Scotty and Michelle

Claire's First Christmas

2012-01-11T18:14:00.008-07:00

Such a fun year with a newborn in the house to celebrate Christmas! She was spoiled rotten, and doesn't even know it yet! These pictures are totally out of order and random, but I don't want to take the time to rearrange them :) We took video of Claire "opening" her presents, but I failed to take any pictures of it - I'll have to be better about that!

Wouldn't be a complete Christmas without putting Claire in the stocking my mom made for her

Mommy's Favorite Gift is right!
Once we put Claire in her stocking, Cooper wanted to see if he could fit :)

Claire meeting Santa for the second time at a Christmas Fiesta with Scotty's family/friends. She didn't even cry - tough girl!
Don't let this these awesome shots fool you, it was taken by yours truly - MICHELLE - not Scotty, and I must say I'm pretty proud of it :)

I'm such a sucker for clothing that has anything on the bum!
How can you not love that face?!?

Claire has the right idea already - sticking out her tongue and looking adorable while doing it

I had to throw this one in there - you can tell we have a baby that spits up A LOT because we have burp cloths all over the house and apparently one made it into my Christmas present that I unwrapped from Scotty. He didn't even know that it had been wrapped up! I was so appreciative of the new burp cloth I got for Christmas ;)

Claire's Christmas Outfit

2012-01-11T18:06:00.004-07:00

I just cannot resist buying clothes for this cute little girl and when I saw this dress, I wanted to buy it, but it was too expensive at the time - well thank goodness it was on clearance the next time I went! This was Claire's Christmas outfit that she wore to church and promptly spit on and drooled all over, which is par for the course for a 4 month old, but I didn't care. Don't worry, she wore a long sleeved cardigan over the dress and had on an adorable dress coat too.

We had a little photo shoot a few days after Christmas to showcase her dress. I just can't get enough of her and her sweet smile!

3 months old

2012-01-08T19:50:00.006-07:00

Yes, I know my child will be 4 months old tomorrow, but I never posted her 3 month pictures we have. I just love these pictures of her, and I know that the one of her legs is blurry, but I just had to show how chubby her little legs are (why aren't mine cute?!?).

Things Claire has started doing in her 3rd month:

- rolling from back to tummy

- smiling A LOT

- giggling out loud

- tracking anything that gets in her way

- growling (she kept doing this during sacrament today!)

- sitting up if you hold onto her little fingers and help a bit

- sleeping better and better through the night, around 6 - 7 hours straight

- LOVES being on her changing table - whenever she is crying, if we put her on there, so will calm down almost immediately and start laughing and cooing at us

- went to her first movie on New Year's Eve and did pretty well

- LOVES to watch TV - she clearly takes after me in more than just looks :)

We love our little girl so much and cannot imagine our lives being complete without her. I love when her little body shakes with excitement and when you can tell her little mind is trying so hard to figure things out. She has been eating like a horse the past few weeks and I can hardly keep up with milk for her (nursing did not go so well with Claire - she wasn't able to actually get any milk out - so I just pump and give her bottles all the time - which means Daddy can get up for late night feedings too :) ). Please try to not grow up too fast my little Claire-bean.

My little Claire-Bean

2012-01-08T19:23:00.006-07:00

I always think about blogging, but then I run out of energy :). I went back to work 2 months ago, and it has been hard figuring out how to survive on little sleep with a newborn. I am grateful though for Scotty's sister, Kendra, who watches Claire for us while we are at work. There is something easy about being away from her when I know she is being cared for and loved by family (sometimes, maybe a little too loved by her 2 year old cousin!). Most days I have no energy by the time I get home, and I just want to curl up and sleep - but then I have a little one to take care of - who is of course cranky at night. But then she smiles or laughs out loud and I get a little bit of energy from it -- it really melts my heart! And this little girl loves to growl - it is so funny! We tease that she learned to growl from Princess :). She started rolling over the week of Christmas (3 1/2 months) and will only go from her back to her tummy - we try to teach her to roll onto her back, but she wants nothing to do with it and cries until we pick her up and roll her over again - then she will roll right over and hang out for 5 mintues or so, and then cry again. We had such a great Christmas having a little one in the house, really made us grateful for all of the blessings we have in our lives. We woke up on Christmas morning, went to church with Scotty's parents at 9 a.m., had brunch, Skype'd with his sister Courtney on her mission in the Netherlands, came back to our house to open up Claire's presents from us and Santa (while Daddy fed her a bottle) and then my family came up for dinner and presents and games. We had so much fun! Scotty hasn't uploaded the Christmas pictures yet, so I'll post those later, but for Christmas Claire got a bumbo seat and Scotty took these great pictures the other day of her hanging out in it!

Happy 5th Anniversary

2012-01-07T20:10:00.004-07:00

Holy cow - it's been 5 years already. I can't believe we've been married this long -yet it seems as though we've always been together.

We celebrated by leaving Claire home with her Grandma Kicki (the first time I actually have left her besides going to work) - we shopped at Tai Pan and went to dinner at Olive Garden. It was so nice to get out just the two of us and celebrate how far we've come in 5 years (but I admit that I kept looking for Claire in the cart at Tai Pan!).

I never thought 5 years would come and go so fast - we've been through so much and accomplished even more together. If anyone would have asked me on our wedding day where I thought we would be in 5 years, I would never have been able to imagine our lives and how great they truly are. We've had our ups and downs and everything in between, but I wouldn't trade anything (except maybe 2 blown engines on Scott's cars :) ).

And on another positive note - Scotty has new employment as an intern architect for a small firm in Ogden!!!! I knew this day would come, but I was beginning to think it wouldn't happen for a long time since it seemed as though no one was hiring - but this day is here! He can now start working towards his license and take the grueling tests that are yet to come. Wow - I wonder where we will be in another 5 years. I love you babe!
Now for your viewing pleasures - then and now:

It's hard to believe we actually looked younger than we do now!

10 weeks - where does the time go?!?

2011-11-20T14:35:00.008-07:00

Claire Jeanne Moses, born 9/9/11 @ 8:33 pm. 7 lbs 8 oz, 20.5 inches

Yummy eclaires!!

Grandma Kicki (michelle's mom), Nana and Papa (scotty's parents). My dad was there, but failed to be in any pictures

1 month old - Scotty already posted a lot of these pictures, so I'll just add one of my favorites

6 weeks old - our first family photo shoot - courtesy of Kendra

Claire's blessing day - 11/6/11

2 months old. Her stats as of this appointment were 10 lbs 8 oz (39%ile), 22 inches (33%ile) and 15 1/2 inches for her head (66%ile)

Wow, our little Claire is already 10 weeks old, I cannot believe it! This has been the best/hardest/most rewarding/confusing 10 weeks of my life. I had no idea being a mom would be so hard, but at the same time so rewarding. I cannot believe how much love I feel for this little person who can frustrate me so much at the same time. I think we are starting to figure each other out, and really for the most part, she is a really happy baby, especially when her daddy is holding her. I know I have not posted much of anything about our little one, so I thought I would share from her birth until now in pictures. We love our little girl so much, and cannot imagine our lives without her here. Even Princess seems to like her - even if she feels she has been replaced by Claire.

claire at 1 month

2011-10-12T00:22:00.005-06:00

We can't believe it, but our little Claire is a month old! Where did that month go?!? We've been so wrapped up in trying to figure her out and get used to being parents that I've spaced taking very many photos of her since she was born. So, despite being sick this weekend, I took the chance to shoot some photos of her while she was reasonably docile. My favorite is the first shot, when I caught her mid-sneeze! She's had me wrapped around her finger from before she was born. Claire, just a warning - I'll always think of you as this tiny little girl, even when you have your own kids. Can't say I didn't warn you. I love you, Clairebear.

(scotty)

one year ago

2011-08-25T14:02:00.009-06:00

One year ago I looked like this, looks like I'm pregnant, but it is just my large sling from my shoulder surgery.

This year, I look like this...and I couldn't be happier!

But now, I am in the same spot of laying on the couch as I was a year ago...bed rest since Monday and it is SO BORING! I used to think that bed rest could be so fun because I do enjoy watching TV and hanging out, but this is beyond boring! I went to the doctor on Monday and my blood pressure is really high when I am sitting up, but when laying down, my blood pressure is normal, so I was ordered to lay in bed all day, every day. When I was doing the non-stress test, the baby was fine and her heart rate was great when she was moving, so the doctor's orders are to lay around all day since she is doing fine, and he wants to keep her in there as long as she can. Plus my body wasn't at all ready for delivery, so if he induced me I would end up with a c-section which we want to try and avoid if we can. Thank goodness for Scotty being home (he finished graduate school--yahoo!!), cable TV and my ipod touch! The hardest part is having this nesting instinct kick in full strength, but not being able to do things at all since I start to swell as soon as I stand on my feet for a long period of time. Scotty has been great and has been making lots of meals and doing lots of stuff around the house before this baby gets here while I watch movies and TV and keep myself hydrated and lay down.
Hopefully this baby makes her entrance into this world a little before her due date so I can try and avoid going crazy!

Utah's first Design Star?....

2011-08-09T10:29:00.002-06:00

Michelle will probably roll her eyes, because she knows how fast the wheels in my head start spinning if I have free time to think about design, but as we've been watching HGTV's "Design Star" I wondered, "why am I not on this show?". We both sit and critique and pick out things we would or wouldn't do watching the designers scramble to complete the design challenges. And, although both of my degrees are in Architecture, my true love is pure design - whether that be a skyscraper, a light fixture, a home, a custom piece of furniture, an interior, or a makeover. I love design, and while I search for employment with a local architect, I would love to take on home makeover projects, both to build my personal design portfolio and, much more importantly, to give people a reinvented space they are dying to get home to at the end of the day.

So, if you or someone you know has a space (or spaces) in your home that are calling out for help, I would be honored to help you invision what those spaces could become, and take them from concept to completion with you!

To see a small number of designs I've completed already, visit www.scottmosesdesigns.blogspot.com. My contact info is listed at the bottom of that blog if you don't have it already.

PLEASE HELP ME BECOME UTAH'S FIRST "DESIGN STAR"!!

time to update I guess

2011-07-11T12:25:00.003-06:00

When I see how often I update our blog, my pregnancy seems to go by so fast! But when I think about how long I have been pregnant (and how long I still have to go) I feel like it has been creeping by!

Well, to update. I found out 6 weeks ago that I have gestational diabetes--yup, I am one of the lucky ones. A few things that I found out about gestational diabetes that made me feel a little better:
1. It is not my fault. I was worried sick for days that this is something that I caused myself and that I should be ashamed of it. I learned that when you are pregnant your body actually produces anti-insulin hormones, so your body has to work 3X harder to produce insulin, and my body just won't produce enough - so there is nothing I could have done to prevent it.
2. I will do anything in the world to make sure our little girl is healthy and safe. I never thought I could "diet" while pregnant, but it has actually been easy since I know that I am doing it for my little baby. I can't say that it has been totally easy to not eat all the sweets and desserts and french fries I want, but I will say that since finding out, I have not touched one of these things (even on my birthday--no cake, no ice cream, no nothing!). She is already worth all of this!
3. Our little baby can stay little if I can keep my sugars in check. One of the biggest side effects of gestational diabetes is large, pre-term babies. Pre-term babies because your baby grows too large too fast and so your body thinks the babe is full-term. I went in for a 45 minute ultra sound the week after I found out about diabetes, and she was measuring right on schedule, at that time she was 2.5 pounds and a perfect length around 16 inches (and we got to see that everything else looks good too!). Such a relief!

So that basically consumes my life now. Monitoring my carb intake (only 45 per meal, and 15 per snack with 2 snacks a day) and making sure to get in some exercise and having to check my blood sugars 2 hours after each meal (turns out your fingers just get numb after being pricked a few hundred times). Eating out is probably the hardest thing since most places do not have nutrition information available, so I've just avoided eating out pretty much most meals except for when I went to St. George for work. The good news is that I have kept my weight pretty much the same for the past 6 weeks, and I won't complain about that since I feel like a huge-o mama already!

Only 8 1/2 weeks to go until we get to meet this little one! I am so excited, but so nervous too!! I want to see her little face and hands and feet, but I am so scared to be responsible for another human life! She will be worth it though!

Happy 4th of July!!

2011-07-05T14:10:00.004-06:00

Michelle and I had a great, low-key 4th of July this year. Michelle's in her third trimester with our little girl, so this year we opted to skip the morning parade and the fireworks after dark, and pulled out a couple boxes of sparklers I've had in a drawer for a couple years. Normally, we hate to keep anything around the house we haven't used in 6 months, but for some reason those sparklers slid under the radar. So, rather than have fun with the crowds at a fireworks show, we had our fun with sparklers and shutter speeds. For some reason I couldn't stay still for 6 seconds to get a clear picture of me. Michelle did a lot better.... I guess I should stay behind the camera instead of getting in front of it.

