Happy 3rd birthday Joshua! (And a way overdue update!)

I know, I know, it has been FOREVER since I last posted anything! I will try and remember! There are multiple posts after this to give more updates...you know, like Christmas! :) Anyway, today his Josh's 3rd birthday! I can't believe 3 years ago we were blessed to have such a sweet little boy brought into our lives. We are so blessed to have him!
So the next few posts will explain what we did for Josh's birthday, and Christmas! Enjoy!
So I thought I would explain what is going on these last few months. So Dave finished his last semester of classes in December and then got to be at home with us throughout December, but began his last internship with Weber County School District at the beginning of January. I was really looking forward to it, but dreading it also because he would be working full time which meant I wasn't going to be able to sleep in...EVER! I would get home from work around 4am and sleep until whenever Josh wakes up (about 8am), and then just pray that he would take a nap around 1-2pm until 4pm. Needless to say...I am exhausted and cannot wait for this internship to be OVER! Well, even though I am not sleeping much I truly know I am being blessed with energy, and patience! Also, I know that the Lord is blessing us with JOB OFFERS! I can't believe it! It is very exciting and very surreal. We have been waiting for this for 3 years and now it is here! So Dave started applying for jobs (even though he won't take his licensing test until April/May and won't graduate until May 6th), but we knew it was kind of a long shot to assume he would get a lot of feedback prior to April...boy we were wrong! So long story short, he has had two job interviews and three job offers. Yes, he has had job offers without interviews! Crazy! So we are seriously looking into two of the jobs. One is a home health/outpatient agency in St. George, and the other one is in Orem with a company Dave is very familiar with (he worked for them last summer for his internship and loved it) Anyway, at the end of March we are going down to Orem to check the place out and see what they are going to offer us, and then the first of April we are headed to St. George to do the same with the other company. We are so excited and a little nervous, but we cannot wait to no longer be "college students"! I hopefully we'll be able to stop working for a few months until I can find a job that I could work maybe part time or PRN (as needed). Anyway, so I WILL blog about this next month or so and keep more updated.
Well, that is about it! I have missed a lot of details but...I guess that is what happens when I blog every 6 months! :)
I do just want to say how grateful I am for my family. Dave and Josh are my world and love them so much! I know that when we move it will be hard to say goodbye to my family, and our wonderful ward family, but I look forward to this new adventure in our lives! Wish us luck! :)

Happy birthday Joshua! And LOTS, LOTS more!

Josh checking out his Cars underwear. Not too sure about these gifts! :)

Josh got a new Lightening Mcqueen! He was pretty excited!

Josh really thrilled with his new underwears...Not really!

Josh opening up his present tonight! Had a lot of fun...even though we are all sick!

Here is Josh at the Discovery Gateway. He sure loved those pipes! We were there a long time!

I took Josh to the Discovery Gateway last week for his birthday. He had lots of fun, and he really loved the water area, but he kept asking where the trains were...the boy is totally obsessed! Also, I think he was getting confused because at the Treehouse in Ogden, you walk in and the first thing you see there are tons of trains. Anyway, he had fun at the Gateway!

Trying out the new underwear...this did not go over well! Truly, this is going to be a very big trial for me! Josh is VERY stubborn, and well I am stubborn, so wish us luck! (Notice Josh screaming because he wanted "underwears off mom!") This will be a long road!

This is Josh's idea of sitting on his potty...LONG ROAD of potty training ahead.

Like I said, Josh is obsessed with trains, tracks and anything to do with that stuff. He made a long line of cards and then rolled his trains over his "make-shift" train track! He is creative! :)

Joshua posing with some of his new toys that he got for Christmas. His BIG new blue train(that was the one thing that he literally begged for!) Also, he got his pillow pet! He loves that thing!
We went and saw the lights prior to Christmas. Josh was so darn funny. He wanted to go into the temple. He would go up to the door and try and open it and look at Dave and I and would say "it's locked mom, I want to go into the temple". We tried to explain that he couldn't go into the temple, but one day he'll be able to. He then looked at us with a puzzled face and say "oh, ok mom, I go someday." What a cutie!

Josh would NOT look at the camera! Oh well! We had a good time at Temple Square!

Josh and I hanging out one day, soon after Christmas.

The traditional Christmas morning picture with Grandpa. That was my dad's gift to himself! The boys look thrilled don't they! :) Josh actually is quite obcessed with "popies (sp?) snowmobile". That is until my dad turned that machine on...Josh did not like that loud machine! :)
Christmas was great! I worked for about 1/2 a shift Christmas eve so on Christmas eve-eve, we did our Fisher Christmas Eve dinner. It was really fun to be with family. Then obviously Christmas eve I got home around 9pm and literally didn't sleep at all. I was so stinkin' excited for Christmas morning. I woke up at about 7am, and woke Dave and Josh up. This was truly so fun with Josh. He was so overwhelmed with the amount of gifts he got this year. I didn't take tons of pictures because I video taped it, but it is so funny to watch. I am pretty sure Josh would have been content with just the stuff in his stocking presents. But after a while he got into it and just got more and more excited with all of the gifts...well, he could have cared less about the new clothes! :) Anyway, Dave and I went pretty low key for one another. We bought Dave a new suit back in November, so that was his Christmas present. He got me lots of stuff, new clothes, lots of new movies, and a big new blanket (which was my favorite!). Anyway, it was a great holiday.

