8 Years Ago Today

We said I DO for time and all eternity. It does not feel like it has been 8 years already. We have shared so much, have grown together and are more in love today than the day we tied the knot. We celebrated by going to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Park City. It was DELISH! Little Grayson got to tag along and was so good to sleep though the entire dinner. Then we ate some chocolate covered strawberries, looked at our wedding album and reminised about the past 8 years at home. I still feel giddy whenever I see Garet. I still get butterflies in my tummy every night he comes home from work and I still feel anxious when we're apart. I hate being apart and LOVE being together. I think about how we have changed and how we have grown and I thank my heavenly father for all of the blessings he has given us and continues to give us daily. I love to watch my boys interact with their daddy and feel the love that radiates from all of them. I truly am a LUCK LADY to be surrounded by all these boys. I love my husband and our boys more than anything and my love grows each and everyday. Thank you for giving my life meaning, love and direction. I can't imagine anything that would bring more joy to my life than what I have got. I am so happy and even more happy to share every moment together.

I LOVE YOU!!!

Bald is Beautiful...RIGHT???

So I have now hit the 2-3 month post partum shed. And I am SHEDDING massive amounts of hair. My thick lucious pregnancy locks are on the SLIM down (too bad the LBS aren't shedding as fast as the hair loss). So the next time you see me I might look a little more like this

But remember BALD IS BEAUTIFUL!

This use to be a fun house...

But NOW we have the sick bug clowns. They gave us 2 horrible ear infections, 2 high fevers, 2 Dr. apoiontments, 2 oral antibiotics, 2 X 2 sleepless nights totaling about 96 hours of very minimal sleep on top of my sleep deprived state as a mother of a newborn, 2 antibiotic creams and drops adding up to 2 million dollars, but the $$ doesn't matter Garet enjoys busting his butt to pay the medical bills because our health ins. STINKS!! To top it all off we have 1 case of strep throat with all the sypmptoms of strep like a rash, fever, sore throat, & congestion, on top of the ear infection for Easton. Plus Mason has a raging ear infection, fever, sore throat, and he is unable to take the antibiotic to cure all of those ailments because he has staph infection and it is MRSA....which means it is the REALLY NASTY kind of staph. WHAT THE @#$%!

I made the Dr. apt for Easton to get the meds for his ear, thinking I had the virus going around that starts with a runny nose, followed by a sore throat & ending in a cough. UH not so much we headed home with all of the above CRAP! Serioiusly I never get the virus going around I get everything else. Oh and we had to put Mason on a super strong antibiotic for the staph that has totally and completely BURNED the HECK out of his cute little bumb and hasn't touched his horrible ear infection. So when he is finished with this med if it works on the staph, then we get to start a 2nd antibiotic for the ear. The cherry on top it all happened while Garet was out of town.

BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE... I am so happy we have tylenol and motrin to help ease the pain and bring the fever down. I am gratful for my wonderful DR. who investigates and doesn't just write it off to the common virus. And I am happy that we have some sort of health ins. because if not we would be so burried in medical debt that we would never be able to pay it off. I am also happy that we don't have any debt so we can pay off our medical bills with out the insane interest added to it. Last the best of all the game is so far Eastons ear is 100% better, the strep is gone, Grayson hasn't gotten sick yet, and the meds seem to be working for the staph in Mason. I have managed to get some sleep and the boys are smiling, happy, and not in pain anymore. Well except for Mason's ear, but thanks to ear numbing drops he smiles too.

so we are headed back into the fun house, thats full of happy clowns!!!!!!!!!

HIVES, HivEs, HORRIBLE hIvEs

Easton suddenly broke out in a body full of hives. I don't know what spurred them on and they lasted for 3 days! As long as we stayed on the benedryl every 4 hours they stayed at bay, but if the benedryl wore off... BOOM... they came back with a vengence. Poor little guy. He was so tough and brave. He knows Grandma makes everything better and asked if we could go to Grandma Jeans for HELP. I took him over there and she put him in a nice cool bath, gave him medicine, a little treat, held him and rocked him until he felt better. He is absolutely right GRANDMA'S house is a magic house full of good, happy, yummy love.

31 reasons we love our daddy...

HaPPy 31st BIrThDAY we wish you were here to ceLebrate with birthday cheer!!

Because your not we want to say ....HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!

31 reasons we LOVE our daddy:

1. Easton said because " I want him so I love him thats why."

2. I think he's workin' hard

3. I don't know why i love him, thats why i love him!

4. Mason said " da da look, mmmmmmmmm."

5. cute sad face da da uhhhhhh

There are so many reasons we love you daddy,

6. I love you because you are my soul mate.

7. I knew we were soul mates when I found out our first names are legally spelled with 2 R's but our parents taught us to spell it with 1 R, I think in heaven we told each other this is how we would find each other.

8. Home is truly where you want to be

9. There is nothing more important to you than your family.

10. You would rather not go somewhere if we cannot go too. You always go the extra mile to make sure we are all together.

11. You work your tail off to make us a happy home, and make sure we have EVERYTHING we want and need.

12. You dedicate all your time and energy to our family. Even if your exhausted, have a hurt back, or just don't want to be bothered you still let us climb all over you like a jungle gym.

13. You always support me in everything.

14. You are USUALLY always right.

15. FUN to be with

16. You make us laugh

17. You know how to stop the tears

18. PATIENCE you've got em' (and I need em')

19. best daddy EVER

20. Sincere

21. HAPPY truly happy

22. Easton said "i know he wrestles"

23. You have really made me a better person in so many ways.

24. You Listen

25. Give good Advice

26. Mason said " uh uh elk" as he points out the window

27. Easton said "dad gives me bubbly always"

28. We play together

29. You keep it simple

30. you know how to forgive and forget.

31. Last the best of all the game... it is simple we LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU, everything about you, life is vibrant with you in it and there is no one else who can take your place. You are our HERO, our #1.

We miss you and can't wait to be together again, HAPPY BIRHTDAY!!!

X'S & O"S

Happy Birthday Grandpa RU, we love you!!!

For Rulons Birthday we all went skiing to Targhee. It was a BLAST! Rulon said all's he wanted was to be with his family and spend time with his grand babies. Easton was ale to go skiing for the first time and he LOVED it. He rode the magic carpet up the hill and did really well. By the third run he was able to start turning by himself. He loved skiing so much that grandpa took him outside the condo and pulled him around.

Thanks for a fabulous getaway and spending your birthday with us. We sure love you.