A Few Randoms....

Ok first off I am so excited becasue tommorow I take off on a flight to LAS VEGAS...there I will meet up in St. George with my whole family for Thanksgiving in Zions. It is my favorite thing to do all year and I feel so blessed that I got a cheap flight to spend this great day with my family!


Second....here is a little sneak peak of the great photos my friend Esther took for us. She did a great job and I will be posting more soon, but for now this is all you get....

Third....I love Christmas and I started a little decorating this week and had so much fun. I have very little space to decorate but I guess that just leaves me to be creative with what i do have!

So there you go....a few randoms for this week!

DREAM JOB!

It is true. I am so excited, I honestly feel like I am on could nine right now! Yesterday after an interview I was offered what I would consider my dream job! I honestly don't know how it happened, I was in the right time at the right place and I feel so blessed! You all know that I have been working at this great gym downtown called Heavens, well after getting certified and starting to teach classes, I was asked if I wanted to interview for the position of Fitness Director, the current director is going on Maternity leave (which is a year here) and she needed a replacement. Well yesterday I was offered the job and I am so so excited. This is my dream job and fits my personality so well. I will actually enjoy and look forward to going to work everyday and making good money! I just wanted to share the good news...I am sure there will be plenty more that comes with this new job!

R.I.P...the Jeans

Tragically Saturday night my favorite pair of jeans took a turn for the worse and will have to be laid to rest (in the garbage) today. I had searched and searched for the perfect pair of jeans and one delightful day found them at the Down East Outfitters in Provo. They were a work in progress when I took them in because they had no top button but nontheless they were the "ones"! They had just the right amount of stretch to suck in the right places but not give to much. Well apparently Saturday night I gave too much! After a few situations in the last couple months leading to tears, one last over exuberant jump gave way to the entire buttocks region taking them away from me forever. Oh jeans how you will be missed. I don't know if i will ever find another pair to replace you, so in the meantime I will resort to wearing sweats. Thank you for you dilligence over the past years you will be missed!

P.S. I have done so many cool things and had great weekends away in beautiful places but have failed to bring my camera with me...bummer city! However, my friend Esther took some amazing pictures of Hank and I last weekend and I hopefully will have some to post soon!

QUIRKY....that's me.

My best friend Maureen tagged me and I decided to do it because I loved reading her quirks! I just hope that nobody judges how wierd I am after reading mine. I guess we are all wierd in our OCD ways!

1-I think Yoga is a quack...I know I know I am going to get a lot of crap for this because people love it but c'mon. I am not saying that it is not a good thing to do... but honestly can you really consider that a work out? If that was all it took and was that easy we would all look like Kelly Ripa.

2-Most people that know me, know that I love clothes, I love fashion, and love putting together fun unique outfits...and I think I am pretty good at it! But the truth is if I could wear sweats everyday, all day, everywhere I would! I dread the part of the day where I have to get dressed. I myself think this is wierd that I dread it since I love clothes!

3-I bite my finger nails and the truth is I am probably never ever going to quit! I know it is disgusting and if my mom reads this and has seen that I have given up she will be mad. But I have been doing it since I was a baby and I never see myself changing the habit; I think it is a bit of a security blanket for me. Hey if that is the worst habit I have then who cares (too bad I don't think it is the worst habit of mine:)

4-Up until the last couple months I could not wear flats with jeans without having a slight anxiety attack. I don't quite know why but it just felt wrong. I always had to wear heels and my feet have suffered quite a bit for it. I am working on this aversion seeing as how I don't think stilletos on Canadian Ice is a good idea.

5- I have the wierdest quirk when it comes to me falling asleep at night. I pull the blanket up over my hand and bend my wrist and tuck it under my chin. I don't know if that really explains it but lets just say it is wierd and Hank just laughs when he sees me. The bad part about this is sometimes I wake up with a sore wrist because it has been tucked up under my chin all night. Sleep or wrist problems, I guess I will have to take a pick.

6- Last but not least when it comes to a working out I don't feel like I had a truly good workout unless I feel like I am going to throw up. I know that is so wierd. But to me it is like my gage that I really pushed myself that day and was sucessful. I think this stems from the fact that I am nausceous in the mornings a lot so I got used to working out with that feeling, so now if i don't have it I think I am not working out hard enough.

Ok now you know my inner wierd quirks, although I am embarassed to share these, it did feel good to get them out in the open!

I TAG...

Lynlee
Lindsay
Keri
Sara
I would tag my SISTERS but we all know we would have to wait at least a month to get the answers...but please sisters if you love me you will do it!

nothing like the first time...

After months of certifications, test, and evaluations I finally finshed my group exercise course and TODAY taught part of my first class. It was SCARY, EXHILIRATING, FUN, and INTIMIDATING all at the same time! It actually went really well and I am so glad the first time is over with. I think that every one of my dreams last night consisted of me failing...good thing not all dreams come true. I can't wait till my next class, lets just hope the nerves aren't quite as intense...

Now I need to go take a nap since I didn't sleep a wink last night. Instead of couting sheep it was grapevines, high knees, and hamstring curls :)

THE DENIAL IS OVER....

Ok so I guess I better face the fact that I am living in Canada and it is going to be a long winter. We have had the most incredible weather for FALL and I kept on denying the fact that winter was coming. Well it is officially here and I am scared. If it weren't for cute boots and coats I might never come out of the house.

So winter...I am officially accepting that you are here and I am putting on my GAME face (A.K.A BOOTS)!

WEEKEND GETAWAY!

This past weekend, our friends Lindsay and Tim Pratt, were so nice and invited us to spend the weekend with them and some other friends up in Fairmont BC. Since I pretty much forced Lindsay to be my friend when we moved up here...it was so nice of them to think of us. We had such a blast getting away for the weekend; going somewhere new and adventurous while here in Canada. Fairmont is in Brittish Columbia but is only about a 3 hour drive (gorgeous)! The pictures tell the rest!



The girls decided to take a hike up to the waterfall, lets just say that with three kids crossing a river it was quite the adventure. Since it was not my child I was carrying I was just praying my clutzy nature would not come through.

Please don't discriminate against the small creature growing on my chin, apparently I am going through puberty again!

We also were able to visit the famous fairmont hot springs! We lucked out to have the perfect weather for soaking in hot water.

And of course we found plenty of time to eat good food and relax!

Thanks again Pratts and Schlenkers for a great weekend!