Happy 2nd Anniversary!

One of the sweetest and most romantic things Ryan has ever done for me and that I've always remembered was how he asked me to Homecoming our Junior year of High School. He creatively made up a "12 days of Homecoming". He left something on my doorstep everyday for 12 days and made up a cute little poem to go with it all! It was so cute and so romantic and so memorable!
I thought nothing could ever top it.... but he has proved me wrong!

Yesterday I was doing some work for our apartment complex and Ryan went to work early. Then he called me and said I needed to take off today's post-it on my countdown calendar he made me earlier this month.

I thought: "ok...I wonder why he's so specific about me doing it today. He hasn't been particular any other day."


My countdown Calendar!

I turned over the 1 day away sticky note-- and it said "Look under the Computer"


Under the computer, there was a sticky note with a poem that led me to "the pinkest thing in my Disney Kitchen".


I looked in my Pink Kitchen Aid and found a Scentsy Wax Bar (Lavender scent...my favorite!) and another sticky note that led me to the cork board where "The key to my next clue would be found"

Sure enough...there was our mailbox key hanging there!

I went out to the mailbox and found this:

I found a card wrapped in pink tissue paper! It was a very sweet card and the post it note on the outside told "The Princess to go pack for an overnight ball..."! I was so excited...and soooo curious! :)
I went upstairs to pack. (This is where my hubby just knows me SO well!!) I Got clothes, got shoes, socks...etc and then went to the bathroom. The LAST thing I packed in our bathroom bags was in the bottom drawer...and I also found another sticky note and some cd's/movies.

The sticky note told me to remember to pack some movies (and that we'd stop by the "King and Queen's" house for more (mom and dad's)) :) So I started gathering some movies and the LAST movie I grabbed was "Marley and Me". Funny thing is...that one had a sticky note with more instructions on it!!


This note told me that the "Knights at Maceys could help me out to find some movie treats!" My keys to my horses were in the coffee table drawer! :) I found the car keys and went and found the car (where he had HID it on the other side of the building! I thought he'd taken it to work!) I ran to Maceys, got some groceries and then texted "my prince" (as he'd directed with the sticky notes) to see what my next instructions were!! :) He sent me to a store down the street---it happened to be a flower shop! :) I went in and asked the girl for something I was supposed to pick up. She handed me a bag of flower petals and a beautiful yellow and pink rose (like my wedding roses!) :)

Ryan was proud of it because he picked it out himself! (I love roses that are still mostly closed and the yellow with pink outlines are my favorite!!) :)

Then I went to pick up "my prince" from work and we were off on our adventure to go to our overnight ball! :)

First we went to dinner at Mimi's Cafe'. So yummy! We had a gift card to use that Ryan's Aunt gave us as a graduation present...so we decided to use it! Saving money is always good! :)

Then we drove up to SLC and ended up at The Anniversary Inn! (Where we stayed our Wedding Night! Ah!) We checked in and went up to our room and this is what we saw:







The French Canopy Suite! It was beautiful! So pretty! :) And it was a wonderful night! My parents had the baby and Ryan and I got to relive part of our honeymoon! What a wonderful anniversary that will always be at the top of my list!! (Until he does something else even more creative and romantic!) ;)

I'm just so grateful that I'm married to my best friend! He is the greatest friend, greatest husband, greatest father I could ever ask for! He is a wonderful example to me and our family. He is such a hard worker and so determined to do his best in everything he does! I'm so grateful that we met 8 years ago, have worked through problems through high school...college...and are now happily married and graduated parents! I'm grateful for Ryan's testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ and that he knows the importance of family. Ryan, I love you! Thank you for a wonderful 2 years of marriage so far and I'm excited to see what our future holds! I'm glad I get to spend eternity with you! Thank you for always making me laugh and letting me cry on your shoulder when I need to!

Funny Story

Kamryn's favorite movie is "Baby Songs". The Hap Palmer songs put to video--made in the early 80's...yeah. She won't watch anything else, but this catches her attention ALWAYS and doesn't really ever get old!

Well, when I ask her if she wants to watch it, I'll show her the DVD case, and she'll get excited and look at the TV.

