San Diego

Six years in the making!! Yes, Steven and I have been married for six years. I can't believe it. We have been through so much and I have enjoyed every minute spending it with Steven. Every anniversary we are just 'too busy' to do anything, so this year I put my foot down and we dropped everything and drove to San Diego. Thanks to Grammy and Pops, Tanner was able to have a  sleepover as we went away without a care in the world!






















When we checked in to our hotel Friday night the receptionist said, "Oh, it looks like you got a complementary up grade..."  I looked around to see if there was someone behind me and said, "WHAT?... for what?" We had to post pone our trip a week ago and they did not have our room available so they put us in the suite. I asked how much it is a night if we were to pay for it and it was $280 a night. SWEET!!! We got the room for practically nothing. Thank you Marriott! :)


That night we went out to dinner here...

 

Check out the cheese on this pizza!!
Total guilt trip after I ate a slice. 

But it was yummy, non the less...

 

The next morning I woke up at 7am feeling like I had a rock in my stomach and realized I needed to run part of it off. Got in the car while Steven was still sleeping and tried to head for the beach. I drove until I saw water and ended up at Mission Bay. Ran the 5.5 mile trail, heaven!!!

I took some pictures while I ran and stored my camera in my bra.

I got home from my run to take a picture of our suite aaannnndddd..... it was fogged up.
It took a couple hours for it to dry out. It did add a cool effect.

Later that morning we checked out of our sweet suite hotel and went to a Mexican restaurant (to bring back memories of our honeymoon in Cabo) and drove to the beach and chowed down. We forgot forks so we ate with our hands! We looked like little oinkers.










So we only had 20 minutes to sit on the beach because we were scheduled to so some sealings at the temple, and for those who know me pretty well you get a kick out of this one... I got burnt...AGAIN. WHY?? I can't imagine what would have happened to me if we would have been there all day.

What a beautiful day to spend at the temple. It was such a spiritual and sacred experience. Its such a blessing to be able to escape from the world and enjoy the beauty inside the temple. I am so blessed to have a forever family and to know that we are sealed for time and all eternity. Steven and I sat on the same bench we sat in right before we were married and talked about the last six years.

We both could not help but feel our son Austin's spirit there in the temple. The peace was so amazing that I cried and told Steven that I don't ever want to leave. To feel Austin was such a great gift for our anniversary. We love you Austin and can't wait to be with you again.

Then we talked about Tanner and is quirky little smile he has for us every morning when we wake up, shoulders up, head tilted to the right, bottom jaw pulled to the left. Oh, how I love that kid!! He is such a joy and a blessing to have in our lives. Talking about him made me miss him dearly and decided to call our anniversary adventure to a close.

August 14, 2004

Thank you baby for an amazing and memorable weekend. I am so grateful for everything you do for our family. I look forward to spending the next eternity with you.                                  

                                                        

Tanner's 1st Birthday Party

We had LOADS of fun! Thanks to all who came. :)


Tanner swimming with daddy.


The kids all had fun on the slide. What a great pool!



Tanner's cake. I had so much fun decorating it.




"I want to eat it!!!"


"Sing happy birthday to me already!"



"OH BOY!!!"




 
"Stop singing to me!! Your scaring me..."



Yeah, Tanner!!!



Tanner's real birthday was two days before his party, so we got him a little cake and celebrated at home. His reaction to it all was exactly the same when we sang to him at his birthday party. Poor kid. (Sorry it's so dark.)



Tanner received lots of awesome gifts, thanks everyone!

The kids decorated the front entrance way, can you see the fish?

 
My mom's awesome watermelon shark.

A year ago today...

Tanner,
A year ago  today you came into our arms, healthy and strong! Words can not express how grateful I am to have you in my life. After your brother Austin, I was unsure if we would ever get to bring you down to earth. What I was sure of though is that prayer changes things. I remember praying day in and day out, and one day when I prayed I felt so certain that you were going to come, I just needed to wait.
Now here you are ONE YEARS OLD, sleeping in your crib, while I hear your little breath breathing in and out (I just LOVE that!)

Mommy and daddy love you so much!! Thank you for choosing us to raise you and take care of you. You are our world and there isn't a thing in the world we wouldn't do for you (within reason, of course). You have changed our upside down world and have made it such a better place to live. We hope you enjoy your first birthday!

Ain't no party like a Tanner party, cuz a Tanner party don't stop...don't stop!! :) We love you bug-a-boo!

It's Party Time

This week I have been getting ready for Tanner's birthday party, I am very excited! The theme for his party is the ocean. With that, I have been looking around for his birthday outfit, but did not see anything I really wanted. While at Joann's the other day I stumbled upon this cute material and started to sew to my little hearts content.

Pockets

  

Pockets sewn on to pant legs...

Close up of pockets...

 

Back of pants...

Front and back legs sewn together... 

And viola!

And...this is Tanner's birthday bib. It's made out of a bathroom towel, new of course, and I sewed a neck hole with binding and Velcroed a slit in the back. The graphics are not appliqued yet, but it will pretty much look just like this.

I have to admit the shorts drove me crazy because the directions were terrible and had to start over quite a few times. It took a while to finish so I'm going to take a brake from the machine, we have a love hate relationship. :)