11/29/09

Living After the "I Do"

At the end of the Disney fairytales you see the Prince and Princess riding off into the sunset with the caption below "They lived happily ever after" What does that mean? Does Disney only want to show the courtship of a couple and deceive young minds to believe that THAT was the hard part? Finding the ONE person who you could love, your true soul-mate? And after the games of dating and the hustle and bustle of preparing for the wedding it’s all down hill from there? Well here is my take on what happened to the famous couples after the I Do’s.


Aurora & Prince Phillip

Could you imagine having four mother-in-laws...............shudder (enough said).



Cinderella and Prince Charming
Charming is still desperately in love with Cinderella, but he is trying to get her help. He had her committed to an inpatient psych ward after a colossal mental breakdown. The sad thing is he should have seen it coming. Strike one: both parents died at a young age (sad). Strike two: she was ordered around and abused by three ungrateful women under the guise of family. Strike three: He found the drawer she kept her handmade rodent clothes in. To top it off, in the midst of the confrontation she began sobbing for an old fairy woman to come intervene. The jury is still out on their happily ever after.

Jasmine and Aladdin "The wandering couple."
Did we really think these two were going to settle down and change ways? Aladdin is on his fourth stint at The Agrabah Prison for theft, while Jasmine, little miss ‘the grass is greener on the other side,’ has had affairs with everyone but the flying carpet. In fact people in town are starting to refer to her as ‘The Magic Carpet Ride.’ There’s only one reason girls wear bra’s as tops; easy access. Maybe someday Aladdin will change, but as long as that sticky fingered Abu is around to influence him, he’ll "never see the light of Day."


Eric and Ariel

I don’t know if any one else caught it but you could cut the sexual tension between Eric and ole Grimsby with a knife. How long do you think he had that statue of Eric at his house before he finally gave it to him?


Today is seven years after I said "Yes." Seven years ago today we both committed to the long climb upwards from "I do" to Happily Ever After. We may not have mice to keep our house clean, magic wands to fix all our mistakes or a genie to make our wishes come true but because we try everyday to help, love and grow with each other we will make it to our ever after, hopefully happily, and there will never be a dull moment.
I love you Jack!

11/21/09

Jackers its your Birthday, Happy Birthday Jackers




Havyn Saunders Poem for Jacks Birthday

Daddy Jack can do something very funny!

Piper Pete is running on his toe

He is funny, funny, funny!

Piper Pete is climbing up his neck.

He is very funny-aroo.

I love to play Dinosaurs and Dragons

me-oh-my a magons.

I love my Daddy Jack.

He goes quack, quack, quack.

We Love you Jack, Happy 30th Birthday.

11/15/09

I'm a fan!


I love snow, snowmen, eating snow, snowballs, sledding, snow angels and everything to do with snow. After about an hour of snow fun with Havyn she turned to me and said very sly and mischievous "It must be Christmas." I cannot wait for Christmas, however, I believe every holiday should have its day.
So heres to Thanksgiving.
Here is our countdown to Thanksgiving turkey.



Daddy Jack and Havyn are making Indian Tee-pees. Well Daddy Jack made the tee-pees, Havyn ate the frosting.
**These are not real Indian Tee-pees, nor were they purchased, found, sold or stolen off of Federal Lands.**

Nephews

I have the cutest nephews!

This past weekend Ashley (My Brother Lehi's Wife) gave birth to Liam Stryder Lacy. Welcome to the world Liam, I can't wait to get to know you! He is so cute and has the tiniest ears I have ever seen.

He looks just like his brother Grady did when he was born. Grady is such a tease. Over the weekend he would take my nose and throw it or pull my hair and laugh. I wish these two lived closer to me so I could see them everyday.

Lachlan (my brother Karson's son) is a month younger than Grady. Grady and Lachlan have two totally different personalities. Lachlan is a busy little boy and very smart. He can do all the actions to Popcorn popping on the apricot tree, but he does them so fast when you sing you can't keep up with him.

Last but not least is Havyn's Prince Charming, Bowen (Jacks sister Marci's boy). Or as we like to call him at our house Bobo-ski-bottenbotten. Bowen is all boy! (Except when his mom and Havyn dress him up as a princess.) He never gets tired of seeing neigh-neighs across the street from his house or throwing balls.

See I told you they were cute! I love them all, but please, please will someone give me a niece?

11/3/09

Fall Fun




A few weeks ago we went to Blanding. Havyn loves Blanding, unfortunately, Krew was sick the whole time so we didn't get to do much. Havyn and I raked up all the leaves and jumped in them over and over. I was surprised how much Havyn liked it. I brought Krew out for a little while, you can tell he didn't enjoy it as much as Havyn. Maybe next year.

11/1/09

Happy Halloween




6 Months and None the Richer


Krew!!
Our little man is 6 months old. Here are a few stats about Krew and what he can do.
  • 17 lbs
  • 29 Inches
  • He can roll over
  • He can sit up
  • He has one bottom tooth
  • He loves to laugh and smile
  • His favorite person is Havyn
  • He eats fruits, vegetables and rice cereal
  • He loves to jump in his baby bouncer
  • He blows raspberries
  • He is good at reaching and grabbing objects
  • He already had his first haircut
  • He loves to balance on his daddys outstretched hand

I would love to say that I can't remember what life was like without him, but I can, it included sleeping through the night, clean shirts and no changing diapers. But I wouldn't change one second of him being in my life. Getting a smile from Krew is worth the spit ups, the night wakenings and changing hundreds of stinky diapers. I know someone upstairs is watching and knows my family, because Krew is the perfect fit for us. We love you Krewsers Bruisers.