Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Texas Trip
Well, we're back from Texas now. It was a long but fun trip. We visited tons of family and friends. Here's what we did in a nutshell:
Monday - We started the project at my parents house of tearing out the old linolium and replacing it with tile.
Tuesday - We continued the project...this happened every day actually. At night, we hung out with some friends and played Band Hero. It was awesome!
Wednesday - Alan came home!! We woke up early, early in the morning to meet him at the airport. We got there right when his flight got in but still had to wait for another 45 minutes or so because he had to go through customs. We spent the whole day hanging out with him and eating alfajores, a fun treat from Argentina.
Thursday - More hanging out with friends and working on the family project
Friday - My Grandpa came, which was awesome! We went out to dinner for my mom's birthday and Alan's homecoming.
Saturday - We had lunch with some friends, played Rock Band, had dinner with the family, Kirk had a jam session with some old friends and then we went ice skating.
Sunday - Alan spoke in church, we had dinner and then spent the rest of the day with family.
I think that was pretty much it. We did alot in this short week. We had a fun time and hope we can go back soon. I did have a realization this week: I live in a bubble. Seriously, all my friends live within 1 mile of my house and everything is so close. Man have I got it made! Anyways, enjoy the pictures. I didn't feel like labeling them, lol!
Monday - We started the project at my parents house of tearing out the old linolium and replacing it with tile.
Tuesday - We continued the project...this happened every day actually. At night, we hung out with some friends and played Band Hero. It was awesome!
Wednesday - Alan came home!! We woke up early, early in the morning to meet him at the airport. We got there right when his flight got in but still had to wait for another 45 minutes or so because he had to go through customs. We spent the whole day hanging out with him and eating alfajores, a fun treat from Argentina.
Thursday - More hanging out with friends and working on the family project
Friday - My Grandpa came, which was awesome! We went out to dinner for my mom's birthday and Alan's homecoming.
Saturday - We had lunch with some friends, played Rock Band, had dinner with the family, Kirk had a jam session with some old friends and then we went ice skating.
Sunday - Alan spoke in church, we had dinner and then spent the rest of the day with family.
I think that was pretty much it. We did alot in this short week. We had a fun time and hope we can go back soon. I did have a realization this week: I live in a bubble. Seriously, all my friends live within 1 mile of my house and everything is so close. Man have I got it made! Anyways, enjoy the pictures. I didn't feel like labeling them, lol!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Texas weather
Well, we're still in Texas but I just had to say how much I love this weather! First because my allergies and asthma cleared up and I'm breathing so well! And secondly because I love how unpredictable it is. No one ever listens to t.e weather men cause they're never right. Today, we had a huge thunderstorm then when we got out of church it was sunny and felt like 80 degrees and now it's drizzle rain and It's only 3:30. What will we get next? Snow? Tornado? I can't wait to see!
When I get home, I'll post pictures and stories of our week here. It has been fun and very exhausting!
When I get home, I'll post pictures and stories of our week here. It has been fun and very exhausting!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Catch-Up
Well, I'm trying to remember what has happened since my last post but I'm having a hard time. I can say that I have been super swamped with activity planning, working and trying to keep my house under control!
New years was pretty fun. We went to a couple of parties and stayed up way to late! We did have a fun time though! Kirk and the guys went to a Phoenix Suns game and dressed up! I didn't expect the dressing up part so it was a shocker to get these two picture messages on my phone.
I got a new calling at the end of the year. I was really sad when they released me from being the miamaid advisor. After all, I've had that calling for 3 years now! I thought I was getting a break from the YW (don't get me wrong, I LOVE them!), but alas, they called me right back into the program as 2nd counselor! Now, I really have to go to mutual! Ha ha! I've been loving this calling because one of my favorite things to do is organize, and thats exactly what I get to do! My first event to plan was Un-Camp. Its like an un-birthday. We wanted the girls to remember the feelings and spirit they felt at camp so we re-created it in the backyard of our president's house. And living in AZ, we can do that in January! It was a complete success! The girls and leaders loved it! Now, I'm waist deep in the plans for New Beginnings. I've been to a thousand New Beginnings but this is the first one I'm planning and its gonna be awesome!
Another exciting thing is that in exactly 17 days (and counting) my brother, Alan will be coming home from his mission in Mendoza Argentina! Yea!! My family is, of course, super excited! We are all planning on being in Dallas bright and early on the 17th to welcome him home! I can't tell you how much I love this kid! He will always be an example of righteousness to me and I'm so incredibly proud that he is out there serving the Lord. There's no better way to spend two years of your life.
