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Monday, September 29, 2008

Update...

Okay, so now I can't blame not posting for a while on not having a computer! But, I am finally off track for 2 weeks so I will have some more time. This last month might have been one of the busiest EVER! I thought I had 3 years to change my Utah teaching certificate to my AZ certificate...well, I don't know where I came up with that because I only had 1 year to do it! So in order to continue teaching I had to take 2 state board tests and night classes after school. I had already committed to teaching 3 aerobics classes a week and so much for my soccer team. As hard as it was we were still blessed so much through that time. It worked out that I could still go up for Mark's homecoming. I can't even explain how great it is to have him back in our lives. He is an amazing spirit. He served a great mission and we are all so proud of him. Another blessing we received is that a friend sent me a card with no return address. What was inside really helped us out of a tough time because Nate's financial aid hadn't come in yet and he needed to buy some more books for school. I wish I could tell that person how much we appreciated that thoughtfulness and I hope that I can serve with a giving heart like that more often. I know the Lord answers our prayers through other people. Well..I just finished report cards and parent teacher conferences and it's time for a break! We leave Thursday to St. George for the marathon. I am pretty much crossing my fingers that I don't die because I haven't had time with everything going on this last month to run! Yikes! Nate will do well he is more dedicated to training. I am just excited to go up to see some family and friends and most of all Dylan!

Mark's Homecoming!

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Thursday, September 4, 2008

NFL Cardinals Football Game!


DODGERS COME TO AZ!!!






Bring it on Diamondbacks! We love when the Dodgers come to town! I wanted to support the Dbacks when we first moved here because it's always fun to like the team in the town that you live in. But I just couldn't do it! In fact I HATE the Dbacks...especially because every time that they win it hurts the Dodgers. True Blue for life! Annie, JJ and their cute family just moved to Glendale, AZ. We are so excited to have them here. Both JJ and Nate are so busy in school but I am sure we'll get to do things with them. Her son Logan is my new best friend!! I also need to Welcome Manny...he cranked out 2 homers at the game we went to...as long as he keeps that up, then welcome to LA!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

New Computer!!!




























Yeah! We finally got a new computer thanks to Holly helping us find one. Nate and I are both not very computer savvy so we didn't even know what we were looking for. My old computer wouldn't let me load pictures on it anymore so now we are excited to re-enter the blogging world! We'll catch you up a bit on our fun summer....
1. We both had summer birthdays so we were able to get together with a bunch of our friends to celebrate.
2. The Ivins invited us and the Lameiux's to Blanding for the 4th of July. We played in an all night softball tourney, all day volleyball tourney, went to the parade, and watched fireworks..It was an awesome weekend. After Blanding we all packed up and went to Colorado to the Ivins Cattle Ranch. My was that the experience of a life time! We road horses, fished liked crazy, and herded cow. Of course Nate loved the fishing the best. It still ceases to amaze me that he can wake up at 4:30 in the morning to fish...even more amazing when he can convince me to go with him.We hope to go back to the Ranch soon!
3. We were able to get up to Utah for a short trip to see our families. It was the first time Nate got to meet Dylan. He is the cutest little guy on earth! We celebrated Susie's 50th Bday on that trip as well. It was fun to see Nate's nieces and nephews in Ogden too. On the way to SLC we stopped to hike the Orderville/Narrows hike at Zion with Kami, her hubby and some other friends. It was an awesome 13 mile hike.
4. We went on a last min. camping trip with Nate's parents and sister, Heidi, before we had to start back to school. We went to Lake Mary and found a nice camping site there. My uncle Dan hooked me up with some yummy dutch oven recipes so Nate and I bought our first dutch oven and gave it whirl.
5. Fossil Springs...we are back! This is one of our favorite hikes. You hike down for 4 miles to BEAUTIFUL waterfalls. There are all sorts of ropes swings and rocks to jump off of. The water is so clear that you can see all the way through the bottom, and you can see all the little fish swimming around!
6. Of course we took plenty of fishing trips...I loved reading my Twilight books on the boat. I read so many books this summer! The joy's of a work free summer!
7.Happy 1 year Anniversary! We celebrated our first year together. My oh my has it been quite the year of firsts and new changes in life. New jobs, schools, states, friends, families, and new adventures! We have been fortunate to do so many fun things with each other. Nate is the best husband anyone can ask for. I am sure we will look back to this time of our life and cherish the memories we've made.