3 Newtons

Few New Things....

2011-08-05T06:49:00.000-06:00

So it's fantastic to be here.....haha at 6:33 am. I'm getting a little better at being awake early, but sometimes like today, I wish I was still asleep.
Eloise is SUPER close to walking. She's a little older in her brain I swear because she will walk until she realizes she's doing it by herself and then like an adult she's like "oh my gosh I'm doing this by myself, and I know I can't so I can't!" and then she falls down. She's supposed to be so unafraid because she hasn't learned about not being able to do things yet I thought, but she knows. It's great though because every now and then you can tell her, "Eloise I know you can do it" and she'll walk straight to you. I love that she may have a little doubt, but her trust of knowing I know she can do it is super cool. I like that she trusts me know because that may change someday.

Haha she's hilarious......

I can't wait for her to get bigger. I just love her. I hope she can always need me for love, fun, and excitement.

See you for now.

Elise

I love my baby

2011-07-22T14:03:00.000-06:00

So my little baby is not so little anymore. But I freakin' love her. And I'm going to tell you all about how cute I think she is. Haha
She loves to take a bath in the sink and it's hilarious because she's almost too big for it :0)
Recently she loves to sing while taking a bath in the sink....which is even better.
She loves to dance to any song while we drive in the car.
She loves loves loves outside. Whenever we go outside she points to the trees and exclaims "oooo"
She is trying to run before she walks. Which is funny cause she wants to walk so bad.
She loves to dip any type of food, in any type of sauce. Her favorites though are ketchup and ranch.
She loves to bang any toy, spoon, straw, french fry, anything on an surface to see what noise it makes. She may be destined to be a drummer.
She loves to smack her lips after she tastes any type of drink. It's like she's tasting it a little more and appreciating it way more than any 10 month old should.
She loves to watch Sesame Street and thinks that the muppets are freakin hilarious. She always laughs whenever it comes on.
She loves popsicles, ice cream, and ice. Watch out if you have one of those cause you'll have to share.
These are only a few of the things, I love that she loves. I know mushy and all mommy like, but I can have moments like those every now and then.

Elise

Yes!

2011-07-12T06:58:00.000-06:00

So today was the day people! My alarm was set for 5:05 a.m. I was supposed to arise and go for a run, come home and make breakfast, get ready and have some mommy time before the baby woke up. The alarm went off and guess what? I didn't hesitate!!!!! I got right out of bed, turned it off and got out the door. Mind you, I was tired and the sleep didn't wipe itself from my eyes until I was about 1/3 of the way into the run ( more like a medium jog cause let's be honest.....I can't run to save my life :oS) but I did it!!!! Yahoo!!!! I got home, showered and made breakfast, and the blog is my mommy time! You know, it sounds cheesy, but this is really going to help me feel better about myself. I'm excited!
So moving on to my little baby!!! She's not really a baby anymore, but like all mom's say, she'll always be my baby!
She can almost walk by herself, it's freakin' nuts! She will pull herself up onto furniture in no time flat. She'll walk around holding onto anything and Douglas can usually get her to take about 3 steps to him all by herself. It's so amazing to me the trust kids have in their parents though...she takes those 3 steps and then she just starts to lean forward, toward whom ever is standing there, like "here I come, you're going to catch me right?" I hope I can catch her every time she leans toward me for help, but I don't know, she may have to fall a couple times.
I'm sure those of you who read my blog saw her awesome first word on facebook! I love that she says that now. We went to Cabela's last night and she is for sure Douglas' daughter. Every animal that was hanging or standing anywhere in that store, she pointed at and said "wow" or the variation "whoa" It's so stinkin' hilarious, but she loves Cabela's just as much as her dad.
Here's another cute video of her dancing. Anytime we have on music and we turn it up she'll dance, and when you turn it down she stops. Now, this video is a little harder to see because me, being really dumb with technology, didn't realize I wasn't recording when she was doing it really well, but watch closely. And her favorite music to dance to is rock, like Linkin Park, which is also something her dad would pick. Do you think she likes her dad at all?

Here we go again..

