Scrapfest 2008

I had to name this blog with a year because I fully intend on attending next years Scrapfest and blogging about it as well! As I said in my post before this...Scrapfest was phenomenal! Friday afternoon my mom, Rylee and I left and went to St. George. On our way down there we stopped by my best friend from high school Melanie's house, to see her sweet baby boy who was born like 4 days before Christmas! It was so much fun to see her and what a cute mom she is! They (Mel and Greg) have the cutest little boy named Maddux and he is definitely his fathers look alike! He was still so tiny and precious! Then we headed down to St. George. When we got there we went to dinner and then back to the hotel to start some scrapbooking. My mom and I were at a table with my SIL Alexis and her mom Dodie. Rylee and Elsa (Alexis' little girl) basically sat on the floor and played with toys for the majority of the time we were there scrapbooking. They were really good to hang out which was nice and even nicer when they each took little cat naps! :) We had a welcome meeting and then most people I am sure stayed and scrapbooked but Rylee was definitely ready for bed. So we went to our hotel room and I think that this was the hardest part of the trip because I definitely would have stayed up much later scrapbooking but I didn't want to make Rylee miserable...so like I said I will be attending next year without any kids! Saturday morning we got up and went over to Joanne's and did a little shopping for some cute paper and such. We really just scrapbooked all day on Saturday with another trip to Joanne's and to Pebbles in my Pocket which was right across the street from our hotel. There were prizes to win and contests to play also throughout the day. It was a lot of fun to just hang out and visit with family and friends. My mom even scrapbooked her trip to Norway that I had begun for her. Which bytheway! We called our table the amateur table for the very reason that everyone around us knew what they were doing. I am the kind of scrapbooker that is doing really good if I can paste the pictures on some paper that matches and then adds some stickers. haha I did get I think 9 pages done with cute pictures from when Rylee was born. You should have seen some of the pages people did! So I am sure Sarah will have a great blog about this amazing event she planned and held so check out her blog! http://sarahbarlow.blogspot.com/ I even saw quite a few girls who I went to high school with. Kinda crazy I tell ya! We went to dinner at the Pizza Factory Saturday night and ate some YUMMY food there! Then we went back for MORE scrapbooking. I think we stayed up until around 10pm which was later than Friday night but I still wish I could have stayed up even later. So this year was the second year for Scrapfest and they over doubled last years numbers! This year there were about 76 women from all over! Las Vegas, California, Utah, Idaho, and even Chicago! Thanks for a wonderful weekend!

Sunday morning my mom and I got up and basically got our stuff together and left. We were in a really bad storm from St. George until Cedar City. Yucky yucky weather! I am glad to be home but I cannot wait until next year!

Elsa and Rylee hanging out at Scrapfest!

Playing with toys.

Smile Girls!

Rylee asleep in her carrier next to my scrapbooking stuff.

Alexis and Elsa scrapbooking...busy busy busy!

Rylee playing next to Nana on the floor. Thanks goodness I had my mom there because she helped out a ton with Rylee! Thanks mom!

This is the other half of the room behind our table.

Alexis and Elsa doing some scrapbooking.

My mom scrapbooking in action! Pretty impressive mom!!! Good job!

Rylee fell asleep on my mom's lap because she was so tired and she wouldn't fall asleep in her carrier.

This was our table with the babies on the other side playing on the floor.

This is Sarah...she was amazing! She put this whole thing together and she did a great job! She was probably exhausted because she is pregnant with her 5th baby and due in May which makes her more amazing! Thanks for an awesome weekend, Sarah!

I'm home!!

Okay, Scrapfest was....as Sarah would put it....PHENOMENAL! I had a great time and I got some great pages put together! Yay! I already am looking forward to next years Scrapfest where I will be attending with zero kids! Alright!

On a sadder note...I am so sad about President Hinckley's passing tonight! I am sure he was happy to be reunited with his wife though.
Tomorrow I will blog with pictures of the great weekend of Scrapfest.

