Wasn't because I didn't know enough...

Hello, Hello!!!

2009-03-17T14:07:00.000-07:00

I still do exist. I have been saying I am going to blog for weeks now (as always)but have been waiting because I wanted to put pictures with my post. That doesn't seem to be happening (especially since my computer is in storage at this point in time) so oh well here I go..........

Much has happen since the beginning of the year. Dal and I got a puppy! A Yorkshire terrier named SAMSON. He is the cutest thing ever! He defiantly has been some work with potty training, feedings, scheduling and all that, that goes with taking care of something--your time becomes not yours anymore.

We had to move out because the place where we were staying doesn't allow pets. So we are currently living with Dal's parents while we are working on getting a house--one out of foreclosure hopefully. It has been fun looking online, mapping them out, and going house driving. We are looking forward to having a place of our own that we can fix up and do the way we want to. We are just trying to be patient.......it is hard. I must admit though I am doing extremely well living out of a 12x12 room. Who would of thought with all of my junk. I am slowly learning to simplify and i kind of like it! You wouldn't say that if you saw our storage shed though. Let's just say that we will be doing a lot of de-junking when we move.

As far as work Dal and I are still lucky to have our jobs in this crazy economy. I am still working at SOS Staffing and have just past my 2 year mark--WA-WHO!! The market is slowly picking back up. This week I am actually running the office in Provo. The office manager in Provo, wife just had a baby so I was asked to cover for a week and a half. Kind of nice to know that I can run an office now if I need to or want to--who knows? It is pretty slow in this office, so I keep finding things to keep me busy whether it be auditing, marketing calls, etc. 10 hours of that would drive me crazy though--so I am taking a little blogging break.
Dal is still at American Express and H-A-T-E-S IT as he would say, but is plugging through it. He flew down to Phoenix, AZ. today to spend a couple days with my parents doing taxes. He took some tax classes these past couple months, and is going to learn the tricks of the trade. I think he will be really good at it! It is a good skill to always have under your belt.

That is about it with us. I have taken up quilting since we are living with the master quilter herself--Dal's mom. She has taught me well, and I am really enjoying it. Since Dal works at nights it gives me something to do at nights.

(Although starting on March 30th his shift will be changing and he will be on days until 9:30pm. So we will see how that goes hopefully we will be able to see more of each other. But he does have to work on Saturdays now which kind of is a bummer. I guess it all works out though, because I can judge gymnastics while he is at work. But all in all I think 9:30pm is much better than 1am.)

I have completed one big quilt that I made my Dad for his birthday, and then 3 baby quilts that I have given away at baby showers- since everyone is having babies!!
I have taken pictures of them all, because after I finish them they are so cute that I don't want to give them away--so a picture will have to do. I will post them someday.
Dal's been getting kind of baby hungry lately. Especially after playing with Shannon's baby Eden and our niece Molly. It is really cute and he is so good with them. We both agree that we need to get a bit more established first. Get a house and then we can have a baby--so we will see, time will tell.

We are coming up on our 1 year anniversary here soon. I just can't believe how quickly time has flew by. I love being married, I love my husband, and life is good!

My Closet

2008-12-24T09:41:00.000-08:00

Combining 2 peoples lives, things, and spaces into one can sometimes be a little overwhelming.

Well Dal made it easy for me.

He took the walk in closet in our bedroom, and then told me that the second bedroom was now deamed "My Closet" for all my stuff, junk, crap--whatever you would like to think of it as.

Although I must say that I have been doing de-junking little by little, and am getting a bit better. I just have to watch an episode or two of Clean House, and then I am ready to get rid of stuff. If you haven't seen that show--you would be amazed how attached to stuff people get, and how people would do anything for a bargin or deal. It puts things into a good perspective.

Anyways back to my closet.
So Dal got me all set up and organized. I absolutly love it and I know where things are. It saves me so much time getting ready, or not looking for things.

I must admit I have been spoiled and this is the one thing that I was torn about when we decided to move. I am getting over it though.

Dal sure does take care of me, and always puts me before himself. I love him so much!

Where do I start???

2008-12-24T09:35:00.000-08:00

So I have been wanting to blog forever. I have so many pictures and things that have been happening in the past few months. Through getting a puppy, deciding to get a house and househunting, working on lots of projects, working, judging, traveling it has been pretty busy.
But today is Christmas Eve day and I am flying solo at work right now, and it is so dead. So i thought what better time to catch up on my blog than now.
So much to say, so I think I will just make lots of different posts. ENJOY, because who knows when this will happen again-- HA! :)

First Furniture Purchase Together

2008-11-04T06:54:00.000-08:00

So when we got married we both had furniture to contribute. I had the table, and couch, and Dal had the bed (which I love- so comfy!), and T.V., etc. You get the picture.
So we were excited to make our first furniture purchase together. It was nice that we agreed on something so quickly, and ever better that we got it for $500 less than the original price. If you know me at all, you know I am always down for a good bargin.

