Three strikes your out? Or Five...

Bryan and I decided last night to go out for dinner. We really wanted Olive Garden. We got to the restaurant and there was no parking anywhere because of the snow, and maybe also because everyone didn't want to cook because it was the day after Christmas. Strike one. So, after much discussion, we decided to go to Quizno's. Strike 2. The power was off in the whole building. I was sad, but we pressed on... We drove to Crystal Creek (a really good sandwich shop) and upon arrival we noticed the note on the door saying: Closed at 5:00 today. It was 6:30. Strike 3.
You might think we would give up and go home, but no, we were to stupid. Or hungry. So we decided to go to Stromboli's. We actually got parking and I went inside to see what the wait was. I was ignored by everyone in the place for about over 5 minutes, so I got mad and left. Strike 4. We decided on Dell Taco, because for sure they wouldn't be too good to serve us some food! We pulled up and lo and behold, there was no friggin parking... So we had to settle on the drive through. Pathetic. I guess the moral of the story is, the drive through at Dell Taco ROCKS!!!

Sheesh. 6 months already???

Peter is actually almost 7 months old! Crazy! Amy Patterson took his pictures and they just came out so cute! And I must say, Amy- you rock. Her photography/creative skills are amazing!!!

What happened to the rest of the week???

Sooo, Day 3-7 kinda passed me up...So here is a rundown of the last few days...

Day 3- Wednesday- Bryan's Birthday!!!

For lunch we had a potluck at Dr. Day's office. It was fun because Sarah brought Jaiden and MaryAnne brought Preston. The boys were so cute and Peter just sat there and looked at Jaiden like he was crazy because he was rolling around everywhere (Peter doesn't roll, he just sits and is content. Jaiden, on the other hand, doesn't like to sit, he just rolls until he gets where he wants to go- he is like a slinky :) )

Here's Preston!



Jaiden and Peter

What up dogg?

Later we went out for Dinner at Beaver Street Brewery. It's Bryan's favorite. Talan had fun climbing around the booth, while Peter hung onto Bryan and Tatum slept...Good times! (And may I mention that clumsy me shattered my water glass all over the floor about 10 min into dinner...)

Let the fun begin!

Or not. Just let the poor kid sleep!

Day 4... Thursday.
Nothing of note to report. Just another Boring day of scraping teeth. Well, actually no, it was quite stressful. I saw some crazy people in the office, one broke down to tears when she first came in, and another came in and discussed the appropriate weight to gain when pregnant... which by the way is "15 lbs"... what a crazy idiot. He is nuts. I informed him I gained way more than that when I was preggo, and he just shrugged and proceeded to tell me that at least it was good I wasn't lazy and had worked it all off, or most of it anyway!!! How rude can you get to comment on a stranger's weight??? We are sensitive females with too many hormones running through us to deal with a jerk like that.
And just to add something else to all of you... We KNOW when you don't floss... so don't even lie. When I start pulling out last nights meal (Me: "Excuse me sir, did you eat chicken and apples last night???" Patient: "No, we had chicken sometime last week") from between your teeth it becomes pretty obvious to me, and it gets really annoying that you try to get away with it. Just fess up! Yuck!

Day 2 Tuesday, November 18

Today, Bryan gets up really, really ridiculously early and plays basketball. I don't see him much, so Pete and I are on our own. Luckily, I don't work at the Dental office on Tuesday's.

So I went running today and took the camera with me. Peter stays at home and Abby (my mom's funny name for Grandma) watches him while he takes a morning nap...

Jack is my running buddy, he goes every day with me and keeps me going. This dog will easily run 5+ miles without tiring. It is ridiculous!

This is where I run every day. I am not sure how far it is, I think it is somewhere around 3.5 miles, maybe 4... Isn't Flagstaff beautiful?

More Pictures of the trail...


The hill at the end of my run. It really sucks and goes on forever!!!

See what I mean? It is still going, and going...

After running, I headed off to Winslow to teach dance at Stars. Here are some pics from class.

My dancers working hard on pointe, Get on that box!!!

Skylar, showing off her nice feet!

Lindsay, also showing off her develloppe, which is getting better!