Happy birthday, America!

I felt her kick!!!

2011-05-23T00:45:00.002-06:00

(by Scotty this time)

I got totally sentimental on Michelle tonight. We both stayed home sick all day, the only upside to it being the amount of time we got to spend together. But, this evening turned out to be the highlight of my day.

In between our coughs and sneezes, Michelle put my hand on her belly and held it there for a moment, when our little 23 week old baby girl started kicking. It only took a moment before I got to feel her move for the first time in my life. All of a sudden, my little girl I've been seeing in Michelle's ultrasound pictures became real to me. Michelle's been feeling little flurries of movement every now and then, but tonight was the first time she's ever kicked hard enough that I could feel it.

So, thanks Heavenly Father, for rewarding my little amount of faith that I'd be a dad someday... if you see me as someone fit to be a father, then I have no doubt I can do it. I can't describe how much today meant. One of my top three favorite days of all time.

Sick + pregnant = not fun

2011-05-18T17:03:00.002-06:00

I have to admit that I felt pretty lucky that my first trimester went so smoothly, no puking my guts out, other than being really tired I felt normal. Fast forward to week 23 and here I am with strep throat. Yep, that's right, strep throat. I can hardly talk, haven't left my bed since Sunday afternoon and have been trying to drink enough water/fluids to avoid dehydration. I was lucky to have my prenatal visit for the month on Monday and so I was able to get a prescription for amoxicillin to help get rid of this pesky illness, but if I'm being honest I still feel terrible. I've missed 3 days of work and unfortunately I missed seeing Scotty's sister yesterday before she went to the MTC today.

One benefit of strep throat though, eating as many Pace bars, Popsicles and ice cream as I feel and not feeling too guilty about it. Another benefit is that Scotty is actually around now instead of being gone for 2 weeks straight building a home in southern Utah, so he has been a really good caretaker and running to the store for more Popsicles and tissues.

So I must apologize to anyone who may catch strep throat from coming into contact with me this weekend before i knew I was sick, I started feeling sick Sunday morning. Of course we had family and friends over to celebrate Scotty's fake graduation this weekend (I say fake because he still has 3 classes to finish up during this summer semester) and I did not want to throw a party in august being 8 months pregnant and all. Once I'm over this wonderful illness I'll hopefully get some pictures posted of my Master's graduate.

On one positive note, I've really been feeling this little girl kick! And she loves to kick my bladder too, which makes for lots of trips to the bathroom!

It's a GIRL

2011-04-25T12:37:00.003-06:00

For those who haven't heard yet, we are having a little girl!! We are excited and a little nervous, Scotty is already dreading her bringing home dates and I'm dreading being repaid for how awful of a teenager I was.

I went to San Francisco for work this past week and Scotty was actually home from his DesignBuildBluff program where he is building a house in Southern Utah for a family. Anyways, when I got home Friday night, he had already painted the nursery a lovely shade of purple to match the little surprises I picked up in China town. Now the dilemma beings of what furniture is the best for the price and which ones we can actually agree on :).

Cute story...

2011-02-25T19:15:00.002-07:00

I had to go to St. George for work this week and I was lucky enough to have my sister-in-law agree to come down for a quick trip with her three girls. Anyways, the point of this post is to tell a cute thing my niece said while we stopped for some ice cream.
She looked at me and told me that when she grows up she is going to marry Scotty. I had to laugh considering this is his sisters daughter so a blood relative. But then I had a spot melt in my heart when I realized that she loves my husband so much that she wants to marry him! I guess sometimes I forget how lucky I am to be married to such a wonderful man, who has nieces and nephews that love him so much! I can't wait for our little one to be here and for him/her to fall in love with Scotty too!

We've got something exciting to share...

2011-02-21T10:07:00.003-07:00

That's right, our first baby will be here 9/10/11!!! We are beyond excited for this new phase in our life!!!!! Scotty will graduate from grad school about a month before the baby comes. And this little one is due on my Grandma's birthday! It has been so hard not to shout this out to everyone, but we wanted to wait a little while. Everything looked great on the ultrasound at the doctor's office a few weeks ago and now both our immediate families know, so we decided to spread the word! I'm 11 1/2 weeks right now and feeling good, except for being extremely tired all the time!
Stay tuned for what I'm sure will be many updates on this new little one :)

where does the time go?

2010-12-20T20:17:00.006-07:00

I have such great intentions when it comes to updating this thing...oh well! We are just busy getting ready for Christmas and trying to squeeze in tons of time together before Scotty starts school again in January (but he only has until August and then he will be done, can you say party!!). I hope you are all having a good holiday season and are trying to enjoy time with family and loved ones.

And to give you all an update on my shoulder saga, it is still not healing properly and my physical therapist is not happy with the progress so I may be looking at surgery again where they may scope my shoulder to get out any scar tissue build up. And had I known that my shoulder would be in extreme pain once the weather turned cold, I may have thought twice about having surgery. But my surgeon will decide what he wants to do in January at my next follow up appointment. I keep telling myself that one day this will all be over and done and hopefully I will have a good range of motion, but until then...

This time of year always brings new photos taken by my talented sister-in-law, and this year did not disappoint and I found my new favorite location...Union Station in Ogden. I can never pick my favorite, so here are quite a few photos to enjoy.

I think this is one of my all time favorites!

Merry Christmas to all of you!!

Fall at the Moses house

2010-11-12T11:29:00.003-07:00

Our neighbors warned us this day would come. All at once, the walnut tree in our front yard dumped its leaves overnight. When we got up yesterday morning we couldn't see the grass at all - just thousands of leaves everywhere. Michelle was nice enough to pose for me and let me get some pictures of the moment before I spent the afternoon raking up 9 bags (and counting) of leaves.
Luckily, we both had the day off work for Veterans Day, and we got to spend the day together - somewhat of a rarity for us these days. (And might I add, Michelle looks smokin!)

Things I have learned it is impossible (or extremely hard) to do with one arm

2010-09-16T07:01:00.008-06:00

Me about a month after my surgery...

Me just after surgery... (that tube on my neck was a nerve block to help the pain put in with a catheter that Scotty had to remove for me and my arm could not be moved at all so I had to wear this gigantic scrub top on top of my sling for the first week)

I guess when I scheduled my surgery I thought it would be like when I had my arm in a sling before and it hurt to move, but I could still use it. Well, I was totally wrong. Not only does it still hurt to move it (although not as much) I literally could not move it at all without using my right arm to hold it up. So for humor, I thought I would compile a list of things that I have found impossible or very difficult to do after having shoulder surgery.

- button pants (I wore elastic waistband shorts or skirts for almost 4 weeks!)
- get a stray hair off of your right arm
- shower
- do your hair
- pull up your pants in general (try doing this with one arm the next time you get dressed)
- eat
- drive
- move the seat up in the car when your husband moves it back super far
- put on a seat belt
- get drive-thru food since everything is on the left side of the car
- type
- read a book on the couch
- talk on the phone and do any other activity at the same time
- shave
- lay down flat (I am still sleeping sitting up on the couch)
- clean the house
- make food (one night when Scotty got home late from work I made some mac 'n cheese and had to hold the handle of the pan in my mouth while it was on the stove to stir in the milk and cheese!)
- hold my sweet new nephew :(
- reach for things
- let my sweet puppy sit on my lap
- grocery shop

I now have a new appreciation for people who really do go through life with one arm. My hat is off to them, because these past 5 weeks have been hard and I am still in the process of healing, but I will get better eventually. My physical therapy is going well, but I still have 5 months left on that. I have spent so much time on the couch downstairs the past 5 weeks, I am surprised the couch isn't attached to me!

Thanks everyone for your thoughts, visits and meals! It means a lot to know I have so many people out there that care.

She's alive!!!

2010-08-14T08:58:00.002-06:00

Just kidding. Of course she's alive - she's doing great! Michelle just underwent her shoulder surgery yesterday morning at 9:30, and was released to come home at 4:30 pm. It was a longer ordeal than the doctors said it might be, but the surgery itself only took 1 1/2 hours, just like they said it should. There were no complications or surprises, which was nice for me and Michelle's mom as we waited in the lobby. Michelle's got a catheter slowly pumping some mild anesthetic into the nerves in her neck, which numbs her arm without restricting her motor controls, although she's not allowed to take her arm out of her sling more than twice a day.
She looked great coming out of surgery! I was shocked that she wasn't all pale and totally exhausted. I could tell she was very tired and coming out of the effects of her surgery anesthetic, but she had energy enough to speak and she was very coherent in conversation. She's a fighter, and I'm sure the hardest part of this whole experience will be her restricted movement and the weeks to come dealing with the pain of her surgery as she heals.
Her expected recovery time for full movement is an estimated four months, so we'll see how she does. She didn't have the chance to give me ponytail lessons before her surgery, but I'm gonna be dang good at it in a week or so since Michelle's unable to do her hair with two hands.
Thanks to everyone (family + friends) for your thoughts, calls, texts, prayers, and all the time you've offered to help her out while I have to be at work. I know she appreciates it, as do I.

We'll be sure to keep you updated on her progress! (And I'll post some pictures once Michelle's coherent enough to make sure she wants them posted for everyone to see...)

"Matchless Design"

2010-08-05T10:34:00.003-06:00

Even though I'm still in the thick of working on a Master's degree in Architecture at the University of Utah, I decided to begin a blog/design company to showcase a number of my designs and architectural work, and hopefully, to spark up some side work for me. Most of the work displayed will be things I've done outside of school, but I had to post my design for a school and orphanage in Haiti that I created during the summer semester that just ended. I was especially excited about that design since I had the unique opportunity to spend 3 days in Port-au-Prince during the summer.
I'm excited to get my name out into the world as a designer and soon, as an architect! This kind of work is really exciting to me, and I've always been a creator, whether it was a tree fort in my family's backyard in Washington State, songs I've written, or something architectural. I would love to collaborate on a project, draft designs, or be commissioned for a design/build project for someone. If you or someone you know may be interested, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

My blog for Matchless Design is: www.matchlessdesign.blogspot.com

And the verdict is...

2010-07-29T11:28:00.002-06:00

Yay for me, no nerve damage that has not gone away already! Such good news!! I do not want to have those tests done EVER again....I felt like a human pincushion, with needles poked all the way into my muscles and then more shocking of the arms....

On the other side of news is the bad....surgery scheduled for August 13th....one week off of work and 6 weeks in a sling with no arm movement (like not even to shower, I guess I will be pretty stinky :) )....then weeks of physical therapy and strength training.
My surgeon is optimistic that I will recover well since I am young, but still at least 4 months before I will be back to normal activity and lifting more than a few pounds with my left arm. Lucky for me, Scotty will be out of school until August 23rd, so he will be at the surgery with me (well, in the waiting room of course!) and then he can be home the next week while I recover.

If you want to see me acting strangely, come by the house that week for some entertainment!

Update #2

2010-07-26T09:18:00.002-06:00

I know you are all anxiously awaiting another update, so here it is...

I had an appointment with a shoulder surgeon two weeks ago, and I need surgery on my shoulder. Apparently all of my ligaments are down below the shoulder, but they should come up and over to hold my shoulder it in place. This is why I keep dislocating it. The choice was mine, but if I do not have surgery, I will keep dislocating my shoulder and can do more damage. I have missing cartilage already in my shoulder and some little pieces of bone missing too. I figured that the surgery recovery will be better than worrying about injuring my shoulder all of the time and I will be able to go about life without worrying if I will dislocate my shoulder again. I have had a few times recently where it felt like my shoulder was about to dislocate again and it sucks!!

So...I have more nerve testing on Wednesday to see exactly how much nerve damage was caused by the injury and then I have a follow up with my doctor on Thursday morning and I am assuming we will schedule the surgery then.

And to top it all off, Scotty's paid off little Corolla decided that it didn't want to run anymore so the engine is totally shot (due to a rod that is bad due to no oil in the engine) and we needed to get a new car for him since it wasn't worth fixing the car as it was going to cost almost what the car was worth. He picked out a Mini Cooper! He loves this car and it really fits his artistic/design personality well, at least better than a 1999 Corolla. As if moving into a house wasn't expensive enough, we now have his car and my medical bills to pay too!!

Hope you are all doing a little better than we are!!

Update

2010-06-28T10:04:00.002-06:00

Just went to the doc for a follow up on my MRI (which by the way, hurt like nothing I have ever felt, if you ever have to get one done where they shoot dye into your arm, make sure to get a vallium from the doc before hand!).

