A little down time with the sisters in town

 The few days Jason's sisters were in town we had some really good de-stressing days. Luckily we had Grandma Warner to stay with Ryker so we could do this. Thank you so much Joan!!!

The first day was going to one of the girls favorite parks, riding the carousel & getting faces painted :)

Me & my beautiful girls on the carousel

My sweet Addi

My girls LOVE their faces painted :)

 It was SO great to be able to spend some really good time with Jessica, Tiffany & Tisha!! & when those three get together they are hilarious!!! :) Had such a great time!!

Our group at the park....apparently green & peach was the colors that day :)

I love how much these girls love each other :)

Ryker is probably wondering what in the world happened to his sisters :)

Then thanks to Tisha, Braylee & Addi were able to start a summer gymnastics class! As I always brag about Tisha- She is wonderful!! 

& a HUGE thanks to East Celebrity Elite for donating summer classes to my girls, they have loved every second of it!!

Braylee & Addi at their new gymnastics summer class

Daddy & his girls

Then last but absolutely not least....

Me & My Love were finally able to spend some quality, much needed alone time together!!! :)

While Tiffany & Jessica stayed with Ryker & Joan & Tisha stayed with our girls.

 

Jason took me to the top of the highest tower in Boston where they have a full radius view of the entire city. It was beautiful!!! Then we went to dinner at a yummy sushi restaurant (my fave-much missed because of pregnancy, food) Then we headed back to the tower so we could watch the sunset & see the view at night, it was perfect!! 

Oh & I can't forget- we did the little picture booth strips while we were there, so fun! Haven't done those in years! I would post em but most of them were make-out pics so I figured you may not want to see them! ;)

Our beautiful view from the top of the tower

I absolutely LOVE this Man!!!

The night time view after dinner

-A Relaxing Week-

As of Wednesday May 9th Jason & I decided that it would be best for both us & our kids if we would start taking turns being at the hospital with Ryker & being at the Hotel with our girls.

This arrangement has been SO good for all of us! Before this I hadn't really been outside the hospital walls for over 2 months besides the night I stayed with my kids the first night they got here to Boston & a few other little walks & food stops. So as hard as it was for me to let go & leave Ryker every other night I knew he was with his Daddy & my girls needed me too! Plus- then Jason got some one on one time with Ryker that he had never had before. So it has been great!

My first night with just me & my girls we got the stroller all packed up & went on a long walk out in the warm fresh air. I didn't realize how much I missed & needed the fresh air!It felt amazing!! The next day the girls & I found the coolest park to play at, its HUGE!!! So we had a great first 24hrs together & looked forward to many more!

From then on I would spend 24hrs at the hospital, then 24hrs with my girls & vis-versa for Jason. The only problem was that this way Jason & I had no time together at all besides the quick switching of the kids & a kiss goodbye. But as long as our kids are good, we are too & we know it will get back the way we like it soon enough.

After many tests & trail-n-error with Ryker both Dr. Marx & Dr. DelNido decided that the only way to get Ryker back on the right track & eating good again was going to be surgery....:( This of course was not what we wanted to hear, but we knew they were right. We didn't know yet when the surgery would be, we just knew it would be the week of the 14th. Dr. DelNido decided he was going to bring Ryker's case up to the board of Cardiologists at the conference on Tuesday the 15th & we would have a surgery date until then.

With this news we asked Joan (Jason's Mom) if she could come out to help us with the girls so that during his next surgery we could both be there for Ryker. Joan got a flight out as soon as possible. She is so amazing, she pretty much just quit her job, left her life in Montana behind & came out here to help us because she knew that's what would help both us & our kids the most, with no returning ticket so she could stay as long as we need her help! :) She is so caring & so helpful! I am SO grateful that I have a Mother-in-law that truly cares unconditionally the way she does! Thank you from the bottom of my heart Joan! We love & appreciate you more than you could ever know!!

Here are a few pics of our week-

He LOVES his mobile :)

Braylee took this pic :) She is my little photgrapher

My sweet angel baby!!!

Ryker & Daddy's first night together :)

All clean :)

My Smiley~Happy Boy!!

