Why I don't love Jim.

So I have seen a few blogs were wives say why they love there husbands. Well I have been missing Jim so much this past week. That I was thinking I would do the same, write why I love him.....Well that seemed boring and so many have done it. So I thought I would tell you why I don't love Jim.
10. I don't love him because he's handsome.
-I love Jim because he's the most handsome man I have ever met.
9. I don't love him because because he can fix things.
- I love him because he is always willing to fix what is broken.
8. I don't love him because he's a good father.
- I love him because he makes me feel like the world's greatest mother.
7. I don't love Jim because he puts Paytyn to bed.
- I love him because he always want to put her put her to bed.
6. I don't love him because he works hard.
- I love him because of all the sacrifice he makes for our family.
5. I don't love him because he's understanding.
- I love him because he understands me.
4. I don't love Jim because he goes to church.
- I love Jim because he has a testimony of the church.
3. I don't love Jim because of his service to others.
- I love him because he is willing to serve other's.
2. I don't love him because he can cook.
- I love him because because he will surprise me and make dinner.
1. I don't love Jim because I can live with him.
- I love him because I can't live without him.
I Hope all you other wives don't love your husband....I know I don't;)

Orem Fest weekend.

This weekend was so much fun! Brittany and I went to Orem Fest. We went to look at the booths and cars on Friday. Paytyn had fun. She was sitting up in the stroller and couldn't get enough. She is such a people watcher. This is a picture of Paytyn and I at the Parade. It was fun to go out I haven't been out all week! It started to look like it was going to rain so we left early. We went and got dinner with Curtis and Blair. They were the other couple I was with. We had so much fun with them and there little girl!

Here is Pay and Brittany at the parade. She didn't get to scared of the noise. She seem to have fun.

Here Paytyn is in a WWII Jeep. Her daddy would be so proud to see her.

Here is the Jeep again.

Pay playing with guns so young! I'm sure she will go shooting with her daddy before she can go to school. That was our fun weekend.

GO COUGS!!

Okay so tonight we went out to see oremfest and the parade. I hug out with another couple from my ward (I had such good time with them). So we went to the parade and it start to look like it was going to rain so we left early. On the way back to the car it started to rain. As soon as I got Paytyn in her carseat it down poured! We went to JCW'S for dinner. Its a fun fast food resturant and who did we run into.....Bronco Mendenhall .Okay so for all the NON-BYU fans, Bronco is the BYU head football couch! Jim loves him. Well at first I didn't believe it was him. I yelled him name and he didn' t turn. The Couple I was with the,the husband insisted that it was him. SO I made him take my cell phone, and Paytyn to get a picture. I know im a dork. But since I knew Jim would get a kick of seeing a picture of Bronco and Paytyn I had to do it. So that was our fun night. I will have more pictures coming soon.

Life happens when your planning for it

Paytyn has been growing so fast!I can't believe she is 7 1/2 months old! I was packing up some of her smaller clothes and I found a 0-3m onies and I couldn't believe how big she has gotten since she was born! Jim has been gone for almost a week now with the Army. He is our in the desert. This is the longest we have ever gone without talking. He had Internet in Iraq, and when he went to Egypt he had the Internet. So we have never gone more then a day without talking. So this week with Paytyn has been so much fun. She has been doing so many new things! She is eating finger foods. She makes faces when I feed her baby food. So I have to chop things up and she has so much fun eating with her fingers.

So Paytyn and I have been eating our meals together . Now that she can some what eat by herself. Last night I made pasta for us. I chopped up some pasta and green beans. SHE loved the pasta. She ate almost all of it. I still fed her, her sweet potato's and turkey.

So this is Paytyn's new cheesy smile. She woke up yesterday with this new smile. I tried all day trying to get it on camera. And finally she did it for me at dinner time. And this really isn't it. But it was the closest I could get of this new smile.

So not to many people have seen pictures of Jim in Iraq. Yes he spent the first year of our marriage in Iraq. While he was there he made Sergent. This is the ceremony of him making Sergent.I was so proud when he told me that he made Sergent. It took him a little while to make it, but he didn't give up. With Jim being away this week I have had so much fun with Paytyn. I wasn't sure I would be able to do it alone. I love it when Jim comes home from school and he can play with Paytyn so I can take a shower or just relax for a few mins. I have been adjusting to doing it all. I know Jim on most nights isn't even home until Paytyn is sleeping. But for him to just being able to listen for her on the monitor is so nice. So I miss him and love him. With Father's Day coming up maybe I can make a card for him;) He will be back in time for his first Father's day! I can't wait to see him and enjoy Father's Day with him as a family. He will be done with the Army this December. But we will see if he resigns or not....We still don't know yet.

California....so fun!

