Sarah & Jimmy

3rd Anniversary

2011-10-27T10:26:00.000-07:00

We went to SOUTH LAKE TAHOE for our 3rd year anniversary on the 10th. We had a lot of fun. The weather was perfect! We stayed for the weekend and did whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. No schedule involved. WE LOVED not having anywhere to be at any certain time.FREEDOM. We did a 20 mile BIKE RIDE along the lake, ATE delicious food and EXPLORED around the lake. It wouldnt be a normal bike ride without me tipping over... once again. Those bike riding clip on pedals and I have a never ending fight.

Happiest 3 years of my life!

Family Vacation

2011-10-12T11:44:00.001-07:00

AHHH! So exited that my family came to visit. They came at the end of last month and it was so fun having them in my home. My parents flew in from Chicago and my brother and his wife drove all the way from Idaho to see us.We all stayed in our little tiny house. We had a lot of fun, we talked, we laughed,ate and shopped. They were here for 7 days and the days flew by :( We did a lot for the short time they were here. We went to San Francisco, Yosemite National Park, Sacramento, Big Trees Park,went out on the boat with Jimmy's parents, went bowling and made tons of mexican food. My dad was so nice to change my breaks on my car and sanded down my headlights because they were getting soo dim at night. Thanks Pa! It made me really happy to spend some time with them. My youngest brother couldnt be here because of work and scool but we sure did miss him. I LOVE VACATIONS- because I took off work the whole time they were here! While my family was here we also got to celebrate Jimmy's Birthday. We had two days of celebrations. A birthday dinner on sunday at his parents and a burger dinner at Jimmy's favorite burger place. Overall a very fun time and I cant wait for all of us to get together again.

Family

2011-10-12T11:42:00.000-07:00

Fun Times

2011-10-12T11:41:00.000-07:00

Our Kitchen Before and After

2011-09-13T10:55:00.001-07:00

I love my new kitchen. I need to get better about picture posting. At least these are better than my las post :)

Before

AFTER!

(I took these pictures at night,thats why they are so dark)

Moving?! Yuck.

2011-09-09T11:39:00.001-07:00

Here best describes our house for the past few weeks

Finally The After Pictures!

2011-09-09T11:11:00.001-07:00

I just wanted to post the pictures of why our summer has been all work and a little tiny bit of play!These are pictures of our Rental Unit. We worked super hard and here are the results.

PS: The pictures of our place are next to come!

Talents

2011-08-09T13:06:00.000-07:00

Lately I've been looking for a talent that I just cant seem to find. I know that we all have different talents but I want to be a good decorator! Some people just have an eye for things, like what kind of furniture to get, and good accent colors and all sorts of creativness that is hard on my brain. I am on a journey to decorate our new place. We are not finished but we will try to move in this weekend. And then I will have a clean canvas. Wish me luck!

The House

2011-07-09T09:45:00.001-07:00

Yes. Our House is still Its really hard remodeling two places.

Jimmy has been working there nonstop.

I get home from work and go up there and

do what I can. I can't wait until it's all the way done.

It is looking so much better.

Pictures coming soon.

Summer kid

2011-06-24T14:11:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time I was a summer kid. No school, no work, basically no responsibilities. Just pool time, popsicle time,movie time and friend time. I need a day to be a summer kid again!

Im ready to Jump In!

Before and After

2011-06-04T14:21:00.000-07:00

This was the place before we got it

This is after, we are still updating it and there will be more pictures to come:

(when we fixed it we got new stoves)

This is the kitchen in the unit we are renting

This is our kitchen

Installed new windows in both units

We got a nice big window for the view!

Installed new siding

Jimmy, Jim (Jimmy's Dad) and Marty (Jimmy's brother) did all the work. Thanks to them it looks soo much better!

The duplex is OURS!

