First Snow of the Season

Yay! It finally snowed. When you woke up and saw the snow you got super excited. I made you eat  breakfast which you ate super fast. We got into our gear and headed outside.

 We made a little snowman which you named Tony.

Thankful Door

We are always thankful for what we have, but November helps us to verbally say what we are grateful for.

Feeling especially THANKFUL for….
Ryker :
Our babies in heaven
Science because they find new discoveries along time ago
Jesus
The Earth we live on
Madcat
Night time so I can grow a little
The Sky-If there was no sky when you look up there would be nothing and no rain
Doctors because they save our lives when our heart beats slow
Lungs and trees to help me breathe
Santa
Nana and Aunt Tiny
Treat I get everyday
My heart
Very very warm shoes so I don’t have to be barefoot
Dinosaurs so we could spend more time with Jesus while they were on the Earth
Shots because then germs will get into your body and destroy the heart and die
Legos because they are kind of an activity-ish
My house or we would be poor
Spencer
Heavenly Father and the temples he gave us
Mom and Dad
My bike because I love riding it
My butt so I can poo!
President Monson because he is the prohet
The Indians- what did Indians do?

Dad:
That we can pray freely
Amazon because I get good prices on things
You Tube shows
Modern Dentistry
Ryker
To have races to run
Job at DoTerra
Ability to chew
A good blender for making yummy smoothies
A ride to work each morning
My phone and GPS
Medicine
The sun, moon and stars
Time so everything won’t happen all at once
Christmas with my family  
Doctors
Hot showers
Fast food
The living prophet
Hillary Clinton bot being president
My sight
Mom:
Contacts and Glasses to help me see
My church calling – YW’s 2nd Counselor
My home
A heater on cold days
Nana for babysitting
Colorful trees in the Fall time
Having lights in the house
Clean drinking water
My hands
My camera
Warm clothes
Dark Chocolate
A stove/ oven to cook/bake yummy food
A washer and dryer inside the house
A working car
My little family
My angel babies
Daddy working so I can be a stay at home mom
Christmas music
The warm sunshine
Dr. Foulk and helping us with infertility
For living in American and my freedom
For priesthood blessings

Getting Better

Since you are still getting over being ill, our little family stayed home from church and spent the day decorating, watching Christmas movies, drinking hot chocolate, listening to Christmas music while cooking, eating delicious homemade soup, herb rolls, and cinnamon knots. Its been a delightful recovery Sunday.

Curl’s Family

I met Elka in my infertility support group and we instantly had a contention. She is an infertility warrior and I admire the strength she had when she lost 5 babies (two sets of twins and a singleton) during 3 failed IVF attempts all within a year. Finally, during their last attempt they got pregnant with a boy. It was my privilege to take their announcement photos and while taking them the love that I saw between them through years of infertility is still so strong.

Brother Cousins

Nana wanted pictures of the two of you before, sadly, the Eddins moved to Texas in January. Our hearts hurt, but we know it's supposed to be.
We went down the block from Nana and Gramps house to an orchard. Oh, you two and the love that you have for each other.  The way Spencer hugs you as if he is protecting you from the world and you look at him as if he is the world. I hope no matter where we are in life, you two will stay connected and always have this relationship.

We also went to the church for more fun and tender pictures. You guys were only willing to take pictures for Nana and she absolutely loved them.

You age:6                                                                  Spencer age:10

Primary Program

I was a little sad that I wasn’t in primary this year and helping you out during the primary program. Your new primary presidency did an amazing job and it was fun sitting in the pews watching you.
You did an awesome job. You said your part (which you wrote with the help of your teachers) very clearly, “I can stand for the right by helping my parents. By believing in Jesus Christ. I can help Jesus. I can be a good example to my friends. I can be good to my cat.” You were quite entertaining while singing by doing silly faces, doing hand signals, pick pocketed you teachers phone and waving it around, and being a little charmer.

Sopheya S. our little neighbor friend that we take to church each Sunday. She did a great job entertaining us as well. She kept twirling when she would sing the songs.

10 Years

We lived in 3 apartments (Pinnacle, Ventana, condos in North Orem), and our current  town house for 6 years. We've been in Orem, Utah all of our married life. We had 1 very cute boy, Ryker and have been struggling with infertility for 5 years.
Dave graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management in 2007. Went back to school and took a few more classes. Worked at 3 jobs: VMT Technologies, doTERRA, and Reliant Health. He started up running again in 2012 and has done 2 half marathons, 2 marathons and a few 5 and 10K races.
I worked at 3 jobs: Nanny for Conner Darling during the morning and Pebbles in my Pocket in the evenings and weekends, and East Bay High School in their day care.  Had Ryker in October of 2010 stayed home with him until 2013 where I worked at Mountain View Special Education for 4 months. I have picked up photography and been taking pictures of family and friends on and off .


Wow, a whole decade with this man.  On our wedding day we thought we were in love, but I’ve fallen more in love with him through each passing year. Married life hasn’t been easy, but it has been well worth it.
I am grateful that our paths crossed in singles ward in 2005. He had always been the person I'd been praying for; someone to love me as I am. He has done just that and much more. He has loved me when our marriage wasn’t the strongest. He has loved me when I had Ryker.  He has loved me through my infertility and my crazy hormones. He as loved me even when my temper falls short and I take it out on him. He is always there to put a smile on my face or make me laugh. He is always there to love me when I least deserve it. I am truly grateful for Dave in my life. I can’t wait through happy or trying times to see what the next 10 years will bring.

The last 10 years have been crazy. We’ve experienced many highs and many lows, but no matter what came our way, we stuck by each other. When we met I wasn’t sure about a serious relationship, but after I spent more time with him, getting to know the person he is, I knew you were the one for me. Our personalities are a great match. So much so that I decided to forgo living as a bachelor and invited you to share my life.  I’ve never regretted that decision.


On June 24th, we dropped Ryker off at Nana and Gramps house and went to dinner at La Jolly Grove. The food was amazing but the company was even better. It was a great time to sit and not have any distractions as we thought about the last 10 years together. We talked about what we hope will happen in the next 10 years. It was such a great reminder to reflect on the good in life and accept the hard times.  It may have not been what we wanted, but it has shaped us to who we are today. I love you so much and more Dave. I wouldn’t want to do an adventure with anyone else.