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After the movie, we enjoyed dinner at the Olive Garden. Yummy!
I love spending time with my sweetheart..and I love that Kyle's old enough that we can have him babysit if we want to...
Showing posts with label Cole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cole. Show all posts
Friday, October 7, 2011
Date Night
Cole and I had planned to go to Frightmares by ourselves tonight...but the weather did not cooperate. So, I dragged him to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...part 2. He hadn't seen it yet, and I wanted to see it again on the big screen.
After the movie, we enjoyed dinner at the Olive Garden. Yummy!
I love spending time with my sweetheart..and I love that Kyle's old enough that we can have him babysit if we want to...
After the movie, we enjoyed dinner at the Olive Garden. Yummy!
I love spending time with my sweetheart..and I love that Kyle's old enough that we can have him babysit if we want to...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Father's Day
I have the best husband in the entire universe. He also happens to be a terrific father to our 3 children.
Father's Day, he woke early (as usual, my sweetheart is a morning person). I slept in a little. Ok, a lot (I forgot to set my alarm). We didn't have gifts for him, as he is ordering himself some Halloween lighting from his brother, but we had a couple of cards for him. I had planned to take him out for breakfast at Golden Corrall, but by the time I got myself together, it was nearly lunchtime. The line at Golden Corrall was longer than we had the patience to wait for, so we decided to look for somewhere else to eat. As we were driving by Outback (Cole's favorite), we noticed a sign saying they were open early for Father's day, and we were thrilled.
All the kids ate, and ate happily.
This is relatively new for us, so it made us really happy. After lunch, we went to see Cole's Dad and give him his gift. Van was happy with his gift, but more happy with seeing the kids. He just had to go pick some bleeding hearts (flowers) to show my little flower boss...
...and of course she was being really cute.
She just recently learned how to curl her tongue, so she insisted I take a picture.
After we saw my in-laws, we went home, had a little nap, and later headed over to my parent's for our "rained out" barbeque. We couldn't have it outdoors like we'd planned, but we had it indoors and everything was really nice.
It was a really nice day, and I'm very blessed to be married to such a wonderful husband and father.
Father's Day, he woke early (as usual, my sweetheart is a morning person). I slept in a little. Ok, a lot (I forgot to set my alarm). We didn't have gifts for him, as he is ordering himself some Halloween lighting from his brother, but we had a couple of cards for him. I had planned to take him out for breakfast at Golden Corrall, but by the time I got myself together, it was nearly lunchtime. The line at Golden Corrall was longer than we had the patience to wait for, so we decided to look for somewhere else to eat. As we were driving by Outback (Cole's favorite), we noticed a sign saying they were open early for Father's day, and we were thrilled.
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| From June 2011 |
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| From June 2011 |
All the kids ate, and ate happily.
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| From June 2011 |
This is relatively new for us, so it made us really happy. After lunch, we went to see Cole's Dad and give him his gift. Van was happy with his gift, but more happy with seeing the kids. He just had to go pick some bleeding hearts (flowers) to show my little flower boss...
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| From June 2011 |
...and of course she was being really cute.
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| From June 2011 |
She just recently learned how to curl her tongue, so she insisted I take a picture.
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| From June 2011 |
After we saw my in-laws, we went home, had a little nap, and later headed over to my parent's for our "rained out" barbeque. We couldn't have it outdoors like we'd planned, but we had it indoors and everything was really nice.
It was a really nice day, and I'm very blessed to be married to such a wonderful husband and father.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Lunch Date
Cole and I had our Friday off together, and we took Talia to The Olive Garden for lunch. It's really nice to take Talia out to eat...she's the only one of our kids who is a pretty good eater. Although Kyle has gotten a bit better with age....
(gotta love the light "halo" behind me...I didn't want to use the flash in the restaurant)
Lunch was really yummy...and Cole was pretty shocked I got something other than my standard Chicken Alfredo...I had the Lasagna Rollata...sooooo yummy!
I love our Friday's off together.
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| From March 2011 |
(gotta love the light "halo" behind me...I didn't want to use the flash in the restaurant)
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| From March 2011 |
Lunch was really yummy...and Cole was pretty shocked I got something other than my standard Chicken Alfredo...I had the Lasagna Rollata...sooooo yummy!
I love our Friday's off together.
Monday, June 21, 2010
About Fathers....
I have been blessed to have been the daughter, daughter in law, and granddaughter of the greatest Father's in the world....I'm also the wife to the most amazing father to our children....
I love you Dad, Van, Grandpa Roy, and all my grandfather's that have passed to the next existence. Your guidance and experience has been invaluable in my life.
I love you Cole...you are an amazing father to our children, and I'm so blessed to have you as my partner in everything!
I hope everyone else had a great day honoring their Fathers' like we did!
(notice the shirt Cole is wearing...Talia made it for him at daycare, and I was completely touched that he was more than willing to wear it!)
I love you Dad, Van, Grandpa Roy, and all my grandfather's that have passed to the next existence. Your guidance and experience has been invaluable in my life.
I love you Cole...you are an amazing father to our children, and I'm so blessed to have you as my partner in everything!
