The Dicks Daily

Announcing the Arrival of Addyson Ryan Dicks

2010-10-22T19:09:00.000-07:00

Addyson's Day

2010-10-22T18:22:00.000-07:00

What a great day! Addyson arrived in about four hours - start to finish. I have such easy labors it almost makes you want to do it again. almost. She is perfect in every way, we feel blessed to have her here. She is a little sleeper and already recognizes her mom, dad, and sisters voice - it's amazing. Shaylee is so excited to be a big sister, wanting to help out in every way - just as long as mom and dad give her attention too. :)

Almost There...

2010-09-18T07:25:00.000-07:00

First Day

2010-09-12T09:16:00.000-07:00

Shaylee started Pre-school AND pixie dance this week. She all of a sudden seems so big. :( She loved both pre-school and dance and keeps asking, "when can I go AGAIN?!". My favorite moment of the week was when Shaylee noticed me watching her dance and yelled, "THAT'S MY MOM!!!!" Priceless.

In other news... I'm still pregnant, very, very pregnant.

How I made it through pregnancy...

2010-09-01T08:11:00.000-07:00

I had a best friend to "share the pain". It has been so nice to go through everything together. She has now left me with the arrival of little Charlotte Bloom, I can't wait to join.

August 2010

2010-08-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

I was dreading August, being eight months pregnant, but overall it was not that bad. We filled it with camping trips, day adventures, finishing the baby room and enjoying the last month with our little family of three.

"I Wanna Wear THAT!"

2010-08-29T18:55:00.000-07:00

Shaylee is in the "picking out her own outfits" stage. She know pretty much anything goes when she gets to go to Grandma and Grandpa's in the morning. Here are some of her creations:

July

2010-08-29T18:50:00.000-07:00

July: Parades, fireworks, BBQs, family, friends and fun.

June 2010

2010-08-29T16:29:00.000-07:00

Summer finally came around at the end of June. Ryan's sister came down with her clan, we look forward to it all year. Wish she would move back to Utah (hint, hint). Shaylee has two cousins on Ryan's side close to her age, Jack and Lilly - they always have a blast when they all get together.

Ryan's nephew Corey broke his leg in June, Ryan and him made quite a pair on their scooters!

Shaylee turned three on June 5. My baby is growing up. :( She is such a "kid" now. She has a very impressive vocabulary for a three year old, which isn't always a good thing. She starts pre-school and dance next week and is looking forward to being a big sister. She tells me I have a baby in my tummy and she has an "utterfly" in hers. (butterfly) so sweet. She got her first bike for her Birthday from Grandma and Grandpa, we are cruising the neighborhood every night!

We enjoyed planting a garden this year, although not twice. argh. It has been fun to cook we stuff out of our garden, Shaylee loves going out to see what she can pick.

Max always enjoys his summer buzz cut :) Good thing too, Ryan would have had a hard time chasing him down this year.

Just like her mama, nothing like a cup of coffee (or cereal) and the newspaper on Sunday morning, followed by lounging at the pool of course. :)

April & May Highlights

2010-08-28T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here it is almost September, about three weeks away from my due date and I am just posting April and May. I want to get everything updated before our new little addition arrives. I am just going to post our "summer highlights" to make sure I put something down to remember our 2010 summer by. It has been kind of a different summer for us, I think Ryan is ready to have his non-prego wife back.

Our summer started with Ryan having foot surgery...again. He is doing great now, but was off his foot and work for about three months. What made it easier this time was a scooter, he was able to do so much more on a scooter, rather than crutching around. Shaylee loved the scooter, constantly wanting rides. It was hard for him to give up the race season, but he will be back next year. Thank goodness we are over that little part of our life, Ryan is always on the GO, being stuck home with a feisty three year old and a wife full of prego hormones was hard. I also went back to work full time in April, just until the baby is born, Ryan couldn't wait for me to get home and take Shaylee off his hands!

A HUGE accomplishment happened in April... Shaylee is officially potty trained...yea buddy! This gave us a four month "diaper break" before we have to start it all again. Arg.

