I'm just feeling so blessed today. I've been trying to make the blog better (adding pictures and little marriage and baby tickers) and the more that I look at pictures of my little family and reminice about all the time that we've had together, the more I realize how truely and wonderfully blessed I am to be married to a man who is not only my best friend but is someone that will listen to me, play games with me, tease me, (let me tease him), and stop on the side of the road to pick my favorite flowers to bring home to me!! In addition to all that he truely loves, and respects me. (How lucky am I?) In addition to all that we, together, are so blessed to have such a wonderfully happy, sweet, and beautiful daughter!!! She can always make me smile.
It's so easy sometimes for me to get caught up in life and responsibilities (not that they aren't important) but sometimes (a lot of the time) I forget to stop, enjoy the sunflowers and count my blessings. I have so many of them. I could sit here and list them but I think your time would be better spent to take a minute and think about some of yours (rather than read about mine) I'm sure a lot of them will be the same anyway!
Have a happy, happy day!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
The "waving idiot" escapades
Apparently, there are a couple of stories from back when Travis and I met and started dating that not everyone has heard yet. I realized this weekend that my grandpa missed them and have now realized that there are others that haven't heard them either. I figure this will cover the ground more quickly and efficiently for those who haven't' heard. As embarrassing as they are, they are pretty entertaining and they need to be told... :) They will help you understand why we are, well, the way we are.
Travis and I met country line dancing in November of 2007. But the "cute meet" part of the story goes a little something like this: Me, living in St. George. Trav, living out on the Buckhorn flat in Paragonah. We had a mutual friend, Jen, that was opening a country line dancing place at the Electric Theater in St. George. We both were asked to come help get everything set up that first night. Travis was going to help teach some basic line dances and swing dance moves and I was going to help by taking money at the door. Because of this we were supposed to arrive early and unfortunately for Travis he didn't know where this place was. I was already there and he called another mutual friend of ours, Jen's sister Heather, for directions.
She was having a lot of trouble trying to direct him to the Electric Theater. He was close and so I told her that I would go outside and wave and point to the building so he could find it. I told her to tell him, "Just look for the waving idiot." "Ok," she says, "you're close, just look for the waving idiot!" (THANKS) :) I was on my way back in and asked her who it was that she was on the phone with. (Travis and I didn't actually know each other at this point but I knew who he was. Everyone called him "Cowboy." He had a really good reputation in the "dancing circuit" and he was (is) HHHOOOOOOOOTTTT). When she told me who she was talking to all I wanted to do was HIDE! But Travis got there and came in and thanked me for helping him find the place and then he just kept hanging around me. (WHY?) (I was the waving idiot and I really couldn't have been THAT entertaining to talk to..) At any rate I left that night feeling pretty special because this really cute guy that EVERYONE wanted attention from was paying attention to me!
The next week he got my number (it was a Tuesday) and he mentioned that he was coming back down that weekend on Friday to go dancing at another place out in Washington and asked if I wanted to go. (I'm no dummy) Of course I wanted to go! :)
Friday comes around and I haven't heard from (and wasn't really sure who's turn it was follow up) so I sent him a text to see if he was still coming down. He said that he was and we decided to meet in Washington at the dance. (For those of you who know St George, I was living in Bloomington Hills.)
The dance wasn't supposed to start for over an hour and at the time I wasn't home (I needed every minute available to get ready!) So we left and headed home. (I had my roommates with me). My car was FULL of friends and I needed to stop and get some gas. Anyone else have a "routine" when you fuel up? There were other people, as I mentioned, in my car and so I just grabbed my whole wallet and got out to fuel up. But instead of getting back inside and waiting for the pump to finish I set my wallet down on my trunk and finished up outside. Once I was full I climbed back inside and drove off. (This was at the new Maverick station behind the mall on the back way into Washington).
Got home, got ready, feeling pretty good.. got in the car and started for Washington.
Now, the "arrangements" weren't exactly clear. I wasn't sure if this was an actual date and if I should anticipate needing to pay or not. I knew I had some cash but I wasn't sure how much so I started digging in my purse for my wallet so that I could check how much I had. If I needed to I could swing by an ATM. (Some of you may have figured out what happened next). I realized that I never put my wallet back in my purse after I got gas and when I drove away from the gas station my wallet was still on the trunk! DETOUR!!!!
