BEHUNIN BLOG

Jan-July 2011

2011-08-21T21:44:00.001-06:00

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Lovin the boat!

2011-07-10T17:29:00.003-06:00

Catch Up

2011-04-23T14:03:00.007-06:00

I haven't blogged forever, so here's an update...

Myler is growing up so fast! He is so much fun and so naughty! He still sings all day and is the smartest little guy. He knows all his shapes, numbers, most letters, sing the ABC's and nursery songs, and keeps us laughing and on our toes. He says the funniest stuff. His latest is "Mama, I cryin!" Here's a couple pictures of him...black eye, caught playing in grandma's mascara while he's supposed to be napping, and playing on the coolest toy ever at my uncle's house, the Step 2 Roller Coaster.

He turned 2 in March and we went to Pirate Island Pizza (so cool in there!) for his birthday night with Grandma Hacker. He had a blast. We celebrated with a little family party that weekend at our house. Clyde ran the Spectrum 10K and took second Due to some cramping, he wasn't very happy with the race but we had fun watching!We broke down and got Myler a playset for his birthday. He LOVES playing outside and he loves this playset. Our cute little neighbor Gracie comes over to play sometimes. She was serving up hamburgers, fires, and shakes (aka wood chips) to Myler. We are so loving spring!Myler is a copy cat these days. I caught him stretching with Clyde the other day before a run.The chickens are laying pretty good now that the weather has warmed up. We get all colors and sizes of eggs every day.

Clyde took SECOND PLACE at the Salt Lake City marathon last weekend! It was awesome. He was only beat by one of the three Kenyan's that showed up. Maren ran the half and did good too. Myler and I had fun chasing all over SLC to find him three times and we also enjoyed the finish line food. :)This bottom left picture is maybe my all-time favorite Myler picture! I said SMILE! and boy did he cheese it! Maren and I were laughing so hard.

We've had a busy and fun last couple months! Now we are trying to plan a relaxing trip for our 10 year anniversary coming up! That or buy a boat.

A quick update

2011-03-06T16:25:00.005-07:00

My cute boys ready for church

A snowy day in January

Then some nice days...working in the yard

Myler has to eat the PB&J all by himself!

Riding bikes

St. George Half Marathon...Clyde was 6th!

St. George Running Center team

The fam

Bought, and painted, a shed...another one of those nice days

Haircut!

prayer

2011-02-16T20:44:00.002-07:00

Sad I missed this today...

Clyde is in the kitchen leaning against the counter with his arms folded.

Myler walks in.

"Daddy fold arms?"

Myler folds his arms.

"Say prayer?"

Myler closes his eyes and peeks out to see if Clyde is looking.

Clyde closes his eyes but peeks.

Myler squeezes his eyes shut.

"Thank you blessings. This day. Amen!"

Myler's first prayer. :)

Happy New Year

2011-01-29T09:46:00.003-07:00

We had a really fun New Years Eve party at my parents house. Satoshi was in town on his honeymoon. We LOVE his cute wife Mika. She went to high shcool in New Zealand and has an awesome accent when she speaks English. We had fun playing games, eating a ton of food, and dancing our brains out on the xBox Kinnect (hilarious!). Clyde's family was there, Doug & Alisha, Erin & Neal, and all of my family. It was awesome!

2010 Part II

2011-01-24T21:26:00.001-07:00

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2011-01-16T16:48:00.002-07:00

I know most of you have seen these on facebook, but they are too cute not to share again! Thanks to Alisha at One Memory at a Time.

Myler is seriously so much fun and such a good, smart little guy! We sure feel lucky to have him. He loves his shapes right now and picks out triangles, stars, diamonds, hexagons, etc everywhere we go. He sings all of the ABC's now and counts to 13. He can sing a ton of different songs and that's usually what he's doing (singing) most of the day. Ever since he stopped the bottle awhile back he eats like there won't be another meal. He will eat all day if we'll let him. He wakes up whining "porridge" which is oatmeal, and asks for food until he's in bed. He still gives lots of loves and has been laughing a lot lately. He loves to do puzzles and can spend hours on the ipad if we would let him. He can navigate it as good as anyone. He loves to play with the dogs too. We sure love this little stinker!

December

2011-01-02T21:12:00.006-07:00

We had a very fun but very busy December (but who doesn't?).

This was our annual Running Club party with some CRAZY white elephant gifts.

We had our annual work party at Anasazi Steakhouse (cool experience, TERRIBLE service). These are my two AWESOME employees, Nicole and Julie. (We gave matching jackets as part of our Christmas gift.)

Myler got in a lot of playing with cousins, grandparents, aunts, and as always, his trucks. We made a little tunnel and I actually caught a smile on camera!

Our annual Ugly Club Christmas party. So fun to see these girls.

We had Christmas times 3 so we had lots of fun and lots of presents!

We had a super fun New Years...pics to come!

thanx

2010-11-29T20:43:00.003-07:00

A quick shout out for Thanksgiving this year! It was a quick trip to Torrey, but it was fun and yummy and it was especially nice for Clyde and I because both our families were there. I'm so so thankful for my many blessings in life...my family, my friends, my business, and especially the gospel of Jesus Christ. My little Myler is the light of each day and I love how he makes me laugh and I love listening to him sing all day. Clyde is such a wonderful husband and he loves me so much, how can I not love him back?:) My little dogs are my kids too and I love cuddling with them every night. I have awesome employees and clients that make work a little easier each day. And I have blogs and facebook at night to catch up with friends, even if it's only virtually! Now I'm going to go cuddle up in my new bed (yay! finally!) and read the new John Grisham feeling pretty darn thankful for this crazy life I live!

Requesting a quick comment

2010-11-14T12:19:00.003-07:00

I finally gave in and got some professional pics of Myler taken. If you go HERE and leave a comment, I will get some free prints (has to be done by Friday)! It is a blog post on Myler's photo shoot with One Memory at a Time. There are only a couple of the pictures posted there. He was such a stink...hardly any smiles at all, but I still love the pictures because they show his personality. Thanks for your help!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T17:20:00.006-06:00

I've never been a big fan of Halloween. I always dressed up in the easiest costume possible. But maybe Myler takes after his daddy on this holiday. This rockin 70's daddy (in his own dad's high school prom suit).

Myler loved carving pumpkins. No problem digging in the guts.
Or eating the raw pumpkin. In fact, every time we go outside, he wants to see the pumpkin guys and he takes a big bite!

Happy Halloween from this little puppy!

Trick or treat! Myler had so much fun last night. He went around to 5 houses and went trick or treating and made out pretty good with a full size Snickers, a toothbrush and toothpaste, some little candy, and 3 cupcakes!

He also got special visits (and prizes!) from both sets of grandparents.

and the cousins too (but they were late enough he was already in jammies)!

He seriously loved the whole night though. Clyde and I were pretty sick (and still are today...ugh) but we still answered the door and he would run in his doggie suit every time the doorbell rang and pick up the bowl of candy yelling "trick or treat!" and then say hi to all the kids at the door and then yell "bye bye, see ya!" as they left. He loved every second of it! It was worth fighting through the sickness to see how excited he was.

Happy Halloween!

Dixie Salad

2010-10-29T17:03:00.003-06:00

One of my clients brought me these

so I had to make this

yum!

Myler

2010-10-24T09:17:00.008-06:00

Every so often I need to record some of the cute/fun/naughty/funny things Myler is doing because I don't want to forget! So here is the list as of late...

This little guy is a singer. He is almost always singing. Sometimes it's easy to understand and a lot of time it is jibberish, but here are some of the main songs:

-"A B C D E F Zoe"...the middle is jibberish..."P, Q R

S T"...more jibberish then somewhat of a "now I know my A B C (then it starts over) D E F Zoe" (Zoe is our dog) (this is the old staple. if in doubt he always comes back to ABC's. Clyde taught him ABCD back in June and we haven't gotten a lot further since then!)

-"We will we will ROCK YOU" and "Ice Ice Baby..dun du

du dun du du dudu" (often sung loudly in church)

-With all the October birthday's he's got "Happy birthday to you!" down. I even got a "happy birthday mommy!" on my birthday.

-"Jesus...jibberish (wants me for a)...sunBEAM"

-"knees and toes" for head, shoulders, knees, and toes and he will do the mouth and nose part too

-Lately he gets to watch cartoons while I get ready and Clyde is running so he has learned a few new songs like "d d d d d...Dora!" and "Spongebob squarepants" and sometimes "Max and Ruby"

-He sings the "cleanup" song and really does cleanup!

Between daddy and grandma he learns some funny sayings like ...

-"Oh....by....gosh!" (usually gosh is a few seconds after oh by and is really loud)

-"Uh oh asseleetio" (translation: uh oh spaghettio's)

-He often calls me "mommy kel" thanks to Clyde

-"Bye bye kuck" (truck) which he says when we are leaving in the truck or when I leave in the morning or just anytime we leave

-"mmmmm....wah!" or daddy kisses...mmmmm...wah! (he loves giving kisses and really puckers up good)
-"ahhh" when he gives hugs

-"ew...gross...sgusting" (disgusting) (usually said while you change his diaper or clean out his ears)

-"don't touch puter" (don't touch the computer) this is usually after "no no no no no" (and then he usually touches it anyway)

He knows a ton of words but here are some main/fun ones:

-pease (please)

-thank you (usually said when he hands you something he shouldn't have)

-mommy hair! (when he sees my hair dryer or flat iron or any hair thing)

-pretty (about jewelry or someone)

-He LOVES this little toddler ravioli stuff we got and ever y morning, afternoon, evening, any time we are in the kitchen, talk about food, etc. he whines "oli" or "numy-oli" He will even open the pantry and point up to it.

-eerios (Cheerios)

-bottle (with the t's pronounced)

-bye bye, see ya, la u (usually all are said in the bye bye process)

-me mouse (Mickey Mouse) and uto (Pluto)

-he will get on the scale and say "7,8" (he's more like 25-26 pounds) *then last week he came in and got on the scale, looked over at me, and counted to 9 perfectly! he's done it a few more times but not when asked to.

-he calls himself baby or Miner, the cousin's call him Mymer
-"hi mama" he will just walk up and say hi to people

-he knows all the regular body parts like nose, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, hair, elbow, hand but then grandma has also taught him clavicle and esophagus

-asselsauce (applesauce) (haha...sounds like a naughty word!)

-he never says "more" but signs it in our made up sign language
-he brings you stuff and says "hold it"

-"goooo get it!" usually to the dogs when he has something they want

-"mere mommy" (come here mommy) while holding his hands out and opening and closing them

-"mony mony" (holy moly)

-"upanddownupanddownupanddown" is a common phrase, he doesn't know which is which so he just says up and down over and over

When he sees these things, he will say:

-"fan, round and round" and do the round and round motion with his hand

-ight (light)

-Elmo

-everything in the Elmo book we have he can name or point out

-sun (when he sees a picture of it)

-numy num (when he sees food)

-football (when a game is on tv)

-shoes (and then usually puts them on, he loves shoes)

-peelow (pillow) (and he loves pillows and I finally put one in his bed and he thinks he is so cool)

-lotions (always with an "s")

-book (he loves to read/look at books)

-"tar" the only shape he knows is star and points them out everywhere

-Izzy and Zoe, our dogs

-bathy

-shower

-run run (he will say daddy run when he sees the treadmill and he will do laps around our couch if you say run run and start counting)

-daddy lawn (lawnmower)

-he learned Hacker and will say Grandma/Grandpa Hacker

-Cleo (my grandma...it is SO cute how he says it)

-when he hears a phone ring he yells "PHONE!" and then will start saying "hello"

-the first thing we always do when we get to my mom's with the dogs is tell Izzy and Zoe to go potty, so now when we are driving up to their house he starts saying "go potty Izzy"

-ready, set, go!

-naughty (after I tell him something is naughty)

-sockies (socks) one time I told him we needed to put some socks on so he went back to his room, got the little basket of socks, and brought it out to me

-Sometimes when he gets a bite he likes or something he likes he does this little shoulder shake.
-He likes me to brush his teeth.
-He repeats the last word you said when you talk to him.
-He loves to play with the dogs.
-He goes in the pantry all the time and climbs the stool we have in there.

*We were laughing last night because I got one of those babycenter emails saying kids his age average 10-50 words, but he is a total jabbermouth and says a lot more than that. (That's my "my kid is better than yours" moment. haha)

And if you made it this far, here are some pictures of Clyde's continual "project", our yard.

I said hey...

2010-10-16T14:40:00.004-06:00

...what's goin on? How nice of you to ask...

Clyde's friend and missionary companion stopped by with his wife and their son, George, who is 40 MINUTES older than Myler. The Pulsipher's made the big move from LA to Montana.

We hiked the Subway

We went to Torrey and rode four-wheelers on Boulder Mountain

Clyde ran the STG marathon (and got a cool picture out of it but not a great race)

We went to Vegas for my 29th birthday and saw Phantom (11th time for me, 1st for Clyde)

and checked out the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop from Pawn Stars

2010 Scrapbook Part One

2010-09-06T17:36:00.000-06:00

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Mockingjay Vent

2010-09-01T16:58:00.006-06:00

SPOILER ALERT: I am going to vent all about Mockingjay, so if you haven't read it and plan to, don't read this post!

