Saturday, August 13, 2011

A Quick Update

Ok, so here's the thing... I SUCK at updating our blog. Honestly, I need to hand all responsibility for it over to Gordon. It's like a journal. I was never able to keep one of those either. I can't believe it's been 5 months since I last posted.

In June we went to Disneyland with the Meier family. The girls had so much fun. Miranda keeps asking to go back. We told her she had to learn to go potty in the toilet first. Little did we know that motivation like that really works. She got her "big girl underwear" almost two weeks ago and hasn't had an accident since. Oops! How do I explain to a three year old that we still have to wait 3 more months for Daddy to get enough vacation time??

Our first day at Disneyland was kinda rough. Our girls don't usually get out of bed until 9 or 10. We had them up by 7 (6 Mountain time) so we could get there before the crowds and go home for a nap later. Miranda had a meltdown while waiting in line for Buzz Lightyear. She needed that nap!


Of course, that all changed once she got inside. She LOVED Buzz! This is BY FAR her favorite ride. She always talks about "Big Buzz" and how she is going back to see him. We probably rode this ride 20 times that week.


Here we are saying, "Hi!" to Sully. Claire did not trust the Disney characters. She kept a wary eye on all of them.


On the way home we stopped by the beach. We couldn't get too dirty because we had to drive 5 hours to Vegas before we could shower. HAHA Have you ever heard of NOT getting dirty at the beach? Oh well, it was fun anyway. Claire was not happy with Papa for getting her that close to the water, but Miranda loved it.


This is one of my favorite things that happens when Daddy comes home. The kids attack him before he can even get in the door. They're sitting in the mudroom because Daddy couldn't get any further.


And here are the girls and me playing with camera instead of cleaning. Miranda loves to say, "cheese". Claire, on the other had, is impossible to pin down long enough to get pictures.






Friday, March 11, 2011

Not much new around here



I finally took a picture of our house. I absolutely LOVE our neighborhood and ward. I think this is where we were supposed to be.

I am trying to get a garden going in the back yard. There is a spot just under the kitchen window that looks like it may have been used for that before. I can't tell for sure, but it's a squarish, dead spot in the grass. It's mostly mud and weeds now, but it's obvious grass hasn't been there in a while. I'm hoping it will work for a garden. It gets A LOT of water (floods very often). That can be good and bad. I don't want to drown my garden. I want to make some raised beds to help. I'm also hoping that the garden will help with the flooding. Hopefully tilling the soil will help with the drainage. I'm also a little worried about the amount of sun it gets. It is on the east side of the house so it's in direct sunlight for about 6-7 hours a day. I know that the garden would do better on the south side of the house (which would be in the sun longer), but the south side of our house is where the RV pad is supposed to be. There isn't a pad there yet, but I think it would be silly to have the RV gate access and then a garden behind it. It might hurt the resale, just a little. =)

The girls and I are supposed to be heading to Vegas this Sunday for a wedding. We'll be riding with Grandma and Papa, if we go. I'm a little torn because Claire is still sick or getting sick again. We can't have more than a day or two of a healthy house, I swear! She has her wellness check this Saturday, so I'll have the doctor check her if she is still sick.

I forgot to mention that we had Claire's birthday party this last Saturday. We celebrated at Jungle Jim's. The kids had a blast. Candice took the pictures with her camera, so I'll post some when I get copies. It really was a nice party. It's a fun place for the kids to go. If your kids don't insist on playing the arcades it can actually be a good price, too. Just make sure you check their website for coupons (we found a meal coupon that saved us like $7.00 on each pizza/soda we ordered).

I still haven't gotten any more done around the house. It takes so long to keep up the house that I can never get ahead and actually unpack. I keep hoping that the girls will finally feel better so they aren't so clingy/demanding and I'll get something done. It doesn't help when I spent 4 hours meeting up with my mom to borrow tools and then running to Home Depot. Two hours in Home Depot and I bought ONE thing! HAHA I was too shocked at the price of lumber to buy the stuff to build my garden. Instead I priced everything and redid my plans. It will save me over $300, but it's not exactly what I wanted. Oh well. I was hoping to spend less than $200 and the original cost (NOT including dirt or plants) was going to be close to $600. I couldn't believe it! I can buy a lot of tomatoes and celery for $600... haha

Alright. I better try to get Claire to bed again. She is refusing to sleep. Little squirt! Thinks just because she had a 10 minute nap at 8:30 that she doesn't have to go to bed. Well, Mommy does!! *sigh* Hopefully...

