Tony Your Animation Will Be the Death of Me

Monday September 27th

Today is my dear friend Rachel’s Birthday. Classes were pretty good. During studio we had a sit down review Jury for our Concept designs. I got really anxious right before I presented. My review went okay and I now just have somethings to think about. I headed to my Turbo Kick class to help me clear my mind. I was still in the workout mood after it was over so I did the elliptical for 45 minutes too. On my walk back to the studio it hit me how tired I was. I took trax to Dugan’s work and then we came home and I made Baked Riviera Cod and Rosemary Vegetables for dinner. We had a nice night together doing homework.

Tuesday September 28th

I love Tuesday’s. Dugan and I attended a presentation given by some experts in Concrete. It was long but very fascinating. Dugan and I worked on homework. I made Nana’s Lasagna for dinner then I headed to the farmers market to pick up some fresh produce. I thought I would pick up a little treat for my wonderful Hubby. So I picked up a Belgium Waffle stuffed with Imported Belgium Chocolate, fresh whip cream and strawberries. We watched Glee and did homework.

Wednesday September 29th

Today I woke up super sleepy. Tony’s class was very informative today. I figured out a few things to do with my concept before meeting with my Professor during studio. I just need to figure out how to better articulate my concept. The ideas are there but I need to sum it up in a few well written sentences. Then I bought plane tickets for Dugan and I to go and see my parents in California. I can’t wait to see them. I had to hurry to Spinning class but made it just in time. BUT during the class the arches of my feet really started to hurt. It was really weird. I have really high arches. I think I need to try different shoes. The class was great minus my feet. Dugan came back after work to pick me up. I made Meatball Marinara Stuffed French Bread and Salad for dinner. We worked on stuff for our Tony project that is due Monday. I hope I can use the rendering farm to get stuff done quicker tomorrow. It’s always nice when I have multiple computers working for me.

Thursday September 30th

Today I had an on call at work but they didn’t need me. SSsoooo I got to the school early and got to work. I ended up helping a few classmates with a project they had due at noon. Then I got working on Tony’s animation. I would enjoy it a lot more if my computer didn’t decide to run out of memory. (I will take care of that over fall break) Which is making it a real pain to get what I need to done. Then I worked on studio. In the past I have totally been in the groove but it hasn’t been there. I must find it soon. I was super excited to find out that my favorite trainer was teaching a Cardio Pump class today. I got to class ready to go. She let us know that we would be playing a game today called 21 (no, not the card game). So this is how it works. You do 20 jumping jacks then 1 push up then you stand up and do 19 jumping jacks and 2 push ups, 18jj & 3 pu, 17jj & 4 pu, 16jj & 5 pu.............................. till you get to 1 jumping jack and 20 push ups. Then you keep moving and sip a little water then you go back up. 20 push ups, 1 jumping jack, 19 pu & 2jj. We warmed up and cooled down but the Jumping Jacks and push ups took about 40 minutes. I could not believe it. It ended up being over 420 Push ups and 420 Jumping Jacks. It was the hardest workout I have done since running Track. I still can’t believe I did it but it felt amazing. There were a few times I was pretty sure I was going to throw up, but I didn’t thank goodness. I came home and called my other mother Patty because today is her Birthday. I enjoyed talking to her and can’t wait till Thanksgiving to see her. Happy Birthday Patty Dear. I had made stew in the crockpot in the morning but the temperature has been so warm and I really wasn’t feeling like stew. We ended up going out to Indian food with my sister Ashten, her husband Chris and there little boy Liam. Liam was so funny. He LOVE’s Nan (which is the bread) He also told me that what he wanted for his birthday was cake. It was so cute. I love that little guy. After dinner they came over to our house to play for a bit. I was sad when they left but was so glad we got to hang out with them. Thanks Sis!

Friday October 1st

I can’t believe it is October. Today we had Tony’s and learned how to make our own materials in 3dmax. Then we went to the Concrete Lab and saw how some of the additives work. It was pretty interesting. I love the idea of Pores Concrete. It is pretty cool stuff. Then I had Studio where we had a Lecture on Sustainability ( I am not sure why because we have had lots of lectures and classes about it, its pretty much in the Architect Job description to know and understand it) Anyway the women did a nice job and then we watched a film about building the Getty Museum in LA by Richard Meier. Meier is a little interesting but the film was very inspiring. Plus we were just at the Getty a few weeks ago. After studio I headed to my Zumba class where we were filming a dance music video. I will have to post it after the videographer finishes all the editing. We are in a Zumba competition representing the University of Utah. I was so tired when we finally made it home I made Pesto Cheese Ravioli with Chicken and Walnuts for dinner and worked on my animation. Goodnight

Saturday October 2nd

I Love the difference that work brings to my life. I had a great day at work and I love my co workers. After work I headed home to meet Dugan so we could go up to the school. We heated up and bent some acrylic (plastic). Then mixed our concrete and poured it into the forms we had made. This is our first attempt so we will see how it goes. Then I worked on my animation for HOURS and HOURS. I made Chicken and Dumplings for dinner and worked on my animation till after 11:00 pm.