2011-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

We have been patiently waiting and waiting and more waiting but finally we own a home! This past Wednesday we closed escrow and are officially home owners (it is really a duplex, but same thing, we own it!). We are thrilled that everything worked out according to plan and we are all ready for this new phase of our lives.
Honestly, I feel like now that we own a house we have to grow up and get on with life. As I think about that I feel panic at first then I think about all the good things that the future holds and it makes me happy that we are where we are at.
I am a natural worrier so making a big commitment like having a loan for the house was hard to think about at first but I am glad that I got over it and now.. I AM READY TO DECORATE! and have fun with paint. The first project I will be taking on will be redoing the cabinets. Wish me luck! I have a few projects in mind but I will think about my next one when I am done with the cabinets. One step at a time :)

Jimmy has plenty of projects of his own:

1. Painting the inside of both units
2. Putting hardwood floor in the unit we are living in- wooray! goodbye carpet.
3. Installing granite countertops
4. Getting new garage doors
5. Buying and installing new cooling units

The list probably can go on and on but mostly the major things are DONE!

We are not moved in yet, and we are not planning on moving in until the work we have to do is finished. That way moving in and unpacking wont be absolute chaos.

THIS IS OUR NEW HOME
We will be living on the right side of it and renting out the left side.

Waiting

2011-05-03T23:25:00.001-07:00

We are still wating for things to work out for us for the duplex. Banks like to take their time. So for now the clock is ticking!! The work is finished on the house and it looks amazing. So much improvement from what it was before. Once its ours I can post pictures :)

Change

2011-03-25T09:38:00.000-07:00

We are in the process of buying a home! We are really exited as this is the first step to becoming "grown-ups" which is really exiting. The place is only 5 minutes up the road from where we live but 5 minutes makes a difference. We will be more in the mountains so it will be a little bit more snowy but we get to enjoy the mountain/forest feel. It has a beautiful view. As of right now we are still pending on it and the closing date is in May. A lot of repairs need to be done before we move in. Im exited to make the place our own and pick out appliances, countertops, floors and everything else! Although it is a duplex, so we get to have double the work and double the fun. In preparation for the transition we had to move! Literally the worst experience. Yes we got to de-clutter but woah. It was hard work. I became a packing machine because I had to. But I am soo happy that its over and that I can just put it all behind me.

From December to February

2011-02-28T22:43:00.001-08:00

After not blogging in forever here are a few things that I missed blogging about:

1.Jimmy and I made our debuts as Mary and Joseph at our ward's Christmas Party

2. We went to Chicago for Christmas and New Years!- Loved being with my family

3.My sweet Grandma passed away in January- had to go on a quick trip to Mexico City

4. Spent a weekend with my cousin in San Francisco

5. Went on a cruise to Puerto Vallarta and Cabo- It was Awesome!!!!

Its been busy these past few months and there were for sure some ups and downs but I think thats just how life goes. I love having things to look forward to and the next thing is our trip to Idaho! Heading to good'ol Rexburg for Marty's ( Jimmy's brother) graduation. Im happy I get to see my brother and his wife and some of my old roomates! Yay for friends :)

SHUTTERFLY CRHISTMAS CARDS!

2010-11-26T20:34:00.000-08:00

Shutterfly’s 2010 holiday collection is huge. They have soo many different cards to choose from, with pictures and without. Here are the Christmas cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cardsThey also have cute wall calendars and holiday invitations http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendarsIt’s hard to make up my mind on which card I like best. Here is a link to their Christmas cards with pictures:http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards I really would like to be better about sending Christmas cards. I think I have a hard time because it usually takes tons of time. I have to drive at least 40 min to the closest big town to find what I am looking for. It is so nice that you can make them online, order them and have them shipped, is the best. It couldn’t get any easier. I still need to choose a photo that I would like to use for the Christmas card but that seems like that is the hardest part of all. Everything else is pretty simple. to the Christmas Card that I think I like the most!

CHECK OUT THEIR PROMOTION http://bit.ly/sfly2010

2 YeArS!

2010-10-11T14:14:00.001-07:00

We cant even believe that we've been married for two years! It was our anniversary this past weekend. To be specific it was on sunday 10/10 and we spent a beautiful weekend in Monterey Bay, CA. We had so much fun. We stayed two nights, went out to eat at yummy restaurants, rode our bikes on the coast on a 21 mile/2hr ride, hung out at the beach, went to the aquarium, went sight seeing and got new phones! We loved Monterey and were so happy to spend a few days together away from home.