Let me start off by saying I LOVED The Hunger Games and Catching Fire. Mockingjay was not near as intense or as good. And the thing it lacked was the hope at the end knowing there would not be another book this time to make everything okay. I was seriously depressed at the end! What?! I didn't expect butterflies and rainbows but you could hope that at least one person would be happy. Not Katniss, who pretty much lost everyone she cared about from the beginning. Not Peeta, who is still racked with random hatred for his wife. Not Gale, who is no part of Katniss' life and even is blamed for killing her sister. Certainly not Prim, who was killed off. Not Haymitch, who goes back to the bottle. Even Katniss' mom is off by herself with no family. They probably all would have been better off living their previous lives. Katniss can't even go back to her favorite spot.

The entire book was depressing. Katniss is dragged in to doing what she doesn't want to do and always feels awful about herself. Even in the end it's not like she is happy with who she is or how others perceive her. Why do the districts act like the Capitol with their propos? They even want to dress Katniss up with costumes and makeup..what?

The final mission is what I really don't get. What did it do? Not one good thing! It kills off Finnick, who leaves behind a pregnant, crazy wife just when he is happy. It puts Katniss in the spot to watch Prim die. What else? They would have been better off staying home. There should have been some point to it. You would assume Katniss would in some way help end the war.

Why in the world do Katniss and Haymitch agree to another games? It is against everything they are supposed to be about. I am glad Katniss shoots Coin, but that's about all that's good. Snow gets to laugh to death? What is that.

I was just way disappointed with this book. I guess not much had to go in to it because we were all going to read it anyway. But what a depressing ending.

I could go on and on, but there's my book report! I know I'm a dork for caring so much, but I get really in to my books! I'm sad I won't want to re-read these (even though I probably still will).

What did you think?

In memory of...

2010-08-21T14:57:00.000-06:00

...the Kaylor family reunion in Park City

...playing lots of games...handing the Hearts trophy over to my uncle Patrick (but I was second place!)

...Teriyaki the rooster (who we traded for 5 hens) and his partner Lady (who was attacked in the coup and eaten by something when we accidentally left the door open one night)

...our Pine Lake camping trip(we saw a bear 2 miles from camp but didn't get the camera out fast enough)

...the Enterprise 10K and Clyde's big win
(and thankfully we can now be in memory of Clyde's mustache, which he finally shaved off)...seeing old friends

...our red door (1 before and 2 after)

...the garage door color (before and after) (we have added some rock too)

...our much needed, more fun than you can handle Park City girls trip......lots of food

...good company (and ant salad)

...Kneaders...shopping......LOTS of shopping...jacuzzi in the rain...lots of girl time!(love you girls!)

...these pretty flowers all over St. George; I'm sure they won't last long. (This is my office building.)

...Frizzy Izzy

...Da da da DA (toe touches)

More July Fun

2010-07-23T17:58:00.004-06:00

Pool party in the backyard! (The dogs were HOT! It was 110 degrees.)

Myler (or Farmer Joe), how old are you?
Clyde traded our rooster in for 5 hens. We have a chicken coup in the backyard where they hang out and lay eggs (finally, our original hen still hasn't laid an egg). Check out Clyde's sunflower (weed to me) that is humungous! Clyde built a little "dock" in our ditch/stream so I caught him taking a dip after a run. Next week is camping!

July (so far)

2010-07-17T10:11:00.005-06:00

July has been a busy month already! For the 4th we went to Torrey (as usual).
Kisses for GrammyPlaying with (or getting attacked by) Jeter
Riding the four-wheeler with Gramps and Grammy (and obviously loving it!)A Torrey boy...dirty from head to toe!Kickin it at the parade
A trip to Grandpa Don'sZoe has been playing with Teriyaki (our rooster that wakes me up every morning by 6...love it...not)Chelsi's Run (Clyde was 2nd place! I was just glad I finished)
Myler fell asleep while getting pushed by Doug and Alisha (race starts at 10pm)And this lovely piece of art was just this morning! Our first run in with something like this. First of many I'm sure. Good thing daddy is gone (stake golf tourney)!More July fun to come since it's only half way over!

Utah Valley Marathon

2010-06-13T17:57:00.006-06:00

Clyde took 8th place in the Utah Valley Marathon! This was his first "race" back since being out for the last year and a half with a hamstring injury. He ran the 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 36 minutes. It was fun to see him racing again. Good job Clyde!

Clyde and Dave Holt about mile 19 at the bottom of Provo Canyon.

They had talked about pulling out at this point but decided to stick it out. Clyde was saying, "We are dead and we suck!"Clyde coming in to the finish line. Clyde, Dave, James, Steve H, Steve A

Myler just hung out in the strollerWe stayed with Clyde's cousin Neisha and her husband Steven and their cute girl Kinzie. Clyde's cousin Devin followed Clyde around cheering him on.Paul and Stacy Peterson. Paul took 2nd in the stacked half marathon with a 1:06! He showed what a great guy he is when the guy in first, about 3 seconds ahead of him, took a wrong turn near the finish and Paul not only called him back, he waited for him and let him go ahead of him and finish first. What a class act!

James, Clyde, Dave, and Nate with their age division awards. The top 5 got good money ($1600 to 1st place). 3 of the top 5 were these tiny Kenyans that made it look way too easy. The winning time was 2:21.

You can read Clyde's detailed race report HERE.

pushing

2010-06-06T20:12:00.001-06:00

Myler loves pushing things around. He has a big truck he pushes around the house all day. He loves to push his little stroller around too.Especially when he has a rider.
He'll take off if you're not watching.He can even pop a wheelie.I need to get him one of these.We really enjoyed the nice evenings before it suddenly got stinkin hot this week.
(He is getting so big!)

Myler also loves a good "ba ba" in any place or position.And he loves sleeping with his doggy.He's crazy but we sure love him.

Diary of 18 Days

2010-05-23T21:45:00.000-06:00

***WARNING: this is a long post, and I won't be offended if you scroll through to just look at pictures!

Thursday, April 29 - St. George
Clyde got up at 5am to drive Myler to Torrey. I worked my butt off all day (all that week really) trying to get things done at work so I could be gone for 2 weeks.Friday, April 30 - Travel day
We left early from the St. George airport with my mom, picked up Maren in SLC, and made it to Puerto Rico late that night. Got some yummy pizza near the hotel.

Saturday, May 1 - Puerto Rico
We did some sightseeing in San Juan. There are two old forts that are pretty cool. The people that we shared a taxi with had been at our same motel, ate the same pizza we did the night before, and were going on our same cruise...weird! We did a little shopping and then headed for the ship. NIGHTMARE! I almost didn't make it on. Apparently if you use your birth certificate and drivers license (rather than a passport), you must merge the two documents with your marriage license (which I didn't have and had no idea where it was). Luckily my dad was still home and was willing to do some major digging around our house to find ours. We finally made it on and then Clyde's luggage never showed (we finally found it, broken with no room #). A pretty bad start! But the comedian that night was HILARIOUS...loved him.Sunday, May 2 - Day at sea
We mostly laid out and read...which resulted in a major burn for me and some miserable times for the rest of the cruise (duh Mik'L). The ship (Serenade of the Seas) was nice and had a ton to do. We planned to mini golf, rock climb, etc, but never got to any of it. We did get a mean game of spoons in one night though.This was our first formal night at dinner. There were 11 of us in our group and we all sat together at dinner every night. Monday, May 3 - Barbados
Clyde, Maren, (Maren's roommate) Lindsay, and I headed in to town and just walked around. We found a nice beach and took a catamaran ride out on this little boat and did some snorkeling. It was a fun but relaxing day.Tuesday, May 4 - St. Lucia
Clyde, my mom, and I grabbed a taxi for the day and he took us all over the island. It was beautiful...maybe my favorite island. The Pitons (mountains) were awesome and everything was so lush.For all you Bachelor fans, we visited the volcano where Jake and Vienna (ugh) had their mud bath and then rinsed off in the hot springs. All the tour guides talked about them.Wednesday, May 5 - Antigua
10 of us (all except my mom) hit the buffet for breakfast (like every morning) and then got a taxi together to a secluded beach. This was probably my favorite day because it was just chill at the beach. We did a lot of snorkeling, reading, swimming, laying out, and it was so pretty. The water was gorgeous!Thursday, May 6 - St. Maarten
Clyde, Maren, Lindsay, and I rented a Jeep and drove all around the island, both the Dutch and French sides. One of the coolest things we saw the whole trip was this little tiny beach next to an airport. They had the flights coming in listed on a board and everyone would wait for them because the planes come down right over the beach. It's sweet. We happened to get there for 2 huge planes and 2 small ones.
This was also the second formal night and we got a group shot of all of us...
*waitress Yessika, Mik'L, Clyde, Maren, Stinson (or Allison, one of Maren's mission comps), Corbin (Allison's husband), Lindsay (Maren's roommate), waiter Luke
*my mom, Jeremy and Michelle (Corbin's sister and her husband), Rich (or Nicole, one of Maren's comps), Nordha (or Emily, one of Rich's comps)Friday, May 7 - St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
We went down to a beach within walking distance of the ship and snorkeled for awhile (saw some HUGE iguanas), shopped, and then hung out on the ship for the rest of the day. THE highlight of the night shows on the ship was one of the ships singer/dancer, Tony. I laugh thinking about him. We would all sit up on the balcony and seriously laugh our butts off watching this guy. He was this short, stocky, middle-aged man out there in these outrageous silk and spandex outfits. I'm sorry that we enjoyed so much at his expense, but it was HILarious.Saturday, May 8 - Travel day
We got up and off the ship and to the airport. After some cards in the airport, we all went our separate ways...Clyde, Maren, and mom went home and I headed to Phoenix to work for my dad.
Sunday, May 9
After 10 (yes TEN) days in Torrey, Clyde picked Myler up. Clyde's aunt and uncle were awesome to put up with him that long!

Monday, May 10
I was still in Phoenix and missing my family!

Tuesday, May 11
I finally made it home after 10pm and everyone was asleep. 13 days away from Myler was too much.

Wednesday, May 12
I played with Myler and the dogs for a bit and then headed in to a long day at the office.

Thursday, May 13
Worked at the Monte Carlo in Vegas for my dad...luckily Clyde and Myler were able to tag along.

Friday, May 14
A play day in Vegas! Myler loved the wave pool and lazy river.

Saturday, May 15
Working at the Monte Carlo still.

Sunday, May 16
After a long time on the road, we finally got home for good! What a couple of weeks!

My One Year Old

2010-04-13T18:14:00.005-06:00

About a month ago Myler turned one. We love this little man to pieces. He is so much fun and a good little guy. There are a lot of things I want to remember about him at this fun age...
*He usually wakes up happy. He will just sit and play in his crib, listening to his little music box, holding his little doggy. He pops up when you come in and smiles.
*He loves baths. He gets all excited when we go get the bath ready and he'll play with all his toys in the bath. He knows "down" because I'm always telling him to sit down in the bath. I say "sit down" and he says "down" in a low voice.
*He plays really good by himself. He'll play with his trucks and read books and walk around the house and entertain himself.
*He LOVES outside. If you open the door he runs for it and he'll stay out all day and walk around the yard, run on the trampoline, eat rocks, play with sticks, whatever he can get his hands on.
*He is a sweetheart. He gives all his toys and stuffed animals loves and kisses. He will turn his head to the side, bring the toy to his face, and say "ahh" with a smile. He knows how to turn any animal the right way to give it a kiss on the mouth. He gives us kisses when we ask and sometimes loves. He will give Zoe loves all day; he just wraps his arms around her and says "ahhh". It's adorable.
*He gets in to EVERYTHING. We have locks on almost all our cabinets and he knows which ones he can get in to and goes straight for them. He empties one kitchen drawer multiple times a day. He was so bad in our bathroom and closet that we put a gate up to that room. He would also go in there and climb the doggy steps to our bed multiple times a day before the gate.
*He loves the dogs. He and Izzy go at it all the time. She goes after his foot/sock and he just laughs. He has absolutely no fear of them.
*He is a good eater. He opens wide for bites and likes most everything (no mushed peas though). When he is done he closes off his mouth. If he needs to eat more you can hold the top of his head and he will open his mouth while crying/whining about it.
*If you give him any finger foods he feeds half of it to the dogs. He throws pieces down to them and they are ready and waiting.
*He started sleeping through the night after 3-4 weeks, but about 6 months he started waking up for a bottle and we never put a stop to it. So he still screams once a night until you hand him a bottle. Bad, bad habit we are having a really hard time breaking now.
*He goes to bed easy. You just lay him down, tuck him in, say goodnight, and leave the room. He might jabber for a bit but he's usually out pretty fast. He tucks his doggy under his arm and watches his little music box, it's pretty cute.
*He "bonks" the same spot on his forehead almost every day. Seriously. There should be a perma-bruise. His poor head is so big and heavy (90+percentile) he usually catches himself with it rather than his hands.
*The ladies love him. He gets comments about his eyes no matter where we go.
*He loves books. About the only time he will sit still is when I read to him.
*He can patty cake, roll em, toss em up, do pigeon house, and popcorn. My mom taught him most of these things. When he sees someone new, a lot of times he will pull out all the stops and show them everything he's got...patty cake, roll em, and toss em up. It's too cute. I love that my mom teaches him new things and that my dad gets down on the floor and plays with him.
*After he takes a drink he does a big "ahh".
*He says thank you (when he hands you something because we say it when we take something away), down, all done (repeated 3 times with an emphasis on the aaaall and the third time is like a song), dada, mama, numenum (food), and just today he said chicks when we were out looking at them.
*He understands a lot of other words like Izzy, Zoe, truck, come here, outside, and lots more. He does NOT understand (or listen to) "no".
*He makes truck noises when he plays with his trucks.
*He comes running to the door screaming with the dogs when I come home. He reaches out for me and cries when I put him down.
*He jabbers in some weird language all day.
*He is already living up to his name. He runs everywhere.*Most people say he either looks like me or like Clyde's cousin Trevor (which is fine by me, Trev's a cutie!)...We love our little Myler man!