2011-07-06T14:51:00.000-06:00

So how funny is this....
Douglas and I were watching the TLC show '19 Kids and Counting' last night.
We LOVE, LOVE the Duggars, (At least I do :0P), and Douglas asked me how old the mom, Michelle, was. I guessed, but I wasn't sure so what did I do? I grabbed my Ipod touch and googled it. I know not everything you find on the Internet is true, but I always google everything. I may or may not be addicted.....hahaha. Anyway, the Duggars of course have a website, so I found out how old Michelle Duggar was but I continued to read about the family. I read that every child has a favorite Bible hero and a favorite Bible verse. Now I know that seems normal to anyone who has watched the Duggar's show, but it was an eye opening experience for me. If any of those children were asked about their scripture they would be able to answer. They would be able to tell you their favorite story, or recite their favorite verse(s). If I, a 24 year old woman, who has grown up in her religion, was asked the same question about my scriptures, I couldn't answer it.
So......I have decided to really actually try to learn about the scriptures. I know that I have said things like this before, but a few Sunday's ago one of the speakers said something that hit me hard even though I've know it all my life. "If you want to do something, decide to do it, and then do it!" Well Elise....duh!!!! So I decided, I'm going to read, listen, study my scriptures so that when I'm asked, I can answer. I'm going to exercise because I want to be healthier. I'm going to wake up earlier because I know it will help me to have a better day. I'm going to pay off debt because I'm tired of being a prisoner to it. It may sound like a lot and ridiculous lots of you because you probably already do all of these things, but to me they are fantastic goals that I can't wait to accomplish. And I will accomplish them. I can't wait!!!
Side note.....I will also blog more because I will have extra time in the morning so yay!!! I'm also going to figure out how to post videos cause my baby is funny a lot of the time!!! Haha

Thanks for listening.......or I guess reading....

Love
Elise

Busy

2011-05-05T17:54:00.000-06:00

Wow, being a mother and wife is busy. Sorry, I haven't had time to blog because well I would rather sleep then tell all of my life on the Internet. Haha no really sometimes I do have to choose sleep over staying up and cleaning or doing other menial tasks. But here I am today, blogging.
Douglas finished off this semester really well. He finally likes his business classes so he actually studies for his tests and does his papers. Funny how your attitude changes when you LIKE doing something. He's really excited because this time next year he will be finished with college. Yay for that.
I am know out on the floor taking clients at my school. Talk about overwhelming. People sit down in my chair and expect me to know what I'm doing and really I'm not sure that I do. But I'm a pretty good faker, usually, so I just do my best.
Eloise is so big. She's 7 months old now, 24lbs, and a ball of fire. She has 2 bottom teeth and is so close to crawling she gets so pissed when she goes backwards instead of forwards. I can't wait for her to be able to move because she wants to come and see what you're doing all the time. She loves to drum and sing and make noise in general. Doesn't that sound just like Doug? ;0)
Here are some pictures of our little baby and her recent adventures.

Do you think this one fits?

She loves sitting in the sink for her bath time. Haha

It's been a while

2011-02-13T08:52:00.000-07:00

I realize I haven't blogged in a while and a lot has happened. Douglas and I have both started school. It's kind of a mad house around here.
Douglas just finished his first set of tests and he did so fabulous! He got 90% on all of his tests. That's freaking awesome! Yup that's my amazing husband. He did all that even while watching Eloise three days a week in the afternoon!\
I had my nails final and it was a little nerve racking, but I did really well. Now that my nail program is over I will be starting hair theory. I'll be learning the techniques of cutting and coloring for the next eight weeks and then I'll be on the floor for actually doing it. I'm really excited.

Now what everyone really cares about....ELOISE. ;0)
She is doing so fabulous. She is 5 months now and getting bigger everyday!
She weighs 19lbs 8 oz and is 25 inches long.
She is very chatty and loves to scream and squeal and tell you exactly how she feels.
She absolutely LOVES to try new foods and I'm glad she's not picky.
We just love her so much and can't wait to see what happens next.

I'll post soon a bunch of pictures!

Life is working.....knock on wood.

2010-11-15T23:54:00.000-07:00

So it is a new week. Yay for that.
Pretty sure I did absolutely nothing today.....wow that's really crappy.
But, I think that it is still okay.
         Today we found out that Douglas was ACCEPTED in the BYU BUSINESS PROGRAM.
That means school will be able to be over faster.
                      It also means that starting in January, I will have no husband because he will have 15 credit hours. Crazy.
Plus, I'll be in school too, so we probably won't see each other, but I will sacrifice anything right now so that my husband can be done with school sooner.
       Even though it sounds crazy and kinda insane, I'm really grateful that I will be in school and Douglas will be in school because we will be able to provide for our family easier and sooner.

