Four months old! Wow!

Quenton is now four months old! Time literally flies. Here are some pictures of our chunky lil cutie.

Quenton Verl McInelly

Quenton Verl was born June 10, 2011 at 4:28 p.m. He weighed 6 lbs 15 oz and was 19.5 inches long. He is the sweetest lil boy ever! Here is a picture of him at 2 weeks.

Only Two??

Wow! It really has been two years. It has been the best two years! ("We just think you look great in white...") Joseph and I have been married for exactly two years today! I have to keep telling myself this because it doesn't seem so. Maybe it will sink in in a year or two. ;)

I'm going to start a list that I will add to every year. I will have as many reasons as how many years we have been married.

My husband is the greatest because...
1-He makes me laugh EVERY DAY!
2-He is very heroic. He will kill any spider I ask him to.

Even though these do not describe the full greatness of my loving husband, it's a start to something I hope will begin to express my expansive appreciation for him.

Joe, I love you so much! You are my best and truest friend. Thank you for everything you do for me and all the grand times we've had! There are many more to come, I'm sure! XOXOXO!

Jackson Hole

In September Joe and I went to Jackson Hole for a weekend trip with Mickey and Brian. We all had such a blast! We took the tram up the mountain where it was about 40 degrees! It was freezing. There was all ready snow in some spots. Later that day we went to see the Bar J Wranglers at the Bar J Chuckwagon. They are a fun group to watch. Along with great singing voices, they are hilarious comedians. All in all, it was a busy but relaxing weekend. I certainly enjoyed the getaway. Here is a taste...

Erm....are we sure about this?

Today I was driving home from school and I came to a stop sign and was behind a semi. The semi moved forward. I tried to. I ended up squealing the tires very loudly and killing the car! Normally this would have upset me. This time I busted up laughing and couldn't stop! I had tears in my eyes. Then I realized there was a car behind me! My blurry eyes noted the man and woman in the front seat looking at me incredulously. It seemed as though they thought I had meant to squeal the tires until they realized that I wasn't moving. I was still laughing as I quickly started the car and moved forward. Luckily, I didn't kill it again or I might have gotten a horn honked at me. It was an interesting experience. I'm glad I laughed about it instead of letting it ruin my day. Hooray for me! Although, I'm not certain that driving a standard is for me. Am I sure about this? Time will tell, I suppose. Good luck to me.

Our Baby Dunkin! :D

This is Dunkin our new puppy! He is 5 weeks old. He is a miniature Australian shepherd/black lab mix. Dunkin is absolutely the most adorable thing on the face of this earth! We love him forever and always! Enjoy these photos...

Schoolness!

I know I'm a little late in telling everyone about it but...I started school! I began in the middle of February and I've been going for 6 weeks. I'm going to Bridgerland Applied Technology College and doing the Business Technology Program. It is a self-paced program so I can move through everything very quickly. I've already finished 2 courses- Operating Systems Fundamentals (Welcome to Windows) and Records Management (filing). I am now working on Microsoft Word, Business Calculations (which I'm almost finished with), Keyboarding, and just last Monday I started Accounting 1. I love learning and being able to do it at my own pace! I'm hoping to be done with the program before the year ends. I've got a lot of work to do! Also, this summer I will be doing my photography classes! Mickey also wants to take those classes. How fun would that be to do them together?! I'm excited! Joseph is also getting excited about starting school. He'll be able to start in June! It is going to be really crazy and for sure a little lonely with both of us in school and with Joe working as well. We were talking about it and we will only get to see each other for maybe 2 hours on weekdays! :( But we should have most weekends together. One more incentive for us to get through school as fast as we can!!

Way cool!

Yesterday I was cutting up some bell peppers. I cut a green one in half and found that some of the seeds had started to sprout!! It was really sweet! I had never seen that before in my life so I had to share. Unfortunately, I didn't think about taking a picture so if you've never seen this you'll just have to take my word for it. Or just ask Mickey. She witnessed it as well. Haha yeah. Way cool! :)

Say Goodbye.....

TO CRUTCHES!!!!!! I am officially no longer using crutches. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! :) Haha! I am beyond excited. After being on crutches for almost TEN weeks, I feel like a new person! This is a new start, and I couldn't be happier.

I also want to add my thanks. To my wonderful husband Joe, who put up with my grumpiness and sometimes downright rudeness when I was frustrated with not being able to walk or be self sufficient. I thank you from the bottom of my heart! And I love you beyond description! :)

And thank you to Mickey! For being my chauffeur, taking care of me, and also being my best friend! I love you! :)

And while I'm on this subject, I also want to say thanks to Brian for making me laugh when I'm sure I needed it most. Please keep it up. I'll tease you if you tease me, elfindwarfian. ;)

I'm starting to look human again. Ha

All the scabs are gone now and it's looking really good! I've been using some Eucerin cream that Mickey has and let me tell you, it is miracle cream! :) I love it!

Tomorrow is my 5 week mark! On Monday I saw my physician's assistant for a follow up appointment and he told me to start resting my foot on the floor when I walk, so that when I can actually start walking it will be used to the motion again. I have about a week or so and I can start putting weight on it! Yay! I'm so so so excited! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to me! :) Oh, and to you, also! Haha

All stitches are out! Yay!

I got the stitches out of the long incision on December 10th. It was cut in half and then pulled out from the bottom and top. The bottom half hurt really bad! It snagged on something and just seriously hurt. It was the first time I cried at physical therapy. :/

Enjoy! Ha!

These pics are of my right knee 12 days after surgery! Yesterday I had my post op appointment and FINALLY got all the dressings off. Today I had my first physical therapy appointment. Joe took the first picture while at physical therapy. They did electro stimulus on my quads and took out the bottom stitches. The other three pics I took after I got home. I'll post some more photos later on...

