The Amazing Huntington Family

Phoebe loves bikes

2011-12-02T09:10:00.001-08:00

It's not a big surprise, but Phoebe really loves bikes. We have two in the living room at the moment and she loves to play with them and she says, "It's a bike." Whenever I come over to stop her from chopping her fingers off in the gears or derailers. Wednesday we went to the shop to see if she was tall enough to ride a balance bike(the kind with no peddals). All the way there she chanted "a bike a bike a bike." She isn't tall enoug quite yet, but she had a blast riding it around the store with Ryan.

Broken Cars

2011-11-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

We took our four wheeler out for our first ride yesterday. It was such a fun afternoon. Oh how quickly things can change.
When we were loading it in to the back of the truck to go home the front of the four wheeler smacked into the back window of the truck :(
We called Technaglass to see how much it would cost to fix it. Yesterday they told me it would 243.00 to fix. This morning I called again just to nake sure everything was in order and they told me it's going to cost 720.00 with tax. WHAT!?!? You have got to be kidding me. How do you get such different number? Holy cow.
So I called my insurance agent and he gave me a number to Safelite. They told me it will cost 240.00. Fingers crossed, I'm going down tomorrow to get it fixed.

Blogger App

2011-11-14T07:47:00.001-08:00

Sooo...I'm not the best blogger. In fact I am aweful at it. I just installed a blogger app on my phone. Maybe...just maybe it will help me be a better blog updater

My Little Girl is Getting so Big

2011-07-07T15:07:00.000-07:00

This week Phoebe learned to crawl, pull up on stuff, and go from on her tummy to sitting. It's been a big week. She also now has three teeth and her hair is long enough for pigtails. My baby is so big!

U2

2011-05-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I went to the U2 concert last night. I've been to a few concerts in my life and I've had a lot of fun at concerts. This was hands down the best concert I've EVER been to. I am not a die hard U2 fan. I like a few of their songs quite a lot(I like them more now). Ryan, however, is a die hard U2 fan. I went to the concert expecting it to be just like any other concert I'd been to, but it was much much better.
I think that you know when someone is talented at what they do because you come away saying, "I want to do that/learn to do that/get better at that.
That is how I felt after the U2 concert. Pictures coming soon.

Too Much Survivor Man

2011-05-06T13:46:00.000-07:00

Yes Phoebe is eating a grasshopper (rubber of course)

Baby First Club TV

2011-05-06T13:36:00.000-07:00

So the Baby First club is offering Baby First TV for Mother's Day weekend. I thought, "Hmm Phoebe loves Disney Junior so lets give Baby First a try and see if Phoebe will like it." After all it is a whole channel dedicated to baby, toddler, and parents. That's what it claims anyway.
It's kind of funny it has these little bubbles on the bottom of the screen with prompts for parents to interact with their children like "talk to your child about the shapes you see on the screen."
Anyway, we tried it twice and...
PHOEBE HATES IT. She is nine months old and she was bored stiff.

Easter Fun

2011-04-25T09:24:00.000-07:00

So Phoebe's first Easter. Ryan has been working a TON so we didn't do a lot for Easter. On Saturday we went to Jon and Chastity's house and had a fire in the back yard and roasted hotdogs and marshmallows. It was great to see almost everyone (I missed seeing Joe and Lindsey and Ben). Unfortunately, I don't know what I was thinking, but we didn't take any pictures at Jon and Chas' house. Oops! Ryan did have the presence of mind to take the camera to his parents' house yesterday so here are some pictures of Phoebe with her Easter basket at our house and at Grandma Huntington's

Here's Phoebe's first Easter basket.I just put empty eggs in it because she cant's have candy yet. She loves them!

Waiting for Daddy to come home

Here are some from Grandma Huntington's house.

Yes Phoebe is eating a rubber grasshopper. Too many Survivor Man episodes

Phoebe and Uncle Chris

Playing with her cousins Anna and Benson

Phoebe and Grandma

Opening the Easter basket

She emptied the whole thing in no time.

She loved every minute of it.

Time Flies!!!!

2011-04-04T10:20:00.000-07:00

Phoebe is turning 8 months old this month. I can't believe how fast time flies. I haven't been on the blog in so long. I've been too busy trying to be a mom and start a business with Ryan and our friend. Here are some pictures from the past few months.

