Tyler and Lissy

Blah, blah

2011-08-05T21:20:00.000-07:00

The kids are obsessed with climbing on the couch. Ezra is apparently

very bored here though.

Hanging out at dads show.

Another one of there favorite things to do.

They are extremely active little kiddos these days. We've all

loved having Tyler home this Summer and I'm already dreading

his return to work. Not sure how i'm going to manage the park by myself

with them. They drive me crazy but I love them to death.

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2011-04-22T09:39:00.001-07:00

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Please come soon Spring!

2011-03-11T13:52:00.000-08:00

I haven't updated this blog in awhile and the kids are sort of napping right now and by sort of I mean they are in their beds but I can still hear them talking. Anyway I thought it was a good time to put down some words for once on this thing.

It's been quite a long winter this year and I've had the winter blues lately, feeling lonely trapped in my house all day. Last winter was harder in many ways, namely not getting any sleep, feeling so out of shape that I couldn't even sweep the floor without getting tired and just not having any other time to do anything but take care of twins. I've had a little more time this winter to workout and keep the house up, but I've kind of been a hermit in my own home. Honestly there are times when I don't even walk out of my house for days. I know that I need to find some hobbies so that I don't end up feeling this way every winter but I'm the kind of person who gets really into something for a little while and then gets bored and moves on to something else never really getting great at anything. Ezra and Zoe got RSV a couple weeks ago and that was quite a challenge. The only thing that I really enjoyed through it all was that fact that Ezra wanted to cuddle all day. There is something about a little one resting their head on your shoulder that just makes you feel so special. I'm glad we are past that and hoping we can avoid any more sickness through Spring. I don't normally complain on this blog but I just figured that someday I can look back on this and appreciate all the things I learned from being a mom.

Since I've been cooped up most of the winter I've gotten kind of addicted to certain t.v. shows. Don't make fun but recently it's been 'Vampire Diaries' and I just finished the fourth season of 'Friday Night Lights'. I loved Friday Night Lights! I thought it was all about football so I was never really interested but there is actually lots drama and romance, which I can never get enough of on television:) The first four seasons are on Netflix so my poor laptop has gotten a workout the past few weeks. See what I mean though, I need hobbies other than getting SO into a television show that I forget about my own life.

I started a new workout recently that I've been able to stick to for the past few weeks. Tyler and I order the Power 90 workout videos and I'm going to do it for the 90 days and then hopefully be in good enough shape to do P90X. We shall see....

I haven't loaded any of the new photos I've taken of the kids yet so no photos this time but soon perhaps. It's a lot harder to take pictures of them lately because they won't sit still unless they are eating or sleeping.

Sorry about all of the complaining on this post, and happy soon to be Spring everyone!!

Happy 1st Birthday!

2011-01-24T14:41:00.000-08:00

Grandma Bobbie gave them these animals. I can't believe they

didn't notice and just kept them on. So cute!

Not into it!

I covered these party hats in hot pink and blue felt.
I just wish they would have kept them on.

The food.

He loved it!

Ezra was such a ham for everyone watching. I was so surprised

cause he screams whenever he's held by anyone but me or Tyler. (and uncle Andy)

The twins had their first birthday on the 14th of January, so we threw a party on the 15th to celebrate. I can't believe it's already been a year since these two joined us. It was such a scary time a year ago not knowing if they were going to be okay coming over five weeks early. They are happy healthy 1 year olds and I'm sooo stinkin grateful that they made it to us. We are so blessed to have them and I love them to death. I never thought I would be such a teary eyed mom, but just writing this I'm getting a bit watery eyed thinking about them and what it took to get them here safely. I would go through all the bed rest again to have them here. Thanks to everyone who helped us make it through the first year. There were a lot of tears and not just from from the twins:)

Merry Christmas

2010-12-29T18:46:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas morning at my parents house this year and we really enjoyed spending so much time with family. Christmas morning last year I went into early labor and Tyler and I ended up spending Christmas day along with many weeks to come in the hospital till the babies came, so this year was much more enjoyable although not exactly relaxing. The twins still have a hard time sleeping anywhere but home and Zoe had an ear infection that was making her pretty upset. I still managed to get some cute pics (with the help of Adam) of the kids. Ezra and Zoe didn't have a clue what was going on Christmas morning but it was still fun to pretend they did. They ended up liking ribbons and ornaments on my moms tree much more than any of the presents. We also spent time at Tyler's grandparents and his parents house on Christmas, so we had quite an eventful day and by the time we got home we all crashed and the kids (thankfully) slept great!

My brother Adam came home to visit and it's been three years since we've seen him, so it's been so nice to catch up and show off his new niece and nephew. He treated all the siblings and spouses to a 3D movie (Tron) and dinner last night. I just wish he could stay longer!

We also got to talk to Alex on Christmas morning! It made me miss him! I can't believe it's already been a year though. Just one more to go before he gets home and meets the newest members of the family.

The holidays have been great this year and we've so grateful to have wonderful family to spend them with. It's been quite a year for Tyler and I, so many changes but so many blessings. I'm so thankful our babies made it here safely, they are the best thing that's ever happened to us!

Ezra trying to make a big decision

I love his winter sweater, he looks

so plump and cute!

This girl is either WAY happy or WAY sad.

Christmas Eve she was mostly sad because of an

ear infection. We'll just pretend she was this happy all night.

Grandma Bobbie gave them these super cute little walker/bikes

Despite Tyler's best efforts to keep them out of these costume

I managed to get a few more pictures of them. (Ezra grew quite a

bit since Halloween and didn't fit in the red and white undershirt:)

Merry Christmas to you all!

Halloween

2010-11-09T08:02:00.000-08:00

The Putnam families going for movie themes this year.

Poor Zoe wasn't loving her costume.

My fam just missing Adam and Alex.

Buddy the Elf, Jovi Elf and their little baby elves.

Our Halloween party was a success this year. We had yummy soup and all sorts of good eats and enjoyed hanging out with family. We're going to try to expand this party next year and invite more people and have more activities. Thanks to my mom for bringing all sorts of good stuff and helping out with the kiddos ALL night. Thanks mom. I guess it's time to get ready for the next holiday... CHIRSTMAS! oh wait I forgot about THANKSGIVING!! Poor Thanksgiving gets overshadowed by Christmas. Hooray for Thanksgiving coming up soon!!

Fall

2010-10-28T08:45:00.000-07:00

I love this picture. The kids were not happy this day and

my mom was trying to help out while I took senior pics of my sister.

Playing in grandmas pretty yard.

Fall is the perfect season. Not too hot, not too cold (except recently in Utah), the colors make it beautiful, you can start wearing cozy sweaters and jackets, it smells good outside especially on Halloween, and you can buy candy in very large bags at the store! I just wish it lasted till the end of November and then winter can start December 1st and only last till February 1st. I am looking forward to this Christmas season, though, it will be the first Christmas that Tyler and I aren't working at the Post Office, which is very nice. Although there are a few things that I actually will miss about that. The extra money for starters, beautiful Park City and of course shopping at the Outlets. Oh well this year I want to spend as much time with family as possible and perhaps make some new traditions with our two new additions this year. It will be the first Christmas for the twins, and even though they won't remember it or even be able to get excited about much of it I still can't wait. I'm not going to say what our family is going to be for Halloween this year but I will post pictures soon. A little hint though we'll be able to use them again for Christmas! We are having a little costume party this Friday with mostly family (although any friends who read this you are welcome to come). We had a little one last year and ate soup and bread bowls so we are keeping up the tradition this year.