Well, Yesterday I asked her without the case and she went over to the TV, and looked like she started trying to look under the TV stand. I thought that was strange...but we kept playing for a little while. Then I asked her again and she went to the TV and tried to reach under the TV stand. I finally went over there and stuck my hand under the stand, and where she couldn't quite reach I found...the Baby Songs DVD case!

I thought that was pretty smart for an 11 month old! She must have stuck it under there the last time she was watching it! (Which I think was the day before!) I laughed and laughed! She looked like a puppy trying to uncover something in the dirt but can't quite do it on her own! :)

Happy Birthday Ashley!

My cousin, Ashley, and I are only 3 months apart--her June, me September. We've had years that we were best of friends and years that we weren't....but overall it's always been fun to have cousins close to your own age.

And I've always remembered her birthday is on June 24th! Every year I think about it...even if I don't do anything for it! :) But this year I wanted to post and say "Happy Birthday!" Love you and I miss you being here in Provo! We didn't even see each other all that much, but we finally lived in the same town! :) haha

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(I have some more pictures of us (young and old) that I wanted to include here but I don't have them right now! I'll have to go searching!) Love ya Ash!

Kelsey and Zac Carter!

My lil' sis, Kelsey, calls me Monday June 8th, while I'm AT Disneyland, and says "I'm engaged!!"

I'm so excited for her! She and Zac have known eachother since 4th grade. They started "dating" in about 9th grade. She dated while he was serving his mission in Korea---but nothing ever worked out... and now...one month after he got home, he has asked her to marry him and she said "YES!!" :)

Beautiful Ring!

We're engaged!!!

The nice dinner Zac prepared and surprised Kelsey with, at his family's cabin (which she loves!) What a cutie!

They are going to be sealed for Time and Eternity on August 14, 2009 in the Draper, UT Temple! So much to do in such a short time, but they are absolutely perfect for each other! :)

Disneyland! -- Day 1

Monday June 8th through Saturday June 13th, Kamryn and I went down to California to visit Mickey one more time this summer! :)

The drive down wasn't too bad: Krista, Kamryn and I were in the back and my mom and Kylie's friend Stephen were up front. Why was I in back, you wonder? Well, my daughter has stranger anxiety toward men...and therefore...Stephen could not sit in back or Kamryn would be screaming the entire time! It wasn't bad though. sometimes Kamryn thought she needed to get out because I was there in her face, but it was fun to ride next to her since that's something I seldom do!

We got to Anaheim, and Kamryn just couldn't take it anymore! Let me out!


On the way into town, Mom drove by her old house (it used to be green not pepto bismal pink!)

and her old high school. It's huge compared to Lone Peak (my high school!) But Southern Cali is a little bigger than Highland and Alpine and Cedar Hills Utah! :) haha

It was only 3:30 in the afternoon when we got there...SO Krista, Stephen and I decided to go get in some Disneyland fun! Why not?! We had nothing else to do! Mom took Kamryn back to Lori's (our "hotel" everytime we go to Cali) and we got to play for a few hours! It was entertaining! Kinda a strange group but very fun! (Krista-15, Stephen-17, Me-22...not all related!) :)





Monday night we met up with everyone else who had come down Saturday. (My sister Kylie, Cousins--Brittany and Michael, and my Aunt and Uncle, and Brittany's friend Caleb). The funny thing was that Kylie didn't know her friend Stephen was coming! She was SO shocked when she saw him--she fell off the couch! It was too good! She was so happy though! She had been depressed all weekend because she thought he wasn't coming---I told him that he was gonna get slapped for being so mean to her! But she was so happy all week!!

That night, something else significant happened....that'll have to be the next post!

Poor Sick Kamryn

I took these pictures after I posted yesterday... Kamryn was just so miserable but it was kinda cute too. So cuddly--she would only take naps when she was snuggling with me.



Mom, what are you doing?! I'm miserable here! Why are you taking pictures?!



I just want to snuggle...


Then, last night Ryan and I were watching a movie after putting Kamryn to bed. At about 11:00 she woke up SO hot and she was so sad. She finished the movie with us and then I decided to throw her into the tub. (She LOVES baths...she immediately was in a better mood despite feeling yucky and being so tired!) I had to take some pictures!