We had plenty of camping in April and May (and this summer) this was the nice part of Ryan being off for three months, we had every weekend free and used it to its fullness

We went to the hillclimb in Tracy, CA in April. Somehow the only pictures I managed to get was one with Shaylee and Papa in the pool and one with Samara and I proudly displaying our non-alcoholic wine and champagne we discovered while there. My mom bought me a (much needed) maternity wardrobe, she always takes care of me.

Easter: Shaylee was so into dying eggs, waiting for the Easter Bunny and of course, an Easter egg hunt at Grandma and Grandpas.

The Zoo. Shaylee loved hanging with Baby Brooklyn and Kaiden and it was nice to be with my two pregnant pals.

Best Friends & Little Lovers

2010-04-01T19:35:00.001-07:00

The Treehouse

2010-03-01T19:28:00.000-08:00

Shaylee got a season pass to Ogdens Treehouse for Christmas, we plan to make the most of it! We had a blast with Grandma Judy! This place is a must-go if you have kids!

Party Bus

2010-02-02T19:17:00.000-08:00

We had a blast for Steve's Birthday this year, we took a party bus out the Salt Lake and had a great night.

Jason is all grown up!

2010-02-01T19:25:00.000-08:00

Jason had a birthday/housewarming party to celebrate his first house! I'm so proud of him, only 24 years old and owns his own home! He is such a go-getter!

Haylie's Princess Party

2010-01-30T19:11:00.000-08:00

My good friend Brooke threw her daughter Haylie a huge princess party, Shaylee was very proud to be part of it.

Love her.

2010-01-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

First Movie

2010-01-06T19:03:00.000-08:00

My mom and I took Shaylee to see Princess and the Frog, first movie ever! Big day! We even made in half-way through, pretty good for a two year old! Couldn't get a good one of my mom and Shaylee, to bad :(.

Sledding

2010-01-01T18:45:00.000-08:00

New Years 2010

2010-01-01T18:31:00.000-08:00

We went up the Whitlocks cabin for New Years again this year, always a great time! We always seem to get a little crazy up there, but that is what New Years is all about, right? :)

First Time Bowling

2009-12-31T18:24:00.000-08:00

On our way up to Whitlocks cabin for New Years, we stoped at this retro bowling alley in Heber and took shaylee bowling for the first time, she loved it!

Christmas 2009

2009-12-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas Morning: Shaylee was so excited to see what "Ho Ho" brought. My family came over to see Shaylee open all her presents, and have some of Ryans awesome dutch oven breakfast. It was really fun this year, shaylee finally "got it." Christmas Afternoon: We went to Ryan's side of the family for an great dinner, lot's of gifts, and dessert, we even had a visit from "Santa Samara".

Christmas Night: Shaylee got this little "diva set" from her great grandma Darlene, she has been a little diva ever since.

Santa Claus 2009

2009-12-21T20:11:00.000-08:00

Shaylee loved Santa this year, although a bit timid, she still had the courage to ask for "candies". My Mom and Dad come with us every year (and usually Jason), and would kill us if we went without them. We always go to dinner after to make a "big night" of it.

Robbins Family Christmas Party

2009-12-21T14:26:00.000-08:00

One of the best days of the year! We love getting together for some good food, bingo prize stealing, a santa stop and laughs - - wish the Robbins family Christmas party happen five times a year! Shaylee especially had fun dancing with Sierra to Josh's awesome guitar playing, and having a tea party with Maddy.

High School Friends Christmas Party

2009-12-19T17:55:00.000-08:00

I was the host this year, we had a blast and reverted back to high school as usual. I hung up a wall of some of our old high school pictures, so fun to look back! I feel lucky to still have these friendships. (We are missing Donell in this picture, but you can see Kate holding her darling new baby boy Ryker)

Dicks Ladies Night

2009-12-12T19:57:00.000-08:00

Every year Carolyn has all the daughters and daughter-in-laws up for her ward (women's) Christmas party, its the only time of year that just the girls get together. We always have a good time! (We always REALLY miss little Val, wish she would move home!)

O' Christmas Tree!

2009-12-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

We decided that this was the year we converted back to the "real tree" for Shaylee, some of Ryan and my best childhood memories are "picking out the Christmas tree" and we want Shaylee to have the same sweet memories. She picked out a good one, and our house smells great!