Spring has sprung

2010-04-03T16:54:00.004-06:00

...at the Behunin house!

(Clyde has been wanting some chicks and our neighbor just happened to have a few extra, and they just happened to be nicely colored for Easter.)

I can't wait

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for thisin May!!!

Myler's Baby Book

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I...

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*I have a masters degree in accounting but I don't do my own taxes.
*I recently found out about this and I am SO excited about it. I seriously want to make a trip to NYC in November (and my dad and cousin are with me).
*I think bikinis are slutty and I have never nor will I ever wear one.
*I thought Colbie Calliat was awesome and her guitarist who opened for her was awesome too.*I think Myler is the cutest little guy ever but I wonder what other people REALLY think.
*I don't watch rated R movies.
*I have a very best friend named Zoe. She is my little maltipoo and she loves me. She follows me anywhere I go, no matter what time of day or night. She always chooses to sit by/on me and even though she starts the night down by my feet, she always ends up cuddled up with her head on my pillow by morning. Clyde spells her name Zo'E (like me) and says her middle name is Mik'L. She is the best buddy you could find.*I miss going to Relief Society (we are in Primary).
*I hate when people make their blogs private and I rarely check them.
*I am an organization freak and I like things clean but I'm not much of a deep cleaner.
*I think I probably have some nice abs from all the crunches I've been doing over the last few months but I'll probably never know since they are covered by a nice chunk of belly. They say that comes off with diet so I guess I'm out of luck.
*I love breakfast. I can and often do eat breakfast food for more than one meal each day.
*I love making things on Shutterfly. Clyde thinks I keep them in business, but actually they give me a LOT of free stuff (cards, photo books, prints, etc).
*I was NEVER a late person until I was a cheerleader and I've kinda been a late person ever since. (No one ever showed up on time for stuff except the Palmer's, so it was pointless to be there on time...created a very bad habit.)
*I love watching Clyde race when he does good. I wish his hamstring would get better so he could really race again. I think he has a sub-2:20 marathon in him. He overtook the high school guy in the Lake to Lake Relay this weekend to claim the win for his team.*I love hanging out with my family. I wish I lived closer to my dad's family so I could play games with them more often. They are fun and vicious about cards and I love it. I am the reigning Kaylor family Hearts champ and will have to defend my title in Park City again in June.
*I think I look old lately. :P
*I miss the stress and craziness of competition. I wish I could run (and be good) in high school track meets my whole life.
*I need to go get ready for church so I'm not late! ;)

RED HOT

2010-02-24T05:28:00.021-07:00

PREFACE

If you're looking for a story of love and valentines...this isn't it. Part 1 has a sad ending and part 2 has made people (including me) cry. Don't say you weren't warned.

PART ONE
We took the long drive to Moab so Clyde could run the Red Hot 50K on February 13th. We rented a condo with the Fielding's (Logan, Katey, and brand new baby Norah)

and the Hooper's (Steve, Kendra, Isaac, Isabelle, Sophia, and Elijah) stayed two doors down. We made dinners together and watched a little Olympics. The race wasn't so hot, in fact it was 20 degrees at the start. Clyde hasn't "raced" in about a year and a half, but he and Logan had been training well (or training crazy if you ask me)and were hoping to kick off 2010 feeling good. Besides the fact that they ran 8-10 miles in knee-deep snow (Clyde said cutting that path was a blast...not), Clyde took a three-mile wrong turn. That was the worst of 3 wrong turns. Clyde felt as good as he has running in awhile and would have won had he not made those wrong turns. The winner, Karl Meltzer, came in thinking he was second and later told Clyde he won by default. Bummer. 3 extra miles in a 34-mile race just sucks. Clyde still took 10th overall after walking up the hills after his wrong turns. I'm just glad he made it back alive!

Racing...

PART TWO

Friday night in Moab we noticed Myler's neck was really red. We didn't think too much of it until the next day around his mouth and eyes got all red too. We got some benedryl and cortisone cream, but nothing seemed to help. He was a pretty sad guy.Saturday night when I gave him a bottle in bed (a nasty habit at 3 am) he screamed when I turned him to his back. Now the rash had spread all over his back. It was really red. Sunday we made our way to Torrey and had lunch.

At this point we were pretty worried, so we made our way home and took him to Instacare on Monday morning (President's Day, so the doc was closed). He diagnosed really bad exzema with a possibility of hives and prescribed a steroid.

Monday afternoon

Monday evening

We were hopeful that Tuesday morning would see some improvement, but I pulled Myler out of bed to see this...

His eyes were swollen shut and his whole face, back, and chest were red and rashy. It was the saddest thing. Those pictures were after about a half hour when he could finally open his eyes a little bit and you can see he is being such a trooper and trying to smile for the camera. We took him to see our doctor that morning and he said it was an allergic reaction to something. He gave him a steroid shot and wanted to see him back in 24 hours. Tuesday night looked like this (with a bad fever)...

Wednesday morning doc upped his steroid dosage and added Claritin to the already long list of drugs this poor little guy was getting (the days included steroid dose 1x, benedryl 3x, claritin 1x, tylenol/motrin 3-5x, and a good lotioning that brought on blood-curdling screams 3x. it's a good thing he LOVES medicine. he loves taking anything. the doc said no one likes the steroid and that we would have to mix it with juice but he takes it straight and loves it). Wednesday night was a fever of about 103, which was no surprise as he was SO red and hot. This was Wednesday...Thursday morning brought the peeling of his whole face. It was awful. We also had an appointment with the dermatologist. You know it's bad when all the doctors (4 this week) and nurses look at your baby and get this awful look on their face and say "oh no!" They agreed that it was an allergic reaction and prescribed an oil to rub on him twice a day. No more fever, thank goodness.Friday we had to call in a report to Dr. Thompson. He looked like a burn victim.
Saturday the rash really started moving. It seems that it had to make its way through his whole body and then after the redness it would peel. You can't really tell that his whole head is now red and peeling.

Monday we checked back in with the derm and since his face was about cleared up they were much relieved. He looked so much better with his face about back to normal, even though now his head, arms, and legs looked like his face used to.

His poor little arms. This picture doesn't even come close to showing how bad they really were.

He has been such a little trooper through it all. The first few days he would just lay on our laps, which he usually will never do. From the time I got home til he went to bed I just held him. He eventually started playing more and more until he is back to his normal crazy, walking everywhere, getting in to everything self. He has been such a mama's boy during this which is hard and sad, yet I love! ;) It has been so sad to watch him suffer through it. His arms, legs, and bum are all still very red and peeling, but hopefully he is close to getting better.

The saddest part is that we don't have any idea what caused it. The only new thing he had before it started was avacado. Clyde fed him about a half of an avacado Wed, Thurs, Fri before we went to Moab. The dermatologist thinks it was something topical (a lotion, shampoo, carpets he touched, etc) because it was so bad in all his cracks and creases. Clyde thinks it started earlier than we saw it because he was fussier than normal the few days before we left for Moab. But on top of everything else he is teething (again? seriously? he already has 8 teeth! who gets molars before they are one!?). It could have been something in our condo in Moab, but we were only there an hour or so before we noticed the rash starting. It's really frustrating not knowing, but the docs all say we'll go crazy trying to figure it out.

To end on something of a good note, I have to say that while Myler has said "dada" (around 6 months) and "mama" (around 8 months), I'm not sure he understood who that meant. But he now says and understands "uh-oh" and "all done" and it is so dang cute! He also plays peek-a-boo and thinks it is so funny. I sure love this little guy who turns one in a couple weeks. What a year.

2009

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I don't really have anything to blog about, but I'm sick of seeing that sad picture of Myler at Christmas whenever my blog pops up. So here is a much better one. We are mostly feeling better around here, but we still have our moments. This is my really busy time at work, so Clyde and Myler are home alone a lot and I'm at meetings all the time. Myler is busy walking (up to 4-5 steps at a time) and jabbering and Clyde actually read a book...and not just any book, but an 800 page book (The Undaunted)...and in less than a week. This is a miracle...I think it might be only the second book he's read since I've known him (the other one was a running book), so it must be pretty good. Plus it's about England and southern Utah and has the Behunin's in it. I'll get to it soon. It was so amazing I took a picture...My friend Cassie brought over a book called "hush, hush" so I read it. It's not very well-written, but I still read it in two sittings. It was weird, but I'll probably read the next one Becca Fitzpatrick writes and see if she gets any better. When I finally make it home at night, I mostly wind down with some tv...right now I record The Bachelor, How I Met Your Mother, American Idol, Biggest Loser, Grey's Anatomy, and The Practice. I am usually a few days behind on watching them, but it gives me a way to relax and not think. But everyday Clyde and I check in with our boys Tony and Wilbon for a little PTI. They absolutely crack me up.

Anything else good that I'm missing? (Don't tell me, I don't have time for any more shows.)

Not Very Merry

2009-12-31T07:40:00.003-07:00

This picture sums up Myler's first Christmas. Christmas this year didn't turn out so great. Tuesday night Myler (out of nowhere) started throwing up. Clyde and I were up all night with him and then after fighting it all day, I joined in Wednesday night. Clyde was up with Myler all night while I was up with myself. Thursday morning Clyde joined the fun. While Thursday (Christmas Eve) was the worst of it, none of us were feeling much better on Christmas day. It was awful. This was as far as Myler got Christmas morning. Unfortunately, over a week later, Myler still isn't himself. We finally decided to give him some formula again last night (he's been on Pedialyte this whole time) and he refused to drink it. That's sad considering on the second day of no milk he was signing "milk" (which we always do to him but he had never done before). I want this little boy back!

Who is this guy?

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out as long as he was in

2009-12-10T21:45:00.004-07:00

Myler is 9 months old! Which means people can't give me the "it took you 9 months to put on the weight, give it 9 months to get it off" crap. Darn.

Here are the 9 month stats:
Weight: 21.69 lbs (70 percentile)
Length: 28.75 in (69 percentile)
Head Circum: 18.7 in (96 percentile) it just keeps getting bigger. doc says it needs lots of room to grow a big, smart brain.

Myler is still in to turbo-crawling, standing up against anything, walking around holding on to stuff, bottles on his own, teething (bottom two in, three on top breakin through as we speak), jabberin, and killin us with his cute smile. He is a really good baby. He is also into weird sleeping positions...
and we are pretty sure he thinks he is a dog.He "barks" when the dogs do and plays with them all the time. They growl and snap at him, but always nicely...they never do anything that could hurt him, even when he has a handful of ear!

Speaking of the dogs, they haven't gotten much love on the blog lately. Izzy thinks she is so pretty (here she is posing under the tree), and Zoe is just all dog...frizzin out after a good rumblin.
What else is new? Hmmm...we had Thanksgiving at our house this year. It was nice to have both our families together. You can see we are all tuckered after eating too much.
And of course I was excited to see New Moon the day it opened with these lovely ladies. (And again with my sis and mom the next week. Go Team Jacob.)

Hunting

2009-11-07T20:56:00.004-07:00

Trevor got an elk and after Myler saw the picture he decided he wanted to go hunting too. If Gramps can do it on crutches, can't he do it at 8 months old?

Trev and his elk

Gramps in crutches after wrecking on his bike getting his own elk

Myler doing his own hunting

Check out my horns Gramps!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T20:05:00.000-06:00

Happy Halloween from our little monkey!

Heckuva Hike & Coolest Cake

2009-10-29T22:03:00.006-06:00

Last Saturday Clyde and I got up at 4 am to hike the West Rim Trail in Zion from Lava Point (Kolob area) to the Grotto. After shuttling cars and making it to the trailhead in what seemed like the middle of nowhere, we started hiking at 7 am. It was 39 degrees and we were 15.5 miles away from the bottom. It soon lightened up and we had an amazing time hiking through some beautiful country. We only saw 6 other crazies, 5 of whom had camped out the night before halfway through, until we got closer to the Angels Landing trail.
Pictures just don't do it justice. The cliffs were SO steep and far down, the canyons were massive, and the views were endless. We just kept going down to entirely new levels. It was awesome.
It took us about 6 and a half hours, including all of our food/potty/picture breaks. Just over 5 hours of hiking. Clyde sprained his ankle 10.6 miles in, so that was fun for him. The trail meets up above Walters Wiggles with the Angels Landing trail. From there down was the worst part of the hike. Man, I thought I was going to lose some toenails! But we made it down and then ate all of the calories we had just burned at a sports grill in Springdale. I was definitely sore the next day, but it was awesome and we hope to get in to Zion more often for some hiking. Most of all it was nice just to spend some time together.

P.S. Clyde RAN this "hike" the Friday before with some friends and they did it in about 2 hours.
I also wanted to give a shout out to all the October birthdays in my family. Susan, Kenny, me, Grandma, mom, and Ian all celebrated this month. It was my grandma Cleo's 80th, so we threw a big birthday bash that was just loads of fun. The coolest part of all was her cake though. It had little things about her all over it like a suitcase for traveling, all her hairdresser stuff, horseshoes, etc. and it was the coolest cake ever!

Nobody cares...

2009-10-20T20:34:00.004-06:00

about the parents anymore when you have a kid. So what has Myler been up to you ask? Well...

playing with Grammy and Gramps...and Aunt Maren...and bonkin his head (over and over in the same spot)...
and chillin with Grandma and Grandpa Hacker...
and celebrating Grandma Cleo's 80th bday with a rockin partay...watchin daddy run (not race) the marathon and pace our neighbor to break 3 hours (they did it!)...
and daddy thinkin it was a fun, easy run and should include crazy facial hair and mohawks since they were messin around anyway...and doing a little running himself...
taking a mini-vaca in Moab (so daddy could bike and Grandpa could golf)...
going for a hike in Moab...
but mostly just crawling around EVERYWHERE!

