MeRrY cHrIsTmAs!

Merry Christmas from the Uintah Basin! Hope everyone is having a great day and enjoying this wonderful season. Hope to see you all soon!

Love,
Dusty & Emily

Moving....again!

Yep that's right, we can't get enough of MOVING! I think this will be the FIFTH time in our 1 1/2 years of marriage! HOPEFULLY this will be the last time for awhile. I got the job at Eagle View Elementary...or Todd...and can't wait to get down there and settled. Dusty is still looking for a job down there so for now he will stay in WYOMING and drive down on the weekends. I'm going to miss my life here, but you can't beat a HOME of your own! Bring on the next ADVENTURE!

General Conference

I'm so excited for General Conference this weekend! I love to have two full days to listen to our prophet and other church leaders! It truly is a blessing to live so close to it all. I remember roomies and friends in college who had never even met or seen a general authority in person. I remember thinking just how blessed I was to have grown up where I did, where we were privileged to attend Conference and firsides with our great leaders.

I remember when I was really little, Presideny Monson came to a stake or reginal conference in my home town. As my dad and I were leaving we ran into President Monson. He shook my dad's hand and greeted him, then he patted me on the head and said, "You are the cutest little girl I've ever seen." Now I don't say this to brag, but to share a memory I have personally with our beloved prophet. I can't wait to hear his voice this weekend.

Wow! This is Amazing!

When I got this video, I thought it was like all the other junk you get in the email from friends and family that want you to "pass it on if you believe in the cause" or whatever...Well this one truely brought tears to my eyes it was so moving! I hope you enjoy it!

Canning Machine!

So last weekend my mom and I spent our Saturday...canning! Its about that time of year right? Except we weren't canning the usual fruit, veggies, etc. We canned bread! Yep you can can bread :) We also canned hamburger, taco meat, and stew meat. All ready to go into yummy dishes! And yes we tried them to make sure they were good...and they were awesome! The bread we made was Zuchinni bread--12 batches to be exact. One was chocolate with chips, another with pecans and chips, another was walnuts and raisins, and finally one just plain. I swear we had like 30 bottles of bread! It was an adventure, but they turned out great after the 1st 2 batches. And what is awesome...is bread/cake/brownies all last up to 10 years and are still moist and yummy! I just can't wait to try white and wheat breads :)

Do "we" still think he's wonderful?...Frankly I'm disgusted!

"Please read this https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml This is a link to find out who your Congressman is to let them know you do not want the Health Care Bill to pass. If you don't know why you don't want it-- I'll fill you in!

This letter was written by a physician in Indiana, who is an anesthesiologist. His friend went through the Health Care bill line by line to understand the huge danger this poses to all Americans as individuals and as a nation. I thought you might like to see the truth of what this administration intends when the candidate for president stated that he intended to fundamentally change America. Having lived in the UK for the last 12 years, I can tell you this form of socialism only excises in the minds of the blind.
G.

July 23, 2009

Senator Bayh,

As a practicing physician I have major concerns with the healthcare bill before Congress. I actually have read the bill and am shocked by the brazenness of the government's proposed involvement in the patient physician relationship. The very idea that the government will dictate and ration patient care is dangerous and certainly not helpful in designing a healthcare system that works for all. Every physician I work with agrees that we need to fix our healthcare system, but the proposed bills currently making their way through congress will be a disaster if passed.

I ask you respectfully and as a patriotic American to look at the following troubling lines that I have read in the bill. You cannot possibly believe that these proposals are in the best interests of the country and our fellow citizens.

