Wish I Would've Brought The Weather...

This past week Tiffany and I headed to San Diego with my dad for work related taskings. Just on a side note, I think business traveling is overrated...not much of a fan, and I've only had to do two trips this year. I've recently been "promoted" (not sure I want to accept the promotion) of Program Manager for one of our contracts. What a better way to get me acquainted with everything than to participate in a Program Management Review with our government contracting officers and an audit of the program. I wasn't too amused about the whole thing, but got through it (thanks to the muffin toppers for breakfast...I wish Utah had them somewhere...and the fact I have awesome co-workers). Also, we passed the audit with only three very minor corrective actions...yay :) Pretty good for making the ongoing transition only two weeks ago. I say ongoing because I really question how I will do it all; however, I have an awesome support group and great team players so I'm sure everything will work out. Plus, if there's ever a problem, Faja knows I'll be knocking on his door :)

Sadly, Ryah wasn't able to join me this trip. My mom had to stay home for the arrival of another grandkid so Ryah stayed with her and Jared. Flexibility is the one nice thing of owning your own business and makes occassions like this manageable. If Jared wasn't able to help out so much, I wouldn't make myself available for the trips. I would tell our government officials, since they are located at Hill in Clearfield, the PMR's have to be at our Clearfield office. They always like to hold the meetings at our San Diego office because it gives them a reason to travel there...I can't say I don't blame them. The view is incredible from the 16th floor, not to mention the weather is much more desireable. It was perfect weather last week; hence, the title of my post. I couldn't believe it was snowing here. I sure was glad to be basking in the sunlight all week.

Here are some pictures from our week...

Me standing by one of the windows in our "visitor" office. There were aircraft carriers and cruise ships going in and out of the harbor all week. I've never seen such large ships in my life. Those aircraft carriers are huge.

Isn't the view incredible???

One night we went to Hotel Del Coronado for dinner with some of our suppliers. The architecture is amazing in the building. Here is me and Tiff walking on the sandy white beach.

Here we are at another dinner. The restaurant was called "Extraordinary Desserts" and boy, does it suit it's name. The dinner menu consists of salads and sandwiches so you'll have plenty of room for their amazing desserts.

Here is the whole gang at Extraordinary Desserts. The guy next to me is our Quality/HVOF manager and the guy next to him is none other than the infamous Faja.

I realize this picture probably looks odd, but I had to share a funny story from our trip. My dad was not a fan of staying for our QSE audit Friday, so he told me he was going home Thursday. Tiff and I gave him grief, but it is what it is once Faja makes up his mind. Come Thursday afternoon he leaves the office and heads for the airport. About a half hour later we get a call from him saying he did the dumbest thing ever. He went to check-in and they couldn't find his reservation anywhere. Come to find out, his flight was for Friday afternoon and not Thursday. He totally booked the wrong day. The funny thing is that is not long my dad at all. He has never made that kind of mistake his whole life and he travels quite often. The problem we had was there were quite a few conventions going on last week, so the hotels were booked. As you can see, Faja had to share our one bed hotel room with me and Tiff. The bed looks a lot smaller in the picture than it was in person, but it's still only one bed. I wasn't about to sleep on the floor. I have this weird issue with hotel floors, so as you can probably tell, I got to sleep in the lovely middle.

Won't this look odd from an auditor's standpoint when they look at our travel records...three people all sharing the same room with different last names. :) Everyone got quite the laugh out of it. I guess it's a good thing we're so close...literally!!! LOL

As I mentioned earlier, my mom couldn't make it due to the birth of another grandbaby. My brother's wife, Jeni Jo, was a week overdue, so they scheduled her to be induced Wednesday at midnight. After 21 grueling hours of labor Jax Reed Edwards was born March 26th, 8 lbs 4 oz, 20 inches long. He sure is a cutie.

I forget how little they are.

Proud daddy...he already knows how to "milk" it.

