remember?

Dear Adam,

remember this day?

remember how it was exactly 1 year 1 month and 6 days ago?
remember how much fun we had?
remember how many times we kissed?
it was a lot.
probably at least a million times.
i loved every one.
remember how in love we were?remember how we promised to love each other forever?
remember how we're holding up our promises?
I love you more today,
than i ever have.

bring on forever, there is no one else i would rather spend it with.

Yours always and forever,
Erin

a story about us

for our anniversary (which was almost a month ago. i know, i suck) i made a cute little book. i am now getting around to showing it to you. let me know what you think...

below is a little clarification... baby's left arm is right up by its cute little face, making it look like it has a good sized honker.

i am 10 weeks 3 days
i am due May 3, 2010
i was really nauseous, no puking, for 3 weeks
the last week and a half i have been feeling a lot better (not all the way)
we couldn't be more excited :D

We finally got blinds in our new house, its so nice to have our privacy back!

We interrupt this marriage......

Bring it on...

Things that make me warm and fuzzy on the inside

Duh. Adam. Love him and all he does :)

Adam bought these for me today. I am in LOVE with them. I want to use them for everything.

two of my all time favorite childhood books are going to be movies. I am beyond excited. I can feel it, they are going to be my favorite movies. i can just tell

The Forgotten

Remember that movie? the one where the family loses their little boy, and the therapist convinces the dad that they never had a kid and tries to convince the mom that she never had a kid and that it was all in her head?

I'm a titch afraid that is going to happen to me. That I'm going to keep going on, day to day, by myself, thinking "Adam is still on a camping trip, he'll be home in a few days". Then one day, someone will be brave enough to tell me that Adam was never there, that he was just the best dream i ever had, but I was too happy at the thought of "him" coming home, that no one could tell me the truth. And then I'll be crushed and sad and devastated.

Wouldn't that be awful? It makes me sad to think about. So i'm going to continue being happy and telling myself he's coming home in a day or two.

Please see this post to know the connection between TV and my brain.

You know you watch too much TV when...

• when shipping packages you think "i wonder if the cops in [insert state here] would call me if something happened to this person and consider me a suspect because they found my DNA on the licked part of the envelope
• you wonder what someone is saying and you think to yourself "if i were Michael Weston, i could make a bug using a cell phone and a hangar"
• you notice what you touch and wonder if a crime will be commited and you will be called in because your finger prints were found at the scene of the crime.
• you notice cars that are "following" you and wonder "why?"
• you wonder if other cars that don't seem to be following you, really are, cuz they are just that good at following from different distances.
• you get the hicuups and think "merediths step mom died from hiccups!!" and hope it doesn't happen to you too.
• when you find a stray hair on your shirt, pick it off and put it on the ground, you, again, wonder if it will make it's way into a crime investigation

don't judge. they aren't serious thoughts, but they are thoughts all the same. my name is erin and i'm a tv-holic.

Boise

This last weekend, Adam and I decided to take off for the weekend. Boise is one of our favorite places to go, so off we went. My sister has a friend in Boise, so we let her tag along so she could meet up with her friend. We floated the Boise River Friday afternoon. The river was wide and deep enough and not too cold. it was so much fun to just sit back and relax in our kayak as we floated down the beautiful river.

If you didn't know, we are Boise State fans. So when we found out they were letting people do self tours, we knew we had to go. I think there were 5 points on the self tour, but we only made it to the Blue Turf, which is all we really cared about anyway.

point one is at the Bronco Shop

point two is the hall of fame. in the showcase is the football from the amazing fiesta bowl game.

This is Adam doing a 40 yard dash. I love the excited little boy you can see in him in the last picture.

Adam is so proud to say he's from Boise. I learn more about him every time we go there. It's so fun to see him get so giddy every time we go back. I love him :)

Bear Lake

Every summer, Adams family and extended family go to Bear Lake for a week. There are lots of of people, lots of food, lots of water toys and lots of fun.

This is my nephew Blake. He six and awesome on the knee-board.

Blake was our flag boy. Such a cute boy!

Adam rocked the slolam. This year was his first try and he caught on quick

My FAVORITE shot!! I was taking a picture and caught it just right. hahaha i laugh ever time :)

Adam also tried out surfing. he, of course, did an awesome job!

I water skiied. i haven't been in 10 years, but i think i did pretty well and got up on my second try.

