Just some thoughts

Now that Blake is in school

I will have a ton of time to blog.

Who knows how often I really will, my guess is that i'll quickly fall behind
Since I will have nobody around to take pictures with, I decided I will blog thoughts.

I think i'm generally a funny person

So hopefully I will find it less of a chore to blog

Today I went grocery shopping for the meal we're going to feed our new friends tomorrow night and realized when I got home that I would rather put 10 grocery bags in each hand than make two trips to the car and carry them in.

Anyone else?

My hand was killing me and I even stood there in my driveway for a minute deciding on the better choice for me: make the two trips or pretend to be strong and act like I can find the house key first off and make it all the way in the house without dropping something...

Well, I chose the second one and toughed it out. almost

I ended up dropping a jar of sauce all over the porch that already has bugs.

Lesson learned

maybe...

Also... How many times is it appropriate to ask 'what' before you just nod and smile because you still didn't understand what they said?

Tennessee so far...

Blake and I are loving this house! I was so excited when we found it and thought we got such a great deal on it. Now that we're living in it and have seen other students' houses, we KNOW we got a great deal. The down falls i'm learnig of Tennessee? Bugs bugs bugs! Everywhere! The spiders are the size of the shoe I use to kill them and it seems all the other crawly-things are on steroids too. Also, obviously, the humidity. It's unbarable! Our towels don't dry off after we use them and my skin is always sticky. I can't walk to the end of the driveway without dripping sweat (which is actually saying a lot since our driveway is at a 90 degree angle).

The town we moved is small, but so gorgeous! The tress are tall and so green and the hills are covered with everything pretty. The people are so dang friendly! It's true what they say, don't go to the store here unless you've got an hour or two! People just talk your ear off about nothing and I love it! We've met some friends from Blake's school and some from church. We alrady belong to a softball and a soccer league and have a neighbor that texts everyday :)

Our Back Yard :)

We already miss evveryone from home and hate not having parents around! We can't wait for some visitors ;)

celebrating america's birthday in moab

We went to Moab to visit my papa for the 4th! We had a nice and relaxing weekend... Me, my mom, trent, blake and my papa went out to LaHacienda to eat, did some shopping duh and Blake and I planned to hike up to the delicate arch (didn't happen because my lungs were sissy the night before) and watched the fireworks! I really missed having my nana there. It just wasn't the same without her. After, we went to the neighbors house, who are great family friends, and watched the real firework show (may or may not have been legal).

Thanks, Papa, for a great time!

We know how to cheese it!

Here's the story: I have be threatening to shave Max (my mom's dog) for months and months because he is sooo shaggy! Max is such a sissy so I couln't use the shaver, so I took scissors and went to town! Max just layed there and thought he was being spoiled with all that attention.

Sadly, i don't have an 'after' picture! He looks so cute with his new 'do and about 5 lbs skinnier hahah

During---------------- Before

Lava Hot Springs!!

My family is building a cabin in Lava hot springs so I went up one last time before the move. We celebrated birthdays and went four wheeling!

~Our Trip to Nashville

NaShViLLe

This is my over-load of pictures from our trip to Nashville! Blake and I had to fly out to Harrogate to look for housing so we went to Nashville to visit Ben and Kendra. While we were there we enjoyed some sweet cici's ice cream, walking around downtown Franklin, caught fireflies, swimming, lots of eating and CoUnTrY FeSt!!!

Nashville is beyond gorgeous and I'm sooo thrilled to be moving to Tennessee!
Thanks, Ben and Kendra, for showing us a great time and how it's done in Tennessee :)

Country Fest was soooo much fun! I hope to do it every year! I couldn't believe how great of a deal it is! We got to see so many stars and performances over the three days, it was great

..........TwILiGhT..........

This year for the big movie, the guys went! Blake was so giddy ;) Jake and Brad, I think, were just curious. Blake read the book last year and thought it was the best book (or the least whiney on Bella's part) I thought the movie was great! I think we all really liked it. Just re-affirmed my love for Edward....so romantic! We missed having my mom, Nicole and Kendra there...

Jill and Jake are in town with their boys! I love having them around, they have so much personality and are just so fun! It's impossible to get a picture of Nolan! but here is Lukie helping grandma load the dishwasher and just hangin' out with grandpa.

We love when family visits. These picts were from May when Kendra was here, so a little late ;)

Silly Girl :)