My new hair cut

I got my hair cut today. My hair was getting really long. I tried to get my hair done like Rachel McAdams, but I don't think that it turned out as well. It is kind of hard to see in this picture, but I got my bangs cut shorter. They do not go behind my ears anymore. So this will be interesting. I have not had bangs this short in a very long time. Probably since Middle School.

Okay well just a few things from this week.

1. I learned that I am a big meanie. Well at least one kid in my Primary class thinks so. This boy in my class brought this litte toy that he kept playing with. I told him that if he did not put it in his pocket I would take it and put it in mine. Well in sharing time he had it out again so I put it in my coat pocket and told him that he could have it back after class. Well he cried for like 10 minutes. You would have thought that I took it away forever. He finally calmed down, but apparently I am very mean for not letting kids play with toys in church.

2. It is hard to find cute boots. They are too big on my calves. I don't have little legs, but apparently they make boots for women that lift weights or something.

3. When you find something that you like online it invariably is not in the store. I know it should be, but apparently they sell out of the specific thing that I am looking for. I don't like to buy clothes and shoes online. I like to try them on. So it is frustating when I find something cute on a stores website and can't find it in the store.

4. The last thing is something that I try and remind myself everyday is how lucky I am to have Jason. After seeing this weekend how some people are treated by their husbands or boyfriends I am glad to have a husband that treats me with such respect. He always tells me how beautful I am even if I don't feel that way and he makes me a better person.

2010

I know that the end of the year is a time to reflect on the year. I have to say that besides me going back to school and our trip to Washington DC, there is not a lot to say about 2009. I am actually really looking forward to 2010. Jason and I have some goals that will be accomplished this year and also we are expecting some major changes in our life. In fact those changes have brought me to my major new years resolution this year.

I have two major New Year's resolutions this year. One is to be a better person by not questioning other people's decisions. I guess I have to explain. I have been thinking a lot this week about a friend of mine insinuating that we have missed opportunities to adopt because we have decided that right now is not the time to go through a different agency. I have to admit that my feelings have been hurt about her assumption that Jason and I have not thought about all of our options and made the best decision for us. While I have thought of this I realized that although I don't verbalize it I have internally questioned other people's decisions and thought that if they just did something differently their lives would be better. Although I don't verbalize it I should still not do that because it is not my place and I don't appreciate it. So although it is a very human thing to do I am going to try and better myself by not criticizing other people's choices.

My other New Year's resolution is to have more faith and trusting in what I think is right. Over the last few weeks it has been harder for me to have faith and trust in the plan that Heavenly Father has for me. Sometimes it is hard because I don't always understand why things happen the way that they do. So this year with the changes that might be happening in our life I need to have more faith and trust in the Lord's plan for me instead of what I think needs to happen.

My good news

So today was my day back to work after a nice three day weekend. It is so hard to go back to work after a long weekend. But my good news is that I got my grades and I got A's in both classes. I was so glad. I was worried about my final paper that I had to write for my International Relations class. So apparently I did well, or my professor took pity on me and gave me a good grade. So my first semester back to school was not a disaster, which makes me glad. I have two more weeks of break and then back to school. I am hoping I don't have to write as many essays as I did last semester.

Well hopefully everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We did. My sister and her husband came over. We had Elizabeth McMuffins for breakfast and chicken pillows for dinner. I know not the typical holiday dinner but we forgot to get the roast out of the freezer in time. Everyone liked their presents. We had fun opening presents with Jason's family and it was funny when our nephew, who is two, got bored opening presents and decide to read. Jason got me a MP3 player so I have to figure out how to get music on it. We also got 3 giftcards to the Olive Garden, so we don't need to worry about where we will go on date nights for a little bit. So it was a nice holiday and I would be lying if I did not say I was a little glad that it was over. This year it seemed more stressful then usual. Now I need to start planning Jason's birthday in May.

Good-bye school, hello bronchitis

Last week was my last week of school. I know it seems like I just started. Well it was a hard first semester back, but it was worth it. I learned a lot and I was glad to be back to school. I know that I got an A in my ethnic studies. I am still not sure about my international studies class yet. I am hoping for a B, I am not sure how well I did on my final paper. It will be nice to have a few weeks off, although right now I am not sure what to do when I get home and have no homework.

So the last week of school was the first week that I got sick with another stupid cold that is turning into bronchitis. It is my yearly friend bronchitis. As much as try and prevent it I still get it. I am fairly annoyed. I thought maybe I would miss it this year, but nope it found me. Last year I was sick for a month. I hope that does not happen.

But because of school and the bronchitis I have not been able to put up my Christmas trees this year. I was going to this weekend, but decided that the dust that the tree has been collecting the last year would not be good for my lungs. But we do have a stuffed santa on the floor to put our presents around. I know funny huh. I don't know why but Christmas came like 4 times faster then normal. It seems like we were just celebrating Thanksgiving. But Christmas should still be fun we are spending Christmas Eve with Jason's family and Christmas with mine.

