awesome husband does the Cha Cha, Samba, Jive and Paso Doble with me every day (he is really embarassed I am telling you this by the way). He is so cute, a little uncoordinated, but cute non the less, and its really fun, plus I secretly think he likes shaking his boo-tay!!! Fun times!!

Good bye February

2009-02-28T19:13:00.000-08:00

So today was a great day, the orgins of this epic day had their beginning last weekend after i had gotten home from work and Jody got that puppy dog look in her eye. I will admit its tough to resist. She said,"Ty....can we please go see Confessions of a Shopaholic please......". Now I will be the first to admit that I don't mind the occasional chick flick, but this movie I could tell was going to be rough. I was tired and homework to do so I said lets go next week. At this time this seemed like a great idea but I didn't realize the most important basketball game of the year was going to take place here in the land of Provo. BYU vs Utah, this game was for all of the bananas, the winner of this game has the best chance of going to the big dance in March and where I was going to be,watching Confessions. But I am pleased to report that we had a great day together and BYU won so brethren, answers to prayers do happen.

Lunch:
Jody and I are officially done with our honeymoon, we finally used the last of our gift cards we got from our wedding. The card was for the Cheesecake factory which neither of us had been to before so we were pretty excited about. Though I have to admit I was nervous because at first glance it all pretty much seemed like girly food but I found the burger menu and it all worked out in. Lunch was great I got a burger and Jody got fish tacos and they were awesome. Jody had a hard time believing that her fish tacos really were fish and my hamburger was so juicy about half way through I had to use my fork for the rest of the way through. By the end we were so full but we knew we had to have the cheesecake because you can't go to the Cheesecake Factory without getting cheesecake, that would be blasphemy. Oh yea side note, it was such a nice day outside, they had us eat outside! I never thought it would be so nice in February in Utah! For those that haven't eaten there they have like 453 million different types of cheesecake which makes choosing new easy task. Luckily our waitress helped us out and we got the Chocolate mousse, mountain o' chocolate...., I can't remember the name, but it was good!!

Movie:
Thanks to Charlie we were able to use some free movie tickets at Jordan Commons, I have to admit I really like that theatre, the atmosphere, the seats, and how they let you eat real food during the movie. Today was a great day because we got there a half an hour ahead of time so we didn't have to sit in the front row. When we saw Australia, front row, James Bond, front row, Twilight, front row. Needless to say its nice to see a movie when you don't leave with a crink in your neck! Now to tell you about one of Jody's pet peeves, she doesn't have many but one of her main peeves is teenage girls. It seems every movie we go to we have to sit next to 10 screaming, texting, laughing, gum smacking 15 year olds. You can just see the range boiling up inside of her whenever they are in close proximety. But I digress, the movie was good, lots of clothes, lots of dancing and the obligatory scene in the movie where the guy realizes he made a mistake and runs to win her back. Overall not a bad show, it was just great to hang out with my best friend.

And Finally, IKEA
For those of you that no me, you know that shopping is not my thing. If I'm hungry I last maybe 20 minutes, and If I'm full maybe 25. Yes I know its lame. I've been preparing myself all day for this because Jody LOVES IKEA and I didn't want to whine and ruin it for her. I'm pleased to report that we found some great deals, got some ideas to spruce up our house and finally got curtains for our family room. I'm also pleased to report that I didn't whine for about 45 minutes, it was rough but sometimes you just have to man up and shop. All and all it was a great day, a little cheese cake, a little movie, and a little shopping.

2009-02-09T17:22:00.000-08:00

Ok so Ty and I want to take a stab at this high school tag thing. We had completely different high school experiences and think its funny when we reminisce. He always says "do you think we would have been friends in high school". My answer, "Im sure we would have talked". Ha ha. So since i am writing the post my answers will be first and then Ty's will be second. Here goes...

