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Here are my latest bows (and they're oh-so-cute if I do say so myself

Hannah and Emily!

Hannah and Emily Child were in Utah this week so we got to spend some time with them. WE LOVE HANNAH AND EMILY :] We went miniature golfing...which, by the way, I love now and I really want Thomas to teach me real golf (but I want pink clubs and a pink glove!) :] Thomas beat all of us at miniature golf (of course) but I got SECOND. Woohoo! 3 under par! UNDER PAR!?...it never happens for me. This is why I should get to learn real golf now. I've mastered miniature golf :]

Anniversary Getaway

For our anniversary, Thomas booked a hotel in Park City for us. We had such a good time! (unfortunately we got pretty much no pictures...lame!) We drove down Thursday night and came home today. On Thursday, we walked from our hotel to Main Street and window shopped and ate dinner at a cute little cafe. On Friday, Thomas took me to the Tanger Outlets (so fun!) I bought two dresses and Tom got sooo many clothes!--lots of golf polos/shirts and some dress shirts. I LOVE shopping. It was so much fun! Then that was pretty much the end of our trip and we drove home--super short but so nice to have a change from the everyday! :]

Oh...here's the ONE picture we got. This is at the Nike Outlet...we found a pair of size 20 shoes!

FLAT TIRE! :[

So today Thomas, Jamie, and I went to Spanish Fork to hang out with Mark, Laurin, and Emma. After we got there, Jai and I left their house to go to Little Caeser's to pick up a pizza and on the way back we all of a sudden heard a really LOUD noise and then lots of air. Gahhhh. So we pulled over and, sure enough, a super flat tire. We really don't even have any idea what happened. It's not a nail...it's a GASH. And there was nothing in the road. And the hubcap fell off and flew across the road. We're wondering if the hubcap fell off then gashed the tire...can that even happen? I don't know but something happened. So we called Tom and Mark and they came and replaced the tire with the spare. Thanks, guys! :]

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is our one year wedding anniversary! :] We celebrated by going to church and then a ward potluck to greet our new bishop. Hahah. Next weekend we are really celebrating...we are going on a little getaway to Park City. Tom got us a really nice hotel with a fireplace and wood floors! We are going Thursday night and just staying the one night (Friday is a holiday in Utah--Pioneer Day). So before I blogged, I wrote in a diary. I thought I might transfer some things from the diary about Tom and I dating/engagement/wedding to this blog since we will more likely look back on the blog than all my random diaries in future years. Don't laugh too much--I'm pretty back and forth with wanting to marry and not wanting to marry. It's kind of humorous. This really is our whole dating story/engagement story..and I just finished typing it all and it's really very long. If you want to read the good stuff, just skip to the bottom where the engagement story is. The rest is really for my own records...although do I really want to remember all that!? hahah.

Saturday, September 1, 2007


(Just to give you an idea of timing this entry begins with "I just moved into my dorm room yesterday")

"I was kind of dating Tom Wallace before I left for BYU. He wants to marry me but I want to date and see what's out there. I'm not ready to get married yet. I just want to have fun first."
(as if being married means you can never have fun again)


Wednesday, October 10, 2007 (I only write about once a month...get over it.)

"Thomas came last weekend and it was amazingly fun. I really miss him. I'm pretty much positive I'll marry him. He's absolutely perfect. Pretty much I just need a ring to make it official. But that won't be coming until sometime next year. :] I'm exciting to marry him!"


November 10, 2007


"I often wonder if Thomas is the guy I should marry. I really do love him. But something just doesn't feel right...it seems like I'm always questioning the relationship and I really don't think that's how it's supposed to be. I pray a lot about the situation but I can't seem to get an answer. I have brought a couple ideas before the Lord to continue dating Thomas or to end the relationship. Both have brought me confusion. I hope that, in time, an answer will come to me. Poor Thomas is having such a rough time. He is so sure that it's right and I keep questioning."

November 12, 2007

"I HATE being away from Thomas. It just makes me so mad. And so grumpy. UGHHH. I would never, ever recommend a long-distance relationship EVER. It's the worst!...and on Saturday I can finally GO HOME and see Thomas. And not be so MAD. That's all."

