Coaching

Yesterdays Basketball practice went MUCH better. I think it was because instead of watching I played with them and did every drill I had them do. Maybe they just needed a better example? (Not that I am the best but I am leaps and bounds better then my 12-13 year olds) I had them shoot a WHOLE bunch and did a ton of dribbling drills. Some said "I can't do that!" I would say "I am inches shorter then you and 6 months pregnant, if I can do it you can do it :)" ... "Give it a try" Low and behold they could do it :) So maybe I'll have to keep that up, it seemed to work great.

Also Matt had his last Men's game last night. It kind of caught us off guard. Matt had sense to check the schedule and we thought his game was on Saturday but it was really last night! So Matt, Ryan and I went on over. There were only 2 other guys there. By 3 minutes in to the first half there were 6 more. So we had a full five plus the bench. I am the only wife that ever really comes because we are pretty much the only couple on the team with no kiddos.

ANYWAYS, I always cheer a little and talk to Matt or Ryan but this game I was sick of the lazy defense so I decided to start talking louder... "Move your feet!" "Get that board!" "Whose guarding 23?" "Tight D" "Keep it clean" "Don't REACH!" anyways... with about 4 minutes left in the game Matt and Ryan are both sitting and there was a new rotation of guys going in. Some how no one could figure out who they were guarding! We were up by six and that lead was quickly diminishing. After a three pointer and some threatening drives to the hoop I looked at the clock and yelled at Matt "Time out TIME OUT CALL A TIME OUT!!" "NO one knows who they are guarding!!" SO Matt called a time out the guys figured it out and maintained the lead. The thing is I knew the guys they were playing against and once they get hot it's pretty hard to stop them.

SO bottom line is maybe I should have been the Men's Basketball coach instead of the Young Women's coach?? I can see who plays well together and who doesn't. Who should guard who, when it's okay to do zone defense or go to Man. Oh and the pick and roll worked all night long last night... These are things that are so far over the Young Women's heads that I would get drooling looks if I told them we're going to play Zone D.

Also, what guy would argue with a 5"2' pregnant blond lady telling them they are getting lazy on D and to move there feet instead reaching. OR that they dribble into the corner every time so pass it before you get the urge to be stuck over there again. Not that I would campain for the job but Matt and I both agree that their should as the least be a designated coach. Until next year...

BYU plays Utah at home tomorrow. Wish them luck!

Congrats to H and Brit on the birth of little Lacy! I still have yet to see pictures guys! Anyone that lives up there, take some and send them over :)

Baby Talk

Yesterday after it was pointed out to me that I only have about 15 weeks left of this pregnancy thing, I had a mini panic attack.

In my head the conversation with myself went something like "15 weeks Wow! That's not that far away considering there at 52 weeks in a year... let's see what do Matt and I have all ready... oh my, all I have is a few outfits my mom sent (including the cutest little swimsuit ever) and a onesie! We do have that bassinet, but Matt says it HAS to be re-covered because of all that lace...it doesn't bother me... how would I do that anyways? huh...I thought I would be much more prepared then this by now... hmm I need to get on that. Oh no! What if I am like Tonii or Emily (2 of my friends) that have their babies at 33 weeks...that would be a little nerve wracking right? But wait, that would give me 8 weeks. 8 WEEKS!! OH NO! That's way too short of time! I'm not ready! We have nothing! Breathe Breathe... you'll probably be one that goes over your due date... but what if I don't? I'm not ready!!!" (this is the condensed version but you get the gist of it.)

So now thinking logically about it, I do need to start actually realizing... YES Mickie, there is a baby on the way! SO what I would ideally like to do is look out for deals on diapers, wipes, formulas, anything to do with babies really. I need to start stocking up ahead of time before all the really hefty baby bills start pouring in. But what I don't know is what a good deal is and what brands are okay and which are horrible... So to all you baby mommas out there...OPINIONS! PLEASE!

What is a good price for all this baby stuff? Where can I find good coupons? Anything you LOVE or HATE? Anything you deem absolutely necessary? What would be just frivolous? Have any recommended brands?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, OH and if you do see a good deal on baby stuff please let me know about it if you could, I've got to get on the ball with this! June isnt THAT far away :)

Syrup Time

So I thought as I was leaving the office yesterday to take a picture of where I work. It really is pretty dang cool. It's across the street from the Utah State Capitol Building. Bryson Garbett, the owner of Garbett Homes, lives on the top two floors with his family and the main level and basement are his office space. How is that for a commute? A flight of stairs...