Page 22 of the HC Bill: Mandates that the Govt will audit books of all employers that self insure!!Page 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benefits you get.
Page 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill: YOUR HEALTH CARE IS RATIONED!!!
Page 42 of HC Bill:The Health Choices Commissioner will choose your HC Benefits for you. You have no choice!
Page 50 Section 152 in HC bill: HC will be provided to ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise
Page 58 HC Bill: Govt will have real-time access to individuals finances & a National ID Healthcard will be issued!
Page 59 HC Bill lines 21-24: Govt will have direct access to your banks accounts for elective funds transfer.
Page 65 Sec 164: is a payoff subsidized plan for retirees and their families in Unions & community organizations: (ACORN).
Page 84 Sec 203 HC bill: Govt mandates ALL benefit packages for private HC plans in the Exchange.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration your Healthcare!
Page 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill: Govt mandates linguistic appropriate services. Example - Translation: illegal aliens.
Page 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18: The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps to sign up individuals for Govt HC plan.
Page 85 Line 7 HC Bill: Specifications of Benefit Levels for Plans. AARP members - your Health care WILL be rationed.
Page 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill: Medicaid Eligible Individuals will be automatically enrolled in Medicaid. No choice.
Page 124 lines 24-25 HC: No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monopoly.
Page 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill: Doctors/ American Medical Association - The Govt will tell YOU what you can make! (salary)
Page 145 Line 15-17: An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into public option plan. NO CHOICE!
Page 126 Lines 22-25: Employers MUST pay for HC for part time employees AND their families.
Page 149 Lines 16-24: ANY Employer with payroll 401k & above who does not provide public option pays 8% tax on all payroll.
Page 150 Lines 9-13: Business's with payroll btw 251k & 401k who doesn't provide public option pays 2-6% tax on all payroll.
Page 167 Lines 18-23: ANY individual who doesn't have acceptable HC according to Govt will be taxed 2.5% of income.
Page 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill: Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from individual taxes. (Americans will pay)
Page 195 HC Bill: Officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access to ALL Americans finances /personal records.
Page 203 Line 14-15 HC: "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that!
Page 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill: Govt will reduce physician services for Medicaid Seniors, low income and poor are affected.
Page 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill: Doctors, doesn't matter what specialty you have, you'll all be paid the same!
Page 253 Line 10-18: Govt sets value of Doctor's time, proffession, judgment etc. Literally value of humans.
Page 265 Sec 1131: Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries.
Page 268 Sec 1141: Federal Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs.
Page 272 SEC. 1145: TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!
Page 280 Sec 1151: The Govt will penalize hospitals for whatever Govt deems preventable re-admissions.
Page 298 Lines 9-11: Doctors, treat a patient during initial admission that results in a re-admission -Govt will penalize you.
Page 317 L 13-20: PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Doctors what/how much they can own!
Page 317-318 lines 21-25, 1-3: PROHIBITION on expansion- Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand.
Page 321 2-13: Hospitals have opportunity to apply for exception BUT community input is required. Can u say ACORN?!!
Page 335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339: Govt mandates establishment of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing.
Page 341 Lines 3-9: Govt has authority to disqualify Medicare Advance Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing people into Govt plan.
Page 354 Sec 1177: Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs people! Unbelievable!
Page 379 Sec 1191: Govt creates more bureaucracy - Tele-health Advisory Comittee. Can you say Health Care by phone?
Page 425 Lines 4-12: Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life patients.
Page 425 Lines 17-19: Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of attorney. Mandatory!
Page 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3: Govt provides approved list of end of life resources, guiding you in death. (assisted suicide)
Page 427 Lines 15-24: Govt mandates program for orders for end of life. The Govt has a say in how your life ends.
Page 429 Lines 1-9: An "advanced care planning consultant" will be used frequently as patients health deteriorates.
Page 429 Lines 10-12: "advanced care consultation" may include an ORDER for end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOVT!
Page 429 Lines 13-25: The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.
Page 430 Lines 11-15: The Govt will decide what level of treatment you will have at end of life!
Page 469: Community Based Home Medical Services = Non profit organizations. Hello, ACORN Medical Services here!!?
Page 472 Lines 14-17: PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORIGINATION. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based organization. Like ACORN?
Page 489 Sec 1308: The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt into your marriage.
Page 494-498: Govt will cover Mental Health Services including defining, creating, rationing those services.

