Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Sorry, I meant to post pics on that last one! Here are some newer pics:
Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Coolest swing ever!
She kept trying to crawl to the fire, so we made her a cage
She popped the entire bouncy ball in her mouth while I wasn't looking
I went with my sister and my mom to get our nails done for the first time ever!!
Lyndi bowling with my mom, she ended up winning!
More creative hairstyles from Lyndi herself
First and last date night of the summer!
Coolest playground. Ever. I wish they made one for grownups
Carousel ride
4th of July fun
Pool party!
Food fight
Trail of crumbs for Emerie to eat
My second blooming beauty!
Lyndi struttin' her stuff down to the water
Forever Family :) and yes that's sand in Emerie's mouth...
Peaceful afternoon
Sisterly love
Zoo day
My first blooming beauty!
Emerie being her usual bouncy self with grandma
:) love the expression
Look mom no hands! Check out this chick standing up on her own!
Praying while asleep, the best kind of prayers :)
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
Emerie accidentally got herself stuck like this when she was learning to stand up
Sorry there are so many this time... again!
These are a few of my favorite things :)
So what my post was supposed to be about before I rambled FOREVER is this:
My GRATEFUL list:
Tyler, who is the single most loving, fun, humble, unselfish, kind, unconditional, faithful, strong husband and father, son and brother anyone has ever known. Seriously you're missing out if you don't know him!
Lyndi, who is the single most thoughtful, faithful, too smart for her own good (and for mine and Tyler's own good) funny, loving sister, daughter, and granddaughter you will ever know. Her words have brought me to tears on occasion. Such as when we had people over for our monthly group family night. We went around the room listed things that are important to us and we treat differently and she said "The gospel is true, and the gospel is true".
Emerie who is the single most happy, smiley, smart, snuggly, loving girl you'll ever know.
My testimony of the gospel. There are days where if I didn't have the gospel (especially since I've become a mom and have a deeper understanding of forever familes) I wouldn't make it through the day with my two crazies!
My extended family, who has been there for me when I've needed them most.
My friends, who are just like family who have been there for me when I've needed them most.
Our car, which has been so trustworthy! We FINALLY paid it off and it feels great!
Our apartment, which on the sticky or freezing days has been a tremendous blessing (as most shelters are!)
My ability to cook and be thrifty when it comes to being on a tight budget. Who needs expensive meat anyway?? ;)
My calling in the Primary. I teach Sunbeams (for those of you who are not members of my church, it's the class for the 3 year olds). Lyndi's in my class this year and I've learned so much in the short time I've been in there. Kids have such an amazing, humble, spirit that they carry all the time, and it's been wonderful to share it with them every Sunday.
AIR CONDITIONING! We bought window units the night after we moved into our new apartment. As it turns out, 82 and humid does not make for a comfortable sleep! :)
Technology like facetime and skype and facebook. I know facebook is so overused, but honestly it's one of the only ways I connect with some people and family! It's been great to see everyone instead of just hearing from everyone.
All of the furniture we have. 90% of it is used and has been given to us or we bought from D.I. or Salvation Army, but going without somewhere to sit other than the hardwood floor for a week when you're 35 weeks pregnant is a stinker! It gave me a new perspective and appreciation for all that I have.
A dishwasher. We've been married almost 5 years and have had a dishwasher from time to time amounting to 19 months! Wow does it save time!
A kitchen that has outlets and counter space. Our last kitchen was a large closet to say the least.
Last but most importantly my knowledge of the gospel. I know it goes along with my testimony, but I really am grateful for the things I've learned and have applied from the gospel in my life. Because of it I know that if I live righteously I can be with my family even after this life. How great is that knowledge?!? I have a husband who worthily holds the priesthood and uses it to bless our family. I love that the gospel is the same throughout the whole world. The teachings are the same no matter where you are. I'm grateful that I have technology that I can use to share my testimony with others as well (such as this) :)
These are a few of my favorite things :)
My GRATEFUL list:
Tyler, who is the single most loving, fun, humble, unselfish, kind, unconditional, faithful, strong husband and father, son and brother anyone has ever known. Seriously you're missing out if you don't know him!