Also, here is the view I get to see. Pretty nice huh? I had spring fever yesterday big time.

Lastly, here is another "belly" picture, 25 weeks? (I don't really know all the time, good thing whenever I go to the doctors they tell me) I really don't like taking these because I feel just huge but I know much bigger days are ahead... yeah yeah yeah I can hear you all now "Your tiny what do you have to complain about blah blah" I know, I know, I should just enjoy it while the little bump lasts. Oh and yes I have a goofy face, I can't be serious I am taking a picture for the sole purpose of showing off my belly no other time in my life would I deem that even close appropriate or wanted...but like my friend Savannah said, its for posterity's sake.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Hey Steve, Happy Birthday! The weather is beautiful and sunny here in Utah for your special day, I hope it's just as bright and cheery for you there! May next year be even better then the last! From the sounds of things, I am sure they will be :) Enjoy some cake and ice cream for me!

I can't breathe!

My nose is stuffy, I am hacking up a lung, my head hurts and I need to sit down and rest after walking up the stairs. Yep you guessed it "The Beast" as Trish calls it caught up with me. It's been 3 days with no signs of letting up. I looked at my list of OKAY pregnancy meds that the doc gave me and found out I could use Sudafed! So Matt, the sweet guy he is, made an emergency trip yesterday afternoon to go buy me some. It's helped quite a bit but I am still pretty miserable.

I stayed home from work on Friday and while I was feeling like junk I thought "Hey let's make things MORE awesome by attempting to do our taxes with my spare time :)!" Okay obviously I wasn't thinking clearly because after about 4 hours, two computer crashes, using my laptop and my desk top I got them done. We did get a refund though so that will be nice.

Besides being sick, I went to a movie with all the girls late on Friday night. Hopefully I didn't infect anyone! :( We went and saw "New in Town" with Rene Zelwegger and Harry Conick Jr. It was a cute movie and fun to see with the fam! Sorry I wasn't more social ladies. Matt didn't have anything else to do so he went with me and found out "Taken" was playing at the same time. He said it was AWESOME. After his explanation of it I want to see it too!

Oh and yesterday Matt tried to do a load of laundry and we pleasantly found out that our washer was totally KAPUT. YES! Just what I want to do with a splitting headache and our new found tax return money, go buy a new washer! We went to Home Depot and Lowe's and found the best deal at Lowe's. Once we found it I went and laid down in the car while Matt took care of buying it. Lowe's so kindly delivered today and I was surprised at how easy it was. Not as expensive as I thought it would be but still a rip in the shorts to buy a new one. The one we had came from Mickey, who gave it to Will and Kristin, who gave it to us. So it served our family well and lasted a LONG time.

OH and Braden was here this weekend too, it's always good seeing him. I was pretty out of it most of the weekend but I think he had a somewhat entertaining time with Matt. I should have taken some pictures but I didn't even think about it!

We had Stake Conference today as well. I got a little mixed up on the time and didn't realize that instead of it being 8:30 it was 9:30, with church starting at 10. Whoops! Usually we are there about 30 minutes early to get cushy seats but no such luck today we walked in 15 minutes early to get seating on the hard metal chairs. Well about 5 minutes before church started a couple in our ward said they saved seats up front (she's the choir director and was singing) and had room for us so we should come sit with them. OHH boy was that nice, It was kind of them to think of us! Thanks Guys! :) Of course the meeting was excellent as well, our Stake presidency is comprised of some amazing men that are always awesome to hear speak.

I am sure there are tons of things I am forgetting that happened, but my brain is a little foggy.
Have a good week all!

ARG!

"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."

I am failing a bit with coaching basketball to my 12-13 year old girls. Stop giggling, snapping each others bra straps, talking about boys, and dropping everything because you think you got a text and LISTEN PLEASE... arg... if it was a real team, (meaning it wasn't a "come out and play to have fun" attitude), they would be running sprints until they cooperated. Well, I should say that cell phones are now outlawed during games and practice (Yes you read it right games... texting at half time? You've got to be kidding me it's 7:30 AM) Oh and my favorite one yesterday, "I don't think (girls name here) is coming to practice today she was mad at me at lunch time today" Haha wow...

I don't ever remember being that silly at any practice, this is serious stuff here girls not a slumber party! :) So I am trying hard to be firm but nice at the same time... it's tougher then I thought!