Good news is no surgery for now, but another MRI set for tomorrow morning on my neck (no dye this time though, whew) with a follow up on Wednesday, an appt with a specialist on July 7th to see if I have nerve damage since my arm is still sort of numb and my circulation is not normal on that hand (at the end of the day it is gray and looks like it belongs on a dead body!).

I just wish they would figure out what is wrong!!!

Still Alive

2010-06-21T11:08:00.002-06:00

We are still alive. We have no Internet at the house yet, but that is the least of our problems.

Last Monday morning I (Michelle) fell down the stairs in our house and broke my left shoulder and need an MRI done this Wednesday and then I will find out a week from today if I need surgery on my shoulder, great.

On Wednesday night when I was doped up on my Loritab's, our Princey's back legs stopped working so we had to rush her to the doggie ER at about 10:30. So Princey and I have both been on anti-inflammatory and pain meds for the past week. She seems to be doing better, but I'm still scared for her.

I missed a week of work and now I am trying to catch up, which seems impossible.

It was my birthday yesterday and it wasn't much fun being in a sling and sick to my stomach all day from taking anti-inflammatory meds. Anyone who knows me should know that I make a big deal out of my birthday, especially when it coincides with Father's Day (I was born on Father's Day 28 years ago!). This year I was content to leave church early, take a Loritab and a nap. I didn't even eat any of the ice cream cake because my stomach hurts so much...BOO!!

Thanks to my great sister in law who was willing to drive me all over Davis County last week to doctor's appts and to rent a plethora of Redbox DVD's and she even painted the ceiling in my front room and kitchen too--thanks K!!

And many thanks to other family members that have brought meals and helped this one-armed 80 I mean, 28 year old lady do things around the house in preparation for a baby shower this weekend.

And thanks to Scotty for being so loving and sweet and for making me feel like everything is going to be okay even though I am convinced this is the end of the world!

So much to post about!

2010-05-28T20:41:00.007-06:00

I am such a slacker. I tried to post some pictures from our trip to Mexico, but I can't get the pictures to load for some reason (operator error, not blogger error). I just got home from a work trip to Chicago which was so fun AND WARM compared to the weather here! And while I was gone, Scotty signed the paperwork for our first home! We were supposed to close Tuesday before I left, but due to an error by the mortgage company we had to wait. I was unable to be there, but Scotty went and was himself and me all in one :)

Here are some pictures of our new house. We will now be residents of Davis County, which I never thought I would say!! I have ALWAYS lived in Salt Lake County and never really commuted so this will be interesting! The house is in Kaysville and needs a little changing, but mostly just adding our touches to things. Scotty and his dad already have grand plans for the yard and our nieces are excited for the swing on the front tree!

We are so excited, but so sad to leave where we have lived the past 3 1/2 years. We are looking forward to the next adventure life will throw our way. I should also mention that by looking at these pictures, you have seen as much of the house as I have...I have never seen the house in person! We wanted the tax credit and Scotty had a Friday morning free, knew what I liked and didn't like from looking at a few other houses, and decided this was the one. We are not the most conventional couple when it comes to buying a house I guess....at least I am not! Not there to pick it out and not there to close on it either...oh well, now if I hate it I will always be able to blame him since he picked it out ;)

And since we had the little mishap with paperwork we had to push our moving date back a week...and Scotty will be in Haiti for a week when we move next Saturday! So I am grateful for such a wonderful family that will help me move, now I am just hoping one of them will spend the first night in the house with me while Scotty is gone! Now we get to pick out a washer and dryer tomorrow and finish packing our house, we have boxes stacked on top of boxes in every corner of the house...this is why I hate moving!

My Lil' College Graduate!

2010-05-09T11:30:00.007-06:00

He did it! On Friday (May 7, 2010) Scotty graduated from the U of U with his BS in Architecture--way to go Scotty!! I am so proud of him! Did I also mention that my Scotty was selected from his class to be the speaker at their graduation? Oh, yes he was, and he did a fantastic job and made everyone laugh a lot! We are grateful for our families that could make it to celebrate his wonderful day. And I did not sob like a baby when he graduated, but I did need a tissue when the college asked for the spouses of the students to stand and be recognized, and when my father-in-law put his arm around me after Scotty walked across the stage and told me congratulations since we as spouses support the students too! Here are a few pictures from our day of fun...but the real fun will be next year when he will be graduating with his Masters degree (only 15 months until he is done and 12 months until he will participate in the graduation ceremony again!)!!! As you will see, I did not take a lot of pictures, since Scotty is the photographer I do not know how to use his new camera very well, but others we there to take pictures and I will add some later. Our parents, four sisters and nephew were there too, just not in any pictures on our camera!

Helping the graduate fix his hat

Our cute nieces, Morgan and Brooklyn were there to cheer him on with a sign! And Brooklyn would not take off her sunglasses for pictures!

The precession before the graduates took their seats!

The overly happy couple one step closer to having two full time incomes :)

Far away shot, but this is Scotty giving his speech!

The graduate with his "diploma" which is just a fancy holder for a piece of paper that says your diploma will be mailed out to you!

So this is the place where Scotty spends all of his time, it really does exist!

Scotty's college had a little reception after the ceremony and were giving away hula-hoops, needless to say they were a hit with the kids...and Scotty!

Wanna hear Scotty's band "Hasten"? Check out this sample of all his new songs...

2010-04-30T14:01:00.001-06:00

Latest tracks by Hasten ">

You asked for it!

2010-04-15T21:06:00.003-06:00

When I posted last, most people commented that they wanted to be kept updated on Scotty's possible excursion to Haiti...
Well, here is the update: HE IS GOING!! Emails have been sent that it is going through, he will go for a week this June and then next spring he will spend 3 months there actually building the school/orphanage.

Now the next question is: How will I pass my time while he is gone??? Even though he is already gone A LOT right now with school, it is still different than being in a different country... for 3 months. I guess I will make do, and hopefully we will still live by some great friends and neighbors that will help me pass the time (and help with the "manly" things of the household!).

Promise to keep you all updated as we know more!! But one thing is for sure, I will not be going there for 3 months like Scotty, but maybe I will try and visit while he is there. I don't know that my employer would give me 3 months off for that and still hold my job!

What would you do?

2010-04-03T11:28:00.003-06:00

So...what would you do if your husband was accepted to graduate school, and for the first time in a long time the school has offered an accelerated program starting in May? You would make him do it, right? Well, I did. I told Scotty that he needs to do it so he can be done with school sooner. Little did I know that he would come home Monday night and tell me that for this accelerated program he will be going to Haiti to do a design/build project, and will travel there for a week this June. I thought to myself "what a great opportunity, and it will look so great on his resume." Then he tells me that next spring, he will have to go live in Haiti to actually build the building...for three months. So, what would you do?

A) Tell him no way, you are staying home
B) Freak out about how his school can't expect him to leave his family for 3 months (my sister actually did this)
C) Deal with it, but secretly not want him to go
D) Tell him he is going no matter what

Now, most of the people who read this know me and know that Scotty is already not home for long periods of time because of school. Most people know that I deal with him being gone pretty well.

What most of you probably don't know is that I told Scotty from the minute he said he may have to go to Haiti for three months, that he must do it. Now I hope that enough people from his school want to do it so that he will have this opportunity. I know it sounds crazy, but it just feels so right for him to go. Scotty loves serving other people so much and with his school schedule he doesn't get a chance to do that very often. When he was 17 years old, he went to Thailand for humanitarian work which didn't include building something, but he still loved it. What a better way to combine two of his current passions in life: Architecture and humanitarian work.

Now I will tell you that he will be building a school and an orphanage for the people of Haiti who have hardly anything. How can you pass that up? We are so blessed in our lives that I really want him to do this to help out people who are not so fortunate.

I promise to keep you updated on the status of his trip and cross your fingers that enough people sign on for the project because I would be very sad for the people of Haiti if this didn't work out.

Finally...

2010-04-03T11:19:00.002-06:00

On Wednesday when I got home from the gym I finally realized something, I actually enjoy working out now. I probably should have started enjoying it a long time ago, but I think for the first time in my life I am actually serious about working out and being healthy (and losing quite a bit of weight certainly doesn't hurt).

I want to share one of my observations about my gym...this could be true about all gyms, but I only go to one. It seems to me like most of the women are there to work out, they are focused on what they are doing, get it done and then leave. The men however seem to take on a different workout mode, not all, but quite a few, seem to lift a few weights, then walk around for a while, give someone a "bro hug", lift a few more weights, maybe do a little cardio on the treadmill for 5 minutes, then walk around again, and then repeat. I had noticed this a while back so I really started watching (what else is there to do at the gym besides listen to your ipod and people watch?), and I noticed this pattern to be true. I am not generalizing everyone, but I thought I would point it out and because it makes me laugh each time I go to the gym now.

So the next time you are working out, see what kind of a person you are!

YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY

2010-03-23T20:11:00.002-06:00

What a happy day in the Moses house!! Scotty just got his email saying that he was accepted to the University of Utah for graduate school!! I cannot stop saying the words "yay" and "I am so excited"!!! What a relief--we are so happy that we do not have to move out of Utah and that we can stay close to family! Congratulations to Scotty for his hard work and dedication, it has paid off!!!! I love you Scotty and I am so proud of you!! And I'm happy for me and my comfort zone that we can stay close to where we are!!!!

Scotty Moses Photography - My new blog!!

2010-03-23T02:41:00.004-06:00

Michelle got me a nice new camera as a(n early) graduation present... this is the result. Check it out! I absolutely LOVE photography + graphic design, and I'd be glad to design something for you/with you if you'd like.

Pricing is not yet posted, but please don't hesitate to contact me if you enjoy my work and would like to work together! My contact information can be found on my blog:

www.scottymosesphotography.blogspot.com

- Scotty

Michelle earns a gold medal

2010-02-15T21:48:00.002-07:00

Tonight, Michelle gave me her birthday present to me, since she'll be at a Young Women activity tomorrow night till late (on my actual birthday). She picked out a Greg Olson painting entitled "Sacred Grove", which is one of my favorites. Michelle didn't know, but used a postcard of that same painting as a cover when I had my discussion booklets spiral-bound before I left the Missionary Training Center in Provo to go to the New York Rochester Mission from 2002-2004, where the Sacred Grove is actually located. The Sacred Grove, where we believe God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith Jr as a boy to begin the Restoration of the priesthood and Christ's true Church, was the first place we were taken after arriving at the Rochester Airport (even before being taken to the mission home), and the last place we were taken on our way back to the airport at the end of our mission. I spent many days visiting the Sacred Grove and other Church history sites around Palmyra with members of the Church there, and with people we were teaching from all over my mission. It's a place I'd love to take Michelle to, since she's never been there. It's not a place that completely changed my testimony, and we didn't expect visiting the Grove to all of a sudden "make people believe" what we'd taught them about Joseph Smith's experiences. Instead, the quiet peace and the unique spirit that is there reaffirms belief, and gives depth to what I already believed. It's a remarkable place, and now I get to relive my experiences over and over from within our home.
So, to Michelle Moses of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - I award a gold medal (in honor of the ongoing Olympics in Vancouver). Sorry guys, but I've got the best wife of 'em all - not because she gave me a gift, but because she's the best at thinking of others and going out of her way to do things like this to show people she cares. Plus, she's just so adorable! Thanks baby!

Passport Photo...

2010-02-06T17:55:00.005-07:00

Strange title, I know, but I had to blog about this!! I just got back from a wonderful weekend in Ogden (yes, you read that correctly--Ogden) where I attended another Time Out For Women event with my Mom, sister and my sisters friend. I will be posting about that later. Back to the point of my post--I needed to stop at Costco on my way home and have my passport photo taken because I do not have a passport and I will be needing on in May because...

WE ARE GOING TO MEXICO!!!!!!

To celebrate Scotty's graduation in style, we decided to take a trip to Mexico!! We will be gone for 7 days in sunny Mexico and I could not be more excited!!!! Since we don't have kiddos of our own in our marriage right now, we thought we should celebrate in style--plus we have never flown on a plane together and I really need to use the luggage Scotty gave me for my birthday last year :) We are staying in Playa del Carmen where my sister and her husband just stayed at an all inclusive resort. I really want to swim with the dolphins when we go since I have dreamed of that my entire life--so far I have swam with stingrays, and I got cut by one towards the end of a cruise excursion and got out of the water really quick so I did not attract any other unwanted sea life!!

Guess I'd better start hitting the gym really hard so I can lose the rest of my weight before we hit the beaches in Mexico.

Almost there...

