M.I.A.

 I have been slacking in the blog world for a couple weeks . . . but good news, I am still alive! I have some good highlights to share, but not yet. Maybe I will blog later. That is what I said to myself for the last couple weeks though, so we will see. I thought I would share the two handouts I shared with the Beehives today though. They are good ones :) 

Enjoy Conference!

life is better when you're laughing.

1. The VOICE!
This is ridiculous. I think The Voice is one of the best shows. I have been so excited for it to start up again. It makes me laugh out loud, and literally, not the LOL people put in a text because there is nothing else to say. literally laugh out loud. The banter and competitiveness between Blake and Adam is hilarious. And yeah. We are basically on a first name basis.
                                 
2. Murphy
This might sound silly to some of you but it was a big deal to get Murphy. After losing Pepper we were heartbroken. We didn't want to replace her yet we really needed a friend. Now looking back I am realizing exactly how important it was for us to get him. I'm not going to go into details here but that puppy has really brought comfort to us and let us laugh at life when life life wasn't funny.

This is Murphy on a very hot summer day. I filled his water bowl and he stuck his leg and face right in to cool off.

3. Laughing.
Dalan makes me laugh more than anyone else. It makes my heart happy. I love him more than anything. Life is better when you're laughing.

4. Let it Go
I just finished this book, Let It Go, by Chris Williams. This is an amazing book of forgiveness. It also incorporates following the spirit, the power of prayer and the atonement. I want to tell you all about it but he has written it beautifully and I don't want to ruin it. Instead watch this Mormon Message about his story and feel the spirit yourself. It is such a powerful message. I would recommend this book to anyone, no matter what you believe.
                                                    

5. Sleeping in
Now this is on a much, much lighter note but this weekend has been so nice to me as to let me sleep in a little both Saturday and today. My mind is clear and rested and I am ready to tackle the world.

Laugh Lots.

I like . . .

1. Temptation Cupcakes. This place is so fun. Today I ate the Red Velvet Cupcake and it was divine. I totally recommend going at least once . . . but that is like eating one oreo . . . but seriously just go. If you need someone to take you, I volunteer {as Tribute}.

2. The Hunger Games. ha ha Did anyone catch that smooth transition? I think I am funnier than I am. Moving on. I rented the Hunger Games from Redbox today and we are going to eat pizza and bread sticks and watch the Hunger Games and cuddle. That sounds like the best night ever right now. Back to the Hunger Games . . .I am a little obsessed.

3. Pinterest. Thank you pinterest for holding all of my pins. I mean really. I am a true pinterest addict. It is soo convenient to go back and look at all of my idea boards. And all my funnies. . . Those are perfect for a rainy day :) Here is one of my FAVORITE videos. It makes me laugh every. single. time!

  4. And thank you pinterest for holding my quotes . . . I need these a lot too. Not to mention Pinterest makes my "Cat-Lady like" love for elephants acceptable to my peers. Thanks.

5. Panda Express. A couple weeks ago I found this recipe that swore it made Orange Chicken that tasted like Panda Express and I was SO excited! because Dalan doesn't really like Panda Express but I really love it. So my thought process was like yes! now I can make it at home . . . and so I did and then it actually didn't taste anything like Panda Express and it was actually really quite gross. Which was SUPER disappointing. Getting back to my point Dalan took me to Panda Express this week and it was delicious. I got Orange Chicken and Honey Shrimp. 

That is going to wrap up my list this week. It has been one of those roller coaster weeks but there are lots of things to be grateful for. Apparently things like eating food and Pinterest. . . . I just reread my blog and I am pathetic . . . oh well, it is honest.

Happy Eating & Pinning.

Good bye August.

I am so glad that August is over! I loved August but WOW was it busy.  I am very excited for Fall to come and to have some slower days ahead. Here are some highlights from the last week of this crazy month.

1. Just a Regular Disney Prince
 For my number one this week I am going to give you a little dialogue.
   Dalan (coming into the house): Timari! Do you want a new pet?
   Me (in another room): Is it scary??
   Dalan: No.
   Me (walking into the room): WHAT?! Did you catch him?
   Dalan: Yeah. He came and landed by me so I caught him.
   Me: What? Really?

