Opening day

I love this time of year. I love the weather turning warmer. I love all the flowers and trees that are starting to blossom. I love the Easter season as we contemplate change and life over death. I love that I am able to celebrate my birthday this month, but the best thing about this time of year is...........
BASEBALL STARTS TODAY! Opening day is today. I LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR!

They say it's your birthday!

Thank you for all the phone calls, gifts(sarah..... I love my mickey bowl and measuring cups almost to much to use) cards, text message's and singing happy birthday's. I love you all so much and I am very grateful for the sweet angels in my life.

No place like home

Devin and I just got home last night from a week long trip home. We had a good time visitng with family and friends however, we are so happy to be sleeping in our bed again. There is no place like home.

Half way through school how nice is that. So for being half way I guess a gift is needed!! Among the purchuses was a NO FEAR Helment (preperation for the graduation present), tickets to hear NICKELBACK in concert in August, and tickets to watch RED SOX play the Mariners in Seattle.

Now just to clarify things, my wife only got the Nickelback tickets, the rest I bought on my own, to all you thinking about doing something like this here is some words of advice.
1- Make sure you only let you wife know a day before so she doesn't have time to think it over
2- Make sure your wife has a great job, which mine does
3- Make sure to purchase online, that way you can't return what you buy very easily
4- Convience your wife it is a must need, to make you happy, (especially around the time you take Boards or around Finals time. Tell them it will help relieve the stress from the all the tests.
5- Make sure you have a great wife.

Thanks Crystal
p.s. I have a great wife!!

AAAAHHHHH

Well Devin still has a weeks worth of finals to take, but I cannot describe the relief our house feels now that boards are over.(Chiro wives you know what I am talking about) As soon as he is done this Friday HOME HERE WE COME! I cannot wait to see everyone. Even though I got to see some of you in January I am still excited to see you. Our lives have been very hectic and we are both so excited to see our families and have some down time. One of my co-worker's is on maternity leave so I have picked up extra hours which has not given me the time to run errands, clean my house, do laundry and take care of the other full time job I have of being a wife. Devin has been so busy with studying that I know he is looking forward to this break with great anticipation. So I breath a sigh of relief that we are almost there and that we are half way done with school! YIPPEEE

Boards UGH

Devin has two solid weeks of studying and test taking approaching. He has his first round of boards all day this Saturday and Sunday. I keep looking at him and thinking " I am so glad it's not me". I have done my part in helping him. The fridge has Pepsi in it and I am going to do my best to stay away from him. On the other hand I cannot believe he is already half way done wtih school. Time flies. GOOD LUCK HONEY!

BIGFOOT

Did you Know?

Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is an alleged ape-like creature purportedly inhabiting forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. Many believers in its existence contend that the same or similar creatures are found around the world under different regional names, most prominently the Yeti of the Himalayas. Source: Wikipedia.com

Ivie commented on my blog leading to this post. It seems the little Parker man, who knows all about Bigfoot, keeps telling my nieces that I have been eaten by Bigfoot. He told me when I was home in January he hasn't come to see me because Bigfoot lives in Oregon. I spent my few days home in January answering questions about Bigfoot. I said but Parker if you come visit me we can see the ocean and he immediately asked does Bigfoot swim in the ocean? GEEEEZZZ kid!

AAAAAHHHHHHGGGGG!!!!!

My cold from two weeks ago has come back in full force. My nose is so numb from blowing it that I can't feel when it runs until it's too late. I went through a box of Kleenex at work and now I am working on the one at home. My head is pounding and nothing I take it helping. I HATE BEING SICK! Thanks for letting me vent.

The Fantastic Four!

These are the girls that I blog about all the time. My friends I miss and love so much. Joette posted us on facebook or I would have never remembered this event. This is one of the few pics I know of with all of us together back in the good ole days. Thanks Jo.

Emily, Me, Joette, Kristin

Random thoughts and promises

So my thoughts have been fueled by those girl hormones again. How else can I explain my post about dogs? Anyways so many of you had questions about my cupping post that I thought I would give a quick follow up. It's been a week and my back has not given me much grief. It did not hurt at all when it was being done and later it just felt like I had been adjusted or worked out. The bright red rings are gone and they never did hurt me. So I would say it's painless and those who are thinking about doing it should try it. For my promises portion all I have to say is Emily Reid I PROMISE I WILL CALL.

MY CUTE STEELERS FANS

Do you think my brother's kids get to choose who they cheer for?Not when they are World Champs. I love my cute Steelers Fans.

Excercise and Senior citizens

So my New Year's resolution of exercising got of to a rocky start. With work, church, Devin, let's face it Devin is a full time job as well as the Doctors office, and my unplanned trip home this month I finally got my butt to the gym. I have taken some classes and there is nothing like old people making your sorry out of butt shape look bad to keep you motivated. I am talking 60-70 years old keeping pace in Step Class or doing more reps with the weights then me in our power flex class. I started to feel a little discouraged , but then it just motivated me to keep going and get stronger. It is kinda funny though.

I love my Sisters

Sister's by chance.....Friends by choice. I miss you guys already!

Thank you

I just wanted to thank everyone for your thoughts and prayers.

I felt them. I appreciated the calls, text messages, emails, and

comments on my blog. It helped comfort me so much.

Thank you

The Grand son's (minus one serving a mission)

Payten, Misty, Ryan, Parker, Sarah, Trav, Dad, Kelli, Danny, Jami and me

Ivie, Claire, and Parker
They are my sunshine on my cloudy days

Laughter

When I was home my brother and I went to lunch with his two kids. My nephew Parker is four and the following is a conversation I thought I was having with my brother.

