Last Weekend

Sorry about the lateness of this post I haven't been feeling well. Last weekend was a fun one, It was the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, it was a 3 day weekend because of that birthday and it was our niece Abby's birthday. So what did we do? A WHOLE lot. Friday night I got to spend at my in laws house while James went to teach his class, we had asked Abby if for her birthday she would want a present from us or we could take her to see The Princess and The Frog. She opted for the movie, so with her mothers permission we started the fun Friday night. We picked up James then went home and played some wii games till...well not to late. The next morning was chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and some more wii fun till we needed to get ready for the movie. All 3 of us really enjoyed the movie, The music, the colors, and of course the classic Disney humor. :) I kept glancing at Abby during the movie to check and see if she was liking it...I don't think she sat on her butt once during the movie, she was either sitting on her legs, knees or propped up with her hands. We think she really liked it. :) After the movie we took her over to fat cats for some games then back to her house with some pizza for all. We got to play some games and watch the kids for Nikki while she ran some errands. Overall it was a really fun night. After we left Nikki's I surprised James by taking him to Dollar Tree for some much needed date night supplies...he had no clue what we were doing. The we went home for a date night/spa night/girls night out. :p By this I mean it was our date night but a spa night cause I gave him a pedicure and massage and girls night cause we had lots of junk food and a good chick flick...well sorta. We watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels but still a great movie. :D Sunday was church and then over to Mom and Dad's for Sunday dinner and to celebrate Abby's birthday. She got a lot of fun stuff...including a new guitar from Nona and Grumpy with a teach yourself guitar book,CD and DVD. She was VERY excited. :) She had that thing on her the rest of the night...even through the game. :p Monday was her official birthday and she had plans with Nona and Grumpy. Well we had some plans of our own too. :) My friend Dawn came out and it was a scrapbook fest. SO much fun. I got quite a few pages done and my Mom and Dad's 2010 scrapbook calendar...that was suppose to be their Christmas present...oops. Oh well I get to see them tonight so we are planning on giving it to them then...so Mom if your reading this...act surprised. :) They fly out for Ecuador tomorrow at 3:00 AM and we wont see them till Spring of 2011. We love you Mom and Dad and we'll miss you.

Happy Birthday

Well it's another Year and another round of birthdays. To start us off is my niece. Abby will be turning 10 this year and I think she's pretty excited. Abby is such a sweet little girl, she loves her family and spending time with them. She likes coming over to our house for sleepovers or movie nights which we enjoy taking her to. She loves being a big sister and playing with her 3 younger brothers. She's an avid reader and has excelled at it, if her mom cant find her she's usually on her bed reading a good book. Abby also loves to play the piano and wants to explore new instruments as well. I am so glad to be Abby's aunt and excited to see what this next year will bring for her. :) So here's to you Abby on your special day. Hope you have a lot of fun. :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Doctor's Appointment Update

Everything went well last Thurs. We sat down and talked with the doctor about what we need to do to start. I really love my doctor, she seems as anxious as I am for us to get pregnant. As soon as she saw me she remembered who I was and the conversation we had last year. This was James first time meeting her and compared to our last doctors we've had he was very impressed too. :) She told us a bunch of different things that could be the cause and she wanted to start with the basics and go from their. So while I was there they took a blood sample to check my thyroid and make sure it's ok and we have to schedule an appointment with the lab up at the University of Utah to get James tested and then we'll go from there. I feel really good about these results and look forward to more answers to come. Thank You for everyone's prayers, concerns and comments James and I really appreciate all of you and the support that your giving to us during this time.

Ecuador

Today my parents entered the MTC (Missionary Training Center) to start their LDS mission. They will only be in the MTC for 2 weeks before they fly off to Guayaquil, Ecuador to serve in the temple for 18 months. This past weekend we had a chance to go out to dinner with the family and have a small going away party for them. We all meet at this Chinese restaurant called the New Dragon and had some dinner and finished off the evening going over to my sisters house to chat it up. :p It was good to see them one last time before they left. We are going to miss them but we wish them the best in all they do and look forward to hearing all about it. :) We Love you Mom and Dad.

Moving Forward

Tomorrow is a big day for James and I and I cant even begin to explain the mixed emotions I have. I'm scared, nervous, excited, happy, and even a little anxious. Why you may ask...tomorrow James and I have an appointment with a fertility doctor. James and I have been trying to have kids for..well in all honesty I lost count, but over a year, that I definitely know. With some of my family's history with problems conceiving, we decided to start now to see if there are any problems that we can start to take care of. It may be nothing that a good old pill will help solve...or (going extreme) we could have some other problem that means we are unable to conceive and then we start to talk over our options. Basically good or bad I just want answers, I want to know anything there is to know. So wish us luck and I'll let you know once we find out anything.

New Years

We had a great new years. James didn't have to work so he got to enjoy staying home and I only worked till 12 hooray. When I got home we did some much needed running around and then went over to James' sisters house. Nikki. :) We made homemade pizza and then played the wii till 5 min before midnight, then we watched the ball drop and popped poppers, yelled happy new year, gave a toast, drank sparkling cider, then we grossed out the kids by having our first kiss of the new year. :p It was so much fun. We stayed a little while longer playing the wii till we just needed to get home and get some sleep. On New years day we woke up late and played the wii for awhile then we decided to go spend my gift card that James got me and go out to Mom and Dad Armstrong's house. it was fun I got quite a few scrapbook items and a movie. When we got to Mom and Dad's we saw Nikki and the kids were there, so we had fun visiting with them and having dinner. After they left we watched Quigley with dad. Sat I was excited to use my scrapbook stuff. So I scrap booked and James played the wii till our friend Dawn came over to scrapbook with me. We had such a great time. Then she insisted on taking us out to dinner, so we headed over to Chili's (James' all time favorite) and enjoyed dinner together. Dawn stayed for a while longer scrap booking till she decided it was time to go home. Sunday was a nice relaxing day. We went to church and enjoyed all 3 meetings and got to meet our new Sunday School class. After church James had a meeting with the Bishop and then we were informed that Sunday dinner with the family was canceled due to sickness. :p So I made us some dinner and we watched a cute movie called no reservations. All in all it was a great vacation weekend. :)

Happy New Year

First off I cant believe it's 2010. 2009 for us was really a great year that we enjoyed very much and as it came to a close I have to admit I have been a little scared for what 2010 will bring. But This is the first year that I feel ready to move forward. So that must mean it's not going to be too bad then I guess. :) Usually I really don't like taking down the Christmas decorations cause then it means it's all over...but this year. As soon New Years was over I was ready to have my house back to normal. So we hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and best wishes to everyone for an ever better rest of the year. :) 2010...bring it on we're ready. :)