GO IRISH!

IF YOU VISIT MY BLOG FREQUENTLY YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I ALREADY CHANGED MY ADORABLE FALL BACKGROUND THAT WAS ONLY ON FOR ABOUT A WK....GO NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH!~AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY LOVES THE IRISH~DURING FOOTBALL SEASON OUR HOUSE IS DECORATED IN IRISH(NO, CROSS THAT, I MEAN ALL YEAR) WE DRESS IRISH AND OUR SATURDAY'S ARE DEVOTED TO THEIR FOOTBALL GAMES, WE WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY TO BE HONEST. SO, THIS IS FOR JARED AND NOTRE DAME....THE BACKGROUND THAT IS. THIS IS THE ONLY GREEN ONE I FOUND THAT I LOVED SO IT IS FOR GOOD LUCK FOR THE GREEN, BLUE AND GOLD THIS SEASON. GO IRISH~MAKE US PROUD! FOR THE REST OF YOU: CHEER, CHEER, FOR OLD NOTRE DAME!

9 MONTHS OLD ALREADY!

WE WENT IN TO THE DR TODAY FOR HALLE'S NINE MONTH CHECK UP! I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW TIME FLIES SO FAST. SHE IS SITTING, CRAWLING, PULLING HERSELF UP, FEEDING HERSELF, SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT, GETTING TEETH, SMILING AND LAUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY, WAVING BYE-BYE, AND NEVER HAS A DULL MINUTE IN HER SYSTEM. SHE IS A BLESSING TO JARED AND I AND WE LOVE HER SO MUCH. SHE HAS BROUGHT SUCH A BRIGHT LITTLE SPIRIT INTO OUR HOME AND FOR THAT, WE ARE ETERNALLY GREATFUL. HALLE GIRL, WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH! AT THE DR TODAY, HER HEIGTH WAS:32 1/3 IN, WEIGHT WAS 19 LBS 4 OZ, AND HEAD WAS JUST UNDER 20 CM. SHE IS HEALTHY AND RIGHT ON TRACK DEVELOPMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY...I WONDER WHERE SHE GETS THE SOCIAL THING. SHE IS SUCH AN EASY, DELIGHTFUL, BABY AND WE ARE SAD TO SEE HER GROWING SO FAST.

CUBBY

I HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF WORK, SO I'M GOING TO BLOG A LITTLE BIT. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF PICS THAT I HAVE TAKEN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

HALLE HAS THE WHOLE SITTING UP THING DOWN PRETTY GOOD NOW, WHICH CAN GIVE US SOME GOOD TUBBY PICS.

THIS IS A FIRST FOR THE WEEK, THIS IS HER WATERMELON OUTFIT, AS TONYA WOULD SAY, "IT MAKES ME WANT TO EAT HER!"

"DAD, STOP TAKING PICTURES OF ME."

WISH OF HIS LIFE: LASIK EYE SURGERY, FINALLY!!

