Saturday, April 12, 2014

Spring Break and Birthday Time

When we moved out here we planning on going to Utah twice a year, once in the summer and once at Christmas.  It just so happens that we ended up going to Utah every break this year.  Brady's grandpa Moss passed away and the funeral was the the Saturday of his Spring Break so we couldn't pass up a chance to honor and remember this great man. So after his test we drove the 3 hours the KC and hopped on the plane.

The funeral was incredible and was such a great tribute to a wonderful man.  He was always so kind and caring and the best member missionary you'll ever meet.  The thing will always remember most about Grandpa Moss is how much he loved his wife.  She passed away before I met Brady but whenever he talked about her, big tears would well up in his eyes. I can't imagine a sweeter reunion.

The rest of the week we spent with family and celebrating Brady's birthday.  We went to Syracuse Fun Place and played endless games of lazer tag, mini golf, arcade games and went bowling.  We had some delicious mexican food afterwards and he got spoiled to death with presents!

We were also able to meet baby Eli, who was born just a couple weeks before on March 4th and it was so fun to spend time with him! All of our nieces and nephews grow up so much while we are gone that we just can't get enough of them while we are there!

When Brady's real birthday came around, it was in the middle of a terribly hectic week.  So we celebrated by eating his favorite enchiladas, opening presents and enjoying some Wal-Mart made gooey butter cake (it was so crazy I didn't even make his cake!).  He was sent some incredible presents and was very surprised by his new printer.  I don't know if I have ever seen him so excited about a present... you must be a student if a printer gets you that excited. The next week we went and saw Captain America as a belated birthday present so we got enough celebrating in!
Spoiled boy w/ all his presents! 


His new OMM table to be used for massages OMM

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Winter Time


 Winter seemed to never end in Kirksville.  It got SO COLD! The temperature would be in the single digits but paired with the humidity, it would create "life threatening wind chills". But with the right friends, we lived through it.  We went late night extreme sledding, played ping pong, drank a LOT of hot cocoa and cuddled with Collins darling girl Izzy.


Brady and our good friend Brett surprised Sariah and I and took us on a little get away to Kansas City for Valentines day!  We thought we were going to Columbia for some dinner but little did we know they had packed us overnight bags and had some big plans.
We first went Salsa dancing!  We were so excited because Sariah and I had been doing Zumba together and had really we really wanted to get our latin on.  The only downside was that the boys had called the day before to make sure that the place we went would be offering lessons but when we got there, there were no lessons available.  So we just started making up stuff on the dance floor and spent a good two hours making fools of ourselves.  We had a very talented salsa dancer come up and tell us to relax because it was "Friday B(%#$@s".



Then the boys took us to the hotel and while Sariah and I got settled the fellas went and splurged on TONS of treats! We spent the night jumping on the beds, laughing hysterically, eating our treats and watching movies.  We woke up the next morning and went swimming. We had the pool all to ourselves! Then we went out for breakfast and for some sight seeing. We ended the day with some delicious Cheesecake Factory. It was a perfect surprise weekend.  The boys had tons they could have been studying but instead they spent the entire weekend with us and didn't even crack open a book!

Other random shenanigans that I missed:
Pictures from the Winter Formal... SO FUN! 


Jami's SUPER CUTE belly!! 

I started doing little girl princess parties.
The little princesses make it so worth it! 




Sunday, January 12, 2014

Christmas Vacation

Christmas decor in K-
We were able to go back to Utah for our Christmas vacation this year.  Because I work at the medical school, Brady and I had almost the same days off so we spent the entire TWO WEEKS in Utah.  As soon as he was done with his final we took off to Kansas City.  It's funny how when you are on vacation driving 3 hours to the airport is no big deal.  We stopped by my sweet cousin Sarah's house to leave our car and she drove us to the airport.  It was really nice to catch up with her, see/meet her sweet kids and to not have to leave our car in the airports garage.  

As soon as we flew in to Utah, it was go time! We had non-stop fun the entire first week.  We went sledding, walked around temple square, participated in the nativity, cuddled with the nieces and nephews, played games and ate way too many treats.
Our  Christmas Tree in Kville



We spent Christmas eve day at the Andersons eating a delicious brunch, playing more games and then had a really neat devotional. Then we headed to the Webbs at night for a delicious dinner and a hilarious white elephant gift exchange.  Some how Brady and I missed the fact that everyone was supposed to bring "good" gifts this year. There were gift cards, potty putter games and coveted bottles of Poo Puorri getting stolen left and right! We had a nice devotional/nativity and were sent to bed. We split Christmas day as well and enjoyed spending time with family, getting spoiled by our parents and family and seeing everyone's faces when they opened our presents.  I got really into crochet before we came home and decided to make all my nieces and nephews a hat and a beard. They were so gracious but most of them didn't really fit! That's what happens when you live far away I guess.

We slept the first week at the Anderson's and the second week at the Webb's.  Once we got there, the real fun began.  As we were getting ready for bed, Brady just kept saying that his stomach was a little upset.  I had a really bad cold so I told him I was sorry and zonked out.  All night he kept getting up and going to the bathroom trying to relieve his stomach pain. Finally, around 4 am he made his way to his dad and asked for a blessing. At this point he was in real pain and I was sound asleep.  The next day he still wasn't feeling well so we asked Dr. Brad to come over and check things out. He told us Brady probably had appendicitis and we should head to the hospital.

This whole time Brady hadn't really complained so I didn't think he had anything wrong with him. So as we were driving to the hospital I told him we could turn around if he started feeling better. It is a good thing he didn't listen to me because his appendix had burst and they had him into surgery 30 minutes after we got there.  Brady was such a sport and was so interested in the lives of all the doctors, nurses and anyone that he could talk to.  He never complained and made the experience almost fun!  The doctor told he wouldn't be able to get out of the hospital for at least 10 days (Brady needed to be back in school in 7). Miracles happened and he was out of the hospital in 2 days!! He couldn't get medical clearance to leave until the following Tuesday so he spent the week recovering.

We loved our time with our family and were grateful for their love and support. Can't wait till we see them again!