How to use an Accounting 312 Book

I chose Acct 312 (managerial accounting) as one of my elective accounting courses for my major. After a few weeks of the class it was obvious that I was not going to do well in it (nothing says failure like a 55 on the first test). The teacher was new and his style was totally wrong for my learning, plus this course it one step above earth science (the worst possible subjet) as far as interest goes. So I tried to sell the $150 textbook back but the bookstore would not take it because they were getting new textbooks for the next semester. Anyway, 2 years later, I have finally found a use for it (ok, so there was no point to keeping it, but I had a hard time throwing away $150 like that).

Audrey has a high chair, and a little table, but we havent purchased a booster seat for her. Instead we use old text books, like my accounting one.

Isn't it perfect?

First Kiss

4 years ago from yesterday, October 6th 2004, was the first time that Travis kissed me. We met one of the first weeks of the fall semester at country dancing on a Wednesday night (BYU-I has country dancing every Wednesday night). Travis asked me to dance and I was really flattered that he would ask me because he was so cute. He was a good dancer to. A few songs later I noticed that he was standing alone so I asked him to dance again because I thought it was a waste for someone that could dance as well as him, and was as cute as him to sit out for a dance. After that night, we kept seeing each other every where. I really liked Travis right off, and I told myself that even if he didn't want to date me he would be a really good friend at least. So we went on a few dates, and I wasn't sure how Travis felt about me. Randy Travis was coming to BYU-Idaho for a concert and I asked Travis to go with me. I didn't even know who Randy Travis was but I thought it was a good excuse to ask Travis out. We had a great time at the concert and it turned out that I did know a few of Randy's songs. 3 Wooden Crosses had always been one of my favorite country songs, but since I was a fairly recent convert to country I didn't know who sang it. So after the concert we went to Travis's house and we watched Top Gun. That was the first time I ever saw the movie. Travis put his arm around me and of course I was really excited about that. After the movie, he drove me home and walked me to my door. He hugged me and said that he had a good time and then he kissed me. I totally wasn't expecting it, but I was glad that he did. It was the perfect first kiss. When I walked into my apartment one of my roommates was sitting in the front room and she saw that I was smiling really big and she said "he kissed you didn't he?" If Travis had asked me to marry him that night I probably would have said yes. I was so head-over-heels in love with him already! He had all of the traits that I wanted in a husband and then some. The more I got to know him the more I loved him. He is devoted to the church, he loves me unconditionally, he is such a hard worker, he is extrememly self-motivated, he supports and encourages me in everything that I want to do, he is a great Papa to Audrey, he is my best friend, he strengthens our family, he is so much more than I deserve. I love him more and more every day. And that is the start of our continuing love story.

Addison Chloe

My beautiful niece was born on Tuesday September 23rd. We got to go see her at the hospital that night and she is so perfect and adorable. So far, she has slept like an angel. She is always sleeping when I see her.
Janae let both Brighton and Audrey come up on the bed with her, where Audrey proceeded to steal Brighton's new truck.

New Shoes

Yesterday we got a care package from my Mom (who doesn't love a care package?). She sent Audrey a new pair of shoes. Audrey LOVES shoes more than any other accessory, so of course she loved these adorable shoes. This morning I was feeling lazy and laying in bed (ok, so I do this basically every morning....I am NOT a morning person) so Audrey went downstairs and I came down a little later and she had put these shoes on all by herself. She even put them on the right feet! They are velcro and that makes both me and her very happy.

You tell him!

Every day when Travis comes home he smells like a dog who has been outside for too long. So, I always try to get him to change his clothes right when he comes home. Last night he came home and we were planning to go to Janae's and Jared's house, so I wanted him to change. He was feeling...lazy or something so I had to tell him a few times. Finally, Audrey helped me out. She was in the kitchen eating candy corn and she YELLED to Travis "Dad, go change your clothes - K?" After that, he decided that he should change his clothes.
When he came downstairs with clean clothes on Audrey went up to him and said "I like your pants on, I like your shirt on".

