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My 2008

2008 SURVEY

Where did you begin 2008?​
On January 1st this year, we were moving into a crappy apartment in Aurora that ended up having bed bugs in it, so then we had to move again!! We moved 3 times within the first few months of this year...


What was your status by Valentine's Day?
Married


Did you have to go to the hospital?​
Yes, to have my sweet baby Logan.

Did you have any encounters with the police?​
No. I have NEVER been pulled over in my life.

Did you know anybody who got married?​
Yes, my friend Crystal, her sister, my cousin, my sister in law...probably more...


Did you know anybody who passed away?​
Don't think so...


What sporting events did you attend?​
Rockies games

What concerts/shows did you go to?
hahaha, I went to the Heritage Square Opera house, and I have been in SEVERAL Colorado Symphony Orchestra concerts (these past 3 weeks non stop!)

Where do you live now?
A different crappy apartment in Aurora


Describe your birthday?
Family around, and a new baby! It was fun.

What'​s the one thing​ you thoug​ht you would​ never​ do but did in 2008?
Ha! I auditioned for and made it into the CSO choir.


What has/​have been your favor​ite momen​t(​s)​?​
There are a lot of them, but having Logan beat them out.


Any new addit​ions to your famil​y?​
see above


What was your best month​?​
May

Who has been your best drink​ing buddy​?
hmmmmmm.....


Made new frien​ds?​
Yes, to last a lifetime


Favor​ite nights​ out?
more than one.


Any regre​ts?
A few...


What do you want to change in 2009?​
My health and my attitude


Overall, how would you rate this year?
Out of what? 1-10, 10 being the best...I give it an 8 1/2


Have any life changes in 2008?
Oh geez, yes! Where we are living, and having a baby!


Change your hairstyle?​
not really


Get a new job?
nope


Do you have a New Year's resolution?
Work out more (doesn't everyone say that?)


Get marri​ed or divor​ced?​
uhhhhhhhh


Be honest did you watch American Idol?
No, I was over it after the first 2 years

Start a new hobby?​
Yes, I did! I took up Knitting one day, and love it!


Been snowboarding?
Not this year


Are you happy to see 2008 go?
Makes no difference


Been naughty or nice?​
both ;)

What are you wishing for in 2009?​
Big changes in our living situation

Rolling River God...

This is one of my most favorite songs ever! I love playing this on my piano and singing it. The words are so poetic and beautful.

Funny Old Yearbook

Okay, so I am obsessed with this website called yearbookyourself.com. I have been playing with it with all of my familys' faces, and also some of my friends! So, I thought I'd post it on here because it really is pretty funny. Some of these are scary, but most of them will make you laugh. Enjoy.










From the top:
Josh, Heather,
Lucas, Ethan,
Logan, Ben (Josh's brother), Elise, Ryan (my brother and his wife)
John and Sarah (Josh's sister and her husband)

Laughing just because

Yesterday when we got home from church, we put the boys all down for naps. I was sooo tired, so I decided to take one too. Now, when we have the boys take naps we separate Lucas and Ethan, because they would play if we don't. So, Ethan sleeps in his room, and Lucas sleeps in mine. After everything was settled, I went into my room and got into my bed next to Lucas for a nice wonderful nap. I had my back to him because I like to lay on my right side. I closed my eyes and relaxed....and then Lucas started giggling. There was no reason why, he just started to giggle. I was trying to ignore him so he would get bored of it and stop. But every time he would try to stop he would sigh really big and then let out another burst of laughter. Soon, I could not help it, keeping my back to him I started to laugh. Lucas could see me shaking with laughter so it made him laugh even harder. Hearing him laugh harder made ME laugh harder and well...you know how it goes. We lied there for at least 10 minutes and just laughed so hard our tummies hurt. There was no reason that started it, we just laughed because we could.

Hiding Place

So most of my friends I know, as well as myself, are all going through some pretty tough trials right now. Something is stirring around in our lives, and things are going wrong. Finances, relationships, maybe illnesses and even deaths. I am remembering the lesson that Rachel gave us on the women's retreat. It was about "resting" in Christ. When we strive to do things on our own, we are not trusting God to take over our lives. He wants us to rest in Him...let Him be our Hiding Place. This song is so beautiful and reminds me that Jesus is my hiding place when everything seems to be going wrong. God is so awesome! He is my rock and my Abba Father...my hiding place.

Think you are having a bad day?

Just for a laugh!!

I love this and thought it was so funny! It is so tempting to get stickers like this for my car...but I won't, don't worry mom.