(She's probably going to kill me for taking these when she is older but ... I couldn't resist. Just so helpless and so so so tired... but kinda funny.)

After her bath, she slept much better and is doing a little better today. She's always the worst right when she wakes up because she gets so hot, but she's been asleep now for almost 2 hours! That is really good compared to the last few days! BUT, I don't think it is going to go away too soon--this morning she now has green running down her nose. Yuck! Something is infected! But she does have a lot more energy today than yesterday. That's good!

No Disneyland yet...

Because Kamryn's sick... :(

Yesterday morning she woke up at like 6 with a fever. Then throughout the day, I noticed her coughing kinda yucky...especially when she was sleeping and it would wake her up. She was so miserable. I called the doctor and they wanted to see her. So we hurried over there before they closed. The doctor said her throat was sore and nose was sore. He did a strep test and a flu test, but both came back negative. So at this point there is nothing to do but lots of fluids and motrin to help with the pain and fever.

But today has just been yucky! She's so miserable, the poor thing! Her eyes are just red and puffy, nose is runny (but clear thank goodness!), and her cough is worse than yesterday. She coughs and then just cries and looks at me because coughing hurts her throat so bad. She wants to sleep and is constantly rubbing her eyes, but can't because her whole body feels yucky. She finally fell asleep on my bed next to me, and I decided to carry her to her bed. She stayed asleep but then as soon as she woke up and I wasn't there, she was so upset! So I snuggled with her again and she fell right back asleep again. The poor thing!

When she woke up, she was so hot and just so sad...we went outside where the wind was blowing and went for a walk. That helped. When we got back she still felt so hot so I bathed her. She's always LOVED bathtime--and even when she's sick, apparently! :) She loved it! Not one tear! And she feels much cooler now.

Anyway, she's wanting attention again...but just wanted to post and let y'all know that Disneyland posts ARE COMING! :) (Sometime!) :) haha

All is Normal

So, I called the doctor back this morning (because apparently they called Ryan while I was in Cali and Ryan forgot to tell me!) :) I just spoke with a nurse but she said all the test results came back negative. So...good...but annoying at the same time because I still ache. But as I've been thinking about it more and more lately, I'm wondering if it's more a skeletal and muscular problem in my back and abdomen. Like maybe an anatomical misfit--too small for all my organs. And that just makes eating and digesting more uncomfortable.... ????

I don't know.... I'm going to be meeting with the Dr. again soon (hopefully) and we'll figure out the next step to take! But just wanted to let y'all know that it's nothing serious...at least not yet! :)

Making the Trek Home

We're done with our week of Disney. It's been great! Today we'll be driving home for 10 hours...that's always fun! But then hopefully in the next few days I'll be able to blog all about it!!

But I wanted to let you all know that I've now caught up on all your doings in the past week! I miss blogging--I feel so behind on the times! :) I'll try to comment as much as I can individually but know that I am reading and loving living your lives vicariously! :)

Breadsticks and Soup

Last night was a ... well ... let's just say it was not something I really want to repeat!

I haven't been feeling very good since Saturday night. As some of you know, I have had stomach and back pains (GI track problems) for the past few years. Right before Ryan and I got married, I had a colonoscopy done (while I still had good insurance) but they didn't really find anything. Good--but I was still in pain. They told me maybe it was IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and that I should just be cautious and careful with what I eat and how stressed I get. And that was that.
For the last 2 years I have had dull achy pains that sometimes flare up more and make eating not fun or moving at all not really a good thing. This hasn't happened for a while-- but this past month I've been having more trouble with it. A few episodes of greater pain here and there, but I just can't track what is causing it. Then this last weekend, almost every time I ate, my whole abdomen would just throb. Everything makes me nauseous and my appetite has somewhat diminished, but then I hurt when I'm hungry as well! (A very vicious cycle of the human body!) Anyway, long story short, I finally went to see the doctor today (after ignoring it ... well not ignoring but just dealing with it... for the last 2 years) and he was a little overwhelmed I think! He decided to get some blood work done and an ultrasound to just generally look at everything and then hopefully we will get a lead in a direction somewhere. But, for the first time, I felt like I was speaking to a doctor that was genuinely concerned, even though all my descriptions of my symptoms were somewhat vague. (Last few times I complained to a doctor, they just kind of gave up on me). I'll be updating on what results we get from all the tests. I'm determined to find some answer this time around!

