Wednesday, December 16, 2009
"The Christmas Update"
I decided to do my update, which realy is a recap of 2009, in the form of a scrapbook- ah the blessings of having a sick day in the middle of the week! Life is great- read the last page of the update...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Yep, it's December.
First- a few random thoughts:
As Student Council Advisor (which I love doing, by the way, even though it can be stressful) I get to do a lot of new things- such as be in a parade, choreograph a dance to a random song for an assembly, host Middle School dances (yes, the awkwardness still exists and it kinda rubs off), go to State Football Playoffs for 3A High School, or be in charge of donut sales, oddly enough. I am picking up on many "hot" new things that "the kids these days" are "into." Ever since the Halloween dance, I have been OBSESSED with Lady Gaga's Paparazzi: watched the music videos (as distrubing as they are) numerous times and I HAVE to listen to it EVERY time I am in the car. It's ridiculous.
What is with the blog trend? Maybe it's just me, but does it seem like a few things are happening with blogs? I'm sensing that blogs are becoming 1) an online journal- like PERSONAL journal that EVERYONE can read. Like TMI journal. 2) the single person, turned married person, turned parent person updating ONLY to post pics of their ADORABLE little baby and to tell us that their toddler has now gone poo in the toilet three times!!!!!!!!! What happened to this person's identity? Is there no longer a need for us to know about you? Only your child(ren)? Let me say ahead of time- you may stone me if I do this (when I have children) 3) Seinfeild-esque commentary on the world (guilty as charged). This I personally have no issues with- obviously. 4) updates on everyone in their family, what vacations, events, etc which again, I have no issues with.
Now on to the MEATINESS:
I want to post about so many things, but I'm going to be writing the Christmas update in less than 3 weeks, so I'd rather be lazy and just not update at all. Here's a quick recap of the past months:
Sept: School MADNESS. This year caught me COMPLETELY off-guard and Chad and I felt very unprepared to teach when school started. Nevertheless, we persevered and are loving this school year. We took a quickie trip to the D-Land as a final hurrah since we decided not to renew our annual passports :(
Oct: Tuacahn finished mid-month and following suit from last year we took our annual Fall Break Trip. Since we had just hit up the D-Land, we decided on San Francisco. My grandmother has been in poor health since the end of August and we needed to pay her a visit. Luckily, both my sisters decided to come out as well, so we had a fun vacation with family and visiting my grandma. We also hosted a murder Mystery Dinner on the 30th with my sisters, their husbands, and a couple friends of ours. We had a blast! We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood this year with the neice and nephews. Lots o fun!
Nov: Where did Nov. go? We took a quick trip to SLC at the beginning of the month, are still battling with students, I had the opportunity to go the Hurricane High School State Football playoffs- we lost with 2.9 sec. left- SO SAD, but was well worth it! Chad played set for the HHS musical and was unable to attend the game with me, but he had a great time. We decided last minute to spend Thanksgiving in SLC with my family. We had a FANTASTIC time and got TONS of great deals on Black Friday!
Dec: today was long, but we are looking forward to our two week break for Christmas (17 days and counting). We are also anticipating a funeral sometime soon, please keep my aunts and uncles and parents in your prayers. Keep looking for the update for the Christmas Card (pics included)- it will be titled: Annual Christmas Card update. Better get the Christmas Cards ordered, huh?
Oh, and for those wondering, the last one was a hoax, I am not pregnant, nor am I trying to be so. :)
As Student Council Advisor (which I love doing, by the way, even though it can be stressful) I get to do a lot of new things- such as be in a parade, choreograph a dance to a random song for an assembly, host Middle School dances (yes, the awkwardness still exists and it kinda rubs off), go to State Football Playoffs for 3A High School, or be in charge of donut sales, oddly enough. I am picking up on many "hot" new things that "the kids these days" are "into." Ever since the Halloween dance, I have been OBSESSED with Lady Gaga's Paparazzi: watched the music videos (as distrubing as they are) numerous times and I HAVE to listen to it EVERY time I am in the car. It's ridiculous.
What is with the blog trend? Maybe it's just me, but does it seem like a few things are happening with blogs? I'm sensing that blogs are becoming 1) an online journal- like PERSONAL journal that EVERYONE can read. Like TMI journal. 2) the single person, turned married person, turned parent person updating ONLY to post pics of their ADORABLE little baby and to tell us that their toddler has now gone poo in the toilet three times!!!!!!!!! What happened to this person's identity? Is there no longer a need for us to know about you? Only your child(ren)? Let me say ahead of time- you may stone me if I do this (when I have children) 3) Seinfeild-esque commentary on the world (guilty as charged). This I personally have no issues with- obviously. 4) updates on everyone in their family, what vacations, events, etc which again, I have no issues with.