Pics to Come!

My New Home!

2010-10-01T07:29:00.000-07:00

No, I'm not talking about a new home, but a new Place of Residence. I've been living at work lately- not literaly but it sure feels like it.

Fall Reading

2010-09-27T11:22:00.001-07:00

I am so exited about the Hunger Games. I can't put it down! I am on the second book "Catching Fire" and I cant wait to find out what happens. Definetly keeps you wanting more.

hApPy BiRtHdAy JIMMY!

2010-09-20T21:22:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we celebrated Jimmy's Birthday! We started the weekend by going camping on friday. We had tons of fun and we ate a whole lot of marshmallows. Jimmy kept teasing me because he said I didnt have the patience to let it roast slowly. My method consisted of putting the marshmallow directly in the flame and letting it catch on fire, then I would blow it out haha. It was a lot of fun. On saturday we left camp around one. In the evening we went out to dinner at Applebee's. Sunday we celebrated his real birthday day at his parents house where his mom made him Burrito's and a homemade mint-chip ice cream cake. Jimmy is the sweetest husband and I am so lucky to have him in my life. Happy Birthday Jimmy! I love you.

Jimmy and Annie

Proof that I was at there since Im not in any of the pictures

Jim, Jimmy and Lorena

My Brother's Wedding

2010-09-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

My brother got married August 13, 2010 in the Bountiful, Utah Temple. Congratulations Tavo and Cori! It was so nice to spend time with my family. It was such a beautiful wedding and Im happy to have Cori in our family. The wedding was on friday and the reception on saturday in Fruita, Colorado. Weddings are hard work, by the end of the reception day I was the most tired I've ever been in my entire life. Everyone did the best they could and helped so much to get everything set up. We did tons of traveling from Utah to Colorado back to Utah and up to Rexburg. While in Utah we visited temple square at night and I was able to meet with my friend Amanda.In Rexburg we got to go to my brother's new apartment and drove down to Idaho Falls to pick up a new bed for the newlyweds. I was able to go site seeing at BYU-I and I say sight seeing because there is so many new changes, that I couldnt even recognize it. Also I was able to spend a teeny bit of time with McCall, we went to get a snow cone and did some catching up. My mom drove back with me from Idaho to California. What a trooper, I loved her company during the drive and I enjoyed her stay with me for two weeks. That sums up the last crazy month!

Birthday Time June 28

2010-07-18T20:52:00.001-07:00

It was my birthday last month and it was such a good birthday. I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family. My birthday was on a Monday, but the Sunday before, Jimmy’s parents had a birthday dinner for me. Jimmy’s mom made delicious chicken cordon blue, rice, fruit salad and green salad. She also made dessert, this yummy lemon meringue with fresh strawberries. She is a great cook and so sweet. On Monday Jimmy woke me up before he left for work at 5:00am so I could open my birthday present. A month ago Jimmy got me a roadbike for my birthday so I already knew about that but he surprised me with some clip on shoes, highlighter color bright t-shirts and a speedometer! I am so ready to go out on the road. Jimmy’s mom and sisters took me out for breakfast. After breakfast Bonnie took me to Sacramento to get a pedicure, do some shopping and go out to lunch. We had such a fun time. Jimmy had to work but when he got home we went out for Mexican and a movie. I got a box of goodies from my parents and a card, I miss them, so it was so nice to get a little piece of home in a box. Jimmy’s parents knew that we needed a new camera so they got me one. I am so exited because our cameras have been broken for a while. It was so fun to get together with our family and friends.

San Francisco/ Kristin Came to Visit!