January 7, 2008

"I'm really struggling right now. Thomas is in Utah with me and it's great...except that I'm still so confused. I'm not sure what to do. Should it be this confusing? I don't know what to do."

January 13, 2008

"Thomas and I had a ton of fun tonight. :] I love him."
(seriously, really back and forth)

January 14, 2008

"Thomas and I went to the mall today for a few minutes so I could exchange some things then we studied and then went to Coldstone. He's great. I love him :] I'm grateful for all the blessings in my life."


January 15, 2008

"Tom and I hung out from 6-midnight. I love him! We studied and went to Carl's Jr. and made chocolate chip cookies. I love spending time with him. And I hate saying goodnight :["


January 16, 2008

"Back and forth, back and forth. I just don't know about Thomas. I mean, is it reall supposed to be this confusing? Everything just doesn't feel the way I always imagined it would feel. I just don't know. :["


January 16, 2008 (later, I guess)

"Thomas and I are on a little break. I've decided the only way I can know if he's right for me is by dating other guys. I need sometime to compare him to. I prayed about it and I feel ok so I just hope I can figure things out soon. If Thomas is right for me...I don't want to wait anymore. I want to get engaged. And if he's not right, I want to start searching for my future husband."

January 19, 2008

No other dates yet. I hung out with Tom today and yesterday. I will go on other dates...just as soon as I'm asked. I have fun with Thomas but I'm honestly just not sure."

January 21, 2008

"Thomas and I went to D.I. so I could get some books then we met up wtih Laurin at Cafe Rio for lunch. Then we went with Laurin to Bath and Body Works...Thomas had to bring me home tonight at like 10:40 because I had a bad stomach ache. I'm really scared of breaking Thomas's heart. We've become such good friends and I hope I really never have to do that. But I do want to marry the guy that's right for me so I guess we'll see."

January 27, 2008


"I went on a date Saturday night. The date was really so fun. Now about Thomas. It's so hard. I care about him so much but I'm still just not sure."

January 28, 2008


"Thomas and I had a heart-to-heart today. I think everything is pretty much out in the open. I explained how I'm looking at all the traits I like in guys and I'm deciding which traits are most important to me, etc. I told him how much I cared about him but how I wasn't guaranteeing we'd end up together. I feel really good about our talk. :]"

January 31, 2008

"So tonight I went out with Jake again. We went to Seven Peaks and played broom hockey on the ice. It was pretty fun. Then we went to eat at this rice and pudding place--it was...interesting. Then Jake took me home and I called Thomas. Haha and Thomas picked me up and we went bowling. It was fun :] I don't think Jake is my type but he's a cool friend. I missed Thomas on my date but I think I need to date more still."

February 18, 2008

"Thomas and I went home this weekend! It was so fun! We went out to a really fancy dinner on Thursday for Valentine's Day in Salt Lake. Thomas gave me Tommy Girl perfume and a diamond necklace. (okay so i guess i don't mention what I gave to him and it makes me seem a little like a brat...i gave him a book of 75 reasons why i loved him and also a message in a bottle...a love note. this was a good week!) After dinner, we started our drive to California. We left Salt Lake at 11pm and drovfe all night. Well, we stopped for one hour to sleep. We got to Rancho at 8:30am. Then we surprised everyone. It was fun. We had a really great weekend. I'm pretty much set on marrying Thomas. I don't know how it happened but while I was at home it suddenly felt so right. I am so in love with him. I want to sleep by him every night. :] I'm going to wait until I feel good about this for about a month before I tell him he can start preparing for a proposal :] I'm very excited."

