my first tag!

thanks ryann for making me feel so spiffy and tagging me! lol! i have fallen behind quit a bit on my posting! (whats new right!?) a lot of it is due to the before mention old computer. a lot of our stories have great pics which are on the new comp. therefor i can not post:) BUT i can post my tag, no pics required! lets just hope the computer does not die on me in the process! enjoy!........

What was I doing 10 yrs ago.... i was a Jr. in HS, enjoying the last year i will have with some of my best friends! almost all of my friends were older then me. i received my first real kiss! unfortunatly for you i don't kiss and tell;) most of you know him.... i couldn't wait to be a big Sr. and rule the school!

5 yrs ago....i had just started really dating greg. although it was top secret and no one could know! it didn't take long till i was literally begging him to marry me!! we took a lot of trips to koosharem visiting his family. it was always fun cause gregs sis.'s family lived there at the time and the kids were a blast! 2 of my best friends left for missions and college. being the last one of our group left in orem i really had to learn who i was. it was a time of great change, insight, faith building, Heavenly Father relying and growth! i am very grateful for that time and those experiences

yr ago......i had just become a mommy! what an amazing thing, to be a mom. i never thought i could love anyone as much as i love greg, then i became a mom! i am in constant awe of how much love i have to give, to greg and to jaxon! the heart is an amazing thing! the way it changes and grows. i don't think i will ever finds to words to express the feelings that are evoked when i look at my sweet baby. thank you jax for blessing my life in way i never thought imaginable! also greg was starting his first internship at sorensons ranch school so we moved to koosh and lived with his parents. yet another learning personal growth experience!

yesterday.... well i woke up at 11am and jax at 12pm. great start to our day..so i thought! did a bunch of laundry, tried to keep jax entertained and happy.( he has a very bad doule ear infection) tried to not go crazy cause jax was so tired but wouldn't take a nap so he just wined all day! finally got to bet around midnight just to have jax wake up sreaming till 2 am. and then at 4 and then 6 am.....what a day!

5 snacks I enjoy..........ice cream (is that considered a snack?) raisenetts, kettle corn, sugar snap peas, smoothies

5 favorite books......all of harry potter! mans search for meaning

5 places to run........that could mean so many things! ummm... lately i only run crazy!

5 bad habits.........how funny mine are a lot like ry's! swearing when i am really mad! not good with a little one who is learning words ! procrastination! saying what i think when i think it! waiting till my house is a tornado before i clean!

5 pet peeves..... stupid people! when you are talking to someone on the phone and they just start talking to someone else, when greg won't just answer my questionss! even if they are dumb with obvious answers! when people on things like facebook add you as a friend jsut to have a lot of friends! if we weren't really friends DON'T ADD ME! when strangers give you judgemental looks when you are with your kids. like when they are loud, cry, throw food, etc! especially when they have kids! i thought mommies are supposed to unite!

5 things I enjoy......sleep, going out to eat, shopping, being with my family, sitting with greg watching mindless tv with a good bowl of icecream when jax is in bed,

5 favorite tv shows.......greys anatamy, good things utah, decorating/remodeling shows, desperate house wives, brothers and sisters

5 people I would love to meet........oprah, matthew mcconaughey, tim mcgraw(they are just hot!), family in england i have never met, pres. bush

5 things I would never wear........mini skirt with leggings, disney charactors, live cockroach broach, holiday sweaters, body paint as clothing

5 people to tag.........sally, kendal, julia f., kali, melissa

slow old computer

so i thought i better post something quick since it has been a few! last week greg convinced me to go to tropic with him. all i can say is i can't wait!!!! till our place is available! i hate being in provo without him and i hate living in a hotel room! anyway being in tropic with out a computer puts me behind! this week greg went without me. we are going to LAKE MEAD!!! for the weekend. so i stayed to pack and get things ready for that. it has kept be pretty busy this week. so on top of being gone for a week and then packing, greg doesn't have anything in his office but a couch and a desk. so he has been taking our computer for work. we have an old one, but, it is OLD! it will crash on you at a drop of a hat and it takes forever to pull anything up! so i don't like to use it much. and all that just to explain why i haven't posted in 2 weeks! we have had some fun moments in all of that so when we get back from lake mead i will post those moments and pics and tell you all about our great trip!

some of mays highlights

ok so i am a bit behind on some of the blogs that i would have liked to have posted. my 2 reasons for even having a blog are 1-keep family and friends updated on our lives, especially now that we are living so far away, and 2-to help me in my journaling when i scrapbook. so with that being said here are a few things that have happened this months...