She loves her cup so much she won't even let go of it in her sleep

Family outing with Grandpa Ron in Zion

St George with friends

Helping Mommy with the laundry

Disneyland in the Flood

2011-01-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

So we went to Disneyland this December, as we have done every December that we have been married. I've never in my entire life been to California in the kind of flood we were in. It was Phoebe's first trip and she spent the whole time under a rain cover very graciously donated by Gary and Traci. I have very few pictures to choose from because I didn't want to take Phoebe out in the pouring rain. Here are a few of my favorites.

Phoebe was so tired on the only day that it didn't rain that she fell asleep riding the carousel. She loved all the rides she went on and she went on quite a few.

Thank goodness for our Marmot water resistant jackets and ponchos. We would have been toast without them. Very very soggy toast.

2010 The Year of the Needle

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

It's been an interesting year for us. Ryan and I had 2 hospital visits each this year, a new job, new house, new baby, new shoulder and now new knee! Let's hope next is filled with many adventures and less trips to the hospital.
I am sure, after this last trip to the hospital, that Ryan and medication don't mix well. Here is the conversation we had when I came into the hospital room after his knee surgery. When I went in Ryan had his eyes closed. He opened them briefly and smiled at me before going back to sleep. I sat on the chair in the room and waited for him to wake up. When I did he looked at me and said,
Ryan: Where's Phoebe?
Me: At your mom's house.
Ryan: Why?
Me: Because I need to take care of you and it's easier with when she's not here.
Ryan: Why?
Me: Because you just got out of surgery.
Ryan then fell asleep again for about 5 minutes. When he woke again he started to look at the clock.
Me: What are you looking at?
Ryan: What time is it?
Me: Twelve o'clock.
Ryan: In the morning?
Me: No in the afternoon.
Ryan then began to look at his finger that had the heart monitor in it.
Ryan: (alarmed) It's all red.
Me: It's a light.
Ryan:Why?
Me: It's to monitor your heart.
Ryan: Why?
Me: Because you just got out of surgery.
Ryan closed his eyes again and I assumed he was asleep. Then he opened his eyes again and began to look at the clock.
Me: It's 12:05
Ryan: No it's 1:00.
Me: The big hand is on the one but the little hand is on the 12 so it's 12:05. I'll show you on my phone. Can you see it?
Ryan: No. Can we go?
Me: I don't think they'll let you go yet.
Ryan: Why?
Me: Because I don't think you're awake enough yet to go home.
He then fell asleep again. He woke up about 10 minutes later and said,
Ryan: Where is Phoebe?
Me: At your mom's house.
Ryan: Why? We repeated the whole conversation 3 more times.

I love Ryan so much. I am so glad I have him!

Halloween with Minnie Mouse

2010-10-31T13:03:00.000-07:00

Phoebe dressed as Minnie Mouse for her first Halloween. Her cousin Anna also dressed as Minnie. I left my camera at home(typical). So I snapped a few pictures on my handy dandy new phone! Here they are. The first one I accidentally took the picture while she was doing her "pooping face." It's the face she makes when she's going to the bathroom. I didn't get any good pictures of Anna and Phoebe so I put the best picture I got on here. The last one is a picture of Minnie and Mickey together. :)

More Drug Conversations

2010-10-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

I just put Ryan to bed. He's still in some pain so he takes the pain medication and a sleeping pill at night. Tonight it made him quite loopy.
Ryan: Will you check to see if the door is locked.
Me: Sure.
Ryan: I think the medicine is doing something to me.
Me: What?
Ryan: It's making me feel dizzy. No not dizzy lopsided.
A few minutes later I turn on the baby monitor.
Ryan: What's that music?
Me: There's no music. I turned the baby monitor on.
Ryan: Is it making a noise?
Me: Yes.
Ryan: That's good enough for me.
5 minutes later.
Ryan: Can you get me some water?
Me: Is your throat dry?
Ryan: No it's my body.
A few minutes later
Ryan(alarmed): Beth is the door locked?
Me: Yes.
Ryan: My legs are falling off.
Me: Your legs are falling off?
Ryan: The bed.
Me: Your legs are falling off the bed?
Ryan: My legs are going...to bed.
Me: Are your legs asleep?
Ryan: Ya.
I start feeling his legs
Me: Does this tingle?
Ryan: I can feel it.
Me: How about this? Does it tingle?
Ryan: I can feel my legs.
Me: But does it tingle.
Ryan: No.
Me: You are fine.
Ryan: Okay.

