tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31978824583350700642024-03-13T07:46:26.675-07:00Bib and DeekAnnalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-18291091865109452222014-02-18T10:35:00.002-08:002014-02-18T10:35:51.606-08:00A Busy Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A lot has happened in the short month since its been since I posted last. I don't have much time to post but I hope to post more often than I have been. There will be much more to come after this but here is a glimpse of what has been happening this past month in the Payne lives. Enjoy! </div>
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Keaton is growing up so fast! He is keeping me busy and makes me laugh everyday. His favorite place to be used to be his bouncy chair. But now he just tries to sit up or rolls out of it. </div>
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Keaton loves spending time with his daddy!</div>
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He has been trying out lots of new food. His favorite from what I can tell is pears and his least favorite is peas, but he is a good eater and a messy eater and seems to like most everything we give him. Hope it stays that way...</div>
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Derek has been leaving heart stickers for me to find in surprising places for me to find. They all say little messages to me (I know, I have the best husband ever). He decided to be funny one day and put a heart sticker on Keaton for me to find when I came downstairs. Keaton had no idea but he thought it was funny.</div>
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Keaton loves his big boy activity center that my sister Krista let us borrow. </div>
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The best part of the day is when Daddy comes home from work. Keaton gets so excited.</div>
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He has a smile that I can't get enough of. I love spending my days with this cute little guy!</div>
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A lot of people have told us how Keaton shows so many expressions through his eyes. We agree. His eyes light up and tell all that he is feeling and thinking. This picture is one example.</div>
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Keaton turned 6 months old on Valentines Day! I can't believe how big he is already and how fast those 6 months went. Derek and I are so blessed for our little family.</div>
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Keaton tried out his big boy high chair for the first time. He looks so bug in it! He really likes his high chair!</div>
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Derek is not afraid to strap a baby carrier on and tote our little guy around the house. Keaton didn't like it at first but he has gotten used to it and likes being with us as we go around with him strapped to us. </div>
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Kaden Mark Corry was born on February 5th and we were so excited. Keaton is pretty mesmerized by him and they are already the best of Buddies. Just under 6 months apart. Right now Keaton looks like a giant next to Kaden, but they will be running around together in no time!</div>
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Keaton loves spending time with Grandma Keate at her house. We are so grateful for her and all that she does to help us with Keaton.</div>
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Keaton has gotten to the stage where he knows what toy he wants and if he can't get it he will get upset. He loved my shiny looking Camera and wanted to get his hands all over it. Of course he couldn't have my camera because the first place it would go would be in his mouth. He didn't like that idea and this is the face I caught on camera when he realized he couldn't have it. Poor guy, life is so rough sometimes. </div>
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Over the 3 day Presidents Day weekend we took a trip to Tropic, Utah. For those of you who don't know its Bryce Canyon area. We had a lot of fun. We went with our great friends Pace and Amanda Clarke and Jens and Vonae Swensen and both of their babies. We went to play at Clarkes Resteraunt with our trio but it was mostly an excuse to get out of town and have a little vacation. It was Keaton's first real vacation away from home and we were pretty hesitant how it would be with his sleep schedule and how he would handle a new place. Overall he did really well and we are a lot less afraid to travel with him now. He did great. Here he is hanging out in the hotel room.</div>
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Here Derek and I are at our Hotel room. We were excited to be out of town awhile and we had a lot of fun.</div>
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One of the things we did was go play ping pong. Vonae and I didn't quite take it as seriously as the others, but we did have fun. We even threw down some sick jams (I have no idea if thats how you say it if you are trying to be cool) and did some rapping with some songs and about our trip to tropic. </div>
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Here we are playing for our trio at Clarkes Restueraunt. Delicious food and good music. Can't get better than that!</div>
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We got to visit with Pace's parents at their house for awhile and we really enjoyed being there. Here Keaton is riding his first rocking horse. They were so nice to us to let us invade their house and eat with them.</div>
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Our trio also played at the Garden House on Valentines Day. Because we didn't get to spend Valentines Day with each other Derek and I did an early Valentines date with each other a week before. Keaton went to Grandma and Grandpa Paynes house for the afternoon while we had the afternoon to ourselves. It was a lot of fun. </div>
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Derek was so sweet and decorated our house with post it notes all over the place to surprise me when I came home from playing at the Garden House on Valentines. This was just what he did in the bedroom.</div>
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This was the giant card I left Derek in his car that he found after work. </div>
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We had a fun Valentines day and great 3 day weekend vacation. Now its back to reality and getting back to work. More pictures and stories to come soon. But for now, thats all folks. Thanks for reading!</div>
Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-31349399990220747192014-01-13T08:58:00.001-08:002014-01-13T08:58:39.914-08:00Lots of catching up to do...It has been almost 5 months since I have last posted here on the blog. I'm very sorry to all of you who follow and I've been major slacking. I can't believe its been 5 months since I have posted! One of the biggest reasons in the delay of this post is that we had a baby! I know thats no news to any of you out there now. But that baby has kept me on my toes and keeping me busy these past months. I'm finally getting around to posting about life in the time from then to now and its been on my "to do" list forever. Hope all of you enjoy this post. It will mostly be pictures of all of life happenings since Keaton joined our family and few other major happenings in our life (and they are major...so stay tuned if you don't know yet!)<br />
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I went into labor and everything went smoothly. It went really fast as well. I only had to push 20 minutes and he was here! Keaton came 4 weeks early. He was 6 pounds 12 ounces. </div>
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Keaton had to be in the NICU for 2 days because he couldn't regulate his temperature or his blood sugar levels. Those were some LONG days and nights but we were so blessed for the amazing team that they had there and they all helped him get better quickly. It was so hard for a new mom and dad to see their baby so helplessly laying there in an incubator and not know how or if you could help. We were happy to take him home healthy and strong.</div>
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Keaton Max Payne. We are so blessed to have such an amazing baby. He is so special and we are blessed to be his parents. I can already tell he is going to be a social butterfly. He is so patient with us and an easy going baby. We love his fun personality already and he makes us laugh everyday.</div>
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Derek with baby Keaton at the hospital. </div>
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I think one of the weirdest feelings ever is to bring a baby home from the hospital. They help you pack him up in the car with you and then say goodbye. You want to just stop and say "Wait a minute...so you aren't going to help anymore? We are taking this baby home forever? The two of us?" We have loved being parents...its not always fun...there are hard days. But we wouldn't trade it for anything. Keaton was born right at the beginning of Derek's last and busiest semester. So when we brought him home Derek was back at homework...he tried to do Dad duty too...thus the picture above. Derek did well multitasking at this. </div>
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Derek is a great dad. Keaton is a major Daddys boy. He lights up every time Derek comes in the room and he loves playing with his dad. Derek went above and beyond what a great dad does. He would help me in the night and a lot of times even take one of the feeding shifts and give him a bottle during the night because I needed a break. I am so blessed to have my wonderful boys in my life. Like father like son. </div>
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Keaton was so teeny in his carseat for the first several weeks...Now he is huge and we want him to stop growing so fast! Where does the time go?</div>
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One of my favorite things is napping with my baby. He is a major cuddler and we have good quality bonding time...and some of my best naps ever. </div>
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Derek always teases me that one of the main reasons that I had a baby was so that I could dress him up in cute clothes...he may be partially right. I love dressing him. What girl doesn't love dressing her baby? Whenever Keaton and Derek have similar outfits I make Derek wear it so that they match. He is a good sport to go along with me. haha. </div>
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Crazy hair after bath</div>
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We blessed Keaton when he was 1 month old exactly. It was a great day. Here we are with Grandma and Grandpa Payne</div>
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And here with my parents...Grandma and Grandpa Keate. Keaton loves spending time with both his Grandparents. </div>