Sunday, February 20, 2011

"We're tired of being sick, we're sick of being poor"



Have I mentioned how great my husband is? He cleans, does laundry, dishes AND changes poopie diapers! I love this man!


Saturday was a lot of fun. First I went to a craft class that Candice invited us to. We made frames and mounted temple pictures in them. (the frames we did are slightly different than the picture above, but I chose this picture) They're GORGEOUS! It has to dry for one more day and then I can antique it and hang it. Here is a picture of the one I did (not mine, but the picture from their website). They are very big. I wanna try to do something like this on our own. Then we went to a coupon class at my mom's house. Yes... I know... coupon class. Sounds terribly boring. But this is the second time I've been. It's fun!! I've finally started saving money (it takes a few weeks to gather enough coupons for it to work).



Things still haven't gotten far in the unpacking. It's funny because I'm home all day with the girls and somehow don't have any time. The last couple weeks have just been filled with sick children. Like I mentioned, Miranda had her tonsils out. She is finally back to normal. We have her check up this coming Wednesday to see if she's completely healed. Claire and Miranda both got a stomach bug right after Miranda's surgery (this was a house of throw up for several days). Now Claire has RSV! I'm so sick of us always being sick! I thought this was normal because I was always sick growing up, but Gordon said it is NOT normal for a family to be ill this often.

Friday, February 4, 2011

We've Moved... again



Hooray! We have our first house. We actually moved in about two weeks ago. And this is a picture I stole from the listing because I still haven't gone out to take any. Our house is a disaster! I don't understand how people can unpack so fast. It takes me MONTHS... if not years. ;) We are excited, though. We love the neighborhood and the ward. And I love that it is close enough to family to visit (although, eventually we'd like to live even closer).

Ok, I know this is a crappy post. There is actually a lot to catch up on (Miranda had her tonsils out on Tuesday). But I am really tired and I should get Miranda something to eat now that Claire is asleep.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

2011






Ok, so there is no excuse for how long it's been since I've posted. I don't know what to say except that I'm REALLY bad at blogging!

A lot has happened since my last post (duh, it's been more than 4 months!). Gordon got a job at Harmon's in Ogden. So we have moved back to Utah! HOORAY!!! He started there at the beginning of October. We've been living in Payson with Gordon's parents, and staying in Draper with my parents a couple nights a week. We're really lucky to have family that has let us do this. Otherwise we would have rented a place and had to sign a year long contract (they wouldn't go any shorter, we asked). Because we didn't have to rent we were able to save up some money and are now trying to buy a house. We're in the process right now. If this goes through we'll be living in Syracuse (about 20 minutes southwest of Ogden).

We had a great time on the last few holidays. Being here is GREAT because we get to see family (there are only five things I miss in Casper: Brianna, Brandon, Braylynn, Brinlee, and the Lime Leaf). For Halloween we wore our Harry Potter costumes again (young Lily, young Snape, and a snitch). I tried to make Claire be the Sorting Hat, but I didn't get the costume done in time. So she was a jack-o-lantern. It was really cute.



Oh yeah, Claire being the jack-o-lantern... she had to wear a corrective helmet for three months. She developed a flat spot on her head because she had a tight neck muscle. She is all done wearing it and everything looks great. She was such a good sport about it.



We were able to spend some time with both families for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, we didn't get to go Black Friday shopping because I wasn't feeling well. That has been the biggest downside to moving back home. We have been sick A LOT! It's just because we actually see people here. When we lived in Wyoming we stayed home 99% of the time.

Christmas Eve we had breakfast with Santa with the Meier family. I love this idea! We need to keep doing it. Then we spent Christmas day in Payson with the Hardys. It was really fun to open presents with Braxton and Zach, too. Miranda was so excited this year. She finally understands presents. We spoiled her, just a little... but she has hardly gotten anything from us for Christmas the first two years (probably 1-2 toys each year). So it's ok. haha


Friday, August 27, 2010

Ok, maybe I didn't make it out of the Abyss...




So, apparently I'm really bad at keeping the blog updated. I have to get Gordon to start doing it! He usually remembers to do things online. It seems like the only computer I ever get to use is the laptop because I can't keep Miranda entertained upstairs. =) Miranda, Claire, and I are going to Utah on Monday. I wanted to make one last trip before the deer shop gets really busy. I think I might be too late though. I thought the big hunts didn't start until mid September, but Papa sounded pretty busy the last couple times I've called. =(

The girls are getting SO big! I can't believe how fast they grow up. It's been nice since Brianna moved here. At least Miranda has some friends to play with now. It's nice for me to have someone to hang out with too!

