Tagged

My friend Sherrie tagged me, here you go:

Joys:

1. Family

2. Vacations

3. A clean house

Fears:

1. That something will happen to a family member

2. Jumping off high things

3. Spiders

Goals:

1. Have children

2. Finish the basement

3. Eat better and exercise more

Current obsessions:

1. Shopping online

2. Reading

3. The color yellow

Random facts about me:

1. I am trying to grow my own bonsai tree

2. I taught Photoshop retouching in Indonesia 2 years ago

3. I'm teaching myself to play the harmonica

Martha Stewart Moment

I've used these "vases" for a couple of years now and thought I would pass the idea along. Schweppes sells their ginger ale in these pretty green glass bottles.  I loved the color so much that I peeled the labels off and have been using them as large bud vases. You can make a plain bouquet into something unexpected.  Sometimes I put them all over the house. I got these frilly tulips from Costco for $9.00, tomorrow we're having Loren's family over for Mother's Day and I think I'll use them down the middle of the table for a centerpiece.

Step aside Lance Armstrong

Loren finished his first Century (100 miles) yesterday!! I am so proud of him! I wasn't there to see him come across the finish line but he was pretty excited to finish. Thanks to our friend Hans who helped push him on for the last 30 miles. Loren was pretty grateful when he saw him on the road.
GOOD JOB HONEY!!!

St. George

We had a great time in St. George with friends this weekend. We kept pretty busy with bike riding, climbing, laying by the pool and eating at In-N-Out. We couldn't have asked for better weather or better people to spend the weekend with!!
Me and Loren, Kristin and Jake, Kim, Van and Zack, Cami and Hans

                                                            Me climbing

                                                      Everyone on the ground

All of us at In-N-Out (I took this picture off of Kristin's blog, Thanks!)

Secret Shames

My friend Kandice tagged me to share 3 secret shames. Here are the ones I will admit to.
1. The Hills

I like this show far more than I should. I'm not crazy where I get on chat rooms about it or anything, but I am addicted. I have no idea why I find the lives of the people on this show so interesting but I can't miss a week of it. I'm sure the show if geared more towards high school girls rather than someone who is 25 and married, I just can't help myself.

2. Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese
I could probably eat this for lunch every day and not get sick of it. It calls my name and I crave it, I just can't say no.

3. Etsy

I could look at this website all day. They have everything on here. A search for earrings yields about 7,000 matches, that could keep a girl busy for a while.

Fishing

Last Saturday Loren and I and our friend Steve went fishing near Logan. I didn't fish, but I pulled on the wadders and followed with my camera. I was told I got a secret glimpse into what goes on in their man world and was sworn to secrecy (it was pretty much what I expected, not much talking and more un-snagging line than catching fish). It was the perfect day-sunny and cool enough for a jacket. Here's a couple of pictures from the day.
Loren and Steve with their first catches of the day

Some scenery

Loren's brown trout

I've been laughing my head off

Loren and I were on a walk on Sunday playing around with our new camera.  We discovered the "sports" setting were it rapid fires and takes a bunch of pictures in a row.  There was nothing moving around us so I told Loren to "do something".  He just ran and jumped and this was one of the shots I got.  I have been laughing over this picture all day!  Something about it is so funny to me.  It's like when you start laughing and can't stop even though what made you laugh in the first place wasn't even that funny.