Chloe and Maddy's Visit

2009-12-07T17:44:00.000-08:00

We were lucky enough to have Chloe and Maddy over while their parents went to California for the weekend, these are Shaylee's VERY FAVORITE people...ever. We had so much fun with them and were very sad to see them go.

2009 NAHA Awards in Vegas

2009-11-29T17:47:00.000-08:00

We had a blast at the annual NAHA awards in Las Vegas. Jason did AWESOME this year, we are so proud of him. Wish I would have got more photos of the awards... It is crazy how much you can fit into two days down there! We went shopping, to the awards, go-carting, to endurocross, gambling, more shopping and of course some dancing. Only problem was Ryan getting "his groove on" dancing and "butt calling" my grandma a 3:30 AM...sorry Grandma!

My Aunt and Uncle took Shaylee, she had so much fun with the whole family. She is so much work right now in her "terrible two's", it was a HUGE favor to ask them to take her for the weekend.

Thankful is a State of Mind

2009-11-25T16:35:00.001-08:00

It is very important to remember what is important to you, and what you are thankful for on Thanksgiving, that's what its all about, right?! Here are ten things I am thankful for in my life.

1. A husband that genuinely loves me for me, who would work eight jobs if he had to. I love my Norman.
2. A happy, heathly cute little bug that gets just as excited to see me as she would a gift. I have more love for her than I knew possible. She is so funny with all of her sayings right now, she makes me laugh everyday. priceless.
3. The ability to be HAPPY.
4. A mom that is my best friend, who is a good example, and would do anything for anyone.
5. A tight bond with my brother who is very happy right now, getting in his first house and being rider of the year. I am grateful for Jason, and I am thankful he is happy.
6. The usual things to be thankful for; food, jobs, and a roof over our head. :)
7. Family (all in good heath) and Friends, we are surrounded by people we love.
8. Humor. I can usually find the positive side in things, and can usually find humor in the things I can't. I hope I can hold on to this throughout my life.
9. A love for learning and taking on new things.
10. My life. My unorganized, fly by the seat of my pants life. The good, the bad, the ugly. Everything. I am blessed to know that the "grass is not always greener on the other side." I am not always searching for more and more, I know that I have enough, I am most thankful for this.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! "Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things" --Robert Brauit

Halloween 2009

2009-11-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

"TickorrrTeet!" Shaylee was so much FUN this year! She totally got the whole Halloween thing, and was loving going door-to-door, she would even give a polite "DANKyou" to all the neighbors giving her candy. She made the best little butterfly!

Pumpkin Carving

2009-11-01T21:26:00.000-08:00

Whats Halloween without a little pumpkin carving, even better? A pumpkin carving contest. Shaylee carved two pumpkins with "Bompa", helping with her "ewwww's!" and "Grooooss...Blahhh!" so cute. My mom, or "Gamah" did her usual job of gathering pumpkin seeds, good thing too! It was fun to finally have some room to do something like this! I think everyone can guess who's pumpkin is who's...

Pumpkin Patch 2009

2009-10-30T21:11:00.000-07:00

We look forward to this every year! Shaylee loved picking out her pumpkin, riding on the tractor, and going through the mini-corn maze. Nothing beats her ear-to-ear smile when she is excited.

Moving On...

2009-09-24T21:23:00.000-07:00

After a lot of thought, and throwing our house on KSL "just to see..." we are moving. We are not going far, just wanted a house with a better layout. This is a bitter sweet step for us, we are excited to move on but hate to leave our first home with all of our happy memories. We brought our new born baby home to this house, have great neighbors, have had three different pets,cars and jobs, completed A LOT of renovation work, gone through the ups and downs of our first six years of marriage, and have made it OUR very happy comfy first home. We will truly miss this house, it really is bitter sweet. We have to be out on September 30th, and can't get into our new home until October 5th, so we will be living in the travel trailer for about five days, sweet...not! Hey, no "van down by the river" jokes! Tonight our neighborhood had a "farewell" party for us, I really hope we get great neighbors again, and keep in touch with the great ones we have had.

