Oops!

So..... Doug and I took Linkin the other night to get his hair cut. Linkin started freaking out and Doug decided he could just do it himself. I said no lets just hold him down and let the girl cut it, but Doug said he had it under control. Well....you know this doesn't end well right.... At first it looked great and than Doug decided he could do a fade and make it look really cool. I begged him not to and said just to leave it, but he said, "I got this!" While he was trying to fade Linkin's hair, Linkin made a quick movement and got half of his hair taken off! AAAHHHHH!!!!!! After that we had to buzz it. (we buzzed it at a size 1)

Here is what it looked like after! For the first week any time I looked at Linkin I couldn't help but bust up laughing! He has decided he likes it short. He will sit and watch tv and just rub his head. It's pretty funny to watch! It has grown out a little bit now and doesn't really look so bad. The first day it was short I brought him to preschool and one of the teachers asked who the new kid was. bahahahaha!!! Doug is never allowed to cut Linkin's hair again!!! It's a good thing I have a good sense of humor huh?!

Golfing Fun

Like father like son! Doug has Linkin brainwashed to think that golf is fun. I guess I shouldn't complain because he has me brain washed to think golf is fun too. haha. The great thing about this is we get to all go golfing together! There are a few small 9 hole golf courses that let us bring Linking and let him ride in the cart. The rule when he comes with us is he has to stay in the cart until we get to the green and than he is allowed to play put put on the green. He loves to go golfing! Another great thing about Linkin's love of golf is that him and Doug can go together with out me!!! How cool is that! Doug gets to play his favorite game and mama gets a break. Now that there is a win win folks! (I have decided though I am going to go take some lessons by a golf pro and learn to kick the butts of all the boys in my life who play golf! good idea I think!) :)

Waterworld

When Kayla had Linkin in Arizona while I was sick she and Malynda took him to Water World. Linkin had such a great time I took him back once I got there. I took my sisters littler girls with me and Krissie brought her little kids and the family she had in town. We were there ALL DAY LONG!!! It was so much fun! Krissie and I snuck off once to go do a few big kid rides with her older nieces and it was great! They have added a bunch of newer cool rides since I went as a kid. It was great! Linkin thought he was pretty funny wearing Krissie's hat in this picture. Silly boy!

This is a picture of the little kid play area! Yep! I said little kid play area!!! These slides are made so that even Linkin can go down them! Crazy huh?! He wasn't really into it this time he more wanted to play in the splash pad next to the slides, but the other kids loved this! They had some other fun slides that were pretty tall and even little kids could go down them. I took Sotera and Monterey on some big slides that were so fun! I am hoping to get back down to Arizona again this summer so we can go back to Water World. If we still lived their we would totally have a season pass! So jealous right now!

6th Anniversary

Doug took me out for a night on the town for our 6th anniversary! We went into San Francisco to a place called Teatro Zinzanni. This place is so freaking cool! It's a 3 hour dinner theatre. They people who perform here have some pretty amazing resumes. Most all of them have worked for circus sole or something of that nature so it has a very festive circus type feel to it. The acts were absolutely amazing! The actors were absolutely hilarious! It was fun to sit for 3 hours and be absolutely entertained. My favorite act was the guys that did this acrobatic type fighting/tumbling. It was awesome! They stood 3 people high on each others shoulders and fell belly flop style to the floor and at the last second fell into a summer salt roll and jumped out of it. I don't know if that sounds like it makes any sense, but it was incredible! I would recommend this to anyone coming to visit San Francisco. Amazing night!Here is my boyfriend of 8 years and husband of 6. They wouldn't let us take any pictures inside the performance tent, so this is us outside the performance tent. It has been an amazing 6 years and I am lucky to have such a great guy like Doug. We have gone through so much together in the last six years and we have only gotten stronger in our love for each other and gotten closer together. I love you so much Doug I am lucky to have you! You are an amazing husband and father. I don't know what I did to get to be so lucky, but whatever it was I'm glad I did it. I would be lost with out you!
*** Special thanks to Vanessa Walker who drove out from Pleasanton (1hr away) to come watch Linkin for us so we could go out! You're the best!