2010-01-10T16:36:00.008-07:00

Tomorrow begins Scotty's last semester of his bachelors degree in architecture...can I tell you how happy I am about this?!?!? One more semester until he has a degree and then only TWO years until he will have a master's degree. Looking back to two years ago when he started this program it seemed like it would be FOREVER until he was done...but in just a few short months (at least for me since I am the one who gets to sleep at night and doesn't have my day turn into night and then back in to day again without ever having my head hit the pillow!) he will be done! Scotty is just now finishing up the application process for his grad schools and the finalists are: U of U; University of Washington and UPENN. Let's hope and pray that he gets accepted to the U so this little girl doesn't have to move away from Utah -- I don't like change! I'm sure once we get an acceptance letter in a few months I will either post about it right away, or cry for months about where we are moving. Keep going Scotty, you can do it!! I love you...

On another note, Scotty and I celebrated our THIRD anniversary on December 29th. What were we thinking getting married right after Christmas--probably what most college students are thinking "it's during break". Oh well, can't change it now. Anyways, we had a good night of spending time together, me feeling sick AGAIN on our anniversary and some good takeout. Here are a few candid shots people took at our wedding--ENJOY. And to Scotty, thanks for asking me to marry you and thanks for being such a wonderful, devoted husband!

Scotty was sweet enough to wake up with a blemish for me on our wedding day so that I could look perfect :)

I had to post a picture of Scotty's nieces in these adorable dresses!!

Wow--we look even younger than I remember!!

One more reason I love KSL

2010-01-04T15:05:00.004-07:00

Thank you, KSL. Not only have you helped me buy and sell things in your online classified ads, shown me up to date movie times every week, and brought me Utah's breaking news coverage day in and day out - now you've given me 2 free lift passes to Snowbird, just because I entered my email address into your free contest in December. You are (as a collective media group) a saint, and I'm grateful you're around. Today was the first of my two days up at Snowbird, with sunny weather, zero wind, and uncrowded lift lines. It doesn't get any better than that, so thank you KSL for giving me a day off, a smile on my face, and a mild case of "raccoon eyes". I can't even complain that Snowbird's terrain park and halfpipe weren't open today. I was too busy thinking of how many hours at work I would have had to put in to pay for my free lift tickets if it weren't for you.
KSL, I feel for you what the boy felt for the apple tree in Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree". If you were an actual person, I'd call you "bro" and we could make up a secret handshake and have all these inside jokes and I'd invite you over to watch Jazz games. But, as you are a broadcasting station, I will instead just say, "thank you".
(posted by Scotty)

Time Out For Women

2009-11-15T08:12:00.002-07:00

What an amazing experience this weekend was for me! At first, I was not too thrilled to go, but my Mom really wanted her daughters to come and so I agreed. Then I forgot what weekend it was! I went Friday night and all day Saturday--and I can tell you it was such an amazing experience. The presenters that were there were hilarious, spiritual and said some of the most profound things I can think of! The weekend went by so quickly and when it was over, I didn't want it to end!! Sherri Dew spoke both of the days and she was so funny! Russell M. Nelson's wife, Wendy Nelson, also spoke on Friday night and told of the experience she and her husband had being held hostage last year--and how one person saved their lives. I was so spiritually uplifted this weekend, and I also laughed so hard I cried. This was exactly what I needed to have in my life right now and if any of you women reading this post get to an opportunity to attend one of these--DO IT!! They are starting the 2010 tour in February in Ogden so go to deseretbook.com/tofw to see their dates and places (they have not announced another one in SLC yet though). Anyone want to make it a girls weekend in Ogden with me? :)

Michelle

What a difference a year makes!

2009-10-25T20:33:00.004-06:00

We had our family pictures taken a few weeks ago up in Memory Grove Park. What a beautiful day, and beautiful pics by Scotty's talented sister Kendra (see our links for her blog if you are interested in having her take pics of you!). I can't believe how much Scotty and I changed in a year, only Princess looks the same (see the picture at the top of our blog for a comparison!)! Here is just a small sample of the amazing photos Kendra took. Thanks again K, we had fun!!

What are we up to?

2009-09-06T12:41:00.002-06:00

Not a whole lot has happened since my last post. We did go camping for my family's annual camping trip over Pioneer Day, and that was a whole lot of fun and excitement. Scotty is the designated photographer and he did not get too many pics. We went on a hike (not like the one we did last year since it was a little intense for all) and I was the leader of the pack instead of bringing up the rear--which made me feel like a total rockstar!

We also got a new couch a few weeks ago--and we love it!! Scotty and I both have our spots and when we sit we don't even touch. Scotty was the happiest to get a new couch since on our old one I used to take up most of it and not allow him much space!

And, unfortunately/fortunately Scotty started school again. I say unfortunately because now I only get to see my Scotty for an hour or two most days, I say fortunately because it means that he will be graduating that much sooner (in May with his bachelors--so excited) and then it is on to graduate school! Wish us luck that he is accepted to the U of U for the grad program so we don't have to move out of state (or out of the Ivins ward that we love so much!!). Scotty was lucky enough to get a staph infection in his lips his first week back at school. His poor lips were hurting so bad and were so swollen. I tried to take a picture to post of his swollen lips since I've had many requests, but he denied me so just use your imagination--they were big!!

Other than that, I am really busy at work. Most know that my office was/is being shut down and that I was fortunate enough to be offered a position doing exactly what I do now just for the other trustee in the state of Utah, who will now be the only one for chapter 13's. I start that the end of September but for now I'm busy at my current job trying to catch up on things and tie up loose ends before the offices merge into one.

And last but not least, a farewell to summer! I will miss you and it seems like you just got here. Please come back soon!!

Disneyland and my birthday

2009-07-26T18:56:00.006-06:00

I'm sure most people who read this blog already know that we went to Disneyland and Santa Cruz in June (Disneyland for my birthday and then Santa Cruz for the annual Moses trip to the beach). I'm just going to post pictures so sorry if you get bored! We were in Disneyland for three days and the last one was my bday on the 20th and it was a blast!! Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my bday, and when we were there I was given a button that said Happy Birthday and had my name on it and everyone wished me a happy bday, which was awesome--no better place to celebrate than Disneyland.

We got stuck on the It's a Small World ride for 20 minutes (this is us inside) and they never turned the music off!! If I never hear that song again it will be okay!! Then when we got out of the ride it was so bright I couldn't open my eyes!! And Scotty took about 4 dozen pics on the ride, but I'll spare you all the details :)

Mt. Rushmore

2009-07-19T21:15:00.010-06:00

This post is so long overdue, but I wanted to post in anyway. Over Memorial weekend we went with my brother David and his wife Michelle to Mt. Rushmore. It was a blast!! We were able to stay with my aunt and uncle in Torrington, WY so our drive was broken up a little. We left Friday morning, drove to Torrington for the day, had a tour of the town that afternoon and got to spend some good times with Doug and Jill (who we miss terribly!!). We took off for Mt. Rushmore on Saturday morning and made some stops along the way. I got to color in 2 states on my map on the fridge (for those of you who don't know I have a goal to visit all 50 states before I die); we drove through Nebraska just so I could color in that state and South Dakota. It was a fun trip, but if you drive from Utah, you need a half way point.

On our way to Mt. Rushmore we stopped at a place called "Mammoth Site" where there is a huge sinkhole full of mammoth fossils. Here are some of the pics.

Then we stopped at another place on the way called the Wind Cave. We took a tour of the cave where you go a couple hundred feet underground in an elevator and it is so dark you can't see a thing! Pretty cool, but the best part was there is a hole in the side of the mountain where there is a natural wind that comes OUT of the cave. Not sure how it works, but it was pretty cool. I was happy to get out though!

And then we finally made it to Mt. Rushmore! If you have not been and are at all patriotic, you really need to go. It is an amazing place, and I normally get emotional when I sing the National Anthem, but I almost lost it when we stayed for the night program where they light up the mountain. They had a program about Mt. Rushmore and then invited down anyone who had served or is presently serving our country and that is when I couldn't control my emotions. Unfortunately, there was a fog that settled in that night and didn't leave--we even went back the next day and you could not see the mountain at all, which was disappointing, but at least we had seen it the day before. One of the most memorable things was meeting the last living man that worked on Mt. Rushmore and hearing his stories in person--we also bought the book he wrote which has tons of great facts about the place. I also love that they were able to keep so much of the historic information/mock ups and such so that you could see exactly how it was built. Like I said, if you have not been, you need to go!!

We drove back to WY on Sunday afternoon and then left for home on Monday. It was tons of fun and my brother and I didn't fight once which my mom could not believe!! Below are some funny pics Scotty took before we left WY.

SOS

2009-07-18T17:44:00.002-06:00

Help!!

I'm in a total work out music rut! The music I'm listening to now does nothing to motivate me at all, so I thought I would ask the people who read this blog for some help. Feel free to leave a comment with as many songs as you like. I need to know what songs out there get you motivated to work out or just to have some fun!!

Thanks for the help!

Michelle

Anybody need a computer desk... or two?

2009-07-17T11:39:00.005-06:00

Michelle and I both had our own computer desks when we got married, but now we want to consolidate and get one long desk for our office. So, if you or anyone you know needs a computer desk, we're selling them for about $20-30 each. Let us know!

(Michelle's desk)

(My desk)

Off We Go!!

2009-06-16T02:04:00.002-06:00

(by Scotty)
Today is the final day of the countdown to our vacation to beautiful Santa Cruz, CA. This is bound to be the looooooooongest day of work ever, as is any final day at home before you go anywhere fun.

My family has been going camping at New Brighton Beach State Park in Santa Cruz, CA almost every year for over two decades. There've been some years that we had to skip out, but it's been a staple in my life ever since I can remember.

This year, Michelle and I are leaving town a little before the rest of my family to spend 3 days in Disneyland, since we've never had a vacation together where it's just the two of us. We didn't go on the traditional honeymoon, so this will be a kind of belated, well-earned honeymoon for us. And, I haven't been to Disneyland since I was about 2 years old, so it's not a memory for me. I'm excited to ride some rollercoasters and get some surprises for nieces and nephews. Our 3rd day at the park will be the day of Michelle's birthday, so we're bound to have some fun that day. Michelle's birthday never comes or goes unless the rest of the world knows about it. I love it. I wouldn't have it any other way. She definitely deserves that every year.

We'll let you know how the trip goes when we get back. If I do my job, we'll have hundreds of pictures when we get back. See you all after we get a little more tan!

My dad's exciting new business!!

2009-06-12T07:58:00.006-06:00

(This is Scotty) My dad just opened up shop on a new business he's calling Foothill RV Rentals (as you can see by the fancy logo). I'm excited for him, because our family absolutely loves to go camping, especially if we go with a tent trailer. I still love tent camping, but you can't beat taking a tent trailer for family camping if you like comfortable camping! He's been working really hard to get a group of trailers to rent out for this business, and now he's ready and renting them out. The sweet part is, all his trailers are brand new, so now's the best time to rent one out for your next trip! Thought I'd share his website with everyone so you can check it out.

Visit www.foothillrvrentals.com for more details.

Scotty's new blog

2009-05-17T21:56:00.003-06:00

Hey folks - I made a new blog in case you want to check it out. My purpose in doing so was to record the little things I learn or think about on an everyday level that are on a more personal note than the family blog we've got goin on here.
Have a look, and make some comments if anything I have to say strikes a similar chord in your life.
...Enjoy! (I posted a link to the blog in our list of links on the right of this page.)

5K

2009-04-18T20:54:00.002-06:00

Well, I know I told some of you that I was going to run the marathon, then it was the half marathon, and then in became the 5K--still a great thing for me to do considering how far I've come just since September. Anyways, here are some pics from our day--my sister Emily ran the race with me and it was great fun!

This is me at my parents house after the race--we didn't have any fans cheering us on to take pictures so we did it ourselves (good thing I had a hair appointment today!)

This is my sister Emily, and yes she is wearing make-up--she has issues!! Love ya Emily, thanks for doing this with me!

Muscle man poses--aren't we hot and buff??

Showing off our sweet running skills--guys like girls with skills!!

And one normal one to finish it off! Hopefully one day I'll be accomplishing my goal of running a half marathon. My awesome friend Kirsten that has helped me lose my weight ran the full marathon--way to go Kirsten!! You are amazing and such an inspiration!!

Night out with the girls

2009-04-18T20:53:00.000-06:00

It has been a while since we went out with the girls, but I still wanted to post it. My mom decided that she wanted to have all of her dauthers and daughters-in-law go to a dinner and a movie. What a fun tradition that I hope we keep enjoying. Unfortunately our sister-in-law Michelle couldn't make it, hopefully next time! We had a great dinner at Chili's and then went and saw "He's Just Not That Into You". Great movie, except I hated the stupid affair that two of the people had. The above picture is my Mom on the top left, my sister-in-law Tiare (who by the way is pregnant with my next nephew--yahoo, we are so excited!!) and then on the bottom right is my sister Megan, sister Emily and then of course me! Thanks girls for a fun night!! Love you all!