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On the day of his blessing was the first time we got him to smile in response to us talking to him. It was so fun to see him smile. This is him in his blessing outfit (which was also Derek's blessing outfit).</div>
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We love his red hair... I don't know if he will be a full blown out red head, but he definitely has red in his hair and we are hoping it stays!</div>
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Sometimes Keaton gets a little crazy during his nap times. I love come in after naps and see what he has done during his sleep.</div>
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Keaton sleeping with Daddy</div>
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This is Keaton's 2 month check up where he got his first set of shots! Poor guy didn't know what was coming. He was so happy and then ... BAM...tears and crying. He was a trooper though and did well.</div>
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Keaton's first Halloween. We had fun dressing up with him!</div>
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Keate halloween party!</div>
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More daddy bonding time. I love this picture.</div>
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Meet Keaton's future wife, Rome. We have great friends that we do a lot together and our babies are only 1 month apart. We have set them up already. They love each other already... I know it. </div>
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Keaton in his bumbo.</div>
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This is the cute face I get to be around all day! I love his smiles. He is such a happy boy. </div>
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Family Picture</div>
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Derek is always doing crazy things to/with Keaton. Keaton thought this was hilarious. </div>
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Keate family Thanksgiving.</div>
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Keatons first time in a snowsuit. He could hardly move. But it sure kept him warm.</div>
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Keaton loves his bath times. This is him in his dinosaur towel after bath.</div>
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Keaton's first time eating rice cereal. He did great!</div>
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Keaton in his Christmas PJ's. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Keate for the pajamas. We had so much fun with family over the holidays. </div>
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We had a family talent show for Derek's family at Christmas time. Derek even pulled out his trumpet after 5+ years and did great!</div>
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Keaton all tuckered out after a long day!</div>
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During the Christmas break my family went bowling. It was the first time in a very long time. We had a lot of fun. Turns out my dad is a pretty dang good bowler...who knew?</div>
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Keaton all dressed up for church in his big boy church clothes. Isn't he so cute!</div>
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I get to wake up to this every day! Great way to start a day out!</div>
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Derek and I with Keaton before church!</div>
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Now I need to brag for a minute about this guy. Derek graduated in December. He applied for a job at SUU to be a part of their graphic design team. They were very impressed with him and gave him the job! We were so blessed to have gotten a job in Cedar and to have it all lined up so that he started as soon as he graduated. It is a great job and Derek loves it so far. I have such a talented good looking husband! So blessed!</div>
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Other news that has happened in the past several months: Probably the next biggest news that we have had happen in our life is that we moved. We are still in Cedar (obviously... especially with Derek just getting this new job and all). We moved out by the hospital in a much bigger/nicer place that we got a smokin deal on. We just couldn't pass it up. Its a nice 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath townhome and it fits us great! I will post pictures on the next post that I do...maybe when my house is a little cleaner. :) </div>
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Because we moved we had to move wards which we were sad about but we are still in the young married stake and we love it and our new ward. </div>
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Keaton is now rolling over like crazy! He rolls over from his back to his front but then will get frustrated because he can't get back over. I hope he learns to get back over onto his back soon.<br />
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I have a few piano students that I have just started and am really liking that. I also (with two of my friends, Jens Swensen and Amanda Clarke) have started a string trio that we have a lot of fun with. We practice each week doing some fun songs and our first gig will be at the garden house on Valentines day. We are also hoping to play for some weddings and get known enough to keep a steady busy.<br />
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Derek, Keaton, and I have all had our turns with being sick this winter (especially Keaton...I hate that babies are so susceptible to everything) We are sick of being sick and hope to all be healthy soon! Derek and I are over the worst and I think Keaton is on the tail end of his sickness too.<br />
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Keaton is also teething right now with all 4 front teeth! Who knows when they will finally pop through because they have been working on moving down for a about 3 weeks now.<br />
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Despite Derek being out of school and not having homework he stays busy with projects and being a great daddy and husband!<br />
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Some days are REALLY long but Keaton and I have fun at home playing with each other and we go up to Grandma Keate's during the day a lot too just to get out for a change of scenery for the both of us. Keaton will be 5 months old in just a few days and I can't believe how fast time goes!<br />
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Our family is so blessed and we realize everyday how lucky we are to have the things that are in our life and to have eachother. I promise I am going to be updating this a lot more regularly now. Sorry for such a long post and dumping it all out at once, but I had to catch up the past several months. I will get on soon...until next time!</div>
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The past few weeks have been full of activities, holidays, parties, family events, summer lazy days (not many of those but a few), busy work filled days, etc. Instead of writing all about everything I decided to just upload a few pictures from all of these things and make little comments along the way instead of writing a novel about what we've been up to. So be prepared for a lot of pictures ahead... Here we go:</div>
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Sunday evening puzzle and ice cream after Sunday Family Dinner. </div>
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We had my baby shower on the 20th and we had a lot of fun. Thanks for all of you who were able to make it and come support us in that. This was the wreath we had on the front door. I thought it turned out cute. If you can't see what the banner says on the bear it says Keatons name. </div>
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Just some random decor at the shower (included is baby pictures of Derek and I all around the house)</div>
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The yummy food spread that we had. It was all sooo good. </div>
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Some of my great friends/family that were able to come to the shower.</div>
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Some of the guesses of when/weight/height of Keaton when he comes. I hope some of these guess are off... but I would accept many of them. :)</div>
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More snap shots of some of the people at the shower</div>
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This was one of the only pictures I got of anyone alone with at the shower. It was so good to see so many friends and family that I haven't seen in a long time. I have been so blessed to have such great people in my life. </div>
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I got so many nice gifts that were great! Thank you everyone!</div>
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We have had some crazy crazy rain here in Cedar City lately. This is after a big storm. All the streets were flooded. It was breaking records of rain at over 2 inches in just an hour. I love thunder/lightening/rain storms when they happen here in Cedar. :) They are so fun to watch.</div>
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Derek went yesterday on the Subway hike in Zion for the 2nd time this month. I think he is done hiking it for a bit. It gets a bit wearing when you do it more than once in a month. He had a lot of fun both times once with friends and once with family. Here are a few pictures from that hike. </div>
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Because of all the rain here in Southern Utah the two days before Derek and the guys went to do the hike there were some flash floods in the canyon. They were totally fine and safe when they went yesterday but there was a lot of water that was there that wasn't there 3 weeks before. They had a lot of fun on the hike. </div>
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Crafting time! Amanda and I are both expecting our babies in just over a month (crazy!) so we thought we would get crafty and make a few carseat covers for our babies coming. We had a lot of fun while doing it. :)</div>
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This is one of the ones I made for Keaton it has a bit lighter material for the warmer months...</div>
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And this one is a bit warmer with minky on the inside for colder months. Minky is one of the most frustrating materials to sew on and I'm not sure I want to do it ever again. But I did think they both turned out great. </div>
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We started out the 24th of July by waking up early and going to my parents ward's breakfast. It was delicious and then we headed to the parade. Right before the parade started they kicked off the main street mile that most of my family ran. It was fun to watch all my nieces and nephews run it and they all had a lot of fun. Since I can't run that great right now at this point I was the picture gal.<br />
