Gary Comes to Town

Landon:

He finished his OB rotation. Sad. He loved it(so did I) and it  as a nice break from the Main OR. Though he loves that too, it’s just busier. He has two more months of main OR and then baby time! He took his yearly ITE exam Saturday morning. Said he failed, but he always says that. He’s the best test taker I know, it’s obnoxious. He has started frequently checking out my veins whenever he gets the chance. At church today while holding hands I caught him eyeing and stroking my veins. And then in primary he was looking at my ankle and noticed another vein he really liked. Apparently I have really good veins that stick out a lot. It’s true. Drawing blood has always been easy for me. 

Becca:

I only got 3 miles of running in this week. Which I was bummed about. It was colder outside which made things harder. And Landon’s research month was pushed back and that kind of threw me off. But after a few days, I’ve readjusted to the new schedule. I also spent a lot of time with my brother Gary who flew into town. Gary is the best and when he’s around everyone wants to be together. In fact we often fight over who gets time with him;). It was fun to be with him! He’s interviewing for sports fellowship right now and finishing up ortho residency in Chicago with his cute wife, Jacqueline, who is a primary physician! Honestly Gary has changed the course of each one of his siblings lives, all for the better of course :). I can't wait to name this little baby in my tummy after him! Also, I had the worst morning on Valentine’s Day. I was just a pill to everyone. But Ty and I went on a 2 mile walk and then 2 mile run and then I felt better and got ready for a cute Valentine’s Day dinner with the boys. Hopefully they forgot how I acted in the morning, all of them ;). Landon got me a cafe rio gift card!!! He knows and loves me so much. 

Jax:

He is almost through the first grade levels on the iPad at school. It’s essentially old school workbooks but now technology is involved with everything, which I think is a good thing in so many ways. He scored 6 in his basketball game. He is loving basketball. He gave an awesome talk in primary about how doing hard things is good and it can make us happy. He and Ty cleaned the entire house after church today. I felt rejuvenated because of their sweet happy service. We have such good boys. Oh and slime. I made the boys slime a few times this week and they loved it. 

Ty:

He loves nursery so much. He has also picked up so many more words and he talks so fast and so much. Which makes understanding him harder again but he’ll catch up soon. He loves all big machines and on all our walks that’s basically what we talk about. We’ve started to play eye spy on our walks too. Sometimes he spy’s things that he wants to appear and not that he sees, which can be a problem. We’ve spent time looking for many ambulances and fire trucks and police cars because ty “spied” them. He cried so much this week. He can be so hard. I'm glad he still has two more months of growing before we add boy #3 to the mix. 

Baby brother:

He’s still in me. 9 more weeks!!! He moves soooooo much and we can’t wait to get him out of me :). 

We are currently driving to antelope island. It’s snowing outside. Ty’s asleep. Jax is reading. Some Sundays feel soooo happy and rejuvenating. 

Update: We are home now and watching Pirates of the Caribbean. Jack Sparro and Will turner are sword fighting. Jax is curled up in the fetal position with his hands covering his eyes and ears as best as possible. Ty is laughing really hard :). Everyone comes with their own little personalities don't they. 

Brothers are the besssst!!! You better believe we both took a screen shot of this. 

Ty saw these and wouldn't touch another shoe afterwards. Happy V-day ty ty. 

Pear Proscuitto Feta Pizza aka: AMAZING!!! 

I took this picture to remind myself that getting outside is the best solution when things aren't going well. 

Ty screamed/cried for at least 90 this morning, and then he fell asleep for the first time in a year in on our run. 

#momwin. Jax was so excited about his Slime Party at school. But it was cancelled last minute and he was heart broken. So when I picked him up and he expressed that to me, we went to the store and got all the ingredients for slime. It turned out sooo well actually!!! They've loved it! 

I love my parents more and more every single day! 

Sometimes, when you don't have school, cereal and netflix is how to start your mornings! 

CHIP COOKIES!!!! Also, proof we needed 12 cookies instead of 8. Hehe love you Nate ;). 

Landon turns 31!!!!

I thought I'd just share 31 memories of Landon. Since he's now 31. THIRTY ONE. So so old ;). 

