Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Father's Day to all you great 

Out there!  

We love yo hope you have a fantastic day!

Love, Us

Anniversary Recap

For our anniversary we decided to treat ourselves with our annual sushi trip.  But this year we tried someplace new (thanks Rach!) Samurai Sushi off of La Paz.  It was Super Yummy!  We then walked around Target by ourselves, I know super glamourous.  But we had to get some thing for Sunday.  After that I surprised Dave to a Fondue restaurant  and had dessert.  We picked from a whole list of different chocolates and settled on a dark chocolate with whipped cream on top that sounded good.  WE had a whole plate of gooodies, marshmallows, fruit, peanut butter balls, angel food cake and so much more.  By then we felt sick and headed home.  Simple little date but fun because we tried some new things.  For us that is huge we are creatures of habit!

6 years and Counting

Today is our six year wedding anniversary.  Can't believe how fast it has gone.  More details to follow. . . 

Chapman University Graduation

Yesterday we had David's graduation  (FINALLY) at Chapman University!  He received a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  You can now all call him Dr. David Didlake.  (Just kidding, he would really hate that.)

David,

We, your family, especially me, your wife are so proud of you.  We appreciate all your hard work, the time and effort it took to get here.  

We Love You!

Love, Us

Chapman DPT BBQ

A couple of Saturdays ago David's graduating DPT classmates got together for a BBQ celebrating finals being over and the last time they would see each other before graduation.  The way Chapman has it set up is kind of anti-clamatic.  You have finals, walk in May and then finish out your 16 weeks of internships during the summer.  You never get a chance to see any of your classmates again.  Kind of weird but that is Chapman for you.  Believe me when I say that David and I will not be making any donations to that wonderful school!  (I'm being totally sarcastic.)  

Anyway I'm pretty proud of my man!  He has worked super hard and we cannot believe that this long road is almost to an end! (David and I have been together almost 10yrs and I have supported him through 10 long years of him being a student!  We knew though that the outcome would be far better if we didn't stick through it.) 

I didn't think that we would ever survive.  But at last we can start the next chapter!  

I told him that being a proffessional makes him so much hotter!   

Were gonna have a Doctor in the house!   

("Chee!" as Trent would say!)

Homemade Kite

All Luke has been talking about is flying a kite.  When David was home for week after finals he took it upon himself to make one for Luke.  He looked up some directions on the internet and gathered the materials and set to work.  We later went to the park and to try it out.  Unfortunately it didn't work as well as we had hoped but Luke and Logan had a blast running with the kite flying behind them!

Daddy's Day Off

David, my wonderful hubby has been "working" aka studying so hard that he decided that he wanted to take a well deserved day off with the fam!  So on Friday morning, we packed out rain boots, buckets & shovels and headed down to the creek again. Luke of course wanted to walk right in the middle of the creek so we kind of let him.  Lets just say that we emptied at least 3 cups of water out of his shoes.  We stayed well over and hour and then headed back.  The rest of the day is kind of a blur running errands and just relaxing.  It went way too fast, I hope Dave takes another day off soon!

Happy 27th Birthday David!

My sweetheart of a husband turned 27 today! We spent the afternoon at his parents house having a late lunch and spending time with family. It was a beautiful day with a nice breeze, blue sky and scattered clouds.

David:

We love and can't imagine life without you.
You work tremendously hard so that we as a family may have a better life and we want you to know that your hard work and sacrifices don't go unnoticed.
The boys and I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday!

Love,

A and the boys

Holy Jim!!

I thought that it would be so much fun to hike Holy Jim's canyon over Labor Day weekend. What was supposed to be a fun 2 hour outing turned out to be a 3 hour nightmare. Driving to Holy Jim's is no picnic and I was so terrified that I would get a flat. Well we did, right as I turned the car to park I sliced my front left tire. We, I mean Dave changed the tire and we were ready to just go, when I went to turn on the car , the battery was dead! If nothing else could go wrong I don't know what. So Dave took the boys to see if any other hikers had jumper cables they didn't so we called my Dad to come and jump my battery. Well after 10 min of letting everything rest, (the boys had turned everything on in my car which I think may have drained my battery) it finally turned over. By then we were tired of Holy Jim's and just wanted to get home. On the way out we ran into my Dad and Mom and they followed us out. We made it home safely and don't plan on returning anytime soon. And always remember when in a dilema such as this one, always turn to the Lord in help, I think the day may have gone smoother if we as a family would have done that sooner. Well I guess we had to learn the hard way!

Disneyland 5k Fun Run September 5, 2009

One of my goals to keep me running was to have a race for the future. When I found out about the Disneyland 5k I was pumped and ready to go. Of course like all plans they get altered and I soon found excuses not to run, things come up and what not. But David and I still planned to run it no matter what! (Also it was a nonrefundable.) Our Day started at waking up at 5am, we left the boys at home with Nana and headed out to Anaheim, Ca. The race started at 6:45am but we wanted to have time to check in and get settled. Believe or not I was somewhat nervous, I don't know why, it was only 3 miles and its not like I was being graded, but I did have butterflies in my stomach. Of course when you go to D-land everything is magical so they started off the races with a very excited DJ at 6am getting people pumped, the Barbershop quartet and of course Mickey and Minnie in the fake fur! The Barbershop quartet sang the National Anthem which both Dave and I got chills and made us think that soon events like this may not be able to happen. With a crack and streamers flying in the air the race began! But we really didn't get over the starting line for almost 2-3min. We were kind of in the middle of the crowd. I would say that for the 1st mile David and I were just trying to weave our way through a ton of walkers. I tried to keep up with Dave but soon found out that was not likely to happen. I soon fell behind and just kept a steady pace by myself. I saw him for a brief moment and then he was gone! I thought that the run was so fun. It was really interesting to see the back lot of Disneyland and see where they keep things and how things work behind the scenes.