Peter slept a ton today. As you can see here, it was 10:45 and he was sooo awake! He was just playing and happy, and we were tired and really wanted to go to bed. Peter had a fun day, He got to take his 6 month pictures today, and go visit his Nana in Winslow, and take about 5 naps... I hope we sleep tonight!

Day1... Monday, November 17

Getting up is fun to do :) At least it wasn't that cold outside.

But Peter is always happy. Here he is dressed and ready to go to Tera's house while I go to work...

Sorry, no pictures of work. I left the camera in the car because I was running late (what else is new???)



After work, I picked up Peter, had yummy leftovers and we went to Sam's Club. Bryan was not into the whole picture taking thing.


I love this place, but it seems like I can't ever leave without spending $100 at least...



If Bryan went by himself, he would have spent more than $100.... He really wants this game... I told him maybe for Christmas, but I wonder if that means he wants the PS3 that goes with it so the game will actually work???

A week in the life...A documentary with commentary by the author

or something like that.

I decided it would be fun to take pictures everywhere I go this week and of everything our family does. It will probably be really boring, but when I look back on it in a couple years I might find it remotely entertaining :) So, I think I will start tomorrow. (I bet my work will love it when I show up with a camera...) Look for fun and excitement coming soon!!!

The Plan.... and other random pictures

Well, here is Peter, the result of step 3 of the The Plan... (to read about the plan, scroll down :) )

He is such a sleepy thing.... unless its time for mom and dad to sleep, then it is play time!!!

This is Brooklynn. It is her second year dancing with me and her developpe is just awesome right?! (She is somewhere around sixish years old...)

Peter the lion- Roar!!!! Its too bad he didn't get to wear his costume on Halloween, we were in Tucson and it was 90 degrees outside so he just wore his diaper all day long!

Jack loves Peter, he growls when anyone he doesn't like gets near him, cute huh? He is a good 'big brother'. Jack also ate an entire bag of Hershey Kisses last night- wrappers and all. I am suprised he is still alive today. He didn't even throw it up. Yuck. Dogs are so gross. Sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when I got him. Oh ya I remember, it was the "plan"-

1. Buy a plant, keep it alive and if I could keep it alive for a year proceed to step 2

2. Get a dog. If it is still alive after a year, proceed to step 3

3. Have a kid... really??? Well, there is no option as to keeping this one alive or not, so there isn't a step 4. Maybe I should add one...

4. After a year, take a vacation from the plant, the dog and the kid

These are from Bryan's trip to Wisconsin, it was a quick trip, and he only took a few pictures. This is Marquette University and the surrounding neighborhoods.

Here is where the dental school is, if you couldn't tell by the sign.

Countdown to....

So I am a nerd, but I am really excited for the movie... I don't expect it to be anywhere near as good as the book, but it should still be fun to watch. Bryan is upset because I am more excited about the movie than his birthday (which is 2 days before the movie comes out.....)

The 8 list, by Bryan

8 TV Shows that I Love:
1: 24 season 1
2. 24 season 2
3. 24 season 3
4. 24 season 4
5. 24 season 5
6. sports center
7. 24 season 6
8. Any football or basketball game
8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Rudy's (I blame Steve for this)
2. Beaver Street Brewery
3. Cheesecake Factory
4. Burger King
5. Filiberto's
6. Alfonzo's
7. Chipotle
8. Texas Road House
8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. I went for a walk with peter, jamie and dumb-dumb
2. I baby sat high school students...
3. I played basketball with my players
4-8. I'm married with a kid..... not much else happens
6 Things I love About Fall:
1. The smell of football season
2. The cold chill in the air
3. The smell of football season
4. The start of basketball season
5. Baseball will be over soon!!!!! and off of sportscenter
6. Jamie likes the trees.....so that sounds good
8 Things on my Wish List:
1-8. For this to be done

The 8 list

8 TV Shows that I Love:
1: Smallville
2 Friday night lights
3. O'Reilly factor
4. 24
5. So You Think You Can Dance
6. Family Feud
7. Grey's Anatomy
8. Hero's

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Cheesecake Factory
2. Eegee's
3. Chipotle
4. El Rancho
5. Texas Roadhouse
6. Outback
7. Oregano's
8. Sonic

8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. I went to Winslow to work in the morning
2. I drove to Glendale for the So You Think You Can Dance tour (which was awesome!!!)
3. I ate at Chipotle
4. Peter got some quality Daddy bonding time while I was away
5. I got to see Cori
6. There was a presidential debate that I did not watch...
7. I ate a drumstick ice cream cone and drank a Coke at 11:45 last night
8. Bryan wore a baseball hat (weird, I know, he never wears hats!)

