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HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY TO DEAN

June 5th was Dean's 30th birthday. For this milestone I decided to take him on a suprise trip to Atlanta to see the BRAVES! He has been a die hard fan since he was 13 and has seen them play a couple times but had never been to Atlanta! He had no idea it was Awesome, thanks to everyone who helped me pull it off. I didn't tell him until the morning of his birthday when we were parked at the airport. I packed the bags, sent Drew to Evanston, and told him we had to leave at 6am for a birthday surprise. He was a little skeptical he wanted to make sure I was not taking him sky diving or in any small planes, he is not a fan of those. It was great we had a lot of fun. We saw 3 Braves games, went on a tour of the Stadium, went to batting practice, the hall of fame, and saw a little of the city. It was like 90 degrees there, a little hot but compared to our weather it felt nice. We came back on Sunday and had cake and ice cream with his family in Evanston. I know... I know.... I ROCK!

5 Years of Marriage!

We have had a couple of fun weeks. On May 30th it was our 5 year anniversary! We dropped Drew off to my sister (thanks Melly) and took some time for ourselves. We went to Gateway for dinner and some shopping then we stayed at the Grand America, thanks to Legend for the gift certificate. We did not take advantage of the valet parking due to the RAV and its nastiness and annoying alarm but the rest of the stay was Awesome! On Saturday we went through the SLC temple which was cool. I had never been there before for a session so I thought it was cool, a little different, but seeing all the rooms was really cool. Then it was time to get Drew. He had a lot of fun with Mel because I am sure she did whatever he wanted.

I am not really one to share my feelings so I thought I would share a few things I have learned about Dean in 5 years!

1. He is a simple man, who is very easy to please.... dinner, a movie, some time with family he is a happy man.
2. He loves Baseball, either playing it or watching it. He is passionate about the Braves!
3. He never finds it necessary to yell, I am still working on this one...
4. He is very kind and generous.
5. He loves and supports his family from me to Drew to his nieces, nephews, siblings, parents or in-laws.

He has definantly made me a better person in the last 5 years, but there is still more work to be done. To 5 more years... and then some.

Logan Ryan Payne

He is here and is a cutie!! I think Drew thinks he is his brother?? He liked seeing baby oogan, we went to the hospital last night and if we moved him around to different people Drew would say "where'd that baby go".

drew & ellie

Awaiting Baby Logan

Yesterday Drew and I and my sister Melly drove to Meridian to help watch my sisters girls while she had her baby boy, hopefully sometime today. She was induced at 10 but so far at 4:30 she is like a 4, poor thing. Last we heard she wasn't able to have her epidural because the doc thought it would slow it down, so needless to say she is not so happy. In the mean time Melly and I have our hands full with Drew and Ellie, they are crazy they feed off each others energy so far a trip to Costco did us in! Drew is now sleeping and Ellie is watching High school musical. Hope he comes soon......

Stalker Demands New Post

My stalker friend Amberly is sick of seeing the title Not much going on... ready for spring. Fair enough time for a little update. I attempt to blog sometimes then I just end of reading friends and family blogs and finding other people and then never get to my own. I also think that my life is quite dull compared to most of the ones I read, but I should keep it up-to-date for Drew to read back on because he does a lot of funny stuff even it is boring to everyone else. Just had to get that out.

We did go to Disneyland over Easter for a week and it was a lot of fun!!! It was so warm and Drew had a lot of fun. We spent three days at Disneyland, 1 day at Universal, and 1 day at the beach. One of the highlights for me was going to the musical Wicked!

After our trip Dean had to study every day until April 11th when he took his professional engineering exam so he can get his license and more importantly a raise :) In the mean time I quit my job, so I no longer work for Meridian HORRAY!! I got another job that is pretty cool it's an online magazine for LDS women, you can check it out at LDSWA.com.

Drew is talking up a storm these days which mostly just makes us laugh. It amazes me how much he picks up daily. He is also getting a little more naughty he is a little bossy to me and Dean and if he does not get his way he spanks our butt, I don't know where he learned that. He loves to be outside to go the park and slide and swing. He thinks he is five or something and desperatly wants to ride a bike with a hemet (helmet).

That is the latest on us! I will add some Disneyland photos, but my camera broke on the last day so since then everything is on my cell phone, and I don't know how to get them off.

Not much going on... Ready for Spring

We haven't been doing anything too exciting since Drew's birthday. We did go to Evanston on Saturday and Celebrate Dean's Moms 60th birthday and all the other February birthdays. ( I will add some photos later they are still on my camera). Happy Birthday to Gary, Sandy, Drew, Stacia, and John!

We are so ready for Spring, the snow is too hard and crunchy to really play in anymore and everytime we go outside it is still cold and Drew just gets wet and muddy. We are very excited to go to Disneyland on the 22nd of this month for a week. The weather there is in the 70's and it sounds wonderful!!!

I added some photos from earlier this month when I took my nieces and Drew to Chucky E Cheese for the afternoon. While Andrea and Ryan hung out with their friends from Dental School. We had a good time!