The babies are sick right now and it's been a struggle for everyone. I hate when something like this is out of my control and my babies are just miserable. I took them to the doctor yesterday and no ear infections, or anything too serious but the doctor still wrote a prescription for antibiotics. Am I weird for not wanting to give them those unless we know for sure there is an infection?? I think docs over do it with just giving those out. Hopefully I'm not being a bad momma, but I'm going to give them a couple more days and see if they improve before I resort to that. They are both crawling now although in very different ways. Ezra is an Army crawler and I don't think he's ever going to figure out the faster way to get around, and Zoe is the traditional knee crawler. They switched places recently and Ezra is now the harder of the two. He is so needy (wonder who he got that from), he starts crying when I hold Zoe, or even change her diaper. At first it was sort of cute but now it's just annoying and exhausting for me. Zoe is pretty content to just play on her own and she's it a little more easily entertained. They both really want to explore every corner of the house and get into everything, which I know is a good thing developmentally but it becomes a lot more work for me. Don't get me wrong though these two bring me so much joy and fun and I feel so much more fulfilled now, but there are definitely days where I really sleeping in, or just relaxing when I'm not feeling good.

Wrap it up Alyssa....Hope you all have a Happy Halloween!!

Teeth!!!

2010-10-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

These two rascals are keeping us awake again! They are both getting their two bottom teeth and it's been a struggle the past few weeks. Just when I thought we had figured out the whole sleeping through the night thing this completely ruined our little schedule. Perhaps someday I'll be able to sleep through the night with no interruptions. That is for sure the thing I miss the most since having these two.

They are both so close to crawling, but haven't quite figured it out yet. They will get up on their hands and knees and rock but they don't move forward. I know they will figure it out soon enough, I just get a little annoyed when people ask me if they are crawling yet and seem surprised that they aren't. Technically they aren't 8 months if you take into account they were more than a month early. A lot of people tell me that my life will never be the same once they start crawling because they will be getting into EVERYTHING! I like keeping my house fairly clean so I'm going to have a hard time letting them discover and make big messes.

I talk so much about the babies lately just because it's taken over my entire life, but there is also someone else in my life that I enjoy talking about. THE HUBBY! Tyler turned 30 on the 26th of September! I feel bad we didn't really celebrate as much as I wanted to because we were out of money and we were on a diet, but I'm still planning on throwing a celebration in the form of a birthday/Halloween party near the end of October! If anyone has any fun ideas for things to do or eat I'd love to hear them. I'm not to good at throwing parties so we shall see. I'm going to try to put up a video of Ty making the twins giggle. He is so good with them. They both light up when he walks in the door after work. I know he is going to be the favorite:) Especially with Ezra. Doesn't seem fair...I carried them for 8 months, had contractions for 3 weeks straight in the hospital, got about a billion stretch marks, and I'm up with them all night, and they love him more:) Oh well I'm glad that he is such a good daddy.

See there I go somehow I got back to the subject of the kiddos. I think I need a night out without the kids. It's just not as fun to go on a date since we started this diet. Eating was always central to our dates. I guess that's why we had to go on a diet though. I never realized how much I love carbs. Forget about meat, give me carbs any day! Lately I watch all the cooking shows on the food network because just looking at all the good food sometimes is enough for me. I don't know why, it's weird. Food and babies that is what occupies my thoughts these days.

photoshop fun

2010-09-14T15:57:00.000-07:00

Cheese ball!

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Don't you love how cheesy these grins are? It cracks me up, especially since their eyes disappear. Love it!

Little Models

2010-08-26T10:34:00.000-07:00

I just had to post these pictures. They give me great glazed over model looks when they are really tired. What beautiful babies I have!!

Drool Babies

2010-08-11T15:35:00.000-07:00

This summer is coming to a close and it's actually been a pretty enjoyable, relaxing one for Tyler and I. Tyler was able to go to Morocco and southern Utah with the Army Band and he had a great time. We've gotten quite a few projects done around the house, except for the yard of course but hopefully next summer or spring we'll finally attack that project. I finally bought the camera I've been dreaming of the past few years and I've been having lots of fun with it although I have a lot to learn still. I've even had the time finally to catch up on some of the movies that I didn't have a chance to see after the babies arrived. Ezra and Zoe are getting big and I have to say, more enjoyable. Don't get me wrong I love the tiny baby stage but I really didn't like not getting any sleep, it makes me really ornery. I'm finally getting some sleep again although we haven't perfect the sleeping though the night thing, we're getting there.

Ezra and Zoe are drool babies right now especially Ezra. He can soak the entire front of his onesie in less than an hour. He learned how to roll on his tummy and almost never stays on his back anymore. He even prefers sleeping on his tummy and I've given up rolling him over because he never stays hopefully that's okay by six months??? Zoe is our little drama queen and gets mad if she can't reach a toy or get something she wants. She's so demanding, it worries me for those teenage years. I forgive her pretty quickly though as soon as she grins at me because you can't help it, it's so stinkin sweet when she smiles cause she smiles with her entire face. I hope she doesn't use this knowledge against me someday:) I end up going on and on about my kids about details I'm sure only I care about in these posts. Perhaps the next post I try to come up with something other than them. (You can't blame me though when you look at the pictures above.)

My blue eyed babes!

2010-07-19T20:13:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've posted, I know, I know how annoying, but I bought a new laptop so it won't take three hours to upload pictures anymore so I'm going to be better at this. Plus I had to post some of my most recent favorite pictures of my sweeties. I love how they look in just their white onesies. They are getting more and more fun everyday, and getting so big so fast. It actually scares me sometimes how quickly these months are going by. I want to be better at writing down some of the things they are doing.

Right now Ezra has such a sweet loving personality, his favorite person is for sure his dad. He lights up whenever Tyler walks into the room and smiles so enormous when he looks and plays with him. He loves splashing during bath time and he's so patient when Zoe is needy and waits his turn for most things. (Minus food). He loves his jumperoo and is starting to really get some air in that thing. It's hilarious! He is starting to get separation anxiety and doesn't like being put down into bed and then seeing us walk out of the room. It makes me so sad. He is such a loveable little boy.

Zoe is a little bit more demanding and LOVES attention. She gets pretty frustrated when she drops her toy or see's something that Ezra's holding that she wants. She's a little more timid about bath time and gets really nervous in the water. She has the highest pitch little squeal that sounds like she's trying to communicate with dolphins. It's especially loud in the early mornings but when I go in to get her she grins so big that I can't get upset with her even if I wanted to. She loves to play with my hair when it hangs down when I'm changing her, it's really sweet until she grabs it and pulls hard! She is very strong and tries to do little crunches when I lay her down and has a hard time sitting still. I think she is going to have a lot of energy when she grows up. I'm not a high energy person so I'm a little worried about it. She'll keep me active though so I don't ever become a lazy mama.

I'm so happy to be their mom, I feel so lucky everyday, even when i'm so exhausted at the end of the day, it's so worth having them look at me and smile and know that I'm their mommy!

