Some Randoms

Last month I started seeing a Chiropractor, which, I will not get into on this page, mostly because there isn't much to tell.Anywho, driving from work to the Chiropractor allows me to drive past the temple. I forget how beautiful it is up close. How often we take for granted the fact that it is literally 5 minutes away.

Because, let's face it, I was a cute kid, and this was one of the rare times Brady and I got along. Haha!

At work, we had a LEGO day, where kids came and played with LEGOs. This day was also the day that our Area Manager and his boss came to discuss the "new" MSR program. I spent a good amount of time in there talking to them, and asking them various questions. It has been just a really rough year and a half. In some ways it has gotten better, and in other ways, it hasn't. I love it there, and I love what I do, but if this is going to be a career for me, it needs to be somewhere that I feel like I am appreciated and if I were to ever try to leave, they would fight to keep me there. Once upon a time it felt that way, but not so much anymore. It was really good to spend some time with Mike & Kevin though.

Anyway, back to the LEGOs...we had a few left over, so I grabbed one. I was a total jerk though, and only grabbed one for myself. Chandler was a bit mad, so when I went to lunch, he stole my LEGOs and started building them himself. I suppose I could have been a bit more upset with him, but I deserved it. This is his, "This is so stupid" look. Grateful to have such a fun co-worker/station neighbor.

Oh, just looking for flooring to replace our carpeted kitchen. I had my doubts as to whether he'd actually do it or not.

Greg and I were asked to babysit one night for some members in our ward. Normally, I would make excuses to not, but since the lady is one of the sisters I'm assigned to visit teach, and I haven't been in a while, I couldn't say no. Plus, it was so they could go to a church meeting. They have 3 kids, and the two girls were so cute. The oldest has a disability, so the mom wrote out a schedule to follow, which was nice. The youngest, who is probably 2, just clung to me. It was nice to feel loved. I even was able to hold her pretty much the entire night. Then, when we were watching a movie, the two little girls wanted to sit on my lap and cuddle. It was great. Greg was awesome to go with me, even though I knew he really did not want to. Grateful that he came.

 

April, April, April

Well, the first of April was April Fool's Day. Now had things gone a different way, I had an excellent prank to do on Steve, however, I couldn't do it. so we did the next best thing. We've been cleaning out all the supply rooms, and in our back one there is a whole bunch of crap. So, what do you do when there is a whole bunch of crap that is not being used? Pull it all out and put it all over your co-workers desk. We thought about having someone hide under the table cover, which, let's face it, would have been hilarious, however then wanted me to do it, and it just wouldn't have been good. I had Steve and Kim help me set this up at Caleb's station so he had fun cleaning it all up.

Then, when Steve went to lunch, we moved all of the same crap over to his desk. We are so funny. He was so certain that we wouldn't do it to him. Psh....So "Gull-able". (Seagulls are like our mascot or something. They aren't ducks, even though that's what everyone things they are. I however see a pineapple on our logo every time I drive to work.)

Steve loves us!


That weekend was General Conference, so we of course, due to tradition, had to go get a shake from Arctic Circle. This was the first year we have been in and out in under 10 minutes. Most the time it's upwards of 45 minutes. It was awesome!

Just some pictures of the Logan temple. I love it!

Things with my Etsy shop are going really well. No I'm not making millions yet. I need to do better marketing myself, and I could probably charge more, but I love what I do. One of my customers requested a "Roadmap to Retirement" for one of her coworkers. It was so much fun to do. I'll have to post the entire thing, since I also did a chalkboard infographic as well. I loved them both, and even though they definitely pushed me outside my comfort zone, I love custom requests!

Funny story, I was bored at work so I emailed this to my coworkers (I do this often), and said "Caleb, guess who this is about?" I kid you not, not even half an hour later that member came in. It was awesome. I wish I could tell you the whole story, but basically a member was trying to add stuff on paper and it wasn't adding up to what Caleb's calculator said, but the member wouldn't have it. Finally he just told her she needed to get a calculator. We laughed.

The absolute best part about April was the SNOW! That's right, we FINALLY got snow! It was amazing, and it just snowed and snowed and snowed. It didn't stick to the road either, which was awesome, but it snowed for about 2 days straight. I loved it, and was just about the only person in the entire world who did.

 

And I think that's about it for now. I need to upload the rest of my April photos, so I'll be back soon!

Patience!

What personality trait would you like to adopt?

