I've Been Tagged

Thanks to my very cool, world traveling sister in law, Shawntel who tagged me and gave me something to blog about. :)

1. Five things on my To Do list:

• Clean the office
• Finish our adoption profile that was due to LDSFS a few weeks ago (I have been such a procrastinator this time around)
• Figure out what to do for Kyle's 30th birthday
• Learn patience
• Move to Gilbert (this has been on my list for a very long time and we aren't much closer to crossing it off so maybe I should just erase it and learn to deal with claustrophobia...at least they are building a Target down the road)

2. Five jobs I've had:

• Full time mom and wife
• Accounting, HR, Event Planning Manager at The Golf Club Scottsdale (yes, that was all one job)
• Massage Therapist
• Marketing Manager for Original Putting Green Co.
• Marketing Manager for iTool.com

3. Five places I have lived:

• Arizona
• Utah
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• California

4. Five favorite snacks:

• Fruit smoothies
• Bread
• Chocolate
• Fresh Choc Chip Cookies
• Basically all carbs

5. Five things you don't know about me:

• I once had my belly button pierced (much to the dismay of my father who told me I might have a better chance of finding a suitable guy to date if I would remove the scrap metal from my stomach. He was right. I took it out when Pres Hinckley gave the talk about piercings and shortly afterward I met my husband, Kyle who mentioned while we were dating that he thought peircings were so gross and he was so glad I didn't have any:)
• I went bungee jumping in Thailand (it was horrible and I would never do it again!)
• I've had my nose done (I know it's not exactly a celebrity nose now, but you should have seen it before...)
• My favorite smells are hand sanitizer, nail polish remover, pine sol and gasoline (I am sure that is why my brain cells have been depleting)
• I want to adopt a baby from China.

6. Five things I would do if I were a billionaire:

• Pay a big fat tithing and fast offering check
• Move to Gilbert, buy a vacation home on Maui and a cabin somewhere up North
• Invest
• Set aside a few million for Gage's college fund (at the rate tuition is rising, it won't be enough)
• Have ThaiPan delivered to my house for dinner at least twice a week (you haven't lived until you have eaten at ThaiPan. It's so good but an hour drive from where we live.

7. Five things I love:

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
• Kyle, Gage and all of our extended family
• Adoption
• Food (eating it, cooking it, looking at it, reading about it, etc)
• My calling in Relief Society

8. Five people I tag: (okay, I can't think of five people who haven't already done this, so I am just going to tag Adelia b/c I am pretty sure she hasn't yet and she needs to blog more :)

Happy Father's Day

A little late, I know. But Happy Father's Day everyone! We had a fun Father's Day weekend. Saturday we spent the day at the lake with Katie, Jeremy and Anden. We pulled the little boys on the tube really slowly around the lake. They were most fascinated with dragging their hands and faces in the water as we rode along. Then we pulled the big boys in the tube. Kyle got some major air on one wreck as he flew out of the tube and over Jeremy, but luckily no injuries were sustained. Sunday we went to church and then had Kyle's mom and stepdad over for pollo asada burritos and peach cobbler (Kyle's request for Father's Day dinner). Pretty laid back but it was nice to spend time together.

I am so grateful for Kyle and the great daddy that he is to Gage. He works so hard so that I can stay home with Gage and even after his long days of work in the HOT sun, he still spends spends so much time playing with Gage, teaching Gage, reading to Gage, changing diapers, and being an all around great husband and father. I don't know what we would do without him. Thanks for being so great, honey. We love you!

And Happy Father's Day to my Dad too! I have always (okay, maybe with the exception of my interesting teenage years) aspired to be like my dad. He's so dedicated, strong (spiritually, mentally and physically), adventurous, loving, intelligent, thoughtful, frugal, insightful, wise and pretty much fantastic. He's was my best friend before Kyle came along and is still one of my closest confidants. Thanks for everything, Dad!

Then there are my two Fathers in Law whom I feel so lucky to now be related to. Kyle's dad, Steve is so generous, smart, fun to hang out with, kind, and has great taste in restaurants! We wish he lived closer so we could spend more time with him. And Kyle's stepdad, John is so thoughtful, considerate, fun, and quite a conversationalist. And the best thing about all three of our dads is that they are just the best grandpas Gage could ever ask for. We are so blessed.

Of course we couldn't let father's day go by without also giving a little shout out to Gage's birthfather whose hilarious sense of humor we hope Gage inherited. We are grateful that he was so supportive of his girlfriend's decision to place their baby with us and for how much he cared about finding the right family for Gage.

Gage's First Haircut

I took Gage to get his first haircut a few days ago. I was very nervous about this so we put it off so long that he was starting to grow a mullet and people have been commenting often on how long his hair is. I know they don't mean this in a good way... :) But Gage is terrified of strange instruments touching his head or face. He flips out when the nurse at the Dr.'s office tries to measure his head with the tape measure and we don't even consider taking his temperature with the forehead thermometer (not sure what the correct name for that is). So I picked the most kid-friendly salon I could find: Cool Cuts 4 Kids. Gage was already excited the second we walked in the door because they had a fire engine for him to sit in. And the haircut went great!! The only time he got a little freaked was when the stylist started the clippers on the back. But he held it together and came out looking so darling! He couldn't stop looking at himself in the mirror. :)

Before the haircut: (If you click on the pic to enlarge, you can see the little boy behind Gage. His mother is having the stylist cut a full-blown mullet into his hair. Parents can be so cruel.)

During the haircut:

After the haircut: Doesn't he look handsome?

Memorial Weekend

Yes, I know Memorial weekend was a long time ago, but with the Roseola outbreak and then the start of Gage's swimming lessons, I haven't had time to post anything for a while. A few weeks before memorial weekend, Kyle and I were talking about whether we should stay in town or travel for a couple days. He told me that his ideal weekend would be to get a sitter for Gage, go to a drive-in movie one night (random, huh?) and then go up to Katie & Jeremy's house on Memorial day to hang out with them. Then a couple days later we got an e-vite from Katie and Jeremy to go to the drive-ins with some of their friends and family to celebrate Jeremy's birthday. It was a blast and it happened to be the only cool night Arizona will probably ever see at the end of May so we were all cuddled up in our camping chairs with several blankets. Anyway, then Katie invited us to come up to their house on Mem day to swim and hang out. So our perfect weekend was accomplished. Thanks Katie and Jeremy for making all our dreams come true. :) Gage was in Heaven because their house is like Disneyland for a 1 year old! They have a huge bouncing thing, tons of ride on toys, a cool lego table, a little splash pad, a pool, jacuzzi, and tons more.