random pics

I taught dane to smell the poinsetta's. too bad they were fake! ha.












Dane had no clue this sticker was on him. it's all about branding...














"mom, when can we go out to play?"

More pics over Christmas vacation

My new niece, Noelle, was born the day after Christmas. She's a beauty already!

Paul and I have a tradition that started 6 years ago when we were just dating. When I went to California over Christmas break to meet Paul's family, he took me to Ruby's on the pier in Newport Beach. We've gone every year since then. This is the pic from this year. I'll have to find the others and post them all too.

This was on the way to the pier.

Dane was loving the wind the day we went to the beach. Most kids would turn their faces away from it but dane was looking right at it.

Dane loves breaking all the rules with his uncles. He just smiles and they let him do whatever he wants. We don't let him play on the computer, but uncle cody does!

Dane videos

Here are a couple of videos from Dane over Christmas.




Dane loves his tunes.

Christmas 2008

We spent Christmas in California with Paul's family. It was very relaxing and great weather but I missed the white christmas we would of had in Utah.

Dane loved opening his presents and playing with his new toys.




Here he's playing with cousin Elizabeth and Aunt Veronica. (And if it looks like she's about to have a baby - she was. Veronica had Baby Noelle the next day, 12.26.08.)















One of Dane's favorite toys was the ball pit. This might be replacing the box. We'll see...

"Mom, I want to open this one."

modern medicine

I'm grateful for modern medicine. Without, i would have been a widow at 27. Instead I have loving husband and a beautiful little boy that I adore. Paul is in surgery again right now trying to fix a hernia caused by his new kidney. It's nothing serious but something that needed to be fixed before it became serious. It was 3 years ago on the 13th that paul received his transplant. It looks like December is now his month for surgeries.

I'm grateful for life, grateful for doctors and especially grateful to family and friends that help and support us during these events in our lives. Thanks, everyone!

plaid

A Short Story about Plaid

Mieka: "So, how do you like your new shirt?"
Paul: It's ok. But I don't like stripes.
Mieka: yes you do.
Paul: No. I just like plain shirts.
Mieka: You have plaid shirts. Plaid is strips in both directions.
Paul: I don't have any plaid shirts.
Mieka: yes you do! red/white, blue/white, multi-color. They're some of your favorites. (Mieka goes to closet to retreive plaid shirts.)
Mieka: See. Plaid shirts.
Paul: Those are't plaid.
Mieka: Then what would you call them?
Paul: Boxy.

Mieka laughs uncontrollably. The end.

body

After almost two years my body is back to normal. Period.