Christmas

When I was down in St. George for Christmas my mother reminded me that I haven't posted on this blog for awhile so here mom this ones for you. We had a enjoyable if not short Christmas celebration with the family. We left Logan on Christmas Eve at 6:30 pm and arrived in St. George at 2:30 am. Reminder if you don't know how to use snow chains before you go on vacation you ought to learn. We ended up breaking a link because we didn't know what we were doing. Anyhow we had a nice Christmas morning at the Postma's with everybody then that afternoon we went to my mom's and had a nice Christmas afternoon and evening with them. We left St. George at 10 am on the 26th and got back into Logan at 6:00 pm. That pretty much ended our wacky adventure. We hope to see everyone in March when Sheena's baby is born. Till then just know we're thinking of all of you.

I went sledding with the family that I'm friends with after we got back from Ogden today. Thanks for reminding me about the sled we had Jo, it was so much fun sledding down the little sled tracks by our apartments. I can't wait to try it again soon.

It snowed!!! It looks like it might stick around for a bit too. It looks like we got at least 2 inches, still not quite enough to make a snowman but it's getting there. I can't wait to build a snowman.update* This is a part of the snow we've seen in the last two days.I definitely think winter is here for us.
   

Well I made it. I got through my first Relief Society lesson. It made some of the ladies cry, and it was really spiritual according to them. Now that I'm through it, I'm more ready to tackle next months lesson. Thanks for your awesome idea of the washcloths Rachel, it was really helpful and the ladies loved it.

We had fun on Halloween. I went out with a friends family and spent some time with them. When Brady came home we spent some time together watching TV shows on DVD. The weather is extremely rainy today, and apparently tomorrow we are supposed to get snow, so I guess our winter is starting to settle in. As soon as I can talk to Brady about trying to fix our scanner. I'll post some of our fall pictures. Hope you're all doing well.

I picked up a cold last Saturday night so I'm trying to get over that. Sorry about no pictures right now. I got a bunch developed, but our scanner isn't working. Hopefully we can get some up on here soon. Hope your all doing well. Lots of love.

Not much has been going on with us this week. Last Sunday I got called to be a Relief Society teacher every 4th Sunday. It's a bit scary, but I'm thinking I'll be o.k. at it. The cashiering stuff is going o.k. I still make mistakes, but it's getting better every day as I make fewer and fewer. Brady's job seems to be going pretty well. He has a hard time getting up sometimes in the mornings, but overall it seems to be going well for him. Mostly we're just waiting for the holidays to show. We don't have much planned for Halloween, but Thanksgiving and Christmas should be fun with the family. Hope you're all doing well.

Well last night we got our first real snow. The cars were covered with it this morning. Unfortunately there wasn't enough on the grass to make a snowman, but hey I know that time is coming. We hope you're all doing well down South, and hopefully we can head that way soon. We love you all.

Red Ribbon Mile

I walked a red ribbon mile with some friends yesterday. It was really fun but really cold. While we were walking it was snowing on us and the wind was blowing. Can we say COLD!!! Still it was a blast though. Everyone got medals for doing it, they're those really cheap dumb medals, but I still think it's nice to have one. Today it's snowing too. Not enough to really stick to the ground, but enough that it's just pretty. I start my orientation with WalMart this Tuesday. Other than that we're just chilling and waiting for Halloween to get here. Hope you're all doing well.

Really Fun Weekend continued....

Jo and Clyde stayed with us here in Logan last night. We stayed up talking and playing cards until midnight. Then today we got up and had pancakes and eggs for breakfast. After breakfast we hopped in the car and drove up into Logan Canyon to gather some fall foliage for Grandma's table, and also so I could take some pictures. Then we came home and Jo and Clyde had to leave for St. George. Thanks for spending the time with us guys, we truly enjoyed it and can't wait to see you guys again.

Really Fun Weekend

I just got back from attending the afternoon session of General Conference in Salt Lake, it was incredible. They had a primary choir singing the hymns. Wirthlin talked about how instead of being quick to anger, we should be quick to laugh about our situation instead. It was so different being there live than just seeing it on T.V. or hearing it on the radio. This is an experience I'll probably always remember. Thanks so much for allowing me to go with you and Scott, Jo, you're the best. I have my second interview with Walmart on Monday at 4pm I hope it goes well. We love you all and hope that you're doing well.

