colin & marissa

2012-01-09T22:23:00.011-07:00

I have so much blog catching up to do!

I am going to post about our trip to the Philippines I promise. I have tons of pictures which you may or may not be interested in but I think they are pretty cool. You will have to wait though. I am going to save that for another day and tell you about this last Friday.

It was a big day.

Coop turned 1.

Can you believe it? I can't.

It's freaky how fast time goes. One minute you have this tiny newborn and you have no idea what you're doing and the next thing you know a whole year has past and they are still alive and healthy and happy and you think maybe I kind of do know what I'm doing. It's crazy!

I'm just so grateful to have this little guy in my life. I'm often caught off guard randomly throughout the day and think, "I'm so lucky. I love this little boy more then I ever knew I could."

Just a little bit of an update on what Cooper is up to these days.

- He's close to walking (I think). I think he could do it right now if he had the desire.
-His favorite word is ball and he says it all the time. He points at everything and says ball. Needless to say we are working on teaching him that not everything is a ball.
- He is a very picky eater and it drives me nuts!
- He pulls the best fake cry face when he wants my attention.
- He loves to throw things. Anything you put in his hand he will chuck as hard as he can. This includes cell phones. And sometimes those cell phones break and dad gets really mad. Oops!

Cooper was lucky and got a few different birthday celebrations including one in the Philippines. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Very Merry Christmas

2011-12-15T19:52:00.006-07:00

Merry Christmas!

Here's a little Christmas treat for you.
Something cute.
How could you not love a little boy in a Santa suit?
DI for $2? I could not resist.

And then he fell trying to look at the lights on the Christmas tree.
Luckily I got this picture just in time.
Hilarious.

And he's something creepy. I think the picture says it all.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas.
We are going to have a sunny Christmas in the Philippines.
We leave tomorrow and I am beyond excited but slightly nervous for the approximately 20 hours we will spend flying with an almost one year old.
Oh goodness.
Pray for us.

the belated Thanksgiving post

2011-12-01T09:09:00.011-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

Yeah I'm a little bit late. Colin actually had time to spend with us last week so I took advantage of that.

We watched a lot a Grey's Anatomy (we're on season 4 now).

We took a trip up to the new H&M and Crate and Barrell (by the way it was much too crowded).

We bought a new washer (ours was broken and we had to resort to wearing dirty clothes, gross? yes).

We had an awesome Thanksgiving day with family at my Aunt's house. It involved a lot of great food, football, a dance party, and of course a program. My family likes programs and Colin is learning to like them too. What a guy I have.

We did a little Black Friday shopping and by we I mean me. Colin did do his part by watching the babe because heaven knows I wouldn't want to take Cooper into that madness.

And we spoke in Church. Normally I don't like doing that but it wasn't so bad. We spoke about gratitude. How fitting. We honestly have so much to be thankful for. I'm not going to go all mushy on you right now but I just want to say I'm thankful for my two boys. They are what makes me happy and I love them more than I can say. I'm also thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the peace it brings. Of course I'm thankful for so much more I'm not going to leave it at that.

Also, over Thanksgiving break we gave Coop Dog a little haircut. Okay it was a big hair cut. I snapped this picture of Cooper one morning and when I looked at it I knew something had to be done.I mean it's cute, of course, but a little out of control. I would love for him to have long hair but his hair doesn't know how to lay down. No amount of gel of hairspray can keep it down for long.

Let's get a closer look.

Yes, definitely out of control.

So we gave the only haircut I know how to give.... A buzz. And I think it's pretty dang cute.

Pardon the unphotogenicness of these pictures. He wasn't feeling up to being my model at the moment. I think they're kind of funny though but that could be because he's my kid. And I'm not sure why he's not wearing a shirt but it seems to happen a lot for some reason.

And now that's it December I can officially say Merry Christmas!

Race Day

2011-11-03T08:57:00.007-06:00

So... we survived. But I was hard. Like really hard. The first 9 miles or so were cake. It was all down hill and I felt good. The last two miles were torture but we made it through. I'm not sharing my time because I honestly don't know. I didn't look at the clock when we got in. I just didn't even think about it. Anyways, I felt good about how I did so the time doesn't really matter that much to me.

My dad and Colin and I stayed together the whole time and it honestly was fun. Time seemed to pass quickly except those last two miles I mentioned. They did not go by quickly.

Here is a picture of us right before the race started. I was a 80's something or other. I had theses awesome hot pink tights that you unfortunately can't see. Seriously, a few people mentioned how awesome they were during the race. I don't really know what Colin is. A basketballer? and we have no idea (my dad included) what he is. He claims he was a Japenese jester. Notice how happy and fresh we look.

These are the after pictures. Needless to say we (meaning me) look a little had. Although I felt like I might collapse at the end, it was a great feeling to know that you just accomplished something you never thought you could. Colin was on a high at the end and felt so good he ran and got the car for us. I couldn't really move. Col claims he wants to do another one, maybe even a full marathon! I'm not so sure.

I'm so glad that Colin and I were able to do this together. It was awesome to have him to push me at some points and I had to push him at some points. I'm also glad that I wasn't the only one hobbling around like a fool the few days following the race. We looked like fools together. It was quite pathetic.

My Tiger

2011-11-02T08:22:00.004-06:00

Happy Belated Halloween. We had a little tiger hanging out with us on Halloween night. Sometimes he was happy.

And sometimes he wasn't.
But he sure looked cute either way.

laugh for the day

2011-10-28T09:17:00.002-06:00

Cooper's new laugh. This kid is such a cheese.

run run run

2011-10-25T16:20:00.003-06:00

I'm extremely nervous for this weekend. Why you ask?

Because for some crazy reason, that I cannot for the life of me remember now, I signed up for a half marathon.

This Saturday my husband and I will be running the Provo Halloween Half Marathon.

You see, I am not a runner. It goes against my very nature. I probably run slower than some people can walk. You think I joking but I assure you I am not.

I haven't mentioned one thing on this blog about the race up until now because I didn't want everyone to know what a loser I was when I backed out. Well guess what, I'm not backing out! So I'm already a winner right?! yay!

You see this was going to be the thing that makes me lose the rest of that dang baby weight. Well that hasn't exactly happened. I've lost minimal weight. Luckily when I get really discouraged I have a sweet husband that tells me I'm super hot. He humors me and it works.

Speaking of my sweet husband. As mentioned before he will be running the race as well. You see I've been training for this for 16 weeks now. That's quite awhile. On the other hand my husband doesn't believe in such a involved training schedule. His training thus far has included running about 4 or 5 times. And of course each of those times he runs faster than me and acts like it's no big deal when I feel like I must certainly be dying.

Also, Colin will run 4 or 5 miles with me once and BAM! loses 8 pounds. Now is that fair? I don't think so. When he tells me he's lost weight I have a keep my cool and act like it's totally awesome. (cause it is right?) I try very hard to keep my angry jealous thoughts to myself and I admit sometimes I fail.

My dad is also running. He's a big time runner and does lots of races so I keep asking him questions like, So what if they like close down the finish line before I get there? (He assures me they won't.) What if everyone passes me and I look stupid? But then he said "Marissa everyone is worried about themselves and they don't care about you at all." Surprisingly, hearing how one cares about me was comforting.

So I'm off to find our costumes for the race. Apparently if you don't dress up you're lame and we definitely don't want to be lame.

9 months

2011-10-12T15:21:00.009-06:00

A common conversation in our house includes talking about how big/old Cooper is getting. Then it usually leads into how cute he is and how did we get so lucky. I know, kind of a mushy, but this is something I think about often. Cooper is such a good baby and has such a happy and content disposition. He definitely has his moments but he is generally low maintenance and just goes with the flow when I drag him along with me everywhere I go. Where he got his mellow disposition, I have no idea, but I'm thankful for it. I'm just waiting for my next baby to be a terror so I can get a taste of my own medicine because as my mother's informed me I was not as sweet and happy as Cooper.

Coop Man is nine months old. Where did the time go? He's been out a of my belly as long as he has been in. Woah! There must be something about having kids that makes time go by faster right? My baby is becoming less of a baby everyday and looking and acting more like a little boy. It is the strangest thing to realize he actually understands some of the things I say. It makes me realize I better be saying the right things. I suspect he picks up on much more then I initially think. Sometimes Colin and I will be talking while driving in the car and randomly we'll here a giggle from the backseat. Cooper thinks the most random things that Colin says and does are so funny. Everyday when Colin gets home he gets down on all fours and plays with Cooper. Coop thinks it's the greatest thing that ever happened to him. I love watching it. I'm not quite as funny to him or entertaining but I'm a much better snuggler so I'm good for something.

I took Cooper in for his nine month appointment and he looks happy and healthy. He is in the 25 % for his length and 21% for his weight. Yup, he's kind of a shrimp. But he's in the 50% for his head. So I'm not really sure if that means his head in normal and his body is small so his head is too big for his body. Yeah I'm not going to think about that one that hard.

Cooper at nine months..

Is still is doing the army crawl. And he's pretty dang fast so don't mess! He gets anywhere and everywhere. He gets into everything, opens drawers and cupboards and takes everything out. Every second I'm not looking he's trying to crawl into the bathroom. Gross.
Pulls himself up. In just the last two weeks he's gotten really good. I love going to get him in his crib and finding him standing up waiting for me.
Is a little too attached to mom. If I'm in the same room with him he won't let anyone else hold him even Colin most of the time. Whenever someone new talks to him while I'm holding him he will bury his head into me and not look at them. It's kind of funny. His only word is mama and he says it all the time.
No teeth yet. I think he's a little late on that. The longer he doesn't have sharp things to bit me with the better for me.
Loves cars and balls. A true boy.

This little boy is such a blessing in our life. He makes me laugh all the time and I'm just glad he's ours.

obsessed

2011-09-22T08:30:00.006-06:00

1. I'm obsessed with this song lately. It was on repeat in my head all day yesterday. You should listen to it. Just watch, it will get stuck in your head

2. Another thing I am kinda of obsessed with is Pinterest. I know I'm kind of late on this but it rocks. Except for one thing.... I can't figure out how to use it. Yeah I just admitted that. I keep thinking all these other people figured it out why can't I? So anyone want to give me a lesson? Thanks.

3. I'm obsessed with, this little boy's laugh. So funny. The fake sneeze gets him every time. We go around making the most ridiculous noises to make him laugh.