Popcorn Party

On Thursday I made these two kids some popcorn, but before I could give them any my Mom called so I got distracted and left the bowl of Popcorn on the table. Two minutes later I turned around and this is what I saw. At one point Brighton started eating out of the bowl with his face. Audrey thought it was hilarious.
This is right before they decided that it would be fun to throw all of the popcorn on the floor.

Carousel Capital

I took Audrey to the park the other day, and there was a antique carousel that Audrey rode on. It made me appreciate the area that I grew up in...Binghamton,NY.

Binghamton, NY is the unofficial carousel capital of America. There are six antique carousels located throughout the Binghamton area. George F. Johnson was a wealthy entrepreneur in Endicott, NY. As a child, he was so poor that he could never afford the nickel that the carousel in his town cost to ride. After Johnson made his fortune, he bought six carousels for the Tri-City area so that no child would be deprived of riding on a carousel. To this day, all six carousels are still in operation, and they are all free to ride.

Happy Autumn!!

Earth Science was my WORST subject everrr!!! But one thing I did learn from it (possibly the only thing) was that September 21st is the first day of Autumn.

For the past 5 years I have been deprived of a real autumn (in my opinion at least). I always took the fall season for granted when I lived in New York because I didn't realize how different it is in other parts of the country. To me, there are certain things that are totally neccessary to have the real autumn experience:

• Leaves that change different colors (reds, yellows, oranges...)
• Apple Cider (can you believe that some people don't know the difference between apple cider and apple juice?!?)
• McIntosh and Cortland apples...preferably from the Cider Mill
• Pumpkins
• Cider Mill donuts!!!! (Ok, so I will have to wait until November to have them, but I can be patient...)

Finally I live in a place with trees and I am really hoping that the leaves change colors here. I am really excited to go pick out a pumpkin with Audrey this year and I really hope that there is a place that I can get some Cortland apples here. I LOVE Autumn!

Jesus

I have been so proud that Audrey can always name Jesus in pictures that she sees. We were in Target the other day and she said "Jesus" and pointed to a man with a beard and really long hair. I am pretty sure he heard because he was only like 3 feet away. So I guess she thinks that all guys with beards are Jesus.

HE's doing good!

This week I found a GREAT park! They have a train, a carousel, and a little boat ride for kids, not to mention all of the normal playground stuff. I brought Audrey on all of the rides. We did the train first and it was fun, the driver kept tooting the horn and it was so LOUD. But I am pretty sure Audrey liked it. Then we went on the carousel. It was one of the old antique ones (which are the best). Normally I can just stand next to Audrey and not really have to hold onto her because she always holds on tight. So the carousel started and it was going so FAST that I had to hold on to Audrey's horse so that I wouldn't fall. I thought I was gonna get sick. After it was done the operater told us that he had just barely changed the transmission fluid so it was faster than normal. At least it was fun. I saved the boats for last because Audrey was kinda scared to go on them. She saw two other kids riding on them so that made her brave enough to try them. The boat operater guy kept saying "He's doing good" referring to Audrey. I responded with "yes SHE is". Then I called out to Audrey to ring her bell (all of the boats had one) and the guy was like "What is his name?" and I said "Audrey, like Audrey Hepburn" hoping that he would take the hint that she was a GIRL. But then he told me that his mom named him Jackie after some famous actress and he hated his name and as soon as he was 18 he got it changed to Jack. So he must have thought I was really mean to name Audrey Audrey because he still thought she was a boy after all of my subtle efforts to let him know that she was a girl. Plus she is wearing a pink jacket!!!! Next time I will do her hair in piggies to hopefully avoid confusion.

Aren't these boats sooo cute?

2 COOL 4 U!

Dont forget to pause the music at the bottom of this page before you watch this video!

Audrey is obsessed with Camp Rock. She watches the songs on it at least 3 times a day. The song that is playing in this video clip is her favorite one. And yes, she is imitating the moves that the girl singing is doing. The lyrics to the song are...amusing. I think that Audrey really feels like she relates to this song.

Jumping Babies

These two love jumping in their cribs!