February 22, 2008


"Okay so yesterday I was starting to feel nervous again about Thomas and I was so mad! How could it feel so right and then so confusing? But I still feeel like we can be very happy together. We can make a great family together. I know Thomas will take such great care of me. I want to marry him. I prayed about it tonight and I feel at peace when I pray. I think Heavenly Father is really saying I have to make my decision. I think he knows Thomas will take great care of me but he also knows there are other people who could too. I don't believe in soulmates. I think Heavenly Father knows I have to decide for myself and be sure. Thomas is the one I want. I love him. I'm not interested in anyone else. I want to spend my life with Tom. I want to raise kids with him. I want to go through life's trials with him by my side. I am so in love with him :] He makes me happy. We went ring shopping tonight. There are so many pretty ones! I found a super pretty one at this place called Samuel's. Then we went to a movie...August Rush. It was decent."

February 23, 2008


"I have got to be the most frustrating girlfriend on the planet! I am so back and forth. I was feeling really uneasy today again and so I talked with Thomas about it. He's really angry--who could blame him? I keep tugging at his feelings--good and bad. How confusing for him! I MUST figure things out."


February 24, 2008


"I want to be with Thomas. I can't imagine my life without him. Thinking that he could marry someone else is devastating. I want to raise my children with him. I want to support him and I want him to support me. I want this to work out for us. I want to marry Tom. Now I'm going to fast every day this week. Next Sunday will be my last day of fasting. And at that point, I will pray about it again. If I feel good about it, we move forward with an engagement. If I still feel uneasy...we call it quits. No more playing with his heart. I want Thomas to be happy. If I can't make him happy I need to let him go so that someone else can. Please let it be right..."

February 25, 2008


"Wow, a lot happened in one night. I thought Thomas and I were going to break up for good last night. I was feeling really uneasy and he was really getting sick of hte back and forth. There was a lot of crying and I honestly thought I was going to call my dad that night and tell him I was flying home or something needed to pick me up. I was seriously considering discontinuing from BYU, quitting my job, and getting out of here ASAP. Then I started thinking how I'd hold up without Thomas and then leaving didn't sound like such a great idea anymore. Tom suggested we take a one week break...no taking, nothing. (note: this was kind of an ultimatum. he gave me one week. after that, decide. if i was still indecisive, no more.) I agreed and came into my dorm and did homework for about an hour and then lost it completely. A week without Thomas!? Ridiculous. So I texted him and told him I couldn't do it. He came over about an hour later. We watched the 3 stooges in my dorm then walked to the temple. My mom called me and said "You love him, huh?" Yes of course! Then she told me how sometimes she got scared when she and Dad were engaged. She asked me lots of questions. 1) Would Tom be a good provider? Yes. 2) Would he be a good father? Yes. 3)Would he honor his Priesthood? Yes. 4)Do you like him? Yes. 5) Do you love him deeply? Yes. and then she was like "Okay, then you need to just trust your feelings. If he is everything you've been looking for in a husband, trust yourself. So i'm working on that. Then she talked to Tom and explained she knew I loved him but was just uneasy because I have no support from anyone here in Utah. I think Tom and I will wait until we get back to CA before we get engaged. He and I went running today...kinda. We ran like 20% of the time. We went up to the temple and back. It started raining once we got to the temple. My hands/arms were SO cold when we got back."

February 28, 2008

"I feel like mine and Thomas's relationship isn't as close as it used to be. Hahah--did that make sense gramatically? Anyway--I just don't know how I feel. I do know I'm confused. He's trying so hard. I feel so bad for being so indecisive. I want to be able to tell him I for sure want to marry him and then move forward with it. The problem is I don't know if that's what I actually want. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?"

March 30, 2008

"Thomas and I are doing okay. I still feel up and down and that really confuses me. :/ It would be so terrible if things didn't work out with me and Thomas. He would be devastated and I would feel like such...a punk."


April 2, 2008:


"I love Thomas! We actually got in a fight on Tuesday (so last night) but we talked through it so everything is great."


April 5, 2008

"Conference weekend! Woohoo! I'm waiting for Thomas to pick me up. We'll watch the Saturday morning session at his apartment then we'll go to Mark and Laurin's this afternoon. Tomorrow morning we are going to the conference center to watch it then tomorrow afternoon we'll probably be back at Tom's."

