My Beautiful Sister...

I have to take a minute and let everyone know how wonderful my sister Amber is! Brayden, Jack and Mom went to sunny San Diego this weekend and my beautiful sister never ceases to amazes me! She is the most incredible mother to her two sweet boys! You can not help but be inspired by her! She is my strength and truly my best friend! I love that no matter how far apart we are from each other... she continues to knows me better than anyone! Thank you Amber for a perfect weekend! I love You!

(Look how cute my nephews Oakley and Easton are!!!)

1st UTAH football game in Logan!!

The boys and I took our favorite friend Nicole up to Logan for the weekend! We had such a fun time.... eating, going to the UTAH vs USU football game and being lazy! For those of you who know Nicole and have not had the experience of going to a UTAH sporting event with her... you are missing out!! Thanks Nicole for such a great carefree weekend!!

Jacks Surgery...

Jack had surgery this morning... poor Jackers! He had tubes put in both ears after 3 months of fighting ear infections. Jack is so strong and today was no different! After flirting with every nurse that walked by he was off to the operating room! Jack was completely fine when the nurse took him from me and I was a mess! That was definitely the worst part of the morning. The surgery went great and Jack was back in my arms in 30 minutes! He was a little fussing waking up and the nurses tried to tell me it was the anaesthesia but I knew it was because my 25 lb 6 month old had not eaten since the night before! Sure enough after a bottle he was back to his carefree self!! He has been so happy all day and I can already tell he is feeling better. Good Job Jack!!

(Jack in the waiting room of the hospital.... he has now idea what is about to happen.....)

Go Army!!

Last night Erin and I (Yes, this is JT's 1st Blog entry) went to the 97th Aviation Troop Commands Annual Dinning out. It was a great night all around. Erin finally found a dress that she loved and even after a last minute sprint to Ft. Douglas to get part of my uniform the night turned out great! I must say that Erin was absolutely GORGEOUS! She was perfect in every way last night. It is always fun to spend time with fellow soldiers who are war buddies. Even with all the camaraderie with the soldiers the night really is about spending time with our spouses who hold the military family together! This is Erin now.... the night was so fun! I love being able to get all dressed up and feel so girlie! Cpt. Tannahill was so handsome in his Dress Blues and made the night so special! GO ARMY!

ROAD TRIP.....

We decided to pack up and go out of town for the long weekend!! We drove to Denver for Uncle Zach's baseball tournament! WE LOVE COLORADO!

1st DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

I can not believe my baby started preschool today! I know parents always say... it seems like yesterday we drove 15 mph home from the hospital with him but it is so true! Brayden was so excited and I hate to admit it but was NOT SAD AT ALL when I left his classroom! He did ask me this morning if I would set the timer so I would remember to come get him from school!! Brayden is going to Discover Corner Preschool in our neighborhood and Miss Dawn is his 1st teacher. I love her theory on learning.... "Play is a Child's Work"! We are looking forward to a fun year! And I think Jack is excited to have some one on one time with mom... I know mom is!!!

Gardening!

The Tannahill's have successfully grown our 1st GARDEN!! I absolutely love the feeling of being able to grow food for my family! We have loved watching our garden grow. We planted zucchini, squash, corn, pumpkins, watermelons and a few sunflowers! We are so excited, we officially have 3 pumpkins growing and will hopefully be big and orange just in time for Halloween!! Brayden is definitely learning the meaning of patients waiting for the vegetables to be ripe enough to pick!

I promise to only preach for a min..... our church has repeatedly told us of the importance of being prepared! To be able to provide for our families and be self-reliant in case of an emergency. Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994) Thirteenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints said, “The revelation to store food may be as essential to our temporal salvation today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah”. I don't know about You but the is enough for me to go out and get my year supply of food storage TODAY!