I might as well end this post with another emotional event, since I'm already crying. Yesterday I ran a race. Many of you know that this year, one of my goals was to become a runner. I've never been good at anything that takes athletic ability (except dance, I guess), so I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could actually do it. Throughout the year, I doubted myself so many times. Even after I finished a triathalon, I didn't thing I was that great. But yesterday, I think, no, I know my struggles paid off. It might not sound like much, but for me, finishing a 10k (6 miles) was a huge deal. I remember when I first started running this time last year, I couldn't even run a half mile without almost fainting. But during this race, I didn't stop once, I didn't even walk. I ran the whole time, and that was an accomplishment for me. I might not ever run a marathon, I might not ever win a race but to me, I've won. I realized that my body can do amazing things. I know now, that I am an athlete. I know, that I can do anything I set my mind to. Can't, won't, not good enough...those aren't options for me anymore. I can, I will and I am good enough to do anything.
New years was pretty fun. We went to a couple of parties and stayed up way to late! We did have a fun time though! Kirk and the guys went to a Phoenix Suns game and dressed up! I didn't expect the dressing up part so it was a shocker to get these two picture messages on my phone.
I got a new calling at the end of the year. I was really sad when they released me from being the miamaid advisor. After all, I've had that calling for 3 years now! I thought I was getting a break from the YW (don't get me wrong, I LOVE them!), but alas, they called me right back into the program as 2nd counselor! Now, I really have to go to mutual! Ha ha! I've been loving this calling because one of my favorite things to do is organize, and thats exactly what I get to do! My first event to plan was Un-Camp. Its like an un-birthday. We wanted the girls to remember the feelings and spirit they felt at camp so we re-created it in the backyard of our president's house. And living in AZ, we can do that in January! It was a complete success! The girls and leaders loved it! Now, I'm waist deep in the plans for New Beginnings. I've been to a thousand New Beginnings but this is the first one I'm planning and its gonna be awesome!
Another exciting thing is that in exactly 17 days (and counting) my brother, Alan will be coming home from his mission in Mendoza Argentina! Yea!! My family is, of course, super excited! We are all planning on being in Dallas bright and early on the 17th to welcome him home! I can't tell you how much I love this kid! He will always be an example of righteousness to me and I'm so incredibly proud that he is out there serving the Lord. There's no better way to spend two years of your life.
I might as well end this post with another emotional event, since I'm already crying. Yesterday I ran a race. Many of you know that this year, one of my goals was to become a runner. I've never been good at anything that takes athletic ability (except dance, I guess), so I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could actually do it. Throughout the year, I doubted myself so many times. Even after I finished a triathalon, I didn't thing I was that great. But yesterday, I think, no, I know my struggles paid off. It might not sound like much, but for me, finishing a 10k (6 miles) was a huge deal. I remember when I first started running this time last year, I couldn't even run a half mile without almost fainting. But during this race, I didn't stop once, I didn't even walk. I ran the whole time, and that was an accomplishment for me. I might not ever run a marathon, I might not ever win a race but to me, I've won. I realized that my body can do amazing things. I know now, that I am an athlete. I know, that I can do anything I set my mind to. Can't, won't, not good enough...those aren't options for me anymore. I can, I will and I am good enough to do anything.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
December Happenings
The month of December has been pretty un-eventful for the Spencer family. Even though all our family lives out of state, we decided not to visit them for Christmas. My brother will be coming home from his mission in February so our trip to see family will have to wait until then.
As for this month, Kirk went out of town on a buisness trip, we went to a couple Christmas parties, and I got sick...again. This time I had a sore throat. I did go to the doctor this time because I wanted to make sure I didn't have strep. Fortunatly, the test was negative. So after much investigation from the doctor, he came to the conclusion that I have allergy induced asthma. Great, just great. I came home with Prednisone and Albuterol. I'm officially a nerd! But, I am pretty excited to use the inhaler for exercising. He said that will help since I get winded easy with exercise.
As for Christmas, we kept it pretty low-key. We saw the temple lights with some friends, went on a date to see Avatar in 3D (if you haven't seen it, go. Its super awesome), and had a fancy dinner and movie night with friends. Normally we don't exchange gifts because we don't like to spend the money but two days before Christmas we decided to get new cell phones. Kirk got the Droid and I got the Droid Eris. I can't stop playing with it! Definatly the best phone ever! I thought it would take me forever to get use to a touch screen and the whole navagation but it really wasn't hard at all. Way worth the money!
We also got a very nice framed picture from Kirk's parents. It matches our house perfectly!
And of course, I have to add the token Trixie picture. She loved having one or both of us home all day for the entire week of Christmas.
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