These are just for fun...I am going to be SOOO wrinkly as an old woman!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New and Improved!
I was very hesitant in getting Logan into a "big-boy-bed," but Chris thought it was time...and you can't believe the reaction! He was so excited! Who would have known that taking off the rail would be such a liberating thing for him! He is SO excited!
These are just for fun...I am going to be SOOO wrinkly as an old woman!
These are just for fun...I am going to be SOOO wrinkly as an old woman!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Play Preview
So I don't have a ton of pictures yet...but my play is over! Musical madness has come to and end. I am a bit sad, but also super happy it is over. It doesn't feel like the show really happened yet. We were able to raise over $18,000 in ticket sales and donations and more money keeps coming in. One parent even told our office "this is the best thing that Manogue has done in years!" Well...that made me feel good =) We ended up having over 950 people come to our event. When we first planned it we figured we would be happy if we got 400...so I guess we did pretty good!
The cast! Friday night after looking at these pictures, I decided that I HATED the wig I was supposed to wear, so I dyed my hair brown for the show. I haven't quite decided if I like or dislike it....but its not bad.
Us during the show...GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE!
Me and my friend Bri
Tammy...the most convincing bum you will ever meet! They were able to make over $300 dancing for people before the show started!
Mary...she was a flasher, but before the show they walked around freaking everyone out by writing notes and being spies! SO fun!
Me and grandma...she didn't know who I was when she first walked in. I don't know if it was the extra poundage or the dark hair that threw her.
Kelly, Erin and Me! I didn't get really any pictures of us all in costume which is ANNOYING! It was too crazy...but hopefully other people did so we can get more updates!
The cast! Friday night after looking at these pictures, I decided that I HATED the wig I was supposed to wear, so I dyed my hair brown for the show. I haven't quite decided if I like or dislike it....but its not bad.
Us during the show...GOOD MORNING BALTIMORE!
Me and my friend Bri
Tammy...the most convincing bum you will ever meet! They were able to make over $300 dancing for people before the show started!
Mary...she was a flasher, but before the show they walked around freaking everyone out by writing notes and being spies! SO fun!
Me and grandma...she didn't know who I was when she first walked in. I don't know if it was the extra poundage or the dark hair that threw her.
Kelly, Erin and Me! I didn't get really any pictures of us all in costume which is ANNOYING! It was too crazy...but hopefully other people did so we can get more updates!
Monday, March 15, 2010
a LONG week
We had an emotional...crazy week and I figured I should start documenting...not for you, but rather for me and for Chris. With two weeks until show time I am a bit crazy as it is and on top of that I have midterms starting on the 18th...so school is a bit hectic as well.
With Chris leaving on the 14th after spending the weekend with us, Logan had a really hard time. I figured that he was just having separation anxiety due to the fact that he didn't want to leave my side and kept asking "Where Daddy go? Why Daddy in Vegas?" Needless to say we were up until 4:30 when I finally brought him to bed with me, turned on a movie and he zonked. That was just the beginning of a fun week! I kept him home Monday and then he started coughing so I had my mom watch him on Tuesday. When I picked him up, he felt warm. That night when I put him to bed, he still was a little warm and so I gave him Tyenol and set to doing my work. Around 11:30 I went in to check on him and he was BURNING up! I took his temp.....104 degrees! It freaked me out, I called Chris and he told me to wait til the morning and take him in to the doctor. We went the next day only for the doctor to tell me that we needed to go take Chest x-rays! It was the saddest thing...he cried and cried and I had to hold his arms above his head as he look at me like, "what are you doing to me, mom?"
This obviously isn't him...but that's what the thing looks like and Logan is quite a bit chunkier than this boy so his poor little belly was squished by the plastic around his abdomen! Sad day! Needless to say...he is fine and everything came out alright...but that was SUPER Stress#1!
Has a DVD player! YAY for long road trips!
Here it is!!!
With Chris leaving on the 14th after spending the weekend with us, Logan had a really hard time. I figured that he was just having separation anxiety due to the fact that he didn't want to leave my side and kept asking "Where Daddy go? Why Daddy in Vegas?" Needless to say we were up until 4:30 when I finally brought him to bed with me, turned on a movie and he zonked. That was just the beginning of a fun week! I kept him home Monday and then he started coughing so I had my mom watch him on Tuesday. When I picked him up, he felt warm. That night when I put him to bed, he still was a little warm and so I gave him Tyenol and set to doing my work. Around 11:30 I went in to check on him and he was BURNING up! I took his temp.....104 degrees! It freaked me out, I called Chris and he told me to wait til the morning and take him in to the doctor. We went the next day only for the doctor to tell me that we needed to go take Chest x-rays! It was the saddest thing...he cried and cried and I had to hold his arms above his head as he look at me like, "what are you doing to me, mom?"