High School Tag!
1. Did you date someone in high school? J: Nope, no one specific. T: No not really, but i am quite proud of going five for five at girls choice dances!
2. What kind of car did you drive? J: The JET!! It was a 1988 Jetta and it started on fire once, SO FUNNY! T: a 1986 Toyota Camery and 1987 Jeep Cherokee (high roller)
3. Did you pass your driver's license test the first time? Yes for the both of us
4. Were you a party animal? J: Nope, I did like to hang out with friends, but deffinately not a partier. T: NOPE!! Though we did go to sonic a lot after football games (what happens at Sonic stays at Sonic)
5. Were you considered a flirt? J: Um I'm not sure, maybe a little, but i have to go with Meg too, Nikki flirted enough for the three of us!! hehe T: haha NO. But i did ahve a lot of friends that were girls.
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? J: Nope although I am kicking myself for not taking guitar. T: nope and proud of it!
7. Were you a nerd? J: No I was weird though, really quite around those i didnt know but really loud around those I did. And I was a descent student T: What does that even mean? Does it mean you are the president of the Dungeons and Dragons club, or that you went to class and actually did your homework? To the latter, yes.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? J: No, I played softball, of which I would get to play in varsity games but I wasnt that cool. Does Drill count? T: In order to sound much cooler, i am going to say yes, hockey in AZ, and Track in Logan.
9. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? J: Heck no, I never got in trouble T: Nope
11. Who were your favorite teachers? J: I would have to say Mr. Trythall in Art and Lauri, even though i HATED math T: I had to many to remember
12. Where did you sit at lunch? J: Just with my homies in the cafeteria and then in the commons after we ate T: In England, the freshman table, In AZ with my ward at our "special" table, In Logan just in the cafeteria
13. School mascot: J: Templar T: England-Lancer, Arizona-Mountain lion, Logan-Bobcat
14. School colors: J: Red, Black and White T: England-red and blue, AZ-burgandy and green, Logan- sky blue and yellow
15. Did you go to homecoming and who with? J: Yes, my junior and senior year and I cant remember who to save my life! Oh wait, its all coming back, I think Kevin Cox my Senior year and maybe Jake Dettinger my junior? Who knows T: Yes But cant remember who
16.If you could go back and do it again, would you? J: Heck no! Well, Only if it were to save my life, looking back, I made my high school experience crappy. T: NOPE. Maybe if i got to stay in one place.
17. What do you remember most about graduation? J:Sitting at Kade's house unfinished house with Meggan, Kade, Nikki, and Blake just staring at the stars. T: Just trying to stay awake as long as i could so people couldnt make fun of me for falling asleep
18. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? J: Lagoon T: Lagoon and we both say LAME!!!
19. Were you in any clubs? J: Uh I dont think so T: Just the hockey club
20. Have you gained weight since then? J: I fluxuate, not really, I still wear clothes from high school! T: I weighed 125 lbs in high school, what do you think!!!?
21. Who was your prom date? J: Soph-Adam Blackham, Jun-Kyle Crouch, SR-I cant remember his name (im horrible!) T: Senior year, Elise Monson
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? J:I think so, I am sad I missed my 5 yr, I love catching up with people. T: Im not even on the invite list
23. Did you have a job while in high school? J: Yep Los Amigos my soph year and then Fat Jacks after that. T: Just one summer I was a lifeguard at Waterworld Safari
24. Worst class? J: Probably English? I dont really know T: Spanish junior year
25.Favorite Activity? J: Probably going to sports games. I was way into Drill and it was hard, not fun all the time, but one of the most influential things I have done. T: Playing hockey

A Little about Ty

2009-01-14T18:07:00.000-08:00

Husband Tag
I thought this was a fun thing from Ash and Owens blog

1. Where did you meet your husband? Carriage Cove appartments
2. How long did you date before you got married? Engagement and all 7 months
3. How long have you been married? A little over 8 months
4. What does he do to surprise you? If i'm having a bad day, he will go and by me some chocolate and suprise me with it!!
5. What is your favorite feature of his? Physically, his perfect shaped lips, or his brown snow flake eyes
6.What is your favorite quality? He is a goose ball
7. Does he have a nickname for you? buddy
8. What is his favorite food? Well he is rather picky, but i would say any kind of man food like a big fat hamburger, or ribs
9. What is his favorite sport? College football or hockey
10. When and where did you first kiss? Well i pulled the move in his car after our second "official" date.
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Gosh we can sit and stare at the ceiling and it would be fun, i would say anything and everything, honestly!
12. Do you have children? Not yet...
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He is strangly good at random trivia nobody else knows, he is also a great writer.
14. How old is he? 23
15. Who said I love you first? He did.
16. What is his favorite music? He likes it all but rap
17. What do you admire most about him? He is so incredibly honest. He is deep down to the core a good person, he is just so good!!! I feel like a horrible criminal, mean, aweful person compared to him!!
18. What is his favorite color? Blue
19. Will he read this? You know it!!!

