The Dziuks

Handmade Nook Cover!

2012-01-29T11:27:00.000-08:00

I'm going to start this post off by saying I am so proud of me! haha For most of you, you already know that g-ma was an amazing sewer along with many of my aunts. So when I saw this tutorial I really wanted to 'just do it'. I rarely ever sew and have never done a zipper before either. The tutorial http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-sew-nook-or-kindle-case-tutorial.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LittleBirdieSecrets+%28Little+Birdie+Secrets%29 seemed pretty simple though. If that link doesn't work then you can find it through my pinterest board "Nook" and if you don't have pinterest then you should leave your email in the comments to this post because it is amazing :)

This was my first time sewing a zipper and using stabilizer. Neat stuff! Here are a few pics I took after I was all finished!

I was really excited after I finished (like 5 minutes ago) and couldn't wait to share my accomplishments :) I bought some really cute teal buttons but sadly, I have never sewn on a button! That will be the next learning step.

ttfn

2012-01-27T19:17:00.000-08:00

So I got hired on Monday, started working on Tuesday and worked everyday since. I'm really liking it and can't wait to start understanding the process. There is A LOT of paper work when getting a mortgage loan....who knew?! haha If you know of anyone that is looking to refinance or get a loan, let me know! Gregg Driggs does business from Fillmore/Richfield/Delta area clear up to American Fork/Pleasant Grove area.

back to work

2012-01-23T19:17:00.000-08:00

Yay! After 3 interviews I finally got the job! I will be a receptionist/personal assistant for Guild Mortgage Company. It looks like it will be a good job and a great opportunity to grow with the company. Hopefully I will start training thursday...I will keep you guys posted :)

it's snowing :(

Poor Kitty

2012-01-16T16:21:00.000-08:00

I took Nikki to the vet today because her eye was all swollen last night. The vet said she has a bacterial infection and gave me some eye drops. She walks around with one eye open :) Poor kitty. Hope the drops clear it up.
This weekend we decided to go to Wendover for a night. We ended up winning $650! It was worth the trip over :) Then we came back to slc the next day, went to Sherlock Holmes, walked around South Towne mall, ate at Little America, and then went to the Jazz game! It was a fun weekend!
This week I have an interview! Yay! and tomorrow I will get a call from another place to set up interviews. I'm really glad I'm finally getting interviews! I'm hoping that I get one of the jobs but it's hard to say. The one email I got was sent to at least 13 other people! Hopefully my degree gives me some sort of edge. Cross your fingers for me :)

ttfn

New Computer :)

2012-01-09T11:52:00.000-08:00

I'm still working on getting rid of this cold! Drinking liquids and taking it easy. The last couple of days I have actually done my hair and put at least mascara on. I feel more alive if I look put-together :) I don't ever remember getting sick for a whole week! Okay so this probably sounds like complaining but seriously, I rarely get sick! I get frustrated because it really puts a damper on getting stuff done (like those dishes in the sink haha).

The real reason I wanted to post today is......I got a new laptop!!! Aaah and I love it :) Here's the specs: Asus model X53E with intel core i7, windows 7 premium, 4GB memory, 500GB HDD, 2-USB 2, 1-USB 3, 10-key, 15.6" screen, and other fun stuff like CDROM and such. This new laptop is much faster than my original Dell. Lincoln bought it for me from RC Willey. Thanks hun! He also picked himself up an iPad2, which he is really liking! So far I have set up my favorites bar, downloaded some anti-virus software (AVG), checked e-mail, blogged ;), installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010, updated my resume (now that I have an up-to-date Word program), browsed the web, and currently listening to pandora! I'm very pleased with it!

The job searching is still in progress :( So far I have looked on ksl.com/jobs, monster.com, and a few others. I have sent my resume in to 9 different jobs. Only two have responded that the position has been filled. No interviews....no responses....hope is dwindling.... :( I need to think positive but I really just wish I had a job. I'm going to go spruce up my cover letter and see where that gets me. Any tips and/or jobs you know about would be appreciated!

ttfn (;

RSL and JAZZ

2012-01-06T20:19:00.000-08:00

I don't think I have blogged since I finished school...I am DONE!!! Finals went pretty good. I studied like crazy and turned out with pretty good grades. UVU only does one graduation "walk" a year which will be held in April. I believe that is when I will receive my actual diploma and Kati got me a really cute frame to put it in! Im looking forward to hanging that on my wall :)

I tried the 'rub-on' nail polish thing the other day....here is the pic. They turned out pretty cool and it was super easy! No waiting for them to dry! They have chipped a little since I have put them on but no smudges haha I guess there is no way to get a perfect mani, that lasts.
A few weekends ago we went to the RSL Winterfest. The general manager and some of the players spoke, there were prizes given out, and locker room tours. I have posted a few of the pictures below. Enjoy :)

Our season tickets are the five seats by the "L" in Lake. You can kind of see the papers that are over our seats in this pic.

The RSL locker room is a lot bigger than the Jazz locker room and RSL also has their own weight room attached.

Then after RSL we went to SLC to see the Jazz scrimage game. We got there close to four so that we could stand out back and get autographs from the players. It was so freezing cold! So I ran over to the gateway and got starbucks :) After getting some pretty sweet autographs (Memo even stopped...even though he got traded right after this night haha) we headed to the front to stand in line. They wouldn't let anyone in until 6p.m. so we had stood outside in the freezing cold for TWO HOURS! My body was sore from shivering! The game was really fun and it was neat to meet the new guys.

Since that weekend we have been to a few Jazz home games and have enjoyed watching them win. The thursday before new years Lincoln and I went to Bobbie and Ryan's to play games. It was really fun! and Kaylin even talked to Lincoln haha She is usually scared of him. Ashlyn just glares at him and Evan plays peek-a-boo.

Lincoln got a cold on monday (and still has it) and I got it on tuesday night (and still have it)! I don't ever remember having a cold this bad! I had a super bad fever and painful body aches! We went through a whole bottle of robitusim! I'm hoping we are better soon cuz this is no fun :(

Hope everyone else is doing good and staying healthy :)

Future Plans

2011-12-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

I saw this on pinterest.com and loved it :) I want it to snow, once, so I can make my own! I bet Lincoln would say they were cute. haha he supports me in my random craftiness.

Bring on the Bachelors Degree! I will have my BS in Accounting very very soon. One more week of school and a week of finals. I am unbelievably excited and really proud of myself. I am definitely self motivated and accomplishing this makes me really happy.

The next step...job search and deciding where to live. Two super big steps in life!

We are debating whether to buy a "used" home or purchase a NEW one...Below are a few ideas of house plans that I have been looking at. I took a drafting class in highschool and I really enjoy looking at house plans. I could spend HOURS browsing :) I can't wait to start walking through demo houses. Bring on the Debt haha! If only houses weren't so expensive....

If you have been in my mom's house, you can understand that I would love to have Hickory cabinets....or possibly knotty pine? I believe that is what her pantry door is made out of.

In the above plan I would change to porch to a storage room (similar to my parents).
I really love this above plan. I would get rid of the wall in the laundry room so that the kids could drag laundry straight through instead of walking through the kitchen. I'm loving the closet in the master bedroom and Lincoln would love the den.

I really like this layout also. The snack bar on the corner of the kitchen is fun. I think I would use it as a decoration area....change it according to the season. I would also like to add that I won't have carpet in the dining room....who does that!? Its like having carpet in the bathroom...the mess is just not worth it haha :)

So those are my thoughts towards Lincoln and I's future plans. Nothing is set in stone. I hope that these next few years go smoothly and we all are happy with our decisions.

Almost done with school...& other things

2011-11-20T18:48:00.000-08:00

So it has been a while since I have posted. I thought I would jot down some stuff to update.
I believe I posted on my last post that I put my two weeks in. Oh it has been so nice! I think the pros outweighed the cons on this move :) I LOVE having the weekends off! I do miss all my friends from there. We have "girls' nights" planned though.
School is going really well this semester. As far as midterm I was sitting with all A's! Being able to focus totally on school is really nice. I have a few tests, a couple presentations, some assignments, and then finals. After that I will graduate with by Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting. I'm really proud of myself for getting this far and accomplishing something so great. Next step...job searching!
For those that don't know, the Murphy's have the same anniversary as us. So the other night I got to babysit the kiddos while they went on a date. I just love those guys! Such good kids and a piece of cake to babysit. Kaylin is getting so smart and I'm impressed by her every time I talk to her.
It was our 3rd anniversary! Time flies by fast. Being married has been amazing :) You always have someone there to lean on and someone to cuddle with to watch tv. Our next big step in life is moving back to Delta. We have been searching around for a place to either rent or buy. I'm looking forward to being close to both sides of the family and finally actually living with my husband.
Lincoln is heading to Texas again for his job. The pros: study time for the finals. The cons: going to miss him like crazy. I try to be tough when he leaves but sometimes I just wish he was home :) Since I have not been working for a month we both believe that financially it was a good opportunity. I will be done with school when he finally gets home! Crazy! (he was excited haha he hates when I have to study study study) The #1 thing I'm looking forward to.....READING! I will be picking up some novels and enjoying myself :) Does anyone have some good recommendations?

I {heart} Fall

2011-10-18T18:37:00.000-07:00

Fall is definitely my favorite time of the year! It is just so pretty. The colors are so gorgeous! and the weather is so nice. Fall weather makes me want to be outside. My favorite scenario is sipping hot chocolate, wrapped in a g-ma quilt and cuddling with my hubby on the front porch! Although I do not have a porch yet, I believe that that scenario would be just lovely :)
This is my view walking onto campus. I really think walking into the business building is one of the most intriguing sights. I wish I had a video of the walk in, this picture doesn't give you the whole feeling.
and the reason i blogged tonight...

How cute are these! Yes, those are acorns made out of nutterbutter minis, butterscotch chips, and almond kisses! I saw this crafty idea in Country Women magazine and decided it would be really simple, so I made them. Super super easy! But oh so fun. and then I had to set them up for a photo shoot :) Just taking a picture of them on a plate was not nearly as cute.

Side note: trimmed my kitties nails today. I was super nervous but since I didn't take them to the vet to get it done, I thought it would be nice of me to help them out. They didn't seem to mind and it was not hard at all.

Other side note: put my two weeks notice in on Saturday. I have had an awesome 5 years at Albertson's/Fresh Market. I spent 21.7% of my life there so it definitely was hard. Afterwards though, I feel really good about my decision and am ready to move forward in my life.

Enjoy your Fall season and share those fun fall crafts so I can try them too :)

Shower Curtain

2011-09-17T13:13:00.000-07:00

Just thought I would share this picture with you all...I got a new shower curtain! Yay! and it is super cute. Got it from target and it's cloth instead of plastic. Should hold up to my crazy animals :)

2011-09-14T18:11:00.000-07:00

So I saw this on pinterest.com and really wanted to make them. I remember having crayons like this when I was little.

I just used a mini cupcake pan which made little round ones the size of poker chips. They turned out really cool! Lincoln helped me unwrap all the crayons and then we just broke them in pieces by hand. Cook at 230 for 15 minutes...let dry and wha la! you have crayons of many colors. Super easy and fast craft. I will be looking for muffin tins that come in different shapes :)

What did you do now...

2011-09-14T15:19:00.001-07:00

the cats were going crazy in the bathroom so I went to go see what they were up to...

I guess it could be worse....it's not my couch! and shower curtains are fairly cheap :)

Feeling Optimistic

2011-09-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

I made it through the first week of school! Im taking MGMT 4800 Strategic Management, MGMT 495r Strategic Mgmt Capstone Simulation, ACC 4420 Corporate Tax, ACC 4020 Advanced Financial Acc., and ACC 4110 Auditing. As you can tell by the titles, none of these classes will be easy! I will be studying my a** off this semester...my last semester :)

This morning I woke up, ate breakfast, did some reading and then decided that instead of saying I would love to run, I did it :) Okay so I'm new at this and not really the type that ever exercises so I started small with a 15 minutes walk/run. Right after, I was a bit light-headed but now I feel great and want to get stuff done instead of turn the t.v. on. So I made a few little cards...
I like to make a few when I do make cards, that way when I don't have time to make I can still have a 'home-made' card. These are just the mini ones but work out great for quick gifts or quick thanks.

Now I'm off to make my chapter outline for Tax. Always nice to try and get ahead instead of last minute homework. Later Gators :)

Recording at the Murphy's

2011-08-31T11:04:00.000-07:00

Stopped by the Murphy's place the other night and we ended up making videos. Kaylin loved the idea! She is such a little actress :) Her video is of her playing out a part in the Tangled video.

Evan had this really cute laugh going on and I just had to get it on video!

Ashlyn is getting so big and can now walk with her stroller. I'm sure she will be walking soon!

2011-08-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

I went school shopping yesterday and had a blast! This last semester I want to dress more business-like. So I have been on the search for chic, elegant, and casual work wear.

I found this LBD on Pinterest.com and loved how she accessorized it.

