good & bad

bad news: Maddix has to get surgery on his boy parts tomorrow :( Luckily he will be asleep through it, which means I will have a much harder time with it than he will. Poor kid. Brig will be able to be there with us thank goodness!

 

good news: I got accepted to dental hygiene at mcc! I will start in August. This was very unexpected considering that I didnt know that I was still on the list. You have no idea how excited i am about this. The hours are going to be perfect especially since it is so close to my house. I know it will still be a lot of work but it will be so worth it. I feel so good about it this time. The only downer is that we wont be able to have another baby for a few years, but I am young so I have plenty of years to have more kids :)

Please keep us in your prayers for tomorrow! :)

londons run

this morning brig and i ran the londons run 1/2 marthon. it was about 36 degrees when we got there so we picked up our stuff and then sat in our car for about 20 minutes until at least the sun came out {we played scrabble while we waited :)} when the race started i was just assuming that brig and i would run together the whole way since he has a hurt knee. um..not even a chance. he took off and we were separated at mile…1/2. i was totally fine with this considering he trained hard for this and wanted to do his best..it was just a little unexpected since he has a sprained knee!!! anyways, i tried to make sure i could at least see brig the whole time and i figured that would keep me running fast. nope, lost him on that one too, at about mile 4 {when i had to stop for a bathroom break. dang bladder.} brig ended up getting 1 hr and 36 minutes and he was there at the finish line to greet me about 6 minutes later! {1 hr. 42 min.} i am happy to say that i beat my time from my last half marathon by 10 minutes. i ended up getting 2nd place out of the girls in my age group! my family came to see us after we finished. it was nice to have lots of support :) they also had a sweet reptile display {picture of niece tessa and alligator below}. so basically brig’s knee is dead and im just sore everywhere. we are so glad we did it though :) it felt great to accomplish our goal!
tonight we will celebrate at costa vida :) {they gave everyone a $5 gift certificate to CV!} im excited. oh and ocean blue frozen yogurt. i also celebrated this afternoon by finishing off my 1.5 quart chocolate recess peanut butter cup ice cream that my brother in law & sister in law brought us last saturday. brigham did not eat any of this by the way :)))) oh, and if this surprises you, then you do not know me that well. we still both had to laugh about it though :) {i get it from my grandma, she orders two ice cream cones when she goes to mcdonalds. she inspires me} anyone else have an addiction like this???

  

 
 

life

running. running. running. you probably hear me talk about this a lot. maybe a lot a lot. but i cant help it. i finally started running again after skipping a whole week. you might laugh when i say a whole week..but really. thats a lot when youre training for a race. my body has been through a lot this past week, but im happy to say that im almost back to normal :) saturday i ran 3 miles to see how my body would hold up. that was a heck of a 3 mile run! i thought i was going to fall over. my legs were about to crumble and my pelvis bone was aching {i know..wierd}. so, monday i went and tried 5 miles. after i got past the nasty 3 miles, i was floating on a cloud :) it was the best therapy..it allowed me to take my mind off things. i finally got back to my original speed..we’ll see how the 1/2 goes.
brig has also been through a lot this week. he hurt his knee snowboarding. my dad has been doing some therapy and stuff on it to help it heal quicker but every time brig runs or plays basketball on it, it makes it worse. of course he still insists on running the 1/2. this should be interesting. wish us luck! :)
maddix has also been through a lot this week! both parents injured, emotional mommy, and even through all this he started taking steps! however, it does take SO much to get him to walk. like holding the tv remote, cell phone, camera in front of him. bad news is that he knows the trick..he walks to it and we take it away from him. oh well! he’ll be walking soon enough :)
these guys make me extremely happy. did i mention how good looking they are? i just love them to death!!!

happy birthday to me

  

did ya get that?

surprise? yes.

good surprise? of course!

so this means..

they will only be 19 months apart!!!

i have been pregnant two times in 2010

i have spent both of our Christmas’ together pregnant

both of our anniversaries pregnant

and both of my birthdays {since we’ve been married} pregnant

i have been pregnant two times before age 21 {dont judge}

i will have two children under the age of 2

when i start nursing school i will have a 2 1/2 year old & a 1 year old….

this little one will have a cousin 5 months older than him/her and another one 3 months older. yay!

i am nursing and pregant and running, which means i burn lots and lots of calories a day, which means i get to eat lots and lots of food :) but healthy of course!

we are so excited to meet this little one sometime around the beginning of september.