10 more Sundays

2009-04-04T22:04:00.002-06:00

I needed something to blog about, but couldn't think of anything so I decided to blog about our trip planned to California in June. Scotty lived in CA for a while as a child and their family tradition is going to Santa Cruz, CA every year the week before Memorial Day. When we went two years ago IT WAS FREEZING COLD!! So I boycotted going in May again--and his great family decided we could move it to June. Right now I am wishing for even the freezing cold weather we had since it won't stop snowing!
Anyways, we are going to CA again in June and Scotty and I decided that since we didn't go on a honeymoon we needed to take a vacation for ourselves so we will be leaving earlier than his family and going to DISNEYLAND!! Scotty hasn't been since he was 2 so he claims he's never been. I went a few years ago for my nephew's birthday and I'd been a few times before that, but I still love Disneyland. The best part though--we'll be there on my birthday!!!! How fun, huh?!? I'll get in for FREE that day!
After our celebration in Disneyland, we'll drive up North to the cold and meet his family at the beach where I look forward to relaxing! In preparation I bought some new shorts today, and I didn't feel like a fatty trying them on! I also went and got a pedicure with my sister Megan since it had been so long since I had one - I love pedicures, no better feeling in the world (thanks again Meg).
The whole point of this post is to say that we only have 10 Sundays left until we leave (we'll be heading out on a Wednesday)!! Scotty's family counts down Sundays instead of days so it'll go by faster and I love this idea. I'm so excited to have a vacation (even though I'll be missing girls camp and I am really sad about that :( ). Here's to hoping that the next 10 weeks go by fast, I really need a vacation!!!! I apologize about no pics, Scotty's mac is having technical difficulties and all of our pics are on there (good thing we have THREE freakin computers between the two of us!!).

Scotty's band - Have you heard it yet?

2009-03-30T01:26:00.001-06:00

Buddies

2009-03-18T09:52:00.005-06:00

Me and Princess have had a couple fun days hanging out together while I'm on Spring Break from the U of U. She always wants to play and go outside, even when it's cold. She's my bud.

Happy St. Patty's Day (yesterday)

2009-03-18T09:52:00.002-06:00

Happy Birthday Scotty!!

2009-02-17T21:52:00.003-07:00

Yesterday was Scotty's 26th birthday and it was so nice to both have the day off. I thought that he had school all day so I actually made an eye appointment in the morning since I didn't have to work, but it turns out he didn't have school at all. Scotty was great since I didn't plan anything (like I said, I thought he had school) he was cool to just hang out. I think he actually liked just hanging out and having a break from school and work for once!

Scotty picked out his own present this year (imagine that, he picked a new guitar) and so he didn't even have any presents to open! Plus he didn't want a cake because he knew I wouldn't eat any and so he would eat it all (he's got no self control when it comes to sweets!). I think I redeemed myself though, we went out and bought a new TV -- no, not for his birthday, it just so happened that the TV we had been looking at went on coupon at Costco and he was home when Costco was open (he literally is gone 13 hours a day most days!) so we went to buy it (after some extreme discussion at the kitchen table about the purchase!). It is awesome!

Happy birthday babe! I love you very much and I'm grateful for you in more ways than you'll ever know. Here's to being the same age for the next 4 months (revel in it while it lasts!!).

Bragging Rites -- by Michelle

2009-02-12T19:38:00.004-07:00

I just wanted to post that I have lost 15 pounds!!! YAHOO!!! And the best part is that I've kept it off for a few weeks now (I'm always worried I'll lose a bunch of weight and tell people and then I'll put on like 10 pounds!). I must say, I feel so great and so healthy -- hopefully my blood pressure and cholesterol will agree once I go to the doc again!

And on another great note----I'M FINALLY DONE WITH SCHOOL!!!! I finished my last class this week and I am so happy. I ONLY got my Associates degree, but that took long enough and I'm satisfied with it. Only two months into 2009 and I can cross off one of my New Year's Resolutions! Only 15 more pounds to lose and I'll be able to cross that off of my New Year's Resolutions list too!

What a great feeling and sorry for the bragging, but I just had to!!!

Superhero Day!

2009-02-07T21:24:00.005-07:00

I'm not sure how many people know, but on my side of the family there is only one grandchild, my nephew Cooper who will be turning 7 on Thursday. Needless to say, he gets a lot of attention during our family dinners from all of his aunts and uncles. My sister Megan (Coop's mom) called and invited us over for dinner at my parents house last Sunday and Cooper requested that we have a Superhero Superbowl Party (although Scotty and I did not actually watch the Superbowl). I told my sister we would be there and she said that wearing your underwear on the outside of your pants was strictly optional. Anyone who knows me should know that you should never put an idea in my head, because I will do it! I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

Captain Underpants!!!

As I was all dressed and ready to go, Scotty decided he wanted to be a superhero with a costume too, so I made up his costume with no warning at all--BLINDMAN!! The blind superhero

And of course a superhero family portriat

Disclaimer--those aren't really underwear, it is a swimsuit bottom.

The best part of this all is that my little brother came dressed like a superhero too, with his underwear on the outside of his clothes too! Great minds think alike!

Michelle's Fives

2009-01-30T20:02:00.002-07:00

I badly needed a break from doing homework tonight, so I'm going to bore you all (if anyone even reads our blog) with my 5's.

5 things I was doing 5 years ago:
Starting a "new" job (which was really doing the same thing, just for a new boss)
Wondering if I would ever get married
NOT attending church at all
Going on a cruise with my sister and little bro (need to repeat that soon!)
Can't think of anything else!

5 things on my to do list today:
Go to work -- boring
HOMEWORK!!!
Clean the house
Do laundry
Get some sleep!

5 things I would do if I had a million dollars:
Buy a house so I wouldn't have rude neighbors anymore
Save A LOT of the money
QUIT MY JOB
Travel
Pay off student loans

5 places I've lived
I lived in the same house from the time I was born until I was 21
My grandma's house (after she got sick)
With a friend in West Jordan
An apartment BY MYSELF on South Temple (although since school has started again, I pretty much feel as though I live alone again!)
Our nice 2 bedroom in Sugarhood

5 jobs I've held
For the last 10 years I've worked for a bankruptcy trustee doing basically everything in the office
Movie theater
Clothing store in the mall
Mad Popper in the mall (love that cheese popcorn!)
Smoothie place in the mall

5 things I want to be doing in 5 years
Hopefully at home with a couple of kids (guess I'd better start having kids huh?), or at least working part time
Take Scotty to Hawaii
Living in a house
Done with school (I've been going forever)
Enjoying life

Scotty's Fives

2009-01-28T13:13:00.004-07:00

5 Things I was doing 5 years ago:
Coming home from my mission to Rochester, New York
Trying to figure out what being a non-missionary is supposed to feel like
Started school at the Univ of Utah wanting to be a doctor... which ended quickly
Started working as a Teller
Bought a Mac and officially became a nerd
5 Things on my to do list today:
Get about a dozen drawings done for one class
Read 35 pages for another class
Read 2 chapters for another class
Teach myself how to use AutoCad
Have a little bit of fun somewhere in between
5 Things I would do with a million dollars:
Pay off debt
Buy a house
Save 50-75% (depends on the $$$ of the house)
Go on a well earned trip with Michelle
Buy a drumset!!
5 Places I've lived:
Logan, Utah (don't remember it)
Phoenix, Arizona (don't remember it)
Sacramento, California (My little kid memory kicked in)
Olympia, Washington
All over Western New York (Buffalo, Rochester, Palmyra)
5 Jobs I've held:
Lawnmower
#2 to my dad doing residential landscaping
Donut Connoisseuer at Tasty's Donuts
Teller
Full-time Architecture student
5 Things I wanna be doing in 5 years:
Complete my Masters degree in Architecture
Work in an Architecture or Design Firm
Start a family with Michelle
Visit Hawaii
Get some of my songs played on the radio

First Night and Scotty's Final Group Project

2009-01-11T21:21:00.004-07:00

For those of you who do not know, I'm an Architecture student at the University of Utah. One of my great experiences of this past semester was the chance to work on one of many student projects that would be displayed for the public at the Gallivan Center for First Night Salt Lake City. I totally enjoyed working on this particular final project, because the entire city was invited to come see and experience it.
We were assigned, as groups, to design and assemble an interactive space that embraced a ritual typical of New Year's celebration. Our group drew dozens of mock-ups of possible projects months in advance, then voted on a design that best fit the project criteria. To my surprise, our group decided on my design - a series of hoops or arches that shift as you walk through them, symbolic of the hoops we all must jump through and the shifting of circumstances surrounding us as we pass through life. Along our journey, there are times in life where time stands still, where we pause and contemplate where we have been and where we are headed, represented by the benches that occur at various spots in the tunnel of arches. It was all very abstract, compared to being assigned to design a building. It was a great, very cold, opportunity that showed me that I still love what I'm doing despite all the challenges we faced along the way.
85% of the materials we used to assemble our projects had to be recycled/reused, or recyclable/reusable. Even with a group of five people, our critics told us countless times to downsize our project. Some said we would never be able to find enough materials to construct such a project. Well, you can't let em get you down. We finished our project with materials and time to spare, while other groups downsized their projects.

Michelle and I at First Night 2009

Front facing perspective

There's my name!!

Michelle, posing in contemplation of the past year and the one to come

Over 350 4-foot 2x4's, 250 bolts, hundreds of screws, and months of planning and designing... I'm SO glad to be done with that project!!

Sunday - The Day of Rest

2009-01-11T20:54:00.003-07:00

We love Sundays. Most importantly, it is the day consecrated to acknowledge the Lord by meeting together with the members of the Church to renew sacred covenants. We love the feeling the Spirit brings each Sunday as we take the sacrament as a family, and do our best to live apart from the world and closer to our Heavenly Father. And, with Michelle and I both enrolled full-time in school, and since we both work, Sunday is literally our day of rest. This photo says it all.

Christmas Morning

2009-01-11T20:19:00.004-07:00

We had a great Christmas full of family time, blizzards, me waking up four times the night of Christmas Eve out of excitement for Christmas day, and living in the moment. Christmas taught me a lot about what's truly important all over again, as it should. Not that Christmas is about presents, but Michelle's face was priceless when she opened hers... even though she knew what the majority of them were. Even so, that smile of hers made the day for me.

The best part of Christmas for me is the chance to see the look of pure happiness on the faces of the people (and dogs) I love. Whether the stimulus be presents, cracking jokes, or being with the people you don't get to see very often, that's my favorite gift. I believe that's what Christ's biggest gift to us is... happiness. And what better time to experience that gift than the time we set aside to commemorate His arrival to our world. For that, I give Him thanks.

Look at this face and tell me that Christmas isn't the best time of the year.

iTunes... My wife knows me so well.

Bears... Beets... Battlestar Gallactica... and the best board game ever.

Did you know: Kyle Korver was acquired by the Utah Jazz on the day of our anniversary. So really, when I wear this jersey to games, it's a sign of my love for Michelle. Therefore, in order to properly portray my love, I need season tickets. Sometimes, my logic even amazes me.

And last, but not least - Princess. Now there's one happy dog. And yes, she has her own stocking.

Thanksgiving 2008

2009-01-06T21:38:00.004-07:00

For Thanksgiving this year we were with my family and for some strange reason I don't have any pictures of that. The Sunday before Thanksgiving, we spent with Scotty's family and had a blast. Thanks K and Dave for hosting yet again!

This is Princey in her most favorite spot, like a parrot on my shoulder (wow, my hair was long!!)

Princey all tuckered out after the kids chased her around all day!

After we were all done with dinner, Scotty's niece Morgan, decided it would be fun to put her swimsuit on! I could hardly stop laughing! The best part was that she put it on and it still had the hanger in the back of it. Classic!

Last but not least is a picture of my father in law that I love! He is always having fun and this picture says it all!

Kelly Family Halloween Party 2008

2009-01-06T21:34:00.002-07:00

My wonderful mom put on yet another great Halloween party! We carved pumpkins for hours before hand and ate until we were sick, but it was great fun!

And yes, you see correctly, that is Dwight and Jim from The Office--great job James!

So late, but worth the wait!

2009-01-06T21:20:00.003-07:00

Since we didn't post a picture of Princey's Halloween costume, I thought that even though it was late it was still better late than never!

I got a shot of the top of the costume so you could see the wings on it, but yes, Princey was a BUMBLE BEE! She hated every minute of it and we could not get a picture of her with the little hat and her antenna on.

Scotty makes a website...

