26 on the 26th

Someone told me that it was my "golden" birthday this year because I turned 26 on September 26. Interesting. We had an awesome day. Bryce stayed home from work :) He made me waffles in the morning and we had a picnic in Little Cottonwood Canyon. On our way to the hike, we stopped at my in-laws and Lea gave Calvin a banana. As we were driving, we heard little licking sounds. I turned around to find Calvin eating through the banana. He was a mess!
We hiked to a waterfall that we went to when we were dating. It brought back a lot of memories. We then went to my moms house where she made me stew for my birthday. It couldn't have been a better day. Thanks Bryce for the great birthday!

Money! Money! Money!

No matter how rich or poor we are... we all like to save a little money. My sister-in-law has taught me how to shop. I struggle when I get to the grocery store and see a sale. I don't know how good of a sale it is. My sister-in-law gave me a website to go to. http://pinchingyourpennies.com. I usually just go to the grocery guide, enter my zip code, and put in the grocery stores near me. It list all the sales in the grocery stores by order of how good the sale is. It only takes five minutes and you can save a lot at the grocery store. The website does more but thats all I have used it for so far. I hope this helps some of my friends to build up their food storage and save a little money. Love you all!

Goofy Dog!

We do have a bed for our dog. I guess it is just more comfortable to sleep next to the bed, on the hardwood floor, and on your back!

Labor Day Weekend

So this is a little late... but better late than never. Bryce, Calvin, Milo and I met Dan and Laura at the Uintahs for a fun night of camping. It was a blast (other than Calvin crying all night). We hiked into Haystack Lake and set up camp. It was dark by the time we got there. The next day we hiked up to a Lake just above us. Laura and I waited for Bryce and Dan to both catch fish. It took them both about 2 hours. We didn't mind though. We had fun just talking and getting splashed by Milo. As we were leaving Bryce told Laura to just give it a try. After throwing her line in 2 times, she caught a fish. Way to show the guys how to do it:) We had so much fun. Thanks Dan and Laura for coming with us and putting up with a screaming kid in the middle of the night. (We found out Calvin had Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease when we got back home. Poor Kid!)

10K

So Alecia Koon and I ran a 10k (her cousin Breane ran with us). I think I am starting to get addicted to running in races. They are great motivation! Alecia and I stayed together the whole time. It was a perfect pace :) We ended a little over 56 minutes. Our goal was to end it in less than an hour. I had so much fun. Thank you Bryce for supporting me and being there at the finish line. Love you tons!:)

He is Out!

So we really wore Calvin out yesterday. He fell asleep while Bryce changed his diaper. Poor kid. The last picture is of Calvin up at DL&L in the handcart. He loved having Bryce pull him around. The missionaries were so nice to invite us up for dinner. We love them and thank them for their service!

Arizona

Fun at Janelle's. I will update later I'm on my way to the airport.

Our Big Graduate!!!

So I have been looking at different friends blogs and they are announcing that their husbands or them have graduated from college with bachelors, masters or doctorates. Well I am announcing...Milo (our dog) graduated from beginners doggy training!! Nice job Milo! Bryce has gotten up early every day and worked with him. I haven't been doing it as much but he still somewhat listens to me :) He really is such a great dog. Now that Calvin is crawling, he scoots up to Milo and pulls on his ears or feet. I am trying to teach Calvin to "be soft." Not working so well. Milo is great though. He just sits there. Once in a while he gets bugged and stands up and moves but he never barks at Calvin or nips at him. We really are lucky to have such a great dog.

BBQ Anyone?

We had Ezz and Tess over for a BBQ tonight. We are so excited they have moved down the street:) Here are some pictures of the kids swinging.

Slurpee Pitstop

Melissa has a little corner in her tummy that is specially reserved for Slurpees. Anytime of day we can be driving past a 7-11 and she will ask if I want a Slurpee. I have learned that this is polite plea for me to stop and get her one. So today on our way home from Milo's training class we approached the main and 2nd north corner to head up to our house and of course what do I hear..."Do you want a ...." then she cut herself off and didn't finish the sentence.

Having been well trained i finish her sentence and we pull into the 7-11. Surprisingly I feel like i want one so I tell her to get me one but nothing with caffeine cause my body doesn't do well on it. She comes out with two large 32 ouncers with some purple goodness in them. She said it was black raspberry!

So as I am finishing mine off I notice the cup has the Monster Energy Drink logo on it. HMMM.... I look closer and realized we had each just finished off 32 oz of Monster Energy Slurpees. This was at about 9pm. The result. I am typing a blog entry about Slurpees at 2am. I think I don't get enough caffeine in my diet.

CALVIN!

These are Calvin's six month pictures. My cousin Kristi did them. I am sorry but you have to bare with me. I kind of think my son is cute. The other baby is Brandon - Trent and Ellen's baby.

What A Handsome Boy!

SO CUTE!!

One Nation Under God

As we get closer to another election the propaganda is getting a little thicker and heavier. I am amazed every election during the primaries how people in the same party are campaigning against each other and they sling mud back and forth and declare how incompetent their opponent is until......... they lose the primary! Now they are throwing their full support behind this person and they believe they will be the ticket to election. I am not a big political guy and I know I am pretty apathetic concerning a lot of the political items in relation to our governing body but i have a goal this year to spend a little more time forming my own opinion and voting in connection with that opinion.

With this goal in mind I found an interesting video on our friends blog and feel that it has some valuable points to consider against Obama. Granted it was created with a lot of ....(help whats the word for propaganda that claims to make factual arguments and that appeal to emotions through the use of flashy music and images). I don't think the story of Obama is as clear cut as this video makes it out to be. I do find offense that he decides to not show patriotism and honor to the flag. Now I realize maybe he was daydreaming about becoming president at this time of the picture where he is not saluting the flag and he forgot to raise his hand. What also really concerns me is what his philosophy's are and what his moral compass is like after spending so many years under the tutelage of vocally anti Americans.

