Science Fair 2009

Blakely wanted to participate in the science fair this year..She had alot of fun watching her apples each day..She was only one out of six kindergarteners that even participated this year..It was alot of work doing the board..Not so much the project itself..When it came down to the board we had a couple late nights..

Easter

I didnt get to take very many pictures of Easter morning because I didnt realize the batteries were dead in my camera and we didnt have any more..SO here is the one picture I did get to take of them after they colored their easter eggs..

Daniel and Creu had a little snooze while we were coloring eggs..

House For Sale!!

I have had a couple people tell me to post our house on here so here ya go..If anyone knows of someone who is looking to buy let them know about our house..We really need to sell it..We officially put it up for sale last week and we have had two showings..It really suprises me because both of them have been older couples..O'well, whatever gets it sold..Right?? It's a little under 2700 sq feet..It has 4 bedrooms, and 2 1/2 bathrooms..It also has a salon/bonus room..There are block walls on both sides so it just needs one along the back wall..It's in a cul-de-sac with really nice neighbors and in the Little Valley area..



Great Room...

Master Bath...


Master Bedroom...

1st Bedroom...

2nd Bedroom..

3rd Bedroom...

Kids Bathroom..

Salon/bonus room/extra bedroom..You could really make it into anything since I havent put the sink or anything else in yet..

Huge walk-in pantry..

Laundry Room w/built in desk...

In God We Trust

My friend Dot posted this on her blog and I just loved it because over the last couple of weeks I have really had to trust in god and know that he has a plan for all of us..I have really had my faith tested and very much realizing that he does answer prayers..

You always hear the usual stories of pennies on the sidewalk being good luck, gifts from angels, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard this twist on the story. Gives you something to think about.

Several years ago, a friend of mine and her husband were invited to spend the weekend at the husband's employer's home. My friend, Arlene, was nervous about the weekend. The boss was very wealthy, with a fine home on the waterway, and cars costing more than her house.
The first day and evening went well, and Arlene was delighted to have this rare glimpse into how the very wealthy live. The husband's employer was quite generous as a host, and took them to the finest restaurants. Arlene knew she would never have the opportunity to indulge in this kind of extravagance again, so was enjoying herself immensely.

As the three of them were about to enter an exclusive restaurant that evening, the boss was walking slightly ahead of Arlene and her husband. He stopped suddenly, looking down on the pavement for a long, silent moment.

Arlene wondered if she was supposed to pass him. There was nothing on the ground except a single darkened penny that someone had dropped, and a few cigarette butts Still silent, the man reached down and picked up the penny.

He held it up and smiled, then put it in his pocket as if he had found a great treasure. How absurd! What need did this man have for a single penny? Why would he even take the time to stop and pick it up?

Throughout dinner, the entire scene nagged at her. Finally, she could stand it no longer. She casually mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.

A smile crept across the man's face as he reached into his pocket for the penny and held it out for her to see. She had seen many pennies before! What was the point of this?

"Look at it." He said. "Read what it says." She read the words " United States of America "
"No, not that; read further."
"One cent?" "No, keep reading."
"In God we Trust?" "Yes!" "And?"
"And if I trust in God, the name of God is holy, even on a coin. Whenever I find a coin I see that inscription. It is written on every single United States coin, but we never seem to notice it! God drops a message right in front of me telling me to trust Him? Who am I to pass it by? When I see a coin, I pray, I stop to see if my trust IS in God at that moment. I pick the coin up as a response to God; that I do trust in Him. For a short time, at least, I cherish it as if it were gold. I think it is God's way of starting a conversation with me. Lucky for me, God is patient and pennies are plentiful!

Left Knee Scope

For those of you who know me well you know that I have had a bad knee from highschool and all of my dancing years..I tore my meniscus my Junior year of highschool..Well, it wasnt that bad until I started hair school last January and then it gradually got worse..I finally went in and had knee surgery because it seemed like I was reinjuring it every other day..The last straw was one night I was at school doing hair and I twisted it really bad and I couldnt even hardly finish what I was doing because it hurt so bad to stand..I went in to see my doctor and he said if HAIR was going to be my career I might as well do the surgery now while I was still young..I thought that was a very nice compliment..Anyway!!! I had it done on December 12th and I didnt get very good pictures of the aftermath but I will post what I have..I did though get some really cool pictures of the inside of me knee..It really is confusing unless the doctor is explaining what everything is..All went good and I went last week to get the stiches taken out..He said that it was one of the worst torn meniscus' he has ever seen..I would believe him..I was always in so much pain..Hopefully it will keep getting better and I will be pain free forever..The only downfall is that the Dr. said I will get arthritis in my knee pretty bad because he had to cut so much of the meniscus out that there is not much left to support the knee bones..O'well, the things we do to feel good!!
Here is the most exciting picture..NOT!! HaHa

There were only two little incisions..The other one was on the other side of my knee..It was same day surgery and I was only on crutches for two days..After that I used only one for a couple more days and then I was walking all by myself..It was weird to start walking again because it was such a different feeling to not have the cushion between the two knee bones..

Happy Birthday Peyton

Peyton loves Barbie Diamond Castle..And so she wanted to have a birthday with a barbie theme..She had to wear her princess dress and Angie made her a barbie cake..She was so excited..Her birthday isnt until Wednesday but with all the New Years parties that night we decided to celebrate it on Saturday..Rachel and Josh were here from Salt Lake so it was fun to have them here for it..

Christmas 2008

Ok, ok..Sorry about the long time between posts...I really have been busy..It is the holidays afterall..HaHa..It has been hard this year with the economy the way it is and with a husband in construction it has been especially hard..I havnt felt like much for posting..Anyway, we did have a good Christmas and we were very thankful we could do what we did this year..Thanks to good family and friends it makes it easier to go through times like this..I didnt take any pictures at Thanksgiving so you'll just have to settle for Christmas..First we had to get a picture of our annual Christmas Pj's that we open up every year on Christmas Eve..

Our tree this year..

Creus Christmas..He had no clue what was going on but he was just happy to be here and loved eating the wrapping paper..

Peytons Christmas..She was really excited to get diamond castle barbies and all the disney princess barbies..She also got a lot of tinkerbell stuff..Another one of her favorite things..

Blakelys Christmas..She was so excited to see that santa brought her a DS..She has done nothing but play with her DS since Christmas day..

And to answer Dots question..As you can probably tell from the pictures, yes, we did finally move into our house..It's not going to be very long lived though..On Monday we are going to put it up for sale and hope that with some miracle that it doesnt take long to sale..Not likely I know but we can only hope and pray right?? I know everyone is probably in shock just about now but with construction being so slow we are afraid if it goes on much longer we will not be able to keep the house anyway..We are looking at other options that include moving up North..Which is not exciting for the cold but would be fun to be close to our family..Daniel knows some people up there that might be able to get him a job..Right now it is just a waiting game to see what will happen in the New Year..I read the other day from an ecomonist that in 2009 there will be 20% more construction job losses in St George alone..That doesnt sound promising for the type of work that Daniel does..So, I guess for now we will wait and see..We hope that everyone has a great New Years!!