So I decided that I was done being frustrated with this blog. Since I don't know how to fix it, I made a NEW one!!! Wahoo!!!! Here ya go!
degrootgang2.blogspot.com
I know, very original. It will be up and running within this week and I will have many updates :)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Preggo brain part 2...
So this actually happened a little bit ago (4 days) but I was too embarassed to write about it. Now, I am able to laugh about it and I'm glad to share it with you :)
On Saturday, Michael had to work from 3 until 9:30 at night! No fun for a Saturday, but I decided to go up to Alpine and hang out with his family instead of being home alone in the apartment. Anyway! So I drove Michael to work and then proceeded up to Alpine. Right when I got to his parent's house, I received a call. I answered the phone, turned off the music, opened the door, locked it, and got out......without the keys....with the car still on.....and no spare key. Did I really do that?!? There is no way I could be that dumb! Right? Well, at least that's what I thought until this happened. Our car that has problems with overheating is stuck turned on and I have no way of fixing it. Good.
We ended up searching the house for any key that might go to our car to open it, but none of them worked. We had a few options: 1) break a window to turn off the car 2) call roadside service which would have taken an hour or two for them just to get there, or 3) me borrow my mom's car and drive down to Provo to get keys from Michael. Guess which one I got to do?! Wahoo! Yay for driving :)
Well, Michael isn't exactly very accessible when he is teaching in the MTC. He doesn't have his phone on, I have no idea where his classroom is, I wouldn't be able to go inside even if I did, and the operator on the phone also didn't know where his classroom was. I finally was able to remember a name of one of the missionaries he teaches and they were able to contact Michael and tell him to call me.
What a fun day huh? Driving to Alpine twice and back to Provo twice, freaking out the whole time that the car is going to blow up, can't get ahold of my husband, and I'm starving! haha Anyway, I hope this provided some sort of entertainment for you :) I was reliving all the emotions as I wrote it :) Loves!
On Saturday, Michael had to work from 3 until 9:30 at night! No fun for a Saturday, but I decided to go up to Alpine and hang out with his family instead of being home alone in the apartment. Anyway! So I drove Michael to work and then proceeded up to Alpine. Right when I got to his parent's house, I received a call. I answered the phone, turned off the music, opened the door, locked it, and got out......without the keys....with the car still on.....and no spare key. Did I really do that?!? There is no way I could be that dumb! Right? Well, at least that's what I thought until this happened. Our car that has problems with overheating is stuck turned on and I have no way of fixing it. Good.
We ended up searching the house for any key that might go to our car to open it, but none of them worked. We had a few options: 1) break a window to turn off the car 2) call roadside service which would have taken an hour or two for them just to get there, or 3) me borrow my mom's car and drive down to Provo to get keys from Michael. Guess which one I got to do?! Wahoo! Yay for driving :)
Well, Michael isn't exactly very accessible when he is teaching in the MTC. He doesn't have his phone on, I have no idea where his classroom is, I wouldn't be able to go inside even if I did, and the operator on the phone also didn't know where his classroom was. I finally was able to remember a name of one of the missionaries he teaches and they were able to contact Michael and tell him to call me.
What a fun day huh? Driving to Alpine twice and back to Provo twice, freaking out the whole time that the car is going to blow up, can't get ahold of my husband, and I'm starving! haha Anyway, I hope this provided some sort of entertainment for you :) I was reliving all the emotions as I wrote it :) Loves!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Family Galore!
These last two weeks have been crazy!!! But oh so much fun :)Last Wednesday, Michael and I headed up to Alpine to hitch a ride with my family up to our Edwards Family Reunion in Colorado. It was so fun! I loved getting to see all of my relatives and of course all their little babies! Yes, I'm getting more and more baby hungry every day.
The first day we got there, we went on a hike. If anyone really knows me or Michael, hikes are basically our least favorite thing to do...ya. BUT! It actually turned out to be pretty great. It was a short hike (3-4 miles) and it had a beautiful waterfall at the end!
Here is Michael posing as though he were on one of those ridiculous Nature Valley commercials :)
Mom, Carrie, and Rachel (Beautiful picture of all of them!)
Too cute for words!
