But made me very happy...
I saw this on the Dallas evening news tonight.
Business Week released a list today of "Top Places to Offer Job Opportunities and High Quality of Living." Number 2 on the list: PROVO-OREM UTAH! Second only to Anchorage, Alasaka.
Awesome!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Let's Start with Family Photo's
After an eleven day trip to Utah and a week long visitor here in Texas, I have a lot to blog about.
Our first morning after arriving in Utah we made a trip up north (we were staying with my family down in Ephraim)to get a photo shoot in with my amazing photographer cousin Katie. She and her husband were so kind to take the time to help us get some fun new pictures! I love her style and I am beyond happy with the shots she got! My sidebar is sporting some of my favorites, but I can't resist showing off these two adorable casual ones of my boys as well.
Our first morning after arriving in Utah we made a trip up north (we were staying with my family down in Ephraim)to get a photo shoot in with my amazing photographer cousin Katie. She and her husband were so kind to take the time to help us get some fun new pictures! I love her style and I am beyond happy with the shots she got! My sidebar is sporting some of my favorites, but I can't resist showing off these two adorable casual ones of my boys as well.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Connor's Big Idea
Yesterday morning we were watching the movie Beethoven's 2nd, you know, the one with the st. Bernard dogs...
Anyway, we were watching the movie and when Connor saw all the little puppies for the first time he said, "oh, they're so cute! I want a puppy! Mommy I want a puppy!" I told him to go ask his daddy.
Connor walked over to Marcus and said, "Daddy I want a puppy!" Marcus replied, "We can't have a puppy because we already have two kitties." Then came Connor's big idea that had us laughing like crazy...He said, "Let's get a box and send them to Jesus."
He was dead serious.
Anyway, we were watching the movie and when Connor saw all the little puppies for the first time he said, "oh, they're so cute! I want a puppy! Mommy I want a puppy!" I told him to go ask his daddy.
Connor walked over to Marcus and said, "Daddy I want a puppy!" Marcus replied, "We can't have a puppy because we already have two kitties." Then came Connor's big idea that had us laughing like crazy...He said, "Let's get a box and send them to Jesus."
He was dead serious.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
"I'll Be the Mommy"
Yesterday Connor wanted to play "house" with James and myself. I was the daddy, he was the mommy, and James was the big boy. This is how it went:
C: "You be the Daddy, James will be the big boy, and I'll be the Mommy!"
Me: "Ok. What does the daddy do?"
C: "You go to work. Now I'll go be the Mommy."
Connor walks into the other room and says to himself, "I better go clean...(now, in the meanest, most gruff voice he could muster) LOOK AT ALL THIS MUD (gasp)!"
He went on to pretend to clean the mess, but did so gasping and sighing the whole time.
I never really thought of myself as a mother who freaks out about a mess, but I guess that's how my child percieves me...guess I better watch the dramatic gasps and sighs the next time I clean!
C: "You be the Daddy, James will be the big boy, and I'll be the Mommy!"
Me: "Ok. What does the daddy do?"
C: "You go to work. Now I'll go be the Mommy."
Connor walks into the other room and says to himself, "I better go clean...(now, in the meanest, most gruff voice he could muster) LOOK AT ALL THIS MUD (gasp)!"
He went on to pretend to clean the mess, but did so gasping and sighing the whole time.
I never really thought of myself as a mother who freaks out about a mess, but I guess that's how my child percieves me...guess I better watch the dramatic gasps and sighs the next time I clean!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
An Additional $550 Bucks Later
...and my car will officially be re-registered.
Bummer.
Not that it will be registered, but that the bill to do it this year just keeps growing and Growing and GROWING.
And the worst part of it? We had to buy 4 new tires...and we just bought 2 last year! The warranty for them expired just weeks ago. Yuck.
Oh well, I guess there are worse things in life than car registrations.
Bummer.
Not that it will be registered, but that the bill to do it this year just keeps growing and Growing and GROWING.
And the worst part of it? We had to buy 4 new tires...and we just bought 2 last year! The warranty for them expired just weeks ago. Yuck.
Oh well, I guess there are worse things in life than car registrations.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Not So Cheap
Last year I made a post about how pricey yearly car registrations are in Utah and I was happy that next year (this year...this month actually) was going to be so much cheaper because I would be in Texas, and I was told their registration was cheap. Guess what?
Today I will be spending nearly $300 to get my car registered in Texas. That is not so cheap! In fact, it's a hundred more than Utah! Stinkin' "new resident tax", county registration fee, state registration fee, and title application fee.
Hopefully next year when I do not have to register as a "new resident" I will save a little money.
Friday, June 12, 2009
The Village People Were Wrong!
It was NOT fun to stay at the YMCA today.
