Just a quick update

Well the stand off lasted until about 9 or 9:30 last night. The man shot himself in the chest and then died at the hospital. I think it is so sad. I feel bad for his family. Especially his 10 year old son. I have thought a lot about the whole situation and thought how does it get to that point. It started out as a domestic despute with his wife then I heard it was a hostage situation. He ended up sitting in his truck the whole day with at least 2 guns. The police tried everything to get him out of his truck. They broke the windows with the robot and threw tear gas in there, they threw the loud grenades, nothing would get this man to budge. Anyway it is a sad ending. Just wanted everyone to know.

In case you want to know...

... there is a hostage situation right outside my work building. It started this morning around 9 ish. I work at Davis School District in the Payroll office for all of you that don't know. Well around 11:15 this morning the Superintendent's office upstairs called us and told us that our building is on lock down. (Well we can still get out the south and west side) They told us to stay away from the windows, so of course we all flock to the windows to see what is happening. They told us it is for our safety incase gun fire starts they don't want us to get hit. It is now 2:40 so it has been an all day event. The news people have been all over the place. They have had the S.W.A.T team out there with all of their guns. So it has been an interesting morning/afternoon at work. You can go to www.ksl.com for the story.

First Day of Fall

Today is the first day of fall. I love the fall season. Right now it is currently raining which makes it all that much more fun. I love the memories that come with this time of year. On my mission in North Carolina the best time of year was the fall. There are trees everywhere and it is so beautiful to see all of the leaves start changing colors. In some of my areas we would tract, the streets were lined with trees. We would walk down the sidewalk and the leaves and little acorns would crunch under our shoes. I loved it. My companions and I would purposely try to crunch them. I loved that crunching sound. The excitement that also comes as the holidays approach. There is a certain scent that feels the air. I also remember my sweet grandma loved this time of year. She lived right up against the mountain in Ogden. She loved the fall. She loved being able to watch the leaves change. Some of my greatest memories are of her and my sweet grandpa and the holiday time. I was also married to my sweetheart in the fall. I just love this time of year, when it seems families come together more often and enjoy time together. So I hope everyone will enjoy this day, and enjoy the fall season.

Oh how they grow up so fast!

It amazes me at how fast babies grow up. They certainly don't stay babies for long. It is sad and exciting all at the same time. I love watching Colsten trying to figure new things out or trying to find out how something works. What a wonderful creation human life is and the progress that takes place every day as they learn and do new things that just seem so simple and easy to us.
Colsten crawls everywhere. He hates to sit still. He is a very active little boy. He absolutely hates church and he lets us know every week. He doesn't want to just sit on someones lap for 3 hours. He wants to get down and play. But we try not to let that happen to much. He has already figured out if he screams loud enough and long enough during sacrament meeting then one of us will take him out into the foyer. So we are trying to overcome that obstacle. He is also pulling up on everything. He is even starting to walk around the furniture a little. It kind of scares me because I don't know if I am quite ready for my baby to be walking yet. He is just getting to big too fast.
We also found out tonight that he has cut his first tooth. I was feeding him a small piece of cookie and I went to pull my finger out of his mouth and felt the tooth. I got all excited and told Tally that he had a tooth. Tally didn't really believe me so I told him to feel. Sure enough there is a tooth poking out.
I love it. I love watching his face when he does something new. There is nothing else like a baby. What a blessing they are.

Did you know...?

I was tagged by Tiff so I better do it. :) Mostly for those restless nights that she has.

Did you know that...

My favorite color is Carolina Blue and Lavender.
My favorite dessert is chocolate ice cream... with a little milk on it. I know weird huh?
My favorite Sunday CD is... I love my Women of Destiny CD's.
My favorite anytime CD right now is Carrie Underwood.
My favorite show is... I like some of the reality shows. American Idol, Survivor, Amazing Race. I also love to watch Ghost Whisper.
My favorite place to be is anywhere with my family
My favorite time of day is when I get home from work in the evenings and then it is just me and my boys.
My favorite holiday is Christmas
My least favorite thing to do is work outside the home.
My least favorite thing to wear is panty hose --- I agree with Tiff.
My least favorite place to be is at work. I would love to be home with my baby.
My secret obsession right now is blog surfing. It really is addicting.
I miss North Carolina. I would love to go back to visit one of these days.
I have been terrible at keeping in touch with people from my mission. -- Me too.
I have not seen a lot of my good friends in a very long time and I do miss them.
I have the sweetest baby that brings joy to my life.
At night after i get done nursing him and he falls asleep I just want to hold him, and rock him and not put him down.
I hate pumping everyday at work, but I enjoy nursing Colsten.
I will be sad when I have to stop nursing because I feel like that is my bonding time with Colsten that no one else can have since I don't get him all day long.
I look forward to the day that I will be able to be a stay at home mom.
I love my husband and son more than anything.

I now tag the following people to post a "did you know" thread on their blogs: Kristen, Nancy, Whitney, Teresa, Diana, Kara, Shaylee, Kourtney, Amanda, Angie, Bonnie, and Sherry.

I was told that I need to add some pictures. :)

Look at those little baby boobs. :)

Colsten eating his oatmeal. Mmmm...

Colsten with daddy and Uncle Scott

Colsten with mommy

Colsten in his stationary walker that he loves and pratically runs around.

Quick update on the last couple of weeks

Yesterday was Colsten's 6 month appointment. The doctor said he is very impressed with how fast he is learning physically. He had Colsten up on the table to check him and Colsten rolled over then got up on all fours and trying to sit. Then he pushes his legs up so his bum is in the air. This is normal for us, but our doctor seemed suprised that he was already doing these things. Colsten is trying so hard to crawl. He has almost got it and then we are in trouble. We haven't even baby proofed our house yet. I have some Willow Tree Statues that were in the bottom of our entertainment system. Tally told me that I probably needed to move them up. I told him that I have a few weeks. Well last Sunday I was in the kitchen and heard some clunking noise then Tally started laughing. I knew right then what was going on. Colsten was in the bottom of the entertainment system from the waist up playing with the statues. He was sucking on the head of the baby and just having fun. They are officially moved now. We have been giving him cereal. He wasn't doing well with the rice so we tried oatmeal and that was so much better and he has had sweet potatoes. So we are on our way to real food. He weighed in at 18 lbs 13.5 oz. (70%), his height is 26" (25%), and his head is 17 1/4" (50%). Things are looking good with him. He is so happy and loves to laugh.
Last week we had a suprise anniversary party for my parents. We figured it would be fun to do something for them. They have had such a hectic year with Natalie. It was fun having everyone here. Scott & Kourt came up and Alan & Amanda came up and suprised them. We got to meet Zach. He is adorable. We are glad that he is here and things are going well. It was fun to have all of the grandkids together. My mom tried to get pictures with all 5 of them, but there were a couple that didn't really want to cooperate. That is ok, there will be plenty of other times.
Natalie finished one more round of chemo this last week. She has 2 more rounds left and then she will be done with chemo hopefully for good. She is an inspiration to me. She has been so strong through all of this and had such a great attitude. It will be a year since she was diagnosed at the end of this month. She was diagnosed on Aug 29. It will be so good to have it over. It has been a very rough year. I am so blessed she is my sister. I love her so much.