Fun Survey

I am copying my friend Rachel's little survey that she did and answering them for myself. I thought this was fun! Thanks Rach!

A song/band/type of music you'd risk wreck
& injury to turn off when it comes on the radio? Probably Kid Rock or Rap. Seriously, rappers have no talent. Have you heard the song where all they say is "Red light green light..red light green light" with a beat to it? Ugh! Oh yeah, I just remembered that I can't stand Fergie either.


Best show on television? This is hard....I am really into "reality" shows. The dancing shows are pretty fun, they make me want to drag Josh to a dancing class!


Favorite movie? Princess Bride is my all time fav. But I like tons of others. Romantic comedies are great!


Favorite room in your house? Well...if I had a house, it would probably be every room...because I would have a house


If you could have anything put on a t-shirt what would it be? I was thinking about this one, (And Rach, I have no idea what you were thinking!) But could it be something literally on your t-shirt like Orlando Bloom giving me a hug? That would mean he was on my t-shirt right? Uhhh...next question


The best part about being your age? The fact that nobody I meet believes that I am my age. They think I am wayyy younger. It gets kinda annoying sometimes when they think I had kids when I was 16 though.


Favorite Girl Scout cookie? Thin Mints all the way!!


Poker or gin or bridge? I have no clue how to play any of these


Shower or bath? Depends on my mood. If I want to get ready quick, then shower. If I have nowhere to go (and Josh can watch the kids) I love taking hot baths.


Favorite pajamas? I always see cute pj's in stores, and buy them, but then I end up wearing a t-shirt to bed.


Nightmare job? Waiting tables. I HATE it! I cannot do this job to save my life.


A talent you wish you had? uhhhhh.....I am gonna have to come back to this


Dream vacation? Take Josh to Europe with me and see everything!


What's on your nightstand? I don't have a night stand. We have a rocking chair though, and it has clothes all over it.


Tell us 3 weird things about you:
1. I spontaneously dance in the kitchen while I am cooking
2. When I run my fingers through my hair, if a strand comes out, I ALWAYS wrap it around my fingers in a figure 8 and then break it in the middle (I don't know why)
3. I can make my tongue look like a clover


The talent thing has me stumped. Seriously. I would like to be more active outdoors like I used to be, but is that a talent? Hmmmmm

I saw this and it made my day. Just makes you laugh at Christians being nit-picky about little things!

Oh my goodness

So, some of you know (because I won't stop talking about it) that I want a Wheaten terrier so BAD!!! Well, I found this adorable video of a wheaten that is stuck under a stool. It is a short video, but it shows how stinking cute these dogs are! I love it so much!

Inside out and backwards

I just wanted to post a quick little thing about my Ethan. Yesterday I wanted to post it, but I didn't have time, so I am doing it today. He always comes out of his room with something else on that he decided to put on himself. Like different pants or shorts. A lot of the time he comes out just stark naked. That's how he rolls. Well, yesterday he did it again, and usually he gets the article of clothing on the right way. But this time he came out with a shirt on that was inside out and backwards. He was so proud that he put it on. I laughed at him and said, "honey, that is inside out and backwards!" He looked at me without a hint of worry and said "no not. It's right." I sat back and watched him proceed to play with his toys. Sometimes we think things are all wrong in our lives. They seem not at all what they are "supposed" to be. If we could just have that attitude that it is all okay, and then go on with our daily activities without a care in the world, we might not be so uptight. Well, at least I can speak for myself. Just let God deal with the wrong things in our lives. He wants us to be joyful of what we have and what He has given us. I love how Ethan gave me this little lesson yesterday. Just don't worry mom...it's right.

Perfectly preposterous pork problems!

So I just got finished with a project that should have taken 10 minutes tops. I am making BBQ pork brisket for dinner tonight and it has to go in the slow cooker all day. I chopped the onions, that was easy, and then I got out the 6 pound...yes I said 6 pound pork shoulder I got from the store. All I needed was 3 pounds for the recipe. I put it in my biggest mixing bowl so I could work with it without getting pork goop all over the counters. I had to cut the plastic off from around it. That took me forever because I used a knife instead of scissors. I didn't want to get the scissors all gross from the pork because I used them for many things. I soon realized I should have used them. Then I finally got the plastic off, and now there was string wrapped all around it in all different directions. Did I use the scissors? No. I figured I already got the knife all contaminated, I might as well keep using it. So cutting the string off took me a while too. As I was cutting, tiny drops of pig juice kept splattering on my shirt and arms, and the floor. After I got it out of the stinking string, it was time to cut it in half. I was delighted to find out that it was already cut in half by the butcher. They probably figured that 6 pounds of pork was a little too much for one meal! So great! Now I just had to get it in the crock pot! Easy? No. That sucker was so slippery! It was more slippery than my little naked Logan in the bath tub! (Yeah, I just compared my baby to pork meat.) At this point it was getting ridiculous. It all should have been in the crock pot 15 minutes earlier. One thing that I can say is a good quality I posses is that I can laugh at myself. So, I did. And my kids came in the kitchen and asked what was so funny, and I couldn't even get the words out. I was laughing even harder now, just thinking what they must have thought about their mom. Needless to say I did get it in the pot and put the onions and BBQ sauce on top and it is all good to go. At least I didn't drop it on the floor like my mom did with the Thanksgiving turkey one year ( and we still ate it)! That must be where I got it from...my mom. I could have let this whole thing just make me angry, but it turned out to make the start of my day pretty great.

