These pictures are a little bit dated but I wanted to post them and show you some of the fun things we have done together since we got married...besides going to work and school.
Well our computer is being slow so after going through the pictures I will just tell you and have to upload the pictures later...or make a slide show if I can figure out how to make that happen.
Anyway, for JD's birthday, April 15 I took him to a Jazz game on the weekend before his birthday. It was so much fun. I splurged and got nicer seats than we could typically afford but it was worth it. My hubby is a Jazz fan so we got him a new hat at the game too. We had a lot of fun even though the Jazz lost the game.
Easter was somewhere in the mix off all of this and we had our first holiday meal together since we got married. Ham, funeral potatoes, asparagus, deviled eggs and some kind of jello salad. We had enough food we could have fed our entire apartment building but instead we had yummy leftovers for a few days.
Thanksgiving Point Tulip Festival...BEAUTIFUL! We had so much fun walking around the gardens at Thanksgiving Point. I have played golf there on several occasions and had driven past the gardens and always wanted to go and see the whole thing. It was $10 per person to get in but in my opinion well worth the money. We got there later in the day so the vendors they have set up were leaving when we got to them but the walk around and the beautiful scenery is why we went. I think that will become a yearly tradition.
For my birthday, JD surprised me with a night at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake City and dinner at our favorite restaurant Biaggi's at the Gateway. Yumm-o food and a serious getaway right in the middle of Salt Lake City. We will be making trips back there too. If you have never stayed at one I would recommend it.
JD and I met Tiffany and Ryan and a couple that they know at Hogle Zoo one very sunny Saturday afternoon and wandered around the zoo for several hours. Bless Tiff's heart she was nearing due date time with her sweet babe and I think she was hoping the walking around would help start labor. Unfortunately it didn't but we had a good time. I hadn't been to the zoo since I was about 10 or 11 and they just opened the Madagascar exhibit. They had a cockroach you could touch. I did it but it made my skin crawl for the next little bit..YUCK! I don't know how people handle living around those yucky creatures.
After the zoo, JD and I decided to drive up through Park City and through Provo Canyon to get home. I had applied for a job at Spa in Park City and we wanted to clock it to see how long it would take me to drive to and from work if I got the job. Anyway, we drove to Kimball Junction then up into Park City then drove past Jordanelle Reservoir and Heber City. Just past Heber we saw another reservoir and some parasurfers (I guess that is what they would be called) on the water. It was amazing to watch them. They can sure catch some air with those things. (PS I didn't get the job but it has actually worked out for the best.)
Ryan and Tiffany welcomed their beautiful little boy Rosten into the world. He is just a perfect addition to their family and Tiffany and Ryan are such cute parents. That little guy is definitely not lacking in love and affection from his mommy and daddy... or anyone else in the family for that matter. I love going to visit them and just holding that little angel...oh how blessed we are to have him in our family. Way to go Tiffany and Ryan!
When JD and I went for our drive through Park City we came across some picnic and park areas that we wanted to come back and visit so one Sunday after church we packed up some charcoal, burgers and such and headed up to enjoy the beautiful mountains near our house. It was so nice to get away from the noise of the city (even though Pleasant Grove isn't too bad, I love to hide away in the mountains and so does JD) and enjoy a nice picnic/BBQ. Thanks to my wonderful JD watching everything around us on our way home, we even got to see a moose. On our way home we also drove up to Squaw Peak. It has a beautiful overview of the valley and we enjoyed the drive up there. I would imagine the scene on the 4th of July is incredible but since I didn't really care for the drive (I hate heights and steep drop offs) I don't' know how soon we will go up there again.
In June we went to the open house of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House with a guy that JD works with and his wife. I didn't think to take pictures when we got there and it was light outside so the pictures I have aren't great but they will serve as a memory for us. It really fascinated all of us that from that temple you could see the Draper and Jordan River temple so easily. If there weren't large buildings in the way it would be possible to see the Salt Lake temple too. We are so blessed to be so close to so many temples.
