Fun photos from the past

This was in Rexburg while i was waiting to get my hair done last May. I thought it would be funny if he sat in the chair...he was the one that put the heater over his head and picked up the magazine. Priceless.

We were at "Mom Hollingers" for this picture. They invited us for dinner and we arrived a little early. We were all just joking around and somehow Dane came up with this....like Erkle. He looks so silly

That same night Mom was making homemade milkshakes. She asked what kind we would like and Dane said strawberry. So she started to make it and she put it in a cup. Well his was really think and when he tipped the cup up to drink it it spilled out on his face. He tried to tip mine up on me but i had better luck than he did! I guess thats what he gets for being impatiant.

This was sometime while Dane was deployed...i think right before he came home last Feburary. I was bored one night and my friend was taking pictures and i was like WAIT! and i grabbed this had that i got on a trip to Lagoon in Utah with my Dad a while ago. She thought it was so crazy that she took several pictures so i finally started posing for them..this one eneded up the best. (Yes the flag on the window is the Army Flag)

This is an arrangement i made while i was working at The Rose Shop. It just happened that every flower i put in there was bending to the left. I tried to fix this and i was working on trying to make it look striaght when my manager came over to see what was taking me so long with a simple arrnagement. I showed her the problem and she thought it was hilarious. She said it looked great and that she wanted to send it out like that. I thought it was so funny i took a few pictures...I really thought Misha was going to be mad. I was glad she thought it was funny.

This was in New York when my chior went there to sing at Carnige Hall. He was just standing on the sidewalk in front of the mall. I thought it was funny and couldnt figure out why they needed a big Elme there so i asked for a picture.

I want you! To be a US ARMY WIFE!

 

I dont know if you have seen "The Notebook" but my favorite line in that movie is the one on this picture "If you're a bird....I'm a bird" basically the point they are trying to make is that wherever we go, we go together. I will follow Dane whereever the military takes him and i will try very hard not to complain. I love you Dane. Thanks for the great years....hopefully there will be many great years to come.

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Feburary has been a pretty hard month. We learned of the results of the paternity test in the end of Janurary. Dane has a son. His name is Omen Shade Foster and he will be 3 in April. He is the cutest kid in the world (im not partial at all am i)? We are lucky, more lucky than most people, because Omens mother, Sara, is working with us to come up with an agreement outside of court that wont break us but will lend her the support that she needs. Dane is looking to move up to Ft. Lewis, WA very close to where they live. I have not met Omen yet but i love him already. He looks alot like daddy. Sara has been very good to us under the circumstances, and for that i am very grateful. I am not looking forward to moving the 6th time in less than 2 years but this move wil be very much worth it. Hopefully, Dane can get stabilization or something that will make it so that we can stay at Ft. Lewis (actually its Joint Base Lewis McChord, a combined Army/Air Force Base) for longer than we have at other posts. He was at Ft Hood for almost 3 yrs so hopefully we will get that lucky, or even more so. We are going on a trip in April to see him on his birthday and im starting to get really excited for that.

 I started my new job on Feb 1st. It is a fun job and i love the kids i watch but it is exhausting. I watch a 2 and 3 yr old from 8 to 5, Mon-Fri. I work for an LDS couple. The husband is in the Airforce and the wife works at an apartment building as a leasing officer and goes to school. They pay me well and i am thankful. In March he is leaving for a month and i will be coming at 6 30 instead of 8. I am not looking forward to the long days but i know that i am doing something that saves the family alot of time and problems. They have been very understanding and they are giving me 2 weeks off to take the trip to Washington.

Dane and I made a deal that when we paid off the Rodeo we could start trying to have children. We had not been preventing pregnancy previously but we decided to officially try, take tests and figure out why we have not gotten pregnant this year. We still dont know. Getting a drs apt for those tests takes a long while. We paid the Rodeo off a few weeks ago. For that i am extremely happy, now we only have to pay my car payment. I am starting to get frustrated with getting pregnant. Im sure the time just isnt right, but it seems like every week i get another call about someone who is pregnant. Especially in Danes family. He has 11 siblings in all with the full and step siblings and alot of them either are pregnant or just had a baby and i feel a little out of the loop in that respect. I feel like i am not fullfilling my wifely duties. I know that we are still young and we have time, but it has been over a year since Dane came home from Iraq and im very worried about if i can actually get pregnant. Dane keeps saying that there is no rush because he already has a son! I think its funny. I told him one day that i would get him a puppy if he would give me a baby. ;).

A friend of mine on Facebook commented that Feburary has been especially long considering the fact that it is the shortest month in the year. I completely agree. Hopefully March wont be as long...or at least feel as long.

Soldiers Angels

I don't know how many of you are familiar with the Charity Soldiers Angels. This is a fantastic program that sends all kinds of things to soldiers that are deployed. Its a wide variety of things like blankets, cakes for birthdays, calling cards, and even Mary Kay products. You can become a Soldiers Angel for free. If you want to adopt a soldier and be given personal information for them, so that you can send letters or baked goods to a certain person its a donation of 1 dollar or more to become a "Verified Angel". If you are a Mary Kay consultant or know one i would reccommed signing up with your distributor to be part of Operation Mary Kay. This is a wonderful charity, I love being a Soldiers Angel. I hope that you will become one as well. The website is pretty clear. http://www.soldiersangels.com/. Please. Adopt a soldier today.

Valentines Day

It has been just over a year since Dane came home from Iraq. Last year he got home 4 days before Valentines day, and we spent Feb 14th eating takeout on a tablecloth that i spread on the floor of our apartment we had rented out 3 days earlier. It was magical to have him home and im not saying that last year was bad....however, this year was better.

First of all, we went a Army Marriage Retreat. It was at a beautiful resort called The Timbers in Denver. I would recommed this hotel to anyone who happens to need one in Denver. The food was fantastic and the rooms were great. The entire weekend we focused on Dr Chapmans "Five Love Languages" We watched Dr Chapman personally explain his book and how much it can improve your marriage. We got to know alot of couples but a few of them we got to know really well and we came away with the phone numbers of two of them.

On Saturday night Dane surprised me with Chocolate Covered Strawberries. It was extremely romantic and i thought that was my Valentines gift....but then on Sunday i also recieved 2 books from 2 of my favorite authors, gorgeous flowers (11 red roses and 1 orange rose. He got the one rose becuase he says "I brighten up his life"), a dancing stuffed animal, and Thin Mint girlscout cookies. I never imagined he would get me such things, especially because 2 weeks ago he bought me Valentines PJs.

To say the least i have been spoiled this Valentines day...and i hope everyone who is reading this was as well. I hope all of you had great Valentines Days. If any of you have memorable stories, please share them with me here.

Valentines is coming!!!

I am starting to get really excited for Valentines Day. Anyone who knows me well knows that Valentines is my favorite holiday. One year in high school i even dressed up with Red/Hearty tinsel around my wrists, neck, and my belt loop. I love everything about Valentines Day. Flowers, Chocolates, and Love. I like that the day is all about loving other people. Now i know what people say about "every day should be Valentines Day" and im not discounting that fact. I think that Valentines day should remind you of all the other days that are special to you.

This year we are going on an Army Marriage Retreat. We don't know where we are going yet, we are soon going to find out. All we know is that it will be at a little resort in the mountains. This is our first marriage retreat but i have been told by many people that they are good. This time the last day is actually Valentines day so i am especially looking forward to that!!


I hope all of you have a Happy Valentines Day!! Even if you are single....know that i love you ;)