SO, TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT JARED FINALLY GOT TO GO IN FOR LASIK EYE SURGERY AT THE IDAHO EYE CENTER IN IDAHO FALLS. THIS HAS BEEN A DAY THAT I HAVE BEEN DREADING FOR QUITE SOMETIME BUT JARED ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS STOKED. I WAS SO SCARED THAT SOMETHING WOULD GO WRONG AND IMPAIR HIS VISION FOREVER. I WAS ALSO SCARED THAT HE WOULD BE IN SO MUCH PAIN. WE SHOWED UP THIS MORNING ABOUT 11:45 AND WAITED WHILE HE GOT SIGNED IN AND READY. THEY TOOK HIM BACK AT 12:15 AND HALLE AND I WERE OUT THE DOOR TO GO SHOPPING AND HANGOUT UNTIL JARED WAS FINISHED. I GOT A CALL ABOUT 2:30 AND THEY SAID HE WAS READY TO COME OVER. I RUSHED OVER TO THE EYE CENTER AND HE WASN'T READY TO LEAVE, THEY WERE READY TO START SURGERY AND I COULD WATCH IT FROM A DIFFERENT ROOM IF I WOULD LIKE. AT FIRST I WAS HESITANT, WHAT IF THEY MESS UP AND I AM WATCHING? AFTER A FEW MOMENTS AND TALKING TO JARED WHILE HIS EYES CONTINUED TO DILATE I REALIZED THAT I SHOULD WATCH AND THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE COOL TO WATCH SO I SAID YES. WHILE JARED AND I CONTINUED TALKING, HE TOLD ME THE DR WASN'T SURE IF HE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE LASIK AFTER ALL BECAUSE HIS CORNEA WAS TO THIN THEY THOUGHT. SCARE ME TO DEATH, I ASKED JARED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO BACK OUT? HE SAID IF THEY CAN'T DO LASIK THEY CAN DO A DIFFERENT SURGERY CALLED PRK(?) I THINK THAT WAS IT. THIS SURGERY WOULD BE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EYE SO IT WOULD BE MORE PAINFUL THAN LASIK AND ALSO THE RECOVERY TIME WOULD BE LONGER, I GOT NERVOUS BUT JARED WAS STILL UP FOR IT. ON WE WENT. JARED WENT INTO THE OPERATING ROOM WHILE HALLE AND I LOOKED ON ON THE TV SCREEN. HALLE KEPT TRYING TO REACH DADDY THROUGH THE TV AS I PRAYED ALL WOULD BE WELL. PRETTY SOON THE NURSE CAME OUT AND SAID HIS EYES PASSED BY 14 POINTS TO HAVE LASIK~SIGH OF RELIEF. THEY DID IT SO FAST AND THEN IT WAS DONE. IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH AND I AM GLAD I DID, TALK ABOUT CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. (NO I AM NOT MORBID, I JUST THINK IT IS INTERESTING!) JARED AND I THEN LEFT GOT LUNCH AND CAME HOME. MEANWHILE, WE GOT STUCK BEHIND AN ACCIDENT AT ABOUT FORT HALL FOR 45 MIN. AND HE COULDN'T GO TO SLEEP FOR 2 HOURS BUT THEY GAVE HIM A VALIUM...IT WOULD BE GAME OVER FOR ME. HE IS DOING REALLY WELL, HE SAYS HE CAN FINALLY SEE! I AM SO GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS AND HE DID SO WELL. TOMORROW MORNING WE GO BACK TO IDAHO FALLS FOR ONE MORE CHECK UP AND THEN HE IS HOME FREE JUST TO CONTINUE HEALING AND USING HIS GAZILLION EYE DROPS. I AM SO AMAZED AT THE TECHNOLOGY TO DO SUCH A THING IN SO LITTLE TIME WITH SO LITTLE PAIN. WAY TO GO JARED, AND I HOPE YOU LOVE IT. WE LOVE YOU! NO MORE GLASSES!

THIS IS THE PLACE

THIS IS ALL THE EYE COVERS THAT JARED HAS TO WEAR TO BED.

NEXT MORNING, SEXXXXXY!!!

OLYMPICS AND OTHER FUN STUFF!

SO, MY TAKE ON THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND AND THAT IS DUE TO MICHAEL PHELPS. HE IS SO ATTRACTIVE IN A WEIRD WAY AND I BELIEVE HE HAS REPRESENTED THE USA IN A REMARKABLE WAY. HE DID SO UNBELIEVABLY WELL AND THE BEST PART, HE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE COCKY ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING. I THINK HE HAS SHOWN EXTREME SPORTSMANSHIP WHEN I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE LIKED TO. SO FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN MIKE (IAN THORPE AND ALAIN BERNARD, JUST TO NAME A FEW) EAT THE GOLD, BABY! WAY TO MAKE US PROUD MICHAEL. YOU ARE AMAZING AND HAVE DEFINANTLY CHANGED THE SPORT OF SWIMMING.