This is my LBD I found at Gap. The material is just so nice...wish you could all feel the quality. I can wear this dress year-round depending on how I accessorize. Sorry for blurry pics. I take pics in the dressing room and then flip through them to decide what to get :)

I also found two really nice pairs of trousers. I can't even tell you how many trousers I have tried on in the past week, but I finally found some that fit nice at Gap. Gap makes three different lengths (long, regular, ankle) that I am a fan of. Since I'm petite the ankle hit me at the perfect length which means no searching for a good tailor.

Someday I will have a chic power-suit like Lauren Conrad :)

I'm glad I found pieces for my new business style and love not wearing jeans all the time! One thing I did forget to get is shoes...although I do have a few pairs of amazing pumps that will work. I'm sure I will want a few flats though for walking around campus.

2011-08-23T19:50:00.000-07:00

So I'm behind with my blogging but finally found an evening to blog. This will be a compile of pictures from a few weeks ago :)

Lincoln has been busy with fighting fires this year so when we have a few minutes together we like to relax and enjoy that little time. A couple days before he left for Texas again we went to the Fillmore canyon. I read my book and Lincoln took a nap on the picnic table. He snapped this photo of me...

I took one of him...
While I was reading, this little guy was stealing cheetos from the fire pit. Ha ha I totally caught him in this picture. He was super cute and fat :)
Then after a boring pic of just sitting there I decided to start jumping off the bench. It was actually really fun and made for some fun pictures.

Becky, Dewey, Kyler, Lincoln, Me, Emilee and Dave all went to Lagoon. We got free lunch thanks to Dick's work. And thanks to his work, we got in free! Yay! It was a blast and I'm really glad we were able to go. This is the only picture I got...all the others are on Dave's camera.

After Lagoon we went to a Real Salt Lake Soccer game. This is the second time I have been and it is really a blast. I like that good seats are not expensive so we are able to sit really close. I hope I learn the players names soon so that it can be even more entertaining :)

Kyler, Dewey, Lincoln, and Me!

Becky and Dick!

The boys in their gear This last weekend I went to Cousin's sleepover and Oak City Days. It was really fun too and exciting to see all the cousins! I will post pics of that later. (most of them are on my mom's camera)

School starts next week! aaah....am I ready for my last semester?! Guess I will have to be!

kitties, swimming, flowers, and some good news!

2011-08-04T19:59:00.000-07:00

Our Kitties got spayed and neutered a week ago. They did really good. Nikki just had a little lump where her surgery was done but they both were back to jumping and running around the next day. As soon as the pain meds kicked in though, they slept REALLY well :)

Nikki above....Tupac below
Bobbie and Ryan invited me to come swimming with the twins and Kaylin. I was all for it! I don't make it swimming as often as I would love to, so I said yes right away. (Even bought a new suit for the occasion) We went to a fun pool in Provo that had a deeper pool and a kiddie play pool. Evan and Ash loved the water! Kaylin loved going down the big slides with Ryan!

I tried helping the kids with floating and blowing bubbles. Evan blowed bubbles really well...Ash drank the water...and Kaylin was worried that her face would go underwater, but she did blow bubbles a couple of times :) Evan loved floating on his tummy...Ash would rather be in the floaty...and Kaylin did really well for how nervous she got. I know with some time Kaylin will be floating on her own!

All done swimming!

I went to the Dentist today and when I got home Lincoln had got me some roses! They are from Ecuador and so so so pretty! I will take another pic when they fully bloom.

and for some awesome news...I made it into Beta Alpha Psi! Last semester I didn't qualify but applied again for the fall semester and got the email today that I made it! I have a lot of friends from school that are already in it and also some more that made it in this fall semester with me. I'm really happy for this opportunity and can't wait for the meetings, tutoring, and all the other awesome stuff to jump start my career as an accountant!

The cats and a card

2011-07-24T18:48:00.000-07:00

What's a blog post without pics of my brats :) I finally got a picture of Tupac doing the "truck-driver". When we are just hanging out in the evenings, Tupac will go chill in the cat toy and look so cute chillin out. Got this pic the other day...precious babies sleeping!

I pulled out my cardmaking supplies and Nikki decided to help out...play with ribbon :)

This is the card I came up with after getting inspiration from the card on pg. 108 of the new book. I thought I had the butterfly stamp set but then remembered that I had borrowed it from Bobbie and didn't have it anymore. I know that she would have gladly let me borrow it again but I went ahead and just used one that would work.

and I was playing around with the camera on my phone and snapped this pic in negative effect...random....but it looked cool so i will share.

School starts in a month!!!AAAAHHH! I think I'm ready but I just know that it's going to be hard!

2011-07-14T08:56:00.000-07:00

I think I need a bigger Kitty bed...

Last weekend fun

2011-07-14T08:40:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Lincoln and I went to Transformers 3 at the IMAX theatre in Jordan Commons. It was a really fun experience....IMAX screen, 3D, and a good action movie. We ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse...super yummy. Their rolls are amazing!

gap savings

2011-06-20T16:40:00.001-07:00

I had the day off today so Wendy and I decided to go to the mall for something to do...
This is where I stumbled across a SALE at Gap. I had a $10 gift certificate so decided to look around. The sale was 50% off the marked down price. I walked out of there with a summer dress, a skirt, and two tanktops for $37! We took a look at the original price (if I would have bought these items not on sale)---$180. That's a $143 savings!
What a nice day to go to the mall :)

crazy animals

2011-06-14T07:35:00.000-07:00

Before I tell you about the kitties, here is what Jerrica and I made the other day. We went to Hobby Lobby--after Emily told me about buying her bows there I decided I wanted to check it out. What a wonderful store! We were looking for some cute summer craft that we could make that afternoon. This was really simple to make; everything was a sticker and then just tie the bow.
Now for the crazy animals! I have noticed I call them animals more often than I call them my babies ha ha! They drive me nuts sometimes...right now I'm counting down the hours till they take their nap :)
While doing some card making I look up to see Tupac exploring. A couple days ago I walked in to find all my ribbon had been unrolled...this day he just wanted to see what was in the little jars.

Lincoln's Grandma Anne bought me this cute little fountain/waterfall thing. I love it! and the cats do too. She wrote on the little card that she thought the cats would think it was neat and they sure did! Every once-in-awhile I will put it on the ground so they can check it out. The vet told me that cats like fresh water and that they even make cat water dishes as these fountain/waterfall things because the cats will drink more water. Tupac drinks from the top really good but Nikki is curious as to where the water is going so she will put her little paw inside and swat the water.

This is what happens when you leave a cup of water sitting on the floor :) You can't do anything without them wanting to get in it.

The saying "curiousity killed the cat" is so very true! I'm finding this to be true more and more every day. We keep our closet doors shut and as soon as we open them, the cats come running. When you open the cupboards in the kitchen, they come running. When you flush the toilet, they come running! aah I can't wait for fat lazy cats that sleep all day :) Until then, I will post pics of all the funny stuff my crazy animals do.

Past Couple of Weekends

2011-05-31T20:10:00.001-07:00

I thought I would update on what we have been up to the last couple of weeks. The babies are getting big! They are still kittens but just not as small and fuzzy. ha ha. Nikki got sick about a week ago...took her to the vet, got some fluids and antibiotics. She has been 100% herself ever since. Yay! I was worried. They have a vet appointment tomorrow morning to get their boosters.
My mom asked me to make some graduation cards for her. This is what I made up...

Lincoln got home from Texas after three weeks. I was excited to see him! We went on a shopping spree a couple days after he got home. He needed some new summer clothes and I didn't mind shopping for some clothes too :) This is Lincoln standing in a tunnel thing at the mall. It imitates the winds of a hurricane.

While shopping I asked Lincoln if I could dress him up. ha ha He was a trooper and I got him into Gap clothes! I bought the kahkis...we will see if he wears them but I just loved them ;) This pick is him playing the part. Thanks baby for your humor!

Then this memorial weekend we went to Mesquite! It was so much fun...laying out at the pool, gambling (love the craps tables), bowling, arcades, eating out, chillin in the hotel room. I had so much fun! We haven't had a vacation like that for awhile and we both enjoyed it so much. We will have to save up to go play again.

And I love this pic---Lincoln and Tupac chillin at home.

This summer has been a blast so far (besides the weather) and I can't wait for all our next adventures!

The adventure today

2011-05-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

I took the babies to the vet today. I warned them in the morning that today would not be very fun :) They didn't seem to care...until we got there and their temperature was being checked ha ha. They had ear mites but we got them taken care of. Poor babies. No wonder Tupac itched his ears a lot. They got some good shots that helped them sleep ALL day. We got home around eleven and they went to sleep on my lap. When I went to work at three they were still sleeping. This is baby Nikki--too precious!
They are running around being crazy kittens again! Gotta love their energy.

I pick Lincoln up on Friday! It has been a long three weeks and I can't wait to see him! He has never seen the kitties so I'm excited for him to meet them.

meet the kids

2011-04-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

Tupac and Nikki

(the new addition to our family)

It is the second day of having them at the house and wow it has been an adventure! First of all, potty training is not the funnest...hopefully they catch on to that soon :) Tupac will go potty but then he spastically digs around and flicks litter everywhere. He thinks it's a game! So everytime I see him dart down the hallway I have to make sure he really is peeing and not just playing.
Nikki is definitely our little baby. The first day home she crawled under the couch and cried. She isn't wild like Tupac but still loves to play. She is usually the first one to get into bed and the last one to get up. When you leave her in a room alone she starts crying until you come get her! She is our precious (sensitive) little baby.

This is Tupac playing with a little mouse. He plays and runs and plays and runs until he falls asleep. I think he has ADD. I call him spaz!

Aah! this is the best part of the day :)

2011-04-12T20:09:00.000-07:00

This week, next week, and then three days of finals....Spring semester is almost over! I have calculated my grades so far and it looks like I will have: A, A, A-, A-, B (possibly B-). I'm am so looking forward to getting final grades. I have put A LOT of work into this semester after not being excepted into Beta Alpha Si (because of a tax class over a year ago) and therefore I have been working my butt off to get really good grades this semester so I can apply again! I got excepted into Beta Gamma Sigma which is an international honors society :) I was pretty happy to receive that recognition! Enough of school....tomorrow Lincoln, Dewey, Becky and I will be going to the last Jazz game of the season! Should be fun and hope it is worth the drive. Side note...I have been really focusing on keeping up on the dishes. It is really hard to be motivated to scrub dishes by hand (no dishwasher in these apartments). Aaah...it just becomes overwhelming. I am the type of person that loves to clean when I am in the mood. Unfortunately, being in the mood for cleaning hasn't happened as often when my mind is on school. Does anyone have any tips? What do you guys do to de-stress about dishes and just do them?

not another headache...

2011-03-30T18:55:00.000-07:00

Today I went to the doc because I keep having headaches along with tiredness and dizziness. When I lay down for bed at night I feel like I'm spinning. So I make sure that I'm really tired before I go to bed or else I can't get to sleep. After talking to a co-worker about how I have been feeling, she tells me that she had the same syptoms not too long ago and her's was an ear infection. So I made an appointment---got some antibiotics and dizzy pills and can't wait for all of this to be over. A fun thing that has come from all of this is that I got a "headache log app" on my phone :) Yes there is an app for that. So now everytime I have a headache I can log when it happens---syptoms, medication taken, etc---and it will help me figure out when I have the highest frequency of headaches (what time of day, what time of month, etc.) and then it also has the capability to email the results to my doc. Yay. I took an audit quiz today and now I can go lounge on the couch, drink some "choca--nook" (as Kaylin use to call it) and watch my DVRed DWTS, Biggest Loser, American Idol, and America's Next Top Model. Haha--DVR is awesome!

Moab Vacation

2011-03-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

warning: this blog is FULL of pictures! I couldn't help it...for those of you that have been to Moab, it is Beautiful!
So Grandma Downard has a HUGE collection of these 8" dolls---somewhere between 1500 and 2000 of them! Oh but everyone is super cute and everytime I looked at them I found a new one I hadn't noticed before. Robyn and Becky spent most of their time organizing and rearranging the dolls. Grandma Downard got these new shelves to display all of them so they have been working on grouping them. Here are just a few pics.

On March 19th the moon was suppose to be 14% larger and 30% brighter than it has ever been in 19 years. I thought it was pretty neat and was looking forward to seeing it. I even looked up the time of the moonrise in Moab--8:06 p.m.--thanks to my new phone (droidx) I am able to look up fun facts whenever I feel the need :). Come Saturday night, it is cloudy! and we never got to see the moon! A dozen of us took a break from playing cards and stood outside in the wind for half an hour to see nothing ha ha. We could tell it was brighter even though we couldn't see it.

Now for all the pictures of Arches National Park! Oh I just love all these pics and couldn't not share a small portion of them with you :) Balanced Rock...

Kyler, Dewey, and Me

Lincoln humored me and took the picture as if he was holding it.

I believe this is the Organ

Tower of Babel

Three Gossips

Our late engagement picture in Moab :)

Park Avenue Viewpoint

Sheep Rock

Some of the mountains where green and we saw a lot of signs that said "don't step on me, I'm alive"

The Boys

Cove Arch

Lincoln and I standing in North Window

Lincoln with North Window Arch above him

Kyler on the left and Dewey on the right with his arms held out. This was by North Window. I think the boys had fun climbing around.

