The Routsong's

Idaho Falls 4th of July

2011-07-06T22:11:00.001-07:00

This year for the Fourth of July we went to Idaho Falls, ID to visit my sister Stefanie. My mom, sisters and me threw her a surprise baby shower for her sixth baby (a girl), with the help of my cousin Sommer and Aunt Sonja. Thank you!

The trip didn't start off with much of a "bang". We stopped overnight in Wells on the way and did not have a very restful night with my two little boys that would not go to sleep. How could you be mad waking up to this sweet face after two hours of sleep? Luke was still all smiles.

On Monday we walked down to the end of Stefanie's street to catch the annual parade. Carson of course loved watching all the big trucks and floats go by. Boy were the streets packed too! I'm glad we didn't have to try and park and then get out after the parade was over.

Hey it's a tooth float! Maybe Jeff should look into this kind of advertising...

Just some pics after church.

All of the Bundy grandchildren.

After church me Jeff and the kids took a walk around the Idaho Falls Temple and snapped a few pictures. It was fun for us because this was the first temple we walked around together when we started dating around the same time 5 years ago.

On Saturday we rafted down the Snake River. This is something we try and do every summer we are in Idaho. It was especially fun because this was Jeff's first time down with the family. Since the river was flowing high and fast my brother in law opted on a paddle boat so we all just got to take in the beautiful scenery while he tried to get us wet with the 50 deg. water! Usually I like to get in and swim a little bit, but not this time.

Got to love Eric's enthusiasm.

Okay, and Jeff's too!

...and of course the famous Idaho Falls fireworks show (largest west of the Mississippi) starting at 10pm! What a way to end a fabulous weekend. This picture of Luke does not really show how big his eyes were open and intently watching the beautiful show of lights.

The last 11 months!

2011-04-18T00:53:00.000-07:00

I don't want to let a year pass before I update our blog so if it means staying up into the wee hours of the morning I will. For those of you not in the FB world (are there any out there?), I will tell you that Baby #2 was born October 22 and we named him Luke Travis. He will be 6 months before the week ends which seems totally crazy to me. Those of you with multiple children should agree with me when I say that time seems to go by so much faster when you are busy with the other(s). Our little Lukey (as Carson calls him) is so happy and easy going which is such a blessing when you have a demanding 2 year old.

For Christmas last year we went to see Grandma and Grandpa Routsong in St. George. For those of you who don't know my very particular little boy and how he DOES NOT like new things, let me tell you, getting him to sleep somewhere other than his own bed is always a challenge. I remember him crying that first night as I put him into the pack-n-play downstairs in the piano room and he kept saying "airplane, airplane". The only thing I could think of to explain this is that he wanted to go back home to his OWN bed.
Thank goodness for Elmo's World episodes downloaded on the phone to keep this very busy boy occupied on the plane!

Jeff decided to throw his staff Christmas party at our house this year. Lucky me! It was fun to have them but it also was a little crazy with a new baby trying to pull of a four course meal including soup, salad, tri-tip, garlic mashed potatoes, asparagus, and cheesecake. I told him next year we are doing the restaurant thing like the previous year so I can actually enjoy my meal and relax!

The last 11 months cont...

2011-04-18T00:30:00.000-07:00

Carson had his first bubble bath (don't ask me why I waited so long) in our bathtub. He was very unsure of them at first and would not lay a finger on them until I showed him he could scoop them up and blow them.We took our first trip to the snow as a family in January. It was such a beautiful day and we had a blast sledding.
I always thought it was so cute when my sister Jackie would dress her two boys in matching clothes. And so it begins...
Other than making Luke, making Carson's Halloween costume was probably my proudest piece of work in 2010. I finished it only a few days before having Luke and was lucky enough to capture a few pictures before he ripped the cape off.

The last 11 months cont...again...

2011-04-18T00:15:00.000-07:00

Carson turned 2 on January 3rd. Before introducing Carson to Sesame Street, I never really understood the craze about Elmo! There was never an Elmo's World when I was growing up, nor a lot of the things that are on that show now (personally I don't even care for the new groove to the opening music). After having it on a few times in the morning I noticed that he would never stick around for very long watching, that is....until Elmo came on! All this said, I never imagined I would be throwing an Elmo bday party. But it did happen. Carson drug that Elmo balloon around our house for two months afterwards until it was a sad, shriveled up glob of blue and red foil.

My attempt at a cake.
This February our friends The Stevulaks came for their second annual trip to the exciting town of Rocklin. If it weren't for them, we would probably never go to San Francisco because it is so far away. :) But I'm not opposed to a little Ghiradelli square. We had to take a picture in the same spot as last years'.
...which is this one.

Baby #2

2010-05-19T16:34:00.000-07:00

Yes that's right, Carson is going to be a big brother probably sooner than he wants to be. I kind of made an announcement on facebook already, so now that I have some time I thought I would put it on our blog. I am 17 weeks today and feel as big as I did when I was 25 weeks with Carson. Oh well. For all of you who may soon start asking what we are having, well you will have to wait because this one is going to a surprise. I know, kinda scary since I only have boy stuff. I figure my sister's will let me borrow some stuff for a while if it's a girl. Right girls?
So far the pregnancy has gone well. I was training for another half marathon when I became pregnant and was able to keep training until I was about 7 weeks along and then all of a sudden I lost all my energy and couldn't even run down the street one morning. So I got to go be a cheerleader for Cindy when she ran the race. It was fun being a spectator, which I have never done before in all the racing I have done, surprisingly enough. Yet it was also a bittersweet moment because I love racing so much.
The due date is October 27, which I'm sure will come creeping up on us.
Oh, and Happy late Mother's Day to everyone!

Carson's birthday

2010-01-29T21:43:00.001-08:00

Obviously I have a lot of blogging to catch up on. I can't believe that three months have gone by since I have done anything with my blog. My apologies go out to everyone for my lack of comments on your blogs also. That is going to change soon and I'm excited to read them.

I've decided to post the most recent happenings first and work my way back as to keep it less confusing.

First of all Carson turned 1 on January 3rd! I know everyone always says, "I can't believe my baby is one!" But really, I can't believe my baby is one! The year has gone by fast and at least I can say he isn't growing too fast. He seems to never change in my eyes until I look back at pictures and see how short his hair used to be. (It really is growing like a weed and I don't know what to do with it.) Carson is just starting to take some steps on his own but he still loves to crawl. Most people who have seen him crawl will agree when I say that he has invented about ten different styles of crawling. He uses each one at different times depending on how fast he wants to get somewhere. I really should record them all, its hilarious. Since he's been on his feet walking more the latest crawl has been on two hands and two feet. He knows he should be using those feet someway or another!

