Life at Home

So... Laura has proven to be somewhat of a lazy blogger

;)

Not like she has a ton going on or anything!

Just:

School

Finishing an internship

 BEING PREGNANT!!!

 Teaching primary

 Putting up with the best husband in the whole world ;)

and staying warm in the 15 inches of snow we've gotten the last couple days

 I mean really...

Prioritize...

(please sense the sarcasm)

 

 So I decided that I would update the blog.

 

These are a few things we've been doing lately:

 

 

 

We went to a great halloween party with some friends.

Laura was a penguin and I dressed like I do everyday and said I was a lumberjack.

Easy enough.

 



 

 

Leftover halloween candy is the best!!!

I can't help myself though and a few of these ended up being great additions to my already unhealthy breakfasts while it lasted.

 

 

I signed up for my frist triathlon just about a month ago and it was just this last Saturday. I got really lucky and they ended up cancelling the bike portion due to snow... I was lucky because I ate way too much halloween candy and didn't train nearly as much as I needed too. I thought I was going to drown a couple times!!

 

 

Byron, Courtney and I spent most of the afternoon yesterday building this!!

It was awesome and huge!!

We could all three fit inside. We felt pretty good about it when we were done.

(Byron is Laura's dad and Courtney is her sister - just to clarify.)

 

BUT!! Most exciting of all... We did find out we are having twins.

 

And no, I'm not carrying one of them although this picture may say otherwise.

 

It's also proof of all the halloween candy...

 

We went to our first doctors appointment a couple of months ago and met with the nurse practitioner. It was so weird to think that we were going to be parents. The nurse used one of the little hand-held ultrasound thingys to see the babies and it was so amazing.

 

She didn't see there were two though...

 

We waited until just after 10 weeks to go have our first full blown ultrasound with one of the techs at the doctor's office we go to. Of course by this time we would never have thought there would be twins.

 

In fact the thought never crossed my mind.

 

We got in and he started it all off. "Holy crap" was my first reaction when the first little baby came up on the big screen. It was such a cool experience to see a little life and know that it was ours.

 

"You don't know the beginning of 'holy crap'" was the tech's response.

 

He slid the little handle over and two little round orbs appeared on screen.

 

I still didn't get it.

 

"Yep, you guys are having twins!"

 

"Holy $%&!#"

 

It definitely goes down in the books as one of the biggest surprises of my entire life.

I never in a million years imagined that we would be having twins.

I've seen tons of em (twins I mean.) I've seen them at the store, the mall, all over - but never even once considered that one day I would have them.

 

I can truly say this is a miracle.

I don't know exactly why our Heavenly Father is trusting us with these two little babies.

I can't help but feel unprepared.

But most of all I feel grateful

 

WARNING!!!

I'm about to get a little religously mushy...

 

It's amazing how close we are to the other side. Already there are two young spirits that have lived for an eternity with our Heavenly Father. We don't remember them, but we know them. I like to assume they chose us to be their parents and that they are anxiously waiting to get to re-meet us.

It will be such a wonderful experience to reacquaint ourselves with our children.

 

Can't believe I'm going to be a dad.

 

And even better,

 

(Although I would have loved any child)

 

THEY'RE IDENTICAL TWIN BOYS!!!

 

Say hello to my new camping, fishing, shooting, wrestling, teasing buddies and new best friends.

 

 

We love them already.

 

Update

I'm horrible at blogging.  I really am sorry.  But since I'm awfully tired I'm just going to write the happenings of Mr. and Mrs. Messer in list form with some pictures.  I hope you enjoy!

So since the middle of April, Brian and I have:

-Gone fishing a million and a half times, and on one of these occasions, I caught my very first fish!! Hurray!  After the initial excitement, I felt bad for the fishy and decided I didn't like catching fish very much. Haha.

-Become an aunt and uncle again!  This little cutie is Knox, Ashley's first baby.  He is adorable.

