Crazy Princesses

I thought this picture was funny, especially in light of the princess birthday party we just attended. Pictures to come.

Two Sparrows in a hurricane

Click on the video for the background music for my post.

Valentine's Day is the anniversary of our engagement. This year marks 3 years since that day. For those of you who don't know , have forgotten, or just wanted to reminisce in the bliss and happiness, this is how it went.

I didn't really know that I was going to get engaged on the day I did. I wouldn't say it was out of place for Justin to propose to me, but I would say that he didn't know for sure if I would say yes. He sneaked up to Salt Lake a few days before to ask my dad's permission- I'm still happily shocked that I had no clue and that my parents didn't leak the info. We went on a date for Valentine's day and then went to the LaVell Edward's Stadium Parking lot to exchange gifts. (The stadium parking lot was where we had our first DTR and decided to date). In addition to our gifts we had decided to write each other love notes. Justin wrote a beautiful letter and when I finished reading it, I noticed another letter on the back seat. I asked him what it was and if I could read it. He gave it to me and it had the words to Tanya Tucker's song, Two Sparrows in a Hurricane. He had heard the song and it reminded him of us. The letter included his proposal and I was shocked and ecstatic. He couldn't have chosen a more perfect way to ask me. I also loved the giant fake ring he gave me and wore it for a good month until my real ring was ready.

So, today is a tribute to the love of my life. Justin is the most amazing person I know and I'm grateful that we get to fly through all of life's hurricanes (and sunny skies) together.

Some recent pics

Gracie made her first banana bread the other day. I've been making Valentine surprises for Justin ever since February 1st. Some have included: banana bread at work, his favorite mints, reece's peanut butter cups, a mostly clean house, dinner, a poem, cold stone ice cream, and the last nice thing I did was make cookies. I haven't gotten to it every day, but hopefully he has felt extra special.

This is Gracie chillin' in her doll stroller. She likes to climb in there every once in awhile. I'm kind of surprised she fits and it hasn't broken yet, so whatever floats her boat.

This is Gracie eating dinner. I love the perplexed look on her face.

Obsessed or MIA

I seem to only have 2 blogging modes- obsessed and MIA. I was going along and being really diligent at blogging and then WHAM, I suddenly don't post for an entire week. What is that? I've been a little busy. Gracie got sick, and then started to feel better, and then I started at LDS family services working part time. I'm doing about 7-8 hours per week. It's been a little intimidating to do therapy after being off the work/ school scene for 9 months. I've been blessed with great clients though, and it's nice to know that the training returns. Hopefully nobody will be forever scarred because I wasn't a great therapist.
Anyway, I felt like blogging today, but thought I'd better clean my house before I blog. I also have some fun pictures to post. I'll be catching up today and tomorrow. I'm glad to be back. I missed you all.

Herzlichen Glueckwunsch zum Geburtstag

Today is a tribute to my "little" bro Tommy. Tom is just two years behind me so we've done a lot of things at about the same time. He left on his mission two months after I did to go the other side of Germany (he was in the Berlin mission and I was in the Frankfurt mission). Tom also got married two months after I did. Tom has the biggest heart in the world and reminds me of a big teddy bear. He is always really great with kids and pretends to be the mean uncle, which all of the kids love. Tom also has a really tender heart and has always reached out to others and loves animals.
Some of my favorite memories of Tom include driving to and from school in the Gold Truck, singing at Carnegie Hall, sending and receiving letters from each other in Germany, and of course, seeing him get married to Jessica, his fabulous and darling wife. Happy Birthday. We love you.

On the mend

I'm happy to report that Gracie is starting to feel better. I just thought I would post some of the fun pics from the last few days. The first is of Gracie looking out the window and watching the neighbors- her favorite past-time.

The other two pics are Gracie playing in her box of Kitchen toys. Yesterday she just climbed right in and was so cute. I looked over and she was just sitting there playing. I bet she played by herself like this in the box for a good 30-40 minutes

Happy Birthday Mom

I posted my mom's birthday tribute on the Profi Frau blog (I thought it was only fitting). Happy Birthday, Mom. Fried Ham, Fried ham...