Patrick

Just a little update.......
Patrick seems to be doing better. Last week at school was a good week. He ate lunch with someone, talks to people, knows some new people and what their names are. He came home in much better spirits!
Hopefully this week continues to be the same.

Slow Weekend?

I know this my seem crazy but I long for a slow weekend. One where all you do is sit around bored. OK really I would be bored and wish we had something to do!
Well this last weekend was busy as usual. Matt was going to come into Burley and did not get off work until 8pm so I went to IF. We went to his friend's house, it was his friend's bday). Then Saturday we went to the last day of the fair. We did the normal there, looked at the booths and animals and ate. The normal foot long hot dog and scone nuggets for me, rice bowl for Matt. Then Sunday we went to Lagoon.
Now that was fun. We went with Jennifer, giving us an even number of riders. We hit every ride and then got to go back on all the rides we wanted to in a matter of 7 hours. There were hardly any lines it was great! For those who go to Lagoon, late in the season on a Sunday is the way to go!

Grease

For those of you who do not know, I am a huge Grease fan. I mean huge! I love the movie; in fact the move made me a huge John Travolta fan. I guess I am just a sucker for musicals. My nieces have the soundtrack on their MP3 players. I mentioned that I needed to buy the soundtrack so that I could listen to it on my way back and forth to Burley.

So this weekend my sister gave me a copy of the soundtrack! I listened to it the whole way home. It was so fun to listen to! I hear the songs and can tell you exactly where it plays in the movie and what is going on in the movie.

Thanks Jennifer for the great CD, it made the drive so much better.

Labor Day

Labor Day in my family is usually pretty busy. Well this year things were done last minute. We will try to go on a family trip. Well this year it was just not happening. My brother and sister-in-law were going out of town and my little sister cannot really go too far due to the complications with her pregnancy. So Jennifer invited us to hike table rock with her brother-in-law. Well last minute my brother and sister-in-law were staying in town and wanted to do something and Matt’s grandma decided to have dinner over the weekend. So the crazy weekend began.

Table rock is not the hike that is in Boise, it is much harder. Table rock is by Targee ski resort and when you get to the top you can see the Tetons. An amazing view, not so much fun as a hike. It is 7 miles up and starts out with some nasty switch backs with some nasty inclines! Well every time I hike I have to think about my breathing. Well this time we were going too high too fast and I could not concentrate on my breathing and I could not breath. I had to stop Matt and make him wait with me. Well Jennifer tells me that I probably have asthma and I should go to the DR. I struggled all the way up. Well we hit a point when Matt got sick. Apparently he get high elevation sickness. He was dizzy and very sick so we did not get all the way to the top. About ¾ mile away from the top we had to go back, however, when we got down we both said we would do it again, just prepare a little better. The views were amazing though. I can’t wait
until next year to make it to the top.

Sunday we went to Matt’s grandma’s house for dinner. Which was the relaxing part of the weekend and I was so tired that I am glad that we had that day.

Monday we went to West Yellowstone with my little brothers and older sister. That is always an adventure! First we went to Mesa Falls, it was early and pretty. On the way to West Yellowstone we stopped at some little gas station. My little 12 year old niece gets back in the car with a lazar pointer with different images. So I look at the box to see the images. One just happens to be a woman in a sexy looking pose. Kind of like the playboy pose look. Well I bust out laughing and pass the box around. Before we know it we are all laughing hysterically about it and my sister (her mom) is asking my brother-in-law did you look at this before you bought it? Looking back and telling the story it is really not that funny, but we laughed so hard about it.

We got to West Yellowstone and watched bears at the Imax, went to dinner, and then went to the shops. It was a lot of fun.

It was really hard to leave IF and go to Burley. I really miss being in IF. The weekend was a lot of fun and even though I miss I IF I am glad to be back in Burley to sleep in my own bed. I am tired and my muscles hurt! 14 mile hike, who really does that for fun?

Right Choice

I have been struggling lately. I wonder did I make the decision that I should have made? Was moving to Burley the right decisions. Patrick hates school and is not making any friends. He comes home sad. Matt is having a hard time finding a job and our house is not selling.

Friday on the way home to IF I noticed that he was really down. I told him that he was the only one in charge of himself being happy and that he needed to make the best of the situation. Apparently that was not what he needed to hear. He cried for about 20 minutes. I did not know what to do or say. I just let him cry. After a while I told him that I am going through a tough time myself and that he needed to talk about it so that it just did not build up. We talked a little more about it and what we could do to make the situation better.