All Smiles

2010-05-15T16:47:00.000-07:00

My little ones just love hanging out on my bed

in the morning after they wake up. (Just before

they realize they're hungry) This is the time of

the day they just can't grin enough. I love it!

She got so excited, so couldn't wave her arms

fast enough. So cute! Her eyes usually disappear when

she smiles big. Mine do the same. Cute as a baby, not

so much when you're an adult:)

This is actually one of Ezra's half smiles.

He usually has an enormous grin from ear to ear.

Stressful day!

2010-05-07T13:04:00.000-07:00

Today has been quite a challenge, so I thought I'd post a really cute picture of my babies so that it will remind me of how cute they are (most days!!!). Ezra has been pooping all day, I bathed him and he did great fell asleep on me after and then I put him down in his crib for a nap, so I could start Zoe's bath. She loved her bath too, but hated getting out and being cold for a minute. She screamed (you know the ones where they turn purple from screaming) meanwhile Ezra woke up and started screaming himself. So I put a onesie on Zoe grabbed Ezra and set them both on my bed so I could go get some milk (even though they had only eaten maybe two hours ago) I came back into the room to, two purple screaming babies that wouldn't calm down for anything. Don't even think about insulting them with a pacifier or then you'll really be sorry! I put the milk into bottles and put them in hot water (babies still screaming bloody murder) put them both into their boppies and said screw it and started feeding them really cold milk. Of course they calmed down immediately but then I was stupid enough to take the bottle out of Ezra's mouth to get myself situated and immediately the screaming resumed. I quickly put it back in his mouth and still screaming. I couldn't get him to realize that it was back in his mouth. Oh and both babies only ate about half of what they normally eat. Maybe they are both sick or something. Regardless I felt like I was going to collapse after this experience. They are both asleep right now but I know I only have about 20 minutes before they both wake up again. I have so many things I should be doing during this 20 minutes but I just can't muster the energy. Just needed to vent!

Baby Feet

2010-04-27T16:38:00.001-07:00

I love my babies feet! I have to kiss them all the time, so I thought I'd post one of the sweetest pictures of them. My best friend from High School Kimberlie was sooooo stinkin' nice to come to my parents' house and take all of the photos that I've been posting recently. She did such a wonderful job and I can't thank her enough!! I'll probably post more soon.

Little Zoe girl!

2010-04-19T12:11:00.001-07:00

This is one of my favorites of her.

Showing off her pretty eyes!

Don't you want to just kiss those cheeks!?

I probably kiss them a hundred times a day:)

Love my little Zoe girl!!

2010-04-19T12:03:00.000-07:00

She's discovered her little hands. She's kind of doing

the pirate look that she does so well in this picture. I'll have to

post another picture of her doing her famous look.

Starting to get tired on mom after a long day.

I love the look on her face in this one.

She's so darn pretty!

Ready for her nap.

Can't get enough of these little cuties!

The Ezra man!

2010-04-18T16:44:00.000-07:00

Love this kid.

This is the face he's going to give me someday that he'll

know I won't be able to say no to.

Getting snuggles from mom.

Happy boy.

Trying to figure out why everyone is staring at him.

2010-04-18T14:02:00.000-07:00

Puckering up with those scrumptious lips!

Thinking about giving a smile.

He calls this one blue steel!

Showing off those big eyes he got from dad.

Baby hats!

2010-04-09T18:04:00.000-07:00

I was so excited that I got one of her smiling!

By the time I put them together for some pics they

weren't having it.

This was about a minute before the picture above.

Aren't our babies cute?

More of the little ones

2010-03-20T08:39:00.000-07:00

Sweet little Zoe

Ezra's head dwarfs Zoe's in this one:)

Beautiful girl!

Check out those cheeks that finally came in!

Can you tell Ezra got mom's big lips and dad's big eyes?

Well these little ones are really giving their mom and dad a major taste of sleep deprivation, but it's hard to be too angry when we look at there sweet little faces. I don't think I realized the constant job having twins would be. Most days Tyler gets home from work and I'm still in sweat pants and haven't had a chance to eat anything other than goldfish crackers and a peanut butter sandwich. It's sure fun though to watch them grow and even start to get different little personalities. Ezra always has a very sweet worried look on his face when he's not screaming because of acid reflux. He makes a lot of grunting horsey noises that crack us up. His favorite place to hangout is on his dad's chest, and he loves it when Tyler sings to him.

Zoe is our little beauty that loves attention. She's already very girly with very delicate hands and features. She has very high pitched scream but also a sweet little coo. She doesn't love bath time as much Ezra does and she sleeps very deep like mom. They had there two month check up and shots yesterday and they are both gaining weight like crazy which is what we want. When they were born Ezra was 4 lbs 12 oz. and Zoe was 4 lbs. 10 oz. and now Ezra is and ounce shy of 10 lbs and Zoe is 9 lbs even. The doctor actually told me I was feeding them a little too much and that was part of the reason why Ezra was miserable after eating with the acid reflux. Oops! Anyway I could go on for hours about them but I don't have the time anymore.

"Mini" photo shoot

2010-03-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

This is the hard part about taking pictures of them.

One is always awake the the other is asleep.

I love the position he's sitting in. He looks so comfy.

Zoe finally drifted of herself.

The Big Day!

2010-01-22T14:41:00.000-08:00

So cute!

This one makes me happy every time I see it.

Poor little thing. This picture was taken right

after he was born after they hooked him up

to everything. He has such big eyes that his eyelids

were swollen.

Here is sweet little Zoe hooked up to everything.

She had to have the ventilator after she was born:(

I didn't put these pictures in the right order but here

is the whale before she birthed her little ones.

Don't I look happy?

Here is the cute supportive husband in his outfit

getting ready for the operating room adventure.

2010-01-22T12:17:00.000-08:00

Proud Papa!

Daddy's little girl already!

This is me holding Zoe. I didn't want to put very many
pictures of my face because it got really swollen.

Sweet little Ezra. Can you tell he has my lips?
And Tyler's eyes under there?

I don't know who this is but I just love Tyler's face.

Baby Pictures!

2010-01-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

Little Zoe with a nice scream!

Doesn't she look good in pink?

Me holding Zoe with my very swollen hand.

I love the little bows they put on her

The little nuggets together at last!

I was in tears thinking that they missed each other

when they were separated in the isolettes.

I didn't want to use the flash on this one and wake them up

so it's a bit dark.

They're Here!!!!

