Peter & Vanessa

2011-12-26T23:15:00.000-08:00

Fertility update
These past 7 month I have been taking/ took the Lupron drug that forces my body into menopause. I never thought that I would be dealing with hot flashes at age 29/30. Aside from the weight gain, mood swings and hot flashes I have really enjoyed this time to recover emotionally from the fertility treatment roller-coaster. My last Lupron shot was at the end of September, my period was suppose to resume in November now it is the end of December and I still have not had a real period. I am starting to feel like I will be stuck in menopause, which might not be a bad thing. I wouldn't have to deal with painful periods and I could move on with my life. If and when I get my period we will do one more round of IUI supported with acupuncture. If that doesn't work then on to In-Vitro.
Good news we may have an ideal baby adoption to look forward too, cross your fingers. This maybe the end of our fertility journey. More and more the Lord is helping me understand that no one owns their children, they only have them on loan from Heavenly Father. So it doesn't matter how you receive the blessing of parenthood, be it conventional or unconventional. I will however grieve over never having the earthly experience of being pregnant, only time and the Atonement will help heal this or maybe it will be a wound that is with me always to remind me of this trail to humility.
I feel so blessed to have gone through this trail. I pray that this will help me be a better parent and I pray that I will never take advantage of having one of God's children in my home.

2011-08-31T21:01:00.000-07:00

So who has a blog that never gets updated...........ME. When I find more time I'll give the reader digest version of my summer and future plans.

Vegas/ 4th honeymoon

2011-05-26T00:01:00.000-07:00

For our 4th year anniversary we went to Vegas.
Why Vegas? Warm temp. Cheap Hotels and we could drive in our fuel efficient car. Nice cheap get-a-way.

The first 2 nights we stayed at the Treasure Island Hotel/Casino. It is rated as a 4 star hotel. The room was amazing. But the pool was small and crowed. We did enjoy being right on the strip we could walk to anything. Our 3rd night we stayed at the Rio Hotel/Casino. Our room was large but the bed was hard and everything was out dated. The best part of the Rio was its large pool area, they had a beach pool with a sandy beach and tons of private hot-tubes.

The highlight of our trip was seeing the Blue Man group. Our seats were in the splash zone so that is why we are wearing ponchos. We loved the show, super fun and entertaining. We had a blast.

3 strikes and I'm out

2011-05-11T07:16:00.000-07:00

Just finished my 3rd cycle and of course my pregnancy test came back negative. There is about $4,000 dollars down the drain and still I have no definitive answers. This is really emotionally crippling. They said that most of there patients conceive by the third. This just worsens my odds and proves how broken and infertile I am. I am thinking the next step is In Vitro, that is over $12,000 dollars we don't have.
To make matters harder on me they are sending Brysyn home in July. When will my trials stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on the Next cycle

2011-03-18T21:21:00.000-07:00

So, I just finished with my first cycle of fertility treatment today. I went in and had a pregnancy blood test to see if the treatment was successful. I had to wait for 3 hour to get the result. I already suspected that the test would be negative because I was getting my unmistakable pre-period signs and I was having uterus pain.While I was waiting to be checked out of the Fertility Center I over heard a nurse calling a woman to share the great news that she was pregnant. Oh how my heart longed to be on the other side of that call. But I got the sorry it didn't take and when you start your period we need you back here to start another treatment, which we will charge you an arm and a leg for. I just really hope that this next go around will work or give me more definitive answers.

New out look

2011-02-27T20:01:00.000-08:00

So my last post was very dismal. The next day when I was at the Costco Pharmacy to pick up the expensive drastic drug Lupron, they informed me it would be more then I expected. While I was waiting for them to double check, the Pharmacy assistant talked to me about her issues with endo, she recommended a really great fertility doctor who would give me a sound second opinion. Needless to say I didn't get the drug. But I did go to that fertility doctor this last Tuesday. He said that Lupron is not necessary right now. He has kind of a shotgun approach to infertility, he uses the medical infertility techniques at each of stage of your cycle, to rule out what might be causing the infertility. I just started the first stage with a high dosage of Clomid for the first five days of my cycle. Then I have to give myself a shot of a drug called Bravelle for three days. On the ninth day of my cycle I have an ultrasound to make sure I am ready for ovulation. Then I take ovulation predictor tests everyday to see when I ovulated. The day I ovulate we do an IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) which means they shot Peter's sperm to the exact Fallopian tube where my egg will be traveling. After the IUI then I do a vaginal Progesterone suppository everyday it insure my uterine lining is nice and thick. After 3 months of this Protocol I will have a clearer understanding of what is not functioning in my cycle.

Infertility update

2011-02-01T15:47:00.000-08:00

After months of narrowing down the cause of my infertility, my Dr. has concluded that I have a form of endometriosis which is inside the muscle tissue in my uterus. It makes my uterus impenetrable for a fertilized egg to attach. They can't surgically remove the over active endo muscle tissue without it hurting my uterus. There are only two options; the first is to take a hormone drug called Lupron, it suppresses the hormones that my ovaries produce that cause the endomertiam lining in my uterus to grow for each cycle ( its like forcing my body into menopause). We hope that by not having a cycle for 6 month that would let my uterus heal its self and my open a window for pregnancy. The next option is to stop the pain by having a hysterectomy. Right now obviously that is not a option if we want to have the slim chance of conceiving. The hormone drug is very expensive, but is our last hope.So, if anyone wants to donate to the "Save Vanessa's Uterus Fond" that would be amazing. It is tempting to rip out my uterus and be done with the whole thing to move on with my life. I'm not going to lie this news has hit me really hard, but there is a end in sight and now I know what is wrong.

See Spot Cry

2011-01-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

Two weeks ago when the temperature dropped down to 5 degrees, Peter and I did not want to take Jake on a walk so we let him run a muck. A couple hours later he came back home with blood all over his nose. We cleaned him up an saw that a chunk of his nose was torn off. We think that he must have been smelling something metal and got his nose stuck to it because of the freezing cold. Poor puppy dog had to rip his nose away by him self. Ouch! His nose used to be all black now he has a permanent pink spot. We call him Rudolph the red nose puppy dog.

Me being a homemaker

2010-12-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

For our neighbor and Grandmother gifts I baked made from scratch cranberry zucchini bread. I used zucchini that came from our garden this summer which we froze. I got the cute ceramic loaf dish from the dollar store as well as the ribbon and snowflake. The grand total for each gift was under $2.

Rock on Peter

2010-12-08T15:23:00.000-08:00

A Big Happy Birthday to my Sweet-Hart

I compiled pictures of him over the last 35 rockin' years of his life. I am so great full that I have been able to be with him for the last 4 years of it.

2010-12-08T15:11:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2010

2010-12-07T21:09:00.000-08:00

We threw a big Halloween Bash for both Peter and I's families. Along with tons of food and fun, we played a few Halloween games, had a costume contest, and we had a mini hunted house in our scary cellar.

Good News

2010-11-30T18:56:00.000-08:00

We are about 3 weeks away from hosting a foster kid. His name is Bryson and he is 7 years old. We are hoping we can have him settled in before Christmas.