2010-06-30T10:46:00.000-07:00

On June 17 Kristin made it to the Oakland Airport! I am so happy that Kristin came to visit. We were roomates in apartment 311 at the ridge and I had not seen her in about 3 years. We had so much fun while she was here. She was here from thursday thru sunday which was too short but we did so much in such little time. My friend Bonnie and I picked her up from the Airport on thursday evening, we then drove to the hotel. On friday we went to Alcatraz, we loved walking around the island and the tour was really interesting. After we headed to Lombard street in San Francisco. This street is soo windy but soo pretty. After, we did some shopping and had some food. We did soo much walking around the city and it was so cold. The temperature was about 55 degrees all day! We froze and we looked for sweaters everywhere but we didnt find any. We then headed to see Wicked, it was amazing. I loved it, we all did. It was Kristin's third time seeing it and now I understand why. On saturday we came back to Murphys and showed Kristin around, she was definetly a trooper on the steep bike ride we took her on. We showed her the biggest gold nugget and took her to see some gigantic trees. On Sunday we went to church and Kristin made a delicious fruit pizza for the ward linger longer. Then we took Kristin to the Oakland temple before we said goodbye :( It was such a fun weekend and was sad when it was over.
THANKS FOR COMING TO VISIT KRISTIN! THANKS FOR COMING WITH US BONNIE!

Lombard Street

At Pier39

Alcatraz

On The Island

At The Temple

Shooting

2010-06-30T10:07:00.001-07:00

A couple of weeks ago our friends Bonnie and Louis took us shooting. They were great instructors and trusted us with their guns!

HAPPY GRADUATION AUDREY!

2010-06-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

This past friday June 4 Jimmy's sister Audrey graduated from High School. She will be going to BYU-I in the fall. She is such a fun girl and I am so happy to have her as a sister. Congrats Audrey!

Helping Hands

2010-06-08T19:43:00.001-07:00

In may as a part of a stake service project a couple of wards in the area including my ward were in charge of cleaning up and doing some maintenance on the fairgrounds. Every year there is a county fair held there and the place was in need of much work. There was about 100+ volunteers there to help. Everyone had different projects going, mowing the lawns, painting, putting ribbons on the stuff entered in the fair etc. It was so neat to see how many people showed up and the results were amazing, we worked from 8 to 12:30 and so much work got done in such a short time. The fairgrounds people were so happy , they said
" We usually pay for a bus load of prisoners to come and get the fairgrounds ready for the fair but you guys work better and faster" I was glad to hear that was the case.

Helping Hands

2010-06-08T19:23:00.001-07:00

Sweetest Surprise

2010-03-07T19:00:00.000-08:00

So Today is sunday and unfortunetly I am at work. I get a chance to go to church, and after I go to work. Today I barely had time to grab something to eat for lunch so I just took it to go. I work 2:30 to 8:30pm so usually I either eat after work or bring a quick dinner. I didnt bring anything for dinner this time. But, I had the nicest surprise ever. Jimmy drove down 30 min to were I work and brought me dinner! I was so happy that he did that for me. He really is the best!

Our Trip to Mexico

2010-02-27T19:06:00.001-08:00

In the month of Jan I finally had the chance to go to Mexico and visit my family. It had been 6 years since I had last gone back. WE LOVED IT. I loved every minute of it all. Jimmy was able to meet the rest my family and got to know them a little bit. We first stayed with my mom's side of the family. My cousin Anabel decided that since most of my cousins and uncle's could not come to the wedding here they would throw a traditional Mexican wedding. Woah! were we surprised. Everyone in my moms family came. My cousin dressed up as a priest and we had a "ceremony" I even cried haha. It was just so sweet that they wanted to share that with us. There was so much food, music,dancing, decorations, kareoke and even some fireworks! *From a big wedding next door but we got to ejoy them too :) * Overall we had a really good time. We also got to go to some mexican ruins at a place called Xochicalco. They built these at the top of a mountain and there was a beautiful view. The next few days we spent with my grandparents. Jimmy and I got to tour around Mexico City and enjoy the sites with my grandpa. We also got to go to the Mexico City Temple and it was amazing. My grandma was getting ready for surgery so we also went to the hospital with them and helped them with whatever we could. I also got to see my mom and dad there. It was a very fun trip and we loved my family, the food and the places we visited. PS: pics to come....

Thoughts

2010-02-12T18:47:00.000-08:00

-I've been thinking a lot about all the blessings in my life and I can't hardly believe how blessed I've always been. Its amazing how we are so loved by our Heavenly Father nad how His hand is in all things.

-Jimmy finally got his cast off! His wrist looks great. Now that the cast is off, he has to be more careful with it. YOU CAN DO IT JIMMY! Now we need a hand specialist for physical therapy. If anyone knows of any good ones in Northern California.. please let us know.

-Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to a YW training meeting and Sis Anne Dibb was the speaker. It was so good! It definetly helped me re-charge my batteries for my calling. And I got to hug her, which I thought was pretty cool since she is Pres. Monson's daughter and all.

-Elder Holland is coming to our stake conference! I am so exited about this and cannot wait. I will definetly be getting there super early so I can sit up-close.

- I really need to do some decorating around the house. I need ideas. PlEASE share.

-I've been thinking about going back to school, I wish I would have gotten better grades in Anat & Phys and Microbiology. ugh.

-Michelle, hurry up and come visit me

Jimmy's Surgery Update

2010-01-02T08:53:00.000-08:00

Jimmy had surgery on the 23. Thankfully it all went well and Jimmy's wrist seems to be healing just fine. The Doc was able to reatach the ligament. He also put 2 pins inside making an X to stabilize and not allow any movement until it heals. Then he will take them out. He wore a bandage for a week, this past wednesday we went to San Francisco to the doctor and he put a cast on. The doctor said that out of all the surgeries he's done in 20 years his ligament remnant was the best one he ever saw. Pretty impressive! Dr. Bickel did an amazing job and we are so lucky we found him. If you ever need a hand wrist specialist let us know.

Work Christmas Party

2009-12-19T08:57:00.000-08:00

At The party

At Jimmy's Parent's

We got dressed up and here we are!

Jimmy is having Surgery

2009-12-12T13:14:00.000-08:00

As you all know Jimmy loves to ride motorcycles, and I love it too. What I dont like its the injuries that come with it. Posted is the picture of Jimmy's full toe when it was attached by pins when he had an accident at an Idaho City Race. There was a guy going the wrong way and almost hit him head on but Jimmy was able to move and the only thing that he hit was his foot, he clipped his toe with the foot peg, therefore the injury. About a month ago Jimmy was out riding and he hurt his wrist. He's had wrist problems for about 3 years, but this time he felt he should get it checked. Good thing he did!. He had xrays done and we found out that he has a ligament tear between two little bones called the scaphoid and lunate. We went to a hand specialist in San Francisco and he scheduled a surgery for Dec 23,2009. Surgery is the only way to get it fixed. But thats not all, the total recovery time untill he can use it fully is 6 months!Please keep us in your prayers so all will go well.

JEANS

2009-11-12T11:31:00.001-08:00

I've been looking for a pair of jeans for a while now and its been impossible for me to find some. I've tried on soo many different pairs and I still have not found the ones! If anyone has any suggestions please HELP!

Catching up!

2009-10-23T16:35:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened since I blogged last. It seems like I dont have enough hours in the day to do everything I'd like to do. I've been very busy with work and trying to keep up with evertything else. We went to Chicago in august, my brother came home from his mission in Colorado. We were really glad to see him and spend some time there. We went to Nauvoo , we had such a good trip. Then came Jimmy's birthday in September. We went camping and had dinner at a nice restaurant. I made him a pie and got him a wheat eater for his birthday. I also made him a delicious cherry pie for his birthday, we also celebrated with Jimmy's family with a yummy dinner that his mom made and a homemade icecream cake to die for. In October we had our ONE year anniversary and we had a weekend of fun. The real day was on a saturday so on friday we went to a movie ,went bowling and went out to dinner. On Saturday we went go cart racing at this place in Sacramento and I tried my best and got 9th place out of 10 and Jimmy got first! Then we went to the church bookstore. We were looking for a pitcture to buy but they didnt have the one we wanted. At the end of the night we got to eat our wedding cake, which by the way was really good still. Its been crazy busy but still so fun. Thats what we've been up to for the last three months. Ill try to update more often :

The Wedding Cake

End of Summer

2009-08-31T14:50:00.000-07:00

Its been so long since i've updated the blog but we have been super super busy. I 'm working and I'm trying to keep up with everything else and I am having fun doing it. I really am enjoying my job at the hospital and love to wear scrubs to work. I feel like I am in my PJ's. Sometimes it gets stressful while working in the ER and so many things go on but I try to keep it under control. We've done so man fun things this summer and I wanted to post some pictures of our adventures. One weekend we went to San Francisco and hung out at Pier 39. We had delicious clam chowder bowls and went to Ripley's Believe it or Not. It was fun to be a tourist. We also went camping one weekend and it was reallly fun. Jimmy is the best person to camp with, he takes care of finding a spot, getting everything set up and even scarring off the mountain lions. All I have to do is cook. We had a really good time. We went swimming and ate some delicious food. Although summer is pretty much all the way through its still pretty hot here so I'm exited to continue doing things outdoors.