…………

for my birthday we went up to my parents cabin with some of my family. on monday we went snowboarding at sunrise. way fun! but the bad news is that brig and i both hurt ourselves. my lower back and his knee. he totally called this. we have our 1/2 marathon in two weeks!!! i hope we heal so that we can run it! we’ve been training so long and hard for this. it was a very memorable birthday! :)

love story {caution: mushy stuff}

    

{pic 1: dating} {pic 2: night he proposed} {pic 3: engagements} {pic 4: married}

i’d like to consider myself a pretty lucky lady. at 18, fresh out of high school, i fell in love with a young 21 year old, fresh off the mish. when he came to pick me up on our blind date i thought he was THE most handsome guy i had ever met. i was pretty excited to be able to go on a date with such a good looking guy! he was so down to earth, honest, sweet, easy to talk to, fun, spontaneous, and charming.
first we went to mesa frozen yogurt. i ate his leftovers. on a blind date. embarrassing? kinda, but i felt so comfortable and was totally able to act my normal self. after fro yo we went to freestone park with another couple and went long boarding. he showed off his amazing skills in a humble way, while i pretended like i knew what i was doing. we were both having a blast! we raced down the hills, ran through the sprinklers, star gazed on our long boards, and walked around the park and talked. we hit it off so quick. i wanted to hang out with him over and over and over again.
i didnt want the night to end. i absolutely loved being with him. he made me feel so good about myself. he made me smile SO big! when i walked in the house after the date, i went to say goodnight to my parents. i could not stop smiling! they knew right away that something was up. i told them that i had an amazing time and that he was an incredible guy. then i went to bed. i could NOT sleep! i kept replaying the night over and over in my head. i was afraid that he would go home and realize that i wasnt good enough or cute enough or whatever.
but nope, i cannot explain how excited i was when i got that text from him that next day and found out that he couldnt sleep that night either! crazy. we ended up going and playing tennis that night, desert the next night with some friends, tennis again the next night with family stuff, and the pattern continues. we did not want to miss a day of seeing each other and we didnt.  im pretty sure my friends  thought i fell off the face of the earth. i was head over heels!
after dating for four months, he proposed. we were hiking at usery pass and when we got to a turn, there it was. a blanket with a pizza that had a heart made out of olives, candles and an ice chest. {his sister and brother in law helped out a lot! and recorded the whole thing :)} he began to tell me how much he loved me, and all that good stuff. then he got down on his knee and popped the question. im pretty sure i didnt say yes or no or look at the ring. i was so happy and emotional i just hugged him so tight! but the ring did fit and i loved it. and later i did say yes :)
2 years ago today, we were married for time and all eternity in the mesa arizona temple. this was such an incredible feeling and such a spiritual experience to know that i was being sealed to my best friend for FOREVER.
we have had an amazing two years. including having an adorable baby boy :) we are loving married life.  we learn from the rough times and come out stronger than ever. i am so lucky to have a husband that i can communicate so well with and have so much fun with. can’t imagine life any other way. 
happy anniversary brigham! i love you so much!
 

story time

so today was not the best day.

maddix slept a total of like 15 min during nap times today...not okay

walmart was extremely crowded and i only needed TWO things {one of them was needed to make dinner}.

took about ten minutes to exit the parking lot.
on my way home, went to pick up brig from getting his haircut at sports clips {free coupon}
this didnt help my day get any better, he told me the girl gave him a head massage, back massage {not with her hands thank heavens, otherwise i wouldve chopped them off}
and she kept asking him, are you happily married? do you like it? are you sure?
good thing i have a husband that loves to talk about his wifey and baby boy
he just kept talking about us to her the whole time :)
sorry lady, he's mine.

so, i got home, only had an hour to make dinner before brig had to go to school,

but the dinner i wanted to make took an hour and a half to make...

so, i told brig that he would need to be late to school because i was craving this dinner.