2010-01-16T20:08:00.000-08:00

Well, our little ones decided they couldn't wait any longer and one day short of 35 weeks they made their grand entrance Thursday January 14th. Here is the short version (in my opinion) of their arrival. I had continued to have contractions but they hadn't really gotten worse or a lot closer together but I was feeling a bit crummy when I was trying to sleep Wednesday evening. I woke up at about 5:00 a.m. Thursday morning to my water breaking which scared me a bit, mostly because Tyler decided to go home to Logan, of course the night before so he was an hour away. I called him before I called the nurse so he could speed over here. It had snowed the night before so he nearly got in an accident trying to get here before they arrived. He did make it in time though. The contractions got really painful after my water broke and I went from 1 cm dialated to 4 cm in less than an hour. Needless to say it got very painful very fast, so I didn't hesitate to get the epidural quickly since I would be getting one anyway regardless of which way I finally decided to deliver them. I did decide to go with the c- section because I was so worried they wouldn't be able to get Zoe out quickly enough because she was in there kind of sideways she was going to come out second. The c-section was fairly frightening for me because they had to keep giving me more and more drugs to keep me from freaking out because the pressure and pulling caused me so much pain and anxiety. The doctor showed me the babies for just a second and then they were whisked away to get checked and get oxygen. Ezra Tyler weighed 4 lbs. 12 oz. and 18 in. long. Zoe Renee weighed 4 lbs. 10 oz. and she was 18 & 1/2 in. long. Tyler and I were instantly in love with them when we got to go into the NICU and check them out after they had been born. They both have different features that are from each of us. Ezra got my big lips and Zoe got Tyler's cute nose. She is very feminine looking and Ezra looks like a boy (actually a wrinkly little old man). I'm crazy about them! Even though it's been a painful pregnancy and a painful recovery, staring at them and watching Tyler stare and sing to them makes it all feel so worth all of the pain. Anyway I could gush all day about them but I'll wrap it up. I forgot the cord that connects my camera to my computer so i'll have to post lots of pictures later. More posts to come.

34 Weeks!!

2010-01-08T14:33:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to write another update on what's going on with our little ones. They haven't arrived yet, first of all, which is a really good thing for them, but not so comfortable for me. I'm still in the hospital and it's officially been two weeks since I've been in here. I'm still having contractions every 10-20 minutes even with the drugs they are giving me that are supposed to wart them off. I don't want to be a whiner baby but I'm starting to go a little crazy. The past three days since Tyler hasn't been here to wheel me around in the wheelchair I haven't even left this little room!! It's becoming a bit prison like. I just needed to vent that for a minute. On the other hand, I am extremely grateful that these babies are still in me growing and getting healthier. I guess I never realized how much moms have to give up even before their children are born.

Now that I'm officially 34 weeks I could deliver the babies at Logan Regional, but the doctors here told me it would be hospital policy to transport me in an ambulance there, which I'm not sure I want to do. Plus I'd have to know for sure that my insurance would cover that expense otherwise it would not be worth it. I may just end up staying here to avoid all of that. According to the monitoring and ultrasounds they've done the past few days the babies are looking healthy and happy. By now they are both probably in the four pound range, which is good. I'd love it if they could bulk up a bit more and get into the five pound range before they are born but I don't think they'll make it there. Thanks again to family and friends for your prayers, support, visits, and phone calls. I'll try to keep updating my blog with any new information.

Twins Update

2009-12-29T21:22:00.000-08:00

It's been a crazy Christmas for us this year. We spent Christmas eve at my parents' house this year and had a great night although I started feeling kind of crappy by bedtime. I was able to sleep a few hours through the night but I woke up about every hour feeling like I was having indigestion. I woke Tyler up at about four and we finally decided to call the on call doctor and see what they thought we should do. She recommended we go to Mckay-Dee hospital because first it was closer to my parents and second because they don't take 32 week old twins at Logan Regional. (No one ever told me this till then). We were expecting the doctor to tell me to just relax and hopefully the contractions would go away, so I got pretty nervous when she told me this. Anyway we made it to the hospital and they did all sorts of tests and gave me all sorts of shots. (not fun) The doctor they assigned me to thought that the babies would most likely be born within 48 hours and he was just hoping they would be able to get the couple of shots I needed to help their lungs develop. Luckily though I was able to hold out for a few days and now I'm being watched in the postpartum area of the hospital which I'll most likely stay in till I have these little ones. I'm still getting contractions but they are giving me drugs to keep them at bay for as long as possible. Right now they are about ten minutes apart. I'm going to have the longest labor ever! I'm hoping I can last a couple more weeks for the sake of these little ones but I'm also going pretty insane in the four walls of this hospital room. We're just praying that they will be healthy and that my body can hang on for a little while longer to give them the best shot when they are born. Thanks for all the prayers and concern we've already received. We are lucky to have wonderful family and friends support right now!

20 Week Ultrasound pics!

2009-11-18T08:52:00.001-08:00

I thought this was a really cool foot shot of our little boy.

Profile shots. The little boy is the first one and the
little girl is below. Poor guy was getting his face smooshed
in the top shot so it's hard to see him good.

Here's the gender shots of both of them.
It's pretty easy to tell the difference.

I finally got these scanned in! I had to use Tyler's printer at school because ours is a piece of junk. These pics are 7 weeks ago at my 20 week ultrasound. We kind of already knew that it was a boy and a girl because I had an appointment with my doc the week before and he was fairly positive it was one of each. Although the ultrasound machine he was using was from the dark ages and the 20 week ultrasound was with my other doctor with a better machine. We were so thrilled when we found out we were having one of each. I actually thought it was going to be two boys but Tyler thought it would be a boy and a girl. Nobody really thought it would be two girls. Although at my appointment the doctor said he didn't see any little boy parts at first. Tyler's face was priceless when he said that. He looked terrified! It was pretty funny. I don't think he realized how much he wanted at least one boy till he said that.
Our little girl seems to be much more active that our little boy. I wonder if they will have similar personalities when they're born. It's pretty fun to watch my stomach when they are really active. It looks like I have aliens moving in my belly! We can't wait to meet our little aliens!

Baby Updates!!

2009-11-16T20:35:00.001-08:00

The baby bump at about about 23 weeks.

This is really all I have set up in the nursery,
but I think they look pretty cute. I got the bedding
on sale at Pottery Barn Kids and Tyler picked out
the cribs (he's pretty proud). I'll put more pics
on here when I get it decorated a bit more.

Yes I know it's been a really long time since I've updated this lame-o blog so I'm trying to make up for it. In my defense our hard drive crashed and took all of our pics and programs with it so I've been trying to get everything set up again so I can put pics on here again. I'm still trying to figure out how to get out scanner to work so I can post some ultrasound pics but haven't figured that out yet.
As far as the pregnancy updates, I'm now almost 27 weeks along but I'm feeling like I should be further than thay. My doctor said that I'm basically two months ahead in size because I'm holding two. (That would make me about eight months along) Oh and I don't think I ever announced on here what we're having. I can't believe I forgot that. For those of you who don't know we're having a boy and a girl. It's actually just what we we're hoping for so we we're thrilled when we found out. The babies are looking healthy so far. The little girl is sure more active that the little boy. She likes to kick really hard already! They said that the little boy will be born first if they are positioned correctly so he'll be older.
I haven't been feeling awesome lately. (I'm going to complain for a small paragraph just a warning) I can't sit for longer than an hour and I can't stand for longer than an hour, so I constantly getting up and walking around or the opposite. Sitting through 3 hours of church nearly kills me. If I lay a certain way and then get up a nerve in my back shoots down my spine. Sleeping is really uncomfortable, my gums bleed every time I brush, and my hands and feet are really hot and starting to swell. There that's my gripe for the week. I know it will all be worth it though and I can't wait to meet these little babies!! Just a couple more months!!

Catching Up!! Halloween!

2009-11-16T17:02:00.000-08:00

Jim and Pam joined us on Halloween for soup
a nice visit.