Senator, I guarantee that I personally will do everything possible to inform patients and my fellow physicians about the dangers of the proposed bills you and your colleagues are debating. Furthermore, If you vote for a bill that enforces socialized medicine on the country and destroys the doctor/patient relationship, I will do everything in my power to make sure you lose your job in the next election.

Respectfully,

Stephen E Fraser MD"


Can you say Hitler? This is REALLY scary! Please STAND UPand have a voice NOW while it counts!

Relay for LIFE

Well this weekend I participated in Relay for LIFE with my WELLING family. We had a BLAST and I didn't sleep a wink. Here are some pictures...
This is the SURVIVOR walk. Aunt Jill was in the front waving! What an amazing woman. She battle cancer and is now in remission! We love you Jill!

This is Grandpa Welling and our adopted aunt Judy :)

Next was the Luminaries....little bags with names of people who have had cancer.....

This last bag was for a close friend. She was my Young Women's Leader when I was in High School. But she was more than that...she was like a mother to me. She had six awesome sons! but she said I was always the daughter she never had. I saw her just days before the cancer took her life and am so glad that she let me be a part of her life. Not a day passes that I don't remember a lesson she taught or the example of her faith in all trials. I made the bag for her so that maybe one other person who knew her could remember this remarkable woman.

And to end the post we have our soooo sleepy kids....

Happy, Crazy 4th of July!

So the FOURTH of July for us is CRAZY madness! We hit 3 rodeos in 24 HOURS. Friday night was EVANSTON! He made a GOOD effort but no score...he hurt his shoulder SOMEHOW...hmmm. Then we relaxed Saturday morning in PREP for the rest of the day. At 2:00 we were in WOODRUFF...and again no luck. Then we hit the ROAD...again for TOOELE. We got lost---SHOCKING knowing us! but we eventually found it. The arena was huge!!!!!!!!!! and PACKED! The grand enrty was neat; there were FLAGS from every branch of the armed forces, and their grand marshall was a SALUTE to a fellow that was on the committe but had recently died. I felt so PROUD standing there with my hand over my HEART and thanking Heavenly FATHER for the great blessings I have to enjoy this LAND, freedoms, and LIBERTIES. One sour spot was that during this all....this family was just SITTING there!!!!!!!!!! I was soooo MAD...but I guess that is another EXAMPLE of this great country that gives them the LIBERTY to do that. AFTER that rodeo, we headed back up to EVANSTON for some late night FIREWORKS! I missed the really GOOD stuff but it was great to see FAMILY and enjoy some TIME together. HERE are some recent PHOTOS and VIDEOS of Dusty's rodeos.

MORGAN is on the top and EVANSTON is on the bottom (A couple weeks AGO)

Funny STORY about the video on the BOTTOM...it scared the BEGEEBERZ out of me. I was SHAKING for a while after he RODE. Then that NIGHT when he was watching it again, and AGAIN, and AGAIN...I couldn't stop laughing! His FLIP is incredible! haha...he didn't appreciate the LAUGHTER but I think its HILARIOUS!

Now the 4th of July Rodeos!!! Drum ROLL ............

We have EVANSTON, Woodruff and then Tooele...yea for AMERICA!

What Time is it?...Rodeo Time!!

Thats right! We have officially began our rodeo summer. Despite what most wives think of their husbands rodeoing...I LOVE IT! Crazy I know, but I love hitting the road with my man and doing what he loves to do. It is our little get away from the pressures of life. So far this year he has done well! Keep your fingers crossed that the big money will start rolling our way :) Dusty rode the full 8 seconds, but missed his mark out in Evanston, WY on Saturday night. I was way proud of him! Getting ready behind the chutes Jason and Dusty showing off their buckles and Finally...Dusty's ride...hope it works!

Fun, Fun week!

