Happy Holidays?

Happy Halloween everyone! I have enjoyed reading every one's posts about pumpkin patches, paper ghosts, and spooky stories. But you will not find such cute pictures on our blog, because we seem to not do well when it comes to holidays this year. As many of you know, I have been going through infertility treatments this year. Without going into a lot of detail, here is an overview of the year:

Valentine's Day=negative pregnancy test
St. Patrick's Day=major blood tests
Easter=negative pregnancy test
Anniversary= bed rest
Mother's Day=miscarriage
Birthday=shots
4th of July=major hormone pills
August and September thankfully do not have major holidays,
Halloween=bed rest, and minor car accident

Don't worry- I am exaggerating some for the sake of humor. I don't want anyone feeling too sorry for us...although some sympathy is always nice...j/k.

outlook for the rest of the year? I think we are meant to only celebrate Christmas-which we will do in full swing starting tomorrow. In Ryan's estimation, "the Christmas season starts the day after Halloween. Thanksgiving is only a road block in the way."

That being said, we need your addresses! That means you. That means a physical location-not email, or website, or myspace page. If there is even a small chance we don't have your address-we want it! If you don't know what for-you are in for a surprise come Christmas.

Merry Christmas Season Eve!

And the winner is...

Apparently Florida since Aaron padded the votes.
But we were pleasantly surprised at the number of mid-west votes. You all know that I love it there. We may have to be a little closer to the business, but you never know where life will take you...especially when you're married to Ryan!

Thanks for participating everybody! We wish we could live by all of you!

Life has been very busy for us lately-but hopefully I will be able to come up with a decent post soon. And...any or all willing hands are welcome to come down the weekend of Nov. 3 to help with our tree...Ry is expecting me to be awake for 72 hrs. Like that's going to happen :)

I'm Official...

I won't remind you how long it took me to get this-but now I have it and I can officially start telling everybody what to do! Just kidding-but I do want to make sure that everyone knows about my life coaching blog...tell your friends, neighbors, relatives, and pets!

Also-I want to add that I'm reading, "All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience," by Neal A. Maxwell, and it is wonderful. He says:

All of us should strive, therefore, to have some friendships that are deep and solid--so solid, for instance, that if they were interrupted, the unfinished conversation could be resumed months later almost in mid-sentence, just as if we had never been apart."

I have several of these friendships (including all those who read this) and I am sooo grateful to all of them.

Love,
Amy Fitzgibbons, LC (okay you know I just wanted to use those letters)

On Sin and Hell

Ry: I hate when I start to worry about stupid things I'm not going to care about in 3 years. It's my least favorite sin.

Amy: I don't really think it's a sin exactly.

Ry: I hope not, cause otherwise you're going to hell.

Touche husband. Touche

We Need a Magic 8 Ball

Well, for lack of another post idea, we are turning to you to decide our future. We have decided that we just do not want to live in Vegas the rest of our lives (Ryan cares about safety, I care about grass!) so we need to figure out where to go (probably in about 10 years) Our requirements are:

1. A safe place where kids can ride bikes down the street without worry
2. Within a day's drive of family members/good friends
3. Close enough that Ry could return to handle the business semi regularly
4. a place with culture! (ie parks, art museums, mini golf places, plays, libraries, etc.)
5. sagebrush cannot be the state plant
6. good membership of the Church, and a good ward
7. Very good schools
8. good cost of living
9. somewhere that having a basement doesn't cost you your soul
10. Someplace that would accept Ry's crazy antics (clover, christmas trees, ice rinks in the backyard, etc.)

Does such a place exsist? Probably not-but we can dream anyway right?
So-take the poll or leave a comment and help us decide our fate!

Davis Eric Livingston, b. Friday, Oct. 13, 2006

Happy Birthday Davis!

Way to survive the first year of your life :)

"I'm perfect, and you're not!"

These are the words spoken by Ryan directly after his baptism-his self proclaimed first sin after becoming clean. This funny anecdote was shared this weekend when we had the privilege of going to Detroit to attend our niece Annette's baptism. We had a wonderful time with many family members. Highlights include:

• Flights with family members (in the A group of course)
• Blurs of kids and voices as they ran to the door to greet us
• Timid knocks and whispers of "can we come in yet?" in the early morning
• Dress Shopping and "What Not to Wear" advising
• Chuck E Cheese!
• Awards Won (Congrats to Kevin for Building of the Year)
• Conference watching and new callings fulfilled
• Present Opening
• Game Playing (wrestling, magic tricks, legos, and uno)
• Goodnight Kisses
• Family Prayer
• Tears shed over spiritual moments and sweet good-byes

and of course:

• Baptism Attending

Someone commented, "That was the most spiritual baptism I have ever been to" Although I am completely biased, I have to agree! Thanks for a wonderful weekend everybody!

PS: I found out that my parents might actually be "cooler" than me. For more pics of the weekend see their blog