Happy Birthday Honey!!

Well today is my sweetheart's 27th Birthday. I can't believe we are getting so old. :( It has been a pretty laid back day so far. Eric woke up at 6 am to play World of Warcraft. Then we had a nice morning making Eric's birthday strawberry cheesecake. For the last four birthdays Eric's sister, Bonnie, made his birthday cheesecake. Since she was working today and we are moving away in a couple of months I thought it was time I learn to make Eric's favorite cake. It was actually very easy. It also tastes very good.




Eric went out at noon to do service, scouting for food. He picked up food left on doorsteps to donate to hungry families. While he was gone I was busy wrapping presents.

Eric got another Wheel of Time book in hard back. That is his favorite series of books. There are 11 books and they are all huge books. There is suppose to be a 12th one but the author died in September. Eric was pretty upset about that. Hopefully someone will help finish it.


Then Eric got wireless headphones. Now he can stay up late and watch t.v. without waking me. They work through out the house. They are pretty neat.


The final gift was Eric's surprise. He had no clue what I got him. I got him a new battery for his laptop. Since he is going back to school I thought that would be a practical gift. The old battery has pretty much died. It only lasts about 30 minutes fully charged. I remember when we were dating, Eric carried his laptop every where. Now that the battery doesn't work it just sits on the desk plugged in. I think he liked the gift.

We are going to go to "On the Border" a Mexican restaurant for dinner. We are just waiting for Bonnie to get off work so we can go with her. I hope Eric has enjoyed his birthday hanging out and doing the things he loves.
I am so excited to celebrate with him. I am truly grateful to have him in my life. He has taught me so much about life. I love how he is always positive about everything. He is always looking on the bright side. He never gets mad at anybody or anything. He has definitely rubbed off on me. He would always have the attitude "It doesn't help the situation to get mad" or "have low expectations and you will never be disappointed." Because of his example I find myself a lot more happy and willing to work through situations instead of get upset.

He is a wonderful husband and father. He has always made it his goal to make me happy. I love those days when I would come home and find a clean kitchen or the floor has been vacuumed. He is always looking for ways to serve me and take care of me. I know I am lucky to have such a wonderful man look after me. I love it when Aaron just looks at Eric and smiles really big. I know that Aaron loves his daddy. Since Eric gets to take care of Aaron when I go to work, I know that they are having fun together. Even though Eric is 27, he is still a kid himself. He loves to sing songs and make weird and funny noises. Aaron loves it.

Happy Birthday, Eric!!! I love you so much!!!

He likes to dance

He is really learning to focus on what we are doing now. Angela is playing games on Eric's phone while Aaron is content just to watch the screen.


Aaron is liking his jumper more and more. It's a nice break to just put him in it and let him play on his own for a while. In this video the music isn't added. Aaron can hear it and is bouncing with it. I think he will be a good dancer when he grows up. =) It is fun watching him do different things everyday. He grabs on to anything with in his reach and, of course, puts it into his mouth. He loves loves to grab Eric's hair on his head on his chest. He has a really tight grip. I swear I have seen Eric cry a couple of times from it. jk

Now at 4 months Aaron is really enjoying his toys. He can sit and play with them for a long time. I think he is trying to learn how to sit up already. I have noticed recently that he lifts up his head and shoulders when he is lying flat on his back. With a little bit of help he will pull himself up to the sitting position and then to the standing position. It will be cool when he can do those things on his own. I hope you enjoyed the video.

We are moving...

to.....Rexburg, ID. Unfortunately, things were not quite working out down here with Eric going to UNLV and he will not be graduating this December like we had hoped. Eric has decided to change his major from Electrical Engineering to Accounting. We decided that going back to BYU-Idaho would be the best option for our family. Eric will begin classes on Jan. 9th. We are looking forward to this new change. BYU-Idaho is where Eric and I met and I think it will be fun to go back up there. I am not looking forward to the difference in the weather between Las Vegas and Rexburg. Here in Las Vegas it snows one day a year. I kind of liked it. Now we will be going to Rexburg in the heart of winter. Here is a picture of our new apartment that we will be living in. Doesn't it look cozy??
If any of you are still not sure how cold it gets up there, here is a picture of a man who stepped outside for just a few minutes. We are definitely nervous about the move. This will be our first big move. We have no idea how we will fit everything in to the moving truck or if it will fit into the apartment. We have collected a lot of stuff in the last few years. We have a lot of work to do since we are leaving for Texas for Christmas Break and then when we return we will be loading up the truck and heading north.

It will be a little sad to leave Las Vegas. When I came to Las Vegas to teach more than 4 years ago I didn't think that I would be here for this long. Eric and I have many memories here. My first day in Las Vegas Eric purposed and since then we have had a wonderful 4 years together. I feel like I have done a ton of growing up here. I came to Las Vegas a very naive young 21 year old college girl. Since then I have gotten married, taught high school for 4 years, been young womens president for 2 years, and now I am a mom to my baby boy. I some how grew up from being the youth to leading youth. Although my experiences have been, to say the least, hard, I have definitely learned something from each of my experiences. I have had many missionary experiences here. I have really enjoyed talking to people about the gospel and in some cases helped some of my friends get baptized. That won't happen in Rexburg. :(

Because of all my leadership opportunities I definitely feel too old to be going back to Rexburg since some of my Young Women that I used to serve now go to school there too. Since I have already graduated from there I may take up to 6 credits a semester. There is so much I want to learn that I think I will take a couple of classes each semester. I am also hoping that by next fall I might possibly teach part time on campus. What I am really looking forward to is being a full time mom. We know that this move is the best thing for our family and that Texas will just have to wait a few more years before we make it out there.

We are mean parents, but he's so cute!

We think Aaron is adorable looking when he is getting ready to cry. We've figured out a few things that he knows he doesn't like. Some things will make him cry immediately, and others will cause him to build up to a cry with sad faces. The sad faces are so cute that we wanted to get them on video. We love that he pokes out his lower lip. For your viewing pleasure at our son's expense, here is his cute little video. Really we are good parents, and he is a very happy baby. It's just that slow-mo sounds and high pitched Mexican squeals will set him off every time. (A Mexican squeal is when you roll your "r" while going up and down with your voice.)