Jessie and Brody's Bumpin' Blog!

Birthday!

2012-02-16T13:39:00.000-08:00

Spending my Birthday in Cali. with my family was fun. Although I was missing my main squeeze (Brody) like crazy I was excited to have a whole birthday weekend. Starting Friday ending Sunday. Stef and John were so sweet to bring back some awesome beach bags for my mom and I and she also got me a CUTE dress for the baby and some bows, jewlery, and lots of cards from the boys and Hads. My mom made yummy red velvet cupcakes and gave my some moola. My Dad and Mary did also and so did Brody's grandparents Lee and Gayla, and my Grandma Shirley and Ray. Jana got me Ticket To Ride with an extension pack and made a delicious red velvet cake too! Oh how I love it. Thank you all SO much I really apprecite it!
When I got home Saturday Brody was working so I was sitting patiently alone fighting the urge to snoop for what he got me. FINALLY he got home and I was spoiled rotten. First, he made rails for our stairs that look amazing, gave me flowers, got me a pair of capris and a pair of work pants, 2 necklesses that come with earings, another pair of earings, and a lovely Petunia Picklebottom diaper bag! HOLY MOLY! I was so shocked. For anobody who knows Brody, you know he doesn't like shopping. He said he missed me so much that's why I was spoiled. We ended the night at Red Robin. What a GREAT Birthday! Thank you everyone for making it so special.

Day 4,5, and 6 in Cali.

2012-02-16T13:10:00.000-08:00

Day 4 was Phineas and Ferb Day. We decorated with orange and green, played a fun Phin. and Ferb board game, watched some episodes of the show, and did some awesome Dr. Doofinsmurtz experiments. I didn't get any pics of that because Hads wasn't feeling too good so I let her play in the tub for like 45 minutes and she was happy.
The experiments they did included: putting white flowers in food coloring water to see if the petals would change color, put gummy bears in water to see if they got bigger, put one side of a penny on vinegar to see if it changed color, and some others I can't think of. Oh and we got tons of tattoos of all the characters on the show.

Only 1 pic. of the decor I started getting really tired at night when we would do this. My mom did an awesome job doing all the hard work!

Day 5 was Super Mario Brothers Day. We played the game on the Wii, they got S.M.B. dry erase boards, and question mark boxes with chocolate coins inside. I swear we did more stuff but I can't think of it at this moment. :)

Day 6 was learing day. We gave the kids note pads and pens, and a welcome home sign to color for their parents. I think everyone was exhausted by this day. We did decorate but as you've noticed my energy level was on super low and my pictures weren't that great.

We had such a fun time being with the kids for a whole week. They're SO much fun and full of non stop energy. I got a taste of what's to come my way in T-minus 10 weeks. I don't know how you do it alone in the day Stef and Erin! You guys are awesome.

Day 3 in Cali.

2012-02-16T12:59:00.000-08:00

Today was Star Wars day. The boys were really excited. Hadley loved the hanging streamers and balloons. She would always want to go through them and touch them. When she got a balloon in her hand she was entertained for 45 minutes. Today we watched Clone Wars, pinned the ear on Yoda, colored in clone Wars coloring books, and learned about the planets. The boys chose to wear their Star Wars shirts that day.
This was also the day Hadley started to not feel so well :(

Awesome shirts!

Pin the ear on yoda

Day 2 in Cali.

2012-02-16T12:46:00.000-08:00

On Sunday was the Superbowl. So on Saturday we went to the grocery store and the kids each picked a couple treats they wanted for that day. Sunday was great weather so we had a picnic at the park and then got ready for the big game.
The kids helped us decorate with the team logos and helments. My mom made a football toss and the boys got their own little footballs to throw.
McCord thought the first couple of commercials were SO funny. The one where the cheeta is going to race the car but chases the guy instead and also the Vampire whos headlights were too bright it turned him and his friends to dust. He wasn't too fond of the half time show and thought it was "lame". I thought it rocked! and he really wanted to Giants to win!
Even though it was hard to watch the game we had a lot of fun with them and Cord kept asking what the score was. He was happy his team won. (sorry about your "lame" Pats. Dad)

Day 1 in Cali.

2012-02-16T12:18:00.000-08:00

My mom and I came up with the idea of having theme days each day we were there. So we kicked it off with Pirates and decorated every night so when the kids would wake up they had something to look forward too. When Dane first came downstairs and saw the decorations this is what happened:
Dane: "Who's Birthday is it?"
Mom and I: "It's no ones Birthday, we just wanted to have a fun pirate day and celebrate pirates"
Dane: "So it's Captain Jack's Birthday."
He's the funniest kid ever.

On this day we watched Pirates of the Caribbean, ate yummy pizza, made key chains for the locks to their treasure boxes, got Captain Jack tatoos, and ended the night with the treasure hunt.

Reading their clues to the treasure. Notice Dane put his key chain into his bandana. When he got his treasure he asked where his key was.

The Loot

Inducted

2012-02-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

I've been officially inducted into the 3rd trimester. I totally kicked the 2nd one in its ars. Things are going good. Just starting to get uncomfotable and out of breath for no reason and wearing more slip on shoes because it's uncomfortable to bend over to tie shoes. It's all good though because I know it'll just get worse in the next few weeks.
Tomorrow my mom and I are flying out to Stef's to watch her 3 kids while her and John romance in Maui. I think this will either make or break me. So we'll see how strong I really am being prego.
And last but not least, I saw this survey a lot with some girls that were pregant and loved reading them so I wanted to do one too. Enjoy. Oh and my Birthday is next Friday the 10th just in case anyone wanted to send me soemthing :)
Happy LoVe MoNtH!

Almost 20 weeks

28 Weeks

How Far Along: 28 Weeks

Size of baby: 2-ish weeks ago she was 2 lbs. 1 oz.

Maternity Clothes: I put those off as long as I could, got a maternity shirt for Christmas which was the comfiest thing I've worn, so now it's all maternity pants and mix between regular and maternity shirts.

Gender: GIRL

Name: Thinking of 1 in particular.. :) Need a middle name

Movement: Lots of movement on my right side, feeling hiccups, and sometimes the movement gets uncomfortable especially when she thinks she's an Octopus or Ninja. Real funny girlfriend.

Sleep: Hard to fall asleep then I'm fine until Brody gets up at 4:30am everyday and I'm wide awake for about an hour after he's gone.. And Brody thinks I act like a bird when getting into bed and calls it "making my nest" because I move the blankets, pillows, and whatever else until I'm comfy. Therefore, calling it my nest makes sense I guess.

Cravings: Can't think of anything I'm dying for. Except today I made a special trip to the grocery store for some cottage cheese. Mix that with garlic salt and dip some salty chips in. YUM.

Symptoms: My laugh has definitely changed. Whenever I laugh really hard (of course I almost pee my pants) but the part where you're quiet and nothing comes out because you're laughing so hard, well I get all wheezy. So the other name Brody has given me is "Wheezy". I don't actually know if this is a symptom of pregnancy.. is it?
And my SI joint is not being very friendly.

Weird Things: I recieved my first set of stretch marks in a weird spot. On the sides of both my legs in the exact same spot.Not the places I thought I would get them.. T.M.I. for anyone? Sorry.

Worries: I've been hearing a lot of stories from random people saying they had their baby 5 weeks early (2 people to be exact). And I know a few girls who had their babies 3 months early.. That freaks me out.

Best Moment of the Week(s): When Brody can fill and SEE her moving.

Appointments This Week: Had my appointment 2 weeks ago. Did the glucose test and thinking it was fine since I haven't heard anything back yet. Getting 3D ultrasounds is awesome!

What I’m looking forward to: Baby Showers :) We have nothing for her yet.

Something I've Learned/Realized: When my sisters say you loose your brain when you're pregnant is an ACTUAL FACT. If I don't write something down I won't remember it. ever. I can tell a difference that I'm loosing it too and I hate it! I have a hard time remembering words and doing simple things. They say you never get it back either. oh boy.

oh Brian.