It's crazy how much love you have for these little ones. I'm sure most people know Jared and I are expecting again. I haven't formally announced it on the blog, so if you have heard the rumor, but haven't dared to ask because it seems surreal coming from us, it is true. This wasn't planned at all, but we are excited. My parents will have gone from zero grandkids to four in one year. They will have two boys and two girls...yep, we are the ones having another girl. It will be fun; she and Ry will be less than 14 mos apart. I am five months along and I can't believe how fast it's going by. Call us crazy, we know :) Our household will definitely be that way for the first little while, but it will be exciting.

Well there you have it; the craziness of our lives lately. I'll get some more recent pics of Missy Ry Ry up soon. She is getting so funny. Even though she can't talk, she sure has a silly personality and understands things I ask her. If I say the word blankie, she'll go right to it, if we say baby or bear, she'll get them, if we say binki she gets that...she's brought so much joy to our lives, Jared and I can't imagine life without her. We love her soooo much!!! This is definitely the "time of our lives."

Craziness...

Our last two weeks have been pretty fun filled and do you think we took many pics...ummm nope. We are horrible. This sounds pathetic, but I think I need to put a reminder in my phone hourly to remind me to take a picture. I tend to get caught up in the moment and forget. A week ago Ry and I headed to San Diego. I had a couple work meetings with my dad out there, so being the awesome mom she is, she flew out with me to take care of Ry while I went to my meetings. We flew out on Tuesday and returned Saturday. I was nervous about the plane ride, but Missy Ry Ry did awesome. She was so good while we were there. Her favorite thing was to ride in the stroller we bought while we were there and wave to everyone as we passed by. It still amazes me how many people stop to talk to you about your kid. Both my mom and I forgot our cameras so we bought a disposable one. I'll scan in some pictures and post them as soon as I remember to bring the camera to the store. I've think we're extremely spoiled with digital.

Last Tuesday was our anniversary. I can't believe it's been four years. Time sure has flown by. Some of our experiences over the years have been broken arms and the long recovery, the loss of our twins, numerous truck purchases, awesome camping trips, school, career changes, difficulties becoming pregnant again, the birth of Ry, parenting, and much more. I'm so grateful for the good times and the bad. We have grown so much from both which in turnhas made us closer. Our day consisted of a lunch date without Ry and that was basically it. Being able to have some one on one time is priceless now that we have Ry. Jared is an amazing guy and such a hard worker. He's always in the best interest of our family and I admire him for that, even when he'd rather do something else. Thanks Jar for an awesome 4 years and many more to come!!! Here are some pics from our big day...it's always fun to reminisce. I swear we look so young, but I didn't feel young getting married at almost 23 and Jared 25.

I'm having a hard time finding my edited photos, sorry they're so far away.

On Saturday we had a shower for my sis-in-law Jeni Jo. She's due in two weeks. I stole some pics from her blog since you guessed it...I forgot my camera.

Me, my sisters, grandma, mom, and Jeni...sorry chicka benita for blocking you with my elbow :)

Me, Jeni, and Ryah.

She made out like a bandit. I swear Jax has enough clothes to last him the first five years of life. Too bad 0-12 mos don't fit them for long. We are excited to meet our new nephew in a few weeks.

Lastly, I have to post some pictures of Ry and her cuteness lately.

Ryah loves to sit and wash the dryer when I'm doing the laundry. She just sits there and stares at it spinning around and around.

She was being really quiet while I was making dinner and when I went to check on her, this is what I found. She had gotten my wallet out and taken out everything. Thanks to her, though, I finally took the time to clean it out.

This picture makes me sad :( Everytime Ryah notices Jared going downstairs to his office, she'll sit by the door anxiously awaiting his return. She'll poke her head in the crack, waving her hand making it look like she's gesturing for him to come back...it's so cute.

Well that's pretty much been us the last few weeks. I know I'm behind on a couple tags and I promise I will get to them. :)