Sharing Time

I just had to post this cutest picture of our primary class. Our class had Sharing Time on Sunday & they did the cutest job! The theme was on "Families." So I had them each dress up and play the role of someone that makes up or plays a part in a family. We had a Grandpa, Grandma, Dad, Mom, Sister, Twin Brothers, & a Baby. Tyler & I love our calling! We teach the 4 & 5 yr olds. There never is a dull moment with these kids. We seriously hear the funniest & cutest things. It will be bitter sweet once the baby comes and we will be released. I wish we didn't have to leave our ward.

We are going to have a couple of Class Activities this summer so I will have to post more pictures once we do so.

Engagement * June 10, 2006

I can’t believe 2 years ago today my sweet husband proposed to me. I couldn’t have asked for more. Tyler & I’s relationship started out as a really fun meeting story & I always wondered if that’s all it would be! My best friend Breelyn tried setting us up for 2 years before Tyler left on his mission. The timing was never right. Tyler left on his mission and I had just finished my first year down at Snow College. I decided to come home to stay. Breelyn had tried to get us to meet just weeks before he left but I was interested in someone else. Breelyn was sick of my excuses and thought she would take things into her own hands. Breelyn took a picture from my room one night & sent it to him along with my address.

What do you know, Just 4 days later here is a letter from an unknown person in my mailbox! My first thoughts were “Desperate!” so I rolled my eyes through the whole letter and pushed it aside. 7 months passed & that letter was still sitting in a pile in my mail bin untouched. The guilt got to me. I decided that was pretty rude of me and decided to write him a quick non thought letter back to end the guilt trip in my head. The letter was very simple and didn’t give him much hope to write me back. One week later…. Another letter was waiting for me in my mailbox. The rest is history! Tyler & I wrote from that day on until the day he walked off the plane 8 months later. 6 months later Tyler proposed and we were married 2 months later in the Salt Lake Temple. I couldn’t have asked for someone more amazing to come into my life and sweep me off my feet!

And that day he did…..

He thought of the perfect proposal. Its very hard to surprise me even though surprises are my most favorite thing! But he truly fooled me this time….

Tyler told me he had to work that day & that he had planned a date night for us that night so he would just pick me up later once he got off work and got ready. I thought nothing of it and decided to go birthday shopping that day with my mom. Tyler got off “work” a little early and told me he would just come over, once he got to my house I was eager to head up to our reservations. (He said we were going to the Blue Boar Inn in Midway for dinner) He told me we were going to be way early but I insisted we go. So Tyler gave in and we started heading up Provo Canyon. When I got in the car the setting was so perfect he even had our song playing. He kept telling me we were going to be so early and that they wouldn’t take us because they didn’t have any other time slots available before ours. So out of no where right before we reached the Sundance turn off he said “do you want to go drive past Sundance since we have time?” At this point his hands were sweating. I thought nothing of it and said “Sure” his plan was working perfectly as I was off in La La Land thinking nothing of it! His families best friends have the most BEAUTIFUL cabin up there and he told me he was going to show me where it was. We pulled into the driveway and he asked if I wanted to go in? I hurried and said “No way! I am not going in with out them knowing. Let’s Just go.” “You don’t even have a key.” Right then he lifted down his visor and pushed the garage door opener! I don’t even remember talking after this. When we walked in I saw a flight of stairs with a single long stem rose on every other step all the way up (There were 3 flights.) My cute hubby was so good at keeping a journal on his mission and a little bit after he got home. Each card had a date and an event on it that marked our journey to this point. This first card started with the date of my first letter back and then last card ended with “ June 10, 2006 You thought you were going to the Blue Boar in for dinner” I looked at him and he asked me to close my eyes. He of course started into this whole romantic speech as he walked me through a room. He ended saying I don’t want it to end if it doesn’t end here” He had me open my eyes and there on a table was the most beautiful picture of the Salt Lake temple and a vase of roses. He got down on one knee and ask me to marry him!!

I love you Tyler. I couldn’t have asked for a better husband or best friend. Thanks for making me laugh every day, and Thank you for choosing me!