Something I know

I had quite a few places I had to go today before I take off with my mom and Rylee for SCRAPFEST this weekend! Yay! I am so excited to go and just have some girl time for a couple of days with my mom, my SIL Alexis and her little girl Elsa (Rylee's age). Anyway, so I had to go to Costco for some much needed pictures I had printed because I have not scrapbooked since we put our house on the market! I got Nathan some lunch there and then we went to the mall to go get some Downeast shirts for Alexis and while I was there I found some awesome deals! I got well they are like the shade shirts for $5 and then the second one for $2.50!!! I was really excited so I ended up getting 5 shirts for myself when I really didn't go there for me at all. haha Anyway, then we stopped at Carter's on the way home and got Nathan some socks and Rylee the cutest swimming suit for summer...it's ruffly and cherries! Too cute! After that we stopped at WalMart for a couple of things and then we finally made it home. I had a message on my answering machine and to my surprise it was my realtor's secretary calling to let me know that we were having a showing today between 2:30-4pm. I looked at the clock and it was 3:30pm! Hello!?!!?! Yeah, good thing I kinda cleaned up my house...I did the dishes and I cleaned Nathan's toys up but not like it should have been! I had clean laundry all over my bedroom and none of the blinds were left open and the kitchen counter had bills on it that needed to be put away!!! Ugh! So when I heard that message I looked at the front door thinking..."are they going to show up any minute now?" Then I looked at the counter and there was the realtor's card sitting there. Yeah, Great...they already came and my house was not in showing order for sure. So I called my realtor up and told her that her secretary needs to make sure to call me on my cell phone when I have a showing because I could have raced home or something I dunno. My realtor always calls my cell phone if I am not home just to give me a heads up but apparently her assistant doesn't. Which I think about now and the other times she has called and it just has never mattered because I got the message in time or whatever. Hopefully something good turns up soon because I really can't do the house spotless everytime I go somewhere...thats one thing I DO know.

Utah Man Sir live across the green...

Today we took the kids and met my parents and grandma at the Utah basketball game where they played the zoo...oh I mean BYU. Anyway, we had a really good time although Ryan is now complaining that he lost his hearing but it's not fun unless it's loud...okay at least in my book when it's Utah fans that are loud! haha Anyway, Utah lost by like 3 points but life goes on and it was still a great time. Ryan and I sat in our ticketed seats with Rylee and my parents and grandma kept Nathan with them and sat where we normally sit (not where our tickets say). It was pretty packed compared to the other games we go to. Nathan is too cute at the games. Everytime the band starts to play he is up on his feet dancing around. He loves it! He loves to sing the Utah fight song all the time! He always asks me "mommy, sing: 'Utah Man Sir Live Across the Green.'" So of course I sing it most of the time at least 4 times in a couple of minutes but now he knows most of the song. I am impressed because he has really picked up most of the words to the fight song that begins...I am a Utah man sir and I live across the green. Hence the reason he asks for "Utah Man sir live across the green." Rylee was too cute in her cheerleader outfit and Nathan wore his Utah baseball t-shirt. I was cheering the Utes on today and there was a BYU fan in front of us who didn't like me cheering or something so he would make comments so that I could hear him. I didn't care though I just kept right on cheering.

On another note, hopefully Nathan doesn't have the stomach flu. Tonight at dinner he gagged on his food and threw up like 4 times in our kitchen! Yuck! So Ryan and I were on our hands and knees cleaning up which is so not fun. He was hungry after he threw up and so he had a cracker and yogurt and he has kept that down. I am thinking that he isn't sick because he has a VERY sensitive gag reflex that he has thrown up from many times before but who knows right?!

Here we are at the Utah game today...Nathan was over with Nana, Papa and Grandma Gloria so he wasn't in the picture.

Here is our cute little Ute cheerleader! Go Utes!!!!!

