the bubble.

You know you live in a bubble/Provo when....

this sign is found throughout your neighborhood

Need I say more?

dan the man...the handyman.

When our family used to go to Lake Powell, everyone would refer to my dad as Dan the man, for obvious reasons:) Today I'd like to refer to him as Dan the Handyman. Every time he comes to Utah to visit, he's either fixing, adding, re-doing...etc. I think each time he comes he makes a trip to either Lowes or Home Depot, sometimes more than once each trip, and I like to give him a hard time about it! Secretly, I know he loves fulfilling a task!

Let me just name a few things he has done for us while he's in town...
Fixed the sink in the basement
Changes air filters
Added soft water system
Changes lights
Hangs blinds
Hauls trash to the dumpsters
Waxes cars
Changes windshield wipers
Hangs fans
Changes light switches
Unclogs drains
Adds weather stripping to the bottom of doors (i think that's what they're called)
Takes down trees
Plants new trees
Hangs pictures, very straight I might add
Hangs mirrors so I can see the back of my hair
Puts up sensor lights so I can feel safe at night
And the list goes on....

Well, this past week while mom and dad were in town, dad decided to take on another task. This time it was the light fixtures in the front of the house around the garage. He took down the old, and put up the new. He can pretty much do anything, and that's why he's my handyman. Thanks for everything dad!!

I love you dad!

spring is just around the corner...or so i thought.

There has been a pile of snow in the front of our house all winter, and it is just about all melted!! When I see the green grass starting to pop up, I know it's a good sign. Spring is coming!!!

I love the blue skies above the mountains! Such a pretty sight!

These are some tulips (at least mom and I think they are tulips..haha) that are popping up around our tree in the front yard. I must say tulip season is my favorite part about Utah :)

Here's the kicker...although I didn't get any pictures, just last night we had a snow storm. So typical. Just when I thought spring was around the corner, the Utah weather surprised us with a little tease of a snow storm. However, it's my lucky day, because it has all melted.

Maybe spring really is just around the corner!

urgent care...my home away from home

Well for about the third time in a year's worth I have been diagnosed with Strep Throat. It seems as though Strep always comes at the most inconvenient times. Let's go back about 7 months. This past summer while staying in North Carolina I got to visit the Urgent Care and be diagnosed with Strep Throat. Spending my vacation in bed, while trying not to infect those around me was not exactly how I wanted to spend my vacation. Then, this past Christmas I was diagnosed in Kauai, Hawaii, in a small Urgent Care. Yet again, not the way I had planned on spending my Christmas, let alone my trip to Hawaii. Then, today, while bombarded with a new job and two new block classes, I have been diagnosed yet again at the Health Center Urgent Care. Oh the joys that come from being sick. Looking on the bright side...I have started my medication and with doctors orders get to stay home today and tomorrow from school, Wahoo!