I little catch up....September 2010

Ok so we already posted that our Sadie dog died and to ease the grief we did what any couple would do....we bought PUPPIES!!!

I just wanted a little Pomeranian that I could cuddle with...but John didn't want to be left out of all the fun so he decided he wanted one too...so we got TWO!

So I got my little RICO and then a day later John got STEVE.

This is RICO...he looks a little retarded in this picture, and some say he looks retarded in person..but he is real sweet and cuddly and I LOVE HIM.

And this is STEVE:

They have gotten so big..well at least Steve has..

Steve is now 16 pounds!!

Rico is just 7 pounds..so he is still a little guy..we call him Tiny

They are SO much fun. We love having them as part of our family.

I little catch up....moving to August 2010

Ok so August....Every year we go camping at Pineview with my second family..the Hagmans....and this year was no different. We had a blast with the family. And you all know I'm not a biggest camper but this is tradition and I would never miss it.

Ah Tren my favorite little brother...he is just so grown up...

And the Chaser...carrying poo

So we all bring our dogs up with us so sometimes there are more dogs then people...it does get a bit ridiculous..but it's super fun.

It's just good friends and good times:

Jerzie....I will say no more

The little girls playing at the lake:

Can't wait for this year!!!

I little catch up....Starting with JULY 2010

Ok Ok I know...I have been a TERRIBLE blogger. So here is the year recap...are you ready???

Ok so I left off in July....
So first there is my favorite holiday and anniversary:
The 4th of July!

We went to the Stadium of Fire because I LOVE FIREWORKS...and Carrie Underwood was the singer so that was fun..but I think this is our last year. We will now join the ranks of all the freeloaders who just watch the firework show outside the stadium.

Then there is the 24th of July which is my favorite because I love a good parade...and they never disappoint...here are a few choice floats:

My other favorite part is the great carny food. I love eating random food from traveling carts...it's like an adventure.

We lost our pup.

Our sweet Lab Sadie passed away on Monday. We found out a week ago that she had very advanced cancer. When we heard the news we decided to take her home and try to keep her well enough so she could join us on our annual camping trip to Pine View. She loved to swim so I wanted her last memories to be fun and for her to be able to swim one more time.

She made it through the weekend and then stopped eating. We didn't want to see her continue to deteriorate so we decided we would put her down. We went in to AVC on Monday evening and held her while they put her to sleep.

It was the saddest, hardest thing. I put together a slide show of a bunch of pictures of my sweet girl.

MY TRIP

Sorry, Sorry for the long delay in posting my trip to Nepal.

 I think the photos tell a lot, so I have posted two sections: The first is our 12 hour layover in Hong Kong where we went sight seeing and the second is all NEPAL.

It was a great trip. Very challenging on many levels, but I will defiantly be back again! So all in all...a great experience.

Hong Kong:

And NEPAL:

Hope you enjoyed the pics. Yes I actually did this! I know...it's amazing. I think I'm a new woman :)

My Wares

So I promised a post with my completed pottery....so here are a few things that I finished and  brought home yesterday.

This is a vase I made and we finished it with a firing technique called horsehair...Basically you heat the pots up to 1700 degrees and then you bring them out and lay horsehair on the hot pot and it burns into the surface....It's pretty freaken cool.

This we finished with a crackle glaze...you put the glaze on...heat it to 1700 degrees and then pull it out and blow in it and the glaze starts to crack then you put it in a trashcan filled with newspaper and it lights that on fire and you put the lid on so the smoke will fill the cracks...and voila...you have an awesome crackle effect on your pot.

This is my favorite pot....I made it and hand carved it. To get them jet black you heat them like the first two and then you just pull them out of the fire and into a burning trash can to smoke the clay until it turns black. I love this one...
 

And the BEFORE: Waffle Teapot

And AFTER.

And the BEFORE: Pineapple Picture

And AFTER: With the pineapple tumblers

I have had so much fun in this class. I am taking the advanced class this summer and from then on I am eligible to just pay studio time and I can go in the studio and use all the stuff to make whatever I want....I'm super excited...cause this is my new hobby and I don't plan on stopping....it's the most relaxing thing...I tell ya...with a life as busy as mine...it's nice to take some time and do something so relaxing and rewarding.                     

My Modeling Debut

I'm sure a lot of models get started at 32.....

Sometimes crazy things happen to me...like this last month. I went to a shopping party with my friends Meagan and Kaysee, at Maurices in Valley Fair Mall...they have these splurge parties that you can have after the store closes you and your friends get to have the store to yourselves to shop till your hearts content and you get 15% off your purchase...so it's super fun.
Well I needed to get some casual clothes....well I don't really own many 'casual' things so I basically needed an entire casual wardrobe....so I was trying on a million things and coming out to get every ones yea or nae...and the store workers thought I looked cute in there clothes so they asked if I would be in their fashion show.

Well SURE! So the next week I went to the store and got to pick my "looks" for the show and come Saturday I was strutting my stuff down a 'runway' in the middle of Valley Fair Mall. I'm sure my modeling career will really take off now that I had such a stellar debut. I had John take pictures (along with all the rest of the paparazzi) and at the end I got 20% off whatever I wanted...so of course I bought a few things =)...(John has now banned me from the store).

                    Here is my first 'Look'.

            This one I liked and bought it after the show...
                this is their 'new spring line' outfit.

                   This is the 'night on the town' outfit

                    This is the 'spring dress' outfit...

     Here we all are.....me and the rest of the "talent".....

It was hilarious...the store Vanity was doing the show with Maurices and all their models were like these little 13 year olds and they dressed them in short skirts and hooker heals...you gotta love West Valley.
I know I should have informed all of you that this momentous day was happening so you could all come and see me strut my stuff....but because it was located in the ghetto...I didn't want anyone getting hurt....I was thinking of your safety...cause that's just how sweet I am =o).

Not even a week after my modeling debut I was asked to play a 'subject' in a BBC documentary being filmed at the U...I knew that fashion show was my big break!
I will let you know when the BBC thing comes out...I was all hooked up in an EEG cap with electrodes out of my head...it was quite a good look..I spoke to John about how he felt being married to someone famous and he was ok with it...I just hope the magazines don't try and tear us apart...fame has a price you know.

Well that is the exciting news in my budding modeling and acting career.
You can all say....you knew me when.....