My Life Tag

Warning: long post...did me and then asked Seth to do one too...over the phone :)

20 Years Ago I:
1. Was just barely 2 years old.
2. Loved to suck my thumb
3. Put my finger in my belly button as much as possible
4. Loved playing with my ponies and building blocks
5. Was adorable :)

10 Years Ago I:
1. Was 12 and in my awkward stage...hence the VERY embarrassing picture.

2. Basically had a crush on any boy who even talked to me.

3. Hated my braces because they hurt.
4. Was so excited to be in Young Womens so I could go to Girls Camp.
5. Thought I was so old because I was finally in 7th grade, first year of Junior High.

5 Years Ago I:
1. Was in my absolute favorite year of High School...SENIOR!
2. Got first place in State Solos, a solo in All-State Mixed Choir, and was co-president in my absolute favorite show choir JIVE!
3. Actually started likeing the way I looked
4. Thought I was in love with the guy I'd marry...(yah right)
5. Became a man-hater when the guy I thought I was in love with dumped me for one of my best friends...oh the drama...

1 Year Ago I:
1. Just graduated from BYU-Idaho and had an amazing year! I'd gotten first place at the dance competition doing the Samba...my absolute favorite dance!! I was a member of Collegiate Singers when we got to go on a Sacred Music Tour. I got to go with my sister, which was awesome! I also did Vocal Union again, and was president for the second year :)
2. Got to go to Chile with Sound Alliance and Vocal Union. It was like the honeymoon Seth and I never got, but with a bunch of performances every day :)
3. Was happily married for 1.52 years...exactly
4. Had just found out I was pregnant...whoops! (those pictures are on the blog already...)
5. Got my second blood clot from the pregnancy and had to fly home to Twin Falls to be taken care of until Seth came to get me and he went to school in August.

So Far This Year I Have:
1. Had a child!!
2. Moved to Texas for the third time! But, have absolutely enjoyed it.
3. Realized stretch marks and "pooches" are okay when you've just had a baby.
4. Learned that the Weight Watchers Smart Ones are a life-saver
5. Successfully accomplished losing some weight after Porter was born. I have yet to continue.

Yesterday I:
1. Cleaned.
2. Watched So You Think You Can Dance with a bunch of the wives.
3. Took care of Porter.
4. Prepared for Seth's return for the night.
5. Had a nice evening with my husband.

Today I:
1. Fed Porter his first serving of rice cereal!!

2. Said goodbye to Seth for a few days.
3. Called a number of apartment complexes so that we can have somewhere to live when we get to Portland.
4. Will watch the results of last nights So You Think You Can Dance with a bunch of the wives.
5. Have taken care of Porter.

Tomorrow I will:
1. Take care of Porter
2. Make some crafts at the Fabulous Friday craft event the Ward is putting on.
3. Be hot when I walk outside
4. Call more apartment complexes
5. Hopefully spend the rest of my birthday money!!

This Photo taken by: Chelsey Timmerman

In The Next Year I will:
1. Move to Portland for four years
2. Kiss and love my husband and son lots! :)
3. Get subsudized housing!!
4. Hopefully be back down to sizes 6-8 like I was in high school
5. Hopefully be involved in many community events as far as dancing, singing, acting, and drawing are concerned ;)

20 years ago I:

1. Was five years old

2. Started Kindergarten

3. Asked for a Corvette for Christmas (some things never change)

4. Hung out with Jake

5. Liked to ride down the canal at Grandma's

10 years ago I:

1. Was 15 years old

2. Had a girlfriend

3. Got my driver's permit

4. Liked going to Stake Dances

5. Wrestled pretty good

5 years ago I:

1. Was on my mission in Carlsbad, CA

2. Tracted a lot

3. Had to stay away from girls

4. Had to live with boys

5. Ate a lot of food

1 year ago I:

1. Went to Chile

2. Had a surprise pregnancy

3. Worked with APX again

4. Took the OAT

5. Graduated.

So far this year I:

1. Got accepted to Optometry School

2. Had a child

3. Worked at McDonalds

4. Moved to Texas again with APX

5. Lost a lot of sleep

Yesterday I:

1. Installed alarms

2. Packed some stuff

2. Worked out

3. Came home to wife

4. Had a nice evening with wife.

Today I:

1. Helped feed Porter the first feeding of rice cereal

2. Went back to Waco

3. Installed alarms

4. Will work out

5. Will go to bed.

That's as far as Seth cooperated...understandable...but I wanted to do info for both of us since this is supposed to be both of our blog...oh well! It was still a fun tag. Something to do. So if you want to do it, you're welcome to :)

Waco

The APX office is selling in Waco, starting today. Because of this, Seth has officially moved there with the technicians. Something neither he nor I are enjoying. Waco is almost 2 hours away from Round Rock hence the move for the techs. He will be staying in an apartment-hotel probably for the rest of the season. I didn't move with him because if I had, I would be torturing myself staying in that hotel all day with no friends. Plus, it would have been too much effort to move there especially because I'll be flying back to Twin in 2-3 weeks with Porter. Seth will try to come home Wednesday and Saturday nights. I'll be looking forward to those nights and Sundays before I head out.
This summer is going quickly!!

Bats!

Yesterday, Seth, Porter, and I went to downtown Austin. We went specifically to go to the Congress Ave. Bridge where there is the world's largest urban bat colony...