My beautiful girls on the playground

My sweet Addi loves the sunshine!

My beautiful Bray! (I am so scared for when she grows up...she is way too pretty!!)

Home hunting in Boston

I don't remember if I had mentioned this in a previous post or not but between us & Ryker's medical staff we have decided that it will be best for Ryker for us not to go home until after they have completed all of his surgeries, which could potentially be 1-3 years down the road...Hopefully not that long but who really knows.

As much as we knew this was the decision that had to be made, it wasn't an easy one! We knew we had to not only leave our home, jobs, family & friends to do this...but we knew the boys couldn't move here with us to... And its heartbreaking!!! I don't know how we are going to handle not having them around all the time! Or how my girls are going to handle it! We have the boys week to week (so one week on one week off) & by the end of each off week my girls are going crazy asking when their brothers are coming home. Those sweet boys are their little sisters hero's, sidekicks to trouble & absolute best friends!!! I know it is going to be really hard on all four of them!

Jason has really struggled with this decision for a while. Knowing it is the right decision to be made doesn't mean its the easy one! He got pretty emotional when we came to the reality of it all. Not only is he thee most amazing Dad in the whole world, but he never wants to miss a thing with any of his kids! The boys have always been involved in so many sports & he has always gone to not only every single game but he hates to even miss a practice. He loves being with his boys so much & watching them succeed at the things they love the most so much! One night at Primary Children's Hospital in Utah, Jay & Cheri were there visiting us. This was the night we realized we would more than likely be in Boston for at least a month. Jason said to Jay "I don't know how I am going to be away from my kids for that long, I'm not even going to be able to watch my boys games that they just got signed up for, I need someone to videotape them for me so I don't miss a thing!" While he was saying this he got pretty emotional. Now knowing that the month has come & gone & we are going on two months without our kids & it will be even longer for the boys it just breaks my heart!!

Although Trett & Jadd are not my biological kids they ARE my kids!! I love those boys with all my heart and I would do anything in the world for either of them! Jason & I have been together since Jadd was 20 months old (still in diapers & adorable baby talk) & Trett was only 3 years old. The two cutest & flirtiest boys I had ever met! Jadd used to tell Jason that he was going steal me from him, that I was his girlfriend now :) & Trett although only three years old was so "big" & so smart, always taking the best care of his "jaddy-boy" as he called him. :) They don't remember a time in their lives that I wasn't a part of it. They were just babies when I became a part of their lives, so I have had the pleasure of having a huge part in helping raise them & I love them like they are my own! I am going to miss them like crazy!!! Hopefully we will be able to get them out to see us during off tracks & summers, until we are able to go back home! :)

 On April 11th Jason's Dad Terry came out to Boston to help us find a place to live. Thank you Terry! I don't know what we would have done without you! The first two days just Jason & Terry went out house searching (I of course stayed at the hospital with Ryker...I wasn't leaving the hospital until they had it narrowed down) The first day back Jason was really discouraged, there wasn't a single place that they had seen that was even close to what we were needing for the right price. Boston is so ridiculously expensive! But luckily that day I had met with another Heterotaxy Mom at the hospital named Adreana Duchesne. As her & I spoke she talked about how we wouldn't want to live any closer to Boston than an hour because its just too expensive & too crazy busy. She said that she lives in a little town called Belchertown that is about and hour & 15 away & she loves it! Plus it has a great school system. Thank you Adreana!! So I relayed this to Jason & it made him feel a lot better. He & Terry had been looking within about 30 min range of Boston & hadn't seen a thing that worked so this gave us hope.

The next day Jason & Terry headed West to that area in hopes of finding something that would work for our family. They looked at many little towns around there & with Adreana's extra inputs here & there they realized that Belchertown it was. They found two little places in Belchertown that they decided I needed to see the next day.

The next morning after LOTS of persuasion, I left the hospital for the first time to go & hopefully find our new home. I had the worst anxiety!!! I hated to leave Ryker at all let alone to drive an hour to get somewhere, then an hour back. But I did it & we both survived ;)

The drive out to Belchertown was gorgeous!!! Boston was gorgeous! I hadn't really been out of the area of the hospital & all I had seen was a big city, but on the out skirts it is absolutely gorgeous!! So many HUGE trees & highways with nothing but beautiful wildlife growing all around. So not what I imagined the Boston area to be like. Not the "city" I had imagined!