Life as we know it

2009-09-13T17:02:00.011-06:00

Clyde informed me that I haven't posted in forever, so I guess it's time to update.

This little man is of course the focus of our lives. He just turned 6 months old and is cuter than ever. He has two bottom teeth and is rolling and scooting all over. The other day I found him halfway under the table (see pic below). He is up on all fours and rocking so the crawling is going to start any day! Ah! He is a happy guy and very vocal...especially at church :). He loves to eat his rice cereal or veggies/fruit.
6 month stats: 18.5 pounds (70%), 26.5 inches (55%), 17.9 in head (91%) Can you say hello Charlie Brown?

A couple weeks ago we headed to Salt Lake to meet up with the Meyer's from Clyde's mission. The last time he saw them (10 years ago) they looked like this.
Now the kids are all grown up and we went through the temple with Becky and to her sealing in the Salt Lake temple. It was awesome to see them! Jordan is now bigger than Clyde and Bond so they had to re-create some old pictures, which didn't turn out to be easy on the old guys! It was a fun weekend and I think we will be forever friends with the Meyer's, who are hilarious and way fun. Plus I heard lots of stories about Clyde and Liz promised me a DVD for blackmail :).
Clyde is still working away on the backyard. He got the trampoline and his "chunnel" in and is working on adding some bushes around. We also planted our fall garden and it's not looking too bad! Hopefully we will get something from it! Since I can't lose the baby fat (seriously, it is ridiculous!) I started my first ever (in my life) diet. It sucks! I'm on The Zone diet and going to Crossfit with my sister, who rocks it. I try to get in a run or walk every day too. Hopefully these last blasted 15 pounds will someday go away.
I often catch these two in the shower or bath when I get back from my morning run or workout. It's too cute.
Finally, today was Jessey's 22nd birthday. I made a yummy lunch and cake (that I couldn't eat) to celebrate. Happy birthday Jess!

Jumpin

2009-08-12T19:34:00.004-06:00

Myler is getting so big! He is 5 months now and rolling around like crazy. He got his first little tooth, which I think is the cutest thing in the whole world, and he jabbers and screams in joy with the best of them. He has especially developed a great love for his "johnny jumper" just like his daddy did. We love this little man!

Pray for Deyton

2009-07-25T17:26:00.003-06:00

For those of you that have not heard or want updates about Derek & Krystal Sorensen's brand new baby and the trials they are facing, please go HERE to read about it and donate if possible. What a sweet little boy!

One Memory at a Time

2009-07-22T09:25:00.002-06:00

check this out here

The New Pad

2009-07-13T17:26:00.003-06:00

Okay, okay...here are some pics of the new house. We LOVE it! Beware, picture overload (seriously).

When we moved in the back and side yard looked like this... (neighbors playset, not ours)

Then we got to work (planted trees, put in curb and sod)...

And now it looks like this... (still LOTS to do, but progress has been made! the wall is next.)

Now for the inside (thanks to my sis for decorating! I'd be lost without her!). Kitchen, dining, great room, entry...
Master bed/bath...
Myler's nursery (I miss my old nursery that I got to use for just 3 months, but thanks to Doug's vinyl machine I'm liking it more)
Office, laundry, guest room, bathrooms...I hope that satisfies your requests! Now come visit so you can see it (and us!) for real!

4 months

2009-07-09T09:53:00.000-06:00

Today Myler is 4 months old. Here he is at 2, 3, and 4 months and then his bald head! He sure is chunkin out! Hopefully that dark hair will grow back in. He is a lot of fun these days with lots of jabberin and smiles. He hasn't rolled over yet and I'm in no hurry for it. We are going to start trying rice cereal today since he wants to eat all day (any thoughts on how to implement it?). He is still sleeping all night like a champ! Here are the 4 month stats:
-Weight: 15.3 pounds 63 percentile
-Length: 26 inches 86 percentile
-Head Circumference 16.5 inches 44 percentile (seriously? his head seems huge!)

I have to say happy birthday to my niece Kaitlyn today...she is one year old!

Myler's Blessing

2009-07-06T17:56:00.004-06:00

We finally blessed Myler this weekend. He will be four months next week! Clyde wanted to do it in his hometown, Torrey. All of my family and lots of his met in Torrey for the 4th of July weekend. They have a fun little parade and activities at the park and then we went to a barbeque and fireworks in the desert. Sunday Myler was the first baby to be blessed in Torrey's new chapel.
We shaved his head last week so he's a baldy! He was so good during the blessing and even managed to keep his little white outfit clean until it was over! Clyde gave such a sweet blessing; his cousin Chad said Myler just looked up at him like he was listening and then would look around the circle and then back at daddy. So sweet.

We had tons of family there and it was so great of everyone to come! We love our family!

Lots of fun in Torrey!

Red Door

2009-06-18T23:53:00.000-06:00

So the last month or so has been crazy! We were looking in to building and just kept keeping our eyes open for existing homes for sale and came across two great foreclosures. We put offers on both and the next day we find out one got accepted, one countered. We loved the counter offer house so we ended up talking to the bank and working it out. It is a local bank so I was able to actually sit down with the bank president and figure it all out. We couldn't pass up the 3.8% interest rate! So in a week and half we put in an offer, countered, got accepted, closed, and moved in! It was nuts. We moved to Jedora in Little Valley and we are loving the quiet out here. I will post pics when I find my camera! Our house is the one with the red door...not sure about that part yet!

Clyde is busy working on landscaping our side and back yards. Only the front is landscaped. We want to put in a wall, curb, and grass right away so the dogs can go out there. I can't wait for that project to be done!

Myler is growing like a weed! Just this week I have been looking at him and thinking he is getting SO big! He is so much fun and such a good baby. I am loving all his smiles!

Clyde's aunt and uncle are leaving to be mission presidents in Japan for 3 years. We had a lot of fun at their farewell seeing tons of family. We hope to go visit them while they are there in Tokyo. They will be awesome mission presidents!

I have been working from home a lot. It is really nice but it's making me a bit lazy about going in when I really should. It's crazy how I get up at 6 or 7 and suddenly it's 2 in the afternoon. I don't know how Myler takes up so much time!

I sure wish these pounds would drop faster than they are. I finally broke a barrier (won't say which one) and am hoping they will shed a little faster than they have been. I am pretty good to get out every morning, but I mostly just walk...especially if I have Myler in the jogger. I don't eat sweets but that doesn't seem to be helping at all. Maybe a Blondie from Applebees will take off the weight! ;)

You know how they say the flu lasts 24 hours? It really did this time. It came on strong yesterday morning and left this morning about the same time.

We are blessing Myler in July in Torrey. It took that long to find a date that would work for everyone. Everyone is joking that he will be able to walk up to the front since he'll be 4 months old! I guess it's good we waited since the new church in Torrey is still not done, hopefully it will be. Clyde really wanted to do it in Torrey. If you know where I can get a cheap blessing outfit (just something white, no tuxes or anything please) then let me know!

Okay, enough randomness...I'm going to bed! I stay up way too late these days!

Builders

2009-05-23T19:44:00.001-06:00

Does anyone have any opinions (good or bad) about Ence Homes and/or Salisbury Homes?

Finales

2009-05-17T13:35:00.003-06:00

Last week there were several season finales on tv. I am a big fan of DVR and so I record the shows I like to watch and then watch them when I get around to it, usually while I'm feeding Myler or trying to relax before bed. Here are my reviews of my favorites (warning, spoilers if you haven't gotten to these yet!):

The Biggest Loser finale was kind of a bummer. Helen? She was SO annoying. Mike or Tara would have been good, but not Helen. I really wanted Sione or Filipe. This was the first season I really watched a lot of, but it was good, and inspiring.

I knew the Grey's Anatomy finale was going to be sad because I knew Izzie and George were leaving the show. I didn't realize HOW sad it was going to be! I had no idea John Doe was George. It was all pretty depressing. I will miss Katherine Heigl (although since time of death wasn't called for either of them, there's still a chance!). I did love the post-it note wedding though...perfect for those two. Finally, it was a sad day when Prison Break had its series finale. :( How I will miss that show! Love it! I knew everything would piece together and it did. I was feeling happy with the blissful ending and should have turned it off before the "4 years later" showed up to ruin everything! After all that, Michael dies! What?! Didn't he have surgery to fix the problem? Lame. And sad. It was nice to see Sucre again though. The first season was by far the best, but I will miss my weekly dose of Prison Break and Wentworth Miller.This week it's the American Idol finale...I am good with the final two, so I'll be happy with either one winning.

2 Months

2009-05-11T20:47:00.003-06:00

Myler hit the two month mark on Saturday. In addition to all the cute smiles he's giving now, that meant a check-up with the good doctor. Here are the stats:

-Weight: 11.6 lbs - 49th percentile...right at average

-Length: 23.4 in - 70th percentile...we figure he "shrunk" from his original 23 inches when his head went down a couple inches after he was born, so he's just over his original mark.

-Head circumference: 16.3 in - 86th percentile...that means he's gonna be smart, right?

He's our little sleeping beauty, male style. Seriously, he is such a good little guy. He generally sleeps 6-8 hours every night and is just happy and content all day, unless he's hungry...then watch out!

p.s. No shots for Myler til he's 2, so this was just a fun visit. The doc said we are rebel parents.

What did we do before digital cameras?

2009-04-27T20:16:00.000-06:00

We didn't take a million pictures of random things I guess. All shots had to be well-crafted. Well we all know we mostly like blogs for the pictures, so here are a few from the last couple weeks.

Today I took Myler out for a ride in this...
I bet he's gonna be spending some time in there! This was his second outing (which was mostly just walking that still kicked my butt). Clyde took him out for a three mile run a few days ago and he slept through it too. Clyde has been doing crazy long runs early some mornings (like a 30 miler and a 28 miler with a 40 miler planned this week) so he hasn't taken Myler out again yet. Clyde is signed up for the Squaw Peak 50 in June. Hopefully his hamstring will cooperate.

Aunt Maren was down for Easter...what a hottie! She just moved in with some friends and is doing really good! She'll be down for my nephew Mason's baptism this weekend. I can't believe Mason is 8! He was born just two months before we got married...wow! Mason in a nutshell: we got him a jock strap for his birthday and it was his favorite gift! He called me to say thanks and his message said, "Thanks so much for the best birthday present in the whole world. It's called a cup and it goes on your nuts. I hit a homerun at my baseball game! Love you." lol
Myler didn't look to bad himself in his Easter outfit from one of my homeowners association Boards. He was stylin...Maren hasn't seen him smile yet so I thought I better post a couple cheesers...He's the most smiley after I feed him in the morning. I'll just lay him on my lap (and usually the dogs are laying on me too) and he'll jabber and smile at me. It's my favorite part of the day!

Clyde's brother Cody took him to lunch for his birthday so I grabbed a quick pic...Clyde always makes fun of me for loving hoodies...now Myler has one! :)
Don't these boys look handsome for Myler's first day at church...
Clyde got released from his calling as Young Mens First Counselor. They told him to take a couple weeks off but not get too comfortable. I wonder what his next calling will be??? The young men all came up to him after he got released and were mad! He's been a good (and fun) leader.

Aunt Kasi loves to hold Myler. My cutie-pie niece Kaitlyn doesn't sit still very long anymore. She crawls all over the place and is starting to stand up too. Kasi wishes she had some of Myler's hair. ;) The dogs were conveniently there for the picture.
A lot of you know Grandma Cleo...here she is with Myler. Fun that he gets to know his great-grandma!I love this little stinker! He is always doing cute things with his hands.

Happy Birthday Clyde!

2009-04-16T13:17:00.004-06:00

Clyde turns the big 30 today! I just wanted to give him a shout out for being such a great person! He is the best husband anyone could ask for. He brings so much love to our home. I always wanted to marry someone who really loved me and showed it, and he does just that! He loves our little dogs so much too and now is a great daddy to Myler. He's been so excited to get his little buddy here and he is such a good dad. He is always willing to change his diaper and calm him down when he is crying. He loves to take little naps with him too.

I also love how active Clyde is. He loves life and doesn't let it pass him by. His birthday present to himself was to get up at 4:30 this morning and run a mile for every year of his life...so yes, he ran 30 miles this morning. Hopefully he will enjoy the Wii I got him just as much! ;) He loves to go out for long mountain bike rides or do anything up in the mountains around Torrey.

I could go on and on about all the great things about Clyde, but I won't! I'm just grateful he was born on this day 30 years ago and that I've got to spend the last 8 of it with him! Happy birthday "daddy"! We love you!

Adventures in Torrey

2009-04-07T20:43:00.005-06:00

We ventured to Torrey for conference weekend...Myler's first road trip. There weren't a lot of adventures since it snowed like crazy the whole time we were there, but we still had fun. Myler slept the entire 3 hours there and back, which was awesome. Here's what happens when you have too much time on your hands in Torrey...

go hunting

or fishing

take a nap (or 20) with Gramps

play dress-ups with Grammy

visit great great grandma faye

check out the snow

And just as a side note, after 4 long weeks, Myler's belly button FINALLY fell off! So he finally got his first real bath today. Yeah!

Myler's Photoshoot

2009-03-29T19:36:00.000-06:00

Here are some pics from our makeshift photo shoot with my mom as photographer using Kasi's camera. Maybe not the most professional, but they are still cute (thanks to the subject!).

