Small Treasure Tuesdays

Welcome to Small Treasure Tuesdays!  Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)
 I'm excited to learn about your treasures! I love to read them all.
Here are the guidelines:1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page.If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.
2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)
3) Visit as many people as you want/can. All I ask is that you please visit the person above you in the list, and leave a comment. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures! A treasure that I am loving today is this post my sister Amber wrote.  Every woman should read it.
It's all about how there is an unrealistic president set by the media depicting how woman should look. She has a lot of before and after photos showing how they were photo-shopped. 
It's definitely something that should be shared with friends and family.
What's a treasure you're appreciating today?The linky will be open until Friday night, so you have plenty of time :-)

Small Treasure Tuesdays

Welcome to Small Treasure Tuesdays!Sorry I'm late in getting this up guys. But at least it's here now :-)  Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)
 I'm excited to learn about your treasures! I love to read them all.
Here are the guidelines:1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page.If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.
2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)
3) Visit as many people as you want/can. All I ask is that you please visit the person above you in the list, and leave a comment. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures! ***Today I'm really enjoying this video Have you ever wondered what English sounds like to a foreigner? Well, if you watch this video, you'll find out!
This video was made to show how strange we sound to people in other Countries. It's pretty much awesome.
 Does it make you happy too? The linky will be open until Friday night! So you have plenty of time to write a post :-) 

 

Treasured Links

Here are a few links I've discovered, and love
This one makes me laugh
I want my future children to speak French, because of how cute she sounds
I don't know if I can dance as good as these hands
I wish we had something this awesome on our own reality TV shows. (Clip from Ukraine's Got Talent)

What are some awesome links you've recently discovered?

Small Treasure Tuesdays

Happy Tuesday EveryoneAnd welcome to Small Treasure Tuesdays!
Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)
 I'm excited to learn about your treasures! I love to read them all.
Here are the guidelines:1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page.If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.
2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)
3) Visit as many people as you want/can. All I ask is that you please visit the person above you in the list, and leave a comment. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures!
Today I am appreciating the chance I had to work out with my sisters Amber and Annie last night.
We did the 30 Day Shred... and we wanted to die.But it was so much fun!

It was nice being able to cheer each other on, and complain about Jillian Michaels together. We will definitely be doing this again. I'm sure it'll get easier in time :-)
It was Annie's first time, and she did awesomely!She even used heavier weights than I did!
What's a treasure you're appreciating?I'd love to hear about it!
The linky will be open til Friday night! :-)

Today, I've been remembering

You can see some pictures on this site, there are ones that I had never seen before.
I will never forget 9/11/2001
I am grateful for those who stand up for our freedoms, and I'm glad for the good that has come out of the ashes.
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend, and I hope we can all continue to feel the unity and pride that was so prevalent on 9/12/2001

Posting on My Sisters Blog is a Treasures

Happy Friday everyone!
I am so excited for it to be the weekend! I love not having to work.Also, I'm very excited to spend time with Michael all day tomorrow :-)
It's my favorite.
In other news, I wrote on my sister's blog and I let everyone know about how wonderful she would have been to babysit.
You should check it out. :-) And don't worry, I'm sure she wanted me to...
She is very awesome even though she did put some embarrassing pictures on my blog :-)
Her blog rocks, and if you like laughing, you'll love reading it.
ps. What fun things are you doing this weekend?

Crazy Neighbors are Treasures

Everyone has stories about their crazy neighbors... right?
Mine probably isn't as crazy. But I'll share anyway :-)
So, when we first started looking into our condo that we are renting from Michael's parents, we were warned that the lady upstairs isn't the nicest of neighbors. 
Apparently she would torture the people that lived here last: pounding on the floor at odd hours of the night, complaining to the police about how loud they were (when really she was the one that was loud) stealing their parking place, pouring water over her balcony so it soaked their sliding door and their floorand all other sorts of crazy-ness
We decided that we would risk it. I was convinced that I could win her over.
Well, during the first week after we came back from our honeymoon, we were reading a really funny book together. We were laughing and having fun. But I guess we were laughing a little too loudly, a little too late.
You see, we have this thing called "quiet time" it lasts from 10pm to 8am, and basically you're supposed to be quiet. Or something. I'm still a little shady on the rules.
Well, it was after ten. I think it was ten-thirty. We were laughing and all the sudden I hear someone come running down the stairs, they then pounded on our door, and then ran back up the stairs
Well... at least she tried not to let us know it was her... right?I was a little worried about this.
But that was the only real incident... for a while. There were some other small crazy things, but nothing major that I can remember right now.
That is until a few months later, when Michael was awoken around 2am by loud pounding on the floor above us. I woke up a few minutes after him, and it seriously sounded like she was dropping her furniture from her ceiling onto her floor. It was so loud. And it lasted for over 30 minutes.
The next day, we were a little ticked. And tired. If it ever happens again we'll go up and knock on her door then ask if everything is okayOr call the police and tell them we're scared for her.
But even though I'm sure that would fix it, I don't want this to happen again.I think she did it because we laugh loudly after quiet time a lot. But we don't do it on purpose!
So, in an attempt to smooth things over, I made a batch of Chocolate Chip Cookies and gave her a plate full. We haven't had any issues since :-) I knew I could do it. We even sit next to each other at church sometimes!
She still has weird quirks, but hey, I do too.I'll let you know if I remember any other strange stories from her :-) 
I know she's crazy, but she's my crazy neighbor! LoL
Do you have any crazy neighbor stories?