Patience…or the ability to not freak out over little things that happen. Patience is something I pray for everyday…patience in my job, with my husband, with people I work with, etc. I’m obviously failing quite miserably, because I have to keep praying for it. But I just envy those who let little things slide off their shoulders like it’s no big deal. I try to…but then things build up and build up, and eventually EVERY little thing is a big deal. Not cool. So that’s a trait that I wish I had.

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I was able to go to the temple today. My baby sister is getting married, so she went through today…CRAZY!! It’s just crazy to think she is old enough to get married. It was a good day though. We were able to go out to lunch with my family that was there (mom, dad, Kandyce & Clay, Brady & Ashbee, and McKenzie) plus Kyler’s family. It was good to spend time with them and see them. I can’t wait until the wedding so the rest of the family (ie, the niece and nephews) will all be there.

Families are Forever

We were blessed at the end of September to see Mark & Adrienne go through the temple and be sealed. Where they live so far away (DC), it was great having them fly out here so we could be there with them. Greg and I didn't actually go through the endowment session with them, but were able to be there as they were sealed. It's such a blessing to know that we can be with our families forever. We are so happy for them, and for their new little one coming in February. It was a beautiful day to be with family. Here are some random pics from the day.

 The temples always have such beautiful flowers and landscaping.

Mark & Adrienne at the Salt Lake Temple

 I was able to get a couple pics of Greg & I

And the typical Greg "why are you doing this to me" face

I know there is worse traffic...but it made me feel like we were in a big city!

We had a luncheon thing afterwards at Kyan's church, and we took some family pics.

Annie is clearly the model of the family.

Shaina & Nori  --  Annie showing us how to model

The girls....and though I look it, I'm not the pregnant one in the picture.

Sisters

Poor Austin  --  Mike & Juanita (all the way from Vegas) and their kids

the Robert & Laura Aullman Family 2011

And a gorgeous sunset.

I love to see the temple...

So...I had a wedding yesterday in SL. Greg got work off to go with me (which I was SO GRATEFUL for!) I always freak out the night before and up until the actual wedding, so having him drive down with me, was calming. When I woke up (at 6:30 in the AM! UGH!!) it was RAINING!!! Weather forecast said rain all day too, so that's another reason I was happy to have Greg come...he could hold the umbrella! :) Before we left, we said a prayer...praying for "cooperative weather." Little did I know what kind of cooperative weather we'd get. It was PERFECT!!! It was overcast while we were at the temple, and SUNNY for the INDOOR reception! Oh my heck. It was fabulous! How grateful I was for such 'cooperative' weather. Anyway, so we get to SL about 8:45. The ceremony is at 9. So we just park and wait for a while. I never know what time the ceremonies will get over because they are all different. So I decide to wait until about 10 after and I walk up to the temple. There is like no one in the waiting room, so I go to the restroom. When I come out I noticed that there was a group of people in there now. So I just went outside to wait. I only knew Jenny and her mom, so of course both of them are going to be in the temple still. So I ask these people that had walked out if they were there for the wedding. And they were...lol, that was the SHORTEST ceremony I've ever known...All my other SL wedddings lasted what seemed like FOREVER! So that was good...anyway....to make a long story short...the happy came out and we did pictures for about an hour. When we are done I walked back to the car, where Greg was. Now the ceremony wasn't until 6 that night, and it was now 11. We didn't have anything planned, but when Greg went to start the car.....IT WOULDN'T START! We had left the lights on the entire time I was at the temple! hmm...so.....what to do, right?!? We just sat in the car for probably 30 -45 minutes before it started getting really hot in the car (did I mention the cooperative weather?!). We decided to go for a walk, so we walked around the conference center, then over to the visitor's center where we walked around the grounds, then inside. It was so much fun. Its so relaxing there, and everything was so pretty. The flowers were in bloom, and I wish I had my camera when we walked around. But....Here are some pics of the LAST time I was down there...in the bitter cold and no flowers, however it always seems to be absolutely gorgeous!!






Anyway...that's my day yesterday in a really short story!!!!

sorry all....

...don't have much to post about so you get to see more of my latest shoots...I absolutely LOVED her dress. It was gorgeous, and I love the sash(?) that she had. She just looked so happy and it was great...

...sorry, nothing really is going on! I do have something that I've been up to that I will share with you...hehe...I'm excited about it. You just have to promise not to make fun of me. So yeah...all you people out there need to do some updating, okay? Okay...