He's not much for words so we are working on baby signing right now. It's fun to see how much he knows what I am saying also. After we are done with dinner Jeff gives him a bath almost every night and so I tell him, "You wanna take a bath? Go take a bath." And he crawls upstairs and heads into his bathroom. When it's time for a nap and I have him up on the changing table (which is right under the window) and say, "Okay its time for a nap." He will stand up and close the shutters in his room. And one more thing I think is too cute is that he reaches for the garage door opener to close the garage while I am carrying him inside from being gone.

I know he is going to be a kid that I can't hide anything from because he notices everything. That saying out of sight, out of mind does not work with Carson. He remembers and will not stop until he finds what he is after.

Anyways back to the party... to keep it simple I decorated with 'C's that I cut out from cute pieces of paper. I made him a little cake and put a paper 'c' on top.

Here's all the pictures of him digging in.

All the in-town cousins came to celebrate with us. Here's grandpa Bundy holding Tessa, Kate and Carson.

Christmas

2010-01-13T21:57:00.001-08:00

We were able to host the Christmas festivities at our house this year. We had Jeff's parents, my parents, and my sisters Stefanie and Cindy and their families. So it made for a big crowd of 8 kids opening presents on Christmas morning.

We used this little wooden rocker from Jeff's childhood to capture the first pictures of Carson in front of the Christmas tree. He definitely felt like the center of attention during this photo shoot!

On Christmas eve the grand kids acted out the nativity scene. Carson was the star, George and Anna were Joseph and Mary, Kate was baby Jesus, Jack was the cutest donkey I've ever seen, Daniel was the shepherd, and Francis was the wise man.Carson discovering a truck in his stocking.Carson was taking a nap during all the present opening chaos so he opened his later on by himself. Obviously he didn't know what was going on.Cindy made these really cute ornaments for my mom out of blocks and put pictures of all the grandchildren on each one. My mom loved them and what a great and thoughtful gift she gave her. She also made me a Christmas count-down (wish I had a picture) out of four bigger size blocks.The view of the mess (after some clean-up) from above.

Christmas card pictures

2009-12-20T22:43:00.000-08:00

My sister Cindy was kind enough to take some pictures of our family for our Christmas cards. We sent out as many as we could and some were returned with wrong addresses (which I haven't resent) so I apologize if you did not personally receive one.

I found this perfect picture spot earlier in the year while running along a trail near our house. Here are some of the pictures that didn't make it onto the card.

Carson's first pumpkin pics

2009-10-30T20:59:00.000-07:00

Last week me and my sisters Cindy and Jackie went to Bishop's Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland which my hairdresser told me about. It was a really cute farm with an animal petting zoo, line railroad, tree house slide and some things we didn't do like the corn maze and hay wagon ride. We wish our husbands could have been with us but then again are grateful that they are busy with their professions.
I'm surprised Carson stood still long enough for me to take so many pictures of him with the one pumpkin. It may have been that he was distracted with the large piece of pretzel that I didn't realize he had in his mouth until he choked on it and threw it up along with the rest of his lunch.

Of course we all had to pile on the train together.

Eight is great!

2009-09-03T23:08:00.000-07:00

Today marks 8 months for our sweet little boy. It seems like yesterday that I was looking down at his sprawled-out toes and perfect little nose in the hospital room... okay not really. Anyhow, Carson is such a happy and VERY active baby. He has been crawling since the end of his sixth month and now follows me everywhere around the house. His favorite thing to do is stand up wherever he is, of course holding onto whatever he can. This makes for many bumps and bangs throughout the day. It is almost impossible to bathe him now because he will not sit still for any length of time. (I don't know why I made it a nightly habit before bedtime because now I'm stuck). At night he sleeps like an angel, averaging 11-12 hours, however naps are a different story. We're lucky if he gets past thirty minutes at a time. He loves swimming with us in the pool and also watching his cousins play. His big blue eyes stop all the passers' by, as well as the big toothy grin he gives them. A few weeks ago he started shaking his head in a 'no' motion which cracks me up because I never taught him how to do it. What is funny is that he does it a lot when I'm putting him to bed. (It brings to mind a comment my oldest sister always says, that they are smarter than we think). Although he grew so fast out of the 0-3 month clothes which made me very sad, now he is still wearing some 3-6 month sizes. We know the day of January three is rolling around fast, and we hope we can just enjoy the daily surprises he brings to our lives before he is not a baby anymore.

All the girls

2009-08-25T21:52:00.001-07:00

My oldest sister Stefanie came for a visit recently from Idaho with her five kids. This is the first time we have all gotten together since we have had our babies this year. Here are all the sisters lined up oldest to youngest. Stef is holding Pryce 3mo, Cindy with Kate 2mo, me with Carson 7mo, and Jackie with Tessa 6mo. It was so much fun to be together while all the cousins played. We even attempted getting JC Penney pictures taken with all 11 kids. It was a pretty crazy morning if you can imagine.

Here are the babies lined up. Carson, Tessa, Pryce, and Kate.

Last Tuesday we took a day trip to the beach in Pacifica. We watched Jeff surf a little and Carson loved crawling around in the sand...as did Taylor!

I was a little nervous at first to let Carson loose in the sand, but fortunately we only had one face-plant into the sand.

And of course we had many days of swimming at our house.

Triathlon

2009-08-10T23:18:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Jeff and I competed in a Sprint Triathlon at Rancho Seco, which was .5 mile swim, 16 mile bike, and 3 mile run. It's actually the same tri we did together three years ago for our official first date. They start the race in waves of five minute increments, going through the men first. Our plan was to have Jeff wait for me in the transition area after the swim so we could do the bike and run together. After I got to the trans. area after my swim, Jeff had discovered that his bike had a flat, so he was fixing it and was almost done by the time I was ready to go. I thought he would be right behind me so I went ahead, but it took him longer to put the tire back on than we thought and he never caught up. I feel really bad that I didn't wait since that was our plan in the first place. Anyhow, low and behold, I won first place in the group I was racing with, which was Athena. For any of you unfamiliar with what that is...I call it the fat girl club! Really. It's a category for women over 150lbs. We decided to stick around for the awards ceremony just because, and next thing you know I've got a first place plaque in my hand. We had a fun day doing something together that reminded us of that first date. We both finished in under 2 hours. Sorry for the blurry picture, when a stranger so kindly takes your picture you can't really ask them for a redo after looking at it, can you?