All the Hooley boys! What a good lookin' family :)
The first day we got there, we went on a hike. If anyone really knows me or Michael, hikes are basically our least favorite thing to do...ya. BUT! It actually turned out to be pretty great. It was a short hike (3-4 miles) and it had a beautiful waterfall at the end!
Here is Michael posing as though he were on one of those ridiculous Nature Valley commercials :)
Gotta love it!
Random other pics of the family :)
Catie and our little cousin Eric
Mom, Carrie, and Rachel (Beautiful picture of all of them!)Sadly, I didn't get any pictures of us up at the camp, but it was great! We had arts and crafts galore, all you can eat buffet, swimming pool, volleyball, mini golf, and tons of other family games :) I loved it and Michael really got to know a lot of my relatives. (He remembered way more names than I thought he would) Love him! At the end of the reunion, we had family testimony meeting. It was beautiful and very inspiring. We got to talk about Grandpa and Grandma Edwards a lot and about the wonderful legacy they have left behind. The gospel really is the thing that brings families closest.
After the reunion, we got to stay with my Aunt Patricia and Uncle Mark. Their house is so lively and fun to be at! The only problem we had was that Michael is very allergic to cats....Claratin is amazing. On Monday, all the boys went to an amusement park (jealous much?) and all the girls (except Mallory) stayed in Louisville and went around that little town. It was so cute! There was a little italian ice place that we all went to and right when we walked in, there were pictures of basically everyone in that town. No joke. The lady who owns it really does know every single person who lives in that town. Crazy!
The last day of our Colorado trip was spent at the Natural History Museum and then at the Rockies game! Sadly no pics from the Rockies game, but here are some from the museum...
This is a heat sensor camera. It was awesome! The green areas are cold and the red are hot. This is Michael and my dad. Can you guess which one?
Dinosaurs...nuff said
Michael almost being eaten by a bear...not really...
My little bro Michael either giving me the death glare...or trying to look mysterious....not sure which one
Ginormous Walruses! Michael and Tom didn't really wanna smile...they were too intimidated
Okay!!!! So that is Colorado in a nut shell! On to Elko, NV.
Well, on Wednesday, we got home to our apartment at about 9:00pm. We then had to do laundry, clean up a little, I had to study for my test the next day, and pack. Thursday morning, I went to class, took my test (and totally aced it :)), came home to finish packing, left for Alpine, and we were off to Elko for another family reunion. No need to say that we were already exhausted beyond belief, but to top it all off, during the Colorado trip, my ankles had started to swell up. Yay!
Anyway, so once we got on the road, the drive was a ton shorter than going to Colorado! How nice is that? I think we had more food for that road trip than the one for Colorado, but who is complaining? Once we got to Elko, we got a tour of Aunt Lauren and Uncle Bob's house. It was so great! Aunt Lauren had just recently redone the entire interior of the house and it was beautiful. I love seeing how everyone has such a different taste and style and yet they pulll it off! It was great! There was always something to do and sometimes even too much to do!
Michael was awake until late just playing games with his brothers and brothers in law and catching up with them. I was asleep :) I love that I was able to sleep through commotion. That is not usually the case. We were able to go boating on Friday and Saturday and had such a wonderful time with the family :) Thank you Aunt Lauren and Uncle Bob for having us!!!!!!!
So, I got more video than pictures from this trip, but here are the Hooley boys! Love 'em!
Too cute for words!
All the Hooley boys! What a good lookin' family :)Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Preggo brain!
Okay, so I was always very skeptical about the whole "lowered IQ" "forgetfulness" thing while you're pregnant...until this week it really hit me. Remember how people always say, "I'm so out of it that I found my keys in the refrigerator" just as a way to express how out of it they are? Well, I really did find my keys in the refrigerator. Ya. I know. Pathetic. That's not all though! This Sunday we were in a huge hurry to get out the door and to church, so we basically scarfed down a bowl of cereal and ran out the door. Later during Sacrament meeting, I started to freak out because "I knew" I forgot to turn the straightner off and we were going to come home to a burned down apartment!!! We hurried home and I ran up the stairs (big feat at this moment in time)just to go into the bathroom and find that the straightner was turned off. I really am losing it! Luckily there are only 13 weeks and 3 days til my due date!!! (Again, not counting)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Blogging annoyance!