After driving for a while, getting off the freeway & going through areas that are very forest like, I will be honest.....I felt like I was in Montana just without the Mountains. It was so beautiful, but I was getting a little nervous!! I was born & raised in Salt Lake City & don't like to be in the "city" city but I do like to have a grocery store within 5 minutes & some sort of shopping center within maybe 15 minutes....none of this drive 30 minutes just to get a cube of butter type of deal. I absolutely LOVE visiting Montana (where my husband is from) it is so beautiful & relaxing but I couldn't handle the slow paced, quietness about it all the time. So as we are driving through what I felt like was an "East side Montana" where we could potentially be living for a while I was a little nervous! I didn't see a single store or gas station on the way in,  just trees with a house or two every so often.

I decided I would keep my worries to myself until I saw everything & we went to see the first house. It reminded me so much of the location of Jason's parents house in Montana. It was pretty secluded but still had other houses in walking distance. It was a beautiful area & I really did like it. I could see us hanging out in the yard with the kids watching them play, it was a good feeling.

Then we went to the next house. It was a little cottage that a family had remodeled behind their home for a rental. It was so cute & just perfect for what we were needing. Plus, the woman that owns it was such a sweetheart & very helpful. I began asking all my questions like- How far is the closest grocery store & is there any parks for the kids, etc. Turns out there is a library in walking distance, a grocery store very close. The only problem is that its not available until July 1st.

I felt really good about it but as I walked through realizing that his could potentially be our home for a while, the place we bring our sweet baby home from the hospital to, I begun to have horrible anxiety. Nothing could compare to coming home from a long stay in the hospital like coming home to OUR home! My mind was racing! All the feelings of it being "Montana like" got to me at first but then when it really came down to it I realized that it didn't matter where we were coming home to, it was going to be a HUGE change, a change that I was trying my hardest to be ready for but today it had just smacked me in the face more than I had ever expected!

The drive home was pretty quiet...at least to my memory. There may have been much talk but I was so zoned out that I couldn't think of anything but getting back to the hospital to be with Ryker & how my life was never going to be the same in WAY more ways than I had even realized! I kept worrying "are my kids going to like it? what if they hate it & it makes all this even harder than it already is?" I knew this was coming but as I worded it to my Mom "I've never been a big fan of change, I don't like be pushed....or better yet shoved into change, especially all these changes that are more than life changing!" But I just kept telling myself "It is going to be amazing! It will be hard at first but you will love it in the end....I just need to stay positive!" Jason was sitting in the back seat & at one point he said- "Babe, I can feel your anxiety from here!" & he was right, I felt so overwhelmed & there was no way of hiding it! I just wanted to go back to the hospital & cry to myself.

When we got back to the hospital Jason & I were able to really talk about it all. Once again he made me realize that I didn't need to stress about all the "other" stuff and all I needed to worry about was Ryker. I knew he was right, I knew he would handle it & it would all turn out perfectly like it always has through this whole journey. He has worked so hard to make sure that everyone thing works out so well for our family! He has gone through so many stresses of big decision making & always making sure that I only worry about taking care of our sweet baby. How did I get so lucky to have him!?! :)

After a few more cries & lots of talks on what to do. We finally made the decision to get the little cottage in Belchertown. Since it is not available until the 1st of July we will be staying at an extended stay hotel only 20 minutes from the hospital for the months of May & June. Which actually works out perfectly because it is looking like Ryker wont be out of the hospital still for a bit so if we are able to get the kids out soon it wont be too long of a drive. :)

I have to take a moment & give a huge THANK YOU to Jason's entire family!!! Without them so much of what we have been able to accomplish would just not be possible. Turns out they have had whole family meetings numerous times on how to help make certain things work for us & about how they can help out more. Jason has been able to rely on them so much for help when I am with Ryker. They have been able to take so much stress off my husband & I appreciate it more than I could ever express! Thanks to them we found the house we will be living in along with so many other things! Thank you all so much! We love you all!! 