Adam doing a back dive

No water trip is complete without pulling someone in :)

CUTE babies!! the top 3 are my nephew crew, and the other baby is Adams cousins baby, Dawson. Cutest babies!! Babies look so funny and uncomfortable in lifejackets. Crew looks so big, sitting there all by himself in a life jacket. and i LOVE the look on crews face when we put Dawson next to him. love these babies.

His tounge was out for like, .024 seconds, and i caught it. such a cute baby

Check out this awesome sand castle Landen (8) built!!

My sister in law Lauren surfin'. She's so cute (and single ;) )

When we got back from boating, we found Landen pulling a couple younger kids, my (super cute) niece Savannah included, around the shallow end of the lake.

Fourth of July

We spent the fourth of July relaxing and taking it easy. We let the kitties play outside for the first time at the new house. They weren't too sure about it at first, but adapted quickly and loved it. when they are outside, i feel like i am watching two 2 year olds. "get back here!" "don't eat that!" "don't play in the road!" but they love to be outside

Cuddle/nap time after playing outside

That night my family came over for a BBQ and fireworks in the street. Sam and Adam were in charge of keeping them going. I don't think either of them cared too much about watching them, all they cared about was pyro end of things

They saved the bst for last. One that goes up in the sky and goes boom. The tube we used couldn't stand on its own, so Same and Adam had to hold it up. The put it down the tube and waited. after a couple seconds, adam realized it wasn't going up and he needed to get out of there. Sam stood there looking up and waiting. we all yelled for him to get out, he let go and started running just as it went BOOM! right in my front yard. it was so scary! it was one of those big ones that go boom in the sky. it went boom in my yard. thankfully no one was hurt.

Garage

Adam and I invested in some nice shelving in our garage. very worth it. now we can stay more organized (fingers crossed).

Moving

When we moved, we borrowed a trailor from a friend of ours. The garage we had, was a little one car garage. plus it had cabinets on one side and a bunch of junk on the other. we wanted to back the trailor into the garage. Adam backed the HUGE 20+ foot trailor into the tiny one car garage FIRST TRY!! he did so good. these pictures don't do justice the tiny space he had to work with. there was no more than 6 inches between the wheel and the edge. He's so good :)

While i was packing up, the kitties decided to help me. every single box i opened, one of the cats would jump in, and they wouldn't get out. at one point, minnie wouldn't get out of the box, walked around, and it fell off the table and she STILL wouldn't get out. silly kitties.
neither cat wanted me to pack or clean. when i was cleaning the tub, camper would first paw at me until i gave her attention, then i'd go back to cleaning the tub and she would start nibbling my leg until i paid attention to her again. they are like kids!

Ketchup time!!

It's time to "ketchup"! i am pretty behind on staying posted, but now, i will catch everything up!

Elder Scott Buxton

He came home! It is so good to have him back. He is tall and skinny, but he looks so good. We have missed him the whole time.



Welcome Home Scott. We are so proud of you.

P.S. His homecoming talk is tomorrow, Sunday June 28 at 12:50.
Please come. He would love to see you!!

Baby Names

No, I am not in need of baby names. Yet. No babies for us. Yet. Maybe later, but not now.

With that cleared up, I have thought about baby names. It's a hard thing. The baby will have to grow up and live with that name. I will have to not hate saying the name. it's an important detail. But maybe it's a whole lot easier than I think it is.

Take George Forman, for example. He has 10 kids. 5 boys and 5 girls. That's a lot of names to come up with. Not for George!! He just went ahead and named all 5 boys George. Done and Done.

Michael Jackson (rest in peace). The King of Pop. He avoided the same dilemma. 2 boys and 1 girl. Named both boys Prince Michael Joseph Jackson. He called the younger one blanket. awesome.

You probably already knew that, but i thought it was funny.

ha. ha.

good news all around!

We are in our house!! We are completely out of the other house, now I just need to get everything unpacked. Everything is so new and clean! I will post pics later. The cable/internet hit still hasn't come.

Our BRAND NEW fridge is coming in the next one to there hours. It is SO nice. I'm so excited for it to come. And to get my fridge food out of the sink..

We got the living room arranged so everything fits. I wasn't sure it would work with a sofa, love seat and a big recliner, but its all in and looks great.

Thanks to manly men (Adam andmy dad) and aleesa, my super heavy washer made it up stairs with no damage to the walls or washer. Wahoo!

The kitties adjusted fast to their new home. The cats I had growing up would hide and punish is for months if we moved. But not these cats! They love having so many boxes around to paw at and jump in.

