Ghetto Style

Talk about ghetto... but when I called my dad... apparently no one in the household knows how to email a picture (that may be something that we will all be learning over Mother's Day weekend) so I went on facebook and Alan had posted some picture... So considering I did grow up in the ghetto... I took them off facebook, and now I pretend like they are mine :) So this is Parker... I don't believe he has a middle name yet... but I haven't talked to anyone about that! I am so excited!!!!


Parker is on Sheena's lap and Alan is holding my little buddy Conley






This is baby Parker... I already love love LOVE him!!

Welcome Parker!

Alan and Sheena had their little baby boy this morning... Parker ????? LaPratt. I know he was 7 lbs 5 oz (I dont know how to write that in baby sizing) but since Kyle and I won't get to go down until Mother's Day, that's all I know. I know he is very healthy... all 10 fingers and all 10 toes! Hooray for Alan and Sheena! And welcome home Parker!

What a Sh*tty week!!!!

What a crazy week!!! and I need an outlet, so here I go... Monday sstarted off with kyle having to work... we didn't have school and him working in the morning meant I got to sleep in, with NO distractions. He called me a little after noon and told me that the mentally handicapped girl that he watches attacked him... he is stronger than her, but she did grab around his neck, dig her disgusting claws into his neck and pull. When get got home, I recleaned everything for him and he just wanted to relax. We finally decided to have his work pay for him to go have it looked it, just incase she didn't wash her hands and it was infected or something like that... so by the time we decided to do that, the place was closed. Kyle had a hard time sleeping that night... restraining her took most of his energy and his nexk was sore from where she grabbed and pulled. So we went to the Dr's the next day and they said he was not infected but to watch it, incase something came up. No biggie, I'm glad we checked.

The weather changed on us once again. It was so nice out earlier this week and then, towards the end... SNOW! I flippin' hate snow! I am sick... once again! My whole body hurts and all I want to do is sleep! It is awful! My throat is swollen and I was starting to warm up. I have been taking Advil and Tylenol to try to keep any fever away... everytime the weather starts to get good then randomly and quickly turns bad... I get sick!

And then yesterday happened. What a sh*tty day!! I was super excited because Grandpa Avance was helping me with an assignment I had in my Criminology class and I was finally going to have some time to work on it. Kyle was working at 3... and I had all day to make my assignment as perfect as I wanted (well, as it needed to be so I don't spaz)... and then I get the phone call right before 5... that little b*tch bit my husband! She went psycho and Kyle had to restrain her 4 times! That is ridiculous! She for some reason hates him (and he was so good to her) and takes out all of her anger and frustration on him! It makes me so angry! So I met him at an Urgent Care here and he had to get a new Tetnus (I have no idea how to spell that) shot... just incase. They drew blood and will bring him back next week if more work needs to be done. His arm was bothering him where he got the shot and we were at the Urgent Care for about 2 hours! I am begging Kyle to look for a new job... this is ridiculous and it makes me nervous everytime he goes to work! Homework had to be put on the backburner! We had a hard time getting to sleep... Kyle's arm was bothering him and I had so much to do! But everything turned out ok...

I made a really big decision. I'm not ready to tell the world, but Kyle knows and I told Sheena (my sister). I am praying that its the right decision for us, but I'm sure it is. Kyle is happy with it and that is really all that matters to me. We'll see how it goes. So for right now... that's been the week!

2 weeks...

Happy 2 week anniversary kyle!  We have been married for 2 weeks and it has been so fun!  It is fun having my best friend everywhere that I go... and it's fun introducing him as my husband!  I love it...  and I love not having to wait for Kyle to get there... he is already there with me!  

Other than that... our past few months have been so stressful so I'm glad that all of that is finally over.  I can get back to school (which is not doing too well this semester, which makes me really upset) and I can work my butt off for the last few weeks... then it's summer break.  Kyle and I have been thinking of some fun things to do this summer...but we haven't come up with anything for sure.  We definitely want to go camping (I know, Shannon doesn't camp, but I will) and maybe do some short weekend trips!  I'm glad we can finally relax and settle down!

Best Surprise

As lots of people know, my little brother, Jay, is serving a mission in Spokane, WA.  Me and jay have always been super close... he was my best friend all through high school and I lobe him more than anything.  He was super excited to hear I was getting married... especially that I was getting married in the temple.  He emailed me and kyle and told us that he has been telling everyone that his sister just got married in the Las Vegas Temple.  Apparently his mission president was very excited :)  He emailed me a fe weeks before the wedding and told me to not send him a wedding announcement.  That he was so excited and happy for me but he didn't think he would be able to handle it... it would be too much, which completely broke my heart.  I talked to kyle about waiting until Jay got home (May of 2010) to get married.. but Kyle thought that idea was probably not the best one I have ever come up with.  So we went ahead with the original plan.  Every week Jay would email me and ask how the wedding was coming along and remind me how excited he was for us.  Jay knows kyle's twin brother kurt through church and so he was excited that I was marrying kurt's twin.  Well anyways, a few days after the wedding, Jay told me to figure out what we had wanted as a gift but didn't get and let him know... he wanted to send us something.  The only think we really really wanted was a deep fryer... so I told Jay and he said "Shan, don't go get a deep fryer, I got it covered".  I have been waiting for a package for something  I ordered that I really need, and I checked the front door this morning and there was a huge box out there addressed to me... I was so excited.  I had no idea who it was from or what it was, but who doesn't like getting packages.  Me and kyle ripped it open and there was our deep fryer... It is a really really nice one.  It reminded me of how much I miss my little brother and how incredibly proud I am of him.  I sad and cried for a few minutes (cuz that's what I do)  Kyle seriously has two of the best brother in laws in my brothers.  They are amazing men and stinkin' hilarious!  We got some dang good gifts from all of my sibling!  LaPratt's rock apparently!!!!  It was a great surprise, especially considering how stressful our day was yesterday!  I love you Jay!  Kyle loves you too... he doesn't even know you yet... but he does!  13 more months!!

Oops...

So with all the hustle and bustle of the wedding and school... I may have forgotten to register my car :) now this wouldn't be a big deal, so what a few extra bucks and a small repremand fror being a retard... but it's so much more than that. I don't live in Nevada... so todays adventures include my classes in the morning... and driving down to mesquite and getting my car smogged and then registered... and everyone knows how much i literally hate mesquite! It is literally a sh*thole!!! Then back up to st george for our weekly date night... we switched it from friday to wednesday due to my stupidity about the car... i'm lucky kyle is so understanding of my complete absentmindedness!!!

This is new...

Ok, so i'm not sure how into this I really am, but Mel said it is what married women do... and well, now I'm a married woman... so here I am.  It has been a crazy year and it's only April!!!  Kyle and I were married on March 28, 2009 in Las Vegas... and it has been so much fun!  We live in Cedar City and are both attending SUU... I have one more year of school and then we are out of here!!! Woop!!!  I can't even wait!!  Once i finish here, I'll be applying to law schools and am hoping to stay on the west coast... but who knows and me and kyle need an adventure!!!  Let's see... what else... oh... me and kyle have 2 adorable dogs... kirbie and dayzee.  Kirbie still lives in Las Vegas with my parents until Dayzee is old enough that Kirbie won't eat her... but she will be with us soon.  Kyle is so amazing for putting up with me... with all of my animal obsessions, school anxiety and loopy behavior.  Well I think that's it for now... I'll post again when I have more time and more to say :)