Happy Birthday Noah!

Today is Noah's 9th birthday. He's such a great kid. He has such a soft heart and is so sensitive. He is like me, an animal lover. He is an awesome baseball player and is the pitcher for his team this year. I love the sweet boy so much. Everytime I see him he looks more like a older kid instead of a little boy. I miss seeing these kids all the time, I loved hanging out with them every day. I miss seeing how great of a big brother Noah is to his little brother and sister. He's an awesome kid!
We love you Noah, and hope you had a great birthday!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

Today is Lu's 7th birthday, Shannon's kids have a crazy birthday week with a birthday every other day. I can't believe she is 7 already, kids grow up too quick! When I started babysitting for Shannon DJ was 4 months old, Lu was 3 and Noah was 5. I love this little girl so much and love the little sassy attitude she's developed, she's hilarious. I'm glad I got to see her today since Josh had a job interview is SLC. I kept trying to convince her she was 5 still but that didn't work. She's our funny girl who has always had a New York accent and we can't figure out how she got it.

Happy Birthday Lu. I love you, you're my favorite girl!

Also, while we were at Shannon's, Elizabeth showed me the bird's nest outside their kitchen window with a momma or daddy sitting in the nest. Then they flew away and look what was inside! There are two hatched babies and atleast one blue egg still in there. So dang cute! I love the robin's blue egg color. I want a room that color someday.

Happy Birthday DJ!

Today is my best buddy's 4th birthday. I love this kid so much, I feel like I birthed him and he is mine. But Shannon is good enough to share him with me! I miss living by these kids and playing with them every day. We had so much fun and did so many fun things together. I love them all so much.


Happy Birthday Bub!! I wish I was celebrating with you today and could give you a big hug and a kiss. I love you more!!

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there. I hope you all had a great day.

I spent the day with my mom driving back from Twin Falls after we went up there for the weekend to see my sister and her fiance to take engagement and bridal pictures. We had a great time together. It's good to spend time with my mom, just the two of us. It doesn't happen very often! It was tons of fun being with Chelsie and Brian and taking over 500 pictures between the two of us! My sister's dress is beautiful and she looks amazing in it. Brian was making us laugh so much, he such a good sport. We saw this sweet duck couple while we were taking pictures. They were so cute.

We went to see the Shoshone Falls...they were so pretty.

We went to Applebee's Saturday night to eat and it was yummy, we ate way too much food though!

My mom and I got this desset to share, it's called the Mile High Pie, and it seriously was high. It was so yummy.

Happy Mother's Day to my mom. Mom, I love you. Thank you for being such a great mom to me. I'm so thankful for the relationship we have and for being able to have my mom as my friend, you're the best!
Happy Mother's Day to my second mom. Rosie, thank you for giving me your son. You're a wonderful mom and it shows in how you raised Josh. Thank you for welcoming me into your family and making me feel so welcome and loved. I love you, you're the best!

Then Again, Maybe Not

Josh and I have the idea of going mountain biking this summer up at Sundance. We went up there for our anniversary a couple of years ago, it was summer, and they have the ski lifts running and you can ride up to the top and back down, it's beautiful. They rent mountain bikes out and you put them on the back of the lift, go up the mountain and then ride down. We thought it the looked like so much fun, kinda scary but fun. Anniversary 2007

Josh and I went for a bike ride today at the golf course and now I'm thinking twice about riding down a mountain.

If I fall off a bike when I'm not moving and do this to myself, imagine what I'd to do myself going fast down a mountain with big boulders sticking out. In my defense though, it wasn't my bike and I haven't been on a bike in over 10 years. Lame, I know.

Over The Weekend

Josh went to Elizabeth's dance competition with me on Saturday. Elizabeth did a great job again, and so did her team. It's so fun watching her dance and watching her cheer on her team mates during their solos, she definitely loves it.

And did Josh enjoy the competition?

Yes he did!

My little sis was here again this weekend doing more wedding planning. They got a lot done so that's good. I only saw her for about an hour after we got home from SLC but it was good to see her.

Josh and I went up to my parents' house for dinner on Sunday and on the way up to Franklin we had rain, snow, hail and sunshine all within 20 miles!! Crazy weather, but that's what we expect here, we can get the 4 seasons in one day!

Sammy

Our sweet cat, Sammy passed away today. We don't know what happened, Josh just found him at about 7:30 this morning. He called me at work and told me he needed me to come home ASAP, so the nurse told me to go home. Josh had me scared with the tone of his voice and he told me not to talk to anyone until I got home. I came in the door and Josh was sobbing and he told me Sammy had died. I went down to see him where Josh found him and we just cried. He is my baby and is such a sweet cat with a spunky personality. My mom and dad came down to help us with him since neither one of us could pick him up. My dad brought a box and a blanket to wrap him in. Once my dad got him in the box, I went to say my "see ya later's" to Sammy. He looks like he was just playing with something and fell asleep.

I last saw him at 4:17 this morning when he woke me up by scratching on the heat vent in our bedroom like he has done a lot. I was irritated with him and was thinking of something I could throw at him because I had to get up in 15 minutes and my sleep is very important. When I got up at 4:30 am to take the dogs out and feed the cats before I got ready for work, I didn't see him. I thought it was weird but I didn't have time to look for him, I just thought he was asleep somewhere.

Elizabeth and DJ always wanted to go to our house to see Sammy, or Yammy as DJ called him, when we lived in Sandy. Elizabeth LOVED him. She can't have a cat because her mom is allergic to them so I told her Sammy could be her cat but he lived at our house.

He was such a lovey cat, and was into everything. We will miss him so much. It's taken awhile for it to really hit me that he's gone and now our house feels weird, we just aren't complete anymore. We will miss his BIG blue eyes, and his motor of a purrer, seriously, it was loud. I'm going to miss him waking me up in the middle of the night sitting by my head, purring in my ear, waiting for some midnight love. I'm going to miss hearing him cry for a treat when I give the dogs a bone and just about tripping over him on my way downstairs to give him his treat. I'm going to miss his kitty kisses, he was good at it. Meow will be lonely now, she doesn't have her little brother to fight with and to love anymore. Wrinkles will miss playing with him, she loves to jump at him wanting him to play with her and nibbling on his back. Ringo will miss Sammy waking him up in the middle of the night wanting some love, too. Ringo always responded back with a growl.

We love you so much Sammy, Yammy, Yammer, Sammy Sammersons, Samson and everything else we called you. I know you'll stay with us. Keep your brothers and sister company, they will miss you.

Sammy

Dec 17, 2006 - Apr 19, 2009