Glad You Were Born

A kiss on the Thatcher farm
In spring, for the first time
And out under the stars,
Had me thinking for months and months
"I'm glad you were born!"

Now with a baby boy Jack,
A home and an imaginary dog,
Your strengthening me, supporting me,
And making me laugh, still has me saying
"I'm glad you were born!"

Happy Birthday Love!
Riley

This is my first encounter with the hole tagging thing. I now Tag Katie, JaCee and Mandi.

Q. Where were you 10 years ago?I was 14 years old and madly in love with Riley and he had no idea that I was even on the same planet as him. how pathetic!

Q. 5 Things to do on my "to do" list today?1.Get Jacks 104.4 Temp down to 101. 2.Go to library and blog something. 3. try to make an edible dinner tonight. 4. watch the Office because it is back on tonight. 5. Clean my bathroom that Jack tares apart every morning.

Q. 5 foods I enjoy 1. Rice and Beans. 2. Cabbage, LOVE IT! 3. Beats, so good with ranch and blue cheese. 4. Tomato soup from Zupas, if I could I would eat it every day.

Q. What would you do if you were suddenly a billionaire 1. I would move back to Logan and buy a house and live a simple life. I would go on a much needed vacation to Hawaii with the entire family.

Q.5 Jobs I have had. 1. Transfers, hate to love them, love to hate them. 2. Door to door sales for 4 years, just plain hated that. 3. Worked at a modeling agency as an agent, very interesting. 4. Teach scrapbooking classes now all over U.S.

Q.5 Things you don't know about me...1. I HATE the color purple. 2.i have talked my way out of 8 tickets. 3. I would love to never get on a plane again, unless going to Hawaii. 4. When I was little i really believed that i would become a superstar just like Whitney H. 5. Weird but i like to talk in church.

Q. 5 places I have lived1. Logan Ut. 2. Evenston, Rock Springs, WY. 3. New Mexico, California, Florida, Layton, Sandy, and now Eagle mtn.

Heres To The Pot Holes

Last night I had a dream, no not like Martin Luther King kinda dream, a real dream. I was in a restaurant with a rich, powerful famous man. He told me that he would give me everything that the world could offer if I would simply leave the life I had. I looked into his eyes and without hesitation i said, "How strange that you think that you could offer me true happiness, nothing that you have can make me happy." As soon as I finished that sentence I woke up, WIDE AWAKE! I lay there and prayed that I would have the curse of Sleeping Beauty cast upon me and fall into a deep sleep but I just lay there, wide awake. I decided that maybe I was supposed to think a little more about what that strange dream was all about. The words I spoke in the dream instantly came back to me. I guess that when God wants you to learn something, he will shout. You see the night before I was complaining about having to go to work the next day. Do I want to work? No! Do I want to be a mommy and only a mommy? Yes! But is that where I am at in life? NO! You see I was right, what I said in my dream truly was profound, (too bad it really wasn't me.) Maybe I don't have all the power and wealth in the world but I wouldn't trade my life in for any of it. It's a lot like riding a bike on a rough, pot holed road. You feel as if the pot holes just keep on coming, like there are never going to end. Then you hit the heavenly just laid tar. Your ride suddenly becomes smooth as butter, so luxurious. Without the rough pot holed road I couldn't and wouldn't enjoy the smooth tar. After I came to this new A-Ha moment I thought I leaned my lesson and it was time for sleep. So once again I prayed for Sleeping Beauties curse and once again I lay wide awake. Then I received a new curse, cramps. Believe it or not I acutely smiled and had a little laugh. I raised my hand in the air and said, "Hears to the pot holes." So ladies here's to the rough pot holed roads, however great or small, drink up cause without them we wouldn't be pushed to new heights.

Random

Jack at Cosco, we found a mask in a biik and i couldn't help myself.

This is Jack just being cute at Zupas, I love this picture

This is Jack on his big B-Day 4 months ago, I know I am a litttle behind.

Our only family picture that we have right now, yes pathetic.

OK so I am just posting random pictures because I am getting in trouble for not posting for so long. One day when I have the internet I will be diligent, I promise!

Green Is The New Black

Marea decided that she was going to make Green Eggs and Ham for dinner and she invited Riley, Jack and I over to participate. Of course we had to read Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Sues, Kaden loved it. We had green wheat bread, green eggs, green ham, pees, and green lemonade. MaRea was a wonderful cook. Then we made the best green sugar cookies I have ever had. And yes Jacks poop was totally green, maybe we used just a little too much dye.

We finished our floors. I am loving them so much I have to show you all of our hard work. The process was long and hard but Jack was loving every second of it, he loves to get good and dirty. So here is a BEFOR picture. And here are a few AFTER pictures as well. We did our main floor and our bedroom.

What a wonderful V-day it was. There was a time when Riley didn't understand the importance of the holiday but he really gets it now. The night before I was stuck in the snow storm and it took me 5 house to get from 90th south to Lehi, usually it takes 25 min. So the storm was so bad that people slept at Smiths parking lot. I was lucky because I had a friend that lives in Lehi and I stayed there. When I got home Riley gave me a kiss and a note then left for work. The note left instructions telling me to push play on the CD player. There were 8 beautiful songs that i had never heard before, each one came with a note telling me how he loves me and how each song reminds him of me. It's strange for me to look back on my life and see how the Lord led me to the man of my dreams without me even knowing. Life keeps getting better and better.