8 Things I love About Fall:
1. To see Bryan's enthusiasm for Football season
2. The leaves changing colors
3. Carving Pumpkins
4. No wind
5. Putting on a sweatshirt for an evening walk
6. Getting out my winter clothes, they are so much cuter than my summer ones!
7. The start of the Dance season and feeling so energetic to teach
8. Pumpkin Pie

8 Things on my Wish List:
1. To sleep in this weekend
2. To backpack Europe with Bryan
3. To go snowboarding this winter
4. To be motivated to cook dinner for an entire week
5. To improve more at dance, I want to get my turns back and my Ariel cartwheel, and more flexibility
6. A new pair of shoes, or how about 2 new pairs of shoes because this is a wish list :)
7. Get all my laundry done and put away
8. An unlimited credit at the Gap, American Eagle and Areopostale....

8 People I Tag: Anyone who's birthday is in the Fall....

The 25 hour road trip...

How cool is this? An ice cream shop from a milk can!!!

Jamie and Katie

I live the life...

Francis and Katie

Who has Peter???

Don't worry Bryan can find a pissed off cop anywhere. He got a ticket for parking in the 'red zone'... I think not!!!!

Hello Handsome!!!

Bryan, Danielle, and Peter the Padiwan learner

May the Force be with you...

Who the heck does this Joseph Addison Thatcher think he is??

Caesar? Or a chick? Yup, a chick...

Oooh, I can use the Force to get some Rudy's!!!

Or I'll just squawk at it until mom hands it to me!

Bryan showing off his son? No, rubbing it in to Steve that he ate at Rudy's!

Stupid, horizontal stoplight.

Auntie Haley and Jamie and Peter

Well, It wasn't really 25 hours all at once, but 13 hours there and 12 hours back. That is enough to wear any four month old baby out, and mom and dad! It was a blast though! We kicked it all off with Rudy's, a BBQ place that is possibly Albuquerque's only redeeming quality. Peter enjoyed it wanted to take home the bottles! Then we got to stop in Colorado Springs and visit Haley, which was awesome. She is doing well, its her junior year at the air force academy and she is as busy as ever. She even got all dressed up to see me, how sweet! We finally made it to Denver around midnight and we stayed with Katie and Francis in their downtown apartment. Bryan got all snazzied up the next morning for his interview with the University of Colorado. (which was the main reason for the trip, I might add...) He looked very hot! :) His interview wasn't as scary as he thought it would be and he got to talk about Basketball the majority of the time... (nice, huh?) So, lets hope for an acceptance okay everyone!?? Later we toured the campus, which has an ice cream shoppe so I think Bryan will be okay with going to school there. For dinner we walked around downtown until we stumbled upon the most fabulous restaurant of all time- The Cheesecake Factory- mmmmmm, mmmm! (Its nice how our trips always seem to center around food.) Okay, back to the summary of the trip. Sunday was great too! I went for a jog downtown, about 4 miles, and got to run by the River and around big buildings, which was cool, and not too scary! Peter got to go to the park later and make noises at the Geese, which by the way you aren't supposed to look at if they are laying eggs, or something like that because they will attack you. After learning this bit of info, Bryan decided the best way to kill a goose if it was attacking would be to go for the neck.... ouch!!! Oh Snap! We also found a statue well, you see the statue, weird huh.... Caesar? In Denver??? Whatever. We topped off the day by BBQing with Katie and Francis. Bryan got a parking ticket, which would be typical for him! He always has bad luck. The trip home was beautiful and we drove through Aspen and all the little ski towns on the way to Grand Junction. It was a great time and I hope we get to go back there soon.