Small (very small) list

1. Kaleb's movie of the week is Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. He asks multiple times a day to watch "dogs, woof, woof". I have restricted to once a day because that's just the way things are.
2. Jay is a climbing freak. Every time I turn around I'm having to pull him down from something or scoop up a crying babe. So of course as a result he is sporting a lot more bumps and bruises.
3. We have spent the last three days outside with me trying to mow the lawn and I'm still not done. Hopefully the weather will cooperate on Saturday and Nick with be able to fix the riding mower.
4. We have missed story time for a long while but hopefully starting today we will go more often.
5. I really want to go to a zoo. *sigh*
6. Nick came home early today! But he still has tons of homework to do.

I will pray

Today I grieve. Today my heart is heavy and the tears just keep coming. How do I help them? How do I let them know that I would do anything to help them through this? The only answer I get is to pray. I will pray that they will be comforted. I will pray that they will know they are not alone. I will pray for their health. I will pray for anything that I can think of that might help them.

To my family Hael and Krista: I am so sorry for your loss. I will pray for you. I love you so very much and want you to know this. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. I will always be here.

In Loving Memory of a sweet spirit, Baby Boy Thibeault - March 7, 2012

November 30, 4 years ago...

... Nick and I had our first date. It was the most amazing first date in the world and lasted all day. I can't remember if that was intentional since we did have the YSA dance that night.

We started about 9 in the morning by going up to Monte Sano to walk around on one of the trails up there. It was an amazingly gorgeous day and both Nick and I kept saying that it was more like a day in September back "home" (Utah for me and Idaho for Nick), than the day before December. We walked around the trail, climbed on some big rocks and talked and talked for a few hours. As we were heading back to the car, we stopped to see some terrific view and Nick stopped behind me and put his arms around me and I thought that it felt like we had done this sort of thing before. (Aww)

We then headed to Olive Garden for lunch and did the soup and salad deal. We still love doing that and in fact the second time we went there after our first date (which happened to be after we were married), we sat in the very same booth. I have such a silly smile on my face remembering that. :)

Then off to the movie theater to watch the Disney movie Enchanted. Its a really cute movie and Nick and I were really enjoying it but we both just about died laughing when the Prince and Giselle are on their date and he asks how long a date lasts and she says "They can go as long as you want, really. They can just keep going and going, just so long as you keep thinking about activities that you can do", since that was essentially what we were doing since we were going to the dance that night.

We then went to my parent's house so we could change for the dance as it was 'church dress'. We grabbed a quick bite of mac&cheese and while eating my sisters got into a silly fight which culminated in one sister throwing her phone at the other which hit the other sister's bowl of dinner just right to fling mac&cheese all over her. As she was sitting on the couch covered in her dinner, she couldn't really move so Nick very kindly helped to clean her up. I thought that was really sweet of him considering he'd never met her.

Finally on to the YSA dance. I actually don't remember too many details about the dance. We did get a little bored at one point and went exploring because I had never been in the Cullman building. There was a cute little half basement but we didn't stay there long because it was the scouts room and smelled like teenage boy BO. (lol) There was a point when I was dancing with Taylor and he was saying something about leaving because there were no worthwhile girls there to dance with. Of course I smacked him a little and he said "Well you're taken". I was like "I'm taken? This is only my first date with Nick". He really was right though :)

Nick took me home and of course we had our first kiss. It was the most amazing kiss. I stopped breathing and heard bells and whistles and saw stars (maybe cause I wasn't breathing)   :)  Everyday we spent together after that just affirmed that we were meant to be together.