Yes I know it's wrong on many levels, but we thought

it was pretty funny. I was really embarassed walking
through Macy's with these costumes on. Tyler said we
couldn't smile in the pic so that's why we look so stupid.

This is my pumpkin all lit up. I ended up having to

work on it by myself because Tyler's carving time

was about 10 minutes. It was pretty relaxing though.

Yeah my belly is already about the size of my

pumpkin and my face is quickly approaching

the same size.

Now you know why it only took him

10 minutes to carve his.

We had a good time this Halloween. Zach and Amy, Andrew and Hannah and Tyler's parents'

came over for soup and bread bowls, and Tyler's parents' were nice enough to help pass out candy while we got food. We had quite a nice turn out of kids this year. Our neighborhood is pretty perfect for little kids to go trick-or-treating, unlike our neighborhood last year which I didn't even like going outside after dark. I can never buy that much candy again because I got some bad headaches from the leftovers I inhaled. All in all a good Halloween though!!

Great Things Come in "Pairs"!

2009-08-10T18:35:00.000-07:00

Well, pretty much everyone already knows our exciting news, but for those who don't WE"RE HAVING TWINS! We could not be more thrilled and we already can't wait till they're here. I'm just about 13 weeks along and I'm already starting to take the shape of a whale. I guess this is a best excuse there is to gain a big belly though. I think I'm just starting to get over the really sick phase which is good because for awhile there I couldn't figure out how people do this more than once. We won't know if they're boys girls or one of each for a bit. They are not identical though so we could be lucky and get one of each! I'll try to be better about updating my blog now that we have something fun to update everyone about.

Paint, Paint, Paint!

2009-04-27T12:44:00.000-07:00

This is what our living room looked like before we started painting.
My mom thought the color looked like the bottom of a swimming pool.

Andrew and Tyler working hard.

My Uncle Brian and Aunt Yolanda were so nice to come and help.
Brian got all of the really tough spots. (That ladder is on the stairs)

My mom and dad really helped a lot!
Thanks again everyone who helped out.
It made the daunting job much less daunting.

Since we finished painting, Tyler and I (well mostly me) have been having fun decorating. It's much more fun to decorate when you have you're own home to decorate in rather that an apartment, which is all we've have had till now. We have a lot of projects we're going to try to get to this Summer. Unfortunately we won't be able to put in a sprinkler system and lawn until next Summer because of money, but there are plenty of other projects to keep us busy. I think our next purchase will be a grill, so we can invited friends and family up for a housewarming BBQ!
I couldn't fit all the pics in one entry so below are pics of what the paint looks like now.

The paint transformation!

2009-04-27T12:24:00.000-07:00

This is what are place looks like after the many hours of painting.
We're a little bit more afraid of color than the previous owners.

The new paint color actually goes pretty well with our
cabinets.

We had to buy a new fridge because the owners took theirs.
The salesman at RCwilley really knew how to upsale us. (We're idiots)

We bought a new table and bench at Target for a steal of
a deal, because they were trying to get rid of them so they could put
their spring stuff out. Now we just have to find some good chairs to match.

Here's just another view of the living room. As you can probably tell, I
only have this half of the living room decorated. We haven't moved our
couch up yet but as soon as we move the rest of our stuff I'll show the other
half of the room.

Here's to three years!!

2009-03-03T21:35:00.000-08:00

I really can't believe that it's already been 3 years since Tyler and I got married. It's flown by

so fast. We've experienced quite a lot though in those three years, but and I'm glad to say that
I'm just as excited now to be married to Tyler as I was three years ago. I think he's the greatest person alive and he treats me so good even when I'm a jerk. I don't deserve him, but I'm so happy he picked me to be with forever. So here's to three years and many more to come!
Here are a few pictures of our wedding day...

Home Sweet Home!

2009-02-11T21:21:00.000-08:00

We bought a home! It's in Nibley, and for those who don't know where Nibley is, it's in Cache Valley. We liked living there so much while going to school that we decided to go back. It has an unfinished basement and an unfinished yard because it's a newer home so we have some work ahead of us but we're really excited to have our own home. We've been spending weekends painting over the ugly blue walls that completely cover the kitchen, living room and dining room, and it's been a lot of work! We'll show some more pictures as soon as we get our paint done!

Beard Man

2009-02-08T17:31:00.001-08:00

I can't figure out why guys love growing their facial hair out but Tyler is definitely one of them. Over Christmas he always tries to grow it out because he doesn't have Army Band for that month. This was the result this year. I wouldn't let him keep the bottom one for more than a day because he looked like a dirty criminal.

P90X Workout Begins!

2009-02-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

Tyler and I have decided that it's time for us to get back into shape, so we're jumping on the P90X bandwagon and we're going to start tomorrow morning. Yes I know what you're thinking... everyone says they are going to start a workout/diet program tomorrow or on Monday, but we're feeling motivated this time. We took some before pictures a couple of days ago and we both about had a heart attack. Seeing yourself in very little clothing in bad lighting after staying away from pictures for the past year is not so fun. We've both gained a significant about of weight since we got married mostly because we've gained each others bad habits and lost our good ones, and partly because we've both been under a lot of stress the past year or so. Excuses aside thought, tomorrow morning we begin our workouts. I've been anxious to try these videos because I see the commercials for them all the time and it looks like it's worked for a lot of people. I'll try to update our blog with our results. There will probably not be any our our before pics posted though:)

TYLER THE TEACHER

2008-11-24T13:36:00.000-08:00

They spelled his name Mr. Putman

Yeah yeah yeah, I know it's been months since I last posted anything, but I haven't really had anything very exciting to blog about. So I was really trying to spare anyone who actually reads our blog any boring posts. I recently went to Tyler's school though and just happen to bring my camera, so I thought I'd share a few pics of his classroom. He's really done a good job of setting everything up, especially considering they didn't really give him very good chairs or music stands. Tyler and his dad (I helped a little) built a bunch of their own guitar stands so that the kids guitars weren't falling down all over. I think they turned out pretty good.
I wish Tyler would write a post so he could explain exactly how his first year teaching is going. From what he tells me though, it sounds like he's finally starting to get the hang of it. He teaches beginning guitar and general music, and by far he enjoys teaching the guitar classes more. He's brought home some of the kids tests and assignments to grade, and sometimes I'll help him. It's pretty hilarious what the kids write for some of their answers.
I've been looking into getting my alternative route to licensure, which basically means I could start teaching a subject now and then have three years to get my teaching license. I would love to teach P.E. or health since that's my degree but since teachers in those subjects aren't in high demand I would probably have to opt for Biology or another science class. I'll let you know how that goes.

Hooked on Lost

2008-09-05T13:42:00.000-07:00

Yes it's been awhile again since I've updated my lame blog and yes I have an extremely lame reason why. Tyler and I got lost in the t.v. show LOST and we haven't been able to function as normal adults because we've been so addicted to the show! It is seriously like t.v. heroin (not that I would now), it's just really addictive. I have already watched the past four seasons in just a couple short weeks, and I'm dying for the fifth season to start. So if you haven't seen the show I don't recommend starting it unless you have no life or you want to have no life.