Mile marker 2

2010-11-18T20:16:00.000-08:00

Once a year I give myself the privileged to host a pity party on my blog, this is a way I can emotional vent my on going disappointment. read it if you dare

The last few days I have been really triggered and emotional by the fact that I am now 29 and I am still Childless. One more year until I'm 30 and my chances start to decrees faster. I wish I could devoice myself from my maternal instinct, throw my life ambitions into a egotistic selfish drive for a money hungry career. ( If I had known how hard it would be for me to start my own family, then I would have been more wise with my education)

The only reason I got my new job is because I am replacing the girl who is pregnant and is going pop in a few weeks. Now I am spend every working day training with her. Her large belly keeps starring me in the face. Deep down in side I wish I could trade her places.

Yesterday, I saw a jewelry commercial. This was the first time that I've cried from a commercial. It depicted a new mother holding her new holiday joy in her arms while the father gushed over the both of them and presented a lavish piece of jewelry for his sweetheart who just brought him their priceless treasure into his world.

One more thing I need to rant about is how tired I am of seeing my friends posting that they are now expecting their next child. Slow down......... I just want one.

I can't reconcile with adoption yet, I know that there are probably many wonderful children out there that need a good home, but it still is not the same. I feel like I would miss out on the greatest mortal gift to create life.

What I really need in my life right now is a real mother, whom I can turn to in this most challenging time of my life, one that would hold me in their arms and whisper to me that everything will be OK. All of the mothers in my life are ether emotionally selfish, unavailable (because of their selfishness), fake, or crazy. I sure got the raw end of the deal.

Frightmares

2010-10-18T20:28:00.001-07:00

This year I really wanted to go to a hunted house for my birthday, but I was pretty disappointed that the price of for one person now is about $20.00. Talk about inflation! But we found a deal at Lagoon where we spent almost the same amount and had the best amusement park experience. No lines, no crowds, 3 haunted houses for the price of one, and a great harvest atmosphere. The best part was we got to do it all with Shawn and Shara. So far this is a double date that will go down in my history book.

Deck the Halls in Halloween

2010-10-07T21:04:00.000-07:00

One of the perks of having a very old house is that it is crazy fun to decorate for Halloween. The past few days I have been working on crafting this spooky arrangement. Since we are short on extra cash I only spent $12 on it. Which by the way this is the first craft I'v done in years. I guess being unemployed has made me a bit of a homemaker. We'll see if it lasts

2010-10-01T13:11:00.001-07:00

Blog Back ground

2010-09-28T14:31:00.000-07:00

I created this Halloween back ground but I have had the hardest time trying to fit it on my blog. If there is anyone out there that might now how to fix this problem let me know and you can coach me through it. Thanks

BHAB Beautiful

2010-08-21T23:25:00.000-07:00

This slide show is has some pictures that I took this summer at Beaver High Adventure Base. Everyday there was something in nature that would take my breath away. Being among God's creations is the best therapy.

2010-08-21T23:05:00.001-07:00

Jake the Snake

2010-08-17T21:47:00.001-07:00

We love our puppy dog, even when he is insanely neurotic. He has such a great fear of thunder storms that he it drives him crazy. Exhibit A; up at a boy scout camp, we had him in the truck while we where trying to find a place to keep him. A clap of thunder scared the crap out of him and he plowed his head throw the trucks window to escape. Exhibit B; At home if there is a thunder storm he gets a crazed look in his eye and will paw at you incessantly, he kept me up for 2 nights. Until I made him his sock-booties and shut him in a closet with a fan. Awe sweet peace.

Picture problems! help

2010-08-05T22:17:00.001-07:00

So I have a ton to blog about with pictures, but all of my photo files are corrupted and they wont up load on blogger. Does anyone know how to fix this problem. Please help me

4th of July weekend

2010-07-06T09:23:00.000-07:00

We had the 4th of July weekend off from camp because of Peters responsibilities with the Freedom Festival. Saturday we went to a Reception for the Chief Scout Executive ( the Highest position in professional scouting). He was one of the V.I.P's for the Stadium of Fire, because of the world largest Eagle Court of Honor, celebrating a 100 years of scouting.
Because of the big scouting event Peter really want to go to the Stadium of fire. We had pretty crummy seats, but luckily my Brother Shawn and his wife's family had extra space by them and we scoured sweet spot and had a blast hanging out with them.
One thing I didn't like about the hole experience was too much fake Utah county culture. There where so many barbie doll house wife's with matching little kids parading themselves around trying to be recognized as some one important. I can't stand the Stepford wives of Utah County. Looking like you are perfect (that includes looking like you have money) is one of the greatest downfalls of our Mormon culture. I could almost see the words PRIDE stamped on their heads.
I was even annoyed with the sponsors of the event, they where placating to this mentality, "If us our product then you will be accepted in to this elect culture".

Surgery

2010-06-04T06:39:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I went in for Laparoscopic exploratory surgery to help us see what has been causing my infertility. My ovaries and fallopian tube both look great, but I did have endometriosis which they were able to burn off. The Dr. said that the endo we the cause of our infertility and now we will have a better time conceiving.Which is all great news and that means that the surgery was a success.

I am sore but I am up and moving around and will be feeling like myself in no time.

I tried to upload my pictures from the surgery, but I couldn't change the type of image file from my scanner to a jpeg. Sorry, know you all wanted to see my insides maybe next time

whirl wind trip part 2

2010-06-02T10:38:00.000-07:00

After Fransisco we drove down to Yosemite. We planned on just finding a little motel to sleep at but, we couldn't find one. We ended up sleeping in the back of the Subaru Outback at a campsite. It was one of the worst night of sleep I have ever had. I kept wishing the dawn would come. We had planned spending the whole day hicking around Yosemite, because we were going to take a shot cut home, but it was still closed for the winter. We had to leave early because now we had to drive all the way down to Vegas to head back home. What we did see of the Park was pretty.

Here are some extra pictures from out trip

We did all of this driving in 5 days. talk about a whirl wind trip1. The whole trip we listed to the new Stephine Myer book the "Host".

whirl wind trip

2010-06-01T20:53:00.000-07:00

Couple of weeks ago Peter and I had some time off work and throw together a trip to California. My awesome sister in law, Shara, let us use their car because it has air-conditioning and is like 10 years newer then mine. Our first adventure stop was Virgina Cit, Nevada. It was a booming gold mining town carved out to the Nevada dessert hill side. It was one of the most wild west towns of its time. Many of the original buildings still stand and claim to be hunted. One of these pictures is of a hunted wedding chapel. Creepy, can you say doomed for divorce.

Next, we drove through Tahoe. It was too cold to stop. That evening we spent in Sacramento. This was Peter's old stomping ground, when he worked for the state of California. He spent most of the evening showing me all of his old hunts. We ate at a hole in the wall Chinese restaurant, which was the most amazing Chinese food I have ever had. Then we walked down by the river, which is called the old down town and has a lot of charm.

Our travels took us next to the Redwood National Forest. Peter had never seen those silent giants and it was neat to see throw new eyes.

if you look closely at this tree you might see why I think this is a male tree.