This is very short considering it's been almost 3 months since I posted, but Claire is getting impatient. Gotta go!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Back from the abyss




Ok, so it's only been 5 months since my last post. HAHA I thought I had gotten on here and posted the pictures when Claire was born, but apparently it was only on Facebook. Which is really weird because I hardly ever use Facebook anymore. I am posting this from my laptop so I only have the pictures that I can pull from Facebook. I'll post one here. These were taken the day after Claire (Clarissa Lynn Hardy) was born. She looks a lot different now. She just turned 3 months old.

We moved to Casper, Wyoming, last week. It seems like a nice town, but Gordon is pretty unhappy with his job. There was some miscommunication about the work schedule. We're not sure if it was intentional or accidental. He was told this was a good position for him (as opposed to Grand Junction and Cheyenne... the places we wanted more) because he would have good mentoring here and there would be a lot of overlap hours so he wouldn't be working on his own. Well, now that he's here he's found out that not only will there be no other pharmacist on duty while he working, but there will be a lot of time without a tech as well! Arg! So much for this being a good position for a newbie. We figured the recruiter told him this was a good fit for him because it is such a hard position for them to fill, not because it actually is good for him.

Oh well, at least he is getting experience. He plans on taking the NAPLEX at the end of June and the law exam the next week. He wanted to put it off as long as possible so he could have a little more time working with someone else. He will be by himself as soon as he's certified.

I am feeling so isolated today. Verizon's phone service is down AGAIN. It's happened here (all of Wyoming) before. Maybe it's a good thing... it made me get online and actually update the blog. =)

Thursday, January 21, 2010

January Blues...


Well, this time it was a little longer than a month but at least I got the post in while it is still January. Gordon has been in Scottsbluff, Nebraska since the 2nd. Miranda and I met him in Cheyenne last weekend so we could see him. He has another week and a half in NE and then another week in Laramie. *sigh* I hate it when he's away. I feel for the wives whose husbands jobs take them away a lot.

I've started to get the apartment put together. I had it fairly clean yesterday, but then I grabbed a few boxes from the closet (office stuff) and am trying to go through those... now my house is trashed again. Arg! Unpacking is a nightmare. I want to make sure it's all done before Gordon comes home. =)

Miranda is getting SO big! She talks a TON and really knows how to ham it up if she wants something. She has started being a fussy butt at bedtime. She still goes down just fine as long as I let her go to sleep in my bed. Little monster! She won't even let me put her into the crib until she is asleep. She usually is ok being transferred, even if she wakes up, but she refuses to go to bed in her bed. It's a really bad habit that I should have broken her of sooner, but it's hard to want to when she is so good about just rolling over and going to sleep in my bed.

PS- Ok, here is the belly shot... =)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Another Trip to Cheyenne


It's been about a month since I've posted. I did say that once a month is good for me, right?

We're in Utah right now. We've been here since November 20th (except for the quick trip back to Cheyenne for a doctor's appointment). It's been nice to be around family again. It's crazy how fast time is flying. We have been splitting our time between Draper and Payson. We love being around family! The crazy thing is that our apartment is still TRASHED. It's hard to get the motivation to organize it when we're still not 100% sure that we'll end up staying here. We're still trying to work things out with Housing so we could move into a two bedroom apartment. But, it looks like we will probably end up staying here. That's ok. This is a very nice apartment... just a small one for a family of four.

We'll be heading to Cheyenne tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to the drive. The weather looks kinda gross. We wouldn't be heading back until Wednesday or Thursday, but I have some doctor's appointments to go to earlier in the week.

Anyways, I better get going. We still have a bunch of packing to do and I wanna hit the road early so we're not driving too much in the dark. hahaha Yes... us, hit the road early... hahaha

Monday, November 2, 2009

Random updates


Miranda has been such a grumpy guss lately. Maybe she is having sympathy pregnancy mood swings! I know I've been having them. I hate being hormonal!

We didn't do much for Halloween. I did make us get dressed up (in Harry Potter costumes... again...). Chris came over and we had pizza. Mark, Mary and Ollie stopped by and visited for a bit. It was fun. We haven't seen them in a couple months. Then we went to Cold Stone and grabbed an ice cream before bedtime.

