BaBy?....I tHiNk sO

I bet you thought I was going to say that I'm pregnant! Hah not for a few more years. We do have a new little bundle of joy or at least I think it is. Some of you may have heard about Penelope. She was a very pretty purple flower plant that Jerry had bought for me just after we were married. Well it was my job to make sure she got watered. Did I mention that I am not so good at remembering to do this? Well I'm not and my lack of watering, killed her. :( I know it is quite sad.

Well Jerry decided that he was going to give me a timeline of animals that I had to be able to keep alive before we could have a baby. No he isn't evil or anything it's more just to keep me occupied with something. We both want to wait before we have a baby. So the rules of this little "game" are that if I can keep our new bundle of joy, Zola, alive for 6 months then I can move up to getting a fish. If I can keep the fish alive for 6 months then I can get something like a hamster or rabbit. I have to keep each new pet alive for at least 6 months then I can move onto the next. From hamster or rabbit we would get a dog and if the dog lasts at least 1 year then we will have a baby.

The catch is, if I kill any of these along the way I have to start at the beginning. After my dad's funeral my mom was left with a plethora of plants and flowers and wanted badly for me to take at least one. Well she had heard about poor Penelope and said that I was more likely to keep a plant alive then a flower so here is the newest memeber of the Rasmussen family, Zola....

Lets just hope that I don't kill her too. I really don't mean to do it on purpose. I just seem to get caught up in other things and forget to water the plants. Wish me luck!

PiCtUrEs oF dAd!

My DaD

Many of you may know already that my dad passed away two weeks ago. I have spent the last week trying to decide what I wanted to say and how I wanted to say it, but it's been hard to word things absolutely perfect so I decided to just share some of my memories about my dad.

Some of My Memories about My Dad:

-When I first started school at USU I hated it more than anything. I was close to home but yet so far away and so home sick. Dad was self employed so I could call and talk to him at any time. I called him at least once a day if not two to three times. Our conversations would last anywhere from 5 minutes up to an hour or more. I know that he was busy with other things but he always made time for me when I called. I wouldn't have made it through that first semester if it hadn't been for him.

-He was so patient, I can't even think of a time he ever raised his voice at me.

-He never had much to say but if he did man you better listen because it was either very profound or very hilarious.

-He was so willing to help with any school project I had.

-He made awesome dutch oven potatoes, dutch oven peach cobbler, and homemade rootbeer.

-He had a kind heart.

-He was a great example.

-He loved my mom and us kids more than anything in the world. He would have done anything to help us.

-He was always helping other people with their projects and putting his on the back burner.

-When it was dad's turn to make dinner he would make open faced grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup.

-He always made us Mickey Mouse or Little Mermaid pancakes.

-Dad loved No Bake Cookies.

-He also loved to have a thin slice of cheese on cookies or brownies.

-Right after Jerry and I moved to Sheridan I hit a deer one hit coming home from work, the car and deer were just fine. Well every time after that incident when I would talk to dad on the phone he would ask if I had hunted any deers lately.

-His grandsons brought so much joy into his life.

-He called our family the Anderson Family Circus. We lost our righ leader in our Family Circus.

-It took my mom a long time to get dad to take time off for a family vacation but when he did, we had some great times together.

My dad was great man. He was an example to each and everyone around him. Many have been touched by his love and friendship and he will not be forgotten.