This past weekend we went home to St. George for my 10 year high school reunion, and to see our families. It was a lot of fun but also a bit expensive, almost 200 dollars in gas for both the vehicles going down and back. Also our reunion dinner cost us 50 dollars so overall the whole weekend cost us 270 dollars. Insane for just 2 days home, 3 for me, I stayed Thursday too. Because of this we will be on a tight budget for the next few weeks, and hopefully this will help us get back where we need to be financially. It looks like the Dollar Store job fell through, but my interview with Wal-mart went well, and I should start cashiering for them in just a couple of weeks. I think that's pretty much most of what's going on in our lives right now.

There's a rapist up here targeting newlywed young women in both the Legacy and Bridger Pointe Apartments. It has made all of us ladies extremely insecure and nervous, especially since a lot of the women I know have young families. We're all keeping our doors locked and not answering them for anyone we don't know. Hopefully they catch the creep really soon, and we can get back to enjoying our lives.

It was fun spending time with Jo, Sheena, Shan, Uncle Scott, and Grandma over the weekend. We went to the Hill Air Force museum on Saturday, ate KFC for dinner at Grandma's house, and had chocolate cake that evening. On Sunday we went to church with Penny in Provo at 1:30, then we parted ways. They headed home to St. George, and we headed home to Logan. It was a fun weekend and I loved getting the chance to spend some time with family. We'll be seeing all of you on the 26th, 27th, and 28th so take care and stay out of trouble until then.

Not much has happened this past week, it's been relatively boring. I had a job interview with Kmart on Tuesday, but they won't know if they can hire me until the beginning of October. Sheena and Shan are supposed to stay with us on Saturday night and then on Sunday after church we are supposed to go to Grandma Shipley's house to celebrate Sheena and Uncle Scott's birthdays. Mostly I'm just taking it easy and trying to enjoy the fact that I don't have to work. It's hard though, especially since I've spent so much of my adult life working.

I went down to St. George this past weekend, it was so much fun. I didn't do much Friday night because I didn't get into St. George until 7 pm. Saturday I spent the morning helping my mother-in-law with a project, and Saturday afternoon from 1:30-4:30 I helped work at the laundry. Saturday evening I went with Jo and Sheena to Harmon's to eat at their salad bar it was yummy, and then we went to Golden Spoon with Clyde to have yogurt. I love Golden Spoon's yogurt. Sunday I went to church with Jo and Sheena and Sunday evening me, my mom, and Breane went over to Hannah's baby blessing. On Monday my mom and I went shopping and that evening we went to Tuacahn to see Big River, it was incredibly awesome, and that pretty much finishes up my full and packed weekend. It was so much fun though, and I'm glad to be back home with Brady.

I babysat two little girls yesterday while their parents took their other little girl to the Salt Lake hospital. What an adventure! I have sore spots today were I didn't even know I had muscles. They were so cute but very very hyper. It was definitely an experience for me. About 4 o'clock I had another little girl come over who's a friend of theirs, so then I was babysitting three instead of two. That was even more of an adventure. Luckily we all survived and so did my house and cat. I guess it's all good training for when I have my own.

Brady and I went to Hogle Zoo with Brandon and Rachel's family yesterday. It was a lot of fun. I'm going to try and go job hunting on Monday so I'm hoping to find something really quickly, I hate not having a job. Rachel invited me to go down to St. George with them this next weekend so I'm thinking of taking her up on her offer. I guess it depends on whether I have a job before then or not. I hope you're all doing well. We love you and miss you.

My manager called me up and we agreed that I quit my Sprint job. So effective Thursday morning I no longer have a job at the moment. The only bad part is I'm having a really hard time finding another one, and most things that I'd like to do cost money, and I really shouldn't be spending any extra when finances are tricky with only one of us having a job. I'm going to try and go visit Rachel for a bit tomorrow and on Monday I was hoping to get out there and hit the job searching hard in hopes that I can possibly have a new one by the end of the day. I don't like not having money, makes me cranky. I hope the rest of you are doing well. We love you.

It's been a really slow week for me, not much going on. Our temperatures have gotten a bit cooler up here so I'm enjoying the nicer weather. I'm looking forward to going home at the end of September. I like Logan, but compared to St. George I'm beginning to think it will never feel like home. St. George was where we grew up and lived for most of our lives, and even if we live other places St. George will always feel like home. I have the weekend off this weekend so hopefully Brady and I can do something fun together. Hope your all well and happy.

