Spring Break - Pictures

Be prepared for a picture overload!! (these are just some of the picture I took)


It snowed, we played and even saw some local wildlife. :)

Spring Break: Colorado Trip

This year I was very lucky in getting the time off for Spring Break. With the help of my sister Scott and I were able to go visit her and her family in Colorado for Spring Break. We left early Friday morning, the 12th from 40 degree morning weather in AZ to 50 degree all day weather in Colorado. My sister lives in Parker which is nestled between the Colorado Rockies and the Plains. It was really neat to see the mountains so close covered in snow.

Honestly we just pretty much bummed around. Sunday and Monday Scott was sick and then Monday night I got sick but was feeling better by Wednesday.

I helped my sister organize 2 of her closets. We had a 20% off coupon to the Container Store, which is a really cool store! Below are the before pictures. To see the afters click on the the word 'after' below each picture which will take you to my sister's blog. On Sunday I was tasked to measure the closets. Since Scott was sick we didn't go to church so to keep myself busy, which was about 30 mins, I had measured the closets and had written down the info. The closets looked pretty good once we were done.

Hall closet (craft closet) before and after

Loft closet before and after

Sunday it was snowing and by Monday morning the grass and trees were sprinkled with that white stuff. Then for the next 3 days it was clear and sunny in the 60's, but by Friday it was cold and snowing all day long. We tried to make it up to Denver to the museums but got stuck on the freeway because of mulitple accidents, so we decided to get off and found a local Library to cozy up in for a little bit before heading back to my sisters.

While I was there I was able to reconnect with an old friend from junior high. She came over monday for a little while to chat before her midterm. Then on Tuesday she and I went shopping and out to lunch. It was like we had never been apart for the last 11 years, give or take. Then wed my sister and I went to get a free makeover at the new Utla store that just opened up, where my friend works. It was fun to have some girl time and try new products. Sarah I'm sold, I'm totally buying the Bare Minerals makeup!!

Sorry that this isn't more exciting but like I mentioned earlier we pretty much bummed around and I was sick on top of that. I did take pictures and will post them soon.

Job for Matt

As promised I am posting about Matt's new job. Yes that's right! He was able to get a job somewhere, and that somewhere is Oregano's. It's only temorary until he can find something a little bit more permanent. His sister works there and was able to help out and get him the job. He has been on his own serving tables since last week and doing pretty good. Some nights are better than others as far as tips go but that's to be expected. One draw back is that he has to work Sunday nights. :( He wasn't to thrilled about the idea but I told him not to quit, but to ride it out and see if he could trade w/ someone once he gets the hang of it. It's nice to be able to have a little extra money coming in and he is grateful to be working. He only has to work 4 days which is nice. So YEA for work!!! He is also still looking for something else that would be more of a career than just a job.

Reading!

Today at work my supervisor brought in books that her kids had out grown so that we could rumage through them before she shipped them off to Goodwill. I picked out 3 books for Scott and one of them is this book.



This is one of my favorite Dr Seuss books. I put them on Scott's bed. I had told him that I brought home something for him and that it was up in room. A few mins later Scott is running down the stairs saying "You got this for me mommy?" He came to me and started to read it to me. I'm very impressed with the fact that he reading the entire book to me! What a smart little boy! These last few weeks at school his teacher has sent him home with 10 sight words to memorize and to pass off and this book has a lot of sight words and he is very excited that he knows them!

Valentines

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted.

I thought that since it's Valentine's day I would post something.

Last night Matt and I enjoyed the company of our friends Megan and Jeremy and Scott got to play with Adie. He has been bugging me about playing w/ her. So they finally got to play. We ate some pizza and played several rounds of Taboo while being a referee when the kids got out of hand. It was a lot of fun. (sorry no pictures)


This morning I found an envelope on the dresser with my name on it. I honestly was not expecting anything from Matt, being poor and all. But to my surprise I found a gift card to a nail salon! Whoo Hoo!! I haven't had a pedicure, I mean a professional one, in months! I in return gave him a big Reese's Peanut Butter Heart, reese's are his favs. He was very happy and eat the whole thing right after church. He gave me a bite before he finished it off.

That's all I got for now. I will try to be better a posting, I'm starting to slack off. I will post back soon with news about Matt and his job situation. :)

Just Because

I'm sitting here thinking that I feel like that I have been neglecting my blog b/c I haven't really done a good post. We haven't had a lot of exciting things that have happened, but nonetheless it's time for a new post. This past week Matt did have a job interview and he felt that it went well. (YEA!) I hope he gets the job, b/c being the only one working is very stressful. I've been focusing on my new part time job and hope to make it a full time job and quit my job at Wells Fargo. It's time for change anyway. Scott has started a new semester at school and although we had a rocky start for the new year he has improved. He's a kid that needs structure.

As I listed in an earlier post one of my goals for this year was to be better at scripture study. Well to help me stay on top of it I've decided to start a blog in which I will be putting down my thoughts and inspirations.

That's all I have for now. I will post back when we know if Matt got the job.

2010 Goals

So this year I've set 3 main goals to accomplish.

1) Be more diligent in my personal scripture study

2) try to get back to my pre-scott size, not so much the weight b/c I know that I will gain muscle to replace the fat

3) focus on my new job at Primerica, which I do on my own time and it will get me to where i want to be, which is to be at home more while still making some income.


I just wanted to share these with you b/c I feel that if someone knows about them I will feel more committed and accountable for them. Wish me luck!