(Sorry these pictures are such bad quality. They were taken with my phone. )

Great News

2011-09-06T14:52:00.006-06:00

Cooper had his last follow up appointment and we got some great news. All is perfectly normal. All the tests came back normal and my little guy is perfectly healthy and fully recovered. Thanks for all the prayers. I was expecting the worst and was so happy to hear he was okay. We feel so incredibly blessed through this whole thing.

So with all that mess behind us we headed out to California for Colin's little brothers wedding. It was a party! We had so much fun. But it was a quick trip. Really quick. Most of the time was spent in the car. And with an eight month old that's not always the most fun experience. But we survived. Sorry no pics of the wedding. That's how lame I am. But I got some of Cooper. This is honestly how he spent the majority of the trip. Bless his little heart..

Now if that last picture doesn't make you smile I don't know if anything will.

our hospital stay

2011-08-23T12:00:00.000-06:00

I've been putting off writing this post because I knew it would be so long. Here is your warning. You can skim over it or not read it if you want but I'm mostly recording this for my own purposed because I want to remember all the details.

So remember last post when I mentioned I had a sick babe? Well he wasn't getting better. In fact he got worse. When he first started getting sick it was just a fever and running nose. The fever was never very high so we didn't worry that much. He wasn't sleeping really and so after two days of that we took him to the doctor. The doctor looked at him and said, "Sorry he definitely looks sick but it's probably just a virus." Boo, not what I wanted to hear. I wanted some get better meds. Anyways he sent us home and we continued to give him IB profin every 6 hours and wait this sickness out. Well things were not improving. My normally happy sweet boy would not do anything. He wouldn't smile, he wouldn't play, he really wouldn't move. He wanted me to just hold him all day. So that's what I did. Then he started to not eat. Now, I know that sick babies can lose their appetite and that can be expected but he wouldn't eat at all! People kept saying it was fine but I was worried. I could barely get him to take a couple ounces of formula in the day and maybe a few swigs of water. He would act like he wanted it but would take one sip and turn away so I knew his throat was hurting him.

So five days after his first appointment I took him back to the doctor. We are on the awesome (not really) BYU health plan so we tend to see different doctors every time. We saw a new doctor and he did not seem concerned at all. By this time Cooper had lost a full pound since last time he was in. He looked at his ears and throat and said, "maybe" they were a little inflamed and "you've been dealing with this long enough" so he gave us an antibiotic. I got the feeling this doctor was just trying to appease me. At that point I didn't care I just wanted something to make him feel better. He then said that he wanted to see us back in two days to check on him.

So I'm thinking we're on the road to recovery right? Wrong. The next day Cooper wakes up from a nap and he face is swollen. His right cheek was noticeably bigger than his left. I freak out a bit but we decided it's probably just swollen lymph nodes. We debated weather to take him back to BYU urgent care. Now I feel so bad that we waited at all but I was nervous that I was being overly paranoid. Both times we took him in before the doctors acted like it was no big deal and he just had a little sniffle or something. We had just been in the day before and we had an appointment tomorrow so we waited a little while. I did ask Colin and his brothers to give him a blessing and Colin blessed his little body that it would heal.

Later that night though I got too nervous about it and had a feeling we should take him to an instacare. We got there right before closing and the doctor looked at him and said he looked fine. She looked at his throat and said that it looked normal. Thinking back on this now I get so mad because at this point there is no possible way that his throat looked normal. She must have not got a good look and just said she did. Arg... anyway. She said it was probably just a swollen lymph node and she even threw in the idea of the mumps... what the heck? No one even gets the mumps anymore.

Anyways, I felt a little bit better but he still wasn't improving really so I was anxious to see what the doctor said the next day. The next day his neck was still swollen but I tried not to worry. When we took him to the doctor he took one look his throat and said, "I don't mean to worry you but you need to go down to the hospital right now." I was so confused. This was supposed to just be a follow up appointment. I was like, "So are they just going to take a look at him or emit him or what?" The doctor said, "Oh yes he will be admitted for tonight at the very least. they may have to put him under and do surgery." I was freaking out and was trying to ask more questions but then he interrupted me and said, "You guys just need to get down there right away." Talk about freaky. So of course we get in the car and i call my mom crying. I couldn't believe that I was taking my little 7 month old baby to the hospital and who knew what was going to happen when we got there.

When we get there poor Cooper is laying on my chest and the doctor and nurses keep trying to look at him and put things on him and he only wants me to hold him. The doctor that happen to be on duty that night turned out to be a pediatric infectious disease doctor the mainly works at Primary Children's. We were incredibly blessed that he was the one that happen to be there. He is asking us all these questions and he keeps saying, "Oh how interesting." or "That is strange." Not things we want to hear. Then he gives us a run down of thing it could be including. Leukemia and Lymphoma. My heart about dropped to my stomach when I heard that but he assured me he doesn't think that's what it is but he wanted to be up front with us. So they stick him with an IV and run some tests. He has a CT scan and did awesome. They let me stay in the room with him and as long as he could see me he held very still. He was such a trooper through all of this! The doctor calls us with the results that night and tell us that they could tell from the CT scan that he had an abscess in the back of his throat and they needed to do surgery the next day. In case you don't know it abscess is a pocket pus cased by an infection.

The next day the doctor showed us the CT scan of the abscess and it was huge. I was about 2 inches by 1 inch. In his little throat! They were surprised he hadn't had any breathing problems because it was blocking his airway quite a lot. No wonder the poor little guy wouldn't eat anything. When we had to take him down for surgery I was so nervous. The anesthesiologist and the surgeon came and explained to us exactly what was going to happen but it didn't make me feel any better. We went down to the operating wing and one of the nurses carried him away. Watching him going down to hall to the operating room broke my heart. He was looking at me with such a sad face. I felt so silly because the doctors kept saying that it was a very simple esurgery and it was very quick and I was so worried and a totally wreck when they took him in. The surgery went great and they drained every thing. They also tried to do a pic line which they described as a permanent IV. It goes in the arm and up near the heart. It is a more permanent option from an IV so that we could continue to give him IV antibiotics even when we took him home. It turns out though that it was to difficult for them to get it in Cooper's small veins.

The night after his surgery he finally took a bottle and he acted like he hadn't eaten in a week. Oh yeah he pretty much hadn't. He couldn't get enough. The next morning he was a different baby. This kid is resilient! He perked right up and wanted to play again.

To get a para tonsil abscess in a child so young is basically unheard of. None of the doctors up at Primary Children's have ever seen it in a child as young as Cooper before. They have only read about it in books. So the doctors are concerned why this would happen. It could be that it just a freaky thing and Cooper is super unlucky. (We are crossing our fingers it's just that.) The other thing it could mean is that he could have an immune deficiency. Something could be wrong with his immune system that it can't adequately fight off infection. We really hope this isn't the case.

If this same thing had happened in an older child they would do the surgery and send them home with oral antibiotics and it would be fine. The problem is, if Cooper does have a immune deficiency it would be too risky to send him home with an antibiotic that they hope works if his immune system is not able to do it's part to heal him. So we had to stay longer to keep him on the IV antibiotics and they wanted to try to do the pic line again. The next day they attempted the pic line and again it didn't work. His veins were just too small. So we stayed another night.
Let me now mention how incredibly hard it is to get any sleep in a hospital chair.It's not only extremely uncomfortable but nurses come in to check on him every hour. Colin and I took turns each night so that one of us could get some sleep.

They finally decided that his bloodwork was looking really good and they would send him home with two different types of antibiotics to make sure all our bases were covered. We were so relieved that we were able to go home. Cooper had been there a total of four days and three nights. Colin and I were going crazy in that little room and I know that Cooper was too. Poor kid was like a prisoner in the crib.

Things have been great since we've been home. Cooper is acting like his normal self and I love it. He is still on antibiotics three times a day. He goes back to the doctor next week for some more extensive testing on his immune system. Coop is getting used to having his blood drawn and sadly I am too. We hope everything comes back normal with these new tests and that there isn't something more that we are dealing with.

Through this process I've got a glimpse of how much Heavenly Father loves his children and takes care of them. As a parent I wanted to help him and make him feel better but it was out of my control. We could only ask our Heavenly Father to watch over him and his doctors. I know that whatever the results of his tests are that we can deal with it with Heavenly Fathers help. And Cooper has already shown he is a strong boy. We learned in the hospital that people suffer from for worse things and deal with harder things. I am so thankful that this was not something worse and we have our happy baby back with us.

p.s. that was by far the longest post of my life. Congratulations if you made it to the end.

The many hairstyles of Cooper

2011-07-28T09:28:00.014-06:00

I have a lot of blog catching up to do. But since I have a sick babe right now that is thankfully sleeping at the moment I'll have to keep it divide it up. Today you get the many hairstyles of Cooper.

So the Coop-Dog has had many hair styles throughout his little life. He was born with this full head of dark hair. I miss that hair.

Then there was the receding hair line or should we say cul-de-sacs. Still cute.
And then.... The Mullet. Enough said.

And the balding look...Previously we just let his hair do what it want. Then we decided to grab some clippers and take action.
Before

AfterA much improved look I must say. hmm love that little boy.

Also, are you thinking of getting any pictures taken?

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Busy Summer

2011-07-05T08:33:00.008-06:00

I can't believe the last time I wrote was when Cooper was 4 months. He's six months now! Time goes by so quickly. We've been very busy in the Schmutz house lately.
About a week ago Colin's parents left to serve as mission president and "mission mother" in the Philippines. We were busy getting in all the time that we could with the family before they left. We are going to miss them so much but we are so excited for them and the great experience they will have. I can't wait till Christmas when we get to go visit! So right as they left we moved into their house. We are holding down the fort here the whole three years they are gone. It is quite the upgrade from our little tiny house. I don't even know what to do with all the space I have now.
I do have to give a little shout out to our first house though. I miss it! It was the first place we lived when we got married. It was the home we brought Cooper home to. We spent two plus years there and I'd grown to love that little house in that ghetto neighborhood. Luckily my little sister is living in it for the time being so we can go and visit.
So we are unpacking boxes and settling in here. another thing that is keeping me busy is Cooper. He is mobile people! He discovered rolling one day and is now on the go. Who knew rolling could be such an effective way of getting around? He acts like he wants to crawl and I wouldn't mind at all if he waited awhile to do that. This little guy already keeps me on my toes. Oh and he is allergic to eggs. Don't ask how we found that one out but it was dramatic experience for me (probably not as much for him). We're all good now.

In our spare time we are just trying to live up summer before Colin goes back to school. Swimming, BBQing, and hanging out.