Merry Christmas from Link, Yzma, and Misty

Yesturday Jason and I tried to get a few Christmas things done. We went to a couple different stores and were out for hours. Our last stop was Target and I found this a reindeer outfit for cats. It was only $4 and I thought it would be funny to dress the cats up. Yeah it was I could not stop laughing. So since I am not sending out Christmas cards here are some pictures of the animals wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.

Link Misty Yzma

How it went somewhere

I owe the title all to Julia. So I guess I need to talk about how a date with Jason that was suppose to be our only date, evolved to us getting married. Well after our first date, I told Jason I would see him in class on Thursday. Wednesday night I got a call from Jason just to talk. We talked for like 2 hours about everything. Jason said that he would like to go out again and I thought what the heck. We decided to go to an Indian resturant called the Bombay House (if you live in Salt Lake or Provo you have to go there it is fantastic).

So that Saturday we went to dinner at the Bombay House. We talked about a lot of different things, but there is only one thing that I remember. Jason said that before his mission that he wanted like 12 kids, he wanted a big family. A little bit before that he said that his mom really wanted grandkids. So there must have been some sort of divine intervention that kept me from telling Jason never to call me again, because if I had gone out with anyother guy who wanted 12 kids I would have never gone out with them again. In Jason's defense he did say later that his sister did tell him that the woman is the one that has kids so Jason had decided to let his wife decide how many kids to have. But I did go out with him again, although right now I can not remember what our third date was. I think that it had something to do with the University of Utah football game. Oh well.

So after that third date was Thanksgiving. Jason wanted to come down and visit me at my parents house in Orem the day after Thanksgiving. He came down and we went shopping and he spent the whole day with me. So I guess it was getting serious before I even knew that it was. The complication was that I sort of still liked this other guy that I had dated before Jason. So I was confused about how I felt about Jason. But I really liked Jason.

So the thing that changed everything happened two days later on Sunday. Jason invited me to meet his family and help them set up their Christmas tree. So I said that was fine, he had met my parents. On the way there Jason wanted to know if we were boyfriend and girlfriend or what we were. I said I did not know, lets just say that we are dating. So I met his family, which was a little overwhelming, because they are more boisterous then my family. But everyone was very nice. The thing that I noticed though was that Jason was so nice to his family. So loving and respectful. I started to think about the kind of man that he was and that he had so many qualities that I wanted in a boyfriend and later on a husband. Jason was just different from other guys that I had dated. On the way back to my dorm I told Jason I thought we were probably girlfriend and boyfriend.

So that is how my first date that I did not think Jason would be anything more then a friend, turned into a relationship. So I guess in another post I will talk about how we got engaged.

How we met

So I thought that I would write about how Jason and I first met. I had just transfered to the University of Utah from Creighton University where I had gone to school for two years. I had registered for 5 classes, three of them being science classes and I had a full schedule. It seemed like everytime I went around campus there was someone asking if I wanted to take a class at the LDS Institute. I kept saying that I had too busy of a schedule and tried to avoid the Institute booth on campus.

One Sunday I went to my singles ward and someone got up in sacrament meeting and talked about what a wonderful experience Institute was. I felt prompt like I have several other times that I needed to take an Institute class. I finally relented and decided that I should take a class. The only class that interested me was the Preparing for Celestial Marriage class. Much to my dismay most of the people that were in the class were engaged. I quickly decided that there were no available guys in that class.

A couple of months before the class was over this guy was sitting in front of me every class period. I thought he was a guy whose girlfriend had stopped coming to class. One day he asked me for a pen. I said sure and after the class he gave it back. A couple of weeks later the teacher wanted us to pair up for a discussion on communication. I thought well I will just see if this guy in front of me will pair up with me. Well our teacher paired us up and he paired me up with the guy in front of me. We introduced ourselves and he said that his name was Jason. We quickly went over what we were going to say in class and started to talk about ourselves. I told Jason that I grew up in Oregon and had just transfered from a school in Nebraska. We did our little presentation and class was over. I turned to Jason and politely told him that it was nice to meet him. He said,"It seems like you have lived an interesting life. Would you like to go out this weekend?" Well I was surprised. I said yes and gave him my number.

I waited for 2 days for him to call and he did not. I thought well what a jerk. Finally on Friday I got a call from Jason wanting to know if I wanted to go to the new Gateway mall and see the new movie Monsters Inc. I was excited to go. He picked me up and we went to the Gateway. We went the the food court and walked around the mall looking at the stores. We went to the Build a Bear Workshop, and I had never seen one. Jason offered to buy me one but I thought it was way too expensive for a first date. We then went to the fountain and Jason dared me to walk through the water. It was November and freezing and I was wearing a wool sweater. I did not want to smell like a wet dog. Jason started to walk through the fountains and I was following him until he walked into a big stream of water and got soaked. Poor Jason was freezing and we could not find a store where he could get a towel. Well he was freezing through the whole movie. After the movie he took me back to my dorm and I told him I had a nice time and would see him in class. I remember getting back to my room and my roommate asking how my date was. I told her that he was really nice and would make a nice friend. But I did not see it going anywhere.