The end of another week . . .

Well, this week has flown by in many ways! Reed will hopefully be driving back tomorrow from California, but won't be home until really early Saturday or very late Friday. I'm just hoping for a safe trip home for him. I've had a pretty uneventful week. I'm going to try and get my taxes done before the deadline gets too much closer. After this week, Reed will only have about 2 more months left of school! WOO HOO!!! I am so excited about that, and I'm sure he is too. It's about time for us to start making decisions about what's happening afterward.
One thing I want to bring up, because it's a pet peeve of mine and it's something everyone has to deal with. I have made a lot of visits to the dentist lately, and just had a cleaning done this week. Well, in spite of just having seen my dentist 2 1/2 weeks ago and already knowing any and all future work my teeth will need because of my frequent visits to my dentist, after my teeth got cleaned, the hygienist sent in a dentist, which I thought nothing of until I looked at my bill. They charged me $38 for 5-10 minutes of visiting with a man who told me everything I had already heard at every other appointment with my dentist! So I talked to the billing person up front, and my dentists assistant told her that I shouldn't have been charged for it. Hallelujah!! It made me feel good to stand up for myself because I already pay my dentist enough, I am not willing to give him an extra $38. No sirree! Anyway, just wanted to vent that out. Tomorrow's Friday!!

Back at home

Well, I (Alysa) made it back home today, gratefully. I am awfully sick of flying in airplanes for awhile. Literally. Yuck. Reed picked me up and we've enjoyed spending the day together. Now Reed is leaving tomorrow, most likely, to go work in So. California for the week putting a scale in and fun stuff like that. But after this next week, things will get back to normal for us. Back to school for Reed, and back to work for me. Exciting news this week: my parents got their mission call to Dallas Texas! My brother and his family down in Austin are so excited to have them so close.
I really enjoyed my trip to see my sister Alyson and her family. She and her husband are good parents, and it's so fun to see my 2 year old nephew Logan and little niece Samantha. She is so sweet, and she smells so good and she is so soft and such a good little baby. She hardly ever cries! And Logan is soo cute! He has such a funny personality, and he calls me "Litha". Now that he knows who I am, he gets so excited to talk to me on the phone and he tells me that he loves me. What a sweet little boy. I can't wait until they move back from Michigan so I can spend more time with them. This has been a good Easter for me. I wonder where I will be next Easter?!

Bunch of sick-o's!

This is Alysa. I have only been here in Michigan for 2 1/2 days, but have already managed to catch a pretty nasty cold from my nephew Logan! I woke up this morning with a really sore throat, in spite of the tons of vitamin C that I have already taken, and the many many cloves of garlic I have also ingested. (By the way, I believe in the power of uncooked garlic to help you get over colds, because it's a natural anti-bacterial! It helps your body naturally fight the bacteria that's trying to take it over. Really, you should try it. Reed won't. He thinks that it's gross. But if you do try it the next time you have a cold, don't chew it! You will have nasty garlic breath for a really really long time. Just cut up one clove of garlic and then, with an accompanying glass of water or juice, whatever you prefer, just put the garlic in your mouth like it's a pill, and swallow it down with the help of your liquid. In a little while, you should begin to feel better.) Okay, so anyway, I woke up early because I couldn't sleep because I feel so crummy, so I thought I would come and poste an update on our lives. Reed says he's doing well back in Idaho, and other than being sick, most of us at Alyson and Trevor's house are having lots of fun playing with Logan and Samantha. They are both really cute, and Logan is pretty funny. I get the idea that sometimes when his daddy is gone, Logan thinks I am going to be his rough and tumble playmate. You have to understand, he's 2 1/2 years old, and his daddy plays boy games with him, like pretend punching each other, and wrestling and stuff. So, several times, Logan has just walked up to me and kicked me, much to my surprise! Or, better yet, one day took a little boy doll my sister made, and just up and whacked me with it! I was so surprised, it was funny!! He is really a very sweet boy, he just doesn't know who wants to play rough and who doesn't. Anyway, I will be going home in about 3 more days, and I'll be glad to get to see Reed for about a day, and then he'll be leaving for his various jobs around the country for all of next week. We can be one very busy couple sometimes!

Alysa in Lansing, Reed in Boise

I, Alysa, arrived in Lansing after many hours of flying. I immediately went to work holding Samantha, playing with Logan, and relaxing with Alyson, Trevor and my mom. Reed had a test in one of his classes and he started his tennis class! Woohoo!! He has been looking forward to that since January! This post might be a little short, just because I'm feeling a little tired after not getting enough sleep last night. I get anxious, excited and a little stressed the night before a trip, so last night I cleaned almost all the house, did tons of laundry, folded it all, and managed to get to bed by 1 am, just so I could wake up at 4 am to go to the airport. Anyway, so that's a little of what's been going on with us.

Basketball and running

So, not much going on today, but I ran a little OVER 4 MILES today!!! Woohoo! And there was a pretty big hill I had to climb twice! I feel tired tonight, but very encouraged and excited to keep it up and go even further. Reed had his city league basketball tonight. They are in the finals, and sadly his team lost, but it was close. Only by 5 points. It was very nervewracking. I have a lot of fun cheering him on in both city league games and church basketball. Tomorrow night is church ball. I'll let you know how it goes.

So excited!

I am so excited that my sister, Alyson, had her baby girl today! Her new daughter, who they named Samantha Rae, will now get to share a birthday with my sister-in-law Annjanette. Cool! I love shared birthdays, especially since I share my birthday with Alyson, who also happens to be my twin sister. :) I am also very excited because I get to go and visit Alyson and her family a week from today exactly!
Not much going on in the home front except that I am starting to plan for my races this upcoming summer and starting to train for them. I love this time of year, because then I kick my fanny and start getting back into good running shape and then I feel happy again. I am seriously considering doing a half-marathon in September! I should know by July if it is do-able.
Most of all on this springy day, I am happy and astounded at the miracle of babies.

Reed's Birthday!

Today is Reed's birthday! I've tried to make it a special day for him, I made him breakfast, with hashbrowns and muffins, but it's kinda hard to involve more than just the two of us since our apartment is too small to invite all of our family over, and quite a few members of his family are out of town anyway. So, it'll just be the two of us having dinner, opening presents, eating cake, followed by lots of studying for him because he has a test tomorrow in one of his classes. Sounds like fun, huh? I am so grateful for Reed in my life. He is a very loving, kind, goofy man who helps me want to be a better person, helps me reach my goals, and makes my life much happier because he is in it. I love him very much and hope that this is only the beginning of many many other happy birthdays.