Ryan and I driving down a busy road with houses on both sides.......
Ryan: "I don't know why anyone would want to live on this busy road. I hate this street."

Me: " I know I would feel like if the kids were playing outside I would have to be outside all the time to watch them if they were playing in the front.

Little man: Slapping his head "WHAT?..........YOU HAVE KIDS!........WHERE ARE THEY?

Made me laugh when all I really wanted to do was cry. Thanks little man. I love you!

Grandma

This is Grandma Searle. She was not the typical grandma. She danced to the beat of her own drum and for that all of us loved her. When most grandma's were baking cookies for there grand kids she was yelling at us to "stay out of those cookies they are for grandpa's lunch". She wasn't the timid grandma that would sit on the sidelines and watch at our sporting events. She yelled the loudest. In fact many officials knew Grandma. She loved watching her grandchildren play sports and I can still hear grandma's voice ringing in my head while my brother ran for touch downs "GO Travey baby GO". That name stuck. Even as a father of three he was her "Travey Baby". Grandma loved football and there wasn't very many Sundays that we would go to visit that she wouldn't have the game on mute while we sat and visited. BYU games could never be watched without a blankety blank blank blank blank coming from the living room. When she was 16 she sent her sweat heart off to fight for his country. I can not imagine the worry and heartache she felt every day waiting to hear from Grandpa. She then went on the support my grandpa through countless church callings that kept him away while she raised her young family. Grandma seemed at times to have a tough exterior, but as an adult I can look back and see that she had acquired that through many trials that she so bravely faced. I was heart broken when we lost Grandpa in November of 2005. I remember on my wedding day grandma came up to me and willingly put her arms around me and said " we are so proud of you" and I knew it was heavenly father granting me a tender mercy and allowing grandma to fight through her disease for a short moment to be my grandma on the most special day of my life. Especially because it was so hard to not have Grandpa there. He gave me another tender mercy when I was home last September and I went and saw grandma. She looked at me and said "where have you been? It's been a year since you last saw me". I couldn't help, but apologize to her because she was right. It had been a year. She was so happy and was talking and laughing with us and I even heard her call my brother by his nickname that she had so lovingly called out so many times at the baseball fields and football fields. She was herself. She was the Grandma I knew and loved. I even looked at Devin at one point with tears forming and said " that's my grandma". I knew leaving that night it was the last time I would see grandma for a very long time. I cried the whole way back to mom and dad's. So I was not surprised to get the phone call from Mom last week saying it was getting close and to prepare. She is with grandpa now and so many others who I am sure are rejoicing that she is home. I am grateful to have this amazing women as my grandma and I will miss her so much.

New Year

I have never been big on setting myself up for failure so I never really set New year's resolutions, but this year I decided that maybe it was time I made some changes. The big 30 birthday is coming and I decided that I wanted my thirties to be better then the twenties so here goes.

My Resolutions.
-Love Devin better-He puts up with a lot people trust me.
-Sing in the car more-I love to jam to the radio. I have forgotten in my adult hood how much fun singing out loud to a really good song is. Therapeutic as well. Try singing your favorite chick ballad song when your pre menstrual and mad at the world. It feels great doesn't it?
(Check out my play list box for some of my favorites)
-Love my family better-It's a long distant relationship for now but I don't take as many opportunities to call as I should.
-Do my family history-I have realized that one day I would hope my great, great, great grand daughter will want to know her crazy great, great, great grandma who loved to sing in the car. So I should get to know my family whose choices lead to the wonderful life I have today.
-The always cliche resolution of getting healthy. That's the grand daddy of em all. I need to change some bad habits I have spent my twenties building. So good bye Taco Bell. I will see you when I am a little thinner!

Miss you like crazy

So my last entry was induced by a little pre menstrual syndrome so I thought I would blog about something a little more happy.My gal pal's. I have three of the most amazing BFF 's(as Paris Hilton would say) a girl could ask for. These girls have been my sanity when life was insane. I miss em like crazy. Life has thrown me a lot of lemons, but as cheesy as it sounds these three taught me how to make lemonade. Girls I hope that when we are 80 years old we can still tell each other to our faces that our butts look big in those stretchy old lady pants. I need you in my life. I love you and I miss you guys every day!

Frustrated in Portland

The snow was fun at first. It reminded me of home, but a snow storm in Oregon is nothing like home. No one can drive in it.The plows only plow major roads. Our garbage has not been picked up in two weeks. It seems no one here thinks it's rude to just shovel and pile snow where ever they want. In the street or behind your parked car. So at first the snow made it feel like home, but now it just makes me miss home. I am frustrated.

Flex Those Wyoming Muscles

So Church was canceled again today. We had a real bad ice storm last night and the roads are snow then a thin layer of ice and then some more snow. Anyways my dear sweet Hubby was getting a little anxious to do what the opposite of everyone else was doing today and that is go for a drive. So he De iced the truck slowly and we piled in his four wheel drive to go for a ride. We headed down the road when he saw a fellow student stuck in a bank of snow. So he pulls over and pulls him out. We head on our way and down a few more blocks is two guys stuck. So he pulls over and pulls them out. We went on our way again and low and behold two girls stuck. So he pulls them out. Two more pull outs later and we finally headed home. So five in all and that was just down the road from us. Serious people don't drive in it if you don't know how. Devin was beaming. Can you believe he loves doing that kind of stuff. He loves snow. He loves to drive in it, shovel it and anything that has to do with it. Anyways he sure was flexing his muscles today. He even got some Cat calls from the girls when they saw him hooking up and pulling. I guess I have to give old Red some credit to. She is just used to driving down the road to school. She got to do today what she was born to do.