South Window

This picture is really neat. Can you blame someone for thinking this place is gorgeous!

Aah and our first siting of Delicate Arch! We just went to the viewpoints this time but next time we are going to hike up to it so we can get really close pictures! It is still really amazing even from afar.

The boys found this rock and thought it looked cool to take pictures around. They look like turtles :)

That is the end of the pics. Hope you enjoyed!

Some highlights of the trip...

First night--ate at the Diner with Grandma and Grandpa Downard, Becky, Dewey, Lincoln, Kyler, Me, Robyn, Stacy & Joe & kids.
Walked the shops on mainstreet after dinner. Lincoln bought me three pairs of earings (one pair is actual sterling silver and topaz! love them!), a ring, and nail polish that changes colors in the sun--green to purple.
Played Cards at Stacy and Joe's house
Visited Joe's gas station on I-70 where we got free jerky and our picture on the wall :)
Slept in a house with two cats, took benedryl every night in order to stop sneezing. Oh but those kitties were so cute!
Grandpa Downard made us breakfast both days!
and after 22 years of living in Utah, I finally saw, went to, and enjoyed Moab!

2011-03-07T15:09:00.000-08:00

Went to the Jazz game on Saturday. Emilee made us these t-shirts to wear to the games. The back says SLOAN and the number 23. I really like them :) I was pretty excited that the Jazz won (in overtime) since they have been on a losing streak! It was really fun and looking forward to going again on the 24th!

I saw this wire thing at Ikea and thought it would be really fun to hang my cards from so I can show them off. It was in the little kid section with kid's artwork hanging from it. My craft room is half storage room so I have this one wall to put cute stuff up on. I haven't even hung pictures or anything on it ha ha and since we rent I decide I would stick some holes in the wall just to see how it looks :)
It turned out pretty cool and I really like how it shows off my cards instead of just having them in a pile.

Potato anyone?

2011-02-15T18:29:00.000-08:00

The World's Larget Potato display is set up at Fresh Market in Spanish Fork. Check it out! It goes from tomorrow Wednesday 16th -- Tuesday 22nd. Tomorrow from 2-5 is going to be fun events for kids. and.....10lb bag of potatoes for $0.59!

oh lincoln...

2011-02-10T15:40:00.000-08:00

After two years of marriage I ask Lincoln what color my eyes are (while looking away from him)...

Lincoln: hazel.....green....

This is hilarious for those of you that know my true eye color

oh lincoln...

has anyone else been in situations such as these? :)

A Little Jazz Fun

2011-01-29T18:10:00.000-08:00

Today we went to the Energy's Solution Arena and got a tour of the Jazz locker room. It was a way of suckering us into buying Jazz season tickets again. :) We ended up getting them for next season at half price since we got them so early. It will most likely be our last season living up closer so we decided to go for it. This will be the view from our new seats. Section 13, row 22, lower bowl.

This is the underside of the jumbo tron :)

Reach Lincoln, Reach!

This is Becky sitting on the Jazz bench.

...and this Lincoln on the Jazz bench.

Lincoln ready to check into the game (he loved posing for the pictures)

Becky and Lincoln on the Jazz bench

This is CJ Miles' locker...

This is Paul Millsap's locker...

Becky and Lincoln posing as if they are discussing the game while sitting on the bench :)

We told Lincoln to look like he just won the game....

Then we had him act like D-Will when they lost the game...

This is us on the court :)

This is Williams' locker...notice the cute drawings his kids did for him :)

This is Kirilenko's locker. He has quite a few books in his. We were trying to read the titles but think that maybe they were in russian.

This is just a side view of some of the lockers. It was fun to see what they have in their lockers. Fesenko had some kind of Sci-Fi book. Raja Bell had coffee creamer and cups, and an empty RedBull. Evans wears degree deoderant. It was in D-Will's contract that they redo the locker room. It ended up being twice the size it use to be.

This is Lincoln performing his dream job of Coach.

Becky posing in front of the lockers

Coach Lincoln reporting to the media after the game :) This is his Coach Sloan pose.

It was a really fun day and everyone had a blast! GO JAZZ GO!

I can't go shopping for just one item...

2011-01-22T17:54:00.000-08:00

I called Lincoln and told him that I need some dress pants since it's cold outside and I didn't want to put a skirt on to wear for my presentation at school. So he lets me take his card and says not to get pants that cost a ton! ha ha I had asked a friend from school where she got hers and she said to check out Jcpenney's, affordable and still really nice. These are what I found...I sent this pic from my phone to Lincoln so he could give me an opinion :) Oh and that also was a shirt that I just had to try on! .....as most of you know from the combo of the mall + shopping + me = got to buy the shirt too :) So I got the pants, the shirt, .....oh and another cute shirt...

and these! ha ha you can't buy black dress pants and only own a pair of brown close toe heels. I just needed these to finish the outfit! Plus they are hot!

I call Lincoln as I'm leaving the store and told him I found a great pair of dress pants and the shirt in the picture I ended up getting too......I got home a little later and tried on my outfit to show him. That's when he found out about the other items that I happened to bring home :) He thought I looked good and I told him that being an accountant, these clothes are an investment, future work clothes ;)This is a card I made for my mom. I got the idea from the stampin up magazine and made my own tweaks to it to match what stuff I had at home. I found that my ribbon skills are not very good and stick glue just doesn't work that great! I'm thinking I need some more lessons from the stampin up gals :) This doesn't mean I need phone calls to try and make me sign up for club...but reminder texts or whatever of when you guys meet would be cool. Maybe I can fit a card making session into my schedule.

just hanging out...being sick :(

2011-01-10T16:28:00.000-08:00

So Lincoln woke up in the middle of the night not feeling good at all. His stomach was hurting him and he couldn't lay flat or else it hurt worse. His sickness continued (I will leave the yucky facts out) and Sunday he seemed to be doing better. Last night I woke up at about 3:30 a.m. pucking my guts out. Yep, he passed it on to me :( I have ran to the bathroom many times and have been sleeping the other time. I'm starting to feel a little better; just a headache, most likely caused from being dehydrated. I'm sipping on some gatorade and hopefully I will be able to make it to class tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me. I hate missing class.

On a funner note...Lincoln told me a very awesome fact yesterday. He was helping me button up my pjs and said "I wish the buttons were on the same side as men's" I had no idea what he was talking about. So he told me that women's button-up shirts have the buttons on the left side; whereas, men's button-up shirts have the buttons on the right side! I thought he was joking and he couldn't believe for how much I shop that I didn't know that. So he grabbed one of my shirts and one of his...and it is true! ha ha :) Got to love my smart hubby. He always knows random facts. I tell him I'm book-smart and he is street-smart.

Yay School

2011-01-08T18:56:00.000-08:00

School started on Wednesday. I'm taking five classes this semester and I'm pretty excited to say that this will be my last year in school for my bachelors degree in accounting! (I have my masters to get and then my CPA certification)
I'm taking:
Accounting Information Systems (AIS)
Intermediate Accounting II
Auditing
Career Prep
and
Executive Lecture Series

It should be a challenging but very informational semester. I feel like I'm getting smarter and learning a lot of valuable information for my career, but then I sit back and think about it and there is SO much to know! Props to those that are already accountants!

Final Grades

2010-12-22T09:34:00.000-08:00

Yay! Final Grades day finally came. This is the day that decided whether I had to rearrange my classes for next semester :( or not :) I was really nervous about this semester's grades. It was really tough! But I pulled three A's and two B's Congrats to me ha ha Now I can relax till January 5th !!!!!!!!!

It;s gonna be a long one...

2010-12-13T15:04:00.000-08:00

So instead of posting when something happens, I tend to gather pictures and then blog (usually once a month) what we have been up to...so here it goes...
First of all...Kaylin you make me smile :) I was looking through my phone and just had to put this cute pic up for all of you to see! (this was taken awhile ago, so she is bigger than this now)
On December 8th, Lincoln and I went to the Jazz vs. Heat game. If any of you watch basketball then this poster will be funny to you :) We went to the game early and got Matt Harpring's autograph on Lincoln's basketball. They snapped a shot of our poster and it ended up on TV! Pretty sweet. Then a lady with the Jazz asked Lincoln if he would like to go down on the court during the game. He agreed, duh! and after the 1st quarter he was down on the court with two other people to try and win a chevron gas card. He didn't win but I could tell by his huge smile that it was still worth it! The game was really fun, although the jazz lost. We had a blast on our little "date" night.

On Thanksgiving Dewey and Lincoln were messing around, as usual. and Lincoln rolled his ankle. We thought it was broke since he couldn't put any pressure on it and it swelled immediately! So we took him into the e.r. that evening :) These pictures are of his leg/ankle/foot about two weeks later...He had a brace to put on it and the blood seemed to pool right above the brace, hence the black and blue above the ankle and not on the ankle. Also his toes turned black and blue! Looks really nasty but he was able to play a good game of basketball the other day with his buddies, so I'm thinking it is healing good.

eew man feet!

As you may have noticed, the further you read the further back in time you go...the pictures upload this way and I forgot until after I loaded them...oh well.

These are some cards I made to swap at cousin's sleepover. This was a really fun idea and I hope we do it again next year.

So I dragged Lincoln to the Barnum and Bailey Circus this year! ha ha. I'm glad he will humor me :) I haven't been since I was little and I always remember it as being super fun! which it still is...Here are a few pictures. Enjoy!

The elephants

The motorcycle guys! This is just mind boggling to me...I would most likely wreck :)

The tigers were super neat!

Sorry for such a long post. I will work on blogging more often with seperate blogs for the things we do.

I have finished three of my finals and have two more to go! Then I can mark another semester off my list. I'm getting super close to graduating so if any of you out there need an accountant, I will be up for hire soon ;)

I (still) DO

2010-11-17T20:09:00.000-08:00

It was our anniversary on Monday. We spent the day in SLC and went to the Jazz game! Then stayed overnight at Little America. It was really nice to spend some time with my honey and think about the days we have spent together for the last two years. It has been a really good and fun two years. I love my man! :)

Got these cute panties FREE from Victoria's Secret since it was our anniversary Just a couple wedding pictures. Aaah that was such an awesome day!

Happy Anniversary baby, hope your pneumonia goes away soon :)

update

2010-10-20T16:48:00.001-07:00

It has been two and a half weeks since I posted so I thought I would post to update you on what I have been up to.
Loving my nook. I downloaded a lot of free samples of top selling books, it downloads about 20-30 pages of the book, depending on how long the book is. So it gives you an idea of what the book is about and the style of writing. Sometimes authors have awesome ideas but for me, it comes down to the writing style :) I recently downloaded my first book that I paid for! ha ha. It is called Breaking Night by Liz Murray. I read Glass Castle and this book has sort of the same idea (an author who had a rough life but was able to excell in their life! I'm so impressed by these authors...these ladies rock!) If you haven't read the Glass Castle, you should! It is a very interesting story. My father-in-law really liked it too, so it appeals to a wide demographic.

In my geography class we are learning about Central Asia, East Asia, and most recently southern asia. Specifically, India and Hinduism. The class is very neat. It is more of a cultural/behavioral geography class. We talk about the where, why, when, etc...of different countries. I have a report to write about Nepal and then also a short presentation for class on Vietnam.

In my marketing class we are discussing pricing. The why, how, and when's to pricing your product. (price skimming, penetration pricing, bundle pricing, discount pricing, etc...) And, as always, we have a project to find these types of pricing in our everyday shopping around.

In my cost accounting class we are discussing Product and Service Costing: Job Order Systems and Process Costing. We will be having an Exam on this next week. It is pretty tough stuff but it is starting to make sense :)

In my intermediate accounting class we just got done talking about cash flow statements. He has gave us two quizzes on this chapter! The first one gave us the balance sheet and income sheet and we had to come up with the cash flow statement. The second one we did today, gave us the balance sheet and cash flow statement (direct method) and we had to come up with the income statement. Ten seconds before time was up on the quiz, I realized I forgot to take out depreciation expense! Oh I'm so mad...I totally could have had it completely correct! Grrr...

In my operations management class we are discussing Lean systems. It seems to me to be a system that you would impliment if you had a factory or assembly line type of process. It is a way of decreasing inventory, decreasing defects, and other costs that effect your process.

anyways, that is school stuff, which makes up the majority of my time :)

I found out today that the Fresh Market on parkway in Orem is shutting down, along with two other in SLC....I only got the gossip end of this but when I here more about it, I will let y'all know. It looks like the Fresh Market that I work at is doing fine and won't be shutting down. We are still pulling profits! yay!

Since work is pretty much another large part of my life, I will post about that.... I am a front end cashier (as most of you know), recently I have been trained over at the customer service desk and have had added responsibilities, such as moneygrams/moneyorders and also, doing the ordering for customer service. I'm really liking the extra responsibilities and I really enjoy being able to help customers! I know that sounds really weird but I am a people person and enjoy making our customers happy so that they will return to shop at our store. Being a cashier, you aren't really able to discuss problems or help a customer find items (since you are stuck in the register and usually have a line). So being over at the customer service desk makes it so much easier to help others.