Tomorrow me and Cooper are of the California for a little Vacay and a wedding so I better start packing. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure because we all know a post without pictures is boring. This ones cracks me up. This is Cooper and his cousin Bennett. Got to love those faces.

4 months (a little late)

2011-05-24T10:36:00.009-06:00

Cooper is 4 1/2 months old now. Wow that went fast! A couple weeks ago I took him in for his 4 month appointment. We went to a new doctor at the BYU Student Health Center since our insurance has changed. Let's just say I really miss Cooper's old doctor. When they weighed him he weighed 14 lbs. When I told the doctor that at his two 2 month appointment he weighed 12 lbs she acted a little concerned that he only gained 2 lbs over the last 2 months. He looks nice and fat to me but she wanted him a little fatter. So we are working on plumping this guy up with a little extra formula. I think he is fattening up nicely. Other then that he looks perfect. Here is some of what Cooper is up to now a days.

He is balding. Sad I know. He has lost pretty much all his hair on the sides but is keeping his long hair in the back of his head and on the top so he totally has a mullet. Hey mullets are coming back in style right?

He is grabbing at everything, including my hair. It's getting much harder to do stuff while he's in my lap because he wants to grab at whatever I have.

He is such a giggler. I love making this boy laugh. It's music to my ears.

He is going to roll over any day now. He is pro at the tummy to back but can't quite make the push from back to tummy but I see it happening any time now.

I think Cooper is quite the momma's boy. Apparently when I leave him with Colin he cries. He whines when I leave the room and knows how to get my attention. Some ways I really don't like this but somehow I secretly like it too.

He has a fascination with his tongue. It's constantly sticking out. Seriously, for hours at a time.

He is a snuggler. mmm I love me some Cooper snuggle time.

He has attempted rice cereal, it was actually quite funny. I took a video of it to show Colin so have a look if you like...

Mullet!

My First Project

2011-05-15T19:40:00.000-06:00

I have attempted my first sewing project on my new sewing machine. I thought I would start with something quite simple like a pillow. Well it took my a lot longer then I thought it would. Let's just say I had to figure out my sewing machine, but I think the next project will go much faster. It definitely isn't perfect but it's just for me so I don't care.

You can find the tutorial here.

I'm on the lookout for some more fun projects. If you know any fun craft blogs or DIY sites feel free to pass on the wisdom.

The best two weeks of the year

2011-05-09T13:41:00.000-06:00

Hello all you bloggers out there it's been awhile. Much has happened and I keep thinking I should blog it out but I just don't. So the babe is sleeping I'm taking a break from folding laundry (hate it) and letting you know what's been going on at the Schmutz house.

So it just so happens that our anniversary, my birthday, and Mother's day all follow within two weeks of each other. Lucky for me and lucky for Colin. That's kind of a big job for the man, but he did pretty dang good.

Our anniversary was on April 25th.I can't believe it's been two years since this day...

I think Colin may have initially forgotten it. He left for work while I was still in bed. When he kissed me goodbye he didn't say anything about it. I called him after I got up to tell him happy anniversary and I'm fairly certain I caught him off guard but he recovered well because a few hours later flowers arrived at my door. Nice move huh?

We left the kiddo with my sister that night and went out for a nice sushi (my fav) dinner. It was so nice to spent time together just the two of us. Then we went to the Sweet Tooth Fairy for some delicious cupcakes. We told the man there that it was our first time so he gave us two cupcakes and a few cake bites for free! Who does that anymore?! and I must say if you have never been there you must go right now. Like now.... or after you read this! It's so freaking good. Anyways, I have to do a shout of to the hubby. Two years ago I had no idea what I was in for. Good thing marriage has been so much more fun and rewarding then I could have imaged. Love you baby!

So a week an half later it was my birthday. He woke me up at midnight to tell me happy birthday but I was so out of it I didn't appreciate it until later. I told Colin that I wanted a sewing machine for my birthday and he told me that was probably too expensive. I was bummed but I had accepted that I wasn't getting it. But boy did he trick me. When I got up that morning and went out to the front room this was stilling on the coffee table... He says that it's my anniversary, birthday, and Mother's Day present combined. That is fine with me! I'm so excited to get this thing going and to make some stuff. Since becoming a stay at home mom I've found myself needing some "me" time. So I'm trying to develop some of my hobbies. This will be perfect.

The rest of the day was great too. My husband spoiled me and we hung out all day and went out to dinner and a movie that night. By the way, I turned 23. Oh man I'm so old.

Mother's Day was fabulous as well. I think Colin was sick of spoiling me at this point but whatever. We had to speak in church. boo. I'm so glad that is over with! But I have to mention since this was my first mothers day, I am so happy to be a Mother! It is hard and exhausting. It is a full time job but it is so rewarding. I love my little guy more than words can express. It has given me a small amount of understanding how much God loves his children. I would do absolutely anything for him. this little guy has stolen my heart and I don't think I'm getting it back. I'm okay with that.

Here is some pictures from our St. George trip a few weeks. Purely for your enjoyment. Cooper went on his first hike and his first swim.

(I just added this one because I think it's funny they are both closing their eyes)

Baby Model?

2011-04-20T20:17:00.001-06:00

Are you kidding me right now?
Look at this little boy's face. Can you not tell me that's he's adorable?
Looking at that cute smiling face makes me not even mind all the crying and poopy diapers. Okay so it still bothers me sometimes, but seriously he gives me that signature open mouth smile whenever I change a poopy diaper. Like he thinks it's funny that I have to wipe his bum.
Anyways,
My lovely friend Kristin Gaul was kind enough to come photography my little Cooper Trooper.
He was a Champ. Let's just say this guy knows how to work it in front of the camera.

For some more of the pictures you can go to her blog here.
And you are in luck because for the rest of the month if you book a newborn/baby or toddler session with her you get 50% off the sitting fee.

Cooper's blessing day and other stuff

2011-03-16T18:21:00.001-06:00

I am going to try to make a real effort to post more often. I honestly enjoy blogging so I don't know why I don't do it more often. Oh, maybe it's because it takes effort and sometimes I'm lazy. But, like I said, I am going to be better.

So Coop Dog went in for his two month appointment last week and guess what? He grew 3 inches, putting him in the 68th percentile for his length! I get that a lot of people probably don't care about this kind of stuff. Honestly, I didn't really care when other people gave these kind of facts before I had a baby. But, as a parent this stuff is really exciting for us. So guess what? You can just stop reading this now if this is boring to you. Okay if you are still reading you may be interested to know he is over 12 lbs now as well. My baby is getting so big. I'm loving his double chin and his fattening thighs. I could kiss them all day long!

We blessed Cooper this last Sunday. We decided to do it at my parents house and I really liked it. It was more intimate and special to just have our family and friends there. Colin did absolutely amazing for a new daddy and I will never forget the special things said in that blessing. I know it was a very special experience for Colin too. I am so lucky to have not only a great husband but he's also just a great daddy to our son. Oh how I love these boys of mine.

Our friend Kim was nice enough to take some pictures of Cooper. Here is some of those pics and also some other cute pictures I unprofessionally took of the kiddo.

Caution: there may be some baby nudity. I had to do the bath tub shot. It's just too cute. Cooper may hate me for it in about 15 years but oh well.

picture overload!

2011-02-10T18:39:00.001-07:00

This little guys is 5 weeks old today

Honestly though, it feels like he's been with us much longer then that.
It is so fun to see how much he has changed.
I'm getting to know this little guy and all his little quirks because we get to hang out all day together. Here is some fun things about Cooper.

He is a mellow little boy. Most of the time he just sits and looks around with his big eyes, chill as could be.

Whenever he throws up he gets this looks on his face like he is embarrassed. His eyes get really big and he holds really still. It is quite funny. (except in the middle of the night when he throws up all over me and the bed, that's not funny)

He is a genius. They say babies start socially smiling at about 4 weeks, but I swear this kid was doing it at 2 weeks. What an overachiever.

He already doesn't like to be bundled and cuddled too close. He wants his legs and arms free to kick and move or just to sprawl out. When I try to cuddle him too close sometimes he freaks until I put him down and then he is totally content.

If you haven't noticed, this kid has quite the hair. It is so long in the back that I catch him all the time pulling his own hair. He will literally grab a chunk and pull, but he seems to like it. weird.

We got lots of nick name for him already, including, Coop, Coop Dog, Snooper, Cooper Pooper, Kiddo, Little Man, and Coopie. Poor kid won't know his real name.

Cooper is definitely a daddy's boy. I try so hard to make him smile doing ridiculous voices and I hardly get anything but when Colin comes home he lights up and is all smiles. Drives me nuts, but I must admit it's cute.Take a look for yourself..

We are so blessed to have this kiddo. He is so cool. I told Colin I think Heavenly Father knew that for the first one I needed a really good baby or may not have any more kids. It's a good thing we got him!

He's some cute pictures of the Coop Dog.

Oh and Cooper got a new cousin. My sister Cami had her baby last week.
Cooper and Anna are almost exactly a month apart. When we put them next to each other I almost died. My little Cooper looked like a giant! He has grown so much already.
Here is evidence of the hair pulling!

So the big news of the last month has of course been Cooper but there has been other things going on the past month.

Let's see..

Colin's been sick with the flu once and some stomach bug/food poisoning once as well.

I've had kidney stones (yes kidney stones) which required a trip to the emergency room and some strong pain killers.It was the second most painful thing of my life. The first being childbirth. And they both happened within a month. So not fair. I don't want to be back in the hospital for a long time.

Our fridge broke. It just died and all our food went bad. It was a sad day. I cried. (literally. I blame it on the postpartum hormones) We now have a new fridge and after a long trip the grocery store it is fully stocked again.

And last but not least Colin's dad has been called to serve as a mission president and we have been anxiously awaiting the call to see when they will be going. It came today and they will be serving in... The Philippines! Cebu City in the Philippines to be exact. How crazy is that!?
So we will be spending next Christmas on the sunny beaches of the Philippines.
Congrats Evan and Cindy!

As these pictures show we were all a little surprised.

My Little Guy

2011-01-13T13:21:00.001-07:00

It is literally amazing how this...

(morning of the induction. Don't mind my double chin. I'm a week overdue, okay?)

can turn into this..... We went into the hospital and 6:30 AM last Thursday and at 10:33 PM this little man came into the world
Giving birth was unlike anything I imagined and was something almost unexplainable.
It was such special experience.
The day after Cooper was born I kept saying to Colin,
"that was really hard. I can't believe I did that."
And I still can't believe that I grew this little boy and brought him into the world.
We are so lucky that he was born healthy and so perfect.
I still just look at him in amazement.

