Well I am slow... :P


But a little update on us since well July.... We are well Jason is down one more quarter at school Yippie for that! Lets see...I had a birthday, we took an EXCELLENT family class. And Jason's older brother who recently graduated BYU has moved in with us...

But this last week...WE went on a Vacation! I know amazing. But I thought I would post a few pics for everyone to see who we visited and what we did.

(this is jason's great aunt Ina we stayed with her and her husband Nolan below. They are some of my favorite people...just great!)




We also stayed with Jason's family and mine...although I didn't get any pictures. My sis. did some for us so here are a few I like.






Well that is all. We love ya...

My Garden

Ok so here it is....my garden.

I will preface this by saying 1 I don't have huge amounts of time so it is kinda small and 2 it is all in containers in the window or on the balcony so there isn't a whole lot of space. But it is mine and I just love it.

You are going to have to excuse the amount of pictures I had free time and well....I was having so much fun taking them. I was also trying out some artsy type stuff with the new camera so you will just have to humor me with all the pictures.

Ok first is my balcony....

The spearmint (I know why spearmint? cuz I wanted a mint plant they smell good and well they didn't have the regular stuff so we got what was there)

Next is the chives... Jason just loves them if I had potatoes everyday it would be all he ate as long as we had sour cream :P I thought they would be easy and fun so we got those too....

In the same pot as the chives is a pepper plant it is a ...umm ... well it is a big long flat pepper that I can not remember what it is called. But as you can see it isn't doing much. It has grown taller but no limbs or anything? I had to improvise a support for it we have been having some serious storms and it almost blew it over notice the kinda bent look. I am hoping that the support will fix that but who knows.

Last on the balcony is the tomatoes we grew about half of the plants from seeds and the other half we bought as seedlings. There are 3 types heirloom (the stripy tomato) then big fat something (I know the name had big and fat in it but it was a seedling so I can't remember) last is some roma or cherry (I can't remember it was a small tomato that we did from seeds and we started them along time ago)

Here are some of the first tomatoes they are heirloom (I think?)

Here are some of the blossoms on the plants.

Alright now we have the inside plants....these were all seeds and some have died and been replanted.

We have oregano there was something that was supposed to grow with it, but it never sprouted so it looks a little lonely in it's pot.

Now we have some wild flowers (in our old place we had a neighbor who loved to look at our garden and she came over one day and gave me a few pots and seeds and dirt. The seeds for these were among what she gave us. As well as the pot that they live in currently)

Now we have the hodgepodge pot. It was basil and parsley but some how a few of the chives got in there. Don't ask me how I have no idea but they did so that is what the long thin green things are....they are chives.

Ok now it the kitchen window we have 3 potters....
First of the kitchen ones is Lulu the cactus she was a gift from some friends of ours when they came to dinner one night. Just so everyone knows she is a girl because when we got her she had a flower hot glued to the top of her so we figured it couldn't be a boy.

Now we have the 2 mystery flowers. I think I should start to label the plants when I put the seeds in the ground but I don't. These seeds and the blue pot were a gift from a friend who stayed with us a while ago. I can't remember what type of flower they are but I am hoping some time they acutally flower. We started them in just the blue pot but they out grew it so we now have to pots and still no idea what the heck they are.....ah well I love to watch the plants get bigger.

So there ya go that is my garden as humble and simple as it is it is ours and we just love it. I hope you love it too :)

Liz

Cut my hair...

So I am back and trying to post again. It seems like a never ending cycle but hopefully it will become regular.


So all should be weary of a bored female with cutters. I just paid to have my hair cut not even a month ago and well...I decided I wanted it shorter. This is after I decided I wanted to change the color...alas a woman and her looks can never be satisfied. Anyways I would love to know what you think?

Here is before (the one I paid for)



And here is the one I did myself...notice the new color too...



This is with it up....



Well anyways I like it for now....but hey I liked the other one too for the month that I had it. So, who knows how long that will last?