MOVING ON, HALLE AND I HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY DURING THE DAY SPRING CLEANING, SHOPPING, YOU NAME IT-WE HAVE MOST LIKELY BEEN DOING IT. THIS PAST WEEKEND WE TOOK HALLE SCHOOL CLOTHES SHOPPING. I KNOW FUNNY HUH? ACTUALLY WE WENT UP TO IDAHO FALLS AND BOUGHT HE SOME FALL OUTFITS AND THEN JARED TOOK US OUT TO JOHNNY CARINO'S TO DINNER. WE HAD A GREAT TIME BEING WITH OUR LITTLE FAMILY AND JUST HANGING OUT. ON SATURDAY, I HAD TO PREPARE MY YOUNG WOMEN'S LESSON SO JARED TOOK HALLE FOR A COUPLE HOURS TO THE ARCHERY STORE, AND TO WINGER'S FOR LUNCH AND THEN WATCHED HER WHILE I WENT GROCERY SHOPPING. I FORGOT HOW FAST IT IS TO GO SHOPPING WITHOUT A BABY BUT IT ISN'T NEARLY AS ENTERTAINING. WE LOVE YOU JARED! YOU ARE THE BEST PAPA EVER! AND HALLE, ENJOYED HER TIME WITH YOU SO MUCH! MAMA ALSO ENJOYED A LITTLE BREAK-I EVEN GOT TO PAINT MY NAILS IN PEACE AND QUIET. THEN ON MONDAY MORNING THEY HAD A WORK MEETING AT BERNT'S ,HALLE SLEPT ALL NIGHT, SO SHE WOKE UP AT 7, WHICH IS EARLY FOR HER. WE GOT HER ALL READY FOR THE DAY AND THEN JARED TOOK HER TO THE MEETING TO PLAY WITH GRAMMY AND GRUMPY WHILE I TOOK A LONG MORNING SHOWER AND ENJOYED MYSELF AND THE LITTLE THINGS I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR ANYMORE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INCREDIBLE WEEKEND JARED! WE LOVE YOU! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

LASTLY, I HAD TO ADD A PICTURE OF HALLE NAPPING TODAY. SHE FINALLY GOT HER 3RD TOOTH IN. ONE OF THE TOP ONES AND THE OTHER ONE IS WELL ON IT'S WAY. WHEN SHE IS TEETHING SHE NAPS SO HARD. I COULDN'T RESIST TAKING THIS PICTURE WITH HER CROSSING THOSE LITTLE LEGS, EVEN WHILE SLEEPING. WHAT A BUG!

GO BERNTS & GO IRISH!!!

THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES THAT I GET TO WRITE ON THE BLOG, I TAKE IT AS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE. JUST A LITTLE REMINDER THAT NOTRE DAME WILL PLAY 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY AND PLAY SAN DIEGO STATE.

I KNOW IF WE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR CHARLIE WEIS AND THE REST OF THE IRISH TEAM, WE WILL WIN ANOTHER NATIONAL TITLE.

GO IRISH!!!

HOGLE ZOO AND HEBER CREEPER!

THIS PAST WEEKEND CHRIS AND MY MOM WANTED TO HAVE AN END OF THE SUMMER FAMILY OUTING! WE ALL HAD SO MUCH FUN! WE MET AT HOGLE ZOO ON FRIDAY-WHICH I FORGOT TO TAKE MY CAMERA TO THE ZOO-JARED GOT TO COME WITH US TO THAT AND SO THE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS THERE! THE KIDS LOVED IT AND THE ADULTS ENJOYED THEMSELVES WHILE NANA AND PAPA ENTERTAINED THE 4 KIDS QUITE WELL! WE THEN WENT TO A BUFFET TO DINNER AND IT WAS SO YUMMY! WE ALSO REALIZED HALLE WAS GETTING HER 3RD TOOTH. NO FUN! HOWEVER, BEING IN A STROLLER IN THE HOT WEATHER ALL DAY SHE WAS SUCH A TROOPER. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN KNOWN SHE WAS TEETHING IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER, WHAT A GOOD GIRL! THEN LATER WE WENT TO TROY AND NIKI'S HOUSE FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM AND GIFTS FOR PAPA! SO FUN! WE THEN WOKE UP SATURDAY AND JARED HAD TO LEAVE BUT AT LEAST HE GOT TO COME FOR 1/2 OF IT. THEN OFF TO HEBER CREEPER, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT IS A TRAIN THAT GOES UP HEBER CANYON AND HAS A CONDUCTOR, TREATS AND DRINKS FOR SALE, AND IS JUST LIKE A REAL TRAIN. EVERYONE LOVED IT. WE THEN WENT TO LUNCH AND CAME HOME. THANKS NANA AND PAPA FOR SUCH A GREAT TIME. THANKS TROY AND NIKI FOR LETTING US CRASH AT YOUR HOUSE. AND, IT WAS TRULY A MEMORY OF A LIFETIME AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE ONE LAST TIME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS AND SCHEDULES GET CRAZY! THANKS FOR THE OH SO FUN WEEKEND! WE LOVE YOU ALL!

THE CLAN ON THE HEBER CREEPER: TROY, NIKI, AND TREVYMICHAEL, STEVEN, AND JEN,PAPA, NANA, HALLE, AND I MCKAY, ANNA, JENNA, AND JANEY JARED HAD TO WORK THAT DAY, UNFORTUNATELY! HE WAS BUMMED!