Rylee loves to sit up in the bathtub now that she is a big girl...at least she thinks so! Anyway, her and Nathan play so cute together. Nathan saves her the little pink girl to play with (chew on) and they have a great time in the tub together! Oh can you see the little hairs that stick up on Rylee's head?! They are there I swear!! She is finally getting hair!

I just have to laugh at Rylee's face in this picture. She is so funny! Nathan is in need a serious haircut!

Alright, I am done...

I am admitting defeat people. Yes, I have been defeated in potty training by my little 2 1/2 year old. Today I had this realization that as smart as this kid is; he is just not ready to be potty trained yet. I gave it almost a complete 4 days but this afternoon around 3 pm after 3 or 4 accidents in his underwear I just couldn't do it anymore. I called my mom to see if she thought I should keep going but she told me that he probably isn't quite ready yet and that I don't want to let it be a battle of wills because Nathan will win that every time. So after that I told Nathan I was going to put a diaper back on him and his response was "OH! The Mickey Mouse diapers?!" Yes, very excited about it too. It ruined my whole day because I have been very diligent this week. We have stayed home which I guess isn't too sad because it is a balmy 16 degrees for the high today and zero at night, but I had put so much effort into this that it makes me pretty angry he isn't potty trained. My friend Karen told me that a doctor told her friend not to even bring up potty training to a boy until he is 3 1/2 years old. I can't even imagine Nathan in diapers for a whole other year!!!!! She also told me that it was okay if he ended up not picking it up quite yet but I am totally bummed out. Oh good heck, what am I thinking?! I guess one of the big reasons that I was frustrated was because his poop has been hard and so he would be pooping right after I put his big boy undies back on. I guess it was easier for him to walk around and get it out. Right after the diaper went back on, I sent him to his room (which I hadn't been able to do cause I didn't need him in there peeing or pooping) because I needed a break from the kid. A few minutes later he came out and he was stinky. It's one of those things where if someone even mentions that my child needs to be potty trained or asks why he doesn't go in the potty at this moment I think I might have a freakin' come apart! It definitely isn't a lack of trying on my part. He just never got the hang of telling me that he needed to go potty...even just pee! I feel like it was so close because I had given it everything I had and we were almost done with diapers for one child but not so much anymore. So who knows now. We did tell him that he doesn't get all the treats anymore until he goes potty and he wasn't too happy about that. hahaha I do have some pull here people!
Good thing I am going to lunch tomorrow with Karen and Celeste. Then I can vent and actually get out of the house. I feel like I need out right now after being cooped up in here for the past 4 days with really only one outing on Monday night. This could drive a mom batty all this potty training stuff! I am just about there to tell ya the honest truth! I guess my last thought is this...I hope that his diapers start driving him crazy! Yep, I hope when he potties in them that he is very uncomfortable. (I think the uncomfortable feeling already hit because soon after he had pooped in his diaper this afternoon he was like "mommy change my diaper.")

Tagged

My SIL tagged me so I guess I have to answer all of these questions.



What's his name? Ryan


How long have you been together? Over 6 years...married 6 years in March


How long did you date? We dated for 3 months and then we were engaged for 3 months


How old is he? 30 years old


Who eats more? Usually Ryan...but there are times when I eat more for example when I am pregnant or nursing... :)


Who said I love you first? Ryan did


Who is taller? Ryan by a foot!


Who is smarter? I went through 4 years of college and Ryan did 2 years but I don't think that really matters because I think Ryan is smarter.


Who does laundry? I do it on Mondays and sometimes Ryan gets to put his pants and shirts away


Who does the dishes? I do the dishes while I make dinner and then after too.


Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If the kids were standing at the foot of our bed looking up at us, I would be on the right side.


Who pays the bills? Ryan does...he is really good with money


Who mows the lawn? Ryan does that too. He enjoys going outside and working in the yard so I let him have his fun there.


