20 year tag

20 Years ago:

1. I was 8 years old and I got baptized.
2. I wasn't playing with barbies and dolls. I was outside building tree huts and playing truth or dare in the field behind my friends house.
3. I loved to go river rafting with my family. We did it every year. My family was so adventurous.

10 Years ago:

1. I was going to Salt Lake Community College.
2. I was dating a guy pretty serious and he asked me to marry him. I was too young to get married so luckily that relationship didn't work.
3. I moved down to Provo to go to college at UVSC. I had the best time there. Amber and I were roommates and Jenny moved in with us and we have been good friends with her ever since.

5 Years ago:

1. Tyler and I got married! We moved twice that year. We were deciding when we wanted to have kids. I wanted them pretty much right away but Tyler wanted to wait a little while. We compromised and waited a year.
2. I was working at First Franklin Financial as an administrative assistant and I loved that job. It was a great company to work for. After I had Sadie I quit because they didn't have part time and I didn't want to work full time. To be honest, I was glad they didn't have part time because I don't think I could have left Sadie at all.
3. Tyler was going to school and I should have been. I stopped going to school so that I could work full time. That is one thing that I regret. I wish that I would have stayed and finished college. One day I will!

3 Years ago:

1. Tyler was in his first year of dental school and we were living in Utah. We were happy that we could do our first year in Utah and spend more time with our families and friends.
2. We had Sadie and she was a perfect little baby. We were loving where we were at in life.
3. Our car was stolen and we had just moved into an apartment so we had a ton of stuff in the trunk and Tyler had his pay stub with his social security # on it and his wallet in the car. We have payed big time for having that info in the car. They found my car, but it was totaled. The insurance gave us money for the car. The funny thing about that is...I had a bag of maternity clothes in the trunk with maternity garments in the bag too. I bet they about died when they saw those things!
4. We went to Cancun with Tyler's family and it was so much fun!!

1Year ago:

1. We were living in Omaha. Tyler was in his junior year of dental school and I had just had Parker. He wasn't a perfect little baby by any means. He was quite the opposite. We were just trying to survive having two kids and that whole transition.
2. Tyler got offered a great job in Utah to work with an amazing dentist and a great office staff. We were really excited because that is what we were hoping for.

So far this year:

1. Tyler is in his senior year of dental school and can't wait to be done!!
2. I am pregnant yet again and we are excited to have another rug rat in our family. I will admit that we are pretty dang nervous to have 3 though.
3. We took Sadie and Parker to Disneyland and Sadie was at a perfect age. It was so fun to watch her with all the princess's and disney characters. Good times!!

Yesterday:

1. It was so hot and humid outside!! I tried to go outside for a walk with Sadie and Parker and it didn't last long at all.
2. We got together with some of our good friends and had pizza and dessert. The girls watched the Bachelorette (I couldn't understand why she picked him?!) and the guys watched Arrested Development.

Today:

1. I am getting together with my friend Natalie because she has the day off.
2. I am going to put my kids down for a nap later and get some me time and try to get the house cleaned. I wish that my life were more exciting.

Tomorrow:

1. I need to get some stuff done like: start packing for our trip, clean the house again (if I even get to it today), do laundry.
2. Maybe go swimming because it is supposed to be a really good day.
3. I need to go the the mall and get a present for my friend and some stuff for me. I have a gift certificate that I need to use.

In the Next Year:

1. We will have a new baby in December.
2. Hopefully we will be living in Utah, in a house, and buy a new car. We really need one, but we are holding out until we get done with school.
3. Sadie will start pre-k.
4. We are going to Disneyland again in October.
5. Hopefully we can go to the Carribbean with Tanya and Erik in June and Hawaii with Amber and JP in December.
I tag: Debbie, Stephanie, Tanya, and Heidi!

some cute pictures

This is Sadie's friend Kael. He lives next door to us. They were getting comfy on the swing all snuggled in a blanket. (thanks for the pictures Stephanie!)

They are becoming really good friends.

**haPpy fouRth oF jUly**

crazy omaha weather

I am way behind on posting things on my blog, but at least I do get around to doing it. Omaha has the craziest weather!! And apparently this year has been the worst in like 15 years...the worst winter and the most tornadoes and storms. This storm happened Friday and it was the worst storm that I have ever been in. It was scary and kind of exciting at the same time. We were all taking a nap in the Rasmussen house (that doesn't happen ever!) and actually it was kind of frustrating because we had just gotten Parker to sleep, which took an hour because for some reason he just didn't want to go to sleep, but he was tired. Then about 10 minutes later the storm hit. The hail was pounding on the windows and it was so loud. It scared Sadie pretty bad and woke her up and of course Parker woke up scared too. Tyler and I had just fallen asleep on the couch when all of a sudden we heard the hail and everything, we jumped up and we looked out our window and all of a sudden our patio swing flies through the air right in front of us and crashes into our neighbors window...shattering it. That is when I realized that this was going to be more serious than "just' a storm. A few minutes later it stopped and as I looked around, I saw huge trees that had fallen everywhere. I really could not believe it. Everyone went outside to asses the damage and it was pretty bad. Big old trees were uprooted and had fallen onto some of the townhouses and the power lines, leaving holes in the ground and making our power go out for a couple days. Our power came back on the next afternoon, but some people didn't have power until Monday.
The next morning after the storm, Parker and Tyler were throwing up and there was throw up all over Parkers sheets and then he threw up on the floor downstairs and we had no power to do laundry or to carpet clean, so our house smelled like a big throw up bowl. I am so glad our power came on that day!! I got sick later that day and I was sick for 2 days. Sadie never got it. I think we got food poisoning because a bunch of people went out to eat because we had no power and Sadie was the only one that didn't eat. That is the only time I was glad that Sadie would rather play than eat! This week has been a crazy one and a lot has happened, but I am glad that everyone is safe and we all have our houses. There is so much to be grateful for everyday of our lives...even in Omaha!! :)

