Packed

Nothing went as planned this weekend but we tried to make the best of what we could. Day date to the range, family date night to Alana's play, spring cleaning, supporting dad on his interview, and bonding with the future extended families our weekend was packed! Terry and I are finally done with ALLLLL our spring cleaning all that's left is to detail both cars but with snow in the forcast most of the week it doesn't look like it's getting done anytime soon. It was fun going through our "glory" days and showing each other some of our greatest accomplishments. Terry pulled out about 50 balls from some of the home runs he hit in his baseball days. One thing I love about this kid is he's that boy that everyone hates because he's so talented at every sport he tries!

Up to date

Our weekly sushi date

Taking Mom flowers

Alana in Terry's hat...the boys talked FOR-EV-ER...but I'm so glad he gets along with the two important men in my life

Date night to Keys

Conference breakfast at my seestas!

Spring is in the air!!!!!!

After dating for six months we finally made it FB official, I got a phone call "Hey babe, are you going to accept my request?" "What request?" "Check your facebook, love you, bye" He's a goob but I love him!

Date night to the Jazz game! He had been hinting for some time that he wanted to go, I scored tickets (for free, and good seats) he was so happy to see his favorite players, and we can finally check that off our dating bucket list! (I can't tell you how many games we've both gone to this season just not together)

SIX

I regret it already, six years...SIX last Friday since I last said "I love you" to my best friend. I wish I would have written this on Friday, when my emotions were high, everything hits harder that day. Don't get me wrong, I still am crying as I type this but it's not the same. Every year at 8:35pm I feel more sad than I did most of that day. At that time I think of her taking her last breath, the clouded vision I have of us all in the ICU with her. I say this every year but my fathers hands on my head was the most powerful prayer I have ever received. On my knees, looking at my family, and I still think of my poor Grandma in Idaho, all alone, and to sick to travel down to say her last goodbye in person. I remember talking to Grandma earlier that day and she wanted to talk to her baby one last time "Just put the phone up to her ear" Grandma told her how proud she was of her daughter, for taking care of all 8 children, raising a beautiful family, thanking her for their daily phone calls to check in. I admired their phone call EVERY night mom would pick up the phone and call Grandma and Grandpa to "check in" and see how their day was. It was usually a half hour talk that they would just chat with each other and EVERY Sunday was the LOOOOONG talk and Grandma would inform Mom of the 8 children and the highlights of their week. Ash and I loved the Sunday update to know how our extended family was. We were to busy with dance, cheer, work, and school to call our cousins ourselves and we live all over the western states that Grandma and Mom kept us up to date! The reality of her long gone set in years ago, but the fact is...I don't like accepting that. EVERY single day I wish I could call her and talk to her, tell her all about work, friends, Terry, just life...I wish I could still call her and have those same talks! It was almost daily that I called her "MOM! Guess what just happened?" Or the calls she got multiple times a day "MOM!! I need you to do this...." and being supermom she just responded "Okay hunny, have a great day!" To be honest I wouldn't have made it through high school without her and my sister. I often would text them "You guys got another A, THANK YOU!" Most parents maybe would tell their kid to cut back on the dance hours, not do cheer, don't run track, maybe even not go out with your friends and get a job, but I was incredibly blessed with parents that wanted their children to experience it all! I was at school at 6 for cheer, school, track from 3-4:30 which I left everyday at 4:15 to be to dance by 4:30 to leave at 11 and get home shower, do some homework, and crash on the couch to only be woken up at 5:15 the next day to do it again. You would think on Saturdays I would sleep in but I was back at the dance studio when it was still dark outside, left around 2:00pm and would go home and do my homework for the upcoming week, read ahead in my text books so I knew what was coming that week. My mom stayed by my side through it all, encouraging me to stay motivated for the next day, friends come and go but family will be there for me forever, and to not forget to have some fun in life along the way! I LOVED college, it was a struggle, it's where I found myself, made my lifelong friends, and matured....ALOT! I still miss it, keep thinking of going back but to be honest when I graduated I had never been more relieved. I'm still not sure how I did it without my mom (I still remember the night I started to write my first paper without her help, one of my biggest achievements, sounds stupid but it was!)and I've only told Terry but my mom is the reason why I didn't want to walk for my college graduation. I know it's not fair to my dad, but I hate accepting my mom missing out on my big milestones in life. Childish, yes I admit it. I know "She's there in spirit" but it's the fact that mom made events soooo special. Ash and I still talk how mom would make us take pictures for hours after an event, but we love that she captured those memories, and I still do not like family pictures because my family is no longer complete. I know I should just get over it, move on, accept it but it's going to come in time. We miss you mom, it's probably sickening how much we still miss you,and talk about you but you were pretty incredible and I haven't met anyone quite like you. I love you mom, miss our cuddle time, you begging dad and I to change it off of ESPN for just an hour, Sunday dinners, actually you bringing me dinner every night because I was so swamped with life, but most of all I miss you loving me, no matter what!

