We Are Everywhere!

This morning I've been sitting in front of the tv enjoying the Olympics. I sometimes can't help but get choked up watching these athletes put in everything they have to earn a medal. A lot of them have sacrificed quite a bit to be in Beijing to represent their country. After watching a recap the U.S. relay team winning yet another medal, sending Michael Phelps to break the record for most medals won over a career, I felt that little knot in my throat. Well up next was the women's basketball. Not really my thing, but I figured I'd check it out. Well the announcers were talking about the different teams, the United States versus New Zealand. They started talking about how the New Zealand team was really at a disadvantage today, and I thought well of course they are! They're playing the U.S.! But it turns out that the reason they were at a disadvantage was because two of there starting players were sitting out today, and not because of injury. The announcer said that the two were members of the Mormon faith and that they were sitting out today because it was a Sunday and they were honoring their beliefs. Well my little knot in my throat got bigger and even caused my eyes to well up. I thought this was just amazing on so many different levels. It just goes to show that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints really is a worldwide religion and that I can flip on the tv and watch something completely unrelated to the church and see two women standing for what they believe in. I also was honored and inspired to see these two women continue to honor their beliefs and the Sabbath day in all aspects of their lives. They're at the Olympics! I mean, how often does that happen to someone!? For some it's once in a lifetime and for most it's everything they have worked for. And yet, these two women on the New Zealand team knew what the most important thing was to them and chose to stand as a witness even when they could have easily flown under the radar and just played anyway. Kudos to these women and for the example that they are to the entire world!

"My apologies" - Chad's side of the story.....

So, I thought this whole "apology" below was to me..... until i finished the post. I guess I really can't complain, 'cause if I was able to have a day off while Tara was at work, I would just play video games, play my guitars, watch a movies, watch tv, be bored, maybe check the mail.. I am good at cleaning the house... But at least I would go to the store and buy toilet paper!!!! out of all these important things... Toilet paper is the most important! That is all I have to say.. so now I am off to go buy toilet paper, 'cause everyone who knows me know I need toilet paper!

My apologies

Once again I am enjoying a leisurely Friday at home since I'm now required to work on a 4 ten's schedule. This morning as I lay in bed while Chad was getting ready, enjoying the fact that I didn't have to wake up at 5 am to get to work, he lovingly informed me that I "needed" to do laundry today and I "needed" to go buy toilet paper in addition to my plans of scrubbing our nasty bathtub today. Well guess what!? I'm not doing it! I'm sitting on the couch, watching Spongebob Squarepants and messing around with our blog. Well in the process of changing things up a bit I somehow deleted our friends and family list. So if you're a regular visitor to our blog and your link is missing on our page, please let me know so I can fix it!

What I do when Chad's away...Pt. 3- My respsonse to Chad's view!

So I felt a need to defend myself after Chad's little comment about me not being too happy that he was going to see a movie instead of practicing like they were supposed to! I've always tried to be good about letting him have his own interests and hang out with his friends. I don't feel the need to always be attached to his hip or feel that we have to do everything together all the time. So with that said first of all, band practice is band practice and if they're are going to be gone every Wednesday night working on stuff I would expect them to do so! The three of them want to play shows coming up soon and how in the world is that going to happen if they're blowing off practices to go and see movies! Second of all, and most importantly... um, hello! Maybe I would have wanted to see the Dark Knight again! Really, who wouldn't want to see that movie over and over again. Heath Ledger is absolutely amazing and I have yet to see a performance in any movie that I have been that impressed with! The action is amazing! I like the romantic comedy type of movies, but I'm not that huge of a fan of them. I'd much rather see stuff get blown up and an awesome high speed chase any day. And of course, Christian Bale! Need I say more!? So there you have it, the real reasons why I "didn't seem happy!"

What I do when Chad's away...Pt. 2 (Chad's view)

OMG! Now it is my turn to let everyone know what goes down at band camp. So, here we are last night (Wednesday)at band camp about ready to rock our little hearts out. We go through our set list once and take a break. We started talking about movies and such and our dear friend and drummer Sam just randomly said; "Screw practice, let's go see Dark Knight." He has not seen the movie yet, so we check the movie times. It is 7pm at this time and we decided to pick the 8pm movie. But first we had to play more music. As we leave, we are like little kids, giggling and laughing, feeling like we are breaking a rule or in Utah terms "rebels." So i started to feel bad that we were going to attempt to watch a 2.5 hour movie w/out telling Tara. So i text her and it is hard to read people's emotions through text, but to me, she didn't seem happy, 'cause I know she wants to see it again. N-E-Ways... so we get to the movie and Sam paid for us, 'cause that was his way to convince us to go.

