Just a few of the good times the last 14 years!

Galveston, TX

San Francisco, (at a Ween concert)

Our home, one Christmas

Memphis, TN with the Mississippi River in the background

14 Years

Today is our 14th anniversary! WOW!!! I cannot believe it has been that long. Some days it does seem that long, but often it seems like just yesterday or last week that we started our life together. As with any marriage, ours is far from perfect, but with that being said I would not trade it or Mike for anything - at least most the time ;-). We have laughed together, cried together, become parents together, traveled together, struggled together, played together, and worried together. I would not being "surviving" right now without Mike. Our life right now is not exactly what we want or where we pictured ourselves at this point in our life, but we both know it is where we are suppose to be right now. We know that with each other we can make it through anything!

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I have not been to a movie in months and saw 2 this weekend (New Moon & Blindside) and LOVED them both!

I only have 2 more care plans this semester. YEAH!!

I have 2 tests on Tuesday this week. Ahhhh!!

I have 2 boys who are begging for a sleepover this week.

I have 2 girls who need haircuts.

I was lucky enough to see my 2 month old nephew 2 times in the last week.

I am in charge of bringing 2 items to Thanksgiving dinner (rolls and my favorite cranberry jello salad).

It started snowing about 2 hours ago and I am wondering how much we will end up with? 2 inches, 22 inches?

Lighter...

is how I am feeling after today. I wish it was because I had lost weight but I am slowly working on that. Today I made another kind of change.

I went from this:


And this:

To this:





I decided awhile back that I would cut my hair and donate it to Locks of Love, but wasn't sure how long I wanted to grow it or exactly how short I would go. Lately I have been feeling....blah (stressed, stuck, in need of change, etc). So I decided to cut my hair now, it was long enough to donate, and I was hoping it would make me feel a little less blah. It worked! 15 inches of hair later and I feel lighter. Not just my head but my heart as well. I don't know how something as simple as a haircut can make me feel inspired. Inspired to try harder, inspired to make some much needed changes, inspired to smile more, to want to smile more.
Now, I just hope Mike likes it too! He is out of town working for a few days and I have not told him about lightening my load...can't wait to see his reaction!

The New Cast

Jenna got her new cast last week and it's so much nicer! She chose bright orange, perfect just for Halloween! Now she can get it wet and play soccer again. I am so glad it is healing like the Dr wanted.

My Kiddos

I am a proud mom! My kids always make me proud but it has been fun lately watching them learn and try new things.

Cole got his guitar for Christmas almost 2 years ago and we finally found a teacher for him, my dad! He LOVES playing and he is pretty good. He enjoys the time with my dad and he even enjoys practicing, I don't even have to remind him. He is learning to play a bit of everything from primary songs to Neil Young and now he is working on some Beatles songs. (You could probably guess who his teacher is without me telling, you just from the song choices).

Rylee is taking band this year and learning to play the clarinet. She seems to enjoy it and we get a kick out of listening to her practice. The best is when she is playing a song and doesn't quite blow enough or maybe too much and it squeaks like a barking seal. ;-) Mike tried playing the other day and could not get even the tiniest sound out. Go RY!

The other night we had the privilege of attending an art openhouse for Noah's class at the SLC library downtown. They had an art teacher come to their class and they made these neat paintings and now they are on display for a month. Noah's work is titled
"The Everlasting Ocean."

Babies, babies, everywhere...

and I still have no desire to have another one...
I have had the privilege to witness some births, assess and bathe newborns, and hold & feed lots of sweet tiny babies lately. I recently finished my OB clinicals for nursing school, visited a good friend and her new little guy, spent a few hours with my 1 month old nephew, and attended a baby shower for my pregnant niece. WOW! It's funny because many people have asked if it makes me want another one, without hesitation the answer is no. I am very content with my cute family and feel that it is complete. That's not to say I don't love having lots of babies around to hold and love on!

They are so cute, especially this little guy. Roran is such a calm baby (so far) and just seems so happy and content.


My kids all keep telling me we need a baby at our house. That's what they now want for Christmas, sorry kiddos, ain't happening. You can play with Roran anytime you want though.




