you say goodbye, I say hello

I'm going to miss living downtown.



but there are a few things that ease the pain of the transition. like umm an apartment twice the size, a dishwasher, a garbage disposal, Livi's own room, huge bathroom, our own washer and dryer, closer to both work/school/parents', not having to deal with Tom Riddle as our landlord (yeah... Voldemort was our landlord and that's putting it nicely) not climbing the world's steepest, windiest stairs in the world everyday... just to name a few. Yup, i'm happy with apartment #2.



Hello.



Good-bye.







1st year

As much as i wanted to steal this blog post from my cousin, Bonnie, and claim it as my own... I didn't. probably because my sister would call me out on it because she was the one that told me about it in the first place. but you should click on that link up there and read it because it is a good one.

Marriage is one of the most special things in the world.  It is amazing that two people can be so close and care for each other so much. They have common goals and work hard to acheive them together.  I don't think anyone understands another quite like a spouse. your whole life is shared with that special person. ... a room, a bed, a bank account, your family/children. all your imperfections are exposed and you are loved regardless.
last weekend Conrad and I celebrated our first year as a married couple.  although we are far from perfect we love each other so much. i think this next year is going to be even better. I know no marriage is perfect, but in my eyes my parents is and i hope to have an aged and selfless marriage like my parents have. they are so good for each other.
for our wedding gift last year conrad's grandparents gave us roman candles, napkins, and a table runner all of which were our wedding colors.  they gave us a sweet card that said they were to be used for our anniversary dinners every year. it's tradition. we used them for dinner that we made together last saturday night. I loved it; it really made it feel extra romantic and special.
happy anniversary c-rad. and many more to come.

Life Lately

Farmers market

Park City

24th of July

Bees game

Sitting up

Painted toe nails

family pictures

cousins

new bike

my dreamer

"There are dreamers and there are realists in this world. You’d think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not, the opposite is true. You see the dreamers need the realists from keeping them from soaring too close to the sun… And the realists? Well without the dreamers, they might never get off the ground.”

 

Thanks for keeping me off the ground babe. I love you.

nothing loved is ever lost

Although it was not under favorable circumstances we got to see Conrad's grandparents from Maine again this week AND I got to meet his Uncles, David and Rob.

A perfect celebration of Cal's life...

Gone Golfin

 

Don't think of him as gone away
his journey's just begun,
life holds so many facets
this earth is only one.

Just think of him as resting
from the sorrows and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how he must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of him as living
in the hearts of those he touched...
for nothing loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much.

-Ellen Brenneman

We love and miss you Cal. You're in our hearts always.

Very Important People

[at least that's what our tickets said]

Last weekend our awesome friend Tim got us VIP tickets to the Arts Festival. We had so much fun eating, looking at the booths, and visiting with friends.  Tim carried around the diaper bag so everyone thought he was my baby daddy. He went along with it like a natural telling people how happy we are with our perfect little daughter. Ha!

My sister (click here to view her blog) Jana Lyn, and her husband, Cole, went to New York for a couple days so their 2 daughters stayed at my mom's house. I spent most of the weekend over there playing with Adelaide and Scarlett.

 Conrad and I took Adelaide and Milli swimming. We got an idea of what it would be like to have 2 kid.... lots of work but so fun!  (Hey maybe that will be us in 5 years?!)

After swimming I took the girls to get ice cream. I turned around after about 15 seconds of driving and they were both asleep! They both wanted to hold their own money to buy their ice cream and I told them if they lost it they wouldn't be able to get their ice cream. Adelaide was still holding it tight even in her sleep.