Sad Sad Day

Today was one of the sadest days for me. We were at church preparing for Sunday School and I reached down for my scriptures, pulled my hand back up and hit the hymm book holder with my ring. Now this happens all the time. I hit the ring on something at least once a week if not more. This time I hit it perfectly on a prong so that it BROKE and the Diamon popped out! I am SO lucky I noticed it when I did other wise it could have been vacummed up later never to be seen!! I am so sad, the ring looks so gross now. We have to send it up to Utah because thats where we got it from. SO it could be who knows how long before I get it back?

Sewing

I've been doing a lot of sewing lately. I really enjoy it even though I get frustrated with it sometimes. I wish I had more projects to do.

My latest project was sewing ribbon on to towels. You see even though we moved into a bigger place our bathroom is smaller. There is only one towel rack and it barely fits one towel on it. We need at least room for 2 and we always have visitors so we need room for more. My Mom showed me this great way to add more. Now I obviously didn't have to add the ribbon to it but it brings more color and its fun.

We tried ...

This past Saturday we went up to L.A. to try our luck at the lottery for Wicked tickets. What happens is they have the whole front row of 26 tickets up for lottery and they are only $25. So you go, wait in line to put your name on a card. They put it in a wheel and call out names. Only 13 names get called out, and they each get 2 tickets, unless you go by yourself you can buy only 2.

We put our name in along with 300 other people and never got called. :( Sunday was the last day Wicked was in L.A. So that was our last chance.


The rest of the day we walked down Hollywood Blvd. Drove up to the Griffith Observatory and drove down Santa Monica Blvd to the Temple. The Temple was Awesome! I had never seen it before and it was HUGE! We got some cool pictures of it.

Earthquake

Ok this isn't quite what happened last night but we did have an Earthquake! First one I've ever been in and it was pretty wild. No warning, all the sudden you are shaking! No worries though, we are all okay, nothing too dramatic happened.

Still Here. Just Busy

Well we returned homed from our 2 week vacation to Arizona all in one piece. We had such a wonderful time with both families. The first week was spent with my family. My little brother left for his mission, thats why we went early, to send him off. Unfortunatly I spent most of my time on the coach with a tiny cold and a stomach ach. The second week was spent with Matt's family. Both his sisters were home and we had so much fun together. I was feeling better until a few days after Christmas. We spent some time with my sister and Grace and Chad were sick with the Flu. I got what they had and spent Saturday in front of the toilet.

We had a great Christmas, I got s floor lamp, some pots and pans, money, french fry cutter and a bunch of fun frames. Matt got some money, which he already spent, a wet suit, some movies and I got him a Skim board! I loves to use our neighbors. I figured his very own would suit him well! Now he is an official California boy.

The trip ended up being great for me. I lost close to 10 pounds!! I'm glad we are back though. I just love being home. Especially now that we are moving! yep, thats right from #10 to #11. We are upgrading to a 2 bedroom place. The past few days have been spent painting and cleaning so we can move out stuff in. We are so excited to have more space this 1 bedroom is nice but we have NO room.

I wish I had pictures to post, but due the move our computer is unplugged.

Last year, Jackpot & Projects

We were looking through some of our old pictures and came across our Christmas last year. I forgot how much Matt liked what I got him. I hope I can make him just as happy this year.

So I realize It's been quite a while since my last post. We've been a little busy. We have done a few projects. Still working on some but mostly enjoying the cold weather here in Huntington Beach.

This beauty is in Matt's parents house. Matt helped them get this put together, doesn't it look awesome? Those pumpkins are the fall decorations from the fabric in the previous post. Don't they look perfect on the mantle?

Here's the stockings I made for Matt and I. I love how they turned out!

Matt found these chairs in an Alley near our house. We decided to stain them and recover them .... BeforeAfter


Gracie's 3 Year Pictures

Happy Birthday Gracie!!

Today is Gracie's 3rd Birthday! I am very sad I can't be there with her to celebrate but I know she is having fun anyway! I do get to see her next week! Anyway Happy Birthday Grace! Matt and I love you!