Come to Momma

2009-08-01T22:23:00.000-07:00

This is my attempt at trying to capture Carson crawling. Last Saturday he figured out how to move his knees along with his arms instead of just pulling himself along. He's only done it a few times since then, but we think the time to baby proof the house has arrived. Thus the time to do a little more vacuuming as well.

New found mobility

2009-07-31T10:23:00.000-07:00

I think it's time to lower Carson's crib. Enough said.

Tucker and Carson

2009-07-31T10:07:00.000-07:00

On Monday we had my nephew Tucker overnight so that Jackie could prepare for Taylor's birthday parties. Although Carson is really good at playing in his room by himself, it was really nice to have Tucker here to entertain him...and teach him how to have a light saber duel...so that I could get stuff done myself. I'm not sure how it all happened, if Carson picked it up on his own, or if Tucker handed it to him, but this is what I captured...

R&R

2009-07-31T09:36:00.000-07:00

There is a spot on the north fork of the American River that I try to get to every summer. It's near Colfax just east of Auburn and for me it's not a very long drive to get to a beautiful place down in the canyon where the water is cool and refreshing. I have been going there for about fifteen years now and the only complaint that I have is that there are an increasingly amount of other people there, even if it is on a weekday. A couple weeks ago my sister Jackie took Carson for a few hours so that Jeff and I could go by ourselves. It was really nice to just go and have a picnic and then swim and relax. Thanks Jackie!

Girl's Night

2009-07-03T23:55:00.000-07:00

Me, my mom and sisters have decided to try and have a girl's night out once a month. Luckily we all have wonderful husbands that are so willing to watch the babies. June was our first month which I was in charge of planning. We went to Chipotle for dinner and then played Croquet in the park. It was so much fun and I think it was the same week Cindy was due with her baby. It's not something I could have done if I was 39 weeks pregnant thats for sure! In fact, she had so much strength that she broke one of my wood mallets while hitting a ball so hard. She must have been mad at me for winning. :)

Trip to Idaho

2009-07-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

My oldest sister Stefanie had her fifth baby on May 5th, so I decided to take a drive to see her since Jeff was going to be in Arizona for a friends graduation from Dental School. Carson did so amazing in the car and I only had to break out the video player once each way for Baby Mozart. We did split up the twelve hour drive by staying overnight in the middle of Nevada, (which really didn't help me get much rest) but was nice for Carson.
Here's a pic of the whole gang.

This was a free water park in Rexburg...so fun, but it was a cold day!

Carrousel ride at the same park.

Arianna and Carson.

Here's a shot in the car watching Baby Mozart.

Having a tender moment with Price.

Tucker and Carson

2009-07-03T23:06:00.000-07:00

My friend Jenn was in town visiting her parents about a month ago, so I took Carson over to play with her little guy Tucker. Tucker was born about 7 weeks before Carson. He is a big boy, (she won't mind me saying) and is wearing 18mo. size clothing already. It was funny seeing them next to each other since Carson is such a shorty. They are both such happy smiley guys...it was fun.

2009-05-29T17:29:00.000-07:00

This is Carson's favorite toy of the moment. My sister Jackie is letting us borrow it. He especially loves eating the balls.

Last Friday me, Cindy and Jackie went to the Sacramento County Fair. It was a hot day but we had fun walking around and the kids got to go on some rides. Carson felt so sick that day, but he was such a trooper. Tucker, Taylor and Jack spotted something in the dirt that captured their attention. Such boys!

Jeff and I went down to Orange County a few weeks ago for a dental convention. We got to visit our old ward in Vista which was so much fun. We stayed with Jeff's sister Rachele and her husband Wes in Aliso Viejo. These two pictures are the only ones we got of our travels...kinda sad. Especially since it was Carson's first plane ride.

Our little mover

2009-05-29T17:14:00.000-07:00

Where I placed Carson before I got in the shower...

...and how I found him after I got out. He never moves that much when I'm watching, go figure.

Spa Time

2009-05-09T11:00:00.000-07:00

This morning we had our spa warming up while we went for a walk so that we could relax when we got done. We decided to let Carson go for his first swim and he loved it. We think he is going to be a water baby.

Out with the old, in with the new.

2009-05-03T22:30:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Carson is 4 months already! I have been trying to ignore the fact that he is getting bigger by keeping his smaller clothes in his drawers. I can still squeeze him into some 0-3 size bottoms however for the most part he's been in the 3-6 month sizes for probably about a month now. So yesterday I finally cleaned out his drawers and took out the clothes that don't fit him anymore. It was so sad looking at the big pile laying on the ground and realizing that my baby is going to be a big boy real soon. He is such a happy baby, loves kicking and splashing in the bath, and cannot sleep anywhere but in his own bed. Happy 4 months Carson, I can't wait for the next four.

Carson's Room

2009-04-06T13:19:00.000-07:00

Finally, after only 7 months I finished Carson's room!If you remember, this is where we started last summer...a dreary gray room.

These dog pictures are probably the best purchase I made for his room. He loves looking at them and I love watching him look at them so intently. It's adorable!

These curtains were my final touch to the room and what took me so long from finishing. They are definately not perfect, but I had fun sewing them.

In this picture you can see a little of the border I painted at the top of the room.

I just started having Carson sleep in his crib last night and he did pretty good. He has been sleeping in a swing for the past three months because he has a hard time sleeping for a long time laying down. It's kind of nice because he knows it's time to sleep when I put him in there and he doesn't put up a fight for too long.

Catching Up

2009-03-11T10:51:00.000-07:00

This is going to be a long blog so for the sake of getting everything in before Carson wakes up, I'm not going to write much. It's been a fun 8 weeks getting to know our little buddy (okay and hard also) and we just can't wait for what the future holds!

We blessed Carson on Super Bowl Sunday.

Gangsta in the making - although he doesn't approve.

Jeff taking a mug shot.

To celebrate the Oscars we broke out our new pot and had chocolate fondue. I love the the tv scene in the background because it was my favorite part of the Oscars when Ben Stillar imitated Joaquin Phoenix...hilarious!

Jackie had Tessa on Feb 17th (Cindy's birthday also) about 5 weeks after Carson. She was 10lbs, 4oz and Jackie did awesome, but I missed the birth by about 5 minutes, there was no stopping this girl!

Best friends already.My friend Jenn came to visit when Carson was about 6 weeks. I'm holding her Tucker who is 12 weeks, he is such a doll.
Our first go in the jogging stroller.