2 days late, Does that mean I am $2 short.....

So the last week has been pretty uneventful....well really uneventful. I had my first sewing lesson and my teacher doesn't think that I am hopeless ..... little does she know...I am excited though because this is something that I really want to learn to do, even if all I can do is basic stuff I would feel more homemakey.... (I think I just made up a word)

I guess that is something I have really felt pulled to do recently be homemakey.... I try to cook better foods, like whole grains and lots of fibery stuff.....good ol' W. of W. I really feel like it would be best for both of us if we followed it more....we don't even eat meat every day anymore...which is sometimes a little weird because we are carnivores through and through.... I also am trying to clean more and just do those really ubber traditional wife things....not because I am a SAHM or anything just because I think it is nice to do....

Oooh and my English is getting better....the last paper I did got 100%.....3rd time in college English is paying off ;) .

Let's see....some important upcoming events for the extended family....my cuz is getting married in T - 3 days....and my lil' sis' in law's 9th birthday was yesterday.....so those are all great!

So I guess the main thoughts for today is for the modern woman....Is it ok to be a working lady and still do the traditional things....or should the husband do them too? I know for me it is a little of both, mostly because Jason is in school 3 days a week so he is gone 3 days from 7.30am till 10.30pm so he just isn't there to help....but truthfully I don't mind it. I like being able to have it done so that when he gets home we can hang out....

Ah well....just more of those random thoughts....

Random thoughts of someone bored at work.......

I have been sitting here at work utterly bored out of my mind......


I was thinking about the things that define us as people.....here is my list of things I can think of that define me some are good...some are well they just are...oh and these are in no particular order it is just how I think of them....

1. that I am a girl...(I don't think this is a bad thing at all, it comes in handy when things are heavy or you have to go to the auto parts store)

2. My Religion. ...( which is good most times, but I don't like people to assume that I think/or act a certain way because of my church. I am my own person and I have my own thoughts)

3. My marriage....( think that is a wonderful thing...mostly because I love my husband very much but also it tells you something about me and my values)

4. being from CA...( i have learned that being from CA means that you think differently about certain things like how vegetables are supposed to look and taste)

5. my hair color....( I have recently learned that red heads have certain perks like we are more attractive....and downfalls like we are less desirable to other females because we are more attractive) ... **I must note that this is the opinion of many not just me being vain I really don't want to be checked out by lots of people...**

6. my calling.....( I hate that this defines me...not because I don't love primary or anything...just because I don't think it is fair that we should be defined by something that we are asked to do, I mean it isn't like I ran for president or anything...I was asked to serve and I did....nothing more)

7. my weight....( not that I think that it is great...but I do know that some people define me by my lack of skinny)

8. my lack of children....( I don't know if this is more me defining myself so that others can't or not by I now that sometimes I wear it like a "red badge of courage".... I shouldn't everything has bad things and things they don't like...I shouldn't get to be special because of mine)

9. my income....( I hate this as well...mostly because I am to rich to be poor and to poor to be rich...so I am kinda floating in purgatory... also I have never much cared for peoples comments on how nice my stuff is....or look how much you must have spent on that...I just don't think it is there business)

I think the whole point of this soap box there are things that I think that I am defined by that I don't like, either because they are not really fair or they are stupid...and there are things that we define everyone by, myself included.... that we shouldn't. I think that people should be defined by what is in there hearts first and then there actions....because in the end those are the things that matter....not what color hair, or how much money or any of that other stuff...but who they are as a person that is what matters....

I guess I have been seeing allot of this lately and well....yeah I hope it to be something I can change within my self. I guess I will add it to my list of things that would make me a better person...and see how it goes... :)

Doing more better.....

So I am making an effort, to blog more...a friend has inspired me to do better so I am going to try. I have made a calender and put this on Mondays sot that is when to look for something new.