"I Can't Move My Arm." Shoulder Surgery

2010-10-23T12:39:00.000-07:00

Ryan had surgery on his shoulder on Wednesday. They gave him a nerve block shot in his neck to help keep the pain away for longer. He got some medicine to relax him before he got the nerve block in.
Here is the conversation we had while he was waiting for the nerve block to work.
Me: "Did it hurt?"
Ryan: "No. Do you have my phone and my wallet?"
Me: "Yes. They're in the diaper bag."
Ryan: "You'll take them out before Phoebe goes with my mom?"
Me: "Ya."
We watch ESPN for a minute. When I look back ryan is starring at his arm, eyes wide.
Me: "What are you doing?"
Ryan: "Trying to move my arm."
(He was trying to change the channel)
Me: "The nerve block is probably starting to work."
Ryan (alarmed): "I can't move my arm." (Eyes wide looking at me) "Can you move my arm?"
Me: "Yes. Watch." (and I lift his arm by the fingers)
We go back to watching TV. When I look back at Ryan he is trying to lift his arm with his other hand. He still can't figure out why he can't move his arm. Before I left he asked me a few more times if I had his phone and wallet and if I would take them out before I sent Phoebe with his mom.
It was really funny. He was sincerely confused and alarmed that he couldn't move his arm.

He is doing pretty well now. There is still some pain, but he is getting better quickly.

2 Months Old

2010-10-15T17:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Phoebe at 2 months old that my sister took. Isn't she cute!

She is Here!

2010-10-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

After 18 hours of intense labor, Anemia, and 1 planned and one unplanned trip to the hospital PHOEBE ANNE HUNTINGTON HAS FINALLY ARRIVED! I know this post is 2 months too late, but what can you do? She was born on August 11th at 12:05 AM. 7lbs 14 oz. 20 inches long.

The Ulcer

2010-08-07T05:36:00.000-07:00

Ryan is riding in the Ulcer today. It's a 111 mile bike ride around Utah Lake (see map below). I'm not sure how much fun it will be with a hurting knee and toe, but whatever. GO RYAN!

Sea World

2010-06-14T17:33:00.000-07:00

So Ryan and I thought it would be fun to go on a trip before the baby was born, so over the last holiday we decided to take a trip to Sea World. We found some tickets that would allow us to see Sea World, the San Diego Zoo, and the Wild Animal Park for $99.00. So off we went with our some of our friends.

Sea World

If you can see my face in this last picture that should tell you how much pain I was in by the end of the day. My feet were killing me.

We spent some time at the beach and watching the sea lions there.

San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park

New House

2010-06-14T17:05:00.000-07:00

Ryan and I moved to a new place. We are now in Pleasant Grove near his work. I wanted to post pictures and I've put away 3 rooms so here are pictures of them.

Here is the living room

This is one of the bathrooms

This one is the kitchen

Three down. Three to go!

It's a Girl?

2010-03-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

It looks like a blob with a nose to me. The doctor said "buy pink, but save the receipts. I'm 98% sure it's a girl. I haven't been wrong since January of 2006."

Where have I been for the Last 4 Months?

2010-02-16T16:59:00.001-08:00

Sick at home...and at work...and everywhere else. I'm getting less sick as time goes on though. :)

Moab's Christmas Light Festival Parade

2009-12-07T18:08:00.000-08:00

We went to Moab this Saturday with some of our friends. This weekend was Moab's Christmas parade. This is the second time we've seen this parade. When we went down to Moab for our Honey Moon three years ago we came upon this parade when we parked on Main Street to go eat. When we came out of the restaurant we couldn't get out because the parade was going on.

I don't know if you can read the words in this picture, but they say, "Jingle Bells Jingle Bells Jesus All the Way." I thought that was really awesome. Life doesn't get better than the Christmas parade in Moab.
We all agreed though that we felt like we were intruding on something private.

To the right is the last canoe in a ling line of canoes. You can't see it, but there are a few people paddling in there.

Man we love Moab!