{i know, i'm such a supportive wife}

so when i got home from the store, i kindly asked brig to please take the groceries inside....

but the groceries were not there.

i forgot them in the shopping. cart. at. walmart. {second time}

brig asked with all seriousness, "does this happen often? like do other people do this a lot too?"

i didnt answer.

he laughed about it, i didnt

i pretty much thought i was going to die.

there was no way i was going to go ALL the way back {two miles :)} and get those dumb groceries!

{mostly because of the dang crowded parking lot}

{plus i wouldnt have time to make the dinner anyways...}

for some reason, this put me in the stinkiest mood ever.

just ask brig, if i have a certain meal/food set in my head that i get to eat and then i dont get to eat it,

no bueno.

might as well stay away from me. until i find something better to eat or to complain about.

guess what i did to solve my problem?

run.

after my run i was in a great mood and whipped up some pancakes and homemade syrup for din din :)

moral of the story: running solves more problems than you think.

try it out

training

so training’s going well! besides the the fact that i have crappy knees and an owie on my hip. my sister in law katie & i wake up at 5 two days a week to run. i dread these days. its a love hate relationship. love to run, hate to wake up to darkness. and saturdays i run when ever i can wake up..or whenever maddix wakes me up. :) the farthest i've run so far is 6 miles. i am proud to say that i beat my record time yay! i was going for 8 min miles but i think it came out to like 8.5 min miles? you do the math. i did it in 52 min. i am hoping to do better than that in the turkey trot though. 5 weeks until the half marathon! i’m excited and nervous. but mostly excited :) my motivations will be 1. to drink a large chocolate protein shake when finished. 2. to wear the shirt around and say that i did it :) 3. to burn 1300 1800 calories in one day {1300 from running 500 from nursing. SCORE!}. 4. to hopefully enjoy a nice dinner out to eat..yeah brig?? 5. to be in good shape of course!
thats all for now.
love, shelby
p.s. did i mention that in 21 days i will be riding the waves in hawaii with my lovely husband? not to mention i get to run a 5 mile & 9 mile there and i am STOKED! and yes, brigham will be joining me for those as well :)

pss. it wouldnt be a complete post if i didnt post a picture of my darling maddix. so here he is with his cheesy, but adorable smile, enjoying the AMAZING weather.

faves.

church song
come thou fount of every blessing
church hymn
abide with me tis eventide. be still my soul
recent tunes.                                                                                             
  walls. i’d rather be with you. lovely tonight. saltwater room. anything dierks.
dessert.                                                                                                                  
if you truly know me. you already know this one..yes you are correct. any kind of chocolate ice cream. mmmhm
man.                                                                                                                   
well. probably this one..he plays games with me and buys me ice cream and loves me to death. dont worry, i love him back.

boy.                                                                                                                   
hm...i’d have to say my sweet little chubby maddix boy.

hobbies as of late.                                                                                
running {training for my 1st 1/2!}. cake decorating. diaper changing. baby loving.
plans.                                                                                                                          
i am applying for nursing school this month. {part time night program}. wait is about 2 years...blahh
game.                                                                                                                            
YAHTZEE
the end.
what are your faves?

like father like son

these  two boys are my life.

maddix is taking after his daddy’s love for sports.

 

me & maddix watched the suns game while brig was at class. this made brigham a little jealous.

just a little.

oh & maddix’s favorite player is nash, in case you were wondering.

Little Girl in a Big Hat.

This picture is the result of a sad girl when her husband leaves to Alaska for 5 days. Brigham just left this morning and I’m a wreck- as you can see…missing him so much that I tend to wear his clothes around the house! Call me pathetic. I must confess that I havn’t been away from Brig for more than 12 hours in a whole year! And that was the last time he went to Alaska when we 1st started dating. Oh well…I’ll survive! :)