End to an interesting year

2009-01-02T09:24:00.001-08:00

Hey all!!! Hope you all had as much fun as we did this Christmas and New Years!!! We had our friends Nikki and Blake, and Mandi and Chad over (we missed you Meg, Kade and Dejanae) on New Years Eve. It was fun, we made "Cafe Rio"ish burritos and played games and just talked, mostly laughed though. Also we are tiling our master bathroom this week. What a chore!!!! We are almost complete with our housing renovations, well at least for a little while anyway. Luckily Uncle Pete knows how to do all of these things so we dont have to hire out, and he can teach me how to do all of these awesome things for future reference. Thanks Peter!!! Well, I was reading through some friends blogs and they made a recap of the past year month by month and I thought it was a great idea. So I shall copy them...
January
Watching Cam play hockey, surviving my final semester at UVU (yes i know it is the first month of the semester), and planning a wedding were was my month of January. Ty was recovering from his tonsilectomy and finally feeling better from months of agony. I felt bad for the poor fellow!! Ty was also in school and working part time.
February
Valentines day came and Ty was so sweet!!! His grandparents were out of town for a few weeks and we went to there house that night (finally, we had a moment to ourselves!). He made me dinner, sprinkled rose petals on the floor and gave me tickets to the Rascal Flatts concert!!!! I was so excited I almost cried!!!
March
We went to the rascal flatts concert. It basically rocked my world but Ty wasn't to thrilled. He isn't a concert lover. We also went to California this month with Ty's fam. The boys got tickets to March Madness in Anaheim and us girls went to DISNEYLAND!!! Oh it was the perfect Easter vacation from school and everyday life.
April
This month was a BUSY month!! This was the month for crunch time on finalizing wedding plans, finishing (FINALLY) from school and moving into my first home with a man!! Well i guess i was the only one living at our condo at the end of April, but we had both of our stuff moved in. This month I also went through the temple. It was such a beautiful day!!! Let me just tell you, the Timp Temple is spectacualr!!! I finally made it to the temple, what a great day. I have never felt more at peace, comforted, and happy until this day came. Ty and I finished our legacies at our current jobs, HOORAY!!! I had something lined up with interior design and Ty was going to be a tour guide at BYU.
May
Wedding bells were ringing!!! We were finally married on May 2 in the Salt lake temple. What a perfect day. The day before it had snowed 2 inches in Salt Lake, but it had all melted and skys were insanely blue and BEAUTIFUL!!! Man i tell you, everything was picture perfect. I was finally with my best friend for ETERNITY!!!! We celebrated by going to So. Cal for a week. We stayed in Carlsbad, right on the beach mind you. We loved every second of it!!! unforunately it had to end and we had to come back to our messy and unpacked condo. But it was still great. We also had the entire month to chill because BOTH of our jobs fell through. A whole month of unemployment, how did we financially make it, we still wonder. So technically we had a whole month of a honeymoon.
June
We finally got jobs and our "honeymoon" sadly ended.
July
What a month... My dad was campaigning for county commisioner and lucky us we were nominated to ride in parades for him, throwing candy to the little ones. A few weeks later we were awoken in the middle of the night one night (why is it always in the middle of the night) with my mom crying telling me my sister Holly passed away. It was so surreal, and so suprising. No one expected such a tragedy to happen. But man, how loving and supporting people were. I couldn't believe the love people had for my family.
August
This month Ty turned the big 23 and I suprised him with a weekend getaway to Park City. It was so relaxing and perfect. We went shopping, rode the alpine slide/coaster, and enjoyed the awesome beauty of one of my favorite places which is Park City. We also went to Jackson Hole with Ty's family. It was my first time in Wyoming. It was so awesome and we saw a BEAR to boot!!! I seem to attract those deadly creatures for some reason.
September
Ty started school. Boring month. Except my bouts of sickness started this month.
October
Halloween. We re-done our kitchen and guest bathroom. What a chore, but I loved it!!! More sickness...
November
Still sick... Thanksgiving in E-town. School getting crazy for Ty.
December
Still sick... My first surgery. Christmas shopping and decorating (my favorite part!!) Ty finishes yet another semester at the BYU. Tiling our master bathroom. And finally, spending our second Christmas together where all our hopes and dreams came true.