Lyndi, who is the single most thoughtful, faithful, too smart for her own good (and for mine and Tyler's own good) funny, loving sister, daughter, and granddaughter you will ever know. Her words have brought me to tears on occasion. Such as when we had people over for our monthly group family night. We went around the room listed things that are important to us and we treat differently and she said "The gospel is true, and the gospel is true".
Emerie who is the single most happy, smiley, smart, snuggly, loving girl you'll ever know.
My testimony of the gospel. There are days where if I didn't have the gospel (especially since I've become a mom and have a deeper understanding of forever familes) I wouldn't make it through the day with my two crazies!
My extended family, who has been there for me when I've needed them most.
My friends, who are just like family who have been there for me when I've needed them most.
Our car, which has been so trustworthy! We FINALLY paid it off and it feels great!
Our apartment, which on the sticky or freezing days has been a tremendous blessing (as most shelters are!)
My ability to cook and be thrifty when it comes to being on a tight budget. Who needs expensive meat anyway?? ;)
My calling in the Primary. I teach Sunbeams (for those of you who are not members of my church, it's the class for the 3 year olds). Lyndi's in my class this year and I've learned so much in the short time I've been in there. Kids have such an amazing, humble, spirit that they carry all the time, and it's been wonderful to share it with them every Sunday.
AIR CONDITIONING! We bought window units the night after we moved into our new apartment. As it turns out, 82 and humid does not make for a comfortable sleep! :)
Technology like facetime and skype and facebook. I know facebook is so overused, but honestly it's one of the only ways I connect with some people and family! It's been great to see everyone instead of just hearing from everyone.
All of the furniture we have. 90% of it is used and has been given to us or we bought from D.I. or Salvation Army, but going without somewhere to sit other than the hardwood floor for a week when you're 35 weeks pregnant is a stinker! It gave me a new perspective and appreciation for all that I have.
A dishwasher. We've been married almost 5 years and have had a dishwasher from time to time amounting to 19 months! Wow does it save time!
A kitchen that has outlets and counter space. Our last kitchen was a large closet to say the least.
Last but most importantly my knowledge of the gospel. I know it goes along with my testimony, but I really am grateful for the things I've learned and have applied from the gospel in my life. Because of it I know that if I live righteously I can be with my family even after this life. How great is that knowledge?!? I have a husband who worthily holds the priesthood and uses it to bless our family. I love that the gospel is the same throughout the whole world. The teachings are the same no matter where you are. I'm grateful that I have technology that I can use to share my testimony with others as well (such as this) :)
These are a few of my favorite things :)
Mysterious ways
I feel the need to express a lot of my feelings lately. For some reason my mind has been dwelling on a lot of positive things in my life (probably because I've been praying to recognize the blessings I have). I have so much to be thankful for! Things have seemed to fall into place right when they've needed to, although sometimes it felt like it needed to happen sooner ;) I feel like this post should be given in 3 months for Thanksgiving, but it can't wait until then! This post is a lot about how the Lord works in mysterious ways.
As most of you know, we've been married almost 5 years (wow, time flies!) and our lives have changed dramatically since that happy day. We started off in Iowa with me working full time at a place I still call my favorite job ever. Mainstream Living was my whole life and I still talk about how I miss it! We then moved to Cedar City for Tyler to finish school. When we loaded up our moving trailer we filled it up 1/3 of the way. We had a mattress and box spring, a card table, two folding chairs, an unfinished night stand, a 14" tv and a small recliner we got from my work because they were throwing it out. I laugh about it because we have moved 7 times since we got married and our "assets" keep piling up!
We lived in the same town as Tyler's parents for almost 3 years and living there has given me a different perspective on living in Utah. Sorry in advance for all those Utah fanatics, but this might get graphic ;) I was born in Utah and lived in Idaho for 10 years and then spent all my teen+ years in Iowa, and I think growing up outside of Utah makes you develop a stereotype of it. And most of those stereotypes are very much true anywhere from Provo up to Ogden, as we found out for ourselves living in Riverton later on! But Cedar City has it's own feel and personality. I grew to love it and made some of the best friends there! We had Lyndi there and call it home.