Lyman Lake 2009

2009-09-15T23:05:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite trips of the year! Every August we head up to Lyman Lake with all of Ryan's family for a whole week. We always have a blast 4-wheeling, cooking, lounging, kayaking, fishing etc. Shaylee and I even caught our first fish this year! Sorry about the picture overload, this is actually a very small sample considering I took over 100!

Lyman Lake

Our cute little family

All the smaller grand kids, Shaylee is one lucky girl to have so many friends :)

Shaylee trying to catch her very first fish with Dad

Isn't she a cute little bug!Our whole world right there!

Shaylee and Max - Best of Friends. Max still has his very bad hair cut, poor guy can't score any lady dogs with a do like that!

Shaylee and mom, she is saying, "Don't TICKle meeee!" one of her very favorite sayings right now.

Ryan and Corey

Movie Night

Emery and Lacy

Val, Lily, Mason and Suz

Bubble Gum Blowing Contest - Lacy won a super cool alligator hat

(Almost) the whole family

Summer 2009

2009-08-23T15:52:00.001-07:00

Does anyone really have time to blog in the summer? We have been so BUSY trying to hang on to whats left of summer, with no time left to archive them...boo. Here is a brief rundown of our 2009 summer highlights. I still need to blog about our annual Lyman Lake trip, but thought the post was already long enough! I hope everyone has had a happy, safe summer, here's to holding on to it for a least one more month!

=Yuba camping trip: This is the first year we have done this trip, but this group goes every year, hopefully we can be part of the tradition. We had a blast, especially on the girls tube ride, I think we had seven girls on two tubes, jumping back and forth.

=Lava Hot Springs: We went with some of our best friends - Steve, Samara, and Brooklyn. We camped out at a cool RV park, rafted down the river on tubes, learned how to dutch-oven, went to the big pool, and had a relaxing fun time. Samara and I tried to make Max look "cool" with a mo-halk, poor poor Max just looked scalped. Poor boy.

Shaylee is really into how she dresses lately, below is her outfit she HAD to go to the pool in... geez. This girl never leaves the house without some sort of funky shoes and/or hat... oh and her purse of course! I think I'm in trouble. (You can also see Max's embarrassing haircut in that picture.)

=Indigo Girls Concert:

=Lagoon: Shaylee LOVED Lagoon! She could ride nearly every ride in kiddy land and had a HUGE smile the whole time. This was Grandma Judy's idea, and it was very much appreciated by her little bug. :)

=Fun in the Sun - - Lots of boating trips: Our favorite thing to do! I wish July happened three times a year, it is the best boating month of the year. Shaylee is now a professional tuber and has been tubing with me, her dad, and Uncle Jason. Ryan even went on his annual "boys boating trip" they had a great time!

=Kenny Chesney and Suite Night: I had a lot of Hilton points from traveling for work, so I cashed them in for a sweet suite at the downtown Hilton for our 6th anniversary. This is the only pic we got at the concert, I wish I would have taken some of the suite, it was like a big, fancy condo! One could definitely get used to that! We had a great anniversary.

=Our Hill Billy Pool: We got a cheap over-sized inflatable pool, and LOVED it. Ryan even chlorinated it.. HA! We lounged in it every spare second we had this summer, loving it just as much as if it were a real one!

=July Fireworks: It is probably safe to say that Chloe and Maddy (our next door neighbors) are Shaylees very favorite people in the world, we got to share in their fireworks this year.

Happy 6th Anniversary!

2009-07-19T09:44:00.001-07:00

I love that I married my best friend. Thanks for everything Ryan, you make me a better person and I love you. Happy 6th Anniversary!

The Parade with a Little Bug and Paddy Cakes

2009-07-06T15:20:00.000-07:00

We went to the W.B Parade with our best buddies Steve, Samara, and Paddy (Brooklyn). We had a great time and feel lucky to have them as friends. We can't wait until Paddy is big enough to run around with Shaylee!

Fireworks Party

2009-07-06T15:15:00.000-07:00

Steve and Samara had a great fireworks party, they can get a crowd together! I wish I would have taken more photos! Shaylee loved the fireworks and would say, "BOOM! Yayyyyy!" so cute. I wish that July came around three times a year, I love this month. Thanks Steve and Samara for the fun time!

