Thank You Presidents!

Presidents Weekend was exactly what we needed after such an awful week. Friday was my cleaning/lay in bed and watch chick flicks while Ray is at the school studying day. It was very nice. It got even better when Ray came home and suprised me with my favorite treat - Mt. Dew and Dill Pickle Seeds. He then stayed up till after midnight studying so that he could go swimming with Mady and me the next day.

Saturday was perfect also. We were able to take Mady to the pool. I couldn't beleive that she played for over two hours and still didn't want to go home. She screamed when we took her out to get her dressed. While we were changing her, she managed to slip away while but naked and made for the pool again. She's getting too smart for us.

We then decided to go out to lunch before we headed home to put Mady down for her nap. We stopped by McDonalds. We had to take pictures because it was our first family McDonalds trip. My parents would take us kids to McDonalds as a special treat. It brought back some good memories as I watched Mady eat her Happy Meal and play on the Playland.

That night, Ray studied while I had Ada over for a chick flick. We watched She's the Man - it was in the $5 bin at WalMart and I just had to get it. If you haven't seen it, you should. Its soo good!

Sunday was a good day too. Other than the huge snow storm that was blowing. I was also set apart as the Releif Society Visiting Teaching Supervisor. I'm excited for the calling and feel peace about their decision. That night, we usually have family/friend dinner with everyone. But Ethan, Kimberly, Justin were all out of town for the holiday. So we just had our neighbors down the streen, Paul and Kylie, join us. We had a nice little chat afterwards while Ray studied in his room. We then planned on going sledding the next day with them.

Sledding was way fun. We found some great hills to go down. It was also Mady's first time sledding and in her snowsuit. I'm not quite sure what she thought about sledding down the hills, but she loved being outside and playing in the snow.

We left early because Mady's hands were getting cold. When we got home we decided to make a snow fort like we did a year ago. Ada and her family were gone for the day, so it was perfect (they caught us last time because they were home and its hard to be quite while making one). Paul and Kylie came home soon after and saw us. They came over and started helping us.

It turned out great! Paul and Kylie even had some spray paint that we used.

The Munk's got home around 6 that night. They thought we were crazy for doing that. We had a nice family night with them and were able to watch the Bachelor. Which now I hate because my favorite girl, Kacie B., was sent home and he kept the witch - Courtney. Ugh. Ray made me feel better by playing two hours of L4D. Nothing like killing some zombies to relieve my anger! Haha. Hope you had a good weekend as well!

A little bit of everything...

I finally feel like I can blog again, now that my blog looks ten times better. I ruined it the other day trying to do different fonts. Thankfully, my friend Emily fixed it for me! And then I figure out how silly I had been in not even knowing there is a "Template Design" link to change everything! So I've been playing around with it. I'll probably change it back to what Emily had done because it was super cute.

These past few days have been crazy, amazing, fun, entertaining, frustrating....everything. Sunday was probably where it all started. We had such a wonderful time at church. Ray gave the lesson in Sunday school and did such a good job. We then had my sister, her friend and boyfriend over for dinner. Ethan and his girlfriend came too. It was so nice to visit with them all. I really enjoyed talking to Ethan's girlfriend, Amanda. She seems like such a fun girl. Hopefully Ethan will bring her over more.

Monday we had our Valentines meal/Family Night. Ethan came over and helped me make cookies and cupcakes for our valentines. Ada and her mom came over to help me make dinner which was much appreciated, since I was running behind. Our ward was doing a dinner and a dance for a fundraiser for the young women on Tuesday so I made Ray's favorite dish on Monday. We also had Ada and her family come over and eat with us. After we went over to their place for family night - which included watching the bachelor while the boys played on their gadgets. I also gave Ray his valentine present so he could have it for his clinicals at the hospital the next day. He loved it so much!

Valentines day was so wonderful. Ray made it so special for me. He had bought me so many wonderful gifts, including flowers and chocolates. We went to the dinner and the dance put on by the ward and then he was so sweet and had gotten tickets to go see The Vow. I was a little put out by the ending but overall it was a great show. I had a test the next day so I stayed up until 3 studying - and Ray stayed up with me. He must love me eh?During these past few days Mady has been crazy! We are starting the terrible/funny twos. She has been driving us nuts - everything from peeing on the carpet to putting on my mascara. Today I think topped it all though. We have our next door neighbors watch Mady on Thursdays and because they are right next door we have them just put Mady down for her nap here and take a baby monitor over so they can hear her. Well today Ray came home to find Mady not asleep but running around naked! She had somehow managed to climb out of her crib, take her clothes and diaper off, poop on the floor, and run around having the time of her life. Hopefully this won't be a reoccurring thing.

An Update

Remember when I told you that I would be posting more? Well that was a lie. I, however, will promise to blog at least once a month. That's not to hard right? Let's just hope I won't be swallowing those words later.

Things have been anywhere from nice and relaxing to crazy scary balling my eyes out. School has been going good so far. Ray is so busy all the time working hard on his school work. He has started his clinicals - which take his to every hospital in the area (Beaver, Parawon, Cedar, St. George). They have him do 12 hours shifts, which is normal nursing hours. School for me is going good. Just work work work, then study study study, then a class here and there (since most of mine are online). Wednesdays are my worst days. I go from 12-9. I have this 3 hour class, that is only once a week thank goodness, on Economics. Shoot me.

Mady is getting so big! I can't believe that I"ll have a two year old in a month! When did that happen? She is talking all the time. I love when she says her prayers, its just too cute. Hopefully I can record it one of these times. She's been doing good after our little scare just the other week. She had had a fever for 4 days when we rushed her into the ER late at night. She had a fever of 104 on one ear and 105 on the other. She had to have an x-ray for her lungs, a catheter to check her urine, two needles (one of them was supposed to be the iv but they didn't get it in so they just drew blood again), another iv which didn't work either and they started feeling her arm up with fluids (that was scary), and then some medicine, given anally, to help with the fever. Ray gave her priesthood blessing to help her with the pain and to help to doctors figure out what was going on. After all that, we finally were able to go home around 3-4 in the morning. The few days after she was still acting sick but her fever had broke and her cough was better. She is now doing better than ever!This weekend we were able to go home and attend my littlest sisters baptism and my second oldest brother's Eagle. It was so nice to be with the family and so see my relatives. Ray had Nursing Convention that was mandatory for his class, so unfortunately he missed the events. He did, however, was able to visit his parents. Hopefully we can make it up there soon to visit them. We miss them. I just can't believe how old my siblings are, though. My baby sister is eight! Nathan, my second to oldest brother, now has his eagle and is coming down to SUU in the fall. Its crazy how time can creep up on you. I loved spending time with my family and seeing Mady ever so happy (because of how spoiled she was). Hopefully we'll be able to go back.Other things we have been up to:

Swimming:
Mady loves going to our recreation pool. It has a cute kid area she loves playing in. I always love taking her and playing with.Going to the park:
I've been trying to go out more with Mady instead of keeping her inside where its nice and warm. Luckily it hasn't been too cold and we were able to enjoy a nice couple of days at the park.
Games:
We've been spending some good quality family time playing with our Kinect. Its been so much fun! We've also been playing some Left4Dead lately. Its so much fun playing with Ray and Ethan, and getting some of our close friends as well. Its wonderful!