Bad at Blogging (and taking pictures)

2009-12-02T16:53:00.000-08:00

I don't know how you people do it! I discovered not too long ago that I am horrible at writing blogs! I am just not entertaining at all. To make it even worse I am also bad at taking pictures. I mean, the pictures turn out just fine, but I forget to take them. For instance, yesterday was Ryan and my 3rd anniversary. To celebrate we went to Moab last Saturday. We went biking and out to eat and we walked around on Main Street. Totally awesome trip! On the way out of town I said something like this to Ryan, "We didn't take any pictures!" He said something like "Do you want to?" So we pulled over on the side of the road and took one picture (to the right).

Every time we go somewhere I vow to do better. Never do. Oh well. :0)

Cruise and Disneyland

2009-11-04T11:09:00.001-08:00

Recently we went on a cruise to Mexico with Ryan's grandparents. It was really fun. I wonder what this monkey is smoking? Anyway, we went on Carnival this time instead of Royal Caribbean. We really enjoyed the free hot chocolate and ice cream. I personally really hated the day at sea! I was sick the whole day even after taking motion sickness medicine. Other than that the cruise was about the same as it always is. The food was the same and the towel animals were pretty much the same (though we didn't have a monkey this time).

This is one of my favorites

They also had a Golf Course on the ship which was pretty fun. The rocking made it hard to aim. Not that I can aim the ball anyway. I think the rocking ship helped because I actually made a hole in one on this course.

They also had a water slide on the ship and we saw some awesome botanical gardens on Catalina Island.

How many Mickey Mouse heads can you see in this picture?

We also stopped at Disneyland on the way home. We have never been there during Halloween time before, but it was really cool. The new fireworks show was especially cool.

This is at the front entrance. It's a little hard to see in the dark.

My Husband the Male Super Model

2009-07-05T21:13:00.001-07:00

While driving down I 15 you may have noticed a number of new Bike Peddler Billboards. Yes, in case you were wondering, that is Ryan up there. Ryan is currently in the process of acquiring an modeling agent so that he can become the next Derek Zoolander.

Yellowstone

2009-07-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

Howdy all!
Ryan and I went to Yellowstone for the weekend with two of our friends Kyle and Allison Larsen. It rained the whole time off and on, but we still had a lot of fun riding road bikes through some of it (we rode 33 miles in a few hours) and hearing coyotes in our camp (No I don't know how to spell that). We saw some stuff and mostly tried not to get wet, but it was fun. I don't feel like I got enough of a vacation though. Time for Disneyland! Anyway, here are a few pictures.

This is us in front of an awesome waterfall. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

This is us at Old Faithful. It was... nice. That's really all I can say about it.

On our bike ride we road through a herd of buffalo. You can't really see them upclose here, but they were right next to us on both sides of the road and everywhere. There were also cars parked everywhere. This was much more exciting on a bike than in a car.

Here is Kyle and Allison in front of one of the many geysers that we saw. Kyle is making a mad face because he is hangry.

There was a lot of rain and a lot of driving... oh and this morning when we woke up we heard a pack of coyotes fighting in our camp sight. It was awesome. I wanted to jump out of the tent in my bare feet and go watch them, but sleep over took me before I could get out of the bag.

The Ragnar and Other Exciting Adventures

2009-06-27T12:51:00.000-07:00

Hello all!

So on the 19th I ran the Ragnar Wasatch Back. It's a over night relay with 12 people. I think it's supposed to take 24 hours, but it took my team 30:55 or there abouts. We didn't take a camera, but Ryan snapped a few pictures on my phone. Here they are.

This is a picture of me running across the street in Park City. It was the last leg of the race and boy was I tired! It was also pouring really cold rain so I was soaked. I am wearing Ryan's running shorts from High School though (they are lucky).

This is me running up the last hill before the finish line. I am trying to smile, but it's difficult because this is where I see that Ryan, my mom and dad, and some of Ryan's family have showed up to cheer me on and I start to cry. (I'm such a baby sometimes).

Here is a picture of me and my team at the end of the race after they gave us our medals (which they give to everyone I am sure because we came in 45th to last :))

It was a fun race and I'm glad I did it.

Now for some other interesting things: At church on the 21st we were told that on that day at 5:45 if you stood an egg on it's end it would stay up because of the summer solctice or whatever. So we tried it. No one could get it to work for a really long time, but in the end we got two up. It may be just a freaky weird thing, but if anyone can get an egg to stand up like that any day of the week you let me know.

Where Do the Days Go?

2009-05-30T16:43:00.000-07:00

Okay... so... went to Disneyland a little while ago and got some good pictures. Here are a few of my favorites.