1: The very first present Landon ever received from me was purchased by my roommate. Landon was dating Regan and Regan didn't know what to get Landon. She was thinking iTunes gift card. I told her "Uh. No. Get him a nurf basketball and hoop and heavy weights." So she did. And Landon was so impressed with that present that he dated for 2 more months because he thought, "Wow! This girl really knows me 

2: He played with my ear on our first date and I got all the butterflies. Then I smacked his arm away because he told me he didn't want a girlfriend right now. But when my "missionary" came home early from his mission and asked me on a date, Landon changed his mind real fast about the no girlfriend thing 

3: I hung up on him while he was golfing with my brother when we were dating. I was being playful, he was worried he'd lost me and called and left me a really long nervous message that I still have 

4: He decided he wanted to be a doctor the morning after we were married. Soooo we went to the store and bought a whole bunch of life planning supplies and he studying a few hours a day on our honeymoon. (Eyes rolling) 

5: Our first fight. We were invited to sit in the presidents bowl for the BYU game. I told Landon he needed to wear a collared shirt. He said he wasn't going to wear a collared shirt, he was going to wear a BYU t-shirt. I won that battle. He was grateful when he showed up and Elder's Holland, Anderson, Perry, Scott and President Monson were there, dressed up 

(Side note: Landon was talking to Elder Perry and said, "Can I ask you a question thats been on my mind forever? Is it Book of Mormons or Books of Mormon." OH Landon, always fun!) 

6: On my birthday we went to the BYU vs. Utah game. BYU won and Landon left me in the stands to storm the field. We couldn't' find each other for hours.
7: I made him biscuits and gravy for his birthday and it turned out orange:/. I bought the wrong sausage! Landon just talked about how delicious it was. But I know deep down inside he was like, "What the heck did my wife just make me."
8: We went to the temple in July and it was there in the celestial room that we decided we wanted to be intentional about growing our family
9: We went to San Fransisco for our first year anniversary, its where our love for good food came from. I also remember riding the bus to the Oakland temple and Landon feeling SUUUPPER nervous about us being there. Cute protective husband.
10: I thought I miscarried and Landon was so comforting and perfect and let me cry for hours. And then I realized at 3:00am in the morning that I had taken an ovulation test and not a pregnancy test, which meant that I really hadn't miscarried. Landon laughed so hard!
11: He was soooo happy during the jimmermania. I just loved watching him love something so much.
12: The day before Landon's MCAT he decided he wanted to 1) Go to the temple and 2) Watch the Justin Bieber Movie. I think thats the perfect combination. He can be serious and can relax at the same time. I LOVE that he can start vacation or breaks and just forget about stress.
13: Landon was working at the MTC when his score was released for his MCAT. So he ran out of class and called me and I checked it and he had me repeat it and he quiet screamed then hung up on me because he had to go teach again. 37. He got a 37 which was in the top 99% of MCAT scores at the time.
14: Child birth is amazing for me. I've loved both so much. And I know its partly because Landon is the BEST most attentive husband in the world come child birth. He also laughs at me when I was so numb with Jax and started falling off my bed because I was numb
15: Jax spit up on Landon when he was about 6 weeks old. Landons only comment was "welp! I'm a dad now"
16: We got our favorite foods from multiple restaurants for the very last night in our first little apartment.
17: We drove to Lubbock to see if we should go there for medical school. Landon and I fought about directions the whole time in lubbock. Driving can sometimes not feel like our strongest moments in marriage.
18: I remember eating at Brick Oven with Landon talking about where we would go for the rest of our life. Then we saw an old married couple eating and but not talking to each other. We laughed an talked about how that would never be us. But we've since learned that true love really is being able to sit and eat in silence.
19: We drove to Louisville three times to go to the temple before Landon started medical school. We never made it on time. Landon was so patient about it and I felt so much guilt. But he's never made me feel bad about any mistake i've ever made.
20: Studying. Landon has studied so many hours our firs 8 years of marriage. Seriously. So much studying.
21: Landon was asked to meet with the stake president and I left his suits at the dry cleaners so he needed to borrow a suit. He borrowed a suit, and on the drive up to the Stake President, he broke out in a huge rash. The person he borrowed the suit from had cats. Haha!
22: When I picked Landon up after his fist year of medical school to drive to Chicago for a night, he ran towards the car and jumped in the air and clicked his heels.
23: The night before Step 2 we watched The Justin Bieber movie again. Landon's all about tradition
24: We had three days off during the year 2014 that was all. We went to our ward breakfast and we got in the car and Landon said, "We aren't going home." So we took off to Cincinnati and spent way too much money and hadn't planned a single second of the trip, but it saved our 2014. Landon is all about adventure. He hates being home when he has time off. He wants to be out and about seeing the world.
25: After our first infertility treatment didn't work out, I was crying up in my room with Jax and Landon was working and didn't even know that my period had started. But he walked in the door with flowers that day. Which he never buys for me because I tell him its a waste of money. But he followed the spirit that day and wanted me to know how much he loved me.
26: He was such a cute cheerleader at my marathon. He was freezing and stood under an umbrella for 4.5 hours. But he was there and always there. I don't often get to be the person in the spot light in our marriage. #motherhood. But i've never felt more supported and loved. We switched roles for a moment and he was such a great cheerleader.
27: When I think about Landon and his boys I instantly think wrestling and probably always will. He will soon have 3. And as they get older the dad vs boys thing is going to have to change
28: We have always both been pretty passionate about date night and one of my favorite dates with Landon was borrowing the Hobson's truck and driving downtown Indy, parking on top of a parking garage, and watching a movie in the bed of the truck
29: Argentina!!!! When you talk about Argentina or anything involved with Argentina he lights up. My favorite story from his mission is that he was held at gun point and the only thing he was worried about in that moment is his Book of Mormon being on the ground. Not death. Just the scriptures.
30:  Landon still hasn't missed a single day of saying his pray in the morning.
31: Just a last one that popped up in my mind was when we were dating. Landon put the computer on the edge of the truck bed and it slipped off and fell and hit the road. I could see the anger come. And he just clenched his teeth, picked up his broken computer, and put it back in the truck. Thats so Landon. He never gets mad at the boys or me. Frustrated yes, but mad never. He is in insanely patient and will one day have jaw problems from all the clenched teeth moments.

