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I've been neglecting my poor pathetic blog lately. Why? I have no idea. I have nothing interesting to write about. So this post is basically just to fill in a gap. Enjoy!

*Jonah turned 15 months!

I know it's not a birthday or anything, but it's just a reminder that my baby is getting older and crazier! He is seriously a monkey!! He climbs on the kitchen table, coffee table, top of the couch, dishwasher (when I don't stop him in time). His favorite movie is Curious George, but since Jonah started speaking monkey, we're trying to stay away from George for a while. Jonah doesn't talk yet, but he has plenty of other ways to communicate with us. His favorite way is to drag our hand all around the house! He loves playing in the snow, dancing, vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, you name it. I've trained him well. Jonah really does do these things for fun!If he is every cranky, I ask him if he wants to vacuum with mommy? Jonah is instantly in heaven. So cute!!

* Almost four months later, and I'm still going to Physical Therapy!
Zach's finally doing better, I wish I could say the same for me. Our car accident really took a tole on my back. But after months of my therapist working on my back, and no improvement, I started noticing some pain in my chest. I explained to him how after the accident the E.R. Doctor thought I broke my ribs. So my therapist switched gears and it turns out (so we think) that my back isn't improving because my chest muscles are completely inflamed! Now, three times a week, I want to knock myself out while he basically inflicts more pain on me then I have ever experienced! I would rather be in labor for 48 hours straight than go to therapy for one hour. I just keep telling myself it's worth it. I just hope it's not another FOUR freaking months before it is!!
I'll try to remember to take more pictures so I can actually have something to post.

Hello 2009

Goodbye 2008.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all started out the year great. I'm not going to lie, I'm happy for 2008 to be over. When I try to think about what happened this last year, all that comes to mind are two words: Summer Sales. As much as I enjoyed spending every day with my sister in strange new cities, I'm really excited to finally start feeling settled. Traveling just isn't that same once you have kids.

So 2008 to me, consisted of experiencing summer sales, and Zach's last semester of nursing school. GOOD BYE UVU. Hello UVRMC.
Since my husband has been offered, and gracefully accepted a job here in Provo, I'm starting to feel like this is where we are going to live for quite some time. I better start getting used to the idea. These past few days I've especially been trying to come up with all the great benefits of Living here.
1. Close to Salt Lake
2. Close to Great Shopping, and Park City
3. BYU football games, and all the fun events that go on in a college town
4. it's definitely prettier than Arizona
5. There's a chance that living so close to our family could end up being too close (if you know what I mean)
6. My husband is able to take the sacrament while working on Sunday. Only in Utah.
7. Only in Utah do you get to enjoy hearing uplifting messages on the radio brought to you by the LDS church.
8. What other mall outside of Utah sells Family Home evening activities in their Kiosk? As well as baby gear that read 'future missionary'.
9. My ward consists of my street. That makes visiting teaching and Home teaching easy. EXAMPLE: My visiting teacher lives next store, and she plows my drive way with her four wheeler for service. How awesome is that!?
10. Sunday really feels like a day of rest here.

You know, people rip on Provo for being like a big bubble. Okay, maybe that's me. But if you don't HAVE to live in the real world, then why do it right? The other day we bought a new (old) entertainment center from the D.I.
The furniture wouldn't fit in our car, so my bold husband walked up to an older man sitting in his truck and asked if he would take it home for us. "Sure!" the man said. WOW! Talk about an act of service! It wasn't on his way either.
So Provo is not that bad. I could go on and on about everything that annoys me about living here, but I'd rather just be happy my husband has a great job that he loves and that we get live in Pleasantville. I'm looking forward to all the challenges and experiences this new year brings.

I have a feeling it's going to be great.

Lovely

"All I want is a room somewhere. Far away from the cold night air. With one enormous chair..Oh wouldn't it be lovely!"

If only my husband would ever
go for an office like this.