This obviously isn't him...but that's what the thing looks like and Logan is quite a bit chunkier than this boy so his poor little belly was squished by the plastic around his abdomen! Sad day! Needless to say...he is fine and everything came out alright...but that was SUPER Stress#1!
A few months back, Chris' step mom gave us a run-down van that we fixed up and have been driving. Well in the past few weeks I have noticed different things about it. When Chris came home last weekend and felt the way it was driving he was nervous and we decided that we were going to start looking for a used car that would get us through residency, but would be more reliable than the van. We have been saving and we decided we didn't want a car payment and would pay cash. I was ALWAYS researching different cars and prices...then I got a great idea to search in Vegan and needless to say, things are a bit cheaper down there. I would always send Chris different cars to look at, but we never pursued any of them.
Well, this weekend I found a couple and Chris had a free Saturday so I told him that he should go check them out. Well...they didn't end up having the ones I had originally liked, but Chris found a 2001 Mitsubishi Monterro and really liked it. He called said he thought he could get them to drop the price for us and that he really liked it. I did a bunch of research...car fax, consumer reviews, we called Chris' cousins that own the same car, but an older version. And we decided to go for it. I insisted that Chris have a mechanic check out the car, but being in Vegas it was a bit of a hassle and the dealership showed Chris their recent inspection of the car with all of the paper work and it seemed to check out. After many hours of bartering Chris got us our car for a super good price... 
The interior...it seats 7
Has a DVD player! YAY for long road trips!
Here it is!!!
Or so we thought....I convinced Chris to drive the car to Reno Saturday night even though he wouldn't get in til late. I did this mostly because I wanted to see him, but I played it off as I wanted the car. At about 12:30 I got a phone care and Chris told me..."Sara, I am in real trouble...I had a feeling that I needed to pull off in Tonopah and its a good thing because I am leaking oil BAD!" GREAT!!!! SUPER Stressor #2
So sweet Chris had to stay in the NASTIEST run-down hotel Saturday night and we ended up towing the car to RENO 250 miles! Uggggh! So much for a good deal. We don't know what is going to happen at this point, but I am praying that it is just a little issue that will be resolved and we can put this all behind us.
I normally don't like to talk about things like this, however I feel like we did everything right! Surprisingly, I have been super calm through the whole ordeal and I just feel like it is all going to work itself out and we will love the car! I got to go see it today and I think it is SUPER CUTE!!!! Chris says it reminds him of me and knew that I would LOVE it and he loves it becasue it is 100 times better than the van and is super comfortable.
So that is my life in a nutshell...it has been the LONGEST week ever! So here's to hoping that this next week...though crazy.... works out in all aspects! And I will actually get to see and spend time with Chris this time! He is amazing!!!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Busy...
It has been so busy around here...I don't even know where to begin. So I will just let it all out. I am doing this 1 so that I stay motivated and will eventually upload pictures and 2 so that people who once read my blog might do so again knowing that I am going to update.
We have now entered our "Vegas" time...surprisingly I am doing ok, just really busy and really worn out. I have a new respect for single parents in the world who try to work and still be a decent Mom (or dad) to their children. It really is tough.
When Chris first left, I had a few break downs and cried myself to sleep and then in my mind I decided that I had to make a decision...I could be depressed and cry so much that I put myself into a constant state of headache or I could just get to work and move forward. Needless to say, I did the latter. My hardest days are Sundays because those were our family days and its just not the same without Chris around, but I have amazing family and friends who have stepped in and helped out.
Having Chris gone, however, has really taught me a lot about myself and our relationship and a lot about my faith. It has always been so easy for me and Chris and now with this challenge I was really afraid that we would drift apart, but it has done just the opposite. I feel closer to Chris in our relationship than I have in a long time. I think because since we aren't together it forces us to actually have converstaions that are more than just how was your day or what are you doing. It has really been amazing in that respect. I can't imagine spending my life with any one else...he truly is the person that completes me and when life is so easy all of the time you can easily forget that.
