Here's to 5 Years

Yes, Tim and I have been married for 5 years now (on March 12th) if you can believe it. I think more has happened in these last five years than any other time of my life. There have been ups and downs, trials and GRAND times. Through it all, I can not say that I would wish for it to be any other way. Overall I can say that we have been extremely blessed beyond what we even see and I have loved every minute with him.
Here are some things we have happened.
Lived in 6 different homes.
A broken foot (result of doing the laundry)
6 different jobs (between the two of us)
Decided on three different careers for Tim: Engineer, Dentist, and Pharmacy (and undecided for awhile).
Dallas actually used her degree for a year teaching Kindergarten. But I am now doing my life long goal of being a stay at home mother (Hooray).
Made some life long friends
Had two wonderful children
Got my tonsils out (one of the best things I have EVER done!)
Went through Pharmacy school application process
Got into our first choice pharmacy school (I know pat ourselves on the back, but it was A LOT of work!!)
Have watched a lot of movies (something we all love to do together)
Both received our Bachelor Degrees
Laughed a lot
Cried a little (almost all me)
Celebrated a lot of Holidays
Have had three different cars (only have one now)
And much much more!

We had a pretty fun Anniversary. Tim had just got a job at a Pharmacy as a Pharmacy Intern and they were having a work party at the Lion House. So we double dipped on that one. Lucky for us we went to a lot nicer place than we could afford for our Anniversary and did not have to pay for a thing. There is another one of those blessing I mentioned earlier. The Lion House was amazing and we had a great time. It was the first time we left Kaven with a babysitter (other than grandparents) Great Times!

A Well Needed....

Get Away!!!!
Tim and I love it here in Salt Lake but being here in the city just reinforces us all the more that we want to end up in a small town!!!!!! As soon as we drive out of the city limits and into the open landscape we both seem to take a big breath and relax! Gratefully Casey (my niece) getting baptized was a great reason for us to go. She was so darling and I didn't even get any pictures of how cute she looked on her special day (forgot to take the camera)! Not only is she So Cute but she is one of the nicest sweetest girls I have ever met! I am just glad my kids have such good cousins to look up to (all their cousins)! But here are a few EXCELLENT reasons why small town are AWESOME...........
You can go out your back door and ride a pony,



Chickens wander around your yard making excellent pets on top of providing you fresh eggs.


Target practice can be done in the field behind your house.

Grandmas are drawn to small towns too.
Ponies and buggies can be driven down the main street of town.

There is always a good seat to be found (even if it is an old tin can). :)

Birthday Part II

After Red Robin we had to stop at the Grocery Store to pick up some ice-cream. The kids always love shopping at DANS. It is almost like going to a Carnival or something. They get to ride in this cool car, eat samples along the way. Pick up a cookie in the Bakery and to top it off they give them a balloon for the ride home. So I guess that was sort of a party in itself!

We headed home then sang to Tim about three times (for the kids, and yes we lit the candle and had him blow it out ever time). I am actually a little embarrassed to show the picture of the cake I made because it is only half way done. But I had some things come up during the day so I was not able to finish it, but you get the idea. Tim didn't mind either.
We then had him open his presents (a belt and cuff links).

I just have to point out the Emery wrapped the smaller present ALL BY HERSELF. The only thing I did to help is when she asked if I would put the tape between her fingers. I was pretty impressed.

Another Birthday come and gone. We sure love celebrating things in our house. Now we get to look forward to Kaven and Emery's birthday coming up. Now that will be fun.

Happy Birthday Tim

This guy is EVERYTHING to me! Boy February is a VERY BUSY month for us with Valentines Day, Presidents Day and Tim's Birthday all in a row, it makes for a really fun month! I feel like a can finally take a breath but wait there is Joy School I get to help with this week, presidency meetings to attend, Visiting Teaching and Vists to teachers in the Primary.
I guess I will just have to hold my breath for one more week. :) It sure makes life exciting though. Oh and I just finished my first on-line scrapbook for the year 2009 (which I did in about 2 weeks so I could get the deal on-line to publish my book) A very exciting process I might add and I now have a new hobby! Hooray!!!

Anyway, I am now getting to all these events we just experience and Tim's Birthday is the last of them. I will be all caught up for now so here it goes.....
Tim still had to go to school so I decided to make him his favorite meals when he was home for the short time between classes. For breakfast we had Creaps. For lunch we had Fajitas (Tim loves anything with peppers, onions and garlic in it. Which may be the reason for our bad breath on occasion). But for dinner he wanted to go out to eat which we haven't done for a REALLY LONG TIME (probably before we started Pharmacy School) so it was a BIG TREAT for him (and us). We went to Red Robin (Tim's other favorite: Hamburgers). The kids thought it was the coolest things and we had a great time. I took a picture of him with each the kids and then he wanted a picture with me so we thought why not have Emery take it. She did a pretty good job for it being her first time. It is moments like this when you realize that your kids are growing up.
*Well I guess I am not done with catching up. This is just part one of his birthday and I have to go now so be ready for part two later....... to be continued.....

Rainy Day Picnic

Tim had yet another great idea. The day after Valentines Day was Presidents Day so we wanted to do something fun with the kids. It was a little rainy and wet but we didn't let it stop us from having A PICNIC! Emery LOVED helping prepare the lunch and even drew faces of each one of us so we know which bag was ours. I think this is the first people she as ever drawn. I was pretty impressed. Maybe we will have another artist on our hands. :) Emery loved feeding/chasing the geese.
We even ate on our own little private island in a gazebo. Tim said the weather reminded him of Ireland which was another bonus.

It seems we get cabin fever pretty bad this time of year so we decide the weather is not going to keep us indoors any longer. Who says you can't have a picnic on a rainy day?

My Valentines

Valentines Day wasn't too spectacular this year with it being on Sunday and all. I also had just been called into the Primary Presidency a few weeks ago and it has been pretty stressful for me. So we spent a lot of it talking about primary. Tim is such a great support. Our primary is actually two wards combine so I don't know half the kids or the teachers. But the amazing thing is how much LOVE I have for all these kids and teachers that I don't even know. I have never felt that quite like that before. I know it must come with the calling. Needless to say we did a little bit of celebrating and I took a few pictures of the calm things that happened that day. I am totally LOVING being a mom. It is SO GREAT having two kids now. To me it just feels more like a family even though I KNOW we are not complete yet. All with time I guess. I love how simple our lives are right now. Our only bills are our cell phones and rent because everything is included in our rent. I don't know how things can get more simple than that. I am sure we will look back some day and REALLY realize how simple it is. SO I better be grateful for it while it lasts. We are healthy, I have great kids and Tim is doing so well in school. How could we not LOVE life. Hope you all had a great Valentines Day!

Trolley Square

February 6th, 2009 (playing catch up)
We had a Saturday free so we decided to Experience some more of Salt Lake City. Tim had the idea to visit Trolley Square so off we went. I love his idea's. He parked across the street so Emery could experience the covered bridge. We probably spent most our time there. I love how the little things are the most fun! The mall was under A LOT of remodeling so there were only a few stores open but you can tell what a beautiful different kind of building it is. I especially liked the flooring. You can kind of tell in these pictures. Tim of course had to go up and down the escalator a few times with Emery while Kaven and I watched from his stroller. . I think it would be neat to go back again when all the re-modeling is done. I sure love my little family!!!