We stopped for seafood in Eureka. Nothing like fresh catch of the day halibut. We also saw some great architecture.

Next stop! San Francisco! Both Peter and I have family living in San Francisco, but no one was in town. But there were many things for us to check out; the Boardwalk, Telegraph hill, China town and the adventure of driving up and down the hills of that city.

We spent most of our time in China town because it really felt like we oceans away from any american city I have been in. There were so many sights and sounds to take in. I loved seeing all of the fresh food markets on every corner.

Jake VS Elephant

2010-04-26T19:51:00.000-07:00

One day a little stuffed elephant showed up on our lawn. From that moment on it has become the outlet of Jake's aggression/friendship. he is soooooooo cute

Feliz Cupleanos Daddy

2010-04-18T20:23:00.000-07:00

My Sister Shalise and I had a great idea to throw a surprise birthday party for my dad. Unfortunately , he planned a ice-cream shindig the day before our party. So, we came clean and told him about his surprise party. We had a great Festa and lots of fun. Thank goodness for the great weather.

My Dear Grandpa

2010-04-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Richard Smith Fairbanks, My grand-father died peacefully on April 2, 2010 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Sorry it taken my so long to write a tribute to him. I sure loved my Grandpa, I only wished I had spent more time with him, but it was hard because my mother never really had a great relationship with.

My most treasured memory of grandpa is the last one I have of him. It was only a week before his passing, I had plans to hang out with my sister and was on my way up to visit; she was still at grandpa's helping them with a project. We decided to go there and help them finish the project. Grandpa had been wandering around the house and was very weak. Grandma was afraid he would fall down the stairs and Jason was installing a loct to keep him out of the basement. When we arrived, it was apparent that he was incoherent. He barely knew where he was and didn't care that he was half-dressed. He was supposed to have a little supper, but got confused with everybody there. He started to head upstairs, even though a bed had been provided for him downstairs in the living room. Grandma was anxious that he would slip and fall if he went up the stairs so she had me head him off. I went to the stairs to stand in his way in a gentle fashion, hoping to coax him to the bed in the living room. As stubborn as he was, no one was going t keep him from going upstairs. He gently took may head in his hands and looked into my eyes. He didn't say anything, and for a moment , he came out of the fog and was alert to my presence. He tenderly kissed me on the forehead as if to say, I love you and goodbye, Now get out of my way, sweetheart. And then he plodded on upstairs and that was the last I saw of him. I kind of knew it in my heart. I will always treasure that special moment and I was glad that I had an opportunity to say goodbye.

The Troll Story

2010-03-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

So, My sister-in-law's coworker has a 30 yr old son who is down-syndrome. He was recently placed in a independent living apartment. One day while his mother was at work he kept calling her incessantly, begging her to come to his apartment to see the Troll that he had caught. "Honey, I can't, I'm working I'll come to see it after work." she said. But he kept calling her for 2 hours. So, she left work early to see what he had really caught. She could only imagine what kind of animal the Troll could be. Would it be something she would have to call animal control over, and what kind of damage would it do to her sons apartment?

When she arrived, her son was so excited to show her his mystical prisoner. He lead her into his room where his closet door was barricaded. She was not looking forward to what was behind the door.

Her son opened the closet door........... And inside was a midget.

This poor little man had been trapped by a down-syndrome person, who thought he was a troll.

The mother asked if this man would like to press charges on her son, because what he did was wrong, but he said no he just wanted to go home.

Questions you might be asking yourself

-Is this a true story?

-Yes, and that what makes it so funny

-How did the down-syndrome guy trap the midget?

-You see the small man was proselytizing for some church, by knocking door to door. The down-syndrome guy found a new troll friend.

"Follow the Prophet"

2010-03-24T23:54:00.000-07:00

So this past month in primary we have been learning the song "Follow the Prophet". I received these drawings from my stake primary presidency and have spent some time coloring them. To amusement I found that Hinckley's picture was interchangeable between these other prophets. Hope you get a giggle out of them.

Jake

2010-02-21T20:16:00.001-08:00

Even though it didn't work out with Muzzy that experience sparked the desire for a long term pet. Peter and I have been visiting the animal shelter looking for the perfect dog. This last Thursday we ( I) found him. ( he is mostly my pet and in a month or so Peter wants to get his own dog). He is 4 years old and is very well behaved. At the shelter they said he was not potty trained but since we have had him he hasn't had an accident, but we we walk him 3 or 4 times a day, he pees on everything; trees, fences, light post, firehydronts, other dogs, ect.... In the home he is very mellow and just follows me around the house. I've been thinking of changing his name to Shadow because of this.

He is very skinny, we think he wasn't treated well with his last owners and he has a major fear of men who ware hats. He must have been abused by a man who wore a hat. So, if you come and visit us don't ware a hat. The only time he makes any kind of noise is when someone is at the door, which makes him a great watch dog. His bark is much deeper and louder then he really is. What won me over is his sad puppy eyes. Poor thing you just gotta love him.

Valentines Day

2010-02-15T19:07:00.000-08:00

Peter and I have so much love that we just want to share it. So since we don't have children we spend our extra time and means to entertain. We throw a Sweetheart Valentines Dinner for My siblings. ( I'm not going to lie it gave me an excuse to buy Valentines decor). The best decor investment I made was a disco ball, since we don't have any furniture I can have a dace floor. We asked each couple to bring an assigned romantic dish to share. I am sure glad that I have such talented cooks in my family the food was better then Olive Garden and that I didn't have to cook it all. I wish I had remembered to take more pictures during the party but I got all wrapped up in hosting that I forgot.

I hope that everyone who came had a enjoyable romantic evening.

Bye Bye Muzzy

2010-02-04T21:01:00.001-08:00

The last few weeks we welcomed Muzzy the cat into our home. She was a sweet kitty, but snicky too. Both Peter and I grow attached to her (Peter was her best friend). Little did I know that I was very allergic to cats. So today we returned her to my fathers house. At lest Peter can have supervised visits with her.

Unlikely Match

2010-01-17T20:38:00.000-08:00

For the longest time I have had a deep rooted disdain for felines. I don't know why i just did. Thats why the newest addition to Peter and I's life is so shocking. We adopted a cat from my sister Sarah. She is moving her cute little family to Italy for her husbands schooling.

Peter and I have been wanting to get a pet, since we now own a house can have one. We would have loved to have a puppy, but because of long work hours we can't. A cat makes a perfect pet, because they take care of themselves. Now we chose this cat because its not a normal cat. I listens to you and is very loving. Her name is Muzzy and she may or may not be pregnant we have our suspicions.

Apology

2009-12-31T16:14:00.000-08:00

I would like to apologizes for emotionally vomiting all over my blog, sorry. I didn't write all of that crap to get sympathy, I wrote it to vent. I need to get over myself and my pity party.

mile marker

2009-12-23T18:02:00.000-08:00

A mile maker of disappointment has come today. Last Christmas my period was a little late, I wanted to wait to take a pregnancy test for Christmas day to surprise Peter with the good news. That morning before I even opened the test my period came. I was devastated, we had been trying for 8 month by then. It was the worst Christmas I had ever had. All day I just wanted to cruel up in a ball and cry.

