alberta bound.

my little sis, jax, had a good friend up in canada that was heading out on a mish. i thought it was the perfect opportunity to go spend time with my grandparents. i never get to see them, and when i do there is about 1,946 other family members around so it's truly a rare gift when i get one on one time with them.

i'm not going to lie, i cried for about an hour while i was driving away from my grandma standing by herself, waving us goodbye on her porch. their 2 of the most precious people i know. so while jax and mike were out partying i stayed inside, asking my grandparents questions about there life, when they were dating, all the kids growing up, and even their honeymoon.

my grandma even said one time, "i love when you ask lawrence (my grandpa) these questions because i don't even know the answers he's going to say." so hopefully they weren't too bored while i was loving every second of getting to know their lives.

and of course we sqeezed in some play time in waterton and hillspring. we had to show mike around, and i didn't want to miss his reaction to everything our family has been talking up for the last 20 years. the only thing missing was brad. i missed him.

so my cousin celeste (the blonde in the pictures) came from edmonton too for the farewell and my absolute favorite quote from the weekend was...

celeste walks in with her faded/holy jeans that we all know are instyle, and my grandma looks at them and says, "oh celeste! it's too bad you are still on wellfare...". i couldn't stop rolling.

i'll always hold this little weekend so close to me. being with them made me want to be a better person. it made me want to love more, to even hug more. to just enjoy this time with the ones i love so much and just hold them close throughout my life.

no title.

my first class was fantastic tonight, only because the people that came
were all people i knew, (my boss hasn't added me to the schedule yet),
and half of those peeps were my family, ha.

so after the class, we spent about twenty minutes just full out
dancing to the music that was turned up full blast
in a studio full of mirrors........... i was in my element.
i couldn't have planned it any better!

p.s. i drive to canada tomorrow. me, jax and mike (her hilarious friend).
jax is going for a farewell, and i'm going to spend some one on one time with my grandparents. we come home sunday. short and sweet! i'm so excited to be with them, even if it's just for a day!

my aerobic class starts thursday!

hey hey! my aerobic classes are finally starting this
thursday, sept. 9th @ 8:30pm at the
daybreak fitness center
4544 harvest moon drive (11710 s.)
south jordan, utah 84095

i'm going to be doing a mixture of step, aerobic, circuit and tone.
i would absolutely love if you all came
to work out with me!

The class pass is $24.99 per month if you do electronic fund transfer.
$34.99 if you pay with cash monthly,
or you can buy a one time card fee of $10 and then $5 for each additional class.

hope to see you there!

lazy labor day.

today was extremely laid back......just how we like it.
we were mostly with our families the whole day.
playing intense scrabble with mine and a bbq with brads.

we went for a walk this early morning and it was so refreshing to us.
the air was brisk, and the sun was just coming up.
working early mornings at the colon clinic deprives me of such luxuries.
that walk alone made it feel like a holiday.

happy birthday jackles!

jax, you get prettier and prettier with each year!
i truly have never met anyone that thinks farting and wiping boogers
on people is actually cool and funny as much as you do.....
but i wouldn't change your personality for the world.
i'm so grateful to have you for a sister,
i love the fetch out of you!

tender reese.

my poor little brother, joshie, has whooping cough.

which hasn't helped at all with his ethiopian look.

poor kid looks like he's 27 pounds.

last night he had a coughing attack, ran to the toilet and threw

up while he was coughing uncontrollably.

it broke my heart to sit there and watch him.

but i couldn't go help him because if i saw his throw

up i would have thrown up myself.

i hated so bad having to sit there and just watch him.

reese got up and crawled down the stairs

and walked right next to him and started patting his back

while staring at the puke in the toilet.

she just sat there...patting and rubbing his back for 5 minutes

while he was throwing up and coughing.

i can't stop thinking about it.

it almost makes me want to cry thinking of that little moment.

it's remarkable to me that she's only 2 but

has so much love with her.

she was so cute with him........

grooveshark.

for those of you who love music as much as i do,

and have it constantly playing in the backround of your life-

this website is absolutely fantastic.

it's like pandora, but you get to actually choose what songs

you want to listen to.

all day, every day, whatever song, whatever time.

i love it.

check it out.

grooveshark.com