Well..I've been quite a few places, but a cruise to Mexico is the only time I've been out of the country, so that's the place I chose :)
Well this is easy...if worrying is a habit I am the master. If I could change something about myself if would defintely be my ability to worry about EVERYTHING! I worry about what might happen, what might not happen, what I did, what I didn't do and etc etc etc.....I worry about things and people I can't change. If anyone has advice on how I could kick this habit I would love it :)
I have been blessed with so many wonderful friends that it was hard to just choose one picture, but this is one of my favorite pictures. This was at the luncheon after I went through the Temple. I love all three of these girls so much and am so thankful to have them in my life. I figured I would save the individual pictures for the other day that asks for friend pictures. (assuming I get there since it has taken me over a week to get to day 3!)
Melissa, Me, Becca, and Jen
I had to post this one too just to show again why I ♥ them so much!
Well...I think I just named it "Tara." so that's pretty easy to figure out. My blog address though however is unique. www.tara-tizzle.blogspot.com. I didn't want to use just my name, and I was sure that address would be available! Tizzle is one of the many nicknames my cousins have come up with for me :) I think my next license plate is going to say just that!
In order to try and keep up with my blog better I decided to try and do this 30 day thing that I've seen on a few blogs lately. So enjoy all these pointless facts about me :)
Day1-recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
Day 2-the meaning behind your blog name
Day3-a picture of you and your friends
Day 4-a habit that you wish you didn't have
Day 5-a picture of somewhere you've been to
Day 6-favorite super hero and why
Day 7-picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
Day 8-short term goals for this month and why
Day 9-something you're proud of in the past few days
Day 10-songs you listen to when you're happy, sad, mad, bored, hyped
Day 11-another picture of you and your friends
Day 12-how you found out about blogger and why you have one
Day 13-a letter to someone who has hurt you recently
Day 14-a picture of you and your family
Day 15-put your Ipod on shuffle; first 10 songs to play
Day 16-another picture of yourself
Day 17-someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why
Day 18-plans/dreams/goals you have
Day 19-nicknames you have and why you have them
Day 20-someone you see yourself marrying or being with in the future
Day 21-a picture of something that makes you happy
Day 22-what makes you different from everyone else
Day 23-something you crave for a lot
Day 24-a letter to your parents
Day 25-what I would find in your bag
Day 26-what do you think about your friends
Day 27-why are you doing this 30 day challenge
Day 28-a picture of you from last year and now, how have you changed since then?
Day 29-in this past month what have you learned
Day 30-your favorite song
There is no way I will get this done in 30 days, but I'll shoot for 60 :)
Well lets start with my fight with Jen's potato peeler. I went over to hang out with Jen and was helping her can pears. Well...I was peeling the pears and somehow the peeler slipped and my finger was bleeding like crazy. Anyone who knows me knows that I can't stand the sight of blood. I immediately got light headed and felt like I was going to faint. Jimmy had to come in and take care of my cut until I could pull myself together. I know! what a whimp! What can I say though I hate the sight of blood and it makes me feel like I'm going to pass out. The picture doesn't do the cut justice. I had tons of fun with Jen though :)
I can't believe what a slacker I have been about keeping up my blog! Life happens though I guess :) I'm still trying to work and go to class at night, which has not been very fun. The good news is that I'm done with my ESL class and got an "A!" Yeah! The bad news being I still have my Masters' class and have a 10 page due here soon that I haven't started :)
Over the fall break I was able to fly to Portland, Oregon to see my sister and her family. It was such a fun trip and I loved every minute of it. I have missed all of them so much, and it was so good to see them. The time went by so quickly. I spent four days there, but it didn't seem like it at all. Here are a few pictures of some of the fun things we did.
Can I tell you how much I have missed these faces! Treyson talks pretty good now and says "Aunt T" It's funny because Payton has always called me "Nant Ne" even though she can say Aunt T, but now that Treyson says is right she now callls me "Aunt T" too. I kind of miss being called "Nant Ne" :( Probably just because it means she's growing up.
The first day we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. It was really interesting to see the factory and all that cheese! We had some of the best ice cream ever there!
Even though it was way too cold to get in the water I still had to go to the ocean. It is defintely one of my favorite places to be.
I thought I would just do a quick update since I am trying to get better at keeping up with my blog. I start my second masters class tomorrow, so I will be in class two nights a week now instead of just one, we'll see how that goes :) I'm so thankful for Chelsie and that she is doing this with me because I don't know how else I would survive if we couldn't figure out and complain about things together.
This is an old picture but I just have to say how much fun I have been having with these girls lately :) Kara and I spent Labor Day weekend over in Parowan at the Iron County Fair which I love and until last year hadn't missed going in forever. We went to the rodeo on Sat. night and then back on Monday for the horse races..one of my favorite things in the whole world. They bring back so many good memories of my childhood and the time spent with my grandparents there. I'm so glad that Kara is willing to go with me and likes being there too. It seems like the three of us haven't been able to do anything all together in a long time, so we've just been doing random things seperately. MaCail and I have had a ton of fun together lately going to movies, just talking and working on little projects:) I'm so thankful for both of these girls and that we are such good friends.
Today is Becca's 32nd birthday! I love that for 6 months and a day she gets to be older than me. She's not much for birthdays or making a big deal of them, but she humors me and lets me even though I know she totally hates it. I love Becca so much and am thankful everyday that she's my best friend and for the relationship we have :) Happy Birthday Bec!
Yes! Football season! I am so excited :) I just know my bears are going to do great this year. 1-0 and off to a great start!
I had really good intentions of blogging about every trip and everything that happened this summer! Not because I think everyone really cares, but eventually I plan to print this out and make it into a sort of journal I guess. Well that didn't happen. Life has been crazy lately! I am in the process of getting my Masters in Education which means I'm stuck in class two nights a week after teaching all day and also stuck with the homework that comes with it. Luckily, my friend Chelsie has agreed to do it with me and it's made it a lot easier because we are able to do our homework together and just suffer through the whole experiene together :) So, school started August 11th. I am still teaching 4th grade and have 29 awesome kids! I don't know if they are just waiting to bring out their other personalities later or what but as of right now I feel so blessed! They are great and it has been so much fun! The pictures below are pretty much a mixture of summer and everything I had on my camera up to now.
I loved my classroom so much that I talked Becca into painting my bedroom. Of course she went above and beyond what I would have expected. I gave her the picture that I wanted and she did everything else. I didn't even tell her where I wanted it on the wall. I couldn't be happier with it though! Looks awesome :)
She also put this new desk in and painted the flower on it! I love the whole thing, my room puts off a happy feeling!
I have three vacations I need to blog about so I figured I would start with California back in June and hopefully get the other two on here soon! At the end of June I went to California with Beccca and the boys. We went to Knotts Berry Farm the first day, a really cool science musuem the next day, Seaworld the next, amd then the Beach on the last day. On the way home we hit the rides on the top of the Stratosphere. We had almost every minute planned out it seemed, but that's the way I like it, and it was so much fun! This is the second year I've got to go on vacation with her and the boys and I love it! Hopefully we will be able to make it a summer tradition :) My pictures are not in any order.
Me holding a starfish at Seaworld. I loved watching Cooper at Seaworld with all the animals and especially with the Starfish. I think we came back to this place three different times.
Bec and I with our yellow ponchos, and boy did we need them to sit in those soak zones at the shows.