Now on to the MEATINESS:
I want to post about so many things, but I'm going to be writing the Christmas update in less than 3 weeks, so I'd rather be lazy and just not update at all. Here's a quick recap of the past months:
Sept: School MADNESS. This year caught me COMPLETELY off-guard and Chad and I felt very unprepared to teach when school started. Nevertheless, we persevered and are loving this school year. We took a quickie trip to the D-Land as a final hurrah since we decided not to renew our annual passports :(
Oct: Tuacahn finished mid-month and following suit from last year we took our annual Fall Break Trip. Since we had just hit up the D-Land, we decided on San Francisco. My grandmother has been in poor health since the end of August and we needed to pay her a visit. Luckily, both my sisters decided to come out as well, so we had a fun vacation with family and visiting my grandma. We also hosted a murder Mystery Dinner on the 30th with my sisters, their husbands, and a couple friends of ours. We had a blast! We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood this year with the neice and nephews. Lots o fun!
Nov: Where did Nov. go? We took a quick trip to SLC at the beginning of the month, are still battling with students, I had the opportunity to go the Hurricane High School State Football playoffs- we lost with 2.9 sec. left- SO SAD, but was well worth it! Chad played set for the HHS musical and was unable to attend the game with me, but he had a great time. We decided last minute to spend Thanksgiving in SLC with my family. We had a FANTASTIC time and got TONS of great deals on Black Friday!
Dec: today was long, but we are looking forward to our two week break for Christmas (17 days and counting). We are also anticipating a funeral sometime soon, please keep my aunts and uncles and parents in your prayers. Keep looking for the update for the Christmas Card (pics included)- it will be titled: Annual Christmas Card update. Better get the Christmas Cards ordered, huh?
Oh, and for those wondering, the last one was a hoax, I am not pregnant, nor am I trying to be so. :)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
A few things...
No, I haven't fallen completely off the planet, and no, this isn't an update post. However, there will be one soon, I just don't feel like doing one right now. This is a "A Few Things I Just Don't Get" blog, such as:
Adult female sleeopvers (out of towners are different- I'm talking in town friend sleepovers). Not that there's anything wrong with them, I know quite a few people who do this, but I just don't get it. Can anyone explain the draw to it? I personally like to sleep in a bed, in my own home (if I'm in town), with my husband. So maybe its me. The kicker though, is when people complain about it afterward, like "I couldn't sleep at all last night." or "I stayed up way too late and am SO exhausted today."
Facebook Posts. First and foremost: FACEBOOK IS RUINING SOCIETY. There, its out, although, this isn't the first time I've said it. What is with the posts that are like "I'm so [insert feeling here], but I'm not going to share anything about it." (I'm am guilty of doing this once- mostly because I chickened out because a family member asked about it and I didn't want to share.) or "I totally got married like 5 minutes ago." (So, go be (in the best sense of the word) with your new spouse- get off FB) or "I just want EVERYONE to know I'm pregnant." What happened to the old fashioned mass text, um, I mean mass email, um, what is it called...oh, phone call... that's what it is!
Those are the only two for now, but stay alert my friends, there will be something that comes up soon enough. Oh, and I just wanted everyone to know.... I'm pregnant.
Adult female sleeopvers (out of towners are different- I'm talking in town friend sleepovers). Not that there's anything wrong with them, I know quite a few people who do this, but I just don't get it. Can anyone explain the draw to it? I personally like to sleep in a bed, in my own home (if I'm in town), with my husband. So maybe its me. The kicker though, is when people complain about it afterward, like "I couldn't sleep at all last night." or "I stayed up way too late and am SO exhausted today."
Facebook Posts. First and foremost: FACEBOOK IS RUINING SOCIETY. There, its out, although, this isn't the first time I've said it. What is with the posts that are like "I'm so [insert feeling here], but I'm not going to share anything about it." (I'm am guilty of doing this once- mostly because I chickened out because a family member asked about it and I didn't want to share.) or "I totally got married like 5 minutes ago." (So, go be (in the best sense of the word) with your new spouse- get off FB) or "I just want EVERYONE to know I'm pregnant." What happened to the old fashioned mass text, um, I mean mass email, um, what is it called...oh, phone call... that's what it is!