This week my in-laws came down from Canada. I drove down to roosevelt on Tuesday and stayed all week. I loved every minute of it. It was so fun to spend time with my cute nieces, that I had only met once...on our wedding day. Regardless to say, we didn't get to know each other very well in all the confusion. So it was nice to chill, and hang out with family all week.
Here are some pictures of my nieces and nephew...

Kahlie and Brinlee being silly monsters


McClain chilling in the car



And London being pacified by some gummy worms.



Thanks Dusty for bringing me into this awesome family! I couldn't ask for a better addition to my family! Love you guys!

Happy Birthday Tay!

I wanted to wish my little sister a happy birthday! We went to her fun party tonight and had good food and visited with family and friends. It seems so crazy that she is already 12! She is sooo excited to go to YW's on Sunday! Can you blame her? Young Women's was the high light of my teen age years. It is so influential and critical to your spiritual growth and builds a strong foundation for the rest of your life. I'm very proud of her and the young lady she is becoming and know she will have a great time during this period of her life! Happy Birthday Sis!

Educational Frustrations

Does it ever seem that they purposefully make college difficult to figure out...so you can NEVER finish? I'm having mega frustrations trying to figure out schools that have the courses I need and then the application processes. And financial aid! Does anybody really know who to transfer you to? Does anybody know anything about it? You'd think those getting paid to help you get credits and graduate, might know how to do their job. Sorry just blowing off a little steam. Deep breath, deep breath...

Money burning a hole in your pocket?

Well I'm addicted to making these cute bows! If anybody wants to buy one just let me know!

Lovin' the Loft

So We are officially moved into our little "love loft." I HATE moving and luckily Dustin just informed me that he is too. He said not at lest for seven or nine months...which I am perfectly fine with cause I love my job at the school and am looking ofrward to seeing these stinkers again next year! Anyway, I just started decorating the loft and it feels much more like home...we just need a couch :) oh well we have the most important piece of furniture--the book case :) My books have been too neglected these past six months. I will post pictures when i get it all spick and span!

Books

The BBC believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do your reading habits stack up?

I highlighted the ones I have read. I'm happy to say that I have read 16 of them. Just a little bit better than the 6 they expected.

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare m
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulk
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime-Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Inferno - Dante
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole )
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

How may have you read?

I Hate Moving

Yes, we have moved once more...back in with the parentals. Ok so not "in with" more like "next too." My mom and Kendall have been awesome to us and have build a loft for us in the barn/shop across the yard from the house. Our rent and propane was draining us and we weren't saving a thing, so move it is. So now we are in limbo waiting for the finishing touches to be put on the loft, so we can move in to it. I hate living out of suitcases and not knowing where things like lunch boxes, scriptures, and water bottles are! I'm an OCD unpacker. I hate having my stuff in boxes and not where I can get to it. Also it is hard moving back in with parents...way harder than coming home from college. Men are territorial and mental when they have to change their routines. Luckily Dusty has handled it better this time around. I just keep thinking...someday I'll own my own house...some days seem far far away...

Do You Have A Life?

SUPPOSEDLY if you've seen over 85 of these films, you have no life. Mark the ones you've seen. There are 239 films on this list. Then, put x's next to the films you've seen, add them up. Be honest. Have fun.

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
( ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
(x) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane!

Total: 5

(x) The Princess Bride
( ) Anchorman
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
(x) The Princess Diaries
(x)The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement

Total so far: 11

(x) Scream
(x) Scream 2
(x) Scream 3
( ) Scary Movie
(x) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
( ) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp

Total so far: 15

(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
(x) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch

Total so far: 23

(x) Finding Nemo
(x) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
(x) The Grinch
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(x) White Chicks
( ) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots

Total so far: 29

(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
( ) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
(x) Joe Dirt
( ) KING KONG

Total so far: 34

(x) A Cinderella Story
( ) The Terminal
(x) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
(x) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
(x) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving X-MAS
(x) Flubber

Total so far: 42

( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
(x) Secret Window
( ) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
( ) The Whole Ten Yards