Tyler applied to Optometry school in 2011 and ended up not getting in anywhere, but got wait listed instead so we waited around all summer just to find out we didn't get in. And since he was done with school he couldn't work on the grounds crew anymore, so with my little work that I could get we ended up with only enough money to pay rent and used out tax return and credit card for everything else. Tyler looked everywhere for jobs and couldn't find one until one night he ended up with 3 offers at pretty much the same time! He had an offer from a friend to work construction and an offer to be a soccer coach for a high school (which we still think would have been AWESOME!) and to work in an Optometrist's office with his cousin. We talked about it and decided that he should try again for school another year and see where that gets us and then do the restaurant. So he took the job with his cousin up in Riverton, retook the entrance exam, got a better score and ended up getting into Salus (where we are now) and SCCO (southern cali) and got wait listed AGAIN for his number one pick in Oregon. He also applied for the WICHE grant which is only given to 2 students per year but would pay half his tuition for ALL OF HIS GRAD SCHOOLING. We turned down SCCO because of me... I didn't think he would get the grant anyway and I didn't want to live in LA and my mom lives 4 hours from us now and it helped so much when Emerie was born! We then found out after we turned SCCO down that Tyler got the WICHE grant... sigh, I'm still sick to my stomach about it! The catch was that the WICHE grant only applied to western schools, so even though he got it he couldn't use it! Seriously thinking of how much that would have helped us after school has brought me to tears several times, including almost right now.
We seriously considered going a much different direction with our lives (and if Optometry doesn't pan out, we will do this) haha. We have had an idea for a dutch oven restaurant, well Tyler has had the idea for a long time, and we looked into buying buildings and equipment and things when he didn't get in to school that first year. So if 10 years from now we own a restaurant, we are either doing both Optometry and the restaurant, OR things didn't pan out... haha.
During the time we lived in Riverton, I was beginning to feel like we weren't going to get another baby for a long time and right at that moment I ended up with the legitimate stomach flu and then found out several days later when my nausea didn't go away that I was finally pregnant! Looking back at how long we tried and how things ended up, I am truly grateful for Emerie being born when she was. I was really pregnant when we moved but insurance came through 3 days before she was born and I would have hated moving across the country with a 2 year old and a newborn!
Anyone who has talked with us recently also knows that student loans haven't panned out as well as we thought either. There have been several surprises, such as discovering we have to dish out $2000 worth of equipment 3 DAYS before they need it for class... EVERY semester... for the last THREE semesters... On top of that we have learned recently that the amount that we applied for and the amount that we recieved has been SO SO SO different because the school puts a cap on how many loans you can recieve. So this means where Tyler is quite literally 1 out of I believe 3 people married and the ONLY one with kids in his entire class, there are no exceptions made for people in our situation. We are one of the only ones not splitting rent with roommates, and need to afford diapers and clothing and things for our kids. We found this out AFTER we moved into a mouse and cockroach-free, more expensive apartment of course :) But we've realized that we're here in Philly for a reason. Sometimes I'm skeptical of us finding a reason, but I'm sure it's there! We've made some amazing friends out here and our ward has been phenomenal.
So the other day I was really struggling paying my tithing (granted it wasn't a lot of tithing, but nonetheless it needed paid) because we REALLY need any money we can get, but I paid it anyway, and 3 days later I got a call from the hospital in Riverton saying that we OVERPAID for an appointment for when Lyndi was really sick and when I had prenatal appointments for Emerie. Guys, this happened over a year ago! I was like "Are you kidding? Who calls and refunds money these days?!?!" Strengthens my testimony of tithing and also of how Heavenly Father takes care of us when we do what we're supposed to be doing.
I guess my post was really about how much I love my church and the people it's brought into my life and the knowledge I have because of it. LOVE MY LIFE!
As most of you know, we've been married almost 5 years (wow, time flies!) and our lives have changed dramatically since that happy day. We started off in Iowa with me working full time at a place I still call my favorite job ever. Mainstream Living was my whole life and I still talk about how I miss it! We then moved to Cedar City for Tyler to finish school. When we loaded up our moving trailer we filled it up 1/3 of the way. We had a mattress and box spring, a card table, two folding chairs, an unfinished night stand, a 14" tv and a small recliner we got from my work because they were throwing it out. I laugh about it because we have moved 7 times since we got married and our "assets" keep piling up!