Those are the only two for now, but stay alert my friends, there will be something that comes up soon enough. Oh, and I just wanted everyone to know.... I'm pregnant.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Picture Post: 4th or 6th- how about both?
Picture post! I've seen this post two ways, so I did both!
1- Go to the 4th (or 6th) folder in your pictures.
2- Pick the 4th (or 6th) picture in that folder.
3- Explain the picture.
4th folder- only had 2 pics- odd, I know- but here it is: This is Chad and me at a University of Utah Football game in November of 2007. We had palnned on buying tix and going, but my dad got us tickets for free and admission to an "exclusive" tail-gate extravaganza. We had planned on it being a typical November game: freezing, rainy or snowy, kinda miserable but good fun. It turned out to be about 70 degrees outside and I was hot in my three layers- we Southern Utahns were VERY grateful! It was so fun! I was really glad we could go!
6th folder, 6th picture: This is Thanksgiving 2007 at my parent's house. All of my Utah siblings were there with their families and we are playing a game called Pit. It is a Titus Family favorite- I grew up playing this game. Its a game where you have to get 9 cards of one kind (each kind is a different plant: wheat, barley, etc) but you start out with 9 different cards (its a little difficult to describe breifly). You have to trade with your opponents to get the spcific cards you want to win with. It gets loud and competitive- SO MUCH FUN! Dad took the picture- we sometimes let him play, if he promises not to sabotage everyone!
If anyone else wants to do it, awesome! I don't tag!
1- Go to the 4th (or 6th) folder in your pictures.
2- Pick the 4th (or 6th) picture in that folder.
3- Explain the picture.
4th folder- only had 2 pics- odd, I know- but here it is: This is Chad and me at a University of Utah Football game in November of 2007. We had palnned on buying tix and going, but my dad got us tickets for free and admission to an "exclusive" tail-gate extravaganza. We had planned on it being a typical November game: freezing, rainy or snowy, kinda miserable but good fun. It turned out to be about 70 degrees outside and I was hot in my three layers- we Southern Utahns were VERY grateful! It was so fun! I was really glad we could go!
6th folder, 6th picture: This is Thanksgiving 2007 at my parent's house. All of my Utah siblings were there with their families and we are playing a game called Pit. It is a Titus Family favorite- I grew up playing this game. Its a game where you have to get 9 cards of one kind (each kind is a different plant: wheat, barley, etc) but you start out with 9 different cards (its a little difficult to describe breifly). You have to trade with your opponents to get the spcific cards you want to win with. It gets loud and competitive- SO MUCH FUN! Dad took the picture- we sometimes let him play, if he promises not to sabotage everyone!
If anyone else wants to do it, awesome! I don't tag!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Slideshow
I used Photoshop Elements for the first time (yeah, I've had it since December!) and created a slideshow with a few highlight pics! Go me!
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Whoa- where has summer gone?
We've had almost two months of summer and I've posted once- WHAT IS THE DEAL? The funniest thing to me about it is that I really haven't been that busy, but when I get into the summer groove (or lack thereof), I don't do much. Anyway here's the synopsis of the summer:
May: Chad found out on the 18th that he was needed to play in the Tuacahn orchestra for the summer- rehersals started on the 19th. I was slightly bummed because we had some travel plans that had to be postponed indefinately, but it has turned out ok. School ended on the 22nd! The last couple of months are always so busy and stressful, but I'm always sad when it ends. My mom and grandparents were able to come down for a quick visit (22nd- 24th). It was really nice to be able to host my family at our home. That is one thing we absolutely LOVE about our home- hosting! We left on the 24th for a trip to Las Vegas and So. Cal. We enjoyed a BBQ at Doug and Kay's home with all of Chad's brothers and their families! It was very nice! On our way out of Vegas (Memorial Day), we hit some MAJOR traffic a little south of Vegas at the Primm exit (mental note: don't travel south out of Vegas on a holiday weekend). Well, being in a manual car, Chad's left foot was killing him with all the stop and go traffic, so we stopped and wasted some time at the factory stores there (I totally didn't mind!)! While we were there, we RANDOMLY ran into my cousin David- awesome- didn't know he even worked there! It was FANTASTIC! We eventually got back on our way to L.A. We then spent 3 days at Disneyland! We met up with one of Chad's fellow workers @ Tuacahn and his sister while we were there and had a BLAST- they were a lot of fun! I also made Chad take me to the beach! It was wonderful! We spent a few hours on the beach and then drove up to the Newport Beach Temple. It was very relaxing!