Total so far: 46

(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child's Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
(x) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask

Total so far: 53

( ) Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Sleven
(x) Ocean's Eleven
(x) Ocean's Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
(x) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George

Total so far: 59

(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
( ) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2

Total so far: 62

( ) Best Bet
(x) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x) She's All That
( ) Calendar Girls
( ) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(x) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( ) The Terminator
( ) The Terminator 2
( ) The Terminator 3

Total so far: 67

( ) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X-3
(x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( ) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
( ) Catch Me If You Can
(x) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
(x) The Skulls
( ) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
(x) The Hot Chick
(x) Shrek
(x) Shrek 2

Total so far: 75

( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf's Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
(x) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old Virgin

Total so far: 79

(x) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
(x) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
( ) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Total so far: 84

( ) Baseketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
(x) Elf
( ) Highlander
(x) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three

Total so Far: 86

( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard

Total so far: 89

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
(x) Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
(x) Waterworld

Total so far: 92

( ) Kill Bill vol 1
( ) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) the Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness

Total so far: 92

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endor

Total so far: 94

(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix Reloaded
( ) The Matrix Revolutions
( ) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
( ) Silence of the Lambs
( ) Hannibal

Total: 95




So.....I guess I need a life haha. I invite anyone to test it out, its way fun to see all the movies you've watched add up :)

Updates, updates...

So I get so frustrated when people don't update regularly and I know they have exciting lives lol. So I just have to laugh when I look at my own and realize that I need to update, so here goes...
First off we got a new car! Yeah for us. We both have clunckers from high school that are just a few miles away from going to the junk yard. Here is our sweet blue Ford Focus:



I L-O-V-E love it. I have always hated stick shifts so now I can drive like a breeze...

Next is my students finally talked me into a classroom pet! Ok so they only had to mention it once and I was game. Dustin wasn't so keen on the idea, but like a good wife I bought a hamster without him knowing :) And actually he wasn't too mad and likes it. Just the other night he asked me when he would be tame enough to hold...I know. For the full effect of this statement, you must understand that Dustin has some phobias and rodents are one of them. All I heard for days was "haunta virus, haunta virus..." Now at school I am constantly afraid of my students getting sick from it, darn husbands :) No but my students love it! They are a bit over the top about it and have a hard time focusing, but it's still fun. Here are some pictures from school of "Gus."

Stand up for what you believe in, even if you stand alone...

I just wanted to make a quick post and just say thank you to one of Utah's senators. Last night on the news, I heard some comments that Senator Buttars made, and I just wanted to say "thank you" to him, for voicing his opinion and for not backing down to radical activists. We could use more people like him in our governments...people who aren't afraid to stand up for their beliefs and not cower to the worldly views of society.

Valentines Day

Yeah for marriage! I'm so grateful that I have a permanent Valentine! I love being married. I can't imagine my life without Dustin. He makes me so happy and does everything he can to provide for and take care of me. I'm one lucky...no blessed girl. My heavenly Father was sure looking out for me when he blessed me with this great man. So we were excited about our first Valentines Day together as a married couple...and what made it truely awesome was that we didn't do gifts! (Well we really couldn't afford them , but still it was fun.) We spent all morning just being lazy, then I went to my mom's and helped her out while Dustin went to break some colts. Then we came home and made a yummy dinner together and watched Just Like Heaven. It was simple but still awesome. Again...yeah for marriage.

Memories of Roosevelt

Well for the first six months of our marriage, we lived in Roosevelt. There were good and bad times there, but as we go back to visit now it is amazing that we only remember the good. I took some pictures a while ago when we lived there and I just found them the other day. I wanted to post them and relive/recap our lives in roosevelt.

First is our first little home! Thanks grandma and Grandpa Nelson










Then is us headed down the road to all those rodeos last summer.
















Next is Roux, the little boy I baby-sat! What a cutie!











Then our gorgeous garden...tons of zuchinni.












Meager harvest...

