"God father"

As most of you who have had children can understand how fast they can come when you are in the labor room. Just imagine if you didn't make it to the hospital! Imagine if you were at home when all of a sudden, your water broke. The next thing you did was walked to the door to go to the hospital, but wait...you could feel the baby's head crowning...ahhhhh!!!! What do you do...call 911 to have some assisitance? This is the situation that Daniel came upon last shift around 9:00 pm. They got to the house and both Mom and the baby were ready for delivery! Who delivered??...Daniel got to deliver his first baby on the job!! He was pretty stoked to deliver a healthy baby girl. I got a text message and call from Daniel around 10:00 pm to hear all about it. I joked with him and asked him if he was the God Father since he had delivered the baby. Life never gets too boring at the Fire Station!! Sorry, the only picture was a polaroid and so it's a bit fuzzy!

A bit of summer in April

This past week we've had a few days that were pretty warm. When summer like weather hits...we head over to Daniel's parents to swim and cool off. Cody has been practicing holding his breath under water in the bath tub and looking forward to when he can jump off the diving board again. With his life jacket on, he thinks he's invicible! He will see Daniel do a flip off the diving board and then he says he wants to do it too. Luckily he thinks a flip is just turning after he jumps. I sit on the side of the pool with my legs in the water and cheer him on or take a few pictures. The pool has to at least 85 degrees for me to actually get in all of the way now days. But if it's warm enough outside I will sit on a floaty tube in the pool. I am a wimp when it comes to cold water. Here are a few pictures of Cody and Daniel getting crazy on the diving board! Daniel loves having a son that's as crazy as he is when it comes to trying tricks in the pool.

Cody trying to dive like Daddy

Daniel showing some air!
Cody trying to do a cannonball!
Cody jumping off of Daniel's shoulders

I am amazed over the past couple of years that Cody has been so brave when it comes to jumping into the pool but once you take his lifejacket off he gets too scared!

High School Times

I was tagged by Katie so I thought I would give it a go.
High School Times

In High School From: 1992-1996

Friends in High School: freshmen year-my junior high friends: Sandra, Anita, Jennifer, Melissa, Erica. Soph/Junior year- Church friends-Autumn, Debbie, Julie, Melissa, Michelle, Tami, Jackie, Connie, Sandra, Dawn and swim friends. Senior year- Church friends, Connie, Sandra, Dawn, Jen (different than fresh. year).

Any sports played: I swam for two years to avoid the horrible and embarrassing general P.E. that I had to endure in junior high.

What car did you drive: My sister and I shared a white, Honda Accord that turned out to be a piece of crap that I ended up driving in college again until it pretty much died, left me stranded in the rain and made my grandparents feel so sorry that I was driving such a hunk of junk that they sold me their nice/newer Honda Accord for cheap!

What did you do on Friday nights: Good question...I am assuming that I just hung out with my church friends and did whatever we decided that night.

Were you a party animal: Nope, that's what tore me and my junior high friends apart my freshmen year.

Were you considered a flirt: Maybe in my junior/senior year to those that I thought were cute but had no intention of dating. It was fun but I had no intentions of getting a boyfriend.

Were you in band, orchestra, or choir: A big NOPE!! NO talent in that category!

Were you a nerd: Maybe to those who partied a lot but I knew a lot of them from junior high and were still friends with them, just didn't hang out with them. Everyone is a nerd at that age. Whatever!

Were you ever suspended or expelled: negatory on that one. I was too afraid of my parents to do that.

Can you sing your fight song: Maybe if someone started it for me...but probably not.

Who was your favorite teacher: Mrs. Edwards, my Spanish teacher. She was like a little Dolly Parton but for some reason she was always really nice to me even though I never volunteered in class.

Where did you sit at lunch time: I think I went home to eat?

What was the name of your high school: Lakewood High School

What was your mascot: A Lancer, oh yeah, watch out!

What were your colors: The good old Red, White and Black

Who was your rival school: Millikan or should I say...Mil-i-can't!!

Did you go to your prom: Yes I did and can we just say...LAME-O!! A bunch of drunk kids.

Would you like to go back to High School: Not only would I never want to go back in a million years, but I will never attend a reunion either.

What do you remember from graduation: It was hot and a lot of sitting. Boring!!

What did you do on senior skip day: I probably went to the beach. Or had to work...can't really remember so it probably wasn't anything big.

What's your fav. memory from high school: Crazy church dance fights(not me, the boys we went with), or getting the bathroom pass during my typing class to walk the hallways with a good friend.

Were you in any clubs: Nay, had enough trouble getting motivated to do homework so didn't care to be in clubs. Plus had mutual Wed. nights and that was enough for me at that age.

Have you gained any weight since H.S.: I definitely gained those freshmen 15 while in Hawaii, but then lost more after returned to the main land and after having Cody. Those who know me know that I am kind of a health freak and love to exercise.