June: Chad Resumed rehersals for Footloose when we returned from our vacation and I had a few conferences to attend- one in St. George and one in Las Vegas. Both were fantastic and really helped the time fly by for the first few weeks of summer. We headed to Vegas for a Father's Day and Max's birthday BBQ. The last part of June was VERY uneventful and VERY boring. We left on the 27th for a week-long trip to Salt Lake to visit my family. We took Hayley's two oldest kiddos with us. We had a blast! We were basically non-stop for 8 days! We were able to:
-go to Kangaroo Zoo (indoor blow up slides and such)
-visit the Oquirrh Mountain Temple (via an open house)
-visit Discovery Gateway and play in the Olympic Fountain
-shop at some fantastic stores :) including IKEA- LOVE IT!
-go to Chuck E. Cheese (which I was wary of because I remember them behing super ghetto, but it was SO enjoyable!)
-go to Jungle Jim's (an indoor amusement children's park- kinda ghetto, but super fun- adults ride for free if they can fit on the rides)
-attend the birthday party for Darek who is now one- and TOTALLY adorable (but I'm not biased)
-go to Hogle Zoo with family and our great friends David and Veancha!
-watch fireworks at the annual Eaglewood Golf Course 3rd of July celebration (hadn't been in 4 years- good times)
-fly in dad's plane with Dad, David, Veancha, and Mallory (Chad got to take off! So cool)
-watch some freaking awesome Cake Boss totally obsessed) and some random (awesome) Japanese Reality show with Americans on it (help me out Mandi).
-play with fireworks and eat good food on the 4th of July
-relax
The trip lasted from June 27th-July 6th and it was fantastic! We had hoped to do some more "adult-ish" things, but with nieces and nephews around, it was a bit difficult. Everything was well worth it! Oh, and Chad made a friend- Truman- the 18month old that Mandi babysits! It was adorable!
July: We got home on the 6th and decided that it was time to have a Harry Potter party. We got a new TV (flatscreen, beautiful) and have gotten a bunch of BluRay DVDs since Christmas- including the first 5 Harry Potters. We had slowly been watching them and invited our friends, The Rowley's and their kids to come over for dinner and watch the 5th Harry Potter. Colby and Stephanie had also been planning on coming up to see Footloose, so they came, as well as Kendall- a friend of Chad's from his Greenshow days. We made lots of food and treats and had a great time watching the movie and playing the Wii! I also found out that my home wasn't completely baby-proofed- although I did do a good job. The only thing I forgot about was the fridge, but Ryan helped me take the things off that he shouldn't be able to reach! We had an unexpected, enjoyable visit with Chad's parents. We went out to Springdale and had lunch at Oscar's and had a great time chatting with them. We met up with them again at Grandma Baker's home for dinner and the whole crew (minus Thomas, Baylee, and Jax) headed to Tuacahn to see Fooloose. Colby and Stephanie stayed with their kids until Monday (the 13th) and we had a really enjoyable time with them- as always. We visited the St. George Temple Visitor Center (a first for Chad and me) and it was very uplifitng and inspiring. Max and his friend Jessenia have been visiting since Thursday (the 16th) and will stay until Monday (the 20th). They are all at the play tonight, so I had time to catch up- and I think I'll try putting together a slideshow of our summer stuff! It has been very fun to have family around so much this summer and build friendships with people in our ward.
Chad and I are gearing up for another school year already. We are less than a month away from school- we start on August 13th. Chad goes back for meetings beginning on the 10th, and I have meetings beginning on the 5th. As short as the summer has seemed, I am excited to get back into my groove, it'll be a new groove, but every year is! I'll be the department head this year as well as the advisor for the Student Council. I'm very excited! It will be a fun year!
May: Chad found out on the 18th that he was needed to play in the Tuacahn orchestra for the summer- rehersals started on the 19th. I was slightly bummed because we had some travel plans that had to be postponed indefinately, but it has turned out ok. School ended on the 22nd! The last couple of months are always so busy and stressful, but I'm always sad when it ends. My mom and grandparents were able to come down for a quick visit (22nd- 24th). It was really nice to be able to host my family at our home. That is one thing we absolutely LOVE about our home- hosting! We left on the 24th for a trip to Las Vegas and So. Cal. We enjoyed a BBQ at Doug and Kay's home with all of Chad's brothers and their families! It was very nice! On our way out of Vegas (Memorial Day), we hit some MAJOR traffic a little south of Vegas at the Primm exit (mental note: don't travel south out of Vegas on a holiday weekend). Well, being in a manual car, Chad's left foot was killing him with all the stop and go traffic, so we stopped and wasted some time at the factory stores there (I totally didn't mind!)! While we were there, we RANDOMLY ran into my cousin David- awesome- didn't know he even worked there! It was FANTASTIC! We eventually got back on our way to L.A. We then spent 3 days at Disneyland! We met up with one of Chad's fellow workers @ Tuacahn and his sister while we were there and had a BLAST- they were a lot of fun! I also made Chad take me to the beach! It was wonderful! We spent a few hours on the beach and then drove up to the Newport Beach Temple. It was very relaxing!
