I shamelessly stole this picture from a friend (wow, Nikole) I've known since back in the day. She lives in Oregon and posted a few pics on facebook. I couldn't stop staring at them so I made a blog post as it lasts longer.
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Saturday, November 5, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Updating some pictures...
Went on a cruise to Alaska in July of 2016 with this crazy bunch.
We used the excuse of my parents having a 40th anniversary but mostly we all just wanted to party :)
Here are the pictures from the formal night. We payed enough for them, I'm going to get a little use out of them!
In no particular order there, that's the lot of us. I'm also going to use these for the side bar of the blog for this year.
We used the excuse of my parents having a 40th anniversary but mostly we all just wanted to party :)
Here are the pictures from the formal night. We payed enough for them, I'm going to get a little use out of them!
In no particular order there, that's the lot of us. I'm also going to use these for the side bar of the blog for this year.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Kudos Weber High students
This morning, after dropping off my 15 yo at the high school, I found a place to park and went in to pay her AP Physics test registration fee. I was in line at the office when the bell rang. I was just leaving the front doors when the announcements started. I was half way down the stairs and a few feet from the flag pole when the announcer asked everyone to rise for the pledge.
What happened next made me so proud of these kids.
Kids were literally jogging towards the school from the parking lot because they were running a few minutes late, but when the pledge started, they froze in place, saluted the flag, finished the pledge, and then jogged on. The announcer rattled the pledge off so maybe 20 seconds of brilliant freeze-frame that made me super impressed and a bit misty as a Navy brat from a proud military heritage.
I stood there with my hand over my heart quietly saying the words to the pledge and thinking about higher standards (no pun intended). Students and their parents get two thumbs up from me.
What happened next made me so proud of these kids.
Kids were literally jogging towards the school from the parking lot because they were running a few minutes late, but when the pledge started, they froze in place, saluted the flag, finished the pledge, and then jogged on. The announcer rattled the pledge off so maybe 20 seconds of brilliant freeze-frame that made me super impressed and a bit misty as a Navy brat from a proud military heritage.
I stood there with my hand over my heart quietly saying the words to the pledge and thinking about higher standards (no pun intended). Students and their parents get two thumbs up from me.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Scared of Lady Fitness
Across the street from the dance school my kids attend is a Lady Fitness. When we first moved up here to the north of Ogden a few of the ladies in the ward (neighborhood) told me they went to LF to do classes together and encouraged me to join. I looked into it online but decided with Jared's job situation being a little shaky and having just moved I didn't want to add a fitness membership to the budget.
Here I am, two years later, and I'm still coming up with excuses not to go join. Sadly, the excuses have devolved to pathetic and pitiful things and the occasional "maybe after I finish this piece of cake".
Also, in the two years since we moved up here I've put on more than ten pounds. Lots of factors to this, mostly eating my feelings type factors. I am working on my eating habits and need to get more serious and scheduled about my exercise goals.
40 is only a couple of years away now and it's been 10 years since my hip/pelvis reconstruction. I'm slowing down metabolically and physically and it's not making me feel good about myself.
I'm driving at least one of my kids down to the dance studio and back every single day and sometimes sitting in the car or the lobby for up to 45 minutes with a book while waiting for classes to finish. I drive past that Lady Fitness over and over and have even been in the parking lot a few times (the train stop is next door). Finances are okay, schedule is okay, I need to exercise, my husband thinks it's a good idea....
Now to quit sitting in the car staring at the gym across the street and actually get up the willpower to walk in.
Here I am, two years later, and I'm still coming up with excuses not to go join. Sadly, the excuses have devolved to pathetic and pitiful things and the occasional "maybe after I finish this piece of cake".
Also, in the two years since we moved up here I've put on more than ten pounds. Lots of factors to this, mostly eating my feelings type factors. I am working on my eating habits and need to get more serious and scheduled about my exercise goals.
40 is only a couple of years away now and it's been 10 years since my hip/pelvis reconstruction. I'm slowing down metabolically and physically and it's not making me feel good about myself.
I'm driving at least one of my kids down to the dance studio and back every single day and sometimes sitting in the car or the lobby for up to 45 minutes with a book while waiting for classes to finish. I drive past that Lady Fitness over and over and have even been in the parking lot a few times (the train stop is next door). Finances are okay, schedule is okay, I need to exercise, my husband thinks it's a good idea....
Now to quit sitting in the car staring at the gym across the street and actually get up the willpower to walk in.
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Grand jete - ballerina picture
One of my friends had a t-shirt with a similar saying for her gymnast daughter and I tried to find the author of the quote/poem but couldn't. I used an image from Google that was on someone else's blog. Yup, just all kinds of internet borrow and use without citing a source. But it came out kinda cool in photoshop and I'm not claiming any rights to any of it. :)
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