Who cooks dinner? I definitely do that and I usually really enjoy cooking


Who drives when you are together? Usually Ryan but occasionaly I do


Who is more stubborn? I am definitely more stubborn and I am sure Ryan agrees with me on this one.


Who kissed who first? Ryan kissed me first :)


Who asked out who first? Ryan asked me out


Who proposed? Ryan at my parents house in Las Vegas on my birthday!


Who has more siblings? We actually are equal there...we each have 2 brothers and 1 sister.


Who wears the pants in the family? I would say we are pretty equal but I can definitely wear them sometimes


Okay to keep it going I am going to tag Kristina, Melanie, Emilee, Katie, and Jayne. :) Have fun!!!

The very latest

I have to give myself a little bit of a pat on the back right now because Nathan is still in big boy underwear. Yes day 2 and the diapers are still put away. Last night he wore a pull up to bed and I told him that it was big boy pants for night time. I don't know if he really buys that or not but I am thinking if we can get the day potty training done then we will go to the night. This morning he woke up and it seemed like maybe he had peed one time just a few minutes before he actually went in the potty. Who knows! He did have one accident today with the poop again but I am sure with a few more days he will get it. Last night I went and bought a whole bunch of treats and prizes for him going in the big boy potty. I bought a big bag of M&M's which are his favorite, Skittles, Air Heads, and then for the poo poo in the potty he gets Matchbox cars. I also bought him some "training pants" which are thicker underwear so if he does pee it doesn't leak so bad and then also some rubber underpants to go over his normal underwear. I think I really like the training pants right now though. He did a little poo poo in the potty but then followed that with an accident so I took his car away and we are still awaiting him to earn it back. He definitely gets an E for effort on trying. He is constantly wanting to sit on the potty and go "poo poo". I just love him! He is so sweet and such a good boy! I guess I would be enjoying this a little more if I felt better. I hurt my upper back shoulder area on Sunday...I have no idea how but it feels okay in the morning and by the afternoon and evening I am in quite a bit of pain. I have been putting ice on it and heat pads but all I want to do is lay down. Potty training doesn't help it because I am constantly up and down pulling pants off and on and then holding Rylee definitely doesn't make it feel any better when I hold her...in fact it actually hurts me to hold her for very long at all.
Well, we just had a close call...he started pooping and I took him to the toilet and of course the poop fell in the toilet but no more after that. Oh this is seriously killing me. Sorry about this graphic detail of potty training...I guess it comes with the territory....even though I can't imagine doing this with Rylee and who knows after that! Agh!

This time I am serious...

I decided that I would definitely start Nathan's potty training this week. A little insane I know! But I am definitely serious this time! After the holidays I was soooooo done with the whole Nathan poopy diapers thing that I told myself "that's it! I am done with it I can't handle it anymore!" I would start last week but he was still a little bit sick last week so I put it off for another week and today was my starting day. After he got up he came in my room and I asked him if he needed to go to the potty so he did. He peed and his diaper was mostly dry from last night. Yay! So there was a great moment especially when he came downstairs like 25 minutes later and said "mommy, I need to go potty". So I took him upstairs and he went pee pee again! I thought, "okay now this is gonna be so easy!" So I kept asking him, "do you need to sit on the potty?" He would always tell "nope". So I didn't worry too much because I kept feeling his diaper and it was dry! Finally after 1 1/2 hours of not going potty he ended up pooping and peeing in his pants while he was looking for a snack. I just felt like I was already done...I was talking to my SIL Alexis and she was like "it's okay, he's gonna have accidents just put some clean underwear on him and keep going." I told her that I was gonna put a diaper on him because for a few minutes he didn't want anything to do with the potty. Well, I called my mom soon after that and she was like "just tell him the diapers are gone." So that's what I did and all day he has gone pee pee in the potty but he did have another accident when he pooped again in his underpants but he peed too. Oh well I thought, this is just part of this whole process. When he pooped in his underpants he told me "let's try the soccer ball underpants and see if they will do better." I had to laugh because it was whichever underpants that he wanted to wear next. haha I guess what made me keep going was when I called my mom and she told me "just think, a week from now you will be so glad that you did it and that you aren't starting that Monday". So I am in it now and I better be so glad next Monday that my son is potty trained and life should be a little bit easier in that department...But who knows right?! Definitely not me!!!