2012-01-25T13:53:00.000-08:00

Since the end of October Brody has been talking about Brian Regan. He wanted tickets so bad! So I told him I would look into it. Instead, I asked my step mom to get them for him for Christmas and she was able to get some from her work.
When I told Brody the price had started going up and some shows were sold out, I could tell he was very upset even though he didn't say he was. it was KILLING me to keep this a secret.
Then the day after Christmas, he opened his envelope and was grinning from ear to ear. He was SO happy. Thanks Mary!
We had no idea where our tickets were until we got there. 12th row dead center. They were perfect! The night was way fun.
A little side note- For thsoe of you who don't know, I attract the "weirdies" wherever I go. Movies, concerts, Jazz games, you name it. They will be sitting right next to me. Well this night wasn't any different. There was this guy sitting by me with 2 empty seats next to him (of course he couldn't scoot his boot over one chair to give us a little breathing room). He was alone and laughing so hard at EVERY little word said he probably peed his pants 3 times, he would clap his hands and throw his head back he was laughing that hard. Brian was way funny but come one, he wasn't THAT funny...Right? That was the only damper of the night.

Great seats!

Channing

2012-01-13T09:58:00.000-08:00

It's crazy how fast I can get attached to this little man. Who couldn't?

He's SO cute and was defiently the star of the weekend. My mom and I and Dad and Mary made our way to St. George for his blessing. It was a great warm weekend. Thanks Erin and Tyler for having us!

Hansome boys

All about Christmas

2012-01-05T13:26:00.000-08:00

Where oh where do I begin? This month was full of fun which you will see on the next posts after this one. Seeing the lights at temple square, eating at the roof, having the Christensen's here in Utah, Christmas, being with family, moving into our home, Hosting Christmas Eve and Christmas, and eating lots and lots and lots of delicious food.
I am now at 24 weeks and we just had our targeted ultrasound and she is growing perfectly with no complications. We were nervous about this appoiontment and very happy everything was going great. We got to see her in 3D too. My sister thinks she looks like Brody (I can't really tell yet). We're happy and healthy and hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!

Christmas Morning

Christmas with the family

Brody got Brian Regan tickets!

McCord with his money antlers from Grandma Shirley

Our firts time cooking everything seen for family

Delicious

Home Owners!

2012-01-05T13:22:00.001-08:00

This picture deserves it's very own post. After 2 weeks of delaying us on signing papers, Wells Fargo finally got our papers done and ready to sign. *Note to reader- don't ever move into a home 2 days before Christmas*

Brody signing the mountain of paper work. I didn't post my pic because it looked baaaad.

Temple Lights

2012-01-05T13:13:00.000-08:00

Of course we had to make a few stops to this magical place! That's right I said a few, a grand total of 4 times to be exact. 1. Work party at the Lion House 2. With friends 3. Eating at the Roof with Dad and Mary and her family 4. With family-where we met this little old lady from Germany or Russia.. she ended up being my mom :)
How many times did you go?

With Family and the Ralph's

B-E-A-utiful

With friends *notice my coat doesn't fit*

New Years Eve

2012-01-05T09:20:00.000-08:00

New Years Eve was delightful this year. I can't believe how many people made it over to my Moms for the party-about 20+. We met both of my cousins future spouses :) (they're not engaged yet but I can feel it coming) We also ate yummy soups and EVERYTHING everybody brought, tour it up on Just Dance with Stef, enjoyed everyones company, and got my New Years Kiss! After midnight everyone left and the Christensens were leaving in a few hours. So of course me, Brody, and Stef had to play a round of Ticket to Ride which ended about 2 am and her car was leaving at 7 am. It was so worth it to saty up right?

Mom and Suzanne playing Just Dance

The family playing games

Waiting for the ball to drop

Got my New Years kiss from a HUNK!

This is what happens to a loopy 3 year old after midnight

Random bits

2011-12-05T14:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some random pictures I love of the family. Can't wait until we're all together again!

Fun Uncle Brody

McCord getting Clobbered

We love Channing

Can't help but love this cute girl

It's a Thanksgiving MIRACLE

2011-12-05T14:04:00.000-08:00

Hadley let Brody hold her! I repeat Hadley let Brody hold her. This is momentous.

Hadley cuddling with Brody

Hadley realizing who she let hold her.

The not so much Talent, Talent Show

2011-12-05T13:39:00.000-08:00

This was one of the highlights of the Thanksgiving weekend for me. We had to participate in the talent show. Even though our family is not very talented except an elite few I think we all had fun making fools of ourselves. The talents included: Singing, dancing, karate, saxaphone playing, comedy, angry birds, poetry, double jointed tricks, and copying a skit from SNL. We better keep this a new tradition as well. I have lots of pics, I need to figure out how to make a collage of pictures. Is that how you spell "collage"?

Jackson singing Black Eyed Peas while McCord looks like he has an evil plot

Tyler on Sax playing Star Wars

Dane's double jointed trick- Gives me the willeys

Like Mother Like Daughter-Angry Birds skit

"Karl the Kid-median" doing stand up

Who invited the Big Mouth Frog?

Dad's fuuny reincarnation poem

Mom's Ninja skills against John

Erin and Stef doing a SNL skit.

Gobble Games

2011-12-05T13:17:00.000-08:00

It was the first biannual Gobble Games. The games included: search for candy in leaf pile, pumpkin bowlinig, crandberry run, sock flour throw, and an award ceremony. The kids did pretty well in the games but the true CHAMP was Dane. He wouldn't even try hard and hit the bulls eye or knock down all the pins in bowling. I think he even beat some adults at the sock flour throw (throw a sock full of flour at a black poster board that has a bulls eye). Hopefully this new tradition will carry on and get better throughout the years.

Finding the Candy

Pumpkin Bowling

I think this is why Dane won everything- He was like Chuck Norris

Sock Flour Throw

Awards

Perfect Thanksgiving

2011-12-05T13:09:00.000-08:00

Geez I feel like Thanksgiving was so long ago! We had so much fun being all together as a family. The food was wonderful and the comapany even greater.It was perfect, I'm grateful for them and our wonderful relationships.

Drumroll Please...

2011-11-29T14:52:00.000-08:00

It's a GIRL! Tomorrow I will be at 19 weeks and she is a whomping 1/2 pound and will double in size in the next 4 weeks. I feel like the time has gone by so fast. I'm starting to get nervous, especially after being around Channing who is 5 weeks. But I'm also excited because now I get to shop.
Other great news:
~We are buying that home!! We close on the 20th which is way too close to Christmas for me but we're so excited.
~Finals week is next week which means no more more pencils, no more books, no more teachers dirty looks.
~Brody is switching his work schedule to mornings which will start on the 10th. We're both happy about that, it works great with his school, new baby, and we'll be able to see eachother more.

Could it really be ours?

2011-11-21T13:25:00.001-08:00

We'll see in a few days!

Where have I been?

2011-11-15T12:33:00.000-08:00

No where. Just thinking for the past few weeks on what to post.
Since I've got nothin, I'll post about the bebe. Here are some random thoughts:

I've gained a few LBS. And when I say a few my doctor mentioned I must be doing good for gaining X amount of pounds... Um was that a jab? A hint that I'm doing a little too well? PSShhh whatevs Doc. my pants still fit.

On a better note, we were hopefully going to be able to find out the sex 2 weeks ago but bebe was being shy or stubborn. So cross your fingers for next Tuesday!! I sure am, these black friday deals will kill me if I don't know what it is!

I don't have much cravings that linger longer than a few hours except a darn hot dog. Hot dog you say? Yes, a chicago dog will cure my cravings.. Dad you got any stached? Just one is all I want, I think the baby won't mind, and if it's anything like me it'll love a nice hot chicago dog.

And last but not least, A few days ago I was at school taking a test (yes with my pants that still button)and leaning forward. Well I certainly felt something move inside me where the pants were buttoned. I'm pretty sure it wasn't gas and my Doc said if I feel anything below my belly button it most likely will be the baby. So if in fact it was, I guess I gotta keep those pants unbuttoned. Time to whip out that belly band? Sure why not.

This post kinda sounds like Debbie Downer is typing but I promise it's just the hormones speaking.