I spent all day today packing things up. I barely dented the office and now my house is trashed. Ugh... I'm hoping to have everything packed before we go to Utah for Thanksgiving. That way we don't have to come back here early to pack before the move.

I'm also trying to put together another cookbook. This is supposed to be an "All Time Favorites" book. If anyone has a great recipe, please send it to me.

(I'll update this post with some pictures of Miranda in her costume as soon as I'm back on the main computer)

UPDATE- Finally got the picture on there (like a week later). She's the golden snitch from Harry Potter.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Chinese Food


Wow, has it really been a month since I last posted? Well... at least I'm back on track with my "normal" posting, eh?

Not a lot is going on here. Gordon just finished his third week at this rotation. It is going by really fast, actually. If this were a normal rotation (and not a double) he'd be finished next week. I've only gotten a few things packed around the house. I really need to get on the ball. I'd like to have the place mostly packed before we head to Utah for Thanksgiving. That way there won't be much to do when we come back for the move. It is kinda hard to pack since we're still going to be here for more than a month...

We had Chris and Julie over for dinner tonight. It was fun. I think we're doing Chinese for lunch tomorrow. Homemade, of course. =) Julie is coming over and we're going to experiment. Fun. I love cooking. We'll see if Miranda cooperates. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *gasp* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

No, really, she is a good girl. She just wants to be involved in everything we're doing. I think she gets scared by the frying pans when I cook, too. She stands in the doorway and cries for me but won't come any closer if she can hear it sizzling. She knows that the sound means hot and it scares her. Poor thing. So funny what scares her and what doesn't.

I can't believe I'm almost half way done with this pregnancy. It's going much better now that I'm past the morning sickness. I can deal with being tired. =) I'll be 20 weeks this Thursday. Crazy! We were just talking about how Miranda will handle a little sister. I feel kinda bad that she hasn't interacted with more kids until now. Hopefully she does ok. I think the biggest shocker will be that she will have to share Mom and Dad's attention now.

Oh well, I better get to bed. I think Gordon has fallen asleep on the couch. I didn't mean to be on so late. =) Goodnight!

~Christi

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It's a Girl!


We went to Fetal Studios before we left Utah and found out that it's a girl! We're actually both really excited about it. It does help that we have most things we'll need already. haha Miranda will love having a little sister... once she gets over the shock of not being an only child anymore.

Gordon is almost done with his third rotation. It has gone by kinda quick (to me at least). He was in Byron for two weeks of it and then he's been able to do the other two weeks from home. He has a bunch of meetings in Cheyenne he has to attend for the rotation, but it's still nice to have him home with us. I hate being home alone for weeks at a time. :(

There is so much stuff to do before we move. We'll be moving back to Utah in December. That way I won't be alone all of January while he is gone on rotation. We didn't think that was a good idea since I'd be 7-8 months pregnant at the time. Another perk is that our parents won't have to travel when the baby is born. That'll be nice. We are sad about one thing, though. We just found out that Bob and Kimber might be moving to Cheyenne in November. We are sad to be leaving just after they come. They're so fun to hang out with. And Gracie is so cute. She calls us the Harry Potter friends. haha I love it!!

I better try and take a little nap before Miranda wakes up. I'm still useless without one (still morning sick, etc. but hoping it will end soon).

Monday, August 31, 2009

Another Post

Well, it's only been a month since my last post... about normal for me, right?

Miranda and I are in Utah right now. Daddy is doing a rotation in northern Wyoming. I decided to spend some time here because we weren't sure how often he'd be able to come home this month. He has to drive about 6 1/2 hours to Cheyenne. The fun thing is that he came to visit us this weekend here in Utah. It was about a 9 hour drive, but he said he'd rather do the extra 2 1/2 hours to here than be home alone.=) We were happy to see him. Miranda LOVES her Daddy!!

Miranda is growing up so fast. I can't believe how big she is. Do all parents feel this way? Again, I can't post pictures because I'm not even on my computer. Candice is letting me borrow her laptop... that's the only reason I've been able to get online. Thanks, Candice!

Sorry this is so short, especially since I haven't said anything important... but I better get to bed. Fixing the gas leak didn't make the morning sickness go away, unfortunately. It'll all be worth it in the end, right?

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Scary

Good news... Gordon survived his rotation. He passed and is happy it is over.