2008-12-11T17:05:00.005-07:00

Hey! Check out this website I made for a final project in my digital media Architecture studio:

http://students.arch.utah.edu/u0265831/home%20page.html

This is a collaboration of all kinds of projects I've been working on throughout the semester, as well as a little collection of other art projects and music projects I've been working on this year.
You might not think it's that cool, but it took me a while to finish up, so I had to share it with the world.

(Scotty)

Leah's New Baby Girl!!

2008-12-09T12:37:00.002-07:00

Leah's new baby girl was born on December 7th, 2008, weighing in at 7 lbs 6 oz. She's beautiful. Leah had us over on the 8th to come see our new little niece. She and the baby are healthy and very happy to be together. I always forget how little those newborns are! She had her eyes open and she stared at everyone who held her. Her older brother Om was excited to show us his baby sister when we got to the house.
We love our little nieces and nephews. We try to be close to all of them and keep them a BIG part of our lives. We've had really good luck so far. All of them are so happy and so funny!

Congratulations, Leah! We're relieved that you're doing so well so soon after having your new little girl!! Thanks so much for having us over last night!

1/3 of the way there!

2008-11-05T19:36:00.000-07:00

This post is absolutely meant to toot my own horn and to help me remember my goal. I have now lost a total of 10 pounds!!! Which means I am 1/3 of the way to my goal of losing 30 pounds! Once again I have to give my thanks to Kirsten for her help in keeping me motivated to keep going to the gym! Here's to 20 more pounds!

Family Pictures!

2008-10-21T21:58:00.001-06:00

Scotty's sister, Kendra, is a great photographer so we enlisted her to take some family pictures of us. We had a blast and the pictures are great, she is awesome. We went up Farmington Canyon and the colors were beautiful. We were also able to spend some time with Kendra, Dave and their adorable girls - which is always fun! Here are some of the many pictures taken:

A lot of pictures I know, but if truth be told, I wanted to put the whole CD on there - all of the pictures are amazing. Thanks again K!

Free Acoustic Show This Friday @ 8 pm!!

2008-10-16T09:05:00.000-06:00

Hello all you daily blog-checkers. Your predictive behavior has brought you yet another gift from the blogging world. I'm playing an acoustic concert Friday the 17th at 8 pm at the Mestizo Cafe, located 631 W North Temple Suite 700. Admission is completely FREE so if you have an hour, come down and have a listen. I'll have copies of my cd there for just $5.00 a piece. I'm playing along with my friend Nate Baldwin, who'll be releasing his first music video tonight as well. And don't forget I'm recording a new cd that'll be coming out in a few months or so (I'll keep you posted when that's closer to being finished).

See you at the show!

At the Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-14T14:54:00.000-06:00

Vicki, Michelle, and Princess

Princess getting brave in the wheelbarrow... Actually, she didn't like it very much.

In our family, we've made it a tradition (two years in a row means it's tradition) to go pick out pumpkins at Schmidt's Pumpkin Patch down on 90th South and 22nd West. Both this year and last year were so cold, but so worth getting to pick out the best pumpkins yourself. Yeah, we could go to the grocery store and get them. It'd be a lot closer, but it wouldn't be near as fun. This year we went with Michelle's mom, Vicki, and between the four of us, we got the BEST pumpkins out of the whole patch. It was a great activity for Family Night, and we can't wait to get together with the rest of Michelle's family to carve them. Sorry to anyone who hasn't been there yet... you'll have to settle for the semi-good ones.

This was our trunk after the raid. Yes, we absolutely needed 10 pumpkins.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The Best Concert EVER

2008-10-09T23:51:00.000-06:00

Last night was the Anberlin concert out at Saltair. My favorite band put on the best show I've ever seen. I could write an essay about how perfect they sound live or about how Stephen's vocals hit every note on key, or possibly about how Christian, their guitar player they extracted from the band Acceptance (long live their memory - you guys shouldn't have broken up!), adds even more depth and heart to the most heartfelt, well-versed band in my musical vocabulary.
If none of that made sense, I'll be more concise... they rocked the house down! They very well could have played an all electric show, but they had the guts (and the smarts) to play three songs with acoustic guitars. What would an Anberlin show be without "The Unwinding Cable Car", "Inevitable", and "Fin"?
I do have one complaint - the security guys at Saltair need to learn how a rock show works. True fans are going to stay after the show is over to try and meet the band outside or backstage. I'm sorry, but if you've never heard of that concept, you shouldn't even be allowed in the venue, let alone be employed there. And, if they even knew Anberlin, they would know they're probably the nicest group of guys assembled into one band who are walking the planet right now. They're confident enough to take risks in their music, but they're human enough to act like people and respond to their fans. They've even taken breaks from the music world to get involved in humanitarian and social work foundations, and they portray modesty and Christianity as much as they promote their music.
If you're into rock at all and you haven't heard their music yet, you need their albums ("Blueprints For the Black Market", "Never Take Friendship Personal", "Cities", and "New Surrender"). There's something for everyone in this band.
Good show...

Updating...

2008-09-27T17:25:00.001-06:00

So...once again I'm sitting at home on a Saturday without my Scotty here! Well, I have had quite a few Saturday's where I'm busy for hours, but it seems like I'm always waiting for my Scotty to get home. Since this semester started for Scotty I think we could count on one hand how many nights we've seen each other. I can't complain too much since he is doing something he loves and this will only benefit him and our family in the long run, it's still hard! It's a really good thing I have my Princey to keep me company, or it might be even worse! We are both so busy and going in so many directions it's hard to have time for each other (especially when Scotty gets home from school at 2 am!). I guess I have to keep telling myself that this too shall pass and one day (4 years from now if we're lucky - keep your fingers crossed!) he'll be done and be doing something he loves, and he'll be home with his family more. I just have to say that I admire his dedication so much! Anyone who knows me will know that I value my sleep very much and there is no way I would miss out on sleeping for school. Great job so far Scotty, we're proud of you and all of your hard work! Love you.

On another note...I haven't told too many people about this, because it's still a touchy subject, but I recently went to the doctor and had some routine tests done and I was called a week later and told that I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Since I am only 26 and haven't had children yet, my doctor does not want to put me on medication so my only answer is to get these things down on my own. Thanks to my great parents for loving me so much that they also gave me these genes (my parents really are great, I just wish they didn't pass this part of them onto me). My doctor is worried that if I get pregnant before I get these issues under control I will get gestational diabetes, which is something I absolutely do not want if I have any control over it.

"So, what's you plan of action?" I know that is the question burning on all of your minds and I'll tell you. My wonderful friend Kirsten (who is amazingly fit) said that she would be my personal trainer if I wanted. How could I not take someone up on this offer? So, once again I've joined a gym, and I've actually been more times in just over a week than I think I went in the two years I had my other membership! I go for an hour a day (except Sunday and Tuesday) and Kirsten whips my butt in gear! I was proud of myself because she couldn't make it to the gym Friday night (it's like she's planning her wedding or something :) and so I went by myself and I did all that she told me to do, all on my own!! I appreciate her help more than she'll ever know - you're a great friend Kirsten! The other thing I'm doing is actually looking at the nutrition labels on the food I eat. When my doctor gave me the results, she basically told me that I had to say goodbye to all of the good foods in life - sugars, baked goods, cheeses and my favorite thing in the world - french fries! Basically, I cannot eat any of my favorite foods any more. This has been an adjustment, with some setbacks, but overall, I feel I'm doing much better than I was before. The most random part of all of this is that I signed up for a nutrition class through school back in June(I'm all about the easy, baby) and I started the week I got my test results. It's been great to actually learn about what I'm actually supposed to eat and what things are good for me (I'm know the obvious ones, but there are others too). So, wish me luck and if anyone has great recipes that are low in fat, trans fat, cholesterol and sodium, please feel free to share! Even if I am cooking for one!!

Wow, that was quite the post! Sorry for the rambling on, but I needed to share and document what I'm currently going through. Hope everyone else is doing a little better!

Davey Jones' Locker

2008-09-21T10:11:00.000-06:00

There's a lot you can learn outside of the classroom, which is why the Architecture students in my class all went to camp overnight at the Salt Flats this past weekend. We got there Friday about 2 pm and left at about noon on Saturday, and I took 140 pictures by the time we left. We're studying about space and building according to your environment, which was really interesting to me - mostly because I wish that we could rid ourselves of building for the sake of building. It wasn't as much fun without Michelle there, but she wouldn't have had much fun while I took all my pictures and sat and drew sketches for three hours straight. But, at least I only had to be gone for one night.
I couldn't resist mentioning to everyone that we were standing where Johnny Depp and the Disney crew filmed part of Pirates 3, where Captain Jack Sparrow is trapped in Davey Jones' Locker. Once you arrive, there's no mistaking the site. The ground is hard and encrusted with so much salt it looks like a fresh layer of snow.

Look familiar?

Here's a few pictures I got during the trip:

For your perspective, from where I stood, the mountains were about four miles away

The Salt Flats racing track is much thicker than this, but even this thickness is as hard as asphalt

Retrieving samples

Morning in the middle of nowhere

Oh, and we found this walking through our camp after we all woke up... Notice how big this guy is compared to the shoeprint to the left of him!

A word about me...

2008-08-31T18:33:00.000-06:00

by Scotty

Answer these questions in as few words as possible:
1. Where is your cell phone?....Left Pocket
2. Your significant other?....Asleep
3. Your hair?....What hair?
4. Your mother?....Goes to college
5. Your father?....Hero
6. Your favorite thing?....Designing
7. Your dream last night?....None
8. Your favorite drink....Juice
9. Your dream/goal?....Design
10. The room you're in?....Home office
11. Your children?....Aren't born yet
12. Your fear?....None (Fear is afraid of me)
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years....In a house
14. Where were you last night?....Home (in my pj's)
15. What you're not?....A girl
16. Muffins....Chocolate (from Costco)
17. One of your wish list items?....Drumset
18. Where you grew up?....CA, WA, and UT
19. What you read last....History of Architecture
20. What are you wearing?....Church clothes, minus the tie
21. Your TV?....Off
22. Your childhood pets?....All gone
23. Your computer?....RoCkS!!
24. Your life?....The best!
25. Your mood?....Optimistic
26. Missing someone?....Toby (My old dog)
27. Your car?....4 Cylinders, baby
28. Something you're not wearing?....Tights and a cape
29. Favorite Store?....Guitar Center!!!
30. Your summer?....Not long enough
31. Like someone?....Michelle, duh!
32. Your favorite color?....Green
33. Last time you laughed....Today (every day!)
34. Three objects you'd have on a desert island....Tent, Guitar, Surfboard
35. Top five movies....Batman Begins, the Dark Knight, Dan in Real Life, the Prestige, Invincible

Whee...I'm Three

2008-08-31T12:09:00.000-06:00

So last Sunday, August 24th, our little Princess turned 3! Since I had a fireside to go to that night with the youth and Scotty had a family birthday celebration, we decided to celebrate Princey's birthday on Saturday. I went to the store and picked out some new toys for her, and when I was shopping I found these dessert treats for dogs! They came in 4 different flavors and I picked out a berry dessert for her. When Scotty got home from work, we sang happy birthday and let her see all of her new presents and treats. She was in heaven when she got to eat her special doggy dessert.

The doggy dessert

Princey with all of her presents (a new leopard print bone, a turtle and a carrot and some of her favorite treats)

Happy Birthday to You, Happy Birthday to You...

Enjoying her dessert at last!

To all of you who now think I'm crazy for celebrating my dog's birthday, don't worry....I already know I'm crazy!

Our Little Family

2008-08-24T12:52:00.001-06:00

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Ten Things I Love About Michelle

2008-08-17T12:16:00.000-06:00

1. She insists she is the funniest one of the two of us.
2. She's usually very mellow, which keeps life simple.
3. She likes what she likes - Extremely helpful when I'm grocery shopping or ordering food for her.
4. She's got a great laugh.
5. She's got my back - Except when I make lame jokes.
6. She thinks I've got great skills...guitar skills, catching bugs skills, cleaning the house skills, washing the car skills...
7. We basically have the same taste in movies and tv shows.
8. She thinks it's ok for her to wrestle or play fight me, but not vice versa.
9. She thinks she's always right and I'm always wrong, but oddly enough that started after we got married...
10. She always takes time to tell me she loves me.

...Yep, she's the best!

Bucket list

2008-08-16T11:34:00.000-06:00

Scotty and I rented the movie "The Bucket List" last weekend. What a great show, except for Jack Nicholson saying the stupid F-word, but don't get me started on that! Anyone who has seen the movie knows that it is about a list that two men make of things that they want to do before they "kick the bucket". After watching the movie, I decided it was time I made my own "bucket list". Then I asked my two friends at work what they would put on their list. I like comparing lists because it made me add a few things to mine that I wouldn't have thought of.

So, I'll share a few of mine with you and hopefully you'll share some with me!