We were also able to enjoy the Pleasant Grove Strawberry Days festivities. We went to the rodeo a couple of nights- seriously some of the best rodeo I've ever seen. Let's not forget the free concert and FREE strawberries and cream they were giving out at the concert. I absolutely love this little town we live in. It is nestled right against the mountains and in the thick of a bunch of cities but you feel like you are away from it all at the same time. We are looking forward to many years celebrating with the city of PG.
I am just two weeks and one day away from finishing the Master Bodyworker classes that I started in May. It has been such an amazing experience going back and learning so much more than I thought possible. We truly did just scratch the surface in the professional program I graduated from in March. I am also working at Massage Envy in Draper and enjoy using the skills I learned in school. I enjoy the people I am able to come in contact with there but look forward to opening a private practice for massage therapy in the coming months. I am also working at Advanced Dental Care in Provo working with patients that have TMJ dysfunctions and migraines.
JD is still enjoying his job at DHI Computing Services and it seems he is busier everyday...thank goodness for job security! He is such a wonderful man and has such a gentle spirit. We are looking forward to him being ordained an Elder in the next few weeks and soon after being able to go to the temple. He is such a good example to me and I look forward to spending the rest of forever with him.
Until next time...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Friday, October 10, 2008
What a week!
I am so glad it is finally Friday. Typically I am one that can find the greatness in each day and don't necessarily have a favorite day. If you don't believe me read my previous post. Anyway this week has had it's trials to say the least but the silver lining is: 1) I've learned something 2) the week is over and 3) I have a new week to look forward to next week.
So let's back up to Monday when the trials began. Normal enough day until I got a call from my roommate Kelsie at 3:00 while I was at work. This is not a normal occurrence so I answered the phone and got the random question "Are you home?" No I wasn't home I was at work. First I was thinking she locked herself out or she lost her key...oh how I wish that was the case now. This call boiled down to our apartment was broken into sometime between 8:30 am when I left for work and 2:45PM when she got home from work. The didn't do any damage to the apartment -thank goodness- but they did take both of our laptops, some of my DVD's and a lock box that was under my bed with birth certificate, passport and a few silver dollars in it. Everything can be replaced of course except the files that we had saved on our computers. We called the police and they came over did a report and called for the fingerprinting crew to come in and see if they could get any fingerprints from the sticky fingered uninvited guest that had been in our home. All of the officers that were at our apartment were so nice and gave us every hope that we would be able to recover our computers, which we are most concerned about because of the files and cost to replace them.
It is such a strange feeling to know that someone has been in your home uninvited and took something that belongs to you. Violated is the only way I can think of to describe it but oddly because the apartment wasn't turned upside down and inside out it was so hard to understand and comprehend the feelings. I'm glad I didn't have a big mess to clean up but at the same time it may have been therapeutic to have to clean something up. I guess I just needed some kind of busy work to make it seem more real. To be perfectly honest, it almost hasn't sunk in completely still. I almost feel like I have just misplaced my laptop...I know it sounds strange but it's true.
In addition to dealing with this Monday night I also had 4 days worth of finals looking me in the face... I am happy to report I looked those finals right back in the eye and did great. I am still waiting for grades for 3 of my 5 classes but I feel very confident about the grades that earned in each of the classes this term. I know for sure the final on I had on Monday night I cleaned up on...that's right I got an A on the written exam and an A on the hands on exam...I couldn't ask for more than that.