As we approached the finish line at Main Street USA I just couldn't help but feel proud and accomplished of myself because, even though I haven't been training regularly I still was able to finish and that was a great feeling. We all recieved a medal and some goodies at the end. My time was 33:27 an 11 minute mile pace slow but steady and that's all that matters!

Daves was 30min something he couldn't remember he said he could have definetley gone faster if the ocurse was wider and there were not so many walkers.

I would definetley do it again and can't wait to run my next 5k!

Date Night!

My cousin Debi had so kindly given us their tickets to D-land after the family reunion. (They got the summer special 3 day park hopper but only used 2 days.) So anyway the night before we were supposed to leave for Big Bear David and I used them and went to D-land by ourselves. I honestly don't remember when we went by ourselves without the kids. Probably before Luke was born. Anyway, we got to go on all the rides that we don't normally get to go on and had such a blast having good old grown up time. I actually brought my camera. We took pictures like when we were just dating.

Ohh (sigh) that was such a long time ago.

Appendectomy

I'm a few days late to blog this but better late than never. Tuesday David had his appendix taken out. I know, I know how did this all come about well I will tell you. . .

Monday night after dinner David was complaining about have a stomach ache. We decided to just sleep on it and see how he felt in the morning. Well he woke up still feeling gross but the pain and become extremely painful in his lower right side. Of course David went to his medical books and diagnosed himself with appendicitis. I of course that that he was over reacting and didn't not believe him. He decided to just go to school and see if he could make it through the day and I went about mine. Later in the morning I got a phone call from him saying that he felt nauseous and that after his class he was thinking of going to the doctor. I said okay still thinking that it was nothing. Around 11:30 I got a message from him, (because I didn't hear my phone it was left in the car. I was sooooo concerned I know.) saying he had drove himself to the ER and was admitted and was waiting for the doctor to see him. I told him that I would head down there when he got his diagnosis, I had the whole brood with me and I didn't want to drag them along and have them wait in a dirty hospital for several hours and it be nothing. So I went to the pool and let the kids play and I happened to run into Leslie McConkie and Renee Hartman. We were just talking and I finally got the phone call I was waiting for. David had had his catscan and sure enough he was right, APPENDICITIS! I felt like a big idiot! He was going into surgery at 5:30 -6 and I wanted to be there. Leslie McConkie was so kind to take my kids for me, thanks Leslie. I immediately started making phone calls and getting things setup. So I dropped everyone off my mom met me at the house and within an hour we were off. My mom happens to work with Toby Carron and he is in the Elders Quorum presidency so he called Mark Klien (our home teacher) to come down and adminster a blessing to David, along with Dad and the Bishop, thanks guys! (The Bishop happened to be there because our Relief Society President was in the ER also.) It 6pm they rolled him up the Pre-Op and we were just waiting our turn. David seemed very calm and clear minded. He said he really wasn't scared it was a very routine surgery. I on the other hand was a little nervous, routine surgery can go wrong at anytime. The nurses, anasesiologist and surgeon came in to prep Dave and what not and soon after they wheeled him away. He was in the OR for a little less than an hour and the doctor came in told us things were great he was a little grougy from the anasegia but thing look great! Pheww, that was a relief. The rest of the evening went by fast, the took him to his room to recover and he had to stay overnight. The boys and I picked him up Wednesday later in the after noon. He was walking around and looking great. It's been a couple days and he is still very tired, can't lift anything or drive but he is doing well and we're all just greatful to our Heavenly Father that he is still with us and that nothing went wrong. We truly are being watched over latley.

Happy Fathers Day!

5 Years and Counting

5 Years to the day David and I were sealed in the San Diego Temple. Where did the time go? It felt just like yesterday we were getting ready to become as one and now here we are as four!

I have loved every minute of our union. Even though at times we may disagree or not see eye to eye, the challenges and experiences that have been placed before us have been so rewarding. I know that I will look back in another 5 years and just reminisce on these moments in time and wonder how we did it. I know that everything happens for a reason. David and I were meant to be together! We love each other and are blessed with 2 beautiful boys that enrich our family.

These last five years have been a blast and I can't wait to see what the next five will bring us. Hopefully more children (I hoping for a girl!), David finishing up at Chapman, a house, the skies are the limit, the possibilities are endless. But come what may as long as I have David by my side for eternity I will cherish every moment.

Father and Sons

Luke, David and Tom experienced their first campout last night. It was down in O'neil park with the ward. Luke was so excited and kept telling us that he had to bring his fishing pole. The only problem is that 1) he doesn't have one and 2) there is no where to go fishing in O'neil park.

As far as heard they had a great time; cooking hotdogs, eating smores, playing swords and just exploring.

The campground backed up to my old elementary and the

stables that

they had onsite at the school. Luke was getting acquainted with the horses. I guess they had a devotional given by brother Cooper and Luke conked out around 9pm. Later in the evening I got a phone call from David asking if I could bring a couple of guitars down to them so he and his dad could play. And being the good wife that I am a brought the guitars down to them. They played well into the night and went to bed around midnight. Then early in the morning the roosters started crowing and would not stop. When Luke awoke he looked around the tent and said, "So guys when are we going camping?" Obviously we need to have more of these little adventures so he understands what camping is, but all in all they had a great time and came home alive and well.