Ice Cream Sculptures are Treasures

A few weeks ago, Michael and I hung out with some good friends -Richard and Laurie, and their adorable baby Carson :-)
For our double date we had to tie one of our hands together and make dinner. So, my left hand was tied to Michaels right, and we couldn't use  those hands. It was really fun, and funny!
I would suggest doing this. It required a lot of trust when it's time to chop some veggies :-) 
After that we headed outside for the second activity. Each couple had a block of ice cream, and we had a time limit for making an ice cream sculpture. Our hands were no longer tied for this part. That would have been hard!
Here are some pictures:

This is our block of ice cream 

(it was a cake batter flavor, and it tasted delicious)

Richard and Laurie with their block of ice creamLaurie is awesome, and so ready to win!

Michael, hard at work

Richard and Laurie making their sculpture

While trying to keep Carson out of it :-)

Their finished product!

It was a car (with a dear tied to the back) and it looked great!

Here we are with our finished sculpture

We made a pyramid. See all the bricks? 

Yeah, we paid that much attention to detail :-P

What is your favorite date activity? I'd love to hear about it!

PS.  Remember you can still link up to Small Treasure Tuesdays!It's important to remember and appreciate the small things in life, so I hope you all link up It's open til Friday night :-)

Small Treasure Tuesdays

 Sorry I'm a little late in posting this. Normally I schedule it Monday night, but yesterday did not feel like Monday so I forgot :-)
But I'm glad it is Tuesday, but I'm so ready to read about your Small Treasures!Remember, your post doesn't have to be long, it can be as simple as linking up a picture or a quote. I don't want anyone feeling overwhelmed by this :-)
 I'm excited to learn about your treasures! I love to read them all.
Here are the guidelines:1) Make sure you link directly to the page your Small Treasure Tuesdays post is on, not your main blog page.If you don't have a blog, you can still participate and leave your treasure in a comment.
2) Please link back here so other people can join in on the fun! A good way to do that is by grabbing my button :-)
3) Visit as many people as you want/can. All I ask is that you please visit the person above you in the list, and leave a comment. Everyone loves to know what you think of their treasures! ***I'm writing this at work, so I won't be posting any pics today -I know, I'm shocked too!
But, a Treasure I'm appreciating today is long weekends!I LOVE long weekends. They make me so happy.
Michael and I got to relax, catch up on sleep, read and play games.It was so nice not having to worry about work.And I should have caught up on some cleaning... but I decided that since it was a holiday, I should take a break from that too. :-) What did you do for Labor Day? ***Also, I love quotes. I collect them in notebooks- and I've done that since middle school. So, I'd also like to share one of my favorites: 

"Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."

 ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Happy Tuesday!

 

Tuacahn is a Treasure

When we were in St. George, Michael and I had the pleasure of seeing Tarzan at the Tuacahn theatre! It was wonderful. Possibly the best play I've ever seen.
The costumes, make-up, acting, dancing, moving, singing and acting like apes... it was all wonderful! I wish I could have captured the play on film because I don't think I can describe how awesome it was. The apes spent so much time flying through the air on vines, it was just so awesome... I can't say that enough.
Taking pictures during the show wasn't allowed, so here are some before and after:

This is the lovely walkway to the Tuacahn Theatre

Us :-)

The stage! Isn't the background beautiful?

This is a pic from our seats, you can see the side of Michaels face. :-)We had awesome seats, we could see everything clearly, and there was mist that sprayed on us before the show and during intermission- it was real hot outside, so that was a nice bonus

This is us with Tarzan's ape mom. She was awesome! As was Tarzan's ape dad, and Terk (not pictured)

Tarzan and Jane -they both did wonderfully. Especially Tarzan. There was one time when he was swinging from a vine across the stage, but he wasn't hooked into his harness, he was just holding on! crazy.

Us with young Tarzan. He did wonderfully too
I wish I had gotten more pictures of the apes so you could see how great their costumes were, and how perfectly they moved, but the lines were so long for pictures. That's okay though, I'm glad I got these ones :-)
AND, you can see lots more pics here. On the right side of the screen there's a button that says "Show Photos", that'll show you some awesome shots

Fondue is a Treasure

Do you guys like fondue? I love it. A lot.
When Michael and I were in St. George we went to this awesome restaurant called Anasazi. They have the best fondue I've ever had the pleasure of tasting.

They also have steaks that you cook to your liking on a hot rock -Michael and I got that last time we were in St. George, it is also delicious. 
We love the fondue so much that we ate there three times during this visit! We had all but one of their cheese fondues, and we tried a wonderful chocolate. 
I would highly recommend this restaurant.
They make the fondue right in front of you, and the tables have a heating pad in them to heat the fondue. The coolest part about the tables is that if you touch them they'll feel a little warm, but not hot. The stove in them is magnetic and only responds to the pan they have the fondue in. It's really neat.

See, we love it!Next time you go to St. George, take me with you and we can eat here.

Swimming in St George is a Treasure

When Michael and I went to St. George together for the first time, I immediately fell in love with it. I love the contrast of the red rocks, green trees, and blue skies. 

While we visited we found this beautiful beach. 
I had never seen red sand before. It was very soft, and really hot.

The blue of the water was so deep and inviting.

The water was so nice and warm, it felt wonderful to relax and swim.
The only down side about this beach was that bacteria can grow there easily, due to the warm water. But we were told that as long as we stayed in the "moving water"  we wouldn't have any problems with "Swimmers Itch".And we didn't. We were just fine :-)

If you're ever in St. George, I would highly recommend checking this out!

If you haven't linked up to Small Treasure Tuesdays yet, don't worry, you still can!The linky will be open until Friday night. So you should go write about a treasure and link up! ;-)