30 years old!!!

Monday was Tom's birthday!  Wow, can you believe he is 30 now?  So I threw him a little party, and made him a cake.  It was kind of an ugly cake, but mmmm-boy did it taste oh so good.

At the Beach

To celebrate the end of summer, Tom and I decided to take a day trip to the beach.  It was such a nice day!  Supper rainy in Portland, and extremely nice at the coast.  It is amazing how a couple of miles and a few mountains can change the weather so much.  

2 Years and Counting!

Today is our 2 year Anniversary!  I can hardly believe that two years have come and gone, and at the same time it feels like we have already been together forever.  I am so lucky and blessed to have Tom as my hubby.  He is my best friend, and the best thing for me.  He is such a hard worker, and always sacrificing.  He is wonderful.  He is smart.  He makes me happy, and he makes me laugh.  I love him more than I can even say.  I only hope that I am as good to him, and he is to me.  I thank Heavenly Father every day that I have Tom to share my life with.

Our Story:

About 3 years ago I was the Athletics Vice President for Utah State University.   Go Aggies!  

One fateful fall evening, Daddio came up for a football game.  During half time he pointed at the male cheerleader who was running the flag around the field and asked who he was.  I said I thought his name was Tom, and asked why he wanted to know.  My dad simply replied, "I think you should marry him."

I said, "Yeah Dad, I will just go marry Tom Fullmer tomorrow.  I think he has a girl friend."  Well, I guess that my dad knew something I didn't.   

   A couple months later Tom and I were at a meeting about student fanfair, or something like that, neither of us really remember, because could not take our eye off of each other.  This meeting sprang board us into a quick friendship.  

  A few weeks later, I was headed to a basket ball game, when my roommates told me that it had been too long since I had been on a date, and that I needed to get someone to ask me out before I could return home.  After the game, I told Tom my roommate's requirement, and how I had not succeeded, and he said he would take me out.  

  Our first date was few short days later, on Valentine's Day.  Cheesy, I know.   At the end of the date, Tom asked me if I was willing to see where this could go.  I said sure.  And we have been together ever since. 

  In March of 2006, the Aggies were playing in the NCAA tournament.  We both were sent to represent the school.  First we went to Reno, and then San Diego.  By the time we got home, I knew that I was going to marry him.  

  After a slew of fake proposals, which included a romantic dinner at a fancy pants restaurant, a romantic evening watching the sun set, a tandem bike ride to the temple, and a canoe trip on a serine little lake, Tom finally proposed on May 10, 2006.  He blind folded me, an took me on a "hike."  He marched me through bushes, trees, down a steep slope, and carried me through a "cave."  When he took my blindfold off we were standing in the middle of the Spectrum (USU's basket ball stadium).  We had a candle light dinner in the middle of the court, and then he said four words every girl just dies when she hears them, "Don't have the ring."

  He lied of course, and pulled the ring out from under the table, and asked me to marry him.

We were married three months late in the Logan temple.

We went to Yellowstone for your Honeymoon.

We graduated from USU in December of 2006,

and moved to Portland.

Tom started school at Western States Chiropractic College.

And we had a beautiful baby boy!

And now we are just living one day at a time.  Love each other and every moment we have together.

Food, Glorious Food!

Well, we finally did it.  We fed the boy food!  Baby rice.  And Mmmmm-boy did he liked it, but boy was it messy.

A Dam Trip

My Dad is a Civil Engineer.  That means that he designs Water Treatment Plants and Dams for a living.  He loves to tour them when ever he can.  It has always been a joke in my family that my Dad plans family vacations so that he can make a stop at a Dam or Sewer House.  Really, we did tour one or the other on almost every trip growing up.  So why stop the tradition now that we are grown?  With the Bonniville Dam just 50 miles up the road, my Dad was itching to go see it.  

I know that it sounds weird and crazy.  But It is actually a lot of fun.  I love watching my Dad light up and get all giddy when we make these stops.  I think that he likes showing his family the kind of cool things come from his job.

My little brother Cuyler standing next to some Dam things.

A Whale of a Story

My parents came to visit last week.  On Saturday we went put to New Port for a day at the beach.  Sadly, it was was to cold and windy to enjoy the beach.  But we did get to go on a cool boat ride.  It was a 2 hour whaling tour.  Wow it was cool.  We saw whales, and dolphins, and a sea lion, and a sunfish.  And Tom and Culyer got to catch some crabs.  I would highly recommend it to anyone. 

Tom on the boat.

A whale in the water.

Going Ape

Tom has taken to trying a bunch of crazy diets lately, such as the Master Cleanse, a diet that consists mainly of lemon aid made from freshly squeezed lemons, maple syrup, and a pinch of cyan pepper.   Well, we heard about this diet experiment that the BBC did call the "Ape Diet."  Essentially, they had people eat 5 kilos (11 lbs) of raw fruits, vegetables, and nuts, for 12 days.  On average, people lost 20 lbs, and their cholesterol levels and blood pressure dropped.  So of course, Tom decided that he too wanted to try it. 

Last week was the week.  We started on Tuesday.  I measured out 11 lbs of raw food for each of us, and the day began.  Boy was it hard to get that much food down, I could only get down 9 of the lbs.  

Well, I must say I did see results.  After only 4 days, I lost over 8 pounds!  So I am glad to report that I have met my initial weight goal of loosing all my baby weight!!!