These are A Few of my Favorite things

It's officially Spring!! Spring is my favorite season, so as I was walking in the warm sun I was thinking of a few of my favorite things

Even though I love to snack on licorice and diet coke

I LOVE to eat Mexican food, especially La Frontera's Smothered Burrito

I love music sticking in my headphones or turning up the radio can be the greatest thing ever! I especially Love country music, and classic Rock my favorite band of all time is The Eagles, My favorite song- Life in the Fast Lane.

I'm a complete fool for Jamba Juice!! My favoriteflavor is orange berry blitz- even though its no longer on the menu they still make it for me :)

I love Sports My favorite sport to play is Volleyball I really don't Play enough, I also love softball, and basketball. I LOVE going to a baseball game it is one of the best things in the whole world I think that is because in the stands of baseball games is where i really got to

know my husband and fell madly in Love with him!!

So I love baseball but more specifically I love the New York Yankees,

I was very happy when they won the world series last year and I look forward to

seeing that again this year.

Taking Picture is MY passion!

I also love being outdoors-I love to play at lakes, hike mountains, and search for

seashells My favorite place on earth is the Uintah Mountains, I grew up spending a couple weeks in the summer in what I call God's country there is nothing more beautiful then the night sky in the Unitah's. The sky looks like it is full of diamonds!

Not only do I love to be outdoors I also Love to be inside cuddled up with a blanket watching my favorite tv shows or movies. Movie: My Best Friend's Wedding and newest Favorite The

Blind Side TV Show: Toss up between the office and Glee.

Hanging out with my husband is my all time favorite thing!!

Beautiful Grandmothers

My Grandma Pam

My Great Grandma Painter

My Grandma Brenda

I was looking through my wedding pictures thinking how I needed to put together an album, I came across a few pictures that really caught my eye- all of which were of my grandmas. I have three beautiful grandmothers that I get to be around and learn from everyday.

I will start with my Great Grandma Painter- My grandma Painter is an amazing lady who has taught me the value of hard work, and how to keep working when things get hard. She is always taking care of her family, and surely she would never let anyone go hungry, She is an amazing cook, a skill I hope to develop over time.

Next is my Grandma Brenda- My Dad's Mom. She has taught me patience. She teaches me the importance of family. She has also taught me how to love those who may be the easiest to hate. A great gift I hope to keep with me entire life is her cleanliness, When I was a little girl she would have my cousin and I come and clean her walls her "Merry Maids."

She taught me girls don't fart they "fluff", black eyed peas aren't just a band but the food you eat on New Years Day to bring you good fortune, Black Cats are bad luck and Pennies are Good luck. She gave me her beautiful blue eyes and sensitive spirit. I Love her for each of these things and so much more.

Finally is my Grandma Pam, or "GP" as we all call her, My Grandma Pam has taught me the most. She has taught me the true meaning of unconditional love, that life is hard and sometime we just get dealt an unlucky hand but that doesn't mean we stop playing cards. She's taught me beauty isn't on the outside but the inside, that people mess up and how to forgive them. She has taught me that I am worth more then anything that watching me sing and dance, or play ball was always more important then anything else. She taught me that some lessons are hard to learn and others are harder to teach and most importantly she taught me that no matter what age, sickness or problem you have life is worth LIVING! I love her for that.

All of my grandma's have taught me and blessed me and shown me a little bit about life. I hope that I can cherish everyday I spend with them. And one day FAR FAR...FAR away I'll be a grandma and me granddaughter can see the beauty of all my grandmothers in my eyes, smile and lessons I share with them.

Weekend Away

Ben and I decided to take some time off while we had the opportunity and get away for a weekend of sunshine and swimming. We needed to get away from the rainy weather and stress of our jobs! (Ben's because it is a high stress environment and mine because its become a high stress environment!) So we packed up the car and headed south, the original plan was to go to mesquite and enjoy their spa and golf package, but we decided that we didn't want to spend our whole trip traveling to one place and the next so we decided three nights in St george out of the rain, into the sunshine, would be perfect! Ben still went golfing and I went "spa-ing" but mostly we swam in the heated pool and wandered around the valley. It was so much fun to just go and have no agenda!!! I'm so grateful We were able to really enjoy this weekend! Now we are back home and life has already begun, Ben is sick! He just has a cold but sometimes a cold is the worst (plus we almost managed to make it to spring without any colds!) I have a meeting at work today that I'm not to excited for and We have laundry. Its okay though we can't live everyday like it was a vacation, if we did we wouldn't really enjoy the vacations we do get to have!!