Sunday October 3rd

I got up at 6:00 am to get working on my animation. Dugan headed up to the school to see if his was done rendering on the farm. Which it was so he came home and went back to sleep. I went back to bed till General Conference was on at 10:00 am. I LOVE conference. I can’t wait to get all caught up on the parts I wasn’t able to hear. I had a nice talk with my mom between sessions. Then Dugan and I had to go by the school before we headed to Provo. We went and hung out with our Wonderful friends Jeff and Shasta. Shasta and I had fun chatting and the guys enjoyed sharing funny video on the internet. We had a nice dinner together. We also decide that for Halloween we should be our names. So Shasta will be a can of Shasta Soda. Jeff is going to be a Stone. Dugan is going to be Doogie Howser MD and I am going to be Charlotte’s Web. I know I have never been a spider for Halloween, about time. We had to head home a little earlier so we were home before they closed the freeway for the night. It is such a MESS. We made it home in no time and I was so tired I feel right to sleep. Another busy but learning filled week. One week till Fall Break. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can _ _ _ _ _ ChooChoo

I didn't have any pictures from this week but this picture was taken of Dugan on New Years Eve at Jeff and Shasta's house and I think it is cute.

(Dugan's sad face)

Concepts are in the Air

Monday September 20~ Much better then last Monday. I Love Japanese Gardens. In studio I presented my Case Study about the Library that I have been studying. I went to body works class and made the BEST Italian Meatball Stuffed French Bread with Salad. YUMMY!

Tuesday September 21 ~ More talk about concrete. Worked on thinking about my concept for my Library design for what seemed like forever. Ran a few errands, Cardio class and made Hot BBQ Shrimp with Jasmine Rice and Veggies.

Wednesday September 22~ Tony’s class is getting pretty cool. I will have to post my animation when it is all done. I HAVE STUDIO BLOCK. I have been thinking so much about my concept and I have 20 ideas but they keep taking me in circles. My professor was nice and helpful and I hope I can come up with more for Friday. I took trax home and kept working on my concepts. I did a circuit training workout and made Cornflake Crusted Chicken with Dipping Sauce and Rosemary Garlic Mashed Potatoes. Goodnight!

Thursday September 23~ I had a doctors appointment and then had work at VS. I love having something so different to go to a few times a week. Then I worked on homework and did my cardio. We had Chicken Enchiladas with corn and salad for dinner. I am wondering where the week went.

Friday September 24~ I am looking forward to the concrete pouring assignment I have for next week. I came up with a few more good concepts for studio just in time. I was working on my 3d models but the cardboard and Bristol paper just weren’t doing much for me. I will have to figure it all out before my presentation on Monday. On Friday’s I check out at about 3:30 pm. Studio is from 2-5 pm. I just get to the point where I am not even predictive anymore. I Love my Friday Zumba class. I was totally into it. Which always makes it even better. I came home and made Orangey Asian Chicken with Mandarin Veggies. I also made way to many “Mormon Cupcakes.” Bedtime I am exhausted.

Saturday September 25~ I woke up a little restless after crazy tiring dreams. I dream a lot and wake up as if I have been working the whole time I was asleep. I got ready and grabbed my cupcakes to take to work. I had a great day making everything perfectly organized, sized, colored and stylized. One of my fav work friends came in and saw her cupcakes waiting for her on the break table, Here is where I will tell you the story about my dear friend and my Mormon cupcakes. My friend is from New Orleans. She moved to Utah in 2006 after realizing that after Hurricane Katrina it might be better for her here. She left her Mommy and her horses that she loves very much. I met her right after she transfered to my VS store. She found out that I was mormon and was fascinated with all that came with it. I thought she was so funny and LOVED her accent. She would say things I thought I would never hear come out of someone’s mouth but Loved her to death. I once made cupcakes in a cone and brought them to work. Everything that I did that she hadn’t seen or heard of before she would call mormon style. One time I went to the farmers market right before work and didn’t want to leave my fruit in the car so I brought it in and put it in my locker. When she was walking me out she saw all the fruit and the HUGE cantaloupe in my bag and couldn’t stop laughing. This is only a few of the fun memories I have had with her but she is now moving back to New Orleans. I think her friends there will find her very Polished. She told me that she wont forget me and she will tell all her friends about her mormon friend that makes her mormon cupcakes and shops at markets and wears funny underwear. I will miss my dear friend but I know we have learned a lot from each other and that this is see ya later because she has to many hot boys here not to come visit. After hugging her goodbye and shedding some tears I headed up to the school to work on building my 3d concept models for Monday’s presentation. I came up with ideas quicker then I had planned but not quick enough. I didn’t make it to the General Relief Society Broadcast because I was using the shop and it is not open tomorrow but I will listen to the broadcast online tomorrow. I made Classic Chicken and Dumplings for dinner and Dugan and I took a nice evening walk. I LOVE walks. It reminds me of my childhood and going on walks with my dad. I was such a lucky girl. Now my Husband walks with me. I am still a Lucky girl. We decided to take a little break from school stuff an cuddle up and watch the movie Dear John.