Update

2009-03-22T13:02:00.001-06:00

So I guess it's time for an update! Things are going good with our new little man. He is a good boy. Last night he slept for 7 hours and he has been doing pretty good in the sleep department for the last few days. He is a pretty active little guy. From day one he has been able to lift his head and grip your finger. If he's awake, he is jabberin and kicking around. Yesterday we were all asleep and I looked over at him and he was sleeping on his side. He is such a little man...no wondering if he's a boy or girl when you look at him. His head is doing great...the scabs are all starting to come off now. He loves sleeping with his daddy and did great at the three baseball games we took him to this weekend. I'm hoping he will have Clyde's nice skin color, but it seems he is getting whiter by the day. Poor kid if he gets my tanless skin!

The dogs are doing good too and I'm quite proud to say that they haven't been neglected at all. In fact, I think they are loving that I am home all the time and they get to sleep on me at all hours of the day. They sniff Myler every once in awhile but otherwise they pretty much ignore him. I've got to give a shout out to my cousin's husband Sam who made these awesome doggy steps for our bed. They are beyond professional and Izzy loves that she can get up and down on her own. Thanks Sam!

I am doing good too. I was about to go insane staying in the house all day, so it's been nice to get out of the house. I've been working from home and will probably start going in to the office a bit this week. I was having a hard time sleeping the first week or so after, but I slept all 7 hours last night and it was amazing! My incision is starting not to hurt so much and I'm trying to talk Clyde in to taking the strips off of it today. I cannot wait to be able to exercise! It's still hard to walk around the block, but hopefully I can work up to something real sooner than later. Unfortunately I have still got a BIG belly. I've got about 30 pounds to lose still! I guess that's what happens when you gain 56 pounds and then get pumped with IV's for several days. I don't know how I will ever get rid of this belly. (I'm still pretty puffy in this pic.)

Clyde is an amazing dad! My mom is amazed with how he is just not scared of doing anything. We were worried about his diaper-changing ability with his gag reflex, but he has changed most of the diapers and is taking his job as a full-time daddy very seriously! He loves his little guy and they are both passed out on the couch as we speak.

I haven't been very good about taking pictures, but here are a few. I need someone with some skills to come over and take some pics for me.

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Chillin with Trevor

A very tired boy

Aunt Kasi and Aunt Maren

A mohawk for St. Patrick's Day

The Details

2009-03-15T10:26:00.000-06:00

Well I guess it's time to get the details down. This will probably be long! I can't believe it's been a week since it all started! Last Sunday we got up and went to church. Sacrament meeting went okay but after 10 minutes in Sunday School, I couldn't sit there any longer. We went home and just spent the day relaxing. We were scheduled to go in to be induced on Tuesday, so it was just a waiting game. About 8-9 pm I started getting contractions. We got in bed at 10 and that lasted about 5 minutes when I realized these were no Braxton Hicks. So I tried laying on the couch and walking around to get through them for the next few hours. At 1:00 am I woke Clyde up and told him to start timing the contractions because they were getting pretty painful. They were around 4 minutes apart for quite awhile. We took our time getting everything together (Clyde even shaved and cut his hair) and got to the hospital at 3:30 am. They checked me and I was at a 4, which was great since Friday at my Dr appt I was still not dialated at all. It took until about 5 to get me checked in and get the epidural, by which time I was more than ready for it. The nurse was awesome up to that point by pushing my knees in during my contractions. From that point on we just tried to sleep. I was SO tired, absolutely exhausted, probably from being up all night and going through the contractions. Dr. Thompson came in before going to the office and I was at a 5. From then things really slowed down. At about 2 in the afternoon I was only at a 7. During the day at some point the epidural started wearing off in one spot on my side and I had to have the anasthesiologist come back a couple times. I just felt awful all day, SO tired! I had NO idea how I was going to have any energy to push when (and if!) that time ever came. At some point during the afternoon they realized the baby was head down but face up (posterior?) so that was slowing things down and might make it difficult to get him out. They had me turn from side to side the rest of the night trying to get the baby to turn, but it wasn't working. It was about 7 pm when I was fully dialated. Dr. Thompson wasn't there but the nurses decided I should start pushing to see if he would turn. So I pushed for an hour and a half and he barely turned. I can't believe how hard it is to push! Holy cow! I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head. I lost all dignity I once had during this phase! After all that fun, we waited a half hour for the doc to come and try again. When I started to push again the baby was about back to where he was before I pushed before (not something you want to hear). I pushed for another hour and a half and things just were not progressing. Basically because it had taken so long, the baby was so big, and he was turned, the only thing pushing out was the skin on the top of his head. The head is so soft that it was squishing up through the birth canal and just pushing that skin. So then they called in another doctor who is supposed to be good at turning babies. I totally died waiting for him to come. They had me turn on my stomach with the bed hanging down...I don't know, I was out of it and I totally fell asleep. In fact, I had been falling asleep in between contractions (which were 1 minute apart). I was SO trashed. Dr. Rodgers came in and had me push for another ten minutes or so (all the while talking to Dr. Thompson about how this wasn't going to work). I did NOT want to have a c-section, but it looked like there wasn't much choice. And at this point, I was SO dead and the baby was at risk, so I just wanted him out. It was 10 p.m. by now...25 hours from when I had started having the intense contractions. Plus they had turned off my epidural and I was really starting to feel the contractions. They prepped me for surgery and pretty quickly we were in the room and they were cutting me open. Clyde wasn't even there yet! He came in about in time to look over and watch the doctor pull the baby out by the throat. He was born at 10:42 p.m. All I could hear was "Oh my gosh...this is a huge baby" and "10 pounder!" I watched them walk by with him and Clyde took off. The anasthesiologist asked about my pain and I said I was feeling it so he gave me some morphine and I was OUT. All I remember before that was someone coming in and saying 9 pounds 4 ounces, 23 inches! (Holy cow...no wonder my stomach was streched to the max.) In fact, Clyde took video of me later in the recovery room and I was snoring SO loud (through the oxygen mask). I remember being wheeled up to my room and seeing the baby for a second, but being so out of it and seeing double. I guess my parents, Kasi, Clyde's aunt, and cousin were all out in the hall and got to see the baby before I did. They watched his first bath and Clyde and my mom held him. I'm sad I missed it all. His poor head was about an extra 2 inches long due to being pushed out and had cuts and sores on it. He was all swolen. That was absolutely the hardest day of my life.
The next morning I was still so exhausted but I asked the nurse to bring him in at 5. She asked if I was sure and I told her I hadn't even held my baby yet! He is a cutie! His poor head was so swolen. So we were in the hospital until Thursday at noon. It sucks to recover from basically a vaginal birth and a c-section! I had some hard times, including passing out after my first shower. They had to keep testing Myler due to the problems with his head. Wednesday night they came in and said they needed to take him for a test and if it didn't look good, he would have to go to the NICU. We kinda flipped. Some test had been at a 5 and was down to a 3,7 that morning but normal is under a 1, so they were worried his head had an infection. About 11 pm they got the results back and it was down to a 2.9, so they were okay to keep him with us for the night. We finally got to go home the next day at noon after they took my staples out (there is kind of a funny story with that but this is already way too long).
Being home was so nice. Myler got to meet his two doggie sisters, who basically sniffed him over and have ignored him since. The first night was SO hard...we only got about an hour of sleep, but things have been a lot better since then. We are working on doing this schedule Clyde's cousin came up with that she has her kids sleeping through the night after a couple days. We haven't read through it all yet so we are still feeding at about 11, 3, and 7, so not bad. That has worked for the last couple days, so we still have a long way to go. I was SO worried about breastfeeding, but it has actually gone pretty good so far. It hasn't been very painful at all, even when my milk came in I didn't even know. He does pretty good with it and I have been so blessed to have a husband that helps out with everything. He has just been waiting for so long to be a stay at home dad, and he really takes it seriously! He has done almost all the diaper changes and gets him ready every morning. I could not do it without him.
So now I am just trying to recover and get some sleep. We have had LOTS of company, which is nice but can be tiring too. Thanks for all the tips from everyone...they have been great. Hopefully I can feel better soon and be able to tear myself away and get some work done soon.

Myler Clyde Behunin

2009-03-13T21:32:00.004-06:00

I'm really not quite ready to post the details (which, by the way, are not very flowery) so here are a few pics.

Still pretty puffy

His poor head

Coming home

Meeting his sisters

He's a handsome little man and we love him!

He's here!

2009-03-10T08:08:00.003-06:00

This is Clyde posting for and behalf of Mik'L. I just cut and pasted what I had posted on my running blog so it's not as flowery as Mik'L might have put it.

It's a BOY! 9lbs 4oz and all kinds of hair and back fat. Myler Clyde Behunin (like a mile runner) was born at around 10:30 p.m Monday night.
I didn't run at all today but feel like I just finished a ultra. Mik'L got me up on Monday morning at 1:30 a.m as she was having contractions. We monitored it at home for 2 hours and then went in to the hospital at 3:30 a.m. They got her going from the git go and she had the epidural by around 5. Then we spent the day waiting for her to fully dialate. After she was ready we pushed for hours on a couple occasions and it was finally made clear this boy wasn't coming out the old fashion way. He was too big and mommy's insides were too small. So at around 10:30 p.m she went into surgery to have a C-section and we finally had our little boy. We really wanted to have him the old fashion way for a number of reasons but it was physically impossible as determined by two doc's.
But he's healthy and strong so far and cuter than a bugs ear. We feel so blessed right now to finally be parents after almost 8 years of marriage!

Today...

2009-03-07T13:47:00.002-07:00

...is March 7th.
...is my due date.
...there is still no baby here.
...I am still not dilating.
...I am tired.
...I still have this little rash on my stomach that is SO itchy.
...I am ready to be done!

The Chronicles of Nausea

2009-03-03T18:48:00.000-07:00

Nope, no baby yet. So for my own records, I thought I would record my pregnancy. I'm sure it won't be fun for anyone else to read, but maybe it will be interesting for me to look back on if there is a second time. Notice I did say IF.

-December 2006: Went off birth control after 5 1/2 years

-Friday, May 30, 2008: The beginning

-June 4, 2008: Got a deep tissue massage from April

-June 10, 2008: The actual beginning

-June 30th: Started wondering if I might be prego

-July 3, 2008: After about 5 pretty certain tests the last few days, I found out for sure this morning that I am pregnant! Ran with Cassie in the morning after I took the test and could have done a repeat of what she did when she got pregnant (she told me on the run before she told David!)...but didn't.

-July 12, 2008: First waive of nausea. I was at a Board meeting this Saturday morning when I started feeling pretty sick. I almost stopped several times on the drive home thinking I was going to puke. I spent the day thinking I was stomach sick, but from here until October I had this lovely nausea all day every day. Pretty much from this time on I haven't slept well either.

-July 15, 2008: Ran a 5K (Chelsi's Run) so I can say I ran a race while pregnant.

-End of July, 2008: Told our families...Clyde cannot keep a secret.

-Middle of August, 2008: The cat was out of the bag now...especially since I was already getting a belly. I gained weight pretty much right from the beginning.

-July, August, September recap: Nausea all day, SO tired, at least 2 miles of running pretty much every day, lots of naps, gained at least a pound a week, couldn't handle any pressure on my stomach.

-September 29, 2008: Felt the little guy for the first time swishing around in my tummy.

-October 6, 2008: My 27th birthday and the day of my ultrasound! We went in and the lady was SO nonchalant about mentioning the "little boy parts" that we almost missed it. Clyde was beyond ecstatic. I was glad I could go to the bathroom after drinking so much and not being able to go. This night I had my first (of only 3 I think) emotional breakdown. Like out of control. Poor Clyde that night!

-October: I ran pretty much every day but started getting shin splints pretty bad from the extra weight.

-November 1, 2008: Felt "little brother" for real for the first time. From then on I could feel him every day, some days the whole afternoon I feel him kicking around.

-November: Went on the FLP trip most of the month and slowly started not running anymore. Everyone on the trip thought I was ready to have the baby any time and everyone knew it was a boy somehow.

-October-November recap: Felt pretty good every day. Not too huge but out of the dead stage.

-December: Started to get big enough that I am really uncomfortable. At the end of the month I started getting heartburn (which I never had experienced until then) and it's only gotten worse and more often since.

-January-February 2009: Nesting! Lots of changes around the house and getting the baby's room and stuff ready. Feeling bigger and more uncomfortable. Can't breathe! I also started feeling the first trimester stuff again...tired, waking up every 1 1/2 hours to pee, can't handle any pressure on my stomach again. Now every night my hips are absolutely killin me.

-February 13ish, 2009: With only about 3 weeks to go, I thought I might get through this with no stretch marks...NOPE! The stretch marks came on with a vengeance overnight. Now my stomach is so tight, it looks like a spider spun a dark web around my belly button.

-February 13 and 20th, 2009: Not dialated to even a one both times. :(

-February 26, 2009: My belly dropped! Now it's just even more in my lap.

-First week of March: Trying lots of weird labor-inducing things like long walks, bouncing on an exercise ball, raspberry tea, evening primrose oil, etc. Nothing's working! I want to rip my stomach to pieces it itches so bad!

To be continued...

Flashback Friday - Senior Trip

2009-02-16T11:03:00.006-07:00

So I haven't done one of these forever, but I ran in to some old pictures and was getting a good laugh out of them so I had to post. Here are just a couple from my senior trip to Hawaii!