What a year. I would say a bittersweet one. But I am sure glad I spent it with Ty. I cant even imagine what it would be like without him. One thing I learned is that even though things good or bad happen, life goes on. Thats why we need to cherish everyday, not to regret the past, or be afraid of the future, today is the one that counts.

The happenings!

2008-12-26T16:05:00.000-08:00

Well it is true. I made it through my surgery! I still feel a little bit like i have been punched in the stomach, but all in all, much better. I cant wait until i am all the way better (next week or so) then i can fully enjoy myself and my food. We forgot our camera of course so we didnt really get to document this momentous occasion. Ty only got 1 picture on his cell that I will have to get uploaded. I am trying to fight back a new fear from developing though. It took me a LONG time to actually get out of the hospital. When it should have only been a few hours at the most. It turns out the the normal amount of anestesia one would give a person of my stature was WAY to much for me to handle. It took me a long time to wake up and about 5-6 more hours to be stable enough to go home. It really did a number on me. Every time i would doze off at the hospital my breathing would go way down and it would set off this alarm thingy to send the nurse rushing in. To say the least i was really scared at the hospital. I know now that things like this happen all the time and it really is not that big of deal but I cant help but wake up in the middle of the night and wonder to myself "was i breathing ok", "what if i cant wake up". And then it brings up the whole fear of whats going to happen if i have to have surgury again, i dont want to be scared. I am really trying to hold myself back and not let this become a problem. But I am feeling better and better everyday. Ty's dad just told me i probably wont feel absolutely 100% back to normal for THREE WEEKS!!! Patience is a virtue. At least thats what they tell me...
On to Christmas... We were spoiled once again. I got everything I asked (except a puppy, which wont happen until we have a backyard :( ) and so did Ty. I got a guitar and a knee length trench coat from Santa and from Ty I got some super cute shoes, jacket, and the cutest was a teapot that was filled with pieces of paper that have my favorite things to do, so when Ty and I are looking for a date, I can pull out a paper and have to do the thing on the paper. I thought that was super cute and very thoughtful of my favorite buddy! All of you "Office" fans out there might remember Jim gave a similar present to Pam for Christmas one year. CUTE!!! Ty got some clothes, books, shoes, DVD's and of course his ONE item on his wish list an Ipod Touch!!! I am telling you, the kid hasnt taken his hands off of it since he opened it!!! I think Santa created a monster!
One more piece of good news. One of my bestest buddies in the whole world my little Meg had her baby!!!! It was a total surprise, she went into labor and had her Christmas day!!! She wasnt due for a few more weeks even!! We love you Meg and Kade, Congrats on the little squirt. DeJanae is BEAUTIFUL!!! And I cant believe we are old enough to have one of these!

I know, I know...

2008-12-17T15:44:00.000-08:00

Ok so I know it has been forever since I last posted. For this, I am sorry... The funny thing is, is that I read people blogs ALL the time. AND when people haven't posted in a long time, I feel like I am missing out and wanting to really catch up with them. Anyway, a lot has been going on these past few months. Ty is FINALLY finished with this semester and finals. We and esp. HE is very grateful for the little break before next semester. I have been going to work, and thats about it. However we have had a few changes take place.

1) We almost have our guest bathroom complete (hopefully within the next week)

2) We got to decorate our humble abode for Christmas, for the very first time WAHOO!!

(p.s its been so long posting I forgot how to turn the pictures around! Sorry)

3) Well I have been kind of sick for the last two-ish months. Dr appt after Dr. appt FINALLY we found out (and I knew it all along) I have to have my gall-bladder taken out on MONDAY!!! YA-freaken-HOO for finding out what was wrong AND getting the stupid thing taken out, but BOO for having to actually have surgery! I have never really had surgery before (minus oral surgery) so its going to be quite the experience. I am a little nervous, but mostly excited to feel good again.

I hope all is well with all of you. We are so excited for Christmas!! We are spending it with Ty's family in Logan and will get spoiled to death as always when we go up there. Mostly I think we are excited to have an ENTIRE week off! I will have to send a little shot out to you all to let you curious people know how gall-bladder surgery is next week. Until then, PEACE!

Ok so we were tagged

2008-10-29T16:29:00.000-07:00

Since this is a Jody and Tyler blog i shall include Ty's answers (to the best of my ability) as well as mine.

