Hair Cut/Pet pics

I know its been about a year since I posted last. I just did not get around to posting pics. In the past year we lost a cat we had for almost 17yrs to old age and got a new kitten. I guess my new year resolution should be to post more to this blog ;) Below are some shots of me with the new kitten named "Little" for now and also with my dog Dakota. The last pic is me in front of christmas tree.

Zoolights

The Phoenix Zoo has Zoolights every year. My family and I have wanted to go for some time, this year we finally did. Here are a few pics my dad took. Enjoy :)

Zoo trip

Turtle on the log near entrance
Feeding the giraffe
My sister feeding the giraffe

I went to the zoo this past Saturday with my dad and my sister. My sister and I were able to feed the giraffes and the stingrays. We saw the newest exhibit the Komodo dragons. I know I haven't posted in a while so I hope you enjoy these pics. (All pics in this post are courtesy of Grant Brummett Photography.)

Last Couple of months

A picture of the sting rays at Phoenix Zoo.  I was able to pet the sting rays and even feed them. It was lots of fun.
My sister and me at the renaissance festival.  It was an adventure this time because it rained and even some hail while we were there.  However, it was a lot less crowded because of the weather and we got some rainy day specials.  I also went yesterday with a group from the church.  It was fun but a lot more crowded because the weather was so nice.
A picture of my sister and me with a girl that is in the preschool class at church.  The picture was taken at the wedding reception of one of my friends that got married a couple of weeks ago.  I may post more pics later.  

My kids at play

Here are some videos my Dad shot of me playing with Pepper and Dakota. 

Enjoy!

Award

I received an honest award from Daesha.   So I have to tell ten things people might not know about me and then nominate 7 others.

1. I started a blog because it was the only way I could communicate with some of my LCU friends.

2. I like Universal Studios better than Disneyland.

3. It took me awhile to respond to the award because I didn't want to post really stupid facts.

4. I have started watching the reality show "True Beauty"

5. I quote Boy Meets World randomly.

6. In my August post I nominated people for the smile award (Carrie nominated me first, thanks Carrie)

7. I like working with kids who have special needs

8. I love to check the mail(wish there would be more than junk mail and bills more often)

9. I sometimes think of moving to Alaska

10. At one time I had the whole book of James from the bible memorized.

My nominees are:

1. Katherine Gould

2. Carrie Tungate

3. John Cooper

4. Marta 

5. Lynsey

6. Shannon Herman

7. Tara

Merry Christmas

A Picture of my sister's cat named Morris.  Sometimes we say he should have been named Garfield.  Can you see the resemblance? 
A Picture of me in the shirt my sister gave me for Christmas.
Stockings anyone?
The vase my sister gave my mom for christmas.  Isn't  it beautiful.

I know christmas is still over a week away.  We go visit relatives in Texas for christmas, so we celebrated it early.  I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Exercise ?

I know it's something most of us try to avoid, but know we shouldn't.  Anyway I just got a wii fit yesterday.  It makes exercising fun, there are some games on it and various other neat stuff.  I hope everyone is doing well. :)

"My Kids"

This first one is really just a cat that hangs around and we feed from time to time.    I've started to call her smoky, isn't she cute.

Dakota and Pepper on the diving board, getting along which they do most of the time.  But you know how "siblings" can be.  They love being on the diving board and they love the pool.  However, they never jump of the diving board into the pool :)
Dakota resting in his dog house, like he likes to do often.  However, getting a photo of it was tough because he usually gets up the minute you come outside.
Pepper chasing birds in the back yard.

My kids are doing well over all.  Poor pepper has trouble getting around sometimes because of arthritis (not bad for being 12 yrs old).  I hope you enjoyed these pics, hopefully it won't be so long between post next time.  God Bless :)

It's been awhile

I know it's been awhile since I've posted.  I'm doing well, just working and hanging out with my family.  I promise to post some pics of my "kids"(my dogs) soon.  I hope everyone is doing well :^)

Smile Award

Carrie was nice and gave me this award.  As a recipient I am to choose 5 people to give this award to in return.  To view the rules go to Carrie's blog.

And the winners are....

