SHOUT OUT!

I just want to give a SHOUT OUT to cutestblogsontheblock.blogspot.com that is where I got my ADORABLE new backround. Thank goodness I found one because our blog was getting so so so boring so finally we have it a little more up to date! THANKS!

Yes, we made it

HI! I know we suck. I haven't written a blog since the beginning of this month and it's almost the end. Crazy. Anyway we made it to California. It was a long long drive packed tight full in our cars. I wasn't too bored because I had some books on CD but I did feel bad for Beau in that little tin can. We live in these beautiful apartments in a little city called Costa Mesa, California. It is very busy and the mall is full of stores like Tiffanys, Louis Vuiton, saks, potterybarn, and a Rolex store..whatever happened to the dollar tree and bath and body works? We work a lot. I wish I could say that we have done all this fun stuff but...mainly we work. It's not too bad. I don't mind all the work we do but I will enjoy myself much more when there are more techs and more office managers here. Makes my job easier. Beau and I have been faithfuly training for the other half marathon in Moab in October. I can't wait! It's been really hard trying to get motivated but Beau knows that he has to push me to do it so we go to the gym every day and then as a reward after a hard workout we go swimming at the pool. It's pretty great. We are blessed. I don't really have many pictures to post so bear with me. Anyway the greatest news of all...the Geo has finally died. Now at this point I'm not sure if that is good news or not because we needed that car but...I'm not going to lie I was not sad to see it go. It was a good car to those of you who owned it but I'm glad it's gone. One less thing we have to worry about. It's a long story on how it finally died but I will say THANK YOU to Zach who was late to class just to help us out. He saved us a lot of time and money by doing us a favor. BY THE WAY ZACH I NEED YOUR ACCOUNT INFO SO I CAN PAY YOU BACK BEAU LOST IT!! Ok anyway I think that is all for now. We are happy happy happy and loving every minute of it. Beau and I did chat and decided that you guys need to change your vacation from Yellowstone to CALIFORNIA! We could go to Disneyland and the beach...how much fun would that be??? Tiffany then suggested family pictures at the beach...sounds good to me! :D Think about it Mom and Jamie...it would be a wonderful time! Love you everyone!! I'll be better at posting I promise.

Moab Fun!

Well for Beau's birthday I took him to Moab for a fun filled three days! It has been quite the adventure. It is so gorgeous down here so we had a blast being outside. Sunday when we arrived we just hung out with my sister and her kids because it was pretty late. Monday I took a benedryl in the morning and if anyone knows me and benedryl one pill and I am out for the entire day. It is actually pretty pathetic but we still got to be outside and drive around arches. Tuesday was the big day to get some fun stuff in. We both were feeling great so we went to delicate arch to go hike. There really is no way you can even measure hiking up that long hike and walking around the corner to see the beautiful arch. No picture compares. Beau loved it! We walked down to the arch and then went on a little expedition to the mountain on the other side of the arch. It was beautiful!




After playing at delicate arch for a while we went over to the windows and did some climbing around in those. By this time we had to go because I promised my nephew and neices that we would take them somewhere. So we rushed home and picked them up then took them swimming at the condos. They had so much fun! I did too. I miss being able to swim almost all year round. The kids were laughing because Beau would chase them around. It was just a perfect way to end a long day of hiking.




That night we went to my parents house and had a little party for Beau. I forgot to take pictures but thats ok. My grandma made Beau a cake and he got to open up his cards and presents. I got him the best present of all. He was so excited. I got him the Garmin running watch that Jens and Andy have. He loves it. We took it hiking and mapped out where we had been and where we were going. All in all it was a very sucessful birthday trip. I am sad to have to leave but we are just going to be on our way for another adventure. CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME!

Adventures of South Dakota!

I'm HOME! Finally! I feel like my life this week has been full of running around non-stop and driving non-stop. It's really nice to be home. I missed Beau more than I thought I could. It was really fun seeing my sister and her wonderful family though. I missed them so much! Well we left monday morning really early and drove the entire way there. It was really nice weather so we didn't have any problems with the drive. The only real issue was that we were driving to Sioux Falls which is on the other side of South Dakota. So pretty much we drove clear across Wyoming and South Dakota. Lots of fun! :D When we got there it was really late and the kids were in bed but my two sisters and I just stayed up laughing until 2:00am when Joplin my brother in law got home. My nephew Simon, who is 6, happened to wake up in the middle of the night and was so suprised to see us when he woke up that he came gave me the biggest bear hug I've ever gotten. It was so wonderful. I miss my kids.