Sunday September 26

Dugan and I went to another new ward today. It was right up by the school. We were there for 5 minutes when I decided that I loved it there. It was the primary program which made it even better. I love how sweet their little voices are singing the simple words if the gospel. I loved primary. Over half way through sacrament meeting we realized that a friend from school was in the ward. We are really thinking of staying in that ward but next week is Conference so we don’t have to decide yet. After we got home we got to work on homework. I was able to take a break and watch the General Relief Society Broadcast. I can’t began to express how much I love our dear Prophet President Monson. A few of my friends and I have been talking a lot about judging over the past few months. It was so wonderful. We are all children of God and should treat each other as such. As hard as it is. We should also learn to forgive those who have judged and offended us. Such a beautiful message. I can’t wait for general Conference next week. More homework and more and more homework. I made Arroz Con Pollo for dinner and we had a nice night together. Busy but great weekend.

These are a few renderings of the 3d models that I have been working on in Tony's class.

Back from L.A. and Plenty of work waiting

Monday~ I am starting to really dislike Monday's. I never really had a case of the Monday's but when my weekend is full of work and homework the idea of starting a new week with no rest is exhausting. Today was defiantly a Monday. I had a doctors appointment before school. My teacher knew I would be late to class and as I came in late I knocked over his coffee. Don't even ask how. I felt ssssssoooooo Bad. It didn't really make much of a mess and I cleaned it up right away. To make things worse he is one of my favorite teachers and today was his first day back at school after being gone for a week because his wife passed away last weekend. He didn't seem to care much and said he would just get some more after class. That is why I love Tony. Anyway then in Japanese we learned about Tea Houses. For studio we went to the SLC Libary to talk to the Library director and was able to ask questions about what is important in the library. After studio I attended a Turbo Kick class and Body Works class. The Turbo Kick is a crazy jumping kickboxing class and body works is ssssoooo hard. It is full of really hardcore abs, lots and lots of Pushups and weight lifting. Then Dugan and I came home had Berry Nut Salad for dinner, and went for a walk.

Tuesday ~ So Monday may have been a little rough but today was GREAT! Dugan and I only have one class on Tuesday’s from 9-10:30. I had a presentation that I was pretty nervous about but it went pretty well. After class we decided that all our homework we could do at home. Ssssooo we came home and had a nice afternoon together. We even took a short Nap. How wonderful. Then Dugan headed off to work and I CLEANED and worked on homework. I had a nice cardio workout and when Dugan got home we had Apple Poppyseed Salmon and veggies for dinner and continued to work on homework. Dugan and I had to finish our animations for tomorrow morning and I had a ton of reading to do.

Wednesday ~ Oh Wednesdays are pretty much deja vu of Monday’s. Tony’s class went much better. Japanese is always so interesting. Then I went to Ogden to visit another branch library. That night I had a melt down. It was one of those why cant I be perfect melt downs. I am finally staring to work through all the feelings that came from everything that has happened at church. I had know idea that it would take so long to heal. The anger and hurt is not gone but things are getting much better. I came home and made Spinach Pasta and worked on my 2000 word Manifesto about slow architecture.

Thursday~ I had an on call for work and was so happy when I called and they didn’t need me. I worked on my paper for 4 hours. It ended up 2015 words and was almost 8 pages long. WOW! That is a long paper for Architecture school. In general we don’t write a lot of papers. (aka In general we stink at them) I was having a few tense problems and I like jumping back and forth between first and third person. But I am getting better at catching these embarrassing mistakes. After my legs were to antsy to seat any longer I did Yoga. I ran a few errands. Then Dugan got home. Put the last finishing touches on our homework, went for a walk and went to bed.