Infertility has to be the greatest challenge I have ever had to face. Peter and I would be amazing parents, we have so much love to give. I hate feeling like I'm being left behind, all of my friends and family have children. Peter and I are the lone couple.

This Christmas season my period came on time, but my disappointment seems greater this year. I think its because I have been taking fertility drugs and still I have an empty womb. Each month my hope of ever having my own child shrinks. I just have such an empty painful pit in my stomach. The silent burden of infertility never fades, everyday it weighs on me. I feel so broken, punished, rejected of Gods blessings. How can I full fill my measure of my being when I'm broken.

Poor Peter, dose such a good job masking his disappointment, he tries so hard to be the strong one in our situation. But I know he his feeling as much pain as I am. He had his 34th birthday this month, another year older and still childless. He just wants to be a daddy so much I can see it in his eyes, and the hard thing is I can't give it to him.

Christmas is such a hard time to deal with this. Christmas is really for the children and that become more pronounced when you don't have one. My hope is so drained.

The only thing I wanted this Christmas was the joy of being pregnant.

Brown Family Christmas Party

2009-12-18T22:56:00.000-08:00

This Friday we had a big Brown family bash at our house. All of Peter's immediate family came. Peter cooked his first ham, it was awesome he poured root-beer over it and it was an amazing glaze. Peters Mom made her famous Christmas shoes string potatoes and his siblings brought all of the great fixings.

After dinner we made a ornament craft, its a new tradition we are going to start. Here is the one I did. Its really easy. get a Styrofoam shape, small push pins you use for sewing and sequins, then let your imagination go wild. I loved seeing what everyone created. Peter didn't do one, he just talked politics and dinked around on the computer.

One of the highlights of the night is Peter's Sister Sarah made this amazing piece of art of Jesus.

I love it because I can take down my very common Dessert picture. I bet if you want one you could commission her to do one for you.

And after all of our guest had left Peter needed a little Relaxation in a bubble bath. He is such a bathing beauty. I can't believe all of the bubbles. its not a flower that he looks like he is waring its a bath pillow (FYI)

Christmas @ the Brown's Home

2009-12-16T23:34:00.000-08:00

It was so much fun decking our own Halls this year. I love our Cold Christmas house.

we are HOME

2009-12-01T20:45:00.000-08:00

Over Thanksgiving we finished moving in to our first house! It is so nice to know that we don't have to move in the next 6 months. I absolutely love coming home from work and feeling like I have my very own place to call home. There is tons of little projects to work on in the house and I still have a room full of boxes to go through. For the most part we are pretty settled in. We have chosen the room on the main floor to be our bedroom which is nice because it has a largest closet and the bathroom next to it has an amazing shower, there is one drawback the room is small and barely fits our king size bed and little nightstands.

All of the walls in our house are made from lath and plaster which is what was used before drywall. If you get a hole in it it is very challenging to fix it. Also, it is not very well insulated and if we tried blowing in any insulation it could become molding because the lath and plaster doesn't breath very well. if you touch any wall in the house it will be freezing during any time of the day. Our poor furnace is too small to heat the main floor because of the 10 foot ceilings and so we may need a new one. We are also looking for other ways to winterize our house. Peter wants to see if there is some way to access the old fire place and but a wood burning stove in to help with heating and encase of emergencies.

Come spring the poor outside of the house needs a major face lift.

The day after Thanksgiving Peter was abscessed with cutting down a fresh tree. Bless his hart he thought that the weather was going to get bad and we had way too much stuff to do, so he bought a live 9 foot tall sub-alpine fir tree. It is pretty. I have married such a Christmas crazed hubby.

2009-11-15T20:49:00.001-08:00

Gingerbread Festival

2009-11-15T20:23:00.000-08:00

This slideshow is all of the pictures I took at the Gingerbread Festival. Peter and I volunteered to help out the Boy Scouts. I didn't do much at the festival but Peter got to live a life long dream and dress up as Santa Claus. He looked so adorable with little children sitting on his red fussy lap.

All Hallow's Eve

2009-11-01T19:23:00.000-08:00

This Halloween Peter and I decided to dress up as our favorite things. So, here we are dressed up like each other. Poor Peter, what a good sport. He said that this is last time he is ever going to cross dress. I agree, he is not very beautiful as a woman. He had such a hard time with long hair, waring a bra and having no pockets. Poor guy.

We spent the day visiting Grandparents and family. When I walked in to my dimly lite Grandma Fonda's house she gasped and said, "Oh no are you doing kemo therapy". But when I got closer she noticed it was a costume, and almost fell over laughing.

The whole time we were dressed up we couldn't bring ourselves to kiss, because our costumes just cheeped us out. That night we where so grateful to transform back into ourselves. I guess the trick was on ourselves. We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween.

house update

2009-10-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

We are offically under contract! we are just waiting for paper work to be pushed through.

So, last night Peter's father came to inspect our soon to be house. His dad used to do house inspections for a living and so we trust him more then just some stranger. According to Peters dad everything looks sound no major problems (sweeeeeet) just a lot of finishing touches. I can handle those, but having to do any major remodeling would drive me nuts. here are more pics I tried getting different angles. Wow, I'm way excited I just want to move in right now! It would be so nice not having to hear the constant sound of running water, because of a broken bath tub.

2009-10-17T23:07:00.000-07:00

This weekend Peter and I kidnapped his sister Lisa's kiddos. We got

them kids meals and took them to the Hee Haw farm. They loved

all of the harvest/ Halloween activities they had like: bean-bag toss,

kiddie hunted house, corn maze and a whole bunch of other

activities. They slept over at our place. On Saturday, we let them

watch cartoons, play on the computer, and play in the park cross from our street. That evening Peters family had a get together;

where we roasted hot-dogs, and played fun games. (Peter never

participates because he hates games.) Anyways, this weekend was

great family fun and it put us in the Harvest mood.

Harvest fun

2009-10-17T22:51:00.001-07:00

B-Day Bash

2009-10-14T20:18:00.000-07:00

My sweet Pete wanted to pull out all of the stops for my birthday. He planned a romantic night stay in Park City. We stayed at a new condo which was cozy and had a hard king sized bed. The best part of the resort was the pools the were great heated indoor ans outdoor pools. Friday night, we went shopping at the outlets, then walk main street and finished the evening with a fabulous dinner at Bandits. ( if you haven't been there you should try their fish, it was better then the fish we ate in Seattle)

On Saturday we met up with the Chandlers to play in Park city. We checkout art galleries and went on the Alpine slide and Alpine coaster. The Alpine coaster kicks the Alpine slides butt. I give 2 thumbs up.

Peters final surprise was dinner at La Callie. Wow was it fancy. We tried the escargot, that right we at snail, and I love it. lets face it any thing drenched in butter and garlic will taste amazing. He are some pics

sweet flowers

2009-10-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

So, the other day Peter surprised me with flowers, he know I was having a tough day and wanted to cheer me up. They were so beautiful. Thanks sweetheart.