We had a crazy windstorm last night it blew tons of stuff around. It was so loud that I didn't get to sleep until 1:15 am, absolutely nuts. This morning it's quite a bit cooler so I'm wondering if that means fall is going to find us early this year. I bet the morning temp wasn't much higher that 63 degrees so very nice if not slightly chilly. The weather channel says our low temps at night are starting to get down in the 40's. Our high temp for today should only be 90. I hope everyone down south is doing well. Hannah's home from the NICU and we couldn't be happier for BRandon and his family. We're still planning on coming to St. George for the 26th,27th, and 28th of September. Hope everyone stays well and happy until we see them again. We love you all.

Breane went back to St. George yesterday, but I sure had a fun time while she was here. We took some pictures of some of the old houses in Logan. We also took some pictures at the small zoo we have here in Logan. We went to Bear Lake on Saturday. Breane didn't bring any swimming clothes with her so she and Brady stayed back at the beach building a sand country while I ventured out into the cold water. I think we all had a lot of fun. Sorry about your sunburn Breane, but maybe next time you come up it will be colder so you won't have to worry about sunburns. I took my car in today to get the brakes checked. It's going to cost us 462.55 to get everything done that needs to be done. I need new front brakes and rotors, I also need to back brakes adjusted and cleaned because right now the back brakes aren't catching at all. Hopefully eventually we will catch up with our debts and actually will begin to start saving money. I guess only time will tell. Here are the long awaited pictures of that day.

Well Breane's up here with me in Logan until Sunday. We went to Denny's for lunch and then we went to Fashion Place mall to do some shopping at Victoria Secret and to buy me some Croc's. Breane didn't want anything even though I asked her numerous times if she wanted anything. We're at my house just chilling for now. I'm thinking later we might try and rent some movies, we'll see. Hope everyone down the Southern way is doing ok. Can't wait for your blog post when Lil Hannah is born Rachel. Monday just seems like it can't get here soon enough.

Yay Yay cars fixed and my sister is coming to spend a few days with me. All is right with the world :)

We had a really nice weekend Wolf Creek was totally awesome. Thank you Jo and Clyde for letting us come stay with you. It was so nice getting to spend some time with the Postma's over the weekend. We played Raquet ball and cards and we watched a movie. Friday when they came to Logan we ate lunch at the park and went to the zoo. Grandma and Scott were with them too, and it was so nice seeing them. MY cars getting fixed today, and Breane is supposed to come up next week on Wednesday and stay until Sunday so I'm hoping we can do fun stuff too. I'm so looking forward to seeing the rest of you at the end of September. Take care of each other and try to stay out of trouble.

Well I found out today that I can't get my car fixed until Wednesday so I'm not sure what I'm going to do about a car this weekend when Jo and Clyde are in town. Luckily it hasn't put me out to much since everything is so close by that most of the time I don't have to drive. I don't know what I'd do if I had to drive most likely get a ticket for not having a taillight. So far I have only driven my car to get an estimate on how much it's going to cost to fix so of course it's been easy to avoid tickets. I guess only time will tell if I end up with one or not.

LOL, It never rains it pours!

Well about 12:30 pm last night we get a knock on our door. Someone had run into my car and smashed my taillight. All I could think was fine whatever I want to go back to sleep. Well I woke up this morning, and the damage is pretty severe, so I'm glad he told me last night that he has full coverage otherwise I'm not sure what we would do. Also the weather up here has been crazy. It's rained for like two days straight. Normally this wouldn't be a problem except this time it's made my allergies go absolutely haywire. Oh well what are you going to do. These things do happen. Love you all and hope your doing well.

Birthday Bash!

We had an awesome trip home this past weekend. It was so great to see everyone. As soon as I can I'll get pictures posted on the blog. Can't wait to see you all again. Should be down about the end of September. Take care and stay out of trouble everyone.

I went to a play group with some of the ladies in our ward today, it was so much fun. It was one of the little kids birthdays so we had cupcakes and did a treasure hunt. The little kids were so darling.I'm starting to get used to Logan bit by bit even though I still miss my family.I do like that the weather is cooler up here, but I'd still at this point in time trade it for St. George and the ability to be with family and friends.Brady and I are getting so excited to see you all.Well be there either Thursday night or Friday morning. Take care everyone and know we care about all of you deeply.

I figured out I'm not so much bored as I'm so very lonely. Everyone I know is so very far away. I've tried to make new friends, but it's so hard. So far all I have managed to do is make some aquantices . It is so very depressing. I've been swimming a lot so even though I'm slightly burned right now I'm hoping it'll turn into a nice tan. Other than that life seems to flow by at an extremely slow pace. I'm seriously considering signing up for college classes in the fall just so I have something to do to occupy my time more fully with. Besides when we move back to St. George it'd be nice to have these classes under my belt so I don't have to start fresh. I love you all so much and miss you like crazy. I hope to talk to you all really soon.