April 6, 2008


"Today is a good day. Conference was great. Tom and I went to Salt Lake for the morning session then watched the afternoon session at his house. I can't wait for the conference ensign to come out :] Tom had a mission reunion tonight so we went to that. It was fun. His mission President and wife are really sweet. Tom, Jesse (tom's roommate), and I played Phase 10. I won :] We played last night and I lost terribley. I still don't think I'm 100% sure about marriage. Some days I feel really great about marrying Tom and other days it makes me feel really uneasy. Only time with tell..."


April 7, 2008

"Tom and I watched the March Madness championship tonight. Memphis lost. Bummer. We both guessed they'd win."

April 8, 2008


"Thomas and I played Phase 10 dice tonight and did a crossword." (my journal entries aren't this short...i'm just leaving all the stuff that isn't about thomas out.)

April 9, 2008


Tonight I began preparing for a talk for our ward devotional on Thursday. Erin is in charge of putting them together and she asked me to speak on "loving yourself as Jesus loves you." I really did not want to speak and desperately searched for a reason to get out of it. However, all attempts failed and I unhappily accepted the invitation. So tonight I went to lds.org and searched for "loving yourself." The first article listed was called "Breaking Up Without Breaking into Pieces." I was interested so I opened it to read it. It spoke about couples who seriously date and then one or both decide the relationship should not end in marriage. It stated that if this is the case, breaking up is often the kindest solution. It made many interesting points such as one person may feel they have received an answer from Heavenly Father confirming the relationship was right and ripe for marriage. It said you can receive this answer as an okay to continue dating but it is not a promise that marriage will actually occur or is even the best choice. The article said people change and sometimes your answer can then turn to a 'no.' As I read and pondered the article, I wondered if it was speaking to me. I considered that perhaps it was the Lord's way of communicating with me regarding my relationship with Thomas. I think I've said before that I still struggle with feeling like I receive a constant answer to my situation of marriage...or no marriage. Troubled, I knelt before the Lord and prayed earnestly about the article and my relationship. Perhaps surprisingly, I did not feel I should end my relationship with my dear Thomas (sigh of relief). Even though I still often feel confused, I love Thomas. I enjoy spending time with him. I respect him. I feel a bond between us. I was so terribly for our relationship to work but at the same time I know if it is not the Lord's will I should not marry him. I hope my answer comes soon."


April 11, 2008


"Thomas and I went ring shopping tonight. We've done that before but it wasn't as successful as this time! We found the ring. I decided I wanted a sqaure ring with four diamonds in the center rather than like just one diamond in the middle. So we looked at some at Samuels...nothing. And then we looked at Zales...some were really pretty but then we went to Kay Jewelers and there it was! So perfect and so pretty! It's on sale too! Well...until April 20th so haha I guess he has to buy it before then. But I think that's okay :] It's so pretty! I'M SO IN LOVE WITH IT. Yayyy.

Pretty engagement ring!

Yay!

Marci is so excited!

So very excited!

Pretty ringssss

that mean pretty thingsss

i <3>

and pretty sqaure

engagement rings

& boyfriends

& fiances.

I LOVE MY LIFE!!!!

April 14, 2008

"A lot to say! I got VERY sick last night :[ Erin, Sabrina, Thomas, and I ate in the Cannon Center Cafeteria. It was great and I went to Tom's house afterward. We did a crossword and I attempted to take naps. After being there about 2 hours, I started to feel really sick...like really nauseus. I asked Tomto take me home because I really wasn't feeling well. I tried to sleep in my dorm but I was so queasy. Hayley came home and I was crying because I was afraid I was going ot throw up...my worst fear. Someone went to get our RA, Lacey. She came in and got me a cold washcloth. Erin got me a sprite and Hayley and Danielle found ice for me to chew. I asked Lacey to call Tom so he could come give me a blessing. He brought Jesse with him adn they blessed me to have a quick recovery. Erin stayed and watched Maid in Manhatten with me. I threw up mid-movie. Ew. So much for my 7 year record. I was pretty restless last night. The longest I slept in one period was 26 minutes. Thomas just called me! I'll write the rest tomorrow..."