Summer Update

2008-07-30T19:39:00.001-07:00

It's been quite awhile since I've updated, and to be honest it's mostly because of the sheer exhaustion that Tyler and I feel when we finally get home after driving two hours in construction and working at the Post Office all day. Is anyone else tired of all of the construction? I swear that every stretch of road has construction going on right now. Can't they wait to do some of it next year? I've developed terrible road rage because we drive so much, and because Davis County traffic makes you want to rip out your hair, so to help with my little problem I bought some nice classical music to listen to while I drive and it's helped a bit.

Tyler starts teaching in a few weeks, and he's pretty nervous but I know he's going to do a great job. We went "school shopping" at the Factory Stores so that he'll look like a professional teacher and not a student because Tyler has such a little boy look. Maybe I can get him to model his new looks and get a few pics to post.

We've been looking around at houses in the Davis County area, not that we're planning on buying right now, but we just want to see if we can't find any good deals that we can jump on. Everyone says that it's a buyers market but I still think that people need to lower their prices otherwise no one is going to buy them. (At least not us).

I went to the American Idol concert a couple weeks ago with all the girls in Tyler's fam and we had a great time. Maybe I'll post a few of my favorite pics. My favorite performers of the night were: David A. (of course), Brooke, and Michael J.
Tyler seriously considered trying out for American Idol since they were here in Salt Lake the past couple days, but he chickened out at the last minute. Oh well I think he has one more year before he's too old, so maybe next year.

Tyler has been playing lots of shows this Summer for the Army band, The Beatle band, and his own thing which has convinced me that I need a hobby of my own. I wish I could just wake up with a talent of some sort. I guess that's not how it works though, darnit. I guess while I'm wishing, I wish I could also wake up and be fit and lose all my flab. Ty and I haven't lost the first year marriage weight that I thought everyone got, so we've been looking into trying a six week boot camp that we have to pay for, so we HAVE to get our butts up and to the gym otherwise we waste money. I'll let you all know how that goes.

That's all I can think of as far as updates goes, but I'll try to have some pics to follow this post.

Summer Shows

2008-06-22T17:47:00.000-07:00

"Get Back" Beatle cover band at Summerfest in Logan!

The 23rd Army rock band playing a show at the Newgate mall

Tyler has done some shows this summer so I thought I post pictures from a couple of them.
The Beatle band show was really fun because both our families were able to go. I'll have to post the date on here the next time he has a show so everyone can come. Good times!!

Photo Booth Fun!

2008-05-22T17:46:00.001-07:00

Tyler and I have spend countless hours messing around with the photo booth on our computer ever since Nikki and I discovered how much fun it is, so I thought I'd share a few pics from our time wasting activity. There are quite a few more distorted ones of both of us but I'll spare you from the most hideous ones. I'll have to put a few more up of Nikki and I later cause there are some pretty hilarious ones.

Bored thoughts

2008-05-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

Tyler just left for and Army band gig out in Murray and I'm home bored as usual, so I thought I just write my thoughts for the day. I don't think I've ever really done a real blog entry before, it's mostly just pictures of happenings in our lives, so here goes my thoughts for the day.... Oh and I'll explain the picture later.

Tyler and I both worked at the Post Office today, and it was such a beautiful day. It might seem weird, but I really don't mind delivering mail when the weather is nice like today. The only thing I don't like about sorting the mail at the Post Office is that I have way too much time to just sit, actually stand, and think. Don't get me wrong pondering about life is good, but having a few hours a day to ponder just gets annoying. I think that is part of the reason why I have to take a nap almost everyday when I get home. My mind just needs a break.

Was anyone else disappointed with the season finale of The Office? I really need to have Jim and Pam get married... for my sanity. I don't think I can handle having them possibly split up in the next season. I kind of like the new character though they brought in to take Toby's place. Maybe Michael can get married and have a baby with the new character. Ha!

There are a family of birds living in our bathroom vent. I noticed chirping every time I went in there and I honestly thought I was going crazy, but finally Tyler told me he heard it too. Soon we figured out that there is a vent covering that is missing on the side of our townhome and they must have pushed their way through it and built a nest and had babies in there. Every time I accidently turn on the fan in there the image of baby birds being sucked up to their death flashes through my mind. Tyler's dad said they won't leave till the babies are ready to venture out and fly. I guess I'll have to deal with the chirping for another month.

I'm not sure what to do with my life as far as a career. Every time Tyler brings it up, I try to change the subject because I don't want to have to face possibly getting more schooling or starting a scary new job. I don't want to work at the Post Office forever. I didn't go to college for four and a half years to do that, but I guess I just hate the process of finding a new job or figuring out what I really want to do enough that I wouldn't mind just staying at the Post Office the rest of the Summer. I've narrowed down my list of possible career choices but again it makes me nervous. I'm not good with big decisions. Hate 'em!

There are a couple of new movies coming out that I'm excited to see. First off Indiana Jones looks good. I wish Harrison Ford was a bit younger for it but oh well. He's still pretty good looking. Tyler and I need to sit down and watch the first three before we go. Second, The Chronicles of Narnia looks pretty good and I think I remember Adam (my bro) telling me that he helped work on some of the graphics for the movie, so I want to see it for that reason too. Speaking of Adam, I don't know about anyone else in my family but I would love to see some pictures and actual entries on Adams blog. I know you have your new expensive camera and you're living in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, so come on Ad lets see some pictures!! In fact, I promise you (Adam if you read this) if you put one or two good entries with pictures on your blog, I will send you a package with your favorite food or candy that you can't get in New Zealand immediately! I got side tracked there back to movies coming out. I heard somewhere that they are planning on making "Arrested Development" the movie. For fans of the show including myself this is exciting news. If you never got into the show, go and buy or rent the first season on DVD and watch 3 or 4 episodes and trust me you'll be a fan. This is why I have the picture posted above.

I think that about wraps up my thoughts for the day, thanks for reading.

Temple Square

2008-05-16T13:17:00.000-07:00

For Mothers day last weekend Tyler and I went to my parents' house in Centerville and enjoyed a nice dinner with my family and then afterwards we all went down to temple square and looked at all of the new Spring flowers that had just been planted. If you haven't been down there in the last few weeks, I highly recommend going. It was so beautiful!! We couldn't stop taking pictures of the flowers, except now I have a bunch of pictures of flowers on my camera, and they don't look as cool in the pictures as they did in real life. Oh well!

Anyway I thought I'd share some of my not as cool as in real life pictures because I love Spring and I know it's not going to last much longer. Oh and Happy belated Mothers day to all you mothers out there especially the ones I'm related to!

New Job!

2008-05-09T17:04:00.000-07:00

Well, after a few nerve wracking interviews Tyler was offered a full-time guitar/general music position at Syracuse Jr. High! This is exactly what he went to school at Utah State to teach so he is really excited that he found such a sweet position. He'll start this fall, so he'll have the Summer to prepare his curriculum. Luckily the school is only about 3 or 4 miles west of our place right now, and with rising gas prices we're extremely grateful it's so close. Now we just need to find a job closer to home for me. I couldn't find a good picture of the school so I'll have to take one myself but here is an awesome picture of the school mascot. Go Seahawks!!

Oh so many bands...

2008-04-25T16:13:00.000-07:00

Tyler and I thought it would be fun to post a few pictures from some of the sweet bands he's been in. So here's a look...

