I'm thankful

So I've been thinking about posting all day and haven't made time for it. I have a lot to be thankful for today and hopefully this week I'll be able to take some time and write them down... Until then, Happy Thanksgiving!

Laughing Out Loud!

I can't stop laughing... so much fun!

Oh my goodness I've been tagged for the very first time!

So, some of you may think this is dumb but do you know what this means to me? It means that someone thinks I blog enough to actually warrant a tag! I am so so excited! Thanks Beckie and I miss you!!

7 Things Tag

the seven things tag (as tagged by the amazing Beckie)

7 things that attract me to my hubby(We'll just substitute boyfriend in here!):
1. His amazing sense of creativity
2. His love for his family
3. His love of anything extreme(paragliding, kiteboarding i could go on and on)
4. His patience when he is teaching me something new
5. The way he smiles at me when no one else is looking
6. His mad dancing skills
7. His laugh (even when he's laughing at me)

7 things I love to eat:
1. Chocolate Cake
2. Apple Crisp (this has been a big one lately)
3. Spaghetti
4. Mashed potatoes and gravy
5. Christmas toffee
6. Doritos
7. Vanilla ice cream with homemade chocolate sauce. yum

7 things I can do:
1. Turn almost anything into a positive
2. Design and sew my own curtains
3. Work (even went I really don't want to)
4. Make Eden laugh
5. Rock your socks at Mario Kart for the wii
6. Snowboard (ok so I've only done it once but I was great!)
7. Bake a fantastic fall apple crisp

7 things I can't do:
1. Skurf
2. Focus at work today
3. Drive a motorcycle
4. Pass the Provo bakery without going in for a doughnut
5. Get out of bed at the time I want in the morning
6. Wait for Christmas this year
7. Help but feel hopeful

And I tag, Cali, Marsh and Mandy

Daddy's Girl

Happy birthday to the BEST DAD a girl could ask for!

I'm really lucky to have the dad I do! We have such a great relationship and I feel like I could really go to him about anything! Some of my favorite memories of my dad:

*Recreating The New Yorker in Calgary and keeping him awake while we were driving back by asking him what everything in the car did.
*Singing in the Vanigan (some highlights: cats in the cradle, crocodile rock, blue eyes, anything by genesis, yes, phil collins or elton john)
*Dad giving Marci relationship advice (You really hurt him)
*Volvos (They're built for safety!)
*Having him home every Friday growing up! This meant really good breakfasts, bring your dad to school days, and a chaperon to any school field trip! This was especially fun when the teacher thought he was a scientist!
*Basketball in the backyard
*Double bouncing on the trampoline
*Sledding in the coulee
*Rebuilding my supra
*Car auctions, car auctions and more car auctions
*Ice skating with dad and Kayla (he is REALLY fast)
*Thoughts of rollerblading
*Our new shared love of photography
*Lip syncing to U2 on my new portable CD player Christmas morning
* Watching dad watch funny movies (Jungle 2 Jungle)
*Singing
*And always laughing!

These are just a few! I love you dad and I hope you have a great birthday!

Icon brain dump

So no pictures this blog... It feels like a pictureless topic anyways. So I've worked for Icon Security since April of 2006 which is a good chunk of time. On October 29th it was announced that we were merging with another company that does the same thing as us. This was interesting and scary news but a merger sounded not that bad. As things have ironed themselves out it turns out to be an acquisition more than a merger. What does this mean for us? Well our reps and techs are fine! They will pretty much do the same job just for a different company. Operations on the other hand is totally different! Pinnacle is the company that "acquired" Icon and they originally told us they were going to bring over 70-80% of our operations people. This is a big percentage so most of us weren't too worried. They have only hired 4 people so far so it's really not looking that great for the rest of us. I'm really not that worried about it. I have work with Icon for the next few months and that gives me time to find a new job and figure things out. Rodney is already hitting the new job front hard and I'm sure he'll have something good soon.

I'm not really sad about losing my job... I loved Icon but I didn't LOVE going to work everyday so this is probably a good opportunity for me. The sad thing is all the people. I have had a harder time than I thought I would thinking about not working with these amazing people every day. I have been so blessed with amazing co workers and bosses that it is going to be really hard to start all over not knowing anyone at a new place. I will truly miss all the friends I have made throughout my time at Icon and wish everyone well. Now I just have to make some big decisions. Stay in Utah or move somewhere new? Stay in the industry or start something new? Try my hand in a new business venture? Go to school? So many options and so to avoid them... I will just think about visiting my cute nieces and not making any life changing decisions! :)

Please Remember to Vote!

For those of us who can't... please remember to
Along with the rest of you, I'm really interested to see how this will all turn out! Cross your fingers and say a little prayer!

Nieces

How much do I love my nieces? More than I could ever explain in words! Welcome to the world little Ella!