I feel like my life completely changed in the last week.
It has been quite the adjustment.
This little boy just wants to eat and eat.
It's funny how something so small can rule your life.
But I'm okay with that.
I just want to stare at him and snuggle him all day long.

It's crazy that we are parents now and while it feels weird it also feels natural.
Colin has taken to be a daddy very well and I feel like I might be getting a hang of the mommy thing.

Here is some pictures of my little guy.

My sweet friend Whitney Smith was nice enough to come a take pictures of the little guy. Her skills are amazing and I must say Cooper being so good looking helps too.

Also, my awesome friend Kristin Gaul came and took some pictures too. Cooper was acting like such a model.
Can this little boy get any cuter? Personally I don't think so.

Introducing.......

2011-01-08T10:25:00.000-07:00

Cooper Colin Schmutz

He's here! And I'm in love.

more to come later.....

Waiting....

2010-12-30T10:39:00.001-07:00

So today is December 30th...... The day I've been waiting for for about 9 months.
My due date.
And no baby.
I'm realizing this baby has his own schedule that I cannot control, which bothers me.
I don't like not being in control.
I'm fairly certain he will a January baby.
Maybe a New Years baby! Wouldn't that be kind of cool?
But I'm not holding my breath.
I have this terrible feeling that I might be pregnant for another full week.
And I thought this was the longest week of my life.
I'm done with work now so I am just chilling at home...
waiting. waiting. waiting.
Today I think I'll clean my shower (maybe that will put me into labor), do the dishes and take a long nap.
Anytime now baby boy.

4 more weeks to go

2010-12-01T18:20:00.000-07:00

I am a lazy blogger. Yep. Oh well. I would like to say I will be better once the baby comes but I can't make any promises.
Anyways, a little update on our lives.

We just got back from Las Vegas where we spent Thanksgiving with Col's family. It was so fun and we had a blast, but my poor ankles (or should I say Cankles?) did not love the drive, oh well, it was totally worth it.

My sweet friends Whitney and Kim through me a baby shower and I got some really cute gifts for baby boy. Thanks girls.

I cut my hair. I promised myself I would grow it out the whole pregnancy but I'm weak and gave in and cut it. And you know what? I'm happy I did.

It's December! December in this house doesn't just mean Christmas time, it means baby time! We finally made it to the month we've been waiting a long time for and just watch, this baby won't even make his debut until January. I really really want him to come this year so cross your fingers for us.

Oh and I'm freaking huge. I didn't realize how big I was until I looked at this picture. Woah! This little booger is running out of room in there and I can feel it. I just cannot wait until he is out of my belly and in my arms. Just 4 weeks or just 28 days to go but who's counting right?

36 weeks

I just realized this whole post is talking about the pregnancy or the babe. Can you tell it's all that's on my mind right now?

I found my camera.....

2010-10-25T21:55:00.001-06:00

Well, Colin found my Camera. It was in the filing cabinet. How it got there I have no idea. I swear it was not me and Colin swears it was not him. I think he did it to make me feel like i'm going crazy. Anyways here's the update on the baby...

And then I grew alot...

I'm now thirty and a half weeks! 2 more months and baby boy is here. Crazy! I'm so ready to have him here and yet so unprepared. I really haven't bought much of anything because I keep thinking it's still so far away, but I'm realizing it's really not. Aww! I'm determined to start some of the baby projects I've been planning.

This baby is kicking up a storm, I honestly don't know when he sleeps.
He thinks it's fun to kick me in my ribs. Not so fun for me.
I feel like he is running out of room all ready and he has a lot more growing to do so my already big belly is in trouble. Oh well.

My Life.....

2010-10-05T08:10:00.000-06:00

Life has gotten busy, a little too busy. I am beginning to feel a little like Bilbo Baggins, "Like butter scrapped over too much bread." But that's ok...life is supposed to be about stretching yourself and achieving more than you thought possible. I am taking the LSAT this Saturday and am super nervous about it. If I don't get above a 165 Marissa and I will most likely be packing up our bags and moving away from Utah! In a way that would be super exciting. Me, Marissa and the yet to be named little guy. It would be a real adventure.

Marissa continues to expand. It is funny seeing her stomach bulging like it does. I can't wait until she pops and births our 1st born. He is going to be awesome. Marissa is determined that he won't be a golfer, but he will. There is no way to avoid it. Sorry baby.

Well, I just needed a break from studying for a minute, so I am going to get back to it!

Things I love/want

2010-09-29T19:03:00.000-06:00

Colin is busy...... a lot....so that leaves me with a lot of time to think about/browse baby things and long for things I can't afford.

I can dream can't I?

I had a preggie belly picture to post but I seriously cannot find my camera anywhere. I just searched my house for a good half hour and it's no where to be found. It's really bugging me because there is seriously not that many places to look in my house, it's pretty small, and I've checked them all. Twice! I'll blame this on pregnancy brain. I'll post once I find it, if ever.

And so it goes...

2010-09-12T20:14:00.000-06:00

I haven't blogged in awhile. I'm blaming it on the the whole pregnancy thing. I'm tired alot okay? I mean, I am growing a person here and it's hard work so I should use this excuse for as long as I'm able to right? I think Colin is catching on though.

My new favorite thing right now....

Oh my, body pillows are amazing. Colin has been telling me to get one for awhile and I thought I didn't need it but this week my back has been killing me and sleeping has become a chore. For a girl that used to easily sleep deeply ten hours without moving, I

am having a hard time being constantly waking up in discomfort. This little guy is killing my back and ruining my sleep already and he's not here yet. I finally gave in and got one and boy was it worth it. mmm... i can't wait to go to sleep with my body pillow tonight.

however I don't think even the body pillow would have helped me when we went camping overlabor day. Note to self: never go camping when I'm pregnant again. I don't know why I thought it would be fine to go camping and sleep on the ground when I was 5 and a half months pregnant but let me tell you it was not. We ended up driving home in the middle of the night because Colin knew that neither of us would get any sleep. call me a wuss if you want.

Also loving this...

It was so good. I keep telling Colin he needs to hurry and read it so I can talk to someone about it. If you haven't read it or read the other books in the Hunger Games series you should.

I'm now looking for a new book to read.

Any suggestions?

Colin started school and I'm beginning to realize I won't really see my husband for the next couple months. This makes me sad. I'm working on finding a hobby to fill my time while he is studying awhile. I think I might take up sewing and try to sew the little man's bedding. We'll see.

No pictures this time. I'm blaming it on pregnancy brain. I just keep forgetting to take my camera out. Now if Colin would buy me a nice new camera I might just remember more often. hint hint.

update

2010-08-12T19:13:00.000-06:00

Here is a quick update on what we've been up to lately via pictures

Vegas baby!
(note to self: never ever go to Vegas in August ever again. It should be illegal to be that hot)

Colin is getting old! Can't believe I'm married to a 25 year old.

Family in town, yay!

Vacationing in St. George with our friends
(pretty much a lot of hot weather, golfing, and shopping. It was so fun!)

And I've been very busy cooking a baby.
Half way done!

2010-08-08T14:26:00.000-06:00

baby boy or baby girl?

2010-07-25T15:55:00.000-06:00

So first of all Colin is gone and has left me home all alone. He is in Scotland on a boys trip with his dad and brother, and did I mention I am home all alone? Oh and that i'm sick, nice right? He better be having a lot of fun because he totally owes me when he gets back. I recommended that he get a present for me everyday that he is gone.
Anyways...
We found of the sex of the baby in a little over a week!
(don't worry, Colin will be back)
Is it a baby boy or girl?

The anticipation is killing me.
I've had a feeling it was a girl from the beginning.
But as it's getting closer I'm second guessing myself.
Colin thinks it's a boy.
One of us has to be right.
So what do you think...
Baby boy or baby girl?

1st Trimester Down

2010-06-28T15:52:00.000-06:00

I am almost 14weeks along now and am officially done with the first trimester of my pregnancy.

So glad it's over.

I think i'm pretty much done with the whole morning sickness thing but everyone once in awhile the nausea will just creep up on me out of the blue.

Overall, I am feeling so much better.

I have more energy then I did before. (which was practically zero)

And I am feeling the urge to do as much as we can this summer because it will be our last as just a couple.

Next summer we will be a family of three. (woah crazy! Still not used to that idea)

Colin just got done with spring semester of school so summer pretty much just started for us. We are excited for some bbq's, house projects, and vacations.

By the way, I just found out Colin doesn't like going to public pools. What the heck?! So since we don't have a pool or really know anyone that does. I will not be going swimming with my husband this summer. bummer.

hope you are all having a happy summer.

we are.

Dads

2010-06-21T09:54:00.000-06:00

This is my dad.

My dad is one of the most generous, kind men that I know.
When I was a little girl I remember thinking my dad is way cooler then all my friends dads. (even though I wouldn't tell him that)
I know that he would do just about anything for me.
He has taught me so many valuable lessons that I know have made me who I am today.
Thanks dad. Love.

This is my father-in-law

Can you tell me these men don't look like twins 30 years apart?
Colin may not be fully aware of this but he strives to be just like his dad, and I definitely can not complain about that.
I am certain that Colin would say his dad is one of the best men he's known and I would have to agree.
Love.

And this man will be the father of my children

I know Colin will be a great daddy.
He is so beyond excited for this baby that will be in our lives soon.
I can't wait for the day I can see him holding our little one.
He takes such good care of me I know he will take great care of our family.
I am so grateful that I know our kids will have a worthy priesthood-holding father in their home just like I was blessed with.
Love.

I might as well come out with it.

2010-06-10T18:51:00.000-06:00

I know I have been pretty neglectful of this blog lately.

I'm sorry.

I've been extra tired, slightly irritable and in a general state of not feeling good.
You see I have a good reason I promise.

Surprise! (literally surprise)

That little plus sign on that pee stick means we are going to add a little Schmutz to the family come December 30th.

If you are shocked by this don't worry we were too.
But I am now so excited to meet this little thing growing inside of me
that's causing me to puke my guts up and I'm sure once the puking stops (soon I hope!) I'll be even more excited.
And let me also add Colin is the cutest super excited dad to be that I have ever seen.

SUMMA TIME!!!