Good thing I am having a boy, I don't know if I can take that much giggly talk the rest of my life...:)

I must say it probably tried my patience more then usual yesterday because that cold everyone has been passing around the last few months/weeks has finally caught up with me! Waking up this morning my whole body is VERY sore (and it's not from my Yoga yesterday), I am hacking up a lung, with a stuffy nose and killer headache. Yuck! So I am off to find some water, some Kleenex, and try to feel better before "girls night out" tonight!

Something about Heck on earth...

Matt and I switched to Comcast today. We were getting totally hosed by Qwest on our rates and with the digital switch we decided to get cable instead of a converter box. Not real cable we have limited basic meaning QVC and CBS come in clear now, but not much else is new. The above video is how I feel today... something about heck on earth... The install guy was on-time this morning, he installed very quickly, tested the phone, Internet and cable. Of course everything worked great! I was about to go to work when for some reason I thought "you better check the cable again." WELL low and behold it's really choppy, sound goes in and out the screen goes black... It's cable right? Not like a bad signal could be involved? I called 1800comcast and after a lengthy talk with one of their people he has to send the install guy back out to fix it, but of course he is a another job so he'll be here sometime in the afternoon. ARG I hate that... because I know that the second he comes it will work fine and he'll leave then it wont work again. Does this happen to every one or just Matt and I? I have tons to do at the office today but now I get to sit home and wait... lame. I instantly thought of Brian Reagan and his experience and just had to laugh about it! Get a good chuckle guys... it is pretty funny. :)

My Turn

So this Valentines Day it was my turn. Before Matt and I were married Kristin told us of some friends of theirs that alternated Valentines Day and Anniversaries and we adopted their idea. This year I got to do Valentines Day and Matt will do our Anniversary. That way if you wanted to surprise or do something special for one another you wouldn't have to worry what the other person was planning. Also, you save money on little gifts because he doesn't get anything for me, I just give to him when it's my turn. It's kind of like a second birthday... Matt isn't a big holiday guy AT ALL though so it's not that difficult.

(Matt being a dork for the picture, I had the camera on the wrong setting too)

We talked about different things to do and came up with a Temple weekend. Instead of spending a whole bunch of money we went less expensive (might I even say free) to go to the Jordan River Temple on Friday night then we went to the Draper Temple Open House on Saturday morning. I had all ready gone once but Matt hadn't so I went again. Suzanne and Lucy joined us on Saturday morning, Suzanne was the one who got us the tickets for then.

(The best we got, can you tell I had been napping? I did my hair in the morning after the nap though I didn't deem it worthy to do over so up it went...and boy are we in need of some sun! :)

For his gift of bought him some Cologne. He ran out of his favorite "Acqua Di Gio" by Giorgio Armani quite some time ago and I thought it was time to get him some more. So he now has it again and it smells lovely. He was very excited about it of course and it came in a nice little box set. He even got aftershave and body wash too!

After the Draper Temple Open House in the morning we went and got some lunch at Village Baker, Matt's favorite sandwich joint, and went over to Suzanne's to eat it. We watched a little Brian Reagan then went home. We fell asleep for quite sometime and I woke up later to find Matt over at the club house working out. He had the BYU vs. TCU Men's Basketball game on... So we watched that while he exercised for a few hours and Suzanne met back up with us. BYU won then we went down to Provo to go to dinner, why Provo you ask? Lucy is a server there and she got us in with little wait at the Olive Garden. We enjoyed a very YUMMY dinner with EXCELLENT service then went over to Kristin and Will's to watch a few "Big Bang Theory" episodes. Suzanne kept joking about being the third wheel, then Matt asked her to be his Valentine, she said yes... So I said Matt you can tell people for your Valentines Day you went on a Date with some VERY cute TWINS!! Yes, no tricycle involved Suzanne :)

( The OG Gang Myself, Matt, Lucy and Suzanne)

See what an enjoyable Valentines for Matt, Napping, New Cologne, Exercising, Basketball game, Olive Garden, Temple, Village Baker... I don't think he could have asked for a better day. Wait unless the beach was involved he would have liked that more OR if we would have made it to Kneaders for unlimited French Toast for Breakfast... eh maybe for our Anniversary he can plan that :)

Ants on a Log

I never buy celery, because I don't like it. Apparently Matt's mom Holly used to make "ants on a log" for him when he was little and he has wanted it for a while(Pretty much since before we got married). Here's how it finally happened, Matt has a pretty bad cold. Two nights ago for dinner I made him Homemade Chicken Noodle soup and as part of that soup I bought Celery. Since it was for him I put it in. With the left over celery he made some "ants on a log" for himself yesterday afternoon. He was pretty stoked about it... the things that make him happy... ha ha

Happy Valentines Day All! :)

It's my favorite COUSIN!!