Friday~ Tony’s was fun. In advanced technology I turned in my paper. Nice to have that off my back. Then Dugan and I presented our idea for our concrete design. I have a feeling this is going to get dirty. Studio was pretty relaxed. I just met with my professor about my Precedent presentation that I am working on for Monday. Then I was asked to go down and review the first years first projects. It is amazing to think that that is where I was two years ago. There work looked pretty good and they had some great ideas. Way to go Major Ones. As soon as studio was over I had to hurry so I could make it to my friends Zumba (dance) class. My adventure begins. I was going to catch the sandy trax to go home and it only comes a few times a day. I got to the stop right as the train pulled away. It was a little early so I missed it. So I had to catch the SLC trax and ride it to Gallivan Plaza then make the transfer over to the Sandy train. I was really nervous about time but I was making good time. As I got off trax and speed walked home as I approached my apartment I had an oh no moment. I DIDN’T HAVE A KEY. I NEVER ride trax. Dugan just comes back to the school after work to pick me up. Well as you can see I did not make it to her class and was bummed out because I had been looking forward to it. At least we have wireless internet. I sat outside on the grass with my computer till I could be let in. I guess I just wasn’t suppose to go to Zumba. Then I made Buffalo Ranch Chicken with twice baked potatoes. Dugan and I were watching T.V. when we decided to go out on a little date for dessert. We went to the Dodo. I LOVE this place. We got Strawberry buttermilk cake and Almond Joy Cheesecake pie. We only ate about half of them. They were Amazing. Then we came home and had a nice night.

Saturday~ Oh my goodness is it really 5:00 am. Well off to work. Work was fun. I felt very productive and ran my little tail off working the fitting rooms. I love helping the costumers. After work I headed up to the school to meet Dugan and work on homework. Diagramming, Diagramming, Diagramming. It was dinner time so Dugan and I came home and I made Pesto Cheese Ravioli with Chicken, Walnuts and Rosemary Vegetables. Worked on homework till it was time for bed.

Sunday~ Went to a Married Student Ward at 9:00 am. It was nice and I really wanted to commit to this one but it didn’t feel right. I think since we decided that we were changing wards I have been in such a hurry to chose a new one. Go figure that the talks in church were about patience. I came home and listened to the talk from last Aprils Conference titled “Continue in Patience” by President Uchtdorf. Dugan and I will try another one next week and I will let you know how it goes. We came home and worked on homework ALL day. I hate doing homework on Sunday’s but at least we are getting better at being able to do our homework at home and we don’t have to go to the school. I made Steak Salsa Verde and Mandarine Veggies for dinner. Bye, Bye, weekend

This is pretty much the view I get out the window when at school. If I have to be at the school and doing homework at least I have a good view. ( If you look close you can see the State Capital) I will have to post another picture that is lighter.

Too Cute not to Share

Since my sister posted this picture on her Blog I have looked at it everyday. It makes me Smile. I miss this little Guy and my Sister Dearly. I always feel like I have no time. I actually wrote an 8 page paper about the fact. I also miss my other little friends Colbert, Emma, Jimmy,Katie and Lucas. Ever since school started my Family and Friend time has been very little. It feels as if when I have time they don't and when they do I don't. I guess I will just have to plan things out farther in advance to make things happen. LOVE and MISS you ALL.

Masters Program Here We Come ( I mean here we are)

Monday~ I woke up way to early today. Maybe it was excitement? As I got ready I hardly recognized myself in the mirror. My face is tan and my hair is platinum. That's what the sun did to me this summer. Dugan and I have our first class at 8:00 am. It is a fun class where we will continue to learn how to use new software programs and try and do new and different things. I will often refer to this class as Tony's class. It will be very time consuming and will be a little frustrating because of the amount of time I will be spending on the Windows side of my Mac computer. Plus sometimes computers are just frustrating. Then I have about an hour and a half break before I have Japanese Architecture. I have been interested in taking this class for a long time and I am very excited about it. Plus there will be No test. I will still attend every class period its just all the names I don't know how to pronounce or spell I wont be tested on. Dugan has a different class while I am in Japanese Architecture. He is taking a Theories of an Argument class. He seems to think it will be a pretty good class. Then we have an hour or so break before Studio. To tell you the truth one of the most stressful things at school is the first day of studio. You have to pick your seat. In most classes this wouldn't really seem like a big deal but the seat you choose in Studio is pretty much your home for the next 3 months and the people who sit next to you are your constant neighbors. It actually didn't end up being as bad as I thought it would be. We talked about what our studio project is going to be this semester. I am very excited about it. After studio I took Dugan to work. I ran a few errands, went and worked out and then went and picked him up. I made dinner and then we went for a little walk. I can't believe how tired I am. Welcome back to over using my brain. I am happy to be back in school and am excited that I really only have 2 more years. The light at the end of the tunnel.

