Another Wedding

My brother Blake and his girlfriend Lisa got married this morning.  I don't have any pictures because I wasn't there and didn't even know about it until just now!  Apparently though, their son Wyatt was mad so he ate an Oreo in Lisa's arms the whole time.  Typical baby. :)  We will give them our congratulations when we see them for Hawaii tomorrow!

Hawaii, Here We Come!

We are leaving for Hawaii on Saturday!  We will be staying on Kauai and going to the beach a lot.  Hopefully, Kennedy will be a little bit happier at the beach than she was back in March, because if not, we will be spending a lot more time at the pool.  We will get to see my aunt, uncle and cousins who live in Beijing, my cousin Daniel who I haven't seen since my wedding, and my mom is getting married, so we have lots of things to look forward too.  We will be gone for 2 weeks, but I am bringing my computer and plan to blog while we're there!  I also wanted to mention that Noelle won the Williams-Sonoma Main Dishes cookbook too!  When we get back from Hawaii I have one more to give away, so somebody had better give Noelle some competition!

Semper Paratus

I'm sorry for the double post today - if you would like to enter to win a cookbook, see post below.  I just wanted to follow up on what I said a few posts ago about moving on with our lives.  3 weeks from today Brett will be sworn in to the US Coast Guard.  Yep.  That's our big news.  After applying for the nursing program at UVU and not being accepted by a very small margin, we felt that we needed to find another way to get medical training.  After much praying, thinking, and researching, we have truly felt that this is the path that we need to take.  A couple of weeks ago Brett took the entrance exam for the military (ASVAB) and got a really high score, so he qualifies for any job he wants in the Coast Guard.  He is going to be doing health jobs for them.  He took his physical today and everything, including the pins in his ankle, were okayed.

This does mean that, probably in late September, Brett will be off to boot camp for 8 weeks.  Of course, Kennedy and I are not allowed to be at boot camp (in fact, I don't think he can even use the phone for the first 4 weeks), so we will be going down to Texas for that time.  This means that we will be leaving Utah, and pretty quickly.  We don't know exactly where we'll be right after boot camp, but we will know after he's been there for 6 weeks.  So we have some serious adventures ahead of us!  We are really excited about this new path and the adventures that it will bring.

I Can Still Barely Move

Dear Kennedy,

I'm so sorry that all of us adults have apparently horrible depth perception and your little finger got caught in the door.  I'm glad it didn't hurt too much, and I promise to be more wary next time you look like you won't make it to the door in time.

Sad Mommy

Dear July 19,

You are the most birthday-ridden date that I know.  4 people that I know have that birthday, which is truly crazy.

Baffled Girl

Dear Maple Canyon,

Thank you for being a cool place for me to go rock climbing outside for the first time.  You were not scary, except for that last route that was a bit higher than I'm used to going and pretty sheer on the top.  All in all, although my muscles have been painful and dead since I left, you were very fun.

Still an Amateur Rock Climber

Dear Blog Readers,

I am giving away another cookbook!  This time it is a copy of Main Dishes from Williams-Sonoma's New Healthy Kitchen line.  A very creative way to make your dinners healthy with lots of great recipes!  Once again, the winner will be randomly selected from the comments on this post.  So comment and hopefully you'll win!  Winner will be chosen at 9 am (mountain time) Wednesday!  Good luck!

Budding Chef

A Good Life and a Winner

I had quite a few good moments yesterday that made me remember how good my life is.  I stood in a clean kitchen eating Phish Food ice cream and listening to "Under Pressure" while Kennedy was asleep.  I watched Kennedy read a book to herself while in her room.  Brett came home and gave me a back rub for no good reason.  I have a great life full of simple pleasures and great people.  And no, I haven't forgotten about my contest.  Congratulations to Noelle who won How to Cook Everything!  For those of you who missed out on the contest, or even if you didn't, watch early next week for another cookbook giveaway!