Bitter Sweet...

This last week has really been one of those bitter sweet type of weeks. It's actually been one of the best weeks I have had in a long time. It was full of all sorts of productivity... cleaning, crafting, homework, temple going... you know, all that stuff that makes life, life.

But to get to the point of it. Our really good friends Thomas and Kayla moved away so that Thomas can go to school in Washington. We are so stoked for him! And even a little jealous. But with our excitement comes the bitter part. That is that they took their set of twins with them.

It has been such a blessing for me to have the Nelsons right next door. They were constantly checking in with us, feeding us, hanging out with us and a wide array of things. They have really helped us throughout our first year being married. I mean heck, they even let us live in their apartment over the summer! The biggest blessing of all was that the more we got to know them the more our friendship and love grew for them and their little family. I was thrilled when Thomas and Kayla asked if I would be able to watch their boys during fall semester while they had a conflicting class. At first I was a little nervous because they were twins and that's twice the amount of baby I grew up watching. But I got the hang of it. (Now it's weird only babysitting one baby.) Watching the boys for Thomas and Kayla whenever they needed it was more of a blessing for me than them. I learned so much about myself, children, and love than I could have ever learned all by myself. Here are a few, of about a trillion, things I learned.

*I have realized that love is all about being selfless. At times love is that corny sappy crap they show in silly chick flicks... but love is ALWAYS about being selfless. Sometimes it's hard to be selfless, especially when you are with grown ups who are capable of being self-sufficient. BUT when you are with babies, toddlers and children it's so simple and easy to be selfless. Especially with Kasen and Layton. (Trust me, they are so stinkin' cute that you would want to do anything for them too!)
*It's ok for things to get messy. Especially faces.
*Babies poop in the bathtub. Be prepared to not only clean up the poop, but to give the babies two or more baths in one night if necessary.  
*Take advantage of all the cuddles a kid will give ya. 
*Tasks around the house that seem easy now, will not be so easy to get done with little munchkins around. Especially loading/unloading the dishwasher.
* If you make enough dinosaur noised the kids will eventually catch on and stop looking at you like you've gone mad.
*Always wrap up that poopy diaper right after it comes off or that poopy diaper might turn into poopy furniture, poopy hands, pretty much anything poopy.
*Kids love to touch the ceiling, but don't start it unless you are willing to keep holding them up to the ceiling for a good 45 minutes straight.
* Little hands clenched to my finger as we walk down the sidewalk is the sweetest feeling in the world.
* Figuring out what a baby wants to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner can be easy but can also become a hefty task.
* Having a variety of books is definitely good for the adult in the picture. Toddlers can look through the same one time and time again.
* Picking up a little guy after a nap is the best time of day. (Why? That's when they are super cuddly.) Waiting for them to really wake up makes for the best cuddle time. 
* Motherhood has a much greater span than your own children.
* I have a lot to teach my sweet husband about babies and children. We can check how to buckle a baby into a car seat off the list. :) 
*A mere acquaintance can turn into a lasting friendship rather quickly.
*#1 thing I've learned is I CANNOT WAIT until I have my own babies to take care of. All of these fingers and toes fingers are crossed for twins. ;)

Here are a few of my favorite Kasen/Layton pictures...

Thanks Thomas and Kayla for trusting me with your children and allowing me to spend so much time with them and with YOU! Love you guys and wish you guys the best.

P.S. Better get Washington prepared because the Dill's are coming to visit before you know it!

Cute Husband

Day #7- Cute husband

Today I'm grateful for a whole bunch of things but specifically I'm super grateful for spending time with my husband all night long. He is so gosh darn cute. I came home from school to find dinner in the oven and was ever pleased. I could really get used to that. Doris Day also spent some time with us and my pursuit to get Michael to love old classic movies is coming along nicely. I'm grateful to have him in my life. He just has a way of making me laugh and enjoy life. I best be getting back to giving him my undivided attention - currently he wants to go get an ice cream cone. He is the man of my dreams! 

Yup... we've still got it...

So the other night I sent Amy a text along these lines...
 Me: "Guess what I'm wearing..."
Amy: "Your footie pajamas!"

Yup we've still got it. That mental brain wave connection as sisters. There for a while I was worried we might have lost it seeing as there is great distance between us, but nope, I was wrong. We've still got it.