                 Sacrifice is a part of life and right now it's working out.
Sweet!

By Request :0)

2010-11-15T23:49:00.000-07:00

Pictures of my beautiful two month old baby. Requested by a Grandma who doesn't live so close.

My Happiness

2010-11-10T15:37:00.000-07:00

So the other night I was having a really hard time. As usual Douglas just said something not even meaning to be rude or careless or anything and I started to cry because of the emotions that I had bottled up.

See there's this thing that no one tells you about after you have a baby. Not only have you spent a crap load of money on maternity clothes and baby supplies, but after that baby comes out, none of your clothes or shoes fit that fit before so you have to buy a whole bunch of new stuff then. Really, no matter how much exercise you do, your stuff never fits the same. No one tells you that.

   Anyway, that was my moment. I haven't really felt much like myself since Eloise was born. Your identity isn't really you anymore, it's you and your baby. You are no longer Elise and Douglas, your Elise and Douglas and baby. No one really wants to see you, they want to see your baby. Your body still isn't yours because Eloise needs it to eat and really it doesn't look like it did before I was pregnant so sometimes I stand in the mirror and wonder how my head got on this other lady's body.
   I have tried really hard to be positive and learn how to work with the changes that have happened and let's be honest, I've had a hard time......but I have a really great thing.....my happiness.
   As I was crying and feeling bad, my husband was so perfect. He looked at me and said "you're right, you don't look like you did when I married you. You're right, I was attracted to you the way you looked when we were dating. That doesn't mean that I'm not attracted to the woman you've become now. Just cause you look a little different doesn't mean that you're not who I love. We change and we change together."
   Now, I know what all of you women are thinking, 'Elise he lied to you :0)' or 'you are SO niave'. You know what, I don't think so. Douglas is right. I still love him and he may not change very much until he's an old man and he may change appearance a whole lot, but he is my happiness. Not his body, but his personality. The fact that he wrestles me, tickles me, laughs with me, hugs me when i cry, calls me crazy (cause I am). He is my happiness when he holds my daughter and tells her that he loves her. Tells her about how silly her mommy is and how much fun we're going to have as a family. He is my happiness because he reminds me that I'm his happiness no matter if I look the way I did before or how I look now with a little more in places I wish there wasn't.
I know it may seem crazy, but isn't it nice to know that I can be someone's happiness no matter how I look and someone can be mine no matter how they look. I think we all need to be reminded that we are all someone's happiness and you may not even know it.
              Someone loves you just the way you are.

Love,
Elise

Halloween

2010-11-01T22:40:00.000-06:00

So it was a little difficult this year to decide what to do about Halloween. I really didn't want to find a costume for my small baby because A. she can't trick or treat & B. I didn't want the candy cause I'm trying to be skinny again
But,
in the end we decided to dress her up and Aunt Kimberly gave us the idea.
Grandma Hardman (aka Liz) and I executed the plan.

Costume is a 4T turtle neck that we added snaps to the bottom to close it like a onesie and cut off the extra long sleeves to make her leggings.
Cricut iron on flocking cut on the paper dolls cricut cartridge. 24x12 size at the biggest it would cut.
Tule tu tu and a rocking hair thing made by Aunt Aly.
End result.............

Eloise was a baby skeleton.
And I think she looked stinkin cute, but I have a biased opinion!
We had fun though. We went and saw all the Grandparents in Riverton and Draper, was cooed over in Cabelas and by the end of the night had peed through every layer including the costume and so it wasn't clean for the Grandparents down here. *Sigh* Life with a baby :0)

First Halloween down, at least 11 more to go.

Elise

Beauty School Drop Out....