Shaylee and her peeps! :)

Big Sky Hillclimb - Fun and Lots of Rain

2009-06-28T14:55:00.000-07:00

The event was great, it is a nighttime hillclimb with a big fireworks show at the end. It rained A LOT on Saturday, it was amazing that they even finished the race. I was happy to have our trailer there just to get out of the rain. Jason did awesome, winning 1st place in two classes. Speed Vision was there taping it and got a good interview with Jason, there was also an awesome write up on him in the Billings Gazette: http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2009/06/18/sports/local/21-hillclimb.txt

Mom and DW7 "ya, ya, ya, yaaaa"

Shaylee got to ride around in the golf cart with Great Grandpa Chick, she was very happy!

We got to go shopping on Friday, the best thing about going to hillclimbs! We had a pretty big group this time; my Grandma Jennie, Vicki Tingey, my Mom, Shaylee and I.

Fathers Day 2009

2009-06-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

We were at the hillclimb for fathers day, perfect place for Ryan to be on his day. He got a bunch on motorcycle related stuff, I really wouldn't know what else to get him. He is a the best dad and really takes the time to be a great dad. Shaylee calls Ryan "daddy" half of the time and "Ryan" half of the time. It is hilarious when she calls him Ryan, he always says, "I'm DAD!"

Lucky Shaylee to have Ryan for her Dad. One day she will know just how many "Dora the Explorer" episodes he watched with her, how many tantrums he used his patience through, how many days he had to put every shoe in her closet on her, how many books he read, and what a great Dad he is.

I didn't get that great of pics, but Shaylee was very excited to give him his gift and card she worked so hard on. She even sang "happy birthday" to him as he opened his gift.

Yellowstone

2009-06-28T14:39:00.000-07:00

We stopped in Yellowstone on the way up to the Montana Hillclimb, it is so beautiful there. You really need a week, we went on a great walk and had an awesome BBQ. My mom came with us, which made our drive a lot easier and Shaylee a very happy girl. She has started to call "grandma Judy" just "Jeu-DEE" all on her own, I'm not so sure grandma Judy likes it so much! We saw plenty of animals and Shaylee loved the "BAfffff-Lo" (buffalo).

Tea Party for Two

2009-06-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

We got together on Sunday for my Grandma's Birthday (Happy Birthday Grandma!) and my Grandpa's Fathers Day (Happy Fathers Day Grandpa!). Shaylee and Sierra had so much fun together, they played in the playhouse and had a pretty serious tea party.

Turning 2

2009-06-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe our baby is TWO! We had a small family party to celebrate her big day. Her "thing" right now is Dora the Explorer, we had all the character posters, balloons, tables etc. She also received a lot of "Dora" gifts. She is one happy girl. Her very favorite gift was a pair of motorcycle pants from her Grandma and Grandpa, she had to put them on immediately after opening them and refused to take them off clear up until bedtime! She is so funny right now, she has these over exaggerated expressions that can make anyone laugh! This is going to be a fun year with her, I just wish she would s-l-o-w down, I hate that she is growing up so fast! Happy Birthday Shaylee Bug - we LOVE you!

Glen Helen & Disney Land

2009-05-17T16:08:00.001-07:00

We just got back from Ryan and Jason's 2nd race in Glen Helen. They both did so good that they were in the top-5 riders of the day class. It has been so fun to see Ryan do so good after being off from breaking his leg, way to go guys!!

Isn't he a cute Dad?

Shaylee and her two Grandma's

Cutest Canadian couple you will ever meet. :)

Shaylee love, love, loves Landon. They are the best of pals at hillclimbs, and little lovebirds too.

It was pretty hot in San Bernindino, we were so glad our hotel had an outdoor pool, used it everyday! All of our favorite hillclimbing gals went over to the pool, we had a blast.

We decided to take one more day since we were down in CA, and cruise over to Disney Land. We only went on "Its a Small World" about EIGHT TIMES, Shaylee love, love, loved it, but one time is more than enough for any sane person! :)

This sums up Shaylee's face for the entire duration of "its a small world" ~ so funny!