Not-so-good news... I've posted how I've been really morning sick with this pregnancy. I noticed last night that I felt better when we went to a BBQ and were out of the house for a few hours. I made a joke that I felt sick within seconds of walking back into the house. "Maybe I'm allergic to this apartment, haha". Well, the last couple days Gordon has been feeling sick too and he basically passed out on the couch this afternoon, even though he finally had a good night's sleep last night. While I was sitting on the other couch I noticed a natural gas smell and joked that maybe we have CO poisoning. Gordon got the CO detector out and it looked ok, but he smelled the gas too. So we called the gas company and it turns out we have a leak! Our maintanence guys are trying to fix the leak now, but this could actually explain why I've been so sick the last few weeks. I've blamed it all on the pregnancy but I usually felt better whenever I'd leave the house. I thought that was just because I usually feel better when I'm being productive... Now we're worried about Miranda and the baby. I am going to call my doctor on Monday to see what they suggest. I think everything should be ok with the baby. I've had minor symptoms, but nothing extreme. It just felt like really bad morning sickness. I have noticed that Miranda is sleeping a TON. I thought that maybe she was going through a growth spurt but she's been sleeping 11-13 hours a night plus a 2 hour nap everyday for the last few weeks. That is not like her. She usually sleeps 9-10 hours a night.

We have all the windows open right now. Hopefully that helps clear some of this out. Maybe I'll even feel better! Hooray for less morning sickness... =)

Friday, July 24, 2009

I posted again, can you believe it?

Gordon will be doing a rotation this next month so he can have February off. I hope everything goes ok on this new rotation. I'll feel really bad if it turns out like this first one did. He is hating life. Today is his last day there, thank goodness! He is really worried about failing the rotation. At this point he has done everything he can, so we'll see how it goes. He has worked his butt off, too. He comes home and does homework all night. It feels like he never gets to see/play with Miranda. It's been almost as bad as a rotation away from home. We're really hoping that this is the exception and not the rule. There are one or two other rotations where he expects a lot of homework, but hopefully the rest are not this bad.

I am happy that we got pregnant so fast, but I forgot how bad being pregnant was. The outcome of pregnancy is great... actual pregnancy is not so great. At least the first half. I am so morning sick (all day long) that all I do is lay on the couch all day. Poor Miranda has watched so much Elmo lately. She loves Elmo, but usually I wouldn't let her watch this much tv.

It sounds like Miranda has woken up. I better go get her and feed the beast. HAHA No, she's actually a really good girl. =)

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Almost There

I am so unfaithful to this blog, no matter how much I try. It's hard to get on everyday (or even every few days) to post something when there really isn't much going on.

I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter last Tuesday. Yes, I am one of those dorks who goes in costume. I LOVE it. haha Brian (Gordon's brother) has a bunch of friends that get together for every HP movie and book. They do a Pot(ter) Luck, which is an all day party and then they get in line like 10 hours early. It's really fun.

Gordon is close to being done with this rotation. He is trying to decide if he should switch his month off and do a rotation next month. If he does he will have February off, just in case I have the baby early. The only bad thing is that the rotation he has in February sounds better to him than the one they offer next month.

Miranda is getting bigger every day. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to post because I'm writing from the laptop. She has decided she LOVES Elmo. She will dance and get excited when the song comes on. She only watches it for a couple minutes at a time, though. I don't want her to be a kid that watches TV all day, but it would be nice if she would sit and watch something for 30-60 minutes. Free time... Does anyone actually remember what that was? I know I don't! ;) And I really won't know what it is once the next one is born. At least now I do get free time during her nap. I won't even get that anymore since they won't have similar sleep patterns for a long while. What were we thinking??? One kid is enough!! I changed my mind!! HAHAHA

Speaking of "one kid"... I better make her eat. She just sits there and plays with it if we don't feed her. She is still so dependent. Most kids her age get upset when you try to cut up their food and feed them. She'll pick it up and hold it out to us so we have to put it in her mouth. Silly girl!!

Monday, July 6, 2009

Some Good News at Last!

Wow, my last post sure was angry. I am still a little miffed with this place, but we did finally get in on Monday. We were really lucky and a bunch of people showed up from Julie's ward and our new ward here to help us move in. It was great. We got the truck unpacked in less than 45 minutes. Unpacking the apartment is a different story. I had to COMPLETELY scrub a room before I dared to unpack it. I don't expect a place to be perfect when I move in, but it should at least be cleaned. This place was pretty dirty. There were still bread crumbs all over inside the cutting board. ICK! Seriously, I probably spent at least 10 hours scrubbing the kitchen before I unpacked anything into it. I still haven't done the master bathroom, so we use the other bathroom for everything. I guess all this is making it sound like I don't like this place. All in all, it will be an ok place to live. I do LOVE all the space. It's going to be hard jumping back and forth from this three bedroom bahemeth to the 400 square foot mini-apartment back in Utah. haha At least Draper has my parent's house right up the driveway for when i feel too crowded.