This is actually in California Adventure, but it's cute. We stole the idea from our friends.

This is Ryan and Anna on the carousel

We also went to Strawberry Reservior over Memorial Day. It rained the entire time we were there and we only got one picture because I didn't check the card before we left and it was full.

So... here is our one picture from Strawberry.

Or not. The picture didn't take after all I guess. Oh well... just know that we went there and it rained the whole time. We did have a lot of fun though. We got a 4 season tent that works really really well. We stayed really dry.

Job Upgrade?

2009-04-20T16:46:00.000-07:00

Wow! Today was the wierdest work day I have every experienced (or at least close). So this morning I prayed that I would have something to do at work to keep my mind occupied so that I wasn't bored. I pray for that often because my job tends to be really slow. Heavenly Father must really love me because today was FAR from boring.

Most of the morning was pretty routine. I wrote in my journal while my scanner scanned tax forms in to the computer at 1 pager per minute (I am not kidding it literally scans 1 pager per minute) I went to lunch and it was amazing outside so I ate really fast and put my chacos on and read outside for the rest of my luch break.

When I got back after lunch I had a bunch of tiny projects from the tenants (fax this, email that...) Well suddenly one of the partners at my firm comes in. He says something like, "Do you feel left out?" I said, " Not right now." Then he proceeds to tell me that his assistant (he is over business advisory) is leaving for Texas in June and he would like me to apply for her position. I said okay. He said, "great get together with Katie (another assistant) and work out the details of applying. "

I called Katie and she was away from her desk so I sent her an email simply stating what the partner told me. So after that I think I should get working on my resume right? Well, I left my jump drive in the computer at home so no go on the resume. I figure no big deal I have a day or two to get it ready and if nothing else they have the resume that I used in December when I got the job.

About 10 minutes after emailing Katie I get a call from her. She says, "Shane [that is the partner's name] has some time right now for an interview or we can set it up for tomorrow." I told her now was fine with me. So I ran to the bathroom and made sure I looked presentable and went upstairs to interview. He talked to me for about 30 seconds then called in the assistant who is in the position now. we talked for about 5 minutes and he said, "Well from this conversation I think that if you want the position you can have it." I told him I wanted it. He said great I'll let Tim (my current boss and managing partner of the firm) know. You let Katie know what is going on and lets start interviews for your position. Let me know what you and Katie and Heidi (girl leaving) decide. Awesome I have a new job! I go back to my desk and call Ryan. He says it sounds good. I didn't even tell any of the tenants that I am working for right now that I am leaving. I don't know how to break it to them. Anyway, that was the fastest interviewing process ever. By the time it was all over I had 40 minutes before I was suppose to go home and way too much on my mind.

I AM WAY EXCITED!

Lindsey said she would bust my chops if I didn't post some pictures from Moab. So I really wanted to post some pictures from Moab. unfortunately the pictures aren't on this computer, but I will try to remember to get them on this computer soon. Very soon.

Ryan is Graduating

2009-04-05T19:44:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone who reads this blog. Just wanted to let you know that Ryan is graduating this month. We don't know what we are doing after he graduates. Probably business school.

Recently we took a trip down to St. George to watch Ryan's brother Brett play in a baseball tournament.

Here are a couple of them

This is Brett hitting the ball. (Obviously)

This is me and Ryan and the pioneer names in Snow Canyon. While we were there someone said an intersting comment about how if you write on the canyon wall 100 years ago it's a historic sight and if you do it now it's a crime.

I thought Anna had a really cute face here so I am putting this one in as well. What could she be thinking?

"Business Trip" AKA Moab

2009-03-12T17:09:00.000-07:00

Well, my blog is not nearly as cool as Joe and Lindsey's is, but I'm going to keep going any way. In a matter of about 15 minutes we will be on our way to another Moab trip. This time it's actually a business trip. Ryan works at a bike shop in American Fork (Bike Peddler). Most if not all of you already know about this. Every year the bike shop takes its customers on a biking trip. Last year we went to St. George and this year they chose Moab. I figured if Ryan gets to go I should get to go too so I am going. A few of our friends are going to be there and I am bringing my newest friend "Camera". Now if I can just remember to use it everything will work out for the best.