Sad day

2009-10-05T20:56:00.000-07:00

Today was a sad day, I didn't win the contest, I didn't even get runners up. Oh well, at least I hope someone read my blog and laughed.

What we are waiting on

2009-10-03T22:09:00.000-07:00

So since we have moved up Peter and I have aggressively been house hunting. We were under contract for a luxury condo in American Fork but it just didn't work out. (if you want details I'll have to explain later) Anyways, we now have been waiting on a short sale home in Pleasant Grove, if this home doesn't work out then we are going to find a very nice place to rent. I really like this house in Pleasant Grove. It has a ton of character and charm. (sounds like I'm a Realtor, I know). This house was built in 1900, its a corner lot with an amazing yard, but no garage. It is 1,924 sq feet, with 4 bedrooms. The interior has been all updated. The biggest draw back to this house is its tiny kitchen, we will need to remodel it some how. Here are some pics.

Ad ideas

2009-10-03T21:51:00.001-07:00

About a week ago my work announced that they would be having a contest to see who could come up with the best advertisement idea for our LED sign in front of our office. So here is what I came up with. Tell me which one you like. Let's cross our fingers to see if I win the grand prize of $50.00!

(I wish it was more but its free so I wont complain.)

My Fall photos 2009, Enjoy!

2009-09-29T18:35:00.001-07:00

HOLY BUSH

2009-08-22T18:20:00.000-07:00

So yesterday, I came home from work and just chilled in my front room on the computer. But when Peter came home he walked to the back room in our dark L shaped hall. I hear, "O my gosh, HOLY BUSH". "What bush? what are you talking about" I replied. " President Bush...... a cut out of him in the hall".

I came around the corner to see, and got startled too.

But the best part of this joke was later Peter got scared by it again in the same place.

It was so funny, we where busting at the seams for a good ten minutes.

We owe all of this to my practical joker brother Shawn.

Bush and I are tight now.

never mind

2009-08-16T15:35:00.000-07:00

Good thing I didn't post anything else about my last post, because we decided not to buy that house.

2009-08-13T20:20:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone,

Just a heads up we may be buying a house this week.

A campin' we will go

2009-07-26T19:23:00.000-07:00

Since I had July 23rd and 24th off work Peter and I put together a camping trip. (by the way camping over the 24th of July weekend in Utah is not the best idea, its really hard to find great campgrounds and everyone and their dogs are in the canyon.) To secure a camping spot, peter went up early wed. morning and found an OK spot in the little mill campground up American Fork canyon. That night Peter stayed up there to keep our spot with his friend Ben. I joined them on Thur. and we went on a great hike up the Timpanogos trail. Then we visited Cascade Springs. These are the pictures from Cascade spring.

Later that night the Chandler family came up to camp with us. We absolutely love the Chandlers. Peter served his mission with Loren Chandler. Loren has a lovely wife named Michelle and 2 darling kiddos, Ethan and Emily. Peter and I have always had such a great time hanging out with Loren and Michelle, so we were super excited to go camping with them. The Chandlers also brought a babysitter with them, Reagen. It was such a great idea. Michelle didn't have to worry about were her kids were

wondering off to in the wilderness. ( I think I'm going to still that idea from her in the future, if I have kids)

That night Michelle fixed the most amazing dinner I've ever had camping. I'm talking about steak, corn on the cob, and baked potato's.

The next morning Michelle pulled out one of the best camping products I've seen in years its called Batter Blaster. Its pancake mix in a can. Amazing!!!! no prep work or clean up and it tasted pretty good. I give this product review two thumbs up.

After Breakfast we went Boony busting in our truck up random dirt roads up the canyon.

We stopped a Silver lake. (our original plan was to rent canoes, but because it was a holiday weekend we couldn't find any)

So we just waded in the lake instead.

After our fun at the lake we found this great big rock to have a picnic on.

Here is Ethan, King of the Mountain

Next we hit the dirt road again and got caught in traffic on the side of a mountain, I kid you not.See!

Our final destination was the Reclamation site for an abandoned hard rock mine. These mines functioned from the late 1800's to 1960. It wasn't until 2003 that they decided to clean up this area. It was cool to see the leaching ponds they created to remove the heavy metals. The streams had a tent of red from all of the iron in them.

That evening Peter's sister Lisa came up with her new step family to spend the night at our camp site. They switched out the Chandlers who decided to go home earlier because they had a very busy day on sat. Before they left they stayed for Peters first ever dutch-oven cookin'. He cooked dutch-oven potatoes and chicken, everything tasted great because it was drenched in Bacon grease. yummy! We finished off the dinner with some amazing dutch-oven cobbler cooked by Mark (Lisa's new hubby)

That night we play cards and chatted around the fire.

It was such a fun camping trip, mostly because we didn't have to deal with Boy Scouts!

Next time we will plan better and rough it more.

New Do

2009-07-22T18:04:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone I've dyed my hair black!!!!!!!!!! That's right I look like freaking Snow White.

2009-07-10T18:38:00.001-07:00

On July 3rd Peter's yonger brother Andrew got married. Peter's mother Judy put together a very nice luchen. I was not able to attended the ceremony because of work. I was able however to go to the Reseption. I wish the best of luck to Andrew, conserdering that he is unemployed and has no GED. Poor Juile'(Andrews' new wife).

We had a great 4th of July! we slept in and then had some amazing breakfast cooked by the wonderful Debbie Hamilton. Then we just layed around the house. That afternoon we ate lunch with Peter's Family at his sisters house. We then drove to Sandy and watched a parade and fireworks with my family.

So here are some real 4th of July photos.

Don't do crack

2009-07-05T21:07:00.001-07:00

Ok I know it's a Holiday but don't let it all hang out. save the childrens eyes

Up date

2009-06-27T21:23:00.000-07:00

I am now gainfully employed at Stone Haven Dental in Lehi. This dental practice is one of the largest and most sophisticated I've seen. I feel very lucky to be able to work there. But now I have very little free time, between working full time and house hunting I'm never around. Lets just say I really enjoy weekends. Tonight we took a drive up to Heber and went to an Indian POW WOW. I loved seeing the traditional costumes and dances, the only thing I didn't like was the only food that was vended was Navajo tacos. ( come on people is there any original Native American food).

Swine Flu emergencey

2009-06-12T11:50:00.000-07:00

On Saturday Peter received a call from his boss telling him that the council will have to shutdown Camp Maple Dell for opening week because 3 of the staff members had swine flu and they needed to quarantine the whole camp. Because of this, the council offered the campers who would be coming that week to relocate to Camp TIFIE or reschedule for another week. He then asked if Peter and I would help out camp TIFIE because of the over crowding and it was Camp TIFIE's first week ever running.

So we volunteered and headed up Sunday night. Fortunately my mother compound is close by the camp so we stayed at it. It was a lot better then having to camp in the cold. While there I needed to hunt for my birth certificate. She was't there and good thing because we found because, Oh boy did we find some good treasures. We found many pictures and clipping of Merrile Osmond, and we think that she has a obsession with him. We also saw the extent of preparedness stash. If never seen so much crap in one persons house. She saves everything, just in case you might need it if the world ends. shes tons of car batteries, fuel, health and beauty, and junk, you name it she has got it. She also has a large collection of New Age healing books and mysticism stuff. There is just a creepy feeling in that house even though everywhere you turn is a Jesus picture. Good thing we where so busy at camp that we only slept there.

