Back to bloggin'

It's been way too long since i've updated my blog, and it's quite embarrassing, it's like going back and reading your 6th grade diary, and realizing how lame you were. However, i'm feeling the bloggin' itch comming back, and i'm going to try to keep this baby updated!
This last week was a great week for me i got to go home to preston and spend some time with my family and help Ami with Jr. Miss. I'm always Amazed at her talent and love for life, and wish i had been more like that when i was her age. GO AMI! :] I love ya.

the places you've come to fear the most

well, it's been a while since my last post. I guess I need to do better. Things have been a little crazy, but i think things are finally back on track, or heading there. Jake and i have learned some valuable life lessons in the last few weeks, and let's just hope we can master the first time around. I read somewhere, and i'm going crazy that i can't remember where exactly, but someone said "instead of asking why is this happening to me, ask, what can i learn from this?" we were really able to put that to the test, and it really gives you a new set of eyes. We are greatful for our challenges, and the things we have learned from them. Life is crazy beautiful.

"...continually failing these trials, but you stand by me nonetheless and you won't let me sink and i'm beggin you, i'm beggin you. . . " D.B.

...what's new pussycat....

well, not a whole heck of alot has been going on...we have been at jakes parents about a month now, it's been an interesting living situation, everyone goes there seperate ways, everyone is always running, and busy busy busy, i got all of the girls addicted to watching reba....and every episode gets recorded, we are in the 90 somthings now.We feel very blessed to have his family here to help us, and we are excited for our apartment to open up so we can get back to our own place, and out of everyone's way. but i bet i will be sad when i am all by myself sometimes. We decided that Jake's job situation has been a great blessing, even though we thought it was not a good thing...He has decided to work on getting his real estate licence, and will hopefully get it done quickly. I just work and sleep it seems like latly, so we don't get out and do a whole lot anymore.... but we keep ourselves entertained. I can't beleive August is almost over already! It seems like it just started, Last year at this time i was packing to start new in cali and here i am, married in preston, fancy that! It's interesting the blessings the Lord has in store for you when you just listen. I tell jake everyday i miss california and i want to go back, but it's such a great blessing to be where we are, and be with eachother.....anyways, that's about all i got for today, but i will post again soon.....

Job...Move...Life...

Well it's been quite a while since my last post, you would think i would do better at posting, being home alot, but obviously that's not the case. Jake and i go home about every stinking weekend, we're sure the people in our ward think that we are inactive, but that's not the case, we go to church, just not in our ward. :] and it's not our fault that there is something going on every weekend.... Kadee got a cute kitten a few weeks ago, he is super cute, but he is fiesty, jake is the only person i have found that can calm him down, and every weekend i get a picture of him and the cat sleeping, he says he doesn't like cats....but that's not what the pictures say.

I still can't find a job...but hopefully that will change soon. And we are moving soon, not sure where to yet, but prolly back to preston considering that's where jakes job is going. i guess we will see how it all turns out. :] Well, that's about all i have, i mean i could probably go on and on about nothing, but i don't feel like it, so that's all for now. . .

Peace.

L-L-L-Lydia

i'm having a love affair with this band.

can't get enoughhhh.

Tye-Dye date night!

so jake and i like to have a date night each friday night, we just plan something fun to do and have a "date" night, it was my turn to plan the date night this week so i had the idea to tye-dye tshirts and then we went out to eat in them, we got alot of comments on our shirts, we must be the only ones who wear them anymore. :] but we had alot of fun making them! i also had the idea to pull some pranks on some of the couples who live in our apartment complex, some we have only met once or twice. We went to the DI and bought 4 glass bowls, and 4 random gifts, and we popped some popcorn and put it in the bowl and left the popcorn and one of the little gifts with a note and poem and a p.s. on the note that said "the popcorn is free but please return the bowl" but didn't leave a name, and we just left them on the door-step of their apartments! we got a kick out of buying the gifts and leaving them out! and it was really cheap!

these are a couple pictures of what the gifts looked like that we left out. we tried to find the most random things we could i think we did pretty good, a eyeball candle, cat soap holder, coconut monkey, and a pillow with an old couple sewn on.

Our first apartment :]

The living room The Kitchen

(the 'surf board' table doubles as a dining table and computer desk! )

The bathroom our empty- kitchen table area :]

So, it's a little snug, but we fit perfectly! It's so fun being married and making our first little apartment a home! we just love it! :]