2010-11-01T22:31:00.000-06:00

So I've finally decided and committed to what I'm going to do with my life.
I'm headed to cosmetology school!
I'm actually really excited. I'll be able to cut hair, do make-up, do nails, eyelash extensions, and permanent cosmetics! It always seemed like something that I would want to learn, but never really seemed like a good idea. However, the more and more I thought about what I would want to be able to do if I ever needed to work, it seemed to interest me the most. So yay!
I hope I don't become a beauty school drop out like Frenchie from Grease and I definitely hope I don't ever color mine or anyone else's hair pink! (unless they want me too)
Anyway, if you know anyone who needs these services, look me up in the future :0)

Elise

Learning a lot about life

2010-10-26T12:36:00.000-06:00

So being a mom for the last 5 weeks has sure taught me a lot.
Sleep is something you definitely need and when you don't get it....you can be mean:0)
Babies really do have different kinds of cries. You hear that from moms you come in contact with and think that they are crazy, but it's true, they do.
It's really frustrating when the baby poops all over three outfits in less than 3 hours.
Laundry is now a NEVER ENDING chore....yuck!
Sometimes you really just want to be alone.
BUT,
when my Eloise smiles and laughs in her sleep
when she stretches and snuggles me
when she looks around the room with her beautiful blue eyes
when I see her grow,
All that stuff at the top of the page, is so worth it.

I love being her mom!

New....and Grateful

2010-10-09T00:26:00.000-06:00

So I haven't posted in a while. Mostly because when I got put on bed rest, I'll admit, I got really depressed. I didn't really want anything to do with anything so I didn't. I'm better now because my beautiful daughter is here and even though we have our rough spots, she is way more fun out of my belly :0)

I am posting some pictures from her first photo shoot. It was so much fun. My cousin Jessie took the pictures and she is so patient and got some really fantastic pictures. I just love her. It was so much fun to watch my baby decide if she was going to be happy or not.

Mostly I'm blogging today about a few things that I have been thinking about as of late. I hope that anyone who reads this blog doesn't get offended, but I really need to vent a little.
I have been very frustrated with the news and the world making such a big deal about Elder Packard's talk from conference. I understand that it was not what people wanted to hear, but when does conference really ever have a whole bunch of talks about things we want to hear. I'm pretty certain I remember a talk a while back about piercings that really angered me, but that doesn't mean it isn't what the Lord wanted us to and needed us to hear. I know that now the topic at the fore front all over this nation is about certain attractions that people have to each other. I do not profess to know any answers about these attractions or what really can be done except for unconditional love and being there for any person you may meet who needs you to listen. However, I do not understand how I am asked to love and accept how they feel without hesitation, but they cannot do the same for my beliefs and how I feel. I'm sorry that everyone in the world right now doesn't understand the stand that the church has on same sex and same gender attraction and marriage, but they are allowed to feel that way. If you want me to feel unconditional love and acceptance of how you choose to live your life, then please have the same respect towards how I choose to live mine.
Please know that I do have people very close to me that are dealing with some of these struggles and decisions. I have also lost people close to me that were dealing with these questions as well and I love them and I'm there for them if they need me. I also hope that they understand that I want to do as my Heavenly Father asks and that they respect me enough to know that what I believe is important to me. I will never force the way I feel on another individual so please don't force me to believe the way you feel.
Okay enough of that.....thank you for letting me vent.

On a happier note, let's see some pics of my beautiful baby!

Oh she's so cute. And so are we :0)

Hopefully I can blog some more now that I am feeling better! Talk to you soon!

Elise

Yay for being pregnant

2010-08-18T19:34:00.000-06:00

So I love being pregnant ( states Elise sarcastically )

If you haven't heard yet, I am now part of the greatest pregnant club ever.....the bedrest club! Yay for that. I have PIH which is the new fancy acronym for pre eclympsia. Anyway. I'm here in bed ever day until Eloise is ready to come. Sweet.
My husband is such a sweety because he gave me such a good quote the night we found out that I would be on bedrest. He said he was given this quote when he was on his mission, "Come what may and love it." That's what I've been trying to do because I love that I'm not in the hospital and I love that I'm not having a baby that is in NICU.
It's kinda hard because I'm not one to just sit and do nothing all day, but I have grand plans to read books and scrap book stuff, so we'll see if I can do it. Probably not, but we'll see how it goes. hahaha
I just wanted to say I'm so grateful for everyone who has been helping Douglas and I so far and helping me by cleaning my house and grocery shopping for me.
I will never be able to put into words how much I am thankful to my Heavenly Father for surrounding me with people who love me so much!

Any suggestions to keep me busy let me know.

Love everyone,

Elise and Eloise

I'm grateful.....

