The Landes' Family

Here are some pictures from the wedding and honeymoon

2010-05-30T08:50:00.000-07:00

Finally an update!

2010-05-20T07:51:00.001-07:00

I honestly don't think I could be any worse at keeping this blog update! We are down to the last 2 days until the wedding, and I can't even begin to tell you how crazy we have been. I have been doing all of the planning for decorating, music, timing of everything, and Dave has focused on the food and the cake. He is actually going to make our wedding cake, and I know it is going to be absolutely amazing!!! He has been working so hard at getting everything all planned out, but today is the big day for him to actually begin making it. His boss is going to help him with it, and doing all of the food for the reception. I am so excited to see how it turns out. I will post pictures as soon as I get some.

Caleb cannot wait for the wedding, that is all he talks about lately, but I think it's cute. He is going to wear a little tux and be the ring bearer.
Some of my brothers are going to be coming and I am so excited to see them!! Especially my almost 3 month old niece that I haven't gotten to see yet! Dave has family also coming into town, some he hasn't seen in over 10 years. I think it's going to be an crazy weekend.
We will be heading to San Diego on Sunday for 5 days. Both Dave and I are so excited for it. Neither one of us has been on a vacation in years. I can't wait to see the beach!!! I will get on after the wedding and honeymoon to post some pictures and update everyone on how it went, I am praying that nothing too horrible goes wrong. I have been stressed to the max and I am not sure if I could handle anything else :)

Update

2009-11-06T04:41:00.000-08:00

So I guess I will update you on what has been going on in my life. We had an amazing Halloween. Caleb dressed up as a Vampire, and I think he looked like the best one I have ever seen. We went and Trick or Treated in Dave's Mom's neighborhood. There were so many great houses to go to. There were 4 or 5 houses that were completely decorated with fog and real characters all over, some of them were actually pretty scary. I'm still not sure who had more fun me or Caleb.
The wedding planning is coming along slowly. I found my perfect dress in Las Vegas. I ended up putting it on layaway and should have it paid off by the end of November. We are planning a trip to Vegas with Dave's Mom and Step-Dad to pick it up and we are going to go play a little bit. The dress is spaghetti strap, white, it only has one place with beading and it is on the bodice that goes up to one of the straps. It is really hard to describe. My main focus with this wedding has always been the dress, since with my first wedding I didn't much care for my dress. I can't wait for my bridal pictures.
The next thing in our list of many to do's is Caleb's birthday. I can't believe that my baby is going to be 5 years old. I know everyone says it but it's true, time just flies by. Caleb celebrated his birthday with his Dad and the Peterson family last weekend, and we will do it with our family this upcoming weekend. We plan on doing it at either the house or the park, I will post pictures after it's over. He is so excited to be 5 years old. Dave will be making Caleb's cake, he has already put quite a bit of time figuring out what he wants to make. I can't wait to see how it turns out.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I got a new job at a doctors office. Do hearing tests, and fit people with hearing aids, we mostly work with the elderly and since I have worked there I have a new appreciation for them. Not that I didn't appreciate them before, I just see a different side of it all now. I couldn't ask for a better job. I love my job, my boss and his wife are amazing people and have the kindest hearts. Well that's enough babbling from me. I will update after the birthday and post some pictures.

2009-09-17T18:19:00.001-07:00

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ENGAGED

2009-09-14T17:01:00.000-07:00

Yup that's right, I'm engaged. I can't even begin to say how excited I am about it. Dave and I have been dating for almost a year. I had a suspician that it might happen soon, it really couldn't have been anymore perfect. Dave and I decided that we wanted to go camping over the Labor Day weekend, but it was supposed to be raining pretty bad down here, however we were going to tough it out and just pitch a tent, but the night before we were going to do it the storm was crazy hard and I chickened out. We ended up renting a cute cabin up in Pine Valley, it was so cozy. After we got up there and got settled we decided to go on a little hike, which didn't last too long because we thought it was going to rain and we were not prepared for that so we went back to the cabin and decided to cook dinner. I had made hobo dinners the night before. They were so yummy we just cooked them over the BBQ thingy :) There was a large family next to us that were pretty noisy but we did our best to ignore them and cooked smores that were super messy. Soon the sun was down and it was dark, the stars were out and there was a full moon. As soon as it got quiet Dave stood up and said I have something I want to talk to you about. He than got down on one knee and popped the question. I don't think that it could have been anymore perfect.