I'm sooooooo bored!

Well as the title says I'm so bored. There is very little to do in Logan right now to keep me occupied, and I'm missing my family and friends so very much. I think I'd just about give anything I could to be back in St. George right this minute. I feel so bad because Brady's working so hard to support us that I don't want to complain to him about my boredom, but I wish there were something I could do to help it. Working at the Sprint Store is nice, but it doesn't fill up nearly enough hours in my day.
I wish very drastically that there was something more I could do to help alleviate my boredom. I have tomorrow off, but there isn't anything going on in Logan to occupy myself with, and Brady has to work until late. It sucks not knowing anyone or having anything to do on a holiday. I know if I was with family that we would have plenty of stuff to do so that hurts even more if possible. Sorry for my pity rant, but I'm just getting so sick of this. I'll try to be less depressed with my next post.

The King and Her

Hi-o, this is Brady with my web logging debut. I don't normally take none to this "social networking" side of computers, but I made a deal with Bridget. For every movie review she posts on the blog, I'll post one too. Since she did the nerd-classic Serenity (conclusion to the TV show Firefly), I get to address a chick flick. Woo!

In 1840s southern Asia, Europe is sweeping across the land. India and Burma are colonized by the British, Cambodia and Vietnam by the French. Siam is surrounded by fallen neighbors, and the king means to endure into the new era. "As England goes, so goes the world", so he hires a British tutor for his eldest son. When she turns out to be so wise, headstrong, and immovable in the truth as to confront him -- even the King! -- he hires her to teach all 68 of his children. As cultural differences, stubborn personalities, world politics, and domestic military threats try to turn them against each other, they can only fall in love.

Anna and the King tells much the same story as The King and I, but with a Hollywood budget and an eye to the harsh realities of the era where Disney cuteness used to be. Half in English and half in subtitles, the story strikes vibrant, beautiful, harsh and sweet all in their turn. It's a great movie, three of four stars. See it if you haven't.

I'm a leaf on the wind.......

Hi everyone,
Not much is going on with Brady or I right now we're still just slaving away at work. I'm so excited to see you all when we come down. I hope everyone is doing well. We miss you a ton. I watched a movie with Brady called Serenity. It's about this girl they rescue named River Tam who was the Alliance's most promising student. She was a psychic that accidentally stole the alliance's most guarded secret so the Alliance spent the rest of the show trying to kill her so that she couldn't betray their secret. This movie was pretty sweet. It had some amazing special effects and the plot was fun to follow.

Pictures Posted

As promised the pictures of my new place all set up.

(I'm also experimenting with inline links. Bear with me.)

Well as some of my family and friends know I got a job at the Sprint store up here. I'm still trying to get used to the job and am anxiously waiting to be able to come down and see you all the weekend of the 18-20th. Until then we're just hanging in there and trying to at least keep up with our jobs if not enjoy them. Love you all tons.

Job Hunting is the pits!

I went and applied at the two Best Westerns in town today. One place wanted me only on weekends if they do hire me, the other place wants me 4 days on and 2 days off. With that schedule I'd supposedly get 2 weekends a month off. They pay 7.00 and hr. and they would be hiring next week or the week after. I sorta interviewed with the head housekeeper, but I'm not sure whether or not she liked me so I'm definitely still in the wait and see game. We want to try and visit family and friends this weekend so I'm hoping that will alleviate some of the boredom I have suffered from. I hope all our down south family and friends are doing well. We love you and miss you all!

Kitty decided to scare me!

Cat decided to take a trip off the balcony this afternoon. Luckily she wasn't hurt, but she did seem mad at me that I ruined her exploring fun. App. there is a ledge right next to our balcony that she just fits on. It is then just a short jump to the grass below. I will definitely need to keep a eye on this adventurous kitty from now on I guess. I definitely didn't expect her to do that.

Well I went job hunting today. No luck in actually finding one yet it seems nowhere is hiring at the moment but I'll just keep trying. Brady only worked about 3 hours for his job today,and we're still waiting on internet so no pictures until we get it I'm afraid. That's all I have to report for now.

You Are Cinderella!

Dignified and hard working. With a gentle and soft-spoken manner you have something many people don't. Patience. Even through the moments of heartbreak you're still able to hold onto all of your hopes and dreams. Bide your time; your dream will come true.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

New Blog setup

I just created this blog so that we can let family and friends know what's going on with us up here in the great white North that is considered Logan, Utah. Pictures of the new place will be forthcoming. Hope you are all doing well. We love you all.