H-A-ll-O-W-ee-N spells Halloween

2011-10-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went to our friends Halloween party. It's the time of year where everyone must dress up and play games. We have so much fun together. The special guests who came were Fred and Whilma Flintstone, Pat Benatar and someone from the Rolling Stones, Red riding hood and the Wolf, Rodeo Clowns, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis, Nicki Minaj and Lil' Wayne, Keith Stone form the Keystone beer commercials, Danny and Sandy from Grease, Some pirates, A boy whitch and 20's girl, and some Hobos. Instead of playing movie title sharades like we have the past 2 years, we went for the Newlywed game which turned out to be long but really really funny. We were winning the first round where I wrote the answer down and Brody guessed it. Then it was my turn to say the answers and we totally lost! Oh well.
Then on Monday I was at work and feeling like we needed to have a fun date night. I text Brody and asked if he wanted to go to Thriller and to my surprise he said YES. I was way too excited. After finally finding parking and running to will call we actually made it on time and had a ton of fun! If you haven't seen Thriller at Kingsburry Hall I highly recommend it.
Hope Everyone has a HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Us Rodeo Clowns

Marilyn and Elvis

Nicki Minaj and Lil' Wayne

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

Almost everyone who was there

Thriller

12 weeks

2011-10-11T10:20:00.000-07:00

Here's an update on what's been going on with the pregnancy :)
Sorry no pictures on this post. Next time for sure.

1. I can't brush my teeth without severly gagging and being on the verge of throwing up. I heard while you're humming you can't gag, so I'm humming all morning until I get to work.

2. I'm not nauseated anymore (woot woot)!! But I will throw up super duper fast if something sounds, tastes, looks, or smells slightly bad.

3. Still emotional- I was driving past the Layton Marathon and started crying because there were family members cheering on their runners with signs and taking pictures.. so cute, I couldn't control it. Yes-Brody had to witness this hot mess.
Also, I can't watch shows like Biggest Loser and Million Dollar Baby with anybody

4. At the Doctors this month, we were able to see the babys shape. We saw it's arms and legs, head, and bum. It was moving like crazy-which freaked me out a little that I can't feel a thing. And the baby was measuring 4 days ahead of schedule.

5. I'm starting to gain some lbs. Just a couple though, my pants still fit but anything tight on my stomach is uncomfortable, so the buttons are all undone! (going to buy maternity clothes has been a hard thought for me)

6. I have the weirdest dreams, I wake up a lot during the night, when I laugh really hard, I get sharp pains a little below my belly button that lasts a couple days- I think I strain my muscles or something.

7. Last but not least, We find out the sex of the baby November 1st!! I've heard to drink some lemonade before going in so the baby is moving around a lot. Anybody have other good ideas that'll help???

Silver Lining

2011-10-06T13:15:00.000-07:00

This was the silver lining to this busy busy weekend.
Must have been an intense game.

Grandpa Jack

2011-10-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Last Week, my Grandpa Jack passed away. He was living in an assisted living home and started going down hill slowly until last Saturday he took a turn for the worse and passed away early tuesday morning. It was a different feeling with him going compared to my Grandma and uncle Bill. Some may disagree, but to me I'm glad he went fast so he wasn't in much pain and now he is with his family again. I was happy to have that feeling.
My Dad was in Ireland with Mary when it happend but I think we all knew it was going happen when he was there. The funeral was held on monday and the whole family was able to come in from California, St. George, and Moab and family friends from Washington.
The viewing was nice and when we went to the cemetary my Dad was able to speak. When he was speaking that was the first time I cried about Grandpa Jack. My Dad did such a great job talking about memories and how funny/stubborn/honest he was.
The Honor Gurad was there and they did some neat Military stuff with the flag, shooting guns, and Bugle taps were played.
Brody was also able to do the dedication of the grave. He did such a wonderful job, we all know he was inspired to say what he said.
Thank you to everyone who helped us with food and supporting our family.

Kickin' off Halloween

2011-10-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

Every year since I can remember my Grandma Shirley has put on a Halloween party. We all dress up, play fun games to win prizes, and have a delicious buffett style lunch. This year was especially fun because the great gandkids were able to come. We had so much fun being there with everyone.
We themed our costumes to go along with what grandma is. She was a witch so some of us were bubbles in her couldron and others were her broom, potion bottle, black cats/kitty and a couldron.
The little kids wore what they were going to be for Halloween which included Darth Vader, a S.W.A.T. guy, Spider Man, a Princess riding side saddle on a horse, and a pumpkin.
As I was taking picture of everyone's costumes the 3 boys had me take 2 pictures of them together, then each one individually (I think they were excited to be showing off their costumes) I only put 1 pic of them up though.
Happy Halloween!

The Family

Vader, SWAT, and Sprider Man posing

Princess Rylee

Hadley and John

Hold the phones, Hadley actually let Brody hold her!!

Us and Big Grandma

St. George

2011-10-06T12:21:00.000-07:00

A couple weekends ago we headed down to St. George to see The Little Mermaid and Grease at Tuacahn. They were fun plays to watch although Grease totally took the cake over The Little Mermaid.
We also got to watch Jackson's soccer game, have a little baby shower for Erin, and celebrate Zach's Birthday.
It was a great little get-away vacation!

We love Joyce and Jenny!

Jack's game

Erin and Mom at the shower/birthday

Rylee can't get enough of Uncle Brod

Cat's out of the bag

2011-09-21T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hello fellow readers,
Yep.. It's true.. I'm that precious "P" word. P.H.A.T. :) Just kidding. PREGNANT hahaha (nervous laugh). I didn't know I was until about 4 1/2 weeks into it. No signs, no symptoms until a week or so later it hit me like a punch to the stomach. I went to the doctor when I was at 7 weeks and was able to see the bebe and hear the heartbeat (which made this all more real).I am now 9 weeks to the day (almost out of this 1st trimester!) and it is taking a toll on me. Here are some of the problems I am experiencing:

1. I can't sleep through the night because I have to PEE every 20 minutes.
2. Every single item of food sounds discusting.
3. If I don't eat every 3 to 4 hours, I get so hungry it's like I've NEVER eaten food before. So when I eat food, I can only have a little because I get full fast. It's a vicious cycle.
4. I'm more tired now then when I had Mono.
5. I have weird breakdowns and start to cry. For example, I felt so bad I couldn't cook Brody dinner one day and I cried like a baby and couldn't stop (at least it wasn't over brownies or jedi training :) ).
6. Our house is messy cuz all I want to do is NOTHING.
7. I can't go to the grocey store without smelling something awful.
8. What the heck is morning sickness? I have night sickness.
9. On a good note, I've only thrown up once and I wasn't even nauseated. So I guess it just comes and goes when it pleases.

I'm looking forward to the 2nd trimester to HOPEFULLY loose some of these habits I've developed.

We told our parents and siblings 2 weekends ago. I made copies of the ultrasound and put some plastic over it then painted some metalic stuff on it so it was a scratch off card (like a lottery ticket). We told them it was a promo for my work and they believed us :). My mom went first and she couldn't quit smiling, she was so happy.
Then we went to my Dad's and at first when he was scratching it he said "oh, I won a gun" I guess something in the photo looked like a gun haha. Then he scratch a little more and came and put the picture up to my belly. It was really cute. Last stop was Jana's and when she was scratching she got this look on her face and couldn't believe it. She started crying she was SO happy, which made me cry. This will be her first grandkid. Brody's brothers were really excited too.
We sent those to McCord, Dane, Jack, and Rylee and Stef and Erin called and couldn't believe it either.
We're excited and nervous so wish us luck on this new journey. I'm going to keep this blog updated with the prego stuff so stay tuned for more.

Had to take 4 to believe it

Snowbird

2011-09-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

Like clock work it was that time again for the condo at snowbird to be available. So the whole family went up on Sunday to celebrate grandma Shirley's 75th Birthday! The scenery is so pretty up there and Oktoberfest is going on so you can always expect to spot a drunk or two. Suzanne made yummy chicken tacos, Diane made delicious truffles, and Mona made a great Phillipino dessert.
My weekends are just great and can't get any better. Thanks family!

"Perfectly Perfect"

2011-09-12T13:33:00.000-07:00

My Dad and Mary were able to get us tickets to Mary Poppins at the capitol theatre last week. The play was entertaining, a lot different then the movie, and Mary Poppins just just "Perfectly Perfect"--or so the song says...Me and Brody liked it a lot! Our friends Jesse and Kayla were able to come too and used some extra tickets my Dad and Mary had. Thanks for the fun weekend!

Guess who's 90?!