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| From June 2010 |
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| From June 2010 |
I hope everyone else had a great day honoring their Fathers' like we did!
(notice the shirt Cole is wearing...Talia made it for him at daycare, and I was completely touched that he was more than willing to wear it!)
Monday, March 8, 2010
Friday
Last Friday Cole and I had a rare day off together. We took advantage by running some errands together, then going out to lunch. We ended up choosing to go to TGI Fridays...it was yummy and we had a lot of fun.
(I know it's just my imagination, but it feels like everyone I know dropped off the face of the planet this week...I'm feeling a bit isolated...just that time of year).
Also, last week when the weather was still nice, we decided to take a walk down to the assisted living to see my grandpa. Talia INSISTED that her bear must come with us....
Alec rode his bike...that's him in the background.
I have 3 days off this week, and I'm hoping to get a lot of fun projects started....
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| From March 2010 |
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| From March 2010 |
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| From March 2010 |
(I know it's just my imagination, but it feels like everyone I know dropped off the face of the planet this week...I'm feeling a bit isolated...just that time of year).
Also, last week when the weather was still nice, we decided to take a walk down to the assisted living to see my grandpa. Talia INSISTED that her bear must come with us....
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| From March 2010 |
Alec rode his bike...that's him in the background.
I have 3 days off this week, and I'm hoping to get a lot of fun projects started....
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Our Story...
It's been almost 16 years since Our Story began. Cole and I were introduced our junior year of high school. He was casually dating one of my friends, and I had a boyfriend. Then, when one of my closest friends wanted to date him, I told her not to, because at the time, he was kind of a scary guy. (He really was, I promise Jude! :))
Fast forward to our senior year. I no longer had a boyfriend, and had been hurt by a different boy who I had greatly respected and trusted. I had spent half my sophmore and junior years with a boyfriend, who was a good boy and very nice. Our relationship had run its course, however, and in the mean time my group of friends from early high school had fractured. Another group of girls I was friendly with "took me in", so to speak, but I was still a little lonely. Cole and I had AP Psychology together. He was visibly different than the scary guy he had been just the previous spring. I later found out that he had exited the bad stuff he was into, and had been praying for the Lord to send him someone to help him along. We became friendly. I developed a raging crush on him, helped along by the fact that one of his good friends and one of my good friends were a couple. They pushed us together. However, I had been hurt and betrayed over the summer, and I wasn't in any hurry to jump into another serious relationship. Cole was very patient, however, and came to my defense when [jerky, betraying, boy] was even more cruel. I started to fall hard for him. He was my friend first, but I could TALK to him...when we finally got around to actually going on a date (November of 1993), I knew on our first date that I was going to marry him. That he was my soulmate. We dated through high school, I went to Weber State, and he got a good job with good insurance so we could get married. On August 10, 1995, we married in the Bountiful Temple. We were 19 years old, which for some would be very young, but we had both always been old for our age. I have NEVER, NEVER, NEVER had one moment of regret that we married young. We have had our ups and downs, as all couples do, but we are a perfect match, and I am blessed to have him as my partner in everthing. Love you, babe!
So, it's our 14th Anniversary tomorrow. I decided we would take a little trip. We have both always been into music and plays...in fact, one of the first conversations I remember having with Cole, in our psychology class, was about the fact that I was going to Cats when it came to Capitol Theater. My grandparents had 4 tickets, and were taking my mom and me with them. He was envious, and we talked at length that day about the play, other plays, etc. Last summer, my mom and I had tickets to 2 plays at the Utah Opera Festival (again, courtesy of my grandparents...they are the best!) We had a great time, but it made me want to take my husband with me. I bought tickets back in March for Camelot and for Carmen. We've been really excited....
So, Thursday after Cole got home we set off. It was windy and the air was icky dirty, but it did make the sun look all cool and red/orangy
We drove up Sardine Canyon, and Cole was in a picture mood, so we got plenty of scenery pictures...
It's too bad this isn't the prettiest time of year, I love Sardine canyon but especially in the spring and fall...
We arrived in Logan, checked into our hotel, and then headed over to the Ellen Eccles Theater for the performance of Camelot. We had great seats, first row Mezzanine, right in the center.
While we were waiting for showtime, we noticed a lot of people standing up and looking over the edge. Shortly, the reason was divulged...
President Thomas S. Monson was there for the performance. How Cool is that? He is a close family friend of the actress who played Guinevere. Cole teased me a bit for being a little "starstruck", but I couldn't help but try to get a picture...and I could feel the strong spirit of being in the presence of a prophet of God. Way cool.
The performance was great...but I'd forgotton how terribly sad Camelot really is. The cast did a spectacular job.
After the performance, we picked up a late dinner, and went back to our hotel. In the morning, my early rising husband was very kind to let me sleep in. He went out wandering, taking pictures all over Logan. After I woke up and got ready, we had some time to kill before the performance of Carmen. We decided to drive up Logan Canyon for awhile.
We have always loved Logan Canyon. It's a beautiful drive at all times of the year.
We made it up to Rick's Spring.
We have always wanted to stop there, but have never had the opportunity. We had the time, so we stopped. The water was FREEZING...just a few steps in and my feet were painfully cold.