Grateful

This post is kind of personal, but I would feel extremely ungrateful if I didn't talk about this. I have been so grateful for an amazing family and amazing friends this last little while. The cookie basket above my sister sent and the flowers were sent by Jenny and Krissie. This was just a small example of the service people have given me in the last little while.

Let me start by explaining a little bit. I was 8 or 9 weeks pregnant when I had a miscarriage. Doug and I went in to get an ultra sound and they couldn't find a heart beat. This was extremely hard on Doug and I. We had been trying for 6 months to get pregnant and had finally succeeded when I lost the baby. We were both really emotional and had a hard time. Doug's mom flew out the night we found out and I went into surgery the next day for a D and C. Everything went great and Doug's mom went home a few days later. The day after she left I went to the ER and they found 3 blood clots in my right leg. I also had some other infections and complications. I was a mess!

I tell this story only to say that we had some amazing people come out of the wood work to help us in our time of need. My mom and dad were in Africa at the time and all of our other family members live in Arizona. Doug and I were on our own. We had a bunch of ward members bring us dinners, send us cards, and just drop by to give us treats and talk. We had others friends who watched Linkin while I tried to rest and get my leg better. Doug's mom even flew back out a second time to get Linkin and bring him to Arizona for 5 days so I could rest and get my body healthy again. I don't think I would have healed as well if she hadn't done this. She had it all planned so each one of Linkin's aunts and uncles could spend a whole day with him and show him love. He had an absolutely wonderful time! Doug and I came down to AZ after that and spent some time with family and picked Linkin up and brought him back home.

I have to mention a few people by name for their thanks: Kayla my mother in law of course, Emily Batitta, April Standring, Haven, my sister Britany, Jenny, and of course Krissie! I love you all so much and thank you for your help and support during this time. Especially those of you who got the crazy phone calls with me crying! haha. :) Love you all!

Mother's Day!

Linkin's preschool had a Mother's Day Tea Party. It was sooo cute!!! Linkin got a little confused at first because they had all of the kids on one side and the mother's on the other and the kids were going to sing for us. Linkin didn't really understand and he started freaking out because he saw me and he thought I was there to pick him up. He thought for some reason that I would leave him or something. He started FREAKING out! So the show ended up being a bunch of kids singing to their moms and than me sitting in the middle of a bunch of little kids. I think I added a little something extra to the show, don't you?! haha. After he realized I was staying he calmed down and we had a great party.
Here is the cute little gift they made for the mother's at preschool. I love this and have it hanging up on Linkin's Wall of Fame wall clips I made at MOPS Mothers Group. (I don't think I have blogged about MOPS but it is a Mother's Christian group that meets 2 times a month to do fun stuff and has cool speakers. They even have people watch your kids for you! One of the meetings we made cool wall hanging things you can clips your kids artwork onto.)

The Mother's Day Tea Party was tons of fun! The funny thing about this present was Linkin kept trying to tell me days in advance about this art project. I asked him what he did at preschool and he kept telling me he painted his hands. I didn't really understand what he was getting at until I saw this present. The teachers did an amazing job making it all very special! I love his preschool and he really enjoys it to. He asks to go every morning! =)

My Sister's Wedding

My sister got married! We are all so excited for the happy couple. She married a great guy named Cameron. He has 2 cute little girls that are 3 and 4 years old. Their ages fit perfect with all of the other cousins and we are so lucky to have them added to our family! I am pretty bummed we didn't get a picture with my parents in it too, but this is all we have for family pictures at the wedding. I hope Jess doesn't get mad I put up a picture of her pregnant. I think she looks adorable pregnant! So cute! (I'm about 8 weeks pregnant in this picture so that explains my rounder face and sickly complexion. haha)

Here is me and my man at the dinner after the wedding.

This is the story of my life! There were cameras and flashes going off EVERYWHERE at the wedding. People were taking pictures with everyone left and right. Doug thought it would be funny if he posed and got a picture with the Waiter. That's my Dougie for ya! I can't take him anywhere! (But that's why I love him right?!)