-Celebrated my Grandma Clawson's 90th birthday!!  What a cutie

-Celebrated mine and Brian's 1st anniversary.  I love him more every day.

-Went on a girl's trip down to St. George with my Aunt and cousins, and Ashley surprised us and came along too.  It was the first time I met Knox and had seen Ashley since December, it was so fabulous!!

-Celebrated my 23rd birthday.  I got a bike rack, a pedicure, and a hand-held vacuum to suck up all of Brian's manly beard hair.... He says it's really a present for him.

-No picture, but I also found out that I have a tumor on my pituitary gland.  It is not cancerous (thanks heavens), but I will have to take medication and monitor it carefully.  But anyone who knows me well knows it's been a long year and a half of health issues so I'm just glad I have found out why!! Yay!!  Hopefully now I can fit into all my old clothes when the medication starts kicking in :)  All joking aside, I am so grateful that my pituitary adenoma is all that it was; it could have been much worse.  Thank you to all my family and friends who were supported me and worried about me.  I love you all.  So blessed.

I'll try to be better at my updates, allow I'm not sure if anyone reads this blog anyway.  But it's nice to let out what's going on sometimes, it's a stress relief.  Thanks to all who read.

Crazy Dreams

I've always been a crazy dreamer, but lately my dreams have been more wild than usual.  Last night I was dreaming I was on a cruise ship, and everyone started playing a game.  The game consisted of two sides of people who had a side of a tarp that somehow (you can always do whatever you want in your dreams) was able to propel water in either direction.  So the object of the game was to spray water on the other side and whoever sprayed the other team the most with water wins.  We (the people in my dream) had fun doing that for a while and then we switched to a game where two people were against each other and had to kick and spray the water at your opponent.  I was super excited and determined to win, so I bought my knees to my chest like a spring, focused all of my strength in my legs......!!!.... and KICKED Brian in the back. 

Needless to say he was not pleased.

Poor guy. Good thing he likes sleeping on the couch.

I love new things

I'm horrible at blogging.  But I'll tell you the most exciting news for us in the last little while! We got a new couch! (Believe me, when you're newly married that is way exciting!)  Our old couch we got for free from a friend and we were very grateful!  But lately it was starting to rip in the back and we're pretty sure some boards were broken.  So we were at Costco and Brian's dad was sitting on a couch while everyone was shopping and then Brian saw it and called me over... It was only 300 dollars!  It was a steal and we had to get it. 

Trent is modeling it for us!  It's a sectional that can be converted to a couch and ottoman. It makes our apartment look so much better.  I love Costco! Everyone come over and party at our place!  

Hello, my name is Laura and I have an iPhone

So my wonderful husband got me an iPhone for Christmas!! I was always stealing his to play Words with Friends and everything else.  THEY ARE AWESOME.  It's so convienient!  I can listen to music or talks while I get ready, if I need to look something up it's there at the touch of a button!  I love it and don't go anywhere without it.

So now that I have this cool phone... I'll share some crazy and random pictures that I have!  Enjoy.

Mannequin at the mall with a very large tumor

Little carrot men praying to the heavens

Who rhymes something with dork?!

The first time I wrote my new last name:):)

Courtney's bruise from when she fell through a hole when we were remodeling our house, ouch!

My cute momma when she was younger!  Look at that hair.

My sister and brother in law's Christmas card from last year.... Yikes!

My fastest time beating soliatire.  I'm bored a lot.

A gorgeous Centerville sunset!

My adorable niece Ruby

Hilarious Halloween costume!

My favorite boy and dog.  Man I have a handsome husband

Cheescake factory!

My daddy when he was younger.  What a cutie.

One of Brian's pictures from his mission.  So amazing.

I love my iphone!!!!!



Happy New Year!

What a fun and exciting year 2011 has been.  I'm so grateful for the memories and experiences I have had and I look forward to what the new year of 2012 will bring.