Okay so I never did "write the rest tomorrow" but I know what happened. After this experience, I was suddenly so sure that I should marry Thomas. It suddenly was so very clear to me that it was the right decision. The whole story is long but basically being given that blessing from Thomas confirmed for me the answer I had been seeking...it directly related to a paragraph in my patriarchal blessing that had been troubling me regarding marriage and it suddenly all made sense. So this is when I really was sure. Really. (Promise!)

April 17, 2008

"Have I mentioned yet that Thomas bough a ring? No--THE ring? We are DEFINITELY getting married about I'm very excited! Everything is just the way I imagined it would be...I'm so crazy in love. Thomas is truly amazing. He always makes me so happy! I cannot wait to be sealed to him! We're going to make a great couple."

April 19, 2008

"I bought my wedding dress today! YAYYY. It is seriously so gorgeous! It's so sparkly and pretty. Ahh, how I love it! I also bought a veil and a slip. So my dress was like $670 or something and the veil was 90 but I got it for FREE because if you bought a dress this month at Allyse's bridal and paid for the whole thing by the end of the month you got $100 off a veil. And the slip was like $60. Mom and Dad paid for my dress. I'm so so so so excited to be married! I think my colors are going to be yellow and white with some orange ribbon. I'm very thrilled. Thomas and I are so perfect for each other. We are going to make the greatest couple." (holy cow, can i say that enough?)

April 21, 2008

"Thomas and I looked at the stars tonight. It was really fun. :] and so sweet and cute."

April 29, 2008

"Well, I'm in the dark and can't really see so I apologize for any bad handwriting...So...I'm ENGAGED! Thomas proposed tonight! I am so thrilled beyond words. By the way, we're home and loving every minute of it. I've been so anxious for this proposal! Here's my story: Tom came over after work. He insisted we watch a movie. About halfway through he said he needed to use the bathroom. Pause. I'm going to finish this tomorrow when I can see..."

April 30, 2008

"Okay so Thomas came over after work yesterday and asked if I wanted to start a movie. I had told him earlier in the day that I wanted to watch a movie but I didn't feel like it anymore when he came so I said not really. He was like "No, we have to" and so I was like "okay..." So we did. We started Firewall. Then I was kinda sitting on Tom's lap and he told me I couldn't sit there. I was like "why not?" and he was like "Because what if I have to go to the bathroom?" So i was like okay that's kinda a weird reason but whatever so I sat next to him. Then I had my hand on his leg and I FELT the ring box! hahah so I was like "Oooo, what's this?" and he was like "my keys." So i was like (note: holy cow did I say like enough in my diary?) hahaha okay and I knew it was the ring box but I let it go. Then halfway through the movie Tom was like "Okay I need to go to the bathroom really fast." I was like "hmmm, okay" but I was pretty sure that wasn't where he was going. It was like right during a really scary part of the movie so I was like "well can i go upstairs?" (this is where more people were so I wouldn't be scared) and he said "no" so I was like "how come?" and he said "Because I'll be right back." So I was like "oookay." then my mom goes (from the top of the stairs) "Hey, Marci, can you come up here for a minute." Me "uh-huh..." (pretty suspicious at this point). So i go up the stairs and there were hershey kisses blazing a little trail up the stairs to my bedroom. When I got to my bedroom, my desk chair was in the middle and a card that said "Marci" was propped against the backboard. I read the card and it was really sweet. Then in the card Tom asked me to go out by the pool. So he was in the backyard and the pool fountains were going...or waterfalls or whatever. And he said some really nice things to me (but I honestly don't remember what was said) then he kissed me and got down on one knee and said "will you marry me?" and OF COURSE I said YES! I am so so so so so so so excited. I cannot wait to marry Thomas. He's the greatest. We'll be married in the Sacramento, CA temple on July 19, 2008 at 10am. The reception will take place that night :] I'm very excited to begin planning and to be married to such an amazing man. I'm so lucky. :] Everyone loves my ring. It's gorgeous <3

June 28, 2008

"I'm at efy to be a counselor! I already miss my Thomas like crazyyy! I think EFY will be really fun but I seriously miss Thomas :[

Oh PS 3 weeks until WEDDING DAY! YAY!"

