Friday, February 22, 2008

C&B come to Springville!


Well, I am about due for a post! We had a wonderful time with Brooke and Cait this past weekend. They were here for their "mid-winter break"...wish I had one of those. Actually I suppose I took one?!...finished all my homework for the following week before they came and then skipped school on Tuesday to hang out with them till they took off to Vegas to hang out with Rach, Mike, & Anna for the rest of the week. We did lots of shopping for Prom dresses, lots of eating, saw a movie or two, and had some real fun times sledding the lazy way at Soldier's Hollow in Midway. Love you girlies to the moon and back! Cant wait to see you again in June for Graduation! Till then...text often!








Sorry for the excess of pictures!

too many to narrow down and too little time to mess with a slideshow!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Grandpa Jay


Thought I would take a second for a small
tribute to an incredible man, Grandpa Jay.
We got a call early Monday morning informing us that
he had passed away. He was in the hospital following surgery,
but we all were a bit surprised that he was taken at this time;
however, he did strike me as a man who
has always followed the Prophet, even in death.
For years he has struggled and fought battles with Parkinson's,
Cancer, broken bones, etc. and has done so with faith, strength,
and courage. I have only known him for 3 years but am so greatful
for the example he has been to me of hard work, strength, faith,
selfless service, and so many other wonderful qualities.
Not only am I grateful for his example to me but for the wonderful
influence he has had on my incredible husband.
Each life he touched, he changed for good.
He will be greatly missed!

I am sad this is the only picture I could find of Lance and I with Jay and Erma. The quality/resolution is not the best, but the memories are priceless.

My Oh-So-Exciting Life!

I know, I know...I have not posted for a while. I have no kids and not too many exciting things are going on for us these days. My wonderful husband and I love our life, but are not too shy admit we are looking forward to being done with costco and grad school (further away for some. Lance still has 4 more years of dental school...hehe!). I go to school every day, ALL day and Lance studies in the morning for DAT and then goes to work till 11 almost every day. I am glad he is such a hard worker. Our life right now does not provide a lot of picture taking opportuities :) I actually have had a crazy week or so with some exciting experiences, Ill share one or two.

So one night driving home from school I realized I really had to pee...not a good thing when you are stil at least 60 min or so from home. So I got to my car at park n' ride (only 20 min till home)and realized I had left my keys at school...not good. Then after getting the spare from Lance at work (thanks to my carpool buddies), I got home and realized I didnt have a house key...not good(Note: still really had to pee). So I remember that our spare is in the shed in back, so I trudged through the 2-3 feet of snow in my tights and flats (convenient that I was dressed up:))I get to the back fence and the latch is frozen shut. After trying everything, taking breaks now and then to dance around because wetting my skirt is not an option at this point. Finally, I get the latch un-latched (after blowing, spitting, and putting all my weight on it--which is a LOT of weight these days) and I went to open the fence; however, due to the snow built up on both sides I could not open it. I dug away the snow just enough to open it and tried to slide through. Then, just when I thought I was gonna squeeze through despite the extra lunch I had eaten, the loop on the back of my coat got stuck on the latch...ugh! Finally after getting un-hooked from the fence--which I am sure would have been a hilarious thing to watch, I dug the shed door open, in the pitch black at this point and reached around inside to find the single key on a nail. Conveniently, I hit it just right and it fell to the ground. Things could not have been worse! I dug around in the shed, having to pull everything out in order to find it (certain the whole time I was going to find a mouse or some other unwanted creature). Finally I found it and made it to the bathroom at least a half hour later and in a really ornery mood!

Then later that week, I fell on the ice REAL hard while running to jump in the car. Lance didnt even Lance and claims he almost had a heart attack because I fell REALLY heard and could not move! I was certain (still not quite sure) that I had broken my hip. I am sure it was pay back for the numerous times that I haved laughed real hard when I've seen others slip on ice (not if they hurt themselves, but just the embarassing stumbles on campus..haha...I know I am a total jerk!)

Anyways, that is about the extent of my exctiting life. Probably too long of a version of my stories for anyone to read but there you have it (and those are just 2 stories). My butt/back still hurt, I check 35 times on my way out of my building for my keys, my spare key--and a flash light--are back in my shed, and my perfect husband and I are still working hard at school and work!

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

New Years in UP!