2008-06-26T00:51:00.001-07:00

Blog Worthy?

2008-06-19T16:53:00.000-07:00

So you always hear people saying "oh that is totally blog worthy!" Well I don't know what is considered blog worthy or not? All I know is that if I only blogged when I thought things were blog worthy than I probably never would blog, and then I would hear it from all you bloggers about not blogging.
I used to have this assumption that life had to be fun, and exciting, and go,go, go all the time to be worth while to talk about, but I have learned that there are always adventures in the day to day life that we lead, and sometimes it is those little daily things that mean the most and make us who we are.
I have been married 40 days and going strong. Each day seems to get better, as situations and things become more familiar, and the changes become more of the normal. I look at my life and like where I am at and the promises that the future holds. I realize that each day I live I have a conscious choice to choose my state of being. I make my life what it is.
With my 30Th birthday approaching soon I have reflected back on my past years, and thought about how far I have come and all the things I have learned, and then think about all the things I still want to do and accomplish. And with out trying to become overwhelmed (which I do quite easily)get excited for the years ahead.
Now I did not just get to this point.
I think I finally got to this state of mind the last couple of days, after a month of noticing how much weight I have gained, grey hairs and winkles I have,and thought about all things that I still have not gotten done, etc. I just realized instead of worrying about and wasting my thoughts on that non important stuff, I could be enjoying many great things.

OKAY, OKAY!!!

2008-05-23T12:25:00.000-07:00

To all my fellow bloggers. I know I am terrible at this. Because anyone that knows me at all knows I like everything to be perfect and it takes me double time to do somethings trying to get it just right. But not this--I am just going to blog away and not worry about complete sentences , and spelling, or rambling on (as I just went back and re-read this sentence to fix punctionation!) I will do my best--bad habits are hard to break they say. Isn't that what a blog is for anyways-just blurt out you thoughts. So here I go.

So I will have been offically married 2 weeks tomorrow. Crazy! I must say it is alot different this time around. Not so much change all at once is probably a big factor, not to mention a totally understanding, patient husband who truly knows me and loves me just the way I am--craziness and all.

We appreciate everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to share our special day and help us celebrate. And for those whom were not able to attend we totally understand. It was pretty short notice! Only being engaged 3 weeks and all.

I must say we did a pretty dang good job at getting everything put together in that short amount of time that we had. And even did it pretty stress free.

Which none of it would have come together like it did with out the help of Shannon.

Awesome Engagment photos, Invites, Amazing Flowers, and Fabulous pictures. (which are still being corrected--so it will be a while till those will bw able to view.)

Shannon you are amazing! Such a great friend. You have always been there for me whatever the case may be, and I feel lucky and priviledged to have some one so selfless and special to me.

Thank you for all you do from the bottom of my heart.

Dal has started a new job with AMEX (American Express). He is still going through training, but is making it through. He is just ready to start working already. But he says I would love it because they color with scented markers, and play do you know or get to know your neighbor kind of games. And everything is in such detail--I like that! Sounds like fun, not work.

I do like to hear all his fun stories when he comes home each day.

As for adjusting to moving in together. It is going well. Probably because I am not the one having to stress out about moving and getting organized. Most of Dal's things are at his parent's house which is right down the street from where we are staying. So he is just bring things over little by little.

It is kind of nice because we share our bedroom and he gets the walk-in closet as his closet, and the spare bedroom (which was the room I was living in) is my closet. I like that. He doesn't have to deal with all my junk and I still know where all my stuff is. It has worked so far. I do need to dejunk though, maybe this long weekend will give me the chance.

Anyways life is good, and I am happy.

That is all the blogging I can do for now with out feeling guilty about being a totally slacker at work. I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

More to come.............hopfully not a couple months from now.

Pumkin Carving Anyone......

2007-10-24T17:29:00.000-07:00

Hi-D's

Ours

Dal's

So we had the urge to carve pumpkins. Okay so I wanted to and Dal likes to make me happy. I think he ended up enjoying it more than he thought he would.

So we went to a street side pumpkin patch place and took some time picking out the perfect pumpkins. They had some stencil things that we thought looked pretty cool--so we tried them. Not to bad huh? I think we did a dang good job! They pretty much have swiveled up by now, but we sure enjoyed them while they lasted. We enjoyed them the most by putting them on the kitchen table and turning the lights out--just sat and admired our work for awhile. HA HA!