So what is new with me.....NOthing :P yep that is right a big fat nothing :) We had our anniversary last mo...it was great had some moderately good sushi.... but I wore a cute outfit...


See told ya :)

Lets see what else.....oh Jason is doing well in school...he is still on the honor roll....lets here a "woot woot" for that one :) I am very proud of how hard he is working.....

Also his older bro is graduating too...from byu went to the graduation boy was that long.... oh well...


he is a pretty handsome dude... I am proud of him too...he has worked supper hard for this....


And in other news....well nothing I am coming to California for a graduation of my lill' sis from high school..... lots of graduations...well tis the season right? Yep and that is pretty much it.... so as the immortal pig says.....


That's all folks!!

Roller Coaster

So I just thought that I would let you in on a secret.......Jason likes Roller coasters !!! !!! !!!



Ok so here is the back story, as long as I can remember Jason has said how much he HATES them well one day I asked why? Did you have a bad experience etc? Nope he just didn't like them....Well that totally wasn't going to work for me...why because well I loved them and I had no idea how you could hate something that you had never tried.......so some friends invited us to a theme park for some fun and we went and .......... he went on one and liked it.....Muhahahahahaha that is right, once again I was right and he was well......the sweet man that I married....But I felt it necessary to tell all of you that well....Roller Coasters rock!!!

A Special Prayer for Us

It is with a heavy and humble heart that I write this, as some of you know and many of you do not, Jason and I are trying to start our family. Much to our dismay and heart break we have been unsuccessful as of yet. We have currently lost 3 pregnancy's and are now undergoing infertility treatments. These treatments as of yet have been unsuccessful and have made me quite ill at times. It is for this reason that I have wrote you at this time, Jason and I both feel very strongly that the time for us is soon upon us. We would both as at this time for you our family and friends to join us in a special prayer on this Thursday October 11th. We feel strongly in the power of prayer and the Lords ability to bless and heal us, we ask that you join us as many of you that can in praying for us and for our ability to be healed and start a family. We also ask that you pass this along to all you know who would be willing to join in this prayer.

We are so very grateful for all of you and for the blessings that we have received in our lives and would be forever grateful for your prayers and faith on our behalf.

With much Love and Gratitude,

Jason & Liz

New

Well there isn't anything, but I can go over the goings on so that you all know.

As of tomorrow (Wednesday) I move to the day shift that is 6am to 2.30
I got an Ipod shuffle it is cool and really good sound quality
Oh, I waxed Jason (back and chest) and well I like it much better :)
Oh, and we are adding peas to our garden because the lettuce died and we had some open space

Well that is pretty much it, I can't say that there is anything that exciting going on, just life as usual.

Oh, and if any one feels like a prayer for Tyra her papers were sent and she is waiting to get them, so if she could get them soon, well that would be cool ;)

Just for anyone looking for some substance I have a thought for the Blog

"we choose are actions we do not choose the consequences"
It really made me thing, so just some words for thought.

So....I am a blogger

Well mostly I have just wanted a way to communicate my thoughts to myself, and for some reason I felt that I needed to have a blog. Don't ask me why because well I don't know. So a little back story I am Liz, I am a female in my mid 20's (wow that sounds old) I am married to the most wonderful man in the world and well I love music.

So those are the basics, nothing to terribly exciting at this moment. So, recent times have been well different. We just moved 700+ miles from where I lived my whole life and the transition has been rough. The culture here is different, and I haven't had time to make a whole lot of friends. Besides the fact that here (UT) well people are just different. I am not sure that different is bad, just different and I am not used to the way people are here. Also it is way to dang cold and there just seems to be a lack of things to do.

So I have decided to try some things like working out, I am going to be getting of work really early from now on, and I will need something to do with my time. Well I figured why not, it wouldn't hurt and it is free at the little gym where I live. :) Other then that, well there really isn't anything other the that.

So for all of you friends and family please feel free to drop by when ever and say hi and I will try to keep you updated on the world as well I see it ;)