A minor note about pie crusts: Michael and I were driving down the road the other day. I told him that I was thinking about making apple pie that night while he was at work. He then very intellectually replied, "Who will be the master of rolling out the pie crusts for you?" I of course had thought of this and thought that maybe by some small chance, I might be able to do it. Until he asked me this. "Who rolled out the pie crusts for you before I came along?" To which I replied with a pouty lip "Amy :(" I realized I can make great pie crust but I must have someone to roll it out for me. Moral of the story, I can never make pie alone.

The Fresno Wedding...

This last weekend my brother in-law Kevin got married. The wedding was country themed and absolutely adorable. They thought of every detail. It was a delight to be with my Dill side of the family and to spend time with the Bezak women and their families. All in all I'm excited to have another sister in the family, and she was absolutely beautiful. I'm not going to write much but rather post some pictures.... so enjoy!

Morgan and I getting a mani-pedi. A little pampering is one of my new found loves - Thanks to a wonderful mother-in-law.

Lara and Katie enjoying a little relaxation time.

The bride to be getting her nails all fancied up for the big day.

Kev-Kev and Michael.... both married at last!

Michael and I... (Michael, notice my typical tongue poking out)

The little Fresno Temple... definitely different than I'm used to.

The cute tables.

The Nefs all decked out in their cowboy getup.... I love them!

Michael and his girlfriend Morgan. We supposedly are her "favorite cousins", you can even ask her.

Kevin & Bailey + Michael & Jenny = all married up.

Part of the fam dancing the night away.

My favorite picture of the night.... Morgan got us all dancing pretty hard.

I just want to be ok.

Ok. So the day started out hunky dory and fine. That's how it was all morning. Work was refreshing and smelt like fall.  My cute husband picked me up from work at noon, carried my school bags inside and even had chicken tacos all ready for lunch. The day was lovely. That is until the evils of English class began. I won't go into detail, but let's just say I'm never going to humiliate any of my students in front of the entire class, especially twice in one day. Never.
So, I left English grumpier than the grumpiest bear you know and almost in tears. I know we are told not to let others determine the way we feel, but seriously today I let it and I intentionally let the way some jerky man treated me ruin my afternoon. I couldn't help but me mad at him and think of all the possible emails I could concoct in order to "stick it to him". But the man probably doesn't care he is a jerk and probably has been a jerk his entire life, so I decided an email of anger probably wasn't the best solution. What else could I do? I could drop the class, I could come to class every day 5 minutes late, I could share opposing views to his during class, and the list goes on and on.
But do you know what... that's all just silly and carries no point to it. So, I'm just going to stick it out. I'll sit in class the rest of the semester and listen to all the crap that comes out of his mouth and know the history of every suit he wears, I'll do all my assignments perfectly and won't miss a single day. I'll tolerate him. In the real world I'll probably work with people like him and have to deal with it. So why not practice now? But that doesn't that I'm not looking forward to the teacher evaluation at the end of the semester, all I know is Manberg best be reading it.
Any who the day improved as my cute husband picked me up at the end of the day with two surprises. First, he parked in the mini parking lot, only for teachers, by the Kirkham. And second he made me cover my eyes when I got in the car.... and..... and..... he told me when a person has a bad day they need friends to keep them company. He got me a box of Toy Story fruit snacks so I could have friends while he went to work. Silly, but it made me smile.

Favorite of the night was definitely when this song came on while I was writing history papers... Enjoy!

No Internet.....

Today the school's internet was having some real issues. First off, this silly little texting between Michael and I while he was in class is kinda funny.

I asked him "Is your internet working?"

He replied "Yea."

I said "Something weird is up with mine, and I need to print. It won't let me."

His reply "Ok, email it to me and I'll print it for you."

Before I could even read his text he was out of his class next to me and said "Disregard that last text."

Second off the school sent out an email to tell everyone it wasn't working. Well if the internet isn't working how would I check my email to find out. Kinda funny. Oh the joys of technology.

Life right now....