Here is a pic of my sweet boy only a day or so before his second extubation....
Those eyes make my heart melt! :)

Missing my girls!!!!

Up to this point with all that has been going on I have felt like my anxiety & stress of missing my girls has had to be put onto the back burner so I can physically, mentally & emotionally be here 100% for Ryker. Just a few days before his surgery I suddenly felt so at peace with it & knew that God had taken that anxiety from me knowing that I had to be here for Ryker. I knew without a doubt in my mind that my girls being in Montana with Jason's family they were not only being taken care of, spoiled & loved to bits! But that they were having fun & loving having a new little adventure.

Right around March 28th one week after Ryker's surgery, all my anxiety of not having my girls here with me came flooding back! I woke up that Wednesday morning crying & in a panic! I had the most horrible dream about me abandoning them in some place down town SLC ( I know it sounds so ridiculous but it seemed so REAL & was SO hard for me ) In my dream Braylee kept saying to me "Mommy you promised you would never leave!" I woke up feeling like I was neglecting my babies by being here, even though I know they understand.

That entire day these words with Braylee's sweet little voice kept repeating in my head over & over again! I couldn't get them out! I kept seeing her sweet face filled with tears & Addi so confused why I would do such a thing. I felt like I was going to start having panic attacks! I need my babies! I need to see them & hug them to tell them that I am always here for them but I couldn't! I wanted more than anything to just have my sweet little girls in my arms & never let them go!

We had started trying to plan on when they were going to come out to see us & no matter what we tried there was no way to put an exact date on when Ryker would be out of the CICU. As much as we wanted to plan a date & get the flights booked for them & their brothers to come out we couldn't. Every nurse we talked to would say "Ryker could be here in the CICU for 2 weeks or 2 months you just never know" So I knew there was no way to plan anything.

That night I couldn't handle it anymore! I felt like I had 1000 pounds weighing on my chest & I could hardly breath! I was sitting in Ryker's room with my Mom & as much as I tried to cover the way I was feeling & talk about other things I couldn't. My Mom & I went up to the parent sleep space where we are staying & I told her I needed to go lay down. I knew I just needed to be alone....I walked in the room & lost it entirely! I didn't know how much more I could take! My whole body felt like it was shutting down & I couldn't control my crying! I just wanted my family back together again with our sweet Ryker healthy & happy in my arms! I didn't know how much more I could take.

Just then Jason came in the room, he didn't say a word- he just laid on the bed behind me, wrapped his arms around me & held me so tight. He knew that he didn't need to say a thing, he knows what I am feeling like no one else ever could & he knew I just needed him to be there for me. I just needed to let it all out & cry & he was there for every second. I know I have said this so many times before... But I am SO grateful for him!!! I don't know what I would do without him! No matter what we have gone through & no matter how big of a breakdown I have, he is here for me no matter what & he knows exactly what to do to make me feel better! I love you baby more than words can express! I am so happy I have you!

Later that night we were skyping with our girls & I could tell that Braylee wasn't her regular bubbly self. I asked her what was wrong & she told me she was fine. After talking later to Joan (Jason's Mom) & Jason's sisters, I found out that Braylee wasn't doing very good...she was happy & having fun but they could tell she was bottling up her feelings. This ripped my guts right out of my chest to hear! I wanted so badly to hold her & love her & let her cry to me but I couldn't. I thought of every way possible to try to get her to open up to me because she wouldn't any of the times I had tried. One of the times she said to me in the saddest little voice- "I just want to talk about school Mom, I don't want to cry..." I didn't know what to do! Why did we have to be so far apart?!? Why did all my sweet little babies have to be going through SO much at such a young age?!? Why, why, why!!!

The next morning Jason said- "maybe if you & Braylee skype & everyone else leaves so she knows that everyone is out of both the rooms & no one can hear your conversation she will open up" I knew Braylee just didn't want anyone but me to know her feelings or to hear her cry, so I knew it would be so good for her.