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1) todd's graduation! way to go! 2-3) during gregs time at BYU he met 3 awsome guys. they had a lot of fun together during their last 2 years of school. as a sort of "graduation present" us wifes got together and planned a trip to park city to stay over night and for the boys to golf. (ok really it was all august and maryann! thanks girls!) the little boys just played and played while us big kids played card games. the next day while the boys golfed us gals shopped till we dropped! it was a great weekend! we missed you andy and julia!

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pics 4-6) mothers day at my parents. 4) jax loves to jump on the tramp. he had so much fun with daddy! 5) a 4 generation pic. my dad, grandpa hall, jax, & me. love you guys! 6) my dad took jax out to "teach" him to long board. jax (and i think papa) had a lot of fun cruising up and down the sidewalk! watch out kali! you've got competition!

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7) i think we are in trouble! looks like we have a couch potatoe in training! jax climbed up to the couch nestled in and sat there watching tv. but hey at least he is darn cute! 8) jax thought he was pretty cool with his hot red shades, hat, and binkie! i love that he bib says "what are you looking at!" how fitting! 9) aunt nichole had to bring a little kiddy to school for her adult roles class to play with and observe. well we had to be at the HS at 9am and jax doesn't wake up till no earlier then 10am so for him (ok and me) it was an early morning. after that mommy got her hair cut so jax played at gammie's and papa's (my parents). he was so tired but he would rather play with them then sleep! so after that uncle mike came to hang out with us while we did some errands. we didn't get home till 5pm and jax had only napped for about an hour all day! ( usually he would have had 2 2-3 hr naps by then) so i layed him down and he was out till 8 pm!!! he was so cute i couldn't resist showing how tired he was after a full day!

naughty naughty boy!

jaxon is a very independent baby. he is very content to just play around the house, not needing to be entertained. i was checking my emails this morning and as usual jaxon was just playing around. but then it got very quiet! i just figured he was in the other room. but then after a few min.'s i still didn't hear him so i figured i had better make my rounds and check on him. this is what i found... a naughty little boy crouching on the floor eating my coveted caramello!!! he has figured out that the good stuff is in the lazy susan and can now spin it and get the good stuff!

curls & humidity

who would have thought that humidity could affect an 11 month olds little curls! jax's hair has a bit of curl to it in general, however! the last couple of days with all the humidity his hair has just gone crazy! i have really debated on whether or not to cut his hair or let his shaggy curls flow....! so what do you guys think? should i cut it or go with the fro?

look at that face! what do you think his little face will vote for! (i think he has this look of mommy don't cut my curls!)

allergies

well this is for ryann.....she did a post of how cute her little one is when he wakes up. jax is generally a happy kiddo when he wakes up as well. however for a few days he would wake up in the morning or from a nap just hysterically SCREAMING! don't know why and it was only a few days. on top of that i also have reasons to believe that he has allergies so he has a very runny nose all the time! lets just say crying doesn't help with the runny nose situation. well here is what i found after a nap...

(can you see the nice big booger on his check?! it looked much worse in person. what a bad mommy taking such pictures!)

greg is officially done!

so for those of you who don't know....in order for greg to actually practice as a therapist he needs to pass the state licensure test. it is not a fun test from what i hear! greg is a smart guy as well as a super test taker plus BYU has a high percentage of its student passing so i wasn't worried about him passing at all. he studied from morning-night for days! on fri. morning greg took his test. i was a little anxious as i sat at home waiting for a phone call from him (i can't even begin to imagine how he was feeling!!!). he FINALLY called and of course i missed it! i had to wait untill he got home to hear the great news! HE PASSED! now all he needs is his 2 years of working under supervision and then he will be an LCSW (licenced clinical social worker) YEA!!!!

greg has worked so hard the last 6 years and i think especially the last 2 to graduate. i am sooo proud of him and all his hard work. he has been a full time student as well as working to support his family! i am so grateful for him! he is my world, my everything, my soul mate, my best friend! there is no one that could complete and compliment me as well as he does. he is an amazing daddy who looks forward to comming home to his little boy everyday. who simple just loves being a daddy! so honey, thanks for all you have done and all that you do! you rock my world! I LOVE YOU!