Cheese......Or not...?!

Yesterday morning Joseph, who was on his way home from work, called and asked me to get some sausage out of the freezer. I went to the freezer and couldn't find any sausage in there, so I looked in the fridge. I searched everywhere I thought it would be and decided to look in the drawer where we keep the cheese, just in case. While I didn't find any sausage, I certainly found something else. A bag of sliced cheese. Or, I suppose I should say, what used to be a bag of sliced cheese. It was, in fact, now a bag of mold with only a bit of cheese! Talk about a huge, revolting surprise! I was astonished! Since Joe can get large amounts of cheese for a small price we didn't really think about how little we actually use sliced cheese. Plus, we got the left-over sliced cheese from the family reunion! The moral of the story is, don't buy more cheese than you can handle. And check your cheese frequently for mold! Trust me, you don't want to search your fridge one day and find a bag of mold. :/

P.S. For your consideration (and mine) there won't be a picture. I didn't even take a picture. I didn't want to look at it any longer than was absolutely necessary. Check your cheese people.

Kaymbria

This is Kaymbria. She is a gorgeous little girl that I babysit. She is Joy's daughter for anyone who knows Joy. :) Kaymbria was having fun with some sunglasses and I got some pictures of it! She is so beautiful and such a sweet spirit! She is hilarious and can make anyone smile! I love her!!!! She's so dang cute!!

Visitors!

Nathan came to visit the first week of July. We had fun! Haha! Joseph and I had gone to see the movie Up in 3D so we had those funky glasses. Nate decided they were kind of nerdy and we decided to take some pictures of us being nerdy. It was hilarious!!! We had a lot of fun! We went swimming and we saw Transformers 2. We saw fireworks and had all kinds of fun! Alissa came up with us after the family reunion. We had a blast! I loved hanging out with her! :) We went swimming, we went to see My Sister's Keeper with Mickey and Joy. We did Alissa's drill workouts. We went swimming again. It was great! I was so glad I got to spend time with each of them! I got to know them better as individuals and we strengthened our relationships as siblings. :)

Reunion....

Here are a few pics from the reunion. I feel bad because I only pulled out my camera once. I wish I would have kept it with me the whole time. I could've gotten some great pictures! I guess I got lazy....wouldn't be the first time! Anyway, this was Friday morning at breakfast I believe. I got a good picture of the lake! It was a very gorgeous park! I had a lot of fun! :)

Independence Day!

Here are some pics from the parade on the 4th. Linda, Robbie and their kids came down and spent the day with us and Mickey and Brian's family! We had a blast! I always enjoy spending time with family on holidays! And any other day too, for that matter! I love getting to know the new members of my family! The parade was very good! A bit long but awesome the whole way through! These are a few of my favorite pics from the parade. The first was a little boy in an army hummer. The picture I got I think just captured the moment. I can just imagine this little boy growing up to join the army and serve his country! The next is a stinkin cool orange car. Haha. The Garfield car. ;) The next is Joe's work throwing out frozen string cheese!!!! Haha! I'm not positive but I think someone got hit in the head with one....Dylan or someone.... haha sad but hilarious! No offense :) Hehe! Anyway, I had a lot of fun that day! Later on Brian barbecued chicken and steak for us. (Which was amazing! Thank you Brian!!!) We played games and then did some fireworks! And I did a million and one Pop its! Yay! Which I forgot to take my camera to....So there aren't any pics. But it was fun! I am so grateful for the country we live in and the freedoms that come with that! I'm grateful to the Lord for allowing it to be this way! Hope everyone had a good 4th! :)

Good times :)

I know I'm way behind on blogging. So here goes! These are just a few random pics we took! Having a good time :)

Put Put Put VROOM!!!

This is Nicole's new ride....YEEEEHAW!! :) It is seriously tons of fun! Love it! It gets great gas mileage and is awesome for just getting around town.

Joe is a scooter cop. :)

Ow ow! Lookin' good.....

I look totally weird in this helmet! Haha ;) But Joe thinks I'd better be careful or I'll get pulled over for looking too hot!

Random Update

I just thought I would let everyone know what we've been up to lately...

About a week ago we had some friends move about two blocks away from us. Arend and Christina moved from Thermopolis, WY. Arend was one of Joe's mission companions. They were comps for about 6 months and they served in the Thermopolis area together. That's where Arend and Christina met and after his mission they dated and got married last January. So Joe has known them for a while, and it's been fun for me to get to know them. :)

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law, Mickey, and I started walking together. It has been so much fun to get to know her better! She is seriously amazing!!!! It's been good for both of us! At first it was really hard because we were both kind of out of shape, but now we're doing pretty good! Last week we walked approximately 3 1/2-4 miles! WOOT!

Last Saturday I went to some dance tryouts for a studio here in Hyrum called Angie's Dance Academy. It was really difficult because I haven't danced very seriously for about a year. The last few weeks I worked really hard to get back into dancing shape. At the tryouts I did the best that I could, even though there were many things I just couldn't do anymore. I pulled a few muscles that really hurt. When I got home I was so exhausted and sore! The next day I could hardly move. I felt like an old lady! Haha! Yesterday the director of the studio called me and told me that I had made it!!!! Yay!!! Practice starts on June 15. I'm very excited! All of my pain and hard work payed off! :)

Joe is working hard as usual. He loves his job and is good at it! He gets pretty good exercise lifting boxes all night! He also gets some pretty good muscle too! He has amazing biceps! ;) haha! He is such a hard worker and I'm grateful for all that he does for me! He's the best and I love him! :)

Also, Happy Mother's day to all of you moms! You are all examples to me of what a mother should be and I can't wait until I can be a mother too and follow in your footsteps!