rotation is here

Well...I'm sitting here kind of lonely tonight. Doug left this afternoon for St. George, UT. He will be living there for the next two months with some family friends while he does a rotation in Mesquite, NV. I can't tell you how hard it was for me to be without him for a month, and now I have to go two more. You don't realize how much you'll miss someone until you have to be without them. Doug and I hadn't ever been more than two days without seeing each other until this fall. It's a good thing I have such great friends and family to keep me company!



I just have to say that I am so proud of Doug. He works so hard in school and I know this rotation is going to be great for him. He has been looking foreward to this for a year! Good luck babe and enjoy the warm weather! I love you so much and can't wait to see you again.

Amuzement Fun!

Alright, I know it's taken a while to post, but it's been kind of busy here. In an earlier post I said I would put pictures up of Drew at Lagoon on his first rides. He had such a good time which you'll be able to see on his face. I hope you all enjoy these as much as I do.

finally

Well Doug and I finally made it back to Utah. We packed all of Doug's stuff (3 months worth) and left at about noon yesterday and got to my parents house in Sandy at 4 am. We only stopped to get gas and food, and that was all at the same time! It's so easy to travel without a child! But we are sure glad to see him, Doug especially since it's been over a month!

a trip for a day:

I guess I'm not as good at resizing pictures as I thought, so you guys are just going to have to bear with me until I get the hang of it.

Last week I was able to fly to California for a day with my mom. It was just a fun little thing. We got there on Monday evening, spent Tuesday morning at SeaWorld, and then flew back that afternoon. It was so fun to do something out of the ordinary like that. We took a few pictures at SeaWorld before our cameras got soaked from one of the rides, so here they are. I hope you enjoy them.

Drew's New Talent

Well everyone, I am excited to share that Drew has a new talent. We couldn't find him one day in the house. Well as I should have figured he was outside. We all had no idea how that happened until I saw this (sorry it's kind of dark):

He must have learned that from the dog!

Pictures of the Walk

Alright, I know I promised I would post pictures from the JDRF Walk, so here they are. And I am still learning how to re-size them, so for now, you get single pictures...sorry. The little boy in the first picture is my cousin Brenner. He is the one with Juvenile Diabetes.

If you don't remember from the last blog I posted about the walk, the Jazz Bear came and represented our team "Brenner's Buddies!"

An Eventful Week

Alright everybody, bare with me. This is going to be a long post. Our camping trip went really well. It was Drew's first time camping and I have to say, he loved it! I have a lot of cousins and all of them took to Drew right away. Drew had an absolute blast being able to play in the dirt and throw the rocks, and to sit by the fire. The one thing I think he loved the most was watching the chipmunks and the squirrels. In fact, we had a squirrel that would eat right out of our hands.

Every year we do a horseshoe competition, and this years competition was in pairs. We each had a partner and it was a double elimination. My partner and I made it through the first competition, but we got out on the second. After the competition is over, the winners get a trophy!

Our family is huge into games as well. We played tons of cards and we also did a game where we each were divided into four teams and were given three primary songs. We had to chose one of our primary songs and make up a song about the family with that tune. It was an absolute blast! Our family is big into joking so when this came about, there was no stopping us!

We got home on Thursday, and Friday night we did a dinner fundraiser for JDRF and our team. Because of that, we were able to turn in $1800 for the walk today. The walk for the cure was great! My aunt was able to get the Jazz Bear to come and represent our team, "Brenner's Buddies!" It was great to see little Brenner light up when the Bear came!

The walk was at Wheeler Farm and we did two laps around the trails...well, most people did two walks, Drew was done after one! After the walk they served hot dogs for lunch with chips and drinks. Then Brenner was able to judge a classic car show. I'll show you pictures of the walk and the car show when I get them from my aunt since I forgot my camera. I know, here you all tell me to take pictures, and what do I do? Forget my camera!

Well, that's it for now, I hope you all enjoy your day! CHOW!!