2010-06-06T10:48:00.000-06:00

Summer is finally here and with it has brought campfires, lawn mowing and allergies. I love the warm weather. This weekend Marissa and I cooked some TFD's (tin foil dinners) with Lane/Kim and Scott/Whit. It was awesome. We cooked the potatoes and carrots to perfection. I am convinced that is what makes a good TFD. I have also started golfing again. I forgot how much I love the smell of fresh cut grass and the sound of steel striking the dimpled shell of a golf ball. It is truly intoxicating. I have decided that I am going to play a minimum of two times per week. Marissa doesn't always support me in this, but she let's it slide most of the time. I am going to Scotland in July and am looking forward to playing St. Andrews. Most of you might not know, but Scotland is the birthplace of golf. St. Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf courses on Earth. I can't wait to tee it up and let it fly. I will let you know how it goes. This also irks Riss because it is a guys only trip and she isn't coming. I know that is harsh, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity! Sorry sweetheart, I love you, hopefully you still love me. Oh and did I mention, Braveheart is one of my favorite movies. We are going to go to the Highlands and take a castle hike. Man, I am stoked!!

Another thing I am looking forward to is getting out of school. I only have two more weeks of grueling studies and then I am free for two months. It is going to be amazing. Once I am out of school, Riss and I look forward to relaxing and yard work.... So i guess there are pluses and minuses of being out of school. But I think the pluses out way the minuses.

So Riss just caught me posting and ruined the moment, I think I am blogged out for the time being.

No Longer Newly Weds?

2010-05-03T21:37:00.000-06:00

So our anniversary was over a week ago and i'm just getting around to posting this.

I've been lazy lately but whatever.
My dear husband and our have officially hit (and now past) the one year mark.
I can honestly say it's been the best year of my life,
and I can't wait for to see what the many years ahead have to hold.
I have learned a great deal about Colin and about myself over this last year. I've learned about compromise, cooking, holding my tongue, and sacrifice. But mostly I learned about love and how it can keep growing more then you ever thought it could.

We took a trip to Boston for our anniversary and to visit Colin's brother and his wife. We had a blast and we're so grateful for Mason and Ashley for putting us up!

We scalped tickets to a Red Sox game and found some decent seats. Go Red Sox!

We spent a couple days in New Hampshire and it was beautiful! I could have stayed there for a couple more months.

It was a fabulous trip and it's been a fabulous year!

pranker

2010-04-14T17:49:00.000-06:00

To the 13 year old boy that prank called me at work today saying explicit things which i will not repeat on this family friendly blog,

First of all, you are disgusting. Second, you should get a new alias name, Michael Jackson the king of pop, is dead. Third, you should get a hobby....or a girlfriend.....or a life. Last, you have a strange way of making me hate my job but laughing about it.

Sincerely,
an annoyed customer service representative

Diggity Dig

2010-04-07T22:05:00.000-06:00

This was the scene at our house when I came home from class this morning.

Yes, that is a tractor in our front yard.
And yes, that is our bush that was so heartlessly yanked out and thrown aside.
The joys of being homeowners and
getting unexpected leaks in your basement at the most inconvenient times and having to pay someone to dig up your lawn to find the problem.
So fun.

Oh and Happy Easter.
As you can see from this Easter photo, Easter egg hunts can be slightly stressful but we survived.

Finally

2010-03-29T20:51:00.000-06:00

We're rich!

Okay so maybe rich is not the word to use, but we did receive our first time home buyer credit in the mail today so we deceivingly feel rich.
We jumped around in the kitchen today when we opened the mail screaming.
(sorry downstairs neighbors, but no not really)

Dear President Obama,

We, the Schmutz's, personally thank you Mr. President,
for finally sending us our credit check.
We've only been in our house a year now.
We're just glad we got it before you've spent all our money
and the government goes bankrupt.

Sincerely,
The Schmutz's.
(doesn't Colin look freaky in this picture?)

we are the champions my friend

2010-03-22T22:24:00.000-06:00

(yes he is as sweaty as he appears, and yes I am touching him)

Look at my amazingly athletic, all-star husband. I am a proud wife tonight.

Colin's team pulled out the big win tonight. They are the champions of all the six feet and under teams in all of Provo.
(okay so let's just forget the part about them being in the consolation bracket and only winning two regular season games)
Basically, I was thrilled they won because if they lost they would have to play a second game tonight starting at 8:30. As much as I love these game I was not down with that so I told him that he had to win or else (and other encouraging words to pump him up) and I guess it worked.
They won a T shirt and I thought that was pretty cool under I saw that the losing team got shirts too.
Hmm..whatever, but they have the title at least.
Good season boys.

celebrity siting

2010-03-18T23:14:00.000-06:00

Okay I don't know if you would really consider him a celebrity but I would. I came within arms reach of, are you ready for this?
Kyle Korver .

I think I have mentioned on this blog before that I have a crush on him.
Colin said that if the opportunity arose he would be fine if I went out with him and I told him if the opportunity arose he could go out with Jessica Biel (like that is going to happen).
Anyways, we were at the gateway in Salt Lake standing outside of a restaurant with some of Colin's old mission buddies we went out with, then it happened...Kyle and his girlfriend, I suppose because they we holding hands and acting all starry eyed, walked towards us.
Colin noticed him and Kyle tried to pull his hat down to act more conspicuous. Then as they passed us Colin said,
"Hey nice shotting lately Kyle."
and then he said,
"Thank you."
He talked to us!
Well Colin but that basically means me too.
I kind of couldn't stop talking about it the whole night.
I'm pretty sure Colin got jealous. (Love you way move then him babycakes)

moving on....

My bracket is screwed. Colin said that if I beat him we could go to Olive Garden (heavenly food) and he wouldn't complain at all. When a large majority of my teams lost today I asked him if we could still go there and he said sure so now I don't really care how my bracket turns out.

Oh, and go BYU!

Soon....

2010-03-15T20:37:00.000-06:00

Can it just be spring already? i would really enjoy that right about now. Also, BYU doesn't have a spring break. Total bummer.

gimme back that filet-o-fish

2010-03-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

So.... I want to be one of those bloggers that has something interesting to post everyday....but I'm not. Maybe someday I will become that blogger but that is not today. I promise we will be more interesting people once this semester is over. I am craving the end of the semester, warmer days, and more free time.

This post has no one topic and these are all random thoughts...whatever.

I decided I need to be a better photographer of our lives. I was telling Colin that I don't take enough pictures and so he said he would be a model for me and made this face. Hott.

Have you seen this commercial yet? Or heard it on the radio? Love it.

Colin is getting quite sick of me singing this over and over.

There was a near kidnapping a few house down from us last week and the guy got arrested pretty much right by our house. Creepy right?!
Also, as we were driving to my parents house last Sunday we drove by a trailer park near our house. In the right turn lane someone had conveniently left an opened pocket knife just for us to run over. I'm sorry if this is rude but I'm convinced it was someone from that trailer park. I wanted to call the police and have them fingerprint it but Colin thought that was a little over dramatic. Luckily I knew how to change a tire and taught Colin how. Okay so maybe it was the other way around but anyways.
It's now official that we live in the ghetto.

I'm sitting in bed and there was just a really strange noise out my window. I'm scared now. Maybe I will make Colin go check what it was. After all this is the ghetto.

the stairs of death

2010-03-03T21:40:00.000-07:00

Today I was so sore when I got out of bed that I seriously considered skipping class so that I would not have to face these

The stairs of death.
There are many more stairs to it then you can see in this picture. This p90x business is killing me. Literally the last two days I have been near tears going up and down my porch stairs, getting in and out of the car and so on. My legs can not take another squat or lunge for another year, okay at least a week.

So back to the stairs of death. Today Colin left to class earlier then me and parked in another parking lot. I was planning on him supporting me on these stairs and to be with me so I didn't feel like such a fool by myself. Going up was slow going but not that bad as I thought it would be. It was actually the going down part that was the worst. I had to lean against the railing the whole way down and everyone was looking at me funny because I was grimacing in pain the whole time.

All I can say it that I better have freaking hot legs in approximately 90 days
or I am going to be pissed.

future body builders

2010-02-23T22:34:00.000-07:00

I am determined to get in shape again. Let's just say since I got married and especially this winter i have become a lazy butt and my butt certainly is showing it. So we bought P90x and Colin and I are determined to become healthy eaters. Maybe by posting this, it will make me more accountable. Today was day one and the workout killed me and I am definitely feeling it tonight already, I could hardly lift my arms to shampoo my hair.
And I only ate one cupcake! I made them before my plan started and now they are just sitting on the counter tempting me with their red velvety goodness, it was all I could do to stop at one. Anyways don't be surprised when you see me and I look like this:

don't even tell me you don't think that is so hot.

And don't be surprised when Colin's back looks like this:

currently feeling.....

2010-02-17T22:11:00.000-07:00

stressed out
disappointed
like a need to clean my shower
overwhelmed
inadequate
confused
tired
slightly hungry
definitely thirsty
calm
thankful
loved

If these sound confusing to be feeling all at once they definitely are. One of those days today. As my husband reminds me everything is fine and tomorrow is a new day. Atleast I came to a clean house and a man that doesn't mind cuddling with me while I tell him about my bad day.

thats was going on

2010-02-10T22:24:00.000-07:00

I've become blog lazy lately. I'm a busy person okay.

So quick update in our lives.

1. We sold our Subaru and are currently a one car family. The Subi will be very missed. I was with Colin when he bought it before we were even engaged. He got so excited he wanted to put both our names on the title. Yeah he was hooked so fast. We had some great moments in that car.
2. School is killing us.
3. I have a crush on Kyle Korver but don't tell Colin.
4. I'm am debating weather to by a P90X. I need to get my freaking butt in shape but Colin thinks I won't actual do it. Should I just get it to prove him wrong or just agree with him?
5. Our washer and dryer are now fixed. We can finally have clean clothes for the first time in months (okay so we haven't been living in our filth, I was doing it at my mom's house but that was so annoying.)
6. Colin's basketball team lost by 4o points last week. Ouch right? This week they will dominate (fingers crossed)
7. The Superbowl was awesome... because it means football season is over. I get my husband back on Sundays and Mondays.
8. I woke up this morning and got ready for class and then decided to skip class and go back to bed for the 2 more hours, totally worth it.

9. According to this little girl......

This guys name is Ca Ca.

10. I love Ca Ca.

Stupid Rodent

2010-02-02T19:08:00.001-07:00

That is just not going to do Phil. I think you should try again and this time pop out of your hole (or whatever it is you do) and look to the other way, then you wouldn't see your shadow. I may have to take drastic measures against you if you do not consider my request. Consider yourself warned you ugly rodent.

Our Baby

2010-01-31T09:33:00.000-07:00

Got you with that post title huh? So we are not have a baby yet but if we did this is what the little bugger would look like....

