Wednesday, November 26, 2008

We had fun this weekend~!~

This weekend Natalie's parents came home from their mission in Croatia, so they were here on Sunday night, Cory hung out with us on Monday evening. Which why I have the pictures of Cory and the rest were just fun pictures! Emily and me, we both have our braces and expander's, hopefully her braces work out better than mine are!
This me and Madison, we were bored and just thought these pictures would be cute!

My dad, Lillie and Cory sitting on the back porch eating pomegranates. I just thought it was a cute picture.


Trent and Dani. She's gonna kill me when she sees this picture on this. But I think it's really cute. She hates having pictures taken of her, so that makes me more determined to get one. This one was a stroke of luck. I was trying to get me and Emily and turned the camera to Trent and Dani at the very last second! It turned out cute!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Fun pictures of my parents

Ok, on my day off I got bored, I know I just wrote on my blog yesterday, but I have been wanting to scan my parents pictures on here from back in the day when they were young and first married! Here are a few- This one absolutely cracks me up! This a bumper sticker and on the bottom my dad wrote- Oops too late! I love it!
My mom doesn't date her pictures so I don't know if this was before or after they got married!

There was a dance that they went to as hippies(back in the 70's everyone was a hippy). I LOVE this picture


At their wedding reception in Las Vegas.



Sunday, November 9, 2008

Understanding and Music

I can't really decide on what to write this week, but I like to update it each week, I don't write in my journal, I'm just not a person who hand writes stuff. I have really sloppy hand writing. This is my journal! So today, I'll just write whatever comes to mind, like cat fishing! Here is Jameson and my dad while deer hunting.
Trent at I'm guessing Sheep's Bridge.

Bryce and Lindsay.
Last Saturday I watched Shellie's kids while they went out to dinner, and our cat Sally doesn't like to play with cat toys, she refuses. So after trying to get her to play with some string we gave up, Jameson disappeared for a while, so I went and found him at his house playing with Sally with the fishing pole. It just had the sinkers on it, no hook, and he'd cast it and reel it in and Sally LOVED it. We played for about an hour. She jumped and flipped and she had a ball. It was so fun! Good thinking Jameson. I never would have thought of that!
On Friday night at work we were supposedly going to have an 11 hour night, but we finished in 7 hours(because we are awesome and we have tons of team work), so I came home and I inherited insomnia from my mom's side of the family, plus with the medicine I take for my anxiety, mixed in with my restless legs syndrome, I didn't fall asleep till 7 am. But that's not unusual for me! Anyways, so you all know I like to collect cookbooks, well, I had bought a Taste of Homes magazine at Wal-mart earlier and I had gotten a Jeep catalog(for parts and stuff) that day. So while I was in bed I was reading my Jeep magazine, it took me an hour to get through it(it had less pages than the cooking magazine), I was so interested in it. But I was surprised when I looked up at the clock over how long I spent look through it. Then I read the cooking magazine and usually I can take over an hour read them, I read them like books, and I was done in 20 minutes! I just thought it was funny how I spent more time looking at something Cory or my dad would love.
I put new music on my blog, so I'll write some about the new music, but I won't go into detail like the first time. I have a few Jason Mraz songs on here, I really like him! Where was he before? He's awesome. And I really like his song Lucky with Colbie Caillat, but couldn't find it on this website.
There are a couple of Gary Allan songs, I love him. He is HOT!!!!! But I just really like Smoke Rings in the Dark, because he's telling a story and it's a good one. And Life Aint always Beautiful has helped me through A LOT!!!!! That song came out at a time when I needed it. So I never pass up a time when it starts playing to listen to it!
There are a couple Chely Wright songs, one of my favorites is Shut up and Drive, my dad would take me and Kristi to school every morning and he would tease us, I would always say- shut up and drive, and that song came out that same year! Plus I love her voice!
I really like Cruella De Vil, but I couldn't find the original one. That is my favorite Disney song at the moment, because it's so fun!
I put a Celtic Women's song on here, I love their music. They have some really pretty voices and music. I'm slowly downloading their music off of Itunes.
I have Snoop Dogg(his tribute to Johnny Cash). Joey & Rory, they are a new country duo, I like their music, they are a married couple and the song Cheater, Cheater is very blunt. But I love it. The video is funny! Justin Moore's- Back that thing up- is a fun song, I LOVE his accent! The Good Life by Trent Willmon is a good song, I want my life to be like that( I like all of his songs)
And of course I have a church song- A Poor Wayfaring man of Grief- they didn't have a whole lot of LDS songs, but I really like this one!
Right now I am reading a book titled- Our Search for Happiness- by M. Russell Ballard. It's good, if you have a non-member friend interested in the church, or wants to understand it better, that's a good book for them. It was written in 1993. But I bought it at Seagull(or Deseret, I can't remember) about a month ago. I just started it today, but I'm on chapter 3 and I am marking the good parts. So later on I can go back and reread those parts or if I want to read something to a friend or have a talk(hopefully never) or a lesson. He gives a really good meaning of understanding! He says:
" It's a simple word, really- one that most of us use everyday. But it means something quite remarkable. With understanding we can strengthen relationships, revitalize neighborhoods, unify nations and even bring peace to a troubled world. Without it chaos, intolerance, hate and war are often the result."
He also says "Your LDS neighbors talk about their church a lot- perhaps even more than your friends who belong to other faiths. They may have invited you to come to church with them or to listen to the missionaries in their home and in their enthusiasm they may have made a thoughtless remark about your beliefs or your lifestyle."
Then he goes on to say(which I LOVE): "I'm sure the offense was not intended. One of the most cherished tenets of our faith has to do with honoring religious diversity. As our church's first president, Joseph Smith, taught: 'We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where or what they may'
We really do believe that. Just as we claim the right to worship as we choose, we believe you have the right to worship- or not to worship- as you see fit"
I really wish more people thought that way. If they do, we never see it! I'm just looking forward to reading what an Apostle has to say, rather than listening to how I should live my life from concerned family members or friends(doesn't mean I don't listen to them). I think I will like this book and it will be one I go back to over the years. I've even thought of a few friends I know who would love it also. So once I'm done if anyone wants to borrow it(that will for sure return it) so welcome too! Just let me know!