First time for everything

So it is that time...unfortunately and I have my mom to thank for this one. I had my yearly exam last week and my doctor (actually an awesome CNM), she wants me to make sure I get a mammogram. (Is this ok to talk about on my blog? Oh well!) Anyway, everything is ok but she is nervous because my mom was first diagnosed at the age of 32. Well, I am 30...so now it is my turn. She even went as far as to call the mammography office and my insurance so they will for sure pay for me. Well wish me luck. I go in this Friday. Honestly, I am not at all scared for the actual mammogram, just any bad results I could get. I'll let anyone who wants to know how it goes! Thought you might like this comic. Too bad this really doesn't happen! hehehe

September and October

So, September pretty much has come and go...and I can't be any more thrilled! I month of school down and 3 more to go! That is right, Dave is now in the middle of his last semester of classes! Oh my goodness, I can't believe we have almost made it! He has this semester and then during the spring he has another 3 month internship. But that is it, so hopefully he will be done with everything by the end of March. Truly, these last 2 1/2 years have flown by, and yet it feels like this is what we have been doing for forever! Anyway, other than Dave's school, not much has happened.
Dave did turn 29 years old at the beginning of September. Couldn't do much for that because I worked most of that weekend. I can't believe we are that old! :) Crazy!
I am again, just doing the same ol' stuff! Work, taking care of Josh, and being a wife as well! :)
Josh is growing like a weed. He is honestly such a good little boy. He is finally talking more. (Thank goodness! :) He is SO obsessed with Thomas the Train. Oh my goodness, I can't believe how obsessed he is, that is pretty much what he talks about! Also, he makes us laugh all of the time! He cracks me up! I love him so much! Anyway, no other news right now...and you might be asking, "I wonder when they are going to have another kid?" Ummmm, not for quite a while! NO HURRY right here! The thought of working late into the night, being so nauseated and throwing up all of the time, not getting a lot of sleep, etc, do I need to go on? Yeah, I can wait! :)

Anyway, here are just some random pictures of Josh...I know I am biased, but what a handsome little dude! :) Josh's new favorite spot...our bed! He LOVES looking at our old phone and the pictures on there!

Josh being cute

Josh showing off his Harley shirt

Josh loves sitting in his wagon, and making me pull him around the apartment.

So behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I have finally decided to take the time to post some pictures ( a lot of pictures) from our vacation in California. Yes, we took this trip at the beginning of August, and I am now just posting this! Oh well, better late than never! :)
So we left for California the second week of August. The first day we drove just to Las Vegas and stayed over night there. Actually we stayed in Henderson ( I hate the strip, so dirty!) Anyway, Henderson was actually very nice. The next morning we woke up and took our time and went to the strip and decided to find some free things to do. Pretty much all we did was go to M & M world (which by the way, I refuse to pay like $10 for a 1/2 lb of M & M's that you could pay $3.50 at Walmart! :) Dave was bummed! He LOVES M & M's! :) Anyway, we couldn't really find anything else that we wanted to see. (Dave and I just wanted to get to his parents house! I was so anxious to get done with the drive to Bakersfield)
Anyway, we headed out and got to Bakersfield like 5 hours later! Yuck, I HATE driving! I literally asked Dave, "Are we there yet?" Josh did much better than I did! Next time, we are FLYING! :) Anyway, it was so nice to get to Wayland and Maile's house. We had a nice dinner that night and finally slept in a nice bed! :) The next day was my 30th birthday! Yuck! I am officially old! Anyway, that day we decided to go to the Bakersfield "zoo". Ummm, this was NOT a zoo. It was absolute crap! The zoo up in Logan was better than this one! And it was expensive! Aghhh, what a waste, even though Josh still had lots of fun! Then we came home and Josh went down for a nap, and so did we! That night, Maile watched Josh so Dave and I could go to a nice dinner. I opted for P.F. Chang's. YUMMMMMMMMY! Seriously it's my favorite restaurant EVER! Everything was good! Then we came home and had some Marie Callender's pie!
My birthday wasn't exciting, but it was very nice and just nice to be with my family! A Mexican cruise would have been even nicer, but it's not really in our budget right now! Maybe next year!
Anyway, the next day we headed to Santa Cruz (it was a 4 1/2 hour drive north-west). It is so beautiful up there, but oh, the drive! Yuck! Anyway, we went to a very yummy pizza joint and then went to bed. We were all exhausted! The next day we met James and Trisha and their kids (Dave's brother and sister in law) and headed to the beach. Ummmm, the high was 65 degrees that day. We were FREAZING, until the sun came out, and even then we still stayed in our warm clothes. Dave and James did get in the water! So funny to watch! They were SCREAMING like girls, but they stayed in the water for about 45 minutes! Crazy boys! And the rest of the kids were freazing but they too were in their swimsuits! Crazy kids!
We had such a blast with them, we were so sad that we only had a day with them! We love visiting with James and Trisha!
After the beach we drove the 4 1/2 hour drive back to Bakersfield. We were so tired that night we went straight to bed. The next day we got to just hang out at home, went to lunch with Dave's good friend from high school, Ryan, and then just hung out the rest of the night with Wayland and Maile. The next day we went to church and then came home ate lunch and then we headed back to Utah. Yes, 12 hours more of driving! Oh my goodness, I was about to die! I still can't believe how well Josh did! Seriously, he never had a break down, he just loved watching all of his movies, colored, ate food, and I read a lot of books to him.
It was such a fun trip, LOTS of driving, but overall it was great to get out of our normal routine!
Well, that was our life in August! I will post some more information later! Nothing too exciting! :)