So that night I called Bray on skype & had everyone leave both rooms. She was so excited to have time with just me! This conversation was by far the hardest one I have had in all my life! Braylee started by saying "Mommy, every night I cry when I am trying to go to sleep. I try really hard not to because I know you don't want me to be sad, but I just miss you so much!" I told her that every night I do the same thing & that it is okay to be sad, that being sad just showed us how much we care about each other! We continued to talk & cry to each other for quite a while. It was so extremely hard to sit there in a room clear across the country & watch my baby girl on my computer screen sob her eyes out to me & not be able to grab her, hold her & love her! I wanted more than anything to take away her pain & her sadness, but I knew I couldn't. I knew all I could do is try to talk her through it & let her know I feel the same way & that its okay.

After we talked for a while she seemed so much better! She went back to smiling & looking like my sweet happy girl. I felt so much better. For whatever reason her & I both had our breakdown, missing each other moments at the same time & I am so glad! We were able to be there for each other & truly know how much we care about each other!

I love this little girl SO much! She has the biggest heart & she cares so much!! I miss her & my sweet little Addi more than words could ever describe!! As much as it kills me to hear that they are sad I am so glad that they miss me as much as I miss them! They are my loves, my world, my life! & I couldn't survive without them!! I love you girlies, I love you both SO much!!

I cannot wait to have our family back together again!! The only thing right now that keeps me sane is knowing that soon enough we will have our handsome big boys & our beautiful girls out here in Boston with us together with our healthy happy Ryker together again as a family!!! I know that day is coming even if it is coming slowly & it will be the PERFECT day!!! :)

This photo is proof that a picture says 1000 words!

As much as this photo makes me sob uncontrollably whenever I look at it....I LOVE IT! I cannot wait for this moment!!

Surgery Day

The day had come.......

I didn't know if I was ready for it or not, but really how could you ever be ready for a day like today? I knew it was what he needed & the only way that he could live a normal-perfect life, so in a way I was excited for him to be on the right track to being a healthy baby, but of course was in fear of whats to come.

We had to have Ryker on floor 3 (the surgical floor) at 7am to hand him over the the anesthesiologist's team. So Jason arrived back at the room by about 6am so we could have time together before it was time to go.

Needless to say...it was extremely emotional! We each held him & loved him. Talked about how great it was going to be to get past this next hurdle & be back at home together as a family. Then we held each other & prayed together. We knew it was the next step to getting our baby healthy & that was the only thing we could say to get us through it.

The nurse walked us down to the 3rd floor. I held him the whole way, even though the bed had to come to with us I wasn't about to put him into it. I savored every single second I had with him. We arrived at the floor & we were automatically greeted by the surgical staff & anesthesiologists. Panic started to take over my body, I knew I was going to have to hand him over at some point & didn't know if I could do it. I tried to keep myself as calm as I could so I could just be with him with no worry before I had to let him go.

The time had come....I don't remember this now but Jason said the nurse had to ask me 3 times if she could take him. I just remember staring at him & praying with everything I had that God would watch over him. I handed him to the nurse, tears rushing uncontrollably. She let Jason & I kiss him one last time, then he was gone.

My knees were buckling, I felt I might collapse. I fell into Jason's arms & sobbed. It is all such a blur as I think of it now....when I look back all I remember is that pain & fear overwhelming me. It makes feel nauseous to even think of it. There is absolutely no way for me to put into words what we both went through during this hard time. I honestly don't know how we got through it.

We were told that surgery would take between 6-8 hours to complete. Other Mom's I had talked to said to always plan on longer so when it does go longer you don't go crazy! I was mentally planning on 10 hours, so when the nurse called us to say the surgery was done & the Doctor would be out to talk to us, after only 61/2 hours I was terrified!!! I thought for sure something went wrong. Jason & I sat in the waiting area for Dr. Del Nido to come talk to us for what seemed like an eternity. I think we both had the same fear but were to scared to say it, we just sat there holding each other in silence.

Finally Dr. Del Nido turned the corner & began to walk towards us. It felt like he was walking in slow motion & that he would never make it to us. Finally he sat down in front of us & said the most amazing words we could have ever heard- "The surgery went well!" Tears just started rushing down my cheeks, our baby was okay! He made it!!! He told us all the details of the surgery & that we could head up to see him in about a half hour. I have never felt so relieved & blessed in all my life! I knew God had held my baby the whole time & kept him safe. I also knew that my sweet Grandpa Crimin & Jason's Grandma Warner were there with him holding his hands keeping him happy in the process.

