Monday, December 27, 2010

Day 5 A Picture of somewhere you've been to.

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 :)


The Carnival Splendor...Yes the same one that was stranded in the middle of the ocean for all those days. Luckily we missed that and our cruise went great!

Cabo!

Matzalan :)

Zip lining in Puerta Vallarta! So much fun!

Cabo again..Oh how I miss the beach!!!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Day 4 A Habit I Wish I Didn't Have

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 :)

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Day 3 A Picture of You and Your Friends

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!

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Day 2-The meaning behind my blog name..

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!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

A Recent Picture and 15 Interesting (more like random!) Facts


This is the most recent picture of I have of myself and I figure it pretty much sums most of the pictures I take :)
1. I drove a snowmobile through a fence, across a major highway, and down into a ditch and escaped without even a mark.
2.I can't pluck my own eyebrows, and I have the worse eyebrows in the world! It gives me the webee geebees! I have to have them waxed but can't do that myself either. Kristine, Jess and Bec have always had to do it for me.
3. I love young kids. The innocence that they have and the funny things they say. The way they are untainted from the world. They just have a purity about them. Which is why I love my job so much.
4.At times, I have a hard time expressing myself, and usually when it's most important.
5-I worry about everything! This is something I really wish I could change about myself. I can drive myself crazy worrying about things I have no control over.
6-I don't believe that blood is what makes you family. A teacher at my school said this to me today and I love it! "Blood is not thicker than water, Love is thicker than water."
7-I love watching sports! I remember from the time I was little watching sports on TV day and night. I remember my dad walking in one day shaking his head and saying "You should have been a boy!"
8-I have so many nicknames it's hard to keep up. No one but my parents and people I have no connection with call me Tara. It's almost weird to hear myself called Tara and especially by someone I'm close to.
9-I love John Stockton and The Jazz!
10-I love to laugh! I will laugh about anything and everything :)
11-Very few people REALLY know me. I put up a good front, but there a very few people that I will really open up to and that I fully trust.
12-It suprises most people to know that I'm a cryer... It takes nothing to make me cry.
13-I love to take pictures, and can drive people crazy with my camera.
14-I love Purple!
15-"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." This is one of my favorite quotes :)

Sunday, November 14, 2010

30 Days!

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 :)

Sunday, November 7, 2010

What else has been going on?

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 :)


For Halloween, yes, I was a nurse again. It's just so easy and I don't have to think about it. It's also a costume that doesn't make my kids at school go crazier than they already are that day, but I wore it to a Halloween party I went to too. This is a combination of mine and Amber's costume. I love the glasses!

Amber, Colleen and Julie had a Halloween party at their house that was lots of fun! Everyone else has a creative costume..I know!

Last Weekend Kara. MaCail and I went to Vegas for the night since MaCail is getting married on the 20th of this month. This is at The Belagio. I love walking around their gardens.

MaCail and I on the strip waiting to eat. I am so happy for MaCail that she's getting married, but I am going to miss seeing her all the time too. She is such a good friend to me. I've got to help her with a few of her wedding things, mostly helping her with her dress. Everyone knows I am not a girly girl and don't usually get into stuff like that, but I have really enjoyed helping her and am so glad that she has asked me to do it.

It seemed like the boys have been so busy lately with football and everything that a couple of weeks ago I made them come stay with me for the night! I love these boys and each of their unique personalities :)

Jayden lost his two front teeth, and since this picture has lost three teeth in the front. Seriously.. how could you not love this face?

I think I am finally caught up with blogging! I feel much better :)

Oregon!

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.


We also went to the zoo and had lots of fun there. Treyson loves the bears!

Kacie took Payton to the bathroom,so I decided Treyson and I would have a little photo shoot. He thought it was sooo funny and kept yelling "More!" So, I have about 5 pictures of us like this.

Me with the kids at the zoo.

It took forever to convince Payton to get her picture taken with this bear, she was scared of it!

Payton helping cook on Sunday.

Me and my favorite niece. Oh how I love this child :)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

~Random Rambling~

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!


Can I tell you how much I miss these two already! I stole this picture off of my sister's blog. I can't believe how much bigger Treyson looks since the last time I saw him. I hate so much that I am missing so much with them being so far away. It makes my day to be able to talk to Payton on the phone.

I went down to Mesquite and stayed with the girls for the weekend, which was great and something I haven't done for awhile so it was good to just spend time with them. Tori was cheering at a game one night and the next Cooper and Caleb had football games down there, so it worked out perfectly. Jessica and Tori came to the games with me and hung out. I didn't get any pictures of Tori because she took off with her friends not too long after we got there:) Cooper loves to use my camera and walk around taking pictures of everything. Here he is in action!