Funerals

Wow, when it rains it pours it seems. A few weeks ago my great grandma Jensen passed away. truely it was a blessing because she had been sick for so long. Then a week later my Grandpa Jackson passed away. It still isn't known why, but he had lived a hard life so I guess that contributes. Here is a picture I had taken of us at my wedding...


Now my dad's family is being hit. First his Uncle and then his cousin Jennifer. February has not been fun.

One thing I can say though is that the thought and prayers and actions of those around us help us get through these hard times. These are some flowers i got from the school and my visiting teachers. Many thanks.

This is hilarious!

SURVIVOR- Wyoming Style

This is hilarious! I have to post for everyone to laugh at!!!!

SURVIVOR .... WYOMING STYLE
Due to the popularity of the Survivor's shows,Wyoming is planning to do its own, titled 'Survivor -Wyoming Style'.The contestants will start in Cheyenne , travel over
to Casper , Lander,and Rawlins.

Then, they will head west to Rock Springs, north to Pinedale and Big Piney. From there they will proceed east to Gillette. The final leg will be back to Cheyenne.
Each contestant will be driving a pink Volvo withCalifornia license plates and a HUGE bumper sticker that reads:

"I'm gay. I'm a Vegetarian. Beer is harmful to Your health.
Republicans suck. Obama in 2008. Deer hunting is murder, and I'm here to confiscate your guns."

...The first one that makes it back to Cheyenne alive wins.

What is up here?

So lately I've had this constant question on my mind...WHAT IS UP HERE? It seems to refer to my life lately haha. First with going off BC a couple months a ago and the cruel tricks my body keeps playing, ya this question sums it up. Then the election. Then the failing economy that keeps those working in the oil field on their toes. Honestly, I'm just waiting for the day when Dustin comes home with "the bad news." And finally all this new news I heard yesterday: The Secretary of Treasury didn't pay his taxes and got off scott free? Hmmm...Ironic. I kinda wonder how if the leaders of this nation refuse to stand accountable for their actions, how can they expect the people to trust them and to obey the laws when the leaders don't...all I can say is "What is up here?" Then I was listening to the news last night and heard the new buzz about Gov. Huntsman (Utah's Governor)openly supporting civil union marriages between the gay and lesbien couples. But the politicians in Utah were not pleased with him and had some heated things to say about it...some kinda funny, some reality checks. Is anyone else blown away at the irony between these two stories? (Utah Gov.= gay marriage & Head of Treasury $$=not having to pay taxes $$. Any way it is just a crazy and wacky time right now for me :)

Twin Day!

Today was twin day at school. Not as many participants, but still clever ones that did. So can you guess who I am?...Well obviously Hannah Montana! I had the best of both worlds today! Kidding, the wig was very itchy and unruly :) But I pulled it off somehow because students stopped left and right and whispered to their friends, "Look it's Hannah Montana!" Yeah I was pretty proud of myself :)

CrAzY hAiR dAy

So this week at the school I work at, we are having PIG OUT ON BOOKS week (or just pig out week). So all week we focus on reading and on letting our silly sides come out. Today was crazy hair day and I must say that I was super impressed with my student's creativity!

Clarification...

So as I have thought about my last post, I realized that some may think that I am expressing racial views. That is not the case at all. I truly am no respector of persons and don't like even racial jokes. I was just listening to the famous Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech "I have a dream..." and wanted to clarify my last post. In his speech he says that he hopes his children will grow up to live in a nation where they are not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their characters (paraphrased). And so I just wanted to clarify that it is not the color of his skin, but the content of Obama's character that I find hard to believe in and trust as a leader of our great nation.

In Denial

So I'm totally in denial that today is really happening...today as in the inauguration. I am just pretending that it isn't happening and that our country is still ok. HAHA I just expressed that to my co-worker...without knowing she is an extreme liberal and loves Obama. Woops. Any way, the most important shout out of the day...HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! Holy 47!! Geezer jk. love ya old man.