January 2010

So…..I am excited to say that we now have our very own home!  We moved in just over a month ago and am loving it!  We have had so much fun taking care of our yard and fixing up the house to make it ours!  It is an older home built in the 50′s in a quiet neighborhood.  The house was in good condition but does need a little updating……it has the look and feel of a grandma’s house from the vintage window treatments down to every wall covered in layers of wallpaper!

When we first moved in the yard was overgrown and covered in leaves.  One of the very first things we did was to clean up the yard a little bit…..I couldn’t believe how many leaves there were in the front yard…..and we don’t even  have any big trees out there!  Must have come from the neighbors! Here are some pictures of our first month in our new home!  I will get more photos of the inside soon!

The Yard

First Snow in the New Home

First time shoveling the drive…..So much Fun!  I sure that will get old quick!

Fall 2009

Ok…..So Jason bought me a remote control boat over the summer and it has been so much fun taking it down to the river!  We have two boats…..one super speed boat, which is mine and another super slow boat which is Jason’s.  One day we took the boats for a spin and having a great time.  My battery had died so I brought my boat to shore.  We decided to walk down river with jason’s boat still floating along figuring we could bring it to shore at any time.  Well…as we were well down river it was time to bring in the boat but no place looked good.  Jason spotted a place that might work……when he went to step on the what looked to be dried dirt.  Next thing he knew his leg was calf deep in ewey, gooey mud!  I couldn’t stop laughing…….poor Jason!

BEFORE

AFTER

October 2009

Well…In October I had the greatest surprise! My mom and grandma flew out for a visit!  It was great to have them here for a vistit!   We had so much fun!  It was the first time my grandma had been to KANSAS!

September 2009

We went to the Botanica Garden on Free Museum day!  It was great and the best part about this trip was when I beautiful butterfly landed on my outstretched hand!

Ok….So I know that it is about time I published a new post!  The next few post are going to get you up to date with what has been going on the past 6 months!

This weekend was my first art show!  Here in Wichita every last Friday of the month they open up all the galleries downtown and have an art crawl.  This was the first that I was able to participate in.  Our apartment complex, which is located down in the heart of Downtown Wichita….was featuring a Residence Artist night.  I didn’t want to participate at first thinking that I had nothing good to show……but never fear….Jason is here!   Jason ha so much faith in me that he signed me up with out even asking!!!   I am so glad that he did….I love the fact that I married someone who supports me in my talents and hobbies, who has faith in me and willing to encourage me when I need it!

I am so happy that I participated in the show.  My Mother-In-law, Linda also worked hard in finishing a painting to display at the show with my work!  I had so much fun I want to paint some more!  Here are a few pics from the show!

I am so excited to start my online Scripture Journal.  I have decided to create a blog for my scripture journal!!  I have been trying to think of ways that I improve on keeping the Sabbath day holy.  I want to try and focus my thoughts more on the Savior than on everyday things…..so I have decided that I will take the time to think about what I have learned in my scripture study throughout the week and write a post with my thoughts on the subject! Anyone who is interested the link is faithleadstoaction.blogspot.com (also in my blogroll)

Still resting from ride 5, just got back in and I dont want to get sweat on my laptop but wanted to get my numbers updated. I will add more and photos later.

Ride Number: 5
Ride Time: 1:31 (hour:min)
Distance: 20.35 miles
Average Speed: 13.3 mph
Max Speed: 22.5 mph

Overall Distance: 43.02 miles

So, I was so lucky to be able to take a little vacation this past weekend!  About a week ago I was driving to work and thought how much fun it would be to take a vacation.  Sometime you can find cheap plane tickets to vegas from wichita so I was thinking that would be so much fun….if i could find something cheap enough.  The next day i thought I would at least look at what tickets were going for.  I couldn’t believe it….i found the perfect price on the perfect day for the perfect amount of time!!!  I found tickets for $60 round trip….i was so excited i went to talk with jason about going…..he said that he wouldn’t be able to take off work so we wouldn’t be able to go.  Later that night he told me that i could go by myself if i wanted to; we have family and friends there so i wouldn’t be all by myself.  The next day i looked at the prices and guess what…..they changed…to be more expensive!!!!  All I could think was “vacation baby!!!”

When I got into Vegas my parents picked me up at the airport then we had an hour or two to kill untill my aunt Carol got home from work to eat dinner.  My parents took me to Sunset Park where we chatted and caught up.  It was a beautiful park and I had a new camera to try out so I took a few pictures.  Most of the trip we visited with family…it was good to see everyone.  On Sunday we were able to go visit the hoover dam.  It was very impressive.

The last day of my vacation I was able to visit one of my best good friends Erica!! I hadn’t seen her for over three years wich had been way to long.  The last time I saw her she was ready to start student teaching in vegas….now she is married, and has the cutes little baby!!  I was so happy to see her and catch up, talk about old times.  We also went swimming and took a bike ride later that night.  All I have to say is that I loved her bike!!!  One day I told my husband…”I don’t covett what you have, I want one of my own!!!”  that is how it was with Erica’s bike….I want one!

So the other morning Jason decided since it was a beautiful day it was time to get out the old road bike for a tune up.  He was tightening, fixing and cleaning all morning.  I was in the kitchen making a big old breakfasts for the two of us.  After eating I went to go brush my teeth and found a unexpected surprise…..(actually it was very expected. I gave him the tooth brush earlier but thought it looked funny!)  I never new my teeth were so dirty….what did I make for breakfast….bike grease?