8 TV Shows We Love To Watch:
Jody:
The Office
Jon and Kate Plus 8
Dirty Jobs
So You Think You Can Dance
Chuck
Anything on Travel Channel
Food Network
What Not to Wear

Tyler:
The Office
Chuck
Football (mostly college)
Dirty Jobs
Crusoe
So You Think You Can Dance
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?

8 Favorite Restaurants (no particular order)
Sensuous Sandwich
Kneaders
Quizno's
Fat Jacks (I guess Roys now, but it will always be Fat Jacks to me)
Mcgraths
Cafe Rio or Costa Vida
Fire House (in Logan)
Arby's

8 Things that happened Today:
Jody:
I went to work
Ate lunch with ty
Had J-Dogs for the first time
Made a Christmas List
Did some laundry
Almost hit about 50 pedestrians at BYU (they are everywhere!!!)
Will get my AWESOME Halloween costume for work
Hang out with my Ty

Tyler:
Went to school
Work
Ate J-dogs for the first time with Jody
Homework
Watch TV
Got Car ins and car licensing stuff figured out
Went to The Nelsons (grandparents)
Ate Jody's Cap'n Crunch Cereal

8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
Jody:
Getting a puppy one day
Being debt free (one day)
Retirement
Raising children (note that i didnt say being pregnant)
Moving somewhere awesome for Ty's grad school
The holiday season
Phoenix in March
Ty coming home from school today

Tyler:
Being done with school this semester
Christmas
Phoenix in March (March madness woo-hoo)
Getting our apt finished
Having more money than we have now (that means actually making a LIVING)
Getting an Ipod Touch (one day)
Going to Grad School
Being a History Professor at an awesome college

8 Things on our wish list:

Refer to the above questions answers

Its about time!!

2008-10-27T20:23:00.000-07:00

So i know, its been awhile. I have learned that I am a horrible blogger. If blogging is anything like journal writing its only a matter of time before I forget that I even have a blog. In fact, in my journal I think Ty is still known as "this one guy in my ward". Anywho, what's been going on with us the King fam. Well after my last post Ty and I went to Mandi and Chads wonderful wedding. It was such an awesome experience. With so many people I know that are getting divorced (such a sad world) it was so refreshing to see such love between two people. Ty and I were talking and I said I get so happy at weddings that I just cry, maybe more than the bride, just because of how sweet the spirit is. Plus it makes me think of when Ty and I got married and it just makes me so happy to think people in my life are going to be as happy as I am now that they found their favorite buddy too! We stayed at my sister Nickie and Jordans house and had fun with the kids. Ty is the fav though because he has Nerf guns. Here are some pics of the kids and the infamous Nerf guns.

Parker and Zach and the beginning of the HUGE Nerf mess.

This one is a little blurry but this is Zach and the BIG automatic Nerf gun

After that i got sick, AGAIN!!!! I know, what the crap!!! This time I was hacking up a lung and all sorts of goop, and then I lost my voice, completely. Luckily though we were laying tile in our kitchen and guest bathroom so my spirits were kept high. Man was tile laying hard work. Neither Ty and I had done that before so we didnt quite know what we were getting into. I LOVED it, Ty, not so much. But its ok, he was such a trooper. We had uncle Pete there to instruct us and basically do all the hard work, so a BIG thanks to him!! Here are a few pics of us laying tile and the finished product.

Ty cutting the nasty linoleum before we started tearing it out. Holy crap, this was the HARDEST part, it took HOURS to get the old floor out.

This is the MESS we had to live with all weekend. It was so annoying!!

Good ol' Peter. What a champ! It was his fall break and he spent it with us instead of his family :(

Grouting. This is almost the finished project. I just realized this is the picture that had the closest final result

Lets see... What happened after that. Well I will just start with this past weekend. Ty has had like 3 or 4 midterms this past weekend so sadly, he was studying and I was trying hard to let him study. I just want to hang out all the time, he is just so fun so its lame when he has to study a lot. Anyway so I think Friday night, he studied and I dont even know what I did. Saturday we had a busy day. We slept in til 8 and made breakfast (which was pretty nasty). Then we met Nickie, Jordan and the kids at Brick Oven. It was Zach's birthday so he invited us to come along. Then after we ate we went to the one and only Chuckie Cheese!!! I had never been there before and let me tell you... I had dreamed of this moment as a child and I FINALLY checked it off my list. For the fact that I hate video games, nasty dirty places where parents let there children run wild and sneeze and cough all over everything; I was pleasantly suprised. It wasn't as ghetto as I imagined. We won a few tickets for the kids and played a few games and had a fun time.