July 2, 2008

"I miss my Thomas a lot. :[ two weeks and two days until we can be sealed to each other for eternity. I love him so much. We are going to have an amazing life together. I know we'll have rough patches throughout married life but I also know we'll always work through them :]"

July 4, 2008

"I miss Thomas more everyday. Two weeks, one day until we're married! :] We can't wait! That will be the happiest day of my life. I can't wait to be sealed to Thomas for time and all eternity. We are going to have such a happy life together :]"

July 6, 2008

"I'm getting married in one week and six days! :] 13 days! I'm so excited. :] I am so in love with Thomas. I can't wait to be Mrs. Wallace. I love him so much! <3>

July 7, 2008

"Sooo I seriously miss my Thomas. :[ only one more week! 5 days actually! :] Hoorah! I can't wait to go home to him. I love being an EFY counselor...it's just really hard to be away from Thomas."

and finally...

June 20, 2008

"Thomas and I were married yesterday! Yay! The sealing was beautiful. We were sealed at 10am in the Sacramento California temple. Afterward, we took pictures in front of the temple for a couple hours. IT was so hot. Ugh. Then we went to the luncheon that Tom's mom put together. The food was great :] We got a small break after that...maybe half an hour. Thomas played x-box with Ryan and Chris and I played mancala with Kelli. Then we headed to our reception at the stake center on Wissemann. We took lots of picctures there before the guests arrived. Not as many people came as I expected but it was still pretty well attended. We left the reception about 15 minutes before it ended and people were blowing bubbles as we left. It was really cute. The groomsmen decorated our car for us :] Last night, Tom and I stayed at a hotel called Le Rivage. John Chandler owns it and let us stay there as a gift. He is so sweet! He also left us a note and some sparkling cider. The hotel was SO nice. It's the only five star hotel in Sacramento. I love being married...especially to Thomas. He's amazing. The whole wedding day was perfect. I love my life.

PS sorry this is so sloppy. we are driving to Magic Mountain."

And that's our story. :] (can you believe Thomas stuck with me through all that!? Thanks, love!)

Diving

So Rachel (7) is in a diving class and we almost always watch her dive and hear the instructions her dive teacher gives them. Lindsay, Jamie, and I wanted to learn the dives so we started practicing them at the Savage's house on their diving board. Lindsay has got her back dive down and just learned her tuck dive yesterday. Jamie is still working on the basic diving part (keep up, Jai!) and I've got my tuck, back, and inward dives...still trying to learn the twist dive. I actually have a huge bruise on one of my thighs from slapping the water so many times during mistakes...I make lots of them. Like this one:

And then here are the actual good dives:

Tuck Dive

Back Dive (still working on this one)

Inward Dive (my favorite!)

I've discovered I really like to dive!!

Record Holder

So I've officially deemed myself the record holder for longest work shifts EVER! Get this...in the last 72 hours, I've spent 49 of them working. That's 68% of my life for the last three days. Here's how it goes...on Thursday, Brooke Savage (18) had an orientation for college at SUU (southern Utah). SUU is about 3 hours away and the orientation was from 8am-5pm. Brooke got one college credit for attending the orientation so she had to stay all day in order to get the credit. Both of her parents wanted to go with her so they needed someone to be with the kids. Here's how the day went:

