Sunday, February 15, 2009

Happy Alive Day!

Yesterday was Valentine's Day and we had lots of fun. We spent most of the day over at Grandma's house where we had a Valentine's Day breakfast (and yes, my mom went all out as evidenced by the pictures), spent time with cousins, and just had lots of fun.

Like I told you, my mom goes way, way overboard.

But, all the kids loved it.

Gotta love a sticky, sticky face. At lease my little monkey did. Mr. Tigger was not as appreciative.

I'm not overly fond of Valentine's Day, mostly because it's a holiday that celebrates everything girly. Pink, purple, and red dominate the day along with flowers and heart shapes and other girly things - think sugar and spice and everything nice. It just isn't my kind of holiday. But, I do like candy and romantic gifts from my husband - so there are a few perks. 

These are the roses and funny card from my sweet husband. I love white roses - I know it's girly, but I can't help myself.

Today (February 15th) is the 2 year anniversary of my scooter wreck - the day I almost died, and probably should have. My husband and I have christened it - Alive Day! It's a day where we think about how blessed we are and celebrate life in general. It's also a day where we think about what we've been doing lately and how we can live life to the fullest. Overall, it's a way better holiday than Valentine's Day!

(And no, that's not the car I wrecked into. It's just a car at the compound that they put my scooter against so that it could stay moderately upright.)

Gotta love being alive!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Changing of the Guard

So, I guess that we are officially changing our colors, at least for two years. Mr. Tigger got accepted to the University of Utah's Physician Assistant (PA) program on Friday and, after some deliberation and prayer, we've decided that it's the right place for us. So, if you see a little more red around our house for the next two years, please don't stone us. We aren't evil and we haven't crossed over to the dark side. Not yet anyways.

However, I should mention that during the big game we'll still be wearing blue. And for those of you who may call us traitors I would just like to point out that BYU doesn't have a PA program and the U of U has the only PA program in the state, so we really didn't have a choice.

So, we are very excited right now. I'm excited that I don't have to move with a two-month old baby. Mr. Tigger is excited that he got into the 4th best PA school in the nation. (Did I mention that I'm super proud of my husband right now?) I'm excited that we don't have to try and rent out our house. Mr. Tigger is excited that school is going to be a lot cheaper now. And we're both excited to stay near our families. Oh, and Mr. Tigger is excited that he gets to grow a beard now - at least that's what he thinks.