2011-09-12T13:31:00.000-07:00

This guy! Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Eventful Weekend

2011-08-30T12:57:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was so much fun, it was almost too much fun! Erin invited us to come to St. George and go boating and to the cabin with them. It was just going to be me going because my mom and Brody couldn't get off work so I invited Suzanne to go. Then at the last minute my mom and Brody were able to come.
We headed down on Friday afternoon and when we got there we couldn't believe how hot it was there. We were standing at Erin's front door FOREVER ringing her doorbell that she couldn't hear because she was downstairs. I think we were on the verge of passing out, when someone had the brilliant idea to call her and then we were saved.
The next day we went to Gunlock reservoir with Erin, Tyler, Jack, and Ry, and Tyler's brother Jordan and his date Brooklyn. We had so much fun on the lake! Tyler did some awesome flips on the wakeboard he almost landed, Brody wakeboarded for the 1st time in years and did really good and was catching some air. Jackson and Rylee even got on the wakeboard with Tyler and did it. Then it was time for tubing. Me and Suzanne went first and she was screaming and yelling so much I was laughing so hard I almost fell off so many times. She's petrified of the fish in the lake so she was holding on for dear life! When she couldn't hold on any longer she said "goodbye Jessica, I can't hold on, goodbye" and fell into the water. She said it so mad because Tyler was going to fast. HAHA it was really funny. Then me and Brody went tubing and I've never held onto something so tight before. Just looking at the water as were were being whipped around I knew it was going to KILL to fall off. Good thing brody was there to save me from falling multiple times.
We went to the cabin that night (i don't have pics) and rode 4 wheelers and ate a yummy dinner prepared by Tylers mom.
On our way home Sunday it was a down pour. We could barly see in front of us then all of a sudden I see this truck rolling and shouted it. Brody pulled over, put on the flashers and ran towards the truck (in the grassy median) when he got there the truck was on its side and totally smashed in. The people were stuck inside so he had to tear off the sun roof to get them out. Meanwhile my mom was calling the police. The people were really shakin up, drenched, and very muddy. There were only 2 people which is a good thing because the back seat was crunched so much someone would have been very hurt. Thank goodness they were ok. There were about 6 other cars that pulled over to help, I gave them our beach towls to stay warm and get dry and the man and woman and little dog went and sat in a big suburban and waited for the police so we left. It was raining like crazy and we were all soaked to the bone. It looked like we jumped into a swimming pool, we eventually had to exit and change our clothes.
Geez what a weekend! There's tons of pics too. Hope everybodys last days of summer are full of fun!

Hanging on the beach

Tyler catchin' some air

Brody getting ready for his 1st time in a LONG time

Brody catchin' some air

Jack was brave and wakeboarded with Tyler

Rylee's turn with Tyler

She's SO brave!

Me and Sue tubing

Me and Brody tubing

Brody egging Tyler on with me on the tube!

Jack, Ry, and Tyler's turn

These kids are dare devils!

Brody solo (notice the helmet) that's how fast Tyler would go and how hard Brody would hit the water

Jordan and Brooklyn tubing

Me and Ry

Ty, Erin, and bebe

Mom and Suzanne

Cutie Pies

Moms turn to tube-she did really good!

Brody cooling off

Playing in the lake

Ry and Erin swimming

Scuba Steve?

Happy Birthday!

2011-08-23T13:13:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we made our way up to Brody's grandparents home in Idaho to celebrate both his brothers- Brock and Brayden, and his grandma Gayla's Birthday. We went to the Mud Boggs, ate yummy stake dinner, had red velvet cupcakes for dessert, stood barefoot in the coldest water I've ever experienced touching, it was burning my feet, like a brain freeze but 10x's worse and in my feet, and went 4-wheeling in prime Squatch country (Sashquatch)- yes I was a little nervous becasue on one episode of "Finding Bigfoot" there were eye witnesses that were 4 wheeling and were chased by a Squatch. They went fast and we were going slow because it was a really rocky trail, that's why I was nervous... Anyway, pardon my tangent.
The weekend was fun (minus Brody getting really sick)-He's almost better now.

One awesome duo

This is what mud boggs are (I didn't know)

Brody and his dog Harley

Birthday Boy's and Girl

Nuff Said

Brody, Jana, and Gayla

Starting the little 4 wheeling trip

Freezing cold river

super-CALIFORNIA-istic expealidoshish

2011-08-17T14:26:00.001-07:00

For the last 6 days I was visiting the CCC (Christensen Clan in Cali.) It was a much needed vaca for me to be with them. Those kids kept me going and going and going.. you get where I'm going with this..
We jumped on the tramp, played swords, played checkers, bingo, and goldfish, jumped on the tramp with a sprinkler underneath, read books, I was introduced to Phineus and Pherb and Clutch Powers, ate delicious food, laughed until we cried, went shopping, had a pizza party, visited the Jelly Belly Factory, had a SYTYCD finale party, and played.
I think that about sums it up. It was so much fun and the company was FANTASTIC. I can't wait to see them again at Thanksgiving! Thanks fam for the fun trip!!

Below are random pics. Jumping on the tramp, the Jelly Belly Factory, my awesome hamburger shaped as a jelly belly and smiley face french fries, and McCord and Dane got a hold of my camera and took the funniest pics. (There's a ton but I will just share a few.)

I'm OOOOld.

2011-08-10T09:58:00.000-07:00

We decided it was that time to go hike Adam's Canyon. We've done it a couple times years ago and we thought it would be fun. We heard it only took a total of 2 hours and we had exactly that much time to conquer this motha'. Before we were even to the canyon we were EXHAUSTED! Those stinkin switch backs had done us in. We wanted to turn back but there is no way we would try this again, so since we were already up the switch backs we pressed on.
It is seriously up hill the whole way! What the heck is wrong with these people with smiles on there faces passing us? (idiots is what I was thinking). We couldn't take too many breaks because I had to be to work in a couple hours.
Finally we made it! with little bickering. To make it to the waterfall is amazing. It's so pretty, peaceful, and the temperature is perfect there with cold mist coming from the waterfall.
Now, it was time to go back down hill.. my legs were shaking the whole time and my knees were going to give out so I was moving like a turtle. Needless to say, Brody wasn't too impressed with my timing.
When I got out of bed this morning I could barley walk. The sides of my buttocks are SO stiff, I think I have shin splints, and I feel like someone sucker punched me in the ribs on my right side... Oye, I'm gettin old.

MMMMMMM

2011-08-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

OH YES I DID!

This little beauty tastes as good as it looks. And is illegal in 46 States!

HOW TO:
1st layer: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
2nd layer: Oreo Cookies
3rd layer: Brownie Batter with 1/4 C. Hot Fudge Sauce Mixed in

excuse me as I wipe the drool from my keyboard

Bake 44-55 minutes on 350

Top with Ice Cream and Hot Fudge Sauce

Red Fish Lake

2011-07-26T13:08:00.001-07:00

To End the fun Holiday my Dad and Mary took us up to stay in cabins at Red Fish Lake. Brody couln't make it due to work and the Christensen's had to go back home so it was Me, Erin and her kids, and Mary's daughters Kira and her family and Bridgette. It's a killer drive but once you get there it is really pretty. We played Ticket to Ride every night and ate like King's. I also went river rafting for the first time in the coldest water I've ever been in! It was definately something I'll be doing again. The views were amazing and the company was great.
Thanks again Dad and Mary.

Playing at the beach

Just a couple good lookin ladies hanging out at the beach :)

Going on a hike

Instant friends

Awesome kids and an awesome view of the lake and mountains

Bees Game

2011-07-26T12:44:00.001-07:00

My Dad took us all out to a Bees game while the family was here and when I say all of us I mean the Wittwer's (minus Tyler), Christensen's, Me and Brod, Dad Mary and Bridgette, and my mom and her friend Paul and his daughter Kayla. It was a great night for a game and I'm pretty sure the Bee's won.
We enjoyed chicago dogs, great seats, popcorn, 7th inning entertainment from our nephews, and an awesome train ride.
All the kids were being SOO funny/crazy. The pictures below tell all.
I don't know why I never take pictures of me and Brody when we're with other people.. I will be working on that. Thanks for the fun night Dad!!

Dane = the official cheerleader for the Bee's. I think they ran 2 miles while we waited for the train.