We headed up to the Cardiac ICU. Both so excited to see him yet so nervous for what we were going to see. Were we going to be able to handle seeing our innocent baby in a post-operative condition? When we spoke with Dr. Del Nido he made us aware that Ryker would be completely paralyzed for the next few days & that he chose to leave Ryker's chest open for many reasons, & that it would be closed within a few days.....I tried my hardest to take deep breaths & prepare myself for the worst, however I know now that there is nothing in this world that could have prepared me for what happened next.

They told us Ryker was in room 25, then opened the CICU doors for us. Walking in there was again one of those slow motion moments, feeling like I was never going to get to him & that I was walking into darkness not knowing where I was going or what I was getting myself into by continuing to walk. Everything so high paced Nurses & Doctors rushing past us, equipment everywhere, machines going off....it terrified me knowing my baby was in here & that he had to be here! MY baby was so bad off that he had to be in an Intensive Care Unit!! I tried so hard not to panic or to let myself start crying because I knew once they started flowing I wouldn't be able to stop them & I knew that it was only going to be worse when I saw him.

As we walked into his room everything began to echo.....Jason & I both froze in place when we saw our sweet boy! There are no words in the world to describe the feelings I felt! I will quote Jason's status on Facebook from that day because I feel he put it best-

"Thanks to all for all the love and support. Today I was rocked to the very core of my soul when I walked into recovery and saw my little man. Wow, what emotions I am feeling right now!"

"Rocked to the very core of my soul....." This is the best way I can even begin to describe it! I couldn't do anything but look at my sweet baby with tears rushing down my cheeks. Why does this have to happen to such a sweet, innocent & tiny baby?? Why does my baby have to be taken to almost death on an operating table to be able to make it to a month old?? Why him & not me??? I know these are all things I can never get the answers to but they go through my mind every day! He doesn't deserve this!!!

The remainder of that day passed by pretty quickly. As long as I was by his side, talking to him & running my fingers through his hair I was okay. But I knew I was going to have a hard time sleeping that night & many more nights to come, I didn't know if I could leave my baby's side!

Jason & I were lucky enough to get a "parent sleep space" at the hospital (only CICU parents are guaranteed a space because there are so few) the room is about 10X5 feet with a twin sized bed & a small nightstand. Even though it is very small & not super comfy I am so grateful for it so that we are able to be close to our baby! Our room is only a short 5 minute walk through the hospital from Ryker's room in the CICU.

When we were in the Center for Families reserving our room, we asked if two people could sleep in the room. The lady looked at me strangely & said "I guess if you wanted to, it only has a small twin sized bed" Jason & I didn't care at that point if the bed was a toddler sized bed. We hadn't slept in the same building as each other in over a week & with all that had gone on that day & all the flooding emotions we were dealing with, we needed to be able to be there for each other.

After staying in Ryker's room til about 3am & never wanting to leave. Jason finally convinced me that we needed to go to bed, saying "we will be back in only a few hours."

That night in our tiny twin side bed, I cried in Jason's arms until I fell asleep....

HaPpY BiRtHdAy BaBy!!!!!

Today is my AdOrAbLe HuSbAnD JaSoN's BiRtHdAy!!! Happy Birthday to You!!! :) Today he is 33years old (holy-crap I am married to an old man:) LOL....No really in all seriousness I have to stop for a minute & just let him know how incredible he is to me.

I can't even begin to say how lucky I am to have this man in my life, let alone to have him as my husband. I am the LuCkIeSt GiRl In ThE WoRlD! He is the best Husband, Father, & Friend I could have ever asked for! No matter how stressfull or crazy his day has been, he walks into my home with a big smile, gives me a kiss & hug, & asks me how my day went & then he jumps right into playing with our kids who absolutley AdOrE HiM!!! He is AlWaYs there when I need him the most, when I need a good laugh after a bad day, my sholder to cry on, & my AbSoLuTe BeSt FrIenD! I dont know how I would survive without him in my life, & I am so greatful he is MiNe! :)

Thank You Baby for always being there for me & our kids & For loving me the way you do, But especially for just being YoU, the MaN I LoVe! :)

Here are just a few random pics of my BaBy.............................