Tuesday~ Woke up groaning. I had work at 6:00am but I woke up at 4:00 and couldn't go back to sleep. Work was fun though. I Love markdowns. I like it because you feel predictive and it doesn't let my mind wonder because I am looking up numbers. It was fun to see all my coworkers that I haven't really see all summer. Ran a few errands on my way home from work. I got home and Dugan had already left for work. He wasn't gone to long. He came home and we had a late lunch. Then we started loading stuff up to take to the school. It's time to start moving in. We had class at 6:00 pm which has now been changed to 9:10 am in Tuesday's so we will see when I am going to be able to work now. It is a class pretty much about Concrete. It sounds like I will be getting my hands dirty. Then we went home and I made dinner and went for a walk. It will be nice not have a class till 9:00pm. I am sssoooo a Morning pearson.

Wednesday~ In Tony's class we started playing with Rhino. It is a pretty cool 3D program. I am just getting use to the commands. It is like 3D max which I haven't used recently. After class I was told I had a paper that I needed to fill out for my scholarship. I filled out the paper in 2 minutes and went to give it to the secretary she asked did you see the back? aaahhh nope. She said oh you will love the back. I turn the paper over where I see two boxes on with the heading Personal Statement the other How will this scholarship help me? ok so I spent the next hour or so answering those questions and got it turned in. I was impressed that I was so on top of it. Then I had Japanese Architecture. LOVE It. Today we talked about Shinto. Then I did some reading. Dugan came back from class and we had lunch together. Then we had to get ready for Studio because we would be leaving the school for site visits a little early. Dugan had to meet his group at the Trax and my group was headed up to the marmalade district near the capital. I went to two sites. The old children's museum and an old church house that was built in 1909. The children's museum was a little creepy. It was if they had moved out in a hurry and left a few random things behind. The ward house has been a day care and a Architecture Firm so it had the form of a ward house with nice cubicles where benches in the chapel once were. Then I took the girls that I had taken with me back to the school. I decided to just stay at the school and read. I decided to sign up to present in my Japanese class on Monday. I figure why not get it out of the way before there is lots of other stuff going on. It is a lot of reading plus I need to research a case study to present. Dugan text me and I went to pick him up from work. We came home I made dinner, we went for a walk and then I kept reading. Bedtime.

Thursday~ I have no classes on Thursday's which is so nice. I t gave me time to began working on my Japanese Presentation that is on Monday. I figured it would be best to do it when there wasn't lots of stuff due later in the semester. After doing some researching I started to find that all the information I was looking for was in Japanese. The day went well. I can't believe tomorrow is already Friday. Wow school makes life go by fast.

Friday~ Tony's class is way to early in the morning for even a morning person. Then we had our concrete class that was moved from Tuesday nights to Tuesday and Friday mornings. Another site visit for studio. The big decision today was which site to pick. I went with the Warm Springs (children museum) site. I hope it is a good one.

Saturday~ Oh Yes school is back and so is working Saturday's. I was at work at 6:00 am. Lets skip all the details and say it was one of the worst day's of work I have had in 6 years. I was able to think rationally enough to not walk out but left very angry. I had lots to do on my Japanese Project and spent most of the day at the school. Our friends the Clarks gave us a break by inviting us to the drive-in with them. We saw Toy Story 3 and I slept through Despicable Me. I will have to rent it from redbox when it comes out.

Sunday~ Work meeting, Jjjjjaaapppppaaaaannnnneeeeeesssssseeeeee Project is taking so much time to get ready. Can't wait to present tomorrow and have it over with.

Monday~ Tony's class again to early, Last finishing touches on Presentation. Japanese Architecture Presentation went pretty good. It was hard to be the first presentation and I just don't think my brain is in the mind set of all this school and presenting yet. I will get there. I was so happy when the 2 hour presentation was OVER. Then it was time to work on the Studio work that I hadn't been working on all weekend due to my presentation. Started going my part of the Group Site Analysis. I am learning lots and am getting a little more excited about the project. I am loving my Studio Professor. I can't tell if it is just the way he does things or the fact that it is Grad school that I am enjoying. After Studio I had Turbo Kick. I can't even began to explain how funny my teacher is. I swear she is a bouncy ball. Class was awesome. The next class was Body Works. This class is ssssooooo HARD. This class makes me realize I would never survive in the military. I left the class thinking I probably wont be able to get out of bed tomorrow. Dugan came and got me. We had a nice dinner, went for a walk and had a nice evening together.

