The Fuzzy Stuff

Drew was recruited for a new job in the same industry that he is currently working in, but with a different company, Shaw Industries, as a distribution sales rep. He made a switch in product- he was selling hard surface flooring and now it's the fuzzy stuff (carpet). It's a good career move for Drew with a reputable company, and better for our family with less overnight travel, lighter workload, and better salary. The only two negatives about him leaving his previous company are 1) no more awesome and amazing trips, (i.e. no more Australia, Europe, or exclusive resorts) however, we may get to sneak in a Hawaii trip every once in a while with his new company, and 2) we will miss his co-workers. We developed lots of friendships with amazing people that we will truly miss! We are feeling very blessed and grateful for this opportunity, and are looking forward to this new experience! Thanks Drew, for being a wonderful husband, hard worker and supporting our family! and......What's a post without pictures? So here's a new family pic!

All the cousins made these t-shirts at the cabin!

Cabin pics

We spent a couple days at the cabin for Memorial Day weekend. Sadie had a blast with her cousins!

Gymnastics

Here's some pics from Sadie's gymnastics meet today...

Ironman

We went to St. George a few weeks ago to watch Drew's cousin, Keb compete in the Ironman. It was a great experience, and very inspiring. Keb has the perfect excuse for not exercising, and yet he pushed himself to do the Ironman. There was a story written about him in the Daily Herald. Here's the link-

Eagle Mountian Man overcomes four-story fall to complete Ironman.

What Sadie thinks of me...

Sadie's preschool teacher wrote down some things that Sadie said about me:

I like to give my mom hugs and kisses.
It makes me happy when my mom plays princesses and ball with me.
My mom's a queen and I'm a princess.
My mom likes to play "blankies" (I have no idea what this means??)
My mom's favorite food is bananas. (I actually don't care that much for bananas but I'm always trying to get Sadie to eat them, so she must assume that I like them.)
And my very favorite: For work my mom talks to herself at the city offices.

New Dog

Here's the newest member of our family- Jessie. She's a Drahthaar German Hunting dog. She's just a puppy right now, but she'll get really big.

Sadie really likes Jessie.....
And this is one of those bad mother moments. I had to beg Sadie to hold the puppy so that I could get a cute picture, and Jessie, being a puppy, wanted to chew on Sadie's head! It's really not that bad- this picture makes it look worse that what it really was. Jessie only left a tiny scratch on Sadie's forehead.
Despite this, and the incident where Jessie peed on Sadie's princess sleeping bag, (another very dramatic event) Sadie really does love Jessie. She talks about her often and wants to play with her. Sadie also really enjoys shouting out commands such as "No", "Down," and "Sit".

Marriage....

This is a conversation I had with Sadie after driving past the Mt. Timpanogos Temple.

Me: There's where mommy and daddy got married.

Sadie: I want to be married there.

Me: Yes, that would be very nice.

Sadie: Who am I going to marry?

Me: I don't know. You get to pick someone when you're older.

Sadie: I want to marry daddy.

Me: Sorry, mommy is married to daddy. You'll have to pick someone else.

Sadie: Oh...Who?

Me: I don't know. You'll have to pick someone.

Sadie: You pick for me. (Yes! I'm writing this down, so I can hold her to it!)

Me: How about Bowen (6 year old neighbor boy). He's cute.

Sadie: Yeah. He is cute. I will marry Bowen....when he is bigger, cause right now he is little....but he will be bigger....not huge....just bigger.

Me: okay. good idea....wait until he's bigger.