Alive With No Proof

Hello all! Sorry it's been so long since we last updated our blog. I kept waiting until we could upload pictures, but our internet is so slow that it's starting to look like it may never happen! At some point we'll be able to and you'll see them. I promise!

Best Sporadic Date EVER

Last Saturday JT got off of work at 3pm and we decided to take a drive into Provo Canyon. It's 10 minutes away from our house but it took over an hour to drive the Alpine Loop! Although, some of that is due to the fact that JT just HAD to make it to the top of the mountain. The babies were squirming around inside of me like CRAZY through all of those twists and turns! I did my best to stay calm but JT still got a chuckle or two out of my nervous behavior. The mountains were beautiful though. We knew a snow storm was coming through in the next week so we wanted to catch the Fall colors before Winter blew them all away. We weren't disappointed! It was one of the most spectacularly gorgeous things I've ever seen. It totally reminded me of my favorite song from freshman year: "It Passes All My Understanding" by Cherie Call. If you haven't heard it, you should. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ97JYiDg48 Go see it!

Here are some of the lovely pictures were were able to get with my phone:

After our drive we decided to head home so I could DVR the Relief Society broadcast. I'm a bad

person, I know. We were really hungry though and we had just remembered that Outback

Steakhouse owed us a free steak from way back at the beginning of the year! The manager had

never written down our order and believed us right away. He gave us our entire meal for free!!!

Outback Steakhouse has never tasted better. It was soooo yummy.

We finished up our evening with a stroll through Barnes and Noble before heading home for the

night. It was a wonderful day and I was so happy to be able to spend it with JT! I'm just sad that

he doesn't have work this Saturday and I'll be away from him. Maybe he'll be able to switch

Saturdays last minute so we can go to Brandon and Anna's open house in Vegas next week!

Doing my part

Being unable to help out by getting a job has been pretty rough on me lately. I watch how hard JT works and I just sit at home and play the housewife. I know that the safety and health of the kids and myself is my top priority--I just keep feeling like I need to contribute! So after some brainstorming I have it!

1. I'm going to start a from-home tutoring business! I love school and have a knack for subjects I love. So I've decided to tutor kids K-12 in English, History, and Spanish! I'm soo nervous. Oh, and I'm also going to do some ESL tutoring if I can. We'll have to see how it goes. I just barely posted the ads on craigslist and still have a ton of marketing to do. It'll hopefully go well!

P.S. does anyone have any ideas for creative names for the business? I'm stuck.

2. We've already got ourselves a dog and a cat...and well, there's still a little room to spare. Right now, that is. I've decided (and JT has agreed) to start a doggy daycare business! We'll be taking on one extra dog at a time. We would do cats, but Snickers has a big issue with fellow felines. It's too much of a hassle to be worth it. Mia on the other hand, LOVES company! We would take in the extra dog and I would take it with me on short intermittent walks throughout the day, play with it, train it with Mia, and feed it. It's probably not going to be a huge money maker, but any extra cash helps. We'll ask them to bring their own food for the dog (new food gives them diarrhea anyways) and will avoid having to spend any extra money. We've already got extra leashes, toys, and a crate! Our amazingly talented friend Alex has already created the logo for the flyers. It's gonna be called The Doghouse!

He's just too good to be true!

Some of you may not have heard, but JT is amazingly awesome! He's just so sweet and SO talented it blows me away. He LOVES taking on new projects. Anyone remember the cat habitat he built for Snickers? Then there are the shelves he just built and installed in our living room. Now there's talk about crocheting baby blankets for the twins! His most recent adventure however, was the dog bed. The one we made before was beginning to stink and was completely chewed up! Mia hasn't been behaving herself very well. So, Bonnie was sweet enough to give us her old sewing machine and guess who knew how to use it...not me! We went out and bought 2 pillows, a yard of fleece, and some velcro. JT grabbed the materials and plopped right down and started work on that bed!

he did an awesome job of it if I do say so myself!!!

So not only is he the best handyman ever, he's creative to boot! I'm just so grateful for the blessing he is in my life and the daily sacrifices he makes for our family. 16 credits at school+work+looking for a second job+migraines+taking care of a pregnant wife = a VERY tired and wonderful husband. The thing that gets me is how happy he is to do it all. He's soo too good to be true!

Another First

JT had his first all-nighter doing homework last night!!!!!!!!! He's officially been inducted into college life. Although I do have to admit that he was pretty sneaky about it. Here's how it went down:

We got home from grocery shopping around 11:00 pm. I was hurting after being out and about too long so he helped me get snuggled into bed with a book. I knew he had homework to do so I told him I'd do my best to wait up for him so we could go to bed together. He wanted me to go to bed sooner though. He's a worry wart when it comes to me. :) So about half an hour later he came in with my sleeping pill (doctor approved Unisom). I have to have one since I wake up anywhere from 3am-5am and can't go back to sleep until the sun comes up. I resisted and said that I needed to wait to take it until I was ready for bed. This sneaky husband of mine said that since we didn't know how long it would take to kick in, it would be better to be safe than sorry. I was OUT within 20 minutes! I woke up at 4am for my usual bathroom break only to find that JT had STILL not come to bed and was STILL doing homework! Sneaky tricky man!!! I'm told that shortly thereafter he finally came to bed. I have my suspicions.

He is my cute little college student! He even had the usual luck of having the professor push the homework deadline back a few days once he got to class! I don't think he and that professor are on speaking terms anymore...

Labor Day Weekend

JT's parents came into town for a fun 3-day weekend last week! It was nice to see and spend time with them again. Friday night we gathered at their hotel room, Saturday the boys went to Cabellas, Sunday we took family pictures, and Monday we visited Katie & Nathan and had dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. It was a lot of fun...and a little too much fun for my quickly growing body! It killed me! But it was worth it!

Here are some of the pictures from Sunday evening. I can't WAIT to hit the gym after these two little ones finally hit fresh air!

First Prego Photo

No makeup so don't judge. This is me at 18 weeks! I feel bigger than I look!