At camp I was responsible for teaching 3 merit badges; Forestry, Soil and water conservation, and Mammal study. ( good thing I had very little knowledge about each of these subjects, its been 10 years since I've taken any science classes with these subjects)

I spent every waking moment studying, I felt like I was studying for a major final. But once I had a firm understanding of the subjects, I really enjoyed teaching them.

Day 2 Washington trip

2009-06-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I admit it I am a shutter bug. I get so camera happy its a crazy!

On day two of our trip we (Shalise, Jason, Peter and I) went to Seattle. We payed for a City Pass that got us into a ton of tourist sites for cheap. In two different day's we saw the: Science fiction museum, the Rock'n Roll museum, the Children's museum, the Space Needle, the Zoo, the Aquarium, and a boat tour around the harbor. It was a great deal to see so many different things. I really like Seattle but its so hard to find your way around.

These are pictures of the Space Needle, and our 1 1/2 drive to Seattle from Bellingham.

2009-06-02T10:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile, it has been a little crazy with taking a trip right before moving north to Orem. We are now fully moved up and almost settled in to our temporary housing, in my brother Shawn's basement.

Here are pictures of our first evening in Bellingham. We had dinner at a beautiful park by a lake then we drove around Bellingham and took a walk on the Pier.

member missionary

2009-05-12T21:48:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday I help out with a pre-camp training for Thunder Ridge. The meeting took place at the Cedar city historic Rock Church.

This is a unique Mormon Church was built during the 1930's all of the rock that were used came out the the canyon just east of it.

Anyways, on with the real story. I walked out to my car which was parked right in front of it. On my way I noticed a lady taking pictures of it. She had tourist written all over her. A great idea came to my mind. I should give her a tour of the beautiful inside of the church. As I showed her the chapel I chit-chatted with her and asked where she was from. She said she is from Germany. While we made our way down to the baptistery I gave her a mini 1 st discussion and told her about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. Before she left I ran into the library to steal a Book of Mormon for her. She accepted it.

Wow, sometime you just have no idea when, where, or with whom you can share the Gospel with.

That experience really recharged my missionary batteries. I forgot how exciting it is to open your mouth and speak and the Lord does all of the talking for you.

Anniversary

2009-05-03T20:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary to Peter and Me!

Today May 3rd 2009 is our 2 year wedding anniversary. After spending 2 wonderful years together we are more in love and chubby. I have a hard time trying to remember what it was like to be without Peter. He is my Rock, my best friend, my sweetheart, my help met, my tender kisses and hugs, and my all. I am one lucky woman.

Anniversary Adventure

Bless my poor sweetheart, he knows that I love surprises and he tries his darnedest to create them for me. But it seem that they always get spoiled by something or someone. For this anniversary he wanted to surprise me with a fabulous weekend trip to Vegas. He had it all planned out and was ready to make reservations at a hotel, when he remembered that he had mandatory work meeting in Richfield that weekend. All of his hard work dashed into pieces. So he told me about all of the scheming he had done and that it was for nothing. We decided to make lemonade of lemons and make a over night trip to Richfield.

Friday we drove up to good old Richfield.If you have ever been to Richfield Utah you would know that its not the most exciting place, but we made due with what we had. We found a deal on a clean hotel that had a hot tube. That night we ate at an out dated Italian Restaurant. the food was good but the romantic Italian mood just wasn't there. After dinner we went to the only move theater in town, it was built in the 1950's and nothing had been updated. It was pretty awesome I felt like we were transported to a different era.

The next day after Peter was done with his meeting we hit the open road to roam around central Utah. First stop Fish Lake. It was a beautiful pristine lake, the only problem is that it was still winter at that altitude. The lake still had ice on top of it. Here are some pic of it.

Since it was cold we didn't stay long. On to our next Adventure.......... Capitol Reef!

Peter and I had never been to this National Park. It was the most perfect day to go, the weather was nice and there were no crowds. It has the same beauty as Moab. Hope you enjoy these pics

After Exploring Capitol Reef we had dinner in a cute little town Called Torry. At a fun little crazy dinner.

Whats funny is the couple behind us are in our ward hear in Cedar.

This was a great little adventure and a great way to celebrate our anniversary.

silly duck

2009-04-25T14:44:00.000-07:00

Shhhhhhhhh the ducky is sleeeeeping.

Spring is in the Air

2009-04-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

A Prayer in Spring

Robert Frost (1915)

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.

love spring! New life blossoming
all around me. Shacking off the
ware of winters frost. Taking hope
that all can live again even after
a hard winters end. I only wish it would last
longer.
(Hope you enjoyed my tribute to spring)
P.S. these pictures were taken just down the
street from where I live. I guess if you open
your eyes you can find beauty all around you.
I challenge you to capture the beauty of
spring in your own "back yards" and post it for
everyone

Moving Time Again

2009-04-18T23:56:00.000-07:00

Come June 1st we most move again. Peter is being relocated in his job. The new location is................................(Drum roll please)....................... Utah County!!!!!!!! Yes that's right we get to move closer to home. No more 4 hour dives to see Family and Friends. Yea, a place where I can find a full time job!! I am so thankful that the Lord has heared and answered my prayers. I am no longer in the captivity of Cedar City. Sweet.

Easter 2009

2009-04-16T20:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from our Bailey Easter Family Bash.

Not only did the kiddos have an egg hunt so did the adults. My Dad and Judy hid 2 golden plastic egg in is garden. We where hunting like crazy. In fact my eagle eyes spotted some loot. I found and old missed placed one dollar bill. It most have dropped out of my Dads pockets while gardening along time ago. Loser weepers, finders keepers. Unfortunately I didn't find any golden eggs (that where filled with $20), but I'm satisfied with my find. ( go old dollar bill !!!!!!)

Easy new floor

2009-04-08T17:17:00.000-07:00

OK, so you all know that my new apartment isn't the most glamorous. One area that I just couldn't stand was my laundry room. The last tenant used it as a cat room ( I can't stand Cats!), where its' litter box lived. It had nasty painted cement floors. I would cringe just stepping in there to do any Landry. So, I pulled up my skirt and got to work putting new flooring in. It was nothing special, just pill and stick linoleum. But I did it all by myself and it was only $12 to do. Now the wall I'll have to do another day.

Aftermath of the move

2009-04-05T20:42:00.000-07:00

This week we successfully moved all of our stuff to our new apartment down the street. This place is nothing special, I'll have to post pics once I get stuff unpacked. Its a basement apartment that has 3 rooms and a storage room, but it has a tiny kitchen and low ceilings. The house that it is in was built in 1919 and has some issues. The upstairs needs a hazmat team to come in and clean it. It looks as though it was in a natural disaster involving cats. It is by far the most nasty place I have ever seen. It creeps me out that I live underneath it. These picture don't do justice to the smell of cat piss and @#$@#% that radiates from every inch of this hell hole. This house only has one thermostat that controls our heat and it is upstairs. So if we need to adjust it we have to enter the big nasty. The lady that lived there moved out the same time we moved into the basement and she has kept the back door open for us to adjust the temp. (Lucky us) We are hoping that no one will rent the upstairs, cause we have to pay half of the gas bill. If it is just us we don't even really need to run the furnace. The upstairs is a beast to keep heated.

