memorial day

we went to rock springs to hang out with the hammond fam over memorial weekend. we ate so much delicious food, watched "the fight" (my first...and probably last), went shopping at herbergers, hiked the butte, the boys rode dirt bikes, walked to a little waterfall, and played with emi.
it was nice to get away and relax a little bit. thanks hammonds!
(ps...anyone know why blogger is all messed?)


you might have to click on this to make it bigger, but there really are wild horses out there


the boys riding dirt bikes off the jumps


we hiked to the top of this butte


jd climbing up the ladder


view from the top


at the top of the butte


emi all bundled up for the walk to the waterfall




with allison, adam and emi


bath time


emi with her leg warmers

3 years

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it's been 3 wonderful years since i married my very best friend on may 18, 2006.
the best day of my life. everything turned out perfectly. (or maybe the years have clouded my memory?)

i love jd because he will get up in the middle of the night with me to get milkshakes and french fries, he will talk to me util i'm sleepy even if he's not anymore, he will always watch what i want to, he ALWAYS lets me have the "good" seat when we're watching something on the computer, he always wants a hug, he loves to snuggle just at much as i do, he will run or walk with me whenever i ask him to, he will do ANYTHING i ask him to, he lets me buy incredible amounts of furniture that i don't even need or have room for(and he doesn't even get mad!), he is always in a good mood, we can be happy doing nothing together, we are happy just sitting in silence sometimes, and most of all he can comfort me like no one else can.

we have done a lot of things in the past 3 years. we have had some hard time and some great times. i never dreamed this is where we would be in our lives, but i love it and wouldn't change it for the world!

it's official...

we are going to be

TEXANS!

jd finally heard from the university of the incarnate word in san antonio on tuesday while we were in hawaii. it feels so great to finally know SOMETHING!

please, please, please come visit!

family, friends, blog friends, even blog stalkers! of course then you'd have to tell me who you are (dallas texas who reads my blog).

anyone have any suggestions about where to live in san antonio?

5.1.09

jd graduated today with his bs in english. why english when he's going into optometry? because its an "easy" major...or so he thought.

this was a graduation unlike any other. and i only fell asleep for a few minutes.

we only went to the smaller one in the afternoon with the college of arts and humanities. need i say more? i will though, don't worry!

it started off with an alligator (in costume of course) crawling across the stage, followed by a band of pirates (luckily not somalians) singing and dancing. this was the processional! nope, no pomp and circumstance here. captain hook and his pirate partners. what the? maybe i like things a little traditional...is that too much to ask?

there was an assortment of random performances throughout the rest of the convocation. interesting.

the BEST part was a girl in performing arts. all of the performing arts grads had to do some cheesy something as they crossed the stage and this girl was no different...until she fell. she was lifting up her leg for some sort of thing and fell. in a skirt. my mom and i could barely keep it together. isn't that your worst nightmare at graduation? why would you do that?

second to that girl was jd as the graduates came across the stage in the processional. he was behind a guy in a wheelchair, so they guy had to circle back around and go down the ramp. jd just kept on following him. he didn't realize for a bit and then had to run back and get in line. he is a nut!

obviously we were entertained, even if it was a little weird.

walking across the stage.
if you look really closely, you can see that he lined his feet up EXACTLY with the little template on the floor. that is what the dean of the department is looking at. she looked down at him wondering what in the world he was doing. i knew he would have to do something silly up there.

he were are

jd's parents

grandma spencer

with my mommy

yes, i realize i look like a dork.

now we can play for the summer.

starting with hawaii tomorrow!

we really haven't been up to much lately = nothing to blog about.

i always take pictures and then i never do anything with them, so here they are.

besides, what post would be complete without pictures of emi?

my grandma just LOVES emi.

she calls emi her baby.

check out her boots

emi and grandma dot on easter

more emi

linc playing baseball on easter with his new bat

i made this silly monkey cake for this little dude's 1st birthday

i think he liked it!

my dad and i went fishing last week at east canyon.

don't let this picture fool you...those are all mine, i just don't like to hold them.

or touch them. or eat them.

we went to dinner at pf chang's for heather's birthday and played rock band.

we tried to get a good picture for like 30 minutes and this is the best we could come up with using the self timer. this is totally fake smile by this point, we were all laughed out.

just jd

i sent jd a text message and asked him if he wanted to go running tonight.

me: i hope i don't die {running}
jd: me too...if you do can i have your ipod?
me: no, i'll probably want to take it with me
jd: rats! i guess you'll probably still want to listen to music huh?

funny. some people may be offended at that response. not me. that's just jd and his humor.

the story

well, here you go. the story to go with 102...

i had been dating someone on and off that i met in new york and he was here visiting over thanksgiving. on the way to the airport said person decided to pick a fight. this was not just any fight...it was about my mom. don't mess with my mom. i don't like it.

right as i pulled up at the curb to drop him off, he said "you have a _ _ _ _ _ of a mother" (i'll let you fill in the blanks) and slammed the door.

everything else is a little fuzzy...it happened so fast. i also got out of the car and said something with the effect of not talking about my mom like that and before i knew it i slapped him across the face. i didn't even think about it. it just happened. what the? i don' t do that! never had before and never have since.

after that, i got back in my car and drove away. the bad news? his luggage was still in my car. after my dramatic slap and storming off i had to go back and give it to him.

don't worry, it was definitely OVER after that.

i don't know how there is anyone on this planet that doesn't know this story. my family thinks its the funniest thing ever and tells it every chance they get.

can you believe i did that?