(no particular order on these): see all fifty states at least once, see the Eiffel tower in person, take Scotty to Disneyland, have children, buy a home, get at least my associates degree just to name a few.

Now feel free to share some of yours with me!

A few of my favorite things....by michelle

2008-08-16T11:13:00.000-06:00

I do not know why this post came to me, but it was sort of an afterthought to something and I could not get it out of my mind, so I thought I had better post it!

1. Knowing that every time I come home, my little princy will be excited to see me even if I've left her home alone for 10 hours while I'm at work

2. Knowing that every time I come home, my little Scotty will be excited to see me even if I've left him home alone for 10 hours while I'm at work :)

3. Clorox wipes. Need I say more?

4. A clean car. Especially when Scotty is the one who cleans it! What is better than having something done when you didn't have to do it?

5. Our apartment. Even though we are still renting, I love where we live and I love how we've made this place our own (even if I am jonesing for some new furniture or something to change it up!)

6. Fast internet. When my internet is slow either at home or work, I wonder what I did when it used to be dial up??!!

7. Watching the Olympics. Since I can remember, I get choked up when I hear our National Anthem, and when the Olympics are on and we win a gold medal and I hear the National Anthem I can't help but remember the love I have for my country.

8. Having a lazy Saturday!! This one might top the list, especially since this summer has been so busy! I really have not been home one weekend this summer and anyone who knows me knows that I do not like to be on the go all the time. I HAVE to have my home time or I get grouchy. When Scotty can tell that I am getting grouchy he makes a mental note to not poke the bear!

9. Finding a really good pen. I search our supply catalog at work to find the perfect pen.

10. When my friend Ali's little boy Tate gave me a kiss on the cheek after lunch on Thursday. Hands down, made me want to have a baby!

11. When my friend Alicia's little baby Savannah fell asleep on my chest while I was holding her. That was the second hand down that made me what to have a baby. Then I remembered that you actually have to take care of them for 24 hours a day (not just when they are cute) and that thought was put to the back burner!

12. De-junking. My family will be shocked by this one, but it's true. I just cleaned out a shelf by our washer and dryer and if felt so good to get rid of things that I moved on to the sweaters under my bed!

13. HAVING A WORKING DRYER!!! Our great apartment came with a washer and dryer (thank heavens!) and the dryer was broken for over a month. It was finally fixed yesterday and I could not be happier! Not that I don't love going to my parents house every Sunday to do laundry and eat a free dinner, but I just like the free dinner part!

14. Loose fitting shirts. Since the infamous weight gain which I contribute to getting married, I've been obsessed with finding shirts that hide my belly, and yes I have been asked if I'm pregnant, this is why I hide it! Why not exercise and lose weight you ask? Because I am just that lazy.

Hope you've enjoyed my list of things and that you all get to indulge in your favorite things too!

A Drive On Lynn

2008-08-15T10:46:00.000-06:00

(left to right) Eric (hidden behind Alex), Alex, Me, and Jameson (on drums)

After four concerts singing for "A Drive On Lynn" I think I should do some share and tell. Garrett Cimino asked me a long time ago if I would come and play with the band, and for a long time I couldn't fit it in with work and school and family time. But, since fall semester hasn't yet begun, I bought a microphone and started practicing a few months ago for some shows here in Salt Lake City. We've played two shows at the Outer Rim (9th South Redwood Rd), one show at the Paladium (we played for about two people), and one show at the Urban Lounge. For our two most recent concerts, we performed alongside Portland band "the Crash Engine" (Garrett's old band) who are touring the US, which were two very fun shows. My only wish is that their drummer Dana would record some drum solos and put them on a cd. Totally amazing.

(left to right) Me, Nate, and Garrett (Jameson is back there somewhere)

...For those of you who keep in touch, I may be setting up some small acoustic shows for my solo band "the Melodie" in the next few months. I'll post dates & times if I can get some scheduled. For now, visit www.purevolume.com/themelodie to hear my songs!

Brooklyn's 2nd Birthday

2008-08-11T12:26:00.000-06:00

On July 28th, our niece Brooklyn Edwards turned 2. She's a little ball of energy who loves her family, loves to laugh, and we also learned she loves to hula... whether it's by herself or whether she's sharing the grass skirt with her cousin Om. I wish I got a video of the two of them dancing in the same hula skirt, but the pictures are still priceless! Brooklyn knows everyone's names in the family, and often yells, "ScottyShell!" when we come over. We went up to my sister Kendra and brother in law Dave's house in Syracuse for her party. Kid-watching is so entertaining when they're this young.

Brooklyn doing the hula while Om watches

Brooklyn and Om, the hula duo

Congratulations James & Tiare!!

2008-08-11T12:12:00.000-06:00

Ok, it's been a while since their wedding (July 18th, '08), but since James and Tiare don't have a blog, we thought we'd post some of the candid shots we have from their big day.

James and Tiare coming out of the Salt Lake Temple

The cutest girl at the wedding

James and Tiare and all the Michelles - (left to right) Michelle Kelly (James' sister in law), Tiare, James, Michelle Moses, and Michelle Brown (James' cousin in law)

Thanks for such a fun day, guys! Oh, and by the way... serving ice cream at an outdoor July wedding reception... pure genius.

Up in the Uintahs

2008-08-11T11:12:00.000-06:00

We had the wonderful experience of getting up in the mountains to go camping with Michelle's side of the family over the 24th of July weekend. The weather was mostly cooperative, with some drizzles of rain right at the end of our stay, but what's camping without getting a little wet? We had some incredible dutch oven meals, went fishing on the upper Provo river, visited the Provo River Falls, played cards and board games at night, and hiked Bald Mtn, which rewarded us with an amazing panoramic view of the Uintahs. We wish we could've stayed another ten weeks. Getting away from the city and being able to relax with your family is one of our greatest joys.

Fishing and hanging out on the shore of Lilly Lake

Michelle, Princess, and me standing in the Provo River Falls

Everyone made it to the top of Bald Mtn! It's a 2 mile hike to the top, over boulders and rocks almost the entire way. We all have really hot legs now, thanks to that workout.

The three of us at the top of Bald Mtn.

Coming soon to the Moses blog near you...

2008-07-21T22:16:00.001-06:00

We've both been so busy with work and weddings and mini vacations, that we have totally slacked off! Plus, I'm (Michelle) still in school full time this summer. I also received a new calling in our ward....Young Women's PRESIDENT!!! Can you believe that???

Anyways...we are getting ready to go camping with my family this week and trying to RELAX!!! As soon as we come back I promise we will update our blog with wedding photos from my brothers wedding and our camping trip...Stay tuned!

NaNaNaNaNaNaNa... Batman!

2008-07-21T21:52:00.000-06:00

Since both Michelle and I both greatly value our sleep, we weren't among the VERY first to see the Dark Knight, but we did see it on opening day with Michelle's brother David and his wife Michelle. Since (my) Michelle's little brother James and his fiance Tiare wouldn't reschedule their wedding day, we attended their wedding in the morning, posed for pictures outside the Salt Lake temple afterward, and then disappeared Batman-style to go catch the 1:00 showing.
Personally, I completely forgot that Christian Bale, who I first saw in "Newsies" and "Little Women", and Heath Ledger, who I previously associated with "Knight's Tale" were the main characters in the newest installment of Batman. They both, Ledger especially, dissolved all my preconceptions of their acting abilities. I had to keep reminding myself that surfer-boy Heath Ledger was blowing up hospitals, or flashing knives and guns around every time you see him. I was honestly scared of what he would do next each time he came on screen. Totally awesome.
I would love to extend my critique and further emphasize my awe of the Dark Knight. However, I understand there are many faithful Moses-blog-readers who have yet to witness what we consider the absolute best Batman film (hands down!!), I'll conclude my praise. Go see it... but do your kids a favor and save this movie till they're older. It's VERY realistic. We can't wait to see it again.

He did it!!!!!

2008-05-31T14:10:00.000-06:00

It's official, Scotty got into the architecture program at the U of U this fall! We got the letter Wednesday!! I'm so happy for him and proud of how hard he has worked, and will have to work for the next two years!!

4 things about Scotty

2008-05-25T01:35:00.000-06:00

I know I just posted a blog about my 8's but who doesn't like things in 4's? The following are things you may or may not know about me in groups of 4. I got the idea from an email I got from my sweet mother in law (thanks Vicki). Enjoy!

4 jobs I've had:
- Landscape worker for my dad's business
- Server/self-proclaimed taste-tester at Tasty's Doughnuts
- Driver for the Salt Lake Olympics logistics team
- Teller/Loan Interviewer at America First Credit Union

4 movies I can watch over and over:
- the Pink Panther (with Steve Martin)
- Batman Begins
- Any Indiana Jones movie
- the Office on dvd (All 3 seasons)

4 places I would live:
- Utah!!!
- Seattle, WA
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Hawaii

4 TV shows I like to watch:
- the Office
- Clean House
- Deserving Design with Vern Yip
- ESPN 2 (for the X Games)

4 of my favorite foods:
- Fresh fruit
- Italian
- the "NY Ranger" at Gandalfo's Sub Shop
- the "Godfather" at Gandalfo's Sub Shop

4 places I would rather be:
- Brighton Ski Resort
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Camping in the Uintah Mountains
- Thailand

4 things I'm really looking forward to:
- My brother in law James' wedding
- Camping with Michelle's family
- Going to Bear Lake with my family
- Going to see "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" with my dad this Tuesday!!!

Shout outs

2008-05-18T17:25:00.000-06:00

I wanted to post a couple of shout outs to a few people in our families that have made amazing accomplishments in their lives this past month.

The first one is my mother-in-law (Patti). She went back to college at 47 (and as a grandmother) and just graduated with her bachelors degree, summa cum laude might I add, from the U of U. We are so proud of her. She is a great inspiration to us in our lives right now. My mother and father-in-law will be moving down to BYU this summer for Patti to get her masters degree! Way to go!
My mother and father-in-law
Scotty and I with his mom

Another great accomplishment in our family is that Scotty's sister, Leah, just graduated from the U of U with her masters degree in fine arts! She is already an amazing mother and finished her degree with a newborn son and has raised him so well throughout this whole degree! Way to go Leah!
Leah and Patti

Last, but not least, my sister-in-law, Michelle graduated from the U of U with her masters degree in social work! (I stole this picture from their blog since Scotty and I weren't able to attend her graduation since we were at Scotty's moms). Way to go Michelle!!!!

Hopefully one day, we'll be able to post pictures of our graduations!!!!

One other person I wanted to give a shout out too, is my wonderful husband. He finished his first CD where he played all of the instruments, wrote all of the music and did all of the singing! It sounds amazing, way to go babe!! If anyone is interested in a CD, I'm sure he'd be willing to share with everyone.

Kelly Family pics

2008-05-18T17:18:00.000-06:00

I stole these pictures off of my brothers blog, but I wanted to post them on our blog. We finally had pictures taken as a whole family and it was perfect timing because my cute little brother got engaged the night before so his fiance, Tiare, came to the pictures too. Thank goodness, otherwise we'd have to get family pictures re-taken, and getting everyone together was already hard enough! As you can see, I only have one nephew and the rest are all siblings and spouses. My mom (AKA Grandma Kicki) is dying for some grandchildren. If anyone wants to loan us one for a few days, we'd love it!!

This is me and my siblings

This is my whole family and my grandparents

Scotty's 8's

2008-05-12T09:18:00.000-06:00

8 things I'm passionate about:
- My lovely wife and best friend Michelle
- Both my family and Michelle's family (they all feel like one big family to me)
- Our fun pets Princess (our little Maltese) and my beta fish named Alpha
- Spending time with friends. I can never get enough of hanging out and having fun with my friends
- Writing and performing music on stage in front of big crowds (the bigger the better!)
- Taking pictures. I love getting those perfect shots that eventually end up in a frame. It's very rewarding to me
- My testimony
- Studying Architecture at the U of U. All my homework consists of building little models and drawing pictures!

8 songs I can listen to without getting sick of 'em:
- "Stay (You say... I only hear what I want to...)" by A Newfound Glory & Lisa Loeb
- "Summer Shudder" by AFI
- "Different" by Acceptance (I'm very sad they broke up... they were SO good!)
- "Paperthin Hymn" by Anberlin (the guitar lines are incredible!!)
- "The Adventure" by Angels & Airwaves (because Michelle loves to sing along to it too)
- "Thunder" by Boys Like Girls
- "Stolen" by Dashboard Confessional
- "the Pretender" by Foo Fighters (I LOVE how these guys incorporate classic rock with such a new sound)

8 books I've read recently:
- the Doctrine & Covenants (I'd never read it all the way through before)
- Understanding Architecture by Leland Roth (Yes, I actually read my whole textbook...)
- Inside Deaf Culture by Carol Padden and John Humphries (You wouldn't believe how cruel people have been to Deaf people)
- Standing for Something by Gordon B. Hinckley
- A Prophet's Voice by Spencer W. Kimball (thanks for the book Mikey!)
- Believing Christ by Stephen E. Robinson
- The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (Say what you want... I know I'm still a kid)
- The Book of Revelation Today by Farley Anderson (Still in progress - This book totally opens your eyes to what the book of Revelations is talking about... Things I wish I would've known about long ago.)