Ambur, Rachel, Melissa, Becky, Mik'L, Mary Jane, Alisha, Alisha and Jaesi's moms, Jaesi, Jessica, and Annalisa. Gotta love our shorty shorts and sweet shades!

That trip was fun! Love these girls! Glad we are doing it again in 2010 (right?!)!

Scary...

2009-02-16T09:36:00.008-07:00

So what is this kid going to look like? I'm a little worried after seeing these beauties! I guess you can't expect much when a 9 pounder is still a smashed 2-hour old alien head!

Baby Clyde - 6 pounds 3 ounces

Baby Mik'L - 9 pounds 0 ounces

Or we could really be in trouble...

How did they know there's a good chance we are having a red head? lol...We got a good laugh out of this.

Let's hope he looks a little more like this...

Little Clyde

Little Mik'L

By the way...feel free to keep the advice coming. I'm lovin it!

Any Advice?

2009-02-15T20:47:00.003-07:00

So now that I'm on the home stretch (no more than 4 weeks tops!), any words of wisdom from you mommies out there? Anything I need to make sure I have or take with me to the hospital? Any way to stop my hips from absolutely killing me at night? Any way to sleep at night for that matter? Any hospital tips? Breastfeeding tips? Anything you wish you would have done before the baby came? Any advice is much appreciated!

Nursery

2009-02-07T12:55:00.004-07:00

Last October we bought most of our nursery furniture and when I was gone in November, Clyde put everything together and painted. He even installed a new fan with a dimmer. I LOVE our nursery. It is fun and peaceful in there...and so cute if I do say so myself (it is so me)! Not much has changed since November, except that the closet is now full of baby stuff. We are so excited to get him here!

Here is a cute jacket my sister Kasi gave us for Christmas. He's going to be stylin!

This is what the nursery looked like before...now the guest bedroom is where the office once was.

Luckily we got the nursery done early because we have been on a rampage making changes to the rest of the house. For some reason we just decided to paint and move things around all over. Here are a couple before and afters of the house...Clyde has been VERY busy!

The office went from one room to another to accommodate for the nursery.

The kitchen before and after...it feels like a new place.

Guest bathroom before and after.

We also painted in the laundry room and master bath and moved our whole bedroom around. When I say "we" I mean Clyde. :) He is the best! It seems like every night we go to bed and just lay there talking for hours. I'm so grateful for him!

I've been crazy myself, but mostly doing weird things like organizing all my scrapbook stuff until 1:00 in the morning (even labeling folders of stickers and trying out all of our pens to throw away the ones that don't work). I guess I'm nesting! I spent the last week scrapbooking at night and got all caught up. From now on I'm making photo books on Shutterfly, which will be nice. Just 4 more weeks to go!

Baby Shower

2009-01-27T20:25:00.010-07:00

I had a blast at my baby shower! It was fun to see everyone and we got lots of great stuff. I was absolutely exhausted when I got home but I sat in the rocker and Clyde put everything away. Thank you so much to everyone who came! And thanks to my sisters and mom for putting it all together! Sorry for the picture overload, including way too many of my super-huge belly. I didn't get one of everyone, but we did get lots!

Prego pic! Too bad I'm HUGE and everyone else still has the cute little belly. Marcie, me, Jeanette (having twins!), Ambur, Tia

My awesome employees, Nicole and Julie

Clyde's family - Dave didn't stay for the shower :)

Rakel and Bobbi

Michelle Green who I coached in track. Now she is running at SUU.

I didn't get a pic of my sisters so this will have to do. They helped hand me gifts since I couldn't bend over! And Grandma watched Elijah while Kendra packed up all my gift bags which was awesome!

My sis-in-law Tausha (holy big belly Mik'L!)

Bobbi and Becky

The girls from the ward...Jaclyn, Cassie, Stephanie, Brynn

Mom and Kaitlyn

Clyde's cute aunt Michelle and her daughters McCall and Jaime

Jeanette and Ambur

Nicole, Julie, and Susan with Alisha in the background

Shower!

2009-01-15T09:07:00.003-07:00

My sisters are throwing me a baby shower on January 24th. If you want an invite, send your address to Maren at marenhacker at gmail dot com. I'd love to see everyone! You don't even have to bring a gift...just come say hi! :)

The Holidays

2009-01-03T08:19:00.008-07:00

We had a nice holiday season this year, well besides being insanely busy. I was so happy to finish my brokers classes and pass my exam in Vegas before Christmas. What a relief! We brought this home from Vegas...

Clyde got this

just a few weeks ago (he finally broke down and decided he needed a vehicle besides his bike) and then we find out my lease is up on my Suzuki (6 months earlier than we thought). So I got the truck, which was totally my choice and I love it! That was our Christmas to each other (seriously, we didn't get each other one thing)!

We had a nice Christmas at home. We usually head to Torrey for part of our break, but between being busy at work, the bad weather, and the fact that driving anywhere for more than 20 minutes sounds horrible to me, we decided to stay home this year. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day at my parents house. Let's just say the baby made a haul this year!

And the girls got cute red sweaters from grandma (yeah for China).

Clyde's family came down New Years Eve and we had our annual party at my parents house, which was lots of laughs. No crazy bidding game this year, but we did play Bingo and Rook with prizes. My parents, us, Dave, Susan, Jessey, Trevor, Maren, Kasi, Mason, Ian, Grandma, Lois, Kathleen, Ashlie, Dirk, Doug, and Alisha all made it this year.

New Years Eve day was the traditional golf tourney at Green Springs. I made it out for the last 6 holes and got a couple pics this year. These guys are hilarious (especially on a few hours sleep and making some wild shots!).

I also had a fun lunch with the UC. Why are they all so tiny so I look extra big? I hope I can look half that good after I have kids Rakel and Denell!

We watched lots of football, including the big Utah game. It was awesome that they won and hilarious to get photo updates from Doug, who went to the game and was completely out of control.

Clyde and I have decided we need to get back to the grind of getting to bed at a decent hour and eating semi-normal! Happy 2009 everyone! I hope it's a good one!

What I Wish I'd Known About Pregnancy...

2008-12-28T17:53:00.005-07:00

or not! Maybe no one would ever get pregnant! haha I got this email from babycenter.com (they send me weekly updates which are fun) and these are some that stuck out to me or that I just got a good laugh out of. Feel free to add yours!

"How much I would worry — about how the baby is doing, how he/she is growing, different pains, etc. There are a lot of unknowns." — Julie

"That I'd feel tired all the time — like constantly being on cold medication, and prenatal vitamins are huge and they taste disgusting!" — Anonymous

"That morning sickness is a farce. It's all-day sickness for me. I also wish someone had hit me in the head when I told them I would love every minute of pregnancy. That was a farce, too!" — Anonymous

"That it's normal to have a terrible taste in your mouth most of the time — and there's nothing you can do about it." — Anonymous

"That my feet would swell for four months! They did eventually deflate, but they're a whole size larger now. I had to give away all my shoes and buy new ones!" — Anonymous

"That some women don't love being pregnant, and the pregnancy glow doesn't happen to everyone! I was surprised at how little I enjoyed being pregnant — I always thought I would love it!" — Jill

"About the stretching ligament pain — it feels like my hips and bones are stretching apart. And I'm extremely dry all over, flaking and itching." — Diane

"That every stranger in the world thinks it's okay to touch your stomach." — Amy

"How bad the forgetfulness and mental dullness would be. Stupidity has been my worst symptom!" — Cary

"That pregnancy is really ten months!" — Anonymous

"That some pregnant women seem to be carrying triplets: one in the belly and one in each thigh!" — Arianna

"That when you get further into your pregnancy be careful about sneezing and laughing too hard or you might find yourself needing another pair of underwear." — Carrie

"To have a bag packed about two months ahead of time. I went in early and my husband ran home to get some stuff for me. He brought me thong underwear!" — Devan

"That morning sickness can happen any time of day and just because you reach your third trimester, it doesn't mean it goes away!" — Denise

"About false labor. I went through an entire night of it, thinking 'it's time.' Then it died down to nothing the following day. I thought something was seriously wrong with my body!" — Carol

Here's mine: That I would have this rock solid bowling ball in my way whenever I tried to bend over! And that I wouldn't be sleeping good starting at about 2 months.

Snow and Haircuts

2008-12-21T19:20:00.008-07:00

Here are our "oh my...snow in St. George!" pictures. We measured 3 inches in our backyard...apparently that's enough to shut the schools down...and my Board meeting, so that was nice!

Yep, there's a belly shot too. It must be huge cuz everyone is shocked I still have 2 1/2 months to go. It's only gonna get bigger folks.

And here are before and after shots from haircuts for my little girls...Zoe went from Alaskan Husky to a tiny deer.

Date Night

2008-12-13T22:20:00.003-07:00

Wow...we haven't had one of these for awhile! Clyde and I went out to eat at my fave, Pizza/Pasta Factory and then saw Four Christmases, which was hilarious. Clyde is not a huge movie going fan, but he was laughing out loud several times. Some classic lines for sure. After my week of stress (being sick, tons going on at work, and trying to get my brokers stuff done) it sure was nice to relax and laugh.

Then and Now...Wow

2008-12-08T19:19:00.000-07:00

When Clyde was at his heaviest weight ever, he weighed in at 196 pounds. Back then, this is what he used to eat for breakfast (okay, not really, but we are rolling on the ground at this picture). Clyde randomly found an old photo card from our old camera and popped it in. There were just a few pictures on it from his "large" stage. We have been laughing so hard at what a chunk he was. Who knew that could run himself into this little guy?

Now he's about as small as he can get. He can eat that whole table full of food now and you wouldn't even know it (seriously, he really could). Sadly, the other day I caught up to him in weight. I knew it would happen, but it was still sad. Too bad I'm still gaining. :( This was that fateful day.

Giveaways!

2008-12-02T20:02:00.001-07:00

My friend has some fun giveaways on her blog. All you have to do is post a comment. Check it out!

Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T20:10:00.008-07:00

Although I look absolutely disgusting in these pictures, I had to post a couple from my very first Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, I actually made Thanksgiving dinner this year. We were supposed to head up to Sandy to spend it with my dad's family, but my dad pinched a nerve in his leg and couldn't move so we bagged it since we were sick of traveling anyway. So I made dinner for me, Clyde, my mom, and Trevor (Clyde's cousin). He stayed with us the past week while his family is in Guatemala. My dad couldn't come, but we sent him a big plate home. So here are me and Clyde (okay, he helped quite a bit) with our big feast consisting of turkey (just breast), mashed potatoes, gravy, rolls, chicken noodle soup (made by my grandma...we use them for gravy in my family), and dixie salad. I also made pumpkin pie from scratch, including the crust. It was all pretty dang good if I do say so myself. :)

It was a pretty nice weekend. We got lots done with the nursery and some time to relax. I read Twilight again (4th time) and got my Christmas decorations out (including my collection of snowmen). Besides crazy yelling matches while playing XBox, Clyde and Trev did some mountain biking. I can't believe we are heading in to December!

I'm Thankful For...

2008-11-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

Of course at this time of year we have to stop and think about the things we are thankful for. I feel so blessed in my life for so many things. Here are a few of them:

My sweetheart of a husband, Clyde.

My two little doggies, Izzy and the Zoe monster.

My little guy on the way.

My little house, it's not much, but it's definitely the first place we've really considered "home".

My "go-getter" as Clyde calls it.

The Gospel. I love, love, love what it does for my life and know I would be absolutely lost without it. My Young Women and my awesome counselors, who know how to take care of things when I can't, are included in that.

My business, F1 Property Management. I always wanted to own my own business and even though it can be hard and a lot of work, it is definitely worth it. I love having my own schedule. I am really blessed that my business is actually growing in these hard times.

My wonderful employees, Julie and Nicole.

Of course my family...I love em all and they've each blessed my life in so many ways.

Clyde's family, who are my family too.

My childhood. I never knew how good I had it. Yes, I totally stole this pic off of Heather's facebook pics :)

My opportunities to travel. I know I'm lucky to have been a lot of places.

So many good friends. Here's just a few of them from a recent dinner.

The blogging/facebook world. It's so much fun to keep in touch with everyone and it just wouldn't (and didn't for a long time) happen any other way. So that means you if you are reading this. :)

Skype. It brings you home when you aren't.

DVR. It is absolutely wonderful to be able to watch something you want to watch when you have time to watch tv.

Running...even though I can't do much of it right now. This includes Clyde's amazing talent at it too. It's brought a lot of excitement to our lives.

Did I mention Clyde? He's the best!

I could go on and on, because I really am thankful for so much. Post a comment with one thing you are thankful for and why. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Enjoy your turkey and pumpkin pie cuz I sure will!

Trips, Tags, and Twilight

2008-11-21T18:46:00.005-07:00

For anyone that cares, here is a long one with a few different parts...

My November has been a busy one. I've been out of town for most of it. I've spent over two weeks in Phoenix and Orlando working on the FLP trip, which I've done twice a year for 6 years now. Most likely this was my last trip since I'll have a 2 month old next time. I'm definitely drained from it all, but there are the perks I do enjoy like the room service, the nice hotels, getting to know the staff at the hotels, and lots of yummy food. It's fun to spend time with my dad as well.