My 24th Birthday!

2009-06-28T22:29:00.000-07:00

Ok so I am sitting here the night of my 24 birhtday and I can truly say it was a wonderful day. As I think back on my life I've come to realize that yes we do become older but we become wiser and I think its a pretty good trade off. I loved spending my birthday with Jimmy, is my first birthday since we've been married and I really ejoyed it. Everyone made my day so sweet and nice. It truly was a special day. I loved my dad singing happy birthday on the phone to me and I loved talking to my mom about the day I was born.I definetly got the royal treatment from the Newsom's and got so many nice gifts. I want to say Thank you to EVERYONE that made my day special! I love you all.

Santa Cruz

2009-06-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago we went to Santa Cruz for the graduation of Jimmy's cousin Grace. We had a really good trip. We stayed with Jimmy's grandparents friends. They were the nicest people ever. They let us stay at their house and fed us the most delicious food. It was really nice to meet Jimmy's cousins and spend some time with them. We went to the Santa Cruz board walk and Jimmy and Jim played the "how fast can you throw" game.They had a machine that measured the speed, Jimmy's best was 63mph. It was fun watching. On Sunday we went to the graduation and had a nice lunch after. It was a very relaxing weekend.

My first blanket

2009-06-19T07:37:00.000-07:00

I'm really exited because I finished my first sowing project. A baby blanket for Ashley's Braden. I had lots of fun making it. Thank you Lorena for all your help and patience with teaching me. I am ready to make more!

New Job

2009-06-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

So thankfully after looking for a job I found one! Jimmy's friend's Dave's girlfriend Carly works at the local hospital and she told me to apply. So I did and they called me. I had an interview that went good, had to take a test with a math portion, not so good. But in the end they picked me! Im exited. I will be admiting people into the hospital. Its a per hour job. So most likely ill come in when they need help. Im really exited.

May

2009-06-02T15:23:00.000-07:00

So I haven't been bloggin in a while. We are always keeping busy and have done quite a bit since my last post. The whole month of May totally flew by and its June! Which is birthday month for me and I like birthdays but i specially enjoy mine the best. In the month of May we went to my cousin's graduation from Stanford Law School. We went down to Palo Alto and it was really fun to see some of my family. We also went to the county fair we walked around through the rides played some carnaval games , ate some delicous kettle corn; garlic fries and saw a rodeo. Jimmy ate the garlic fries and let me tell you the garlic was strong.. really strong it lasted for 2 days. Also on May 14 Jimmy's grandpa Ken passed away (Jimmy's mom's dad). I had the chance to spend some time with him and I am glad that I had the chance to meet him. He was always so funny and had great stories.He had been sick for a while so we are glad that he is resting now from all his pains. He will be missed. At the end of the month we went to Hangtown'09. Its like a big motocross race where all the pro's race. It was an all day thing. It was hot, with tons of people and very long but fun. In 1969 Jimmy's grandpa (his dads dad) raced and won! I thought that was pretty cool. So it was nice to watch. May kept us busy.

The graduate and my cousin's Fam
Apparently Jimmy is a Lawyer too
Us and my cousin

My aunt and uncle Grandpa Ken

Hangtown'09

New Hair Cut

2009-05-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

So I really feel like a need a cute hair cut. I want to keep it long but at the same time make it look a little different. I feel like i always look the same. Maybe I should get some striaght bangs or maybe not? I need some help. Any suggestions?!!Please feel free to comment and also If you have any pictures post a link! <3 Thanx.