Halloween Crafts & Decorations

This year I wanted to get our apartment all decorated for Halloween! I didn't get as far as I would have liked but its hard when you have such a small space.


I made a few things this year. I am becoming quite the craft lover! Above is a garland of orange lights!
This wreath, Matt and I put together. I think it turned out awesome!

The "witch" I made with teh other ladies in our complex. We had fun and they turned out pretty cute!

We have recently become obsessed with pumpkins.

Matt has become quite the baker over here! Actually, Justin and I baked the cookies, and Matt decorated them! I think he did an awesome job! They were delicious, as you can tell they went quickly!

Here is a little preview of what my next project will be. Ladies...you know who you are. Here are the fabrics I have planned for the craft!


Then this one! I can't wait to see how they turn out!

1 of many

A couple weeks ago a bunch of Matt's buddies and there wife's came down from San Fransisco to go to Disneyland. We had 5 people in our place and 3 more in our friends downstairs. Thanks Sundberg's for allowing us to use your house!

We spent the entire day at Disneyland, it was a blast but it sure was tiring. Usually when Matt and I go its only for a few hours.

All those passes are Rider swaps. If you have a child in your group, the person who waits with the child while everyone goes on the ride can get this pass and when teh group returns they and another person can go through the exit and get on the ride. Indiana Jones line was around 75 minutes. We were sick of waiting in lines so we all took Kate up to get a pass. 3 passes = 6 people!
In Line for the Haunted House. It is decorated as the night before Christmas now and it looks so awesome!

Tower of Terror. I really hate this ride but Matt loves it so we always manage to find our way over to it.


This is waiting in line for the new Toy Story ride. It is actually totally cool. It's interactive, you get to shoot at different things and rack up points. WAY better then Buzz Lightyear in my opinion.

This is the whole group. We had a lot of fun and enjoyed the company! Thanks guys for coming down and taking us with you to California! Hope to see ya soon!

Prop 8 Rally

Last weekend Matt and I headed to Arizona for a friend of mine wedding. So we were not able to be here for this rally but I thought it was totally cool and blog worthy.



All the wards from Long Beach down to San Clemente stood out on the PCH with signs supporting Prop 8. The video shows how many people were there supporting. Matt and I have had the opportunity to stand on street corners with signs. I was disappointed in the people who hung their heads out there window yelling horrible words being very intolerant but I was surprised at how many people gave honks and thumbs up. The reason we are out there is not to change peoples mind who already know what they want and what they think is fair, but its to help those who are on the fence. Proposition 8 is all about protecting marriage.

*If you skip ahead in the video it is a little more exciting.

Fights...

A while back ... like in July or something we went for a bike ride with our friends Nick & Cat Lyon. We were enjoying our time out there when these "thugs" threw a bottle on to the PCH from a parking lot. This Russian couple walked by right when it happened and the guy threw it back. The "thugs" became angry and 3 of the 4 came up 1 from the front and 2 from behind. They started fighting, I mean a real fight. There was kicking and punching. The Russian got knocked down and was bleeding.

Right as they start throwing the first punch I call the police. I'm on the phone giving a play by play an she send the police. The "thugs" leave but the driver of the car puts something over his license plate to over it. Matt and the wife ran down to check it out. They were driving away and turned down the next street when I saw the police go after them. THEY GOT CAUGHT! More police came and took our statements then we got to ride in the cop car to go and ID the "thugs" they weren't as scary looking the second time around. The officer told us they had sent out the helicopter for them but the police in the cars cuaght them without there help.

About 2 months ago Matt and I as well as Nick and Cat got subpoenad to go to court. Since the first time the court date has been pushed back 2 or 3 times. Finally we have a set date for next week but we are put on call, which means we probably won't get to go down there.

P.S. The picture is not what they actually looked like. We did get pictures of what happened because Nick was snapping photos of our ride.

Prop 8

I know most of you don't live in California, but for those who do our friends Nick and Cat showed us this AWESOME video. It shows our side and point of view of why we want YES! on Prop 8!