Nathan sporting his big boy underwear.

Helping Hands

Last Sunday night Ryan told Nathan that he would put his wagon together he got for Christmas from Ryan's parents. My parents and grandma had come over for dinner and we were just hanging out watching tv while Ryan put it together and of course Nathan being his father's son was right there trying to help him put the wagon together. Ryan has so much patience with Nathan when it comes to that kind of a thing. Seriously I would be dying because he can be a handful when it comes to helping with little pieces. Agh! Anyway, Ryan got the wagon together...then it sat for like three days without being played with. But honestly, it probably won't get played with until it warms up outside because it really just doesn't work in our house at all right now especially since we are trying to sell the house.
I have decided that I found the perfect toy for a 6 month old....It's a singing stage thing. Rylee sits in front of the mirror and little instruments. When she pushes the instruments they play along with the music and lights. She loves it!!! She will just sit there for a good 30 minutes straight just playing with it. She is really good at sitting up. It seemed like it took Nathan a long time to get a "bone in his belly" but Rylee took to it quite quickly.

Nathan thought he should try to put Rylee's hat on his head...his head is way too big for that little thing!

Big smiles from the little Rylee girl.

So here is a picture of Ryan (who didn't want his picture taken...so I took it while he had a candy in his mouth) this is by far the longest his hair has ever been so add another weeks worth of growth to it because today he finally cut it.

Big helper!

Trying it out...

She loves her singing stage! It even has a little microphone to goober up too. :)

Rylee at her singing stage today.

What a week!!