2010-07-21T22:15:00.000-06:00

Today was a rough day....I was throwing up all day today and I have no idea why. For a while I was really upset about it, but then I realized that I needed to be grateful because there are so many things that could be worse.
You see this week has been rough for Douglas and myself. Douglas had to go to work in Colorado this week which is a blessing and a curse. He's gone for a week, but he makes more when he does work out there. So it's a catch 22. I want him here, but we need to save for our baby Eloise so it's a dilemma.
Well, this week in Colorado was really rough for Douglas because he got stung by wasps at a home he was working at and he has allergic reaction to bee stings. His hand stared to swell and hurt really bad. He uses his hands all day and was far from our hospital and doctors so he was really stressed. On top of that it started to rain and he does all of his job outside so he was hurting and soaking wet at the same time.
Because of who I am, I"m not a very good listener because I just want to take action and fix it, so I wasn't very sympathetic to him because I was trying to make him think positive and thinking of how I could make it better...it didn't help. hahaha
So what did I do, I called our insurance company. I'm so grateful for insurance, even though it costs a lot of money, it helps so much. They told me because it was an emergency it was completely covered because he was out of state. So I found an urgent care on Google near where he was....I'm grateful for Google. He maybe didn't want to go, but he did and he was so much better!!!
So today was rough because I was throwing up all day with taking the medicine I've had to take since the beginning of being pregnant. I'm not sure why, but it was draining, but I found out why I'm grateful for that. Eloise was moving and grooving like crazy today. She's still growing and she was moving so I wasn't worried so I guess I'm grateful for throwing up. Hahaha
It's kinda funny, but I tried to have a positive attitude today and it worked. It was just rough. I'm grateful for the lesson that I learned today. Staying positive helps. I'm grateful for my Heavenly Father for teaching me that lesson apparently I needed to learn it.

Love you all,

Elise and Eloise (cause she's with me too :o) )

Wow it's Almost JULY

2010-06-27T19:37:00.000-06:00

July is right around the corner! Holy Cow!

Well we've been busy. We went to Moab and it was so freakin' HOT!
I can't even believe I survived cause the whole time I was sweaty! That's never happened to me before.
Something I thought was so funny, when we were hot and outside and hiking Eloise held perfectly still. I don't think she liked the heat. I think she just floated in there uncomfortably wishing she could be like 'mom, get me in the pool or the air conditioning.' See, she's got some Douglas in her :0)

We had so much fun with my family and Dallas and the Price family. Here are a few pics.

Beautiful place. Yes I hiked to Delicate Arch....it was far. And Douglas is being the Little Mermaid again, yes shirtless.

Well, it's been crazy fun, more stuff to come!

Yay for life.

Elise

Life....sometimes is no fun

2010-06-24T09:57:00.000-06:00

So I realized last night that sometimes being an adult isn't really any fun.....
Why is it that you have to have all sorts of responsibility to learn anything from life?
Can't I just hang out all day and do fun things and still learn what I need to from life?
   I don't really like having to do dishes or cook dinner,
   I don't really like cleaning the house or doing the laundry,
   I don't really like it when I have to go to bed alone because my husband is doing homework,

I do like the sun
And the fact I'm going to be a mom.
I do like the breeze
I do like the mountains and water and trees.

Why can't I just do those things all day?

Sorry I'm complaining, but lately I've been really down. It's hard to be positive when you think you're doing right and everything keeps going wrong.
OH well....it will be over soon right?
And I still am alive and can be grateful for life......I'll try.

Hopefully a happier post will come.

Elise

What we've been up to lately....

2010-06-13T11:35:00.000-06:00

We've been kinda busy these past couple days. But is has been so FUN!

Last Saturday we went looking for two items we have been saving up for and we were able to get them!

A video camera and a brand new camera! It's awesome because now we can be completely practiced up for when Eloise comes and we'll be able to capture so many fun moments!
Douglas is the video camera operator and I am the camera operator for now :0) We'll probably switch off every now and then, but that's currently who's in charge of which devices.
We've also made a little bit more progress on the second bedroom, which is so great. We're getting closer all because of my Dad and Mom. They are such hard workers.

Douglas and I are working still and so that sometimes makes for tired nights, but we're trying to still learn about Eloise coming and getting our home ready for her.

We'll also be starting our birthing class on July 9, which makes us both excited, but WOW that means that a baby is coming soon. I'm kind of scared, but that will probably just get worse before it gets better...but it will get better.....right?

My mom and sisters and I have also been up to making some fun things for Eloise when she gets here. I've posted a picture of one of our latest projects. Promise it's cute!
Anyway, that's what's been happening at our humble abode, so ya.