My cute sister and niece Lauren. Lauren ate the most out of all of us i think. What a cutie!!

Ty, Parker, Jordan chowing down on lunch

The Birthday boy at awesome Chuckie Cheese. He had so much fun! It was so funny to watch them playing around like this was the best thing since mac and cheese.

Where a kid can be a kid... that includes grown-ups too i guess!

That night Ty and I went to our wards Halloween Party. Once again, pleasantly suprised. It wasnt advertised a lot at church so we thought no one would show up. But there were TONS of people and good food and awesome costumes. Ty and I threw something together really quick; he was a fighter pilot (his go-to costume for the past 7 years) and I wore a poodle skirt and a scarf. It was pretty fun. Sunday was a big day for me, well during church anyway. It was our anual Primary Program, where every child dreads and every parent proud. Well since the day i was called as Primary Pres I was nervous for this moment. We only have a nursery and a few sunbeams so I knew the kids would really be a part of the program like a regular family ward is. Us as a presidency spoke and we had the children sing I am a Child of God with their parents and another musical number from two ladies from the ward. It actually turned out really well and we didn't run out of time and all the parents and children came up to sing and it all just turned out really great!! I love the Primary. I am so glad I have this calling!!

Death Week

2008-10-05T14:49:00.000-07:00

Hey all!! So I know, its been awhile. If you knew what I have been through this past week, you would understand. Basically, I have been on my death bed. By the end of the week I had no shame or dignity left of me by the remedies my loving husbands family, as well as my own, had me do. All I can say is, my husband loves me. I dont think anyone else (besides someone who was being paid lots of money) would do the things he had to do to help me (I will just leave it at that). It took a few days to regain my strength and appetite but I am back to health!!!! Its been a stressfull week for Ty too. He had his first Stats exam and school work that had to be done as well as take care of me. But luckily the week is over and a new one to begin.
This weekend we went to Ty's house in Logan for the BYU/Utah State game and conference. We are glad the game is over (things were starting to get REALLY ugly with the fans) and BYU wasn't playing as well as we wanted or expected in the last quarter of the game. For this I MUST say; People who are sports fans, enjoy the game, cheer for your team, but why stoop to the LOW level of picking fights with the opposing teams fans and swear and say obscene and rediculous things (that make you look like a complete idiot) to the players and opposing fans just because they happen to like the other team. Its takes the fun out, and again, you look like a complete idiot jerk. I was less than impressed with some BYU and USU fans to say the least. I better stop before I get carried away.
This week I will try to update our blog again and try to make it a habit. Maybe I will get Ty to write again (he is a better writer than me).

2008-09-15T19:55:00.000-07:00

Well my internet friends, here I sit on the verge on a major life break through. I have offically joined the cool kids blog by writing my first blog entry of my life. I feel like I'm finally catching up to this whole internet blogging thing since it became popular while I was on my mission. Anyway enough of the back story now its time to talk about our super exciting lives....Yea with school starting up and Jody working full time there hasn't been much time for as many fun things as this summer but its all good! Perhaps the funniest thing that happend to us last week was last Friday. So my wife loves me for some strange reason and she agreed to come with to see the new Indiana Jones movie again. I have this weird habit of liking to see movies mulitple times in theatres. So we get to the dollar theatre by Shopko here in Provo and its surprising full. The only place to sit is between these four and kind of large and stinky side guys. The movie starts and I can tell Jody is uncomfortable. Being the amazing husband that I am I asked her what was wrong but I will admit I was paying more attention to the movie than to the things giong on around us. She has her hands over her nose and she looks like she is about to loose her lunch. She said," Can't you smell that!?!" and i was like what? Then the A/C kicked on and I was privileged to smell a combination of popcorn, BO, fart, and who knows what else! Pretty much one of the nastiest things I have ever smelled! It was too much and sadly I had to leave Indy for his quest for the crystal and escort my wife out of the theatre before she started getting really sick. So I guess what we can learn from this is showering should be everyone's friend and farting in public is kind of nasty. So that was our exciting event for the week, not exactly earth shattering but funny!
Another random thing that happend was on Sunday while we were at church which is at 8:30 in the morning and I'm pleased to report that the gospel is still true even that early in the morning! So we don't the normal opening, song, prayer annoucnements and we get to the Sacrament song which for some reason in our ward no one ever knows. Why do people feel the need to sing songs that no one knows! I'm not even kidding there was no one singing for most of the song! Anyway the Sacrament song ends and all of a sudden the Stake President who was there on some Stake Business gets up and tells everyone that there isn't anybread so he procedded to give us a brief history of the art of administering the SAcrament since 1830, riviting stuff! In all of my 23 years I've never been to church were someone forgot the bread, how crazy is that! Luckily the person with the bread arrived and all was well in Zion! Well thats about all I can think to write!