We had a surprise party for my mom at my house for her 60th birthday. This must be her fake surprise face because she found out about it. We still love you mom!

Carson doesn't last very long on his tummy before he gets upset but I caught him looking a little content the other day.

Saturday's Warrior

2009-01-14T15:36:00.000-08:00

Carson Jeffrey Routsong entered the world on Saturday, January 3rd at 10:26am weighing 7lbs, 2oz. and 19 inches long. He came a little early, or I should say he was made to come early, but we are so glad to finally be parents and have a healthy strong boy.

So here's how everything happened. As Jeff and I were taking down our christmas tree and decorations on Friday January 2nd, we got a call from my doctor telling us that we had to go in to have the baby. I had been there earlier that day to leave a 24hr urine sample and for some blood work, but they let me go back home. I guess after they ran everything, they decided that for my health I should be induced. So we took our time and finished cleaning everything up and drove to the hospital. They said they were going to place cervadil in me to soften my cervix overnight and that in the morning they would start the pitocin. Thinking I would have a restful night, Jeff and I got comfortable. We pulled out our computers and watched t.v. However, as the night progressed, so did my contractions. At the time, I didn't know they were contractions because I was feeling them way down low. By 2am, I was in some pretty good pain. Jeff tried to sleep through me getting up every 15 minutes to use the bathroom as I had to unhook all the monitors everytime. Then at 5am I was in some major pain and the nurse offered me an epidural which I refused because we had been "planning" on going 'al natural'. She checked me and by then I was 8cm dialated. By 6am and after having no rest, I decided that I needed the epidural. Then the anesthesiologist decided he needed blood work first, so we had to wait for all that to happen. Finally after the longest hour of my life I got the epi at 7am. That was heaven, and looking back, I wish I wouldn't have been so stubborn about it because I might have gotten some rest. So by 8:30am they said it was time to push and after 2 hard hours of pushing, my little man was born! We had lots of visitors in the hospital. His cousin Taylor did not want to let go of him.Here is what Jeff looks like after a night of little sleep. Boy is he ready to be a dad!
Jeff changed Carson's first dirty diaper. At least his nose isn't curled up too much.

Carson already sleeps like his daddy. Or maybe it's the other way around.

So the first 11 days have been quite an experience. I can't wait to see what he is going to look like, but right now all we see in him is Jeff!

Bedrest

2008-12-20T20:21:00.000-08:00

I haven't blogged much about my pregnancy because it has been pretty uneventful, in that everything has been normal. Other than a few occasional back aches and headaches, I never got morning sickness or anything. Well I guess my luck has run out because at my last appointment I got a pretty big scare. Apparently my blood pressure had gone up considerably since the week before, and they found protein in my urine. Now, I wasn't sure what this meant but the doctor started telling me that it could be a sign of pre eclampsia and how dangerous that was and that it could cause me to have seizures and put the baby in danger. Then she started saying if this was the case that they would have to induce me. So they sent me over to labor and delivery to have some blood work done and hooked me up to a monitor for 2 and 1/2 hours. The monitor showed that I was having contractions every 3-5 minutes, however that is normal at this point in pregnancy. My blood pressure came down finally from laying there and the tests came back fine. However, my doctor still decided to put me on bedrest. This was really annoying. In the first place the doctor that sent me over to L&D was not my normal doctor. And when they told me I could go and that everything was fine, they didn't even look at all the recording this monitor was doing. I felt like I was there for no reason and I'm sure we are going to see a heafty bill for it. Needless to say the extra rest has helped my swelling which can get pretty bad if I'm moving around a lot and am on my feet. However, it's so stressful because I'm not done Christmas shopping, I need to clean my house to get ready for my inlaws to come, and need to finish getting everything ready for the baby. However, I have to say thank you to my wonderful husband who has really stepped up and done a lot for me. I am realizing that I can give up a little control and let him help with shopping and cleaning, even though things are not done exactly the way I would do it, it still gets done. And thats all that matters, right?

Christmas Party

2008-12-20T18:51:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago we went to Lake Tahoe for my dental offices Christmas Party. They have been going to Tahoe every year for a few years now and choose a different theme everytime. This year it was a disco party and it was crazy to see how much everyone got into the costumes and they even had a dance instructor that taught us The Hustle. My boss, Dr. Tse is down in front in the yellow shirt, wig and all. There is usually over 100 people at these parties because his wifes pediactric office also joins us. My favorite part of course is the overnight accomodations they provide! The next day Jeff and I went to a Christmas tree farm in Apple Hill and got our tree... and of course a few caramel apples...okay and some apple donuts.
Of course the tree was a lot bigger when we got it home than what it looked like sitting there with all the other trees around. So over the course of a couple weeks, little by little we finally finished decorating it!

1 Year Anniversary

2008-11-30T17:45:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has been one year already! Jeff and I decided to spend a few days in San Francisco for our anniversary. We stayed in Union Square at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Jeff had them decorate the room with rose petals and also had a chilled bottle of sparkling cider by the bed. Our room overlooked Union Square and we were able to watch the annual"lighting of the christmas tree" right from our window.

Here is the huge tree in Union Square that they trucked down from Mount Shasta.

It was a little foggy (as usual for SF) but the next day we drove down the bay about 20 minutes to Jeff's favorite surf spot in Pacifica, (Lindamar) and the weather was gorgeous.

The VERY first thing we did when we got into the city was go to Jeff's favorite food spot near his dental school, UCSF. I wanted to go to our favorite Thai restaurant and Jeff was willing to take me there but unfortunately it was only open for dinner that day. It was so hard for him to hide his enthusiasm upon that discovery.

The weather was perfect in Lindamar, however the surf was terrible. Poor Jeff had been dying to go surfing since we moved away from the beach in July, and it was so sad to see him struggle to paddle all the way out there and then come back 20 minutes later. The waves were coming one after the other and according to him they were closed out which makes it hard to paddle out and get a long ride.

Jeff's gift from me was a new wedding band. He picked out the original one but which we ordered online but it has always been a little tight and was really getting on his nerves. So I decided to relieve his frustrations and picked out an even more handsome ring. You can see the old one in the picture below.

The very best part of anniversary was cutting into that year old top layer of cake! Actually, I didn't even want to save it because as a gift to us the place that made our cake gives a complimentary one on your first anniversary. The frozen one wasn't bad, we had to taste it...but the fresh one was so much better!

