Family is Awesome!

I honestly don't know how one would get through life without family! And I am so lucky that I have a great family and my husband has an awesome family! My mom thought this blog thing was so cool, and now has started her own! It will be so fun to check it daily and see exactly what's going on! (When you are this far away, half the time I am clueless!) And now my sister Lindsey has started one too! And she is hilarious! She always brightens my day with her chaotic single life! Somehow she makes me miss being single and so grateful I am married at the same time. Oh and I love her comment cause she ousted Jon's new favorite past time, watching MTV reality shows...and he says Gray's Anatomy is bad! He really just watches if he catches is it, but my sister thinks it's awesome! Anyway now I need to get Jon's family going and the rest of mine! So just do it! It is so easy and way fun! It makes you feel like people care about what's going on in your life. So anyway my thought today is that even though I started this blog to keep in touch with friends, I am finding that it is equally going to help me know what's going on with my family!

Great Date Night!

Alright so I am going to brag just a little, but we finally got our valentine's day date last night and it was great! It was my turn to plan it, and I really wanted to surprise Jon. (Which is pretty much impossible!) So I scheduled two massage appointments at the Z Salon (a really nice spa in Louisville), I had a pregnancy massage over Christmas in Jackson Hole, and decided there was nothing better while you are expecting! Anyway Jon has been trying to guess all week, and I did it, I totally surprised him! The massages were awesome, and it was so relaxing! We then decided to go to Shogun, a Japanese Steakhouse. It was so much fun! If you have a little money burning in your pocket it is definately a great way to spend the night with your husband!
PS. The Z salon is a no-tipping organization, they want you to come back or refer customers as a tip...so if you are here in Louisville, or ever visit Louisville, it is a great spa!

Ryan and Whitney

I got this in the mail today and I had to put this on becuase I think it is so cute! Sorry Whit to embarrass you! I am so excited for Ryan and Whitney to get married! They are definately made for each other. Plus I thought this was such a good idea to send to family and friends!

A Second Chance!

Alright, just a quick update on the fish situation. Emma and I went to the pet store again, yesterday, and picked out a pink beta fish, and a little frog. The frog is about the size of a penny, and very cute. And I don't have to touch it! Emma named the frog Ally, and the fish is Mercy 2. It has almost been 24 hours and all is well. The fish poked at the frog a few times, but now they just seem to be ignoring each other! We are so relieved. I couldn't have handled 4 dead animals in 48 hours!

A Family Home Evening to remember!

Last night for FHE we decided to go and purchase some fish, Emma has been begging us for a pet. She really wanted a Guinea Pig but we decided that would be hard to move across the country! So we headed off to the pet store and bought two goldfish. Which Emma immediately named Mercy and Lola (I am not sure where Mercy came from, but Lola is from a cartoon on Disney called Charlie and Lola). Well in our excitement of getting the fish home and in their new tank, before Emma went to bed, since it was already after 8, we didn't follow directions very well! Actually Jon did say that you have to put the bag of fish in the tank and let the water temperture equalize, I really didn't think that was too important! So we dumped the fish in the tank! Pretty much immediately we could tell that they weren't going to last long. Especially Mercy, who was already on her side at the top, trying to swim down, but she kept floating back up. She also seemed to be twitching. I am totally laughing now, but I was horrified that the new fish were going to die! We told Emma that the fish were looking pretty sick and we would have to see how they were in the morning. I took her to bed, where her whole prayer was about healthy fish!
Jon and I didn't have to wait long to see that the fish were definately not healthy! By 9:30 Mercy was gone! And at 10:00 Lola followed. We had the fish for almost 2 hours! I kept sending frantic text messages to my Mom, what on earth were we going to tell Emma in the moring! I made Jon flush the fish down the toilet, because I could just see me trying to get them out in the morning with Emma, her crying and me being totally grossed out! Not a good idea!
When Emma woke up I told her I had some bad news, that her fish had been too sick and they didn't make it (thankfully she really didn't ask what that meant). I also quickly added that we could go to the pet store today and get a new fish, and maybe a pink one. I think we will try a beta fish, I've heard they are a little stronger! She seems to think that is a great idea...now we just have to hope that the new fish will survive!

Finally getting started!

Ok, I have been meaning to get a blog started for a month or so, and finally I am doing it! I am also going to suggest to all my friends that they get one started too! I think this will be a great way to keep in touch, as in 12 weeks we will be going our separate ways. I know 12 weeks, that's it! So I really don't have much to say here, other than I did it finally! And I will try to update this...which means this week I will have 15 new posts and then next month I will have 2. Ha ha!