Besides the normal stuff of school and work for Shad and I, we had an exciting weekend. Shad took Friday off. His family was coming in town from Kansas and he wanted to see them; he also just needed a little break to recharge from feeling burned out. Shad's dad and mom, Vern and Pris, and his younger sister and brother, Ruth and Levi, stayed with us at our apartment. We enjoyed spending time with them and watching a movie. They enjoyed visiting and playing with Tommy. Shad's sister Cherean and her husband David came from Idaho with their 4 month son, John. They stopped in Salt Lake on their way here to pick up Shad's cousin Stacey and her husband Cole as a surprise. They stayed with Dan.
Saturday morning we got to go to the Denver Temple and be sealed as a family with Tommy for time and eternity. It was such a wonderful experience. We had my mom and grandpa; my brother Jake and his wife Amber; Shad's parents; Cherean and David; Stacey and Cole; Grandma Judy; our friends Paul and Wendy; our adopted parents, Brett and Shannon Mickelsen; and Robin Clark. Dan came with Ryan and met us outside the temple, and Ruth and Levi were there too. Robin, Paul and Wendy joined us for lunch at Applebees with Shad's family after we took pictures. Then all the Kendells gathered at Dan's to visit before Vern, Pris, Ruth and Levi went back to Kansas.
Stacey and Cole came over to our apartment with us to watch a movie while we waited for Dan, Ryan, Cherean, David and John to come over for dinner. We had a late dinner and then played "What If?" Stacey, Cole, David and Cherean went to church with us for stake conference on Sunday. Shad went with them in their car to help them find the church and Stacey stayed back at the apartment with me while I gave Tommy a bath because he sprayed during his diaper change right before we had to go. Stacey, Tommy and I were half an hour late.
Shad and I had lunch and played games with our friends Aaron and Ginny at their apartment on Sunday. Then we went to my parents' house to give my sister Lori her birthday presents. Her birthday was on Saturday, but we didn't get over to see her because we were with Shad's family. Then we went to see our friend Chris.
Yesterday was Mom's birthday. Tommy and I walked to King Soopers after Shad left for work. We bought supplies to make cheesecake at Mom's house. Lori and I got Mom a puzzle. It was nice to have one last dinner with both grandpas while my mom's dad was still here. He left this morning.
Mom and I worked on canning pickles today after my class. We're canning 3 dozen quarts for each of us and probably only got half done. Lots more work to do tomorrow.
I'll post pictures later. We got some good ones of everyone at the temple.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
It's been too long...
Oh goodness, I meant to be better about this. Life happens, though. Shad and I started school 3 weeks ago. I broke my left pinky toe my first day of school, stubbing it on a box in our apartment. I am just taking one integrated science lab class Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2-4:40 in the afternoon. What a horrible time! I'm not happy with the person who chose a time in the middle of school and work times. Doesn't make it very easy for me needing a babysitter, but we're coping and only have 9 weeks left. The class itself is fine, I just wish it were at a more convenient time.
Shad decided to drop his classes this semester. He has been at Metro for 3 or 4 semesters and still sees no future or direction for his schooling. We decided he needs to look at trade schools. He is much happier with the options he sees there.
We got to see Shad's brother Jimmy twice this past week. He came to Colorado a week and a half ago on Saturday to go to Utah with their brother Dan and nephew Ryan. We hung out with him that Saturday and again just 2 days ago on Sunday as he was on his way back to Kansas. We don't see Jimmy very much, but always enjoy it when we do:)
We remodeled our living room on Saturday. It was quite exciting. Since before we got married, Shad has wanted a projector. A while ago he decided that a big screen plasma tv would work instead. He finally found one Friday at a size and price he liked, but they were out. He was able to pick it up on Saturday, though, using Dan's truck. Our friend from church, Aaron, went along with Shad because they also needed to pick up the couch we bought at a thrift store the day before. Aaron stayed with us for lunch. He and his wife Ginny have been helping babysit Tommy for me when my mom works. Ginny was in Utah for her brother's wedding.
After getting the couch and tv in, Shad really felt that our current tv stand was too small and we needed a bigger one. We found a great one at another thrift store. We love it and are very excited about it!
Our anniversary was on Sunday, so in addition to all this living room work we did on Saturday, we tried a new Asian restaurant for dinner, then went to Walmart to buy some treats and a movie to enjoy at home. We picked up Tommy from my parents who babysat him for us to go to dinner, then went home and got the tv set up for Dumb and Dumber. Honestly, I think we both forgot how funny that movie is:)
New family picture taken on our one year anniversary, Sept 12, 2010.
Uploading pictures here is too much of a pain, so I'll include links to my photo albums on shutterfly:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaNWbZi4bNWLFMg
Shad decided to drop his classes this semester. He has been at Metro for 3 or 4 semesters and still sees no future or direction for his schooling. We decided he needs to look at trade schools. He is much happier with the options he sees there.