425 am: I leave the comfort of my bed.
4:35 am: Leave my apt for the Savage's house
5 am: Arrive at the Savage's
5am-630am: Attempt to fall back asleep on Savage's couch
6:30am-8:22am: Sleep peacefully on Savage's family room floor
8:22am-9:30am: Breakfast, get everyone ready for the day, drop off Lindsay at gymnastics
9:30am-10:00am: Take Rachel and Josh to "the yellow park"
10:00am-12:30pm: Swim in Savage's pool
12:30-Pick up Lindsay from gymnastics
12:30-1:00-Eat lunch; get Josh and Rachel ready for swim lessons
1:00: Drop off Josh and Rachel at swim lessons
1:00-2:00-swim in Savage's pool with Lindsay, Tyler, and Jamie
2:00-pick up Josh from swim lessons
2:00-3:00-swim again
3:00-go to Rachel's diving class; watch her dive for 15 minutes then bring her home
3:20-4:30: get everyone showered after swimming and ready to go to Jumpin Jacks (a bounce house place)
4:30-6:00: Jumpin Jacks
6:00-Stop at grocery store for food for dinner
6:15-6:30: Prepare dinner
6:30: Lindsay and I go to Hollywood video to rent Little Rascals while others stay home to finish dinner
7:00: Eat dinner (yummy burritos with avacado and chicken marinated in bbq sauce)
7:30: Start Little Rascals
8:40: Play "the soccer game" and a real soccer game in the Savage's gym
9:00: Jump on the trampoline and play "stuck in the mud" outside
9:15: Savage's come home
9:30: Head back home
9:55: Arrive home.

I know that was probably too much information but I just wanted you to get a peek at my 16.5 hour day nannying. The mothers are probably reading this thinking "get used to it...without pay."

Okay so then I get home from nannying, pretty much go straight to bed, then get up Friday morning at seven to go to work again (wasn't I just there?). I work until 4:40 then come home, pack real quick, and head off to our 24 hour shift at the Family Support and Treatment Center. I'm telling you...this is exhausting!

Our shift at the center went pretty well except that we had one boy brought by DCFS who cried almost the entire time. Thank goodness he slept through the night and took two naps. Whenever he was awake, he was screaming. We had him our entire shift along with his older sister (who was the opposite of him and was an angel!) So no free time at all during this shift but we did have a volunteer which helped a lot!

Tonight Thomas and I went to Outback Steakhouse as an early anniversary dinner since we won't be able to go out tomorrow. I've never been there before and it was pretty good. Thanks, Thomas! :]

Photo Shoot!

Kelli and I did a mini photo shoot during the boring parts of one of Tom's softball games. I think the pictures turned out pretty cute!

Jump On It

Today we went to Jump On It! It's this huge trampoline place that is REALLY fun. The Savage kids LOVE it. Jamie got to come with us and she thought it was really fun too. My camera battery was dying so I didn't get very many pictures but I did get a few videos. This one is of Jai jumping up onto the platform:

Josh and Rachel were doing this really cool trick off the platform where they jumped onto the trampoline and went straight into a flip. They were really good at it and at first I was scared to try but then I thought "if a 5 and 7 year old can do it, so can I!" so I tried. The first few times I did it perfectly and then I wanted Jai to get a video...and it wasn't so perfect. I flipped one and a half times and landed right on my face. You can watch:

Okay so even though I'm not so good at THAT, I am pretty good at THIS:

Discovery Children's Museum

Today, the Savage kids and I went to the Children's Discovery Museum in Salt Lake City. It was pretty good...the kids thought it was a lot of fun. I thought that they had some really good ideas but they really needed to do some upkeep. Lots of the electronic things they had to do were broken and lots of the other stuff needed repairs/replacements too. But the kids didn't seem to notice so they still had a good time.

Josh and Lindsay broadcasting the news. They had a teleprompter and multiple screens to watch the newscasters from different angles (some of the screens were broken but this one wasn't!)

Josh being the pilot of the Life Flight helicopter. Rachel was the paramedic and is sitting in the paramedic's seat until her patient arrives onboard.

There was a farming section with different vegetables (not really sure what you were supposed to do with them) and then they had this big horse that you could climb onto. L-R is Lindsay, Rachel and Josh.

Rock Climbing

Nannying is so fun! Today we went rock climbing. My little sister and brother, Jamie and Chris, are in town so they came with us. I was shocked when we arrived to find out I was going to be the belayer! I thought sure they had the people who worked there do it. They taught me how to tie the knot and make everything safe for the climber and how to belay and then had me sign a paper and left me to it! Good thing everyone left all in one piece. I didn't drop anyone! :] It actually wasn't very difficult once I got the hang of it but it sure was exhausting! My arms are so sore and my fingertips feel like they might fall off. :] The only really lame thing about this was that I didn't get to climb!!! The kids were all too young to be the belayer for me. So I thought that was pretty dumb (especially since they made me pay for myself just to be the belayer!) A little ridiculous but it was still very fun to watch all the kids climb! And I actually did get to climb these little walls where you didn't need to be harnessed because they were so short. Here are some (lots of) pictures:

Here's the tall wall that they climbed. It's even taller than it looks because part of the bottom is cut off. This is Lindsay climbing.

