One Year Old

It has been a great week. At the beginning of the week Luke and I went to Utah to see Angie, Ryan and Madison. It was our first time meeting Madison in person. She is just as cute as we expected. It was nice to hang out with them and our other Idaho expatriates siblings.

For family night we helped Josh and Roxanne put in a garden. It felt just like the good ole' days back at home. Planting the garden was always my favorite day at the garden. Luke was on hose duty. As you can see he did a great job of it.

It was Luke's birthday this weekend. We decided to take him to the zoo for the big day. We got lucky and the weather was perfect. The trip to the zoo was a lot of fun. Pete, Heidi & Olivia came along, although Olivia slept the whole time.

Luke was so impressed he was speechless most of the time. It was really fun to watch him find the animals and then just stare and stare. The zoo was small and just right for him. We are probably going to get a season pass.

(They are EXTREMELY affordable... $65 for 6 people and 4 guest passes) After going to the zoo we took him to get some presents. Being the slacker parents that we are there was no advance planning. I don't think he'll ever know. After shopping we came home for cake.

He enjoyed the cake almost as much as the zoo. Opening presents was serious business. He just looked annoyed that I was interrupting him to ask for a smile.

He liked all his presents and is still playing with all of them. As he was playing with them I went into his room to straighten up so I didn't trip over anything later. (One of my pet peeves is stepping on little toys) We have a Mr. Potato Head set and as I was throwing the potato head family into the toy basket I had the strange sensation that I was part of Toy Story the movie. Boy w/ new toys and old toys being stuffed in the closet. I swear I saw a look of panic in Mrs. Potato Head's eyes!

We tried out his little pool today as we took a break from yard work. He loved it and I am sure will love it in the days to come.

You might find the both of us in there before too long trying to escape the heat. It hasn't even been that hot yet and I am questioning this whole August due date thing!

Monday is Memorial Day. I always like Memorial Day because the cemetery always looks so beautiful. I wish they looked that good all year. It is a nice time to remember those who have gone before us and celebrate the lives they led.

Happy Ryan-niversary!

For most of my life this is about what I have looked like.


After looking at our recent family pictures, and my new Idaho license picture, I decided I needed a new do. I scheduled the appointment planning on a cut and revival of color. Ryan called and asked me to do him a favor. He wanted me to dye my hair dark. He has been asking me to do this since we started dating. (He always said it would be like dating my evil twin.) I have been searching for the perfect anniversary gift for him. I figured after 5 years maybe it was time to humor him....


Yes, Jacob, I really did it. (Keep working on Deidre maybe she'll give in after another 4 years or so!) I actually don't mind it. I was SO ready for a change. I needed a picture to post and asked Ryan to help me out. Of course just a normal picture wasn't good enough. Here is the "glamour shot"


Unfortunately I couldn't find my feather boa but I thought wind blown hair was a nice touch. He is taking appointments if you would like your own glamour shot.

May Day!! May Day!!

the MAYflower

So, It's May, which is the "make Annalyn feel special month". May 2nd is her birthday, May 7th is our Annalynaversary (I made that word up...it's our anniversary) May 10th is Mothers day, May 15th is bring Annalyn to work day, and May 25th is tell your wife she looks good in Croc shoes day. Sorry ladies Crocs never look good. and dudes if you are wearing Crocs I hope you are either a male nurse or live in a camper year round.

We did have an eventful month. We sold one of our facilities in Idaho Falls and it has been like breaking up with a hot girl/guy who has all the looks but is crazy as a loon.

It has been a major relief and stress release but we miss the good times together, like talking about Herbie fully loaded and employees that sleep during the night shift. We will miss you Gables of Ammon but its better if we just stay friends.

Lastly we were able to go to Utah for Annalyns birthday. We got to see Callie and more importantly Luke got to see his best cousin Carter. Callie, Thanks for letting us crash at your pad. By the way, I left a bologna sandwich under the bed.

Annalyn has been wanting some family pictures before baby Bartholomew (name pending approval) makes his way here and our good family friend

Jen Eliason Turcsanski

http://jennifereliason.com/blog/

takes amazing pictures and lives in the beehive state. She took some fantastic pictures for us. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for great pictures. I will post some pictures from her blog on here but I don't know if it is kosher to do that without her permission. She did a great job of catching Luke as we see him every day.

If you get a chance, check out her blog and book her quick, she is great! And she smells nice too. Like potpourri and sunshine.

P.S. I am just learning how awesome the link feature is on blogging. Enjoy.