The other night, a lady called and was really upset that the phone number for Fresh Market is not in the phone book. I looked through the one we have at work and it is true, no phone number for us :) So she vented to me for a good five minutes about the trouble she went through to get our number. I believe that some employees would have not wanted to talk to her but I was able to just listen to what she had to say, make a note for upper management about the problem, and she felt much better after our discussion. Oh poor lady! I would have been upset too! I hate looking up phone numbers for businesses too :)

Besides work and school, I spend my time with Lincoln! I love my cute husband! He has been super awesome lately...he cleaned the whole house, including the bathroom and dishes. I was so proud and super happy to come home from school and not have to worry about housework. He also made dinner that whole weekend and breakfast! It has been a long time since I have been waited on ha ha and oh it felt SOOO good! (if any of you husbands read my blog, take some tips from Lincoln and try this sometime ;) your wives will really appreciate it!) He also took me to Chilis for lunch and SHOPPING! (a girl's favorite activity) He spent a good amount of money on bras and panties at victoria's secret for me! As some of you know, I am in need of some new, larger bras :) he he And Lincoln has been telling me lately that I wear boring thongs ha ha (my friend asked me how a thong can be boring, but I guess it is possible) so I made him pick out the non-boring ones...apparently he just wanted some color. He picked some pink, some blue, some purple, some polkadot, etc... It was a really good weekend and I hope that husband comes back next weekend :)

That pretty much is (a novel) what I have been up to lately. I'm heading off to a cooking class all my friends and I hold once a week, a little bit of girl time for each of us. We are going to make a fancy version of BLT's tonight. Pretty excited...post to you later or ptyl :)

nook

2010-10-04T18:41:00.000-07:00

I purchased my very own nook over the weekend! Oh I was very excited! The nook is an ebook reader..which means that you can download books onto this small device and read books wherever you are. There are over one million titles and you can sample any ebook for Free. Most ebooks are $9.99 or less. You can lend ebooks with friends for Free. The nook is also capable of audio books as well. There are speakers on the bottom to listen and also a headphones plug-in. The Nook also has the internet (at Wi-Fi hotspots), is capable of downloading newspapers, and magazines. You can also download pdf documents onto it.

The top reasons I have really wanted one of these is, first and foremost, I can download my textbooks for school onto them :) Are you thinking what I'm thinking?......no more huge, heavy, awkward textbooks to carry around campus! And another reason is because I have really learned to love reading and this device gives me a chance to read most anything wherever and whenever I choose to read.

There are many ebooks out there that are free and I have downloaded a few that seemed interesting. The Nook is made by Barnes and Noble. Today I went into Barnes and Noble and was able to read a book for Free! They give you an hour a day to read any book for free through your nook. So I took an hour to relax, sip some pumpkin spice latte, and read the first 70 pages of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. By visiting the store and taking in some reading time whenever I'm in Orem, I can read this book for free. Also, on Fridays Barnes and Nobles has a list of books that you are able to download for free. It is usually a top seller, too! I'm excited for Friday to go in and see what ebook they have :)

So far I have only downloaded free stuff, but eventually I know there will be a book I will purchase because I can't wait to read it.

Thanks so much to Dick and Lincoln for buying my nook for me! It will get lots of use, I'm sure of it :)

p.s. take the survey from the post below (ends friday)

marketing class

2010-10-04T14:59:00.001-07:00

For my marketing class, a group of us have to come up with a new product idea...we have come up with a survey. Whomever reads my blog, will you please take it :)
http://surveymonkey.com/s/HZJNG3T
Thanks

DVR

2010-09-22T20:18:00.001-07:00

I just read Emily's blog and she posted the shows she watches each day. I had just mentioned to Lincoln the shows that I record on our DVR so I will share those with you :)

MONDAY & TUESDAY

Dancing with the Stars

I really like Maksim, Anna, and Derek....I'm not really into any of the stars this year but it should be fun to watch the pros.

TUESDAY

I use to like watching the Biggest Loser and excercising during the commercials :)

but now we have DVR which means no more exercising ha ha. (my bad) :)
WEDNESDAY
Oh I have always loved watching Next Top Model! It is just fabulous! if only I was tall...

THURSDAY

Project Runway is awesome! If you love shopping and fashion then you would also love this show. I'm so impressed with what people come up with. I wish I had the skills to make my clothes instead of searching the stores forever to find exactly what I want. Watch this one!

Mondo is one of the designers and I love, love, love this outfit he made on episode 8!

Oh I wish I was wearing this right now :)

Hope y'all enjoyed.

p.s. I'm slowly working through all the homework and quizzes and exams. Thanks to those that posted comments and encouragement for me. It really helped out a lot! With all this stress I noticed I'm a lot more emotional and, yes, I got a little teary-eyed noticing how much people have my back :) Thanks Guys--love you all!

What a Mess

2010-09-14T20:25:00.000-07:00

I had a complete come apart today...complete mess! Wow my schedule is packed...school, work, life, etc... I just couldn't take all the stress today and so I just cried to my honey! (literally for like an hour) UGH!
So I decided to update (em told me to on her blog) This is my life in a list for the next week:

Accounting Homework
other Accounting class homework
a marketing paper
an Accounting Exam
a Power Point on the geography and culture of Switzerland
a geography Exam
reading of all the chapters for the exams
a wedding reception
an Assembly
the circus on Sept 24th! (this is a de-stressor)
work
cleaning
eating
sleeping
etc....

I decided that time is very valuable! and life is very stressful! When in highschool and living at home, I was able to do everything! and I mean everything! I now live in a stress bubble that I can't seem to tear out of....I set the bar high for myself in my highschool days, so it tears me apart to not be able to have everything perfect now! For those of you who are close to me, you know how I am about having everything done perfect and on time...grrr If only I was a more free-spirited person...

If anyone has ideas on how to de-stress, let me know :) :( or people who want to do some homework :)

{deep breath}

and

{another deep breath}

Wow, school started..

2010-08-26T10:00:00.000-07:00

already! Yesterday was my first day. I have been stressed about this semester; I have five classes, which means five books, which added up to $776.00!....Yeah that is what I thought!
After a little plastic money I have been able to try and put that behind me. My classes are:
Survey of World Geography
Operations Management
Cost Accounting
Intermediate Accounting
Principles of Marketing
It should be an exciting semester. After yesterday I realized that a lot of my assignments and homework will be group/team projects. I will update later on how I feel about that. Right now, I'm a little if-fy...
I'm keeping a positive attitude and looking forward to getting another semester finished.

Lagoon

2010-08-08T10:58:00.000-07:00

Kati, Jordan, and Ethan came to visit us for a couple of days and we decided to take a Lagoon trip! It was a lot of fun...we rode Wicked, the Spider, the train, the swings, the Samurai and others. I really liked the Samurai!
Lincoln really wanted us to get our pictures done at Pioneer Village. His parents have a picture of them around our age when they went so we thought it would be a fun keepsake to get ours done. These are the two pics we got. They turned out really cute and it was a lot of fun to dress-up! Love my sexy cowboy :)
The flash in the middle is because I took a picture of the picture :)

We didn't take a whole lot of pictures and I was really sad to notice that this is the only pic with Kati in it (sorry girl)...and it's only half her head!

Lincoln took this pic of Jordan and I before we got onto Wicked. I was super nervous to get on this ride but after doing it, I would definitely ride it again!

Oh you all should have seen Lincoln with Ethan! They were two pees in a pod...super cute to watch Lincoln play with the little guy. Lincoln would put Ethan on his shoulders as we walked around the park and they kept giving each other high-fives :)

let's glue this together...

2010-07-29T10:31:00.000-07:00

...tuesday, my day off, I decided to go visit my mom. She came up with the idea to sew my cousin's block quilt together. [A bunch of us cousins one "cousin's sleepover" decided to put together a quilt which included a block created from each individual cousin.] This was a very fun idea and two years later (i believe that's when we did it), I'm finally putting the blocks together and making the quilt! Since everyone has different tastes when it came to fabric, I had many shades of colors and many different designs. I layed out the quilt and knew it was suppose to be random but I wanted to bring some order to the wide variety. so....my quilt is organized with the bright colors on one end and fades into the duller, lighter colors :) I thought I was very creative with this pattern, that when I get to tieing it I want to start with a bright color on one end and a duller color for the other end. My quilt is definitely going to have some personality! I can't wait to see Aunt L's face when she sees my crazy idea :)
...after laying out my quilt, I tell my mom, "let's glue this together and then put the border on..." We had a good laugh with that one. Apparently I don't sew very often and thought we could glue it ;) Also, I had some troubles with keeping an eye on the four corner blocks. When I was in Oak City a little while back...I remember Aunt L saying, "where is your fourth block?" On that day I remember looking through the bag I kept the quilt in and finally found it. So the morning before leaving my house to travel to my mom's, I counted them to make sure I had all four. I did. but as we proceeded to put the border together, I could not find that fourth block! I know that it had travelled with me so it had to be here somewhere...after some good laughs and jokes about that block not wanting to be sewn, I found it in the laundry room...I can only guess that it must have stuck to me on my way to do laundry :) and it only gets funnier....as we are sewing the border together [since everyone sews different and measures different] we ended up not really needing that block anyways because of the way it lined up. My mom thought we should cut one of the edges and make the block line up like it is suppose to but after all the trouble we went through with this block, I decided to leave it so that I will always have the funny memory.
You could think of this quilt as a symbol of all of us cousins. We all have different personalities, reflect different colors, live our lives in different patterns, and when we attempt to mesh together, some of us contrast each other while others clash. But all-in-all we are able to "make a beautiful and whole quilt" of our lives even if we don't come together perfectly...

Trip to Oak City

2010-06-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

My mom and I decided to tie our cousins quilt...so we drove up to Aunt L's to do so. We made sure to have tuna sandwiches for lunch (thanks to G-ma's traditional tieing afternoons). It was a really fun day and I'm glad we get together every once-in-awhile to continue the quilt tradition. My g-ma had some really great skills at piecing quilts together...not sure if I would ever be able to do the same :) but I'm not really practicing either....yet...
Oh cute Kaylin! She was spending time with grammy that weekend because Bobbie just had her babies! So we got to play with her that day. She was a good little helper.
Lincoln and I spent that evening up Fillmore canyon. It was really nice to just relax around the camp fire. My version of camping is spend the day, maybe hike, roast hotdogs and mellows, then go home :) ha ha Not really into getting dirty and sleeping in a tent. Oh but smores are so so so good! We made them the easy way.... Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

The Moral of the Story...

2010-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:00

Don't attempt to cake decorate during PMS week :)

card making

2010-06-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

I made this card for my mom and thought I would just post a picture of it :) I found these little flowers at Joann's and just had to have them...and then I had to make a card to put them on.

Bobbie's Diaper Party

2010-05-24T11:25:00.000-07:00

So it has been awhile since this party actually happened, but I thought that pictures should be posted anyways :) My mom and I planned a diaper party for Bobbie and her twins! It was a blast! We had an amazing show up...plenty of friends and family came to support Bobbie.

Here are a few pics from the party....

Kaylin just had to help mom open the gifts. Before the party started and I was setting up, Kaylin kept saying that we were having a birthday party and insisted on wearing her party hat. (although she didn't wear it for long cuz mommy had put her hair in cute piggy-tails)

It's not a party unless you have people!

...and dirty diapers :) My mom came up with this game where you melt different candy bars in diapers and then guess what candy bar it was. It was a lot of fun and made a few people gag. We did the game right after I had got them out of the microwave so the diapers were gooey and warm...just like a dirty baby diaper :)

It's also not a party unless you have all the cute little ones...

...you also need the decorations. I love how it all turned out!

CONGRATULATIONS BOBBIE!

Color Me Mine

2010-05-12T18:30:00.000-07:00

A group of us girls went to Color Me Mine in Provo today. It is a pottery place where you pick out your own pottery, paint it, and then they cook and finish it for you. We had so much fun! It really brought out all of our creative sides. This was definitely a good idea for a girl's day out!
This is Jerrica and Courtney starting out with their pottery.
This is Kaybri...she did a mug which turned out really cute! She wrote on it "a cup of Kaybri" I just love her personality and it showed in her piece.

This is Courtney's coffee mug...she did this really amazing tree! I loved it and think she has a really artistic side.

Kaybri and I

This is Hannah working on her Viking...she was inspired by the movie How to Train Your Dragon, so she did this amazing viking dude! Love it!

Kaybri and her amazing mug! I love the colors she used and the inside was super awesome!

Courtney and Hannah

Jerrica working on her plate. She was inspired by her love for her husband! They are just so happy together and you can tell because she is always thinking about him! Super cute idea! She had to make sure her lines where perfect. ha ha. silly girl :)

Me being a goober :) Do you like my dip bowls!?

These are my dip bowls almost finished. They have to be cooked and then we can pick them up on Monday!

Kaybri putting the finishing touches on her mug.