8 things I say often:
- "I love you Michelle" (though I still don't say it enough
- "Dude"
- "Totally"
- "Awesome"
- "Oh! This would make a good song..." (Whenever I find a good chord progression or think of new lyrics)
- "What were they thinking?!?" (When I drive past a boring-looking building or an ugly house)
- "Huh?" (Because I'm totally going deaf by the day - Michelle knows how bad it is)
- "I don't wanna get up yet"

8 things that attract me to a friend:
- Someone who acts themself all the time.
- Someone I can laugh with
- Someone who calls just to catch up
- Someone who doesn't complain much, and when they do it's more to joke about something that's bugging them
- Someone who builds me up
- Someone who doesn't mind if it's been a while since you've gotten together
- Someone who encourages me or is a great example
- Someone genuine

8 random things about me:
- I wish I had straight hair so I could grow it longer than a couple inches without it looking all Shirley Temple
- I taught myself to play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard (still in the works), and the kazoo
- I'm 1/4 Scottish. My dad's mom came to the U.S. from Scotland during World War 2
- I've lived in Utah, Arizona, California, Washington, and New York
- I'm younger than my wife by 8 months
- I'm the only boy in my family (3 sisters and me)
- I quietly pay attention to fashion (though I try not to keep up with the joneses)
- I'm still bitter that I'm too short to play in the NBA

8 things I want to do before I die:
- Have kids
- See all 50 states with Michelle
- Learn to surf
- Have a house and work on the landscape with my dad
- Go on a mission with Michelle
- Write a book
- Have one of my songs played on the radio
- Visit Europe and see where my Grandma Moses grew up in Scotland

8 things I've learned this past year:
- Getting married is by far the best thing I've ever done
- Getting a pet crab didn't work out (R.I.P. little guy. He didn't even make it long enough to be named)
- Getting a pet turtle didn't work out either (R.I.P. Todd)
- I'm so glad I switched from a Finance major to Architecture!
- Keep your friends close, and look for the good in your enemies
- We were totally meant to live where we do right now
- Heavenly Father always keeps his end of the deal
- I am loved more than I know by my wife, my family, and my Heavenly Father

8 people who should write about their 8's:
- Michelle
- Jared & Laura Weber
- Dave & Michelle Kelly
- Megan Wentworth (and Cooper)
- Caleb & Trisha Hartle
- Cole & Maura Lansford
- Ken Sheffield
- Wes & Amber Warren

I love being an Aunt!!!

2008-04-21T22:28:00.000-06:00

On conference Sunday, we went to my parents house in between sessions to enjoy yummy homemade scones (a Grandma Kicki specialty). When my mom makes the scones she puts flour on the counter and rolls them out. My nephew, Cooper, loves to spank people's butts (I think I taught him this too!) and my mom and him are always getting in wars before bedtime! Well, I thought that it would be funny to teach Cooper that when you put flour on your hand and THEN smack people's butts, it makes it so much funnier!!! I never thought that I would put a picture of my butt on my blog, but here it is!

This is Scotty!

I thought that would be the highlight of the day, but it turns out Cooper had more in store for us! He kept wanting to wear my hat, and then my shoes and it all just snowballed from there - here he is in all his Aunt Shell glory (doesn't he look just like me???)

Then he decided he wanted to be Scotty, but Scotty just doesn't have as much STUFF as I do to try on!!

Thanks Cooper for a great day! We love you!!

Anyone need a babysitter???? :)

For sure, this is, like, the raddest mixtape!

2008-04-07T19:54:00.000-06:00

Rock on! Three whole songs that appear on my new album are now at your fingertips. The album comes out this Friday!!! Killer!!!

Goals....

2008-03-31T19:20:00.000-06:00

So, at the beginning of the year, I decided that I needed to write down my goals because I read this study that people who write down their goals have a better chance of achieving them (like 97% of the time). I wrote down some of my goals on a post-it note and I carry it around in my wallet so that I can be constantly reminded of them. I wrote down 4, but obviously there are more that I always try to accomplish like being a better visiting teacher, being better at my calling in church, being a better wife, etc...Since the year is 1/4 over, I decided to assess my goals, and so I have. First I will share my goals with you from the beginning of the year:

1. Get my associates degree
2. Lose 30 pounds
3. Be a better house cleaner
4. Turn off the TV!!

Well, since I've not accomplished one thing (and I'm no where near any of them) I decided that I'm going to redo my goals so that I can accomplish them for once. Here they are:

1. Drop out of school
2. Gain 30 more pounds
3. Stop cleaning the house
4. Watch as much TV as I want to

Now I realize what some of you may be thinking, why would you do that??? I figured that I'm more likely to achieve these goals than the ones listed previously so I decided that instead of feeling like I can't accomplish something, I thought that I would reassess and accomplish my goals!!

Seriously though, I'm trying to keep my original goals, but this winter has been really hard on my mental health and I need SPRING NOW!! My sister and I woke up to walk around the park this morning and I opened the door to go pick her up and I saw 4inches of snow and it was still going!!! Since we aren't serious enough to own real outdoor walking clothes, we called off the walk and went back to bed. I think that this depressed me even more than waking up at 5:45am to go walking! I got so excited for spring last week that I even painted my own toenails (which I never do since I think it is beneath me!!) and then Scotty and I went to St. George on Friday and it was 72 degrees and it got me even more excited, and now it snows!! Can someone please tell me when spring will be here??? Can someone also tell me how in the world they achieve their goals because apparently I'm not very good at it right now!!

Posted by Michelle

Update on "the Melodie"!!!

2008-03-24T22:50:00.000-06:00

The new album "Into This" is just about finished! I've been piecing this album together over the last six months and I'm so ready to let everyone hear it.
I'll be playing a concert at Eastern Wyoming College on April 12th and I'm taking a bunch of cd's up there with me, which means the album will be finished in the next couple weeks! To add yourself to the list to reserve a cd, send an email to:

themelodie@live.com

...Thanks for listening!

Repunzel, Repunzel

2008-03-24T22:16:00.000-06:00

Michelle is used to having fairly short hair, and after growing it out for months and months, she decided it was time for a change. We thought you'd enjoy seeing her transformation. She's so cute!

She ended up cutting off about seven inches or so, and she was very brave about it... Even though she fibbed over the phone, telling me she got an A-line to see if I'd freak out or not. She was surprised at how mellow I was, despite her A-line story. I'm slightly biased, but I think she's the cutest girl ever. Sorry guys, she's taken.

E - I - E - I - Woah!

2008-03-08T22:24:00.000-07:00

We heard that Wes and Amber started having their groceries ordered by Winder Dairy, but are they only having groceries ordered... or is there more to their list than what goes into their fridge? What's really lurking in their basement? Why did they really have that fence built on the west side of their house? ...We may be onto something here.

The other day Michelle was pulling into our driveway when she noticed a chicken hanging out on Wes and Amber's lawn. She came in the house and told me about her little find, and I had to get some evidence of this rare glimpse into the secret life of our underground farmer neighbors. Take a look, and judge for yourselves what's really going on at their house.

Was Holden really born as a cover-up distraction to their surreptitious lifestyle?

Monster Truckin'

2008-03-08T21:59:00.000-07:00

On February 16th we attended an elegant night on the town...minus the elegance. Oh yes, it was another year at the MoNsTeR tRuCk JaM!!! I'm sure you can hear the tv commercials already - "Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Kids seats just 5 bucks! Energy Solutions Arena! Be there!"

You can imagine the great American culture reflected in the stands of that event, which happens to be one of the main reasons we go. The people watching is classic! You just have to get into it, and it's way fun. Where else can you see huge trucks jumping over old 80's Dodge Caravans and sweet Chrysler family sedans? This next picture says it all.

7 things i love today (Scotty's version)

2008-02-29T22:20:00.000-07:00

This doesn't count as one of the things I love, but I love responding to tags. Sometimes it's nice to fill in the blanks rather than starting from scratch. (Thanks Megan.)

1. I LOVE my beautiful wife. Michelle can always make me laugh, and she can keep a straight face longer than anyone I know. She's the most selfless person I know. She's always thinking of other people and she works so hard to keep our family happy. She's a HUGE help to me every day, especially while I'm doing all this school. She's more patient than I thought possible. She's my sweetheart.

2. I love going to school for once. I went through wanting to be a doctor, then a communications major, then a finance major. Thank goodness I didn't have to decide on my own or I would've been one of those professional students! I still have four years till i get a masters in architecture, but I'm looking forward to it.

3. I love writing music. I don't know if I'll ever grow out of it. I love the thrill of playing big concerts and playing my guitar as loud as I can.

4. I love dessert. When I turned 25 this year it was awesome! I ended up getting three different cakes - a guitar cake at Michelle's parents' house (Thanks David and Michelle!), a sweet sprinkle cake from Leah (picture those animal cookies with sprinkles, in cake form - Thanks Leah!), and another one from work. Michelle knows all about my genetically-inherited weakness for the ice cream aisle of the grocery store. Because of this unavoidable, innocent weakness, it looks like I'll have to keep snowboarding for decades in order to stay in shape. There's just no way around it.

5. I love cleaning. I think it's an appendage of my love of design, but I'm always picking up and putting things in their place. I can't tell if I have OCD or if I just try to make our house look like the ones in the magazines.

6. I love movies. I love going to movies, watching movies at home, going to RedBox... once I latch onto a movie, I watch it over and over. I can't wait for the new Batman and the new Indiana Jones!!! This is gonna be a goooood summer for the movies.

7. I love singing in the car. I belt it out, man! Some days after work, I don't hold back at the stoplights. Music is my life! You can't beat roadtrips cause you can sing for hours, and you'll never see the people that pass by you ever again. (But what if when we get to heaven we'll be introduced to this massive group of people who witnessed you singing in the car?)

7 things i love today

2008-02-29T21:13:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by my sister (as was Scotty) so here it goes - in no particular order:

1. I love my hubby! I know, obvious choice, but it's true. He is such a wonderful man and makes my life so wonderful every day. I don't tell him enough how much he means to me (maybe that should be an updated post to my flaws!). He's such a strong example to me and I constantly feel like I'm trying to keep up with him. He works so hard at school right now to one day provide for our family so that I can hopefully stay home with our children (in the distant future!)

2. I love my Princey! I got her in a really low point in my life (before Scotty and I even met) and she brings me so much happiness! Scotty always makes comments about how happy she makes me, and it's true. She always knows when I need a little extra attention and she'll just sit on my lap and do nothing but it comforts me!

3. I love TV! We have a love/hate relationship; I love TV that I watch it so much that I hate not getting anything else done!

4. I love our nieces and nephews! Of course Scotty is their favorite, but I think that I'm a close second! Our niece Morgan wasn't even interested in the fact that I was at dinner on Sunday and as soon as I walked in the door (without Scotty who was parking the car) asked me where Scotty was! Me, being the teaser that I am, told her that I'd left him and home and she was sad! Then when Scotty walked in the door she ran up to me and told me that he was there and that I didn't leave him at home!

5. I love my family. I have great brothers and sisters and in-laws! I also have a great great great extended family! I love the fact that I have cousins who are young enough to be a niece or nephew, and I love spending time with them and their parents - my aunt Kathryn is hilarious and although we aren't exactly close in age (sorry Kathyrn, but I won't give away how far apart we are!) we get along so well, I feel like I'm with a best friend! My sisters are great too! Emily, Megan are great and I love when we get together, especially when we make cards - hint, hint! I love my sisters-in-law too: Michelle (even though she stole my name!), Leah, Kendra and Courtney. I always look forward to the times when we can spend time together and never want to leave!

6. I love anything that comes in mini sizes. I have a whole set of mini office supplies: stapler, hole punch, tape dispenser. I think that's why I got a mini dog! If I ever see anything mini, I marvel at it and tell Scotty that I want it! I think that I first fell in love with mini things when I saw my first mini binder clip at work when I was 16!

7. I love THE JAZZ!!!! Need I say more? I think I've watched almost every Jazz game this season and that's the only reason we have cable, so I can get my Jazz games!

I'm not tagging anyone, but if you want to share what you love, please do!

We don't need no education

2008-02-28T20:42:00.000-07:00

Movie Reviews

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