This is me being productive at work

So, this is a super rare opportunity for you folks. 

Not because I am ashamed of how my body looks, but because I think it's weird to splash it around on the internet.

ALAS....

In an effort to share with people I don't get to see and purely for the sake of documentation when I print this out....here is what the two of us look like at 6 months!

Yes, that is my desk, at work, at 4pm, when I didn't feel like doing anything else. Maybe you can actually thank my brain shutting down for this rare opportunity.....

Reality Begins to Set In

I'm starting to come to terms with the fact that I'm going to have a little girl running around this house pretty soon and trying to figure out what that all means for our family. 

You'd think 10 months would be plenty of time to wrap your head around it, but I have a feeling I just won't be able to until she actually shows up. 

We hope she's a sweet, kind hearted soul, but with the two of us as her parents, I'm sure she'll have a hint of rowdy....and I think we're okay with that :)


There are SO many people who have poured generosity on us and we are grateful for the support of our family and friends.  6 months down....it'll go quick!

Which color plastics do we order for the dirtbike??

Don't worry...we haven't bought our baby a dirtbike..........(yet)

BUT if we did that little munchkin would be getting:

PINK PLASTICS!!

That's right, ya'll, we're having a girl!  I was seriously in shock since I was so set on the fact that we were going to have a boy. 
Now that I've settled into it though, I am incredibly excited!  Now maybe I'll have someone to go to musicals with me so I don't have to drag the poor husband :)

Easy Amazingness

super lame that one of my only posts this month is going to be about food.......

So, I was working from home taking care of my sick dog (who decided to get pancreantitis....long story).  I noticed I had some pasta sauce and ground beef leftovers in the fridge and some broken lasagna noodles that weren't enough for real lasagna........an amazing thing was born!!

I mixed up the sauce, ground beef, and threw in some frozen spinach to make myself feel good

Boiled the noodles to al dente

Grated some sharp cheddar cheese

Layered all that goodness in up in a bowl

Seriously....I could eat this everyday.  You should try it....seriously.

I Promised You A Post

Yep....the rumor is true. 

We're really excited!  More to come!

Here's the Rundown

Alright folks...this is the worst blog famine I have created in a long time.

Sorry!!!

1. Work (good excuse right?!)
2. Tyler's school (lame excuse...don't judge)
3. Got nothin' else you'll likely except :)

Life is good to us, we've gotten a lot of good family time in, went to an awesome ward Christmas brunch, finished this dumb semester, gone to the sand dunes.....we're happy, but obviously nothing crazy is happening....hehe

I'll post before Christmas you have my word (and if you're lucky you'll get some pictures!)

Food

Get this:

IT IS ALL FOOD!!!!! EVERY SINGLE PIECE!!!!

This is my new favorite kind of art :)

Seems to Be His Strategy

So, if you don't know this already...let me tell you a little story about how this guy totally won me over.

We had gone to the single's congregation at church on Sunday (so you can meet hotties and get married)....but we definitely didn't consider ourselves single at the time. He was dressed SO handsome in his khaki dress pants and white button up (sleeves slightly rolled like an abercrombie model) and probably an old tie he got from a buddy on his mission for the church.

I had a beat up '95 Pontiac Grand Am (it was 2005) and the AC was blowing hot air even if I didn't have the AC on at all. It was awful!

After driving us back and forth to church, we pulled into my parking garage at ASU and asked for a hair tie. He took off his tie and climbed under that nasty old car and with his pocket knife and a hair tie I and think he by-passed my heater core...but whatever he did, it stopped blowing hot air.

Thump Thump....Thump Thump....my heart was in love....I knew I need to keep this guy around.

SUPER lame and cheesy I know, but he's awesome, so whatever.

So....moving on to yesterday night. He called me from Auto Zone where he had gone to pick up some parts for his jeep or something. There was a lady in front of him in checkout that was pretty panicked because her car had stalled in the nearby intersection and she knew she needed to do some work on it, but hadn't taken it in yet.

Tyler offered to look at her car and fix whatever he could there in the parking lot. He said she laughed at him, said thanks, and went outside with the technician.

A couple of minutes later, she came back in and asked if she could take him up on his offer because she didn't know how she would get home. He borrowed some tools from Auto Zone and went to work. He fixed that ladies car and I'm sure he saved her OVER $300. She was SO appreciative and Tyler gave her our number for her to call if she had any other issues.

HOLY COW RIGHT?!

That scroungy, rowdy, guy I married.....is actually the sweetest man I know.

I think he just uses his skills to swoon me.

Where'd Ya'll Come From

I've started to realize the importance of my own personal history. Spending time with my grandparents and even time with my own parents, we have conversations that I want to be able to relate to my children and grandchildren one day. I don't want those personal relationships here on earth to be lost through the generations. Understanding the things that make your family...your family...are really important.

END OF MUSH BEGINS HERE:

My Fake Family Tree

10 Generations back for my kids suckas!

I think I could handle that by the time I'm 30.

If I get ambitious I'll tackle more, but let's start with the realistic.

Another Teaser...

I am determined to read all of these before I turn 30:

I suppose I could just cheat and watch all the movies...but the way Jane Austen writes is just so beautful! I feel so smart, romantic, and witty after reading even a few pages of her writing.

I would consider myself a better person after doing this, and that's precisely why I'm doing it.