Our Dinky Spare

Driving to church on Sunday, we noticed the car was feeling kind of awkward. Just as I was noticing myself, Robyn looked over at me and said "I think one of our tires is flat. It feels like the back one on my side." I pulled over to the side of the road and sure enough, the tire was completely flat. Instead of driving all the way to church and back on our rim, I decided to drive back home since it was alot closer, change my clothes and just fix the thing and go back to church, but that notion was too good to be true...

I ended up changing my clothes and prepared to start fixing this thing as soon as possible. As I went to take the spare out I started laughing hysterically at what I was looking at. It looked like someone had played a practical joke on us and put a bmx tire in the place where are actual spare tire was supposed to be. But that was not the case, this was our actual spare! 

To make a long story short, there was no jack, in the "jack holder" place where the jack should be in a car. Stupid dealership screwed me out of a jack. Then we borrowed a jack from my Dad and it was too big. Finally we borrowed one from Tanner. Then the wheel wouldn't come off, so I called my dad and he said it was probably rusted on there and I needed to kick it. I kicked it a ton cuz it was really rusted on there. It finally came of.... Dads are always right. Then, I took it to Les Schwab to try and get it fixed. They said it was unfixable, and I needed all new tires, $650 screw that. Finally bought a used tire at Big-O.... problem solved.

We drove around for three days in shame before we got a new tire. It was three days that I don't think I will ever forget about throughout my lifetime. Our car was completely lopsided and made an awesome humming noise from the spare, that was rotating much faster than the three other tires. I often wonder how many people laughed due to our handicapped-looking car. I am sure it was a handful, but I have always been one to provide people with humor.

I knew this day would come...

I always knew the day would come... I finally broke my first dish today since we have been married! FIRST ONE!! I actually cant believe that it took 2 years 2 months and 5 days to do it! Knowing how clumsy I am you would think that I break about one a week! so I was cooking rice in my pathetic pots with no lids. so for a lid I used a clear glass plate that we have. Nothing out of the ordinary, I actually use these plates a lot because they make a great lid and you can see what is cooking underneath. (I guess the only downfall is that they have no handle) Anyway so my rice was done and without even thinking I just grabbed the hot pate with my bare hand. OUCH!!! So I kinda threw it on the counter and it teetered for a second before it crashed on the floor. I didn't even have time to try and save it. Plus my hand was burning so that was all I could think about. I laughed so hard right after because I wish I could have seen my face, I'm sure my expression was some mix of Ouch I just burnt my hand and Oh S***. Anyway I hope this doesn't become a pattern for me, I am not too fond of cleaning up broken glass!

Happy Fathers day to the Best (almost) Father EVER!!!

Happy Fathers day Brandon! You are the going to be the Best daddy ever! Here are 10 reasons why our little girl is going to love you sooo much!!



10. You will not be able to resist her cute little face so anytime she asks for something... She will get it from you!
9. You can make the best faces and awesome noises that will make her laugh again and again!
8. I don't know what it is but you just have a way with all kids, Kinda an instant bond, something that not a lot of people have!
7.You are way nurturing and loving all the time (and you don't get mad easily... or ever for that matter!)
6.You will be up all night working so you can take care of her when she is crying at 3:00 in the morning (ok, that one might be more for me but she will still love you for that)
5.You always put family first!
4.You are still a kid at heart yourself so you guys will be best friends!
3. You are way funny and will be able to make her laugh all the time!
2. You are an Amazing Husband so if you treat her half as good as you treat me you will deserve some kind of metal or something!
1. Your spirit is indescribable. You are a wonderful leader and example in our home and you always make sure that we are doing the things we are supposed to do, If anyone can feel that spirit it's kids so for that... Our little girl is going to love you more than words can say.

I could go on for days but I wont... Happy Fathers day to the best husband and almost daddy in the world. WE love you so much!!!(p.s. I totally cried while writing this!)

ULTRASOUND!!!

After months of Robyn getting so impatient to find out the sex of our baby, we finally found out on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. We made our way to the women's center in the morning as our appointment was at 10 a.m.

When we got there we went straight to the ultrasound room. The lady put the the jelly stuff on Robyn's stomach and soon we were staring right at our beautiful yet, demonic looking baby due to it's skull showing up very vibrantly on the ultrasound. We couldn't believe how much the baby had grown since the last ultrasound. It was really amazing to see, and seemed that much more real.

After a few minutes of the baby twisting and turning all over (This baby is def taking after her dad. It looked like she had just drank a Red Bull) the nurse said it looked like it was looking like a girl... We thought -- No way! We were basically in shock. I was speechless, Robyn was crying all over the place, and the baby was still jamming out inside Robyn's womb.

A few minutes later, the baby decided to show us her little butt and sure enough revealed that she didn't have the bulge we were looking for. 'IT'S DEFINITELY A GIRL' the nurse said.

I reached down and gave Robyn a hug and kiss and told her how excited I was for a girl. It was so crazy I can barely describe it in words. It become so much more real that day and we are so excited to have a precious baby girl. The best thing is, she has all her limbs, she is completely healthy and looks perfect. Check out the footage from the ultrasound below:



My dad said that it is a good thing we are having a girl first so I can learn to be a little more tender with things. Man is he right, just watch me try to open anything packaged and you will see for yourself that I am not a very gentle person. I am sure this will all change soon enough when we welcome our perfect baby girl into the world.

It's a... GIRL!!!!!!

So on Tuesday we found out that we were having a GIRL!!! We are SO EXCITED!
So Here is how we told Brandon's Family:

They all thought that we were finding out on Friday so we dropped by a pink balloon and a blue balloon at his parents house with a little card that said "Surprise! Your surprise came early! Meet us at the Tanner's Flat camp ground at 6:30 (the host will tell you where to go)"

Then we headed up the canyon and found the BEST camp site ever! It was right next to this massive beautiful waterfall. Then we decorated the table with all pink stuff. Pink balloons, plates, napkins, utensils, a cake... the Works! After that we just had the anticipation of waiting for Brandon's family to get there! (I have to add that Brandon was so excited about how he kept the drinks cold, he blocked off a little place in the little stream right by our camp to keep everything cold)

The first thing we see is Austin running down the path yelling It's a boy... Its a boy!!!??? Then he saw all the pink and he was like "Really? It's a girl? Oh I'm kinda excited it's a girl now."

We spent the rest of the evening cooking yummy tinfoil dinners and talking about how crazy it is that we are having a baby girl! Some people have been asking if we are sad because we kinda wanted a boy... the answer to that is NO WAY!!! We are so excited to be having a girl! We cant wait to have a little girl to control our lives and melt our hearts!

Photo Credit goes to Courtney Brooke Winnie