Easter 2009

2009-04-16T21:17:00.000-07:00

Easter is so much more fun with kids, Shaylee was very into "EGG!" hunting this year. She loved every part of it, from dying Easter eggs to finding them to opening her basket from the Easter "Buhnnny".

We went camping over Easter weekend to the Pony Express Trail. I finally got to spend some time with one of my best pals Samara, she had lil' Brooklyn about three months ago and has been busy being a new mom. It was fun sharing Brooklyn's first Easter with them.

Shaylee woke up before us Easter morning and went back to play on her bunk, where all of her toys are. Ryan and I thought it was great she was playing so that we could sleep a little longer, but I forgot that I left my make-up bag on her bunk the night before. This is what we woke up to with a tug on the bed... lesson learned!

We did the traditional Easter morning basket and hunt with Kayden, Shaylees other little boyfriend...she has quite a few now.

My mom did Easter dinner and an Easter egg hunt for Shaylee on Monday, Shaylee had a blast and the food was great! Thanks mom! :)

Britney

2009-04-16T20:41:00.000-07:00

I went to the Britney concert with some of my best friends from high school, Donell and Alicia. It was a TON of fun, aside from the obvious lip-syncing, she put on an awesome show... or circus!

We went to the Melting Pot for Dinner (a first for all of us) I would definitely suggest it; great atmosphere, food, and friends. I did however manage to dump my entire glass of wine down the front of me, perfect for having to go to a concert right after! HA!

The First Race 2009

2009-04-08T21:42:00.000-07:00

We went to Tracy, California this past weekend to the first hillclimb of the Season. This was Ryan's first time competing since he broke his foot at this same hillclimb two years ago {I was very nervous}. Despite all my worries, he did great. He made it look like he had never even broke his foot, I am very proud of him. Jason also did awesome winning 1st place in the verticross class.

The first hillclimb is always the best because you get to see all your buddies after a loooooong winter. My mom and I also love the shopping in Tracy, CA. and we did a lot of it!

Shaylee was pretty proud that she had her very own "big girl bed", she would even go over to the bed with "blank" and say, "ni-night!" and fake yawn just to get in bed - It was so cute! She also LOVED swimming with Grandpa Jeff, Uncle Jason, and Dad, she scares me because she shows no fear, she loves water.

The only bad part was the long drive with Shaylee, she is so high maintenance! I was constantly grabbing crackers, candy, putting in movies, making her sock puppet shows, getting her chocolate milk, playing "boo" - - Geez it was a lot of work!

Our Favorite Visitors

2009-04-08T21:35:00.000-07:00

Val, Jeff and fam came for a short visit for their spring break - we love, love, love it when they come down. I forgot to take pictures when Ryans family all got together, so I stole this one off of Val's page. Shaylee and Lilly are only two weeks apart, and so cute together. I wish we could have done more while they were here, guess you guys are going to have to come back soon!

The Living Planet Aquarium

2009-03-26T14:55:00.000-07:00

We visited to the Living Planet Aquarium last week. We were so happy that Kersten and Sierra met us there, we had so much fun. It is definitely worth a visit if you haven't been there. Shaylee loved the "feeshhh" and Sierra was happy to tell her all about them as well as the spider. They had a blast together, I wish they could play more. It is so fun now that Shaylee is older and we can do "big girl stuff".

Better Late Then Never...

2009-03-17T22:25:00.001-07:00

This post is a little late, but definitly worth mentioning! Ryan and I FINALLY got to go skiing/boarding on Valentines day. This is only worth mentioning because we used to go at least once a weekend before we had Shaylee! We have made plans to go every weekend ALL winter long with something coming up everytime! Good thing we didn't spring for the season passes...

