In Memory

We just got the news that our prophet, Gordon B, Hinckley, just passed away today. Words cannot describe how sad it makes me to hear this. He meant so much to me. He meant so much to this church, not only because he was the seer and revelator, but because he helped to bring the church into a different light, he made it fun to be a member. He did so many great things as our prophet. I can't look at the Oklahoma City temple without thinking of him and how grateful I am that he received the revelation to build mini-temples. He was the person who was leading the church when I became converted to the church and I will always love him for being my prophet. I love him and respect him and know that he will be truly missed.

Lazy Xander

I know Xander could walk without any help if he wanted to. I think he just does not really care about walking. This movie just proves this point. He can get to anything he wants to by crawling, since he crawls really really fast. So I think Xander might be the only kid when he goes into Nursery that will not be walking.

Three Holidays Wrapped Into One Blog

On the first day of Christmas my vacation gave to me a new found respect for parents with babies on planes.
On the second day of Christmas my vacation gave to me 10 more pounds of fat.
On the third day of Christmas my vacation gave to me not one good night of sleep.
On the fourth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me the realization I don't want six kids anymore.
On the fifth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me more unconditional love for Xander.
On the sixth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me more much needed patience.
On the seventh day of Christmas my vacation gave to me an updated wife.
On the eighth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me a new found love for Guitar Hero.
On the ninth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me 21 babysitters to watch Xander for two weeks.
On the tenth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me a new found respect for my parents in law.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my vacation gave to me the understanding that even though you live in a ghetto apartment, there is nothing better than your own bed.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my vacation gave to me the scary feeling that as our vacation is over, I have to find a job and do something productive with my life.

That basically sums up what happened over our little break. We flew up to Utah, with barely a peep from Xander, and spent two weeks in Provo with the Kendells. We relaxed and took a well needed break, even though we needed a vacation from our vacation.




Then, Xander turned one on December 29th. We had a little party. He didn't care for his cake much and had very little reaction to his presents but the other kids had a good time. Thanks for all the presents guys.

I Done Graduated

Well, the end has come and I have officially graduated. It feels really weird. I have been in school for six years and have no clue what I am going to do next. I received my Masters in Business Administration with specializations in Marketing and International Business. I have been applying to jobs everyday, and if anyone has any connections, let me know. I will do just about anything, and if worse comes to worse, I will get my PH.d I will eventually get it, but I hope to pay off these student loans before accruing other student loans.

I owe a special thanks to Codilyn for all her support. When I get stressed out, I become a jerk, and she patiently put up with it. Thanks babe.

Happy Thanksgiving Yall!!

We hope that everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. For most people Thanksgiving begins the anticipation for Christmas and in anticipation of Christmas, my sister Lindsey made this for us and we just had to let everyone see it. Enjoy!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9567751806

IF YOU THINK I'M CUTE... YOU SHOULD SEE MY DAD!

For those of you who don't know.... Zach is blessed with great sense of style. In fact, many of the times in which I have received compliments on my outfit, or shoes... they have been items which Zach has either told me to buy, or bought for me himself (yes ladies, my husband does know my sizes and can fit me to a T!). Apparently our little Xander has inherited this trait from his dad and I have the pictures to prove it. See... Xander HATES to get dressed. If he could be naked all day long, HE WOULD BE (another trait he inherited from Zach). So in an attempt to make getting dressed fun for him I decided to let him pick out his outfit for the day all by himself. Granted, he probably had no idea what was going on, but the outcome was quite entertaining. We began with the pant drawer, from which he chose a pair of light blue and white striped pants. I immediately began seeing all the mismatched shirts he could possibly choose to go with the pants as we moved on to the shirt drawer. To my surprise however he chose a white polo shirt that matched perfectly. Thinking it a fluke (especially since the polo was closer to the back of the drawer and surrounded by many other colorful options), we moved on to the onesies where to my astonishment the little guy pulled out a light blue onesie that perfectly matched the above mentioned pants. So there you have it.... I am a woman surrounded by good looking men, with great sense of style. It's enough to make one extremely self-conscious. Do I look okay?

Hallo-Weenie

So we have had a wonderfully fun last week. I am not much of a Halloween person, even though I love free candy and scary movies, but I feel that Halloween is a time for guys who want to dress up like women and for women to dress like sl#ts. But Codi is slowly making me enjoy Halloween. Last Friday we had out ward party and it was really fun, except that we were one of two couples who actually dressed up for Halloween, and I don't know how we won first place with such competition. Xander was a hot dog, which he loved being in because it kept him warm and Codi and I were ketchup and mustard. It was fun.
Then, on Saturday a group of friends, the Lee's, the Wright's and some other couple, went to the ZOO and they had a little themed activity, and by little I mean little. We waited in this huge long line and overall walked two miles to occasionally pick up a couple pieces of candy, a Dr. Pepper, and baked Cheetos. It was worth the six bucks.
Then, on Halloween night we went trick r treating, and Codi and I were a little embarrassed. We felt kind of dumb walking around with a kid who could not even eat candy. So after only 30 minutes of trick r treating, and having people give us dumb looks, one guy, while he was putting candy in the basket said, "well, here is some candy, even though it is really for dad anyways." So we stopped doing that and headed over to the Wright's for a little party. We had a pumpkin dinner, Jell-o eyes, snake bread, fruit, and a graveyard cake. It was really fun. I am beginning to like Halloween a little more, I guess Holidays get more exciting when you have kids.

P.S. Xanders two teeth popped through this past week, he is taking it really well, just a little clingy.





And another picture of everyone dressed up. We are loving the family themed outfits.