I've been tagged

Silly, but I have no other thoughts for this day, so why not!

1. Where is your cell phone? Night Table

2. Where is your significant other? Bed

3. Your hair color? Blondish

4. Your mother? Miss Her!

5. Your father? Dedicated

6. Your favorite thing? Music

7. Your dream last night? hmmm...I usually have something good too, but nothing today!

8. Your dream/goal? Have a family

9. The room you're in? Loft

10. Your hobby? Reading

11. Your fear? Being alone

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? With my hubby

13. Where were you last night? Home

14. What you're not? Perfect!

15. One of your wish-list items? Grand Piano...sticking with Erin on that one.

16. Where you grew up? Canada

17. The last thing you did? Took a bath

18. What are you wearing? PJs

19. Your TV? Gets way too much use! (Hey, I'm working on it!)

20. Your pet? Kelly the wild cat

21. Your computer? Also gets way too much use! (I'm not working on that one)

22. Your mood? Restless...perhaps I'll take a walk.

23. Missing someone? Yes

24. Your car? Clean (washed her myself)

25. Something you're not wearing? socks

26. Favorite store? hmmmm....I do like a good go at TJ Maxx, but I have recently discovered Barnes and Noble

27. Your summer? HOT

28. Love someone? Ryan

29. Your favorite color? I hate color questions! I love anything except pastels.

30. When is the last time you laughed? Tonight (at my husband..."I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing WITH you!)

31. Last time you cried? Not really a crier, but there have been funerals lately...so I'll say last week.

Home

I just have to say, this is the greatest time to live in St. George! To all of you who are not here right now, I am sorry! haha. The lack of leaves here(directly in relation to lack of trees) kind of makes you forget that the fall/winter season is upon us, but the cooler weather is definitely a welcome relief from the summer that just wouldn't stop simmering! I finally feel like we're starting to settle in here (after 2 years...about time, eh?) and that's a great feeling! Home is something I've never really thought about, probably since it's always just been where ever my family is at the time. Since being in St. George (farther away from my parents and brothers than I've ever been for any extended length of time) I've really had to look closely at what "home" is to me. It's been a long road...not easy...but I think that I'm beginning to feel as though home is just where I make it! I've tried to do a lot more cooking at home lately, in an effort to monitor a little better the things that we eat, and that's (surprisingly) made a huge difference in the way I view my 'home'. I love that instead of a place to eat, it is a place to gather, cook, chat, do dishes (ugh)! I've also tried really hard to look around me and realize just how blessed I am to have what I have. I have health, I have a loving extended family and I have an awesome husband who loves me, and as an added bonus, he agrees to eat the home cooking that was previously mentioned! So, to everyone who doesn't feel at 'home' make some potato casserole, do the dishes and count your blessings! Love you all, and Happy Monday!

Election 2008

I am so glad that all the drama is finally over! What will all the TV personalities talk about now? Oh well! haha. Ryan and I stayed up late (Yes, 11 pm is late for us!) to find out who won. We had the tv on ABC4 news, which I don't usually like to watch. They never have positive things to say about any church issue, and I just prefer the other 2 Utah stations for my news-getting purposes. But, for whatever reason, we had it on that channel when the "BIG NEWS" of Obama's victory came through. We then proceeded to watch John McCain's concession speech, which was good, covered all the bases that needed to be covered and wasn't too long (sitting for any length of time is difficult for multi-taskers like me!) Then, after McCain was done speaking, the network cut back to whoever was reporting (probably Charlie Gibson, but I'm not sure) and started playing the Pirates of the Caribbean Theme Song in the background! hahaha! I love it! The way I see it, that means one of two things....

One: No matter how big the race, it always comes down to who is the bigger Pirate :-)

(I don't really think that...I do have 'hope')

or

Two: No matter how grown up the issue, everything can always be explained with a

Disney Song!

I'm sticking with the latter!

Tyler's Band Competition

Tyler and Brian after Tooele has marched

Tooele High Marching Band 2008

Tyler is somewhere in there!

The Tooele High School Marching Band travelled to St. George this weekend so we got to hang out with Tyler, my younger brother, who is a junior this year and plays the melophone during marching band season(he plays the French Horn and any other instrument that he wants to during the rest of the year). Brian also came along for the ride with my dad since Dad was chaperoning the band and had to drive down separately to haul all the equipment. Ryan and I had so much fun! Besides getting to see family, it was perfect weather and the band did great! Tooele placed 3rd overall in the 3A competition. We stayed late to watch the 4A and 5A bands as well, which includes the famous American Fork High School Band. They marched at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade last year in New York City...and now I know why! I never played in the band, but I know just how dedicated they are to their "sport" (it really is a sport...they practice at 6am in the freezing weather and getting those formations just right...whew!). It's just amazing to watch and I'm so jealous of the talent that all those students have! What a great weekend!

Brian Comes Home

It was so much fun to see Brian again after two long years in the Philippines. We had a good weekend with him when he got home. After he got that 'missionary-in-the-headlights' look out of his eyes, we had a good time listening to his stories and looking at his pictures. This pictures is of my dad and all of my brothers in the chapel after sacrament meeting the Sunday after Brian's return. Apparently you aren't supposed to take pictures in the chapel...who knew! Oh well! It's such a cool picture with their white shirts lined up in a row, so I couldn't resist.

General Conference

I always love conference weekends. I worked all day yesterday, and I haven't quite gotten to watching the recordings of those 2 sessions yet, but I watched all day today! Now, normally, I'm ashamed to admit, I fall asleep during Sunday afternoon session, but I made it through this time! It was extremely helpful for me to take good notes. That really helped me focus. One of my favorite parts of the conference issue of the Ensign in November and May is seeing what the titles of my favorite talks end up being. I'm sure that you can find those titles if you look online or something, but I think it is much more fun to try and figure it out myself what the titles will be!!! Some, I think, should be pretty obvious, but there were a couple that were a little more obscure! I will have to see how many I actually get right. It did not feel like Sunday at all...probably because of the lack of stress that normally accompanies my Sundays...I loved it!

No News...

Just for an update...I promise to have some new posts with pics next week after Brian gets home, but for now, nothing much going on here! Love you all!