The lady left her 2 cats here this weekend that's why they are in the pics. They freak me out cause I can hear them running around upstairs. Fortunately she picked them up today.

my big Debut

2009-03-25T20:48:00.000-07:00

About a month and a half ago, out of the blue I got a call from a Representative for the Iron County Republican Party. He called to ask if I would sing the National Anthem and America the Beautiful at their Convention on March 25. Reluctantly I accepted. I haven't sung in front of a real audience in years. The last time I sang in front of anyone was when I worked at Chuck-A-Rama for extra tips. I haven't even sung in church. Lets just say that I am pretty rusty. So this was a big deal for me even though it was for tiny little Iron County folks.

A week before the performance I got super sick. I was going to call and cancel (which would have been a great "easy-out" because I was afraid) but I couldn't find the phone number of the guy how called me. I searched everywhere, the phonebook, Internet and every nuck and cranny in my house. I was stuck with this obligation and my integrity. On top of all this Peter was going to be out of town. It was time to do some major humbling and go on faith that I would be able to have a voice and perform well.

I am so glad I persisted in following through with it. Not only was I blessed with health and calmness, I was blessed with a new found patriotism. Singing these powerful anthems awakened a sense of what our Four Fathers might have felt when establishing this Great Nation. Unfortunately we are far from what they had envisioned for us. No one seem to care that we are being suckered into socialism. More and more I see what real freedom is, such as: striking out on your own and making something of yourself out of nothing, being able to have choices and be accountable for them, be self governing, to be independent, to be able to practice my faith freely. My favorite line is America the Beautiful is: "God mend thy every flaw. Confirm thy soul with self control, thy liberty in Law." Our government has lost faith in its people, the principles of our Constitution and the unalienable rights of humans. It seems its' only motivation is in greed and power. I fear for the future of my children (that's if am able to have any).

Spring in St. George

2009-03-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

MOVING TIME AGAIN

2009-03-19T22:00:00.001-07:00

At the end of this month we are moving out of the apartment that we have called home for over a year. That's a big accomplishment for us because, before this place we moved 5 times in 8 months. You maybe asking why are you moving then, well......... On the first of this month I had found out that we were paying almost a $100.00 more in rent then the other tenants in our complex. That pissed me off. We asked Asset Management company to lower our rent our we'll leave, but all they said was make sure you hand in your one month notice. Fine!!!! We found some where else to live. (take that Ass*%#% Management) This new place is not as nice or new but it is a lot less rent, it's only 450.00 month and it is just down the street from our old place. (: yea we get to stay in our ward, which Peter loves cause he just got called to be Sunday school teacher.((His favorite Calling)). The best part of moving is going through all of the crap I have and getting rid of it. Its a great way of cleaning out my life. The bad part of moving is that we don't have any friends to sucker into helping us move the crap that we do keep.

I don't mind this down scaling. It's always easier to do it if you choose too, not if you have too.

The biggest stink I have about this move is how much we have to pay to get the cheap carpet cleaned after we move out. I can't find a Carpet Cleaner that will do it for less then $100. Asset Management keeps sticking it to us. I can't to be away from them. OK enough of my "grump talk" I am very excited for this change, it is much needed. This will save us a bunch of money over the summer since we'll be at BSA camp almost all week. (Oh ya, If you don't already know, I'm going to be Program Director at Thunder Ridge this summer.)

Steal of a Deal

2009-03-12T12:44:00.000-07:00

Peter and I have been hunting for nice but inexpensive night stands. A couple of week ago we found them at DI for only $7.00 each. When we first got them they were not much to look at. But with some elbow grease, fresh paint and lacker they look great. Thats what I call a steal of a deal! Let me know what you think.

2009-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

2009-03-02T20:17:00.000-08:00

This past year has been a big challenge for me. Since I've moved to Cedar City my life has turned into one big pile of wasted opportunity. There has been nothing but dead ends and boredom. I have sunk into a depression and have eaten my way into it too. I need to change something now. Since we are not able to move I need to change my attitude. I have been way addicted to negative thoughts, self-pity and bitterness. I can't do this on my own so I'm turning to the Lord. I have put together a 40 day spiritual fast. One small act that I can do and check off that will bring me closer to the Lord each day. In doing this I hope to receive direction, peace and hope. I'm posting this on my blog so that if anyone else is struggling in life like I am they can try this out.

I refere to the acronym ARG which means Addiction Recovery Guide. It is a booklet that is used with the LDS Family services programs. My relief society is studying it this year and I've found it to be very use full to help me open my heart and ponder about my actions in life. I feel that my addiction in life is my self-pity and eating. I hope to break through these vises.

The print that is bolded is meant to be followed throughout the fast. I know that only the Lord can get me out of this darkness.

40 Day Fast
Days

1. Open with a long heartfelt prayer
2. Go the Temple once a week
3. Spend 3 hours studying repentance
4. Start a gratitude journal, write one thing you are thankful for that day right before you go to bed. Continue it through the fast.
5. Put together a healthy meal plan, sacrifice eating sugar for this fast.
6. Say 10 positive things about yourself to yourself everyday.
7. Go on a long walk with just you and the Lord.
8. Detail Clean your house. Keep it tidy throughout the fast to invite the spirit.
9. Watch less T.V.
10. Smile at 5 complete strangers.
11. Study for the up coming Sunday school lesson.
12. Finish a section in the ARG booklet.
13. Invite a couple from your ward on a double date.
14. Do a random act of service for someone in the ward.
15. Spend an hour reading a uplifting book.
16. Call an old friend and give them cheer.
17. Journal a spiritual experience that changed your life
18. Study about revelation.
19. Call your mom and say you love her.
20. Give comfort to someone who stands in need of it.
21. Watch a conference talk about the gospel healing your heart.
22. Write an email to someone how has impacted your life in a positive way and tell them thank you.
23. Forgive someone that has caused you pain.
24. Forgive yourself.
25. Study agency.
26. Do your visiting teaching.
27. Pray to have the spirit witness Heavenly Fathers love for you.
28. Read and pray about your Patriotically Blessing.
29. Visit the genealogy center.
30. Read a conference report.
31. Call one of your grandmothers and shot the breeze with them.
32. Spend 3 hours studying about Faith.
33. Don’t not complain at all this day only say words of hope.
34. Finish another section in the ARG booklet.
35. Volunteer part of your day somewhere in the community.
36. Contact one of your mission converts and re-testify your love of the gospel.
37. Write a love note to your sweet heart.
38. Finish a project you keep putting off.
39. Spend time in nature. Hiking, bike ride, walk in the park. And admire the Saviors greatness.
40. Spend time pondering and journaling about your fast, and how the spirit has grown with in you.

