remember when...

Two weeks ago we moved from the only home we knew as a married couple. Can I get a halleluiah!!! We had a lot of great memories there, but we were long overdue for a move. We are LOVING our new place. Since we've been here, we've had some reminiscing "remember-when...that-was-awesome-Chris-Farley-moments."

Remember when we had our friends and family come stay with us and all the fun times we had. All the get-togethers, sleep overs, movie nights...

Remember when Bret and Laura asked us to babysit their birds? We went out for the night and when we came home we found that our whole house was filled with smoke. Our microwave had exploded and we thought for sure we had killed these little birds. They are invincible. Scooter had previously survived a fall out of a 3 story window with clipped wings. I think they are even still going strong.Remember that horrible summer when Matt broke his foot and was on the couch for about 3 months? And then I got e-coli, and then we both got the flu right after that? Yeah, that was awesome. Remember when we had dinner group every week? Our neighbors were amazing cooks and every week dinner was taken care of Tuesday-Thursday nights. Go to their house, grab your food, go home and eat it. The only word for this is magical.

Remember when we had a drug lord for our next door neighbor and then we had to move out twice because her drugs oozed into our apartment?

But I think the most important "remember when" was when we brought our Liam home from the hospital. What an exciting, scary, happy, night and it's turned out better than we thought.
Here's to new memories in our new place!

Dr. Pepper lovin'

We don't drink a lot of soda pop around here and it's a good thing because we would pop-aholic on our hands.

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summer nights

A couple of weeks ago my parents came to town for a little visit. The trip was dedicated to getting in all summer activities in the last days of the summer. First on the list was a picnic in the canyon. Liam couldn't get enough of Papa John and Grandma Marsha.

We took a trip to Park City to doing some shopping and sight-seeing. I wish I could load a video my dad took of Liam while we were at lunch. I fed him a lemon and he hated it but he loved our reaction so he kept eating him. His shivers of the bitterness were so funny...you'll just have to imagine.

We also went tubing down the Provo River. We did this a couple of years ago and loved it. This year did not disappoint either. The best part of both times is my mom. Just picture a woman paddling her heart out but no matter how hard she paddles she hits every single branch, fisherman, and obstacle in the river. I wish there were pictures but sadly there are none.

There were many nights on Grandma and Grandpa's porch.

Summer is the best and we will miss it.

my boy

The other night I had one of those nights when my brain woudn't turn off. It had been one of those really great days with Liam that was full of sweet moments that I always want to remember. I thought about the great things that we did that day and these past 16 months that we have had together. Then my mind started to play the movie of his future life. Dropping him off at Kindergarten, sitting around the kichen table helping him with homework, having his friends come over in high school, settling him into his new dorm room, saying goodbye to him at the airport for his mission and that's when it hit. It hit me hard. Obviously it's far down the road and I want all of those great things for him, but it hit me that one day I was going to have to say goodbye to him. That just kills. I'm the one that knows his every grunt and word. I'm the one that wipes his nose, kisses and hugs him when he bumps his head, thinks of his every need 24/7. He gives me hugs and kisses whenver I want. He wants to be right by me. He laughs at my jokes and one day that will all stop. It was just like that scene in Father of the Bride where Steve Martin was playing back in his mind his daughter's life the night before her wedding.

I look forward to all of those huge moments in his life and all the other ones too, but I can definitely wait. I want to make sure that each day he knows just how much I love him so he'll always want to come back home to his Mama.