'naps' chain

Sadie gauges things she looks forward to by how many naps she has left. Naps include sleeping at night too. So we made a chain of how many 'naps' she has left before we go to Grandma's.

get ready for a lot of pictures

We went to Utah a week ago for Tyler's brothers wedding. It was a great wedding and we are so happy for Curtis and Dorothy. They are great together. We had a good week there hanging out with family and friends.

Sadie and Reise at the temple for the wedding. They are such great friends!

Sadie has always called Jeff uncle puppy because she didn't like him when she was little, but we told her he was a puppy and she started to like him. But Jeff is refusing to let Parker call him that too...I wonder why? It isn't too bad of a name.

Jeff and Parker


We hung out with our good friends Tanya and Erik and their cute little dog, Khloe

Sadie walking Khloe

Parker walking Sadie


Grandpa Rasmussen's favorite thing to do when he holds a baby


This picture makes me laugh because it looks like those funny glasses with the big nose hooked on them. (not that parker has a big nose or anything)


Sadie and her cousin Coleman riding a horse at the Greer's house


We went swimming quite a bit while we were there. The weather was great!!


Whitney and Parker

Sadie jumping off the diving board

happy birthday to me

It was my birthday a week ago and I really had a great birthday. Me, Sadie and Parker went to lunch with Tyler to Panera. My car wouldn't start when we were leaving to go have lunch so I had to have a neighbor come over and jump start it (thanks Casey). It hasn't started since that day. I think it is time for a new car. Birthday present?? Maybe next year!
It was such a nice day...really it was the only day that week that didn't have a tornado warning or severe thunderstorms. We all hung out outside all day and then we went to dinner with some good friends the Leany's and the Boss's. We went to one of my favorite restaurants, Texas Roadhouse. Have you had their rolls with the cinnamon butter? Oh man, they are delightful. And their ribs? They are to die for. Our waitress comped our meal because it was my birthday. Tyler ordered my favorite cake form Costco and we had cake and ice cream later with our friends. We have such great friends out here. Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday so wonderful!!

some of our great friends out here

Sadie claimed the whole princess part of the cake

singing happy birthday

the girls were just sitting around the table talking and the cake was sitting there in front of us, so Melissa had a great idea to see who could eat the most cake with out their hands

a few got their faces smashed into their cake. Sadie actually joined in too, it was cute!!

Tiff, Natalie, Sadie, Me, Melissa and Becca

oh i wish i were an oscar meyer weiner

It's not every day that an oscar meyer weiner truck pulls into the parking lot to pick you up for dinner. We actually weren't able to go because Tyler was being a good guy and he went to Iowa to help a single mom move. (I'll admit, I was a little annoyed that he was there). Here are some pictures of the weiner....

the weinermobile. my favorite part was that it played the theme song!

Tiff and Tyler Boss, Kylie and Targee and their friend.



they gave all the kids little weiner truck whistles.
Shelby, Jansten, Aiyden and Sadie

'blue steel'

This morning I opened my door to look outside and see how wonderful of a day it was and when I opened my door this is what was looking me...

It totally freaked me out and the first thought was that some freak was standing at my door waiting for it to open. Parker walked up and stopped dead in his tracks and just stared at it for a minute and then he started laughing. Sadie was upstairs and so I shut the door and told her to come down. I swung the door open when she got downstairs and it scared her too. They were laughing so hard at it. Parker was hilarious. I was holding him and he was laughing at it and as soon as I got closer to it, he started to grab on to me tighter. Thanks Boss's for the funny joke and the good laugh!!

This month we have planted.....

a garden

a tree for our front yard

and flowers in our front yard.


We have done a lot of fun projects with our kids. We have never had a garden so it is fun to go up there with Sadie and watch all the stuff grow. Sadie and Parker both love it! They get their shovels and dig away in the dirt!

~haircut!~

Tyler decided that he didn't trust me to give him a haircut because once, that's right just once I messed up just a smidgen. Nothing too noticeable. He says he got made fun of at school. Anyway, so Sadie gave him his haircut and I have to admit that she did quite the job.

staying updated

I really need to update my blog. It has been so long! I feel like I don't have any time to blog anymore, what a sad day...I love to blog. I am going to try to stay updated.

sadie the mommy

We had Gabe over at our house and Sadie was in HEAVEN!! She loves little babies so much. She always talks about when she is going to be a mommy. It is so cute. Parker actually likes him too...as long as I am not holding him! :)

We just wanted to let everyone know that......

we are pregnant!! I am 10 weeks along. We are really excited (& nervous) to have another baby!

**Coco Keys**

Last week we went to an indoor water park that is by our house. We went with our good friends Dave and Mindy and their family. It was so much fun!! The lazy river was Sadie's favorite, I think it was ours too. It was nice to just sit on the tubes and relax.

Sadie kept her goggles on all day. She had big red lines around her eyes when she took them off.

Sadie and Riley loved playing in the fountains.

Parker did too!

Can you believe Mindy is 8 months pregnant? She looks great!!