Cute huh? I decided to morph Colin and I's faces to discover what our children would look like. I think it has my eyes and Colin's chin. Now I'm not quite sure if this is a boy or a girl but that's okay, because it is gorgeous anyway. Colin decided that it was a boy and that we would name him Golden Texo Schmutz (don't worry I would never let our real child be named anything like that). So baiscally we are going to have some hot kids when we do. Go here if you would like to morph you and your mate and see what your kids would look like (it take like 25 minutes to generate but i think it's worth it).

Obama Bin Laden

2010-01-28T09:28:00.000-07:00

Did anyone else watch the State of the Union Address last night? I only watched parts of it, but it reconfirmed to me how badly Obama Bin Laden manipulated the people in the '08 election. On the campaign trail he promised to be in the center and fight for the people. He inspired millions with his "CHANGE" speeches. But the only thing that has changed since he took office is the unemployment rate and the skyrocketing national debt. The democrats have squandered the largest senate majority lead in decades by arguing relentlessly a health care bill that the people don't want. Last night Bin Laden said, "The longer it was debated, the more skeptical people become...I will not walk away from these Americans, and neither should the people in this chamber." A Rasmussen poll last week showed that the American people don't want the health care bill with 53 percent opposing the 'Obama agenda' and only 23 percent actively supporting it. So exactly what American people is he referring to? The people don't want it! When is he going to realize that and stop trying to push health care down our throats. His approval rating has gone from an alltime high after the election to below 50%. This was evident in last week's Massachusetts Senate election. Obama Bin Laden's prides himself on knowing and understanding the American people. I ask, where is that understanding now?

This is why I don't post more pictures of us

2010-01-26T19:49:00.001-07:00

So for some odd reason we have a lot of trouble taking any normal picture together. First and foremost it is not physically possible for Colin to make a normal smiling face in a picture (yes it's a cute face honey but not normal). And I can always find a problem with myself in a picture. Yesterday we actually got in a little disagreement about it. I mean honestly why should it be such a hard thing. It kind of went like this.

Me: Oh sick I look gross in this picture. I need to tilt my head down more.
(you can tell Colin is already doing the i'm fake excited about this face)

Me: Oh sick, my cheeks look so fat in this picture and Colin can you just smile please.
Colin: oh my gosh you do not look fat.

Me: Colin! Can you please just take a normal picture. Just act like you are enjoying being my husband.

Colin: I freaking hate taking pictures especially close up ones.
Me: Sorry I want to document out lives together. I'll never ask you to take a picture with me again.
Colin: You've said that before.

(About a half hour later after I was finished "pouting" as Colin says)
Colin: i love pictures. I really wish that we took more pictures together. I think we should definitely take more pictures.

Me: Oh please

So we got one half way decent picture but learned a valuable lesson. I better always look good in the first picture because I may not get another!

Gross

2010-01-15T18:24:00.000-07:00

Gross Heidi. I never really liked you but I must say you looked better before your plastic surgery honey. And If you are asking me your boobs have reached the size of grossness... just saying. also Tiger Woods is a dirtbag...just saying.

On the other hand, I'm digging the new hair for Kate. You go girl. Just because you have freaking 8 kids and you husband left you for their third grade teacher doesn't mean you can't look hot.

Provocative

2010-01-07T21:32:00.000-07:00

So as you can see by the title and this picture this post will be provocative.
Exciting huh?

Okay not so provocative but provocative enough (I just love writing that word provocative. I wonder how many times I can do it in this post).

So I don't know if you have seen the new Reebok easytone commerciasl but let's just say they are provocative. I mean it is a shoe commercial and the entire commercial minus the last two seconds focus in on a woman's boobs and butt. I mean really? Is this what we are coming to, where even shoe commercials have to be sexified (not sure if that's a word, whatever)? I contemplated if I should post the link to the commercial but I think you should see it to know what I am talking about it.
So here is it.
Go watch it if you want to see something provocative.

Did you watch it yet?

okay good.

Isn't that terrible?

So anyways I decided to send my good friends at Reebok a little email letting them know what I thought about their provocative antics in advertising.
Here is what I said:

To whom it may concern,

I don't know if this is the correct way to relay this message but hopefully someone will read this and take it into account. I just wanted to let you know that as a faithfully Reebok customer you have lost my business for life because of your recent commercials. I think they are completely classless and show a cry of desperation. You are not selling shoes you are selling women's body parts. I am offended as a woman of these completely degrading images of boobs and a butt shown so close and and as objects and not attached to an actual womans face or character. I would be ashamed to have my children see this commercial. We live in a day where we are all desensitized by the media yet your boldness in displaying nothing but pure sexuality in your shoe commercials surprised me when not much else does. You tactic of being noticed might be working but I am hear to tell you I noticed and because of it, I will never buy a Reebok shoe again.

Sincerely,

A Former Reebok Customer

Awesome right? I felt so empowered that I, as a consumer and a woman was able to tell this company how I felt and stand up for something that I thought was wrong.

And surprisingly they wrote me back. This is what they said:

Hello,

Thank you very much for your feedback. All consumer feedback is helpful, as it provides us with an understanding of the public perception and opinion of our products and marketing.

The Reebok EasyTone ads were created to clearly illustrate the unique benefits of the footwear in a fun and bold way. The feedback we have received tells us that many consumers look at the ads in exactly that light, however we acknowledge that some consumers do take exception with the content of the ads.

You can be assured that your feedback will be relayed directly to our marketing team.

Regards,
Reebok Corporate Communications

I must admit I was pretty impressed that they wrote me back at all. Kodos there but are you really going to relay my message directly to your marketing team? and were all the consumers that you interviewed that saw these ads as fun men? Thanks Reebok but no thanks.

So I hope that maybe you will this and agree with me that a business that acts in such a classless and degrading way towards women does not deserve your business. Boycott Reebok.

*(so after reading this I realized that I may sound kind of crazy and prudish to people. I would like to think that I'm not but hey whatever if you think I am)

Christmas Break& My New Kitchen

2010-01-03T21:46:00.000-07:00

So Christmas break has come and gone (as of tomorrow morning at 8 am when class starts again. yuk!) Christmas was fabulous and it was really the first Christmas Colin and I spent together because he was in India last year over Christmas.

Colin totally went over the budget we agreed on and it was awesome! Love you babe. We had a lot of sitting around to do over the break and it got pretty boring.

I decided that I hate winter. I love the pretty snow but why does it have to be so freaking cold outside so I'm stuck inside with nothing to do.

So we decided to start a project and it really just turned into my project because Colin had to work. I painted our kitchen cabinets. It was quite the accomplishment for me considering I am usually pretty lazy when it comes to thing like that.

I think it turned out fabulous and I am very proud of my work. And I only obtained minor injures in the process. As I was on a stool painting a top cabinet I was telling Colin, "I know you don't think I am very capable of things like this, but I am." and right as I was saying that the stool slipped and I came crashing down.

I got a nasty bruise on my knee but it was pretty funny. So I know you are wondering what the kitchen looks like now. You are so lucky because I am going to show you. Here are some before and after pictures to satisfy your immense curiosity.

Before:

During:

After:

Yay! I think it looks so much brighter and happier!

Also here is a little treat for you. Our New Years wasn't anything too excited but I did get my New Year kiss from my sweetie.
(Colin hates Kissy pictures so don't tell him this is on here.)

Puppy Problems

2009-12-20T20:34:00.001-07:00

So we got a puppy!
And now we don't have him any more.
Sad yes I know.

Story behind this intriguing opening:

So we have been wanting a dog for so long.
We found this beautiful newfoundland mix puppy on ksl so we went and saw him
and I feel in love.
He obviously was in love with me too.
I had visions of him wearing a cute little Santa hat and playing in our backyard.
So we bought him.
It was the most spontaneous thing we had done in a long time.
It felt like such a rush. We were dog owners.
In the car I started to notice that my skin was starting to itch alot and a rash was forming. I tried to tell myself it was nothing. We went to the pet store to get the necessities and everyone commented on how cute puppy.
Seriously the little guy was irresistible.
We get home and I notice that my nose is runny, I'm sneezing and my rash is getting worse.
No bueno.
Maybe I'm getting a cold I tell Colin, like it's no big deal. I don't want him to take our new puppy away because he's worried about me.
We named him beau.
To make a long story short my allergies didn't get better. They get worse and we realize maybe this is not going to work. plus the cute little booger took a poop on my carpet; also no bueno. We found a very nice home with children and another dog he can play with.
i cried.
Colin pretended he didn't cry and he was gone from our lives.
It was a dramatic weekend for us.

This is the first and only picture we have together. Right after this picture my lips broke out in a rash. Love you beau but I can have none of that. I value my good non itchy skin and clear sinus's alittle too much.

Finals Week

2009-12-14T18:36:00.001-07:00

Dear Finals,

I really do hate you. You are really cramping my style. If you could just leave and never come back into my life. (I know this may not be plausible but if you could just pretend) Thanks!

Sincerely,

A stressed out student

1st Photo

2009-12-11T22:19:00.000-07:00

So I randomly came across this picture today.

The first picture we ever took together.

My hair looks so disgusting but we had stayed out late the night before and then he called me early in the morning to go shopping and stuff with him so I neglected to shower.

I remember exactly what we did that day.

We bought these ugly green couches from DI for the Cabin that Colin and his friends lived it. The love seat was taking up pretty much the whole car so Colin and I had to sit in the front seat together..... we took this picture. Soon after Colin made it his facebook profile picture. Then I knew he loved me.

Newbie

2009-12-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world Mr. Nathan Reed Tressler.

This is the newest edition to the family.
My sister Leanne's 4th baby.
That now puts the niece and nephew count at 10 for us.
I love new born babies.
I love looking at their tiny perfect little bodies and thinking they just came directly from heaven.
I sometimes get overwhelmed thinking of being a mother someday, I'm not equiped to be completely in charge of someone else's life and make sure they grow up to be a decent human being. How do I teach them everything they need to know and be like the awesome mom I had? Then I look at a little baby like this and realize I could do it. Heaven knows I'm not ready right now, but someday I will be. And I'm excited about that someday.

And I'm pretty sure this guy will be a great daddy. Someday.

Merry Christmas

2009-12-01T21:32:00.001-07:00

or Happy Hanukkah, whatever your flavor.

The month of December is upon us and the Christmas Spirit has sprung in the Schmutz household.

The Christmas tree is up, the ornament hung and the lights lit. Now if school could just be over already that would be fabulous.

