11 years

Today Sam and I are celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary. It's funny to look back at all the highs and lows over the years. Thought I would share some special pictures with you. Thank you everyone that has been a part of the last 11 years...and here it to another!

A Wild Week

Where to begin...it has been quite a week at this household.

The big guy wrecked his pick up truck on the freeway early on Saturday morning. He got called in to plow snow for the county, while en route a guy lost control of his truck and Sam had no chance to miss hitting him head on at about 40 miles per hour.

I almost beat him up when I answered the phone to
"Nikki, first I just want to tell you, I am alright."

I thought to myself, well you are now because I am not with in reach to pound you for waking me up twice on a Saturday morning. First when the phone rang to call you to work and now what? He then continued to explain about the wreck.

Of course when you get in a wreck the first thing you want to do is call off of work...but the big guy didn't get that chance, as all the head bosses at work were out of town. Luck would at least offer him a work truck for the rest of the weekend.

As the snow fell all weekend he never got a chance to hurt from the wreck.

Monday offered all kinds of surprises. As Sam called the insurance and auto body repair shops and car rental places, an old co-worker (Danny)gave him a call.

Danny had a family friend in Las Vegas that is 3 weeks from delivering a baby girl. She knew that she would not be able to keep the baby and was looking for a family that would like to adopt.

Immediately Sam called me at work and we started all the conversations that we had been over time and time again...do we want to adopt?

The girl wanted to come to Utah to have the baby, looking only for the adoptive parents to get her a ride to and from Vegas and never to have to deal with the baby again. From what we were told she had an affair with a married man that wanted nothing to do with the baby and he would not agree to sign adoption papers.

I called the girl as soon as I got the chance. She was not available to chat as she was at her job. So I did the only other thing that I knew would help us make a decision...I called some friends over to have them give us a blessing in making a decision.

We gave it quite a bit of thought, and in the end I think we made the toughest choice ever, we called her and let her know that we just didn't feel like it was the right choice for anyone involved for us to take the baby, even though we have prayed for years for a child. We just hope that this young girl and the baby understand the decision.

Sometimes the holy ghost whispers...and you have to listen very hard, even if the answer is not what you want at the time. I pray for all that are and will be a part of this babies life.

Snow Day!!

I can't believe that I have lived in Utah my whole life and have never spent the day out on the slopes. So this week I slacked off of work a little early one afternoon and took a few hours reminding myself that I am not in a very physically fit state.

My friend Tammy and I went up to Sundance and she talked me threw the basics of snowboarding. She was so super patient and let me off the hook early when I was completely exhausted. I had a blast though...and when my muscles feel a little more like normal instead of jell-o I may just actually give it another try.

Tammy was awsome, she has it down to an art. I wish I could just get my balance down. I did ok, when I could get someone to help me up. But it is super frustrating that first hour. I had to just lie in the snow and laugh every time that I fell down. I don't know if my cheeks hurt more from laughing or my legs and bum from falling.

A real treat

I guess looking through the world of the eyes of a child is still the most entertaining thing for me.

We went out to eat the other night with my parents and my nephews, who were spending the night. It is always a task to get the boys to eat dinner when we all go out because they are just such hams and like to play more than eat. So someone came up with the idea of letting them eat dinner with chopsticks. They had not only me and the rest of our table laughing, but a few other neighboring tables watching as well. Who would have known that just mixing things up a bit could be such a hoot. I was just glad that we didn't order soup. The little guys didn't quite have the knack for using the chopsticks in a traditional manner, but hey, we got them to eat.

Free is good!

Today while looking around my google reader I found a post with some links to some great free fonts. Trouble is, I have no idea how to use them. So if anyone out there is a computer genius and wants to explain the the village idiot how to get them to download and open up in my word processor, please leave me a comment and I will get a hold of you! Thank you.

Oh btw...this is the site, I hope you find one that you would like to use. If I recall correctly there are 50 different link to free fonts. I am really fond of this one and can already think of about 10 different scrapbook pages I could do some titles for with it. It just has that western edge to it without being so crazy that you can't even read it. If it is not to much I would love to download most of the fonts for future applications. They really have some wild and crazy ones that would be a hoot to try out.

What will they think up next...blogging from a phone. For real!

Getting it all together

I never seem to be ready for Christmas, try as I may, every year I find myself out and about at the last second looking for the perfect gift.

But what is it really that I am looking for? Just that perfect item that conveys how much that someone special really means to me. It has to be in the true spirit of Christmas, yet also be affordable without looking cheap. I really like to find something in the right size so they won't have to worry about returning the item or hurting feelings about sizing them up wrong. It's also nice to find something that won't become a nuisance down the road...even thought puppies are so adorable! You have to consider allergies and storage and time constraints as well as if it will cost the person money down the road that they may not have. Then what about if they just don't like it.

So this year, We have changed strategies and would like to announce that we will be offering our love as a gift to all our friends and family.

Merry Christmas!