Oh Jer! Got to love her faces! This is her plate almost finished...got to be cooked. Tribute to Jeffers :)

Courtney and her amazing artist skills...look at that tree :)

Hannah and her viking. This guy is just so adorable. I don't think that was what she was going for but I just can't get enough of how well done he is! Great job Hannah! You got mad skills :)

The End. What a fun day! I'm really glad for the girls planning this day. I had a lot of fun!

fun card making

2010-05-06T21:42:00.000-07:00

It's Lincoln's sister Emilee's graduation from the University of Utah tomorrow so I made this really cute card for her! Oh I just love how it turned out! These owls just make me giggle. Hope you all love it too :) Now that it is summer and no school for the summer, means time for card making and reading and shopping and family time......and Bobbie's twins! ha ha Super excited for them to come!

Kati & Jordan's Wedding

2010-05-02T07:56:00.000-07:00

Kati & Jordan got married last night! Oh they are just so cute! I was a bridesmaid so I got to hang out all night at this gorgeous reception. Her color pick was super fun and everyone looked so pretty, especially Kati! Lincoln came with and was very helpful with taking pictures. He also helped out a lot in the kitchen, putting all the plates together. He has mad skills :)

Kati & Jordan

Forever and Always

Kati & I

BFF's :)
Lincoln & his Kitchen Girlfriends
He spent so much time in the kitchen with these two, just having a grand time, that I just had to tease him about his "kitchen girlfriends" What a stud!

Lincoln was trying to get a picture of Tate but he kept running away, so this is a pic of no Tate, but you can see the cake and pics on the wall and the cute orange bowties.

This is me...and the beautiful bouqette!

Oh baby Ethan! (Kati & now Jordan's little guy) along with Kati's brother Bradley and Kati's friend/bridesmaid Allie.

Lincoln & I...remembering the good '0le days

Another pic of the beautiful Bride & handsom Groom

This is Tate! He finally posed for Lincoln. He is 1 of 3 of Jodi's (Kati's sister) kids.

Cutting the Cake!

Kati & Jordan are honeymooning on St. George Island, Florida. Kati kept telling us she was going from St. George to St. George :) Way fun! I'm super happy for these two and so glad that Kati found such an amazing guy to take care of her and Ethan! They are so great together! Congratulations Kati & Jordan & Ethan!

Organizing and Haircuts...

2010-04-11T19:05:00.000-07:00

I bought this ribbon rack from Tiff Evans....her dad made her one and I just had to get one too! I put all my ribbon on it and got excited because I have three more rods to fill! ha ha Thanks Tiff for the cute storage idea.
I went to Ikea (if you haven't been you should) and saw these way fun magazine racks! I have been looking for something more stylish instead of stacking them in a pile, and this seemed to work :) I can't wait to have my own place so I won't have cream walls behind my awesome white magazine holders ha ha

Lincoln and I were in needs of haircuts. I think it had been since November the last time we got our hair done. I went with some bangs and highlights...I love it! I sent this pic to lincoln the day I got it done and decided it would be okay for the blog :)

This is Lincoln's buzz I did myself. Men have it easy...just buzz it off :)

School is almost Done!

2010-03-24T09:12:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went and talked with my advisor and found out that I will be graduating with a Bachelors in Accounting in just three semesters! I was so so excited so I went home and mapped out the next 1-1/2 years of my life up north :) Our plans after I finish school are to move back to Delta and hopefully get a job out at the powerplant in the accounting department. Yay! My grown up life is about to begin. This is what my schedule looks like...
Fall 2010
Acc 3010--intermediate accounting I
Acc 3300--cost accounting
Mgmt 3450--operations mgmt
Mgmt 3600--Principles of Marketing
---an elective of my choice
Spring 2011
Acc 3020--Intermediate accounting II
Acc 3510--Accounting Informations Systems
Acc 4110--Auditing
Mgmt 3890--Career Prep
Mgmt 495R--Executive Lecture Series
Fall 2011
Acc 4020--Advanced Financial Accounting
Acc 4420--Corporate Tax
Mgmt 4800--Strategic mgmt
Mgmt 4830--Strategic mgmt Capstone Simulation
--an elective of my choice

It will be tough but I'm ready to learn, learn, learn!

Spring Cleaning

2010-03-20T11:40:00.001-07:00

I went through my clothes today and pulled out those shirts, pants, shoes, etc...that don't fit. If anyone is interested in looking through them before I take them to DI, let me know :)

Dang Weather

2010-03-11T19:04:00.000-08:00

So this is one of my new skirts I got from AE...got to wear it for one day in St. George! Yay! Then got back here and put on my coat :) Oh goodness. Come on summer...I'm ready! (by the way those aren't my legs...I will keep dreaming ha ha)

A week of experiences

2010-03-10T14:18:00.000-08:00

*added to random g-ma thoughts
A lot has happened in this last week!
Thursday I drive to Fillmore after school, hop in the car with Lincoln and Russel (lincoln's coworker) and we all headed south. It was snowing from Fillmore to Beaver. As we are driving there is a little toyota truck that started fish-tailing on the slick road. Nuts! He was able to control the truck but I'm sure they peed a little :) Super Scarey. We dropped off Russel at his in-laws place and Lincoln and I headed to Mesquite. It was really fun to just hang out with my hubby. We needed a little time away but together (ha ha that was corney). We only lost about $100 so not too bad of a trip.

Friday morning we headed to St. George. Kati had her bridal shower that evening so until then, Lincoln and I just hung out and went shopping around. I walked into the hotel to check in (we had booked online) the lady said that our name wasn't in their system. So I showed them my receipt and they said, "this is Comfort Suites not Comfort Inn." Woops..wrong side of the freeway :) We did make it to the right hotel and it was a great room! Definitely would stay there again.

Kati's bridal shower was tons of fun! I got here a little candy jar full of "fun stuff" and she got a lot of other fun stuff from friends and family. Her little man is growing up so big! It was a blast seeing that whole family again. Love those guys!

Saturday was really windy and rained a little but that didn't stop us from going shopping! Kati and I hit the outlets and ate at Iggy's. I had such a fun time and love hanging out with Kati! Oh I wish you lived closer...or we lived closer :)

Sunday we headed home...Lincoln took Monday off, vacation from vacation is what he said. Silly man. I had a test that day so I spent the time studying. Lincoln left about ten that night and around ten thirty I get a call from him...He popped a tire and is stuck on the freeway, a mile away from the last Nephi exit. Oh man! I was so bummed for him and was glad to go rescue him. Thirty minutes later I was in Nephi pulling up behind the Challenger and two police vehicles. They were making sure everything was ok. After they took off we waited for the wrecker to come get our poor car :( and waited...and waited...then a phone call. Lincoln had told him the wrong exit so the wrecker had to backtrack. Woops. The wrecker showed up, loaded the car, took it to a tire place in Nephi, and about 12:30 we got a slurpee at 7-11 and headed back to Spanish Fork! It was definitely a long night but everything worked out.
Tuesdy, the next day, I had school till four. After, we headed to Nephi to get Lincoln's car...if anyone happened to notice, it snowed Tuesday...a lot! I had volleyball in Fillmore so we both headed. It was a 30-40 mph, one-lane freeway, covered in snow. Crazy ride home but we made it in one piece.
I wonder what this next week will bring....

tis the season...

2010-02-27T13:09:00.000-08:00

This time of year in Utah is certainly the weirdest. A little rain here, maybe a little snow here, oh and lets add in some sunlight here. :) This is the time of year when you turn your AC on during the day and heater blasting when the sun goes down. Many people love the beginning of Spring but for me it's just a confusing time.
You walk through department stores and see cute skirts, tanktops, and swim suits! Oh but then you walk outside in your boots, coat, and umberella. This time of year really pulls at my style ideas. I spend extra amounts of time standing in front of my closet wondering what to wear today! I purchased these super cute skirts at American Eagle but just can't seem to stay warm long enough to wear them around outside yet! And the tights style is still hard for me to get right Ha Ha.
I had these random thoughts on my way to Orem today to take a test....in my sweater, jeans, and slippers (I find it valuable to be comfortable while taking a test...this means no style intended). And I can't wait to spend next weekend in St. George where I'm hoping it's warm enough to wear my new skirts!
Bring on the Summer :)

afternoon card making

2010-02-22T18:29:00.000-08:00

Thanks to attending Bobbie's Stampin Up party, Emilee taught us how to do this quick and easy layout for cards :) The heart one on the far right is the one we put together at the party and I made the other two today. Super Cute!

Cupcakes...Again!

2010-02-18T19:18:00.001-08:00

Jerrica and I made cupcakes last night :) we were up to midnight having a blast. We put in the movie Julie and Julia, but ended up talking and making cupcakes instead! I did watch the movie just barely and it is really cute. It is one of those inspirational chick flicks...kind of like after watching Chocolat, Becoming Jane, or Last Chance Harvey. Maybe you guys have seen similar movies and understand what I'm talking about. By the way, I really like those movies I mentioned :)
Anyways...

these cupcakes are super duper cute. We made the little bees (yes that is what they are) with yellow jelly beans, wrapped with tootsie roll for the stripes and white spice drops for the wings. If you have been in the grocery store lately you may have seen the Family Circle magazine, these are the featured cupcakes on the cover. They aren't perfect but I believe we did a darn good job. Especially for these being my second batch of cupcakes I have ever decorated :) We continued our creativeness by adding little sprinkles behind the bees as if it's their little "buzz" path, I guess you would call it. And the random flowers were made out of the other colors of spice drops.

Now that I have decorated ladybug cupcakes and now bee cupcakes, I only have orange, white, black, and green jelly beans left :) What to do next.......................

*added a thought to the side bar

Harlem Globetrotters

2010-02-11T18:16:00.001-08:00

I bought tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters on Monday, February 8th. I asked on Smithtix for the best seats available and we got section 19 (courtside) seats 17 and 18, and row B. I was nervous about the whole "row B" thing. We have Jazz season tickets and we have never heard of this row B. :) It ended up being the second row from the court! As you can tell by how close we are to the players. This show/b-ball game was really fun. These guys are great and very talented! Everyone should take the opportunity to see them live. I posted two pics but you really have to see these guys in motion to really understand. so I will put a few videos too :P

Bridal Pics....a year later

2010-01-14T20:26:00.000-08:00

I still fit into my wedding dress after a year! Super happy about that :)

Kristen Hakes needed a model to help out with her photography portfolio, so I decided to help out. She did a great job! Anyone that wants to volunteer, I'm sure she would be glad to have you help her out too. Check out her blog...there is a link on my blog list on the lefthand side or just click on the hyperlink.

Jazz Game

2010-01-05T13:16:00.001-08:00

We went to the Utah Jazz vs Denver Nuggets game on Saturday the 2nd. Our party included Lincoln's gma Mary Downard and gpa Downard, Becky, Dewey, Lincoln and Me, Em and Nic, Becky's sister Cece and her husband and kids, and also Becky's brother Joe and Stacy with their kids. (sorry I didn't remember everyone's names. It was the first time for me to meet this side of the family)
Before the game, Dewey and his cousins went to the Jazz's warm-up during the day and got alot of autographs as they left practice. They were staying at Little America, which is across the street from the Grand American hotel where Denver Nuggets were staying, so they all ran over there, too, to get autographs from those players. They all had a blast even before the game started :)
Our fabulous night started with a dinner hosted by the energy solutions arena. The dinner room was set up for our party of 22, and was postitioned between the player's family's room, the press room, and also the opposing team's locker room. So you could say we were the center of attention :) While eating, Deron Williams walked by our room, Lincoln asked for his autograph and D-Will said politely, "not right now". Lincoln was pretty bummed but we will keep trying for his "John Hancock". Also, Brewer ran by twice and gave Dewey a high-five the first time and nuckles the next. Dewey was the only one he acknowledged. :)
One of Joe and Stacy's sons had an allergic reaction to something he ate. His face broke out in a rash but he was breathing fine. So while in the tunnel, the E.M.T. had to run over to help out. Turns out that I had a Benadryl in my purse so I actually was his rescuer ha ha
The next step of our awesome night would have to be my all time favorite! For anyone that has gone to a basketball game, you know that the players have a warm up before the game starts where they shoot around. Well....we got to stand in a line while the players came out on the floor and give them all high-fives and 'go-fight-win's! It was way fun to see them all that close up. What was really funny is that most of them held their hands in fists and all stiff like they didn't want all us crazy hicks to touch them. Ha Ha. Loved It!
Lincoln's gma bought the family tickets, row 16, 18, and 19 behind the hoop in lower bowl. And then gma and gpa got row 6 tickets! Since we have season tickets, we put our seats up for sale. They didn't end up saling so during the first quarter I ran up to the upper bowl and found a cute couple to bring down to the lower bowl! It was way fun to surprise strangers like that! My friend Sammi was there also at the game. I haven't seen her since her wedding so that was really good to see her.
Here are a few pics of our night...

Dewey and Lincoln

Lincoln in his D-Will Illinois Jersey (he played there in college) and his cute grandma!

The Jazz Bear cheering on the fans.

Go Jazz!

