BYU and Hogle Zoo

Friday we went to my sister's graduation at BYU. Suzanne recieved a BA in Music, Dance, Theatre. After the ceremony we went outside to take pictures - it was so pretty and guess who was only able to take a few pictures before the batteries died? I was so mad, but before we left I could not find our extra batteries anywhere. After leaving BYU we went to Tara's house to feed and change Kayla. On our way to Arie's house, where we would be staying, we stopped by Pier 49 Pizza to get dinner. I can't believe how much has changed in Sugar House. While waiting for the pizza we ran into Mark and Carolyn who were in our singles branch years and years ago. Mark is a geologist working in Ogden and they have three kids. It was strange running into them - what a small world.

We get to Arie's, eat dinner and then take our stuff downstairs. Immediately Jaida runs to this marble looking toy that I'm thinking looks really familiar but I can't place where I've seen it. Arie says, "Remember that 3-d marble bingo we used to play at Uncle Ray's house? He gave it to me." Wow, that was more than 20 years ago that we used to play with that thing. We were so careful not to lose any of the marbles. I would have taken a picture of that if I had batteries in my camera.

The next morning we ate at The Original Pancake House. It was so good!! I got the Coconut Waffle with Tropical Syrup, yummm. However after thinking about we really got ripped off. $6.75 for a waffle that I could make for .25 cents? But, I will probably go back for breakfast if I get the chance :).

After breakfast it was off to the zoo. Jaida and Monty had a really good time. I mostly wheeled Kayla around in the wagon we rented thinking to myself, "Those poor animals," and ,"I would hate to be locked up in THAT cage with people staring at me. Also for some strange reason I was really looking forward to the hippos but the hippo had been moved to Albuquerque. I'm glad Jaida had fun. She really like the monkeys, and penguins. After the zoo we made a quick stop to one of my old friends, Jerry. This is his 20th year at Hertz, I'm surprized I lasted two years there and he's been there twenty. He was of course working in his backyard and it looked so pretty! He can do amazing things with plants.

Well, congratulations Suzanne, and good luck with law school in the fall.

Glom's family, Grandma, and his new van.

From R to L: Alysa, Diana, Chris, Glom, Praa

Glom's Family

This past weekend was spent with my Grandma and my Uncle's family from Thailand. They arrived in the United States on Wednesday and came down to my parents house for Friday and Saturday. The kids were a little shy at first because they don't speak any English, but there were five other grandkids there that all wanted to play with them - language was not a requirement. It's great that kids who can't really speak to each other can still play and not feel uncomfortable. I'm not even sure some of the kids knew that they didn't understand what they were saying. I didn't go, but my uncle to his kids up to Fish Lake to play in the snow. They came home soaking wet but I guess had so much fun that they didn't want to leave. There is a "Dreamworld" park in Thailand where they have fake snow, but the kids have never seen real snow - they had a blast.

1 Year Anniversary with Blogger

For my one year anniversary with blogger I thought I would give future postings on my site a new look. I would love to do one of my own designs, but Blogger's templates are so much easier to switch to and they look better than anything I would come up with. :)

I can't believe I've had this going for a year. I've probably had more posts in this year than my journal entries. Thanks to Jill and Neil for talking me into it!

Spring snow.
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Snowy Spring Saturday

The picture above is what we woke up to Saturday morning. It is now the afternoon and the snow is still coming down. Two days ago I work capris and sandals to work because it was such a nice day and now it's all snowy. I guess if it lasts a few days my cousins will be able to see snow in real life for the first time.

Jeep is in the graduation gown and Praa is standing next to her. Praa will be moving here - I couldn't find pictures of Alysa or Chris.
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Visa's approved

My three cousins from Thailand just had their visa's approved on Monday! They will be arriving with their mom and my grandma on April 13. That is only seven days from now. I am so excited!! I don't think the kids speak any English, so I can put to use all the Thai I've learned. To bad they will be living up in Salt Lake. I'll probably never get to see them.

Daylight Savings

Sunday morning at 5:00am our phone started ringing. Monty was in the shower so I got up thinking it HAD to be an emergency because who else would be calling that early? The following conversation took place:
Me: Hello?
Caller: Tanya, is Monty there?
Me: He's in the shower.
Caller: Did you know it's daylight savings?
Me: Oh, so is he late?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Is anyone else late?
Caller: No.
Me: Oops! I'll tell him to hurry.

So anyway, I now know someone who was late on daylight savings day.

Kayla is crawling

Here is a small clip of Jaida crawling thanks to Jill!

Blog Slacker

What a slacker I've been. You'd think that staying home from work for three days I would be able to post at least once. However staying home with a sick baby was a lot harder than it seemed it would be. I took Kayla to the doctor Wednesday morning when her cold was almost at it's worst. She had started coughing and it wasn't just a cough every now and then. Her coughing would go on and on and sometimes she would end up throwing up. She tested positive for RSV which basically is a really, really bad cold. Adults can also get it, but at least we can blow our noses and get rid of the flem. Luckily Kayla's oxygen level was good or they would have had to put her in the hospital. You know those night's you hear about where the parent(s) didn't get any sleep because of sick kids? Well I had about four of them last week. If it wasn't Kayla waking up coughing or crying, it was Jaida waking up from a bad dream or talking in her sleep.

The week was made harder because Monty was gone to Salt Lake all week for a defensive tactics training. The same day I took Kayla to the doctor Monty also went to the doctor for a separated shoulder.

Well, Monty's okay, and Kayla seems a little better. Maybe this week will be a little quieter.