My New Toy

I have been saving up for a while for a craft cutter machine and finally had enough so I bought a Silhouette. I love it! It is kind of like a cricut except it is hooked up to your computer and you can design projects on the computer and download die cuts off the online store. You can also cut fabric and heat transfer paper. I have not done much with it yet mostly just figuring out what it can do, but here are a few cards I have made with some downloaded die cuts. I am going to have fun making cards designing scrapbook pages, customizing clothes, making decorations etc, once i figure out how to do it all :).

Also here are some card I made at a card party I had with some friends in my ward, my design is the pink one with the presents.

Better Late then Never :)

Here are pictures from my Birthday, the flowers were from my Dad, the card and candy bar from the Relief Society and of course Curt made the cake (chocolate whip cream and strawberries yum). But the main present is the Kinetic that I got from Curt. It is so fun!!

For Valentines Curt made a fish and veggie Dinner. Curt likes to arrange the food like he is preparing food on Iron Chief. He is so Cute :). I got Curt the only type of dog we can have in our apartment right now (Curt really wants a dog) and Curt got me Anastasia.

This past weekend we went to Angie's, a local restaurant and "Cleaned the Sink" with our friends the Kjars, or in other wonders ate a lot ice cream out of a little sink. We got a bumper sticker for finishing it all, but it wont be going on my car.

Just the Same

Just the Same

By Diana Lynn Lacey

Sometimes—
God sends rain
Straight from the sky
To nourish the young flower
and it grows.
Sometimes—
God sends rain from the sky
To the mountaintops,
Then over hills and through valleys
Until it reaches the flower
and it grows, just the same.
Sometimes—
God sends a child
Straight from His realm
Into a mother’s arms
and love grows.
Sometimes—
God sends a child
From heaven to another’s arms,
Then over hills and through valleys
Until he reaches the arms of his mother
and love grows, just the same.

I really love this poem. It helps me remember how much the Lord really does love me.
My children may not come the normal way but I have faith that the Lord will still bless me with children, my children just have to take a longer path to get to my arms.

Snow Shoeing!

Curt and I went snowshoeing on Saturday with my little sister Debbie, my older brother Allen and his wife Kathy. We went up green canyon, a smaller canyon in Logan. The weather was great, we actually ended up getting to warm but we had a lot of fun. Now we are considering buying some snowshoes so that we have a way to be more active in the winter.

We tried going again on Monday with my sister since it was a holiday and the place we rented them from was closed but the weather decided to warm up and it rained melting all the snow away. Oh well at least we got one good trip out of the rental.

Christmas Fun!!

We had a really great Christmas, we both got bonus's so we splurged and bought an XBOX 360. I got Lego Harry Potter (which we spent a lot of the break playing) and Curt got Halo 3. I also got, clothes, a sewing machine, sewing supplies, beading and scrapbook supplies. Curt got clothes,a pocket knife, Books (the new books written by the author of Percy Jackson and a redwall) and painting supplies.I know you guys were waiting with anticipation, so here is the present I got from the student at my school. I have used the mugs but I have not used the hot cocoa or made the S'Mores (Brigham and Chelsea this made me think of you guys). This is a nice gift to be getting from a student I know I never gave my teachers this nice of a gift. We spent Christmas at Curt's parents house. We made a Chinese dinner for Christmas Eve. We made cream cheese wantons, egg rolls, sweet and sour chicken, sesame chicken, and Teriyaki beef. It was delicious.

We spent a lot of our time playing games and watching movies. Here is a picture of us playing Lumber Jack on the Wii, they are all chopping logs. We had a great Christmas and really enjoyed spending time with family.

After Christmas we went and spent time with my family. We spent a day in Salt Lake going to the zoo, the aquarium, the planetarium, and the Lion House for lunch. We also went to Crystal Hot Springs and sat in the hot tubes during a snow storm, which is a really cool feeling. It is fun to be with family.

I don't have many pictures of our trip but her is a link to my sister blog if you want to see more pictures http://debbiegales.blogspot.com/2011/01/family-time.htmlMy parents have two birds that like to talk and climb all over you. I never new that birds could have such personalities and be so fun of play with. I think Curt may want to get a bird someday because he enjoys playing with them when we go down to visit.

Decorating for Christmas

We have been busy so we did not get our tree put up until last night. Curt and I enjoy putting up the Christmas tree and decorating the apartment together. So we had to wait for a time when we were both available. Here is a our cute tree.
I received a Christmas present from one of the boys in the 2nd grade math class that I work in. He told me that I could not open it until Christmas. It is kind of big present to be getting from a student so I am really curious what it is, but i guess I will have to wait until Christmas. Aren't children so precocious.


Today at the school instead of having math time one second grade teachers had her son dress up as the Grinch and act it out as she read the story. Her son must of watched the new Grinch because he acted a lot like Jim Carey. He did a great job, the children loved it and I got a good laugh. I just love Christmas.