We lived in the same town as Tyler's parents for almost 3 years and living there has given me a different perspective on living in Utah. Sorry in advance for all those Utah fanatics, but this might get graphic ;) I was born in Utah and lived in Idaho for 10 years and then spent all my teen+ years in Iowa, and I think growing up outside of Utah makes you develop a stereotype of it. And most of those stereotypes are very much true anywhere from Provo up to Ogden, as we found out for ourselves living in Riverton later on! But Cedar City has it's own feel and personality. I grew to love it and made some of the best friends there! We had Lyndi there and call it home.
Tyler applied to Optometry school in 2011 and ended up not getting in anywhere, but got wait listed instead so we waited around all summer just to find out we didn't get in. And since he was done with school he couldn't work on the grounds crew anymore, so with my little work that I could get we ended up with only enough money to pay rent and used out tax return and credit card for everything else. Tyler looked everywhere for jobs and couldn't find one until one night he ended up with 3 offers at pretty much the same time! He had an offer from a friend to work construction and an offer to be a soccer coach for a high school (which we still think would have been AWESOME!) and to work in an Optometrist's office with his cousin. We talked about it and decided that he should try again for school another year and see where that gets us and then do the restaurant. So he took the job with his cousin up in Riverton, retook the entrance exam, got a better score and ended up getting into Salus (where we are now) and SCCO (southern cali) and got wait listed AGAIN for his number one pick in Oregon. He also applied for the WICHE grant which is only given to 2 students per year but would pay half his tuition for ALL OF HIS GRAD SCHOOLING. We turned down SCCO because of me... I didn't think he would get the grant anyway and I didn't want to live in LA and my mom lives 4 hours from us now and it helped so much when Emerie was born! We then found out after we turned SCCO down that Tyler got the WICHE grant... sigh, I'm still sick to my stomach about it! The catch was that the WICHE grant only applied to western schools, so even though he got it he couldn't use it! Seriously thinking of how much that would have helped us after school has brought me to tears several times, including almost right now.
We seriously considered going a much different direction with our lives (and if Optometry doesn't pan out, we will do this) haha. We have had an idea for a dutch oven restaurant, well Tyler has had the idea for a long time, and we looked into buying buildings and equipment and things when he didn't get in to school that first year. So if 10 years from now we own a restaurant, we are either doing both Optometry and the restaurant, OR things didn't pan out... haha.
During the time we lived in Riverton, I was beginning to feel like we weren't going to get another baby for a long time and right at that moment I ended up with the legitimate stomach flu and then found out several days later when my nausea didn't go away that I was finally pregnant! Looking back at how long we tried and how things ended up, I am truly grateful for Emerie being born when she was. I was really pregnant when we moved but insurance came through 3 days before she was born and I would have hated moving across the country with a 2 year old and a newborn!
Anyone who has talked with us recently also knows that student loans haven't panned out as well as we thought either. There have been several surprises, such as discovering we have to dish out $2000 worth of equipment 3 DAYS before they need it for class... EVERY semester... for the last THREE semesters... On top of that we have learned recently that the amount that we applied for and the amount that we recieved has been SO SO SO different because the school puts a cap on how many loans you can recieve. So this means where Tyler is quite literally 1 out of I believe 3 people married and the ONLY one with kids in his entire class, there are no exceptions made for people in our situation. We are one of the only ones not splitting rent with roommates, and need to afford diapers and clothing and things for our kids. We found this out AFTER we moved into a mouse and cockroach-free, more expensive apartment of course :) But we've realized that we're here in Philly for a reason. Sometimes I'm skeptical of us finding a reason, but I'm sure it's there! We've made some amazing friends out here and our ward has been phenomenal.
So the other day I was really struggling paying my tithing (granted it wasn't a lot of tithing, but nonetheless it needed paid) because we REALLY need any money we can get, but I paid it anyway, and 3 days later I got a call from the hospital in Riverton saying that we OVERPAID for an appointment for when Lyndi was really sick and when I had prenatal appointments for Emerie. Guys, this happened over a year ago! I was like "Are you kidding? Who calls and refunds money these days?!?!" Strengthens my testimony of tithing and also of how Heavenly Father takes care of us when we do what we're supposed to be doing.
I guess my post was really about how much I love my church and the people it's brought into my life and the knowledge I have because of it. LOVE MY LIFE!
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