We got a fun little visit from our nephews tonight. My sister in law went to a concert in b'ham and my father in law brought the boys and hung out. They are so cute and so full of personality. Here's some sweet pictures.
Surprise
We got a fun little visit from our nephews tonight. My sister in law went to a concert in b'ham and my father in law brought the boys and hung out. They are so cute and so full of personality. Here's some sweet pictures.
Daily Gems
I signed up through the church to have the different gems sent to me each day. If you haven't done that, you should go onto lds.org and do it. It's definitely a treat :) Today's was sweet. I thought I'd Share.
Joy in Our Lives
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT
Joy in Our Lives
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 12:00 AM PDT
“How might we have joy in our lives, despite all that we may face? Again from the scriptures: ‘Wherefore, be of good cheer, and do not fear, for I the Lord am with you, and will stand by you.’”Thomas S. Monson, “Be of Good Cheer,” Ensign, May 2009, 89
Comcast Sucks!
Kris and I sit here, watching the Nebraska and Mizzou game on ESPN 360 on our 14 inch computer screen. We have a perfectly good (one left, that's a story for another time) T.V. sitting in front of us. We signed up for comcast on August 28th, and still do not have cable. We have had 9 appointments now in the last month and then some. We have a ton of idiots meander around our house only to conclude they can't figure it out. Well that is their job, they should be able to figure it out, um.. HELLLOOO that's what you do everyday. Well yesterday, yet another appointment, a gentleman came out to tell us in this wonderful homemade apartment we live in will cost hundreds of dollars to rewire and let us finally watch some TV. Blast. But not so easy, they now get to talk to our property managers (who are not so easy to work with either), our landlords, and the people who drywalled this lovely homemade unevenness we live in. So it may be even more weeks and weeks before we will be able to put this last good standing TV to use.
During the midst of us wanting and waiting to watch a college football game on TV, we had a small disaster of sorts. One night, late, Kris, Aaron, Anthony (his two best friends), and I were sitting in the living room. We were very lucky to have been given a huge 52 inch tv (the old projection screen kind). While Kris is sitting very close to the TV it sparks, smells like smokes, and is no longer working. But hey at least it was free and no one is hurt. We now have a 21inch TV sitting on two kitchen chairs as our entertainment center. Oh the joys of the newly wed life! We don't even watch movies, it's just too dissappointing...
During the midst of us wanting and waiting to watch a college football game on TV, we had a small disaster of sorts. One night, late, Kris, Aaron, Anthony (his two best friends), and I were sitting in the living room. We were very lucky to have been given a huge 52 inch tv (the old projection screen kind). While Kris is sitting very close to the TV it sparks, smells like smokes, and is no longer working. But hey at least it was free and no one is hurt. We now have a 21inch TV sitting on two kitchen chairs as our entertainment center. Oh the joys of the newly wed life! We don't even watch movies, it's just too dissappointing...
Weekend Home
Kris and I had the opportunity to go home this past weekend and spend time with our families. It was my sister and dads birthday, the 15th and the 16th. We had a little barbecue with a few friends.
Friday night, my wonderful sister in law Carrie cut our hair and colored mine. It feels wonderful not to look like I have a mullet. Then my sister was house sitting, a huge house, so we stayed with her. Saturday morning, we woke up washed my car, went grocery shopping with my mom (she's the best, seriously), we also had Ethan and Malachi with us. We took them to Bridgestreet (an outdoor mall) and rode the carousal and played in the fountains. They had a blast. Then we did the birthday barbecue. My dad also got his new truck on Saturday, he traded in his clunker. It was a pretty good deal and he finally has a new truck. Then Sunday we went to church with Kris's family and hung out there.
It is so good to spend time with family. We love being home, it's just never quite long enough. Hopefully one day we will move back there :)
Friday night, my wonderful sister in law Carrie cut our hair and colored mine. It feels wonderful not to look like I have a mullet. Then my sister was house sitting, a huge house, so we stayed with her. Saturday morning, we woke up washed my car, went grocery shopping with my mom (she's the best, seriously), we also had Ethan and Malachi with us. We took them to Bridgestreet (an outdoor mall) and rode the carousal and played in the fountains. They had a blast. Then we did the birthday barbecue. My dad also got his new truck on Saturday, he traded in his clunker. It was a pretty good deal and he finally has a new truck. Then Sunday we went to church with Kris's family and hung out there.
It is so good to spend time with family. We love being home, it's just never quite long enough. Hopefully one day we will move back there :)
Boredom...
I'm sitting at work with nothing to do. My work was finished at 8:30 and I get here at 7:30. They have stupid filters on the Internet, so all I can do is look at blogs (I have no clue why that's not filtered, I'm pretty sure it falls under the lifestyle category) and look at CNN.com (and they have pretty bogus stuff most of the time or stuff I'm not interested in). So it leaves me to search blog after blog. I need more blogs to read. If you have any good suggestions let me know :) And after four weeks at this job, I am an excellent blog stalker :)
The Fourth of July..a little late
Well Kris and I were able to go home for the Fourth of July Weekend. We hung out with friends and family, and of course our adorable nephews. It was a blast. I put some pictures on my facebook. Go check them out.
This weekend we also added to our family. We were already a family of t.hree. haha. I got a fish last August. A beautiful beta fish. His name is Kaddy. Kris adopted him. On Friday, we added another fish to our family. This fish lives in a five gallon tank fully equiped. He is an Oscar fish. He's the only one because they are mean fish. We named him Hermon. He's pretty cool except he always stays in his cave. Here is a picture of each. :)
Toodles.