And just so everyone knows, as i sit here writing this post my husband is sitting next to me calling to vote over and over again for his favorites on So You Think You Can Dance. Yes, I already called him a nerd for it.

Thanks

2009-11-23T21:18:00.000-07:00

This last week has been so crazy with some much going on. I'm beginning to learn life never gives you a break and I may never reach that moment when I don't have things that need to be done or things to worry about, so I better find joy in the journey. Events of the last week have really impacted me and got me thinking of the things that are the most important in life and the many things I'm thankful for. And in the spirit of thanksgiving I want to share my feelings of gratefulness.

I'm so grateful for family. Family that it there for each other always. Family that watches out for each other. My family happens to be awesome and I'm so grateful for them. I'm also so grateful for parents that taught me the gospel and not just that but showed me how the gospel is in action. My parents were great examples of how to be amazing parents, spouses, friends, and neighbors.

I'm also so grateful that family relations can continue after this life. The plan of salvation is truly the plan of happiness! All we have to do is stay faithful.

I am grateful for the opportunity to improve and change. I know that I am far from perfect but the beauty of this is I have so much room to grow. I can only do so much but I am more capable then I give myself credit for. There are so many ways in which i can improve and all I have to do is pick one at a time and strive to be better. I can try a little harder to be a little better and my Heavenly Father accepts me imperfectly trying to be perfect.

I am thankful for missionary work. I so grateful for boys that give up two years to the Lord to share with others the joy of the gospel.

I am grateful for the power of the priesthood on this earth. It truly is amazing that because of that power I have to opportunity to be with my best friend forever. This life is not long enough for me, I gotta have forever with my man.

once upon a time

2009-11-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there was a boy who met a wonderful, beautiful, charming girl and fell in love with her the moment he laid eyes on her. She felt the same way and agreed to marry the boy and be with him forever and ever. They lived a very happy life. Then the girl got a job where she worked much later then she was used to. She was tired and cranky sometimes when she got home but the boy was very nice. He would clean the house so when she got home so wouldn't have to worry about it. Then he would let her cuddle with him. Someday soon the girl will be done with her crappy work schedule and they will be able to frolick and play together all night long, and they will live happily ever after.
The End.

hard to resist

2009-11-06T17:03:00.001-07:00

a few random insights into our faulous lives

2009-11-03T09:05:00.000-07:00

First of all Colin is now going to the blog sports commentator. Jazz season has official begun, my husband now is partially mine and partially a slave to the jazz games. yahoo.

So Friday was my last day at my old job. I was kind of sad leaving. I will definitely miss the girls there and the feminine conversation. I will not miss the crouchy costumers and my small cubicle. I started my new job yesterday. The crappy part is that the training for for one month and the training hours are 2-8:30, which suckssss! I really don't like it. I got home yesterday totally exhausted and went to bed. I'm such a loser, but It's only for one month. We can do just about anything for one month right?!

Our murder mystery party was a success! I think everyone had fun because we sure did. We all dressed up and the costumes rocked! My husband looked like a legit inspector, so hot. Anyways i think we will have to do it again sometime.
Colin has become quite the handy man and made the headboard our bed and what did I do? well I made the bed. And now I am noticing that the bedspread in not straight and now I am bugged by this picture.
Our awesome pumpkins that we carved. I think mine is better.

Carlos Looser

2009-10-29T13:02:00.000-06:00

Why is Boozer still in a Utah Jazz uniform. Lets take a trip back down memory lane, shall we? Last December after a road loss, Boozer stated, "I am getting a raise no matter what." he told us he was opting out and we began planning for the future. Fast forward to this offseason, Boozer looks around and no one wanted him, so he opted in to his final year with the Jazz. This put the Jazz in a horrible financial position and infuriated fans. Fast forward another few months, Boozer tells the media that he and the Jazz have agreed to trade him and then tells them he would love to play in Chicago or Miami. This last act of defiance ruined any chance he had of redeeming himself in the eyes of loyal Jazz fans. After his outrageous comments it is discovered that neither the Bulls nor the Heat want him. So typical of Jazz brass, nothing happens. Boozer works out all summer and starts on opening night. Then he puts up the performance of a life time, making 1 of his first 10 shots. What a start. I can see why he thinks he is worth $15 million a year.

Thank you Carlos Boozer for giving me a reason to love the Jazz even more. P.S. how about that raise?

My First Time...

2009-10-25T21:04:00.001-06:00

Marissa has been begging me to blog it out now for a few months, so I guess I will give it a go and see how it feels.... She told me that I can write whatever I want, I am going to hold her to that.

Halloween is upon us! Halloween used to be my favorite holiday, but i am discovering as a married man, it doesn't hold the same allure. Their are no dance parties or costume parties. Instead there are decorations and pumpkin carving. Don't get me wrong, those things are fun, but its just not the same. I explained this frustration to my wife (not in those words...don't want to kindle her wrath..). She then suggested a fantastic idea that would help rejuvenate those old feelings. We are doing a murder mystery dinner date!!! We have invited a few couples and are giving them each their own role. Then we will get together and act out our parts over dinner and explain the mystery. It will be so fun!!

Well, that was my first attempt, hope someone liked it.

6 months down, eternity to go

2009-10-25T20:46:00.000-06:00

happy six month anniversary to me... and to the hubby. I can't believe we have been married six months, that is half a year! Time flies. It has honestly been so fun. The first few months are the hardest right? I think we are in the green now haha. Can't wait for the next six months, and the next and the next, etc.

ps I posted this under Col's name on accident, but this is obviously me.

Lucky me

2009-10-19T21:40:00.000-06:00

I'm feeling very grateful today, don't know why really. I guess it's just one of those days where I realize life is good. It's crazy and it's hectic and sometimes I feel completely overwhelmed and out of control but it is good. I realized I'm pretty dang lucky. I have nothing that I can really complain about when i consider everything. I have everything I ever need. My wonderful, amazing, thoughtful, ravishingly good looking looking husband. The gospel of Jesus Christ and all the many blessing that come from my Heavenly Father and an awesome family that loves me. I need to stop and count my blessing more often. Here are a few other things I'm grateful at the moment.

1. Food (just went grocery shopping for the first time in like a month, lazy i know. A full fridge is so nice.)
2. My opportunity to go to school right now. I complain that I hate it and most of the time I do but occasionally I remember I actually enjoy getting smarter.
3. My husband. I know I already kind of said this one but he is amazing. He does the laundry, cleans the house, cleans out my car, turns off football when I am around even though I know he wants to watch it really bad, doesn't complain about me hitting snooze about times every morning, and calls me at work just to tell me he loves me and thinks I'm hott. He's definitely a keeper, let me tell you.
4. Fall Leaves.
5. The absolutely gorgeous place I live.
6. Cookie dough chocolate milk shakes late at night.
7. My backyard with all the many trees bushes and weeds.
8. My awesome mom that will go out of her way to go pick some pictures I ordered at costco because I don't have a costco card.
9. Good friends that no matter how long it's been since you seen them last when you do it's just like old times.
10. Vanilla flavored candles
11. Our down syndrome neighbor that comes to visit us EVERY day without fail.
12. My new coat that I decided I need.
13. Pumpkins
14. My Testimony
15. Push over teachers that cancels an assignment because someone in the class complains
16. My piece of crap laptop that will die any day but is staying alive because it must know that we can't afford to replace it.
17. My working able body
18. I can cook (I'm learning slowly and surely)
19. my toothbrush and floss.
20. My SaviorYes, this is my crazy disgusting husband and I love him.

my baby is a fast learner

2009-10-14T20:21:00.000-06:00

I love flowers around the house. A vase full of flowers in my kitchen makes my heart happy and plus a girl always wants a man to buy her flowers. I would love it to be a surprise but I'll settle for less if I must. So I started subtly with my man.

Me: Wouldn't it be nice to have some flowers around the house? It would really bring some life to this place.

Colin: yeah it would, you should buy some.

Me: (Silence)

He wasn't exactly getting the point. I don't want to buy my own flowers. When people see them and say,"What beautiful flowers" I want to say, "Yeah my awesome husband bought them for me. Isn't he just so sweet?!" Maybe I am unrealistic. I mean I can't expect every night for him to come home with a bouquet of roses, kiss my feet, and serenade me with a song about how lucky he is to have me. (even though that would be awesome, probably not realistic.)

Anways, one day we were in a little disagreement. I don't even remember what it was about but all the sudden (don't even know where it came from) I throw in, "Well you don't even buy me flowers!" So rude I know. Colin seemed to be confused by this and didn't really respond to it. He was probably racking his brain trying to remember if i had told him to buy me flowers. (I clearly had but I guess not in man language)

So maybe a week later, we are chilling at home and Colin says he has to go Lowe's (he really meant Home Depot, he gets them mixed up a lot but I always correct him to his annoyment) I volunteer to stay home and hold down the fort because he always spends a million years in there. When he comes home he walks in with the most beautiful bouquet of grocery store flowers I've ever seen. The man bought me flowers! I was so happy. He is a sweetie even if i takes a little bit of probing.

So my flowers sit on my kitchen table where I admire them often and there they will stay until they are completely dead. My baby is a fast learner. When your wife says some flowers around the house would look nice, this means buy me some freaking flowers or pay for it.

who doesn't want free groceries?

2009-10-12T12:28:00.000-06:00

So I never win anything and I really want to win this. Free groceries for a whole year. Enter for your chance to win.... which will help my chance to win because for each person that enters from this link i get an addition chance to win... so enter. http://www.itpaystoeatpasta.com/ip.cfm?u=8157EB50-CD42-447B-B1C8-43FEDC6246C3

ps there is porbably a million people entering this so mostly likely no of us will win but hey it's worth a try right?

slight problem

2009-10-08T21:31:00.000-06:00

So I have a problem...

I always want to go shopping.
I always want to by new things.
I always want to spend money.

The reason this is a problem is because we are poor starving students and don't have money to spend. I have been refraining from going on a shopping spree for a very long time, mostly because Colin always wants to by new things and as the responsible wife I have to restrain him and remind him of what is most important....my fall wardrobe. Ok no not really. If I told him that he would be super bugged. He thinks I already have way too many clothes. Just because I overly fill my closet, a dresser, and the whole bedroom floor with clothes does not mean that I don't need more right?

