Puppy LOVE

I just finished watching Marley and Me....and I cried like BABY!

I LOVE my PUPPY so much! He is so much a part of our family.  I know he's a dog but I just love him so much and he always loves me back! Dogs are so awesome for the reason that they love you no matter what and they are always so HAPPY!  JACKSON is the best to come home to....he goes crazy and jumps up and down. He just is so small and 

his energy is going to burst out of his little body!

He loves to cuddle 24/7!  He also loves to PLAY! He makes the weirdest growling sound I have ever heard! But I love it! I tell Ster all the time that he is the toy that just keeps giving back! He's the best $200 bucks we have ever spent! He will be my puppy FOREVER! 

I LOVE MY PUP PUP!

Cutest PUPPY ever and cutest owner ever! Ha mer

 PS: YES, I'm a crazy owner who loves their puppy to death! Yes, I miss my puppy like crazy when I'm away from him and Yes, we take him every where! I'm pretty sure Ster feels the same way...he just doesn't like to admit it!

FYI....

When you really want a baby NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER EVER watch a live birth of a baby! Not going to lie when I saw how much pain the lady was in...than saw her fit a bowling ball through the size of a apple and then on the top of that got some sweet stitches in her tenders!! Yes, I call them tenders because it started to hurt just thinking about it! Woman are so BRAVE!  Ah, the joys of children! I can't wait! 

HA ma ha.... or maybe I CAN!

Dreaming.....maybe reality?

 

Oh Happy Day Goes to Paris

Um can I please go to Paris and eat gelato every 30 min or maybe 5 mins? Can I please walk the street in my High fashion Idaho clothes! I can I please stop in every Bakery and get a treat at every stop! Can I please eat a crepe at every corner with yummy nutella? Can I please go see the Mona Lisa and be more impressed by the largest picture in the world? Can I please hear those scary sirens again and not see some poor girl lose her life!? Castles of course and the pretty river to please! Oh yes Paris is the DREAM LIFE!!!

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Jobs?!

I'm so FRUSTRATED!!! I hate looking for jobs! My city is too small!! Yes,  I'm super blessed to work for the school during the school year but can I please stop working for almost FREE!  It a great job but I make no money and it's only 24 hours a week.  Now it's summer and school is out.

Today I went to the restaurant that I worked in last summer. I didn't love working there....always drama and I always got crap for needing time off/ or I wouldn't get the days I needed off. Well I have been putting off going back there since I kinda got dissed by the Owner....long story which brings up too much anger! Anyways, I went there today just because we need MONEY!  I talked to the owner and well i just got a negative feeling.  Like when I worked there last summer I was always coming home frustrated and such just because of some or maybe one co-worker who just made it impossible to work with. She did everything perfect and everyone else was nothing...which was so not the case. I even had some full on yelling fights with her......so not the person I want to be. Yes, she was very difficult to work with but she still was a good person.  She just made the work environment impossible..... and I'm not perfect.  I could of handled every situation in a better way.

Back to today.....we talked and she said her problem last summer was always having to work around my schedule.  Which I totally understand where she is coming from. Direct quote " I shouldn't have to work around your schedule, you should have to work around the restaurants schedule. This is a great place to work and you can make a lot of money here".  That is when I thought.....NO I just thought! I want to live my life the way I want and not live my life for a restaurant. I'm sorry if this is the wrong way to think and maybe that's why I can't find a job.  I thinks its the other way around.  Work around your life...yes we need money to live but I don't want it to be my life.  I guess we really don't need money that bad!

In college...working was my life. I worked every weekend.  I missed out on so many fun things....roommate hang outs, parties, dates and other funcitions becuase I was working all the time to get my way through college so I wouldn't have to be a server the rest of my life and scedule my life around a restaurant.  I'm not sure if this is the mind set to have but it truly is how I think.

I want to spend the weekend hanging out with my hubby and playing in this beatuful place that we live in. I want to have lost of fun with him when he's off work. I want to work super hard during the week just like Ster and then enjoy my time with him and our life together. However, instead its the oppiste, to make money I need to work weeknights while Ster is off work and work weekends which is dedicated FUN time.

I'm just torn. Should I be a responsible adult and work when ever I can or should I do what I want with my life and leave the drama out of my life!  I vote leave it! Mer....ha

This post also makes me think about my dream....yes, I want to be a photographer. Most of that will go on in the evening and weddings are most likely on weekends. I guess I'll just have to deal with that when it comes my way and at least I'll LOVE it!

PS- Fun summer update on my trip to Ohio and Moab to come

Who wants to work when you can do this!

No work ...all play I want more

and MORE

Really work or Mt biking....not a tough call

SUMMER + SUN + HUBBY + FAMILY + OUT DOORS =  
PURE HAPPINESS

Spring FUN

Spring is HERE! Since the weather was so nice last weekend we decided to test out the waters and go for a backpack trip.  We thought maybe just maybe if we stayed low enough we wouldn't see too much snow.

Ha....WRONG!  Snow piles taller than me and then some!

We went to Lake Como in Montana. It's about an hour from our house. The Lake was super pretty and it was so warm! In the night It couldn't have gotten any colder than 50 degrees.  Just perfect camping weather.  We camped that night at the Como camp ground and then headed out the next morning for the higher lake.  We hiked about 3 miles until we saw snow.  At first it was just little piles here and there. Well then it turned into Hugh SNOW piles! The trail turned into a little creek with snow on top!  It was still atleast 60 degrees out.  We started hiking through the hugh snow piles. Yes, snow piles in shorts and athletic shoes!  Our shoes were soaked and my legs hurt because of the freezing snow touching them.