I ran back over to the gas station and the attendant tells me that no one turned it in. So now there are two options, either it fell off right away or it stayed on for a while. If it fell off right away it was probably stolen. If it had stayed on (I have a spoiler on my trunk) then it probably wouldn't have fallen off till I was going faster. The road that the station was on isn't traveled much, especially at night, so I go for a jog... (Yes, seriously). After a little ways I find a dollar bill, a piece of my debit card and finally the actual wallet, random change and my drivers licence. (Thank goodness that that was still intact. Can't imagine trying to explain that one to a cop if I'd gotten pulled over). My debit card was destroyed and I was LATE.
Probably the most ridiculous phone call I've ever made... "Hey, remember me? The waving idiot? (one more point in my favor) I'm a scatterbrain!.. Will you pay for our date?" :) He was already planning on it, of course, and told me to stop worrying about it and just get there. We had a great night and the rest is history. Travis married "the waving idiot."
I sometimes wish that I had kept that wallet. It would have made a good conversation piece if we had framed it or put it out for display somehow! :)
Travis and I met country line dancing in November of 2007. But the "cute meet" part of the story goes a little something like this: Me, living in St. George. Trav, living out on the Buckhorn flat in Paragonah. We had a mutual friend, Jen, that was opening a country line dancing place at the Electric Theater in St. George. We both were asked to come help get everything set up that first night. Travis was going to help teach some basic line dances and swing dance moves and I was going to help by taking money at the door. Because of this we were supposed to arrive early and unfortunately for Travis he didn't know where this place was. I was already there and he called another mutual friend of ours, Jen's sister Heather, for directions.
She was having a lot of trouble trying to direct him to the Electric Theater. He was close and so I told her that I would go outside and wave and point to the building so he could find it. I told her to tell him, "Just look for the waving idiot." "Ok," she says, "you're close, just look for the waving idiot!" (THANKS) :) I was on my way back in and asked her who it was that she was on the phone with. (Travis and I didn't actually know each other at this point but I knew who he was. Everyone called him "Cowboy." He had a really good reputation in the "dancing circuit" and he was (is) HHHOOOOOOOOTTTT). When she told me who she was talking to all I wanted to do was HIDE! But Travis got there and came in and thanked me for helping him find the place and then he just kept hanging around me. (WHY?) (I was the waving idiot and I really couldn't have been THAT entertaining to talk to..) At any rate I left that night feeling pretty special because this really cute guy that EVERYONE wanted attention from was paying attention to me!
The next week he got my number (it was a Tuesday) and he mentioned that he was coming back down that weekend on Friday to go dancing at another place out in Washington and asked if I wanted to go. (I'm no dummy) Of course I wanted to go! :)
Friday comes around and I haven't heard from (and wasn't really sure who's turn it was follow up) so I sent him a text to see if he was still coming down. He said that he was and we decided to meet in Washington at the dance. (For those of you who know St George, I was living in Bloomington Hills.)
The dance wasn't supposed to start for over an hour and at the time I wasn't home (I needed every minute available to get ready!) So we left and headed home. (I had my roommates with me). My car was FULL of friends and I needed to stop and get some gas. Anyone else have a "routine" when you fuel up? There were other people, as I mentioned, in my car and so I just grabbed my whole wallet and got out to fuel up. But instead of getting back inside and waiting for the pump to finish I set my wallet down on my trunk and finished up outside. Once I was full I climbed back inside and drove off. (This was at the new Maverick station behind the mall on the back way into Washington).
Got home, got ready, feeling pretty good.. got in the car and started for Washington.
Now, the "arrangements" weren't exactly clear. I wasn't sure if this was an actual date and if I should anticipate needing to pay or not. I knew I had some cash but I wasn't sure how much so I started digging in my purse for my wallet so that I could check how much I had. If I needed to I could swing by an ATM. (Some of you may have figured out what happened next). I realized that I never put my wallet back in my purse after I got gas and when I drove away from the gas station my wallet was still on the trunk! DETOUR!!!!
I ran back over to the gas station and the attendant tells me that no one turned it in. So now there are two options, either it fell off right away or it stayed on for a while. If it fell off right away it was probably stolen. If it had stayed on (I have a spoiler on my trunk) then it probably wouldn't have fallen off till I was going faster. The road that the station was on isn't traveled much, especially at night, so I go for a jog... (Yes, seriously). After a little ways I find a dollar bill, a piece of my debit card and finally the actual wallet, random change and my drivers licence. (Thank goodness that that was still intact. Can't imagine trying to explain that one to a cop if I'd gotten pulled over). My debit card was destroyed and I was LATE.