On a side note, since Chris has left, I have been infested by MICE and I HATE MICE!!!! I even saw one and I about fainted! I have since set traps and have only caught 1. They are either too smart for me or are too scared to come in my room any more after their brother (Ratatouille as we like to call him) fell.
I am also spending most of my nights working on our Faculty play which is in 10 days! I can't believe it is so close and yet I can't wait for it to be over. It has been a lot of fun, but now as we approach the last few days of practicing and preparing I am getting really nervous. We are planning on having at least 600 people come if not more....our setting can hold up to 1500...wouldn't that be AMAZING! When we first planned on having the musical we were hoping for about 400 people. To think that it got so big...But if you are interested in coming let me know and I can post the details...It is sure to make you laugh if nothing else.
Tracen is going to school and is now a sunbeam...he is really good at reciting his Articles of Faith and I am actually signing him up for a t-ball league this spring. He is sure funny and super fun to be around.
Logan is just....well Logan. If anyone is having a hard time with Chris gone, it is him. Infact he spent an entire night asking me where daddy was and why he had to be in Vegas. He is getting smarter everyday and talking more and more. Today he even went potty on the potty. I think I am going to go for the potty training thing with him this summer. He thinks it is so cool.
That's us in a nutshell...not all the details, but enough to keep you wanting more right...I promise I will post pictures in the very near future.
We have now entered our "Vegas" time...surprisingly I am doing ok, just really busy and really worn out. I have a new respect for single parents in the world who try to work and still be a decent Mom (or dad) to their children. It really is tough.
When Chris first left, I had a few break downs and cried myself to sleep and then in my mind I decided that I had to make a decision...I could be depressed and cry so much that I put myself into a constant state of headache or I could just get to work and move forward. Needless to say, I did the latter. My hardest days are Sundays because those were our family days and its just not the same without Chris around, but I have amazing family and friends who have stepped in and helped out.
Having Chris gone, however, has really taught me a lot about myself and our relationship and a lot about my faith. It has always been so easy for me and Chris and now with this challenge I was really afraid that we would drift apart, but it has done just the opposite. I feel closer to Chris in our relationship than I have in a long time. I think because since we aren't together it forces us to actually have converstaions that are more than just how was your day or what are you doing. It has really been amazing in that respect. I can't imagine spending my life with any one else...he truly is the person that completes me and when life is so easy all of the time you can easily forget that.
On a side note, since Chris has left, I have been infested by MICE and I HATE MICE!!!! I even saw one and I about fainted! I have since set traps and have only caught 1. They are either too smart for me or are too scared to come in my room any more after their brother (Ratatouille as we like to call him) fell.
I am also spending most of my nights working on our Faculty play which is in 10 days! I can't believe it is so close and yet I can't wait for it to be over. It has been a lot of fun, but now as we approach the last few days of practicing and preparing I am getting really nervous. We are planning on having at least 600 people come if not more....our setting can hold up to 1500...wouldn't that be AMAZING! When we first planned on having the musical we were hoping for about 400 people. To think that it got so big...But if you are interested in coming let me know and I can post the details...It is sure to make you laugh if nothing else.
Tracen is going to school and is now a sunbeam...he is really good at reciting his Articles of Faith and I am actually signing him up for a t-ball league this spring. He is sure funny and super fun to be around.
Logan is just....well Logan. If anyone is having a hard time with Chris gone, it is him. Infact he spent an entire night asking me where daddy was and why he had to be in Vegas. He is getting smarter everyday and talking more and more. Today he even went potty on the potty. I think I am going to go for the potty training thing with him this summer. He thinks it is so cool.
That's us in a nutshell...not all the details, but enough to keep you wanting more right...I promise I will post pictures in the very near future.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Almost makes me want another...ALMOST
My brother and his wife had their second little angel this week! On January 26th another Sydenham grandSON was born weighing in at 8 lb 11 oz and 19 inches! He is so precious...it really makes me want another one...well, ALMOST =) Welcome Tyson Neil!!!
The happy family. It is hard to think that little Miles is already a BIG brother!
Lots of blonde hair just like his brother!
Congratulations Jessica and Jason! We love you and are thinking about you!!!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunbeep!
Tracen is officially a SUNBEAM...or in other words a Sunbeep! He loves to go to primary and has already learned his 1st article of faith!
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