Ode to Fisher

Fisher is celebrating his birthday this week. I rarely talk about the amazing person that he is on my blog... but here are a few of his qualities that I would like expound on today.

1 - Creativity - When we were dating, Fisher created a headless man dressed in a suit then placed him in my car (we don't lock our doors in Rexburg) holding a rose and an invitation for a date. I later found out that the roomate's car he was going to borrow would not start, so he walked a mile to my house in the middle of a cold Idaho night carrying the "man" then back home again. After we were married I took a job at the Utah Symphony and Opera. I came home from school on my way to my first day at work and he had left a good luck "gift" for me.

Just for fun, from our dating days - Ready to go to "Morp"

2 - Dedicated - When Fisher chooses to do something he dedicates himself to it. This shows in his willingness to be home when he can and to be helpful in caring for the girls and me when he is home. In his education, he has worked as hard as he can to take advantage of every opportunity to learn and make himself a better Physical Therapist.

3 - Humor - From the "good luck" peach to our engagement he is always making me laugh. When he proposed he handed me the ring box. I opened it to find a small piece of paper that read, "Got ya!" Okay, so I didn't laugh, but now I do. He did give me the real ring a few minutes later. Curly and Lou love wrestling and tickle time with daddy. I love to hear their peals of unrelenting laughter.

4 - An amazing Dad - While I am at work every Saturday, Fisher spends the day with the girls. First he makes breakfast, then they "do jobs", and then play. He teaches Curly and Lou so many things and is better than I am to remind them to be polite. He puts them to bed on nights that he is home, he takes them outside to play in the snow, ride bikes, or go to the park. Lou especially adores him and happily shouts "dadeeee!" whenever he is around.

5 - Well Rounded - Not only is he smart, kind, handsome, and friendly; he is also athletic, clean, organized, frugal, disciplined, and a "young, handsome prince" (quote from Curly) and I agree! Happy Birthday Honey!

The Phantom Kisser

This weeks blog post is actually on my families website. If you care to read it, click here. I will warn you that there are no pictures, you might think that I am an idiot after reading it, but it is fairly entertaining.

I am pretty sure that yesterday was the first of February and I can't figure out how suddenly the month is almost over. I know some time has passed between yesterday and today because all the things I was looking forward to in February have happened. For example, Fisher and I spent a few days at a Conference in loud and exorbitant Las Vegas while my wonderful mom took care of Curly and Lou. The highlight of our trip was visiting friends and family that live down there and spending a little time together during Fisher's evenings off. I will admit that I got a little bored without my cute girls to occupy and entertain me.From Las Vegas, we braved treacherous roads and headed to Idaho to pick up the girls and spend the Holiday weekend at the LLL Ranch with a few friends and family.

Lou modeling the latest snowmobile helmet style
The cousins - Curly, Letty, Lou, and Gracie

Shar and I in 80s Snowgear

Anticipated Event #3 - My birthday - It exceeded my expectations. I enjoyed a wonderful day. Thanks to Fisher, I got to sleep in until 7! My sister made me a yummy breakfast. In the afternoon, Curly, Lou, Amee and I went to the Children's Museum. It was fun for me to see the girls have so much fun...and okay, I liked it too!

Worn out after an afternoon at the museum
Fisher and his parents surprised me with dinner out at a yummy local Thai restaurant (Sawadee) and then we all enjoyed a scrumptious cake from Amee's work (Market Street Broiler).

Lou love's easy cheese, Fisher though she might like it even more on her face ... she didn't

And now the final anticipated event - The second Annual Woodbury cousin Birthday Bash took place last night. Eight of ten of my female cousins (we missed you Elyse and Nik) got together for a joint Birthday party. Instead of going out this year we decided to bring Gourmet Potluck and it turned out deliciously. We had Chinese Pork and Sesame, California Rolls, French Bread, Cream Cheese Bread, Declicious Salads, Pad Thai, Italian Sodas and Strawberry Shortcake for dessert. It was definitely better than a restaurant. We each gave someone a gift that was hand made or represented the person to whom they were giving. The evening was enjoyable and memorable.I made Pad Thai - fun and yum!
Almost all of the cousins

Picture Post

Yesterday a co-worker looked at my blog and complained that there were no new pictures, apparently what I write is not worth reading : ) I do realize I haven't posted any pictures from January, so here they are in no particular order:

Curly and cousin Letty waiting for the train on our way to the Church History Museum. Earlier that day they went to the Draper Temple Open House

Aunt Jeniel came with us to a very snowy free zoo day!

Lou loves to eat, and signals she's ready by getting her bibs.

Yum! Yes I let my kids lick the beater.

Preschool at our house - Making snowman faces

Lou giving her newest cousin a kiss at Oma's Birthday party

The birthday cake Ba and I decorated for my mother-in-law

The matching nightgowns I made for the girls, with Curly's help of course

This is the house / "cage" we made for Curly's imaginary kitten named Seraphina.

I fell asleep playing "Go Fish" with Fisher and Curly. What a boring mom.

Curly takes her new bike for a spin

Enjoying the snow that is now long gone...

Daddy's boots - big shoes to fill

Back to the 90s

Remember Tae-Bo? It was the hip new exercise program of the 90s. This week, my sister, Amberlee and I decided to dig out my old Billy Blake's Tae Bo workout and do it...woah! Sweating and hearing Billy's annoying babble took me back to 10 years ago... I was a junior in highschool and had just started practicing for the "Junior Miss Scholarship Competition." My friends were all doing it and I gave in to peer pressure and decided to give it a try. Before you laugh that I was in a "pageant", let me just say that it was an experience that changed my life for the better. I was also involved in Ski club, and spring training for Track and Field. I took piano lessons and taught piano to a few kids in my neighborhood. I spent a lot of time with my best friends - Jill, Ashleigh, Margie, Melanie, Dave, and Edgar and was dating one of them.

Ten years ago Fisher was attending Ricks College, working as an athletic trainer for their sports teams, (We didn't know each other, though we like to think that we might have seen each other running at the field house), living in the dorms :P and waiting for his mission call. He was called to Helsinki Finland with an earlier report date than he requested, so he left the semester early and was on his way.

I wish I had a few digital pictures to post... but just picture me with long, thick, out of control hair, acne, and perfectly straight teeth after two years of braces. Picture Fisher with a meticulous side part and winning smile. Oh, and don't forget those 90s styles. Ah, those were the days...