Jake and blossoms

Life has been so crazy lately but its a good thing:) I have been working full time and its so nice to have a job I like! This last Monday my roommate and I had the day off so of course we played. She is really good at playing the ukelele and really likes this guy that goes on tour and plays. He got his start on you tube and became popular posting videos there. He recently got to play for the queen of England. He played his Uke and Bette Midler sang so it was quite an honor! He is unbelievable and we could watch him forever. So much talent and he is funny too! Trish got us tickets to see him in Portland. We weren't sure how to get there so we left a bit early. We stopped at the temple to look around and deseret book. Everywhere is so beautiful with it all in bloom I had to take a few shots:)It has been so nice and warm here up in the 60's! I am excited for good weather its rained alot already this year. I am hoping to keep up with my blog but if I get a bit behind I am telling you sorry in advance:)

Trip to Utah

Its been a long time since I have done a post! Its been a crazy couple of weeks for me. I will try and stay caught up in the mean time this is what I have been up to! I have this good friend Rebecca that I have known for about 13 years. We were roommates and after she got married we still stayed in touch. I knew her anniversary of 10 years was coming up in March of this year.(Its actually today:) )Well she does not get out often because she has 5 kids and its hard for her to go anywhere especially overnight. I thought it would be a nice thing for her and her hubby to get away for a few days. I emailed her husband with the idea, he of course was thrilled I would even consider coming and watch the kids. We wanted to keep it a surprise and almost did but things came up and he couldn't come get me at the airport so we had to tell. I think she was shocked so it was a nice way to surprise her. I really didn't know what I had gotten myself into until I saw the outlined daily routine! She is very organized and runs a tight ship:) For the most part it went really well and I enjoyed my time with them. Dont get me wrong they are great kids they just like to see how far I can be pushed:) The oldest is 8 and the youngest 1 so I was on the run literally:) I didn't get a chance to get pictures of the older 2. When they got home from school it seemed like there was alot more going on! The kids loved being outside I was glad it was good weather so we could have fun. I hope they didn't think I was too mean, I tried to be fair. Anyway I am glad for the chance to visit them. I also got to go see my parents for a few days and it was great! I couldn't believe how much snow they still have. We had a nice relaxing time together and it went by way to quick! Its always nice to be home and sometimes I wish I still lived close. I was really excited to hear from my boss while I was in Utah. One of the people I work with had quit and she was moving me to full time! Such great news since I have only been working 3 days a week. I have already been blessed so much this new year! I am looking forward to the rest of this year:)

Lisa's visit

I had my sister Lisa come this weekend for a visit. We had such a great time just being together. Its always nice to not have anything planned and still have fun. We went shopping for her upcoming trip to Ireland. We cooked and played the Wii and celebrated her birthday. Its really next weekend but since she was here we had her favorite lime cheesecake. Its always hard to have her go back home but I am glad she is close enough to visit. Thanks for coming Lisa it was so much fun! Isn't she so cute and photogenic!

The winner is: Everyone!

Since I didn't get very many comments I am sending something to everyone! I hope you will enjoy what I send out in the next week. Please leave your address just in case so I can make sure it gets to you! Thanks for being my faithful readers:)

Giveaway!

Well I hit my 200th post and I thought I would do another giveaway! Since Valentine's day is next Sunday that is when I will choose my winner! Good luck and I hope you win!

What will you celebrate this year?

I love Disneyland and since I missed out going last year I wanted to go this year. I am having a milestone birthday this year so what better way to celebrate? My opinion of course I am sure everybody has different ideas:)So I was really excited when Disney put out there usually promotion for the year. They asked what will you celebrate? Give a day of service and get a free ticket to Disneyland! I was really pumped since I enjoy helping others and then they are going to reward me for it?! So I signed up and there were so many opportunities around our community to serve. I chose to make cards for kids who are facing cancer and other life changing illness's. I got a list of the kids and their favorite things. I thought it would be fun to send them a package with a card. So me and my roommate signed up and went today and did our service. It was great and I hope the kids like the things we sent.Its nice to get a fun reward but sometimes its nice to know you made a sick child smile. I know after today's experience that I want to get out and help more. I want to celebrate this year by doing a service of some sort for someone each month. I think thats a good way to celebrate this year dont you?

Haiti

Here they are getting all the supplies ready to go

Helping one of the hundreds with cuts on his leg. He is so cute!

Helping after they pulled a guy from a pile of rubble.

When I heard of the earthquake in Haiti it made me so sad. The news stories that I see and the papers I read are just heart breaking. I so wish I could do something to help them. A couple of days ago I read about a local doctor from here that was so devastated that he had to do something. I kept reading and noticed that it was a man that I know! I met him and his family when I lived here before so it was great to see a familiar face. The article said that when he heard the news he knew he had to go so he called the church headquarters. They were organizing a bunch of doctors to go over in a few days if he could make it to Salt Lake. Well without even thinking twice he got all of his appointments covered kissed his wife and was off. He is able to call every night and let his wife know he is ok. He said that the devastation there is almost too much to handle. There are so many injured people that he when he first arrived he saw 80-100 people! I thought it was really interesting that although the medical buildings were badly ruined our church stood still. The have converted the church into a hospital since its big enough to separate people. He said that during the day he stays in his doctor mode just fixing people up but at night he cant help but break down. I am so lucky to know such a Christ like person that would sacrifice for others. Its amazing how much our church can rally when things like this happen. Our church sent in 80,000 pounds of food and supplies the first week and its already gone. Keep them in your prayers!