Lindsay (11)

Rachel (7)

Joshua (5)

Jamie (14)

Lindsay and Chris

Chris (12)

All the kids. L-R: Joshua, Rachel, Chris, Lindsay, & Jamie (and Tyler standing in the back)

Here's me!

My job is AMAZING. :]

Great Play!

Here's a quick clip of one of Tom's softball games.

Happy 1st Birthday, Emma!

Our niece, Emma, had her first birthday today! There was a little party for her at Laurin and Mark's house. We had a yummy dinner and cake and ice cream. Emma opened presents and was really pretty good at it! Here are a few shots of the cute birthday girl:

Happy Birthday, Emma Boo! We hope it's a happy year for you! :] Love you!

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July--although it was totally different than what we usually do. When I was growing up, we always did the whole pancake breakfast/parade/swimming/bbq charade--which I loved! But living in Provo in an apartment forces you to do things a little differently. My family was in town so we definitely had a much more exciting time than we would have alone! In the late morning, we hiked the Y...I'm still confused why I've done this hike four times now. It is SO hard! I thought I wasn't going to make it this time. But I did. Here's me and the sisters at the top:

We're in order of oldest to youngest. L-R: Laurin, Marci, Kelli, Jamie

After the exhausting hike, we went out to eat at Chadder's (an imitation In N Out). Although I hate to frequent those copy-cat places, I really like burgers that taste similar to In N Out's and there's no real thing here for me to eat (yet!). After Chadder's everyone took a nap for a couple hours (really, that hike was tough!).

In the late afternoon we went miniature golfing. It was so fun! Thomas won (he was like 10 under par) and I came in second place at even par!! I'm so proud...I've never done that well! After miniature golf most of the family went out to eat for dinner and Jai and I went to the grocery store to buy ice cream and toppings for banana splits. YUM. We went to watch the fireworks late at night and they actually were pretty lame. Not as good as Rancho Cordova fireworks. Oh...and it started to rain. Of course. It rains almost every day here. IT'S JULY. Utah is no good.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Softball!

Tonight, Kelli and I went to watch Tom play softball in a BYU co-ed league. The rules are all really different than the real thing so we were pretty confused but we were both pleasantly surprised at what a STAR Thomas is. We didn't know he was so good! I took lots of pictures of him playing but none of them are really good action shots. Here are a few anyway.

They won the game! YAY.

Kelli and I went to Bon Lossee today...Kelli re-did her hi-lights (more blonde this time--it's so cute) and I...FINALLY CUT MY HAIR! It's probaby like 2-3 inches shorter than what I requested but I had a feeling that would happen (even though I told him the most important thing was for it to be the same length as the picture--or longer!) But that always happens to me so I wasn't too disappointed. I go back and forth between liking it and missing my long hair. I think I will always have days that I miss my long hair but I do like the new cut. It's fun. :]

Oh and I think this is funny...when Thomas and I dropped Kelli off at her dorm tonight after going out to dinner I could not find my flip-flop. I was so confused where it could be! I KNEW I wore it into the car! Tom found it for me. Here it was (in the door of the car):


Also exciting...as an early anniversary present Thomas got me a new cell phone--the new EnV Touch! It is so fun! I'm really in love with it and usually I don't care very much about having up-to-date electronics. But I really, really love my touch phone!

My family is coming this weekend (again!) so we are looking forward to a fun, family-filled 4th of July! :]

PS My 4th of July korker bows are oh-so-cute and really inexpensive at only $2 per bow. Let me know if you want some for your sweet girls! (except if I had to ship them they probably would not arrive on time...)