It seems like everyone around me is getting pregnant (Not that its a bad thing). My sister-in-law Traci is pregnant, my sister-in-law Lindsey is pregnant, my little sister Julie is pregnant, my older sister Becca just finished being pregnant...that's a lot of pregnant. I just thought it was interesting that everyone is getting pregnant all at once. I wonder how many pregnant women there are right now?

So back to Moab. We will be there until Sunday. (That is when the business trip is over). I hope to have some semi-sweet(ha ha ha) pictures to post and I am also hoping to have at least a little time to post those "chocolate chip" pictures. Wow I am just cracking myself up today my ADD meds must not be working (not really a big surprise)

So for any of you who didn't know I am ADD. I am not afraid to admit it pretty much anyone I meet knows that I am within the first 30 minutes of knowing me(either I tell them or they can just tell). Well I just got new insurance at the beginning of February and for some reason I didn't get the cards with my insurance informtaion on them in time. I ran out of medication and didn't have any legal way to get more so I just didn't take it for a while. I actually felt pretty good. That doesn't usually happen when I stop taking my medicine (I'm usually a wreck). So when I finally got my medicine I was pretty excited, but I wondered if I really needed to take it because I was doing so well on my own. Well I decided I better start taking it anyway and lo and behold it didn't act like it used to and I was worse off then I was without it. I thought maybe I just needed to get used to it again so I waited a little while. After a few days it still wasn't doing so hot so I started experimenting with my diet (because that always makes a difference). None of the usual stuff was working so I just sort of stopped worrying about it (as ADD people will) I'm still taking my medicine and its still sort of working and I a fine with that. It works off and on which means I also work off and on.

Anyway, enough rambling no one really cares about my medical problems. :)

I will post some pictures when we get back from Moab.

by the way does anyone know anyone who wants to buy a car? Make me an offer. Here is a picture.

Ragnar

2009-03-06T17:43:00.000-08:00

Okay. No pictures this week (sorry). People have been asking me what we are up to (well they are telling me I need to update my blog) so here is the update. Ryan and I have been to Moab 2 times in the last 3 weeks. It's so fun. We went mountian biking with some of our friends both times.
My friend Violet is an excelletn mountain biker. It's pretty fun.
Here is some more news that I keep forgetting to tell everyone. My company has 2 Wasatch Back Ragnar teams and they asked me to race.
Ragnar is a 24 hour team relay race sort of like 24hrs of Moab but for runners. I am not a runner, but it has given me motivation to get out and exercise and that is good for me. It starts in Logan and goes to Park City. I am actaully excited for it even though I won't be any good.
That will take place on June 20th so I have a little bit more time.
Anyway, that's all for now.
PEACE!

New Car!

2009-01-30T17:21:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody. I'm sorry that it has been so long again since I have written. Only real news that I have is that Ryan and I bought a new car! He says it's mine and I use it most, but it's really both of ours. It is a Jeep Cherokee (no I don't know how to spell it so I hope that is right.)
Many of you may think (as I have and still do in most cases) that Jeeps are really not good cards to buy if you are looking for something that will last. When we went looking for cars we did a lot of research and asked a lot of knowledgeable car people and 4 of them at least said to look in to a Jeep Cherokee (Mine is a 2000 by the way. They stopped making them in 2001). So we went to Consumer Reports (which we like and are still skeptical about) turns out that every other Jeep is still as bad as it has ever been, but Jeep Cherokee has pretty good repair records in all of the big areas like Engines and Transmission. So we took a chance and bought one. I hope we don't have too many problems and I really hope we aren't disappointed. I took a few pictures a few minutes ago in the dark so I hope they turn out.
I love you all!!! Here are the pictures.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-23T17:18:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. I know, I know it's been a while since I've written. It's the holidays so there is a lot going on. Ryan's brother and his wife (Gary and Traci) are in town so we want to spend some time with them and my brother and his wife (Joe and Lindsay) are coming in to town today or tomorrow and we want to spend some time with them. Besides both Ryan and I work all day etc. Anyway, this time of year always reminds me of how much I hate shopping. Ryan and I are trying to get our Christmas shopping done (yes I put it in the present tense) and I hate the crowds and the snow and the tense employees who arent very nice to you.

There are wonderful things about Christmas, the top on my list being the birth of Christ my savior and yours. Yea for presents yea for toys yea food and joy and peace, but let us not forget the original reason that Christmas was a holiday. Christ.
Love you all.