My suggestion for everyone this coming election is to be a little more involved than you were last election. That is my own goal and I hope you make it yours too.

I get the chills every time I hear our national anthem and I know why. We live in a blessed country and it will stay blessed as long as the voice of the people choses to be governed by honest and upright individuals.

ps if you want to see the video go to Youtube and do a search for "i invented the internet obama"
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Family

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Fun at the Park!

My sister Janelle is in town for the week. MaryAlice, Bryce and I took the younger cousin's to the park on Sunday. Calvin went down his very first slide with his dad. Two things I love about Summer: 1. My mom's homemade ice cream 2. Going to the park. We did them both on Sunday! P.S. If you want to see our trip to San Fransisco and Bryce being attacked by squirrels, go to Laura and Dan's blog.

OUR HEROES!!

These are Milo's heroes! Bryce and I had an eventful weekend. Bryce, Calvin and I went to San Fransisco for the weekend to see Laura and Dan (I will post about that later). On Saturday, we went to a little fair at a park near Laura's apartment. While we were eating lunch, we got a phone call from my m0m. She was crying and saying "he is gone! he is gone! Milo is gone!" She was crying and saying Milo choked on a ball and died. I handed the phone to Bryce to calm her down. She was talking to Bryce and then said... hold on I will call you back!

So this is what is going on at home: My mom was throwing a ball to Milo. He came back to her to throw it again and he accidentally swallowed the ball. He was trying to gag the ball up but it wouldn't come. My mom tried to reach inside and pull it out, but he would bite her each time she put her hand in his mouth. She ran inside and screamed for James to come help. James came out and tried to help her. Milo was choking and they couldn't do anything about it. James nelt down on the ground and said a prayer out loud that he would know what to do. He just kept saying it over and over. Milo passed out and layed limp on the ground. James turned to my mom and said "he is dead mom." My mom couldn't watch. She ran inside and called us. She was talking to Bryce when she felt that there was still something they could do. She yelled outside... "try to get the ball out now!" James reached down into Milo's throwt and grabbed onto the ball while using the other hand to push it up from the outside. He pulled the ball out and threw it as far as he could. Milo was still laying limp with his eyes rolled back. James then felt to do mouth to mouth on him. Warren held Milo's mouth shut while James put his mouth over his nose and blew and pushed on his chest. After about ten breaths, Milo's eyes opened. He still was limp though. James carried him out to the car and they went to the vet. The vet said we were so lucky that he was still alive and wasn't blind (their eye sight is the first thing to go).

I just want to say thank you to my family for taking care of Milo. I am thankful they listened to the spirit. Also... Congrats to James for graduating from Brighton High School! Love you!

Toddles Graduation

Todd graduated from the UNLV Dental school! It was so awesome to go see him. They are the cutest family and they are expecting a little girl on the 16th of June. Cant wait!

MMM Good!

This is lunch at Grandma Baggaley's today. Calvin would not let go of this strawberry! Even Copper and Milo tried to get in on the action.

TIRED?

I think we wore Calvin and Milo out today. Bryce, Calvin and I went to the High School Soccer Finals. Brighton played Viewmont... (funny because I graduated from Brighton and Bryce graduated from Viewmont). Trent and Ellen were there. (along with Trent's friend Brett Rosen). Ellen is due Tomorrow (the 23rd). I hope she goes soon. They won't take her until next Friday. Keep Walking Ellen:)
When we got home, Bryce took Milo for a run. Milo hasn't left this rug since they got home. I think Bryce wore him out.
I also found a new way to help Calvin sleep. Thanks to my sister-in-law Lindsay. She gave me this little fuzzy dog. My nephew Keller loves them. I put Calvin in his crib and gave him the dog and he fell right to sleep. He won't let go of it :). What a cutie. By the way, I love being a mom!!!

A Little Grandpa Time

These are some pictures of Calvin with his Grandpa Huff. Bryce has some pictures of him with his dad just like this. Before you know it... Calvin will be driving the Backhoe!

The Newest Addition

Hi lo Milo! sitting next to me is a rug. Yes the rug is sitting. Its not your ordinary rug. This rug can fetch, sit, stay (sorta- we're working on that), eat tennis balls, and love. This my good friends is Milo the Goldendoodle. yes I said doodle like what we all did on those textbook covers we had in high school. For those unfamilier with Goldendoodles, let me explain what this Hybrid is (kinda like the Toyota Prius but with hair). He is 1/2 purebred golden retriever (his dad) and 1/2 purebred poodle (his mom).
We have found he loves to play ball until he can't move anymore. He loves other dogs and has a couple best friends. He does good around Calvin not slobbering in his eyes. He likes to wander the house at night. Oh and did I say he like to play ball. I am so grateful that Melissa is wants to have a dog in our home as i am a big fan of all animals (even those baby bunnies I accidentally killed as a child). Sometimes I think I hear their thoughts. Two of the greatest examples of what I need to become more like are now with me everyday. .Milo and Calvin. They love unconditionally. They are forgiving, they can be easily pleased. They don't care about material possessions (except a ball). They will listen to me mutter ( when they are asleep). They love me for who i am. (They learned that one from Melissa)
So i offer the same advice my Business Law Teacher gave to me but with one addition. Get a personal relationship with a dog/baby. If you don't own a dog/baby or not ready to own/raise one, find one you can have a personal relationship with and nurture that relationship. You will be wonderfully rewarded.