Love you honey! Even though we have our downs, I'm still very happy that we finally went out together :)

16 things for today

1. Even though all of Monday and Tuesday morning was really, really rough, I'm very happy that I have Nick as my husband. Thanks honey for all the sacrifices you are making to go to school.
2. I have an appointment to get my wisdom teeth out on the 6th on January. I'm a little nervous since I've never (knock on wood) had anything medical happen to me before. Not even stitches.
3. I think its so cute that my son loves to watch Into The Woods right now. For those not familiar, its a Broadway musical and I love it.
4. Went to a dress rehearsal of Comedy of Errors by Shakespeare last night with Nick and had so much fun. I really like Shakespeare's comedies.
5. I'm glad Nick took theater this semester cause I get to go plays. I love going to plays.
6. Kaleb just gave me all the broken crackers and kept the whole ones for himself. He cracks me up.
7. I have serious van envy right now. And not just any van either. I want an 8 passenger Toyota Sienna '06 or newer.
8. Some days I do better at my load of laundry a day then others. Today I still need to put it in the dryer.
9. I always fast-forward through the 'trading insults' part of The Sandlot. I don't think my kids need to pick up those kinds of things for a long time.
10. I absolutely love the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle books!
11. Nick set up a web camera at work and so now we can Skype with him. Kaleb loves to see Daddy at work and even Jay talks up a storm when he sees Daddy.
12. I'm really excited about the big family gift that Nick's mom is getting us for Christmas.
13. Kaleb is really into the 'I do it' phase of getting dressed.
14. Some days you need a lot of chocolate fortification.
15. Trying to curb Jay's biting has been an ongoing, difficult thing. This is only so much you can do to a 10 month old.
16. I really dislike the fact that it gets dark at 5 now.

Cool and random LDS finds

So a couple of days ago I was reading some of the Momformation blogs off of Babycenter, when I came across this cute post about family costume ideas. It totally caught my attention cause that is what we are trying to do this year. As I was reading, one the ideas the blog used was from another Kendra. Of course I went to see what her blog was and as I was checking it out, I had the feeling that she was LDS though I hadn't yet read anything to confirm that. In fact just looking at her picture for the costumes gave me that impression. I quickly got distracted by her awesome Halloween stuff and found her on Pinterest here. I have spent a lot of time today (when not cleaning Nick!) perusing her Halloween board and only just barely decided to look at her other boards and low and behold I find one entitled LDS. It was kind of exciting to find out that my impressions about her were right and that you can find so much good on the internet. So you never know where you will run into members of The Church.  :)

Food!

I just wanted to tell everyone that I love corn on the cob! And Dr Pepper! And fresh coconut! I must be really hungry right now cause all I can think about are my favorite foods. Extra sharp chedder cheese, raspberries, french toast, ham and pineapple pizza, shrimp, asparagus, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, Mom's Hurry Curry, Razzelberry pie,... oh the list could go on for quite a while.

Some Things

1. A few weeks ago we found The Sandlot at a yard sale. We watched it that Sunday and Kaleb found the new love of his life. He asks to watch it every day. "Ball, ball" he comes running up to me all excited every day wanting to watch it. Sometimes I can get him to say Bay Ball, but not very often. I could write a huge post about it but I have a ton of other thoughts I want to get out.
2. Jay is like a turtle lately. Every time I put him down on his back he immediately wants to flip over on to his stomach, which make changing his diaper just a little challenging.
3. I've been trying to be better about my sacrificial produce (the fruits and veggies you buy with good intentions and then go bad in your fridge) but to my horror, I found some moldy raspberries. Such sadness! So I planted them as an experiment. LOL
4. A ton of other thoughts huh? as I sit here stuck on number 4.
5. Yesterday Jay had two baths because of some food incidents and Nick and I noticed that when he is in there all by himself, he actually sits in the tub, whereas when he take a bath with Kaleb, he is always standing.
6. I sometimes miss knowing all the grammar and punctuation rules.
7. I LOVE my clothesline.
8. I LOVE Olive Garden.
9. AHHH, its the 10th of October and I don't know what I'm doing for the boys' costumes.
10. Lastly cause I wanted to put a picture in last, my AMAZING husband made me a wonderful dinner last night. For some reason I HAD to take a picture to share, so here it is.