Our Forever Family

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We celebrated 9 years together Wednesday. Has it really been that long? That seems like a big number! I don't know about David, but I remember when we were first married I thought I, me, myself knew everything. I was ALWAYS right. My way was the only way. HA! Well, then there came a time when I wondered if I knew anything! David knew everything, was the expert at EVERYTHING and I felt like I didn't measure up as a wife and mom. And now I have come to realize and accept that I don't know EVERYTHING, but I do know SOMETHING. I am not perfect, and neither is my spouse. We are both learning and growing together. He still will say I think I am always right (which sometimes I am). The stubbornness comes out in me! I can't help that I guess. But I have learned in some ways to back off. Not let the little things brew. The biggest thing David has taught me is how to communicate. He still doesn't think I am great, but I am better than I was 9 years ago! We c...

Continuing with following our family summer calendar outings that we planned a couple months ago, our first outing being temple square, we decided to go to the Salt Lake library and Liberty Park, both in downtown Salt Lake City. We went to the library first. Finally after circling the block 4 times, I found the underground parking entrance. Have I mentioned before how I hate downtown parking? The reason we went to the library in Salt Lake City and not just the one next to our house was I had heard how cool this library was! And it didn't disappoint. I forgot a stroller so I carried Jenna in her infant car seat, diaper bag over one arm and needing to capture every moment, the camera bag on the same shoulder. When we walked in Melanie said, "this isn't a library!" It really looked like a museum! I heard how cool and fun the elevators were. All glass so you could see everything! We had to try it! And it was cool! Cameron didn't think so much! He held on ...

Conversation between Cameron and Melanie yesterday: Background-Neighbor girls come over with their dog (a chihuahua) and Cameron is scared around it. It's a hyper dog! Cameron- That dog has to go home! Melanie- Cameron you are just a scare-d cat! Cameron- Melanie, Dad said when he is gone that I am the man of the house! And that dog needs to leave! Melanie- You are not a man! You are a boy! Cameron- I am 1/2 man and 1/2 boy! This kept me laughing all day! Had to post it to remember!

Sunday was a fun and busy day for us! Alyssa's birthday fell on Father's Day this year. We are so glad Alyssa is in our home. She makes our home full of laughter and spunk!! She is such a ham and we LOVE her cheesy smile!! She has such a fun personality and I love to see her developing in to such a cute little girl. David got a little spoiled for Father's Day. He took me out for some delicious Sushi on Saturday. Out of my comfort zone, but I let him pick and so he jumped on the chance to get me to eat raw fish!! When I looked at the menu it looked all foreign to me. I let David order. I liked mine better than his choice. It was nice to walk out of the restaurant not totally stuffed like usual though since sushi is so light. We went over to Costco since we had a little time. They were selling some outdoor gear and really nice down sleeping bags for +0 degree weather. They were 60% off of what they sell at other retail stores. David will be going on lots more ca...

David sprained his ankle pretty good at his softball game Thursday night. Luckily it was just sprained and not broken!

Alise came down last week and stayed a few days before heading off to Arizona for the Microcephaly convention. We went over to the Wheeler Historic Farm. It was super windy. We took over a lunch and had a picnic. It was fun for everyone to be out of the house for a little bit! Also while Alise was here we painted a craft, made Japanese food and she highlighted my hair. We packed a lot in for her short stay and it was great! Keenan stayed with us for a few days while Alise was in Arizona with Damon. The kids liked having their cousin to play with. He is a busy boy!! Alise will be moving back to WA while her husband does an intern at Handford. We will miss seeing them as often as we have. It makes me sad to see all of my siblings moving back home. We are the only ones to be on our own. I don't ever seeing us leaving Utah to move to Wa. though. Hopefully we will be able to go visit more than once a year like it has been lately!

Well, it doesn't look like it outside but it is SUMMER!! And we are EXCITED!! We got some fun things planned and I already see this month flying by. Can you believe that the kids had field day in the gym instead of outside because of the weather? Who would of thought we would be tempted to turn the heater on in June? Sounds like they still had a blast on their last day of school. Melanie got out on Thursday and Cameron got out on Friday. Melanie missed her field trip to the zoo on Tuesday because she was still sick, but got to go the last 2 days luckily. Here is Melanie with her teacher, Mrs. Malzer. I thought she was really good for Melanie. I thought that she would be a little more trouble for her teacher at the beginning of the year, but it was actually the exact opposite! I was more than thrilled. And I survived hearing practically every day "I don't want to go in the afternoon, I want to go to school in the morning!" They already know who their teache...

And so the sickness continues... I called the doctor today. This virus starts with vomiting than goes to diarrhea and can last up to 2 weeks! I didn't schedule this into my summer!!

Wednesday night I was tossing and turning all night trying to sleep. I really couldn't figure out why I couldn't sleep. My stomach wasn't very settled. I felt like I had just eaten dinner but it really had been hours since I had. The kids had 3 free kids meals to Bajio that they got from school for reading. So we decided to cash those in Wednesday night after Cameron's football game. Let's just say Bajio did not sit with me well! I was sick all day Thursday. Luckily Jenna was extremely good for me that day. She took a nap every 2 hours exactly and slept for 1 hour with each nap. So did I. Unlucky for us I was going to do my grocery shopping that day. We had NO quick food in our house. Bread was gone, milk gone, fresh fruit gone. Didn't matter for me much since food didn't sound good at all. The kids did pretty good. They ate dry cereal, I managed to finally make some Ramen soup about 3 in the afternoon for the starving chicklens. I felt bad,...

We left to St. George on Thursday night. Here is a run down of our weekend. Friday I took the kids to a park. Jenna was asleep and David was working so it was nice to have my arms free to push swings and play with the kids. We also took a lunch and ate there. Then later that afternoon we went swimming at the pool by Chuck and Carol's house. Saturday we went to Sand Hollow Reservoir. This was such a fun place and won't be our last time! There was a lot of boats and ATV's and it was just so fun to see. My favorite outdoor activities when I was young. We had some friends down visiting also and so we got to see them there. Melanie loved playing with their daughter, Alyssa, that is her age. Sunday night we drove out to the home Chuck and Carol are building. Next time we visit they will be all moved in! Monday we went to another park and then cooled off at Town Square where the kids got to play in the water. It was a fun weekend with something new everyday. And we...