All you need is love

Scott and I spend every free minute we have with each other. We're so ridiculous we literally cannot be in two separate rooms if we're in the house at the same time. If Scott is on the computer downstairs and I'm upstairs cooking dinner he'll grab the laptop and come join me in the kitchen.
This week Scott was planning on taking a vocational class. It would only be this week from 5:30-8:00 p.m., really, no big deal. The plan fell through and when I found out the class wasn't going to work out I was so excited. So we can now get back to the butterfly kisses and the constant holding of the hands. Yeah baby!

The workout and other things

(Very close to an actual picture.)

So, today I was on the treadmill with my wrist weights on, my water near my side, and my ipod going. I really like to get into the music, it allows me to zone out and get through my workout with out quitting half way through. As I was zoning a song shuffled in called The Adventure by Angels and Airwaves. As soon as the beat of the song popped into my head I immediately started to day dream. Now, if you're like me, and maybe I'm weird, but I tend to day dream a tad when a good song comes on (and other times as well, I admit). It reminds me of all those sentimental moments in all those great movies you see. As the song started my mind began it's own movie and the next thing I know I'm outside walking along a beautiful suburban street. I've had six kids, but I still look fabulous. I really work out for the pure fun of it. As I'm walking I'm smiling and waving to neighbors that I pass. A montage of memories pass through over my minds movie screen. The day I was married, the certificate I received from the city for all my free hair service's to the homeless, cutting the red ribbon in front of Scott's new office, the births of our children, our spectacular vacations, and our awesome family reunions to Hawaii, and the Galapagos. As the music is playing I start to run (still day dreaming guys) I run through the cherry blossoms falling over the street from the neighbors cherry tree. I have a wonderful life, I'm happy, I'm healthy, and I have everything I dreamed of having in life.........then the lyrics to the song bring me back to reality.

I wanna have the same last dream again,

the one where I wake up and I'm alive.

Just as the four walls close me within,

my eyes are opened up with pure sunlight.

I realized that my dream come true was right here, where I was, on my treadmill. Life is fantastic!!! I'm the one who makes my dream a reality and so far I feel I've been doing pretty good. I may have spent the last cheesiest five minutes dabbling in another dream, but it wasn't my dream.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still going to day dream. Like the one from my childhood: I dream that I've been taken away from my family and while the "sentimental music" is playing I turn and look out the back window of the car I'm in and slowly place my hand on the window as a tear falls down my face. "Goodbye", I whisper, "I will see you again." and the song plays on.

Whew, pretty heavy afternoon huh? Well, I apologize there aren't any pictures because I truly did have a good movie/day dream face going on. Along with the smile and waves to the neighbors. Ok, reality. Life really is good. We are coming up on our three out of eight classes we are supposed to attend at LDS services. The adoption process is still moving along and we hope to have all the paper work in before the end of April. So, we are looking at May to be approved and on the list.

I have liberated myself from taking all fertility medications. Yippy! This is such an awesome lift off my shoulders. No more filling and re-filling prescriptions, and forgetting and remembering to take them at the wrong time. All I'm taking now are good for you vitamins, and keeping up on my way girly figure by working out more! Yes, yes, I've heard the myth; once you put your focus on something else you'll get pregnant. Great, if not, Great. We are ready to handle anything.

Over the last couple of weeks the weather has been very ideal. Scott and I have the "garden" bug and we've made a few plans and goals for our yard this year. We'll be planting some trees, doing some landscaping and planting beautiful flowers.

Our bathroom is finally coming together (next time I'll have pictures) Scott and Brian got the awesome jetted tub in place and hooked up on Friday. Whaoo, I can't wait for bath time!!! We're hoping to have the paint, the vanity, the sink, and the new floor in by next week.(our case worker, Kate, from LDS services will be inspecting our home right around then) We literally tore this bathroom apart and we are now rebuilding it. We've really had a lot of fun remodeling our home. It has come together very well.

Last weekend my mother called and invited us to go bowling over at the Allstar lanes. This wasn't your typical bowling, even better, COSMIC bowling. My mother was calling to invite me and Scott to go cosmic bowling. How cool is my mom! So, at 10:30 we met up with them, and my sister and her husband and enjoyed a night of cosmic fun with music to shake your booty too, which we all did, including my dad, with games and food and of course, a lot of bowling fun. We finally left at 1:00 a.m. It really was a good time. If you get a chance you should go cosmic bowling sometime. If you need a babysitter, give us a call. If not, call your mother, have her baby sit, and we'll come with you!

On Thursday night, Scott and I took a trip up to Brighton ski resort, we have some fond memories there. Our plan was to go up, make out, and then come home. Instead we talked, and talked, and laughed, and cried, and talked, and then as we were about to leave a coyote walked right in front of our car. This was Scott's first time ever seeing a coyote. Wylee was a girl and interesting to watch. Scott was in awe. We watched her, followed her in the car for a while, and then watched her again. It was a very unique night. If I see another coyote I'll think of Wylee and our night we didn't make out up at Brighton.

So there's the update. I'm sorry my post are few and far between. Since I don't have access to the Internet at work my normal lunch hour jaunts on the blog are off. Cross your fingers and pray for this "working from home" thing to happen through work and maybe this few and far between stuff will disappear! Until next time, Goodnight!!

One year away from the BIG THREE 0!

So, it's true, today is my birthday. Sunday was my families celebration of my birth and while Kristy was putting up the balloons around the dinning room table I noticed the balloons read, "Happy 4th Birthday." We all cracked up over the mistake but at that same moment my mind quickly took a flash back to the simpler days when birthday's really meant something. Where you would celebrate the whole week long, or the whole weekend long (depending on what day it fell on) with birthday parties at home, at school, or in primary. And the parties were great. The sleepovers, the trip to McDonald's, or the miniature golf. Whatever the activity it sure beats how they are now. Don't get me wrong, Scott does a fabulous job of surprising and celebrating but it's rare that you come home from a long day of work, on your birthday, and arrive to a house full of close friends and family wishing you a Happy Birthday and giving you boat loads of gifts to open. Childhood is so relaxing and stress free!

After that quick flash back, reality took a bite and I was 29 again. Crap, What's 30 going to be like. Another thought pops in: "Man, I never saw myself here 20 years ago." Life has definitely not taken the course I really thought it would take when I was 9. I wanted to be a mom with 8 kids, live in a mansion and have candy all the time. Well, that sure didn't happen!, well, maybe the candy part. Have you seen my butt!!!!

Life has thrown me a few curve balls but truly I am blessed with many wonderful things and unfathomable opportunities. I have another year before life makes me really old (leaving the 20's will be hard) so by then maybe I'll be a mom, I already live in a great house, and hopefully I'll look fantastic. (That candy thing I'm seriously re-thinking.) Happy Birthday to me.

The Nissan Sentra

(Not the actual car, but it sure did look similar)

I was coming home from work this afternoon and this horrid Nissan Sentra merged in front of me. The gentleman (if that's what you would call him, he looked horrid himself) had a girl sitting next to him in the passenger seat and they were having a good time yuck yucking about something. I was baffled by the condition this car was in. We were coming to a stop light and as we were stopping I started to picture this gentlemans home. "What must that be like? If he has no pride in his car, can you imagine his living conditions." And then I got to thinking about how jugemental my 1 sec. thought had been. As I was having this mental conversation the guy rolled down his window and pulled out some windex and started spraying the windshield as his windshield wipers were going. The girl in the passenger seat did the same thing. "Holy crap, that's hilarious." Hey, if the car works ......