Okay, so I haven't really posted for a while but I definitely have some excuses! My sister Angie and my neice Morgan flew in on Sunday December 30th. They were here for a week and it was so much fun to have them around. They stayed at my mom and dad's house so everyday last week we were over there just playing. Nathan was so excited to see his cousin "Mordan" and play with her. Nathan is quite the tease when it comes to girls...I think he likes to see them get upset because he just does whatever he can to make Morgan freak out. Kinda funny sometimes but then it definitely gets old after a while. Angie and Morgan were both really excited to come and see their "baby Rylee". They hadn't seen her since she was like 6 weeks old! To say the least...she has grown up quite a bit! Angie held her lots which as a mom I can appreciate because I am always holding her! So Ang got to give Rylee lots of loves and so did Morgan. Rylee got spoiled by them always being the center of attention and everything! On Thursday, Angie, Morgan and my mom met us at the movie theater and Ryan and I took Nathan and Rylee to Enchanted with them. It is probably one of my most favorite Disney movies for sure! It was so cute and the music was really good too! Nathan came down with a cold early on when Morgan was here and it seemed like it was just going to take its course and move on until Thursday night he went to bed about 7:30ish and he woke up at about 11:30 that night. He was rubbing his ear and wanted Ryan to "kiss it better". So Ryan did and Nathan stayed up until we went to bed about 12am. At 2am Ryan was up again with Nathan...apparently Nathan had never fallen back to sleep so he had been sitting in his room while the rest of us slept. Then he was up again at 6:30am. I definitely felt like something was not right. Rylee had not been sleeping great either for a couple of nights but she would just fuss for her binky and I would go in and put it in and go back to sleep. Nathan woke us up and asked me to kiss his other ear better that early morning. I was really worried after that because he has never said anything about his ears to us. I told Ryan that I would call the doctor's office as soon as they opened which was 8:30am. So I did and we ran out the door about 8:40 to be at the doctors at 9am...which is also a 25-30 minute drive from our house. Well the doctor looked in his ears and said "we definitely have a problem there". So after a visit from the doctor and a prescription for a double ear infection we were on our way! It was the very first time Nathan has ever had an ear infection let alone a DOUBLE ear infection. What we thought started out as him "cutting" teeth moved into a cold and then a lovely ear infection. Yuck! That very next day we asked Nathan if his ears were still hurting and his response to us was "No, the doctor fixed them". hahaha He is really funny sometimes. He was going to spend that night over at my mom's with Morgan and I am so glad that he didn't go because he would have woken them up and he definitely needed his mommy. So Rylee's sleep never really got any better. I was a little perturbed because I thought "what is her deal?!" Well, on Monday she woke up with a nasty cough (which by the way Nathan has had a nasty cought from day 1!!! aghhhhh!!!) so I knew she was getting the same thing Nathan has had! Yuck, Gross, Not exciting for me that's for sure! Then yesterday morning she woke up with the cough but worse and she would cough so much and so hard that she would end up throwing up at the end because it would just gag her too much. Poor little baby girl! Seriously these kind of things just make me so nervous! So I called her doctors office (the same one I had Nathan into on Friday but after I had aggonized about it almost a half a day!) and they said if she was throwing up because she was coughing so much/hard then I needed to take her in. Lovely another trip to the doctors office. Just what I wanted to do. The doctor told me that she has what every other kid in the valley has "bronchialitis". Nothing you can really do. Her lungs sounded really good still so I am grateful for that. He said just to watch her and make sure it doesn't affect her breathing (like so many times per minute) because it can turn into the lovely (very sarcastic there) RSV. So here we are again. I give her tylenol so she can hopefully relax and sleep better. Today she is so onry and she doesn't like the taste of tylenol but oh well at least she will sleep when she has some in her...she wouldn't even do that earlier without it!! Now I sit here and blog because I have shipped Nathan off to my mom and dad's house for the night. He is so excited to go with them to the Utah basketball game...or as he calls it "Utah man sir". haha I thought "now I can finally go and blog about all of this stuff that has been happening since Nathan isn't here". I don't get on the computer very much because he really does take up most of my time. So here are some pictures Angie took with her camera while she was here. Good thing she took pictures because I always forgot to. Oops! (Oh and PS, Rylee weighed 15lbs. 7 oz. at the doctors yesterday still such a little pint!)


I have no idea what this cheesy face is but it is very cute!!!

Eating her dinners at Nana's house. She really enjoys this time of night when she eats her cereal and food.

Morgan holding that silly girl Rylee again....I have no idea what's up with her cheesy funny faces!

Nathan and Morgan in the grocery cart at the store with Nana and Angie...Oh yes and we can't forget Alice who is Morgan's doll she has with her there.

That cute Nana and Rylee girl!!

Nathan riding his spiderman trike in Nana and Papa's basement!

Smiles from the cute Rylee Girl bouncing it up in that saucer!

Uncle Ryan...aka Daddy with Morgan and Nathan and Bitsy doggie!

Questions

I got these interesting questions from Sarah's blog...I thought I would put them on my blog with my answers to summarize 2007 and insight to '08. I got the biggest kick out of Sarah and Tyler's answers! So here we go!!!


What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Tris- Raised two kids

Ry- Went to the Barnum and Bailey Circus or "the dang circus"

Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Tris- I can't remember the ones I even made...so I am guessing I didn't keep them! Yes I have made some new ones.

Ry- Did I make any???

Did anyone close to you give birth?

Tris- My SIL Lexi, My SIL Mandy, My best friend from high school Melanie, Celeste, and I did too.

Ry- My wife

Did anyone close to you die?

Tris- No

Ry- I don't think so

What countries did you visit?

Tris- stayed right here...

Ry- burnt forest in Idaho

What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?

Tris- More patience for sure!!

Ry- Money

What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

Tris- Probably June 5th and 6th....the night my water broke and the early morning c-section when Rylee was born! That was a really great day!