Probably the most ridiculous phone call I've ever made... "Hey, remember me? The waving idiot? (one more point in my favor) I'm a scatterbrain!.. Will you pay for our date?" :) He was already planning on it, of course, and told me to stop worrying about it and just get there. We had a great night and the rest is history. Travis married "the waving idiot."
I sometimes wish that I had kept that wallet. It would have made a good conversation piece if we had framed it or put it out for display somehow! :)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Giving it a shot
Alright everyone, here we go! I know I kicked at it for awhile... and whined saying that I would never do it.... well I'm doing it... starting a blog. I don't promise that it will be updated ALL the time but I am going to try and help everyone stay current on what is going on with us. (I just hope this doesn't become the "go to blog" that you all come to on those nights when you can't fall asleep in the hopes that by reading it your insomnia will disolve away!) :)
Just to bring you up to date, we are loving our life right now!! We have the cutest kid in the world, Danielle Renae (5 mo.), and are adjusting to parenthood "farily well." :) Dani brings us interesting surprises just about every day but we are learning, and we are loving her more and more. (If that were even possible). She is getting teasingly close to sitting on her own and rolls all over the place. She is also getting better at scooting which means I have some nesting and decluttering to do around the house to make sure she doesn't get into things that she's not supposed to.
She's laughing more and more spontaniously, just in the last couple of days, which is so cute! I don't even know what she finds funny most of the time but I love to hear her laugh. Dani has also started eating solids. She's liked everything she has tried so far except for rice cereal. That means her menu currently consists of oatmeal (usually with bananas), green beans, squash and peas.
I'm still working on completing my medical transcription certification. Once I do I will be working from home to help bring in a little extra cash. I'm excited about it. I'm really enjoying the class work and the test reports. I think I'll really enjoy working as a transcriptionist and it will allow me to stay home with Dani which is my main motivation.
Travis is still working for the farm. It's what he loves to do and we love that he is always close to home. I love that Dani gets to see him in the middle of the day. It's great that she gets some interaction with her Daddy since sometimes she is asleep when he gets up in the morning and when he gets home at night. She always gets the biggest smile on her face when he comes in the door. I love it! There are times that he HAS to be the one to feed her because when he's in the room that is where all of her attention is at. She sure loves her Daddy. Don't worry, she saves some of those smiles for me too. :)
I guess that is all for now. Hopefully I won't wait too long to get back on again and let you all know what is going on with us. (You 1am readers will get tired of putting yourself to sleep with the same stories). :)
Just to bring you up to date, we are loving our life right now!! We have the cutest kid in the world, Danielle Renae (5 mo.), and are adjusting to parenthood "farily well." :) Dani brings us interesting surprises just about every day but we are learning, and we are loving her more and more. (If that were even possible). She is getting teasingly close to sitting on her own and rolls all over the place. She is also getting better at scooting which means I have some nesting and decluttering to do around the house to make sure she doesn't get into things that she's not supposed to.
She's laughing more and more spontaniously, just in the last couple of days, which is so cute! I don't even know what she finds funny most of the time but I love to hear her laugh. Dani has also started eating solids. She's liked everything she has tried so far except for rice cereal. That means her menu currently consists of oatmeal (usually with bananas), green beans, squash and peas.
I'm still working on completing my medical transcription certification. Once I do I will be working from home to help bring in a little extra cash. I'm excited about it. I'm really enjoying the class work and the test reports. I think I'll really enjoy working as a transcriptionist and it will allow me to stay home with Dani which is my main motivation.
Travis is still working for the farm. It's what he loves to do and we love that he is always close to home. I love that Dani gets to see him in the middle of the day. It's great that she gets some interaction with her Daddy since sometimes she is asleep when he gets up in the morning and when he gets home at night. She always gets the biggest smile on her face when he comes in the door. I love it! There are times that he HAS to be the one to feed her because when he's in the room that is where all of her attention is at. She sure loves her Daddy. Don't worry, she saves some of those smiles for me too. :)
I guess that is all for now. Hopefully I won't wait too long to get back on again and let you all know what is going on with us. (You 1am readers will get tired of putting yourself to sleep with the same stories). :)
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