June: Chad Resumed rehersals for Footloose when we returned from our vacation and I had a few conferences to attend- one in St. George and one in Las Vegas. Both were fantastic and really helped the time fly by for the first few weeks of summer. We headed to Vegas for a Father's Day and Max's birthday BBQ. The last part of June was VERY uneventful and VERY boring. We left on the 27th for a week-long trip to Salt Lake to visit my family. We took Hayley's two oldest kiddos with us. We had a blast! We were basically non-stop for 8 days! We were able to:
-go to Kangaroo Zoo (indoor blow up slides and such)
-visit the Oquirrh Mountain Temple (via an open house)
-visit Discovery Gateway and play in the Olympic Fountain
-shop at some fantastic stores :) including IKEA- LOVE IT!
-go to Chuck E. Cheese (which I was wary of because I remember them behing super ghetto, but it was SO enjoyable!)
-go to Jungle Jim's (an indoor amusement children's park- kinda ghetto, but super fun- adults ride for free if they can fit on the rides)
-attend the birthday party for Darek who is now one- and TOTALLY adorable (but I'm not biased)
-go to Hogle Zoo with family and our great friends David and Veancha!
-watch fireworks at the annual Eaglewood Golf Course 3rd of July celebration (hadn't been in 4 years- good times)
-fly in dad's plane with Dad, David, Veancha, and Mallory (Chad got to take off! So cool)
-watch some freaking awesome Cake Boss totally obsessed) and some random (awesome) Japanese Reality show with Americans on it (help me out Mandi).
-play with fireworks and eat good food on the 4th of July
-relax
The trip lasted from June 27th-July 6th and it was fantastic! We had hoped to do some more "adult-ish" things, but with nieces and nephews around, it was a bit difficult. Everything was well worth it! Oh, and Chad made a friend- Truman- the 18month old that Mandi babysits! It was adorable!
July: We got home on the 6th and decided that it was time to have a Harry Potter party. We got a new TV (flatscreen, beautiful) and have gotten a bunch of BluRay DVDs since Christmas- including the first 5 Harry Potters. We had slowly been watching them and invited our friends, The Rowley's and their kids to come over for dinner and watch the 5th Harry Potter. Colby and Stephanie had also been planning on coming up to see Footloose, so they came, as well as Kendall- a friend of Chad's from his Greenshow days. We made lots of food and treats and had a great time watching the movie and playing the Wii! I also found out that my home wasn't completely baby-proofed- although I did do a good job. The only thing I forgot about was the fridge, but Ryan helped me take the things off that he shouldn't be able to reach! We had an unexpected, enjoyable visit with Chad's parents. We went out to Springdale and had lunch at Oscar's and had a great time chatting with them. We met up with them again at Grandma Baker's home for dinner and the whole crew (minus Thomas, Baylee, and Jax) headed to Tuacahn to see Fooloose. Colby and Stephanie stayed with their kids until Monday (the 13th) and we had a really enjoyable time with them- as always. We visited the St. George Temple Visitor Center (a first for Chad and me) and it was very uplifitng and inspiring. Max and his friend Jessenia have been visiting since Thursday (the 16th) and will stay until Monday (the 20th). They are all at the play tonight, so I had time to catch up- and I think I'll try putting together a slideshow of our summer stuff! It has been very fun to have family around so much this summer and build friendships with people in our ward.
Chad and I are gearing up for another school year already. We are less than a month away from school- we start on August 13th. Chad goes back for meetings beginning on the 10th, and I have meetings beginning on the 5th. As short as the summer has seemed, I am excited to get back into my groove, it'll be a new groove, but every year is! I'll be the department head this year as well as the advisor for the Student Council. I'm very excited! It will be a fun year!
Monday, June 1, 2009
Wash DC pics- Finally
As promised, here are the pics from DC. They are highlights and I wanted it to be a slideshow with audio about the trip, but my program isn't working right, so I'll have to modify it later. Enjoy!
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