I miss not having Matt with me everyday. I miss not having my family in one house. It is still really hard to stay goodbye at the end of the weekend. But our house is not being looked at as much as we had hoped and those who look at it are not interested. So that makes me wonder if I made the right choice. Did I move us somewhere that will not work for us?

Matt is great about it and says things that make me feel better about moving here, but I know he is frustrated also. How long to we try before we throw in the towel?

All About My Husband

1- Where did you meet?
I was talking to his cousin, he was talking to my friend's friend (she really was never my friend). Well his cousin and I parted ways and the "friend" invited him over to my house and left him sitting all alone, feeling bad, I sat down and talked to him. The rest is history.

2- How long did you date before you were married?
9 months

3- How long have you been married for?
3 years

4- What does he do that surprises you?
A lot of things Matt does surprises me. Never really a dull moment.

5- What's your favorite feature about him?
His eyes

6- What's your favorite quality about him?
His boyish charm

7- Does he have a nickname for you? What is it?
Yes, many..... Ray and Robert are the 2 most common.

8- What's his favorite color?
Red

9- What's his favorite food?
Nachos

10-What is his favorite sport?
Basketball

11- Who said I love you first?
him

12- When and where was your fist kiss?
The first night we met, in my living room

13-What's your favorite thing to do as a couple?
Hike and camp

14-Do you have kids?
Yes, but just mine

15- What's a hidden talent that he has?
He can do anything, he is quite handy around the house

16- How old is he?
30

17- What's his favorite type of music?
Punk

18- What do you admire most about him?
His charm

19-What's his favorite past time?
Fishing

20- Do you think he is going to read this?
He might

I tag... Jennifer and Heather

Shoes

Sneakers

What kind of shoe are you?

Weekends

Now that the house is on the market the weekends have began to be fun again!
Matt's BDay was Thursday so I took Friday off and went home Thursday night. We went to Johnny Carinos for dinner and then Friday we had two weddings and Saturday we floated.

We used tire tubes, it was a blast. I went under the water and that was a little scary, but I am still here to tell the story so all turned out good and then Sunday we hiked up to the lower lake, which is a 8 mile round trip hike. It was fun and so nice to not have a million things to do in the house still!

ABC Tag

* A - Attached or single: Attached
* B - Best Friend: Rachel, Matt and my sisters
* C - Cake of Pie: Cake, preferably chocolate (I don't really like pie)
* D - Day: Saturday
* E - Essential Items: Flip flops and a good pair of hiking/walking shoes
* F - Favorite Color: cobalt blue
* G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Bears
* H - Hometown: Idaho Falls, ID (it will always be home)
* I - Indulgences: ice cream and candy
* J - January or July: July! It is extremely warm, the 4th is one of my favorite holidays and it is my BDay month!
* K - Kids: Patrick (William Patrick to be exact)
* L - Life is incomplete without: Happiness
* M - Marriage Date: 4/2/05 (Vegas Baby!)
* N - Number of Siblings: 5 2 sisters and 3 brothers and 2 sister in law and 3 brother in laws
* O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges
* P - Phobia or Fears: Mice, fish floping (they should not move after they come out of the water), I used to fear loosing Patrick, but as he gets older that fear becomes less, not sure why.
* Q - Quote: One day at a time
* R - Reason to Smile: oh so many... the sound of laughing kids, the warm sun on my face, but my main reason to smile is my family, Matt and Patrick make me smile everyday.
* S - Season: I love them all, but if I have to pick Fall and Summer (more fall than summer)
* T - Tag three: Jennifer, Heather, Kelsie, McKenzie
* U - Unknown fact about me: I am a big baby... I may seem tough and able to handle anything, but it is just a front. I am a big baby!
* V - Vegetarian or Not: NOT
* W - Worst habit: eating candy late at night and not washing my face or putting lotion on my face before bed
* X - X-rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds, you see so much more. Xrays are just bones..... how boring
* Y - Your favorite food: changes with my mood
* Z - Zodiac sign: Leo the lion, the king of the jungle!

For Sale

After 2 and half months of sweat and tears (Matt's sweat my tears) our house is finally on the market. We met eith our realtors (wife husband team) on Sunday to fill out all of the paper work. They will be taking pictures and posting it online tomorrow. I will have to post the MLS # when I have it. If any of you know someone who is looking for a house send them our way!