Tuesday~ I woke up a little stiff but not really sore. That is wonderful. We had our concrete class that changed to mornings today. Then I had my abs and gluts workout class. Took Dugan to work. Came home and ran a few errands. Did 45 minutes on the elliptical. Picked Dugan up from work. Came home made dinner and then we went back to the school to finish up our models for Tony's class.

Wednesday~ Tony's, Japanese Architecture, Studio Site visit to the Draper Library. Another night of Turbo Kick and Body Works. Came home and made dinner. Finished up some homework and went to bed. Goodnight

Thursday~ I had work at 9:00. It was a good day at work then I headed to the school to work on homework. Came home and made dinner then Dugan and I went back to the school. But you have to understand the first U of U game of the year was tonight so traffic was CRAZY. Anyway I had my Yoga Flow class which was wonderful and then Dugan and I did homework till it was time for bed.

Friday~ Wow!!! Another week come and gone. Tony's, Concrete class, Studio (which for the last hour I couldn't even focus) I get this Friday itch where for the last hour of Studio every Friday I am pretty much not Productive at all. The clock finally hit 5:00 and I went to my Zumba class. After Zumba one of my friends from school and I decided we needed to leave the building. We went and shared crepes together. After work Dugan came and picked me up and we went to dinner. He was craving Ribs. After dinner we came home and I tried not to work on homework.

Saturday~ Good Saturday morning. I got up early and went to the farmers market before I had to go to work. Work was fun. After work I came home and cleaned. When Dugan got home from work we headed up to the school to work on some homework. We were there till we came home and had a late dinner of Coconut Shrimp and then it was bed time.

Sunday~ Well I am still on the hunt for our new location to attend Church. Today church was nice. We will see what ward we go to next week. I really want to settle into one soon so we can have our records transferred. As for the rest of the day.

So pretty much the last two weeks have consisted of lots of writing, reading, designing, working out, stressing, traveling and learning some key points about my life. I figure I was feeling like I wouldn't get caught up so I will just have to skip ahead.

Dugan and I had a lot of fun on our class trip to L.A. Last week. We were pretty much free after 5 each night. One night Dugan and I got to go alone into Hollywood and did the tourist thing looking at Star studded sidewalks, concrete imprinted famous hands and ate at a Wonderful little restaurant called the The Hungry Cat. (We counted it as celebrating our 12 year dating anniversary that is September 15.) The whole trip we saw some wonderful Architecture, Museums and shared some fun time together and with classmates. Getty, Tar Pits, LACMA, Disney Concert Hall, The Cathedral of our Lady, High School #9, Bradbury Building and Multiple projects done by Eric Moss. It was a crazy week back getting caught up and writing a 2000 word (8 page) Manifesto, Made a mini movie and researched Lots about Libraries. The weekend is here and Dugan and I are doing wonderful.

End of Summer

Holding a really big Snake

The view from our Private Balcony at Pineview

I know I am totally behind so I am going to get caught up right away so here are the last two weeks of summer

Monday~ I found out my kids are a little younger this week. We spent the day at the Bean Museum in Provo.

Tuesday~ We went swimming

Wednesday~ Our camp Mascot the Rubber Chicken named Skibo was part of a CSI activity that we had to solve. It was fun but a few of my kids were a little traumatized. I went with my friend Carrie to dinner at CPK, we went and saw Eat, Pary, Love (Which was okay but pretty slow) Then we had some frozen yogurt. It was a fun girls night out.

Thursday~ My kids went ice skating.

Friday~ Went to Pineview Reservoir with the kids

Funny part is that Dugan had made plans for us to have a romantic (but close) get away this weekend and it was in Huntsville where Pineview is. I came home on the bus with the kids and when Dugan got off work we went right back up to where I had just come from. We stayed in a Beautiful Condo with a private balcony, with a Hot Tub.

Saturday~ Went and saw downtown Huntsville which consisted of 3 cabins. The condo we were staying at was fully stocked so we decided to just bring food with us and were able to eat at the condo instead of going out.

Sunday~ We were sad to come home on Sunday night but it was a wonderful weekend of R&R. Thank You to my wonderful Husband.

Aug 16- 22 Water week #2

Monday ~ Today started the last week of camp. We were super lucky to have the firefighters come with there truck and we all got soaking wet from the hoses they hooked up to the fire hydrant.

Tuesday~ We did the fountain Dam activity, and went swimming

Wednesday~ Played Sand Volleyball and went to Kearns Oquirrh Park (a little water park)

Thursday~ Had an awesome activity with Snakes and turtles, Then we went to the Living Planet Aquarium. Which was so cool.