Love you!

Aunt Darlene at Art City Days Parade

Douglas at Parade

Lexi too!

Douglas and his new Video Camera

Camo Booties! Yes we made them girly. And they are stinkin cute!

(All pictures taken with our New Nikon Camera)

Lots of New....ton

2010-05-16T19:35:00.000-06:00

Haha, I'm so funny....well I think I'm so funny. It's tons of new stuff..."New-ton"

Anyway......

I'm finally bloggin since I haven't in like I don't know...FOREVERRRRRRRRR!

We've had a few exciting things happen in the last couple of months.

First of all we're PREGNANT! yay for a new member of our family!

Second, Doug finished another semester of school. Yay for that cause Douglas hates school...haha!

Third, Doug decided NOT to go sell alarm systems with APX which I'm really glad about so now I have a husband for the summer. That's exciting.

Fourth, we found out our baby is......A GIRL!!!!

We also just went to Zion National park after we found out. It was my Mother's Day present kinda. It's funny though because I want everyone to know that hiking in Zion is FREAKIN hard. Especially when you're pregnant but we had tons of fun!

Gorgeous huh? Anyway, it was way awesome. Thanks to Tim for the trailer and Justina for coming so me and my belly weren't the only girls!

And just so everyone knows we do have a name for our baby!!! SHE WILL BE ELOISE ALEXIS NEWTON!

(Douglas picked it out)

Well those have been our adventures over the past while. We'll see if I can keep up with life on the blog now :0)

Stuff that has happened

2010-03-04T20:11:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I haven't posted in a while. I know how that feels for people who are like me and blog stalk other people and hate not seeing something new everyday :0)

I'll blog about my birthday. It's so funny cause I just asked Doug what i should blog about. When I said birthday, he said 'wow i didn't take any pictures of your birthday....i'm sorry.'

Haha he's so funny.

I got fun presents. Gift cards from Cheryl. Perfect things from my sister :0). A mini straightener from my mom and dad and a massage chair. My massage chair is the bomb.
I got a giftcard for nails from Mitch and Jennica and a massage from Scott and Kimberly.
My favorite present was from Douglas. He got me an ipod touch and he even got it all uploaded with music and games for me. What a sweet husband I have!

I just love all of my family and I want to say thank you very very much for all coming and for all of my presents.
Love you guys!

Grateful

2010-02-03T15:34:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to blog today about how grateful I am for all of the things I am given.
I'm grateful for my husband and how much he does for me everyday. No man likes doing laundry or dishes, but he does it because he knows how happy it makes me.
I'm so grateful for family who is always there. I know sometimes it seems like I don't love you enough, but I promise you are always in my prayers. I wouldn't be anything without what you give me.
I'm so grateful for doctors and nurses who finally understand I'm not crazy. Thanks for giving me medicine that helps me feel better.

Mostly today I want to say I'm grateful for how much my Heavenly Father loves me. He sent me all of these beautiful guardian angels. My family, the doctors, my husband, my ward, even the little lady at Walgreen's. He brought all of these people along my path to help me and I love him so much for that.

That's all. Take that Satan :0)

Sometimes Satan is Annoying

2010-01-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

I've decided today that Satan really likes to throw curve balls at you.
I'm not sure if it's to humble you and they are lessons from the Lord
or...
if Satan just thinks it's freaking HILARIOUS to make people cry.

Why is it do you think that I need to feel as miserable as he does?
I'm not sure I need to have that in order to feel the joy.

I cried today at work, thinking the whole time, "I've been doing so well lately. You have no power to make me feel this way..."
And yet,
for some reason he does.
I felt miserable.....all day.

I've decided that no matter what, sometimes the world really gets you down....
But then a glimmer of hope....

My dear sweet cousin Jessie reminds me with a simple status update on Facebook
"That did not go as I'd hoped it would. Ah well, I have many more blessings than I do trials, so we are all good! :o)"

I have more blessings than trials............yes I do.
Thank you so much for my life, even when it is hard.