This is where our seats were positioned

Cupcakes

2009-12-29T18:31:00.000-08:00

Oh my goodness! look how cute these are :) Becky had a cupcake book that has all different ideas and I just had to make these little 'ladybugs in the grass' ones. This was my first time using a tip to decorate and I think I did an okay job. The ladybugs are jellybeans and then I used black gel to make the dots. Lincoln thought they were cute but he wanted one with just frosting. He grabbed one and told me to take the ladybug off. ha ha silly boy

--Another Card--

2009-12-18T16:10:00.000-08:00

Just made this card today for my mom...I haven't sent it to her yet though :) I saw this layout in a book and wan't to try it with what I had at home. I used the "Puns from the Past" stamp set. The card says--Sew glad we're friends--

Friendship

2009-12-12T17:21:00.000-08:00

I made this "friendship" card today. It turned out pretty cute. You untie the bow to open the card. Also, I stamped the girl, boy, and tree with versamark and used embossing powder to cover them; then, finished with my heat tool. I really like the look it makes, almost like you are using a different kind of ink.

A new recipe

2009-12-12T14:48:00.000-08:00

I made this dip today in my crockpot and it turned out really yummy! So I decided to post the recipe for all of you :)

Spinach and Artichoke Dip

2-8 oz. packages of cream cheese, (softened)

3/4 cup half and half

1 tbs. onion, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, grated

1-10 oz. bag frozen cut spinach, thawed and well drained

1-13 oz. can quartered artichoke hearts, rinsed, drained and chopped

2/3 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

Combine the cream cheese and half and half in a bowl until well blended. Add the remaining ingredients and stir well. Pour the mixture into the crock-pot slow cooker; cook on High for 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until warm.

Recommened Unit Size: 2-4 Quarts

For the Love of Reading

2009-11-28T18:44:00.000-08:00

Lincoln brought to my attention today that I seem to be always reading something. So I thought about it and listed the books that I currently am reading out of...

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing--for intro to lit class
Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle
Tony Hillerman's Skeleton Man
Western Wind--poetry for Intro to Lit class
Statistical Techniques in business and economics--for Stats class
Macroeconomics--for Macro class
News papers and articles about Parking at Universities--for Business Writing class

The range of books is definitely due to school.

The second and third books are entertainment books not required for school. The Glass Castle I got from a friend that was reading it at work so I asked her if I could read it after she was done. The back of the book says,

It is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who abhorred the idea of domesticity and didn't want the responsibility of raising a family. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

The back of Skeleton Man says,

Former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is coming out of retirement to help exonerate a slow, simple kid accused of robbing a trading post. Billy Tuve claims he received the diamond he tried to pawn from a mysterious old man in the canyon, and his story has attracted the dangerous attention of strangers to the Navajo lands--one more interested in a severed limb than in the fortune it was handcuffed to; another willing to murder to keep lost secrets hidden. But nature herself may prove the deadliest adversary, as Leaphorn and Sergeant Jim Chee follow a puzzle--and a killer--down into the dark realm of Skeleton Man.

I really like both of these books and have read a Tony Hillerman book before. He is a very entertaining writing in the criminal investigation along with Native American writing. Shakespeare is very interesting but definitely rewarding to read. He really has a way with his words--you know what I mean if you have read his literature before. Then there is poetry for Lit class; I'm struggling with actually enjoying it but I think my understanding of it is slowing coming to.

The next books are not so entertaining but are very interesting :) Stats is enjoyable to me because it has to do with a lot of math--which I like. Macroeconomics is not my favorite but has to be learned. And I have a paper due on Parking Permits at Universities so I'm reading about that.

My mom has been reading a lot also. I hope to read the books she has read when I have my summer break from school. I never read very often in my earlier years but I am really enjoying it lately. Give it a try! :) and if you have any suggestions on books you have read or are reading, I would love to hear about them.

Disneyland Trip '09

2009-11-21T12:50:00.000-08:00

We just got back from Disneyland. It was a lot of fun. It's easier just to post our pictures instead of trying to describe the whole trip :) This year our crew was Dick, Becky, Dewey, Kyler, Tag, Dacin, Lincoln, and I.

I took the first two pictures at TommorrowLand in the Future House. It's a place where they have the latest in technology and inventions. The first level is a depiction of a house that has a lot of neat technology--flat screen control panel for your house to control temperature, lighting, music, etc. for each individual room and also other neat things throughout the house. The second level is just games---x-box games, interactive games (a projection of the screen on the floor is the actual game), and kiosks with information on upcoming new technology. We also went to a show about ASIMO the most advanced humanoid robot created by honda. This robot was really neat. It can go up and down stairs, balance on one foot, and actually run! (while running the robot has both feet off the ground!)

Your never to old to enjoy a good video game! :) Look at Dick and Becky go One of the rides we went on was a canoe. Everyone in the boat had to paddle to get it to go instead of just riding it. It was really fun. Becky kept looking around at stuff while we went around the river and couldn't continue paddling. She can't paddle and look at the same time. It was really funny.

Here is our crew right before getting on Splash Mountain. (LtoR) Dewey, Dacin, Kyler, Tag, Me, Becky, and Lincoln.
Lincoln and his mommy :) They couldn't get a perfect picture so we had to keep taking them over and over. One would close their eyes or the other wouldn't be looking. Crazy people. But we finally got a good one. cheeeeese....

The boys....what an adventure with these ones :)

Dick and Becky.

Ooh! Husband and Wife of 1 year

I bought these running shoes awhile back and Becky went and got her some too, so we both wore ours to disneyland. Thanks goodness for good shoes when walking all day.

This picture was taken on the teacups. The platform your cup is on spins and you can also spin your individual cup. With lincoln in with us, we definitely were way dizzy when we were done.

It was dark when I took this picture. At Califonia Adventures they do a fun parade with different floats with the characters from different movies. This one is UP...You can see Doug, the dog, on the back of this float. That show is so super cute!

This picture was taken late. Becky and I chuckled a little---

Award Wieners, best wieners in a supporting bun.

They were actually pretty yummy. Funny sign...:)

This is the backside of Goofy...

The boys on the streets of California Adventures. This was right before we went on the Ferriswheel. Dewey was super scared...we aren't sure why. He rode with Dick and Becky and the rest of us went in a different bucket. The buckets are like cages and you can swing them around while the ferriswheel goes around. It was actually really scary to ride with the boys, because they made it rock a lot!

The next few pictures are from ToonTown...a cute little cartoon depiction of Mickey and Minnie's neighborhood. I really like taking pictures here.

Dick fixing the flat tire...

My favorite ride of all...Toy Story! This is us with our 3d glasses on, ready for the game. Tag won the first game and I won the second out of our group of people.

These are the pictures from our camera. When Becky gets me their pics I will probably post a few more. Oh, we just love Disneyland!

Anniversary Gift

2009-11-12T10:54:00.000-08:00

Last night Lincoln surprised me with an early anniversary gift. I knew he was heading to Walmart before he came home and when he got home he had a little bag of stuff for me. I didn't think anything of it because he usually brings me a little somethin-somethin back.

I'm looking through the bag and pull out a pair of gloves...he knows my hands are always cold, sometimes he even makes me put gloves on before we cuddle ha ha, I think he does it to make fun of me...then I pulled out two dvds--if any of you know me well you know I love disney movies and the like--the dvds were Ice Age III and UP!...then at the bottom of the bag is a card? I wasn't sure what this was. He had come from Delta so I'm thinking maybe an anniversary card from his parents of grandma. Nope, It was a card from my loving husband! Wow he is so sweet!

He handwrote a little letter to me about how he couldn't wait four days to tell me that the last year of his life has been his best and he can't wait to grow old with me. Yes, that definitely was a tear jerker. He took the time to look through cards, reading a few to get just the right one! I have guys come into albertsons to get their wives a gift, usually on the holidays, and for a man to actually take the time to let their wives know how they feel is just amazing! (you all know what I'm saying :) I could tell this letter and gifts were from his heart and that he really took the time to figure out what exactly he wanted to tell me. Thanks so much Lincoln for being such an amazing husband! I definitely want to grow old with you!

Here is a sneak peak into my letter for my hubby...

I looked up on the internet the traditional gifts for the 1st anniversary and it said paper...which I'm assuming means letter/card. So I got this really cute card. Since we are to spend it in disneyland I went with the disney theme. It says, "Know what I love about you?...Simply EVERYTHING! Happy Anniversary". I bought it a few months ago while shopping with my mom. And he wants an xbox game that doesn't come out till next week so I will get that for him then. His gift is early...mine is late. Ha ha (for those who make cards...yes I didn't make my anniversary card. How dare I! but I just thought this one was so cute)

Thanks for reading this blog. I tried not to make it mushy but it is our life right now! :)

Happily in Love

The Happiest Place on Earth

2009-11-09T18:35:00.000-08:00

School

Work

School

...(long drive)

Disneyland!

Yes, three more days till Disneyland. I posted a few pictures from our past trips...Looking through them gets me so excited :) Vacaction is so nice but vacaction in the happiest place on earth, priceless. Our crew consists of Becky, Dick, Dewey, Tag, Dacin, Kyler, Lincoln, and me! Hope to take a lot of fun pictures and I will make sure I post them when we get back.

Have fun in cold UT...We are on our way to warm California!

2009-11-03T11:42:00.000-08:00

Lincoln and I went to the Jazz game last night. Jazz did lose :( but we did get our pictures taken by some camera guy that walks around for the Jazz...taking photos of fans..expecting ppl to buy there $25 4x6 photo off of their website. Yes they are nuts and I hope ppl don't really buy them. The link is www.printroom.com/pro/utahjazz we are Event: 11.02 Rockets and Gallery 11 if you would like to take a look :) he just took three pics of us. It was a really good game until Jazz lost it in the second half. They do that all the time, sadly. Hope they learn from it and win their game tonight!

Oh and during the fourth quarter while the Jazz were not playing so well, we were entertained by a Rocket's fan being dragged out by security. Apparently a big mouth and booze aren't suitable for that dude :)

In case you haven't noticed our sidebar...Disneyland! I'm so excited! We leave November 13 although our anniversary date isn't till November 15. Should be a blast just like it has been the last two times we have went. Can't wait to see Lincoln get a picture with his princess crush, Sleeping Beauty!

2009-10-14T19:28:00.000-07:00

Aunt Evy got to listen to my heart murmur today! She said it was the first time she has been able to listen to one. This is how she explained it:

(normal hearbeat) Lub...Dub...Lub...Dub...Lub...Dub

(heart with a murmur) Lub.......dub..Lub.......dub..Lub

Does this make sense in type-mode?

Oh and I found a black widow on my front door! way not cool...the landlord said he would spray on Friday. Hope it works

Paper Storage?

2009-10-05T18:37:00.001-07:00

Everytime I attempt to scrapbook or make cards I have to sort through all of my paper to figure out what I would like to use. At the end I have to stack it all up and put it back. I am really looking for a storage unit that looks nice to have in your room but also a unit that I am able to view my paper with just a look. Here are some pictures of different storage units I have found online. If anyone has any info on what they use or any way that I can make my own without spending lots of money, let me know :) A lady online said she used these Target cubes and just bought a few of them and stacked them together....as in the below picture. I really like the classy look of this.
This unit is like the ones you see in the actual craft stores...There is a way of building these yourselves but I couldn't find it online. Does anyone know how?

New Look

2009-10-03T21:21:00.000-07:00

I dyed my hair today. It is back to it's dark color. This shade actually may be darker than I usually go. It's not black but the shade of brown before black. (if that makes sense) Jerrica, Courtney, and I all dyed our hair tonight and we all went dark! I work with jerrica and courtney. Courtney and I have pretty much the same hair so a lot of our customers mistaken the one for the other. I will have customers come up to me and call me courtney and vise versa. Other customers ask us if we are sisters. It's pretty fun...she is super cute so being called her twin is totally fine with me :)

Random thought for today

2009-09-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

As I'm shaving my legs this morning I thought of Grandma Christensen...She never shaved her legs because they never grew hair on them. Why didn't she pass that trait down?

Atlanta Georgia Aquarium

2009-09-24T10:05:00.001-07:00

After visiting with some students from school, I decided that I really want to go visit Altanta, Georgia. The aquarium there has the world's largest viewing tank that was especially made to house the whale shark. The whale shark is the largest fish! and it is so pretty...that is the picture above. They grow up to 60 feet long! The students from my class are from Georgia so I'm having them write down a list of places to visit when I visit Georgia. I really hope Lincoln will want to go! I just love aquariums :)

Intro to Literature

2009-09-22T14:55:00.000-07:00

I'm taking a literature class this semester..decided to take it instead of public speaking. I have a hard time getting up in front of a lot of strangers and speaking, so this class seemed like a better route to go. (I have to have a communications class to graduate.)
We have read "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien and are now reading "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. I really like this class. We learn a lot of analytical/literature stuff. I wanted to post this post to tell everyone to try and read some kind of literature. "Life of Pi" is a fiction novel so literature doesn't mean boring. :) My class feels like a book club...which I'm really loving. I would also like to mention that I have never been a reader. Never! I usually read enough to get by. This class has really broadened out my viewpoint on reading. It really is enjoying! ha ha I can finish a book in little time. My words per minute have increased drastically and also my vocabulary has upgraded. There are a lot of plusses to reading more often. Who would have thought.
If you would like to get a feeling for what we talk about in class, we have a class blog (another fun assignment for my class) http://www.uvu2200.blogspot.com/ This is where the class posts their feelings about the book. After I'm done with this class I think it would be really fun to set up a blog for a group of friends to comment...like a book club online! How 21st century of us!