Thanksgiving and my birthday

2008-11-27T17:28:00.000-08:00

My birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year so the day started with breakfast in bed which Jeff so lovingly made for me. He made an omlet, sausage, hasbrown and served it with grapes and O.J. I especially liked the smiley line of ketchup. We then went to my sister Jackie's new apartment where she made us lunch which was panini's and tomato soup. It was so yummy. Unusual meal for Thanksgiving you say? Yes, well read on...

So since my birthday was on Thanksgiving, I did not want to spend it in the kitchen. We celebrated the Sunday before with Jackie, Eric and the nephews. My parents were out of town this year so I decided to attemp my first Turkey. The meal turned out really good if I say so myself.

Baby bump

2008-11-15T15:10:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of the baby bump a few weeks ago. I get bigger every day it seems like and I can't believe I have less than 8 weeks to go! Ugh, what happened to my toned arms?

Trip to Idaho Falls

2008-11-15T14:58:00.000-08:00

My sisters and I took a trip to Idaho Falls to see our other sister Stefanie. It was pretty crazy with 7 kids running around, but we had fun together.

Here is Tucker and Taylor on a calf at a friends farm.

We also went to a baby shower for my cousin April. She is due about a week before me. We got a great picture of all my sisters and the girl cousins from my mom's brother Don. (April is in the very front)

And here is all the kids after church on Suday.

Trip to St. George

2008-11-15T14:47:00.000-08:00

Jeff and I were able to go to St. George in October to visit his parents. We went to Zions National Park, Snow Canyon, and saw a play at the Tuachan theatre.

Baby Ticker

2008-09-25T15:14:00.000-07:00

Ok I did it. I thought I wasn't going to do it, but I finally gave in to adding a baby ticker on our blog. I guess it let's those people know (who haven't looked at our past blogs) that we are expecting.

The rest of our summer

2008-09-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

So this is how the rest of our summer went...

First of all, we found out that we are having a BOY! Sorry Mom, don't give up on us, one of us is bound to have a girl someday...

I was so excited to start getting his room ready. We painted it from a dull gray to a bright yellow and Jeff even had to paint the ceiling white so it turned out to be a big job. The yellow is a little brighter than I wanted, but hopefully once we start adding furniture and other stuff it will tone down a little.

So far we have the crib and crib sheets ready to go. I kind of wish I would have chosen a little lighter of a wood for the crib but it ended up being free so I guess I can't complain. The reason why it is free is because I ordered it online and when it got here a few pieces were just slightly damaged. I was pretty irritated about it so I called the company and they ended up refunding the price of the whole crib! If it wasn't for this I would have ordered a different one but we decided to just put some stain over the scuffs and use the money for other furniture that we will need.

Here is some of the fun we have had in our pool with everyone. Tucker decided he liked wearing my swim caps and of course Taylor wanted to be like his brother. So we have the pirate and...Scuba Steve? Any other ideas for that face?

Jack had fun getting in on the action too!

Jeff and I and my sisters and their husbands had a pretty intense game of night volleyball. Eric, Jared and Jeff vs. Jackie, Cindy and Kristy. The girls schooled those boys in game number one but they wanted a rematch to prove their manhood so we let them win...ha ha.

Girls are number one.

These guys sure know how to pose!

Over Labor Day weekend my mom and dad took us camping to Little Grass Valley Reservoir. I don't have pictures but the whole weekend we played kind of a weird version of Survivor and all the couples competed against each other. The challenges included swimming accross the lake, fluffy bunny competitions by the campfire, powedered donut eating, and the list goes on. I can't remember who won honestly but I know Jeff and I came in dead last. That was fun for us.

Jack knows how to keep cool.

Mom and Dad being picture perfect.

Here is Tucker and Taylor trying to get away from us in our kayak.

Earlier this summer when we were still living in Oceanside I surprised Jeff for his 30th birthday with an overnight trip to Laguna Beach. We had a lot of fun having a picnic on the beach and relaxing by the pool.

Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands

2008-07-23T10:56:00.000-07:00

These posts are way overdue, but as you read down you will understand why it has taken me so long to update our blog. I posted them all today, however they go back over the last few months. First of all, we went on a three week expedition to Peru and Ecuador with a non-profit organization called Wings Worldwide to provide dental humanitarian services. This trip was so amazing, the people were so humble and thankful, and we got to see so many magnificant sites. Sorry for all the pictures but I had to choose from the 300 we took. (I will put the descriptions under the picture so you don't get confused.)

This was at Equator Park in Ecuador where we actually stood on the real equator and Jeff balanced an egg on the head of a nail.

This was also at the park.

Jeff working away in one of the clinics. We had very make-shift stations with lawn chairs for the patient chair and we also had to use head lamps to see.

Me working away...and by the look on this girl's face, she knows I'm about to get her numb!

Children in the streets of Cusco, Peru. The elevation here was about 12,000 feet.

Ruins outside of Cusco, Peru called Ollantaytambo where they layed these huge stone bricks on top of each other and somehow formed them to fit perfectly.

Children at a school in Moray, Peru. This was about the highest elevation we visited which was almost 14,000 ft. It was a beautiful site with the snow capped Andes surrounding us. We were fortunate not to get altitude sickness.

Jeff and Rob pulling out teeth, which is most of what we did on these patients to help them.

Salt mines.

The famous Macchu Picchu in Peru. This was such a sacred site that only the most spiritual families could come and live here in the 14th century.

This was in Puno, Peru where we were on our way to Lake Titticaca to visit the Isles of the Uros which are man-made islands made out of reeds.

You can't see how thick it is but the islands float on 6 feet of mud which is covered by another 6 feet of reeds which they have to lay down weekly. There is a small community of LDS members on these islands as well.

And this was our yummy lunch we were served while working on the islands...fish, rice and a potatoe. I especially loved the fish head left on the fish!
To finish up the trip we went to the Galapagos Islands where we finally got some warm weather. If you look close, there is an iguana off to the right of the old boat.

This was a very friendly tortoise who posed like this for the whole group to take their individual pictures. He was so cute.

We got in some snorkeling time which was really cool. We were hoping to see some sharks or sea turtles but we only saw colorful fish.

These were real turtle shells so we just had to get into them.

We're moving.

2008-07-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

We have had lots things going on with us and one of those is that we decided to move back to Sacramento. We packed up our stuff in PODS before our trip to Peru and Ecuador in June and after we got back from the trip we drove up to Sacramento. We found a cute house in Citrus Heights which we will move into this weekend. It is close to where we both have jobs so it's a perfect location for right now. As soon as we move we will post the pictures!

We were very sad to leave San Diego and leave our new friends in the Vista 8th ward, but we decided it would be the best for us at this time. We will miss you!

