I'm such a Rebel!!!

Finally...the time has come and I am the proud owner of a Canon Rebel T1i. I love it so very much. It allows me to take the very best pictures. Here it is...Some pictures I have taken with it have turned out very cool. Here are a few...

I love them and I hope you do too. If you would like me to take photos of you, let me know! Maybe we can work it out because I would love to!


Pinetop!
I realized I never updated about our little trip to Show Low/Pinetop. It was very relaxing and it was so nice to just kind of explore and have nothing we had to do. I am a sucker for quarky roadside attractions. Many people dont know that about me. If it is the "World's Smallest" or "World's Largest" or just something amazingly cool (By amazingly cool I mean it is sometihing most people find very lame and yet, my family humors me by acting excited.) I always feel we have to stop and see whatever it is! Anyhoo, on the way to Show Low while passing through Superior, Josh pulled off the road and there it was...The World's Smallest Museum!" I know what ur thinking...SWEEEET! Cause that's what i was thinking too. ;) I have the BEST husband!





At the museum they had a big fountain made entirely out of different sized tires. I think it looked like something right out of the movie Cars!

When we got up north we went to Sunrise, found dandelions that were the size of a baseball!!!, found and walked along a beautiful lake and just spent quality time together. It was wonderful.

Serving Dishes and Sunglasses!

Josh and I spent this past Saturday just out and about. We went all over town and shopped around in many different stores. Also, we finally went to the new Costa Vida they just made out here in Queen Creek. I got a sweet pork salad and it was very tasty! From Guitar Center to Pier 1, we seemed to go everywhere! My favorite purchases along the way: two super cute serving dishes and a new pair of sunglasses that I LOVE! I know I am lucky to have so much time to spend with my hubbs. Not teaching during the summer and him working 12 hour days four days a week go perfectly together!

You would think we would run out of things to do with all of our time together! But we dont. Watching TV, snuggling, playing games, shopping, swimming, going on drives, sleeping. I LOVE summer!

I hope everyone is having a summer like mine!

Germs have gotten the best of me.

They snuck into my body and started decorating. I hope they leave soon. My head hurts, i'm stuffy and runny and my throat is sore. So much for a 3 day weekend. I'm drinking tons of water which is kind of bothering me because then I have to pee every ten minutes and my body hurts everytime I get up. Oh well. Maybe I will wake up tomorrow morning and feel all better! Yeah. We'll see...

Road Trip!

Two posts in one day?! Wow, I'm on a role! Well yesterday Kelle, Therese and I took a road trip to Sedona. We did lots of cool things and talked to many nice Sedona folks. When we got there we ate at a little cafe and there were actually signs on the table that said no cellphones! Ya, right. We saw and walked through two different labyrinths and went to two different alien/UFO themed places. People really like aliens in Sedona apparently. We ate dinner at the Red Planet Diner which was awesome and very well themed! There were good laughs and good talks with good friends. I got to feel balanced and take in the Zen-like atmosphere of Sedona. It really was a good day.

Christmas!

Well, Christmas is over. It was wonderful though. A great time with friends and family. Laughs, hugs and of course egg nog! We were lucky to get to have three different Christmases. Josh and I had our own, we spent Christmas Eve with my parents and then all Christmas Day with Josh's family. I love giving and the joy it brings me to see someone open a gift that makes them smile. That is worth any amount of time, stress and money that may come along with shopping during the holidays. I got many gorgeous and wonderful gifts but one that was very exciting is my KitchenAid Mixer! We got one for my mom months ago when we started shopping for Christmas and without even thinking of it (though I've really wanted one) to my surprise I opened one as well! Now it is on to the New Year and new adventures. I hope you all had a great year and I can't wait to see you in the upcoming one!

A new blog look.

I was getting so bored with my old blog template. Therefore, a change was needed. Now all I need to do is remember to change it after Christmas is over. Well, one more week until Christmas break. I am so excited to have time off and to spend it with friends and family. I just cannot believe how fast this year has gone by. Maybe my next post will be a nice overview of this year. Sounds good. BTW, yesterday was one year down for Brian being gone on his mission. Holy cow! That went by fast. Also, Collin had his first school performance this week. He was so cute! Two kindergarten classes sang two song and rocked out with little cardboard guitars and sunglasses. Adorable.

A brief overview. Did I say brief? I meant long.

Things have been so busy lately and the worst part is that it's not over yet. We went to New York last week. It was great. It always makes me homesick. Just being able to see your aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents whenever you want is so nice. I feel that a lot of people take that for granted because they have always had them around. My cousin Michelle got married to a great guy and they looked so happy together. I love weddings. I will post pics later.

After a LONG flight home on Tuesday it was back to work on Wednesday, bright and early. We had a science camp meeting on Wed. night, and then play practice and a PTO meeting on Thurs. night. Friday happened and sucked and at least Saturday turned out to be relaxing.

So a while ago Kelle and I got forced into creating and running a skit group for the primary musical. After this week it will be over and then we won't have to think about it ever again. Ever. (Lol...ever. That's for you Kelle). We will be rehearsing at Stapley on Mon. and Tues. and then two performances on Wed. and Thurs. and one more for Highland on Friday. Oh, and don't forget that schedule includes teaching 28 students all day long. If I live through this week I deserve to go out and be pampered.

On a good note...I will be attending The Twilight movie on Thursday night. Midnight release. I know, crazy idea! With that full schedule I just spoke of, Kelle and I will run our kids through the performance at Stapley on Thursday night, go to see Twilight which starts at MIDNIGHT (incase I didn't mention that) and then wake up to teach on Friday and do the musical one more time. Yay. I am SO excited to see it though!!

Like I said, if I make it through this week please congratulate me. I need it.

P.S. Collin turned 5 on Wednesday. Gosh, where did the time go? He gets even more cute with each passing year! Party is coming up so I will take pics.

Thanks for listening! Love you all!