Here Goes Nothin'

Ok I am going to attempt to actually bring the blog up to date. My blogs are always so long since I only do it about once a month so I will break it down into topics…that way if you aren’t interested in a topic you can skip to the next. Although, I highly recommend reading the entire thing because my life is so exciting. You really don’t want to miss anything. (Ha ha...Right…….) Anyway, here goes!!!

Topics:
Tanner and his latest achievements
The Big 2-5…my best birthday ever!
The Mysterious Primary Visitor (you know you're dying to find out who it was)

TANNER AND HIS LATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
So as I was sitting here typing this Nathan came in and said, "Hey, have you seen Tanner crawl yet?" He has been doing the army crawl for quite some time now with his belly dragging on the floor as he pulls himself along, but he hasn't figured out how to actually crawl yet until today! Nate had him outside and I guess he decided that crawling in the grass is easier than dragging himself. Here's a little video.

He is getting bigger and bigger and cuter and cuter. We adore him and I think he knows it and milks it for all it's worth. :) He pulls himself up on the furniture now so I think he will be cruising soon. His top two teeth are trying so hard to break through but still haven't made it. He says dada but still not mama. But even his gibberish is starting to sound more and more like actual words. We had his pictures taken a couple of months ago but I don't think I ever posted any pictures on here so here those are. They were done around Easter, hence the little outfit and basket.

He gets into everything and makes plenty of messes. He especially loves the DVD cabinet and my makeup bag. Hmmm....do I love it? Not so much.
Here he is catching up on his reading...at least he chooses good reading materials. :)

He waved bye-bye for the first time Saturday as we left him at my brothers to go to the temple. That was so cute! And on a side note, I love the temple! We decided at the last minute that it would be fun to help out with sealings. I had never done them except my own and it was so neat! Especially because when it's your wedding day you hardly remember anything. I loved the experience.

He still definitely lets me know when he doesn't like a certain food. His reactions just crack me up sometimes. And is the gagging necessary? Really? He's so dramatic. I wonder where he gets that from..... :)

THE BIG 2-5…MY BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!
Last week I had my 25th birthday! Nathan worked SO hard to make it a really great day and it was.
I had given him a few ideas on what to get me but then jokingly I said, "Or you could get me a Nintendo DS!" (I didn't think he would actually get it because it was more expensive than the budget we had set for our birthday gifts.) I know a DS sounds like a little kid thing to ask for but it has some cool cooking software I wanted to try out. Plus, I love to do crosswords in bed at night but Nate is usually ready to turn the lights out before I am. The DS has a crossword puzzle game and I can play it with the lights off because it has its own backlight.

The night before my birthday when we were getting ready for bed he brought my present in all wrapped and said I could try to guess what it was if I wanted. It was kinda the shape of a CD or DVD so I thought that's what he got me. Then first thing in the morning he told me I could open it. I did and it was the crossword game for the DS. He said, "The Nintendo is out in my truck and you have to go get it.” I went outside to get the Nintendo and I saw the front of my house decorated with two birthday banners, streamers, sidewalk chalk, posters and all sorts of cute stuff, including an "Over the Hill" sign! (Very funny...) It was SO cute! Nate told me that my friend Alicia and her daughter had decorated the house the night before. That was so sweet.

Before Nate left for work, he told me he had made plans that evening, to be ready by 5 and to dress nice. He made arrangements with his sister to watch Tanner without me knowing until that afternoon then he told me to go drop him off at her house and meet him back home. When I got back home I walked in the door and Nathan had made a really nice candlelight dinner for us. He kinda made it look like a nice Italian restaurant complete with a menu and everything. He had picked up some Italian food while I was gone dropping Tanner off. We enjoyed our nice meal together and then he took me into our game room where we had our own little dance. He had gone on the internet and downloaded a bunch of fun songs to dance to, fast and slow, and put them on a CD. It was SO MUCH FUN and such a surprise. Especially because he HATES dancing. But he did it all just for me because he knows how much I love to dance. So we had a lot of fun dancing around, being goofy, talking, all of the above. After that he brought in a beautiful bouquet of flowers (daisies and something I don't know the name but so pretty). Then we needed to go pick up Tanner so we did and on the way home we went out for some yummy ice cream. It was seriously the best birthday I've ever had. Thanks, Babe! I love you!

THE MYSTERIOUS PRIMARY VISITOR
I had a pretty interesting Father's Day. I am the primary secretary in our ward and I volunteered to make Father's Day cards for the kids to give to their dads. I had a cute idea for a necktie card where the pattern on the tie said, "Happy Father's Day" over and over and the kids face was the tie tack. I worked pretty hard on them and I think they turned out pretty cute. Since I had made the cards I also volunteered to be in charge of Sharing Time. As the secretary I NEVER EVER do Sharing Time. This was literally my first time ever doing it and I was a little nervous, as silly as that sounds. But I worked hard and got a really cute story from the friend with some pictures and stuff. After the story the kids would use the rest of the time to work on their cards.

So I get to primary and we had a woman visiting our primary that day...I didn't take time to introduce myself before Sharing Time because I was still a bit nervous and stressed, gathering all my things and getting ready. I did Sharing Time and I thought it went pretty well...could've gone better but not bad for my first time. After all was said and done, I made my way over to this woman who had been watching to introduce myself and find out who she was and why she was visiting primary (usually when you visit another ward you go to Relief Society, right?).

She complimented me and said what a cute idea it was and that she thought I did a really good job. I asked her name and found out she was the mother-in-law of a girl who had just had her baby in our ward. So then I asked, "Oh, so are you in primary back home?" because I was trying to figure out why she came to primary. She said yes and I asked her what her calling was. She said, "Well, I'm actually on the primary GENERAL BOARD." The GENERAL BOARD, people!!! As in Salt Lake City. The ONE time I volunteer to give a Sharing Time and there is someone like that watching. No pressure! We might as well have just invited President Monson to come watch me. Ha ha...ok I know I am being a bit dramatic but you have to admit you would feel a little pressure if you were in my position. She was really really sweet though. I enjoyed chatting with her and at least she said I did a good job. But let's just say I won't be volunteering for Sharing Time for a while.

Anyway, bless you if you made it through even one of these topics. I think that’s enough for now. We have lots of family fun coming up in the next couple of months since we’re going on TWO vacations! (Yay!! I’m spoiled, right?) So come back in about a month and I should have some pics of that for ya! Bye for now!