Brothers

My Mom after many years of paying for school pictures for my brothers and then always getting them back and being disappointed, has given up on buying them. So for the last year or so we just take the pictures ourselves. Last night we went up Payson canyon to take picture, and I tell you what I can't believe how much my brothers have grown up. My brother Jacob is 16! In just 3 short years he will be on a mission. My brother Roscoe is now 14, time sure has flown. I think their pictures turned out great, even the ones of Roscoe who does not like to smile very often. He was even sick and he was being a good sport about it.

Adam showing Jacob and Roscoe how it's done.

Hard at work

It's been really busy these past few weeks. Not in the means of work itself, but just in general our lives are busy as always. I'm proud to say that Adam does not have the heart condition that his mom, aunt, and grandpa died of. Dr. Wang said that none of the tests showed anything that suggest that he has it. He is just as likely to die of a heart condition as you or me are.
I'm so happy!:) Makes me love Adam that much more, knowing that I will have him around.

For a long time now I have been wanting to put up a shelf in our front room, I just didn't want to pay for one. The ones I looked at that I wanted were all 15ish dollars or more. So Adam and I went to D.I.(oh ya) and I tell you what we got a great deal. I got a shelf, two old sifters(for my shelf in the kitchen when it's done), and old bike thing for my shelf...all for 15 dollars! On the sifters, one was 10 and the other was 15, but the nice lady said if we bought both she'd give us a deal. I'm thinking oh she'll give both of them to us for 20 dollars. Boy was I wrong she gave both of them to us for 10 dollars total. So we spent just as much as we would on ONE sifter!

I love it! I want to thank my wonderful husband for putting it up for me. Thanks Adam!

Another thing that is going to make our lives busy is Adam's cousin Janessa(who is up here from Arizona for hair school) just got engaged. So she is getting married at the end of December in San Diego. We still can't decided weather or not we want to got to California or got to Arizona for the reception. I'm so excited to go down either way to see everyone.

Then in February we get to welcome our new niece or nephew, whichever it may be. I'm so excited Jon and Allie get to find out what they are having next week. I'm so excited to have another little baby in the family. I think I'm more excited to go out and buy baby clothes for him/her.

Can we ever forget?

Can we or ever will we forget September 11, 2001? I know for me I will never forget what happened that day. I remember exactly what I did that day, I was in 7th grade. We should never forget what happened that day, when so many people died. Mothers, fathers, friends, sons, and daughter. Some were heroes, others were just at work trying to earn money for their families. The ones in the plan were off to various destinations, not thinking anything like this could of happened.

When Adam got home today from work he told what he heard on the radio. He was listening to Glenn Beck (BIG surprise), well Glenn was playing different audio clips from that day, and one of them touched my heart. A women who worked at one of the towers was unable to escape because she was above the fire and they had no where to go. So she called her family and must of left a message. She went on telling her family that she loved them so much, telling them that she got to work and a bomb must have gone off. She kept telling her family that she loved them. It brakes my heart to think about what she was thinking about. Did she know she was going to die? Did she know what was really going on at all? What would you be thinking about if you knew you were going to die in that situation. I know I would call Adam and tell him how much I loved him. I can't being to think about it, all the family that went though all the heartache of loosing someone they loved so unexpectedly.

Quick post time

For every season I have been trying to be good and make a wreath, and I did good for the most part. The only season I didn't do one for is summer, and that was because I never had time to do it. So here is my fall wreath...
...Since it is now September 1st I felt that I could now put it up. I'm very happy how it turned out!

Update on Adam...Well all is good as far as we know, the test went good on Thursday. We don't get the actually assessment until next week when we can go see Dr. Wang again, and he'll tell us what is going on for sure.

This weekend is Payson's Onion Days, I love this time of year and I'm so excited this year because I'll actually be able to enjoy it. Last year we were moving in and I was cleaning the whole time. I love walking around the park and seeing what everyone has for sale. Enjoy the weekend and have fun!

Just thinking...

I was just thinking to back when I was in Young Women's every year we would go try on wedding dresses. Which is so much fun!!! Then when we had New Beginnings, or Young Women in Excellent I helped put together this picture fame. One side had a picture of the girl in the wedding dress they tried on and on other side was a poem my mom wrote called Temple Fantasy.

Temple Fantasy
In look in the mirror, and the fantasy begins
I no longer see a girl, but a beautiful maiden.
A princess so fair and beautiful to see.

She stands in front of a building.
Oh so beautiful and tall
with spires that reach heavenward
to that kingdom above.

Although this picture is a fantasy of what may be,
it is up to me to make it a reality.
So I will learn to live the standards that I repeat.
To study the scriptures and use them to solve
solutions that I seek.

I will kneel in prayer to find that friend,
Who will lead me and guide me
though joys and darkness ahead of me.

By doing these things I know I will make
this fantasy the reality that I seek.
-Laura Dixon, Feb 8 2006

Just thinking about it, I made mine a reality when I married Adam. I'm so greatful for all his love he give to me, and to his family. For his love of the gospel, and wanting to help anyone he can.

The beinging of the Tests.

When Adam and I first met, I had no idea he had a step mother. I thought she was his birth mother, his step mother is very kind and I'm so happy to have her in my life. Adam's birth mother died when he was only 6 years old and his mother was only 32 years old. I never really knew what she died of, except it was a heart condition. Since Adam and I have been married I have wanted to get Adam tested for it, we both thought that all he needed was an echo cardiogram(ultra sound of the heart). One night I made Adam call his Dad and find out what it was that his mom died of. Well his Dad could not remember the name of it. So we called Grandma, and she told us it was called SADS. SADS stands for Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome. Adam's aunt and Grandpa on his mom's side have also died of this. Since his mom had it, she had a 50% chance of passing it on to her children. Adam has one sister and one brother. There are no real signs of SADS except death! I really don't want to loose my husband! So I made him get set up so we go see Dr. Chin Hwang, well we are seeing Dr. David Wang. Before we could even go see the doctor Adam had to do some other little tests. It all started with Adam having to wear a holter monitor for 24 hours.

Here is Adam being my STRONG Superman!

Adam showing me just how much he is enjoying the itchy tape, and just having to wear the monitor.

Adam really didn't like wearing it, it said it was annoying for the most part. it was really bulky too. We went out to dinner Friday the 14 for my birthday and he had it on at the time. Well it kept making him itch, so he almost pulled the leads off a couple times.
Other tests that he has had done in order for us to see the doctor is: An EKG, and an Echo. We get to go see Dr. David Wang on Monday, August 24 at 1 o'clock. I'm so scared to find out if he has it.

Baby cakes!

Sorry there is just a few picture in this post.

This Saturday my Mom and I are going to a baby shower for a family member. So we went in on the present together with my aunt and her girls. We went and got all the stuff and I put together a diaper cake. I love making diaper cakes, they are so much fun. I learned to make them last year, and ever since then I have now made a total of 5 cakes.

Here is the cake we made for Saturday(Front View)

Side view(sorry you can't see the second outfit)

I know you can't see it very well, but this is the first one I made last May for a friend at work.

Another picture of the diaper cake

I made this cake for my sister-in-law when she had her baby last September

Back view of my sister-in-law's cake