Staycay for Easter

We all took a 4 day weekend and headed down to SLC for some family time! Thursday we all headed to the zoo, it was PERFECT weather! We watched the monkeys copy each other for about 20 minutes!

All these cute kiddies!

Yep...love him!

Enjoying our Zoo date

We checked in the hotel and he made sure to get his workout in..we went back every day and got a legit work out in too

Took the Trax down to City Creek

Mia sporting Terry's glasses

What is it about men and kids? Love it!

Shopping wore the little one out

EVERYONE took a nap once we got back to the hotel!

We hung out in my sisters room waiting for them to start the Easter Egg Hunt and this one asks "Babe can I lay by you?" "Yes of course" "Will you tickle my back?" "Oh so that's really what you want?" "Yeah thanks babe"

Alana's idea of a vacay is spending as much time on her phone as possible!

Dueces

The kids enjoying the Easter Egg Hunt at the hotel

Nans' eggs were hard to find!

Ahh she looked so cute in that hat!

Photo bombed by my brother in law!

Late night swims, and treat runs....I cant' get over how much I love this picture!

My dad and his horses at the first BBQ of the year!

Dying Easter Eggs!

These two kept wanting to do more!

Mia made Terry a blue egg(his favorite color) with motorcycles on it

Happy Easter mom!

Terry's first time trying a hard boiled egg!

It was so fun to stay at such a nice hotel with my family, and their fun friends, swimming, and working out whenever we wanted, sleeping in, shopping 'til we dropped, eating A TON, lots of Easter festivities, Easter dinner at my dads, bike rides, Shaun and Ash taking us to dinner, and realizing we don't want kids of our own for at least another 3-4 years!

Update

I'll try my best to do a recap of the last month...We were everywhere all month between work, and finally some days off to enjoy time together! Snap Chat may be our favorite App. Terry will still say that the 'gram and Pinterest are my most used but that's because I don't have to snap him while we're home sitting next to each other enjoying March Madness!

Took flowers to my mom's grave...miss that lady more and more

That one time we went to eat with all of Terry's aunts and uncles and got an entire plate of fries...

I love when I get asked to babysit the goob!

We tend to lay in bed and catch up on Breaking Bad alot lately!

The goob and my sister came down to watch Terry in one of his tournaments!

Life of a basketball player girlfriend: You're handbag is full of these because his bag is already full of drinks and we don't want to run out!

My first day off in three months and it was spent watching the babe play in two tournaments, 15 games, and $40 richer after getting second place in one and third place in the other one.

Got a new toy for summer...we're obsessed and go on drives every day!

Terry and his sweet mom waiting for me to get done babysitting so we could go out to dinner!

I love this man!

Roomie

Tyrone was deployed March 1st to Afghanistan. It was a rough goodbye. I love this kid like a brother, he's ALWAYS at my house, eating my food, picking on me, and in the way but with him now gone I miss him more than I thought I would! Be safe bro, can't wait until next year!!!!!