8 years!

Don't look close, because we painted our kitchen Saturday and got ready in about 2 minutes to go on our "date." We haven't gotten to hang out like that in a long time. All we did was go to dinner and go shopping. It was great!

Dan and I have been married for 8 years as of Saturday. Wow, time flies. I can honestly remember that day like it was yesterday. It was a beautiful, crisp, chilly day in Salt Lake. My nose was even red in some of the pictures because of the chilly air. :)

I remember everyone kept asking me if I was "nervous," and my honest answer was NO. I was just 100% excited. I had a very special spiritual experience when Dan and I started dating, and I knew I would marry him. It took a little longer than I wanted, but I guess that was just a trial of my patience. Ha ha.

Dan is my perfect balance. I joke around with him a lot about being "drama" but the truth is, I couldn't live without all his enthusiasm. He is ALWAYS the first to agree with me when I need back up, and I love how worked up he can get about the "simple" things in life. I love seeing his eyes light up when he gets to go out to eat crab legs, if his "imaginary" football team wins his brother's, or if he gets to go skiing at the lake.

He is everyone's favorite. He can talk to anyone, get along with anyone, and can carry a conversation with a stranger. I love it when someone tells me "what a good guy" I married. I am so proud of him.

He's honestly the best "handy man" I've ever seen. He fixes everything himself from the house projects to the car. What a lucky girl I am.

Isn't he handsome!?!? I love you honey. Thank you for FINALLY proposing after 10 LONG months of dating. Ha ha. I was ready after ummmm about 2 weeks of dating. (No kidding).

I love you.

A grateful, humbling day.

As a wife, you dread certain things. You dread "the worst" things that COULD happen. Well today was one of those infamous days for me. The day when you get "that call." The "I've been in an accident" call.

When he called me, I was instantly spinning. I had missed 7 calls from him in a five minute period. I didn't hear my phone (or it didn't ring because of my crappy service) who knows.

HUMBLING. The word that describes how I feel right now. Instantly a MILLION questions entered my mind.

Are you ok? being the BIGGEST one.

What happened? How fast were you driving? Is our insurance good enough? What does the truck look like? How will we "fend" with one car for a while? How much will the insurance give us? ...etc.

I was proud of Dan for staying completely calm during this whole endeavor. He calmly asked me to call the insurance agent and a tow truck. What the!?!? I'm sure I would not have acted that way if it were me. I'm sure a little swearing MIGHT have taken place, a little crying WOULD have taken place, and I would be an absolute MESS.

Here's the story in a nutshell. Dan went hunting this morning out West of Santa Clara. He was going to go with a friend, but he didn't end up going. So, Dan was alone. He was actually on his way home, when a deer jumped RIGHT out in front of him. He had just turned off of a dirt road onto another dirt road, so he was not driving very fast. He swerved to miss the deer, but since he was on a dirt road, his truck hit the embankment and off it went. He rolled.

Dan had his seatbelt on, and walked away with a few scratches and a sore neck.






Could I care less that this truck is "DEAD?"

NO.

It could have been my husband, and I'm suddenly VERY aware of how precious life is, and how very little something like this truck means to me. As far as I'm concerned, it's a hunk of metal that could be replaced....my husband cannot be replaced. I'm so grateful that I didn't have to think about "that".

On to the fun of insurance calls.

I wanted to post a few pictures mainly for family who wants to see the extent of the damage. Enjoy.

Thank you to all those who have called or texted. We are fine, just a little shaken up.

Crazy 8 sale!

If you know me well, you know I love a good deal. One of my favorite kid's clothing stores (Crazy 8) is having a 50% off sale, so I figured I would share. On top of the awesome clearance deals, you can also get $10.00 off a $30.00 purchase.

So, I ordered Connelly a bunch of summer clothes for next year. I bought 9 items and spent a total of 28.00 (this was grand total...shipping and all). All the items ended up averaging a little over $3.00 each. The clothes at crazy 8 are good quality, and I would definitely recommend them to anyone.

Ok, so hurry....don't miss the deal. Oh, the coupon code for $10.00 off a $30.00 purchase is:
c8rocks.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THEIR SITE!

Our latest and greatest!

I love this picture! Look at those CURLS!
I snapped a few pictures of Londers today, and I can't believe that she will be 2 years old in a month. Whoa, two years sped by! She is growing so fast. Here are a few of her favorite things lately:
-Mamma Mia the movie (she literally screams MIA when she sees the DVD cover!)
-The potty, I can't believe this, but she keeps asking me to go to the potty. Today she peed and pooped in the potty. We'll see if this continues.
-Her Daddy, she asks for him all day and when he finally comes home every day she is in HEAVEN.
-To climb...on EVERYTHING, she has learned to push a bar stool over to what ever she wants in the kitchen.
-Dogs...especially Daisy. (Mike and Jess's dog.) She is in LOVE with dogs.
-PIZZA, she thinks she should get to eat it for EVERY meal.
-To dance. She's a dancin' fool.
-Fits. She is officially into the fit throwing stage of her life. I'm totally bummed, but I have officially awarded her the worst fit thrower in Kohls of all time. I honestly could not BELIEVE how loud she could scream. I can never show my face there again.
-Shoes, she puts on everyone's shoes in the entire household. She loves them.
-ConYEEE...her brother. She eggs him on ALL day. She won't leave him alone.
-Loves to say the animal sounds (especially oink like a pig, but at the end she says E ,I, E, I, O, and starts singing the old McDonald had a farm song)
-MENO...what she calls Nemo.
I think that's about it. I just wanted to document some of her favorites so that I would remember them!

Things are going good at the Ulrich household, other than we've had sick kids over the weekend, and since we didn't know we were sick, I'm sure we gave it to some family that was in town. I knew Oaklyn was acting a little sick, but it didn't hit in full force until Friday night. (The fam came to town Thursday and Friday). What started out being a little sick, escalated into a full-blown fever. So...it hit the two older kids like a train wreck. Poor Connelly puked all Saturday night. Oaklyn seems to be feeling better, and Con's fever has been gone since Sunday. I just feel bad that we had people at our house to share the germs with. I hope everyone is ok.

We took the kids to Staheli Farm the other day to celebrate Fall, and it was sooooo fun. The kids had a blast, and I'm so glad we went. It felt good to get out of the house into the fresh air. Dan carved them a John Deere watermelon to display since they gave us a deal on all our pumpkins this year.
The kids had a blast with their friends Benson and Hiley. Oaklyn was TERRIFIED that we weren't going to find our way out of the corn maze. Wow...she could not relax.

Here is the pumpkin stash for the year!

I think we officially have 50 so far. We are getting really excited to start carving, but we can't start until a few days before Halloween. A few more weeks to go!

It seems crazy that the holidays are right around the corner! Life speeds by when it gets so busy.
One last thing...I HAD to document this because this is literally the first time I have seen Dan mop the floor in years. Yes, I said YEARS. I'm racking my brain to be sure, but really I'm pretty sure that it is true. I was so grateful! To give him a bit of credit...he does help A LOT with dishes and A LOT with laundry. He's just not much of a "floor" kind of guy. So, I had to give him a little shout-out for his effort. Way to go babe...the only problem is that now I know that you know HOW to do it! :)