 Yes, really. Dalan just caught a bird. The bird was completely content with it too. He let Dalan pet his head and when Dalan let him go he just gracefully flew away to check things off his bird to do list. This just makes me smile. When does this happen? Dalan is just that cool.

2. This was my first full week of middle school! It was a fun week. I have been able to get to know the students a little more and I am enjoying myself.

3. My family came to visit this week! It was fun to show them Murphy and Murphy loved having visitors.

4. We were able to go to the Temple! We walked through the Brigham Temple Open house with Dalan's family. It was fun to finally go with Dalan!

5. Dalan's Birthday! Dalan is now 27! We had a really good day together. I rode in the truck with Dalan for a while. I made him a cake, and we went to Logan for dinner. It was a fun day. I am so grateful for him.


Happy September.

Top 6 Sing Along.

This week was full of great things. I am actually really looking forward to having a less busy week. August has been completely crazy.  Here are my top things from this week.

1. Murphy. Murphy. Murphy. I know I have already blogged about him and all but here he is again, just being cute. How could I resist, right!? He is so fun. Come and meet him.

 2. I have started my new job at Spring Creek Middle School! I am really excited about working with these great kids. They are in 6th and 7th grade. It will be a fun new adventure.  Here's to a full week of school starting tomorrow!




3.Wednesday the Young Women were able to go to the Brigham City Temple Open House. It was so beautiful. If you get the chance you should really go. I was also able to put the little shoe covers on for hundreds of people before we went through the temple. My shift was about 5 hours. . . . so I saw lots of cute shoes :) It was fun to visit with people and see everyone bring their families. Such a special time!


4. It was fair week! I just love fair week. It is one of the best date nights. Here is one of my favorite songs & a tribute to the fair. Take a listen. Enjoy the fair.

5. Wicked! I was able to go see Wicked Saturday! Mary got all of us girls tickets to Wicked for our birthdays this year. We went to lunch and then went to Capitol Theater in Salt Lake. It is such a beautiful theater and the cast of Wicked did amazing, they are so so talented. I would recommend it to anyone. It is a play that I would be able to see again and again.

 

Here are a few of my favorite songs . . . 

 Popular & For Good.

 

Thanks Mary for thinking of us and giving us such a fun memory together! 

6. Dalan gave a talk in church today and he totally rocked it! He did such a great job. He is just amazing. I am SO lucky. 

 Happy Sunday.

Our Suprise is Here!!

 Meet our new puppy Murphy!

 He is about 9 weeks old and he is from Midas, Nevada.

 Dalan caught sight of this pup on KSL a while ago and mentioned that if he were closer we would get him! However, he wasn't closer :(

 On Thursday we looked at him again and noticed that they were coming to Cache Valley!! It was totally meant to be right!

 We were both very excited! Dalan called and asked about this cute little guy. (We are becoming buds as I blog outside, who could leave this little guy alone!)

 He is already making us so happy. We miss Pepper and hopefully he will help our hearts feel happy.

Everyone needs to come visit us now and meet our newest addition :) He is very alert and super friendly especially with the Littles!

Howdy.

 

Howdy Blog World. I just had to jump on and share. This is my project from DIY Crafts in Tree Town that I mentioned yesterday. I LOVE it!

And this picture just makes me smile. Never has my sign Buckaroos Lose Yer Shoes meant so much. This is Dalan on Lucky, or Luckily as we call him.

Just a normal day.

5 Days.

This week has seriously FLOWN by! I can't believe it. This was my "week off." I was resting from Bear Lake and from Trek and prepping for my new job, but I don't think any of that happened?? Oh well. It was a good week anyway.

MONDAY: We went to my sister's appointment. I wasn't going to be able to go, but at the last minute I could! I was very excited. She got another cast before her surgery. Look at that smile! She has the best attitude for her Cast Parties. Never heard of a cast party? Well . . . We start with the pre-party and we always make something with frosting and with sprinkles! We do hair and make-up and we head off to the "main event." Then we have an after-party, lately the after-party is at City Creek because they have Chick-Fil-A and a Princess Store. aka The Disney Store. You can't beat it.