So if you couldn't already tell, my blog page is somewhat messed up! All my friends and blog lists are all the way at the bottom of this page! I can't even see them because they basically blend into my background...Anyone know how to fix it? Desperate is a little intense to say, but I would LOVE anyone to help!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Our 2:30am plumber...
This week has been very eventful to say the least! Lots of homework/stress, work/stress, lack of sleep/stress, and a water heater that rusted through the bottom/stress! Love it! Long story short, we came home Monday to find a sign on our door that read "The apartment below has a leak coming from your apartment. Please call maintenance." As the toilet overflowed a little bit ago, I figured it had something to do with that. Apparently not. When the maintenance guys came, they said that our water heater was leaking and that they would have to have a plumber come and either fix it or get a new water heater all together.
Well, last night after Michael's last two tournament softball games (so fun!), we came home to a plumber walking up the stairs with a new water heater! Great stuff. It was about 10:30pm at this time and so we figured he wouldn't be there much longer. Wrong. At 12:30am we asked if everything was going okay. He said ya it's going great! So of course, we thought that meant probably another 20 min or so. About an hour went by and he was still working on it. Another 20 min went by and the fire alarm went off because of the smoke that was coming from our new water heater. Finally, I went downstairs and asked if he was almost done. He really was this time. By the time he had gathered up all his belongings and everything was working pretty well, it was 2:30am. I don't do 2:30am. 10:30 pm is pushing it. But really? Oh well! Everything is wonderful and fixed now! Thanks to Amy and John and John's cousins!!!
Well, last night after Michael's last two tournament softball games (so fun!), we came home to a plumber walking up the stairs with a new water heater! Great stuff. It was about 10:30pm at this time and so we figured he wouldn't be there much longer. Wrong. At 12:30am we asked if everything was going okay. He said ya it's going great! So of course, we thought that meant probably another 20 min or so. About an hour went by and he was still working on it. Another 20 min went by and the fire alarm went off because of the smoke that was coming from our new water heater. Finally, I went downstairs and asked if he was almost done. He really was this time. By the time he had gathered up all his belongings and everything was working pretty well, it was 2:30am. I don't do 2:30am. 10:30 pm is pushing it. But really? Oh well! Everything is wonderful and fixed now! Thanks to Amy and John and John's cousins!!!
Here is me at my 24 week mark! Everything is going well with our little boy! And I just quit my job so that I wouldn't be so stressed anymore. I heard it's not a very good thing to be so stressed when you're pregnant...therefore, only school for me for the rest of the summer! Yay!!! (Ignore the bad hair day....I was up too late to want to do it this morning!) 
Thursday, June 3, 2010
For REAL!
Yes, I realize that my title for this post is cliche, but I don't care:) So last Saturday after we went to a family graduation party for Janelle (which was so fun!), Michael and I headed up to the REAL Salt Lake soccer game! We had a blast! My dad was able to score us awesome tickets because Tom and his team were playing at half time! How fun is that? They were great and they all looked so cute out on that HUGE field!
Rachel and Carrie! Too adorable :)
Matt and Catie! Love them!
Here is us! Cute huh? (I especially like my burn line, not tan line, burn line)
Tom and Mike are both out on the field! So lucky!
Here they are playing:)
It was such a great game! REAL won and they had to go overtime because a player on the other team was complaining about a call for so long! Little would he know that those three minutes cost his team another goal! Go REAL!
Rachel and Carrie! Too adorable :)
Matt and Catie! Love them!
Here is us! Cute huh? (I especially like my burn line, not tan line, burn line)
Tom and Mike are both out on the field! So lucky!
Here they are playing:)
It was such a great game! REAL won and they had to go overtime because a player on the other team was complaining about a call for so long! Little would he know that those three minutes cost his team another goal! Go REAL!
Monday, May 31, 2010
May Adventures :)
So I know I promised to be better at blogging, but hey, at least my last post wasn't 8 months ago this time! This month has definitely been a crazy one. It was full of a ton of birthdays, our anniversary, finding out we are having a boy, school, work, softball, and tons of other crazy stuff! SO! Here is the rundown:)
Here is my hot hubby playing softball:) His intramural games are so so fun to watch! It's hard sometimes cause I would just love to be out there on the field as well, but it's okay, because I have Katie and Kenzie (wives of other players on the team) to keep me company and to keep my mind thinking about other things than how much I want to be playing:) Michael's team is in the tournament this week! Cheer him on!