Finally on the train with Grandpa

Best Buddies

Jack and Cord were able to go out on the field and ride stick horses around the Bee. McCord pulled ahead and won and I think Jack was just having too much fun riding the stick horse.. :)

4th O' Jewleye

2011-07-22T13:14:00.000-07:00

The 4th was a BLAST this year minus the parade. It was too long, too crowded, Brody had to miss it for work, and Stef pretty much got tackled by a 7'3 man trying to catch a tie from Missionary Mall. So besides that whole chuck of morning that stunk, the rest of the day was great! The water fight/water games, BBQ, slip-n-slide, yummy treats from Dad and Mary and Suzanne, fireworks, and company couldn't get any better. So glad I was able to spend my favorite holiday with those I care for and love most!! Thanks for the fun day family!!

Showing off their sweet candy buckets!

He dreams of Jeannie

Awesome dessert from Dad and Mary.. Looks so real!

Sooo Cooool

Water Baloon Volleyball

Poor Jack!

Strategizing

Trying to get the Oreo from forhead to mouth without usinig hands.Thanks for the funny pics Dad

Homemade slip-n-slide. Dawn dishwashing soap works great!

Ending the day with firewroks :)

Gettin the party started!

2011-07-21T12:38:00.000-07:00

The Wittwer's were the first to arrive so to kick off the party we started by going swimming at the Roy Aquatic Center. Jack loved going on the huge slide and Ry loved the little itty bitty kiddy slide made from a frog opening its mouth and sliding down the tongue.. little weird describing it but I totally would have loved it if I were a year or so younger.
The day ended with the last half hourat the pool Erin, Mom, and I all got sunburnt on our right shoulder and some terd pooped in the pool! gross.
(No pics of my Mom and I)

JuNe

2011-07-20T13:14:00.000-07:00

The rest of June went by WAY too fast! My Family went to yummy, delicious, i want to go there right now, Taggarts while Joyce was in town. We celebrated Fathers Day with my Dad and gave him new things to do on his spare time with his new job like a new movie, a road map of the western states, a pocket knife and a stick of wood to widdle on... ya know, the usual. Although I don't think he really has that much spare time. We love you Dad.

Updates of July to come so soon it'll knock your socks off!

Oh boy...

2011-06-22T12:45:00.000-07:00

A remake of FOOTLOOSE?? The one and only show you can dance to with just your feet in the beginning?! And sing ALL the songs.
I wonder how Kenny Loggins is feeling about this?
This is really eating at me. Here's my list why:
1. The majority of the iconic shots from the first film are in the trailer for the new film.
2. It was not shot in Utah, at the famous Lehi Roller Mills! Now everytime I drive by the Roller Mills I can't shout "Footloose was shot there" I now have to say "Footloose the original was shot there" So inconvenient.
3.Ren IS NOT Kevin Bacon
4. When hearing this line... "Hey Hey! What's this I see? I thought this was a party? LET'S DANCE!" doesn't that just make you want to jump up and dance like they do??-Only Kevin could do that to me.
5. No one can be as skinny as that skinny girl Ariel.

I could sit here and make my list go to 100 reasons why I'm ERKED but I will let you see for yourself. I know I haven't seen the remake but I have a feeling it's going to be a 'Step Up' episode Xlll

This is a sad, sad day for me.

click to watch NEW TRAILER click to watch ORIGINAL AWESOME TRAILER

Really??

2011-06-17T13:03:00.001-07:00

So I'm sitting at work and all of a sudden I hear this "BANG" so I popped up from my desk and looked outside and there's a cars hood smoking and a lady laying on the ground screaming? laughing? being hysterical? I have no idea what she was doing..

Being the concerened person that I am :), I went to go outside to see if she was ok and she rolled off the ground and ran away behind her apartment building.

Well her neighbor was outside and called the cops... 3 cop cars later AND an ambulance, she was fine.

After taking in everything that was happening, it was actually pretty funny.. I think she went to reverse and put the car in drive and hit a tree and the airbags deployed. Man I would feel SOO dumb if that happened to me! Then she came back outside to talk to the cops with a cig in one hand and a coke in the other-thank goodness for those.

*IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUNNY IF SHE WAS HURT* (I'm not messed up like that)

Thanks to the 6 Kaysville P.D. employees/EMT's.. She was fine.
...I'm still waiting for the firetruck.. :)

notice the crunched hood, airbags deployed,
and bark missing from the tree

how many idiots I mean COPS does it take to change a lightbulb??

What happens in Vegas... I will tell you.

2011-06-08T14:00:00.001-07:00

We had such a fun weekend being able to celebrate our 3 year anniversary in VEGAS. I felt like we weren't there long enough but our bank account was telling us we were! We stayed in the Venetian hotel which has AMAZING rooms and AMAZING room service breakfast and so worth the $$$ we spent on it. We did some awesome shopping in Caesars Palace and Brody and Tyler had an encounter with Rocky Balboa.. it didn't turn out to well for them. And then we went and saw "O" which was unbelieveable and I'm pretty suspeciuos that the perfomers were, in fact, Merpeople (click the link if you don't know what that is). We ate dinner in St. Mark's square at Canaletto which was fun to try new things. Example, Tyler ordered some rotisserie chicken, vegetables, etc.. and when his plate came out it was in deed a whole CHICKEN. HAHA wish I gotta pic.
It was a fun vacation and anniversary! Horray for 3 years!!

Baby Shower

2011-06-08T13:54:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Zach and Mikell!! We had a ton of fun at the baby shower. It was good to see the family again.

Just can't get enough

2011-06-08T13:48:00.001-07:00

These kids are SOOO funny! It's been so much fun getting to know them now since they were gone for 4 years to Arizona and New Jersey.
Thanks for the laughs Jack and Ry :)

Tribute

2011-05-31T13:10:00.000-07:00

This is a tribute to our pal. He's been there with us since we've been married. He's taken us to parades, swimming pools, and parks. He's givin us front row parking everywhere we go. He's givin us laughs, sunburns, and dead bugs on our faces. Sharks have a week dedicated to him. His color is beautiful and his seat is soft.
We will miss you my friend.

Appy Olidaaa weekend

2011-05-31T13:01:00.001-07:00

My sister Erin and her kids came up for the weekend to play and hangout. We had so much fun going to the zoo, bowling, Les Miserables (the play), breakfast, and just playin around. We can't wait to see them again in 2 days! HAHA that's right I said 2 days. We're going to Vegas for my cousin's baby shower and decided to celebrate our anniversary while we're there. So of course we'll stop in St. Gee to see them! WISH STEF COULD MAKE IT!!
Anyway.. minus the snow on memorial day, it was a great weekend. As we went bowling I tried to get some action shots, don't ask me why. And Jack and Ry LOVED posing for the camera, they crack us up constantly!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Diz-Knee-Land

2011-05-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

This was by far the FUNNEST trip to Disneyland! We loved being with the fam and getting to see everyone! (In no particular order) Some highlights of the trip were:

1. Churros and Pineapple floats-ok this is number 1
2. Sun Tans
3. Nieces and Nephews-crack us up all the time
4. Joyce and Jenny-Love THEM!
5. McCord's first time riding Indiana Jones, Dane's hugs and kisses,
Jackson trying to be brave on the rides, and Rylee loving the carousel.
6. World of Color-amazing!
7. Riding screamin' with Brody after eating Mexican food. Tip: Avoid at all costs.
8. Rylee and Hadleys SUPER cute outfits-I wanted to wear them.
9. Hadleys Chineese face--no picture of it but a must see.
10. Character breakfast- Best omlet I've ever eaten.

It was so much fun with perfect weather and not too long of lines to wait in. I love all the pics I have so I randomly selected a few... eh, who am I kiddin' I selected A LOT. Can't wait for next time!!

Scans and Birdy

2011-05-10T12:55:00.000-07:00

Brody has had some pain where usually a hernia would be. So he went to a doctor and then was sent to a specialist who ordered a CT scan because the Doc thought it was a sports hernia and couldn't feel it. A sports hernia is where there is a tear with nerves hanging out instead of a hole.
He had to drink 2 bottles of some NASTY, chalky, milky stuff before the scan. It looked like torture for him. Good news is it came out negative for anything in that area (like a hernia, tumor etc..) or whatever it could be. The only thing they saw was his L5 (lumbar 5 in his spine) was out of wack. We have no idea if that would be causing the pain.
And then we had a bird living in our fan in our bathroom. We could hear it cherping and building a nest in there. So finally the landlord came over and handled it. There was a huge mess begging me to take a picture of it. So I did :)

Brody's YUMMY drink

Gross Bird

FINAL-LY

2011-04-21T12:54:00.000-07:00

This is how my brain felt during my Math final. So glad it's over. One more math class to go.