My Amazing Little Sister

This past weekend we went down to my parents to celebrate my little sister Debbie's 21st Birthday and have a Court of Honor for her receiving her Ranger award in the Venturing program.

So for those of you who don’t know what the venturing program is or what the ranger award is I will give you a brief explanation. Venturing is a scouting program for 12 to 21 year boys and girls, so when I worked up at scout camp I was a member of the venturing program. The Ranger award is kind of like receiving your Eagle except harder and more in-depth. She is one of the few in our scouting district to receive this award and the only one in my family, even though we were all members of the venturing program. I am so proud of my sister and all of her hard work, and grateful for her amazing example she is to me and everyone she comes in contact with.

For her birthday we played the dice game Farkle and had Little Debbie Snack (a traditions since her name is Debbie and she is little) and Ice cream. Watching her blow out the candles on her little Debbie Snack Cake was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. First off I haven’t seen some one blow so hard on the candles and not have single one blown out, second I haven’t seen someone take 5 or 6 breathes to blow out the candle, and last I have never seen candles light when you are trying to blow them out and not have them be trick candles. We were laugh so hard that I thought my sister was going to pass out which did not help her blow out her candles.  Come to find out she was having some problems with her breathing and had to take some medicine, so it was sad but it was still kind of funny.

Untraditional Thanksgiving

We went to Henderson Nevada with my brother and his wife to visit my Grandpa and Grandma for Thanksgiving. Since my Step Grandma is Korean we did not have a traditional Thanksgiving. My Grandma is an amazing chief (She actually owned a few different tea house in Korea), but she is getting older and does not have the health she used to, so we went to a Korean BBQ were we got to cook our own meat right there at our table.  The food was delicious however we did not have any turkey or stuffing but we did have fried pumpkin rolls and pumpkin soup. During our visit we spent time with my Grandparents, helped them out in the yard, went shopping on Black Friday at the Las Vegas outlet malls, and watched Korean Soap Operas (I have to admit other then you have to read the subtitles some of them are quite good).  It was a fun little trip, but the drive back in that storm on Sunday was not real fun.

A few things I am Thankful for

The gospel
My Relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
Blessing and Guidance
Scriptures
Insitute
This wonderful season where Christ is the center of more people lives
My Family
Curt
My warm apartment
Work
A car (That has windshield wipers and a defroster that works)
Books

Sorry It has Been A While :)

Sorry to those who keep checking my blog and it is still my post from clear back in July when it was nice and warm out and now it is December and it is freezing and snowy outside. I have been meaning to update but, I have procrastinated, been busy and have not taken any pictures. However I know some of you would like an update on our life. So here is what we have been up to.

First off I got a job; I work at an Elementary in the south part of Logan. I am a math and literacy Professional Assistant (which I think is a new fancy name for aid, but I do different things then a classroom aid). In the morning I do reading groups in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade helping them with literacy and comprehension. In the afternoon in go into the a 2nd and 3rd grade classroom and help with math. After that I read with children who are struggling and to finish off my day I help children with homework. It is a fun job, but it has its challenges. I do enjoy the children (most of the time :). Some of the students are funny because they cannot say my name and I have often been called Mrs. Snowgirl. The funniest one is this little boy from Vietnam who was trying to call me by my first name and called me Mrs. Cheese. I guess I just have a hard name for children to say.

Next Curt started graduate school in Exercise Education and has two classes Monday nights from 5-10, he is amazing I don’t know if I could handle class that late, but he is doing really well in his classes. He will be finished with is first semester by the end of next week. On top of school he is doing a 10 hour internship at Cardiac Rehab at Logan Region Hospital, which he loves. Plus his partner that he splits a full time shift with at the hospital decided he wanted to focus more on school, so he quit and now Curt is working a full time job. He is supper busy, but life will slow down in the next couple weeks when his internship and school are finished for the semester. Yeah I will have my husband back for a few weeks.

Last we have not had any updated on adoption for a while, but keep us in your prayers and send potential birth parents are way.

The 4th of July and A Baby Blessing

We went to Curt's brothers house up in Rexburg for our cute little nieces Maryanna's  Baby Blessing. I love spending time with our nieces and nephew. Here are a bunch of cute pictures.

FUN IN THE BACK YARD

Emmy pushing Curt on the swing

4th OF JULY BIKE PARADE

PLAYING WHILE WAITING FOR THE FIREWORKS

Emmy and I playing on the grass

Curt giving the kids a ride! 

SPARKLERS!!!

This little girl loved playing with the sparklers.

CUTE LITTLE MARY IN A BEAUTIFUL BLESSING DRESS

The Dress was made by my talented sister in law Lisa. We were grateful to be there for this special occasion and witness the blessing of this sweet little baby.