It was definitely the doing that I enjoyed most. Getting in touch with our creative sides.

We have two more that we are planning to do closer to Halloween--which is coming up fast!

A Totally Different World BYU Home Game 10/20/07

2007-10-23T17:25:00.000-07:00

Dal and I - Look at the snow piling.

Kyle - Dal's brother, he wasn't quite as prepared
for the weather but was tough.

So I got to go to the BYU football game this past weekend. It was crazy at the beginning it rained a bit, and then the sun came out, and then as soon as the second half started--it started snowing and then snowed more and more. It was awesome! Then as soon as the game was over and we walked out of the stadium it stopped. It was so crazy--like while we were in the stadium watching the game we were in a whole different world. I was good because Dal made sure I was all bundled up. He brought a seat warmer, let me borrow his jacket, and a poncho for me. So it was completely bareable and just mostly enjoyable. I loved it!

Look at all that snow--in October! Maybe that means a good snowboarding season. YAH!!

Way too much fun

2007-09-30T21:59:00.001-07:00

2007-09-30T21:26:00.000-07:00

GO COUGARS!!

2007-09-30T16:58:00.000-07:00

Our boys won another one! Go Blue! Obviously these pictures aren't from the last game since it was an away game, but I wanted to post some. Dal got season tickets this year so we get to go to all the home games. Anybody see a familiar face in this photo? (other than Dal and me)

Dal and his brothers.

The neice and nephew.

2007-09-19T23:16:00.001-07:00

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My first trip to Lagoon

2007-08-18T14:01:00.000-07:00

So, Utah has this little theme park called Lagoon. Dal and I went there for my first time ever and the first time he'd been since he was 12. We got a late start so we didn't get to see a lot of the park, but we got to ride all of the key roller coasters. Maybe we'll try going at least once more this year. It was pretty fun. ...even with the kid who dropped, and then stepped on, a catchup packet that squirted all over me and my white skirt (no worries though. Dal hand washed it for me and got it all out.)

My favorite ride was the Wicked (their newest coaster - that's the Wicked behind us in the picture) And, of course, I really liked the Rocket Re-Entry (their free fall ride)

We didn't want to haul the camera around the park all day so these are all that I have for photos.

My new table!!!

2007-08-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

My new neighbors, Josh & Jane, had just finished moving in and were going to post this on Craigslist to sell. I'm lucky I got to it first don't you think?

SOS & Fams @ Scofield Resevoir

2007-06-12T10:42:00.001-07:00

Tumbling Season Winding Down...

2007-05-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted in a while. Sheesh, have I felt busy lately...

There's been a lot of big changes in my life in the past few months. I made the leap, and decided to find a job outside of the world of gymnastics... well, not entirely--I intend to continue judging.

I now work as a staffing manager for SOS Staffing. It's really the perfect job for me because I get to meet new people every day. And who likes meeting new people more than me?! I'm also learning sooo much. I love it. SOS really treats their employees well and we have a lot of fun along the way. I was recently selected to participate in the corporate games. Tons and tons of fun! Baseball, golf, football, canoeing, rock climbing, frisbee, tug-of-war, basketball, dodgeball, and soccer -- all in one day! And we took 4th out of 19 teams. And ruled as the Champions of both the Home Run Derbie & the Tug-of-War! Yee-haw!! I love my life!

The baby bro went into the MTC earlier this month. I'm sure going to miss him, but I'm going to do everything I can to hook him up at least once every one of the 12 weeks he's going to be in there (he's speaking Russian.) We had a lot of fun getting the family together for a couple of days to send him off. Good ol' times goofin' around teasing each other (and the parentals), and playing games. It was so much fun for me to have my parents and bros meet Dal. I hope they like him as much as I do ;).

The tumbling season hasn't been at all bad for my first year coaching. If I may say so, we've dominated. Our team closed the season sporting 4 State Champions and 6 Regional Champions (and there's still Nationals around the corner--Way to go Steve! He made the Regional All Star Team so we are on our way to Memphis,TN) I'm so proud of my kids--all of them. They've all learned so much and come so far in just one year. End of year banquet is tomorrow. Dal's been such a HUGE help getting stuff put together for this--ordering plaques and helping me put together a DVD slideshow that I can give to all my kids. I don't know what I'd do without him! It's starting to hit me that my coaching days are really going to come to an end (at least for the foreseeable future.) But for now I'm excited to actually have a stable schedule that I can build my life around. I'm actually in the middle of preparations for the banquet now and thought I'd take a moment to let all of my friends and family who think I've fallen of the edge of the planet that I'm still alive and kickin!

