New House

More of the house- I am not sure how to make a longer post.

There are a lot of roses in the front yard, and in the spring in the backyard all these roses that I didn't know were there bloomed. It didn't last long, but was pretty for a week or two in May.

                                          More new house

So I bought a house. It is in American Fork and was built in 1911. It originally belonged to the grandmother of the woman I bought it from. Here are some pictures. It has mostly been redone, but there are still lots of little things I want to change.

 The tulips bloomed for about 2 weeks in the spring.

 The fence was the first big project I wanted to do. I live right next door to my church with no privacy from the church parking lot.

 My parents helped me put up these IKEA bookshelves.

 New couches

 Old chair with an ill-fitting slip cover. Need to get a new chair at some point.

Still working in this wall. The art looks a bit mismatched at the moment.

Nieces and nephews

So I decided I should probably post some pictures here so that I have some where to save them to, in addition to this ancient computer. So here is easter. Jadie with her missing teeth and her and Gemma in their matching dresses.   We finally had a nice warm day after an endless winter. Kim and her kids didn't come because they were sick.

Tuesday Tell All [ a little late]

I am a day late with the Tuesday Tell all because yesterday was my 7th day of work and I don't
seem to have much energy for anything other than work during my week on. Thank goodness I get 7 days off now. The topic for TTA is things I would like to be taught by a professional.
-Since we have had 6 months of winter this year [I am not exaggerating-November to April]
I think it would be nice if I was able to ski or snowboard. I did try snowboarding once
but all I did was fall down and then stand up again repeatedly all the way down the [not that steep] hill. It think it took me about an hour to make it to the bottom. Not exactly a natural, but maybe with some professional instruction I would do a bit better.
-since I have been watching Dancing with the Stars I think I would like to try to learn some Ballroom dancing. I'm sure I would be about as good at it as I am at Winter Sports, but I think it could be fun.
-and [just to make Johnathan happy] I would take horse riding lessons

Tuesday Tell All

Okay, so I am copying Janice's Tuesday Tell All idea. The topic is one thing you would
do once that really scares you. I am not really afraid of heights or rollercoasters, although
I must admit that I liked them more was I was younger. I remember going to the Royal
Show in Pietermaritzburg with my family and being the only one who wanted to go on the
"scary rides". This isn't very original, but I would really like to go skydiving one day. I thought about going when I lived in St George, they have a company that does it over Zion National Park.

P.S on a unrelated note, to anyone who watches Dancing with the Stars, I was watching with my Dad last night and his prediction was that Michelle Kwan is going to take it :)
Good thing he didn't place any bets on NCAA basketball

First Post

So I have been nudged/ pushed into this blogging thing. Unfortunately I don't have what I think
are two key ingredients to a good blog- 1. an interesting life and 2. cute babies to show pictures of. So I will try and think of something to write every once in a while.
If anyone has an idea of a better name for my blog please let me know.

YIKES