Ry- ditto

What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Tris- Giving birth to Rylee

Ry- gaining another child, and finishing the basement

What was your biggest failure?

Tris- Probably not losing more weight after Rylee was born

Ry- gaining a few pounds

Did you suffer illness or injury?

Tris- I don't think so

Ry- i was just sick of the fires

What was the best thing you bought?

Tris- Tool chest for Ryan for his bday...now his tools are all in one spot!

Ry- our bed, KING size

Where did most of your money go?

Tris- To our house...mortgage and paying for the basement

Ry- our kids

What did you get really, really, really excited about?

Tris- Giving birth to Rylee

Ry- Rylee, and taking Nathan Elk Hunting

What song will always remind you of 2007?

Tris- I don't think one really sticks out in my mind...a bunch of country ones probably.

Ry- The Happy Meal song "Buckaroo", Nathan loves singing it and "123 like a bird I sing"

Compared to this time last year, are you: much happier, richer, nicer?

Tris- Not nicer, but happier and richer

Ry- of course I am all three

What do you wish you'd done more of?
Tris- Relaxing and vacationing with my family
Ry- Gone Fishing and Hunting, since i didnt even fish the whole year
What do you wish you'd done less of?
Tris- Got mad or yelled at Nathan...I really lose my temper way too much
Ry- Eating out,

How did you spend Christmas?
Tris- Just sitting around my in laws house and also playing games at night
Ry- In Green rIVER

Did you fall in love in 2007?
Tris- Yep, more in love with Ryan and Nathan and I fell in love with my baby girl Rylee

Ry- Sure

What was your favorite TV program?
Tris- Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, American's Next Top Model, Big Brother, The Hills, Friday Night Lights, Amazing Race, Samantha Who?, Private Practice, and I am sure some others that I can't remember.
Ry- Greys, Friday night lights, What about Brian (but then they took it away), Sam who

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Tris- I don't hate anyone

Ry- Nope, I dont think i hate anyone, I might dislike a few

What was the best book you read this year?
Tris- Barrington Family Saga
Ry- who has time to read a book

What was your greatest musical discovery?
Tris- High School Musical
Ry- Nathans singing

What did you want and get?
Tris- Clothes and new scriptures

Ry- A smoker and tool box

What were your favorite films of this year?

Tris- Enchanted...even though I saw it 2008 but it came out in 2007
Ry- Bee movie I guess

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Tris- We spent it with my parents and grandma...we went to dinner and to a UofU basketball game. I turned 25
Ry- went to Outback with Tris's parents, 30

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Tris- Losing weight!!! Agh! I get frustrated thinking about the weight I have to lose...blah!

Ry-same as Tris

How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
Tris- Boring! I wish I had better fashion sense
Ry- Do I have any fashion

What kept you sane?
Tris- My mom and dad...I went over there when Ryan would go out of town and they helped me with my kiddlets.

Ry- My wife and Kiddos

Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

Tris- Probably the girl Lauren on The Hills...she dresses really cute

Ry- no one

What political issue stirred you the most?

Tris- The upcoming election

Ry- the election i guess

Who did you miss?
Tris- My sister
Ry- My wife and kids when i was on fires and out of town on work

Who was the best new person (people) you met?
Tris- Rylee
Ry- Ditto

Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007.
Tris- I need a lot more patience in my life
Ry- Learning to deal with a 2 year old

What are you most excited for in 2008?
Tris- Watching my kids grow...as sad as it really is...I wish they would stay little!

Ry- Watchin the Kiddos grow

What are you least excited for in 2008?

Tris- The exercising
Ry- Work

Our present

In Nathan's nursery class they made all of the moms and dads these cute pictures and sayings. Nathan's teacher said that Nathan's turned out really good because he actually cooperated with the picture and holding the sun up. I had to show everybody how cute his is...now it's on my fridge! He is so sweet!!!