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After a LONG 24th of July parade (and it was very very hot and long) we headed over to the park to see what games were going on there. Dave was in front of a few of the kids races that were going on...here he is with his megaphone making sure everything is going smoothly.<br />
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As soon as we got home from a LONG AND HOT morning I just crashed when we got home. Derek took this picture of me all tuckered out after a long morning. After a good nap (which I've been needing a lot lately in this last trimester of pregnancy) we had the rest of the day to go to dinner with my parents and do some things around the house.<br />
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Deek got a new remote for his camera and he was practicing taking pictures with it as shown above in this picture. Silly guy. I thought this picture was funny. It looks like he is going to set off something very important that could maybe put the world in some serious danger. I just had to add this picture...<br />
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On the 25th of July started our 3 day reunion up the mountain at Deer Haven. We had a lot of fun. We didn't actually camp out this year because of me being really pregnant and all I needed a soft warm bed with my big large body pillow. But we drove up each morning early and home late each night. We had a lot of fun with family and extended family. Here are a few pictures from that. </div>
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The above three pictures is pictures of the Candy Cannon that they put off several times a day. The kids loved it...and actually so did the adults. They stuff a bunch of candy/toys/etc. down the cannon and shot it off. And it went really high. All the kids caught the candy and it was a lot of fun.<br />
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Cute family that we got to spend the weekend with. </div>
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On Sunday we were down in St George celebrating my niece/nephew birthday. We had a big dinner with a Ice Cream Sunday Bar and cupcakes. It was fun to be down there with everyone.<br />
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Other than all those many things listed above we have also been organizing and cleaning our house trying to get ready for this baby to come (less than 6 weeks now!) and Derek has been busy mowing lawns and keeping very very busy at work. In our spare time we also have been hanging out with friends and trying to do some quality bonding time with us as well on dates, etc. Until next time...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-82415277388161458312013-07-18T19:43:00.002-07:002013-07-18T19:45:15.922-07:004th of July and Nesting Continued...For the Fourth of July we spent the afternoon and evening with my family having a family BBQ with lots of yummy food and a few fireworks. Mark and Krista were still on their cruise this day so we had all their girls at my parents house as we celebrated the fourth. Joe and Beth's family came up as well and we had a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures from the celebrations:<br />
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And the day ended with lots and lots and lots and lots of rain and thunderstorms and lightnings. This picture doesn't do it justice for how much it rained that night. </div>
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As for those of you who haven't seen the pictures from the continuation of my nesting in preparing for little Keaton to come here are some pictures of what our Nursery is looking like: </div>
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We are so excited for Keaton to come. Only about 7 more weeks! It is coming so fast...can't believe it!</div>
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Derek is working hard and long hours at work and then comes home to work on more projects that he has going on the side. He only has about a month of summer left and then on into his last semester ever! Woohoo! Life is moving fast and we are having fun and staying busy. Until next time. :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I know there is a picture of him when he is little when he turned 8 holding his 8 birthday cake. I gotta get a copy and put them side by side...so cute. He got a lot of generous gifts from everyone and he had a great day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Two days later was a day I will probably never forget. My dad went out hiking with the scouts in his ward and a few of the young men leaders. They did a pretty demanding hike with several repels (pretty big ones) and hiking in between. After the last repel my dad wanted to get ahead a little bit and he needed to use the bathroom so he told one of the priests he was going to start and they could catch up to him. Well, my dad ended up going down the wrong path. There were two choices and he thought he heard he was supposed to go left when in reality he was supposed to go right. He was very weak from the long hike and strenuous day. He had given his lunch to someone who forgot theirs and he had also given his last water to one of the boys who was out of water. So he had a backpack with a few granola bars but that was it. He hiked quite a ways and realized he had gone the wrong way but he was too weak to back track at that point. So he figured he would keep going and it would probably eventually lead out to a place where he could get help. Well he got to a point where the only choice to go was a repel. And he couldn't do it alone. So he had no other choice but to back track now. As he was back tracking it started getting dark to the point where he couldn't see anything anymore so he just thought, "well I can't do anything now" So he found a rock and just rested for awhile knowing that he was probably going to just have to try in the morning. He was very dehydrated and had nothing with him that he could eat. It was very cold and he tried to keep warm the best he could. He tried to keep the circulation going in his legs the best he could as well. Search and rescue had been out looking for him now and they finally found him around 2 in the morning. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">That is his side of the story. On our side it was a little different. </span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;">Here at home we were worried sick. All we knew (and we only heard things every 2 or more hours from a leader that was there or dispatch unit with very spotty reception and signal) all we knew was that he had been separated from the group, they tried finding him and yelling for him, no answers, and that search and rescue were looking for him. He was missing for several hours and it was so scary. We didn't know if he had passed out of exhaustion, hurt himself, had a heart attack, etc. Even when we heard they found him we didn't know his condition or if they found him dead or alive; they wouldn't give any details. Well in those hours our family (along with the Stake President and some others from the ward and stake that had come over) knelt down many times in prayer just putting everything we had out there to pray for my dad and those looking for him. We were planning search parties for morning, etc and it was very stressful and scary. But at the same time we were all comforted that whatever happened he was in the Lord's hands. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #cccccc; font-family: inherit;"><br />We finally got the good news that he was okay and waited for him to get home. When he got home we quickly gave hugs and talked for just a minute because he needed rest and sleep and so did we. Derek and I finally got home to our apartment around 6:30 in the morning and both of us weren't doing too good. It was a lot of stress on my body and that is not good when you are pregnant. I felt really sick and tired but after sleeping it off I got up and felt fine. Derek felt a lot better after some sleep too but was still very tired. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have learned a lot from this experience. Its sad how sometimes it takes tragedies or experiences like this in your life to bring to realization the things that matter most and the relationships that you have in your life and how important they are to you. My family was able to unite in prayer and faith and I know prayers and miracles happen. My dad is doing great and my family has all recovered fine. Moral of the story: Never </span>separate<span style="font-family: inherit;"> from your group when hiking or anything else. </span></span><br />
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Derek and I took a trip up to Salt Lake City. We had his 6 month check up and all is well. He is a healthy, happy, and good looking guy.<br />
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After the check up we decided to go to Trolley Square for a bit. I had never been there. The mall is pretty empty with stores but it was fun to browse around. We had a little down time before dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory and we had our own little photo booth going on to pass the time. I will spare you with just this one. There are several more embarrassing ones.</div>
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We warmed up the car a bit and headed towards our hotel for the night. Our whole trip centered around our room that we reserved for this trip at The Anniversary Inn. We LOVED it. Everyone should do this. Each room has a theme and we chose the 49ers suite (like mining not the football team). These pictures don't even do it justice but it was awesome. Not only was the room awesome but it came with a complimentary breakfast brought to our room, and cheesecake and sparkling cider. Oh and I can't forget the complimentary yummy ooey gooey no limit cookies in the lobby. We probably had 10 or more cookies in the less than 24 hours we were there. Here are the pictures, I will explain as we go...</div>
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Derek standing next to our awesome shower/tub. Our whole bathroom looked like the inside of a cave. It was AWESOME.</div>
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After we had to leave our paradise hotel we headed over to Hogle Zoo. Both Derek and I hadn't been there for a long time so we figured it was time we go visit all the animals again. </div>
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After the trip to the zoo it was time to head home. We got home and life went about as normal (at least as normal as we get) and then about 5 days later we headed to our next trip... Keate Kamp. We went to our usual cabin that we go to every year and we had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures from that...</div>
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We hiked a short hike at Kolob. It was a beautiful view...and pretty windy at the top hence the hair problems. </div>
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We played tons of games at the cabin. This one was part of the treasure hunt that the kids did, they had to pass off certain tasks. </div>