We had a great time as usual, it is one of the things we really enjoy doing with eachother. Plus... it may be the one thing I am just a little better at... :)

St. George

2009-03-17T21:39:00.000-07:00

Spring has sprung! I love the energy that comes with spring! I can't wait to get out of the house and do something! It is also the only time of year that I am actually excited to exercise, which comes and goes in about two weeks. HA! We had a great time this last weekend in St. George, it was sunny, beautiful and WARM. My uncle was nice enough to invite us (my mom, shaylee and I) down for the weekend, as well as my uncle, cousin, grandma, and grandpa. Ryan had to work, he was bummed he had to miss out, but did manage to sneak in a day of motorcycle riding while I was gone, imagine that! We crammed in as much as we could being such a short trip, it was nice to be with my moms side of the family for something other than Christmas! My grandparents have been in Arizona all winter, they looked like Indians! We went shopping, played cards, went hiking, ate out - - the usual Vaca stuff. Thanks for the great time Scott and Kersten!

I thought we needed a four generation picture while we were there, we took about 10 and this is the only one Shaylee is half-way smiling in!

Shaylee had a blast with the "BAT!" she found, she hit everyone at least 100 times during the weekend, she thought she was soooo hilarious!

Tonsillectomy = No Fun

2009-02-28T21:37:00.000-08:00

I had my tonsils removed last Friday (February 20th), and I am STILL, yes STILL on the couch! I had no idea what the surgery entailed before this! My diet has consisted of Custard (thanks mom), pudding, and ice chips....I wouldn't suggest it! I am SO craving anything that's solid! Poor Ryan has waited on me hand and foot for well over a week, and that is hard for anyone to handle! He also had his birthday last week and I didn't have time to go get him a gift before because Shaylee had Pneumonia, so he celebrated his 28th birthday with no party, no presents, not even a flipping card! Pooooooor guy! We will have to make it up to him next year!

Oh Boy...25!

2009-02-12T21:55:00.000-08:00

I had a awesome 25th birthday this year, saying your a quarter-or-a-century old seems strange! To start things off, some of my best pals took me out to dinner. We always have such a great time, three hours goes by and you feel like you have been there 20 minutes! We laugh and tell old stories, it is so nice to have friends like that! Thanks for thinking of me guys!

I gave Ryan a trip to Vegas for Christmas, so we decided to go down last weekend. We were really excited to have some couple time, we definitly don't have as much time together as we would like. We cramed alot into our "mini-vaca", but were in bed by 10:30 the first night renting a movie... lamo! The next night we met another couple from Utah who wouldn't let us go to bed or else we probably would have been in bed at the same time!

= Cat House Restaurant =

= Minus 5 - A bar made totally out of Ice, pretty cool. =

= Komoto Dragon =

= Shark Reef at Mandelay Bay =

When we got home, my mom made me a birthday dinner, she is so great. Shaylee and her made me a Birthday cake and card, Shaylee was so proud!

January

2009-02-02T20:11:00.000-08:00

Where did January go?! It is usually the s.l.o.w.e.s.t month of the year for us, but seemed to speed by this year. We took full advantage of any sunny day in January just to soak in a little sun, the inversions get so depressing! Shaylee loves to be outside, just like her dad. We all have spring fever!

Jason turned 23 on the 27th, he wanted to try out the new Texas Roadhouse in Centerville - - their ribs are awesome. It was a low key birthday for him this year compared to the "white trash" party we threw him for his 22nd birthday!

Ryan finally finished our new bathroom, it looks great. I can't believe someone can be a perfect tile-er on their first try! He has a great eye for picking things out too; he goes in, picks out something fast and is out of there in 15 minutes... When I go to Home Depot, I stare and stare and stress and stress about my selection and then finally leave empty handed. I am amazed that he did a complete (perfect) remodel on the bathroom and I can't even hang a freaking picture straight!

Shaylee's new favorite thing is popcorn, she can eat almost half the bowl all by herself. She had this piece of popcorn stuck on her head for about 10 minutes, guess she is more like her mom then we thought... :) She is such a sweetheart!

TAGGED!! - - just so I don't "make a liar" out of Donell...

2009-01-25T14:17:00.000-08:00

Six names you go by:
1. Jam
2. Smith-Dicks (at work)
3. Gub (Ryans nickname for me, I have no idea why...)
4. Jamie Flower (Jason's Nickname for me, I had an old boyfriend call me that and he has NEVER let me forget it!)
5. Jiame (my Mexican sounding name)
6. mama (shaylee's name for me :) )

Three things you are wearing right now:
1. My scrub pj pants, I have loved them since high school and refuse to give them up! Even though it would make Ryan's year...
2. UofU shirt
3. ummm....I'm just in my pj's at 3:30 on Sunday.