The fight of life is worth every sacrifice!

Snowboarding at Park City

2007-04-12T11:40:00.000-07:00

The best Easter in who knows how long...

2007-04-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

This is just some filler copy for Hi-D. I dropped the pictures in for her while she was getting herself a bowl of cereal. (you see, it took her some time because she had a difficult time deciding which kind she wanted - doesn't sound like Hi-D much, huh?) Anyway, she has some really great stories about her weekend with the family celebrating Easter and as she has the time she will come back here to drop them in. Aren't her new (2nd) cousins cute?

Spring Classic

2007-04-08T17:59:00.000-07:00

Girl's Weekend

2006-11-19T20:13:00.000-08:00

The best vacation I have had in a long,long time. It was just what I needed. I love my girls so much and am sad that I haven't keep in touch like I should have. I sure have missed out on alot of their lives. I loved to here about your kids, and familys, and see pictures. Anyways the past is the past and I am so glad I had the chance to reunite and catch up after so many years. And look forward to out life long friendships to come. So I am so loving NASCAR now, and think it is so fasinating. For details of our trip check out angies blog at jimenez-family.blogspot.com. (Hey Ang, I spelled it right this time. Hee Hee. not h or y like at pf-changs) And for pictures go to sharns blog at petersens-2.blogspot.com Shannon did a fabulous job as photographer of the weekend. I did get some shots and will post them as soon as I get them download. Anyways thanks for a wonderful lifetime memory. love you girls. WHS! Best memories: shannons "team Nick", or ang singing in the car " you make me kinda .........." and of course "Dirty, Dirty, Billy".

Seasons Under Way

2006-10-16T20:08:00.000-07:00

I am loving coaching. The season has started and now is half way over. Where does the time go? We have done very well, taking 1st place team at all levels (4-5-6) at all of our last 3 competitions. We still have alot of work to do before the State Championships at the end of November, but the girls are doing very well and I am so proud of them all. I am also trying to start up a competition tumbling team at our gym. I have alot to learn about it, but am having fun learning all the rules and requirements. Something new and exciting! The season will start in January so we will see how it goes.

Family Ties

2006-10-15T14:03:00.000-07:00

I have had so many opportunities the past couple of weeks to spend time with family. It has been wonderful. Having my mother's parents now living here in Salt Lake has brought so many opportunities for us to get together. My cousin Emily and her husband Nathan had there first child, Samantha- she is the sweetest thing. I have been able to see her a couple times.

I then I got to attend her baby blessing last Sunday. It was awesome!
In August it was time to take David to BYU Idaho. So Mom and Dad picked me up along the way up there so that I could spend some time with the fam and with my buddy Dave. We had a good time getting him all settled in to college and dealing with Mom's emotions of having the last child leave home. We did get to do some ping pong, pool playing, rock climbing, jousting, bowling, human somo wrestling in big somo suits too. Which David kicked my butt at. It was a great time, and a needed weekend away. For those of you who don't know my brother Ben came home from his mission in the Phililipines the last week in September. He wasn't home even a day before heading up to Utah to see some friends, go to a mission reunion, and have the first family reuniting since he had left for his mission. It was amazing to see him, he is doing so well. It was confrence weekend and we all crashed at my grandparents condo up in Salt Lake, which is directly across from the temple and has the most amazing view. We all enjoyed it very much. Anyways Nathan came down from Washington, David from Idaho, Mom, Dad, Amber, and Ben all came up from Arizona. We got to all go to the Sunday morning session of confrence together in the confrence center. It was such a great experience. We had such a blast, and I miss them all alot now and am having family withdrawals. I am so grateful to have such a loving and excepting family, and I want them all to know how much I love them and appreciate all that they do for me. Love you!

My Buddy

2006-10-14T13:57:00.000-07:00

As you can see, my little pride and joy is Collin Petersen. Since I've been living out here in Utah with Shannon and her family, I have become addicted to seeing Collin. And vice versa. He loves to come downstairs and visit, "I-D" and play with all my knick knacks. He's such a joy to be around and it's been so fun to watch him grow up!

First Post For Heidi's Blog

2006-06-27T10:07:00.000-07:00

Yo Heidi! I have taken great technical pains to set you up with a brand-new Blog. If it's not the right size, let me know. Happy Festivus! I mean birthday! I love you girl! I hope this works. If not, I will fix it girlfriend. Let me know. You can do it! Blog away.