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Deek chillin in the grass at the park.</div>
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We had pinatas for the kids to do at the park</div>
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And finally right before we left the park we played a good old fashion game of kickball. We all won. </div>
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This is our annual matching shirt Keate Kamp 2013 family photo</div>
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Not included in these pictures was lots of laughs, lots of fun games (including mostly Scotland Yard and Carcassone... After the kids head to bed us adults usually stay up late playing board games and these two games were our favorite this year), lots of yummy food, and some quality family bonding. And by the end of the trip there were lots of crying kids because of lack of sleep...they just had too much fun wearing themselves out playing with cousins. </div>
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We are happy to be home. We had a lot of fun but its good to be home and get back in the swing of things again. Today we are celebrating Derek's 25th birthday and there will be more to come with that later. Happy Birthday Deek!</div>
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-8280594642548473482013-06-03T12:05:00.002-07:002013-06-03T12:05:43.723-07:00The Beginning of Many Family GatheringsLast week we were able to go down to St. George and have a big BBQ with my siblings and their families for Memorial Day and for Dresden's (my niece) second birthday. It was fun to be with everyone and spend part of the day with them. Here are a few pictures from that.<br />
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On Saturday we traveled to good ole' Henriville Utah. For those of you who aren't sure where that is it is near tropic/Bryce Canyon area. Derek's mom is from there and every year they have the Rose Reunion there. We spent the day in the park, ate lunch, played games, socialized and just took it easy. We had fun being with family and spending the day with them.<br />
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This is the beginning of many family gatherings this summer and we are excited about it. We are headed up north this week and then the next week will be another family trip. Let the summer vacations begin...Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-75355034315901706662013-05-25T12:27:00.001-07:002013-05-25T12:30:02.871-07:00The Past Few Weeks...Derek had gum grafting surgery a week ago and he is starting to be able to eat food a bit easier now. He did really well with the surgery. There was some pain and kind of was an annoyance to have with eating food and such but overall he did well. I had the same surgery done a few years ago and he did better recovering than I did. Basically what they do is cut some skin from the roof of your mouth and graft it in where it is needed. Derek's was his bottom lower gums. He had to get it done because his teeth were getting sensitive because the gums were wearing away in that one spot. He still has his stitches in but doing really well. Here is a picture right after his surgery. We didn't get one of the inside of his mouth because he wasn't allowed to show that in case it ripped or did anything while it was still very sensitive.<br />
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This week was my last week at the preschool. It is so crazy to me and I'm not sure that it has fully hit me yet that I am done. My classroom is totally cleaned out and I handed in my iPad and keys. It is weird to see that chapter of my life come to a close and its really hard to come to grips with because I love that job so much as well as the people and the kids that I work with. It is so rewarding to work with some of these kids. They are so special and to be able to see them progress and grow is so fun. The ladies that I work with are the most wonderful women in the world and I will be sad to not be able to work with them so closely anymore. But I will still keep in contact with them all and always be their close friend. Here are a few pictures of my last day.<br />
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This is the first summer honestly since graduating high school that I have not been taking some kind of summer class or getting ready for the next school year and it is very weird. I am so excited to get things ready in the next three months though to welcome our little guy into our family. Its coming faster than we thought, but we are so excited.<br />
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Derek is working full time at the college now and taking advantage of the free hours he has to work on projects and do things that he has wanted to do for awhile. Now we can have our summer adventures begin...<br />
<br />Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-74049992572117722052013-05-13T08:16:00.001-07:002013-05-13T08:22:52.001-07:00Birthday, Mothers Day, and MoreHey everyone! I have been meaning to post for a couple weeks now to update you on a few things but its just been a bit crazy. I am finally getting around to it though. So here we go. We celebrated my birthday on May 2nd. It was a great birthday. I went to work and when work was over we had a big family dinner and opened presents and just spent the rest of the evening relaxing and visiting with family. Thank you to everyone who made it a great birthday. Here are a few pictures from the party.<br />
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For my birthday Derek got me a new laptop since mine was dying (its a chromebook and i love it), and he also got me a big body pillow (because sleeping is starting to get a little more uncomfortable with my growing tummy). My parents gave me money to put towards a new rocking glider chair for my nursery and Derek's parents gave me some money as well. I also got some candy and some of the most comfy pajamas I've ever owned. It was a fun day. </div>
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On mothers day we went to my moms ward to be with her and my dad. It was fun to visit their ward. After that we spent some time with her and then headed to the Paynes. We all took a trip to Hurricane for a family get together and then headed back just in time to skype with Elder Alan. :) It was fun talking to him and hearing some of his fun stories. He is doing great. Here are a few pictures from our skype with him. </div>
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Mothers day was a great day and Derek and I are both so blessed to have such wonderful moms in our lives. They are both great examples and we love them and appreciate all they do for us. </div>
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Derek is done with school!! ... well for this semester and then only one more to go! He passed all his classes with great grades and is now working full time in the summer. He is mowing a few lawns again this summer and keeping busy. I only have 2 short weeks left of my school year and then I am done... a little bit sad but exciting at the same time. I have slowly been cleaning out my classroom and trying to get things done there so it doesn't hit me all at once. We are doing a lot of cleaning and going through a bunch of our stuff to sell in order to make room for this baby and get things prepared. I'm almost 6 months along and its coming faster than we both thought it would. Life is wonderful and we are so blessed. Thats all the updates for now. See you next time. :)</div>
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-28788630805228067042013-04-21T20:45:00.003-07:002013-04-21T20:45:46.239-07:00Relay for LifeWe spent part of Friday night at the Relay for Life event. We both showed up for our t-shirts and registration, had the complimentary "survival dinner" ...I guess you would call it that, and then Derek walked the survivors lap. Its always fun to see him walk that lap and re-celebrate the fact that he is healthy and cancer free! We then continued to walk several laps and were able to see some friends and family and talk to them. Here are a few pictures from the event.<br />
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Derek is frantically working this past week and this upcoming week to get all his assignments and projects finished up. The semester is coming to a close very quickly and he is trying to keep his head above water with those things. This is his last week of classes and then he will have a few things on finals week. It will be good to have the semester over for him so that he can "relax" a bit. And when I mean relax a bit I just mean start working from 8-5 full time everyday. Summer is just around the corner and we are so excited.<br />
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I have also been frantically working on things for my online class as well as doing lots of paper work and IEP meetings at the school as the school year coming to an end. What a busy time of year... and time just flies. I am starting to slowly bring some things home from my classroom that I won't be needing for the rest of the year and clean things up there. It is weird to think that I am not going to be teaching next year. In order for me to be able to bring all these things home from my school - we need somewhere to store them... so we have been doing some serious spring cleaning and rearranging of the house to try and make room for school storage as well as a baby and all the things that come with a baby. I will share more about that sometime soon.<br />
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Life will calm down a bit when this semester is over and some of these big things start slowing down with my preschool. Until then, keep smiling and we will check back soon!Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-61793150514339332672013-04-09T17:46:00.002-07:002013-04-09T17:46:20.355-07:00Baby BumpDerek has made this really cool slideshow/gif/video thing to show the progression of my baby bump this far. Its so crazy to see the baby bump grow so big so quickly. Really, it does feel like it happens over night.<br />
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We had a great time listening to General Conference this past weekend and we were so excited and blessed to be able to hear that Cedar City is going to be having a temple built here. All the talks were so amazing. We love conference weekend and the chance that we have to spend time with family and hear words from the prophets and apostles to help guide our lives. My favorite was Elder Holland, he is just so passionate and powerful when he talks. What a great weekend.<br />
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We are in to a busy week here at the Payne house again and will update you again soon.Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-15543874262428837762013-03-31T20:15:00.001-07:002013-03-31T20:15:14.973-07:00Baby Boy Payne, Buckets of Joy, and Easter CelebrationI had a short week at school and had Easter break the rest of the week. It was so nice to sleep in and do some things that I have been wanting to get done around the house. Derek still had work and school like normal but he had a very productive week and we had a lot of fun things this week that we were able to do.<br />