So the next day was spent packing and packing and more packing. We were trying to hurry so that we could beat the storm. We packed and visited with my dad and step mom and then packed some more. It was an eventful day. Wednesday was also a packing day. My step mom, two sisters and I decided to have a girls lunch so we could chat. It was fun. We laughed and ate a really good lunch then went back to pack. That night we went to my dad and mom's house in a little town about fifteen miles away from Nat's house. The kids all went to bed and we went down to my mom's bar to play darts because my brother in law was working down there. It was fun to hang out with my sisters. We haven't had a bonding time like that in forever. I won darts by the way :D. In the middle of our third dart game the power went out. And I mean the entire town went out. It was so scary! There was a big blizzard outside and it was pitch black. We decided that it was probably time to go home so we did and I fell right asleep. We were exhausted. In the morning we went back to the farm and decided that it was time to go. We wanted to beat this storm that was supposed to be coming. We didn't get to leave until Thursday afternoon but the drive was fine so we were excited and we thought we had actually beat the storm. Wyoming had another plan for us. We drove in a white out very scary blowing snow blizzard until we reached Gillette Wyoming. OH I forgot to say that my sister Natalie had sent my nephew Simon with me because he was crying so hard when I tried to leave. My sister Marisa decided that we would stay in Gillette because of the storm. I was so upset and wanted to go home but I really needed to sleep. I hadn't actually slept in the entire four nights I was gone. We left Friday morning early and made it home in the afternoon. I was so happy. I drove the entire way and I'm still catching up on my sleep. Thank goodness for naps and a good cuddle partner to keep me warm. I am very glad that my sister and her adorable children are closer again and that I was able to go help her.

I MISS MY WIFE

Well Amanada left me today to go help her sister for the week she says she will be back of thursday i hope so and not latter i want her back now though i miss her so much i can't sleep. here is one of our first picturs together



I love her so so much.

Fun weekend!

Well Beau and I had a wonderful weekend. Sorry there are no pictures to post I forgot to take any. Anyway we had been invited to a retreat for APX which is the company we are working for this summer. We had to be in Provo at 3:00 so we left that morning to go to Sandy and then on our way to Provo. When we got to the building we were suppose to be at we realized we were the first ones there so we called the kid in charge of all the techs. We found out he was in the back and it was a good thing we had gone early because Beau needed to get his tools for the summer. They handed everything out and then we went upstairs to have a meeting. A VERY long meeting. It was good though. They took all the wives in one room to chat about the summer and all the boys went in to do some training. It was so much fun getting to know everyone (well almost everyone lots of people weren't there) that we will be spending our summer with. We just chatted about what to expect and what we want to do and blah blah blah. Four hours later it was time to go to see where we were sleeping. APX rented out a mansion in Provo that sleeps 60 people. It had two dining rooms, a master wing, 15 bedrooms, a bathroom for every room, a pool table, a huge kids play area, and a theater room. We ran around finding our rooms and then all stayed up laughing and playing Guitar Hero my VERY favorite game. The next day after breakfast they paid for us all to go skiing up at Sundance. They had rented out a lodge for us to hang out in or leave our stuff while we skiied and then fed us a gourmet lunch. I hate skiing by the way. I got all ready and went on the bunny hill with Beau and it was a disaster. Poor Beau...I let him go off on all the black diamonds and whatever and I went back and played scrabble with Val. It was such a fun relaxing weekend for both of us. Needless to say I feel smarter with my spelling and Beau is very sore...I got the better end of the deal :D I can't wait to leave! Only four more weeks :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Ash TAGGED me! Oh..and Tiffany did too :D :D

A. Post the rules B. Answer the Q's about yourself C. After posting tag 5 pep's by going to their blog & leaving a comment!

1.What where you doing 10 years ago?
Well... I was about twelve almost thirteen and I was probably going to middle school and being lame..OH I was getting ready for High School and I had to audition for our high schools show choir...it was scary.

2. 5 things on my to.do list today...

*Laundry- we are in desperate need of jeans!
*Work Out- Because Beau won't love me if I get fat and ugly :D :D :D :D
*hmmm if I think of other things I need to do I'll list them later

3. 5 of my fav snacks!

* Frozen Grapes
* Hot Tamales
* Beef Jerkey
* Chips and Salsa
* Veggies
OH and yummy rolls dipped in garlic hummus...MMMM Good

4.What would I do if I suddenly become a billionaire?
Get out of Debt, Build Mom and Dad a new house free of any ghosts, Build Jens and Tiffany a new house complete with a padded room dedicated to a jungle gym for the boys, Give lots to Zach and Stacie so they can build a house or buy one which ever they choose, Buy a vacation home here in Ogden for Jamie and Andy so they can visit more and have a home of their own, Buy lots of land for my sister and pay off her debt, Pay LOTS of fast offerings...and buy an island and name it "amandas world" no shoes allowed

5. 3 bad habits
biting my nails, eating when I'm stressed, talking when I'm nervous

6. 5 places I have lived?
Moab, London, Cedar City, Soda Springs, Ogden

7. 5 places I have worked?
River Guide in Moab, Moab Brewery Server, Wicked Brew Barista, Front Desk clerk for Alaskan Inn, Camp Councelor

8. 5 things people dont know about me?
* I am obsessed with working out
* My greatest ambition in life would be to backpack across Europe
* I want at least 5 kids (scary I know I LOVE BIG FAMILIES!)
* I used to be in a lot of musical productions
* I was my tennis team's team captain my senior year and I went to state for first doubles. I love tennis.

OK I tag Jen, Ali, Kristen, Jens, and...Zach