Called to Serve

Elder and Sister Dellastatious

On March 4, 2009 my parents received their mission call to serve in the Cleveland, Ohio Mission as CES missionaries. To say they were shocked is an understatement. They had requested somewhere completely different doing something completely different but the Lord knew how amazing they would be teaching the young adults in the Akron,Ohio area. Of course I was so thrilled because I love Ohio!! I loved living there during our 3 years of residency training. I can't wait to visit!! The most shocking part came however when they read that they had to report to the MTC on March 23, only 2 1/2 weeks after receiving their call. I will miss them like crazy but I'm so proud of them for making the decision to go.

Happy Birthday Jason!

Warning: Serious Update in Progress...

Okay so I've been absent from blogging for a little while. So you'll have to bear with me as I update the last month because it has been crazy!! So much has been going on with our family its no wonder I haven't had time to sit down and blog. And since I have hopes of turning this into a book someday, there are some events I just can't leave out. Like Jason's birthday! He wasn't feeling that well on his big day, but did manage to have dinner and open a few presents. I made a tropical carrot cake I had never made before and it turned out so yummy! It is one of those "i'm only making this once a year" kind of cakes though. It took ALL day. So worth it for my man though.

 

Have you ever been to the North Pole? I think I live there.

I'm obsessed...

So this past Christmas season, Lauren brought home chocolate covered cinnamon bears from her dance teacher. She brought home two bags actually because a little girl in her class didn't like them, so she gave them to Lauren. I thought they kind of sounded like a gross combination...until I tried one. Love at first bite. Not long after my brother in law gave me another tin of them that they had been giving out at work. Soon after that my friend LeAnn, when I revealed my newest obsession with her, suggested I just make my own. I think it was that same day I headed to Walmart, picked up several bags of cinnamon Santas and baking chocolates, therein turning my kitchen into a chocolate covered cinnamon Santa factory. So naturally when Valentine season came around I found cinnamon lips...

Hilarious!

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I love this man...

I'm really not a mushy, valentiney kind of person. I actually think the holiday is a little on the lame side. I mean really, can't we tell each other how much we love each other every day of the year? With that said, this is a little tribute to my favorite valentine who maybe needs to be reminded how much I love him. A few reasons come to mind....

He has a great sense of humor. Jason always makes me laugh, even when I don't really want to.

He is intelligent. Jason and I took a few college courses together. I would study my butt off, he wouldn't study at all...and he would still get a better grade than me.

He is hard working. The life of a pediatrician isn't all runny noses and dum dum pops. Jason starts off early in the morning to round on babies at the hospital, works long clinic hours and stays up til wee hours in the morning finishing his patient charts. His patients are really lucky to have him as their doctor!

He is a kid at heart. He loves playing with the kids. He plays Mario Kart with Nate almost every night when he gets home and will pull out a board game with Lauren. He will get on his knees and play basketball on the mini hoop with Luke. And he does a mean Elmo impression. Our kids adore him.

He loves my cooking. For some reason that makes me feel like a better cook than I really am!

He knows me better than anyone else and he still loves me. That in and of itself is enough to love this man!

Our marriage has been an adventure...school, moving, children, challenges, etc....but I wouldn't want it any other way. I love you Jay!

And the winner is...

Kaytee!!

Last night I put all the names in a jar and had Lauren pick it out and read the winner. I put it all on video and it was really cute....but gosh dang it I could not get the video to upload. I didn't want the suspense to kill all of you (ha,ha) so I'll try and post it later. The cards are on their way Kaytee!