We arrived right when they started coming out from under the bridge. Perfect timing :). As you can see, it's a pretty popular thing to go see with all the people standing on the bridge.



They just kept coming!! Gross, and yet absolutely amazing!



I especially like the last picture...the bats made a bat in their formation :)
I hope I didn't gross you out too bad!

Sunday napping

A couple sundays ago, Porter and I were taking a nap...



...in the same position...
I didn't know Seth took a picture of this until yesterday.
We had a good laugh, and I thought I'd give you a good laugh, too :)
He also took a video recording of it...but I still cant seem to post those. Takes too much time.

Happy Fourth!

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July!
Ours wasn't exactly the greatest...
I have a cold, which made it hard to want to get out and do anything...Porter is catching it, it seems, and so he's acting as though everything is going to kill him, which made it even harder to want to get out and do anything. One good thing is, Seth came home early so I got a bit of a break because he took Porter, ordered pizza, and rented a movie...which was nice because we don't get to do that much and I got to relax a bit. It was nice to have Seth home, but I was such a stuffed-up, hurting wreak that I was no fun...
On top of that, add a bad sunburn, feeling like junk because I've missed two days of exercise, not getting enough sleep, and cramps...and you get a grumpy, sick invalid...oh joy.
I feel sorry for my family...

Yee-Haw!

Porter and I went to the rodeo in Georgetown with the APX wives :) It was a lot of fun! I especially loved showing off Porter's adorable cow outfit! My awesome cowgirl hat was given to me from the APX wives for my birthday :) I LOVE it!!

Chelsey, Porter, and I were the only ones who went all out, so we had to have our own photo shoot ;)

This is the rodeo clown. His outfit was too funny to not take a picture! I bet he was really hot, though!

I love these girls!!

Capitol, Milestone, & Shlitterbahn

Seth and I have decided to take little tours of Austin on the remaining Sundays we have here together, so last Sunday we took a trip to the Capitol building! I worked a little on my photographer skills, as well :)

Here's Porter and Seth! My two cute boys!

This cannon was used in the Civil war and the Texas Revolution. I thought that was pretty neat.

You can't really read this, but it says David Crokett. Another neat thing :)

Porter's hangin' on! Doesn't want to do any more traveling...

So, once home, Porter surprised us with a little roll! He's be rolling over like a pro ever since! It's like he's been doing it all the time!

My baby's so cute!!

Seth and I went to Shlitterbahn Waterpark on Monday with Glenn and Kathy Jensen and family. It was a lot of fun to just spend the day with Seth and family members. I'm glad we're so close to them so we can do stuff. I didn't take any pictures because I was having too much fun watching the kid and riding rides. Luckily, non of us got a sunburn! I'm so glad.

When we got home that night, it was too late for Seth to go out and work, so he took me out to Olive Garden for my birthday dinner. It was really nice to have another day off with him.

PS: Thanks for the birthday wishes!!

Sierra's 22!!

I had a really fun birthday on Friday! Seth got me a sewing machine!! He was really creative with the wrapping paper...it's the APX contracts and window stickers...I thought it was great!

Seth took me to "Get Smart" in the morning, which is hilarious, by the way, and everyone should go see it! We've seen the old series because my mom owns them, and I think that made it funnier. It seemed like we were the only ones laughing in the theater, though...oh well! It's really funny!
After we saw the movie, we picked up a quick lunch at Chick-fil-A before heading back to the apartments to pick up Porter from Chelsea Baugh's. Chelsea babysat for us while we were at the movie. She is pregnant and due in September, and will make such a good mommy :) Porter was really good, which isn't normal. Maybe we should have people babysit him more...

After that, I took a nap with Porter...a much needed one at that...before we went bowling with the APX wives :). We have made a little bowling league called AGX: Austin Girls Strike. (You know you're jealous) Porter is the "mascot" and looked so cute, like always ;).

Brooke surprised me while we were at the bowling alley with an adorable, yummy cake!!

(had to Chelsea, too funny :) )

For a gift, the girls all pitched in and got me a REALLY cute cowgirl hat for the upcoming rodeos! I'm totally stoked!! I love these girls :)

Once Seth got home that night, we made a cake while I exercised. Hence...the BYU-I workout clothes...and looking a bit like poo...

Babies and Mommies Don't Like Needles...

Porter is now four months old, and along with that comes being poked for immunizations and blood tests. Poor kid had to have a blood test to see if the over-active enzymes in his liver and his white blood cell count were back to normal. I'm not worried, but it's good to know for sure. He was definitely a trooper. He didn't cry very hard during the immunizations, and was fine about thirty seconds later. But, when he got his blood taken, he wasn't happy, and I wanted to almost push the nurses aside to get them away from my baby. Good thing Seth was the one holding him. Even after all that drama, Porter was doing fine about 10 minutes later. What a strong little boy.
...Both of the following pictures were taken today...

Georgetown

A few of us wives down here went to Georgetown to go shopping at a really cute market event they were having on Saturday. We went to some nice boutiques and to a store called "Hippie Cowgirl" to get a hats for the upcoming rodeos we will be attending. Gotta fit in :) And had lunch at a really nice restaurant called Romeo's. The only thing I ended up getting was a cute little cow outfit for Porter, so he can be a "cowboy" ;). It was a lot of fun, and poor Porter got his first little sunburn because he wouldn't keep his little blanket on his legs while we were out in the sun. I think I need to get some sort of covering for his stroller...or a stroller that I can put his car seat in so he can have some shade...