I love picnics

2009-05-03T20:49:00.000-07:00

The beginning of the hike..
The view from the top when we were done

The only good picture of both of us

Our awesome basket that I love

Getting ready to go

So I really really really like going on picnics. Its so fun. I think its one of my favorite things to do. There is something about changing the scenery from where we always eat that I love. I love the sun, and the trees and the blue sky. I really feel like it makes food taste better. Jimmy is really good at finding good spots, this one we had to hike to but it was worth it.

The Return of The Savior

2009-04-28T11:44:00.001-07:00

Lately I've been thinking about the Last Days. I've always known that we lived in the last days but recently I've been pondering more and more about it. Prophecies of Old are being fulfilled and that means that each day we grow closer to the return of the Savior to the Earth. I am so thankful for the knowledge of the gospel in my life. It is the greatest blessing. As the scriptures say "If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear".
Reflections of Christ - Watch a funny movie here

Thankful for Riding Gear

2009-04-21T08:54:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went riding and when I mean riding I dont mean on a track. When we go riding is trail riding. You know in the mountains on a single trail with trees, roots and well obsticles on the way. Also with very steep parts going up and coming down. The going up part is not so bad you just hit the gas and cruise on up. Going down is the hard part. I think of myself as not very coordinated by nature, I feel like I need to do things over and over again in order to get it. Its really hard for me to break with my hand and with my foot at the same time while steering and holding on to the clutch. So we are riding along and go up this hill and come up to this tree just blocking my way so i stop and I go around it but I guess I went a little fast and then kind of was heading the wrong direction, not on the trail but down the hill to the side. At this time is when good coordination would have come in handy but it didnt. I really dont know what I did it was all too fast and the next thing I know Im face planting head on to the ground. Jimmy was just ahead a bit and he saw the whole thing. He came right up. My initial reaction was to be so angry that I crashed and then I was upset I started crying. I know funny.Nothing really happend but a big headache and my heel kind of bruised a little. At this point I was so thankful for riding gear so thankful for the people that invented it. They really saved me from taking a big hit.

Weekend Trip to LA/San Diego

2009-04-11T14:43:00.000-07:00

So last weekend we took a trip to Southern California. We really didnt plan it at all, it was all really spontaneous. We found a really good deal flying to Long Beach from San Francisco for $14 each way! We couldnt believe it or pass it up so we bought them on thurdsay and where on a plane at 7:00 am on friday. We arrived at Long Beach airport and we rented a car. When we got there they showed us what we were driving. This small little blue hyundai. Jimmy said that if someone were to ask him to describe the worst car in the world he would describe that one. haha. We got in it and we started driving towards Hollywood. We wanted to get close to the Hollywood sign and so we started driving around until we found this park. Then we started hiking around and we found the best view of it. It was so fun. Then we went to Universal Studios and went on all the rides. My favorite is Jurassic Park. We got wet but it was worth it. We then went downtown LA and to Beverly Hills. By this time we were exhausted so we decided to head to Jimmy's grandma's RV where we were staying. Luckily his grandma let us stay in this RV that her and her husband have at this RV Resort. Which was packed with pools, hot tubs and a golf course. We spend saturday and sunday at the resort. We enjoyed watching coference and fitting in a few games of golf and tennis in between. Which I might add that I am getting pretty good at tennis since I last decided to start playing. I was schooling Jimmy! well sort of.. On monday we went down to San Diego, for my birthday in June I wanted to go to the Body World Exhibit, they show real human bodies and all the anatomy and procesess. And Jimmy was so sweet to take me early. I loved it! It was so fascinating and exiting.I was glad that Jimmy liked it too. After we had a yummy lunch and headed to the beach. It was such a beautiful day. The water was a pretty good temperature.. colder than I like it,but Jimmy jumped right in and body surfed and had fun in the waves. I like to watch from afar. I was scared of those waves. They were HUGE! That is the short version of our small vacation. At the end of each day we were beat. So tired of having fun all day long. Its always nice to get away and specially for cheap! If you want to get offers on cheap airfaire you can go to travelzoo.com and sign up for their top 20 weekly specials and they will be sent to you weekly. Good luck!

