7/30: six roomies

While living in good old Colonial 408 with these 5 girls we would say,
"It's because we're friends..."

And then laugh hysterically after wards.  That saying is on our matching t-shirts. (I know, so cheesy)

This may have been one of the funnest semesters of my college life.  Living with 5 girls can be fun or awful...and these girls were absolutely the best!  And I miss them.

6/30: college grad

I graduated from BYU-Idaho in the summer of 2008.  I did it in less than 4 years. :)

And to be honest, I miss college.  I miss studying child development and working with teams of students on how we could help children better adapt to different environments.  I actually miss talking about our case studies.  I miss the relationships with my awesome professors - they had faith in me.  I graduated from college wanting to change the world and educate/save all of the children.  

It didn't happen...but I am proud of my college degree.
Thanks Mom and Dad - for making it VERY clear how important a college education is.

5/30: off roading

A local high school sponsored a "cowboy rendezvous" this weekend.

We put on our flannel shirts, cowboy boots and hats and went to the event.  They had stages for cowboy poetry and country music, lots of stands with leather saddles and purses, and of course a chuck wagon meal :)

On the way back to the car, James decided to take Porter for a little "off roading".  

Porter thought it was hilarious.

4/30: gone!

Let me explain the picture for today...

Over the last - hmm...couple of years I have had some intense stomach pains.  I always figured I ate too much, ate something I shouldn't have or maybe I was allergic to something.  I never thought much of it - and I'm pretty sure you have heard me complain about a stomach ache :)

A couple of months ago, while I was complaining to James about another one of my stomach pains, he said, "Tiff, you've complained about stomach pains almost every day since we've been married."

Really?  Geez...maybe that's not a good sign?

So after some encouragement (pushing) from my husband, I finally went to see an internal medicine doctor.  He scheduled an ultrasound and you'll never guess what he found.

Gallstones

And lots of them!  And they were huge.  They couldn't pass.  And did you know that your gall bladder flares up right after you eat?  Who knew?!

So we met with a surgeon and I had my gall bladder out last week.  Let's be honest - I was scared.  They fill your stomach with air and snip your gall bladder and pull it out through a small incision.  Ah!

The picture above is a picture of the pictures the surgeon took of my insides - awesome huh?  Picture of my inflamed gall bladder, picture of them snipping it out, and a picture of me without a gall bladder.

And guess what?!  Those awful stomach pains...GONE!

The End :)

3/30: a little trip

I think this picture is absolutely hilarious.  This is my sister, Rachelle. 

She's...5 years older than me?  Yeah, that's right.

This picture was taken at my little sister's wedding - can you see her behind us?

I had been married almost a month, and Rachelle was about a month away from delivering her cute baby boy.

Guess freaking what?

I'm going to visit Rachelle....in CALIFORNIA!!!!

It's totally true...Porter and I are taking a little plane ride to sunny (it better be sunny!) California.

We're going to eat those donuts she always talks about and go for walks by the beach and sit on the couch and watch our kids play together and....holy cow I can't wait!

2/30: porter j

I have wanted to be a mom my entire life.  Promise.  Growing up I can remember thinking that my life would be complete when I could stay home and raise my children.

Well my dream came true.  

Yeah sure, it's true what they say - you're tired a lot, sometimes your baby is sad and you don't know why, your body changes...blah blah blah.  But why do people always exaggerate the negative?  

Why not glorify the positive?

And this little guy - my little guy...is totally the positive.

I took this video last night - couldn't resist. (I figured a video could be substituted for a picture)

P.S. While I was writing this post, I started to cry...I really am my mother's daughter :)

to begin...(day one)

See this handsome fella sitting next to me?  

This is my husband, my BFF, my lover, my most favorite person...isn't he good lookin'?

This picture was taken right after we booked our honeymoon to Mexico! (and it's one of my favorite of us...maybe because we're so beautiful and SKINNY)  Holy crap we were excited!

This man is one of the reasons for my happy life!  He is the greatest guy in the world - he makes me laugh harder than anyone else can, he cooks a mean batch of German pancakes, and he looks sexier than any man in a cowboy hat :)

I love him...