Southern Weather

So it can be really humid and gross and hot here, but it also has the most beautiful moments. Last night there was an awesome lightning storm and the past few days it has just randomly been pouring. It is so gorgeous, and this is a double rainbow that I got a few shots of, so pretty! The Lord has such glorious creations, they take my breath away.

Rough Days

So Josh is getting to be able to move around really well. He is always pulling himself up on things and trying to walk around, but with that comes a lot of bumps and bruises. Josh pulled our length-size mirror on top of himself the other day and it shattered on top of him. Luckily he just had a tiny cut in his hand, nothing serious. Man, babies get into everything!

More of Josh

Boxes, magazines and carrying things around in his mouth are Josh's new things. He is so stinkin cute and so funny, and he knows it.

P.S.- Tyson I love you

So last night Tyson and I watched the movie "PS I Love You." I don't think I have cried that hard in years. And since Tyson promised me not to tell, Tyson didn't cry at all. :) It felt really good to know that someone loves me so much, that it breaks his heart at just the thought of me leaving. After the movie was over we just held each other for a long time. It feels so good to love someone so much. I can't wait for every morning waking up to his face, or the sound of him singing in the shower, or him kissing me goodbye as he goes off to work. And I call him right at 5 just because I can't bear to be away from him one more minute than I have to. Sometimes I think that I drive him crazy because he never really gets alone time, but I know that he loves me and he wouldn't have it any other way. This morning I have been remembering all the fun times we have had. How he asked me out for our first date while he was on the phone with his mom. How he suprised me at the airport when I got back from spring break and two days later we got engaged. How we used to play spitting games into the sink to see who had the best aim. Going through the temple for the first time with him there smiling at me, watching me and loving that I was there. Getting sealed to him and knowing we would never really be apart for very long. Deciding to have a baby and getting pregnant a month after. Watching him be a daddy, and blessing our baby. Our marshmallow gun wars and water fights. Tyson is just so much fun and I only feel whole when he is around. I cannot imagine how hallow and empty I would feel without him, but as we talked about it last night, how that is each other's greatest fear, I realized that because of the Lord, we don't really have to be scared at all. I mean, if Tyson died, sure it would be the worst thing ever, and I have no idea how Josh and I would survive, but the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, but the Lord never leaves us. He always loves us and He would only do what was best for us. And I know that as long as I keep my covenants, then I would see Tyson again, and we are married forever. The Lord has been so good to me, I am so blessed. I am really glad for that movie, it made me stop all my worrying about everything we don't have and be thankful for the wonderful things that I do have. And Tyson, I love you.

Tagged by 3's

Thanks Riss, I love tags, it makes me so happy.

joys:
01. Reading with Tyson
02. Making Josh giggle
03. Learning new things

fears:
01. pain
02. forgetting people or things that are special to people, or missing out on those things (hence the much money spent on plane tickets this summer)
03. being forgotten

goals:
01. write a book
02. get out of my house at least once a day
03. get Tyson a really good Father's Day present (any ideas?)

current obsessions:
01. The Office, the one thing I promised myself I'd never watch
02. Tyson, but he is always an obsession, lately it is trying to bother him, that is pretty fun
03. Avoiding writing for my class, why? I'm not quite sure

random, surprising facts:
01. I clean when I'm mad, if you see my house you will know that I have been happy lately :)
02. I took French for an entire year and don't remember a thing
03. I am pretty good friends with Tyson's old girlfriend and Mike (my old boyfriend)'s wife. Maybe that isn't suprising to others, but I'm suprised at myself.

tag:
01. Kirsten Sue
02. Amber
03. Bunk

I'm going to Utah!

It's official! I'm going to finally go back to visit my home town! We are going there for KJ and Court's wedding reception in July. I am totally bummed because Tyson can't miss work so I am going to be alone with my little bambino, but I am so excited to see my mountains again, even if everything else is different. High school buddies, if you are going to be there in July, I want to see you!

Grateful

As promised: the video of Joshua crawling.

You know that Brittney Spears song, "Lucky"? Well, the lyrics don't really apply, but I feel like there should be a song to express how I feel. Perhaps it is more a hymn that a song, something about the "debt of gratitude is mine." I sit here today, thinking about my little boy and his half birthday today and that got me thinking...so this is my thought process:

I cannot believe my little boy is so old. But at the same time, only six months? That is 1/44 of my life. I feel like he has been with me so much longer than that. Josh is so precious and so cute. How did I get so lucky? An incredibly handsome, wonderful, perfect husband, a great kid that makes me smile whenever I look at him, a great apartment with a dishwasher, a job with a family that is totally amazing and so nice to me, and great friends and a wonderful family and a sister who comes and visits me practically everday and got me a Ciao Bella shirt. What more could I ask for? And with all of that, I have a Father in Heaven who watches out for me everyday, listens to my every prayer even when most of the time I fall asleep or forget I'm praying, and He loves me and keeps blessing me. It is even harder than the impossible debt I have to my mom, there is no way I could ever repay the Lord for all He has done. It is so humbling and so wonderful. How can one not believe in God with so much goodness?