Tuesday: Making play-doh and watching Tangled. Some of the nephews and our niece came to party at our house Tuesday. We acted out Tangled for ever, I just LOVE their imaginations! and then we made and played with play-doh for hours! Hopefully I can work off all of the pizza and mac&cheese they made for me ;)

Also, I helped the Young Men and Young Women learn a dance for the Temple Celebration! It is going to be so great! I am jealous that me and Dalan can't join in!

 This is a picture of the Bride's Room in the Brigham City Temple. So beautiful. I can't wait to go to the Open House :)

Wednesday: Corn day. Dalan, Kelsey and I bagged frozen corn. It was sticky and it made my eyes itch but it will be so nice to have corn from the garden through out the year. P.s. Kelsey is living with us for a couple weeks while she is homeless. One of the many joys of college. But it is so much fun to have her here to hang out with!

Thursday: My social security card came in the mail early! Can you believe it? Early? It made my life go soooo much smoother! I also was able to go on a mini trip with Dalan in the Semi Truck. It was fun to be with him and talk and sing our hearts out to the radio.I love that man.

Friday: DIY Crafts! Today I am going with my friend Abi to this great store and I am buying some cute lettering! I bought the paper about a month or so ago and now I will be able to put it all together! So excited! I need something cute for my shelf.

P.s. I will have a surprise for everyone on Monday night! I am extremely excited about it. . . I can't hardly wait for Monday to come!

Top Trek Tales

Here it is! My Top Trek Tales :)

Here we are on the first day Square Dancing. Dust was everywhere!

1. Bus rides! ha ha Just kidding. The bus rides were so long and so much a part of my week I think I have to include the time that I spent on the bus . . . with no air conditioner and lots of happy kids :)

2. Our trek family: Our family was awesome! I wish I could put a picture up but as I was only a temp parent I better not :( They were so mature and respectful and overall awesome. We got so lucky!

This was our campsite on the first day.

3. Hiking: 15 miles on the first day and about 7 on the second day. My feet were so so so sore! But Dalan and I escaped without any blisters! The long hike was our favorite. Our group was probably the smallest group by numbers and by size and they did better than many of the other families. We rock. P.s. One of our family members may or may not have counted his steps, 10,500 of his steps to be exact. Just think about that.

4. Women's Pull: This part of the hike represented a time when the men were all called away and the women had to pull the carts and take care of the children all alone. We had a mini devotional before we did it and it was beautiful. We sang Sisters in Zion and then we began our pull through the sandy trail. It was hard. I have a lot of respect for the pioneer women.

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 This picture is of all the men standing in a line as we pulled the carts. I saw many, many tears drop as they had to stand and watch.

5. Jens and Elsie Neilson: After the Women's Pull our handcart was pulled to the side for an unexplained reason. A few minutes later Dalan and I were also pulled aside and we were asked to reenact the story of Jens and Elsie Neilson. The story is this. Jens had walked so far and his feet had become frozen and deformed. He couldn't walk no more. To him his only option was to have his wife leave him behind to die. She couldn't leave him behind and instead insisted that he ride in the handcart. She was 5 feet tall and he was a big man, yet she pulled him. I love this story of love and devotion. When they asked us to do this I just started crying. When we started acting Dalan had to have a limp and then fall, we were far enough away that no one could see out faces and we were laughing about our acting skills. When Dalan had to jump in the cart he felt so bad. And my heart broke. I started pulling and about a minute later the cart started moving. It was so hard. If I stopped we would go down hill backwards. Finally, kids that they had chosen to be angels came running to my rescue. The boys came to the front and pulled and the girls ran to the back to push. The boys lifted the handcart so that I could not push at all. I can only imagine that the angels ran when they helped Elsie and they run to help us too.

6. Devotional: We were lucky to have a speaker come after the first day and he had some of the greatest stories. His name was President Lorimer and he was in the middle of purchasing the Sun Ranch and Rocky Ridge. He had such great stories about our Prophets!! He was such a great balance of spiritual and humor and I loved it.

7. Martin's Cove: We had four of the Priests carry 12 of the Young Woman across Sweet Water. It was a really cool experience. Sitting in Martin's Cove was really a site to see also. I actually liked Dan Jone's Cove the best. I felt the spirit the very strongest there.

Sorry that this post is so long but this week was PACKED with exciting things! Believe it or not I left a lot of great stories out!

Thank your Ancestors today :)