Firemans Dinner

8/20/2011: We went to the annual fireman's dinner in Pine Valley again this year.

8/21/2011: Grandma Metcalf's Birthday


No one likes to rock like this girl!

A day in the life...

My hubby is amazing. He is so willing to jump right in and be a part of Annie's life even if it's the part that involves midnight baths and hospital runs. Already I can see Annie turning on me. I knew it would happen, but this soon? Why can't I be the favorite forever? ...Because her dad is the incredible Q, that's why (...and before Leave it to Beaver shows up- I settled on the word incredible because he put up with a random RANDOM but severe and intense week of moody wife followed by sick Annie and he's still here!).

Annie is doing better. At least, she's starting to eat her toes again. She's still bad sick though. Q put her to bed while I made a NEW BLOG to add to the list of many last night. So I've been blogging a heap lately, just not here. Anyhow- we've narrowed the culprit of Annie's travails to the Dixie College BBall game we took her to last week. No more of that please. It's been a rough and sleepless week. Add to the top of it that last night I had homework from my job until 4 am and Q had night calls until 7 plus we've both been working almost everyday for the last two weeks. We are tired. All three of us. Happy, but tired. Oh, and it's worth mentioning that in the chaos of it all, our house is marginally clean!

Last week while Q was out of town on business Annie and I went to the cabin with Ydnic, Meg, and Grandma Polly. We vegged the entire time, watched Casablanca, Annie took a bath, and every last one of us slept in.


We decided to dig through a chest of our vintage clothes. GPo's memory is amazing. She's got a story for every dress. Plus, I found some more AMAZING dresses for Annie. You are going to flip over them. Pics coming soon.

Happy New Year; grilling pancakes in the snow

We spent New Year's Day in Pine Valley. The power went out in the early AM so we woke up to some brisk weather inside a normally toasty cabin. It wasn't too bad inside but it was FREEZING outside. We put Annie's bunny ears to good use and Dad grilled Mom's famous buttermilk pancakes outside on the BBQ. He was out there in his snow boots flipping flap jacks when the power came back on. We didn't have the heart to tell him so we just let him finish.

Annie is in love with her right leg/foot. It is constantly in motion and being tasted.

We lounged about pledging ourselves to LAST BITES of this and that before diets started.

I tackled the PV snow hill to help compensate for my extremely slothful last 6 months.

Annie enjoyed the action and attention.

AS FOR RESOLUTIONS
HERS:

1. Journal every night
2. Be one with Quinn
3. Go to the Mormon temple 10 times
4. Use grocery coupons
5. Write a novel
6. Buy a house
7. Save over $xxx/month*
8. Write and send letters
9. Remember Hadley family birthdays
10. Lose 20 pounds
11. Baby #2 please

HIS:

1. Look out for Jane Doe*
2. 100% Home Teaching
3. Fast once/month
4. Write and send letters to Brasil
5. Pray often and read scriptures daily
6. Put Nic and Annie first
7. Make more money/Save more money
8. Hold Family Home Evening once/week
9. Be the man Dad taught me to be
10. Read the LDS Conference talks I have missed

*This information not available to the public.