Here is my cute niece, Jacque. She is not due until January but lives in CA and was here for the weekend for a baby shower. Mike was telling her how weird it was to see her pregnant, he remembers holding her when she was a newborn.

The Green Casts

I forgot I had promised to post some pics of both my girls in their green casts. Jenna's is a brighter green and a bit bigger. We are hoping to get a smaller cast next week! Poor Jenna is so tiny and that cast seems to way as much as she does. She has been really good, hardly complaining. She did ask me the other day how to spell sad, nothing unusual, she often asks me how to spell stuff as she practices writing. So I had her sound it out and figure it out herself. A few minutes later she handed me a note that said "mom, I am sad." I asked her why she was sad and she said because she can't dance or do the monkey bars with only one arm. Ahhhh. Then today she told me she likes having a broken arm because people wrote on her cast and they are extra nice to her. OK.



Rylee broke her arm the same time of year, in a similar way (those darn bars). Luckily her break was not quite as bad so she had the smaller cast the whole time. She informed me the other day that even with her cast she still did the bars at school. Luckily she didn't tell me until now.

I Got It...

the dreaded phone call from your child's school. "Carly, I have Jenna here in the office, she fell off the monkey bars, and her arm doesn't look so good". Luckily it was Tuesday, my only somewhat "free" day and I had just gotten back into Bountiful from my test at school. They said she was being very brave and not crying. Then when I got there she saw me and she lost it. So sad....

On the way to the Dr. to get an x-ray.

This is what it looked like, not extreme, but pretty obvious something is wrong...

The x-ray, can you see the nice fracture?

My tough little girl all splinted up and doped up (no, the pain meds didn't seem to do anything to her besides help with the pain).

Even though this was a stinky thing to have happen I have plenty to be grateful for in this situation: Jenna's left handed, an awesome Dr. who I totally trust, that it happened on a day when I was around (My schedule is soooo crazy and I worry all the time about not being there for my kids and this is definitely a time I would hate not being there), a tough kid, modern medicine, ....

So now both my girls have broken bones while playing on bars...after Jenna gets her cast (which she informed is going to be green like Rylee's was) I will post pics of both my girls in their casts.

It's all a part of growing up right?

Soccer

Jenna started bugging me back in the spring about playing soccer so we signed her up. I was a little hesitant due to the fact that all 3 of the other kids played at some point but didn't really enjoy it and just kind of stood around or played around when they were on the field. Jenna seems to be enjoying it and although she hasn't scored yet she tries!

Typical Jenna!

Here she is kicking the ball.

And here she is running for the ball.

Hopefully by the end of the season she will have scored at least 1 goal and still be having as much fun as she is now.

Roran Philip Delozier

My brother Devin and his wife Karissa are the proud parents of my newest nephew, Roran. After 26 long hours with the help of forceps he entered the world on September 8, 2009 at 7:54 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds and was 19 inches long. He spent a few days in the NICU due to possible infection, but he his home now and we are all so glad he is here safe and sound. He is definitely a Delozier, he looks so much like Devin. It is going to be so fun to watch him grow! We love you Roran, and Devin & Karissa!

WEEN!!!

Our favorite band, WEEN, was touring again and once again skipping SLC, so we decided to go on the road again to see them. Mike & I left the kiddos behind with Grandma & Grandpa (THANKS mom and dad!) and made a little get away out of it. We went to Denver where WEEN played at Red Rocks. We had seen them once before at this beautiful outdoor amphitheater, but this time they were headlining. I don't know how many people Red Rocks holds but it was packed! (see we aren't the only crazy WEEN fans out there). Anyway, it was nice to sleep in for a couple days and just hang out with each other. We also got to spend an afternoon with Joan (a friend from back in the day that we love and miss who lives in Colorado Springs).

And Mike got a few minutes of skating in at the new park in Colorado Springs, it's HUGE!!!

Mike & Joan

Waiting for WEEN!!! Can you see the beautiful red rocks in the background, it is an amazing place to see a show.

Dean Ween rocking out to "With My Own Bare Hands"!

Gene, Dean, and Mean Ween!!! They put on a great show!!! They have such a variety of songs and they played a bit of everything that night.