Cindy's visit after the reunion

2008-07-23T10:35:00.001-07:00

Cindy and Jack rode back from the reunion with us to have a little fun in the San Diego sun. We didn't do much just hung out by the beach and by the pool. It was fun having them here and seeing Jack with his new walking skill.

We're having a baby!

2008-07-23T10:29:00.000-07:00

While at the reunion we announced to our families that we are expecting! I am now 16 weeks and this sonogram was taken at about 9 weeks. Expected due date is January 5, 2009!

Family Reuinion

2008-07-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

Over Memorial Day weekend we went to Northern Arizona for the Bundy Reunion in Mount Trumbull. This was Jeff's first time going there and unfortunately it was the worst weather we have had out there in a long time. We got very few breaks from the wind and rain so thank goodness for mom and dad's new trialer where we at least got to eat away from the elements.

This is some of the property down from the mountain where we used to brand my grandpa's cattle when he had them.

It was fun taking Jeff to the Grand Canyon, which was also one of his firsts!

Tucker peeking over the edge....
Of course we had to get in on the races too! Jackie beat me by one step...I'm positive it's because of those long legs.
It was also fun getting Jeff in on the "red-neck" things my family does like target and skeet shooting.

Even my mom got in on the fun this year!This is the cemetary down in the valley near the school house where a lot of our relatives are buried.
And here's what passes by some of the time...

After a long, cold, dirty weekend it was nice to go back to St. George and shower at Jeff's parents house and do some lounging by the pool. Thank you Bob and Venice.

My sister came to visit!

2008-05-06T10:49:00.000-07:00

OK! It's about time I update our blog, huh! Jackie and the boys came to visit last weekend from Sacramento and we had such a good time. The zoo, Pizza Port, swimming, dancing, making cookies, and the beach. It was so fun to have them here and we miss them so much already. Thank's to Eric for giving up his wife for 4 days. :)

Don't be fooled by this face, Taylor was not afraid of the air balloon ride over the zoo.

Mmm...Ruby's on the Peir.

Nothing beats ice-cream in the spa.

How much sand can one head hold? This is actually the day after Taylor threw sand all over his brother and even swimming didn't get that stuff out. Well actually, how could it? Tucker doesn't like to dunk. Taylor however, has no problem with being thrown into the pool. We were cracking up! He loved it.

This takes a long time to buffer the first time, so don't give up! It will play...

Easter is coming!

2008-03-18T23:13:00.001-07:00

We want to wish you all a Happy Easter and hope you and your families are doing well. We miss all the friends we made in San Leandro, San Francisco, and the other places we have lived and hope that someday our paths will cross again. So this year we decided to color some eggs because I have not done it in a few years, and it was a fun thing to do with my family growing up. I wanted my eggs to last so I could use them for a decoration so Jeff and I were trying to blow out the eggs and also keep the hole small but after 5 minutes of blowing and half the egg out, our cheeks,(oh excuse me, Jeff corrects me, our masseter muscles) were killing us. Jeff decided he would suck the egg yolk out instead because it was easier...yuck...he was on his own for this. I couldn't even watch it was grossing me out so bad!

The color process: I got this die at Dollar Tree and it surprised me that it worked so well.

And the final result...

I had to get a picture of my flowers and vase too. As you can see, our kitchen is sooo dark and needed a little spring pick-me-up. I got the white vase for a few bucks at Ross and I wanted to add a little color to it so I went to Micheals and picked out this green color which didn't look as neon as it turned out. However, I think the color is growing on me now.

Cindy tagged me!

2008-03-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

I've been able to avoid these until now...

10 years ago: Just moved back home from Utah and was the CTR 8 teacher. I was going to school taking pre-requisites for dental hygiene school, and working as a licensing/contracting specialist in an office where my dad worked also. I loved this job, I got to have lunch every day with my dad! Here is my primary class practicing for sharing time...

If I were suddenly a billionaire: Pay off my school loans and Jeff's school loans, lets see, there wouldn't be much left after that! Like Cindy, buy some houses for us and the whole fam-damily, maybe some vacation homes too. Then put myself through culinary school, I'd love to be a chef.

Things on my to do list today: Prepare my presentation and game for the Relief Society Birthday Celebration, send a reminder email about girl's night out, go grocery shopping, do laundry, pick up my car from the dealer, and I haven't worked out yet, ahhh!

3 bad habits: Procrastination, throwing my clothes on the floor after taking them off instead of hanging them up right away, and eating all the food on my plate even after satiety sets in, (don't ever teach your children this).

3 places I've lived: Springville, UT, San Leandro, CA and lots of places in Sacramento, CA.

5 jobs I've had: Dairy Queen, bagger at Safeway, administrative assistant, dental assistant, and dental hygienist.

5 things nobody knows about me: Well, my family may know these things but anyhow here they are: 1) I wanted to be a gymnast when I was a little girl. I thought I had a chance because I was always the shortest in my class, but unfortunately the growth spurt finally hit me at 16. Springboard diving was the closest I got.

2) I was a pretty good artist as a youngster. The middle picture was drawn when I was 3. The other one was on the first day of kindergarten at 4 years old.

3) I was in a wanna-be gang when I was in high school. I was quite the bad girl; baggy pants and everything (if Jeff only knew). Here's my posse...Indecent Styles or "IDS".

4) I was in the AFJROTC in high school and participated in the color guard where we marched in local parades. Here I am throwing a rifle (on the far right).

5) I totalled my mom's car my Senior year while driving home from seminary and Jackie was in the passenger seat sleeping. Apparently I fell asleep also. :) oppsie

Spa time

2008-02-29T05:24:00.000-08:00

Last night Jeff and I decided to go relax in the spa in our complex. We love it right now because it is still a little chilly at night and we feel like it is our private spa because we have never seen anyone out there besides us. Apparently Jeff was feeling a little casual and comfortable after he couldn't find clean board shorts and so he put on a pair of his green boxer briefs he wears under shorts to workout in. We wrapped ourselves in towels and ran the few steps over and brought along my egg timer because I had bread in the oven. After about 5 minutes of relaxing we were suddenly interrupted! We look over at the gate and two guys are entering! If we would have thought fast enough for Jeff to hop out really quick and put his towel on, we might have been ok. But we weren't fast. In fact, we were panicking. The guys get in, we say hello, and then that awkward silence occurred, you know where the party that just got in is kind of expecting your spa time to be over.... so, Jeff and I are mulling over how to get out unsuspectingly. We thought, he could just slide up and sit on the edge and I could throw his towel on top of him. No, that might be obvious. Maybe he could get out and I could follow really quickly as to distract them with my white voluptuous ba-donka-donk. No, they were sitting right by the exit stairs and were sure to have a straight shot. Then my timer goes off so we have to just go for it. And with no shame he did, Jeff hops right out, puts his towel on and headed for home! Later that night we decided that if we would have greeted them with European accents, he might have gotten away with his tiny tight speedo looking boxer briefs! You can click here if you just have to have a visual, they are available at Target and are quite comfortable, according to Jeff.

