SLOW DOWN!

Okay, so life is way too busy. Maybe not. Maybe I just haven't been taking the time to blog. But let me tell you...I am so ready for a break from school and work. I go to school early in the morning, have a 1-2 hr break and then go to work until late at night. In order to see each other Nathan and I have scheduled classes together. One of those classes is a Military Physical Conditioning class. It is tough but I love it! I am getting so buff. And I've lost more than 10 pounds! Yeah me!!!
Well, let's do a quick review of what's been going on. We finally bought a real couch! We couldn't sit on the dang fouton any longer! We went shopping and found the couch immediately! It is beautiful! We got a steal of a deal! Now I'm all about making our little apartament even cuter.
We've been spending all of our time in school and work, but this is my last semester before student teaching so the end is near. We're taking an intro to family history class. It's so interesting. I'm so excited to get the stories of ancestors. Also, it is helping my journaling for scrapbooking.
To add some color to this blog, I have some more pictures from our philly vacation just because I haven't shared them all yet. These are all from Independence Hall. Enjoy.

Longwood Gardens

Well, as promised, I have the first installment of Philly pictures. While there we went to a place called Longwood Gardens. Kenna calls it her "special gardens." These gardens were HUGE! And oh man are they beautiful! They continually change the flowers depending on the season and there is the most amazing greenhouse with all sorts of plants. Also, every few hors they have a water show that you can watch from the balcony of the greenhouse. Kenna was so cute walking around. We came to a couple of tables and she started having a tea party. However, she did start being a PILL! It was hard not to laugh when she was getting in trouble because of some of the things she came up with. She sure is a ball of energy. Nathan and I surely want to go back to these gardens because they are so big we didn't even make it through all of them. So, if you're ever in Philadelphia, go to the Longwood Gardens.

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I have the cutest nephew!

Well, I have retrieved most of my kits and things. Here is an adorable page of my new (and first) nephew. He has so much hair! He is so cute. He's just so cuddly and I love holding him. Whitney is so cute with him. She loves her baby brother. I'd love to write more, but I have to go pay my debts to the school. Luckily I got money from the government! I will post my Philly photos soon...I promise!

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I hate computers right now

Sad news everybody: my hard drive crashed and I lost everything! Not just a couple of things here and there. Nope. I lost it all. Hopefully I can recover some of my albums and kits because I have a copy of them somewhere. The sad thing is that I backed up everthing on the same drive. My purspose was simply to make sure I had a copy incase I accidentally saved something after altering it so I would still have the original. So, if you wanted to see anything I've done recently, those I cannot get back. Luckily I do still have my philly pictures because Nathan has a copy of them as well. But I feel very mad at my computer! I don't even want to get on it because it makes me so mad (I'm using Nathan's computer right now and even it is bugging me). So, I now have an excuse if you don't hear from me for a while. I'm trying to fix my computer and gather what I lost. The thing is what I can get back (my kits and blank albums) aren't really that important because I always knew I could get them back. However, the things that really matter (my pictures and layouts I worked so hard on) are gone. So, now that you all feel sorry for me

On a happier note: I'm doing well otherwise. I've lost some weight and I am starting to feel healty again. However I did discover that eating healthy can cost a lot of money! But I know it will be worth it. I have found some great new recipes that I will share with you (I planned to scrapbook them, but that's going to have to wait). I know you'll enjoy them.

Catch up 2

So, since we're so far behind, we didn't have any Fourth of July coverage. It was a wonderful Holiday! We went to the parade early in the morning and it was so much fun to be around the little kids who just thought everything was amazing and all the tootsie rolls were gifts from heaven. After the parade, we went to lunch with Nathan's family to celebrate his Grandma's birthday. We had a wonderful time with family and I always enjoy visiting so it was absolutely wonderful. It was actually a pretty relaxed day. While waiting for the fireworks we just chilled and played games. We had a perfect spot for the fireworks (no pictures :( ). We sat right at the edge of the river. We were looking straight up. We could feel the ashes on our clothes. I don't know what it is about fireworks but they are always so amazing and fun to watch. I love the colors and I must admit I really love the sounds. And most of all, I've always loved the time with family. What a wonderful way to celebrate the independence of our country.

Let's play Catch up...

So, I have been having a fun and busy summer. Because of this I have been ignoring my blog. Well, we all knew this would happen. I will try for the next few days to catch up on everything. I guess we should start from where it was left off. We've had a couple trips to the zoo, so I want to share those pictures. We have quite a good zoo in Idaho Falls and, even though we don't have kids, Nathan and I really like the zoo. And Nathan loves to play with the features of our camera. He's become quite the photographer (unfortunately I never get control of the nice camera so I still use my point and shoot). So here are some of the pictures.