All About Him...

What is his name? JASON J WARNER

How old is he? 31

How did you meet? HE CAME INTO MY WORK TO BUY PROTEIN & WE'VE BEEN INSEPARABLE SINCE

Where did you go on your 1st date? SNOWMOBILING TO BEAR LAKE (I KNOW ITS CRAZY, A TRIP FOR THE 1st DATE?!?!?!? BUT IT WAS MEANT TO BE!)

How long did you date? 1 YEAR 8 MONTHS

Who said I love you first? HE DID...AT LAKE POWELL UNDER THE STARS!

Who proposed? HE DID...ON A HOT AIR BALLOON IN PARK CITY (SO ROMANTIC)

How long have you been married? 3 YEARS THIS AUGUST 26th

Do you have any kids? YES...OUR GORGEOUS DAUGHTER BRAYLEE, AND 2 STEPSONS TRETT & JADD

Do you want any more kids? YEP, WE WANT 2 MORE...BUT NOT FOR A LITTLE BIT! WE NEED OUR TIME!!!!

Who eats more? HE DOES FOR SURE!

Who is taller? HE'S GOT A GOOD 4 INCHES ON ME

Who sings better? I WOULD HAVE TO SAY ME, I'VE NEVER HEARD HIM SING

Who's up first in the morning? ALMOST ALWAYS ME, UNLESS HE HAS TO GO TO WORK EARLY...BUT ON THE WEEKENDS ALWAYS, ALWAYS ME!

Who is smarter? ME...HE, HE, HE! NO REALLY, IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE SUBJECT!

Who's temper is worse? MINE, BY A LONG SHOT!

Who does the laundry? THAT WOULD BE ME

What is your favorite way to spend time together? WELL....IT'S NOT THE MOST APPROPRIATE ANSWER.........SO #2 WOULD BE SNUGGLED UP ON THE COUCH WATCHING A GOOD ACTION MOVIE!!!

Who does the dishes? FOR THE MOST PART ITS ME...BUT HE CLEANS UP DINNER A LOT TOO

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I USED TO UNTIL WE HAD BRAY THEN WE SWITCHED CUZ THE CRIB WAS ON THE LEFT SIDE

Who does the cooking? ME ALWAYS...EVERY WEEKNIGHT & USUALLY ONE WEEKEND MORN (HE DOES COOK BACON BETTER THOUGH)

Do you both like the same kind of foods? OH YA....MEAT & POTATOES BABY!!!!!

Who drives when you are both in the car together? HIM ALWAYS...I PREFER IT THAT WAY

Who's has the bigger family? HA-HA!!! ME...IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!

Who is more stubborn? WE BOTH KNOW IT'S HIM...ALTHOUGH BOTH OF US ARE EXTREMELY STUBBORN!

Who is most likely to admit it when they are wrong? ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who's parents do you see the most? IF WE ARE TALK'N BOTH PARENTS TOGETHER IT'S HIS, BUT JUST MY MOM WOULD BE LOTS MORE

Who pays the bills? ME (IF WRITING OUT THE CHECK AND PUTTING IT IN THE MAIL IS CONSIDERED PAYING THEM) HE PAYS-PAYS THEM! :)

Who wears the pants in the family? ME OF COARSE! NO REALLY...IT'S ABOUT 50/50

How We Met....

Jason & I met at the end of 2003. He came into my work at the time (Shirlyn's) and he wanted me from the second he laid eyes on me!!! :) he,he,he! I don't really know...but MAYBE! He invited me to go to Bear Lake with him and some friends to go snowmobiling & crazy me said yes! And well... We have been together since!!! On June 26th 2005 Jason took my on a Hot Airbaloon ride in Park City, got on one knee & proposed :) It was one of the best days of my life!!! We got married only 2 months later on August 26th...He is perfect for me in everyway! MY PRINCE CHARMING!!!! :)