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Thursday especially was a fun day for us because we were able to find out the gender of our baby! If you don't know yet we are having a ..................baby boy! We are so excited. His name will be Keaton Max Payne and we are so thrilled to have a baby boy join our family soon. The ultrasound was really fun to see how much he has grown! We both had a feeling it would be a baby boy. We are so excited to have that special spirit enter our home and we are doing all we can now to help prepare to receive him and prepare to be his parents. Here is one of the pictures we got form the ultrasound. Just a good profile shot of Keaton.<br />
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Thursday night when we got home we were able to participate in Bucket of Joy day. This is the second annual Bucket of Joy holiday that we celebrate in honor of my cousin Jared Lyman who passed away last year of a brain tumor. He was always writing silly songs, one of those being called "Bucket of Joy" He talks about all of these things that he would have in a bucket of joy if he were to choose. So on his birthday we all put together "buckets of joy" and take it to a family in need. We were able to take it to a family who we know where the dad has been going through chemo/radiation to try and fight the cancer he was diagnosed with. He has several kids and out of a job. They were thrilled to receive their buckets of joy and we had a lot of fun taking them and talking to them. Here is a picture of us before we delivered out buckets of joy.<br />
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We had our annual Mother Of All Easter Egg Hunts on Friday. It is always fun to get together with all our family and participate in the family traditions that we always form great memories with. We had dinner, did the kids Easter Egg Hunt, and then the adult Easter Egg Hunt. It was another great day with lots of laughs and fun. Here is a picture of all my nieces and nephews before their Easter Egg Hunt.<br />
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We are especially grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ at this time of year and the great sacrifice that he has made in all of our behalf. We are thankful for our close relationship with him and we feel his love each and everyday in our lives. We are greatly blessed and are so thankful for all of the many blessings the gospel brings into our lives.<br />
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We have also been able to spend some time with friends and do some fun things with them this week. Tomorrow is back to school and back to reality after such a nice break.<br />
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I wanted to choose something "cheery" for the baby room. I liked the primary colors mixture and thought it would go for girl or boy.<br />
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Derek has been sick this week. I think everyone knows when someone is sick in the house it kinda feels like you need to slow down, but life doesn't. He has been really good though to still to try to work on homework and go to a few classes even though he hasn't felt that hot.<br />
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Derek had a good spring break. He was still busy working, doing some homework, and doing things around the house to help out, but it was a bit more relaxing for him and not so demanding. We were able to spend some time with family and friends that were in town during his spring break and that was fun too.<br />
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I am getting bigger and bigger. I have grown a lot this week and had to go maternity clothes shopping for a few things. I will post pictures next week of my growth through the weeks.<br />
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Thats all from us this week. Until next week...Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-16354153069868070542013-03-06T20:54:00.001-08:002013-03-06T20:54:08.430-08:00Quilts, Moving, and MoreI am finally getting around to updating our blog for the past week or so. It seems like every night the past couple weeks we have had some kind of project going on, out of town, or somewhere we needed to be which didn't allow me to update as quickly and kind of put us behind in our lives so we are just now catching up. Last week we decided to put up a quilt to tie for a new blanket for our bed (which is badly needed). It is a massive quilt. and very heavy. I have to finish binding it but we are excited to get it on the bed and start using it. Its very comfy. These are some of the pictures from us binding the quilt. Derek's parents let us borrow their living room, their quilting frames, and their help and we all quilted while watching a movie for Family Home Evening that night. We had a lot of fun and it got done pretty quick. <div>
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I will say last Friday wasn't my luckiest day, and with my pregnancy hormones in full swing my emotions were getting the best of me most of the day. Friday afternoon I left work a little early to come into town and find my boss to let her know my decision that I would not be coming back to teach next year. It was a really rough decision that I have been trying to avoid because part of me really wants to stay at my dream job and keep working, but the other part of me (which is my gut feeling of the right thing to do) is to just stay home and be a mom to my new little baby coming soon. It is what I have always wanted to do and its a scary point in my life to move onto but we are so excited to start our family. It is a bitter-sweet feeling to leave the job that I have been so blessed to have. I was VERY emotional telling my boss my decision and then to make matters worse I got pulled over on the way to tell her which put me even more on edge. The officer I think felt badly too because as hard as I was trying to hold back my emotions it just wasn't working out well for me. He was very thoughtful and nice, but then he still gave me a ticket :(. I have taken traffic school online this week to try and get things fixed that way and now hopefully that will get put behind me. </div>
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After calming myself down a bit and coming to grips with what I needed to do the rest of the day we got in the car and headed up with Derek's parents to Springville. We spent the weekend up there helping Derek's sister move into her families new temporary town home until their house is done being built. I didn't do much moving and lifting of heavy boxes, but we all sure did work hard packing things up and hauling things over to her new place. It was exhausting. Derek was even more exhausted than I because of all the heavy lifting involved. </div>
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-24645229698054136922013-02-25T15:22:00.003-08:002013-02-25T15:22:34.918-08:00The Big News RevealWell its been a crazy past few months as you remember from our last posts and if you haven't heard already some of our crazy-ness has come from finding out we are expecting! Our baby is due on September 8th and we couldn't be more excited. Its been quite the long process for us to get to this point with lots of prayers and thoughts in our behalf. Here is the way that we announced to most people. Our family has known for about 6 weeks prior to us announcing it to everyone else, but we thought this was kind of a fun way to announce it to the rest of our family and friends. Derek whipped it up in just a few short hours and he did really really well for just the short time he had. I have a very talented husband.<br />
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I have one more week until I am officially out of my first trimester and it has gone by really quickly thus far. We are so excited and already making some plans for our new arrival. :) Thank you to everyone for all of your support to us as we have gone through the process of Dr. appointment after doctor appointment and the ups and downs of it all.<br />
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This past week we celebrated my moms birthday. She just got her whole house remodeled recently because of all the water damage that happened to it (if you don't remember that it was in a past blog...long story...but if you would like to read that you can search through and read all about the damage done there). Anyway...She has done a lot of remodeling and redecorating. They have totally re-done the upstairs with a new look and feel. Its a fun game room/TV room with a cool big new entertainment center and such. I made this canvas painting craft so she hang it in her newly redecorated room. I thought it turned out really well.<br />
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-88529000083883641942013-02-16T18:39:00.003-08:002013-02-16T19:16:46.338-08:00Time Flies When You're Having FunWow! What a whirlwind this past month and a half has been. Things have just gone by so quickly and here we are a month and a half later and no blog post. I'm very sorry to all our avid readers out there (I'm not sure how many of you there are out there...) But we are finally back and kickin' in the blog world. So let me catch you up on a few highlights of how 2013 has been for us so far.<br />
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Awhile back we went to the Annual Marriage Symposium that our Stake holds every year. It is always really good to go and listen to all the great speakers and apply and learn some great things that we can put into action to strengthen our own marriage. It was great to go, plus we always have fun with our friends there and get free breakfast and lunch.<br />
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We took a trip to Delta a few weeks ago to go and listen to one of our favorite cousins (Kelli) give her farewell talk. She did great and we had a lot of fun on the trip. It was sad to say bye to Kel Kel...She has always been one of my best amigos. She is doing great though and is going to be such a great missionary to the people of Argentina.<br />
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oh yeah.. my uncle had this cool snow sculpture thing going on in his yard when we went to Delta. All the nights that it was below freezing he would leave the hose on to spit up into the air and it eventually froze higher and higher til it got to this point. Its really cool up close. Its like hollow on the inside. Derek loved it. </div>
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We had a combined Family Home Evening with some of our friends at our house a few weeks ago and we had a lot of fun. We played a fun game, had some treats, and were able to share some good laughs. We hope to do more Family Home Evenings with our friends again soon.<br />
