Wow. I can't believe I haven't updated in awhile! Oops!
Well 2013 was a year of changes for me. At the end of January I met an amazing guy. As a result of that meeting little Isabel Scarlet arrived on October 4, 2013. She was 4 weeks early but healthy and beautiful. She was 5lbs 9oz and was 18.5 inches.
I cannot imagine my life without her. She has made my life whole. I can't wait to watch her grow and learn and see what she becomes.
Mabel finally arrived home to Utah on Thursday!!! It was a very special moment watching Olive and Mabel meet for the first time! Something I'll never forget.
So apparently I need some dating advice. Because everytime I meet someone new I'm automatically put into the "friend zone". So over it!! So everyone I need your tips, advice, etc. What types of things did you do or didn't do when you met your hubbies?? Or Wives?
Has it really been since September since I updated my blog? Whoa!
Well I've had a quite a bit going on. At the start of the year my Mom, Dad, and little brother , and Me went to Mexico. It was SO much fun. I had a blast and can't wait to go back. We saw Tulum, went to a Mayan village, and hiked a ruin. Went snorkeling at Xel-Ha, and relaxed on the beach. Mexico isn't a bad place to have a birthday! I turned 29 on this trip! Yikes!
After Mexico I realized just how fat I've gotten and I got a trainer and I absolutely love him. He pushes me so hard and encourages me to keep going. I highly recommend John at Four Pillars Fitness in Bountiful. He's great! After my first 2 weeks I lost 3% body fat, 5 pounds, and lots of inches. This week I have my 4 week weight in! I'll keep you posted!
Next big thing that's happened to me is I finally gave up someone that for 3 years was very special to me. It's hard to let someone go but I know this is the best thing for me. I know there's someone out there that will love me for me and not just for what I can give them (car...money) cause that's all he wanted from me, nothing more. I don't have any regrets!
This is the year for me. I know some great things are coming my way, and my "Just haven't met you yet" guy is right around the corner. Who knows, maybe I've found him already. :D
I can't believe that is has been 10 years since that day all of us will remember forever. I remember exactly that day as if it were yesterday. My day started just like everyone else's. I got up, went to my college class at Salt Lake Community College and not long into class a girl came in late in tears, she told us what had happened and at the time the Pentagon had just barely been hit. Knowing my brother at the time lived across the freeway from the Pentagon I just up immediately, ran outside to call him to make sure he was ok, because I didn't know exactly what had happened. I couldn't get a hold of him, so I jumped in my car and headed home. While in the car I was listening to KSL radio, and I called my Mom to see if she had heard from my brother Jake. I just remember breaking into tears and saying to my Mom "WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON?" My Mom did get in touch with my brother who was at medical school at the time. When she spoke to him she said you could tell he'd been running. They were preparing for mass triage to come to the school. Nobody came.
After getting home I starting watching the news, like everyone else in this country I was glued to the tv. Finally one night we all decided we needed to get out and stop watching the news. I remember we all went down the the Queen Theater and saw The Musketeer. It was a much needed break.
One the most touching moments for me was when President Bush visited ground zero. Someone handed him a bull horn, you can tell he didn't plan on speaking, just observing. But he started speaking and firefighters were yelling, "We can't hear you" and the President yelled this back "I can hear you, The rest of the world hears you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." You just knew from that point on we were a different Country.
I will never forget the events of 9/11 and where I was that day. Years from now when I have kids and they watch footage every anniversary they'll ask me where I was, just like I ask my parents when I see footage of JFK assasination where they were.
The sense of patriotism, love, and the unity this country had was amazing. It's sad it took a National Tragedy to bring us all together...even if only for a short time.
Thank you to those who were brave and ran up into those towers to save lives and never came out. Thank you to the brave who ran back into the burning Pentagon to guide people to safety, and thank you to the brave military men and women who still fight for our freedom today to ensure we never suffer another tragedy like this again!!
This is a view of where 10 years ago the Towers once stood.
I am a pretty fun person. I start out shy but once I get to know you and I know you're a cool person I really open up and I am pretty goofy. I LOVE photography and it's what I want to do with the rest of my life.