My 10

So, I am going to copy 2 of my friends' and create a list of 10 things I am thankful for...or things that make me happy etc. I am feeling a little weepy today for some reason, so I need to list some of the good things in my life.
1. Spending last night with my husband cuddling on the couch watching a movie
2. Beth Moore Bible study
3. My band of sisters
4. Double decker tacos from Taco Bell
5. Lucas ALWAYS telling me he loves me
6. Logan giggling when I talk to him
7. Friends who understand me
8. My mom being so happy about her new puppy
9. Going to Petco to look at animals
10. Ethan giving sloppy kisses

Caleb and Crystal's wedding

I just wanted to post a few pictures from the wedding we were all in (except Logan) on the 29th of August. Josh was a groomsman, I was doing some of the music, and Lucas and Ethan were ring bearers. It was a very beautiful wedding.



Josh and the boys getting ready






The cutest ring bearers ever!








I think this is such a cool pic of Lucas

during the wedding...he got tired








I got to sing "Brides Prayer", a song I wrote

for someone elses wedding a long time ago!

Caleb and Crystal praying during their

communion...so beautiful

Made it!!!

So, I found this out last Tuesday, but haven't gotten the chance to post anything yet. I tried out for the CSO choir last Monday night. There were a lot of people there trying out and I started to get really nervous! I haven't had an audition for something in a loooong time! And I thought that might count against me when it came time for them to decide who they wanted in the choir. We had to fill out a sheet about what solos we have done in the past, which choirs we were with, and what, if any, musicals or performances we were in. It has been so long that I couldn't remember most of the things I needed to put down on the paper! Oh yeah, and they wanted the dates as well. LOL, all of my "most current" dates were in 1998 that I did stuff! So, I really thought this would count against me. BUT, as it turns out, they called me on Tuesday and said they would be honored for me to participate in the choir! I was so excited!! I will be an alto, (which I have never been in my life) because my voice has changed so much and they said they really liked my lower register. Sooooo, yeah. I made it! I cannot wait to start practices. They will start this coming Tuesday the 16th of September.

Tribute to my two favorite artists

I absolutely love Josh Groban. I think his talent is such a gift, and he uses it so well. I am feeling really artsy right now, so I thought I'd put up a video of him singing about my favorite artist, Vincent Van Gogh. This song is so beautuful and it pulls you in...just listen. So good.

Not leaving...

So, we aren't cancelling our Internet just yet. We are going to take it month by month. We can't do without it!! I didn't realize how much I use the computer! Besides checking my email and facebook, I use it to find things, and use Google maps ALL of the time! So yeah, we are still here.

My audition is coming up quickly! I am so excited! I will let you know what happens!!

My Brother's Video

Hide and Seek With Noah

This is a video Ryan made a while ago. I love it so much I thought I'd put it on my blog. It is him and his son Noah. It also has a pretty good message in it!

Leaving for a while....

Well, we have to cancel our internet for a few months to save some money. So, of course that means I can't write anything on my blog for a while, which makes me sad, because even if nobody reads it, I enjoy writing about things in my life. When we can get the internet again (and we both REALLY want to keep it) I will definately be back to post some more blogs.



On a lighter note, I have decided to audition for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra Choir!! The auditions are in a week, and I already have a song I would like to do. It has to be an opera or an aria of some kind. I will do "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert. I am very excited about this oportuntiy, and I hope I make it into the choir. It is a HUGE choir! It consists of 245 members, and it is amazing when you hear them sing. I have been putting off my passion for music for way too long. I knew I wanted to sing in a choir, but not just any choir will do for me...I need a dang good choir!! So, if I make it, I will be a very happy girl. Next time I get on here to post, I will let you know if I made it or not...it will probably be in a month or 2.