So, this is the perfect set up for my next part....
I like to people watch and I did a lot of that since I have already seen that movie (it was even awesomer than last time!)
Here is my things that "must go"
-People playing with their cell phone making noises right when the movie starts, -children under the age of 5 at a late night movie, -people who pull out their cell phone and text or see who is calling during the movie, -the couple in front of me getting all cuddly and "romantic" during a non romantic movie, -when people are asking what is happening in the movie, PAY ATTENTION! -when people on the same aisle as me that have "restless leg syndrome" during the whole movie (it shakes the whole row, knock it off people!) -when people walk past you making you try to make yourself feel skinny so they can pass by, then they realize they are at the wrong seat, so they walk past you again (this is assigned seating, amazing when people know how to use it) -people who decide they need candy halfway through the movie and they buy the loud packaged kind and open it during the quietest part of the movie! and the last one i can think of; -people who clap at the end of a movie. Why do people insist on clapping at a movie! this isn't a play or a Broadway show.

So that is my view of Wednesday night "band camp"

Now i wanna play Call of Duty 4 and imagine the people I am killing in the game are the people who like to ruin movies for everyone!

What I do when Chad's away...

It's yet another Wednesday night and Chad is at band camp. I try to reserve these nights to get caught up on stuff like laundry or the dishes since on nights when Chad is home I'd rather spend time with him. Well as is very typical I have been doing everything but the things that I need to be doing. This has been a problem for me ever since I can remember. During finals week I would have an extremely clean apartment in my attempts to ignore all things related to studying. So as is typical of me, a pile of laundry sits there desperately needing to be folded (Chad was kind enough to help with the actual washing of the clothes last night), the dishwasher needs emptying, and the whole house in general needs a pick up. The following is a list of things that I have done tonight to avoid the things that I actually need to do:

- Attempting to actually do work! I'm fortunate enough to be on a team now where all the workers get laptops and remote access to the database so I decided to try and get the program to run. I had to try to get this whole thing downloaded to my laptop before I can use it. Well an hour and a half later I realized it's not going to work and had to abandon that idea.

- Watched an hour of Jon and Kate Plus 8. I love this show! I'm not really sure why because really, screaming kids drive me crazy, but there's just something about Kate and her fantastic ability to handle that many kids. Since it's not exactly Chad's favorite show I TiVo episodes and watch them when he's not around. I found this great clip of one of the episodes where we find out that Alexis is a great pooper!

Check it out!

- Also watched three episodes of Steven's Untitled Rock Show. One episode had an interview with Angels and Airwaves and another one had an interview with Alkaline Trio.

One of my favs from AVA


And one of my favs from A-Trio


- Tried to fix the bbq. Rilee was freaking out at something that she saw outside so I went to check to see what was outside. I ended up finding our new bbq knocked over! We got hit with a horrible storm last night and I'm guessing that's when it happened. I went outside and tried my hardest to pick it up, but with no success so it's still sitting on it's side outside.

- Snack- a lot!

- Played with my kids (aka my cats).

- Played like 10 games of spider solitaire and only won about 2 of them!

- And of course wrote this stupid blog and searched all over YouTube to find all those videos! Oh, and I might paint my toe nails next! Hope you enjoyed it and maybe gave you all some ideas of things to do to avoid the stuff that needs to be done!

2 Years and Counting

As of a week ago today, Chad and I have officially been married for two years. It's been a fun, yet interesting, couple of years and honestly I've really enjoyed all of it. Last year for our first anniversary we were so busy and my sister was in town so we didn't get to do much. This year we promised ourselves that we were going to actually do something fun and so we decided to head to Las Vegas for the 4th of July weekend. We didn't do much, but we had fun and it was nice to get away. Friday night we just hung out around the strip and I got to go shopping at one of my favorite stores ever, Sephora! On Saturday we spent the morning lounging by the pool. After cleaning up from that we headed over to the Mandalay Bay to star watch since there was a huge UFC fight that night. Sadly we didn't get to go, but when the cheapest tickets are almost $200 a pop, there's no way! That night we got dressed up and went to Rao's at Ceasar's Palace. It's a fun little traditional Italian restaurant and it was amazing. We ate way too much and spent way too much, but it was great. The highlight was this amazing dessert that our waiter recommended. Sunday we checked out, headed to that Paris hotel for crepes and then headed home. (Sorry Jarad, once again I have no pictures to show for our whole trip to Vegas!)

A while back I was talking with a friend about how much I missed Cali sometimes. She asked me if I had ever regretted moving to Utah. Right away I told her that I had never regretted it because I would never have met Chad. He's really changed my life and I couldn't imagine being without him. In the last few months we've spent a few weekends apart and it has turned out to be harder then I ever thought it would be.

I made a post about five things that I was grateful for and Chad was slightly offended that I didn't list him as one of the things. In the spirit of that post I decided to list five things that I love about Chad (although there are way more then five!)

1. His ability to make me smile even when I want to be angry and in a bad mood.

2. How he reminds me that things don't have to be so complicated.

3. The fact that I got my tattooed, guitar playing, skater that could take me to the temple!

4. I love that Chad really helps out around the house and takes just as much responsibility for the house I as do. I was talking with a coworker about how her husband won't help with laundry, rarely takes the garbage out, and never helps clean up. I for sure count myself lucky that I have a husband that is more then willing to help out around the house.

5. And of course I love him because he can deal with me and all my craziness!

(And I have to note that I love that he loves cats just as much as I do!)

So without sounding too much on the cheesy side, I love you Chaddy and happy anniversary!