Love
Elise

Off the beaten path

2010-01-17T21:47:00.009-07:00

Most recently we went 4-wheeling with my 2 favorite people...Tim and Justina! Here are a few pictures of our adventure. Don't forget to check out the one of Stina and I looking sexy in our cold weather gear. Oh and the bike jumping is by Tim and Stina. Douglas and I were on a borrowed bike so we weren't about to jump it. (Thanks again Jed and Kallie)

Hear

2010-01-11T14:31:00.002-07:00

I'm sorry for my actions
My weakness, my words
I know it doesn't make it better
It will probably just make it worse
But I just want to tell you
Even if you don't believe

I know that I love you
I know that you care
I promise I hear you
Even when I'm not there
I want to always do right by you
As a friend, never a foe
Please just understand I'm doing what God asked me to do

Your Mom.

I wrote this poem because I feel that anyone who reads it will need it just as much as I did when I wrote it. Current and future mom's need to be able to say all of these things and sometimes they just can't.......kids , she's only doing the hard task that God gave her
to protect you.

Love you all!

Recent Adventures

2009-12-13T13:56:00.003-07:00

This is my tap recital that I didn't tell anyone about....because well it's kinda silly that I dance with the little kids, but I had TONS of fun. It was our Christams concert and so yay for our santa hats and red and green.

Also, we had lots of fun the other night with Mitch and Jennica and soon to be born baby Rice. We got to go to the Jazz game and it was AWESOME! They had an extra set of tickets on the fifth row and it was great! I could see the Jazz players face sweat! It was an awesome game because the Jazz came from behind and WON! That's because of our awesome karma there with Mitch and Jennica! Thanks again Mitch and Jennica!!

Yay for adventures...more to come soon.

Winter....

2009-12-10T14:51:00.004-07:00

It's winter time.........

The holidays come. The family arrives.

Everything is busy.

The snow is here and everyone forgets how to drive.......

The stores stay open late, christmas lights make the world come alive.

The nights get cold

My blankets are warm

I don't want to leave my bed.....

I remember my Savior and the reason for this time.

How can I help lift someone's spirit?

I sit and I watch the snow fall

It quiets the world and helps calm my soul....

Poor.........

2009-11-30T15:00:00.000-07:00

Now I'm not writing this today to be a complainer or anything...
I just need to get this off of my chest cause it's stressing me out!

Do you ever just feel so powerless when it comes to money?
Sometimes, like today, I look at my bills and then at my bank account, and just hate being poor!

I know, I know it's good for me and everyone goes through it and some people live it everyday of their lives, but why do we even have to have money?! I mean really! It gives me such anxiety deep down in the pit of my stomach because I know on some things the balance won't go down for a while and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it! It gets so old..........I love all of this "learning" that I'm getting and going through, but really to be honest, I'm fed up with it.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll have a better attitude...........maybe not........

BYE.............(please don't start charging me for this too.........)

I'm a Legend in my own Mind.....

2009-11-19T13:32:00.003-07:00

So I'm sitting here in my pure BOREDOM today thinking......
which really is never a good thing.

Has anyone ever wondered how we can get to such a place in our existence that we write an entire news story on which actresses will play the next Charlies Angels?
How is that a front page news story?
And really.....who wants the Charlies Angels series back on TV?

Or how come we are still talking about the death of Michael Jackson?
Shouldn't we be worrying about protecting and helping the people in our world who are still living?

Why is it that all of our politicians can't just admit when they're WRONG?
Why do they always have to blame someone else for what is wrong with the world.

You made the decisions....you were supposed to be speaking for me and you didn't.......unemployment wasn't supposed to rise above 7, wait 8....wait 9.......wait......... has it stopped?
Shouldn't we be teaching everyone to take responsibility for their actions whether a good decision or a poor one?

I don't really know how I feel about pulling up ABC news and seeing all of the death and destruction of not only the world, but other human lives.
A father kills his son
A 15 yr old kills a 9yr old to see what it feels like
A 5 yr old girl's remains are found where her mother dug her a shallow grave
Another war.......another shooting..........millions lost there jobs...........an innocent man was killed in his own home.

When will we talk about........I don't know the fact that the sun is still shining?
Or that gas is still under $3 per gallon.
Why not make the readers or watchers laugh because there is already enough crying going on in the world today.

Shouldn't the goal for all of us be to just be grateful that we're all living?
To be able to write something uplifting?
To teach our children that they should take responsibility for their actions and do everything in there power to make the next decision a better one?

I don't know.....
That's just what I have been thinking about today........
I just wish I was more than one person........I guess.

I'm glad I'm still here......fighting for a better tomorrow.

