Looking Forward

I saw this picture and for some reason it made me think of everything that Monkey and I have been through these past years...

1 year 2008
- fought constantly
-got pregnant 2 months after wedding
- lived in a half of a crazy ladies cement basement... that had no doors only on the bathroom... we hung England's flag on our bedroom door
- The crazy lady would knock on our bedroom room to ask me a question while I was sleeping... Our window was level to the sidewalk
-car died and it was a miracle we sold it
-moved into an OLD FOLKS HOME... for real and I almost played bingo every Tuesday but I would get sick in the burnt hair smelling elevator!
-bought a red Intrepid
-Somehow I made it through classes with running to the bathroom too much or failing
- Monkey of course did killer in school
- I jumped over a fence and hid in someones bushes to get away form Monkey hahaha good story
-We moved to Virginia to sell pest control
-our car broke down again and we were stranded in NO WHERE LAND!!
- we moved in with my parents for 3 months till school started back up in Rexburg
-Had our little Belle

2 year 2009
- lived in Andrews Place!!! Thank goodness
- Belle remained tiny
-We didn't hardly fight that much!! haha Just missed each other
-I got pregnant again when Belle was almost 6 months
-Monkey worked at Wingers restaurant after school
- Had awful scare about baby# 2 Trisomy 18
- ultrasound after ultrasound, test after tests!
- very emtional
-Monkey did incredible in school even with all the stress!

3 Year 2010
- Cash was born
- Monkey graduated from BYU- IDAHO!!
-Monkey got accepted into Pacific University for Optometry
- Left Rexburg forever
- Our intrepid died again it was worthless... bought Jetta from dealership... NOTE TO SELF.. always have another mechanic check the car before buying it
-Moved in with my parents so Monkey could sell Pest Control.. his Brother Rhett joined him this time also living with my parents
-Jetta's everything broke down in the 1000's to fix
-Dad's Jetta miracle help!! Thank you again forever Dad!
- Cash got really sick... Strep B was found and was taken care of..  stayed in hospital for a day or two
- Cash got major allergies to anything dairy
-Garrett's challenge
- I had to go on a dairy free diet... No Milk it was extremely hard for me....
- I swam a mile
- We moved to Oregon and it rained a lot... Had interesting neighbors!!! haha

4 year 2011
- Monkey finished his first year of Optometry with amazing grades and started his second year
- we moved into Covey Run... Very good change... still interesting neighbors
- made some amazing friends!
- Monkey got accepted into the Air Force
-Mom got Breast Cancer
- my sweet Granny past away
- Spent the summer at the beach basically
-Jetta breaks over and over
-Jetta is awful, suprised to even get a couple hundred out of it!
-Bought a Sedona VAN
-Problems with van at first... fixed and running awesome
-Parents went on a mission to Fresno California
-Rhett went on a mission
-Belle is 3 yrs old
- got pregnant with our 3rd... along with Caleb and Lexi having their 1st and Ariel and Quinton having there first! due within a month of each other (Monkey's bro and sis!)
- Kids from Nov- present have been sick A LOT!! pretty worried about them.
- Spent Christmas is Colorado

5 year January- March 2012
SO FAR
- sick kids but happy kids
- 4 ER runs
- 10 plus doctor visits
- still living in Covey Run
-Mom is know Cancer free... Miracle
- Pregnancy is going awesome- swelling a lot but who cares, heart burn, sciatic nerve, hip... the norm!!
- Cash is 2 yrs old
-Van still going strong
- Monkey got accepted for the Air Force scholarship and sworn in
- Monkey is continuing to do awesome! Don't ask me how he still in standing!!!
- Made some more awesome friends! "BOSOM FRIENDS" As Anne Of Green Gables would say
-we are all Trying not to go crazy being stuck inside with kids that need to get better while looking at the beautiful sunshine outside!

Life has been awesome, hilarious, hard, crazy, fun, scary, adventurous, stressful, moneyless haha at times, and pure joy! I love the picture of Monkey cause he is looking off into the beauty and loving it. I am excited for our future.. I have no idea the things that will happen this year or years to come but I am looking into it and ready to love it.