Friday~ I got to bring my friend Carrie and her Son Jimmy to work with me. We went to Raging Waters. My friend was coming as a volunteer. It was so much fun. After getting back to campus we had our last Popsicle Friday. My favorite little girl came over to hug me goodbye and I lost it. My tears were dripping on her shirt. I could tell by the look on her face that she thought I was crazy. I will miss her so much. I tried to get a grip on my emotions before having our final counselor meeting. No one told me that when I started work at the beginning of the summer the I would Love it so much. We all went to the Pie together and then all parted ways. I will miss it so much, but life is full of fun things. School starts Monday.

Saturday~ Dugan and I got up early and went to the Farmers Market together. Then we went school shopping for new shoes. It was a wonderful day.

Sunday~ We went to church with our friends which was so good. I loved being there. The talks and lessons were wonderful. After church we had our last summer bbq with them. We were suppose to go up the canyon but the weather did not cooperate. Sssooo my super smart fiends thought of a way that we could use there camping flame thing and we roasted SUPER large special “campfire marshmallows.” I love Smore’s. I had two, which gave me sugar over load and I didn’t feel very good. We played a few games and then it was time to go. We have class at 8:00am tomorrow. Goodbye Summer

We've Got Talent

Monday~ Found out that I have the best group of kids EVER. Today was so much fun. After check in we took the bus to Gateway to go to the movies. We were so lucky to be able to participate in a Sneak Preview of the Movie Nanny McPhee Returns. I never saw the first one so I didn't know what to expect. It was so funny. I am sure that it helped that I was surrounded by children that made funny comments to me through out the whole movie. It is so fun to watch a kid movie with kids. After the funny movie we headed over to the fountains to have lunch and play in the water. The day was so much fun I wanted to do something a little extra so we went and got a little frozen yogurt. They were so well behaved. We took the bus back to campus where we got a jump start on our piece for the talent show. After the kids got picked up the counselors had a meeting where we practiced our dance for the talent show. We will see how it all turns out. I came home and had a good training workout. Dugan and I had fun night learning about Sharks. We LOVE SHARK Week.

Tuesday~ In the morning we met with our elective groups where I took the kids Fencing. They had a fun time. After lunch my kids and I found a free room and planned out our skit and dance for the talent show. It was so fun to have it be what they wanted. I let them choose everything. We ended up starting with a skit where the kids are playing a game. I come in and tell them that one of the girls has to practice the piano. The girls who's talent was playing the piano played a little bit. Then she stands up and says "I'm sick of practicing, I just want to Move It." Then all the kids break into a dance they made up to the song "I like to Move It, Move It" from Madagascar. After they are done I come in and ask if the girl had practiced. They said yes then they all tell what one of there memories from camp is. The End! I am so excited for tomorrow. After camp we had a counselor dance practice again. Then I had to go and pick up a few more things for there costumes. That night I made 5 create paper grass skirts and 3 create paper vest. Each kid also had a different color leis. I was watching a movie with Dugan while making the costumes and told him I thought it was a little funny because I thought it would have been a lot longer before I would be making costumes for kids. ( I was thinking of my own future kids of course) But it was really fun. Then I got my 80's costume together for the counselors piece. I was lucky to get in an abs workout in even though I had been dancing for hours already. It was a busy night. When it came time to go to bed I was so excited I could hardly sleep. Hope everything goes well.

Wednesday~ Took the kids to there second day of fencing. As soon as we were done we headed back to switch all the kids back to there original counselors. I had my kids go through our piece twice. Then we went in and got our seats for the talent show. It was so fun to have my friend Carrie come with her two kids to see us preform. Thanks for the support Carrie. The talent show began. All the groups had worked so hard considering we had less then 3 hours total to get ready. There were also some good individual talents. It finally came to intermission. I got my kids into there hula skirts and the boys into there vest. We went on and preformed wonderfully. As my kids walked off the stage after they had finished I was overwhelmingly proud of my kids. It had been such a rush hoping everything would go well and they did perfect. There were a few more talents and then it was time for the counselors to do our dance. My kids cheered so loud for me. I had a fun costume on and had a fun time dancing. The talent show was soon over and the parents where there to pick up there kids. What a wonderful day at camp. As I started to walk the 8 minute walk back to my car it began to pour rain. I looked over at one of the other counselors that was walking with me and just smiled and said Today has been so amazing I don't even care if I get soaking wet. I got to go and see a fun big house of my friends boss. Then Dugan and I got to go and see a Free Sneak Preview of the movie The Other Guys. Thanks to my friend who gave us the tickets. It was so much a sneak preview that we had to leave our phones in the car and they had a metal detector that was checking us as we went into the theater. A lot of the seats were reserved for people from the press. I was only in the theater when my eyes began to get heavy and I was out. I slept through almost the whole thing. I was just to tired from the day. Oh well what I did see was fun and Dugan enjoyed it. We came home and I went to bed. Goodnight!