Brian Head

2011-04-14T19:02:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we had a much needed mini vaca to Brian Head. Tyler's fam owns a condo there so we all went there for a few days. The weekend was full of snow, laughing, an awesome game of sardines, snowboarding/skiing, snow, YUMMY FOOD, games, A.F.V., COLD-NESS, comfy beds, snow, Star Wars and reeses eggs.
The weather wasn't too bad going there but when we finally got to our destination our car got stuck and we had to park it at a general store. During this whole extravaganza I was on my way (by myself) walking to the car DOWN A HILL then I noticed my feet were almost level with my eyes and I totally ATE IT! Hard too. My left butt cheek is still sore from that. I'm not sure if it was a good thing I was alone or not because I didn't know wheather to laugh or cry. So I whimpered and thought I will try my hardest to not pee my pants from laughter when I see or hear someone do it. (Sorry Fonzy... I mean mom)
We all went snowboarding and little man J and girly R went Skiing. It was Brodys first time which started rough with him falling and getting ran over by a chair on the ski lift to which they had to shut the ski lift down for him to get back up. HAHA!! SO FUNNY!By the end of the day he was keeping up with Tyler (almost) and going off jumps. He say he's "addicted" too bad all the resorts are closed now that don't cost an arm and a kidney.
The video is of Jack and Brod watching Americas funniest Home Videos (A.F.V.) Turn the volume up it's hilarious!

Crafty Man

2011-04-07T12:13:00.000-07:00

I love how Brody can make anything I want him to out of wood. I got this shelf idea from Kira (my step sister) who asked Brody to make her one and I wanted one too. Brody built and I satined. He's such a crafty MANLY man!

Late night Date night

2011-04-07T12:10:00.000-07:00

When all else fails and you have no money like us. Go buy a cheap movie from target, YUMMY ice cream, and snuggle up! Best date night in a while :)

FLOODING!!

2011-03-01T14:32:00.001-08:00

WARNING: Do not wear lime green and turquoise polka dotted socks with back less shoes and questionably too short of pants.
Result: An embarassing day at work.

My Love..

2011-03-01T14:14:00.000-08:00

There are three things that I can think of today that I love.
-Besides the Hubster-
1. BIRTHDAY CARDS!! Last month was full of them for us.
2. My new washer and dryer. I love doing laundry now! (Think I'm crazy?-I'm not)
3. Babybel cheese. It is OH SO Yummy! I'm craving one now.

What 3 things do you love today??

Tis the season

2010-12-06T14:15:00.000-08:00

After a wonderful Thanksgiving feast at Brody's granparents in Idaho, we said good- bye to Black Friday shopping and got our first tree instead. I think we went a little overboard with how big we got it but we LOVE IT!! This year we added some red and gold berry bunches and it is prefect!
Also the Utah Jazz are in full swing and we don't miss a game. My grandpa (who has season tickets)was in the hospital for the Friday game against the Mavs and was very adament in us going, so we went. They lost but it was a ton of fun being there.
13 more days until we go to Cali for Christmas and we are so excited! hope everyone id happy and healthy and Merry Christmas!
P.S. My pictures are in the wrong order.

Is this legal?

2010-11-19T14:11:00.000-08:00

For the past 2 years I've been dying to go see Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Well my wonderful mother in law got some tickets and we went last night. Brody had to work so I brought my mom.. I wasn't sure what to expect at first but it blew me away how awesome it really was. They played a good solid 2 1/2 hours. The first part of the show was dedicated to Christmas with a narrator and all telling a story. It surprised me how religious it was, talking about how an angel was trying to find a gift to give to the Lord with songs in between.
It was total Rock and Roll so it made me nervous what my mom and Jana thought but they said they really liked it so GO if you have a chance. Not to mention it was fun to see everyone head banging to "Oh Holy Night".
These are some videos that do not do them justice. The 1st video is the Sugar Plum Fairies, 2nd is I think still part of the Nutcracker, and 3rd is something I have no idea what but it's radical!

Christmas Boutique- Yes in November

2010-11-03T15:31:00.000-07:00

I had a go with some crafts the past couple of weeks which developed into a love-hate relationship. I took some pictures of the my boutique booth and I'm excited/nervous to see if things sell. If they don't we're gonna have a butt load of candles and clothes pins!
I'm not trying to sell to you but if you like the candles I can to custom candles with whatever images or saying you like. It only looks best on white candles.
The pictures are for you Stef and Erin! \

JEssie

Halloween

2010-11-03T15:27:00.000-07:00

Remember This Blog? Well.. It's back in action!
Halloween was a ton of fun thanks to some good friends and a great husband! We went to a costume party as hippies and partied all night. We felt a little out of funk with the season-probably because my mom was gone :( but she had fun :)

Summer Lovin' (Picture Overload) :)

2010-07-29T20:36:00.000-07:00

This is a recap of the summer lovin' adventures we've had. The 4th, Bee's Game, McCord,Dane,and Brody are BFF's, Roasting Mallows, Hanging at Grandpa's, The 24th with the Romig's (Brody and Jeff throwing huge rocks off the bridge to make a splash... don't ask why??), Joyce, Jenny, and Dalyn having a cupcake eating contest, and my Crazy Garden. The plant in the pic is 1 single pumpkin plant and it's longer than 7 feet! It won't stop growing.. hopefully we'll get a lot of pumpkins this fall. Riders in the sky was an awesome FREE concert we went to. The videos are of Cord and Dane light saber fighting with an awesome sunset, McCord I think trying to be scary but actually is being way funny! (sorry I forgot to flip the video vertically), and Jeff and Brody having there rock throwing/splash contest at Muller Park.

B.S.B. YES PLEASE!

2010-06-24T08:50:00.000-07:00

Words cannot describe how awesome the Backstreet Boys are. But I will try. We went to the concert and the opener was a D.J. who was not good! We felt like we were at a rave and on the verge of seizures. After that joker was done I was in a bad mood.. hoping the BSB wouldn't let me down. And they DIDN'T. When they first came out I felt like a 10 year old all over again! It was awesome! I have some pics but the videos are better. Enjoy.

California Love

2010-06-24T08:19:00.000-07:00

Last week I packed up again and headed to sunny California to hang out with my boys and Stef. It was a super fun week full of swimming lessons, laughing till I cry, junk food eating, sword fighting, swimming at the lake, garden planting, "Squeek"-ual watching, Lego Star Wars playing, Kite flying good time! That pretty much sums it up.
(I can't figue out how to label my pics below so It starts with the Kite festival,then the pipe cleaner decorated faces, and the lake)

Disneyland

2010-06-24T08:05:00.000-07:00

During Mothers Day weekend we all packed up and headed to Disneyland! Pretty much one of our favorite growing traditions..We had a blast with Joyce and Jenny and the Christensens. Joyce and Jenny just make the parks SOO much better because they know how to work the system with fast passes and know where to eat and go.
Can't wait for next year!

uhh...

2010-06-07T15:45:00.000-07:00

Geez you would think I would post something soon huh?

"Backstreet's Back ALRIGHT!" ba ba ba bam

2010-04-23T13:16:00.001-07:00

YES! It's official. My Backstreet Boys our on tour and stopping here in SLC! June 23rd. What? Lame and oldschool you say? Possibly.. None the less, We bought tickets and got them in the mail today. Brody decided to be a sport and come along because I know deep inside he is a big fan. Our seats our 4th row for $35 a piece so everyone jump on board and come. We'll have blast together screaming like little teen boppers again.
As I said on facebook, it's time to dust off my 6 cd's, pin my posters back up, and refresh on my BSB dance moves.
"oy, oy, oy, oy"

P.S. Does anyone know what happened to Kevin? Maybe he's just too old to tour? You tell me..

a WHAT under my WHAT?