We have decided to get married on May 22,2010. There is so much planning to do and unfortunately I don't have anyone to really help me with it. I mean I have some of my family, but they are all up north and most of them pregnant and have their own planning to do, I am so excited for them though :) We have pinned down the location and the colors. I have decided that I am going to handmake all of the centerpieces and other decorations for it since we won't be able to afford to spend much. Dave and I came to the decision that we would like to keep it pretty small and only invite close family and friends.

We are going to get our engagement pictures done on Wednesday up in Pine Valley by a friend of mine that I think is amazing. I can't wait to see how they turn out, one of the locations is going to be the cabin that we got engaged at, should be pretty special. I can't wait, even though I hate having pictures of me taken. I will post some pictures when I get them.

Life in the slow lane...

2009-08-06T11:07:00.000-07:00

We have officially hit our slow season at work and I am going absolutely crazy. I don't see much point to going into work when there is close to nothing to do. We have on average lately had 2 maybe 3 check in's a day, and there is only so much that you can do to keep yourself entertained, however, soon enough we are going to be so busy I am not going to know how to keep up. October is when the hotel picks up because we have the Senior games going on. There are already entire weeks that we are completely sold out. Should be fun. So until than I am just going to sit at work and imagine the busier days.LOL. I am however pretty excited for my trip up north on the 21st. I am going to see my brother and sister-in-law that just got back not too long ago from Australia so I am looking forward to that.
That is mostly what has been going on in my life. Caleb gets started in preschool starting on the 17th. He is pretty excited about that. He misses the deadline for Kindergarten this year, but I think that is probably a good thing. I would prefer him to be older in his class than younger, besides by than hopefully his attention span will have increased.
Dave is just working as usual, and taking care of Caleb while I am at work. Its been amazing to watch his relationship with Caleb grow everyday. He has done an amazing job at stepping into the Dad role. I am very proud of him for stepping up to the plate, even when he didn't have to.

Our 4th of July.

2009-07-07T10:21:00.000-07:00

We all had a pretty great 4th of July. Caleb spent it with his Dad, who came down to St.George, and Dave and I spent our together for the most part. I don't know how I got lucky enough to get the weekend off but I did. Dave had to work until about 1, so I went to the park and hung out with his family who had a booth there selling popsicles, than went and picked Dave up after he got home from work. We had a double date planned for that evening. We met up at my house and had dinner than went and watched fireworks at the park and met up with another friend of ours and his girlfriend; after that was over we came back to our house and lit off some of our own. They were fireworks that I had gotten from my parents a couple of years ago and had forgotten that some of them were illegal. Oops...we lit a couple of them without realizing that they were. Oh well. Caleb spent the day at the park with his Dad, cousin Sami (his very best friend), Aunt Staci, Cousin Maddi, and Grandpa. I was walking around the park and ran into them which was fun. He had his face painted like a cheetah and was about to go play on all of the rides and water things they had there. He had a great time seeing all of them.

The weekend.

2009-06-29T16:14:00.000-07:00

This weekend was pretty great. Caleb was going to go camping with some friends, but due to some objections from some people he did not end up going. He went and stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson and with his favorite person in the entire world his cousin Sami. He spent lots and lots of time in the swimming pool and came home a bit sunburned. He luckily has not complained much, even though it looks rather painful. He had a blast and I don't think he minds too much. He came home Sunday night around 8pm and was so tired so we put him to bed around 9:30 and when I was ready to go to bed I popped my head in his room to check on him and he had rolled out of bed, which he does almost everynight. I picked him up and he says, in his sleep, "I have seen that already." (It always interests me what he is dreaming about), so I say " You've seen what before." he replies "That stuff." I say "What stuff" Caleb says "That lotion." I couldn't help but laugh. What in the world would a 4 year old be dreaming of lotion for? He cracks me up. He talks so much in his sleep we sometimes have to close both our door and his door, he will actually have full conversations in his sleep. One day I need to record it.
Anyway, I was supposed to work most of the weekend but ended up having some of it off so Dave and I went to dinner and a movie. We went and saw Transformers and loved it, there were some parts that we thought could have been done a little better, but other than that we enjoyed it. We have not been on a date or even seen each other much lately. I have been working 50 plus hours a week and we work opposite shifts so it was really nice to go on a date. Working opposite shifts sucks cause we don't get to see each other much but its good at the same time cause Caleb doesn't have to go to a sitter for very long and it saves money. Now I think we need to get a second car so that life will be easier. I'm not a huge fan of having to ride the bus to work. So that was our weekend. Now I can't wait for next weekend. I love fireworks!!

I know I know....

2009-06-16T16:53:00.000-07:00

Once again I have not updated this like I should be. Well here goes on what has been going on. Dave, Caleb and I have moved into a new place back in April. It is a cute townhouse only about 3 blocks from the apartment that we were living in. Luckily our landlord at the apartment also owned this place and when it came available offered it to us because it was bigger and we needed the room, the one bedroom just was not cutting it. The rent was only about $200.00 more a month and it is so much bigger. Caleb has his own room and loves that. No more sleeping on an air mattress on the floor anymore in the same room as us. LOL. After we moved in Justin and I both decided that Caleb going back and forth between his two houses was just to hard on him, so we knew that we needed to decide who was going to have full custody of him. Luckily we came to the decision that it would be better for him to live down here with us, because he has more friends and family down here that he can spend time with. So far it has been amazing. I got a job working at one of the local hotels so he goes to a friend that watches him for a few hours in the afternoon until Dave gets off and can go and pick him up. On the weekends when I have to work he gets to go and spend it with Grandma and Grandpa Peterson which he absolutely loves. His best friend in the world is his cousin Sami. She is only about 9 months older than him so he couldn't be happier about that. I have been so thankful lately for the way everything has worked out. Caleb is growing so fast, and everything else seems to be falling in place for the most part. I am going up to Heber this upcoming weekend to see my family and Caleb is going to stay at his Dad's for the night. He can't wait for that.
As for me it just seems like I work all the time. The hotel that I work at got bought, and so everything seemed to change really quickly. I was afraid for a little bit that I was going to lose my job, but luckily they have chosen to keep me. They did however get rid of a couple of other people that were working here and so the two of us that they did keep are working very long weeks. I would rather have a job and have to work long weeks than not have a job and be in a mess again. So that's about it for me, and Dave well he is just plugging along working, working, and working. He has adapted to the change of having Caleb around all the time really well I have been impressed. He does such a great job with him.

I know its been forever...

2009-01-29T11:10:00.000-08:00

Alright I know that I have been terrible about keeping this thing updated. There has been alot of change in my life in the past few months. Wow so much to say but I don't want to bore you. Well I have moved down to St.George and I am living with my boyfriend. Yep thats right I said boyfriend. I know what some of you are thinking.....already.....or......your living with him!! Well I am and I am loving every minute of it. His name is Dave Landes and he is awesome. We met at a party and really hit it off. He is 32 years old and works as a pastry chef. We have our own cute little apartment. Caleb is living two weeks with Justin and two weeks with me. It works for now but once he starts school I am not really sure what we are going to do if Justin hasn't moved down here. We will just have to wait and see what happens with that. I am not working right now, still on the job search but making it work anyways.

Update of life.

2008-11-05T18:32:00.000-08:00

Ok I know it has been forever since I have updated anyone on what has been going on. It has been rather complicated. Well I moved down to St.George and started a mad hunt for work. I didn't realize how bad it is down there. I went out everyday for two weeks submitting applications and well came up empty handed. It was so frusterating so I have come back to Salt Lake. I will try again after my lease is up on the apartment or when I have found a job first. For now I am going back to my job at the Utah College of Massage Therapy. They have been so incredible with working with all of my craziness.
Caleb is doing so good. His birthday is on the 8th. He will be turning 4. I can't believe that he is getting so big. The time really does fly by. He was the cutest little ninja for Halloween and had a blast going Trick or Treating with his cousins. He has been staying with Justin while I was down there looking for work but they came down to visit. It was so hard being away from him. I thought that I was going to go insane.

I want your opinion.

2008-09-29T18:36:00.000-07:00

This post may not interest anyone but I really want your opinion. I am stuck and don't know what to do. I have a couple of different options for my future right now. I can stay where I am living and continue to have Justin live with me and feel like we are walking around on eggshells all the time, which is no fun at all. Yes thats right I said that we are still living together more because we have to due to money situations then desire too, or I could move down to St.George with a friend and get away from all of this craziness. Justin would stay in the apartment that we have and I would bring Caleb up to him every other weekend. The place that I would be moving down to St.George I wouldn't have to pay rent which would be awesome but I would be living with a roomate. I don't have a job yet but I am looking I just started putting my resume out today because well today is when this option became available to me. Caleb would be close to his cousins down there and have more interaction with other kids. I would have closer support and help with Caleb thus opening the door for me to go to school so I can provide him with a better life. I just am not sure what to do and I figure what better people to turn to and ask for their opinions then friends and family so let me know what you think and yes you can ask any questions that you have. I have no secrets anymore. LOL

Tag your it!!

2008-09-09T16:36:00.000-07:00

10 Years ago I:
1. I was living in Heber
2. Probably fighting with my brothers..hehe
3. Thought that I knew everything about everything.
4. Was trying to figure out school and friends.
5. Probably getting in some kind of trouble.

Today's "to do" list:
1. Take Caleb to Preschool
2. Go to work
3. Pick Caleb up from Preschool
4. Make dinner
5. Work some more.

Snacks:
1. Licorice
2. crackers
3. Diet Coke
4. Carrots
5.

If I were a millionaire...
1. I would buy a house for me and Caleb.
2. Pay off all of my debts
3. Pay off my Mom's debts
4. Put money away for Caleb's schooling so he can go anywhere he wants.
5. Do some crazy shopping..

Places I've lived:
1. Heber, UT
2. Winchester, UT
3. Orem, UT
4. St.George UT
5. Salt Lake, UT

Jobs:
1. Full time Mom
2. Front Desk Manager at the Utah College of Massage Therapy
3. House keeper
4.
5.

I tag:
1. Ben
2. Chrissy
3. Markey
4. Morgan

State Fair

2008-09-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Well because of all of the craziness at our house lately we decided to take Caleb to the fair for a fun day. Justin and I are still going through the divorce and it has been somewhat nuts. We have done our best to hide it from Caleb but he is a pretty perceptive child and I know that he can tell that something is just not right. So we took him to the fair for some fun. He loved riding the rides. He is finally tall enough to ride most of them. Some he wanted to go on by himself and others he wanted his Daddy to go on with him. We saw lots of animals and there were even some tigers there that he would have stayed and watched all day if we would have let him.

Vegas

2008-09-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we went down to St.George so Caleb could visit Justin's family. We usually go down at least once a month but it had been almost 4 months so we decided that it was time for a trip. Caleb ended up staying with Justin's parents and his sister and we went to Vegas with my best friend and her husband. We stayed at the New York New York with a view of the Strip. It was so much fun, we just mostly walked around and did the usual tourist thing. Here a few pictures that we took while there.

Getting settled in.

2008-08-03T12:35:00.000-07:00

The last couple of weeks have been so crazy with the moving and getting Caleb settled with a new sitter and everything. We have found a great preschool for Caleb to go to its called Lit'l Scholars. It is pretty expensive but they are teaching him new things and the transition seems to be going really well for him. I was really worried that he would have a hard time because for the most part he has only gone to in home daycare. He is loving it; he is making new friends quickly and he has been coming home and singing me the songs that he has learned and tells me about all of the new games he is learning.
The apartment is great. I love being right downtown the neighborhood is great. Its nice being so close to everything. Most everthing that we need is within walking distance which is saving alot of gas. We are close to Liberty Park so I take Caleb there he loves going there and playing in the water. It also has a nice walking path all around it which is great to walk around at night after the sun goes down and it isn't so hot.

Finally.......

2008-07-23T17:03:00.000-07:00

Well after much apartment hunting, and I mean much.... I have found a cute little apartment. It is right downtown at 949 E 800 S. I decided to take tomorrow off of work to get a head start with moving everything because I have to be out of the house that we are in by the end of the month. I think it is going to be a huge pain the butt. I found out today that there is a huge parade that goes right by my work and a marathon that goes through downtown so it should be fun even getting to the apartment. Now the even harder part is finding sometime trustworthy to watch Caleb. I have interviewed a couple of people but no one seems to be quite right. I just found out that the lady that used to watch Caleb before we moved out to Magna is available, so I may be taking him to her again. Caleb did so good with her, she is so good at teaching him new things, so we will see what actually happens with that. So that is about all that is going on with me right now other then the usual stuff of working and being Mom.

This weekend.

2008-07-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

We have had a pretty good weekend. On the 4th we mostly stayed home. Caleb and I walked down to the park and played for awhile and then later we went to my Aunts house for dinner and Caleb played outside with one of my cousins on the tramp and in the tree house. He had a blast. Then we watched the fireworks just down the road from our house.

Rough Week

2008-07-02T17:57:00.000-07:00

So I suppose I will finally let the cat out of the bag. Justin and I have decided to get a divorce. We have been having issues for the last 8 months or so and have tried to work through our problems but it didn't work. We decided that it is better for Caleb for us to split and be happier when he is with us then to stay together and be unhappy and for him to feel the tension. Caleb seems to be handling it ok. I think that he is still too young to really understand what is going on.

Justin has decided that he is going to move to Denver to be closer to his best friend, and I am still trying to decide what me and Caleb are going to do. I think that we will probably end up in St.George, because I think that Caleb will have more stability there with his cousins. Up here we are kind of far from family so we don't have many people over so it would just be me and Caleb all the time. If we go down to St.George we have several friends with young children plus cousins and Justin's parents. I have to be out of my place by the beginning of August which stresses me out a little because I am having to figure out everything so quickly.

I know that everything will turn out how it should. As you know I'm not the most religious person ever but I know that the Lord has a plan and that its going to be ok. We will make it through this.

Cloud

2008-06-22T18:48:00.001-07:00

Caleb and I went up to Heber on Sunday to get my dog that was at my Mom's house, when Caleb looked out the window and said to me. "Mom that cloud looks like an airplane. I want to go up there and bounce on it." I looked out the window to see what he was talking about. It was just a big fluffy cloud but he has such an imagination that I am sure that it did look like an airplane to him. Then he said, " Wait I can't bounce on it cause I would fall down,down,down." I thought that it was funny and a cute story to share.

Over Memorial Day weekend.

2008-06-17T17:07:00.001-07:00

I know these pictures are a little late but I just got them developed today. We went down to St.George over Memorial Day weekend and went 4-wheeling. The last time that I have been on a 4-wheeler was when I was 16, and before that I think I was like 7, so we were pretty excited to go out.Caleb and Phil (Justin's Dad) had so much fun riding together. When we go down its like we don't even exist Caleb just wants his Grandpa.Caleb got tired after he rode for awhile, he is actually not asleep really he just wanted to pretend.
The dog that you can see in the first picture isn't our dog, he was just up were we were riding and he would follow us everywere we went. I felt so bad when we left cause we had to leave him. We did leave some food for him though.

Thanks to Everyone

2008-06-15T11:03:00.000-07:00

So this last week has been a real struggle for all of us. I don't want to go into great detail about what was going on, but I do want to say thank you to everyone that helped us through this. It is so nice to know that so many people care about us. I want to let everyone know that Justin is now home and things are going great. I think that it really helped and things are going to be improving greatly. My poor little Caleb was lost without his Daddy being here. He is such a sweet boy, he made sure that I was doing ok, its amazing how intune with things a 3 yr old can be. We are looking at this like a brand new starting point for us. Just wanted to let everyone know that we love you and thanks again!!

Just us.

2008-06-03T09:40:00.000-07:00

We have been married for almost 5 years. We have a 3 1/2 year old son that is the highlight of our lives. We live in Magna, but hopefully we will be moving down to St.George again before too much longer. Marnie is working at the Utah College of Massage Therapy and absolutely loves her job. Justin works for Ferguson out the in yard recieving deliveries and doesn't love his job so much. I'm sure that you can tell this is our first blog so it may take us a bit to get the hang of it.