The Papers Are IN!

I am so excited for my little brother. His mission papers are offically in and we are waiting for the offically call to see where he will serve the Lord for 2 the next two years. I am so super excited for the day that he goes to the temple and we can all be with him. That will be a special day!

The Ultimate Personal Post

So I have been debating over the last week whether to post about this or not. Although I feel like it is something to write about. When I was 19, I decided to get a tattoo. It was a decision that I made with full conscience of what I was doing. Other than the numerous holes that I put in my ears as well, this was the extent of my 'rebellious' moves. I was newly out of high school and somewhat living on my own as a adult. I had a good friend that I went to beauty school with that was dating a tattoo artist, so I thought it was would be fun. Well now after almost 9 years I have decided to get it removed. My dad has a laser machine at his office and so I, along with my younger brother are being guinea pigs for the removal. This is going to be quite a process, several times of having it lasered off and then extensive time in between for healing. I started the process last Wednesday. I'm a week into it, and all seems to be going well. It hurt having the laser procedure done and then the first couple days after. The worst of what happened was on Sunday it looked like it was infected and it started to swell. Jamey was wonderful and helped me by playing nurse and getting it taken care of. Now today it is feeling really good and looks the best it has. I have almost no pain (unless someone hits it, or I try to hold Jamison), but for the most part it is going well.

My decision to get it removed came when I was talking to my sister and she told me about the laser machine my dad had. Then I talked with my younger brother (who was in the process of getting his mission papers ready) and we decided to do it together. I guess a little family support. Plus Jamey told me from the very beginning that it was something that he really didn't like. The plan is to have it completely done by this fall when we go on our vacation. If you want to see some pictures of the process click here. I felt like that would be better in case there are people that don't want to see anything. Nothing is graphic, but out of respect I thought that would be best. So welcome to the journey.

Past- Present- Future

I saw this on Brigit’s blog- forever ago- and wanted to do it. Now this is also really going to show my age and how young I am, but here it is.

20 years ago - 1988

• I finally was an official member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. (I was baptized!)
• My family moved out to Eaton- an old farm house with an acre of land and a big red barn included
• My littlest brother was born. I loved and adored him.
  

10 years ago - 1998

• I graduated from High School
• Started my career by going to beauty school
• Moved in with my grandparents and experienced life in the big city of Denver- stores were 5 minutes away, a big contrast to 20 or 30 minutes
• I had my wisdom teeth removed
• I under went the first nose surgery- which I later found out only increased my problems.
  

5 Years Ago - 2003

• My first little baby boy, Spencer turned 1!
• We were adjusting to life in Firestone
• Jamey sold Velocity Services (a small business consulting business)
• We finished our basement and I started my home business
• Jamey and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary and I got my anniversary band custom made to fit my wedding ring
  

1 Year Ago - 2007

• We moved into our new house that we spent a year building
• My baby boy, Jamison turned 1!
• Spencer was in pre-school
• I had my second nose surgery and it has changed my life!
• Jamey was apparently not busy enough and became the YM president
• I decided to only work from home- after 6 years I quit working at the salon
  

6 Months Ago - Fall 2007

• Spencer started his second year in pre-school- this time 4 days a week!
• My boys learned what being brothers is all about, and the fighting began
• Jamey marked a year working for BAE and coped with the commute to Denver
• Jamison went to Nursery at church
  

So Far This Year - 2008

• Jamison turned 2 and is finally saying some words instead of just babbling
• I started digital scrapbooking and LOVE IT! Now there is a chance my boys will have scrapbooks when they leave home.
• We increased the size of our vehicle by buying a Suburban
• I am busier than I ever have been, business is going good
• Jamey sold his motorcycle :(
  

What is next for this year?

• I get a weekend away in two weeks to go to Women’s Conference
• Spencer will turn 6 and officially start public school by attending kindergarten
• I have my 10 year high school reunion
• Jamey will start a new contract with BAE and will increase his commute to DTC
• We’re going to Puerto Vallarta in October without kids!!!
  

This was fun, so I think some of you should give it a try- so let’s see it!

Growing Up

So we gave the 'big bed' a try last night. It went pretty well. Jamison didn't get out of bed once, even though Spencer did several times. The bad part- I sure don't like waking up at 5:30 in the morning. Jamison fell out of bed and hit his head, so he was crying and Spencer was following right behind him. I tried to get the boy to go back to bed, but no such luck. I guess we will keep working on this. I have always loved the idea of my little boys sharing a room. Maybe soon they will be. :)

The Rest of Spring Break

So on the second day of Spring Break we just hung out most of the morning, and then after Jamison's nap we headed to Denver to pick Jamey up from work. Then we went as a
family to the Children's Museum. The first Tuesday of every month is free from 4pm to 8pm. It was pretty packed, but the boys enjoyed themselves none the less. We were having a great time until Spencer jumped off a tree limb (which of course mom told him to stop doing) and hurt his arm. Then with very big tears and yelling he said he wanted to go home. We couldn't get him to settle down, so we left. We finished the night eating dinner at Spencer's favorite restaurant- the Cracker Barrel. It's really all about eating breakfast for dinner and getting a toy when he is done.

The third and fourth day were pretty uneventful. On Wednesday we went with GG to Sams Club and lunch after. I was able to come home and get a few household things done while Jamison napped and Spencer unwound. On Thursday I spent the whole day working. I wanted to take some time off work this week, but knew I needed to work a little with all the kids in the area having Spring Break. I also tried to tackle my very large and growing pile of ironing. I got about half way through, we'll see when that gets finished.

On the last day of Spring Break- we took a very unexpected trip to Utah. Jamey's brother needed a new computer and some serious help trying to get it all set up and so we jumped in the car and headed out. This was a perfect weekend to be spontaneous, because of General Conference neither Jamey or I had any church responsibilities to take care of. So here we are fixing a computer and trying to finish up quickly so we can leave to come back home early tomorrow morning. (Brett and Amanda- please don't be hurt that we didn't call, with only one day to be out here there just wasn't time.) Both Jamey and I have to be back for work on Monday- so once again we made a very fast trip out. But it was good seeing Jamey's family and getting to spend Jeff's birthday with him. The first time in 7 1/2 years that we have been able to do that. Now back to 'REAL LIFE'.

Blog Roll

Because now both my family and friends have made comments about me taking their blogs off my sidebar, I thought I better explain why I did. I was getting the feeling that I had way too many people's blogs on there and it was getting overwelming trying to adding new ones. I love reading so many people's blogs that I signed up with this RSS feed from Chris' blog. (If your interested in it, it's a free download and lets you know when some updates their blogs, so you don't waste precious clicks checking up on people *Kris) Anyway- I knew I couldn't just take off a few and leave a few, so I just took everyone off. I left websites that I visit and any family or friends that have 'websites' I have put them on my sidebar. So please do not be offended if your blog is missing, I'm still reading and checking up on you!!