Did you have a high school sweetheart?: Big NO! Had a couple of boyfriends but nothing ever lasted long. My Dad's nickname for me at that time towards guys was "The Black Widow". But I don't know what he was talking about...

Do you still talk to people from high school: Probably about 2 people and I am okay with that. That's not including my church friends that I am still in contact with because I am related to most of them now...crazy relations!

Where did you work in high school: My first job was at a movie theatre and I hated every minute of it. Other job was helping the office that my Mom worked for with their filing and billing. Good old Asthma and Allergy Clinic which is now my Dermatologist office!! Crazy!!

What grades did you get: A lot of B's, some A's. Once again, I was afraid of getting anything lower than a B. But I might have gotten a couple of C's.

What was your dress style: Contempo/Wet Seal/Gap/Beach logos.

Year Graduated: The best(because I was out of high school) and craziest year (started college at BYU-Hawaii) of my life...1996.

Those are my high school days!! Thanks to Katie for giving me the chance to reminisce!!

Proud aunt and uncle

These pictures are from the hospital yesterday. We came for a short visit. Both Ryan and Autumn looked pretty tired. Just the normal "we just had a baby look" but both had an awesome glow, beaming with pride for their adorable Tav. He's such a sweetie! We were able to hold him and show Cody that the baby that was in Autumn's tummy had come out. We've been trying to explain to him that Porter was getting a new baby brother and he would think for a minute and ask..."Phearson?" so we had to explain that Phearson was getting a new baby brother also, Tav.

Just a couple of little stories from our visit this afternoon. Porter was so loving towards Tav and being such a good helper, assisting Autumn in feeding him. He calls Tav "His Baby" and would come in to check on him every so often while I was holding him. I asked him if I could take Tav home with me for just one night and he was not too hip on that idea. They are a cute little family!! We also got to visit with Derek and Krystal afterwards with their little Lincoln who is growing so fast and is as cute as ever! Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of them. It's so fun to have such cute little nephews to play with...too bad I am on crutches because of my foot again...another story, another time!!

I am the Proud Aunt!

Daniel is a Proud Uncle
Cody is just happy to get ice cream at the hospital cafeteria!

Welcome Tav Maverick Rosenlof

We'd like to welcome little Tav Maverick Rosenlof to the world.

He arrived 7:19 pm April 22, 2008.

Weighing in at 6 lbs. 15oz.

Proud parents are Ryan and Autumn Rosenlof

Both Mom and baby are doing well.

What a quiet night!

Cody and Porter playing

Cody and Porter playing on slide and in sprinkler

Porter and Cody getting ready for sprinkler fun
Grandma and Grandpa Bell came into town today to help Autumn and Ryan prepare for the baby to come(Tuesday). We spent most of the day over at Autumn's home where the boys played all day long without naps. Poor Grandpa was chasing the boys all day-at their request and was probably pooped by the last round of hide and seek (even though the boys hid in the same place every time). I finally bribed Cody (with the promise of an ice cream sandwich) to come home around 5:00. His eyes were red and already heavy. I quickly got some dinner in him and his PJ's on before he fell asleep at 5:40 pm. The night has been so quiet and relaxing. I was feeling a bit tired but felt that I should take advantage of this rare opportunity of alone time. I did a nice relaxing pilates routine with some stretching afterwards listening to Josh Grobin. Then I hit the computer to find some new music for my IPod. I found some songs from back when I was in junior high. It was a nice evening of just listening to music. I must say I didn't care too much for the whole IPod idea until Daniel convinced me to get one and now I am loving it! Music is sometimes my only escape from stress. It's been a stressful week so it is so nice to have a quite night to myself. Ah, the simple pleasures of life...or am I just getting old??

Two black eyed boys

My two boys (husband and son)are pretty active so they usually have battle wounds somewhere on their bodies, but never the same injury at the same time. I have two boys with black eyes right now. Cody and Daniel were wrestling on our bed and of course it ended up with Cody falling off and an etch-a-scetch came a-tumbling down after him, hitting him in the eye. The picture doesn't do the injury justice. It wouldn't be anything too interesting except Daniel came home from work with a black eye too! I keep telling him to come up with a good story like he was in a fire and a beam came down and hit him as he was rescuing a child, but he keeps telling the real story that he was playing basketball at work and got hit in the eye. At least make it sound like you were working!!! (They do have a requirement of 1 hour of physical activity a shift) I've told a couple of people the rescue story at first and it's been pretty funny. So my two boys with black eyes are twins with thier recent battle wounds!

Every year two ducks from the near by pond come into our neighborhood during the Spring time. They've recently returned and Cody loves to feed them crackers and bread. We are trying to explain to him why he shouldn't chase them so they will stay for a little while. Here is Cody feeding them in our front yard.