3 Long dreadfully good years

Lance and I hit mile marker 3 today! We had a terribly romantic day.
I woke up to find a Thank You card that Lance had wrote sweet loving words to me which also led me on a scavenger hunt all over the house and to the mail box, where I found a card and specialty chocolate telling me all the different things he loves about me. Que the Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh card........ Thanks I know, so romantic! Later I took him on a special date out to dinner. I drove him to Ogden and we enjoyed a delicious dinner at GoodWood BBQ. A little store called Sephora caught my eye on the way out and all I had to do was bat my eyes. We looked around for a bit and I was very good and didn't spend a penny! We also stopped at a sporting goods store just to make it fair. We also did not spend a penny there! Funny enough we finished the evening with making a pit stop at Wal-mart to buy a box of diapers! Hey we may as well get use to it now!
Thanks for a crazy amazing 3 years my Scubby Whiz Water( Lance made that nickname up for himself, and insist I call him that)! I love you and wouldn't trade you for nothin!

First Encounter

Meet Brittany! This is our very cute, adorable, quiet, and sweet little, and I mean little, Birth Mom. Lance and I had the opportunity of meeting Brittany since she had told us she picked us the week before. I was absolutely a basket case of nerves and just talked excitedly and loudly. I tend to do that when I'm nervous. Lance of course was cool and collective like the suave man he is. Brittany is as shy as they come but very cute. She is a very pint size 5'3. The Birth Dad we know is about 5'5 blonde hair blue eyes. It's safe to say that little Mason Bee Dickey is going to be a tiny squirt. She is due August 6th but Lance and I think she may deliver early. Meeting her was a really neat experience. We just sat and talked for about an hour and a half about all the details of everything. From here on out we get to know each other more, with the 11 weeks(or so)we have left. Were excited to go down to Salt Lake next week and enjoy dinner with Brittany and her Grandparents. That's all folks ;)

Correction!

I just needed to put a quick correction in. The baby's due date is August 6th but she is measuring at 30 cm so she may only have 10 weeks left! That means a birthday present for me! She goes in on the 20th to find out for sure! Thanks everybody for the support! Everyone is telling me to enjoy my sleep now but I'm to excited to sleep!

Today was a very good day! Our caseworker wanted to meet with us about some things, when she told us this it didn't sound good. I was worried we were gonna get some bad news as we went in. We sat down and talked for a moment then she pulls out this blue bag and said well I just wanted to tell you congratulations! I was shocked and not sure what was going on then I looked through the bag and was like "OH MY GOODNESS!!" Then I looked at my caseworker like what the heck is happening and she said Brittany picked you to be the parents! We were so happy and of course still are! I am so emotionally exhausted today becuase this was huge! It has all happened so fast. Our profile has only been up since February. We have only been speaking with Brittany for about a month and a half. We will be bringing this little blessing home in August! So soon, a 3 month pregnancy I say is the way to do it! We get to meet Brittany next week and will continue to meet with her to get to know her more and make her apart of our family!

Detox......................STINKS!

I woke up this morning ready to face the day! I called Lance to see if he had come home from the Bakery yet. He answered with a very serious tone in his voice and my heart sank(not knowing what for). He told me he needed to talk to me about something and to give him 5 minutes to put together his plan. Anyone who knows Lance knows that it is not very often that he puts on a serious, I mean business tone. When that happens you know he means business. Not being able to wait I ran downstairs to see what he wanted to talk about.
After some very deep thought and very strong impressions he knew we needed to make some financial changes in our life. We have decided to cut the following things from our life: iPhones, cable, internet, newspaper, Netflix, and the extra car(unless needed for Search and Rescue). This was a blow to my mind! I depended on these things to run my life now on a daily basis. I can't go to sleep without my t.v., I can't survive boredom if I don't have my phone to keep me company. Like at church when I'm bored I look up recipes. This is something equally just as hard if not more for Lance.
As we talked about not only the benefits but the blessings of this I knew it was the right thing to do. We had forgotten how to entertain ourselves and just enjoy each others company. As well as strengthening ourselves in the gospel. Planning a lesson or visiting teaching lesson was something thrown together at the last minute. Attending the Temple was something (not intentionally) was planned around the latest favorite t.v. show and so on. Studying the Scriptures was a thing of the past but always on the we need to do better with this list. We made a list of the blessings we could enjoy if we cut these things from our life. Having time to study and dive into Scriptures, uplifting reading material, take up a new hobbies, enjoy our time as a family, sleep better, and so many more. The biggest one of all is we will be saving $300 a month! That is huge! Not to even think about having to pay the cable and internet and extra things a month will feel soooooo nice. Hopefully that will leave more for weekend trips!
We will see how this goes! The first week we will be stricken with moodiness, jitters and headaches but we will feel so much better. So good bye my Tech world! I will miss you but I will certainly enjoy the extra benefits!