(The Whole Crew)

So this weekend was a busy one, oddly enough there were no BYU athletics going on so I knew I better plan something or else we would be bored out of our minds... ha ha

(Here they come all unsuspecting like...)

On Friday night Will invited a whole bunch of people to come play laser tag. It was cool how many people were there! Matt and Ryan went and they both enjoyed themselves. I did not play but I was allowed to walk around while everyone else was playing. I was shot at every second or so which was pretty funny, I purposely wore a white shirt so that I was really visible but I still tricked people walking behind them. Or as my uncle Ray said "Look I'm shooting the pregnant lady" Some people would purposely walk BEHIND me so I would protect them while they were making their way through... it was cool and I was able to get tons of action shot pictures of people.

(Eric, Art, Jeremy, Matt, Ryan and Will Reviewing the results)

Saturday was a packed day as well. Matt and I woke up and started cleaning a little. Well we ended up getting quite carried away with ourselves and cleaned for quite a few hours before we realized we were REALLY late for my little cousin Kai's Birthday party. So we showered and zipped down to Kangaroo Zoo to meet up with tons in the family. Matt of course was off like a rocket to play with Jason, Sierra, and all the other little cousins while I chatted with a few of the ladies in the party room including my cousin Steph who just had a baby. She looked GREAT and she brought little Gray to the party as well. I couldn't believe how old he looked! He looked like at least a month old to me, his coloring was excellent and he seemed bigger then a newborn. Matt was pretty surprised as well.

(Will, Ray, Matt and Ryan discussing Tactics)

After the party we heard about a SHADE clothing WAREHOUSE SALE right behind the K.Z. and checked it out. I came away with 3 maternity shirts, a knit sweater vest and 3 non-maternity shirts for $38. Steal right? I wish I could have called everyone and asked what they wanted but I am not made of money people haha... Kristin and I were TRYING to call my mom but she was snowshoeing and didn't answer our calls. That's okay we still picked out stuff for her. After the sale Matt and I took Jason and Sierra for the rest of the weekend. It is Kristin's (and H.D.'s) Birthday today and for weeks I was trying to think of something to get her and the best thing I could think of was some alone time with the hubby. So since her kids don't bat an eye when we (more like Matt) take them I figured it would be good idea. So we went our separate ways that afternoon.

(Art and Matt partners in crime)
(Sorry guys forgot the camera the rest of the weekend...)
Another surprise on Saturday Nate, Kelly and the boys were in town, so they met up with us at our house. Suzanne and Preston came over as well. When Kelly found out about the sale we hit she wanted to go too. The Warehouse sale ended at 3 but we were able to go to an actual store and get some of the same deals. After the shopping, we picked up some Pizza for dinner (thanks again Kelly for the coupons:) chatted and hung out the rest of the night letting the kids play. Dallin was even shwing signs of crawling, he got up on his hands and knees then started rocking... he's close guys I can feel it! When Tanner and Jason would come running by giggling he would get so excited, he'll be chasing them in no time :)

Funny Story: When us girls got back and we were cooking the pizzas, Jason asked me for some water so we both walked over to the fridge. Jason looked up and pointed at Ty's ultra sound pictures. He said "LOOK it's my favorite COUSIN!" I chuckled and said "Matt, did you teach Jason that while we were gone?" Matt was confused so I repeated what Jason said and Matt then said "No, what?". Then Jason started waving his hands to everyone and saying it louder "Guys! Guys! Come over here look it's my FAVORITE cousin!!" I said "Where is your favorite cousin?" (Thinking he could have been looking at another picture) and he pointed at the picture of Ty's noggin then at my belly. I picked him up and started laughing even more thinking 'Where the heck did he come up with this...' No one has ever explained to him what those pictures were or where his cousin was, but he knew. Then he looked at me pointing at my belly and said "Can we open it?" I replied with "Not yet in a couple months." It's crazy what kids pick up on...Maybe he's just stoked for his first boy cousin? Regardless it was hilarious.