2009-02-21T10:16:00.000-08:00

2009-02-20T22:31:00.000-08:00

2009-02-19T11:53:00.000-08:00

Hubby Tag,
Where we met: We always like to pull peoples legs and tell them that we met at a bar, because it sounds much more controversial. The truth is that we met at a ward prayer in our singles ward. As we talked he literally backed into a corner. I called him out on this and he admitted that I intimidated him and that he felt my eyes where staring into the depths of his soul.

How long we dated before we got hitched: we dated about 3 1/2 months, were engaged for 2 1/2. but peter wanted to propose only after a month. Good thing he waited, cause I think I would have backed out

How long have we been married: 1 year and 9 1/2 months

What's my favorite feature about him: His big brown eyes and his negro sized lips, they are the best to kiss.

What's my favorite quality about him: His not afraid to share his thoughts and feelings. There is never a dull moment; he always has something on his mind. My favorite thing to do each night is to lay in is arms and talk for hours before we fall a sleep. He also seems to know all the names of songs and the artists. He always knows how to make me smile. His only desire in life is to make me happy. (I'm not lying he told me--for real)

What's his nickname for me: Love-a-Loo, Da Da Da Da Da Da Da(while doing happy hands), Kido-littlo

His favorite colors: Forest green and Tan, i thinks its because of the scout uniform he wears every day

His favorite food: Thai, Indian, Mexican and pretty much all food. But he doesn't really like sweets or ice cream that much--I know--wierd.

His favorite sport: He is not really into sports. He likes to watch BYU football a couple times a year.

Who said the L word first: Peter did and I just responded with "I know"

First kiss, when and where: Wow, this is one of those facts that girls should know by heart, but I don't. I think it was our 2nd or 3rd date and it was on his couch. At the time I was thinking he was going to be the next victim of my NCMO addiction.

Favorite couple thing to do: Walking together

How many kids: O

His age: 33

His favorite music: New Order, Depeche Mode and sappy 80's love songs, like Air Supply

What I admire most about him: His tender heart. I am the lucky one who is the recipient of all his love.

His favorite pastimes: Reading Isaiah, blogging about anything political, reading the Drudge report, and anything Glenn Beck

Will he read this: I don't know how often he checks my blog

2009-02-18T13:12:00.000-08:00

Here is my late Valentine. My laptop broke and so I'm behind

2009-02-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

2009-02-03T18:03:00.000-08:00

I'm famous by mention only. Yesterday I was watching channel 4 news and saw a segment about an elderly man who dropped a bunch of money. I swore that he looked like my grandfather. So I called him and asked him if it was him. He said it wasn't him. I read the article online and it said that this man was buying coffee, so i dismissed thinking it was him. But check out this article:

"Julio Venegas and Richard Fairbanks (Marcos Ortiz, ABC 4 News) SOUTH SALT LAKE UTAH (ABC4 News) - Julio Venegas said he was just doing his job.But returning $1,200 that was left on the floor isn’t an ordinary task.Last Thursday, Venegas who is a clerk at the Chevron station in South Salt Lake returned the money to police.For several days, the unclaimed money sat at police headquarters.Yesterday, ABC4 NEWS ran the story of the lost money and within hours, the rightful owner came forward.“Last night, two of my grand daughters said I was on television,” said Richard Fairbanks who lost the money at the convenience store. “One of them said turn on Channel 4 and so I did catch part of it."Fairbanks arrived at the police station and got his money back."I thought it was fantastic that someone would pick it up and turn it in,” he said. “It’s really unusual. Wonderful.”Fairbanks went to the Chevron station to thank Venegas personally."Julio the man I wanted to see,” Fairbanks said as the two men met. “I wanted to thank you so much for returning that money, it's wonderful of you."It was no big deal for Venegas."I wanted to do the right thing," he said.When police released the surveillance tape, one of the customers actually tried to claim the money as his. But Venegas knew better. And when the customer tried to convince Venegas to split it, the clerk said no."I was kind of shocked that somebody else was going to take it,” he said.Despite the temptation, Venegas kept it and headed to the police station."I thought about it wasn't my money so I had to turn it in to the right person," he said.And Fairbanks, who is a landlord and was collecting rents the day he lost the money, is forever grateful.“It’s great, fantastic,” he said.
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2009-01-28T22:27:00.000-08:00

So if you have noticed lately I haven't posted any full length pictures, that's because I have allowed myself to be come unshapely. So here is an honest up-to-date picture of me. Whoooo that feels good to come clean and be honest with not only myself but the entire world wide web. I am no beauty queen in this picture, believe it or not, yes I am wearing make-up

2009-01-28T18:40:00.000-08:00

I love this wacky photo, it really shows Peter's "Wild" side. Don't you worry, we still have the red wig and yes it is the same wig that I used for my past Little Mermaid singing debut at my mom's last wedding.

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This past weekend Peter and I went down to Las Vegas with Shawn and Shara. This was probably the best Vegas trip we've had, even though it started out pretty shaky. As we drove down our car started to over heat, good thing it wasn't during summer, or we would have been in deep crap. We just blazed our heater and rolled down our windows. Good thing Shawn and Shara where there to hangout with while our car was getting fixed. We went with Shawn to see the Red Rock state park, I 've seen more beauty in Moab so I wasn't impressed, but it was nice to get out and about.

That night we stayed with them in a swanky condo. It had a sweet hot tub and the most amazing bed I've ever slept on. That night we also walk Fremont street, I'm not going to lie it was pretty cold, you forget that its winter during the day but the night reminds you.

The next day was Sunday so we took it easy. That night we stayed at Julie and Tony Robbens house. Tony is one of my converts on my mission. I Absolutely love this family. They just moved from Indiana in Aug. to Vegas. It was so good to catch up. It was one of those small blessing to taste the fruits of my mission. I feel more lucky that night then any of the winners at the big casinos.

The next day Peter and I ate breakfast at my favorite chain, Panera Bread. I sure wish they had one closer to us. After that we drove to the Hoover Dam. It was the most beautiful day I've seen this year. I got some amazing pics.If you didn't already know they are building a new bridge over the dam. It was so amazing to see this huge project under constructed. Hope you enjo

y! Before we left town we ate dinner at a Cuban restaurants It was pretty good except our waitress was totally raciest agents us, and acted so put out that she had to speak English to use and was very bias with her service to us.

2009-01-14T12:03:00.000-08:00

On New Years Eve, Peter and I went to a Argentine dinner at a ward house with Peter's sister and her boyfriend. Then we went to "First Night" downtown. It was pretty lame the best part is this picture.

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2009-01-13T15:26:00.000-08:00

These are some more of the Pioch trip pics. But I went a little crazy with photoshop. Let me know what you think

2009-01-13T14:55:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Peter and I played hooky and to a day trip to Pioch Nevada. Here are some of the cool pictures I took

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2008-12-17T21:05:00.000-08:00

These are my first real scrapbooking pages, then I switched to digital. I just scanned these in and the color is not as bright as the original. You can also tell that I had a hard time cutting straight.