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We were able to go to a Stake Sweethearts dance last week for all the married wards. It was fun to go to. We were able to party with some friends and get in a few good dances.<br />
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Last Wednesday was the last day the Cheap Seats Movie Theater was showing the movie "Life of Pi" we both have been wanting to see that so we took the night to do a date. It was a very good movie and we suggest it to all you out there.<br />
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For Valentines day after we both got home from work and school we were able to go to dinner at Wingers and then we came home and watched one of my all time favorite Chick Flick's "Return to Me" Derek really liked it too. You can't go wrong with that movie.<br />
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These are the gifts that Deek and I got for each other</div>
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When I got home from work I found this on our front door of our house. I have such a cute husband. </div>
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Here's Derek with his Valentines gifts from me.</div>
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Quick update of life of Bib: I have been extremely busy with work. This time of year is crazy. It is parent teacher conference, and transitions to Kindergarten for a lot of our kids which involves A LOT of legal paperwork that we have to do and a lot of extra time spent at the school. I have such a good husband though. I had a really late night at the school and didn't get home til 7 PM and he brought me dinner at the school and was able to help me out a bit to get a little caught up on some things. Not to mention my kids have been super naughty lately. I don't know if its the Spring weather coming back or what, but they have been so riled up lately. I just come home every day so exhausted. I do love my job though and am so blessed to work at such a great place with good people. I also have been working on moving from a level 1 teachers license to a level 2 which is basically jumping through a lot of silly hoops that require a lot of energy and effort on my part. My USU classes are going well but its the busiest semester yet. I have a lot of big projects coming up that I am going to try to stay ahead on so I can keep my sanity. In my spare time I've been helping privately teach 2 of my nephews just for some extra help to them with what they are learning in school. I also have been enjoying my Relief Society Teacher calling and enjoyed prepping lessons for that. Oh yeah, and I try to be a wife and best friend to my husband in between all that.<br />
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Quick update of life of Derek: he has had an extremely busy semester. It seems that every semester gets progressively more busy and intense for him. He has handled it well though and for the most part stayed right on top of all his homework and projects. He is doing great in all his classes and is a hard worker and has been working on some really cool projects. I don't have pictures of some of them but you can check out a few of the things he has been spending his time with at his private blog here: <a href="http://blog.derekmpayne.com/">blog.derekmpayne.com</a> . I have such a talented husband. I know. Work has also been keeping him busy. We are both so excited, he only has one more semester left after this one is over and then the scary/exciting time of job hunting and deciding where we are going to be and what he will be doing for a career. He is so good to help out around the house A LOT in his spare time. He picks up where I slack off around the house... I think we make a pretty good team.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">We had a wonderful Christmas this year. We went to Christmas Parties, went sledding, Skyped our favorite missionary, and much more.We spent time with both families on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. Here are a few pictures (it may seem like a lot but I could have shared a lot more...so its a few) and I'll explain as I go. </span></div>
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We were able to go to our annual friend Christmas Party get together. We had a good time visiting and catching up with everyone that we don't get to see that often. </div>
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These are the stockings that I made Derek and I. I thought they turned out pretty dang cute. We (all of the Payne family members) were at the Payne on Christmas Eve Eve (yes that was a double Eve). It was Jeanne's birthday on December 23rd and we all got together to see each other, celebrate her birthday, Skype with Alan, and open presents early because it was the only time that everyone was going to be together til after Christmas sometime.</div>
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This is Noah opening one of his presents...as you can tell he was super excited. </div>
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Alan sent all of us a Christmas package and we had a lot of opening it. Thanks Alan for all the great presents and goodies ... although some of those Niceragua "goodies" weren't all that great tasting. Alan sent me this purse. I love it.</div>
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This is all of us Skyping with Alan. We had a lot of fun talking to him and it was good to see him too. He is doing great. </div>
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Then came Christmas Eve morning. We went sledding with all of my family. It was really fun to go with all the kids. I hadn't been sledding in awhile. Its a good work out. We all had some good laughs and had a lot of fun. </div>
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My cute nephews (and niece) getting all dressed up for sledding. </div>
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My brother Joe and nephew Eli after just going down the hill together. They had a blast. Derek and I also went down several times together and have pictures ... but not at the moment. Maybe another time. </div>
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After sledding we all went back to my parents. We had our annual Christmas Eve dinner and program. </div>
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Here we all our listening to Grandpa Lyman's Christmas story. </div>
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All the kids in their Christmas Jammies. We spent Christmas Eve night at my parents house. We stayed up and watched The Santa Claus and then headed to bed. </div>
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Christmas morning we came down to find lots of presents to open from each other. </div>
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Derek and I Christmas morning in front of the Christmas tree. Don't mind that we had just got out of bed and I didn't have make up on and my hair is everywhere. We opened all our gifts and we were both very happy about all the things we got. We were very lucky to get all the things we did. </div>
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We had Christmas breakfast with all my family before we headed out to the Payne's to visit them some more and enjoy the rest of Christmas day with them. </div>
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We have had a great Winter break and are enjoying all the time off that we get to sleep in and spend time with eachother, with friends, and with family. </div>
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Merry Christmas everyone ( a little late) ... and a Happy New Year! </div>
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I can't believe its 2013!</div>
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<br />Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-3069365200339906792012-12-16T21:17:00.003-08:002012-12-16T21:29:02.130-08:00Christmas Concerts, Caroling, and Vacation Getaway<div style="text-align: left;">
It has been a couple weeks since I've been able to update our blog again so I thought I would catch you all up on all of the new and exciting things that have been going on with us. We have had a pretty eventful and busy past couple weeks and are excited to share them all with you. I'll quickly rewind to two Saturdays ago to the big day my family had been waiting for for a long time, and that is The Piano Guys concert. We have had the tickets for almost a year now and are huge Piano Guys fans. The concert was so fun and entertaining, and they played all their big hits and our favorite songs. They are really fun to see live and we all enjoyed ourselves. If some of you are not sure who the Piano Guys are: 1. I'm very sorry. You are missing out. And 2. Here are two of my favorites of there's that I will share with you so that you can also start to love them and get into their music as we all have.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed those videos. They are my two favorites. And now back to blogging.<br />
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For family home evening last Monday we went Christmas caroling with my siblings and their families. We had a lot of fun going to some elderly people and family friends. After caroling we all got together at my sisters house and had hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. Yum. Here are a few pictures from that... Just kidding... I guess they somehow got erased... :(. There were some really cute ones. Dangit. Anyway...<br />
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One of my favorite cousins and best amigos in the world was able to come over to our house on Wednesday night to visit us. She is leaving on her mission to Argentina in about a month and we wanted to spend some quality bonding time before she left. So she came and hung out with Derek and I for a few hours. We made Ice Cream Sundaes, played Yahtzee (one of our favorite games), and just chatted for a bit. We had a lot of fun with Kelli.<br />
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Also a little side note. This is our red pomelo that we bought on a whim from Smiths the other night. We thought it looked interesting and good, and we weren't quite sure what it was so we bought it and brought it home to eat. A lot like a grapefruit but 3X as big and a bit sweeter taste just in case any of you are wondering. It took a bit to peel. Derek is here peeling it...</div>
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We have been planning a long needed weekend getaway with some of our close friends (Pace and Amanda Clarke) for quite awhile now. We planned it so we could go as soon as finals were over and the fall semester let out. I took a day off of school and we headed out for Midway, Utah. Woohoo! We had a ton of fun and didn't want to come back. Here are a few pictures from the trip... I will explain as we go. </div>
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This is our cute little condo that we stayed in. If you have never been to Midway this is basically what their entire town looks like. It is all Swiss themed and its wonderful. You should all spend a weekend getaway there at some point in your life. We were up in the really high ritzy part of town up in the mountains and we had the greatest time. Here is a quick tour of the inside. </div>
