Nothing is as constant as change...

Change...

it happens.

April flew by. One minute I was wearing glasses and even though it felt like forever, the next minute I was seeing more clearly than ever without them. 

LASIK

Changed my life. 

For 16 years I had glasses and contacts so I don't really remember anything different.

Now I wake up and don't even think about putting in my contacts. However, when I go to bed at night I sometimes panic slightly because I feel like I need to take my contacts out because I shouldn't be seeing everything in my room. At night my room is usually blurry. No longer. Now I'm a little better than 20/20 but not quite 20/15. Drops for another 5 months and it will be all over with. What an unexpected and pleasant surprise. I prayed the whole time I was in the surgery suite. There's no doubt I was being comforted the whole time and that even though Ty was looking on through a window, my Father in Heaven was sitting there with me. Even though I wasn't crazy nervous, I did need that support and I was so glad to have it. After the 10 minute surgery was over, I sat up in the chair and cried. It was a miracle! Miracle I tell you! Just a side note, Valium does weird things to me. 

Easter 2013

Brynlee learned all about the Atonement and can recite the basics in story form. 

Maybe next year we will work on helping her actually understand what it means. 

 While Uncle Marker and Auntie Tisha were in Paris beginning of May, we were lucky enough to be Kingston and Mc's guardians for a couple nights and a day. 

I don't think the girls grasp the idea of a sleep over but they all had tons of fun. The second picture (without the dog) they are patiently waiting to get their kiddie cones from Arctic Circle. 

Having 3 kids for a couple days was craziness but I had a lot of moments that I was given to enjoy their laughter, sweet innocence and pure love. It's always interesting to actually live a few moments of being a mom of children instead of just one child. Someday....

Summer is nigh...

Mother's Day

Oh I don't know what I would do if I wasn't ever blessed enough to have Brynlee in my life. When she brought home a brown paper lunch bag the Wednesday before Mother's Day, she wanted me to open her present she made for me. I patiently told her we had to wait and she did, so well. Sunday morning I got lollipop pancakes. Bite sized pancakes made with a toothpick in them to create a handle for dipping. I can't recall ever having been made breakfast in bed in all 6 years (almost) of marriage so I was very pleasantly surprised. Ty said he heard the idea on the radio. I thought it was charming. When I opened up Brynlee's present, surprise surprise, I cried. I love my little sunshine bug. She definitely does make me laugh and I'm glad she doesn't think I say 'No' all the time. I'm okay with 'let's go'. She is a special person to me with her own personality, likes, dislikes, talents and gifts. After having her I know there was a void in my life that I didn't recognize until she came to us. She's not an angel all the time and I don't believe there is anything wrong with that. Independent and smart children are not the easiest to raise but they make the best adults and if I could give her something, one thing I want for her is to be a successful, happy and functioning adult that can cope and love this life. But for now I want her to be a curious, independent, assertive, happy little girl!

Ty's cousin Coby and his wife MarDee were sealed in the temple on my birthday. What better way to spend your birthday but in the temple? Other than busting the screen on my iPhone on my run that morning, it was a relaxing, easy day. Ty got us tickets to the Mummies of the World Exhibit on the 25th at the Leonardo. It will be interesting and I love doing new things together. 

Just some randoms....

Ty's setup at work and our new custom made sectional. I was so happy to get rid of the forest green monsters that lived in our front room for 2 years. They served us well but looked scary while doing it.

It's nice to see where Ty spends most of his days. Since we can't actually go see Daddy's desk the picture gives us an idea of what he stares at all day. I thought it a good idea to document it.

 

We are on the year countdown for Ty's graduation. A year from now he will be in his last class and almost graduating. WE. CAN'T. WAIT! It's so exciting. 

Brynlee has one day of school left and we're taking treats for her birthday since it's in the summer. I'm a little torn up about her first year of school being over. I know it's only preschool but even as I sit here and type this with my little munchkin snuggled up next to me watching Disney Jr on Ty's phone, I can't help but get choked up that she is growing up. She loves me because I'm big, that's what her Mother's Day gift says and the reason for that is because she wants to be big like me. She talks about it all the time. 

I'm training for RAGNAR in June. It's been a struggle this year but it will be fun to run with the Stake Pres and the Stake YW Pres. Yeah, I'm thinking it too, "What did I get myself into?" There's no better way to get roped into a Stake calling than to get to know all the Stake leaders. No complaints here, just sayin'.