2008-04-25T15:56:00.000-07:00

9TH GRADE BEATLE BAND (HA HA!)

"TEST SAMPLE" IN OAKLEY

"WET CEMENT" AT HARD ROCK
(can you guess who the super fan is in the front row)

"WET CEMENT" AT ABRAVENEL HALL
(can't go wrong with white satin shirts)

EARLY WET CEMENT AT SOUTH SUMMIT

2008-04-25T15:49:00.000-07:00

"ANESTY"

"ANESTY" AT PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL

EARLY "ANESTY" IN KAMAS

NICE GUITAR COBY!

AT UTAH STATE (OUR FAVORITE)

2008-04-25T15:42:00.000-07:00

23RD ARMY BAND

"GET BACK" BEATLE COVER BAND

"GET BACK" WITH USU CHOIR

"TYLER PUTNAM & THE RADAR"

"TYLER PUTNAM & THE RADAR" IN LOGAN

Celebrity Morph by MyHeritage

2008-04-15T17:23:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Trace family tree - Geneology

Celebrity Morph by MyHeritage

2008-04-15T17:02:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Celebrity Morph - Pedigree chart - Vintage photos

Jane Austen fun

2008-04-15T16:12:00.000-07:00

Well Sunny had fun link on her blog for a quiz that tells you which Jane Austen heroine you would most like be, and mine along with hers was Elinor Dashwood. I was secretly hoping it would be Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice. (mostly because I want to look like Keira Knightly, but alas). Then Tyler and I found a quiz for him to take to determine which Jane Austen hero he would be, and funny enough he was Edward Ferrars, who for those of you who don't knowhe ends up with Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, I hope I didn't ruin the ending for anyone. Speaking of loving Jane Austen stories, a couple days ago I bought Mansfield Park and Persuasion on DVD, so now I have them all on DVD except for one. I watched Mansfield Park today and surprisingly enough Tyler sat down and watched it with me. I think deep down he secretly likes them too. He'll probably make me delete that statement later when he reads it. The more I write in this entry the more I realize that I need to get out more. Pretty soon I'll be writing to tell you I adopted seven cats and I've gained ten more pounds. Yikes!

Take the Quiz here!

Happy Easter!

2008-03-26T20:44:00.000-07:00

Dying Easter eggs. One of my favorite traditions!
It looks like I'm missing a neck in this pic.

Ah hah! There's my neck

My favorite is the red one. Unfortunately it's
not my work. Tyler made it.
Isn't my little sister cute!

Tyler and I celebrated Easter at my parents house last Sunday, and we had a lot of fun. I'm kind of like a little kid with a lot of things and Easter is one of them. I still like to hunt for Easter treats and dye Easter eggs. Who says adults can't still participate? I had a picture posted of Tyler, me, and my brother and sister after our hunt outside, but I looked like I weighed 300 pounds, so it got deleted. Speaking of the hunt I have to mention that I found the most eggs. You may not all know this but I'm actually really competitive. Usually it's with things like board games, but that's because I'm kind of crappy at sports so it's difficult to be competitive with that. Anyway I'm getting of the subject of Easter. We had a lot of fun, and thanks again for dinner mom and dad. It's been awhile since Tyler's had a nice roast. I'm not much of a meat fan, or a cooking fan. Ha!

Madame Tussaud's Museum of Wax

2008-03-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

Tyler's eyes are the perfect size to be a
blue man. I always think of Tobias from
Arrested Development when I see these guys.

Simon looked so real.

When you grab Matthew's biceps, he
gets a twinkle in his eye. Seriously.
He didn't look very real.

Tyler and Ali.

I had to post some of our favorite pics from our visit to the wax museum in Las Vegas. I have a bunch more but I'll send the pics of Zach and Amy to them so they can post them on their blog. I'll probably put a few more up because I could only post this many at one time.

More fun celebrity pics

2008-03-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

Oh yes my bootie is bigger than Jennifer Lopez's

Tyler's guarding Shaq.
I don't think it is going to do much
good though.

Hugh Hefner and the girls next door.
(We all better dye our hair bright blonde)

Tyler acting in for President Bush

VEGAS, VEGAS, VEGAS!

2008-03-10T21:12:00.000-07:00

In the Venetian Casino.

Just before the Phantom show.
I got in trouble for taking pics in the theater. Oops

Also before the show.

So pretty!

I felt like were were in Italy
(until I walked through the casino)

After Phantom of the Opera with a
fun view behind us.

The drive to Vegas, we were so tired from
already working all day, but we made it.

In front of the Paris hotel.

We ate at Planet Hollywood in one of the Casinos.
The food wasn't great, but the atmosphere was cool.

Tyler and I decided to take a trip to Vegas for our anniversary and to visit Zach and Amy before they move back to Utah. We drove there on Thursday after work for me and school for Tyler, so we were pretty tired when we left, but we got there and pretty much crashed when we got to Zach and Amy's. On Friday Tyler and I observed Zach teach at his school for a couple of classes. You're a great teacher by the way Zach. We were impressed. Then Tyler and I went off on our own to hang out on the strip, little did we know we were headed for a driving nightmare. We had a hard time parking and getting out of town back to Zach and Amy's. Tyler got really frustrated with the driving problems, and I got really frustrated with trying to get out of the casinos because I feel claustrophobic in them because there are no windows and they make it nearly impossible for you to get out of them. So the first day we were a bit bummed with the strip experience. We had a lot more fun when we went with Zach and Amy because their more familiar with the directions. We ate at Planet Hollywood and to be honest we weren't impressed.

Saturday Amy and I went shopping for fun new makeup and shoes and had a great time. She needs to move back soon Amy so I have a good shopping buddy. Tyler and Zach stayed home and talked music equipment for hours. Zach needs to get back to Utah soon too so Tyler has a music buddy. I'm not a great listener when it comes to all that stuff. We went to Phantom of the Opera that night with Zach and Amy and Mitch and Angela, and the show was so incredible, and definitely worth the money. (Minus the couple in front of us who were enjoying each other through the entire show) I'll let Amy explain that one in her blog. Zach and Amy also treated us to a really good dinner at a Mexican restaurant in the Venetian casino. I've been craving it since we got home. After the show we threw a couple dollars into some of the slot machines and lost them all of course. Although, on Friday I did win five dollars and pretty excited about that.

Sunday we all went to the Madame Tussaud's museum of wax, and it was really fun. We all decided that all the celebrities are shorter and smaller that we thought. I felt like a giant next to most of them, but we got some fun pics. After the museum we all went to In and Out Burger because I had been craving it since we got there, and it was delicious! We drove home that day and got home by bedtime, only to have to get up at five the next morning and start the work week:( We really had a great time though and Zach and Amy were great hosts and hostesses, thanks for letting us invade out home.

Happy Annniversary!

2008-03-10T20:59:00.000-07:00

Our lovely burrito dinner by candlelight!

Don't worry it's non-alcoholic
Tyler is good at making a romantic dinner
look not so romantic. Ha ha

I need to figure out how to use my timer so we have
a few more pics not so close up.