Anyways I felt bad we were a little cramped with everyone over but it was still fun. Nate, Kelly, Tanner and Dallin all slept downstairs with Jason, Matt, Sierra and I all in our room up stairs. Nice a cozy eh? Jason pretty much took up the whole bed... how can a little 3 year old be SUCH a bed hog! Ha ha

Today we got up to no Nate and Kelly, they got an early start back home. I was ready to make pancakes for breakfast and everything! Oh well, cereal it was... we gave the kiddos a bath and we were off to church. Both kids were great and people kept asking in the ward "Who are these good little kids!?" (We sat in the front row) Matt kept saying it was a rent-a-family thing Ha ha very funny. But I will say I am glad that when little ones are first born they aren't busy 1 or 3 year olds. I was a bit worn out after church! Good thing it was nap time for all :) Kristin and Will came over to get the kids around 5 so I had made dinner and some cake and brownies for Kristin's birthday. We played games then they went home.

Pretty easy, busy and successful weekend. Glad we could give something to Kristin she would enjoy. It was good thing Uncle Matt was there the whole time though, by myself would have been rough but for some reason Jason and Sierra LOOOOVVE Matt and do whatever he needs them to do. It was actually funny the kids were great until Kristin and Will showed up then at one point both Jason and Sierra were crying so loudly that all of us just started laughing.

Good busy weekend, but now I am ready for a good nights rest :)

2 things

There are 2 things I think that every person needs as an adult. A good hair stylist and a good auto mechanic. There is something to be said for both. It's a pain in the rear to find them, but once you do hold on to them like there is no tomorrow. Case in point...

I once started going to a friend other then my usual hair gal for a color. I did what every person shouldn't do and try something really different with my hair right before a wedding, well needless to say it didn't work out too well and I needed it to be fixed. After no response for 2 days from the gal who did it I called the person I used previously and she saved the day. LESSON LEARNED, only go to one person for your hair needs, they know you, know your hair, and how "different" you really want to go. Thanks Trish :)

Second, Matt and I upon moving to Herriman, decided to use some random auto mechanic out of the phone book for some of our little fixes that we didn't know how to do. Previously we had always used one down in Utah county but decided it was too far to drive a broken car/ tow a car there. We tried to use these people a couple times and after this last time we have decided to only use our mechanic down in Utah county. They are worth every penny (which is usually a lot less then what the other guys will charge). We had some bad fuel injectors that we needed fixed, we took it to the other guys for them to tell us which ones were bad so we could change them ourselves. They said 4 were bad and you can't just change one you have to change them all. So Matt and I bought 6 at 55 a piece from Napa (the other guys wanted to charge us 90 a piece for rebuilt ones) to change them ourselves. Well after trying to change them ourselves a couple time we decided "ARG lets just take it down to All-Tec (Utah County guys) and pay them to do it." I called them, they got it done the same day, even though they were full, and said only two were bad. (side note: they had changed 3 about 4 years earlier that were bad and Grant, our mechanic, not only remembered which ones they were, but they weren't bad!) ANYWAYS I told them since we bought all 6 may as well change them all. HOW IRRITATING, only 2 were bad and he charged us less then half of what the other guys said they wanted to charge us for labor. Let see, the bill could have been $600 if we had the other guys do it but with All-Tec doing it and us buying our own parts it cost about $400. BUT if we'd gone to All-Tec in the first place it would have probably cost less then 200. LESSON LEARNED... those guys know my car inside and out I mean who has a memory that good?

So that's the point, only go to a hair stylist and auto mechanic that you know and trust or you might end up with Orange hair and be dirt poor with still a broken down car. Whew so glad that isn't me :)

FINE I'll wear them... GOSH

Okay Okay I'll wear maternity pants?! I have been not wanting too for a long time but I finally borrowed all of Kristin's Maternity stuff and am sporting a pair of maternity pants today. They are SO much more comfortable then the hair band through the hole and around the button routine... I need to go get some of my own so that I don't wear Kristin's out before she gets to wear them again (yes I am inferring that you'll have another child someday... if you want:)

In other news we got reports back on the ultra sound of our little Ty today at my appointment. Apparently there are needs for me to go BACK in and get ANOTHER one because they didn't get good measurements (the ones they got showed abnormal) on his Kidneys, Heart and Bladder. It was quite the ordeal the first time so this next time I wont worry about drinking water until I get there. Hopefully Ty is more photogenic for us/nothing really is abnormal. I'll have the next one sometime in March when I am about 27 weeks along to measure if everything is growing properly. Has anyone else had to do this because of abnormal measurements? I am not really all that worried about it but it is something to wonder about.