Kisti: A dear friend from college.  She was my orientation leader.  She is always encouraging me.  She has adopted a Korean girl for the school year; Kisti also has a 2 year old daughter.  What an inspiration!

John Cooper:  Another college friend, he almost always had smile on his face.  He is now a proud dad of a baby boy born late last month.

Daesha:  Yet another friend from LCU.  She is one of the first people I remember coming in contact with at LCU.  She helped me a great deal my first year.  

Tara: Another friend from LCU, she is always smiling.  I can hardly recall a time when she didn't have a smile.  She is now a proud mom of a baby boy.

Becke:  A friend from church, she is such a sweetheart.  She has a nice smile and usually has something encouraging to say.

It was hard to pick just 5 people there are so many others I could give this award to.  I hope this brightens your day.  God Bless :)

above is pic of  my sister with a friend from Korea.  They work at camp together and she spent a couple of weekends with us this summer.

Aren't they cute!!

Sorry I haven't posted in about a month.  Nothing much going on here.  My sister is almost finished working at camp, her last day is the 1st of Aug.  I will be teaching sunday school for bible quiz starting next month.  I hope everyone is doing well :^)

Father's Day and other pics

My Dad loves Indiana Jones, so my sister and I couldn't resist getting him these gifts for father's day.  The card plays the theme, which he has played a lot!  The next pic is of my sister and me, we just got our hair cut.  The last is a sunset pic my dad took that I thought looked really neat.

Father's Day Mayhem

We celebrated Father's day yesterday with my Dad.  We went to a movie and watched a movie at home as well, it was fun.  Today as my sister was headed back to work at camp, they had an accident, but God was looking out for them.  Everyone was ok overall  a couple were injured (2 of the girls required a hospital trip,but were not admitted), but the paramedics arrived soon after the accident.   I got the phone call from my sister while I was helping in sunday school.  I helped the kids make paper weights with pictures they colored that said "Thank God, for my Dad".    Happy Father's Day!!!

Mother's Day flowers

My dad got my mom the iris and the church was giving moms roses.  This is the pic my dad took.  Don't these flowers look great together!

Birthday Cake

Here is the birthday cake my sister made for me a couple of weeks ago.  It was yummy!!

God Works in Mysterious Ways!!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  Work has kept me really busy.  As some of you know I work nights, but I have to have classes during the day for work from time to time.  Anyway the flipping between day and night takes a toll on my sleeping patterns.  I have been pretty tired lately.  I was scheduled tomorrow and friday for long day classes.  I get a call from work today.  Apparently there was a glitch in the system that reserves classroom space,  so they had to cancel the class for now because they had no where for us to meet.  Hallelujah!  So now I am working friday and sat night.  Which is good because I need to more experience working as a nurse and I can catch up on my sleep.  Praise God!!  Not much else going on except my birthday is next week:)  My sister is going to work at camp again this summer, she's looking forward to that.  I hope everyone is doing well!!:)  

Good News at last

My new car came in and I picked it up last friday.  My Dad took pics on Saturday and put them on the web, there is a link on the side under links .  I am finally starting to get the hang of my new job, I think?!?  This week and next its all shifts on the floor and all nights no flipping back to days for classes.  I'm glad of that because I needed a break, I still have several classes left but there not till the end of this month beginning of next.  TBQ state finals was this Saturday, our last meet for this season.  Next season I will be the leader for my church, I am both excited and nervous.  I hope all is going well for everyone.

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter.  This is a pic of the new dress I got  for Easter.  It took me a while to find it.  The dress fits me.  Today in the sunday school I help out in for preschool we were talking about the true story of Easter.  One of the kids kept saying Jesus is alive.  He was so cute!

Updates

The last week and a half have been busy.    Last saturday I went to a friends wedding.   I am finally getting more time working as a nurse, instead of going to tons of classes.  This week I have 3 shifts, I have already done 2 of them, tonight is my last shift for this week.  Tuesday  morning I had to take my dog to the vet, he has an eye infection, but seems to be doing better now.  Wed I had a dentist appt, just  routine cleaning.  Yesterday, I went with my Dad to the honda dealer to test drive a car.  That was fun!  Anyway that's pretty much the last week and a half in a nut shell.  I hope everyone is having a great week:^)