PAPA, NANA, AND HALLE KAY JUST CHILLING!

MY FAVE AND I HANGING OUT ON THE HEBER CREEPER TRAIN!

AUNTIE T AND TREVY AND HALLE ON THE CREEPER!

TREVY ALWAYS HAS TO HAVE A SNACK, ISN'T HE THE CUTEST?

HALLE AND I OUT IN FRONT OF THE HEBER CREEPER STATION.

PAPA AND HALLE LOVING EACH OTHER ON THE TRAIN RIDE!

SLEEPY GIRLS AFTER SUCH A FUN FILLED WEEKEND. WE WERE EXHAUSTED!

OUR WEEKEND IN UTAH!

HALLE AND I WENT TO UTAH THIS WEEKEND AND SPENT IT WITH MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND AND BABY TREVOR. THIS IS TROY AND HALLE PLAYING RIGHT BEFORE THEIR CARPETS GOT CLEANED. HALLE IDOLIZES UNCLE TROY AND I THINK HE KIND OF LIKES HER TOO!
THIS WAS TREVY EATING HIS BREAKFAST AT "DOUG AND EMMY'S", THEY HAVE THE BEST CINNAMON ROLLS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. THEY ARE HUGE. A HALF OF ONE FED ALL OF US-SO GOOD!
THIS IS HALLE AND TREVOR HANGING OUT AT THE ROY DAYS IN THE PARK. WE HAD A FUN TIME AND THE KIDS ENJOYED IT ALTHOUGH IT WAS SO HOT!
THIS IS HALLE AND TREVY IN THE CART GOING INTO COSTCO. SO CUTE! THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH. TREVY DEMANDED KISSES FROM HER AND SHE WAS LOVING LIFE WITH HER LITTLE HAND RESTING ON HIS LEG. THEY LAUGHED SO MUCH...COSTCO! OH THE JOYS OF A LITTLE ONE!
HALLE CHILLIN IN HER SHADES.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME THIS PAST WEEKEND. JARED HAD TO WORK AND HALLE AND I HAVE ONLY BEEN DOWN TO NIKI'S HOUSE 1 TIME SINCE SHE WAS BORN SO IT WAS TIME TO MAKE THE TRIP. HALLE DID GREAT WITH TREVOR, THEY SEEMED TO HAVE A TON OF FUN! SO DID THE ADULTS. ON FRIDAY WE WENT TO A PARK IN OGDEN WHERE YOU CAN CANOE. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND SO FUN! YOU WOULD NEVER KNOW SUCH A PLACE WAS RIGHT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF OGDEN. HALLE LOVED THE CANOE. THEN WE WENT HOME AND MADE DINNER AND GOT THE KIDS TO BED. SATURDAY WE WENT TO THE OGDEN FARMER'S MARKET, SO FUN! THEN WE WENT HOME AND EVERYONE INCLUDING KIDS, GOT A 2 HOUR NAP ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE WERE GOING TO PARK CITY TO THE ARTS FESTIVAL THAT NIGHT BUT IT WAS TO HOT FOR THE KIDS. WE WENT TO CHERRY HILLS AFTER SOME SHOPPING TO MINI GOLF BUT IT WAS TO BUSY AND THE BABIES WERE TIRED SO WE WENT HOME. ON SUNDAY WE WENT INTO THE MTNS AND TROY TOOK HALLE'S PIX, SO CUTE. IN THE MEANTIME MY NEPHEW FELL IN THE WATER LUCKILY HE DIDN'T GET TO BANGED UP, BUT I FELT SO BAD. HE IS A STRONG DUDE THOUGH. THAT NIGHT WE HAD GIRLS NIGHT WHILE MY BRO IN LAW WORKED. WE WATCHED A MOVIE AND TALKED GIRLS STUFF. DEFINANTLY NEED ONE OF THOSE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE! MONDAY I WATCHED THE KIDS SO TROY COULD GET SOME SLEEP WHILE NIKI WAS AT WORK SO HE COULD GO TO WORK THAT NIGHT. WE CAME HOME AND DADDY WAS SICK WITH A BAD COLD AND I CAME DOWN WITH IT. LUCKILY, ANTIBIOTICS ARE SUCH A LIFESAVER. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME IN UTAH AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FUN AND LETTING US COME PLAY WITH YOU, NIKI, TROY AND TREV. WE ENJOYED IT SO MUCH! WE LOVE YOU!