Jayden has had a crush on Jessica since he met her, so it's always funny when they get together. It always takes him a minute to warm up but before long he is on her lap and playing with her. This picture is classic:) Who is that weirdo in the background with her mouth open?

Caleb in his football uniform. When did this kid get so big? Watching him on the field is crazy because he looks so big out there. He's still the one who will always give me a hug though :)

Thursday, August 26, 2010

~One Big Catch Up Post!~

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!


This is how you know you're besties! We both walked out of the bathroom wearing almost the exact same outfit and looked at each other and said "I'm not changing!" So we didn't we went through the day looking like twins. Didn't bug us at all.

The last week in July my grandma got a houseboat on Lake Powell for 4 days. It was such a great vacation. The whole family was able to come besides Christan and her family and Daniel and of course Chase who is on a mission. We had so much fun together boating and riding the jet ski. I was so glad my grandma was able to come and had such a great time. I am so thankful for the wonderful family I have. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I wish I would have gotten more but I was so scared of getting my camera wet that I didn't take it out on the boat too much, and that's where I spent the majority of my day.

Lake Powell is so pretty!

Jessica and I riding on the tube with Mark driving. Scary stuff, but so much fun :)

Tori and Krystle riding on the tube. Mark would whip Tori, Krystle and Zach around so much and they would just get right back on. My favorite saying of Zach's to Mark was "Is that all ya got Grandpa!"

Tori being Tori. I love this girl so much she just seems to make everything so much fun! Her and Jessica I just didn't catch Jessica in action. Any time I get to spend with these two anymore I treasure because they are both so busy. I love both of them so much and miss being able to see them all the time.

I had planned on going to Indianapolis with MaCail and Kara over the same time we went to Lake Powell. The Lake Powell trip was kind of a last minute thing, but luckily I had decided not to go to Indianapolis, not because I didn't want to go but just because of how much it would cost and with school being close and everything. I would have loved to go with Kara and MaCail we always have so much fun together. I was really glad though that I hadn't bought plane tickets and everything because I really wanted to go to Powell with my family. I took Kara and MaCail down to Vegas to the airport and made Becca go with me so I would have some company on the way home. This is all of us at Caesars Palace waiting to eat at the Cheesecake Factory!

Becca, MaCail and I decided to walk around Caesar's Palace a little while we were waiting and saw this really cool glass thing. You can't see it very well but it's a good picture of all of us!

Becca went down to Vegas to take her LPN test and took the night before to study, so I got to watch the boys overnight. We had so much fun! I love her boys and spending time with them. We went swimming, to the park ,played video games and lots of other stuff. They were so good I kind of wondered if they might get a little nervous at night never staying here before overnight, but they didn't. Jayden came in early in the morning and told me he had a bad dream but just curled up next to me and went back to sleep. It was the cutest thing ever :)

In July, My mom, Kacie, the kids and I went to California to visit my great grandpa Just. He is 89 and is still in great shape and gets around so good. He has a girlfriend that is 64 :) We went to the beach in Malibu. It was so pretty! It was so good to see my grandpa and get to spend time with my sister and mom.
Here are my grandpa Just and Mom with the Payton and Treyson.

Treyson and I at the beach. I love this kid :) He is such a cutie.

Payton and I at the beach in Malibu. Love her so much too :)

My grandpa Just and I by his 77 Lincoln. This car is the best! He is leaving it to me in his will.

All of us by our favorite car!

Jen and I wearing matching shirts. I showed up at Jamaica's and there she was in the exact same shirt I was wearing, great minds think alike! I love Jen so much and am so grateful for the wonderful example and friend she is to me.

So I guess that's it my life in a quick post. One last thing sad bit of news :( My sister and her family moved to Portland last weekend. I can't believe that I'm not going to be able to see them anytime I want anymore. I am going to miss my sister and of course the kids so much :( I plan to make some trips to Oregon though. I've never been there before so it will be a new adventure for me!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

~June California Trip! Seaworld, Knotts Berry Farm and the Beach!~

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.


Jayden and I at the science museum.

There were some scary rides at Knotts Berry Farm. Most that Jayden and Cooper didn't want to go on so I went on with Caleb. He is such a little daredevil and wanted to do all of them, so I had to pretend I wasn't scared!

At the hotel the first night :)

Knotts Berry Farm

a water ride at Sea World.

Caleb and Cooper at the beach

Bec and I at the beach

Me and Jayden

Jayden buried in the sand

At the top of the Stratosphere after driving way too long!

The boys at the top of the Stratosphere