Sacramento

2008-02-25T10:00:00.000-08:00

To celebrate the February/March birthdays in my family, Jeff and I went up to Sacramento last week. We went hiking in Auburn, visited the 39th pier in San Fran, and hung out in the backyard a lot. Jeff even made a bow and arrow for my neice Arianna. What a blast and thanks to Jeff for taking some time off work so we could come and for letting me stay longer.

Thanks Tuck for not making me have to draw another heart....

Ok, Taylor is ready for Halloween next year!

Meet the Boys!

2008-02-11T19:32:00.000-08:00

I got these dogs for Kristy for an early Valentine's Day gift. Rocky is brown and likes to harass Riley while he's sleeping. This was our first night and we decided to let them sleep with us because they were whining too loud downstairs. Riley has cute little white paws and Rocky has beautiful blue green eyes. They are both a Lab/Australian Shepperd/Golden Retriever mix and are 8 weeks old. We are so glad that we got the two of them because they are brothers and will probably keep each other very happy. We are training them to pee on the doggy diaper and they are learning quickly. We are so excited to raise them. Their owner told us that they will get pretty big, especially Riley. He's probably gonna be as big as a bear. That's why I call him Riley Bear. Kristy wanted to name the brown one Tucker but while she was in WalMart I gave him his shot and he started nibbling at my fingers and acting rambunctious so I thought Rocky was a good name and she agreed. We are so excited raise them and see them grow!

Superbowl food

2008-02-04T09:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I made a few things for the big game. We had pigs in a blanket made with turkey hot dogs and crescent rolls. Even though they were slightly healthy we both had two each and after that we were so stuffed. But the problem is that I was also in the process of making a cheeseburger pizza. Now this may sound disgusting, but it was actually good. Does anyone make their own pizza anymore? I was at the grocery store on Saturday and could not find one of those pizza shells to make your own pizza with. (I remember my mom used to always get those Boboli shells.) I was determined to make this pizza anyway so I got out my grandma's old Betty Crocker cook book knowing there would be a recipe in it for pizza crust, and there was. So I rolled out the dough, made the round hump at the end (whatever you call it) for the crust and put on the toppings which consisted of ground turkey (that's all I use these days instead of beef), with condensed tomato soup, and a little cheddar cheese on top. It didn't really taste like a cheeseburger but it was pretty good. After that was done baking, Jeff and I proceeded to eat a couple peices only 20 minutes after we ate our hotdogs! To say the least, we could not move. We went to watch the second half at a friends house and luckily we only had to eat one cookie. I say had to, because I knew she made them for us. To make ourselves feel better, we rationalized that it was our only meal for the day! Nevertheless....diet starts today!

Kitchenaid

2008-01-28T09:46:00.000-08:00

The other day I used my new Kitchenaid that Cindy and Jared got us as a wedding gift. I made some bread which turned out really fluffy. We never finished the loaves before they got stale, but we used it for everything from french toast to garlic bread. It was a simple Betty Crocker recipe and if you would like a copy let me know.

Our townhouse

2008-01-22T22:34:00.001-08:00

Here is the front of our townhouseThis is my favorite room...the kitchen
The pantry accross from kitchen, bathroom downstairs and stairway

The living room/dining room

Master Bedroom

View of the playground and pool from our bedroom window

Master bathroom with his and her sinks!

Office/media room

Spare bedroom with bathroom in distance, open for anyone who wants to visit us!

New Year's Eve

2008-01-01T20:56:00.000-08:00

Jeff and I had plans on New Year's Eve to hang out with his sister and brother in-law in Downtown San Diego. Jeff had been out golfing all day and got home about 6pm. He looked really tired and so I convinced him to just stay home. When he layed down at about 830pm, I knew it was over. He fell asleep, and I mean he was out, snoring and all. So I decided to go to the market and grab some things. I got home about 11pm and did not hear anything upstairs, so I put the groceries away and then made a brownie sundae and stuck some candles in it. I headed up the stairs at 1130pm and yelled Happy New Year! as I ran into the room. I scared him so bad! So I had to take a picture because he looked like he was still asleep and his hair was sticking out everywhere. To sum it up, we had a very eventful new years together!

Honeymoon in the Caribbean

2007-12-23T11:24:00.000-08:00

Ports of call: Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, St. Kitts, Antigua,

St. Lucia, Barbados, Margarita Island, Curacoa, & Aruba

Royal Caribbean: Empress of the Seas

So in case you don't want to watch the 20 minute honeymoon clip, here are some pictures. It's hard to get very many shots that don't look the same when you are only 2 people on vacation.

Zip lines over a rain forest in Antigua

Banana bus ride with our 'Aussie' friends Sarah and Chris River rock waterfall in St. Lucia
Hey Jeff, don't let that towell swan bite your bottom lip!
The white powder sand on Aruba was my favorite!

The Wedding

2007-11-30T14:00:00.000-08:00

Introducing
Dr. and Mrs. Routsong

Married November 30, 2007

Sacramento LDS Temple

What a great day! Before we were sealed (married), Jeff and I sat in the celestial room together spending our last few moments as single people. Jeff won't admit it, but I think he started to get a little nervous because he got all hot and had to have some water brought to him :-)! As we walked into the sealing room we saw all our friends and family together which was such a beatiful moment. The sealer gave a spiritual message about the sacred meaning of the words in the covenant and had us gaze into the mirrors at each other. Before we knew it, we were married!

The reception was perfect. We loved the flaminco guitar player we chose and the food was great even though we didn't eat much ourselves.

We got a great shot with all the Kids!

I didn't even taste my cake, how sad is that?

