The Move.

Two posts in one day - look at me go!

Saturday, June 14 we got to move into our apartment (it is an extent stay hotel) for the summer. We are staying downtown Minneapolis on the 19^th floor or a 21 story building. We have more room than I thought we would and an amazing view of downtown. Hadlee loves running around exploring her new digs. We have a swimming pool, fitness center and best of all they come clean our apartment every other week.  I could totally get use to this!

Due to the lack of space in our car we couldn't fit Hadlee’s stroller – so our first matter of business was to buy a cheap umbrella stroller. We walked to Target (which is like 8 minutes away – I’ll be there all the time) and got a stroller. Got some basic food needs, assembled the stroller in the store and walked home.

So far we are enjoying our time getting settled it. We are excited for our adventures this summer.

Every night Dallin will sing a song (his mom sang to him) to Hadlee before putting her down for the night. I finally got a picture of it!!

Sunset from our bedroom window. 

We're Still Here

A miscarriage, a baby, starting the MBA program at BYU, another shoulder surgery, bought a house, a hip surgery and moved to Minneapolis for the summer are just a few things that happened since the last time I posted. I know it has been a while, but I thought I was blog about our summer adventures while here in Minneapolis - one to remember all the fun things we did and two for our family and friends who want to know.

The Drive.

We heading out Thursday, June 12 for our long 19 hour drive. We packed as much as we could fit into our little compact car, but still couldn't fit everything. :)  Our first stop was Cowboy Donuts in Rock Spring, WY. One of Dallin's buddy from the MBA program started this company and we had to see what it was all about. Not sure what Hadlee loved more the donuts holes or running around.  

The only other stops we made were quick stops for food or to fill out with gas. Hadlee did AWESOME in the car! She only slept for about an hour but was happy the whole time. Dallin and I started playing a game during the drive – counting the dead animals on the side of the road – we lost count there were so many.  We really wanted to visit Mount Rushmore National Park before heading to our hotel in Rapid City. We started heading toward Mt. Rushmore around dusk, I just got done saying we should be careful and keep are our eyes out for deer, when a deer jumped in front of our car. Dallin was super claim in the situation and slammed on the breaks missing the deer by inches. My heart was racing for the next 20 minutes. Once we got to Mount Rushmore we took our time taking pictures and letting Hadlee run. As we left the park we saw six deer on the side of the road eating, so of course we had to stop and get a picture.  

Friday the 13 we finished our drive to Minneapolis. It was pretty uneventful – Hadlee had another great day in the car. Our apartment wasn't ready to move into till Saturday so we spent the night in a hotel. Hadlee enjoyed getting her energy out by going swimming then cuddled up next to Dallin to watch some Baby Einstein. 

Dallin as a Lefty

On Thursday Dallin got surgery on his right shoulder from an injury he has had for THREE years. He was finally sick of the pain/weakness, and with the baby coming we decided to finally get it taken care of. I’e never had to sit and wait while anyone was having surgery, but to tell you the truth I hated it. The hour and half I wasn’t allowed to be with him felt like hours and hours that dragged on. After the surgery was over and Dallin had come to, Doctor Kimball came into his recovery room and said “well, you weren’y lying”, and that he was able to see the labral tear and he was able to fix it with four anchors. I didn’t mind waiting once Dallin came into recovery and I got to watch him come to. A few of my favorite things he said: • I love BYU football, and that is normal and healthy • I’m I going to be able to walk again? • I love you, you are so pretty! You’re pregnant right? • Am I going to have super human strength in my right arm? • They should have just injected me with the same stuff as Wolverine because I would have healed in like 30 minutes. But then I might accidentally kill people. • I can open my left eye . . . wait, AND my right eye! Dallin is one tough guy and has been doing so good. He is very independent and I try to help him but he likes doing everything he can, even with a gimp arm. His new favorite place in our house is our new recliner – we bought it for me and the baby, but he’s definitely taken advantage. :) The Before

The After

Spring/Summer Update

Well, I thought I’d blog more once I was done with school…but I guess I got worse. :) So I’ll just highlight some really fun activities we’ve done this year. Oh, and we lost a camera and the other one is broken…so all I have are pictures from my phone. We went on a great Salmon family trip in Feb to Disneyland – my favorite place on earth! It was so much fun watching all the Salmon nieces and nephews discovering the wonders of Disney. We loved feeling like little kids again and going on all the rides. After Disney we even made it to the beach and LA temple.