Well, as if that wasn't enough for our household to deal with...
Yesterday Ryan worked about a 12 hour day. Some of it was at home yesterday morning but he was at work from 11:00 to about 7:00. I wasn't feeling very good all day yesterday so he came home knowing I might need a little more help. He helped me finish bathing the baby and warmed up dinner for himself, and then went out to deliver flyers to our residents here at our apartment complex that I couldn't do earlier that day. When he got back, we decided to get ready for bed and start a movie. (He let me choose a chick flick!) We were watching the movie in our bed and suddenly he RAN/DARTED to the bathroom. He had lost his dinner. (Luckily in the toilet and not on me!) But I felt so bad for him! I HATE throwing up! I always cry when it happens to me...but Ryan was so good about it. He was there in the bathroom for about 20 minutes, then he jumped in the shower and we got the bathroom all cleaned up. We decided to go to sleep at that point.
BUT that didn't last long---I was up feeling nauseous most of the night and Ryan spent the night running to the bathroom. I'm just SO SO SO glad Kamryn has her own room and SLEEPS through the night!
But unfortunately, she doesn't sleep past 8.

Anyway, not a night we want to repeat. This afternoon, after the doctor appointment, Ryan and I both were still feeling somewhat queezy but didn't want to try to find anything in our apartment to eat, so we decided to go out to eat. (something light on our poor tummies).

Olive Garden Breadsticks and Zupas Soup and Salad
seemed just the thing to make our day better!
(and it did!)

Change of Plans!

I'm going to Disneyland next week! Yay! Kamryn and I are going to go down with my aunt and uncle and cousins and my sister and my mom. It is going to be great! :) I'm excited to just have a vacation! It's summer...that's what I like to do! I'm sad Ryan won't be there...but he says he has plenty of work to keep him occupied right now so I think he'll be okay!

So...anyway, I'll be gone the 6th through the 14th...so probably not much blogging during that week but I'll see what I can do! :)

This weekend

Thursday night my sister, Kylie, and Ryan's brother, Eric, graduated from High School! Congrats you two! It was fun to be there with you and spend the day with you.

Ryan's family had a little open house celebration for Eric. A bunch of people stopped by to say hello and congrats. It was good to see some family again as well as ward members of Ryan's parents that we don't see often. AND Kamryn had a great day! She was willing to explore and go to a lot of strangers she would normally shy away from! We were proud of her! :)


Walking with Great-grandpa Seamons

Kamryn LOVES balloons right now AND she's letting Great-Grandpa Seamons hold her!

Linda (Ryan's mom) always has the house so decorated for any event! I love it!

This is a MASSIVE cake she got for the open house! It took up half the counter and literally could've fed over 100 people! Everyone who came in commented on how big the cake was! But...it was VERY good! :)

Kamryn with Grandma Linda!

Kamryn with Aunt Darla

Kamryn with Grandpa Kent

See...she made her way around pretty good! :)

We also went to Tucanos for lunch that day with Ryan's immediate family, and 3 of his aunts. We love Tucanos! It was fun to spend some time with Ryan's Aunt Barbara, Darla and Laurie. Laurie flew out from Ohio for the graduation and it was so fun to see her again. We were sad that she couldn't stay longer, but that's how life is sometimes!

We went to see 'Angels and Demons' on Friday night with Laurie and Ryan's parents and sister. I've been excited to see it because I liked the book a lot. I forgot how violent it was! lol I enjoyed the movie, even though my face was in Ryan's shoulder the whole time! (I hate intense movies!) No, it really was well made and they simplified the book well, but I probably won't watch it ever again because of how intense and suspenseful it was!

After all the graduation stuff, we've kinda just been taking it easy this weekend. Not much happened. Sunday was a friend's homecoming talk. He just returned from his LDS mission in Korea. It was very cool to hear him speak (although, I can't say I got much out of it because I was chasing Kamryn everywhere and trying to keep her quiet!!) Zac is a friend of Kelsey's (my sister) and now that he is home, they are dating! So.... maybe in the near future we'll hear wedding bells?!?!! :) (lol...don't tell her I said that!) :)