Door to Door

Anyone who really knows me knows that I am wary of strangers (don't ask why, it could be the whole "Don't talk to strangers" thing you learn as a child) and I hate door to door salesmen. If I want to buy something I will take the time to go buy it or I will find it online myself.

The other night Jon and I were on our way to the store and I saw this man all dressed up with a bunch of spray bottles in a neighborhood near ours. I told Jon "the spray bottle guys are back" and I thought to myself that they will probably hit our neighborhood this week. Sure enough I received a knock on my door last night and of course it was while I was trying to prepare dinner. Now I just may be the meanest person, but I have never bought something from a door to door saleman and after they tell what they are selling I immediately tell them that I am not interested. I do this simply for the fact that I do not want to waste their time nor mine. If I were a door to door saleman I wouldn't want somebody to waste my time.

The salesman last night made two mistakes. First off he just assumes what type of person I am. He is a complete stranger to me how does he know what type of person I am. Second he started his schpill by asking if I had ever heard of his company, I told him I had (because a couple of years ago they had come to my door and I said no then too) and then he wanted me to take a pamphlet. Not wanting to waste my time nor waste paper I did not take it and told him I wasn't interested. He then proceeds to tell me how easy it is to accept a piece of paper. He says "I hold it out and you just take it from me, it's that simple". Seriously, is he mocking me now? Like I don't know how to grab a piece of paper? And is this supposed to make me want to buy something from him now? That was the end of that, I smiled said no thank you and closed the door. And now I have to admit that it is sad that he has taken up this much of my time already, but I just had to vent. Also I had to let those of you know (and you know who you are) that it is okay to say no to a door to door salesman if you don't need the product. I lived through it and my wallet thanks me for it.

CAMPFIRE FUN

Saturday night we headed out west with the Browns and Schaeffers to roast hot dogs and have some s'mores. I have been itching to go camping and since that wasn't an option we decided a campfire in the desert would suffice. We decided to invite some friends along to join in the fun.
The more the merrier.

Chad amazed us with his Boy Scout skills by lighting the fire with one match (and no gasoline). Jon and Carson went for a hike with the intent to scare Zach and Drake who made it to the top of the hillside. Jon and Carson reached success and the boys quickly made their way back to the campfire. We played a friendly game of light-up bocci ball and Chad and Brinley were the winners for the night. I think Chad had the advantage of Brinley on his team :)

Overall it was a fun filled night. Good food and great company. Thanks all for the wonderful memories.

A True Princess

I have to admit that I just do not feel like a real "princess". But after seeing this picture I can now live up to being a "princess" at all times. This is more my style. So this is for all you TRUE PRINCESSES out there.

My First Tag

Who Do You Love? Jon (He's my best friend and the love of my life)

How Long Have You Been Married? 8 years in June, I can't believe it has been that long

Who Said I Love You First? Jon, in his black truck up Provo Canyon

How Long Did You Date? Four months, but then we were engaged for just over a year (I would never recommend it)

Where Did He Propose? Up American Fork Canyon in the snow. Brrrrrr

Who Is Taller? Jon

Who Is Smarter? I would say we are both smart. We just have different smarts. I'm better with English, Math etc, but he can put a car together and I would have no clue where to even start. And Jon is constantly learning. I think our smarts complement each other so well.

Who Does The Laundry? We both do and I can even get Jon to help put it away

Who Pays The Bills? Me

Who Mows The Lawn? We both do, however last year I ended up doing it the most

Who Cooks Dinner? I do most of it but Jon does help out and if we cook something fancy he does the cooking. People think that I must have it easy with Jon's culinary background but honestly I can't afford to have him cook what he would like. It does come in handy when I need to chop anything like vegetables. He just can't watch me cut anything - apparently I do it all wrong. Which is fine by me.

Who Drives? Jon

Who do I tag?? Amber, Tiffany, Jen

Trilobites

Recently we went out Trilobite hunting. It took us about three hours to get to our location but once we got there and settled in with the rocks we were finding them left and right. It's amazing to think of how many years and years these little guys have been preserved in the rock. It was a fun day and nice to get away - even if it was for only a day.

Our first trilobite and probably one of the best finds of the day

Jon hammering away

Jon and his dad searching among the thousands of rocks

Boooo Snow ..... and smoke detectors.

Here it is the second week of April and we just can't seem to get out of snow mode. I woke up this morning to a snow covered yard. I am so sick of snow and cold. The weathermen tell us we can expect warmer weather this next week. I hope so, I want to get some flowers planted.

So the other night I am happily asleep in my bed when I am awakened to Jon letting out a sigh and muttering under his breath. He gets out of bed and goes out into the hall and then nothing. He's not a sleepwalker so I'm thinking what on earth is he doing out there. Then I hear it. That sound that only seems to go off in the middle of the night. The blasted chirping sound of a smoke detector battery dying. I hate that sound. I swear they are wired so the batteries only die in the middle of the night. Well needless to say it is now taken care of - it is sitting out in our garage. I guess we showed that smoke detector.

Armenia Here He Comes

Last night my nephew Kyle received his mission call to the Armenia Yerevan mission. As a family our reaction was all the same - What? Where is Armenia? We knew it was in Europe but that's about it. Now we are all able to point out Armenia on a map. It was fun to be there when he opened his call and share in his excitement (as you can see on his face). We will miss him while he is serving the Lord but we know that he will make an awesome missionary and touch many lives. GOOD LUCK KYLE!!!