We went maybe another mile until we just couldn't get any further. Too much SNOW!  We hiked back to our car..... went home to watch a movie and eat CURRY!!  It was still so fun to get out and play in nature! We are so sick of being stuck inside and not being very active!  Yeah for SUMMER!!

Como Lake....the view of it from our hike.  The lake was like 3 times bigger
than the little piece in this picture.

Jackson hiked the entire way! What a cute puppy!  We loved having him since he makes
everything more entertaining. Yes, we are those weird dog people!

When went on a hike in Salmon.....this is OUR pretty little city!

For memorial day we are going to MOAB!!! I can't wait! I think about it like a million times a day. I can't wait until school is over.  I can't wait until I just get to soak up some SUN in a pretty place. I can't wait to play with Jedd....Katie....Jess.... and Ster for 5 days.....76 hours.......4,560 minutes.....273,600 seconds of pure BLISS!!!  It has been too long since we have done something fun with family!!

After our fun weekend I'm going to stay with one of my best friends Shelli. I haven't seen her in like a million years! I super excited to just to see her and talk with her in person! After my lovely visit with Shelli....I will be on a plane to OHIO!!

Yes, I get to go to OHIO!!! I get to see my family...and finally meet my niece Natalie. She is almost a year, so the visit is a little over DUE!  Sad part is my hubby has to stay home to make the bucks so I can spend it! Thanks sugar for working so hard to pay for my FUN!

Yeah to a great start of summer! Thursday just can't come soon enough!

P.S Here are some pics that I just found on my camera....oldies but goodies!

In  AZ ....Sedona

We loved Sedona....so pretty

Grand Targhee, WY....love this place!

More Targhee with the lovely ladies! Such a fun weekend!

SUmMer BrEEze...

Summer is in the air........All this week the weather has been so NICE!

The SUN...ah it feeds my SOUL!

Last week I went running 3 times outside! Ah I just don't know what it is about running in the SUN....listening to my favorite JAMS...........and checking out the sites in my little TOWN! Ah I just love working out. It makes me feel so so so so GOOD about myself! I LOVE how running just helps me clear my mind and think about stuff!  I'm pretty sure I think about like 5 things all the TIME.....

1. WoRKinG OUT

2. mY HOT HUbbY

3. BaBIEs

4. AnYThiNG ANd EvERyThINg cReATIvE

5. jOBs

Yes, while I work out I think about the more things I can do to help me GET in shape.  

Yes, my husband is one hottie! 

Yes, I apply for every job that is available in Salmon and then always come out with NOTHING! I need a job for summer at least PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I dream about photography......and decorating my house! I wish I could buy all the furniture and home goods I wanted. I love plants...weird not sure why and I don't think I will ever get sick of gray. I think about redoing a room and gray is ALWAYS the base color!

Can i please have hydrangeas in every room in my house! Ah i just love these FLOWERS and the style THEY bring!

I LOVE THIS!

Yes, babies our on my mind all the time. I'm obseesed with any show that involves prego woman (Pregnant in Heels, Teen Mom).  I also now find myself going into stores and picking out strollers....clothes.....cribs ..bedding...you name it and I'm sure I have checked it out! Sterling may also be getting sick of me because pregnancy talk is becoming like word vomit. I say "when I'm pregnant" or "our baby" or "when we are parents".  I pretty sure with all this baby talk Sterling will finally agree with me that it may be time to have a baby! Yesterday he admitted to finally saying he is starting to get baby hungry.....YES!  I can't wait for us to have a baby! It may be a tough road and it may not work out the way we want but I'm sure it will change our lives for the better.

Since we are Baby free  I will enjoy maybe one of our last summers together just us! Even though I'm baby hungry, I still feel like a little kid who doesn't want to give up my independence!  It's so fun to just go play with Ster and family when ever we want! I love the taste of the freedom we have this summer!

This weekend we used our freedom and went to Missoula. We went out to din din....went to the movies twice...his and her movies. I picked Something Borrowed and Ster picked Thor. We stayed in a hotel and went shopping! Ah, LOVE little trips away!!!!!
LIFE IS GOOD AND SIMPLE!

I eat..breath...sleep ZUMBA!

I went to my Zumba training last weekend in Salt lake. I LOVED IT! Since then all I do is think about it. I keep dreaming about it too! At first it was cool because I love the beats, but now I would like a thought in my mind to not be consumed by Latin beats and hip shaking!

The training was on all day event. I had a blast.  I feel in love with the girl who taught it. I always get girl crushes! She was so cute and so fun! She could also SHAKE it. I hope to some day be as half as good as her! I start my class this Friday! I hope I can remember all the dances! It's a lot more work then I ever thought it would be! But I love it! Can working out really be a hobby? YES, its my hobby and I really do LOVE it! Here I come hot Latin bod and FREE gym membership!

Last Sunday Sterling and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary!! Can't believe it has already been 2 years!! The time has gone so fast! We didn't do to much. Stering bought a gun.  Yes, I know I'm such a good wife! We went to the gun shop.... picked out the one we liked and then tested it out.  I was a little nervous to shoot it but once I figured it out, it really wasn't too scary. Ster really wanted a guy for protection when we go on backpack trips this summer. We have been buying and buying gear like crazy! Sterling is obsessed! It will be so fun though! After we bought the gun we went to  movie and then din din.  It wasn't a crazy day but a nice fun day with my sugar! That's all I need!

 

I LOVE the TEMPLE! I'm so lucky to have those blessings in my life! It's so amazing to know that my marriage will last for ever and not just in this life! I love going to the temple and I love how happy it makes me! IT just makes me so HAPPY!!