Happy 6th Anniversary!

For our 6th Anniversary getaway, this year we went to San Diego for the weekend.  We took the kids, so it wasn't an actual anniversary date, but we got out of town and into cooler weather.  We went to the beach all day Saturday, met Travis' sister, Tiffany and then ended up driving home in the middle of the night Saturday night.  That turned out to be a brilliant idea.  The kids slept all but the first 20 minutes or so.  Travis drove the first half of the way home, and I drove the second half.  At about 1 am, almost to Buckeye and I started getting a little sleepy.  That was right when I found Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on one of my cds and I was belting out the tunes the rest of the way home, while everyone slept--lifesaver!

Some pictures of our fun.  Blogger put them in a random order.

Thanks for the great weekend, Travis!  Happy 6 years!

40th Anniversary

Saturday December 11, 2010 was my parents 40th Anniversary.  My 4 siblings and I surprised them with a visit.  I don't know how we all flew halfway across the country, made it on time, and managed to not tell them we were coming.  But we did and I think it was a pretty good surprise.  

We had a wonderful weekend with my parents.  We were only there to visit Friday night and Saturday.  And all day Saturday it was cold and very rainy.  So that sucked, but we just hung out and played Beatles RockBand anyway. 

I took Hudson.  And my brother, Josh and his family live in town, so those were the grandkids that were there.  It would have been so nice to see everyone else (brother-in-law, sister-in-law, and all of my nieces and nephews) but I don't think that would have been doable for a quick weekend.  Also, a little pricey! 

We didn't get enough pictures of everyone just hanging out.

My parents and their 5 kids

Just us.

My brother, Aaron had never met any of my kids or Travis.  They live in FL and we live in AZ and unfortunately we don't get to see them.  Someday my brother will meet my husband. 

Hudson liked all the new faces.

Hudson and his cousin, Cameron.

My Dad.  Or as Carson says it, "Grandma Norm"!

Hudson and my brother, Aaron again.

Taylor is my oldest nephew.  He was born when I was in 8th grade.  Now he is a freshman in high school. Wow!

Cousins.  Wyatt and Hudson.

My sister and mom made some delicious caramel corn from puffed corn instead of popcorn.  I thought it tasted like Cheetos covered in caramel.

My brother made us all some tasty breakfast casseroles for the morning before we had to leave for the airport.

I am pretty sure this face came from thinking it was my cup, but it was full of DIET coke.  SICK!

Wyatt made an awesome hat out of Duct Tape.  He did this whole hat in like 10 minutes. 

Hudson's first airplane ride!  He was a trooper.  Only maybe 10 minutes of crying out of the almost 11 hours on an airplane--in 3 days.  And that crying was together on the last leg with about an hour to go before we were home.  But thank goodness we flew with my brother, Ethan.  He was so helpful.  We were getting pretty disgusted with the looks that people were giving us--like Hudson was OURS.  So we made it a point to tell everyone we were brother and sister and that Hudson probably missed his daddy at home.

And this was the Interstate on our way to the airport.  We were stopped for about an hour because a couple of semi's were turned over. 

It was a wonderful weekend spent with family that I don't get to see very often.  It was so nice to see my parents and just be able to hang out with them for a little while.  Mom and Dad, I really hope you had a great anniversary!  We love you so much!

Celebrating 4 Years

Travis and I had our 4th wedding anniversary on August 11.  We didn't do much to celebrate.  We got a babysitter (Thanks, Brittany!) and went to Chili's.  I had been craving chips and salsa from there for the last week.  Any time we have any sort of special occasion we go to Oregano's, but neither one of else felt like it.  After that we walked around Target, got Carson some Mickey Mouse underwear and Porter some new flip-flops. Then we went to Wal-mart to get some groceries.  Jealous?  So pretty uneventful, but nice to get out.  We took Hudson with us and Travis was mad, because he said we always have to take a baby with us.  Ok, he wasn't really mad and that is not true anyway.  This is the first anniversary where we took a kid.  He was counting the other two because I had babies in my belly for both of them. 