Scott is coming home TOMORROW!! I can't believe its finally here. We have missed him so much. Its going to be so good to see him again.

I'll post more later when we have more than just my phone for internet.

Swine Flu Breeding Grounds

My little brother and sister went to EFY this past week. Because of the crazy swine flu stuff, everyone had to have their temp. taken and had to fill out a questionnaire about how they have felt for the last week and who they have hung out with. if you're feeling fine, why would you truthfully fill out that form if it meant you had to leave EFY? Clearly lots of people lied. or maybe just one really popular person. Lots of people had to go home mid week because they got sick. My sister came home today, with swine flu. my brother hung out with her all week, so we can only hope he gets it too. they went to efy in logan, so they have a 2 hour drive home, sharing the same air, practically touching the whole way. maybe my parents will get it too. wanna make things better? Scott comes home Thursday. maybe we can give him swine flu too. that would be awesome, huh?

But isn't that exciting? Scott is coming home. Soon. 5 sleeps soon. :D

In house news, yes, it's completely done. Yes, we have signed our life away. Yes, we have closed. NO we don't get to move in yet. because if they say "1-2 business days, but probably just 1" it really means "we're going to take the full 2 business days and we waited until thursday evening to sign so you have to wait the whole weekend to know anything". but it's ok. i'm staying positive. a little. we are GOING to move in on Monday. they might not have a choice. i may or may not have the garage code and i may or may not just start moving things in with or with out their permission.

Want more good news? ok, this is the cherry on top. the creme of the crop. the bees knees. our brokers office got broken into yesterday (or maybe the night before yesterday...) and ALL of the computers were stolen. I'm pretty sure those computers have more information about me than I even know about myself. Good thing we just spent ALL of our money on a house, now there's nothing left for them to take :)

Our house is pretty. Our love is much. Our kitties are cute :)

Shopping List

We were supposed to move into our house 2 weeks ago. 3 weeks ago, I stopped going shopping. I want to move as little as possible. I have done pretty good, using what we have to get rid of as much as possible. I have been to Walmart once in the last 3 weeks because things were taking longer and we ran out of milk. I bought 2 gallons instead of the normal 3. We also bought some pepsi, but nothing else (ok, so we bought 3 boxes of bullets too). Now we still don't know for sure when we will get to move in. we're hoping this weekend, but it might not be until early next week. I don't want to buy food. I need to eat food. My list contains these items that I am OUT of, not just low on.

Meat of any kind
cheese
Milk
eggs
bread
soups
ramen
mac and cheese
i have lots of noodles but nothing to put on or with them
nestle's quick (ok, we have a few more glasses worth left)
soap
shampoo
shaving cream
and much more...

basically, all the staples of life. at least we still have some pepsi.

I control the weather

I'm sorry, but it's true. Notice how today started out a little cloudy, but there was still the hope of a beautiful sunny day, but then it turned ugly, dark and rainy? That is my doing. That is how I am feeling today. Today started doubtful, but still hopeful that we would get the $6,000 grant for buying a new home. They were running low, but I still felt we had a chance. When I got to work, it had dropped from 115 left, to 20 left. That's when the darker clouds came out. I was still hopeful, less hopeful, but hopeful still. Now they are all gone. We didn't get it. Now, I don't feel all sorts of frustrated because I feel entitled to the money. I understand it is a gift and a blessing. I am frustrated that the people working for us, took their time, took a week and a half longer than they said they would. We did everything we were supposed to, but they slacked, and we paid.

It also doesn't help that we are supposed to be out of our current place Monday, but the earliest it looks like we can close, is Monday.

But all is well. Adam keeps reminding me of the good. We are still going to be home owners! of a BEAUTIFUL house. We have each other, and after all, it is only money. I love him.

I don't want to end the post with a downer, so I will share my experience getting make up a few weeks ago.

I went to Dillards to buy more foundation, because I was out. I had checked my empty bottle before I left, so I would know what shade to get, but it had worn off. I knew they would help me out and do a color match for me. So my mom and I headed off to the store. I told the girl behind the counter I needed to get new foundation. She asked what shade. I told her I couldn't remember and that it had worn off the lable, but I pointed to the bottle I knew it was in. She got very flustered instantly. She then handed me a paper and told me to pick the color i felt i was closest to, and then walked away. I am not even joking, these were the colors I had to pick from.
Orange and non-skin brown, apparently, are the new skin tones. I looked at the colors and looked at my mom. I thought the white paper it was printed on was a closer match than any of the color samples they had.