Okay. That was way longer than expected. Happy Birthday babe. I love my life with you.

Such a fun game to go to together. 

I've been blending up ice to eat like snow. #anemic #nosnowinutah

Tys the best napper. I just put him in his room, he plays with toys for a while, then falls asleep when he's ready 

Im loving running pregnant. No worries about pace or distance or speed. Just running because I love it and it makes me feel so much better. 

These boys are obsessed with their dad! 

How BYU fans looks for most of the game. 

Desert Book while we waited for an 1 hour and 45 minutes for our FAVORITE sushi restaurant. Best ever. 

Biscuits and gravy for 8 years straight. Landon said this was the best one yet. 

My dad at his stake conference. 

Post nap ty ty is the cutest! 

38 Years!!!

Landon: 

Two weeks of OB down. He's feeling pretty confident with epidurals and spinals these days. Still trail running and loving it, his pace this week was significantly better than last weeks so that felt encouraging to him. He is the cutest basketball coach. We enjoyed being spoiled by Scotty & Jen for date night. They took us out to Ruth's Chris--the food was amazing. Our favorite was the crab & calamari. Last night for date night #2 because.... we can this month... we watched Catch Me if You Can and ordered freshly baked cookies delivered to our door. And I almost died because the cookie tasted so good. I can't wait to be done with pregnancy and not have the same eating goals ;). 

Becca: 

Speaking of pregnancy. HOLY COW. Third trimester came and I am feeeeeeelllling it. It feels rude to have just snuck up on me like that. But I am sore and feel big and feel limited in so many ways. I've already repositioned myself 6 times since the beginning of this post. Hahaha. Blah! I did run 10+ miles this week and walked 25 miles. I love living in a city and I love my new watch and I love that Landon has these weekends off right now. 

Jaxson: 

He had terrible stomach pain the beginning of this week. We took him into the doctor and they drew blood (took threw major pokes to finally get a vein. poor kid). Nothing has come of it yet. Ultrasound this week. He was awarded student of the month in his grade and got to go to lunch with the principal. He is loving reading and I have set the goal to listen to him read at least 15 minutes a day. He is so good at it, but he does need to work on pausing at punctuation and comprehension. Also, little basketball boy. He scored 6 points on Saturday and loved every single second of those 24 minutes. 

Tyler: 

He is sick. He's actually been really hard the last 4 days and I haven't understood why until today. Landon took him out during sacrament and he laid on Lando's lap for 30 minutes. Soooo... he got to come with us during primary. Ty and I have the best mornings together. We typically drop Jaxson off and then spend the next 2-4 hours outside walking, running, exploring, seeing, listening, talking, etc(hence the 35 miles of walk/run). We walk to the library at least twice a week. And the weather has been fantastic for all of our outdoor adventures. Ty is such an observer, which is why he can sit in a stroller for two hours and just look and see and ask questions. He also does a lot of walking and running too and presses all the buttons at the lights. I know our mornings will soon change with a little guy coming. I've held off on any type of preschool because that will be what we do when the baby has a nap schedule. But right now i'm soaking in every single moment I have with Ty from 8:30-12:00. He is my little buddy. 

