Tome & Kalynn

We were able to see our longtime best friends Kalynn and Tome over the long weekend. We also got to meet their son Owen- Who is ADORABLE!!! It has been about a year since we saw them last, which is too long!! It was great to catch up with them!!

Spring time

First off I love spring so much! I love being outside and enjoying the beauty of nature around me. I love this time off year, especially now that most students in Provo have gone home!

This week alone 6 people in our apartment complex have moved out, and I know a few more will be gone soon too. It makes me jealous that they get to leave this place and I don't, but it also helps to know that our time here will soon be over, even if it is a year away- I'm still trying to keep positive!!

Last Spring I had a few herbs and flowers growing outside my door, and I loved it! So this year I decided to have a bit more herbs!

So here from the bottom up we have a Cherry tomato plant, Cilantro, Rosemary, Mint and Basil. I love using fresh herbs in my cooking! I also had to plant some flowers- they make me SO happy!!

I also decided to decorate my door with a wreath that I made- I'm really into bees as I'm sure you could guess.

I have been working on a few little projects here and there, I still seem to be so busy with work, and other responsibilities that I have so I haven't been able to do as much sewing as I would have liked. Some projects I have been able to get my hands on is this picture wall in my living room, it's not quite finished yet, but it's a work in progress.

My parents got me this pretty vinyl decor for my birthday, and I had the perfect place for it- above my bed!

All in all I really love this time of year but I think my favorite thing is that I have been able to spend more time with my wonderful, smart, handsome husband now that he is done for the main school year(even if he is still working full time, as well as being a T.A., and Taking a class this spring term).

WORK

So it has been quite a long time since I have last posted. The reason is because all I do is work. I work in Salt Lake and live in Provo so my schedule used to be as follows:

Wake up at 5:40
leave for work at 6:10 ish
get to work at 7:00
leave work at 2:30
get home at3:30
work from home till 5:00
pick up Sean from work
Come home, make dinner
Clean up from dinner
bedtime

And it starts all over again.

So as you can imagine I was getting really tired of just working. So I talked to my new boss to see if I could work less hours, and luckily he was sympathetic to my pretty pathetic case, so now I am working 4 less hours a week. It may not seem like a lot, but it makes a big difference. I am now able to work out- thank goodness because endorphins = happy Lisa. I am now also working on some baby products that I make so that in a few months I can open up an Etsy shop, and sell some of my stuff! I will be doing something I enjoy, and will (hopefully) be able to make money from it. And maybe if I'm lucky I will get to read a book, not just listen to it, but actually read the words off of the pages... I don't want to get too crazy, but hopefully I can make it happen. So hopefully this will be a new stepping stone to get out of this rut I have been stuck in, and I can get back to loving life!

Tis The Season...

I know I say I love every Holiday, and that Fall is my favorite- and that is true but I do really love Christmas A LOT!!! I love the spirit that Christmas brings, and that we can remember the birth of our Savior. Last week we had the opportunity to go to a Creche- where they had over 500 Nativity scenes (sculptures and other things) from 125 different countries! It was so neat to see SO many scenes of the Lord being born.

We attended My work Christmas party- I always LOVE to dress up!!

We also were able to go see the lights on Temple Square. It was beautiful. We went with some friends from my work.

Since, we are but poor college students and don't have a house or fireplace for that matter we hung our stockings on the TV with our fire DVD (thank you Kara) on so we could enjoy the crackling and look of a real fire.



I also made toffee by myself for the first time this year, And it turned out awesome!!


And last but definitely not least- I Love Decorations of this season!!! We our humble Christmas tree, our cute little Nativity, homemade decor, and of course Sparkles!!!





I love this season, A time to be with loved ones and to enjoy the spirit of Christ.

FALL

Fall is my favorite season. The colors, the weather, the crisp air, the smells, the flavors, the holidays... It's the best!

October is my favorite month, but sadly it has gone by SO fast! The beautiful colors lasted about a week, so I missed a lot of them. Sean and I headed up to Sundance yesterday to take some fall pictures- It is just SO charming and quaint there.



I also LOVE decorating for Fall!!




All in all I just LOVE Fall!

Lately...

I have been pretty terrible about keeping up on my blog. So here are some things to catch up to speed with now.

My friend Caitlin and I LOVE throwing bake sales to raise money for others in need- The first one we did was for Breast cancer research. We have another Bake sale scheduled for next month, for a friend of mine that lost her husband to cancer a few months ago, and is now left with a TON of medical bills and two little ones on the way!

Next Sean and I went to Lake Powell which was a blast!! This was Sean's first time, and I have to say he did awesome with all the water sports.We were also able to go to my beautiful cousin Alissa's wedding down there, and we were able to spend a day with Sean and I's best friend's, Kalynn and Tome!!

On fourth of July weekend we went to Sean's brother's house to watch fireworks, and our niece Ella got baptized!

Finally, I have been a sewing fiend lately. I have found any excuse to sew something, of course I updated my throw pillows. I also recovered a baby bouncer- which I didn't take a picture of; (but I should have) it turned out FABULOUS!!! I have also been into party planning things lately one event I have coming up is a Twilight themed Bridal shower... pics to come!


So that is us recently, I promise I will try and be better about blogging!


With love!

ALEGRIA!!!

It is amazing to see what the body can do!! Last night Sean and I had the opportunity to go see the Cirque de Soleil production: Alegria.


When we went to the muse concert in April they double booked our tickets so we didn't have seats- we got the floor. So we were pretty mad about that so Sean called ticket master to get our money back, when they said they wouldn't, Sean was going to talk to someone up in corp.- so then he got transferred to someone who gave us cirque tickets for free!!! The show was AMAZING!!!





My friend from work (Jill) and her brother went with us. We saw trapeze artists, a fire-man (hot, literally), contortionists, this cool guy-inside-a-metal-ring thing, and amazing gymnasts. And I really liked all of the sparkly outfits!! Now I just want to save up my money to go see some of their other productions!!

It was fun to feel like a kid again!