Snow Days!

So growing up in utah, snow days were not the fun you get to miss school and stay home and play..lol well in cincinnati thats a different ballgame. they panic at and inch of snow. so when we heard a major storm was coming the panic started almost instantly. monday schools delayed or closed even though it wasnt snowing!! Tuesday brought 3 inches of snow and so wades school closed as did Nates work. We all laughed knowing that in utah 3 inches is a day in the park lol. then we heard the rest of the forcast. 1/2-1 inch of ice over night turning to 4 more inches of snow. now if u have never been through an ice storm its crazy and wicked! the rain comes down and instantly freezes. so we woke up today with 1/2 inch of ice and heavy snow falling! of course school was canceled and nates work as well. and though the first day of staying home and playing was fun, a second day confined to a small trailer didnt not sound as appealing lol. but the kids of course wanted to wake up and go play outside being utahns and missing playing in the snow lol. so here are a few snow pics of the snow day :) feels more and more like utah..except that thick layer of ice on everything lol

New Hair!!

Yes i went and got new hair today lol. Anybody that knows me, knows that changing my hair is like therapy for me. hehe. I love walking into a salon and walking out feeling like a new person. Its my one vice..hehe ok maybe i have more than one but its a fun one heh.

I started out with blonde hair just a couple months ago. and then i went brown with melissa, which i felt it was a mousy color so i turned it into black lol.

I know black isnt the best color for me, but its a fun one, but very high maintance to say the least .

So today i was going to have them lift the black and try a brown with caramel highlights. well lets just say that didnt happen lol. when she pulled the black out it went to this very pretty color of redish brown. She was so amazed she had gotten a usable color (guess that it usually goes fire red, or carrot orange lol) that she was like wow that color looks really good, u should try it. of course me being all game said sure hehe. and so a little while later i walked out a red head.

The pic doesnt do the color justice..ill have to try and find a better way to capture the color. its a really pretty dark red. with lots of different tones in it. im going to have fun with it for sure. and it really makes my eyes look green lol

So i guess for awhile im exploring the world of red hehe. Emma's first words to me were. "your not my mom, my mom has black hair lol" And of course wade said thats cool mom. hehe. and nate just sighed and said whatever makes you happy hehe.

So for now the red sticks..and we will go from there hehe

BTW nates job is going great. he is just excited to be working im sure. The ward out here is wonderful, we have been asked to someone's house for dinner at least once a week. so we are meeting lots of people hehe. And as soon as that first pay check hits we should be doing fine lol. Love ya all, miss ya lots :)

Pilates

My new favorite class.. PILATES. I was taking 2 zumba classes but i ran into an instuctor who couldnt keep a beat or count it lol..and the teacher in me just couldnt handle that class lol. so i decided to switch to pilates. this is my second week and i am loving it!! i feel so much longer and taller and straighter when im done. And finding all those core muscles and isolating them is intriguing lol i didnt know they were all there. we have an awesome instructor who will com around and show us if were pointing the right way or doing it right..lol but today i walked out of the gym feeling energized, and tall lol (this is a big deal u know lol)

anyway im loving all my classes really my kick boxing class..literally kicks butt.. she is awesome..doesnt let ya off easy yet does all different lvls and keeps ya going ...and keeps those muscles going too lol

my cardio shape with weights class is awesome too..alot of step arobics, weights stretches and so forth. and our teacher is so cute u just cant help liking it

zumba im not sure yet..due to wade's school being delayed because of cold weather i have only attened the one class with the teacher i just couldnt hack, so ill let you know this week how the other goes :)

And yes Nathan started his job!! yeah we were both soo relieved. He is doing enviromental work on site..really meaning going around making sure site is clean, fences up, and water where its suppose to be....he is on a 4 man crew and he said first day was spent getting lost on ohio roads lol go figure :) im sure he will enjoy it and were so gratefull that it started!!!

we just really feel blessed. it was struggle for sure, but i know we are where we are suppose to be, and doing what were suppose to do. thank you all for your concern and prayers and help!! love ya all and miss ya al tons!!

good news

yeah! we got the call we were waiting for! Nate should start work monday. what a long and very hard wait its been! not to say that having nate home that long was very strange..like getting to know him all over again lol.

but we survived! thank you all for your phone calls, and prayers. Ill keep you up to date on how it goes :)

The one thing we have started doing as a family is playing games. since we dont have a tv in the trailer just a comp to watch movies, the kids have taken a liking to playing board games and cards . its been alot of fun to see them learn the games we all loved as a kid! what an expierence this has been!

But now we can all get back to a regular schedule lol. you all know what i mean lol. ill keep you all up to date about how it goes :)

Struggling..but ok!

I know you have all wondered why i havent posted how wonderful nates job is and how we are really doing. i now i have been procrastinating this for one simple fact....Nate hasnt started his job. One thing after another, has left us without starting. Nate has a job, and were doing very hard trying to get him started. but it is a union job, and the company is hiring him so they are having problems with numbers, and things. Its the beginning of a job, and so they are trying to bring crews in and all. it sounds so simple...but not if you havent had a job for over a month!!

Anyway things are getting closer we know he will be in soon. We are stressed but we havent lost it...yet lol . we know you have all been praying for us, and we appreciate all the concern.

the ward has been marvelous here and taken good care us!! so as soon as nate starts well be doing fine lol ( at least i keep telling myself that)

Any way we love and miss ya all. were surviving and we know it will all work out in the end... last word we heard was a couple days. so..keep the prayers.

my beautiful and talented sister!!

My very talented and beautiful sister Hollyann and her dance partner Richard had an opportunity to compete at dancing with the stars live in san antonio.

10 couples gathered together during a preshow to compete for judges, they were narrowed down to 5 couples. the 5 couples then preformed at first of show and were narrowed down to 2 couples. These 2 couples ( holly and richard and fellow coworkers jenny and david) were picked to preform solos doing cha cha and jive later in the show. then the audience txted in there votes for the winner...drum roll. Yes HOLLY and her partner RICHARD were voted #1 with 73% of the vote !!! I am sooo proud of her! she has over come so much this year, and i know this was a major thing for her to preform in front of thousands of people and come out winning first place!

I just want her to know how proud I am of her. and that i love her soo much. and i know she has gone through the ringer this year but she is pushing her way to the top :) And that she is doing so well i am so glad she is my sister, and my best friend :) i love holly GRATZ!!