2010-03-26T12:39:00.001-07:00

Agh..I guess my number was up for something unusual to happen to my health. When I went to bed monday night I was fine, when I got up the next morning I was in the worst pain. I've been having salivary duct problems under my tongue for a couple years now but nothing to this extent. I couldn't eat any solid foods for 3 whole days (and kind of today) because everytime my mouth would water my gland under my tongue felt like someone was pinching it, my gland under my jaw would swell, my left ear felt like it was being pricked with a needle and then I would get a pressure headach. I was trying to wait it out because this wasn't that uncommon for me, i thought it would pass.
After and idea of brilliance between me and Stef, she called her father in-law Dr. john (who is my dentist) he called me immediately and prescribed me some antibiotics and told me to come into the office the next day. So he took an x-ray, saw a cyst in there, numbed me.. and kept on numbing me under my tongue. He worked on it for about 15 minutes draining a ton of puss,digging, poking, pinching, shaking trying to break it up. I was in some pain at this point when he said he couldn't get it and was sending me to an oral surgeon who would see me in 20 minutes. So on my way I go to Dr. Dedecker who numbed me somemore under my tongue and it felt like right on my tongue! made an incision and got that thing out. I thought I was going to be in a lot of pain when there was an assistant to my left, the Doc to my right and another assistant behind me holding my head steady and firm. But it didn't hurt at all (besides the shot on my tongue)!
Today is a great day, although i'm a little tender, the drainage is almost out and I'm starting to enjoy solids again. All thanks to Dr. John Christensen. He's a great guy!
The pics below are the cyst, and the other 2 is of the white stuff under my tongue being puss everytime I salivate. be lucky for your working salivary glands- I wouldn't wish this upon my worst enemy haha.

Jazz, Cali, Wedding

2010-03-22T20:20:00.000-07:00

This year has been full of events...
I'll start out by saying Brody and I love the Jazz. Since our Birthdays are in February we decided to treat ourselves out to a game against the Nuggets. Little did we know how AWESOME the seats were! We got Carmello Anthony's autograph and slapped "Bird Man's" hand everytime he went in and out of the locker room. (If you know basketball,you know how wonderful that night was for us! haha)The picture of Carmello is right where our seats were.
Next we went to Cali to suprise the Christensen's. We had so much fun just playing on the trampoline and being in the warm sun. We went to Monteray Bay aquarium and grabbed some great shots of jelly fish.
The picture of McCord hanging onto Brody was pretty much what the trip was like for Brody.. McCord and Dane could not get enough of him! Brody loved it though.
Oh and Zach and Mikell's wedding was so fun and pretty--minus the pouring rain! This was the best picture I got of them that day.

Out with the new.. in with the NEWER

2010-03-02T15:22:00.000-08:00

Yes, you read correctly.. in with the newer. I call her Pearl, Brody calls him Apollo.
Goodbye truck. Goodbye trailer (Brody sold his sat morning after posting it on KSL for 7 minutes--not exaggerating either).
Change can be good... right??

Pictue overload of our events the past 2 months

2010-01-27T17:09:00.000-08:00

Here are a bunch of pictures I have of Christmas, New years, Ben and Brigettes reception, and Robintino's with them fam. We had so much fun with everyone here. Hope you enjoy all the pics. (it's this blog post and another one under it)

More random pics of Christmas/New Years

2010-01-27T17:03:00.000-08:00

These pictures are of New Years Eve, Dane almost made it! McCord and Jack were having fun all night and even turned into bumble bees (the cones on their bootys)and the awesome car brody got for Christmas that goes like 50mph.. he's still a young one at heart.

on my mind

2010-01-21T14:32:00.001-08:00

I have been pondering on why I super suck at keeping this thing updated.. It's because I feel like I have to post pics. everytime because everybody likes pics. Even I would prefer a picture book to a novel.
So if I want to keep this updated I will not post pics everytime.

I have been following the blog "Liver for LuLu" For those of you who don't know what it is, it's about a little girl who needs (and recieved) a liver transplant. Such an inspiring blog. I cry everytime I read any post from there.

Brody and I are back in school.. Brody keeps getting on the honor roll and is super close to the high honor roll. Me on the other hand, am still shootin for that honor roll. Brody is going into athletic therapy and I am STILL undecided. I love school and every class I take is a challenge but I love it. I have been thinking about teaching lately and I can't get it out of my head.. so I will go with my instinct and hopefully that will be the answer to my many prayers.

We miss Jackson, Rylee, McCord, and Dane like crazy,. We can't get enough of them (although sometimes it may seem like it). Move back to Utah! I'll take you guys living anywhere within a 4 hour radius. and that's a big compromise.

Well that's all my thoughts for now. Thanks for reading.

Finally an update!

2009-11-03T16:37:00.000-08:00

October was a blast! We were Wayne and Garth for Halloween (if you couldn't tell), went to Olive Garden for mom's birthday, carved pumpkins, and dressed up as grave diggers for grandmas shirleys Halloween party. We've had so much fun, the month just flew by. I'll try to update more often.

2009-08-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

Well We went to Lagoon for Brody's mom Jana's work party. We had a blast! We ate dinner there with her work and for those of you who don't know she works for Simmons Media which are radio stations such as X96, 101.5 the eagle, and the zone sports station. Well lucky for me I saw Bill and Gina from the x96 morning show and pretty much sat by Todd Nukum. Anywho.. These first pics are of us on the Colossus on our way up and back down. And then on the ride Wicked our car keys fell out of Brody's pocket on the cork screw part. We thought we were going to have to call a lock smith... good thing we found them (pic of Brody by 'Do Not Enter' sign) We also went ice blocking with some friends.

Short and Sweet

2009-07-26T20:40:00.000-07:00

Well yes, it has been a while (like I say every post) This is what we have been up to lately.. I got my wisdom teeth out all 4 impacted, having fun with the nephews and missing Jackson and Rylee, Going to Bees games, Betting and winning at the horse races, and mini golfing with Steve. He got a hole-in-one! Go Go Go is what we do best. I will be better at the blog thing in the future. Love you all.

Goodbye old, Hello new. (Read the post under this one too)

2009-06-07T19:08:00.000-07:00

Yes, it's true... We said our goodbyes to ole' Grey and decided to become more economical and say hello to Mr. Black. It's a Honda Ridgeline and is actually a really great truck.

New Jersey, New York

2009-06-07T18:29:00.000-07:00

What we did while visiting the Wittwer's.. Had a blast meeting Rylee for the first time. Playing Ninja Turtles with Jackson, and eating yummy food from erin!
In New York we... went to Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, drove Times Square in a stick shift in 5:00 traffic, rode the subway to the Yankees vs. Red Sox game, went to the today show, took a 5 hr tour of NY and saw EVERYHTING then to finish our experience there ended by going to the Jimmy Fallon show. What a super fun vacation all due to Erin and her magnificent planning! Thanks Erin!!

Jimmy Fallon

2009-05-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

Brody and I had a blast with the Wittwers and in New York. On this blog I have no pictures but something for you to look at if you have time. We went to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and for those who don't know him.. he took over Conan O'Brian who is taking over Jay Leno. Anywho you go to http://www.google.com/ and type in late night with jimmy fallon may 6. Click on the 3rd link that says hulu at the begining. Let the video buffer then fast forward the time to 9:50 (Two old ladies will come out of the floor ) Brody and I are on the right, 8 rows up. It's hard to see but there is a lady in turquoise, we are back, left diagnol from her. You can pause the video and search and there's a lot of opportunities to see us because it's the whole old lady section when they are in the audience. Me being on the end then Brody and he has a white shirt on. I am looking at Brody a lot because I was freaking out about Rachel Dratch being there.. She's one of my favorite SNL cast members.
Hope you can take a look and enjoy our 5 seconds on national television. Oh and Jimmy Fallon slapped my hand after the show too, which makes me 4% cooler than what I was before. :)

Jazz fever and softball

2009-04-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

My dad got some Jazz tickets and gave them to us. They were great seats! 20 rows up behind the Jazz bench. We had to support our team so we went and bought jerseys. We also got our pic taken by some lady and put them up on the jazz fan website. We're oddly becoming major jazz fans and although they are out of the playoffs, due to Kobe Bryant, we're excited for next season. Brody also joined a mens softball team with some of our friends so I'll post better pics of that when I get them!

Easter, WIcked, Random..

2009-04-29T09:03:00.000-07:00

Well where do I start.. We're finished with finals! That's the pic of Brody with his new glasses and all the books we checked out at the library for a paper we had due. We went to Wicked which was wicked awesome! We went 4 wheeling and dyed easter eggs at Brody's grandparents which was a really fun holiday, then we made it back to spend time with my family. The pic. of us in scarfs is.. we have a scooter and love riding it even in the freezing cold, call us crazy, but we just love the open road. One day we'll own a real motor cycle!
In 2 days we're off to the Wittwers! WAHOO!!

