Technology

I was just thinking about how cool it is what we can do with technology now. I think back to when I was a kid and we didn't have anything! I remember when we first got the internet at our house and were totally amazed when someone could send us an email and we could get it instantly! To all my high school friends...how cool would it have been if we'd had texting available when we were in high school!?! We would actually carry around pagers and in order to know who was calling, we'd leave our "code numbers" at the end of the phone number. When we received a page, we'd have to go find a phone and sometimes that meant a pay phone. It totally cracks me up!

Even in recent years I've lost touch with so many friends and in the last several months have been able to reconnect with them through blogs and facebook. I love to be able to spend a few minutes a day and just be able to see what everyone is up to and what's going on in their lives. I have no excuse to ever lose touch with anyone ever again!

The Best Husband in the World!

I've been feeling bad because before I had Hailee, I had her whole nursery done and beautiful long before she was born. Well, Jake is 10 weeks old and I haven't done anything with his room. I just haven't had the time (or the energy for that matter). We put his furniture in there and bought some pirate bedding, but that was about the extent of it. Well, I went to Phoenix with the kids for the week to visit my brother and Ty's sister. Ty wasn't able to come. Well, you'll never believe what I came home to!!!

He painted all the walls red, bought the pirate flag and even found the cool treasure map from Pottery Barn. Our good friends Jeff and Juline contributed their touch with the cute vinyl lettering on the wall. It was such a surprise. I really think I have the best husband in the whole world!

Happy Birthday Hailee!

Today is Hailee's Birthday! I can't believe she's 3! She had a little pre-birthday celebration with her cousin Addy while we were down in Phoenix. They are 3 weeks apart. Here are some pictures of the beautiful princesses!


Hailee knows that with turning 3 also come some sacrifices. We've been prepping her for this. Now that she's 3, she can't have binkies anymore. I was literally crying today as I gathered them up and hid them. Ty is going to "take care of them" when he gets home. We both know that I can't know where they are or I'll cave. It could be a rough night! I'll let you all know...Maybe it seems mean to do this on her birthday, but we've got a lot of things planned for her this week, so hopefully she'll see giving up the binkies as a fair exchange for all the fun she'll have. Wish us luck!

4th Picture in the 4th Album

Several of my friends have been doing this. You go to the 4th album and open your 4th picture and post it. Now this one is so scary that I didn't want to post it, but Ty said I had to because he thinks it's hilarious. So here it is... The story behind this picture is I was newly pregnant with Hailee. I know I was at an event for Bryce. I think it was his seminary graduation or something like that. This is how I felt all the time. My mom labeled this picture "I don't feel good!" I think that's what I was saying when it was taken. I know, SCARY! Well, if any of you see this, go to your 4th album and post your 4th picture. It's fun to see what you'll find!

Wordle

I stumbled upon this fun little online app while browsing online tonight. It's called Wordle and you can insert the URL of your Blog or any web site and it will put together a little Word Art Graphic. Here are a few I created. They come in on the Blog pretty small but click on them for a larger, better view and to create your own. I wonder what the most common word we use on our blog :-)