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The guys chillin on the couches.</div>
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Random fact about Midway: They have natural hot pots EVERYWHERE. Derek and I went out on a run one morning and ran into at least a dozen...and it wasn't a very long run. Here are a few that were around the condo.</div>
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On Friday night we headed into Salt Lake to do some shopping at City Creek Mall, went and saw the Christmas lights on Temple Square, and went to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert featuring Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw. I cannot even begin to tell how absolutely amazing the MoTab concert was. Alfie Boe was the guest singer and he was so powerful. He sang "Bring Him Home", one of the songs he is most famous for (also one of my top favorite songs of all time from Les Mis) and it was BEAUTIFUL. It was by far the best I had ever heard the song and it was just so moving. He also sang several Christmas songs with MoTab accompanying him. And then to make things even better they told the story of World War II Candy Bomber Gaile Halverson and he made an appearance as well. The story was so touching and they had real candy parachutes come from the ceiling and it was seriously one of if not the best performances I have ever been to. Not only that, you could feel the spirit so strongly. President Monson came in the room and everyone (all 21,000 people) fell completely silence and stood as he walked in. What an amazing experience and a wonderful night of feeling the spirit so strongly through music and celebrating the upcoming holiday of Christmas and celebrating Christs life.</div>
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In the oh-so-famous picture spot on temple square. Me and Derek above and Pace and Amanda below.</div>
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We were sad to leave such a great getaway and vacation but it was good to come home too. Derek and I are doing great. The semester is over for both of us and we get a couple weeks break from the stresses of classes. I have one more week of teaching preschool and then it will also be my Christmas break. If I don't talk to you before then Merry Christmas to all of you! Until next time. </div>
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-86087564683779802602012-12-04T19:14:00.004-08:002012-12-04T19:15:01.397-08:00Thanksgiving, Christmas Time and Much Much MoreA lot has happened the past few weeks ... yes its been a few weeks since I've posted anything on here... and I'm sorry. So we are just going to rewind a little bit and take us all back to our Thanksgiving break. We spent the Thanksgiving break going back and forth between spending time with my family and Derek's family. It was our turn with Derek's family for Thanksgiving though so actual Thanksgiving day was spent there. It was yummy. We had a lot of great food and had a lot of fun just relaxing and chilling with family. Everyone in Derek's family was able to be there (except Alan obviously because he is on his mission) but here are a few pictures from that night that we took.<br />
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We spent an entire day in St. George with my family. We went down and the ladies went to Santa's Workshop craft fair while the men went with the kids to Defy Gravity. A ginormous bounce house with floors and walls covered with trampolines and blow up toys. The kids absolutely loved it. Derek had a lot of fun himself...and a really good work out from all that jumping. After that we all went and had lunch at Justin and Jen's house and then sat and talked and visited while the kids watched a Christmas movie in their new theater room. </div>
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Remember our big discussion on the shoe horn and pill box? Well, our great friends that we do a lot with, Pace and Amanda Clarke, over the Thanksgiving break brought us a fun treat. This is what they looked like decorated. </div>
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If you can't tell what it is it is a pair of shoes and a shoe horn on Derek's cupcake, and on my cupcake it is a pill box. Random? Yes. Funny? Yes. Thoughtful? Yes. Delicious? Yes. We thought it was a good laugh and then we all visited together and ate our yummy treats. </div>
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I was kind of teasing Derek a little bit about his shoe horn feddish when we were with all of his family at Thanksgiving. As we were discussing and having this argument once again of pill box vs. shoe horn, Derek's dad brings out from the other room an early Christmas gift for Derek and what is it? A shoe horn. But not any old shoe horn. One that belonged to and was built and hand laithed by his Grandpa Payne. So it made Derek's day and it was sentimental. Win-win situation and he has stood by his word and has used it everyday. I still think a pill box is more useful, but I am glad that he now is happy with his shoe horn and I am happy with my pillbox. </div>
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With the Thanksgiving break over we have started to decorate and felt the Christmas spirit around here quite a lot lately. All our shopping is done for family and each other. We have put up and decorated our Christmas tree (which took about 5 minutes...its not a very big tree). I made a cute new wreath that is hanging on our front door. And we are both excited for Christmas to come. Here are a few pictures of our newly Christmas decorated home. </div>
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For one of Derek's classes they were all in charge of designing a t-shirt and then at the end of that they got to print their t-shirt design as well as anyone else in the class that they would like to have done. Derek came home with a new shirt for me and a new shirt for him. Here they are. Derek designed the blue t-shirt that was his. They are both supposed to be humerus and probably have some slightly nerdy graphic design jokes involved but I like them. </div>
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We also had Friendsgiving this past weekend. It is the 2nd annual Friendsgiving and we have loved the tradition. What is Friendsgiving you might ask? Well its Thanksgiving with Friends. We all bring something and have a second Thanksgiving feast one week later after the actual Thanksgiving holiday. We had a lot of fun attending that. </div>
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This past week at church a member of our high council took some free Christmas pictures of couples and gave them to us if we wanted to make Christmas cards or anything like that. This is one of the pictures he took of us. </div>
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And with all of that said, Happy Holidays to all of you and good luck with finals and all of your many work endeavors and such until the Christmas break. We will be doing some big final projects around here at our house to get things turned in for the end of the semester and before the Christmas break. </div>
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Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-55142263004533318142012-11-18T21:22:00.003-08:002012-11-18T21:22:46.763-08:00November UpdateThis is Derek writing the post for this week. We are doing very well, but not much else to report on. Both Bib and I have been trying to get ahead with work and school so that we will be able to relax during the Thanksgiving break.<br />
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We saw the movie Lincoln last night with my parents and we all liked it very much. We got there a bit late, so we ended up sitting in the front section of the theater and had to strain our necks to look up at the screen the whole time. It was still enjoyable, but we all left with some soreness in our necks. (Last week we also saw Wreck-it-Ralph with Bib's parents. We also recommend that everyone sees it as well.)<br />
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Bib and I are working on eating healthier and exercising more. Yesterday morning I played basketball with some guys in our ward and I am super sore now. Bib also did a work out and she reports soreness as well.<br />
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That is all. Have a nice Thanksgiving.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-10093663000351993632012-11-04T12:05:00.000-08:002012-11-06T16:49:00.848-08:00Halloween, Preschool Conference, and Life. It was a very hectic week this week. I had to go out of town on the afternoon of Halloween as soon as I got off work and all the kids went home to a state preschool conference in Provo. I had some huge assignments due in my online class and a lot to do around the house to get ready to leave. Wednesday at preschool we just all dressed up for Halloween. It was a crazy and fun day. The kids loved our Halloween party and I took some fun pictures from that.<br />
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Derek took this picture right before he dropped me off at work. </div>
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My little niece came to get her picture taken with me while I was at work. We were both ladybugs... we couldn't pass it up. </div>
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My nephew Eli who goes to my school also got in on some of the snap shots. He was Frankenstein. He didn't paint his face green for this one but he was all decked out on Halloween night. </div>
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We had a big staff lunch at school for Halloween. This is what I took for everyone to share. Hopefully you can tell what it is. </div>
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As soon as all the kids went home from school all of us teachers changed out of our Halloween costumes and headed for Provo. We went out to eat at Zupas the night we got there and then all crashed at our hotel because we were so tired. Carolyn (my fellow teacher) found out some of my sleeping habits of sleep talking during the nights. I was out cold. We spent the days in conferences and workshops on ideas on how to be a better teacher. Some ideas I thought were great and I could really apply and some ideas I thought were a bit extreme. It was a great conference and we all had a lot of fun. Unfortunately I was a slacker and didn't take any pictures during our adventures on the trip but I have some great memories with those ladies. I'm so blessed to be able to work with such great people and a job that is so perfect for me.<br />
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We did some shopping and eating and had a great time. After the conference on Friday we all were ready to come home. Derek came and picked me up from the preschool and when I got home I found this...<br />
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I think that's probably the longest we have been apart since we started dating and we both were happy I was home. I have such a good husband.<br />
