Just wanted to let everyone know that we are having a GIRL!! We are excited and so is Sadie. She can't wait to have a baby sister.

eeww!!

Tyler and Spencer were up at the garden cutting down a branch that was covering our watermelons. Tyler was up in the tree cutting while Spencer was on the ground helping. This was what showed up on is leg (and arms) the next day. He has been in a lot of pain....I don't know why guys have to wait until they are almost dead before they will go to the doctor. He finally went in to the doctor 2 days ago and they gave him a steroid shot and some medication. The doc said that it was poison oak. It actually got a lot worse than this. This picture was taken about 3 days before he went to the doctor. Yuck!! Hopefully it will start feeling better soon!

Offutt Air show

We went to the air show at Offutt Air Force Base on Saturday and despite the HOT weather, it was so much fun. Sadie and Parker had such a good time sitting in the airplanes and cars. Sadie's favorite was the fire department smoke house. It was a trailer that they turned into a little house and they teach the kids how to get out of the house if there is a fire and smoke all around. They had fake smoke and everything. She had to walk on her hands and knees to the top floor and then they climb down a latter. I thought that it was so funny that she loved it. She did it 3 times. They also had blow up toys which was where we spent most of our time. While Sadie and Parker played we watched the air show and ate famous dave's bbq pork sandwiches. It was a fun day!

boogers?

I'm not sure if anyone else will find this as funny as I do, but I was laughing so hard. He is such a funny little guy.

jackson hole camping

We went to Jackson Hole Wyoming to run the Snake river and to camp with my mom and dad, Thomas's, Waldron's and Eric, Packer's, Opfar's, Pack's and Green's. It was so much fun. We left Parker home with Tyler's parents and took Sadie. She loved it. It was her first time down a river with rapids. (We floated down the Provo river a couple years ago, but that doesn't really count). It was such a great trip and we are so glad that we were able to go. Thanks Deb and John for letting us sleep in your motor home. It was great!
I will post some pictures of the rapids and cliff jumping as soon as I get them.

everyone waiting to take off

getting ready for our first trip down the river

kelly, jill, heather, lisa, deb and me

lisa, kelly, me and heather

grandma ross, christian & sadie on the duckie

jaida & sadie

floatin' down the snake

riding back to camp

jill, maddie and deb

jaida, sadie and jessica

spencer and chandler taking sadie on a back pack ride

friends

tyler & eric

these are some special boys

sadie fishing

Sadie went fishing with Tyler and her uncle Jas and G&G Ras up at Brighton. She caught a fish and then Tyler grilled it that night and they ate it. She said that she liked to fish, but she didn't like to eat it.

parker is fearless

So the story behind this video is...Parker got up on this coffee table and decided that he wanted to jump off. His favorite thing to do is get up on things and jump off. He doesn't care how high it is, in fact the higher the better in his eyes. It is terrifying sometimes. So when he jumped off the coffee table he kind of fell on his face on the carpet and cried a little and then he climbed right back up and jumped off again. He fell on his face again and cried a little and then we thought that he had learned his lesson...that if he jumps off this table he is going to get hurt. But that didn't happen, he got back up to jump and so I decided that he would get really hurt if I didn't put down some blankets and pillows because he wasn't stopping. He jumped off for probably 10 minutes. It was pretty funny how much fun he was having.

raging waters

We went to raging waters with my mom & debbie and her kids. It was so fun for the kids. I couldn't do a whole lot, but I did love the wave pool. I also did a tube slide, but it was pretty small. It was a really fun day with the fam.

Sadie cliff jumping

Jessica, Sadie and Jaida at raging waters.

john mayer concert

We went to see John Mayer at the Usana and it was so much fun! Colbie Caillat opened for him. She was good, but there are only like 2 songs that I knew of hers. It was such a fun night and we seriously laughed the whole night. I love being with my mom and sisters!



mom, abby, debbie, me, stacie and kaycee

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