Tuesday night I got home with very limited time to change for class because I went to pick up an old laptop of my mom's *thanks mom* that my sister has had at her house. When I pulled into the driveway where our garage it I noticed that the garage was opened. It didn't look like Kelsie was doing anything like moving things around or putting boxes in there so I freaked out thinking someone had broken into our garage now. I went in the house and asked Kelsie if she had been in the garage and she said no...now I really freaked and called the landlord and told him I wanted the code to our garage changed because the only people that had it was the last renters and it was open when I got home and I wasn't going to deal with this kind of thing anymore. Yes a bit dramatic but given the events of the previous day I think I was entitled to a little bit of a panic attack. He told me how to reset the password and tried to assure me it wasn't the previous renters because they were friends of his. Anyway, I called my sister immediately to tell her what had happened calmed a little bit but still in disbelieve of the events two days in a row and trying to figure out why. As I blubbered on she said..."please don't be mad". Of course, I was curious by this comment so I asked why... She had been over earlier in the day to pick up a small dresser that had been sitting in the garage and forgot to close the garage door. Oh my did the flood gates open at that point. Tears of relief and just simply being overwhelmed from the events of the past two days. That night again I had a final and I did fairly well. I ended up with a B in the class. I could have done better but honestly my mind was elsewhere as much as I tried to focus.
The rest of the week I can't complain. I did have a comprehensive final in Anatomy that covered three terms of material but it ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be...although I don't know my grade yet so I hope I didn't just jinx it. I'm going to miss Anatomy classes alot...I never thought I would say that but I love learning about the human body...we are just fascinating creations.
Thursday was my Cranial Sacral final and it was tough. They told us it was the most underestimated test and so I studied my little heart out and I feel ok about the written test...the hands on test was easy as pie. I love Cranial Sacral work. I didn't think I would ever like an energy modality but this one is amazing and I've seen it actually work and have had it work on me. If you want more detail you will have to ask because it would take a book to explain it all.
I did find out last night however that the instructor that taught our Basic and Advanced Massage classes and our Cranial Sacral class isn't going to be teaching at the school anymore. She is going back to doing bodywork full time. I am going to miss her so much. To be completely honest, I wasn't the biggest fan of her style of teaching during the basics class but I learned from her. She grew on me during our Advanced class and I absolutely loved her style in Cranial Sacral. I gave her a hug last night before I left the school and possibly the last time I will see her unless she comes in for a massage and the tears just started coming. I realized what a mentor she has become. She loves bodywork and she taught me that. She taught me the very basics of massage that gave me my foundation to build on and grow from- how could I not appreciate and love her for that gift. Thanks Tawn for all of the great memories, laughs and learning...I'm going to miss you more than you know!
Tomorrow is clinic...this is the story of my life for the rest of my time in school. I actually really enjoy being there and doing the work when I'm there...prior to going I always kind of dread it...well maybe dread isn't the right word because it isn't that bad...but I keep thinking it is 6 hours out of every Saturday that I am working. I am getting stronger though and I love that. Last weekend rocked and I got some comments back from clients from the first weekend and I'm thrilled with what they had to write. This is getting super long so I won't share it here but I'm keeping a portfolio of comments to boost me up when I start feeling like I can't do it anymore.
Until next time...
So let's back up to Monday when the trials began. Normal enough day until I got a call from my roommate Kelsie at 3:00 while I was at work. This is not a normal occurrence so I answered the phone and got the random question "Are you home?" No I wasn't home I was at work. First I was thinking she locked herself out or she lost her key...oh how I wish that was the case now. This call boiled down to our apartment was broken into sometime between 8:30 am when I left for work and 2:45PM when she got home from work. The didn't do any damage to the apartment -thank goodness- but they did take both of our laptops, some of my DVD's and a lock box that was under my bed with birth certificate, passport and a few silver dollars in it. Everything can be replaced of course except the files that we had saved on our computers. We called the police and they came over did a report and called for the fingerprinting crew to come in and see if they could get any fingerprints from the sticky fingered uninvited guest that had been in our home. All of the officers that were at our apartment were so nice and gave us every hope that we would be able to recover our computers, which we are most concerned about because of the files and cost to replace them.