I know everyone does this but I love making new years resolutions and thought Id share some of my goals with you.

1.  Be healthier!!  This includes working out more, drinking more water, go to bed earlier, no eating after 9 and washing my hands often.
2.  Graduate from Weber State by December of 2012. (The end is in sight!!)
3.  Get a 4.0 in my last semesters of college.
4.  Make new lasting friends.
5.  Make it a habit to say my morning prayers.  (I have always been horrible at that)
6.  Attend the temple at least twice a month.
7.  Read a book once a month (not a textbook).
8.  Write in a journal once a week.  I use to be good at this and now I haven't written in months and months.
9.  Learn a new meal once a month.
10.  Think more positively about myself, others, and situations.
11.  Volunteer somewhere once a month.

I'm so excited.  What are you guys looking forward to this year?  What are your new years resolutions?

It could always be worse

Yesterday was a day that we call, "Just one of those days."  I had a great weekend-I got a lot of things done, I cleaned the whole house, even got my first massage! Brian had Sunday off (which is very rare) and we got to got to all 3 meetings at Brian's parent's ward.  Then we spend the rest of the day goofing off, eating magnificent food and being lazy; it was glorious.  So by the time Monday came around I remembered all the things I have to do I was a feeling a little stressed and overwhelmed.  I went up to school where we talked about rape and domestic violence... not irregular when being a social work major :)  Then I went to work and went home.  I have been really tired the past few days because both Brian and I have had to stay up until midnight to register for classes next semester.  Also we've gotten into the series called Parenthood and we always say, "Just one more episode!" You all know how it is...  anyways, all I wanted to do was lay on the couch.  I watched the show Awakenings, with Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro-great, fabulous, touching, heartbreaking show.  I proceeded to bawl through the entirety of it.  P.S.  What's up with getting more emotional when you're married?  Or is it just me? Haha probably just me.

So I started something else (yes I know I'm extremely lazy, Brian usually works until 9 so I have 4 hours to kill) and Nya is running around like crazy, whining for every little thing.  We use to go on walks but it's getting really cold so the poor thing is getting stir crazy.  Or so I thought... While I was laying on the couch she runs up and jumps on me... then about 5 seconds later jumps off.  I'm wasn't really paying attention because I'm into the movie but then all of a sudden I feel really warm.... and then wet...  NYA HAD PEED ON ME.  Nya! Who has been potty trained for like 2 months already!!  The little stink PEED ON ME. Usually she goes to the door if she needs to go out and had gone out not too long before.  Ah man.  Needless to say I was furious... it had gone through a blanket and my jeans.  I would have taken a picture but I'm sorry... I was in dog pee people.  Nya knew I was mad because she was in her kennel as fast as lightning.

Shortly after that I get a call from Brian telling me he's going to be a half hour later than he thought, which means we had to cancel going to my parents for FHE.... bummer.  Half hour later he calls telling me the car is dead... so he tells me to come get him, but then people kept coming over and trying to help him, (bless them) so he'd call me back telling me not to come.  Finally he decided it's not going to work so I have to run out to get him.  We've been having car troubles for a while so that was another stressor.  However..

That very night I got a phone call from a friend telling me that the Frontrunner accident in Kaysville was someone we knew.  In fact they live right across the street from my parents house.  I was shocked; the police had to go to the house and tell the husband that his wife and kids are in the hospital in critical condition.  All day long I had "one of those days," but not once was I worried about the safety of my family or the future.  To update you, the wife is still in the hospital after undergoing an extensive surgery, they think she's going to be okay, and the two little girls got to go home.  What an eye opener that was for me.  You never know what's going to happen.... one day you're healthy and the next you could be fighting for your life.

I'm grateful that no one was killed.  I'm grateful for the gospel and the things that I know and enjoy.  I'm thankful for a Father in Heaven who is watching over that family and each of us.  Yeah getting peed on is pretty bad, but it could always be worse.  So I'm grateful.