In April, I graduated from UVU with my Bachelors of Science in Community Health. It’s a weird feeling being done, and as I see all the students getting ready to go back to school this fall I realize I kind of miss school already. I got a new full-time job about a month ago as a Health Advocate at the IHC clinic where I’ve worked as a medical assistant for about four years. I now get to work one-on-one with patients who are diagnosed with depression, diabetes, and asthma . I help provide them with valuable community resources, and I help educate them on how to best deal with and treat these diseases.

One of my favorite holidays already came and went. I LOVE the 4th of July, and we had so much fun doing all the fun activities in Provo! We went to the Balloon Festival, the Freedom Festival Parade, the booths, mini golf, and fireworks. We decided this year to make our own 4th of July t-shirts. Dallin picked his design (Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Slayer) and I went with something slightly more traditional (fireworks).

The Garlicks did a fun trip to Jackson Hole with the whole family. It was so fun to have everyone together— we went on some hikes up in the Grand Tetons, did some shopping (of course), watched the street gun fight, saw Elk and Bison, and went on the Alpine slide.

Another highlight of this summer has been going to two nieces’ baptisms. Melanee and Haley both turned eight this summer, and we are so proud of both of them. We’re excited for the example they’ve set for all their younger siblings/cousins, and especially for our little baby girl. :)

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

Well a lot has happened since our last post, with all the holidays and family get-togethers. Unfortunately, we lost our memory card from our camera…we lost all of our pictures from New York and forward. I’m just glad it was the card and not the camera. :)

Thanksgiving this year was really simple and nice. Dallin had a great time playing with his brothers in the 6th Ward Turkey Bowl, where I’m pretty sure they dominated (at least, they seem to come home and say that every year). Then we enjoyed dinner with the Salmon family. After dinner, I spent the rest of the day planning out my Black Friday shopping. I go every year with my sister…I know I’m crazy. This year we started at 8:30 pm on Thursday and went until 7:45am. Good news – we got everything we needed, plus more (which wasn’t such good news to Dallin).

One thing I love about the holidays is being able to spend time with family. We got together with my mom’s family (Andersen) for dinner at a church in West Valley. The kids had a blast running around while the adults got a chance to catch up. A few weeks later, we had a Garlick family party; it was really fun with food and games. We all were told to wear ugly sweaters, which I couldn’t find so I had to make them. Sorry…no picture (which, on second thought, might be a good thing).

Christmas was great, except for having no snow! We not only got to welcome a new baby (Abby) to the Salmon family, but we had a lot of other fun family get-togethers. Tara, Gary, Sam and other new baby Mason came into town for an early Christmas party, to hear Lincoln’s awesome farewell talk (and he really did to AWESOME), and bless little Mason. It was great to have the WHOLE family together, but I always forget just how many of us there are (26 and counting).


During the week of Christmas, we had a great nativity reenactment (which I recorded on my phone, I’ll try to load it). Watched lots of Christmas movies, like “A Muppets Christmas Carol” (a classic) and my other favorite “The Grinch.” We finished last-minute shopping, totally pigged out on every type of food and treats, and enjoyed Dallin having some extra time off.

As far as Christmas goes, Dallin was so thoughtful and sweet, and did a great job on Christmas shopping. He got me some sweet new running shoes, a really cute sign that says “Always Kiss Me Goodnight” with our names on it (in the back ground), the movie “Tangled”, and a jar of pickles. I got him a white shirt, a BYU license plate cover (he told me I “did good”), an exercise arm band for his iPhone, and some shoe bags for when he travels. We set ourselves a budget this year, and it was really fun trying to find things on a really good deal so we could get more for our money. I actually think the budget itself was Dallin’s favorite present of all. :)

We brought in the New Year with Dallin’s family. We did an early celebration for the little kids, and it was so fun seeing all the kids go crazy blowing horns, popping bubble wrap, and dancing around the room to some pop music. We stayed as the Salmons and played games until midnight. It was really pretty low key, but loved it. Happy New Year!





After New Years, Monday to Wednesday was full of family gatherings because Dallin’s little brother Lincoln was getting ready to leave on his mission. Monday, we got up early and did some deep cleaning at Ross & Karen’s (to make an awesome play room for the grandkids), had a great BBQ for lunch, and enjoyed a Utah Jazz Basketball game that night (suite tickets!). Tuesday night we had a nice family dinner before going over to the church so Lincoln could be set apart as a missionary. I’m not going to lie, I cried a little bit. Then Wednesday we had a family lunch at Pizza Factory, said our goodbyes to Lincoln, and he was off. Dallin and I are so proud of him and how good he is, he is going to be a great missionary and the people of Chile will love him. As much as I’m sad he’s gone, I’m really excited to send letters and packages!!!