Busy Busy Day!!!

Alright so today was a super busy day! It started with going to the military headquarters over in Draper, Utah to get my military ID and figure few things out. Well that took a couple hours.. I had to hurry home to pick up Cadyn from the house and then pick up Connor from school. We had a 1 pm appointment with the Matheson Court House downtown Salt Lake. We actually got there an hour early. Connor decided he wanted nothing to do with the court hearing for the Adoption. He threw the first of few fits today. After practically dragging him in, we had to wait in the hallway for another half hour. Connor decided he wanted to do nothing so he laid on the floor of the hallway. Yes the still desire to be a lawyer side of me just huffed at him. So it became 12:45 and the bailiff came out and unlocked the court. She asked us if we were waiting for anyone else. I replied with "No" and she said "We can get started then." I'm getting super excited but dreading how Connor is going to react to the movement again. Well... Cadyn and I went in and sat in the seats. Connor decided he wanted nothing to do with it again. Sigh.... Luckily grandpa was there so he took him back out into the hallway. After the Judge and we were introduced to the court (Connor had to come back in to be introduced... but immediately left after), he asked me if I was still okay with Tyler adopting the children and if we had a divorce he would still be the father to attach the child support and all that stuff too not the "real sperm donor." I said "Yes." The Judge signed the papers and said "Alright It's Done!" We were in the court room for about 10 minutes. Not a single problem. It was wonderful! The Judge even okayed the new middle name for Cadyn.. THANK HEAVENS!!!! So now we have Connor Eugene Monk and Cadyn Wayne Monk. The boys have been learning their last name is Monk for the past couple months so it wasn't new news to them. I was just ecstatic that he signed off on changing Cadyn's middle name. The filing process took us another 10 minutes. So all together we were busy with the court for 20 minutes literally... Immediately following the court we went to Wheeler Farm because Connor had been asking to go to the farm for few days now. Why not when we didn't have school, work and something to actually celebrate. We walked around and saw all the animals. Connor loved feeding the ducks and geese. Cadyn loved it too but I believe he loved chasing them more... but that's just my opinion We had a nice picnic there and it was an amazing 70 degrees today. Honestly it was a WONDERFUL day! <3 Our family is growing.. It's just a huge BLESSING for it all to be OFFICIAL. Never have to think about anyone else other than the 6 of us... :D I cannot express the happiness I feel for our family! I just wish Tyler was here with us but he is doing what needs to be done for our family also. Nothing great can come without some sacrifice. We are honestly blessed beyond belief.. I do love my little (or maybe not so little) family.. Okay I'll go with young family.

The first year so far...

The past year.. well almost.. has been like a tornado for our little family. After we were married my parents took Connor & Cadyn on a 2 month vacation with them to the Florida Keys and that southern route leaving us 2 with some time to be newlyweds. We spent our time in Apple Valley at my parents house for 2 months where we were able to play. During this time Tyler and I had talked about expanding our little family. After much debate, we decided it was the right time for us. In August, the boys returned to us and we moved back to Herriman, Utah. Tyler attended Utah State University in Logan for the semester. The poor guy had to commute hour and half there and hour and half home three days a week. I worked as a substitute teacher for Jordan High School and the boys started Kindergarten this year. (OH DEAR HOW THEY GROW UP TOOOOOOOOO FAST) My parents would take care of the boys when Tyler and I were unavailable to do so. By the end of September, we found out that I was pregnant AGAIN. Imagine the shock when we found out it was TWIN BOYS for the 2nd time and due May 10, 2013. We had some serious thinking to do regarding what we were going to be doing for our future. We came to the conclusion that Tyler would join the United States Air Force. He did so by mid November and was considered active duty by beginning of January. He accepted his job as an airborne cytological linguist and left for basic training on January 29, 2013. He has excelled at basic training so far. It has been a difficult change for our family. Although we have not been married or together for very long, Connor and Cadyn got real comfortable with finally having a loving, playful father and I did also. It is going to be a hard course but it serves our family the best it could. I am incredibly proud of my husband and all that he has done (even if he is a creeper still).

Our History

Our story begins back in July of 2010... I was in town for a good long-time friend's wedding in San Diego. Since I was in California, my family decided that we would spend a couple weeks in town. Towards the end of the trip I was itching for something to do so I went to institute on Wednesday night. I heard about a softball game the following night and decided that if I want to get out of the house tomorrow evening I'll go to that. Why not right.. So I ended up going. Saw this cute guy there and thought "hey when I return to Utah I'm going on a non-dating focus on myself and children for at least a year.. why not flirt a little and maybe get a couple dates out of this guy?" No worries guys I was laying it on think. Poor Tyler had no idea what he was getting himself into by flirting back. Later that night of course I snuggled up on his blanket (NOT HIM) during the Sandlot showing. As the night went on I gave up and was just heading home thinking oh well. Tyler on the other hand had been hanging around while I was saying goodbye to a couple friends that had been there and at my car asked for a date the following night... The following couple nights we went out and had a fun time, we stayed out til like 3 or 4 am talking.. I thought this guy was a good choice to spend time with. He says after these couple nights he couldn't shake there was something about me. FEW MONTHS LATER- we hadn't really talked or texted but he remembered when my birthday was and knew I was running the tri-state marathon and would be in Apple Valley for Thanksgiving since they are so close. The house was pretty dark but he decided to ring the door bell anyways. Tyler had bought me flowers and card for my birthday. I couldn't help but think wow this guy is cute but WOW WHAT A CREEPER! (which I still call him). We went out a couple more times during this visit. One of fist dates. Walking around Mountain High during the summer. FEW MONTHS LATER- we hadn't talked for couple months except a couple text here and there at this time but he still sent me flowers and a teddy bear for Valentine's Day. He still says he can't believe he spent so much to send a girl flowers that he wasn't dating or even really talking to. Still something kept him from forgetting me. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER- Fall 2011 now and we HAD NOT SPOKEN AT ALL for months. I was in another relationship. Very short term relationship might I add and Tyler had started texting me again. I had deleted his number entirely out of my cell phone or had lost it when I changed phones. I honestly can't remember which one it was. I ended up sticking up for Tyler to this short term relationship guy and still had ditched out on Tyler for a couple dates. Snowboard season rolled around and we had season passes at the same place. Not sure what his real intentions were but I thought hey someone to go with during the week while my real buddies could only go on Fridays and Saturdays. One of the times we were snowboarding. We began dating outside of snowboarding yet it took me 2 1/2 months to be okay with dating him exclusively (thanks to my BFF Mckayleigh with a heart to heart over breakfast which convinced me to take a chance on the guy). Yes I literally told him "Why can't you be happy with where we were?" when he asked me about dating him exclusively so in other words the answer was "no" but in a nicer way. Well after giving in, our relationship excelled at a rapid pace. We were engaged on April 6, 2012 and were planning a June 15th wedding. However, things were just getting complicated and too big for what we wanted. On a Friday I basically told Tyler if you want to marry me marry me NOW which he was totally alright with. We were married the following Friday, May 5, 2012, at the Draper, Utah Temple. My parents, his parents, and our siblings were present. We spent our honeymoon weekend up at Lava Hot Springs in Idaho at a Bed and Breakfast with dirt bikes and hot springs. This was the start of our happily ever after.