Oh NO!

Apparently it is supposed to be winter for another 6 weeks! Darn groundhog, why don't we just put a blindfold on him next year, or maybe somehow make it so there is no shadow for him to see... Oh well, I guess winter started late for us anyways...

Sibling family pic 2008

I was looking through the pictures on my computer and came across this one. Last semester my family went up to Salt Lake for lunch. Jason had to go to school and couldn't miss it, so I had to go without him. After lunch we walked around temple square and took a couple of pictures. After temple square we went to the Gateway mall and then my family left me there.. ALL ALONE! About 15 minutes later I was abducted... by Jason. Hehe. We went up to the football game in Logan which was really fun.  

ABC is about to go in my book as TRASH!!!

Have I ever mentioned a show called Pushing Daisies? It is only one of the best shows on tv! Seriously! If you have not seen it yet, go online and watch it, you will be pleasantly surprised. It is a fantastic show! Great writing and great plots for each episode. 

Unfortunately ABC is retarded and would rather air shows like Private Practice (a bunch of garbage trash), Greys Anatomy (it's only about dirty trashy sex, oh wait, I meant "anatomy." YA RIGHT!!), and The Bachelor (how stinking stupid! I don't care if you can't find a woman! You're not going to find a very good one if she doesn't care that you are making out/doing nasty things with every other girl on the show). 

WAIT!! Isn't ABC supposed to be the "family network?" What a load of crap! 

Well, there ya go, that's my rant. 

Silly girls.

LOST!! Oh my goodness! LOST was so great last night! I am so excited for this season! Just wanted to put that in.

At the school I work for the older kids are going through their maturation program. Yesterday at work while the boys were still in the gym playing the girls pulled out little white bags that had pads, deodorant, and stickers in them. One of the girls pulled out her bag and went to throw it away, I was really confused so I asked her why she was throwing it away. She said, "my mom said she would buy me all of this stuff when I need it." Really I think she was feeling really awkward about and just didn't want to carry it around. I convinced her to hide it in her closet or under her bed until she actually needed it because they would come in handy.
It was just really funny. I don't think they payed attention to the the program because they kept asking me what you did with them. They understood the deodorant, but not the pads and it was just really funny.

Anyways... I will leave you with a funny quote.


"And a jar of gypsy tears to protect me from aids."

Israel PICTURES!

1/17/2009

Now that we are a little bit more settled in, I have decided to do another vacation picture post!! Yay!

This is something we saw at the airport and thought it was just too funny! An iPod VENDING MACHINE!!! Don't worry, it takes credit cards. ;)


This is at the airport in Israel, obviously.



This is Jason and me in the garden of Gethsemane.



This is a picture taken by Denny on the sea of Galilee.


This is a Caption explaining what the picture after it is. 
Our tour guide said Jesus sat on this chair. It is the original chair from 2000 years ago. 



This is Jason and me in front of the Jordan river.


This is the 2000 year old boat that was found intact in the sea of Galilee. They had to put foam around it and transfer it to the facility it is in now, and then they had to replace the water inside the wood with wax so the boat wouldn't turn to dust.



Us in front of the garden tomb... Ok, it's just the sign telling us we were almost there, we just had to wait until the place opened so we could go in and see what people believe is the actual garden tomb.


Sitting on steps that were 2000 years old that Jesus walked on.



Jason and Denny at the wailing wall. They weren't allowed to go down unless they had their heads covered.



That's all the pictures I can upload today, aka I'm sick of waiting for the pictures to upload.

I didn't forget Christmas, I PROMISE! (Super long- this is a warning)

I missed out on the Christmas post so I figured I'd better do it before the blogging police come around...

Christmas eve we (Jason, I, and his parents) went over to my parents house for Christmas eve dinner and program. Denny (Jason's dad) made a very HUGE and very delicious roast for us to eat. After din we started our program, which consisted of watching the nativity movie. When the movie was about over we had some unexpected visitors, Crystal and Preston. We finished the movie and did pixie pal presents! There were so many neat things that were made! I had my dad and made him a HOME sign that is an apron hanger, or key holder. Janna had me and she MADE me an APRON!!! It's so cute! When I went to put it on, I realized it was ripped, so she took it over night and sewed it right back up, but then there was another problem spot, so I need to get that back from her. My mom had Janna and got her an apron too! (She got her more, but I can't remember.) I can't remember what Penny or Kate made, but my dad got Penny and made her a wooden thing that she can make her own scarves with! It is soooo cool! Tanner and Jason had each other, and surprisingly they pretty much got each other the same thing! Tanner got Jason a picture frame with Christ next to the tomb and then there was an empty spot for Jason to put a picture of himself next to the tomb. It was so neat, and very thoughtful! Jason got Tanner a picture frame too, but it had the front cover of the 2008 October General Conference Ensign, and facing the Ensign cover was the page from the Ensign with Tan in the picture.

After pixies my mom gave everyone jammies and we went home to sleep. At around 7:30 am (the latest I have ever gotten up for Christmas morning, including last year when we were up in Montana. I woke up early and did Christmas with my family through video chat) Jason and I went over to my parents house and opened presents at 8. One of my favorite gifts was from my dad. He made each of us a little wooden jewelry box. They are so pretty! We had such a great time watching everyone take their turn to open presents, even when it took my little sister !!3HOURS!! to open one gift (I'm clearly exaggerating, but it did take a long time for her to open those gifts). My big favs from my fam included the sewing machine my parents got me (Janna got one too, so we are twinny's) and the cricut cutter machine Jason got me, which I opened at my parents. (I just got to use it for the first time yesterday, and believe me, it is amazing!). The family got some great gifts too! Jason and I got them Rock Band, which wouldn't have done them much good trying to play it on the smallest tv ever... So my parents/everyone pitched in some money, got a BIG SCREEN TV!! It's 60" and 1080p, oh and extremely beautiful! I'm so excited for them!!! Now they can actually see what they are watching! (hehe)

After my parents Christmas we came back to our little apartment and had Christmas with Jason's parents. It was so nice! I got a bunch of long sleeved shirts, candy, a ton of dvd's and tv seasons, and a generous sum of spending money for our trip to Israel.

We went back to my parents house and had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and then just lounged around all day, and the next morning we woke up really early and were off to the airport.

Jason and I have been SOOO blessed this past year and we are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for everything he gives us. We are so blessed to have the knowledge of the true church in our lives and for eternal families.

Amazing to be home!

I apologize for the lack of any posts for a couple of weeks. Jason and I have been abroad with his parents in Israel. We went to the holy land and it was seriously amazing! I really cannot describe how amazing it was. We took a ton of pictures and video taped a lot of the trip too. I will have to upload some of the videos as soon as I have time to put them on the computer. In the meantime, here are some pictures.

This is Denny trying on his new scarf. I think it looks fantastic!

This is Rita and me in front of the wailing wall, in the women's section.

This is Jason and me sitting in the stable where Jesus was born in Bethlehem.

Finally, after about an hour of waiting Jason and I were able to get a picture taken by ourselves (without other tourists getting in our picture) in front of the garden tomb.


This was such an amazing trip! It was amazing to walk in places that Jesus walked. We had so many neat experiences on this trip and met some extremely amazing people. I am so grateful to know the gospel and to have a strong testimony of Christ and his church. I love it, and I feel so blessed to have everything that I have, and for all of the opportunities that I have. 

I know the jet lag will kill me soon, but I am hoping I can overcome it and maybe be alright for the rest of the day.