VICTORY

USU beat BYU.....WAHOO!!!

Drake went from this

To this, very quickly. We wore that kid out!

Anniversary Getaway and First Time Leaving Drake

We celebrated our 3 year anniversary on September 14th. A week later we left for San Diego to celebrate, and left Drake behind with my Mom and Dad. It was a wonderful break, and it felt good to hang out with just Josh and worry about me and only me. I was able to sleep when I wanted, get myself ready, feed myself and did I say sleep?? We had such a fun time and ate a lot of really good food.

Leaving Drake at Grandpa and Grandma's. I was pretty sad to leave him. Then when we got to the airport and I realized how much work it would have been to take him with us, I wasn't so sad anymore.

Drake tried to come with us, but we caught him!

We got there on a Wednesday night. We were staying at the Hilton Bayfront which was right down town close to everything. We didn't rent a car, so we were right by a tracks stop and by the Gaslamp Quarter (A huge street with lots of shopping and good places to eat). We went over there and ate every night. There was a place with great Gelato, that we also got a couple of times.

When we were checking into our hotel the lady at the front desk asked us what the special occasion was. So when we returned from dinner that night, we had been gifted cheese, fruit and wine. It was very nice of them and we appreciated it, but we don't drink.

So we called to the front desk, and they brought us up some sparkling cider instead.

Thursday we went to Sea World. Josh had never been, and it had been a while since I had. We didn't realize how long it would take us to get there on the public transportation, so after two hours of going only a few miles, we arrived. It was perfect though. We were able to see all of the shows and everything else we wanted to see, and enjoyed some Diet Coke from a Shamu cup!

Ok, so this is how we started our day off on Friday. At Richard Walker's Pancake House. Oh my this place was heavenly. It is a little breakfast joint in downtown San Diego. They are known for their "apple pancake", and you better believe that is what I got. Hands down, the best breakfast dish I have ever had.

After breakfast we got on a ferry and headed over to the small Island of Coronado. We sat on the beach and walked around and looked in all of the shops and the Hotel Del Coronado. It was a great little island with a fun atmosphere.

When we got back that night from Coronado, we went to a Padres baseball game. The Padres won, and it was a good game. This was my first time going to a pro baseball game. It was great!

We of course enjoyed ourselves some foot long hot dogs.

Saturday we slept in and spent the day at the pool. We went to dinner at Joe's Crab Shack, then headed to the Utah State vs. San Diego State football game....we got killed!! Lucky for us we ran into my friends parents Tim and Kolette Belnap, and they drove us back to our hotel so we wouldn't have to ride the public transportation.

This was our hotel. It was really nice and like I said above, it was in a great location.

While we were gone. Drake got VERY spoiled by Grandpa and Grandma. My mom told me she was going to buy those monkeys for his room (thank goodness she didn't).

She did buy him a Backyardagains DVD and some toy trucks.

She also bought him some Buzz Lightyear pj's.

And Lightening McQueen.

And Thomas the Train.

One of the nights my parents drove and met the other Grandparents, Barb and Syd in Preston for dinner, so they could see Drake. I am sure that was quite the sight. Four grown adults fawning over one 10 month old child. He is a lucky little boy to have all of that attention and so many people who love him. When it was all over, we were ready to come home and see Drake. We had a few habits that had to be broken when we started into our week.....life is different at Grandma's I guess:) Our vacation was a great one, and one we will take again and again as a family!

The Next "SURVIVOR" Series

For all you women out there... this will give you a good laugh. If only this was really on TV we would get a good laugh weekly. Enjoy!

Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids, each for six weeks.

Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes.

There is no fast food.

Each man must take care of his 3 kids, keep his assigned house clean, correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and pay a list of "pretend" bills with not enough money.

In addition, each man will have to budget in money for groceries each week.

Each man must remember the birthdays of all their friends and relatives, and send cards out on time.

Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment and a haircut appointment. He must make on unscheduled and inconvenient visit per child to the Urgent Care on a weekend, evening, holiday or right when they're about to leave for vacation.

He must also make cookies or cupcakes for a social function.

Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, planting flowers outside and keeping it presentable at all times.

The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep and all chores are done. There is only one TV between them, and a remote with dead batteries.

Each father will be required to know all of the words to every song that comes on TV and the name of each and every character on cartoons.

The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, which they will apply to themselves; either while driving or making 3 lunches.

Each man will have to make and indian hut model with six toothpicks, a tortilla and one marker and get a 4 year old to eat a serving of peas.

Each man must adorn himself with jewelry, wear uncomfortable, yet stylish shoes, keep their nails polished and eyebrows groomed. The men must try to get through each day without snot, spit-up or barf on their clothing.

During one of the six weeks, the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches, and have extreme unexplained mood swings but never once complain or slow down from other duties.They must try to explain what a tampon is for when the 6 year old boy finds it in the purse.

They must attend weekly school meetings, church and find time at least once to spend the afternoon at the park or similar setting.

He will need to read a book and then pray with the children each night without falling asleep, and then feed them, dress them, brush their teeth and comb their hair each morning by 7:00 a.m.

They must leave the home with no food on their face or clothes.

A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information: each child's birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. Also the child's weight at birth, length, times of birth, and length of labor, each child's favorite color, middle name, favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest fear and what they want to be when they grow up.

They must clean up after their sick children at 2:00 a.m. and then spend the remainder of the day tending to that child and waiting on them hand and foot until they are better.

They must have a loving, age-appropriate reply to, "You're not the boss of me."

The kids vote them off the island based on performance. The last man wins ONLY if .....he still has enough energy to be intimate with his spouse at a moment's notice.

If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over again for the next 18-25 years...eventually earning the right to be called Mother!

HA HA HA I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. NOW, I appreciate the man in my life and he helps with a lot of these things so I don't do all of them on my own.... but it still made me laugh really hard!!! Can I get a WOOT WOOT for motherhood!!

Drake's First Word

We have been really busy the last few weeks. Josh got put in the bishopric and has been so busy with meetings, leaving me very busy with Drake and no time to blog. Besides all of the babbling of mama and dada, Drake said his first word, HI! Of course we are very proud of him and think he is so smart! We love this little man and think that everything he does is marvelous!

BEWARE

There are a lot of new posts ahead. I got really behind and wanted to catch up, so I did it all at once.

I take way too many pictures!!

For those of you who read this, you really don't have to look at all of these pictures. There really is nothing to them. It is just me wanting to capture every minute of my kids life. So, if you want to skip past this post, I totally understand.

This is Josh's favorite picture. He has on a Boston Red Sox shirt, Nike shoes and he is holding a Utah State basketball.

Taking a bath at Grandma Rohwer's.

Pulling a funny face.

Yummy Olive Garden bread stick.

Drake's first Jeep ride.

I absolutely love this gappy, toothy grin!

He thinks it is pretty cool that he can show us how old he is going to be!

A Day of No Labor, Just Fun

We went up Logan Canyon for a cook out on Labor Day. It was the first time we had done this all summer. It was really fun and it actually felt good to smell like a camp fire.

Boston, Elli and Grandma

Aunt Holly and Drake

Hannah and Elli with those HUGE marshmallows. Those things are sweet!

Mckay and Hannah. Mckay can never take a serious picture. Lets hope when he gets married one day he doesn't look like this in his announcement.