Happy

So much happiness going on!

I won tickets on the radio to Brad Paisley at the Stadium of Fire! Then my sister got jealous so I kept trying and then I won her some! All I can say is I should definitely do radio contests more often.

My dear friend had her sweet baby girl! I am so excited for her, even though it will be another month and a half until I actually get to meet her! Congrats dear!

It's a holiday weekend! Hip hip!

Mike's sister and her family are going to be sealed for eternity in the temple tomorrow! What a beautiful day it will be! We can't wait to share this special event with you!

My niece will be baptized on Saturday!

(I got a cute new dress to celebrate both occasions!)

We went to a parade a couple weeks ago. These are all our nieces and nephew and my side. Love them!

Mike got arrested by his brother (who is in the police academy). Bummer dude.....(so funny to watch though).

My niece is learning to write, and she is very into copying words. She has no idea what she is writing. She copied one of Mike's magazines. And then I love how she signed it. So precious.

We went hiking with Mike's folks! Hooray!

Smartie

Another semester officially down. Mike finally got his grades.
(Okay, okay, a couple week's ago...I'm just getting around to blogging about it.)

Best semester yet!

And, once again, on the Dean's List.

My hubby is pretty superb.



P.S. And for all you folk that think that Mormon's just blog about how fabulous and perfect their lives are, my life is perfect. So HA! 


Totally kidding, obviously. Most of the time, I prefer to blog about the good things. Because nobody wants to hear all the whining and complaining. And the more I whine and complain, the worse the situation becomes, so if I blog about the bad, it makes the situation even worse. Therefore, most of my blogs will be good. My life is not perfect. But I would like to pretend that it is.


Going hiking tomorrow.....STOKED!!

Fathers

Happy Father's Day to two wonderful fathers. We love you so much! Thank you so much for being the best two dads in the world. 

And a Happy Father's Day to my dear, sweet husband who is not yet a father, but will someday be the best father I could ever hope my children to have.

Love you hubby.

Zooin'

We went to the zoo with some of the clan! Happy, happy day!

Summer

This is how Charlie and I spent our afternoon.

Oh the beauty of working from home on a laptop.

Friends

Get together with high school friends!

Thanks Ladies! Good to see you all!

Wiiing

We don't do much these days. We do a whole lot of wiiing....yeah, I did just make up that word. Wiiing, the process of playing the Wii. Mike, in particular, does a whole lot of wiiing. Today was particularly funny. Notice in this picture, Mike is very much into his game. At this point, he was attempting to defeat Bowser. 

Notice anything on his shoulder?

 Here is a closer look.

That's right, its a sock. I was wandering around doing my usual pick up and put away anything in sight and if there is one thing that may put me in an early grave, its picking up Mike's socks. It drives me nuts. So today, when I picked them up, I decided to throw them at him. He was so into this game, that this sock remained on his shoulder for several minutes. Hah. That goes to show what little movement really is required when wiiing and also I really am unsure if Mike was even aware of the sock on his shoulder until I came out and started taking pictures of him. Oh, video games, how much we love you.

Lucky?

This is the fortune that Mike got from Panda Express on Friday. 

If any of you know Mike, I mean, really know him, this is absolutely hysterical.

He wants to frame it. 

And since when did a Big Gulp become 99 cents? They're only 79 cents in Oklahoma.

What a rip off. But still strangely worth every penny...

So How Do I Beat The Magic Bear?

Well we made it to Utah, safe and sound. Without any car troubles! We are so glad to be back with family and friends. We arrived Sunday around 12 noon, and then spent the day lounging with family! It was fabulous. I was back to work early Monday morning. Mike doesn't actually start his internship until next Monday so he has been bored to death. I have been busy working remotely and realizing what a bittersweet opportunity that it is. Bitter because man the days seem so long! I don't know what it is, but actually showing up at the office makes a day go by so much faster. And I was a little worried about the distractions that working remotely might bring, but its actually quite the opposite! I have been hardly distracted and working very quickly! I processed 27 expense reports in 2.5 days! Most have no idea but that is seriously awesome! But the Sweet part of all of this is the fact that this morning I hopped out of bed 30 minutes before I needed to be to work, took a shower, and headed to work with wet hair, no makeup, and in my pajamas. Now that has Abby just written all over it! It truly doesn't get better than that!

Not missing Oklahoma at all except for some dear friends and the nice, warm weather! It has been in the 40's and raining since we arrived. I have only ran once since I've been here and its kinda putting me in a slump. I miss my nice, temperature controlled gym! Hopefully all this rain disappears so I can feel the nice, warm sunshine on my face as I enjoy a run with the hubby!

And because all blogs should have pictures (or at least some would say), here is a picture that I finally got around to getting my hands on, taken of Mike and his siblings while we were all together around Christmas! Aren't they just adorable?!

Hip Hip!

Mike's done with his 2nd year!


And we leave tomorrow!