Baby Brother: 

He is measuring perfectly. It took a while, but now I feel like he moves more than the other boys did. Sometimes I get mad at him "Why can't you kick while i'm running and sleep while i'm trying to fall asleep little buddy?" Less then 2.5 months. I'll be honest, I am totally okay with waiting that long to have three littles to take care of BUT I don't know if I can wait that long to have this little guy take over my body the way he is are. Sooooo its probably just the right amount of time?

My cute mom & dad who have been married for 38 years this week. The greatest gift my parents ever gave me was to show me what marriage should look like. Honestly they are incredible people and their marriage is the best marriage i've ever ever EVER seen. Seriously though, i'm not just saying that. They are best friends. Not just because they have to be, but because they truly are. They are insanely loyal to each other--i've never heard either of them say one single negative thing about the other. My dad is convinced my mom has zero flaws. Its almost annoying ;). The kids try to remind him she's not perfect and he will NOT accept it. My mom has never ever complained about how much my dad has been gone or how hard he's had to work. She also NEVER complains about how sometimes my dad can't help out around the house because his pain is so bad. She just works and serves and loves. They are the reason my siblings and I have been so successful. We grew up on the surest foundation you could imagine. I often think about the scripture in Doctrine and Covenants 82:3 when I think about my parents:
" For of him unto whom much is given much is required; and he who sins against the greater light shall receive the greater condemnation."They gave me so much. They showed me light. And I am now required to do so much because of that. I love them so much!!

Also as a side note. Part of me loves that my parents don't have the "perfect wedding picture" handy. I don't know if i've ever even seen one. I've also never seen my moms original wedding ring--they got gold bands a few years into their marriage to simplify I guess. She doens't even know where that ring is. My mom has never been cared how things looked. She did her own hair and her own make up in her bedroom on the day of her wedding. She just wanted to be comfortable. She borrowed her sister's wedding dress. Life has always been way more than appearances to my parents--they've always had a sweet eternal perspective and just focused on that. My parents have never ever cared what anyone else has thought about them. They actually don't even think about stuff like that. Growing up my parents didn't hang out with anyone else but each other (#weeklydatenight) and us, their kiddos. They really didn't have time. And when my dad was home, they wanted to be together. One day when we were moving out of a ward/stake that we had been in for 15 years someone made a comment to my mom, "You know, you really hurt yourself socially by not hanging out with all the ladies and going to girls nights and going shopping and things like that...." My mom just laughed. Maybe that was true. She did probably hurt herself socially in that area. But jokes on them, she now literally has 6 best friends (husband and 5 kids) who call her, sometimes multiple times a day. ALL us consider her our best friend too. It was about us growing up. Now my parents are empty nesters and they have sense made a few friends and sometimes even gone and hung out with them. Every once in a while mom will say, "Dad and I are going on a date with this couple"... I laugh and say, "I didn't know you had friends mom!"
And then there is my dad. Who I could say a million things about. But my favorite is that he is so incredibly faithful. He has pain like no one can understand and he never complains and he also consistently makes the right choices, all because of his faith. My siblings and I are convinced that my dad was just too good, that his only temptation in life needed to be literal pain. Because nothing else was ever going to tempt him.
You guys, they are the best!!!! I could go on and on.
I love you mom & dad. And you'll never know I actually wrote this about you because, you never read this blog ;). But I know thats because I've already told you way more detail about my life than you can handle ;). 

A new family favorite!!!!! 

Sometimes I wonder if people are laughing at me.... especially when i'm running past the high school ;). 

Scriptures and Ice Cream. 

Ty thought my glucose test was a treat and felt left out. Soooo he got a cookie. Don't tell dad ;). 

Reading at the library. 

 We didn't get the greatest pictures, but we did have the greatest time with these cute newly weds!!! 

Mama woolf drove from AZ to watch Jaxy's first basketball game. It meant so much to us to have her there. It was fun listening to her cheer and envisioning how she must have done the very same for Lando too. Its true I owe a lot of my happiness to her. For she raised the man I love so so much!!

Jax created a football stadium. 

Our little adventure up city creek canyon. Loving SLC adventures.