So last Friday Brittany and I thought we would skip town and head to Cali. We made this decision in about 30 mins. We had so much fun with the California cousins. We were only going to stay a few days. But of course we just couldn't stay a few days when the weather was great and so was the company. Paytyn is playing more and more with kids her age and older. In the picture above she is in Las Vegas at the MGM Casino. She wasn't allowed by the slots. Her fake ID didn't work....

Here is Paytyn playing in the water. I thought she would cry, but she did not cry she loved playing in the water. It was so much fun to see her in the water and sand. She is such a happy go lucky girl.

Here I am at the Newport Temple. That's right its pink! I know its crazy. I didn't go in I just took a few quick photo's outside.

I love playing dress up with Paytyn. She is not as in shock as you think. Whenever the camera went off she throw out her hands. She is so cute and fun to play with.

She is Just such a beautiful girl. This picture is so cute of her smile. She is always smiling and I love getting pictures of her beautiful smile. We had fun in California going to sprinkles cupcakes, shopping, eating at In-out. and visiting with family. We had fun, and can't wait til the babies are born so we can see them.

Memorial Day.

So we had such a fun filled weekend. I didn't take any pictures which I wish I did. Well It started on Saturday Jim and I went out to run errors and I finally got a new cell phone!! I love it. We went out to dinner with the Dollards. Paytyn is such a people watcher she couldn't eat while we were out. We watched a movie at the Dollards house while I tried to get Paytyn to sleep. I already watched the movie so it was no big deal. Her teeth have been hurting all weekend! She has been grumpy and has a small cold so that doesn't help. She finally got to sleep but have been having trouble sleeping. Sunday we stayed home (after church) and played with Paytyn and just relaxed. She was still very grumpy and upset during church. On Monday was our BIG day of fun! Jim started by taking the doors off his Jeep. While I was still sleeping at 6:30am! Paytyn woke up at about 7:30. So we got ready for the day. While Jim finished on his jeep. Paytyn ate breakfast. After Paytyn ate we went to IHOP with the Dollards. So yummy and fun. They skipped our name so we had to wait a little longer. The weather kept saying it was going to rain so we didn't make any plans. It turned out to be a very nice day. So we made plans to stay close to home (since pay was grumpy), we used the BBQ at the pool. The Dollards came over to swim Paytyn had a new float and Jim likes playing with her in the water. Jim got some sun on his shoulders. Paytyn loved watching everyone. She is such a people watcher. She doesn't understand while babies cry she just stares at them. After our BBQ/Pool play . We went back to our place put Pay down for a nap and watched "The Unit". After it was late for the babies we got dinner and headed to the Dollards for a movie. I got Pay down easier this time but she was still a little grumpy and just wanted to be held. Jim was great holding and rocking her. After she fell asleep we watched TAKEN. A very good fast paced movie. That was our weekend. We had a fun relaxing time. I am working on my camera to get pictures of Pay. She is 7 months tomorrow!! She is growing so fast. She is getting on all 4's not a rocking back and forth she is getting ready to crawl....I am not looking forward to that.

Swimming!

Okay so for some reason I cant get the pictures on my camera off . I can see them(the pictures) on my camera. Then when I try to upload them they don't show up. It seems like Paytyn is doing something new everyday. I do have to keep the house cleaner now that she gets around. She rolls everywhere! She loves putting everything in her mouth. I have tried to get her to what "Your baby can read". She wants nothing to do with TV. Which makes me happy that she loves playing and learning other ways then watching TV. She loves going out and watching people. She is very content when we go out on our walks. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL so we try to get outside everyday. Paytyn is getting bigger and funner everyday. Her favorite food is sweet potato's and anything with them. She will eat anything as long as it has sweet potato's in it. She enjoys eating bread, and banana's. She loves playing with her food and getting messy. She is such a joy in our lives. Even thought she is getting up earlier (630-730am), I feel like it our day goes better when she is up early. She is on a schedule that seems to be very good for her. She does just fine if she can't stay on it but it just works better for her when she is. Well I'm sure you all want to see pictures of her. Yesterday(Monday May 18,2009) my sister came over with her kids to have FHE together and to go swimming. What we learned from that ..... 1. Sydney (my niece) can't swim but will still jump in water over her head and try. 2. Nino(my nephew) will do what Syd does but not as daring. 3. Rachel (youngest niece) will do what the other 2 do but not as even daring as Nino so she was really good with Paytyn just enjoying being in the water. Paytyn just like watching everyone. She did get splashed a few time and only cried once about it. 4. All the kids needs something to help them float in the water. There was a float toy I put Pay in and she seemed to like it. So in the next few days or weeks I will get her, her own float toy. SO her are the pictures I took with my cell phone.