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. Shaylee to sleep another hour so that I can finish my laundry
2. Flying J to stay in business!

Three of your favorite things that you did last night:
1. Went out to dinner with Ryan and Shaylee
2. Went to Lowes looking for Area rugs, a big date night for us! HA!
3. Watched a movie and had our regular three Popsicles we have every night...we keep the popsicle companies in business.

Things you ate today:
1. Quesadilla
2. Total cereal...not sure why I bought an old person cereal.
3. Sweet potato chips

Two people you last talked to on the phone:
1. Ryan
2. Mom

Six things you are going to do tomorrow:
1. Go to work
2. Clean the house
3. Play with Shaylee
4. Make dinner
5. Watch something off the DVR
6. Have three Popsicles

Three Favorite Beverages:
1. Water, I've never been a pop person
2. Coffee
3. Peppermint Tea

Five things you are grateful for today:
1. My cute daughter, she makes my whole world
2. My husband, he is a one of a kind guy
3. My dog Max, he makes me feel good.
3. Our jobs
4. Our new bathroom, Ryan did such a great job
5. Our family and friends :)

Attachments

2009-01-11T22:03:00.000-08:00

While I'm attached to coffee, Ryan to his motorcycle - - Shaylee... is attached to her "blankee" and this big BIG bear. Of all the things to attach to, Shaylee choose to fall in love with this bear that is three times her size ~ she drags it everywhere through the house! She is so funny right now, certain things are very important to her and she is just not o.k unless she has them! Ryan and I think she is going from 1.5 years old to FOUR years old! I can't believe how fast time goes once you have kids. She started one day of daycare a week last week and LOVED it. We were really worried, but her attitude was more like, "See YA!" She made a lot of new little pals and when Ryan went to pick her up, she greeted him (to impress her new friends) with a big sassy, "Hi DA!"

Christmas

2008-12-30T10:00:00.000-08:00

We had a great Christmas, Shaylee was so fun this year! Since she is such a little busy body, Santa brought her a play kitchen ~ it has definitely already paid for itself! She will go "cook" in her room for an hour at a time. We did the usual Christmas routine again this year; Christmas Eve dinner at my parents house and Christmas day we go back down to my Mom and Dad's for breakfast and presents and then rush to the Ryan's parents house for presents and Dinner. It is always a crazy day, but so fun.

Santa Claus 2008

2008-12-22T17:53:00.000-08:00

We ventured out to get Shaylee's yearly "Santa" photo with a large group this year~ The Long's from Canada are visiting for Christmas and New Years so... Ken, Annette, Vicki, Jason, my mom and Dad, Ryan, Shaylee and I headed to the Mall to see, "Ho Ho". We were worried Shaylee would cry but she was only worried about posing for the Camera, "Cheeeeeeese!" The most important thing to note from the trip is that Santa needs Teeth Whitening for Christmas!

A Really Great Gift

2008-12-17T21:23:00.000-08:00

As many of you know, we lost a very important family member this year... Kincade the mixed mutt. We have had a really hard time, we love love love our dogs. So, for Christmas, Jerry (who I work with) drew the below portrait of Kincade for us. It really is the best gift we have ever recieved and it means so much that we can still have part of him with us...

Shaylee's First Snow Experience

2008-12-17T20:46:00.000-08:00

It snowed a lot on Sunday, so we thought it would be a great day to introduce Shaylee to "ssssNOO" as she calls it. We took her up and down the snow packed streets on a sled ~ she loved it and looked so cute in all her gear. Ryan even brought out the 4-Wheeler so that she could experience her very first "doughnut". Notice her sock gloves, maybe Santa will bring her a pair!

We have joined the blogging world!

2008-09-24T20:39:00.000-07:00

O.K!!! It is starting to get to the point where EVERYONE has a blog now - - so I am going to TRY it out. I will try to keep our blog updated and at least half as interesting as all of yours we have enjoyed. :)