My very fit friend Typhanie convinced me to go with her to a circuit training work out class at the YMCA this morning. My little family joined the Y back in April and have really enjoyed going since (though we don't go as often as we should...meaning more than our once a week average...and Typhanie knows it).
Anyway
She convinced me to go to this class with her. Let me just say, what I thought was going to be one of those "from one weight machine to another" circuit work outs (like the ones at Curves, you know the kind) ended up being a mock try-out for the Dallas Cowboys and guess what, I didn't make the team! The things I was supposed to get my fat little body to do were just insane.
I quit 35 minutes in and went to the track to walk laps and try to get my head back. The room was spinning, my head was throbbing, my face was bright red, my arms and legs were shaking, and I think my heart rate was at its max.
Let's just say I am quite sore right now, and I think the next class I will be taking at the Y will be "water aerobics" or "intro to body movement"...not "advanced sports training"!
My very fit friend Typhanie convinced me to go with her to a circuit training work out class at the YMCA this morning. My little family joined the Y back in April and have really enjoyed going since (though we don't go as often as we should...meaning more than our once a week average...and Typhanie knows it).
Anyway
She convinced me to go to this class with her. Let me just say, what I thought was going to be one of those "from one weight machine to another" circuit work outs (like the ones at Curves, you know the kind) ended up being a mock try-out for the Dallas Cowboys and guess what, I didn't make the team! The things I was supposed to get my fat little body to do were just insane.
I quit 35 minutes in and went to the track to walk laps and try to get my head back. The room was spinning, my head was throbbing, my face was bright red, my arms and legs were shaking, and I think my heart rate was at its max.
Let's just say I am quite sore right now, and I think the next class I will be taking at the Y will be "water aerobics" or "intro to body movement"...not "advanced sports training"!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Tornadoes, Severe Thunderstorms, and Flooding...
welcome to Texas! Let me just say this, I think I prefer the snow in Utah.
24 hours ago my boys (Marcus included) and myself were hiding in a small central room on the ground level over at his mom's work waiting out severe thunderstorms that were raging through the area and hoping that a tornado wouldn't come of it (in our area at least).
As you may guess we were just fine, but there were multiple tornadoes confirmed in our area, two in very familiar grounds for us (our town and the town just next to us). Luckily the tornadoes were small and not too destructive...with damage mostly just to power lines, fences, roofs, siding, trees, random debris, etc.
This morning brought the most intense thunderstorms I have ever experienced. Micro burst winds forced rain through the seems around our windows or the brick of the building itself (and I didn't know that was possible). Come to find out we were far from the only ones this happened to. I have also never seen lightening strike so violently. The news reported several stories of apartment buildings and homes in the area struck and burst into flames. All I could think was, how'd you like to have to evacuate your home in that kind of weather?!
As you might imagine all the storms brought lots of flash flooding to the area. The news today has been covering flooded businesses and homes and all sorts of rescues of people stuck in their vehicles.
Exciting? Yes. Fun? Not really.
FYI, I snagged all these photos from the Fox 4 website viewer photo gallery. I'm far too wussy to go out and take pictures myself in the middle of such terrifying weather! Although the first one was actually taken by a resident of the apartment building right across the street from me.
24 hours ago my boys (Marcus included) and myself were hiding in a small central room on the ground level over at his mom's work waiting out severe thunderstorms that were raging through the area and hoping that a tornado wouldn't come of it (in our area at least).
As you may guess we were just fine, but there were multiple tornadoes confirmed in our area, two in very familiar grounds for us (our town and the town just next to us). Luckily the tornadoes were small and not too destructive...with damage mostly just to power lines, fences, roofs, siding, trees, random debris, etc.
This morning brought the most intense thunderstorms I have ever experienced. Micro burst winds forced rain through the seems around our windows or the brick of the building itself (and I didn't know that was possible). Come to find out we were far from the only ones this happened to. I have also never seen lightening strike so violently. The news reported several stories of apartment buildings and homes in the area struck and burst into flames. All I could think was, how'd you like to have to evacuate your home in that kind of weather?!
As you might imagine all the storms brought lots of flash flooding to the area. The news today has been covering flooded businesses and homes and all sorts of rescues of people stuck in their vehicles.
Exciting? Yes. Fun? Not really.
FYI, I snagged all these photos from the Fox 4 website viewer photo gallery. I'm far too wussy to go out and take pictures myself in the middle of such terrifying weather! Although the first one was actually taken by a resident of the apartment building right across the street from me.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Blogging
I have gotten into a blogging slump that continues to get worse and worse since moving to Texas. I have multiple theories as to why...but none of those reasons really matter. The bottom line is that I like blogging and I am going to do it more.
SO
Watch out readers, daily posts for the next few days.
SO
Watch out readers, daily posts for the next few days.
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