2008-09-08T20:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am thinking our blog is pretty dern boring because I never tell you what Ty and I do all the time. Also because I dont have any cool photos on here. First off, where to start by telling you all about our awesome VERY quick summer. Second, I have NO clue how to add photo's on my blog. PLEASE HELP!!! I spend all day everyday on a computer for my job, have taken countless graphic design classes, countless computer classes as it is, and I cant figure out my own blog! I know, it sounds ridiculous. Pretty typical though.

Ok so first off about our summer... Ty and I have been slowly updating and re-doing our cute little condo. First was the paint job. We painted one wall in our kitchen green, one wall in our living room purple (I know, sounds crazy), our bedroom yellow, and our office blue. I figured, we are young, spry, and "super cool" so we should do something fun and crazy. And that we did. Once i figure out how to post pics, I will show you JUST how fun it is. Next we are going to rip up the disgusting linoleum floor in our bathrooms and kitchen and add tile. Then relplace the countertops, and nasty sink. It will be a long process, but a stinkin awesome one. Plus we are still working on the decor of house. Lets face it, its expensive, and lets face it again, I am a horrible chooser because I am picky and a perfectionist. Lucky Ty!!

What else... I think I mentioned how we haven't had one weekend home in August. Our last trip to end the summer with a bang we went to Jackson Hole. Ty's family has a house up there and LAbor Day weekend was his imidiate families turn to take it. Being my first Jackson Hole experience I was pleasantly surprised. Friday night we went downtown to an ACTUAL shoot out they have. Like a for real, old school cowboy shoot out from the 1800's. It was awesome. Then we walked around cute downtown and went into all the shops. All we bought was a christmas ornament :( But then we went to the cutest play. It was Cat Balou and it was SO funny. It was in this TINY quaint theater where there were like 15 rows to seat people. It was great, they had incredible voices, it was funny, and very entertaining. Saturday we played a nice friendly, competive game of mini golf with Ty's family and we are pleased to announce that Ty took first place and I took second (by ONE lousy point) out of his whole family. We raced down the alpine slide and went to a cute Mexican restaurant (of which i cant remember the name), and played Nerts (or Pounce as they call it) all night long. Sunday we went to the visting members ward for church, which was pretty packed and took a long Sunday nap. That night after dinner we went on a mountain safari looking for wild animals trip. We saw a few HUGE moose, a bunch of elk, and to top it all off A BEAR!!! It was in a tree about 30 or 40 yards away. (Once again, I will post pictures, when i figure it out). It was awesome. I think Ty's family thought I was a loon for my, lets put it, rather excited reaction. For those of you who really know me, can probably picture the seen I caused now. Anywho, the trip was a success and a great way to end the summer. As for now I think this blog is getting REALLY long, so i will spare you more details for now, and will catch up on next week posting entitled "The incredibly awesome lives of Ty and Jody". Until then TTFN and have a good one!

I am a HORRIBLE blogger

2008-09-05T21:03:00.001-07:00

So Ty and I have had a BUSY month of August. So I have been horrible at keeping our blog up to date. We have gone to my home in Ephraim to help paint my parents living rooms to Jackson Hole, WY; to Logan, Ut; to Park City!!! We finally get a weekend at home this week though, finally! I am still trying to figure this whole blogging thing out, so adding pictures, music, and fun stuff like that is currently on its way with JodyandTyler.blogspot.com version 10.0. So until then, i will continue to stock all of your profiles until i figure this stuff out!

We are now part of the cool club!!

2008-07-31T19:45:00.000-07:00

So I guess we finally made it. We are now officially real life bloggers!!! Everyone has been telling us we need to make one and what can i say, I buckled under pressure and set it up while Ty was at work.