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

Today 9-9-09 Lincoln and I went to see the movie "9" at 9 o' clock. It was in theatre number ten...wish it would have been 9 ha ha. It was a really neat movie at a really neat time in history.

Also today I did my laundry at Bobbie's and played with Kaylin. I have taught her to put on lipgloss which is really nice because she doesn't eat it now. This picture is really cute. I took it today...she put her purse over her shoulder and put my shoes on. She is such a girly girl: shoes, lipgloss, purses, cute clothes, shopping! Kaylin already loves them all!

On Monday Lincoln and I went to a Blink 182 concert! It was a lot of fun. Here are a few videos Lincoln took on his cell phone. It was really loud and there were alot of people there. I only knew the lyrics to a few songs but Lincoln was able to sing along to every song. It was really fun to do this together. A couple of weeks ago we went to Wendover on a spur of the moment. We played craps and blackjack. I have never played before so it was a really fun adventure. We both had a good time. I love hanging out with Lincoln and doing random stuff! Can't wait to see what we decide to do next :)

School, School, and more school

2009-09-02T19:00:00.000-07:00

I started school last Thursday and after going to my class I found out that alot of my assignments, quizzes, and other stuff, are all going to have to be submitted online! Aaah...here comes technology.
I didn't get internet at my house because I didn't see any value to paying another bill when I can just use the internet at school (or bobbie's or evy's). My thoughts began to change after I attended school. With going to school full-time and working around 30 hours a week, I finally gave into the Internet bug. ha ha
My neighbors in apartment 2 have wireless internet and Brit actually happens to be in my Macroeconomics class so I asked him if I could have their password and pay half the bill :) That way we both get internet but won't be paying the whole bill! Sounded like a good trade off. Now the stress of getting homework submitted on time is not part of my busy schedule. Yay! and don't worry bobbie and evy...I will still come visit! I don't have a washer and dryer yet or a place to set up quilts. :)

A Little Bit 'O Court Experience

2009-09-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

so a couple of weeks ago I'm at work...just doing what I usually do, checking. When one of our former employees comes through my line. (I worked with him when he was a bagger at Albertsons.) His transaction goes like it always does, me saying hi, him saying hi, talk a little about life while I grab his cigarettes he usually comes in for. Then he hands me his money (a 20 dollar bill), it caught my attention because it just didn't look right. But I thought to myself, "why would anyone want to make a fake $20!?" We have been trained to watch for 50's and 100's but not 20's. So I give him his change and off he goes. I call my manager over to take a look at the 20 he gave me. She runs our counterfeit detector marker over the 20 and it stays black...if it was real it would have faded to a brown color. To verify our marker we take it to the bank that is located in our Albertsons. They verify that, yes, it is. So the manager calls the cops.
After taking down our info the officer leaves and not but five minutes after he does. The former bagger and his buddy (also a former bagger) return to the store to get a drink. I notify my manager and she calls the officer back to our store. The officer then arrests the two in line at the checkout! The next day we see on the police report that the kid is charged with using counterfeit and his friend is charged with possession. Very crazy story...caused alot of gossip at work.

The story doesn't end there...

A little over a week goes by, so that story is old news to me, right? Wrong, I get a call from the Utah County police, they need to stop by my house to drop off my subpoena! I was very frustrated and nervous all at the same time. WHY ME! but as you have all read, I was the one who interacted with the defendant and took the counterfeit bill.

This morning was the court date. I showed up at 10 a.m. As I'm pulling into the court building I see the kid and his family getting out of their car! wow was I intimidated. Not sure what to expect and hoping they don't hate me! I enter the court room and it's his family, another family, a few lawyers, a few officers, two inmates handcuffed and in striped uniforms, and ME :) after awhile of sitting there, a lawyer pulls the kid outside. Another lawyer comes over to me to tell me that they are making him an offer and that if he takes it, I won't have to testify, but if he does, I will. So I'm thinking to myself, Please just take it! (haha) Well it turns out that he did take the offer and I was free to go!

He was charged with a theft crime (taking the cigarettes) because he kept claiming that he had no idea that it was counterfeit. So no felony and no jail time, just a little marking on his record for theft. Moral of the story: if using a counterfeit...make sure you don't know it is :) (You get my sarcasm?)

What I have been up to :)

2009-08-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

I haven't blogged in along time so I have a random blog...just a few things that I have been up to recently. I made these cards for my mom. I really like how they turned out and I think I will make a few more with this same layout. Maybe different colors and different stamps but same layout.
On Wednesday the 12th Jenny, Wendy, and I went to Timanogas Caves. They are a few of my friends from work. We all love rocks and geology so we decided to go hiking together up to these caves. It is really neat and we had alot of fun. Hiking was tough but a good workout! We saw blue birds, chipmunks, squirrels, lizard, and bugs. The caves were really pretty. In one cave the tour guide turned off the lights and shined a lazer into me and Wendy's diamond rings and it made a reflection that sparkled all over the roof of the cave. Way fun :) Here are a few pictures of inside the cave. The second one shows the heart of timp cave.

I finally finished Lincoln's quilt! I really love it. I just picked out fabric that had to do with his interests...basketball, golf, ...and then added some camo and just a solid brown to calm done all the other busy fabric.
I spent a day at Aunt Evie's to finish Lincoln's quilt and tie a quilt. While I was still on a quilting "high" I decided to go to my mom's and spend a day quilting! ha ha We had a good time hanging out and tieing quilts. I really like to do it but it's all about taking the time to actually go do it. Kind of like making cards, scrapbooking, shopping....ha ha I just wish we had another day added to our week to just play :)
I start school on Thursday the 27th! I'm signed up for five classes this time so I hope I can keep up with all the homework and reading! (along with going to work). My life is about to get really busy. I think I'm ready !?...

Not so fun :(

2009-07-14T11:04:00.000-07:00

Yes that is me! This picture was taken by Emily...or my mom? right after I got my wisdom teeth out on Thursday 7-9-09. It looks like I'm in alot of pain but what I really was feeling was a nauseated stomach. I thought I was going to hurl. My mouth was so numb that at this moment I wasn't feeling any pain.
Lincoln got called out to a fire a few days before I was to go in and get this done so my mom pitched in to come and help me out! Emily also was a good sport and helped with driving me home after and running in to get my meds. Thanks Em! (She also brought me a Jamocha shake from Arby's...which is my all time favorite shake!)
Going into the "Oral surgeons" office was pretty scary for me...I had butterflies in my stomach! and after reading the side effects (including DEATH), I was so ready to walk out! :) It is one thing when I went in for my appendix..where there is sudden pain, not much time to think about it, and morphine pumping through your veins :)...to having two weeks to think about it, no good morphine, everyone elses stories, and a long list of scary side effects! I'm totally fine with the all-of-a-sudden surgery! ha ha
So the doctor had me pee before the surgery which was a good thing because I didn't end up going to the bathroom till late that night and not until my mom told me that I should probably go. Ha ha Thanks mom! You could tell I wasn't quite all there :)
I pretty much slept for about three days straight. I had the resting and relaxing down just fine. Sleep for 3-4 hours...wake up for 15 minutes to eat applesauce, pudding, yogurt, or a milkshake...and then off to sleep I went. I only took one nap yesterday and haven't taken one yet today (I'm doing laundry at Bobbie's) but I'm sure starting to get tired.
My swelling isn't too bad. Just little chipmunk cheeks. The pain was really bad the first day. When I was awake I would just sit there with tears rolling down my cheeks. It was not fun at all! My mom will probably laugh when I tell you this part...she took really good care of me! bringing me liquids and reminding me when to take my meds :) She did give me dry gauze once, which brought big tears to my eyes and had me rinse on the first day, which we found out later that we didn't need to do. (that made me cry too) (ha ha I just had to type that mom, it was pretty funny after the fact!)
All in all I have been doing pretty good. Quit bleeding the first day. I upgraded from applesauce to saltine crackers and mac n' cheese! Yay for me! When my mom was staying with me there was an Olive Garden commercial that kept coming on and I told her that once I can chew, I am eating at Olive Garden! No Rocks! I really bad want real food :) I have been watching the food network channel and thinking of all the things that I'm going to eat when I can finally chew! My mom says it's self-inflicted torture. ha ha I just want to eat!

To get my mind off of food I decided to make some cards...here they are...

I put this picture up because I was so excited for my mom to get her sidewalk done! The boys did this Saturday night and finished it up on Sunday. I can't wait for her to get grass now!
One more crazy thing to tell you guys about...on Saturday before my mom was getting ready to leave, my mom, me and Evy were sitting on the couch talking and all of a sudden there was a very loud bang and a huge flash of light! We thought our apartment buildings got hit by lightning...after a few minutes we walked outside to look around and the tree across the street had been the object that got hit. The lightning had hit the tree and blasted the bark all over the road! Very scary! Watch out for Spanish Fork lightning...it'll getcha!

Off To See The Dentist

2009-06-16T10:58:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to the dentist in Delta. Walking into Scott Stucki's office was kind of nervous for me. I really like going to the dentist and having that really clean feeling when I'm done, but this was a whole new place and with people I didn't really know. I think that makes anyone nervous when you don't know what to expect!
Lincoln was taken back first while I filled out paper work for being a new patient....finally I was taken back. Jim Warnick's sister was the one who took my x-rays. (ha ha yeah I don't remember her name) She asked me who my parents where and she knew my mom as a Christensen because she was the same age as Evelyn and Nadean. She told me that my Grandma Christensen was such an honest and sweet lady. She always knew that when she talked to her that she was sincere and always told the truth. It was really nice to hear that from another person because I always thought that about my grandma too. She must have really made a difference in alot of peoples lives! :)
While waiting for my teeth to get cleaned, Lincoln was finished with getting his filling. He came into my room to see how I was doing. What a sweet guy. I think he could tell I was nervous. Sandra Topham was the lady who did my cleaning. I knew her before because he husband, Tim, was the one who took my bridal pictures. That lady sure knows how to dig at your teeth! My muscles where tense the whole time and I had sweaty palms. Aah! I don't know how I survived. She told me while she was finishing up to swish with warm salt water and take an asprin! Can you believe that...never in my life have I had to take pain meds after the dentist! And I did end up taking asprin and four hours later, taking some more :) ha ha She was right...I would need it! She did an amazing job though! She is very thurough and you will get what you pay for. I have little pieces of stuff that gets caught up around my gums and causes them to be really sore. Sandra was the only one who has ever dug those little pieces out and today my teeth feel fantastic!
So after the cleaning and Scott coming in to check on it, he tells me that I have no cavities! yay! I wasn't expecting that good news because my top right teeth have been hurting. whatever was hurting them, Sandra must have dug it out :) Then I mention to Scott that when I got an x-ray at the chiropractor we could see my wisdom teeth. He decides that we should take a full mouth x-ray to see what those wisdom teeth are up to. Better to get them out now because they will hurt more when I'm older...so people say. After taking the x-ray and looking at it Scott says that they definitely need to come out. They are growing in where they will start pushing on my teeth. So come July 9th I will be getting all four of my wisdom teeth out. Yay for me! I thought I was nervous going to the dentist, now I get to go have surgery in my mouth! Way Scary!
That is the latest news with me. I will try to update more often but it just seems like I work, eat, and sleep. Ha ha I'm working more hours to put some money away for school books. Thank goodness for my scholarship or I wouldn't be going to school. My next post will most likely be about getting my wisdom teeth out :) until then, y'all have fun

Vroom Vroom

2009-04-26T14:23:00.001-07:00

Lincoln, Dewey, Jacob, Aaron, and Me went to the Supercross on the 25th in SLC. It was raining on our way up so we weren't sure how it was going to go sitting in the rain. And as you could guess, it wasn't the greatest first half of the day. We decided to leave Spanish Fork at about 2 p.m. so that we could make it up to use our pit passes. We brought three blankets and three umbrellas along with our many coats. It was freezing cold!
The pits were really neat. I got an autograph from Michael Hall #164 and Broc Helper...they are Yamaha riders. The James Stewart shirt below is what Jacob and Dewey both got. They were really neat shirts. We didn't bring our camera so all of these pictures are from our cell phones. I snapped some pictures of the races. Along with a picture of Jacob and me trying not to freeze to death in the rain.
After the races started and the rain stopped, the rest of the night wasn't that bad and we actually had alot of fun! The final race between Chad Reed and James "Bubba" Stewart was really intense and Bubba came in first! The last pictures are of the fire balls they had at the beginning of the race. The smoke rings lasted forever. It was really neat looking. And the blast of fire sent a heat wave and warmed us up for about two seconds ha ha

Busy Busy

2009-04-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

So I have today, next tuesday, and next thursday to finish up all I need to for this semester to be over! Two finals...Health and Calculus. and then finish up tax homework which I'm hoping to get all done. (hopefully)
This Saturday Lincoln, Dewey, Jacob, Aaron, and me (along with a few extras) are going to the Supercross in SLC. I have never been so I'm pretty excited for the new experience. It should be tons of fun :)
Then on Sunday I'm taking Jacob's graduation pictures. Yes I said graduation pictures! I know, right...he is getting so big! ha ha My little brother is all grown up. I'm looking for fun ways to pose him. He wants pictures in the Oak City Canyon along with pictures with his fourwheeler on the dunes. I have taken baby pictures, grad pics for girls and engagement pictures so I'm a little nervous on how to pose a boy and make him look manly! I can't really have him stick his hip out or put a cute flower in his hair! ha ha. So if anyone has any ideas that would really help out alot!
well off to homework I go....