Thursday~ Today seemed very chill after the past few days. We had our last day of Fencing, The kids were getting pretty good and they looked cute in there white garb and masks. Then we had lunch and went swimming. Other then going off the high dive a few weeks ago I haven't been on a diving board in over 10 year. Today at the pool the kids got me to do a flip off the low diving board. It was really fun and they were so proud of me. It was a nice day at the pool. As the kids were getting picked up I became sad. It was the last day for a few of my kids. I am going to miss them so much. I went out to sushi with a few co-workers. We had fun but I was laughing so hard that I gave myself a stomach ache for the rest of the night. I came home and had a good workout. The rest of the night I spent getting my rock and roll costume ready for tomorrow, getting packed and tiding up before Dugan and I leave to go out of town tomorrow.

Friday~ Today was so fun. I spent a few extra minutes getting ready this morning. I had to tease my hair and make it as big as possible, add a little extra dark eye make up and put color in my hair. I felt a little funny when the first parent dropped off there kid. I thought to myself are they sure they want to trust there kids with me looking like this. But all the parents also told me it was ok to spray there kids hair with a bunch of crazy colors. Dugan was so sweet and brought me my camera on his way to work because I had forgot it. As soon as the buses where there we were on and ready to go. We arrived to Classic skating in no time. http://www.classicskating.com/sandy/sandyhome.html

When we got there the kids had there buddies and they could go on the skating rink, play in this bounce house area or in the jungle course thing. I went skating with a few of the kids who needed help. All the kids were having so much fun. They were a little bummed when I made them stop long enough to eat lunch. After lunch a few of the kids put on their swimsuits and went out to the water slides outside. I spent the rest of the time holding hands and skating with all the kids that needed help. My arms were hurting from all the flexing to help the kids from falling. Every time I went to check on my kids I was so happy to see that they were all staying with there buddies. The whole time I kept having little flashbacks of going to the Classic Skating in Orem when I was younger. We had such a fun day. When I told the kids it was time to go they got ready so fast. The bus ride from Sandy was nothing. We made it back to campus in time for Popsicle Friday and awards. My kids got the award for the Most Loving Listeners.

It was such a wonderful week. I was at the Pie (Pizza Place called the Pie) for a little bit before I had to hurry home and get all cleaned up before Dugan got home and we had to leave. We drove to Orem where we met up with my good friend Rachel and her husband. They are moving to Arizona on Monday and we were so lucky to get to see them one last time before they left. We had a wonderful time talking and enjoying a nice dinner at Outback. It was getting late and Dugan and I still had to drive to Cedar City so we had to go. We got to Cedar around 1:00 am. Goodnight!

Saturday~ We slept in!!! It has been a crazy week. We had lunch with my sister, her husband and there little boy. Then we hung out till it was time to go to dinner. It is kind of a tradition to go to this restaurant up the canyon for my moms birthday when we are in Cedar City every year. We had a nice time and made it back in plenty of time to get everything ready before we went to our play. We went over for the orientation of the play we were seeing. We went to the Greenshow and had our yearly summer berry tart and Dugan got some chocolate. When the show was over we headed over to the play. We saw The 39 Steps. It was sssoooo Funny. They were so clever with the way they did things. This is the description of the play.

What do you get when you blend Alfred Hitchcock with Monty Python? A hilarious mystery spoof that will keep you guessing! Murder, betrayal, and espionage intertwine with sly and hysterical nods to many of Hitchcock’s films, resulting in one of the funniest plays to ever hit Broadway. See if you can figure out whodunit as this cast of four transforms into over 150 farcical characters!

http://www.bard.org/plays/39steps.html

After the play we hung out with my parents for a bit and then went to bed.

Sunday~ I woke up early waiting to hear from my mom and dad so I could go over and say goodbye before they left. My mom called me and we met to talk for a bit before my dad got up. I had a nice cheat with my grandma and grandpa Taysom while my parents finished packing up. It was hard to say goodbye but I will see them again at Christmas. After waving goodbye I got Dugan up and we got all ready to go. We made good time driving back to Salt Lake City. We had a quite afternoon at home. I made dinner and then I was missing my parents so made a small batch of my mom's chocolate chip cookie recipe.

What a wonderful week. Two more weeks of camp and then school start. I will just have to embrace every minute.

Working on my kids costumes.

Dressed up in my Rock n Roll costume for camp.

Dugan and I in Cedar City at the Shakespearian Festival.