Tyler and I made it to our second anniversary on March 4th. It's crazy how fast time flies, but I guess it's a good thing that it's felt so fast. We're still as happy as can be and crazy about each other. We're hoping that by our next anniversary we are closer to having a house and by that time Tyler will be teaching, hopefully in Davis county. Anyway we decided to go to Las Vegas for our anniversary, but for the actual day we celebrated by eating Cafe Rio by candlelight. Yeah, I've become pretty lazy with cooking. After dinner we got our picture taken in one of those old photo booths. We're going to try to make it a tradition every year, and then compile them in a book and see how we look different every year. Unfortunately the one we took last year looked quite a bit thinner. Here are some pics of our anniversary night with my our lovely burritos.

I got tagged by Wynter!

2008-02-13T17:45:00.000-08:00

What were doing ten years ago?
I was 13 years old, so I was in 7th grade going to Centerville Jr. High. I was such a dork with really frizzy hair, and I always worried about being popular. Glad those days are over!

5 Things on my to-do list today:
1. Get to the Post Office safely
2. Get home from the Post Office safely
3. Take a nap
4. Work out (it didn't happen)
5. Clean out the car

Things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:
Wow a billionaire I don't think I can even imagine having that much money, but I can try. First of all I would pay off all our debt. I hate having debt. I would hire a personal trainer and chef to help me and Tyler get in really good shape. I would pay off both parents houses and cars, and give some to my siblings to help pay for or pay off college. I would buy a house in a nice neighborhood, with a nice yard, lots of trees and cool landscaping. I would buy all new furniture, and a whole new wardrobe (after I got in shape of course). I would buy tickets immediately to New Zealand to go visit my brother, and then travel to Europe and any other place Tyler and I have been dying to visit. I would quit working at the Post Office and start my own business of some sort, where I get to be my own boss. I would build a sound proof recording/rehearsal studio with a sound system built into the walls and all the best equipment. (Tyler told me to write that one) I would also build myself a little studio for photography and a small gym so (that I could workout whenever I wanted and so I could be a personal trainer from home. I would take private dance lessons in all sorts of different types of dance. (I always wanted to be a ballet dancer since I was little). I would also find a charity that I could help out preferably with the church and something involving kids. I could probably go on but I'm starting to get a little depressed.

2 of my bad habits are:
1. Constantly playing with my hair (I've done it since I was little)
2. Eating candy when I get depressed.

5 Places I have lived:
1. Centerville, Ut.
2. Logan, Ut.
3. Layton, Ut.
Thats it! Yikes!

5 Jobs I've had:
1. House cleaner
2. Receptionist
3. Sales rep. at various retail stores
4. Mentor at an Elementary School
5. Mail carrier

5 Things people don't know about me:
1. I used to really be into rollerblading and rollerskating. I even used to rollerblade to work when I worked at Quiznos.
2. I really like to organize things, sometimes I feel like I have OCD.
3. I took a hip-hop dance class when I was in High School and really liked it.
4. I want to have twins (a boy and a girl).
5. I went skinny dipping with my roommates at First dam in Logan.

I tag: Aimee Cobabe, Nikki, Kath, & Hannah and Andrew

WE VOTED!

2008-02-06T19:43:00.000-08:00

Well it was kind of a process for us to get
registered to vote since we just barely
moved but we got through it and we were
able to vote on Tuesday, so we wore our
stickers with pride!
Go Hillary! (Ha ha NOT!)
We're frightened at the mere thought of
her being the President.

Tyler and Alyssa Simpson

2008-01-27T21:13:00.000-08:00

Tyler and I were bored on a Sunday night and this was the result. We copied Andrew and Hannah.

Engagement Story

2008-01-27T18:31:00.001-08:00

2008-01-27T17:23:00.003-08:00

Can you tell I was a little surprised?

Here's a picture of the tree house

This is one the pictures we needed for the scavenger hunt.
I miss Utah State campus! (kind of)

I decided that since there aren't too many new things happening in our lives at the moment, that I'd write about some of the fun things that have happened to us in the past. Tyler and I have a pretty fun engagement story. Tyler planned a fun group date that he invited me on, where we all met together at his apartment and then each couple went off on their own on a picture scavenger hunt with a list of different things you had to take pictures of each other doing. For example, getting a picture with a Walmart employee, standing on the Aggie A, or for a challenge carving your names in a tree house. Tyler told me that he knew some people with a tree house who wouldn't mind if we vandalized their tree. So we drove to the house with the tree house and Tyler buzzed up to the very top of it as soon as we got there (there were three tiers), and I wondered why he was in such a hurry and why he didn't help me up. (he was really nervous) Finally I reached the top myself and I asked him where he wanted to carve our names. He pointed to a spot on the tree and said "how about right here?" On the tree it said "Alyssa will you marry me?" Oh course I freaked out and had a hard time catching my breath because I was so surprised. He got on his knee and asked me again, and I didn't know what to do so I joined him on my knees, and then quickly got back up realized how stupid I looked. I could tell Tyler was getting nervous because I hadn't said yes yet, because I was so caught off guard, but finally I said yes. Tyler had our first date dinner hidden in the tree house, but I had such a hard time eating because I was so excited and surprised. Here are a few pictures of that day, and one of the day it let up to.

Our New Pad!

2008-01-21T15:52:00.001-08:00

After about five years of living in Logan, we finally moved out and Tyler and I are now residents of Layton city. Since we moved, though we're finding out that we really liked living in Logan and we kind of miss it. I was so excited to move out because Logan felt like a college town, but we're both realizing that it was a great environment to live. Oh well, though it's still nice to move out of a 400 square foot apartment to something a bit bigger. Here is a picture of the outside of one of the apartments that looks just like ours, and also a few pics of the inside.
We're also happy to announce that we are new members of a Golds gym in Layton, and we're already on our way to losing all of our newlywed weight. (I won't announce how many pounds we have to go). Tyler is sort of enjoying his history classes at Weber, but he's already anxious to be done with school again. I'm also sort of enjoying working at the Post Office in Park City. I am proud that I can now beat Tyler at sorting the mail when we each do a route. It's not the most fulfilling job, but it does have its perks.

Sorry to our family members for not updating our blog in awhile. I don't think I realized the responsibility I had gotten myself into, but I've changed my ways and I'll try to update it much more often.

Graduation

2007-12-23T11:37:00.000-08:00

Well, Tyler and I finally decided to start our own blog. We want to be cool like all of our family members who started one. I figured our first entry should be something exciting, so I decided to put some pictures our our graduation day. We finally did it. We graduated on December 15th, and it was a really sweet day for both of us. It seems like we've been going to college for way to long and we're very excited to move on and start new jobs. I received my Bachelors of Science degree in exercise science and Tyler got his Bachelor of Music degree in music education. We're planning on moving to either Davis or Weber county in a few weeks, which will be a nice change, although we've loved living in Logan for the past few years. Tyler is planning on substitute teaching for Davis county while taking some classes online to get a history endorsement, so it will be easier to get hired next fall as a full-time teacher. I'm looking for a job right now in something related to my field, possibly working in a physical therapy office, and if I really like it I may try to get into physical therapy school. We'll see though. I'm also going to get my certifications in personal training and group fitness instruction and I'll do that on the side to help me stay in shape.
We're excited to be like everyone else and have our own blogspot, and hopefully our family and friends will check it often, although our lives aren't super exciting I'll try to update it often.