Lance and I headed back over the pass in a blizzard for New Years with the Shaw/Parker fam. It was so good to be home! Fun times: walks, movies, lounging, sleeping in, Anthony's for New Years, 12:00 at the needle, playing games, texting:), some shopping, eating! seahawks win, etc. etc. Cant wait to go back!

Christmas in Royal!

Lance and I got to spend Christmas this year in Royal! We had a lot of fun and got some wonderful presents! We ate lots of good food, snowmobiled, played games, bowled, watched movies, etc. The visits always go so quickly so we look forward to the next one! Because Lance's mom shares my affinity for picture taking I had to narrow down like 400 to make the slideshow...enjoy!

Thursday, December 20, 2007

taking care of my patient..



So Lance woke up Sunday with a little bit of a sore back. By Tuesday after sitting for a 4 hour test...he stood up and was in a LOT of pain. Wednesday morning at about 5:30 am (heading to a 7am final) when he woke up he was done for. He could not move at all without being in excruciating(not sure how to spell that?!) pain! Now my husband is a very tough man and he could not do anything without almost dying...bad news!It seriously was so scary! We went to the BYU clinic and they instructed us to immediately go to the ER(which if you know my husband, he was not a big fan of, he tends to be kind of anti meds and just likes to walk-off everything)! After a few hours, a morphine shot, and 3 perscriptions, we headed home. While this alone is enough to really screw up a finals week, he had planned to take his finals that day because the next day, Thurs, he had scheduled arthroscopic surgery on his knee. He seriously made me bring his notes into the recovery room to study before and after his surgery (did i mention he was on drugs, hence the smile in the pictures)! crazy! Well 48 hours later, Lance is in bed studying, a little loopy. Fortunately his teachers have been extremely flexible and kind. Lance has rescheudled finals and has two more to take tomorrow. Wish me luck getting my 200 lb. husband to the car and to campus who can not sit because of his back or bend his leg because of his knee! Yay for surgery! yay for morphine/Vicodin/cyclobenzeprene/ibuprofen! Yay for finals! yay for it being his last week of undergrad!

He was pretty happy about me catching the whole day on camera..haha:) Just needed you all to get a glimpse of his journey up the stairs and his joy upon arrival at the top!

winter wonderland!!


Lance and I decided to go to the SLC temple last my last day of school. When we went in it was drizzling but when we came out 3 hours later (We missed the 7:00 session by like 1 min)it was a freaking blizzard. It was fabulous that we had parked like 3 miles away! We drove about 15 mph all the way to the point of the mountain (which was a real treat for those of you who know my husband and his road rage tendencies..he actually handled it quite nicely!) and as soon as we came around into Highland it was completely clear and had not snowed at all..bizarre! While the weather was not great for pictures, I had to take a few!

OT Sub-for-Santa!


As an OT department, we were able to provide tons of fun christmas presents for a Somali-Bantu family that moved here to Utah. It was so fun. When we showed up to deliver presents, all the kids were in the front window waiting for us. This is what the season is all about!!
p.s...totally nasty picture of me but the kids are just too cute!



Thursday, November 29, 2007

Thanksgiving!



Lance and I headed to Las Vegas on Tuesday for Thanksgiving festivities.



It was so fun to see Anna, Rach, and Mike and help put together our feast.Rach and I even whipped out some delicious homemade pies! Mom, Dad, Cait, and Brooke all arrived on Thursday morning. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, fun times on the strip, delcious meals, some fun shopping, and sitting around and just watching anna try to jump made for a fabulous weekend.



anna definately steals the show when she is around...she is so fun to watch!












Thursday, November 15, 2007

WA in October






Went to UP in October for 2 weeks for an internship at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. In addition to learning lots there, I was home for Homecoming, halloween prep,trips to the pumpkin patch, Into the Woods in Seattle, walks with mom, bonding with the family, Transformers on dvd premier with Cole and Dane, etc. etc. While it was a very long time away from my Lance, it was so fun to be home with the Shaw/Parker fam.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

my very first post


I am so excited Rach started this blog for me... I can guarentee that the pics I post will not be nearly as cute, but I will try to stay current. Enjoy...I promise I will get better at this blogger stuff...

Bloggers!


This blog is dedicated to our neices and nephews and family all over the place! It is also dedicated to my sister, Rachel, who is absolutely obsessed with blogging!

This way they can see what is going on in our lives while we are far away!