I hit 25 weeks today. I feel like I've been pregnant forever. I'm getting quite large. What I don't get is why people that haven't even asked how far along I am tell me it must be a boy because it's so big??? Hello. EVERYONE on these trips has to either rub my belly (which isn't so bad anymore since I'm bigger), ask if it's a boy (not once has anyone asked if it's a girl), or give advice. From the Japanese people on the trip, to the people that deliver room service, to the maids at the hotel, to the flight attendants...everyone has something to say about it. Most people treat me extra nice or give me a smile when I go by, which is kinda fun. I never thought about this part of being pregnant. I'm definitely NOT one of those people (I think they are so fake now) that just LOVE being pregnant and say they feel so good. How can you feel good carrying around all this extra weight? It is annoying and uncomfortable. While I love feeling my little guy inside me and am obviously glad to have him there, I do not like being pregnant. I want my jeans to fit again! I was actually going to post a belly pic but since I'm not home and Clyde can't transfer it to me for some reason, it's a no show.

I've been tagged a few times so I guess it's time to catch up. I'll have to get to Christi's tag when I get home. Here are a couple others:

8 THINGS TAG thanks to Marci :) Sorry it's taken forever.

8 T.V. Shows I love to watch:
1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. Prison Break
3. Smallville
4. The Hills
5. Private Practice
6. How I Met Your Mother
7. PTI on ESPN with Clyde???
8. Big Brother

8 things that happened yesterday:
1. Woke up to pounding, which turned out to be people working on the floor above us at the hotel. Consequently, I moved rooms a bit later.
2. Ate a buffet breakfast at “Fresh”. The guy who made my Mickey Mouse pancakes said they were for the baby. He also told me the father needs to start reading to the baby so they can bond.
3. Worked with my dad getting group 3 ready to check in to the hotel here in Orlando (that was most of the day).
4. Took 4 math classes for my brokers license.
5. Talked to Clyde and the dogs on Skype several times.
6. Enjoyed room service.
7. Got ice cream at “The Fountain”…twice.
8. Hung out at the happy hour for a bit with the rest of the RS group.

8 favorite places to eat (in no particular order):
1. Pasta Factory
2. Pizza Factory
3. Olive Garden
4. Tom’s Deli
5. Jimmy Johns
6. Texas Roadhouse
7. Samurai 21
8. Iggy’s
(I could go on…we eat out too much!)

8 things I am looking forward to:
1. Getting home. This will be extra nice since Clyde has painted the nursery and cleaned the house and dogs while I’ve been gone.
2. Eating Thanksgiving dinner…yum…my favorite!
3. Getting my brokers license.
4. Having a baby boy.
5. Christmas
6. Being done with my busy season at work.
7. Spending a day at home on the couch (not sure it will ever happen though).
8. ?

8 things on my wish list:
1. Having a healthy baby.
2. Having a good birth process.
3. Everything going good with breastfeeding.
4. Catching up on my scrapbook before the baby comes.
5. Getting my brokers license.
6. Lots of baby stuff…nursery chair, swing, pack n play, etc.
7. To sleep on my stomach and sleep through the night.
8. To wear my clothes and have them fit.

8 people that I tag:
The 8 of you that haven’t done this tag (that’s probably all there are left).

Twilight Tag

Who Introduced you to Twilight?
My cousin Jessie. It took her a year to be convinced to read it and it took me a few weeks to break down and buy it myself. Glad I did. Love em.

What Character would you most compare yourself to?
Idk??? I’m not really like anyone in the books.

What Character would others say you are?
You tell me.

Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Usually Team Edward…but I have my Jacob moments. Jacob is definitely better looking in the movie.

Favorite car mentioned in the book?
Emmett’s Jeep Wrangler

How many times have you read Twilight?
Probably 4 or 5. Knowing I will probably read it once a year forever, I am actually keeping track because I wish I knew now how many times I have read Pride and Prejudice. My book’s at home though.

Favorite Quote from the book?
Because I love it and because I don’t have my book with me, I’m going to copy Jessie.
"I'm really glad Edward didn't kill you. Everything's so much more fun with you around." —Emmett Cullen

If you could have one of the powers the Cullens have what would it be and why?
It might be fun to have that amazing sense of hearing. Maybe not though. The speed would be nice.

What is your favorite part in Twilight?
Cheesy as it may be, I love the meadow scene. It’s so intense!

Fave Cullen Sibling?
Emmett is hilarious.

Phoenix or Forks?
Phoenix

If you were Bella and you can't have Edward what other male from the book would you pick and why?
Jacob of course. I love Jacob until the weird ending in Breaking Dawn.

Would you rather be a Vampire or Werewolf?
I’m going to go with vampire.

I tag Christi, and all Twilight fans reading this :)

Speaking of Twilight, I saw the movie today. I was sorely disappointed. The acting was horrible and they didn't follow the book very good. I understand that things have to change in order to shorten it up and fit it into a movie, but I went with someone who hadn't read the book and they were pretty confused. They could have done SO much more with the visual effects and they really didn't develop Edward and Bella's relationship enough to make the whole thing work. Plus they left out some important stuff that will make doing the other books difficult. Anyway, that's my take. Maybe I'll like it better the second time? I'm sure I'll watch it again to find out.

I'm pretty sure no one made it this far, but it was nice to do something other than my dang classes. :) Now off to The Fountain for more ice cream...

We have a kicker!

2008-11-04T09:55:00.005-07:00

For the last 5 weeks I could feel "little brother" (as I call him) moving around in my stomach. Thanks to everyone who explained what it felt like, I knew the first time I felt it (we were in the temple the morning of September 29th). It definitely is as most of you described (butterflies, gassy). It was a lot lower than I expected though (I had to call my sister and confirm it was really supposed to be that low). Anyway, he was swirling around in there a few times a day until a few days ago, when I mentioned to Clyde that I hadn't felt him for a couple days. Not to worry! Last Saturday Clyde and I were at the airport in Vegas waiting for our flight to Phoenix (where we are now). Clyde was off walking around and I was surfing the internet with my laptop on my stomach when I felt the little bugger really move. This wasn't the butterfly feeling, but actual movement. After a few kicks, I saw the laptop move just a tiny bit. I was thinking I wouldn't feel this kind of movement for another month or so. Since then, he's been going nuts! He is moving like crazy all the time. It feels like little burps in my belly. I've been trying to see if Clyde could feel it and he finally did last night. Just once. I know most of you have done this more than once, so it's probably not that exciting for you, but being a first-timer, it's very cool! I think it's kinda giving me a stomach ache though. Hopefully I'll get used to it because I've got a long way to go!

New Toy for Back to School

2008-10-18T20:20:00.002-06:00

Well, it's back to school for me. :( I hope this is the last schooling I'll have to do, but ya never know (I thought I was done in 2005 when I got my masters degree but here I am). In January I will finally have my three years of "real estate" experience. I have actually never sold or leased a property, but the Division of Real Estate for Utah requires me to have a Broker's license for my property management company that doesn't do anything that a license is required for. Even a guy at the division went over everything with me and said, "You don't really do anything that needs a license, do you?" Nope! I sure don't, but nevertheless I have to have one. So now with my three years of "experience" I can get my own brokers license so I don't have to pay someone else to use theirs. So for the next two months (I've procrastinated and now have to take my 120 hours and pass the test before January) I'll be glued to the computer taking my online classes from praedo.com. To assist me in this torture, I got a new toy from which I am posting this very blog.

It is an HP tablet laptop and it's quite fun. It's tiny (which is what I wanted) and has a swivel screen, touch screen, and lots of other cool features. I will be packing this when I leave in November to work for my dad for a couple weeks and hopefully cram in lots of classes. I started today with 6 hours of classes. Not the funnest thing on my last Saturday to be home for the next 5 weeks. We are headed to the BYU game next weekend and then I'll be travelling the next 4 Saturdays between Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Orlando. So at least I got something fun out of this. It's also quite nice because I can play on the internet while watching tv. Go BoSox!!!

What a month already!

2008-10-11T16:26:00.011-06:00

We have had a crazy October and it's only the 11th! We've had some crazy, emotional things going on. First we found out Clyde's friend from growing up had died only to find out the next day it wasn't true (talk about soap opera drama!), then we had the drama of the marathon and the crazy weather, then we found out Clyde's cousin had passed away in a car accident (leaving a wife and little 4 year old boy, so sad), and then we found out we were having a boy. Lots of ups and downs over a short period!

So the marathon...unfortunately we put all our eggs in one basket when it comes to the STG marathon and it turned out this year just wasn't going to be the magic it has been the last 3 years. As you may have heard, the weather was horrible and while Clyde did awesome with a 6th place finish, he was super bummed about the race and his time. We watched the first several guys comes across the line in disgust and full of disappointment...not what the marathon usually is. Clyde broke the wind and led the race much of the race, but it took it's toll after so long and trashed him. Live and learn! Here are a few pics anyway...

The SGRC/FRB team trying to figure out what just happened!

Top guys getting awards

Clyde also got 2nd in his division

Some of the SGRC/FRB team - they were 11 of the top 20

SGRC Marathon Video

The highlight of the month was definitely the ultrasound (although I seriously could not hold that 40 ounces of water ANY longer!) and finding out we are having a boy! You guys were good with your votes (62% boy, 32% girl, 6% twins). As many of you guessed, Clyde could not be happier. He is so excited to get a little buddy. I really didn't care what it was, so I'm just glad he looked good. I'm measuring a little more than a week ahead of my due date, but whatever. I keep saying I need to get to my due date so I can get through all my big meetings at work! I have to say that being pregnant is SO weird. It is so strange to wake up with this belly and to try and comprehend that I have another human inside it. Weird! Here is another pic of the little guy. BTW, sorry...I'm just not a belly picture kinda girl.

So besides being ultra busy, that's been our month! We are starting to look for nursery stuff and all the "junk" (as Clyde calls it) that we are going to have to buy. If you have any suggestions on where to get stuff , what to get, good brands, etc...PLEASE advise. :)

Oh I have to add that my husband is the best! He got me just what I wanted for my bday...two ladies showed up and cleaned my house while he worked on the garage and then he moved everything around that we have been planning to do (but dreading) to make way for the baby. Thanks hon!

It's a...

2008-10-06T20:47:00.003-06:00

Countdown...

2008-09-30T20:33:00.005-06:00

Only 4 more days until the St. George marathon! This is Clyde's big race for the year and always a lot of fun (and lots of nerves!). He's hoping to break 2 hours 20 minutes and be right up there with the front runners. If you haven't been down to the finish line before, get up and get there this year! It is so exciting and inspiring whether you like running or not.

For anyone running, we are having a big fastrunningblog.com party Friday from 5:30-7:30 at the Vernon Worthen Park. Anyone can come and there will be runners of all paces there. We had about 75 last year and there will probably be lots more this year. It's a lot of fun!

Wish Clyde (and the St. George Running Center racing team) good luck!

Long, Eventful Weekend

2008-09-22T17:21:00.007-06:00

We had a really long, but fun, weekend. I'm going to say it started Thursday night when I decided to accompany Clyde for a "big workout" down on the trails. I was on my bike of course (and still couldn't keep up!). I packed dinner for myself and off we went. It was a nice 6 miles down (and we saw a fox), then I could not keep up as he did a tempo run and then I just waited and ate while he did some speed work. By this time it was pitch black and so the ride back up the trail was crazy. I couldn't see a thing and after 13+ miles and 2 hours, I was ready to be done! We were both exhausted. So that started us out.

Friday after work we met up with Logan and Katey and went camping at Oak Grove. It was a short camping trip, but still lots of fun. We got up there just in time to set up camp and make dinner. We (well mostly I) roasted mallows and we sat around and chatted until we were cold enough for bed. Being pregnant and camping is fun except for the night time potty breaks, which didn't turn out to be too bad since it wasn't terribly cold in the night. The dogs had lots of fun! Clyde thought Zoe was running off but it turned out to be some other animal. We got up and basically packed up since Dave came up and met Clyde and Logan and they literally ran home. A nice and easy 23 miler...yeah right. Clyde and I took turns at April's (deep tissue massages are a must for runners and pregnant women) and then drove to Torrey.

Clyde's cousin got home from his mission in Guatemala a couple weeks ago and he was speaking in church on Sunday. We got to Torrey in time to go out to eat at Cafe Diablo (I wish I had a picture of the food...it's so pretty!). The pecan chicken is yum! Sunday we got to see lots of family and go to church. After church we had a little luncheon with everyone and then headed home about in time to go to bed.

It was a long weekend since we did so much, but it was fun! We (including the dogs) are all exhausted now though! The only pics I have are from Jessey getting home, so I'll post a couple.

Clyde and his cousins waiting for Jess

Yeah, you aren't supposed to go beyond the door, but there was no holding Susan back!

Everyone at the airport

Raw Raw, Raw Raw Raw

2008-09-13T17:31:00.002-06:00

Clyde and I love this time of year. Not only is the weather amazing, but it's college football season! While we don't mind the NFL, we are big college football fans and spend many a fall Saturday on the couch all day. This morning Clyde did a big run and I had a long meeting, so when we got home, we were ready to crash on the couch all day long (seriously). We are big BYU fans, and decided to upgrade our Dish package an hour before the big game so we could watch them pound UCLA. (I'm still disappointed they didn't let Max Hall go for the record on his own!) We've been sprawled all over the living room all day watching lots of games, snoozing a bit, and getting in a few good Cougar cheers! Big game tonight between #1 and #5. Clyde has rubbed off on me...we cheer for west coast teams. Go Trojans!

Grrr...

2008-09-04T19:02:00.001-06:00

Is anyone else upset about this? I am! And yes, I did read all 264 pages on my computer and am dying for the rest. Bug.

So here's the details...

2008-08-21T20:13:00.002-06:00

Well as many of you have figured out...I'm pregnant! Finally. We have been trying for a year and a half so we are ready and excited! I am 12 weeks along and due March 7th. As I said before, I have been all sorts of nauseous, but as everyone says, it's worth it! I'm really crossing my fingers that will end soon now that I'm into my second trimester. It sure is making work not fun.

