I love my sisters!

So for some reason every time I get to visit with my family I get lots of pictures of the kids, pictures with Amy or Amanda, but Kasie always evades me somehow. Well last time I was up we actually got a picture together!

I want my sisters to know how much I love them. I wish that we lived closer to each other and got to spend more time together. I look up to all 3 of you and am so proud to call you sister!

I'm a slacker...I know

I know that there are plenty of people that blog consistently and have busy lives, I really don't have any good excuses. I was laid off in mid April and have been home working on projects while searching for a job. Still no luck with the job search but I am getting closer and will post when my current lead works out. It has been strange for me to be home. Since I went straight from High School to College and work, I have never had a break where I was just at home. At first I felt very lost and insecure. My work has defined me for the past couple of years and even though I had a lot to do I found myself allowing the loss of my job to affect my self esteem. Don't worry though, I quickly pulled myself together! I was able to go up to Burley the week I lost my job and see me sister Kasie participate in the Jr Miss competition. I was so proud of her for having the courage to go through a competition like that and do so with such a great attitude. I think she grew a lot from the experience. She won the Spirit of Jr Miss award- she couldn't have had a prouder family!

Since I have been home I have found out how much I had neglected with my busy work schedule! I have done a ton of organizing and home improvement projects. I feel like my house looks really great and I am now ready to plunge into work again. I have also really enjoyed getting to know my neighbors better and spend time with them. We have enjoyed morning and afternoon walks and bike rides and helping each other with projects. I have learned a lot these past few months and am now ready to move forward. Wish me luck!

Quote of the day

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

-Thomas Jefferson

Fall

I was so lucky to get to enjoy the last beautiful Sunday in fall. Julie kicked my lazy butt off the couch and we went out for a nature hike by Alpine, UT. It was so beautiful out! We played around with our cameras and had a great afternoon out enjoying nature. I am sad to see it go. Good bye fall! Catch you next year!

disconnected...

We have been having internet problems for the last couple of weeks. I have felt disconnected (literally), frustrated and had a lot of free time open up! I am glad to finally have the internet running smoothly again (knock on wood and cross your fingers for precautions). I have missed posting on facebook and the blog. Doesn't mean I will catch up on the posts I meant to blog, but I will try. During this time I have finished some projects around the house (made new throw pillow covers, scrapbooked and actually cleaned the house instead of browsing the web) and spent extra time with Luke (since he wasn't glued to the computer either- he had no choice). I have realized that my life doesn't have to be spent in front of a computer (insightful, I know), there is a big beautiful world out there to enjoy (I have still loved my past hour- okay- maybe 2 glued to the computer)!

I thought you packed the toilet paper

Over the 24th of July, we had the opportunity to go camping up in Idaho with Luke's family. We had a really good time. I was able to go canoeing with Taci and the girls on Friday night and then 4-Wheeling with the boys on Saturday morning. I loved sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows and singing songs while Dave and Luke played the guitar. It was so peaceful and relaxing and I enjoyed the time with family. the weather picked up on Saturday night and Ben rolled his 4-wheeler on him so we ended up packing it up early and making a trip to the ER to make sure Ben wasn't going to die ;). Even with the "incident" though it was a good time had by all...and oh we found the TP.

*okay..for some reason I can't load pictures right now, so I guess I will post those at another time.

BFF

Luke and Jason were able to spend a lot of time together this summer. Luke went to San Fran for a week and then Jason came out here for a couple of weeks. It was fun to have him around. They act like little school girls when they around each other so I decided to make them BFF bracelets. Aren't they cute?