January '16

January seemed to just fly by. It was a VERY busy month for both of us. And since things were so busy I took like no photos.

We started January off with Jared going back to work on his birthday (which was on a Thursday), having school cancelled the next day, him working on Monday, then us taking the next 2 days off. Why did we take 2 days off??? Well because Jared had surgery on Tuesday the 12th. If you've read through our Dec 15 post you know that Jared saw Dr Hotaling and scheduled a surgery to repair things. We got to the University of Utah Daybreak Clinic/Hospital at about 9:30 Tuesday morning. We got Jared all checked in and waited for them to take him back. Once they took us back, we talked with nurses (by the way nurses ROCK) and got his vitals and all that stuff. We met with the anesthesiologist and his team (they were awesome too). Then we talked with Dr Hotaling (have I mentioned that he is THE BEST). He explained the procedure and timing and so on. Then he was off to be preparation and they sent me back to the waiting room (though seeing the surgery would have been awesome (yep medical/science nerd) ). About an hour later Dr Hotaling called me back to talk about how things went. He said Jared had 6 varicoceles (the norm is 3). I got some awesome pictures of before and after too. He asked me if I had questions and when I said "No" he had that look of "really why not" so I explained my educational background and then it made sense. The last thing he said to me, and I will NEVER forget it, was "Be sure to send me a baby picture!" See why I say he is AWESOME! So glad that he is our (ok Jared's) doctor. I went back out to the waiting room and waited for Jared to wake up.

Awake after a successful surgery (he'll probably kill me for posting this lol)

After he was awake we waited almost an hour before we could leave. We picked up his pain meds from the pharmacy and headed to Taco Time to grab him something to eat since he hadn't eaten in over 12 hours. We got back to my parents house and parked him on the couch with a bunch of snacks oh and an ice pack. Being in civilization meant I had other errands to run while I had the chance and he was quite content to just veg and watch Netflix. Needless to say Jared was spoiled while recovering, but he SO deserved it. I mean what other guy would have surgery THERE unless it was for something his wife (and he) wanted. The next day we headed back home and Jared went back to work the next day. He was definitely tired the next few days, but had a great recovery.

Then we had a 3 day weekend (LOVE those). 4 day weeks are AWESOME! The next week was Honor Choir and I was able to be a chaperone for those 2 days. This really just meant that I got 2 lunch dates with my husband and spent the whole day with him. PLUS I got to use school internet to work, so a win win all around.

Well that was January. What a whirlwind! And it looks like February is going to follow in its footsteps.

Thank you all for your prayers for us during January as Jared went under the knife, and of course for the continued support.

December '15

December is one of my favorite months, it's a very special time of year.

December was a very busy month for me with work. We gained another person on my team just in time for the other member to go on maternity leave. But I survived :)

December is always busy for Jared because the band has their winter concert and bazaar. It's kind of stressful. The band raised money for them to go on tour this year that night. I also did a fundraiser for the band with Jamberry.

We held a little "Polar Express" party after school got out for the break, and invited all our neighbors. We had lots of goodies. Don't they look delicious?

 COOKIES!!!

                         




                               CANDY!!!

Christmas Eve we had our traditional dinner (ham, funeral potatoes, nog, etc). It's the only time we use placemats, REAL napkins, and a table cloth. It was nice to be in the kitchen cooking this wonderful meal, and yes it was WONDERFUL. The boys were begging for ham all night, though they got a nice dinner of their own. Silly boys!

Christmas Eve is one of my favorite nights of the year. During dinner we listen to old Christmas Records (yes vinyls). We spent the night watching "It's a Wonderful Life" (it's tradition) while coloring (not tradition yet). We then read some books together, including the Nativity. What a wonderful way to remember the birth of our Savior.

Christmas day was pretty relaxed. The boys of course were including in gift giving this year, and once they figured out that things for them came from the paper they wouldn't let us open the things for us. The boys got LOTS of toys and other goodies this year.

The boys got a blue big from their Wonnacott Grandparents. Bo loved it. It may or may not have scared Sam.