Date Night @ Labor & Delivery

(Long Post!! Sorry.)

On Friday Xango gave Tyler tickets to a Real Salt Lake Game. Tyler was so STOKED!! He has been wanting these tickets for quite a while now. The game was Saturday night @ Rice Eckles Stadium. We had so much fun. Ty & I went up early and stopped by Tai Pan first (What a trooper) and then Headed to dinner and then to the game! We had awesome seats!! It was so nice to finally have Date Night with just my hubby. We haven’t gone and done something with just the two of us in the longest time. I love spending time with my best friend! We stayed for the whole game (even though the score ended 0/0). Thanks for such a great Date Night Ty! xoxo

The Story Continues……………….

(Let me set the scene)

We had just left the game and had only been on the road about 5 minutes. I have been really good the past month or so making sure my seat belt is below my stomach on my lap. We had just reached a red light so I decided to sit up a little bit and adjust my sitting position. As I was sitting up the seat belt ended up across my stomach tightening quickly. Just as I had Made it to a straight up position we heard tires SCREECHING behind us, I looked at Tyler and said “OH NO!!” I went to grab my seat belt to pull it down off my stomach but I was too late! That’s when we were hit from behind! I would say he was going about 25- 30 MPH by the time he hit into us. We were not thrown too far, So I didn’t even think anything of it until we both pulled over into a parking lot to exchange information and then I felt a throbbing ache coming from my stomach.

Try to believe this but….

I stayed CALM (I don’t know where this came from because knowing my self I should have been freaking out at this point) until Ty got back into the car. I calmly told him my stomach was hurting where my seat belt was and I should just call the doctors office to report the accident. (My past 2 appointments I have been told I need to report any Falls, Accidents, Punctures to the stomach, Etc. ASAP.) So I thought I will just call & leave a message reporting it in case they want to see my Monday.

Some one ended up answering at the Dr. Office. I explained to her what had happened and told her we weren’t hit very hard but was just calling to report it. She told me that she HAD to call the Dr. on call right away. I tried explaining to her that I wasn’t hurt but she said she needed to report it immediately. So I hung up & told Ty “no worries they just want me to talk to the doctor.” With in 5 min. Dr. Gamette ( I Love this man! He was so great) was calling me back. I explained to him that I was fine I just tried to report it to his office. The first thing he asked me was where was your seat belt. I started to explain the situation & he interrupted me and asked “Was it across your stomach?” Once I told him yes, he told me I need to come directly to the hospital. He was very demanding so I whispered to Ty go to the hospital. Tyler FLOORED IT!!!!

I have never seen this side of Tyler before in my life! Honestly it was the cutest thing ever!! I kept telling him to slow down before we get into another wreck but he just said we have got to get you there! I told him everything the doctor said and told him I was fine but he didn’t listen. Ty was so nervous he couldn’t even think straight enough to know the way to the hospital once we got off the exit. He was like one of those dads you see on the movies when the wife is in labor! He was so darling! He takes such good care of me!

We got all checked in about 10:30 pm, changed into a gown & hooked up to the machines. This is the first time my heart dropped & I was nervous.

She couldn’t find a heart beat!!! Tyler stood right up and started staring at the machine. FINALLY she picked it up. Tyler started reading off numbers aloud from the machine and asked her what it should be at. Tyler didn’t take his eyes off those numbers for about 5 minutes. I was also having small contractions at this point, & my blood pressure was a little lower than they like it so the Dr. decided to keep me for a few more hours to observe. We were released about 2:55 am & were given many instructions. I was just relieved and excited everything was okay and I was ready to crawl into my own bed!! I am now REALLY anxious to have this little guy!!

Your own Sneak Peak……..

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Here is Tyler pacing back and forth on the phone with Breelyn.
This is the first smile I had seen for a couple of hours.

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This is not the best picture of my self but I took this to document. I was nothing but smiles and giggles while waiting for the nurse to come hook me up to the monitors.

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It was really fun to sit back and listen to Braxtons heart beat & movements. He was the most active I think he has ever been. The nurses were pleased to see that.

We had a lot of paper work to fill out & were given A LOT of instructions!