Cole waded all the way to the back,
and got a couple of cool pics of the blue, blue bottom of the spring...it was a lot deeper than it looked, it went almost up to his knees...
Us...
We drove back to town, had an amazing lunch at the Bluebird, and headed to Carmen.
On our way home, I had to take a pic of this barn...
This has always cracked me up...when I worked doing pediatric homecare, I drove to Logan 3 days a week. This barn never failed to make me smile. The paint was really faded at first, but someone started keeping it up...for nostalgic purposes I guess. I think it's great, though...
We stopped for dinner on the way home, a great little Indian place in downtown Ogden. Yummy...
We had a great time, but we were glad to be home.
Happy 14th, Love...it just keeps getting better and better!
Fast forward to our senior year. I no longer had a boyfriend, and had been hurt by a different boy who I had greatly respected and trusted. I had spent half my sophmore and junior years with a boyfriend, who was a good boy and very nice. Our relationship had run its course, however, and in the mean time my group of friends from early high school had fractured. Another group of girls I was friendly with "took me in", so to speak, but I was still a little lonely. Cole and I had AP Psychology together. He was visibly different than the scary guy he had been just the previous spring. I later found out that he had exited the bad stuff he was into, and had been praying for the Lord to send him someone to help him along. We became friendly. I developed a raging crush on him, helped along by the fact that one of his good friends and one of my good friends were a couple. They pushed us together. However, I had been hurt and betrayed over the summer, and I wasn't in any hurry to jump into another serious relationship. Cole was very patient, however, and came to my defense when [jerky, betraying, boy] was even more cruel. I started to fall hard for him. He was my friend first, but I could TALK to him...when we finally got around to actually going on a date (November of 1993), I knew on our first date that I was going to marry him. That he was my soulmate. We dated through high school, I went to Weber State, and he got a good job with good insurance so we could get married. On August 10, 1995, we married in the Bountiful Temple. We were 19 years old, which for some would be very young, but we had both always been old for our age. I have NEVER, NEVER, NEVER had one moment of regret that we married young. We have had our ups and downs, as all couples do, but we are a perfect match, and I am blessed to have him as my partner in everthing. Love you, babe!
So, it's our 14th Anniversary tomorrow. I decided we would take a little trip. We have both always been into music and plays...in fact, one of the first conversations I remember having with Cole, in our psychology class, was about the fact that I was going to Cats when it came to Capitol Theater. My grandparents had 4 tickets, and were taking my mom and me with them. He was envious, and we talked at length that day about the play, other plays, etc. Last summer, my mom and I had tickets to 2 plays at the Utah Opera Festival (again, courtesy of my grandparents...they are the best!) We had a great time, but it made me want to take my husband with me. I bought tickets back in March for Camelot and for Carmen. We've been really excited....
So, Thursday after Cole got home we set off. It was windy and the air was icky dirty, but it did make the sun look all cool and red/orangy
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
We drove up Sardine Canyon, and Cole was in a picture mood, so we got plenty of scenery pictures...
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
It's too bad this isn't the prettiest time of year, I love Sardine canyon but especially in the spring and fall...
We arrived in Logan, checked into our hotel, and then headed over to the Ellen Eccles Theater for the performance of Camelot. We had great seats, first row Mezzanine, right in the center.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
While we were waiting for showtime, we noticed a lot of people standing up and looking over the edge. Shortly, the reason was divulged...
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
President Thomas S. Monson was there for the performance. How Cool is that? He is a close family friend of the actress who played Guinevere. Cole teased me a bit for being a little "starstruck", but I couldn't help but try to get a picture...and I could feel the strong spirit of being in the presence of a prophet of God. Way cool.
The performance was great...but I'd forgotton how terribly sad Camelot really is. The cast did a spectacular job.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
After the performance, we picked up a late dinner, and went back to our hotel. In the morning, my early rising husband was very kind to let me sleep in. He went out wandering, taking pictures all over Logan. After I woke up and got ready, we had some time to kill before the performance of Carmen. We decided to drive up Logan Canyon for awhile.
We have always loved Logan Canyon. It's a beautiful drive at all times of the year.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
We made it up to Rick's Spring.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
We have always wanted to stop there, but have never had the opportunity. We had the time, so we stopped. The water was FREEZING...just a few steps in and my feet were painfully cold.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
Cole waded all the way to the back,
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
and got a couple of cool pics of the blue, blue bottom of the spring...it was a lot deeper than it looked, it went almost up to his knees...
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
Us...
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
We drove back to town, had an amazing lunch at the Bluebird, and headed to Carmen.
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
On our way home, I had to take a pic of this barn...
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| From Our Anniversary 2009 |
This has always cracked me up...when I worked doing pediatric homecare, I drove to Logan 3 days a week. This barn never failed to make me smile. The paint was really faded at first, but someone started keeping it up...for nostalgic purposes I guess. I think it's great, though...
We stopped for dinner on the way home, a great little Indian place in downtown Ogden. Yummy...
We had a great time, but we were glad to be home.
Happy 14th, Love...it just keeps getting better and better!
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