Maybe something inspiring....
I don't know about you, but I love a good quote. A good quote that makes you think, makes you want to change, and just makes your heart warm. Recent goal of mine is to read as many good books as I can (I'm so over waste of time books, I have to much to learn.). So last night, as I am laying in bed next to my best friend each of us reading our respective good literature, I stumbled upon this....
"To "try" is weak. To "do the best we can" is not strong. We must always do better than we can. This is true in every walk of life."
- Spencer W. Kimball
"To "try" is weak. To "do the best we can" is not strong. We must always do better than we can. This is true in every walk of life."
- Spencer W. Kimball
It's Been A While
As you can tell, long time no post. I think its because all those stinkin' pictures took way too long. I needed a blog break. Well update in the J&K Life. In the last little bit, a lot has happened. New job, one month anniversary, week long trip home, sister in Spain, I'm turning crafty, etc.
Well yay. We aren't complete idiots anymore. I (J) finally got a job! Everyone celebrate because it sure did take long enough. I'll be working at the BMW/Nissan dealership here in town being a receptionist. It will be your typical 9 to 5 job, but I'm mucho excited.
K and I have been married for over a month. We went to Chili's to celebrate (thanks to some gracious person who gave us a giftcard to there for our wedding! those make great date nights. definitely what we will be giving to the next newlyweds) Then we came home and watched movies. That's our favorite thing to do is watch movies almost every night. We watched the whole Bourne series the week of our anniversary (I had never seen them before and I LOOVVEEEDD them).
K has serious car issues. About a monthish ago he got a brand new engine. Well that didn't fix the problem so he took it back. We headed home last thursday to pick it up and it started to not work again. We took it back to Honda and they gave him a new transmission. Well it took some time so we ended staying up in Huntsville an entire week. I loved it, and so did K. We spent time with family, went to see the Proposal (which we laughed through), and I had the opportunity to work in a doctor's office for two days thanks to my wonderful MIL. So it wasn't completely wasteful. I made some money and he got a new transmission. Ah yes, I got a sweet hair cut from my awesome SIL while I was home. Now I have the Drigger's haircut, just a different length. I love it. I'll post a self portrait soon maybe.
My sister went to Spain yesterday. She is in transit to her university where she will be studying abroad for the next month. Isn't she brave? There were a few little mishaps, but she finally got hooked up with a girl from her class. You can follow her trip here http://viajedekirsten.blogspot.com/ .
My next task in life is to be more crafty. I've decided I'm going to make some clothes for my new job. I have to look nice and professional. And those who know me know I am a tshirt and jeans girl all they way. So here is to a new start of looking nice all the time. My mom and I went to pick out some cute patterns and material. She's going to give me her old sewing machine when we are up next weekend for Independence Day. Then the adventure shall begin. I'll post pictures with my finished products. So with all this chanage and with the new haircut previously mentioned I have to do my hair everyday so that helps. Also to help look nicer, I'm going to try this maybe . Isn't water suppose to help your skin and such? So we will see. I'll keep you updated. I need to go buy some Crystal Light first. I'll do that after I get ready for the day.
Well that's the update. Sorry so long.
Well yay. We aren't complete idiots anymore. I (J) finally got a job! Everyone celebrate because it sure did take long enough. I'll be working at the BMW/Nissan dealership here in town being a receptionist. It will be your typical 9 to 5 job, but I'm mucho excited.
K and I have been married for over a month. We went to Chili's to celebrate (thanks to some gracious person who gave us a giftcard to there for our wedding! those make great date nights. definitely what we will be giving to the next newlyweds) Then we came home and watched movies. That's our favorite thing to do is watch movies almost every night. We watched the whole Bourne series the week of our anniversary (I had never seen them before and I LOOVVEEEDD them).
K has serious car issues. About a monthish ago he got a brand new engine. Well that didn't fix the problem so he took it back. We headed home last thursday to pick it up and it started to not work again. We took it back to Honda and they gave him a new transmission. Well it took some time so we ended staying up in Huntsville an entire week. I loved it, and so did K. We spent time with family, went to see the Proposal (which we laughed through), and I had the opportunity to work in a doctor's office for two days thanks to my wonderful MIL. So it wasn't completely wasteful. I made some money and he got a new transmission. Ah yes, I got a sweet hair cut from my awesome SIL while I was home. Now I have the Drigger's haircut, just a different length. I love it. I'll post a self portrait soon maybe.
My sister went to Spain yesterday. She is in transit to her university where she will be studying abroad for the next month. Isn't she brave? There were a few little mishaps, but she finally got hooked up with a girl from her class. You can follow her trip here http://viajedekirsten.blogspot.com/ .
My next task in life is to be more crafty. I've decided I'm going to make some clothes for my new job. I have to look nice and professional. And those who know me know I am a tshirt and jeans girl all they way. So here is to a new start of looking nice all the time. My mom and I went to pick out some cute patterns and material. She's going to give me her old sewing machine when we are up next weekend for Independence Day. Then the adventure shall begin. I'll post pictures with my finished products. So with all this chanage and with the new haircut previously mentioned I have to do my hair everyday so that helps. Also to help look nicer, I'm going to try this maybe . Isn't water suppose to help your skin and such? So we will see. I'll keep you updated. I need to go buy some Crystal Light first. I'll do that after I get ready for the day.
Well that's the update. Sorry so long.
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