Point Reyes

2007-11-20T09:05:00.000-08:00

I give Jeff all the credit for creating our blog. He's done a really nice job and so now it's my turn to give this a try. Anyhow, we went to Point Reyes a couple weeks ago to escape the fog and go on a hike. I had gone there many times while living in Sacramento, but have never taken the opportunity until now to go while living closer. We took a trail that led us to several waterfalls cascading into the ocean. When we got to the edge of the cliff and gazed out, we noticed all these birds surrounding an object that looked like a big rock. However, after staring for a bit longer, we realized that the birds were pecking at this object. Our curiosity took over us so we found a way down the cliff and made our way over. As we neared, an overwhelming stench caused us to pull our shirts up over our noses, yet we trekked on. What we found was a large mass of blubber and one bone. Our guess is that it was a very old beached whale. We looked around and noticed that we had the beach to ourselves, so we decided to take a 'lovers walk'. The smart thing would have been to walk up-wind from the blubber...but we aren't always so smart. We only lasted a few minutes and had to go running back up the cliff for some fresh air. Here is what we saw...

I'm plugging my nose, but a picture just doesn't seem to give it justice!

A Very Nacho Halloween

2007-11-07T17:48:00.000-08:00

I am never usually the first to get excited about dressing up for Halloween. However, this year we were invited to a party where everyone dresses up as a couple theme. We knew we had to think of something good. So this is what we came up with, most of which Jeff and I sewed ourselves....

Here's Jeff bobbing for apples. He almost drowned with the mask on that he refused to take off.

How to Get Engaged

2007-11-04T13:29:00.000-08:00

We left early one Saturday morning in September and drove to Napa where we went on a hot air baloon ride. It was so cold that they had to turn on the fans so the grapes wouldn't freeze. To stay warm we all gathered around the fire burners that were heating up the balloons.
Kristy and I went up with this other couple that was there because the girl was taking her boyfriend for a surprise on his birthday. I made special arrangements with the Ballooner, who was a really interesting guy, to give me a chance to propose.

Kristy was really excited, but she really didn't know what to say. It turns out she kinda knew I was gonna propose, because of how nervous I was acting. We had a lot of fun. Napa is so beautiful from up in a balloon. The other couple that was with us were the first to congratulate us and the girl even got tears in her eyes when she found out I had proposed. I'm just glad that ring is on Kristy's finger now and its out of my hands! We highly recommend Napa Valley Drifters as a ballooning host. They are really great. They even hooked us up with some complimentary sparkling cider and wine glasses with "the ballooners' poem" sandblasted on them.

We're getting Married!

2007-10-04T17:46:00.000-07:00

So we've finally got a date set for our wedding. November 30th 2007. I'm really excited. I love Kristy so much. She's such a strong girl. She's got a great spirit and a she's really giving. I have so much fun with her and I am actually grateful though it was difficult waiting, the time that we've had to spend together to get to know each other. I know her well and I love her disposition and am grateful for her example of steadiness. She is the one I want to spend my life and the eternities with. She is the one I want to be the mother of my children. I love how hard working she is. She is dependable and meticulous about her work. She really cares about the people she serves everyday in her profession. It is so fun to be with someone in the same field of work. We can discuss things and we can relate to each other better, it makes life interesting! So we'll be getting out invitations shortly. I feel so blessed by the Lord and I'm grateful for His guidance in my life. I know He loves us all and watches over us.

Camping at Jackson Meadows Reservoir near Lake Tahoe

2007-08-26T16:43:00.000-07:00

Here is the Wagnon FamilyEnjoying some pancakes in the wilderness.

We ended up taking the long route to the lake. We went through a backcountry not seen by many folks. But we arrived before the rest of our party which took the more civilized road.

So when we arrived at the lake we set up into camp and were blessed to have the last two "first come first serve" spots at our disposal. We made the mistake of purchasing two campsites and only useing one for the purpose of parking. One of my favorite parts of the trip was fishing in the little dingy with Kristy's nephew Tucker. We both just set out on the lake and dropped our lines. But this was an unlucky trip for us because we were unable to catch anything. Not even a bite. Kristy and I thought we had a big one but it was just a snag on the bottom. Boy, did I feel like I had a giant one on the end of my line for a second.

10 Years Since High School at Redmond, WA

2007-07-29T19:27:00.000-07:00

July 2oth was an interesting night. I didn't expect to see so many people that still look exactly the same. Some of the girls actually had made some drastic changes but for the most part everyone still had the same personality.

Here's a great shot of Me Rob and Garrett with Kristy, Kim and Marcelia. It was a fun night.

The most fun was seeing the people that I hadn't actually seen for 10 years. Like Mike Vargas, Lindsay Donner, and Sarah Wolbretch.

This is me with Kyle Freiheit who's getting married in October and Garrett and Cameron Jafri who was a friend of Jakes and mine.

Mike Vargas is a programmer for X-Box 360 at microsoft. He's says they're working to make games interactive so that parents can play with their kids. He's got a lot of work to come up with something better than the Nintendo Wi

We also supplemented the Reunion trip with a visit to Seattle Center and went up to the Space Needle. When you live near a big touristy city you never do the tourist things while you live there. And as with custom this was my first time up to the observation deck.

I'm a Doctor! (of Dental Surgery)

2007-06-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

So last Saturday June 16th the class of 2007 mormon Mafia got together for one last photo.
All of us LDS guys graduated together. It was awesome. The food at the reception was fantastic.
Even my brother in law Wes tried on my cap and gown and paraded around and was awarded and honorary doctorate. My Parents were there, my sister rachelle and her husband Wes. And Kristy was there with her parents and her sister Cindy and her husband Jared and their new baby Jack. So it was fun to have a big crowd. For graduation I got a 2 person inflatable cayak that Kristy and I have recently tried out on lake Chabot and now we are ready to take it down the American River for some Rapid Action. Check out my grad pics on http://myspace.com/rowdydds

Me and Kristy

2007-04-22T20:26:00.000-07:00

Me and Kristy met over a year ago when we started emailing each other. The first time we met in person she had convinced me to swim a 1/2 mile ice breaker race in Folsom Lake near Granite Bay, in Sacramento. That was the hardest swim of my life, and if a girl can get you to do that, its not much more difficult for her to steal your heart. So that is what Kristy Bundy did, and starting on July 8, 2006, we've been together ever since. We do many outdoor activities together, and I did my first triathlon with her last summer. She has been surfing and rock climbing with me and passed all the "rowdy" tests. Our most recent adventure was an 8 mile hike wearing dry suits while descending through the "subway" slot canyon in Zion's National Park.
I have the best time with her and so last December I asked her to marry me. We should be getting married sometime this fall in the Sacramento Temple. We both share the same occupation of dentistry; Kristy is a Registered Hygienist and I will be graduating from Dental School on June 16th. We have dreams of starting a family and living in North San Diego County where I will hopefully start my vision of a cosmetic and implant family dental practice.