Dee

Today is my sweetheart Dee's 29th birthday (for real he is 29). So I just wanted to tell him happy birthday and that I love him. We have known each other for just over 10 years, and we have had a lot of ups and downs in that time. But I have always known, even in the down times, that we would always be together. I don't know who I am without him. To be totally cheesy---He completes me!

So honey-have a really swell birthday! I love you!

What happens in Wendover...Stays in Wendover

Unless you win a whole bunch of money, and then you get to bring it home with you!

We went to Wendover this last weekend and had the best time ever! We went with our friends Kenny & Heather and Corey & Holly. They are so fun to be with. I had never been to Wendover, nor had I ever gambled (well anything besides slot machines). I had such a great time playing 21, I can see how I could very easily become addicted. We have not left our kids and gone away for a weekend in 5 years, so it was a well needed trip. I seriously have not laughed that hard in a long time. They are such great friends and we have such a good time together!

Oh yeah, by the way, on our last day there...Dee hit a jackpot on the slots! We have the crappiest luck ever, so how he won I will never know. It was awesome!

Corey & Holly

Heather & Kenny

Me & Holly

Update...

Hello everyone-
Just wanted to let you all know that, yes, we are still alive. We are living with Dee's parents in Mapleton. They have been so gracious to let us invade them for the time being. It has been a little stressful for me, though. Just imagine... a store with fragile, valuable, breakable stuff everywhere, then imagine taking your two hyper, active boys into that store while the store owner sits and watches you try to keep your children from destroying their wonderful store which they have been so kind to invite you into. Their house is not childproof, nor should it be, so it has been a little hard. But I do have to give my boys credit, they have been very well behaved (for the most part).

Rylan has really struggled with moving, he misses our house. He requires a lot of routine and stability, so this has definately thrown him for a loop. He and Hayden are not only sharing a bedroom, but they are also sharing a bed. Rylan could not be happier about that! He holds Hayden's ear while they sleep.

Hayden has adjusted very well with moving, it has not been a problem at all. He is a little bored though, because he doesn't have any friends to play with. We have been talking lately about him switching schools when we get into a house, and he is having a very hard time with that. I don't blame him. He is at a wonderful school, we love his teacher, and all of his friends are at Springlake Elementary. I know he will be fine once he gets into a new school, but I feel bad that his is so sad and having such anxiety over this.

I live in my car anymore. I still drive Hayden to school in Payson, so I make that trip twice a day. I can't wait until he can ride the bus again.

News: Hayden has lot both of his front teeth (I would post a picture, but my computer is still being dumb). Rylan is 100% potty trained-Hallelujah!!!!!! The best news is....we have found a house! It is under contract, and we are set to close in 2 weeks :) It is in south Santaquin (if you would have told me 10 years ago that I would live in Santaquin, I would have probably died laughing!), we love the neighborhood and we have some really great friends who live there (and if they ever move and leave us there, I will never talk to them again!). We cannot wait to be in our new home! So, once again, we will be needing volunteers to help us move just one more time (the first weekend in November--my parents have already made up some lame excuse about being out of town then). Please come visit us, even though we are at the far end of Utah County--it's really not that far!

Thumb-suckers...

Oh the thumb-sucker's thumb
May look wrinkled and wet
And withered, and white as the snow,
But the taste of a thumb
Is the sweetest taste yet
(As only we thumb-suckers know).

By Shel Silverstein