Ok.... So I just attempted to post on Michael and mine's blog we have together and somehow posted on Michael's blog. Kinda funny I guess. Anyways....
Life has been crazy busy as usual. Michael and I have been having many wonderful experiences together. You know the type. The one's that your young women leaders at church tell you to write in your journal about. Marriage is absolutely amazing, especially because of who I'm married to. He continues to put up with me (even when I scream at the top of my lungs when a song I dislike is on the radio) and not just put up with me, but join in my madness. For example, a few weeks ago we took our friends Stephen and Madison to see Idaho's "majestic" Mesa Falls. As we approached the sign in book I asked Michael who we were going to be. We came to the conclusion that we were The Potters from Kentucky and that we had 12 children along with us. Michael said before me he would have never come up with such a weird idea. Well honey, I'm weird and I have crazy ideas and love to do crazy things, my dad warned you.  Our love continually grows and I've never been so grateful for anyone who has come into my life. Michael really is the perfect boy for me.
School has started back up and I swear that in the week and a half we have been back I have done more homework than I did all last semester, but I'm ready for it. In one of my classes we are learning "how to research and write" our topic is The Census. I am more than thrilled to begin my research on this. It's just the kind of thing that fascinates me. It will keep me busy. Along with all the homework comes learning. I have already learned so much this semester and look forward to spending time in the classroom and learning from those around me.  It really is amazing how much you can learn and apply things from previous occasions to the present ones.

One thing I'm really looking forward to this semester is taking the time to take a break. To stop and smell the roses. I'm excited about attending the temple regularly, taking the time to witness the change of the seasons, and taking the time to spend time with friends and family. Yes, we already have the annual Worthington sibling Christmas party planned for the first weekend in December. I'm excited for my brother-in-law Kevin's wedding, for Thanksgiving at Auntie Deb's, and for weekend escapes to Ashton/I.F./ Park City or wherever the wind blows us.

This past weekend was a good beginning to taking a short break from school. My mom and dad took the time to deliver our bed frame and to visit us. They wanted to see our cute little apartment and of course take a break from the craziness they live. It was a wonderful weekend. I truly saw beauty everywhere we went and in everything we did. We first stopped in Island park to check on Uncle Ben's cabin. This is where a large part of my dad's childhood experiences can be found. It was fun to listen to him tell stories about the old place. It was absolutely adorable. Still stuck in the 70's and made me wish I could time travel back a few years. I so badly wanted to fix the place up and give it a new hay day to experience. I loved it, my dad loved it and I'm not sure what mom and Michael thought about it.
After an hour or two fixing a few things at the cabin and taking pictures for my dad's cousin who owns it, we headed off to Yellowstone. We drove through the South Loop with our animal looking eyes on. My parents were adorable. My dad kept saying how it was a perfect day to be in Yellowstone, probably said it at least 50 times. My mom insisted on taking mine and Michael's picture everywhere. My dad wanted to stop anywhere he though Michael needed to see. He kept taking Michael everywhere so that he could see everything, Michael soaked it up. I loved the weekend and look forward to the weekends of the semester.

The cabin was full of all sorts of cute nick-nacks... This yellow lantern was one of my favorites.

Mom and Dad Worthington outside "The Witt's End" (that's the name of the cabin).

I loved these yellow wheels that are by both sets of stairs. Definitely add character to the place.

The sure sign of fall. A changing leaf.

The first picture in Yellowstone that Mom insisted on taking.

A Worthington Family classic.

Our timing to see Old Faithful was perfect. 

This is Charles the buffalo. He was my second favorite buffalo we saw. The first one was taking care of business in the river.

We stopped to look at the elk in the river right as the sun was beginning to go down for the day.

The last picture of the day... absolutely beautiful.

Mother Dearest....

She did it! Mom finished her last chemo treatment on Monday! Michael and I were able to be down in Utah on Monday and celebrate in style with her. We had her favorite pizza, a bouquet of flowers and a lot of smiling all around the room. It was a little mile marker in the long road of recovery, but one that was more than welcome. As I looked at both my parents I could see the happiness on their faces and gratitude to have chemo done.  

It's been a long road. I know there has been a lot of rough times at the Worthington house these past few months, along with a lot a lot of wonderful blessings and happy moments together as friends as family. It seemed that every chance Michael and I had to visit we would. We could count on every time for food from the neighbors, flowers from friends, and to feel the prayers and love offered in behalf of my family. I wish I could have been more a part of it all, but I am grateful for the time we have spent with the family and the many more good times to come.

Michael and his favorite mother-in-law, aka his zoo buddy.

 

Someday soon....

Someday soon I'm going to be hundreds of miles away from my dear sweet husband. I really realized that I'm really not looking forward to this part of my Chicago trip and that the entire time I am without him I'm going to be wishing he were there. But, major plus = August 12th he will be joining me hundreds of miles away. Until that someday soon I'm going to continue to cuddle up close and enjoy every minute I have with him.

This is him...

This is him...Michael Douglas Dill.... Isn't he cute?



I'm so excited to marry this boy. 9 days 40 minutes and he will be with me for time and all eternity.