This is me at the classic 19 week bump stage. I'm a little bigger now, but I think I was sticking out my tummy in this one to make it look bigger than it was:) I'm just too excited!!!! I'm at 22 weeks now, and more pictures will follow...just not really sure when:)
OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!! Can you believe it has already been an entire year?!! I honestly can't. Michael and I have been so so happy together and love every minute that we have to spend by each other's side. He really is so amazing to me and treats me like a queen. I don't think I deserve everything he does for me. He really is my everything and I'm so blessed to be able to be with him for eternity:)
For our anniversary, I got Michael the Wii Sports Resort! Every spare minute he has, he is on that thing:) Man I'm good! haha But...I'm nothing compared to my hubby. Look at the amazing wedding band he got me!!!!!! Ah! Yes, I cried. I would attribute that to the pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure that would be a lie. Yup. It would. I love him so so so much!!!!!!
Finally, (but not really cause this was at the beginning of the month) Michael's birthday!!!!! Michael basically had a birthweek, not a birthday. Starting on the Saturday before his birthday and ending on the Friday after, we celebrated him:) On Saturday, we had our "us" party where we went to Ihop for breakfast and he was able to open his presents:) As you can see in the slideshow, he was pretty excited:) Then on Wednesday (his real b-day) all of his side of the family came over! It was so fun to finally have everyone in our apartment:) We did dinner, cake and ice cream, and presents! It was so fun to have them here:) On Friday, my side of the family all came down to celebrate Michael as well! My dad took us all to Fuddrucker's and ate until we were too full to breathe! Then, everyone came back to the apartment and we did presents and watched "The Blind Side". How fun is that?! I love family! Thank you to everyone who made Michael's birthday a great one!!!
Here is my hot hubby playing softball:) His intramural games are so so fun to watch! It's hard sometimes cause I would just love to be out there on the field as well, but it's okay, because I have Katie and Kenzie (wives of other players on the team) to keep me company and to keep my mind thinking about other things than how much I want to be playing:) Michael's team is in the tournament this week! Cheer him on!
This is me at the classic 19 week bump stage. I'm a little bigger now, but I think I was sticking out my tummy in this one to make it look bigger than it was:) I'm just too excited!!!! I'm at 22 weeks now, and more pictures will follow...just not really sure when:)
OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!! Can you believe it has already been an entire year?!! I honestly can't. Michael and I have been so so happy together and love every minute that we have to spend by each other's side. He really is so amazing to me and treats me like a queen. I don't think I deserve everything he does for me. He really is my everything and I'm so blessed to be able to be with him for eternity:)
For our anniversary, I got Michael the Wii Sports Resort! Every spare minute he has, he is on that thing:) Man I'm good! haha But...I'm nothing compared to my hubby. Look at the amazing wedding band he got me!!!!!! Ah! Yes, I cried. I would attribute that to the pregnancy, but I'm pretty sure that would be a lie. Yup. It would. I love him so so so much!!!!!!
Finally, (but not really cause this was at the beginning of the month) Michael's birthday!!!!! Michael basically had a birthweek, not a birthday. Starting on the Saturday before his birthday and ending on the Friday after, we celebrated him:) On Saturday, we had our "us" party where we went to Ihop for breakfast and he was able to open his presents:) As you can see in the slideshow, he was pretty excited:) Then on Wednesday (his real b-day) all of his side of the family came over! It was so fun to finally have everyone in our apartment:) We did dinner, cake and ice cream, and presents! It was so fun to have them here:) On Friday, my side of the family all came down to celebrate Michael as well! My dad took us all to Fuddrucker's and ate until we were too full to breathe! Then, everyone came back to the apartment and we did presents and watched "The Blind Side". How fun is that?! I love family! Thank you to everyone who made Michael's birthday a great one!!!
Monday, May 17, 2010
It's a.....
Meet our little baby BOY!!!!!! How exciting is that?! I couldn't be more excited :) I'm just starting to realize how blessed I am. So many things have happened in the last year and I really can't believe that Michael and I are going to be parents. We really are so blessed and love our baby boy already! Michael is so excited that the day after we found out we were having a boy, he went on eBay and was looking for little Mariner's onesies :) How adorable is that?! We are just going to make sure he gets a Yankees onesie as well to even things up! We are still looking for a name but we will keep everyone posted!!!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Movement!!!!