Awesome new job that I love!

2008-12-12T17:00:00.000-08:00

Hi,
So, all three of you may be wondering how my job is going. I have only been there for 2 days so I really can't tell yet, but so far I absolutely love it! The first day when I got there they gave me a whole bunch of cool free stuff like a backpack and a gift certificate and an expensive work shirt that I can wear, and a pen, and and other stuff that comes as benefits like a rec. center pass. Anyway, I was impressed that they treated me so well.
Another good sign is that everyone there seems to be happy and everyone says how much I am going to love working for them. So far I like it very well. I like being able to run my own show and I get to do that alot, but there is someone there that I can go to if I have questions or need help.
I feel like they appreciate me already and they don't even know me.
So that is a long short version.

Merry Christmas and stuff.

A New Job

2008-12-10T14:43:00.000-08:00

I got a new job today! I start tomorrow at Squire Business Park as the Secretary. I am making about $2.00 and hour more than I was at my last job and I am doing a lot less. So I was right and my last boss was not. (yes I'm being a little snotty)

It is interesting how this job hunt went. (By the way if you didn't already know I hate hate hate looking for a new job)

Just after I quit my last job I had the feeling that I wasn't going to get the job at the Law School that I was so qualified for. I was told that I should just have faith and God would work things out. I am a religous person and I believe in and have faith in God. So I started this job search trying to have a lot of faith. After a week of looking and no results I was feeling a little down and I started to doubt. I told myself that I shouldn't doubt because even though I think that these other jobs would have been good for me, Heavenly Father loves me more than I do and knows more than I do so I need to trust him. Now I am not perfect so I did have times when I was not very faithful to my trust in God, but I still knew that he loved me and that something would work out even if I couldn't see what that was. Then today I had an interveiw in the morning and it went really well, but it was pretty far for me to travel. Then when I got home I got a call from Squire and they wanted to meet with me on Monday. I felt like I should suggest that we meet today instead because I knew that they were needing someone right away. So the secretary called around and they got me in and hired me on the spot. The great thing is the job that I got hired on for fits my personality really well. So there it is. Heavenly Father knows and loves me more than I know and love myself. Everyone should remember that, especially me.

Anyway, Ryan is almost done with classes for the semester. Finals are next week and he is a little stressed, but that means he only has one semeseter left. So we are going to work frantically for the next couple of days to get school over with then we will start packing for the move.

That's all for now!

Disneyland, No job, and Moving

2008-12-05T10:15:00.003-08:00

Okay, here are some pictures from our most recent Disneyland trip. I put a lot on here because I went a little picture crazy with my new camera. It was a really fun trip and it was a really good break. I really love Disneyland at Christmas because everything is all lighted up and there are Christmas songs playing and stuff. This trip we also went on a hidden Mickey craze. I don't know how many of you know about this, but there is a head of Mickey Mouse hidden somewhere in most, if not all, of the rides at Disneyland. If you get a chance to go to Disneyland look around as you ride the rides for objects shaped like a Mickey Mouse head. For instance in the Haunted Mansion there is a place setting on the table in the room where the ghosts are having a party that is a Mickey head. Anyway, ask us about it sometime and we will reveal our secrets (Or there is book you can buy and our grandpa Ron has it. Okay now fo the pictures.

This is me and Ryan in front of Small World with its Christmas light on. Don't mind our faces we have a nasty habit of making funny faces in pictures.

Here is most of the family in front of the huge Christmas tree on Main Street. It's really really really big.

Here is Sleeping Beauty Castle all lighted up for the Holidays. It was way prettier in real life.

This is Ryan and me in front of the California Adventure sign. It was all decorated for Christmas.

Here is a picture of my Anna. She is my neice. We are on the river rapids ride in California Adventue and she is on the look out bridge waiting for everyone.

Here is a picture of me and Ryan in front of Pirates Cove on Tom Saywer's Island. Notice my awesome Mickey Mouse shirt that I did not buy at Disneyland because it would have been too expensive there.

Okay now for the bad news. I lost my job last week and I am looking for work. I'm not really sad about it because my boss was a huge jerk who was nice to my face, but horrible otherwise. I hope she is reading this, but there is no chance pretty much that she is.