New Dirtbike

2009-03-25T22:38:00.000-07:00

So after Jimmy read my post on "active hobbies" he helped me to get going on one of them. He bought me my own dirtbike! He is so amazing and I love him so much. I am really blessed to have him in my life. He was so exited and just started looking and when I mean looking it was hours and hours of being online looking for a bike for me and he found such a good deal. He is the BEST online shopper I know. We went down to Sacramento to pick it up yesterday. We brought it home and I love it. Today Jimmy took me on a short ride. I hadn't really ridden in so long and it was a bit tough at the beginning to get the hang of it but I am proud to say that I think I did pretty good for a beginner. No big crashes anyway. I hope that I can get better and better as I ride. I am also looking towards being able to spend time together riding, Im sure that I can learn a few tricks from him. Its going to be so fun!

Physically Active Hobbies

2009-03-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

So lately Jimmy and I have been talking about how It would be a good idea for me to get a new "active hobby" . Since right now Im not working and just staying home, I've been tryin to keep busy. I've decided to try a few things. One of them is learning how to play tennis. I know I know what everyone is thinking. Everyone that really knows me knows that my hand eye cordination is not that great. But I am happy to say that I feel like I'm getting better! I've only gone twice but I feel like I might have a good future with it. After playing my arm is a little sore and I am super hungry because I burn off all these calories running after the ball like all day long but I cant wait until I get soo good that I can actually rally the ball back and forth and play an actual game. Also I've started running again and thankfully Im over the part where yourlungs and your chest burn. Now I am in the stage where I need to motivate myself to actually do it. So wish me luck. And lastly I am thinking about really learning how to ride a dirtbike. I've done it before and my first encounter with riding resulted on a big crash. But I got back on the next day and completed a full trail! That was summer of 07 so I've had enough time to warm up to it again. I havent ridden since then and who knows when Ill try again but thats some of the hobbies that will help me keep physically active.

2009-03-03T14:42:00.001-08:00

Our Home

2009-03-03T14:35:00.001-08:00

So finally I got around posting the pictures of our home. I still need to do some decorating and I'm not really talented in that area but the least I can do is try. This is were I spend most of the day if not all my day. I think its plenty big and for sure keeps me busy. We have an upstairs and a downstairs. Upstairs we have a bedroom a bathroom and a small office. Which we use for our games and computers. Downstairs we have the kitchen living room a small dinning room and an extra bedroom with a king size bed and a full bathroom. So if anyone wants to visit. WE HAVE ROOM FOR YOU!

In Chicago

2009-01-09T17:05:00.000-08:00

We all went to Chicago and by meaning all i mean Jimmy and I and his whole family! We all stayed at my parents house and had a delicious New Years dinner. Then the following days we got ready for the reception that we had in Chicago. It was really fun seeing old friends and family. I loved spending time with both of our families there. We had so much fun touring around the city. The weather was descent for a Chicago winter averaging on the 20F. The trip was a success! We went to The Art Museum, had Chicago style hot dogs at Portillos and even went to Wrigley Field. It was a great time. When we realized it was time to go home... I was very sad to leave, hopefully we can go back sometime this year and visit. Leaving Chicago was another story. So Jimmy and I were on a different flight than his parents, we rode together to the airport in California so we wanted to return together. Our filghts were 12 hrs appart which meant we had to wait at the airport for 12 hours. We called United and asked if we could just go in the flight that Jimmy's parents where getting on at 8pm instead of 6 am that morning. They said sure that there was room. Well when we get to the airport and they said that we cant. If you missed your plane (like we did) you can get on a flight on standby to the destination we were going. Well we had a layover so they wanted to send us to Denver and then we had to buy our own plane tickets to Sacramento. LAME-because we knew that the 8pm flight to Sacramento had room for us! So after talking to so many people and jimmy telling the counter lady that we just got married and had no money to buy other tickets, she was touched and changed us to the 8 flight. So we finally made it to California! That was the end of our trip and really no desire to deal with airlines.

Post #1

2008-12-29T15:54:00.001-08:00

So I dont know too much about blogging but I decided to try it. I hope that through this I can stay in touch with friends. If you have any suggestions on how to get this up and running let me know. Thanks!