You know when you're all worried cause you haven't felt the baby move yet? Especially when your doctor asks, "So how has the baby's movement been?" and you have to answer with, "uh...am I supposed to feel something yet?". Well, I no longer have to answer like that!!! I felt the baby move on Thursday! It was so cool! Like little butterflies in one small part of my tummy :) Yes, I'm already using "tummy". I figure it would be good to get a head start on all of the "mommy words". :) I have felt the baby move a little bit every day since, but today has been the most yet! I think it's because I haven't been feeling the best and have been taking it easy all day. I actually get to focus on it :) *tear*
Anyway! Also another "movement" going on in our lives. We just barely finished moving into our new apartment and couldn't be more happy about it! I've been deep cleaning all weekend (explains why I don't feel too well today) and still have a ton to do, but I love it! It's all ours :) Don't get me wrong, we are so grateful to have lived in Alpine with my family for the last four months, but it's really nice to have a place to ourselves. Well! I better get going! Lots of homework left to do!
-Trisha
Anyway! Also another "movement" going on in our lives. We just barely finished moving into our new apartment and couldn't be more happy about it! I've been deep cleaning all weekend (explains why I don't feel too well today) and still have a ton to do, but I love it! It's all ours :) Don't get me wrong, we are so grateful to have lived in Alpine with my family for the last four months, but it's really nice to have a place to ourselves. Well! I better get going! Lots of homework left to do!
-Trisha
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Finally an update! And some pretty exciting news :)
Okay, so I figured since I just finished my last final for this semester that I should probably blog about our lives! Crazy idea right? I mean, who blogs? Apparently, not me. Anyway! Here is just a quick rundown of the last almost 8 months...ready, set, go!
- We are now living at my parent's house and have been for the last 4 months. They have been so generous and we can't thank them enough!
- I cut my hair a while ago...craziest thing ever! It's normal length for me now, but great adventure!
- We are moving into my aunt and uncle's condo in about a week and can't handle our excitement!! :)
- Michael is going to UVU and studying International Business. Until he finds something else that he wants to do, that is his path for now.
- I just finished Winter semester and will be going to school through Spring and Summer semesters as a full time student and part time employee.
- We gained another niece on April 9th! Peyton is so adorable and I can't wait to meet her!
- My youngest sister got baptized on April 10th and it was beautiful! She got to fast for the first time and couldn't believe it was TWO ENTIRE MEALS she wasn't supposed to eat.
And lastly....
I'm having a baby!!!!!! :)
How crazy is that?! I am about 17 1/2 weeks along (not counting) and the baby is due October
2nd. I was pretty sick at the beginning and school was close to impossible! I'm much better now, but I haven't really gained any weight....just inches. Gotta love it! I can't wait for a cute preggo belly and to get away from this whole, "Wait, you're pregnant?!" thing.
I don't think I have any excuse not to blog now! As I get more updates on the baby, I will update this blog and hopefully figure out how this whole blogging thing works!
- We are now living at my parent's house and have been for the last 4 months. They have been so generous and we can't thank them enough!
- I cut my hair a while ago...craziest thing ever! It's normal length for me now, but great adventure!
- We are moving into my aunt and uncle's condo in about a week and can't handle our excitement!! :)
- Michael is going to UVU and studying International Business. Until he finds something else that he wants to do, that is his path for now.
- I just finished Winter semester and will be going to school through Spring and Summer semesters as a full time student and part time employee.
- We gained another niece on April 9th! Peyton is so adorable and I can't wait to meet her!
- My youngest sister got baptized on April 10th and it was beautiful! She got to fast for the first time and couldn't believe it was TWO ENTIRE MEALS she wasn't supposed to eat.
And lastly....
I'm having a baby!!!!!! :)
How crazy is that?! I am about 17 1/2 weeks along (not counting) and the baby is due October
2nd. I was pretty sick at the beginning and school was close to impossible! I'm much better now, but I haven't really gained any weight....just inches. Gotta love it! I can't wait for a cute preggo belly and to get away from this whole, "Wait, you're pregnant?!" thing.I don't think I have any excuse not to blog now! As I get more updates on the baby, I will update this blog and hopefully figure out how this whole blogging thing works!
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