It has only been 4 years but it really does seem like longer.  It is just hard to think back to before we met.  It seems like he has always been a part of my life.  Weird.  I guess that is just how it works.  This picture is from my friend, Rosie's wedding.  We were dating and it was the first time Travis went home with me!!

In 4 years we have had 3 wonderful, healthy, little boys, Travis graduated from ASU, we moved 3 times (and are moving again in a couple of weeks), sold 1 truck, switched jobs 9 times between the 2 of us, and those are the "major" things that I can think of right now. 

It has been an awesome 4 years, 5 if you count dating.  The best of my life.  I love Travis so much.  He is a wonderful, loving husband that I appreciate so much.  He is the best father I could ever have imagined for my kids.  I can't wait to see what many more years have in store for us.  But for now, sitting on the couch, watching a movie and cuddling together is my favorite end to the day!

In our next 3 years...

Travis and I just celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary on Tuesday, August 11th. It turned out to be a really great day and our date came at a much needed time for me. Travis put notes around the apartment that had clues on them. He made them up all on his own and they were pretty cute. He gave me a gift certificate to go get a pedicure. So it didn't even take me 3 minutes to get dressed and out the door to go get my nails done. I got a pedicure and a manicure and still have some left over for another trip! I didn't get him anything.

My friend, Brittany, came over and babysat for us. We went out to eat and ended up just walking around Fashion Square, holding hands and talking. Travis said we needed to get some new clothes for me (lack of any cute clothing that fits almost made me not go out) but I ended up making him try on jeans the whole time. We got the sausage, roasted peppers and fennel pizza at LA Grande Orange. It was so tasty. The crust was so thin, it melted in your mouth! Travis said he was still very hungry afterwards -- not surprising.


I had a really good time on our date. It was so nice to just relax and eat and talk and be together.

Sometimes, when I think about it, 3 years seems like such a long time (moving all around town, 2 kids) and sometimes it seems like so little. These past 3 years sure have been exciting, and definitely the best time of my life. I am so grateful to have a husband who loves me and I love him. I am thankful for the wonderful husband and father that he is. I am thankful that he helps out around the house and probably does more with the kids than I do. I am thankful for the time that we have had together so far. We get to know each other better each day. I am thankful for the funny things that he does (and the things that ONLY HE thinks are funny). And I am thankful for the imperfections that we both have that help us grow together. I am obviously thankful for the 2 perfect, funny, cute little babies that he has had a part in (and if you have seen them you know he has had the bigger part). I am thankful for the knowledge that I have that our family can be together forever. I don't know what I would do without that. I love you, Travis. Happy Anniversary.

2 years... that's it?

Monday, August 11 was our 2 year wedding anniversary. It is weird to think it has only been two years, it really seems like it has been so much longer (in a good way). My life has changed so much since I met Travis. I love him more than anything in the world and am so happy that we have started a family together. He is such a wonderful husband and good dad. He works so hard so I can stay home with Carson. I try my best to do things that I know make him happy like keeping the place clean, keeping his clothes clean and cooking him food (breakfast, lunch or dinner--he doesn't care which one or ones). It is seriously that easy to keep him happy. We have so much fun hanging out together and are always sassy with each other. That is how our relationship is and I wouldn't change it for anything.

**He always insists on totally cheesy pictures like this... seriously??

For our anniversary we went to my doctor's appointment and got to see our new little baby moving all around. Then we went and ate lunch at Oregano's, our favorite place. Travis even let me get whatever I wanted to drink (he hates it when I get pop) so I got a big huge Sprite. Everything was so tasty and we just hung out with my parents the rest of the day. Thank you so much to my parents for watching Carson so we could just spend some time alone, which we almost never do! We had a great time. Travis I love you and look forward to many more years(forever)... and kids with you!