So...

2009-11-17T15:47:00.002-07:00

So today I've kinda been avoiding this blog stuff.
Let me share why....
So I had been working for 2 whole days on getting all of the previously posted pictures up. At first I had tried to make them all cutesie and scrapbooky and have really fun captions.
I painful highlighted letters and had a fun array and variety of words that jumped out at you and made you want to read.

Then...it all erased!

Let me share that I have just gotten a new laptop and they may have been why, I may have pressed a button inadvertenly and done it myself, but none the less, I had to start over to where it had auto saved last and let me share that it doesn't save very well.

I was so angry and so I had to stop and work on it again last night. After 2 hours, yes 2 hours, I finally thought I had it and so I previewed my work.
Let me share that the preview and the draft do not look anything close to the same thing..........at all.
So very frustrated I started over. I copied and pasted the text into a word document thinking I could just copy it back, and started with just pictures. I downloaded all of the pictures again, re captioned all of them, and went to copy and paste my fun description back in and it won't copy.

Let's just say I almost threw my very expensive new laptop.
Sometimes keeping all of you informed really gets me all worked up. I really wanted it to be cute and it ended up being not so cute.

I just want you to know that I do it all out of love, but yesterday I was really really angry and almost erased the whole thing and made it disappear, but I didn't.
I lived to blog another day!

Goodbye, cruel world!

YAY! I figured it out......well Douglas did :0)

2009-11-15T19:30:00.042-07:00

Douglas helped me figure out how to do this blogging stuff, since you can see because you're logged on. Here are a few of our adventures that we've had over the summer. Starting with Disneyland and Seaworld. We also went to Laguana Beach which had freezing cold water, but that didn't stop us.

PS. Thanks Douglas I love you!

We found Crabs!

Aly and Dallas. This was their senior trip! Yay for bringing me!

Douglas and I on the Roger Rabbit ride. No we are not going to puke..promise.

Waiting for Thunder Mountain. Coolest ride ever!

Lexi and Shylan riding California Screamer. Yes Lexi rode it 3 times. So much for being scared.

Touching Stingrays, so stinking cool!

All of us girls had to have the cutest Disney bracelet.....so we all did.

Goofy's Kitchen. My Favorite Place Ever!!!!

I really love the ice cream Mickey sandwiches there, but they REALLY like my teeth.

So that's just a few of our adventures. More to come, but only if I don't throw this computer because this blog editor sucks really bad!!!

Wow....I think I'm a blonde.....yup

2009-11-13T10:27:00.004-07:00

So I'm sitting here trying to understand how to do this 'BLOG' stuff.
All I want to do is change the background on my blog, but since I have no idea about any of the technical jargon....I'm having technical difficulties.

Have you ever wondered if the reason older people have so much trouble with all of our new "hip youngster stuff" is because it is actually HARD to understand?
I mean really what do all of the acronyms really mean?
Why can't we just write it out in plain English?
They say that it is really easy so maybe I'm really dumb?

I promise that soon I will have a super cute blog that will have lots of pictures and lots of fun backgrounds, but I'm going to need my husband who's actually studying this stuff to tell ME what it is they want me to do.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm really the epitome of.............BLONDE.
Or maybe I'm an old soul in a young body?

Nope that can't be it.

Must be the previous...............oh well, at least I've come to terms with it right?

Later Gators!
PS. GO UTES!

I've turned to the "Dark Side"

2009-11-11T10:38:00.000-07:00

And so it begins.....

I have decided that because I have suddenly become everyone's worst Facebook stalker.....yes I have visited all of your pages lately....more than you know and more than I care to admit.....I need to start a blog.

So here we go....

I don't know that any of you will care to hear what I have to blog about, but at least I won't be so bored out of my mind that I just stare....off....into...space.

Today I've decided to start with everything I love.
I love that my mom can stop into work and make my day better
I love that my husband will take time to bring me a coat when he hears I'm freezing at work
Even though sometimes I don't act like it, I love my job because it means I can pay my bills........even though sometimes that super sucks
I love being poor because I don't ever have to worry about "keeping up with the Jones' " cause everyone knows that I couldn't anyway
I love dancing because I can look like a complete idiot, but still feel good about myself
I love my life because hey even though it may be uneventful at times, at least I'm living it
I love..............well you get the idea, today I LOVE EVERYTHING.

TTFN