We got to see Shad's brother Jimmy twice this past week. He came to Colorado a week and a half ago on Saturday to go to Utah with their brother Dan and nephew Ryan. We hung out with him that Saturday and again just 2 days ago on Sunday as he was on his way back to Kansas. We don't see Jimmy very much, but always enjoy it when we do:)
We remodeled our living room on Saturday. It was quite exciting. Since before we got married, Shad has wanted a projector. A while ago he decided that a big screen plasma tv would work instead. He finally found one Friday at a size and price he liked, but they were out. He was able to pick it up on Saturday, though, using Dan's truck. Our friend from church, Aaron, went along with Shad because they also needed to pick up the couch we bought at a thrift store the day before. Aaron stayed with us for lunch. He and his wife Ginny have been helping babysit Tommy for me when my mom works. Ginny was in Utah for her brother's wedding.
After getting the couch and tv in, Shad really felt that our current tv stand was too small and we needed a bigger one. We found a great one at another thrift store. We love it and are very excited about it!
Our anniversary was on Sunday, so in addition to all this living room work we did on Saturday, we tried a new Asian restaurant for dinner, then went to Walmart to buy some treats and a movie to enjoy at home. We picked up Tommy from my parents who babysat him for us to go to dinner, then went home and got the tv set up for Dumb and Dumber. Honestly, I think we both forgot how funny that movie is:)
New family picture taken on our one year anniversary, Sept 12, 2010.Uploading pictures here is too much of a pain, so I'll include links to my photo albums on shutterfly:
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AaNWbZi4bNWLFMg
Monday, August 16, 2010
Blogging, I suppose?
We'll see how well this actually works and if I keep it up. It was painfully hard to write once a week for my English class a couple semesters ago, and that was for a grade. But Shad has me in the habit of writing in my journal now, so maybe it'll work better.
We got all moved into our new apartment on Friday and Saturday. Some guys from the Elders Quorum at church said they'd come help move at 6 pm on Friday. Shad and his friend Matt had already taken a truck load of boxes earlier in the day. The first people didn't show up until 6:45 to help. I was frustrated and had given up hope that anyone was coming and was about to call Jeremiah from the Singles' Branch to see if he could rope people into ditching their Friday night plans to help me. Luckily I didn't have to. More people showed up later and we worked until about 10:45, making two trips with two trucks and a couple cars. Shad and our neighbor Will moved the table and last odds and ends on Saturday while I showered at my parents' house--our shower needed Drano first, but I was too impatient.
Sunday we went to the old ward for Shad to give a talk in sacrament meeting, then to the new ward for sacrament meeting so we could find the ward clerk and get our records pulled in quickly. We all took a 3 hour nap after that and then tried to eat dinner. First time cooking in the new kitchen: FAIL:( Our kitchen consists of a fridge, sink, stove, no counters, no microwave and what few cupboards fit over those appliances. Between that and not knowing where all my kitchen supplies are yet, cooking was frustrating, messy and hazardous. I won't go into details, but I quit and gave up, being close to tears. The good news is that it can only get better!
We love our little Tommy and getting to know him. He gets his "peek eye" from Shad where his eyes stay cracked open while he sleeps.
He gets his hiccups from me--he had loud hiccups during sacrament meeting from the end of the sacrament to 5 mins before the closing hymn. He likes music and dances to it. He stops fussing when we get in the car and forgets whatever he was fussing about...unless he's hungry. He doesn't forget that and won't stop crying for the whole car ride...even 15 or 20 minutes. (He gets that from Shad.) Some days he sleeps all day and all night, only waking up when he's hungry...even when you try to wake him up. Other days he only takes 10 or 15 minute power naps. His biggest trouble in life right now is when his hand grabs a handful of hair and it hurts. So he cries and his body tenses up, causing his fist to clench tighter and his arm to pull harder. So he wails louder until somebody comes running to rescue him and pry open his fingers and he suddenly feels better. This little boy just always makes us laugh:) He likes hanging out with Dad
and chillin in his swing
cuddling with Mom
working on his modeling
getting a good morning stretch
and talking to his parents.
He really is talking here. He makes little ET sounding grunts:)
We got all moved into our new apartment on Friday and Saturday. Some guys from the Elders Quorum at church said they'd come help move at 6 pm on Friday. Shad and his friend Matt had already taken a truck load of boxes earlier in the day. The first people didn't show up until 6:45 to help. I was frustrated and had given up hope that anyone was coming and was about to call Jeremiah from the Singles' Branch to see if he could rope people into ditching their Friday night plans to help me. Luckily I didn't have to. More people showed up later and we worked until about 10:45, making two trips with two trucks and a couple cars. Shad and our neighbor Will moved the table and last odds and ends on Saturday while I showered at my parents' house--our shower needed Drano first, but I was too impatient.
Sunday we went to the old ward for Shad to give a talk in sacrament meeting, then to the new ward for sacrament meeting so we could find the ward clerk and get our records pulled in quickly. We all took a 3 hour nap after that and then tried to eat dinner. First time cooking in the new kitchen: FAIL:( Our kitchen consists of a fridge, sink, stove, no counters, no microwave and what few cupboards fit over those appliances. Between that and not knowing where all my kitchen supplies are yet, cooking was frustrating, messy and hazardous. I won't go into details, but I quit and gave up, being close to tears. The good news is that it can only get better!