Okay so maybe I am being a little harsh, but I've never been pushed out of a job before and it makes me a little sad. Usually I am pretty easy to get along with. I would tell you all the story on this blog right now, but I'm not sure it would be very nice. Well, okay you talked me into it. Okay, so I was working at this school with shall remane nameless for now. It is a private school for children with Autism. It is doing amazing things for the kids, but the administration could use a little work. Anyway, I am getting off track. So I was working as the Secretary there. I should say I was working as the secretary and the accountant and the vice principle there. The administrator is a stay at home mom with 3 kids. Two of them have Autism. So, understandably, she is a very busy woman. Anyway, because she was never there I was always acting in her place. I don't really want to go into the details at this time. So, at some point in the last month I mentioned to her that I felt like I was doing a lot more than I was getting paid for. She disagreed with me, which I thought was weird because she is never there so she wouldn't know how much I do. Anyway, we proceeded to have an email battle. (It really did feel like a battle.) Well it ended with her saying over the phone that she wanted to work it out and then me going home to an email accusing me of all sorts of stuff that I wasn't doing and me quitting and telling her off. (oops) I guess I have a little bit of a temper. We left for Disneyland in the middle of all this so that was a nice break.

Just in the last week I have turned in a ton of resumes and gotten a handful of interviews, but no job yet. I applied at BYU Law School as a secretary. I worked there for 2.5 years in that position, but apparently there was still someone better because they didn't hire me. I am hopeful, though, that something will work out.

Also, if you haven't heard yet we are moving. With Ryan working in American Fork, the commute was just becoming too much for us. So, we are moving to Orem into a really nice basement apartement. It's two bedrooms! We don't even have one bedroom right now so it's really an upgrade for us. We love the landlords we have now!!! They have been extra good to us and we will be sad to leave them.

Well, I can't really think of anything else to say so I will close on that.

Cyclocross Racing

2008-11-11T18:25:00.001-08:00

Ryan did a cyclocross race last weekend. It's like riding an off road course on a road bike with knobby tires. Here are some pictures.

Okay so here are some pictures from our Logan trip. We went to visit Joe, Lindsey, Ari, and K-so over Halloween.

Visiting Logan

2008-11-04T09:14:00.000-08:00

Hello, I know I know I haven't been keeping up very well, but I just got a new camera and I am hoping that will help me remember to keep up on my blog.
So over Halloween Ryan and I went to Logan to visit Joe, Lindsey, Ari and K-so.
Ryan had never been there before and I love Logan so I really wanted him to see it.
He liked it and it's always fun to visit the Joe and Lindsey Wilsons. It's really fun to visit all the Wilsons but we see Joe and Lindsey the least. Well maybe Becca and Tim are tied.(I guess they are technically Jones' though.
Anyway, I have some pictures from our trip, but I don't have them with me at work so I will have to post them when I get home.
Yet another boring post, but what do you do?
Don't forget to vote (really a note to myself since I have a hard time finding time)

4th of July

2008-07-07T09:49:00.000-07:00

So Ryan was in the Stadium of Fire this year. They did a tribute to the summer olympics and he was part of the cycling team. I took pictures, but they are on my friends camera so I will have to get them later. oops! oh well. It was fun. Miley Cyrus doesn't know how to play to an audience. She played almost her entire show to her band. The fireworks were cool. The blue Man Group was really cool. I wouldn't pay to go inside. Good thing this time was free.

Wow!

2008-06-16T16:10:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am not very good at this blogging thing. I know it's been like a year since I wrote anything. Let's see exciting news since I wrote last.... Ther is a lot.
First, Ryan was promoted to Assistant Manager at his bike shop! Go Ryan!
Second, He is breaking sales records
Third, I graduated from College with a Bachelor's Degree in Russian. Go me!
Fourth, I got a job at a school for Autistic children called Clear Horizons Academy. It's located in the Riverwoods in Orem. I am the secretary and I really like it a lot.
Fifth, I'm going to put up some new pictures.
Love you all here are some pictures from our most recent disneyland trip.

Moab trips

2007-11-11T07:29:00.000-08:00

We just got back from another trip to Moab. Here are some pictures our various Moab trips.

More Pictures

2007-11-11T07:22:00.000-08:00

Here are pictures from our disneyland trip in december 06

Pictures!

2007-11-11T07:06:00.000-08:00

Okay so I realize it's been a really long time since we put anything on here. We have been sooooo busy with school. But I finally found a few seconds to put on some pictures like I promised forever ago.