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While I was gone these are some of the things Derek did: School, homework, work, homework, got to go eat dinner with his parents and LeAnne and Trent who were visiting, homework, go to a mini workshop and class on letter press, and more homework. He is such a hard worker and he even got some things done around the house. We can't wait for his semester to be over.<br />
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We woke up Saturday morning and went on a nice walk. Lately we have really enjoyed the fall weather and going out on walks. We were able to get some things done and visit family.<br />
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This morning (Sunday) we both got up early. Derek did some reading and I was finishing up one of my big assignments for my class and preparing to take a quiz when I looked down at my wedding ring and realized one of my diamonds was missing. It has made us just so sad. Derek and I said a quick prayer that we would find it and have been keeping our eyes peeled. The diamond that is missing is pretty dang small so our chances aren't good but we will hope. Luckily its under warranty and they will replace any lost diamonds for free but we were pretty sad. Here is a picture of my missing diamond ring.<br />
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Don't mind my dry man looking hands. But if you can see the small diamond that makes up the square in the middle of my ring is missing. :(</div>
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<br />Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-21207456559479603252012-10-30T20:26:00.002-07:002012-10-30T20:26:40.039-07:00Halloween FestivitiesIt was another busy week at the Payne house. Derek and I both had a great fall break. It was nice to not have to go to school and to be able to catch up on some serious cleaning and homework that we were very behind on. The week went by really quickly. We both kept busy with work and school and then on Friday night we had our annual ward Halloween party. About 2 hours before the party started Derek and I were scrambling to try and figure out what we should dress up as. We called up Mark and Krista and were able to borrow some of Marks scrubs for Derek to be a doctor and I already had my scrubs (we are allowed to wear scrubs to my school occasionally when we know we will be getting dirty). So we went as a Doctor and a Nurse. We had a lot of fun at the ward activity. There was dinner, piniata, costume contest, games, pumpkin carving, etc. Here are a few quick snap shots of us on our way to the party.<br />
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The next night we had another party to go to as well. We had a big game night with a bunch of our friends. There were about 5 different couples there and we had a TON of Halloween treats and games that we played there. We all had some really really good laughs. We just aren't used to all this partying and we are both a little worn out. :) We had a lot of fun at both get-togethers and are ready for another week. We might even get a few trick or treaters coming to our apartment. Happy Halloween everyone!</div>
Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-15318918757559543522012-10-22T10:38:00.001-07:002012-10-22T10:38:03.344-07:00Beating the Odds over and over againThursday after Derek got done with work we headed up to Salt Lake City. We spent the night at my Uncle John and Aunt Jean's condo. They live literally across the street from the conference center. They have an amazing view from their place and we love staying with them. It makes it really easy for us when we have early morning doctors appointments because they live very close to Primary Children's Hospital. Here is a few snap shots of the view from their place. Notice the temple, church office buildings, other tall buildings, the roof of the conference center, and in the bottom picture is the state capitol.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">Friday morning we had Derek's regular cancer check up...except this one was kind of a big deal...it was his 2 year mark. The doctors always have told him that they needed to check him every 3 months for the first 2 years after remission (which we have been doing). The percentage of his kind of cancer is much more likely to come back in the first 2 years than any other time which is why they keep a really close eye on it til that point and then the percentage drops drastically after that. Well they said Derek was healthier than ever and had once again beaten the odds. We were so excited. Now we only have to go every 6 months for his check ups and it will slowly fade out after that. Derek is doing great. He feels better than he has in a long time and he is happy where he is at. The doctor gave us the 2 thumbs up that he is looking great and doing great. Yay...for a clean bill of health! That's my Derek...beating the odds over and over again. We are so blessed.</span></div>
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<br />Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-4377689428351225542012-10-15T19:22:00.003-07:002012-10-15T19:28:31.595-07:00Shoe Horns vs. Pill BoxesI bet you are all wondering why such an odd title of a post "Shoe Horns vs. Pill Boxes." I will explain.<br />
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This morning as Derek was getting dressed he was sitting down on the bed (imagine a Mr. Rogers position) putting his shoes on one by one when he started struggling with one of his shoes. After struggling and finally getting his shoe on his foot he said to me, "Do you know a great gift you could get me that would be cheap?...A shoe horn." My response to this was... well I just started laughing. I truly thought he was joking. I didn't mean it in a mean way. I have never heard of anyone actually using a shoe horn except possibly a few men over the age of 80. I don't think any of the males in my family even own a shoe horn, or ever have or will. I've never seen anyone use them and to me they seem pretty useless. Maybe I am just a little naive when it comes to shoe horns, but they just don't seem to be that useful of an item for me. Derek went on to debate that he would use a shoe horn every morning (I'm not sure of that) and that it would probably save him 15 seconds a day which over a year (he really did do the calculation) would save him an hour and a half. I told him that if he could find anyone our age that actually used a shoe horn and found someone else that told Derek that would be a smart purchase and useful to him than I would be happy to buy him one. I am happy to buy him one anyway, but more of a joke from me. Apparently a simple shoe horn is what makes my husband happy. Thoughts on this from anyone?<br />
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Now onto the Pill Box...<br />
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To start off the story here is a little background: Derek and I take a huge handful of vitamins every morning. Our vitamins consists of Vitamin C, Vitamin D, selenium, acidophilus pill, cranberry pills, bone supplements a multi-vitamin pill, and 4 balance of nature pills. Those are our basic everyday pills. Sometimes we even have additional pills. It takes me about 1 minute (or more...but lets just say 1 minute for easy math) to separate these pills every morning between Derek and I to make sure we get all the different pills. I also did some calculation and that adds up to 365 minutes a year or roughly 6 hours a year. As I was at the pharmacy the other day waiting for a very long time for my prescription to be ready I started wandering the store. I came across a pill box divider. As pictured above, they have the big S M T W T F S on it and you separate all your pills into everyday so you can keep track of all your pills and on what days you should take what pills. Well, I thought it was brilliant to make this purchase saving me 6 hours a year dividing these up at the beginning of every week so that each morning when we are usually in a rush we can just grab our pre-sorted pills and move on with life...easy. Excited about my pill box purchase, I come home to show Derek and what does he do? He laughs at me. He says only old crazy people that have a crazy amount of pills own these. At least mine is a useful thing that saves us time and struggle each morning. Is it so bad to try and be organized like this? Thoughts on this from anyone?<br />
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Now, I do admit. No matter how you go about this, we kind of do sound like old people. Derek with his shoe horns and me with my pill boxes. But now I would like to open this up to our readers out there. What one do you think is more practical? We are taking a poll.Annalieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03548142360560903130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197882458335070064.post-71871679486510259172012-10-09T19:03:00.002-07:002012-10-09T19:07:07.981-07:00A Quick Snapshot of This WeekI'm a little late on updating the blog and because lack of time its just going to be real quick. We were able to go to the Les Miserables musical at the Shakespeare Festival this last week. We have been singing songs from it all week. It was really amazing, I've always been a major fan of the Les Mis music but it was a lot of fun to go to.<br />
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We also had the opportunity to listen to conference this weekend which I'm sure all of you were also able to do. We really enjoyed all the talks. Derek's favorite talk was at the priesthood session by Neil L Anderson. My favorite talk was in the Sunday morning session by Jefferey R Holland. All the talks were great and we were excited to hear all the fun announcements and changes for the church.<br />
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We were able to spend some good quality time with both our families as well. We went back and forth in between houses watching with my parents and my sister and her family and Derek's parents and his brother and his family. On Saturday night when the guys were at the priesthood session the Paynes and the Keates all joined forces, got together and the girls made cards and had treats while the kids played and watched movies. Krista's family was nice enough to invite us over for crepes for breakfast on Sunday morning. Yummy! It was a lot of fun. Here are a few pictures that the Paynes took at our time over at their house.<br />
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Noah and Grandpa Payne picking Carrots from the garden.</div>
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Hannah and I fell asleep during the afternoon session. Woops. It was a good nap though. Hannah sure likes to cuddle up to us. We love it!</div>
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It was a great weekend and we were grateful for all the time we were able to spend with our families and listen to all the great talks from the leaders of our church.<br />
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