We love our little Tommy and getting to know him. He gets his "peek eye" from Shad where his eyes stay cracked open while he sleeps.
He gets his hiccups from me--he had loud hiccups during sacrament meeting from the end of the sacrament to 5 mins before the closing hymn. He likes music and dances to it. He stops fussing when we get in the car and forgets whatever he was fussing about...unless he's hungry. He doesn't forget that and won't stop crying for the whole car ride...even 15 or 20 minutes. (He gets that from Shad.) Some days he sleeps all day and all night, only waking up when he's hungry...even when you try to wake him up. Other days he only takes 10 or 15 minute power naps. His biggest trouble in life right now is when his hand grabs a handful of hair and it hurts. So he cries and his body tenses up, causing his fist to clench tighter and his arm to pull harder. So he wails louder until somebody comes running to rescue him and pry open his fingers and he suddenly feels better. This little boy just always makes us laugh:) He likes hanging out with Dad
and chillin in his swing
cuddling with Mom
working on his modeling
getting a good morning stretch
and talking to his parents.
He really is talking here. He makes little ET sounding grunts:)
Sunday, May 10, 2009
I am SOOOOOO ready to be done
It's hard to tell for sure, but I think it could very well be possible that my mind has officially become frazzled beyond anything...at least to my recollection at this point in my life. I think this mostly stems from the mass dumping of assignments these past 2 weeks from all of my classes on top of work and work and social and family and all of these obligations that have been constantly pulling me in all different directions. I ended up taking 2 days off of work this week in order to work on homework ALL DAY. If it weren't for my friend, Paul, constantly distracting me in every way and opportunity he could, I would be beyond insane. But, it all ends tonight and I am so glad to be back to biking to work and having my free life back. Less chaos will definitely be good for my health:)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Can I go insane if I'm already there?
This week was absolutely insane. I have been so stressed and on edge that any little thing that someone says or does has potential to tip me over the edge into a rage of fury. I'll account that it happened several times. On a few occasions I was able to hold my tongue and refrain from all that I wanted to say, and I am proud of myself for that. Between chaos at work, masses of homework, tests, papers, quizzes and projects, organizing a Relief Society enrichment night, feeding the missionaries and making a cake all this week, a coworker asked me if I'm a masochist. And on top of that, I have the added stress of, now being single again, being a highly desired commodity. One such instance where I was sent over the edge was when I received a text from a guy asking if it was a bad thing that he hadn't heard from "his date" in a week. As if we've ever associated and communicated outside of in person contact! After having two dates in the course of two and a half weeks since being dumped, I've decided to remove that unwanted stress factor from my life and declare being a nun until I see fit not to. I have one week left of school and it's all that I ask just to survive that. Already I'm stressed with the weight of the workload and it isn't even Monday yet. However, I'm happy to say that I can devote all my time next week to doing my homework and studying. No shopping, no enrichment, no missionaries, no social life. Starting with taking the day off tomorrow:)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Okay, I only have time for a quick one. So last week I was terrible at getting back to schoolwork. I think it was a combo of taking the week off for spring break as well as getting dumped Monday night and spending the week being mopey. Needless to say, not much got done. I was a little better this week, but overwhelmed with all the catch up I had from last week. So I'm still not doing super fantastic this week. Better luck next week with only 3 weeks left. Strong finish! Can't fail classes just because I got dumped. That is ridiculous.
Um, so I still just didn't have a pleasant week otherwise because I'm still in the relationship hangover stage and still just get my mind caught up and distracted wishing I had what I don't and can't. Again, gotta stop it. I got set up on a double date on Thursday and I did better with it (emotionally) than I thought I would. I honestly thought I was going to back out of it at the last minute saying I'm just not ready to date other people yet and that it's too much too fast. I also have a date for this coming Friday and another guy that wants to take me out sometime. Really, they sure don't waste much time once wind gets out that I'm single, free and up for grabs again. It's been a bit overwhelming, feeling like I haven't had time to breathe and get my head and emotions straight, but I'm handling it. I think after Friday I'm going to declare being a nun for a while. We'll see.
Um, so I still just didn't have a pleasant week otherwise because I'm still in the relationship hangover stage and still just get my mind caught up and distracted wishing I had what I don't and can't. Again, gotta stop it. I got set up on a double date on Thursday and I did better with it (emotionally) than I thought I would. I honestly thought I was going to back out of it at the last minute saying I'm just not ready to date other people yet and that it's too much too fast. I also have a date for this coming Friday and another guy that wants to take me out sometime. Really, they sure don't waste much time once wind gets out that I'm single, free and up for grabs again. It's been a bit overwhelming, feeling like I haven't had time to breathe and get my head and emotions straight, but I'm handling it. I think after Friday I'm going to declare being a nun for a while. We'll see.
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