Warmer Days are Coming

2009-04-02T08:29:00.000-07:00

Top ten things I'm looking forward to...

1. One more month of school and this semester is over! thank goodness

2. I get my hair cut tommorow...it has been five months!

3. I see my mom tommorrow :)

4. It is almost playoffs and I'm hoping the Jazz play Houston

5. The weather "should" be getting warmer which leads to #6...

6. Almost time for swim suits and Seven Peaks

7. Summer, with no school, means more hours at work which = more $ which also = summer shopping :)

8. Shorts, tank tops, flip flops, sunglasses, swim suits....

9. BBQ's, Cousin's sleepover, Disneyland, fishing, hiking...

10. Most of all that I'm looking forward to is having lots more time to hang out with friends and family...I miss you guys!

Farley!

2009-03-24T10:10:00.000-07:00

These are my grandparents and their new puppy, Farley. I just think he is so cute so I wanted to show everyone his cute little face :) These pictures were sent to me awhile ago so he is probably alot bigger now.

New Muscle Car!

2009-03-10T08:21:00.000-07:00

So we got a new car :) Lincoln has been interested in the Dodge Challenger and we got a call from a dealership last week to come and test drive one of these fun cars. So on our way up to the Jazz game friday night (the Jazz won) we stopped off at Hinckley Dodge in SLC. We looked at the car and decided to run the numbers just to see what the payments would be. While the numbers were being calculated we went for a test drive. It is so way nice to ride in and drive in, as I found out later. We just fell in love with it and since the payments were less than what we were paying for the Pontiac Solstice we decided to go for! (we did trade in the solstice for it...going to miss it)Its our first car together and the first thing that's in both of our names. That makes it 50% my car too ha ha! Way fun! The car is a Dodge Challenger R/T 2009 6-speed manuel 2-door....the pictures below I just got off the internet because I haven't taken pics of it yet. I will get pictures of our car ASAP!

Wedding Pictures (Finally)

2009-02-17T13:15:00.000-08:00

I got married November 15, 2008 to Richard Lincoln Dziuk..and I'm finally blogging my wedding pics. I have a ton of pictures and yes this makes me look picture happy with this blog but I just chose my favorites :) If you know me, you know I love pictures! So here it goes...
Starting with a bridal pic...
Yellow and Lemons were our theme for our wedding. Yellow is Lincoln's favorite color and I actually saw a celebrity wedding in yellow and I loved it...so yellow it was :)

Mint Brownies with yellow mint layer (Thanks Aunt L)

We had Yellow candy everywhere!Our center pieces were my favorite! I absolutely loved them!

The Boys...Jacob, Dewey, Lincoln, and Kenny

The Girls...Tiff, Me, and Emily (Kati couldn't make it...she was having contractions)

The Spouse Survey

2009-02-17T12:24:00.000-08:00

So I got this survey off bobbie's blog cuz I thought it was way fun and I needed something new to blog about :) Oh and just for some exciting news for me that I'm going to share with you...My honey is coming home on Saturday!!! I have been missing him! (but now I have to clean up the house before he gets here ha ha)

1. He's sitting in front of the TV, what is on the screen? Flipping channels, mainly. The discovery or history channel are two main ones we watch unless a Jazz game is on or some other sport show. And then we watch cash cab and he knows all this random info...says it's because of his informative t.v. shows. (ha ha whatever you got to tell yourself)

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad? ranch, always ranch.

3. What's one food he doesn't like? I have yet to find out. Luckily for me, so far, he eats whatever I make.

4. You go out to eat and have a drink. What does he order? Diet Coke...the fridge is always stocked :)

5. Where did he go to high school? Delta High School...same as me

6. What size shoe does he wear? I have no idea ha ha He buys his own shoes

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be? Anything...his collecting lasts for about a week, maybe, and then he gets on another kick. Right now it is Hot Wheels cars (says that when we have a boy, he will get them)

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich? Ham and Pepper Jack Cheese

9. What would this person eat every day if he could? He loves the chicken enchilada recipe I got from bobbie, so that would probably be it.

10. What is his favorite cereal? He doesn't like cereal, especially Captain Crunch because it sticks to his teeth.

11. What would he never wear? probably male version of skinny jeans

12. What is his favorite sports team? Utah Jazz

13. Who did he vote for? Obama

14. Who is his best friend? I would want it to be me :) ha ha but I would have to say Jarad from work...he is the one he talks to most

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do? He always tells me not to whine about missing him when he is gone because it makes it harder for him to be away. Oh and a big one is I can never just sit down and watch a movie. I constantly having to be doing something (cleaning, scrapbooking, puzzles...)

16. What is his heritage? Oh this is a hard one(I never remember mine) I know his dad's side has some indian in it and some Chec, I think :)

17. Did he play sports in high school? Yes... Tennis (I didn't have to edit this one from bobbie's because my spouse did the same thing!)

Life of a Firefighter's Wife

2009-02-03T14:04:00.000-08:00

As most of you know Lincoln is a firefighter for the Forest Service and once a year he gets the opportunity to go burn in Jasper, Texas. Well that time has come for this year and he left Monday morning. Not sure when he will be home...3 weeks at minimum and could possibly be 9 weeks if he stays for all three trips. They started driving Monday and made it to Amarillo to stay the night. Today he called me two and a half hours outside of Jasper...They have almost made it! As you might guess this is not my favorite fire trip but he always comes home with great stories and tons of awesome pictures. Can't wait for my firefighter to be home :) Here are some of Lincoln's fire pictures...

As you can see from the picture there are ALOT of trees there, so they burn the underbrush to avoid a huge wildfire. This picture and the last one with the river, were not taken in Texas but I thought they were neat so I blogged them :) In the picture below, if you look real close you can see Lincoln in the smoke...way cool huh!

Oh! check out Emily Evans website....we went to another Jazz game together on Monday night!

Sammi & Justin

2009-01-21T20:53:00.000-08:00

On January 16th I took a drive to Price and took one of my best friend's engagement pics. This is Sammi and Justin and they will be getting married on March 20th! It was really fun to take this pictures over in the little town of Price and also my favorites were taken in old Helper. Thats such a "old timin" little town but super fun to take pics. This first one is actually on the pond that is frozen over! I think the pictures turned out really cute and I had alot of fun! My favorite is the cute white door on the last picture...I just had to take pictures next to it :)

Disneyland last year

2009-01-15T09:23:00.000-08:00

Yes i know this is not our honeymoon but I happened to have the pictures on my thumb drive so I thought it would be a fun blog for today :) This trip to disneyland was October 2007. It was such nice weather...t-shirt and shorts! (my favorite). The only time you really needed a jacket was after you went on Splash Mountain and you were all wet. This picture on the left (left to right) is Lincoln, Kyler, Dewey, and Me. We all tried to wear our disney shirts everyday that we were at the park. Lincoln and Dewey have Sword in the Stone shirts. Kyler has Robin Hood and I have Winnie the Pooh!

The parades were Lincoln's least favorite parts...ha ha don't even ask him about them. But here was a cute parade they had in California Adventures. It had floats of different Disney characters. This one is Monsters Inc. I thought it was so fun. That is Dewey dancing along with some other kids in the parade. I think he was really embarrassed to be the oldest kid. It was a good laugh and alot of fun! :) Notice the big orange monster in the back. ha ha yes that is the one that had a sock on him and got shaved in the movie. I love that part!

Kyler, Dewey, and I were always wanting to get pictures with the characters that ran around the park. This is Pluto! I also got a picture with the bowler hat guy (bad guy) also known as Goob on Meet the Robinsons. I absolutely love that movie...ask anyone. So I was thrilled to take a picture with Goob. (He is my favorite when he is little and not the bad guy ha ha that makes sense if you have seen the movie)

This is Kyler, Me, Dewey, Becky, and Lincoln before we went into "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience" It was a 3-D adventure of a science experiment going wrong. (thus, we are wearing strange, yellow 3-D glasses) It was such a fun ride. I was screaming and moving all over in my seat. There is one part where they release the science experiment rats out of their cage and you can feel them running around under your seat. Another ride similar to this is the muppets show and also bug's life show. We went on these later ones on our honeymoon. If you ever go to Disneyland make sure you check out the Bug's Life one. It is my all time favorite.

Girl's Night Out!

2009-01-08T16:28:00.000-08:00

Girls night out! So these pictures were actually taken awhile ago but it was a really fun night...we ate at Fazoli's and then decided to go to the mall and play dress up. No these are not the outfits that we would usually wear but we sure do make them look good :) These tights were the coolest things. (2nd pic) When we saw them we just had to put them on! ha ha guess you had to be there. Emily (tiff's awesome roommate) is wearing the very sexy gold tights. That's ME! in the silver tights. By the way I love the jacket...think i could wear that any day :) and check out that hot mamma Tiff in the ever so slimming black tights. The top picture was a contribute to mini skirts...look how cute Kati is! Love those boots on her. Thanks girls for all the fun we had that day! Can't wait to see what we do next :)

Jazz Game!

2008-10-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

"I CAN BEARLY HEAR YOU"

-the jazz bear's sign at the game

Those are my boys :) Boozer, Okur, Miles, and Price! GO FIGHT WIN!

(below) Okur getting around the "birdman"...scary looking dude

Lincoln and I went to the Jazz game wednesday 10-29. It was opening night of the 2008/09 basketball season. Their new motto is: "LIFE OFF--GAME ON" the game started off with the National Guard bringing out an American flag that covered the court. (very big) and Collin Raye sang the National Anthem. To announce the players, the lights were turned off and we all had our glowsticks (passed out when we walked into the arena). Then they had fire works going off in the building, very loud but very cool! Shot out of the ceiling were blue and silver streamers. Way fun way to start out the season. The give-away item was Jazz playing cards. It was a very tight game but the Jazz ended up on top! yay! 98-94 The last two minutes everyone was standing up and cheering.

The halftime show was the "skyriders"...two guys jumping on a trampoline...sounds weird but this is like a huge trampoline and they jump up to 25 feet high! and they do this through a hoola-hoop, with a snowboard or skiis on, or passing a ball back and forth, all while doing flips and twists! (like professional trampolining! ha ha)

These are the guys! ha ha found this pic online... check them out at http://www.skyriders.com/

Tuesday night I went to Emily Evan's place to work on my wedding reception music CD! She has been asigned to making my mix! yay! She is way good with this kind of thing....Thanks EM! I'm having her research some fun songs...I want more up-to-date, up-beat songs although there are some classics worth playing :) My playlist, I added, has some of the songs we picked out...hope you enjoy what you hear because you are going to hear it again coming soon...November 15th!(scary close ha ha)

Bridal Shower!

2008-10-25T14:08:00.000-07:00

So I just had my bridal shower today. . . it was way fun! Alot of people showed up and we had a lot of fun. Aunt Cindy brought chicken salad (homemade) sandwiches along with some vegies, buttermints in cute tins, and yummy little deserts. Thanks aunt Cindy!

The bridal shower invites all had a different time of day for each person, so depending on what time you got...you bring a gift that I would use at that time. It turned out to be a really fun idea. I got all different types of gifts! Once I get pictures downloaded I will put up pictures of all the fun stuff I got. Thanks everyone for all the exciting stuff!
I love this picture of us with our jazz jerseys on. We got engaged at a Jazz game....the jazz bear brought me a gorgeous boquet of flowers and gave me a dip kiss...then the best part...lincoln proposed in front of everyone (on his knee!). Our whole section around us stood up and cheered. It was the ultimate way to get engaged...loved it!

Lincoln's sexy car was so fun to take pictures in too. It was his idea and it turned out really fun!

We had our pics taken against this really fun grafitti

Creating my blog!

2008-10-24T19:45:00.000-07:00

Lincoln's two loves of his life. . . his car & his girl

This is my very first post at my very first blog! I'm new at this so if it's not updated thats cuz i'm a little rusty at web stuff :) I'm getting wedding plans together and think this will be really fun to let people know how it is going! so i have 21 1/2 days left Yay! can't wait to marry my baby! love you lincoln! oh and thanks to Darla Roze for taking our engagement pictures. . . visit her blog for way fun pics of other cute people :) http://www.rozephotography.com/