Later in the day we took the boys out to play. They got a new frisbee, Sam LOVED it. We also took out Bo's favorite ball. We all had a lot of fun.

 Sam loved catching snow balls.

What a wonderful day, just our little family of 4. I love day like that.

A few days after Christmas we headed up to South Jordan to spend time with my family. While we were in civilization both Jared and I went to doctor appointments. Mine was just a yearly appointment with my OB/GYN. Jared saw a Urologist, Dr Hotaling (he's so AWESOME). While at his appointment Jared learned that he had Varicoceles that are causing some (potentially all) of our infertility, so we scheduled a surgery to get those taken care of. The rest of our time in So Jo was spent playing games and hanging out with my family. New Years Eve we had all of us at my parents house and played games. Lots of fun.

Well that sums up December 2015.

November '15

Well we're 4 days from Christmas (CRAZY), so I figure I better post on November while I have a second.

Our little (or not so little) Sam turned 1 year old on the 4th of November. Can't believe that he's already a year old. He's definitely still a puppy, but he has done a lot of growing up and is very smart. I am one proud dog mom, so I made him a cake for his big day. He absolutely loved it!

 I think he is the cutest! Love my youngest boy!

On November 13th my dear Grandma Timpson (my mother's mother) suddenly passed away. It's one of the hardest losses I've had in my life so far. She was a wonderful woman, and I will never forget the many things that she taught me. Thankfully I know that I will see her again, so it's not really goodbye more like see you soon. This sad event did get all of us cousins together. It was nice to be with my Timpson family, they really are the best!

Thanksgiving this year we spent with Jared's family. We all met in St George and stayed all under 1 roof, all 20 of us. All of his siblings were there except for his sister who was on her mission in West Virginia. We celebrated the holiday itself with mom's extended family, the Davenports. Jared and I were able to see our nieces and nephews who live in California, and now that the oldest ones are 2 they might actually remember us the next time we see them. 

 Our cute nephew Luke. I wish I had gotten a picture of him smiling because it always makes me smile.

 Our niece Kayley. She is so smart and cute!

 After we took some family pictures I snapped this one of the Bishop family (Melissa is Jared's sister). I love it!

On Black Friday we took some other family pictures in the backyard of where we were staying. Here's a few of the pictures we took.

 Jared and his dad, Mark.

 The whole bunch!

And this is the family I married into, lol. 

We took some photos of each of the siblings families, so here is 1 of us. We weren't able to bring our boys with us, so it's not as cute as it could be.

November was super busy for me with work. We were down a person in Data Integrity, and November is our busiest month of the year.

And there you have it! November 2015.

October

Can you believe it's already November??? Time is just flying by for me. Anyway here's your post about all that happened in this Wonnacott home during October 2015.

Let's start with just how cute our 2 boys are...

October is the month of my birthday, and this year I turned 28. It was a rather boring day and I worked. I hope that it isn't a sign of what this next year is going to be like.

In October my little brother got married! Him and his wife Jackie were married in the Salt Lake Temple on October 23rd. I still cant believe they are FINALLY married (seriously there were times when we wondered if the day would ever come). I am so glad to have Jackie as another sister. These 2 were made for each other. I am so happy for them. Here are some pictures from their big day that I took...

 My Parents at the reception that night. I have the best parents EVER.

 My little sister Kaitlin was the official photographer. This is how she was the entire day. 

The happy couple at the luncheon at Joe Morley's BBQ 

 My Brother Ethan

 Aren't they cute?

 That's my brother for you.

Here I am. Don't I look fabulous?

It is quite a relief to have that wedding over with. 

Of course we celebrated Halloween. We decorated like we always do. We decided to be cowboys this year since we weren't able to do our original costume idea (decided to save it for next year). Here's some photos...

 I think he's a stud 

Aren't we cute?

 We had the boys dress up with us. Cutest cowdogs around

 Family picture time.

 Our pumpkins this year

We had lots of goodies to fill us up Halloween Night

 This year I tried making a Halloween Cake...

So cool looking!

Anyway that is the major events from our October. We hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween.