Tuesday, January 26, 2010

We Are Obsessed

Every once and a while Travis and I will get a new obsession. Some times these obsessions are movies, or a certain sitcom show, sometimes we have to eat ice cream everynight before bed or drink hot chocolate. These obsession really range in type and length. We are currently overcome with a new obsession! Travis' Sister Kristyn introduced us to this game over Christmas break. We refrained as long as possible but a week ago we broke down and bought it. Our obsession did not hit its full peak until we had some of our good friends Gabe and Linda over to play. The four of us played until almost two in the morning. Now me and Travis can not help ourselves if we have twenty minutes between classes you will find us passing off levels (atleast trying to) or battling castles. Hopefully this to shall pass, but I have a feeling it won't be for a while.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

He's Here


Little Lee Darin Sorenson finally made his way into this life on Saturday the 16th around 10:00 am. Erin was induced Friday morning at 9:20 and from then on they were putting her on a pit, pulling her off of one and so forth. She was moving really fast on Friday night while she was on the pit, so they put in her epadural and then slowed the pit down while they waited for the doctor. After they turned the pit off it was like she went into a dead halt, and she finally got going again around 8:00 in the morning. The bad part for her about all of this was that her epidural had warn off, and no matter how much they were giving her she could still feel everything. Poor Erin. But after all of this came out the most perfect little boy that I have ever seen. Lee Darin 7.7 pounds and 20.5 inches long. We all love him so much and it already seems like I have known him forever. I got to take my mom over to spend the week with Erin, and while I was there all I could do was stare at him, and think just days ago he was with our Heavenly Father and now he is here to bless our family. We love you Lee and the rest of the Sorenson family.

Happy Birthday

This year I am going to do birthday post and who do we start with!!!
That is right Kera! Her birthday was on Saturday the 16th. I love Kera and her family so much. They have welcomed me into the Dyreng family with open arms, and I feel like I have known them forever. Kera is especially sweet to me. She is always around when I need a friend, or a good game of sevens. I love that I can talk to her about anything and know that she is listening and will always tell me what she thinks. I look up to her so much as a mother and as a lady. She is amazing with her children I know that sometimes she would say otherwise, but I will disagree with her one hundred percent. She has a unique and strong relationship with both of her kids, and I don't think they could be turning out better. I also look up to her for the lady that she is. She is so creative and smart. You can tell how great her marriage is by just watching the way her and her husband Adam communicate and act with one another. Me and Travis look up to them so much.
I got to spend Kera's birthday with her and I am so glad that I did. Thank you Kera for all that you do for me and my little family. Travis and I love you so much!
And she was not the only Birthday that happened that day. My sister Erin had her beautiful baby that same morning. I will do a full on post for him when I get some pictures. Of course my camera had to die when I got there and you need to see his cute little face to full understand how much I love him. *And for those of you that don't know Kera is the blonde in the picture above. The other one is McKell who I also love but will write about later.

Friday, January 15, 2010

Choosing

Do you ever feel like your life is tearing you in two all the time. That is the way that I have been feeling lately. I feel like I tackle a choice, and then there is another one. The hard part about this is that both choices are sometimes good. Last semester I just felt like I was floating by all the time. I was doing my calling okay, my work okay, my marriage okay, classes okay, debate okay. There seems to be a pattern there. Well we went to the temple over the break and one line stuck out to me. I can in no way quote it but it was about giving all of your talents and abilities to the lord first to increase his church. It hit me almost like I had been plowed over by a truck that was my problem.
I feel like I need to please everybody, and strive to live up to expectations that everyone has for me. I was failing. After that day at the temple I felt the need to simplify. I knew I had to cut something our of my life and I knew the only thing that was disposable was speech. I cried for a long time after I made this choice. I love debating it is like a mini high, I guess you can uses arguing for something good. The team was just taking a lot of my time and energy, and I could see that the debating Meagan was not good for our marriage. I feel sad but relieved.
I am also going to stress less. When I told Travis this he said yeah right, but I am trying to find something everyday that relieves my stress. The biggest... A cute little boy named Travis. To be completely honest I used to get so annoyed when I was trying to do something and Travis wanted attention. The other day I said you know what I can put this down and spend time with my husband. I have been loving it. We are having a blast, and less stress. I also found a new love for cooking and reawakened my love for a good book.
It is a slow process for me and I am still trying to figure everything out but I am so much happier. Last night we were doing stats homework and we were both getting pretty upset with ourselves and each other. Travis stood up and said that's it picked me up and threw me on the couch handed me a Wii paddle and we played Mario Brothers for two hours. Usually me... annoyed and stressed. Last night I felt great as me and my husband defeated a whole level. So I guess my new years resolution destress, and put all my skills and talents toward the lord. Let me know if you have any ideas on how to keep this!