I did not used to have this problem, because whenever I had an itching for something new I would go out and buy something and my needs would be satisfied. All I'm saying is Colin better watch his wallet. A girl can only restrain herself so long. And since I've gone without for so long I'm going to need a lot to satisfy my needs.

ps I want these boots

School Sucks, Fall Rocks

2009-09-25T10:28:00.000-06:00

So I'm coming to realize being in school is way less fun that not being in school. I love learning new things and being productive in that way, but homework and writing papers sucks! But I love this fall weather that we recently got a peek of. Fall is my favorite season. I love wearing sweaters which I can finally start doing again.

Here's Colin ready to go to school. So scandalous as you can tell by his face. Isn't he a cute little school boy with his backpack and glasses?

We went camping with some of our friends. It was so fun! I think Colin (and trev) live for being up in the mountains and building fires. Luckily no bears ate us even though we left the food out over night. I insisted that we out it in the car but the boys seemed to think my fear of bears was childish or staged... both very false. We only got rained on a little bit in the morning.. ok kind of a lot but it was still fun.

Brad Paisley! I freaking love you. The concert was so awesome, and a way better option that whatever else was going on that night (the terrible BYU game) I know Colin was kind of bummed at first about missing the game but after listening to it on the way up we were completely satisfied with our decision. Brad was amazing. I only rained a little bit haha.
I made a cake! okay so it doesn't look professional but it freaking took me all night and it tasted delicious. After one failed cake (don't ask) I ended up with this beautiful chocolate strawberry cake. Cake decorating may not be in my future. I don't think I possess those skills.

Hey Listen Kanye

2009-09-15T16:27:00.000-06:00

Dear Mr Kanye West-

Kanye West, let me tell you something, you are so mean! Why would you do that to innocent Taylor swift? Why would you ever think it is okay to jump on stage and say whatever you want? Did they call your name? I don't think. Just because you are a celebrity and you make some semi cool music and you have zig zag hair doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. And yes Beyonce's video was cool but if you wouldn't have been a freak and stayed in your seat you would see that she wins later. And you looked like a fool on Jay Leno too, just so you know. So here's a little tip why don't you do something to win award so you can get on stage and have your glory and all that attention you crave, instead of having to steal someone else's moment.

Sincerly,

A concerned fan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLe9riLhIsY

So funny.......

2009-09-10T16:58:00.001-06:00

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Random Randomness

2009-08-26T13:58:00.000-06:00

So I have alot of random thoughts that go on in my mind. Don't ask me why and don't judge me.

Why do I have such crazy dreams? Does it mean something is wrong with me? I have dreams that people are chasing me and trying to kill me. I have dreams (like the one I had last night) that bears attack me and eat part of me. And don't worry these dreams are totally bloody and grusome. I don't watch alot of gorey movies so what the heck is wrong with me? Why don't I just dream of fluffy dogs and pretty things like that? And another question, how does Colin's snores work there way in to the my dreams? Totally crazy that the bear growls in my dream were actually him snoring.

Why would you ever prank call a lawn service company? I could think of alot of places that would be fun to prank call but a lawn service company is not one of them. I'm sure many of you know i am a receptionist at one and the other day a boy called and asked if instead of making his lawn green can we make it yellow. I obviously told him no and he proceeded to ask me all sorts of other dumb questions. You have got to be pretty dang bored if you thinking asking someone to make your lawn yellow is funny. I acted like I was mad because I don't have time for crap like that (which is not true I have plenty of time for any sort of crap that distracts me from my boring job)

I think that I need to get a hobby. Like when people think about me I want them to think "oh yeah Marissa is way good at (whatever new hobby I decide to acquire). Maybe I could get really good at making cakes or poker or water coloring. The possibilites are endless!

If I could have a super power what would it be? And would I use it for the good of the world or my own personal gain, or heaven help us all..... for evil? Me and Colin's new recent obsession is the TV show Heroes. We watched the whole first season in one weekend. (lazy butt's I know but hey I was sick ok?) So I think i would pick invisibility because then I could totally spy on people and watch all the funny things people do when no one is watching. I bet people do some pretty strange things when they think they are alone.... okay so that sounded like I'm a creepy... I'm not.

Colin's run in with the law

2009-08-07T16:30:00.000-06:00

So he's a little story from our Montana trip that I found quite hilarious and I like sharing it because it proves that I was right. So we went to Canada for a day, it rained the whole entire time, long drive and mega rain not so great, but it was beautiful and we got a Canada mug in Waterton that I believe was well worth the trip.

So on the way back into the United States while we are waiting in line at the border Colin has to go to the bathroom. I guess it was quite urgent. His first idea was the he can just run into the forest right by the road and pee. I voted jumping from your car and running into the forrest right at the border with a large beard was not a good idea. So his next idea was that he would just get out and walk up to the border and ask if they had a restroom. I also voted that this idea was not so great but Colin's small bladder thought otherwise.

He got out and started walked towards the small building at the border and and an officer of the law walked towards him with his hand on his weapon. (I'm watching this all safely from the car) Colin puts his hands up defensively and tell him he's just looking for the bathroom. The guy told him he has to get back in his vehicle immediately. Then he added to try the Canadians because they are a little nicer. (true that) He got back in the car and when we got our turn to cross the border the man gave Colin a harsh lecture about approaching the border on foot. Colin tried to defend himself saying he just had to go to the bathroom and laugh it off but this guy had no sense of humor. Jumping the border was no laughing matter.

Moral of the Story... do not try to approach the US border on foot no matter how bad you have to pee.... and, Marissa was right.

Hello Blog. It's been awhile

2009-08-06T16:56:00.000-06:00

So I haven't posted in awhile. Things have been super busy. I think this up coming weekend is the first weekend we will be spending at home in like 2 monthes and boy am I excited for it. Our ward probably thinks we are inactive. (we're not don't you worry). We've been all over the place including the beautiful state of Montana and the always fun Lake Powell. We went to Montana for a whole week with my family and Colin and I decided we are going to move there someday. It is so darn beautiful and deep inside I think we are country folk anyway. We just need to live relatively close to a big city so I can go shopping and don't have to make my own clothes and churn my own butter and things like that. It was a blast and fun to be with the whole fam.

Last week we went to Lake Powell the wholeSchmutz family. Can I just say that if I had my choice I would live on a house boat my whole summer. It was so flippin fun and nice to have the whole everyone there. Colin is awesome on the wakeboard. Let's just say I'm really sore from my experience on the wakeboard, enough said. unfortuanely I got a little lazy with the camera while we were there and I think I was a total of one picture. I know I'm kicking my self in the butt for it.

Harry Potter

2009-07-21T15:19:00.000-06:00

Okay so last night we went and saw Harry Potter and the Half Blooded Prince. Yay exciting right!? Not so much. I was surprisingly dissappointed. I am definitely a big Harry Potter fan and loved all the books but this movie just didn't do it for me. Something was missing, it lacked that magically spark haha, but really. I have to admit, but don't tell Colin because I will deny deny deny, that I fell asleep for a second in the middle. Granted we did see the movie at 9:30 pm which dragged it way past my bed time. Hermoine was brillant, (love that girl) and Harry is getting better looking by the movie but the the total package was slightly, I hate to say it.....blah. And what the heck is up with the word snogging? It sounds gross. Don't get me wrong the movie is still a must see but you can wait until it comes to the dollar theater if you ask me.

PS Upcoming photos of the Montana trip and Colin's birthday! My husband is 24! how crazy is that?

This Crazy Little Thing Called Love

2009-07-10T10:15:00.000-06:00

So since we are new to this big blogging world, I thought that I might tell a little bit about how me and Colin ended up being me and Colin for anyone who doesn't know how this fabulous union came to be.

We are both from Orem, we went to good old Orem High School. He was a senior when I was a sophmore and we never met. He was on the basketball team and I went to all of the basketball games I just can't for the life of me remember him. I always say what if we brushed each other in the hall, we had no idea we were passing out eternal companion on the way to lunch. weird. anyways it's probably good we didn't meet in high school. I would have been too crazy and immature for him and he would have been too cocky and too cool for school attitude for me.
We met for the first time on the romantic shore of Utah Lake. There was a big bonfire going on that night that someone of my girlfriends invited me to so we headed over there. There must have been a hundred people there and me and my friend denae decided to go and meet as many guys as we could ( I was quite the flirt back then). So I was making my way around the bon fire and all of the sudden I made eye contact with him..... my future husband. My heart started beating rapidly, My face turned bright red, my head was spinning and I knew it was love at first sight. ok so that didn't really happen. We met, we introduce ourselves, we found out we went to the same high school, and then we parted. That was it.
So a few months go by and I am at a pants party (i don't even know what that means, but I was there) and look who walks in and tries to dance with me. It's mr colin schmutz. I was like "oh hey I know you" and he was like "oh yeah we met that one time, wanna dance?" but the party had kind of turned into a dud so me and my crew were rolling out. a few days later I stumble across Colin on FB and I took the plunge and added him. I mean he seemed like a cool character and he was smoking hot. Then he starts chatting with me over the course of a week or so and multiple times gives me his number and tells me to call him. What nerve seriously? Who does this boy think he is? so I don't call him but a week later for some unknown reason I text him and we ended up hanging out later that week. He then realized he wanted me and asked me out on a date. Our first date was the drive in where duh you have to cuddle, he planned that I'm sure. He claimes it was like our fourth or fifth date before we kissed but it was like the third time we hung out. He was hooked. We were inseperable ever since. Got engaged in January and married in April and now we are living happily ever after. I love my Coliflower (he hates when I call him that.... really he hates it)

Summer

2009-07-05T18:58:00.000-06:00

Summer-

I love summer! It is my favorite season. I love everything about it, the heat, the time off school, the smell, the bbq's, and the 4th of july! I have recently realized that as you get older summer loses some of it's carefree-ness and charm. I sit in an office all day long looking outside my big windows at the beautiful weather and wishing I could be out there. My skin is so white and pastey i'm embarrassed to wear shorts. Then when I come home I'm busy doing dinner or projects or whatever that I don't have time to go enjoy the weather. So I don't feel like it's really summer, and then I realized that my summer is basically half way over! wow that went fast. So I'm making some summer time goals that I want to make sure I do before the weather during horrid and we are all stuck in doors again.

1. throw a BBQ in my backyard
2. float the river
3. get a tan!
4. go on a bike ride
5. go on a hike
6. run through the sprinklers
7. take a long drive up the canyon
8. make homemade ice cream
9. watch a movie in the backyard.
10. call in sick for work and go swimming all day.

Hello world

2009-07-02T17:06:00.000-06:00

So this is my first attempt at blogging so bare with me. I am going to make Colin contribute to this blog as well so I can promise you that it will be somewhat exciting, because I think that we are somewhat exciting and interesting people.