It is such a strange feeling to know that someone has been in your home uninvited and took something that belongs to you. Violated is the only way I can think of to describe it but oddly because the apartment wasn't turned upside down and inside out it was so hard to understand and comprehend the feelings. I'm glad I didn't have a big mess to clean up but at the same time it may have been therapeutic to have to clean something up. I guess I just needed some kind of busy work to make it seem more real. To be perfectly honest, it almost hasn't sunk in completely still. I almost feel like I have just misplaced my laptop...I know it sounds strange but it's true.
In addition to dealing with this Monday night I also had 4 days worth of finals looking me in the face... I am happy to report I looked those finals right back in the eye and did great. I am still waiting for grades for 3 of my 5 classes but I feel very confident about the grades that earned in each of the classes this term. I know for sure the final on I had on Monday night I cleaned up on...that's right I got an A on the written exam and an A on the hands on exam...I couldn't ask for more than that.
Tuesday night I got home with very limited time to change for class because I went to pick up an old laptop of my mom's *thanks mom* that my sister has had at her house. When I pulled into the driveway where our garage it I noticed that the garage was opened. It didn't look like Kelsie was doing anything like moving things around or putting boxes in there so I freaked out thinking someone had broken into our garage now. I went in the house and asked Kelsie if she had been in the garage and she said no...now I really freaked and called the landlord and told him I wanted the code to our garage changed because the only people that had it was the last renters and it was open when I got home and I wasn't going to deal with this kind of thing anymore. Yes a bit dramatic but given the events of the previous day I think I was entitled to a little bit of a panic attack. He told me how to reset the password and tried to assure me it wasn't the previous renters because they were friends of his. Anyway, I called my sister immediately to tell her what had happened calmed a little bit but still in disbelieve of the events two days in a row and trying to figure out why. As I blubbered on she said..."please don't be mad". Of course, I was curious by this comment so I asked why... She had been over earlier in the day to pick up a small dresser that had been sitting in the garage and forgot to close the garage door. Oh my did the flood gates open at that point. Tears of relief and just simply being overwhelmed from the events of the past two days. That night again I had a final and I did fairly well. I ended up with a B in the class. I could have done better but honestly my mind was elsewhere as much as I tried to focus.
The rest of the week I can't complain. I did have a comprehensive final in Anatomy that covered three terms of material but it ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be...although I don't know my grade yet so I hope I didn't just jinx it. I'm going to miss Anatomy classes alot...I never thought I would say that but I love learning about the human body...we are just fascinating creations.
Thursday was my Cranial Sacral final and it was tough. They told us it was the most underestimated test and so I studied my little heart out and I feel ok about the written test...the hands on test was easy as pie. I love Cranial Sacral work. I didn't think I would ever like an energy modality but this one is amazing and I've seen it actually work and have had it work on me. If you want more detail you will have to ask because it would take a book to explain it all.
I did find out last night however that the instructor that taught our Basic and Advanced Massage classes and our Cranial Sacral class isn't going to be teaching at the school anymore. She is going back to doing bodywork full time. I am going to miss her so much. To be completely honest, I wasn't the biggest fan of her style of teaching during the basics class but I learned from her. She grew on me during our Advanced class and I absolutely loved her style in Cranial Sacral. I gave her a hug last night before I left the school and possibly the last time I will see her unless she comes in for a massage and the tears just started coming. I realized what a mentor she has become. She loves bodywork and she taught me that. She taught me the very basics of massage that gave me my foundation to build on and grow from- how could I not appreciate and love her for that gift. Thanks Tawn for all of the great memories, laughs and learning...I'm going to miss you more than you know!
Tomorrow is clinic...this is the story of my life for the rest of my time in school. I actually really enjoy being there and doing the work when I'm there...prior to going I always kind of dread it...well maybe dread isn't the right word because it isn't that bad...but I keep thinking it is 6 hours out of every Saturday that I am working. I am getting stronger though and I love that. Last weekend rocked and I got some comments back from clients from the first weekend and I'm thrilled with what they had to write. This is getting super long so I won't share it here but I'm keeping a portfolio of comments to boost me up when I start feeling like I can't do it anymore.
Until next time...
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