Better Late Then Never...

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

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

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!

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

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...

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

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!"