Melanie- the lunar calendar says it's a boy! Of course that is what Clyde is hoping for. He's already planned it out that the kid will be a 4:10 high school miler and a 2:13 marathoner. Poor kid...I hope he/she's a sprinter! :) It's fun that a couple of our good friends are due within days of us. Clyde and his friend have already discussed the importance of having a boy. I really don't have a preference and I'm sure Clyde would love a little girl too. He is beyond excited. We WILL be finding out what we are having ASAP by the way. :)

I have to give a shout out to April Larsen. While Clyde obviously had a big part in this, I really don't think I would be prego right now if I hadn't been in to see April. I have had back problems for several years now and at the end of May I completely threw my back out and could hardly walk. I finally got an appointment with April who does deep tissue massage and has the whole St. George running community fighting to get in to see her. She worked my back like none other and was intuitive enough to ask if we had been trying to have kids and warned me that after she loosened up my hips that I might get pregnant pretty quick. I guess my back/hips/hamstrings were beyond tight. Well, less than a week later I got pregnant! Of course I didn't know for a couple more weeks, but I know without a doubt that April worked her magic on me. If you need an amazing deep tissue massage, April is the best!

Since most of you are veterans with pregnancy/kids, any advice on any subject would be greatly appreciated. Let's start with maternity clothes...my pants are already busting at the seams! I am already showing a bit and I think it's going to be kinda hard to get big! But seriously, bring on the advice for clothes, cribs, and everything in between!

Six Unimportant Things About Me

2008-08-11T18:19:00.004-06:00

Thought I would use this tag for fun!

1. I could take a nap every afternoon.
2. I'm nauseous all day, every day. (But I haven't puked!)
3. I'm either starving or beyond full (but mostly eating).
4. I've gained 6 pounds in the last 10 weeks.
5. I have to pee all the time (including several times each night).
6. My morning run has dwindled to 2 miles and even that's hard.

Youth Conference

2008-08-06T10:22:00.000-06:00

Last weekend Clyde and I went with our ward to Youth Conference. There were only 5 kids, but we had a pretty good time. We went to the Castle Valley fair and pageant on Friday and then stayed the night in Torrey. Saturday we drove home over the Boulder Mountain and stopped at Calf Creek for the 6 mile hike. The kids loved the falls. The water is freezing though! Clyde and I did this hike last year but we only got in to our knees. All the boys got all the way in this year and it was nuts. It was a long weekend, but lots of fun.

All of us at the top of Boulder Mountain

The boys at Calf Creek-I can't believe they all got in. It was so cold.

Swimming next the falls

Clyde and I at Calf Creek (don't mind our nice apparel!)

Getting ready to hike back to the car

Satoshi!

2008-08-01T09:16:00.004-06:00

Many of you will remember my Japanese brother, Satoshi. Tosh lived with us through high school and really is just like a brother to me. After we graduated, he went to the University of Utah and graduated, worked in a hotel in SLC, and then worked in a hotel in Hawaii for about a year. Unfortunately, he could no longer get a visa after that to stay in the US (mostly due to 9/11) so he went back to Japan where he has been working at a high school teaching English and in administration. We had not seen him for 2 1/2 years until this week when he got to come over on business. It was so much fun to see him...he is just the same. He had to mostly do business stuff (meetings, etc.) but we got to go to dinner with him one night and then yesterday we joined them for 9 holes of golf at Sand Hollow (he and Clyde got right back in to their competitive game) and then dinner at my parents house (he was dying for some Pasta Factory). They left early this morning and hopefully it won't be another 2 years before we get to see him again. Here are a few pics from last night.

Clyde with my nephews, Ian and Mason (and the dogs of course)

Little Kaitlyn

Kasi (I love this picture) and the Grandmas with Kaitlyn

Only 3 more days...

2008-07-29T20:49:00.001-06:00

Has anyone else been loving these?

Pooches

2008-07-19T10:44:00.000-06:00

Regardless of what anyone thinks, Clyde and I love our little dogs. They are just like our kids. Every day they crack us up and entertain us somehow. So here are a few pictures (we probably have more than we should) of Izzy and Zoe.

Puppies

Izzy was born in January 2006 and Zoe was born January 2007.
Izzy is a maltese/shihtzu mix, Zoe is a maltese/poodle mix.
We met a guy in Cedar to pick up Izzy and she was in his jacket pocket!
Izzy is 3.5 lbs, Zoe is 7.5 lbs, so they are pretty small.

Izzy's big trick is "begging pretty"...she even does some spins with it!

Almost all of the pictures we have of the dogs is when they are sleeping. It cracks us up what they do sometimes. They think they are the queens of the castle.

Here is Izzy all tucked in, head on the pillow and everything.

And Zoe cuddles with her toys while she sleeps...or me :)

We caught them sleeping like this the other day.

Zoe loves her belly rubbed. But she also goes belly up when she knows she's in trouble.

Wild Week

2008-07-12T15:08:00.004-06:00

We had a bit of a wild week...a new baby and a sold car put us all over the place. Kasi had our new little niece (yes, a girl) on Wednesday. There was a bit of drama since she had the cord wrapped around her neck twice, so she spent the next day+in the NICU and then another day at the hospital before being able to come home last night. She's a cutie! You can check her out on their blog. The boys are SO cute with her.
Wednesday Clyde got a call about his car and Thursday he left for Orem to sell it! It was really the first serious call we'd had about it. He drove to SLC Friday morning and sold the car and then hitched a ride back with my dad who was up that way playing in a couple golf tournaments. Clyde was so sad to see his car go...he loved it, but as we speak he is in the backyard washing his bike. He just got back from a long bike ride. I hope he enjoys it because that's his transportation from now on!

the 4th in Torrey

2008-07-06T21:34:00.010-06:00

Every year we go to Clyde's hometown to celebrate the 4th of July. It's nothing amazing, but we always have a good time and really enjoy the cooler weather. This year we left Thursday night and met Dave, Susan, and Trevor at Johnson Reservoir (by Fish Lake) to fish for Tiger Musky's. They are these huge alligator-like fish that have to be 40 inches long to keep! Trev caught a couple that were too small, but were still crazy big with nasty sharp teeth! The middle and right pics below are Trev with the Tiger Musky he caught.

We barbecued dinner there and then headed on to Torrey. Friday we four-wheeled up Boulder mountain to Upper Bowns. We met Clyde's uncle Steve and his son and family for some good fishing.

Clyde doing some mean fishing

Tessa, Megan, Paige, and Aunt LeAnn

Scott and Liza fishing

Mik'L and Trevor (we caught 3 between us)

Uncle Steve casting (he caught the biggest fish)

Friday night we hung out and watched the Olympic Trials since Torrey always celebrates on the Saturday closest to the 4th. Saturday morning was the big parade! There were literally thousands of people there (which is crazy because only about 200 people live in Torrey...it's a big tourist attraction). The parade is hilarious because it goes down and then turns around and comes back! You wouldn't want to miss the other side of the float (or tractor), right?! Saturday night we had dinner with a big group and then snuck off 30 minutes into the desert to do a bunch of illegal fireworks (who doesn't?). They were pretty good and we had fun. After church Sunday (the last Sunday in their historic little building because they are tearing it down to build a bigger one) we headed back home to our little pooches who stayed at grandma's house. It was a fun weekend, but the four-wheeling threw my back out again so it's back for another deep-tissue massage tomorrow to work it out (hopefully).

And just to vent...when we got home tonight I got a call from one of our Stake High Councilors asking me to be the "Stake Track Specialist" and run our stake track meet this year. Seriously??? Is young women's president not enough? Of course my mom taught me never to turn down a calling (hence, I was a "ma" on the trek last year) so I guess I'll add this to the trillion other things I have on my plate.

Girls Camp

2008-07-03T07:01:00.002-06:00

In June I went to girls camp with our young women. It was actually really fun! I haven't posted any pictures because I was waiting until we gave this book to our camp director, Brynn Lee. Since we gave it to her last night, I can post it! We had 5 girls go, which is really good for our ward. They were all so different, but everyone got along and had fun. Even the girl who is investigating the church came and had fun. Us leaders had fun together and even got a little crazy with the girls! Clyde and the dogs even came up, so that was fun for me. The girls loved Izzy and Zoe and they even got in our skit! I made this book for Brynn on Shutterfly and you can look through it by clicking the link. Camp was a Dr. Seuss theme and our book was "Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?"

Kaylor Family Reunion

2008-07-01T19:55:00.010-06:00

Last weekend Clyde and I went with my mom, dad, and Mason to the Kaylor Family Reunion in Park City. It was so much fun! My dad's mom is a Kaylor, so most of my dad's family was there along with a couple uncles and cousins of his. So tons of my cousins were there and we had a lot of fun eating, swimming, eating, playing cards, and did I mention eating. We stayed at the Marriott Mountainside where the rooms are like condos, so we had one room where we all congregated to eat, hang out, and mostly play cards. Here's the hotel...

Friday night was the big Hearts tournament...this is serious business. There were several elimination rounds with a trophy up for grabs. My uncle had the trophy made to make sure we all remembered that he beat my dad to win at the last reunion! So it came down to the final game and we were happy that it was all girls (me, Jessie, Amelia, and Jody)! And as you can see from the picture, I won! Here is my uncle Patrick passing the trophy on to me...

And here I am with my dad's cousin Jody, who took second.

Clyde and I at the family BBQ.

Clyde spent all day Friday on his new mountain bike. He bought an all-day lift pass and rode down the trails all day. Here he is riding up the lift...

And here he is on the mountain.

He had a blast until the last run down when he came to a cliff, hit the brakes too hard, and went flying over his handlebars and broke a bone in his shoulder. Thank goodness for helmets!

I hope to post a few more pics when I get them from aunt Jacque. Her husband, my dad's uncle John, filled us in with good stories all weekend since he is Bruce Willis' personal plane pilot.

I can't wait to defend my title at the next reunion! ;)

For Sale!

2008-06-21T13:07:00.004-06:00

Our 2005 Mitsubishi Galant ES is for sale. Clyde is going "green" - he bought a nice mountain bike that is his new car! Fun for him! So now he has to sell his beloved car. It's got lots of upgrades and is in really good condition. Usually we use our cars until we wouldn't sell them to anyone so we trade them in, but this one is still very nice. The car has 38K miles, new tires and wheels, tint, sport package (rear spoiler, sunroof), 6-disc cd changer, all the goods. We're asking $12,750. Just thought I would post this in case someone is looking for a good car at a decent price!

Happy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T15:03:00.001-06:00

Happy Father's Day to my dad! We were able to go listen to him speak as a high counselor in the college stake this morning and he did a great job. I've always considered myself a "daddy's girl" because I am SO much like my dad. We are both organization freaks, always right, and want to be in charge. We both love to go to movies too, which is nice because Clyde doesn't like it so much, so we'll go to the show together every so often. My dad has a fun sense of humor, likes to play card and dice games, loves the Bee Gees, is a really hard worker, and is an amazing golfer. Just today he was mentioned in the newspaper for doing well in a golf tournament yesterday. I know if he could play more he would be winning on the Champions Tour. I love that I get to work with my dad every May and November. I also love going to lunch with my dad once or twice a week and talking to him almost every day. My dad is the greatest and I love him lots!

I am sad that I never got to meet Clyde's dad, who passed away when Clyde was in high school. So many people say Clyde looks just like him. I feel like maybe I've gotten to know him a little bit through his brother, Dave, who is like a "father-in-law" to me. Going home for Clyde is going to Dave's house and we love him too!

Clyde's Dad Darryl

Clyde's uncle Dave

State Track 2008

2008-06-08T20:16:00.001-06:00

Track season this year was a lot of ups and downs. I was really questioning why I was coaching at the beginning of the season because I just was not into it. But, as always, as time wore on I loved it more and more and grew to love the girls (yet again for some of them!). Two of the seniors this year were especially special and like just a couple others from the past, I will probably keep in touch with them for a long time. Thanks to one of them, who bought this crazy expensive camera and was obsessed with it at state, I have almost 600 pictures to remember them by!

Green and Ruthie will both be running in college and I'm so excited for them to continue their track careers. They are both such hard workers! Green has had to deal with injury after injury and yet she still did amazing. I think she was a little disappointed with her 4th place finish in the 400 and even more so that she didn't get the school record, but what she did with her injuries was just amazing. I'm excited to follow her college career as she brings her times down. Due to her injuries we came up with the semi-standing start...it was awesome.

Ruthie is crazy, smart, fast, and just such a good girl. I have no doubt she will do amazing things in life. Here she is winning the mile. I LOVE the pic of her on the ground because it is just so her. She did a little dance DURING the 2-mile the next day (where she took 2nd because all the other girls ganged up on her) when they announced she had won the mile the day before. It was hilarious.

Next year will be hard as we will basically be starting over between the seniors leaving and the rest of the girls transferring to Desert Hills. I hope I still have the time to coach because I love the girls and (most of) the coaches!

For Twilight Fans

2008-06-07T09:21:00.001-06:00

The beginning of Breaking Dawn.

7 Wonderful Years

2008-06-01T17:01:00.008-06:00

Today Clyde and I celebrate our 7th anniversary. It's gone by so fast, yet so many things have happened! We think we have the best relationship in the world. Maybe we don't, but as long as we think we do, who cares!

Here are a few more pics from our trip to Orlando.

Animal Kingdom - fun safari where we saw all the animals and probably the best roller coaster in Disneyworld. We fast passed it once and then rode it at the end of the day so had about 10 minute waits both times.

Typhoon Lagoon Water Park