Well, I better get to bed. It's now 1:00 AM. I am SO addicted to WoW, it's not even funny. I better get to the point of my post tonight... We found out today that Miranda is going to be a big sister!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Never rent from Mountainside Apartments... Tell your friends!!

Ok, I'm here to vent...
We have been planning on moving into a new apartment for about a month. We had all our application stuff in at the end of May with a move in date of June 20th. We've already rented a truck and put our notice in with our current landlord. I called the apartment place yesterday to set up a time to sign the lease and get the keys. The lady tells me that the University's Financial Aid department filled out one of their forms wrong and we need to have that in before they can even process our paperwork. Then she pulls up our file and sees that some information wasn't ever returned by America First Credit Union either. She then tells me that it takes 24-48 hours to process this paper work once they get it back... This is Thursday morning and we're scheduled to move in Saturday... Ok, a call would have been nice!!! They NEVER even told us there was a problem. I called them less than 2 weeks ago to verify that everything was ok and they said it was. Well, we run around like mad on Thursday and get everything turned in by the end of the day. She tells me that she'll send it in first thing Friday morning (for some reason she couldn't do it that evening even though it came in before 4:00). On Friday we were in Cheyenne to pick up the rental truck so we stop by the apartment place because they are not answering their phones. She tells me, "Oh, I'm glad you stopped by. The verification lady called me about half an hour ago and told me something was still wrong with the information from America First. But, we can have you fill out this other form while you're here and just turn this in instead." Ok... so I'm thinking, "Why didn't we just do this form in the first place since America First was giving them such a hard time to do the form they wanted??" So we jump through that hoop and she says she'll let us know by 5:00 what's going on. At 4:50 she calls and says that she hasn't heard back from the verification company and since it's after 5:00 she can't call them (even though it's NOT after 5:00 yet). I asked if there was any way to move our stuff in on Saturday if we stayed with family and didn't live in it until Monday. She said that if our stuff is in there then we officially have "possession" of the property and we can't do that until we sign a lease. She's like, "I have a sticky note on my computer to contact them back first thing on Monday morning to find out what's going on". Well, THANKS! We already have a rental truck, our family is coming up from Utah to help us move and now we don't even have a place... and we still don't know if we'll have it Monday. Great! Even if we do get it Monday Gordon and I will have to move everything in ourselves now because our family has work to get to on Monday.

*sigh* You know, I'm not mad that the verification takes 24-48 hours. They probably have no control over that. By WHY, oh WHY, did they not call us and tell us that they were having problems so we could have gotten it taken care of in time to move in? They never even called at all! The only reason we knew there was a problem was because I called them. WTF??

Saturday, April 18, 2009

A Month in a Nutshell

Ok, so we're back to posting here once a month...

In March Gordon, Miranda, and I went to Utah for Spring Break. Miranda and I stayed behind to visit with family after Gordon went home. It was a lot of fun. We stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Hardy on the weekends and with Grandma and Papa Meier on the weekdays.


Miranda sure loved to take people for walks. Here she is cruising the kitchen with Grandpa Hardy.


While we were visiting Miranda got really sick. Here's the video I sent to Daddy to show him how much she wanted him. We found out a couple days later that she actually had viral AND bacterial pneumonia. Poor Girl.


Then we went to Vegas with Grandma and Papa. Here is the big girl walking around the Dinosaur park with Grandma. It was so warm!


Miranda went down her first slide at the Dinosaur park. She laughed at the end, but I don't think you can hear it well in the video.


Miranda and Papa crashed in the backseat on the way home from Vegas. It was a long drive, but she did really well.


We did have a lot of fun in Utah, but it sure was nice to get home to Daddy!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

STILL waiting!

I am seriously going insane. We were supposed to have the results for Gordon's rotations by Feb 23. We STILL don't have them (over two weeks later)! We're never going to find out where we're headed.
Friday is my last day of work. What's crazy about that is I have work today, but Wednesday is my normal day off and I took Thursday off because Gordon has some tests. So I only have two more days of work. Weird...
We're looking forward to our trip to Utah on Friday (or Saturday, weather depending).