Finding something to blog about!

2009-04-08T11:35:00.000-07:00

Well I noticed I have been a slacker and haven't updated for like a month and I was going through my phone and found these pictures. 2 are of brody getting a cyst ( I don't know how to spell that) removed from his back. The intern sewing him up was actually one of our friends brothers who lives in vegas but decided to do his intern up here so that was nice seeing him. The next pictures are from a spider bite I got a couple of months ago. Let me tell ya it hurt like crazy.. I was on 2 antibiotis and it had a fever and kept growing and got black and the Doc. said it was a form of staff. EWW. Anywho, I'll have a better post after this Easter weekend where we'll be in Soda Springs Idaho.

P.S. I dont' know how to move these pictures to where they look normal on my page.

GREAT NEWS!!

2009-03-04T10:26:00.000-08:00

NO- I am NOT pregnant! Just to clear that up for all you crazie's out there.

Ok here is the good news, Brody and I have decided to go study abroad in China! We are going in June for 2 weeks. We will be going to Beijing to see the Great Wall, Tianamen square, Forbidden city and to see a Kung Fu show. Then we fly to Xian and go to the Foping Natural Reserve where we will stay for a couple of days. For all who don't know what this place is.. it's a giant panda reserve and a golden monkey habitat where we will be interacting with these animals-which I am a little nervous for because we all seem to forget these cute cuddly panda creatures ARE BEARS!
We then are going to see the Terracotta warriors, museums, and Han Emperor's tomb. THEN we fly to Changdu to transfer to another panda reserve. Then we go to Sanxingui/Shanghai and play there for a couple of days then back to SLC.
I have been trying to talk Brody into backpacking through Europe with me this summer and stay at hostiles and stuff but he is so set on taking summer classes. I thought I was Utah bound until our little break to New Jersey. So this was a SHOCK when he wanted to go.
We are also heading to California to visit Stef, John and the gang next week for spring break. We're so excited for our adventures coming!! And on top of that my mom bought us a sweet camcorder for our birthdays last month, we're eager to put it to good use.

Drum Roll Please ddddddddddd.....

2009-02-09T18:27:00.000-08:00

Let me explain the bottom pictures first. This is what Uncle Steve made us for Valentine's Day and for my Birthday, he did such a great job on this heart! But he made us wear masks of course and when Brody put his on I was laughing so hard I could barley take the picture!
Well I made my own Birthday cake using of course fondant. I broke down and used store bought and I actually like it a lot better because it's not so sticky! I also bought a new tip for this class I'm going to and I got a little carried away with it on my cake. Also, the color of the frosting was meant to be red but I couldn't get it any darker unless I used up all my coloring. I am for the first time proud of the cake minus the clashing of the colors. Thank you for all supporting me in this! It means a lot and I think I'm getting better and thank you Grandma Shirley for the pans, books, and platter the cake is sitting on.
I love you all and Happy Birthday to me! :)

2009-02-02T07:21:00.000-08:00

P.S. to the earlier blog.. Me and Erin had a bake off with cakes for the superbowl.. she out did me this time. hers looks really neat. :) But I'll get you next time! And the "COUNTDOWN" is from Sunday.

January blah. February HOORAY!

2009-02-01T19:53:00.000-08:00

First and foremost, COUNTDOWN
My Birthday: 9 days (Feb. 10)
Tyler's B-day: 11 days (Feb. 12)
Baby Riley Comes: 11 days (Feb. 12)
Stef's B-day: 12 days (Feb. 13)
Valentines: 13 days (Feb. 14)
Brodys B-day: 18 days (Feb. 19)
and I know Stacy's, Jared's, and Brad's is in there too but can't remember when!
Secondly, my cake. I thought I was off to a good start with a new fondant recipe, homemade buttercreme icing and not destroying the cakes. Guess I was wrong, when I was mixing the color with the fondant, it all went downhill from there. And, well.. you'll see in the pictures but the fondant cracked and didn't want to cooperate.
The superbowl was a blast with yummy food that we stuffed our bellies with. Too bad Cardinals didn't win but it made for a good game eh?
This month we started off with going back to school. We are taking a lot harder classes this semester so hopefully we do as well as we did last semester. Brody is taking 5 and I am only taking 3 which I have all with Brody. Our first is a computer class, thinking it was going to be easy cheese but it's not and our professor looks identical to Jeff Foxworthy but with black hair. Our 2nd class is Geography and our teacher is very funny and always says "shut up and eat your popcorn" and the 3rd is Human Biology and the teacher is stuck on talking about evolution and his Elephant and Alligator hunting trips in Africa. Sheeeesh. Now we're gearing up for our first tests!
Brody's cousin got married and then one of our good friends Kylan got married so both of those weddings were really fun but really long days.
This was my longest blog yet, thatnks for reading! We love you all.

2009-02-01T19:44:00.000-08:00

Here's the cake

Brody and the "gang" playing Rockband. They were all groomsmen at our friends wedding that's why their matching.

Brody and I at the Temple for his cousin's wedding.

Missin' Cali. lookin' forward to Jersey.

2009-01-09T21:27:00.001-08:00

Sorry It's been forever since the last post. But for an update we had a great Christmas in California. We were so lucky to have to whole family there. It was so fun to see McCord and Jackson open their presents from Santa. We also were fortunate to go into the city, this being Brody's first time. We went on a tour under the golden gate and around alcatraz, drove down Lumbard street, went to Ghiradelli square, and played a little on the pier. (pretty much what Stef's blog says). Anywho... we miss staying at Stef's and playing with Cord and Dane but hopefully look forward in seeing them soon. We can't wait for our first niece to be born! And we're excited to go to New Jersey.Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New year!

2009-01-09T21:24:00.000-08:00

Bowling was just one of the adventures we had.

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McCords wonderful photog skills.

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Looks fake, but it's real as can be.

2009-01-09T21:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning.

2009-01-09T21:14:00.000-08:00

Daners looks a little worn out..

2009-01-09T21:10:00.000-08:00

Daners looks a little tired..

What a weekend

2008-12-07T08:56:00.000-08:00

Well school is finally over with this week being finals. What a relief! This weekend was very eventful, I had my work party at the Lion House friday night so after we went and looked at the lights. On saturday morning Brody, Kory, G'ma Shirley, Mom, Sue, and I all went to the SLC Temple for a session and it was fun hearing all of G'ma's "insider" stories. Later that day we went and picked out the perfect tree! Now I'm on a kick about trying to be a cake decorator using fondant. Last night was my first try and I failed. Here is why.. #1 I put 2 cakes in a convectional oven not staggered so after half hour of cooking they still were liquid and oozing over the sides. #2 When the cakes finally cooked (thanks to mom) I iced them together and noticed after I was done the top was bigger then the bottom. #3 the fondant kept breaking and I have no idea why.
Well all in all it was a fun weekened! Now the countdown is on till we head off to Cali. 16 more days!

2008-12-07T08:54:00.000-08:00

Seeing the lights at Temple Square.

2008-12-07T08:52:00.000-08:00

I guess the tree was extremely heavy.

2008-12-07T08:49:00.000-08:00

In the making.. it looks a bit disgusting.

2008-12-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

The finished product (a Christmas cake).

Welcome Welcome!

2008-11-30T20:38:00.000-08:00

About time I started blogging eh? Well this Thanksgiving was great! We went to Idaho and had a yummy time at Brody's grandparents house. We went on some 4-wheeler trips and found a pond that was frozen over so we attempted to ice skate until it started cracking. Then Brody just started throwing big rocks in it--sounds lame but it was fun to watch. We also had a chance to cut down a Christmas tree for his granparents out in the woods, which was way fun too! When we came home we caught the 'black friday' fever and went to Kohls at 3 a.m. just to help out Suzanne with her kitchen aid! Although it was crazy we got somw really good deals! Well hope you all had a great holiday and are getting ready for Christmas. We certainly are excited!

P.S. Our memory card broke so we don't have any updated photos. But here's one I thought was cool looking.

2008-11-30T20:26:00.000-08:00

This is on our honeymoon where Tyra Banks got her first famous photo shoot. It was taken at the "Baths of Gorda" or something like that. I'm not even sure what Island this is.. (we went island hopping)