Valentine's Day

I know Valentines Day was a long time ago and I'm just barely getting time to blog about it.  For Valentine's Day Clark and I went to see the Music Man at the Ellen Eccles Theatre here in Logan.  Clark was actually in his Junior Highs production of The Music Man!  He played Tommy Djilas the Town Rebel.  It was fun to watch and we enjoyed it except we did not like the girl who played Marian the Librarian.  She had too much of an opera voice, not a musical voice. She overpowered everyone.  


The Saturday before Valentine's Day we went out to eat with my sister Allison and her husband Tyler and my cousin Paige and her husband Lorin.  We went to Gaucho Grill here in Logan.  It is a Brazilian Restaurant similar to Rodizio Grill.  We didn't have a very positive experience and I wouldn't recommend it if you are eating in Logan.  The food was good, but they didn't bring around enough meat (definitely not $20 worth) and when we were there our waitress forgot about us and then she was rude to us after.  It was busy, so maybe that is why they didn't come around that much, but when they cut the meat for you they gave you mini size portions.  They were definitely skimpy with their meat.  And when we asked for more than one slice they looked at us like we were greedy!  I don't know, it was a fun night but I will not go back.  


Now for Pictures...

Antique Valentine that my Grandpa gave to my Grandma 43 years ago.  

I think it is so sweet.  She puts it out every Valentine's Day.

My Valentine from Clark.

The inside was a pop up card with more roses and a love note inside.  

Waiting for The Music Man to start

Weekend Fun

My sister Melissa and her husband Adam and little boy Merrick came to Utah this week for a ski trip!  They stayed in Midway with Adam's Mom, but I was able to see them on Friday for a ski day at the Canyons.  Clark had class and work so he couldn't make it.  We had free passes to the Canyons from going to the Warren Miller ski movie a few months ago.  My Dad came and his 5 daughters were there, and then Adam's brother and sister in law came as well.  We had a fun time, even though it was a little icy and not the best snow.  But we always say, any day skiing is a pretty good day!  

Riding the Gondola up to the lifts

Allison and Dad

Katie, Laura, & Adrienne

The first part of the day was nice and sunny.  

I of course didn't get any pictures of Melissa & Adam.  We had fun skiing together, even though the Canyons is full of "runs" that are more like "trails".  It is fine on skis, but for the few snowboarders it was a little annoying.  Also we ate at a new lodge and it was so so crowded and took forever to get your food.  It was chaotic.  After skiing Adrienne, Katie, and I took Merrick to my Mom's house to babysit him over night and all day Saturday.  He was so well behaved and slept all night and took a 2 hour nap on Saturday.  He ate his food, cleaned up his toys, and even gave us kisses if we bribed him.    

Having fun at The Cheesecake Factory for lunch

The Red Velvet Cheesecake was his favorite part!

Hanging out waiting for Nana to take him to Provo to find his parents.  

It was a fun weekend spent with family and most important my cute nephew!  Now I'm off to stay in Ogden for 4 days for a work training.  Yes, I know that Ogden is only 45 minutes away from Logan, but we still get a Hotel to stay in.  In past years this training has been in cool places like California or Texas.  This year it is in Ogden.  Lucky me!  

  

It's My Body

The Herald Journal (Cache Valley's Newspaper) is doing a 4-part series to create awareness about sexual abuse.  My boss, the director of the Child and Family Support Center here in Logan had the idea.  Apparently one day while looking on Amazon.com she came across a book called "how to be a pedophile".  She was outraged that such a book even existed.  So she decided to try and create an awareness (at least here in Cache Valley) about the sad problem of sexual abuse. The first article was about sex offenders here in the local jail.  The second article was a few personal stories of victims and the third article (click to read) is about prevention and therapy for victims.  The reporter was able to sit in on a presentation of Good Touch, Bad Touch and Hilary who is my supervisor over GTBT is the one in the picture and the one he interviewed.  She is so awesome at what she does.  I hope I present as well as she does.  So if you wondered what GTBT is when I've blogged about it before, this article explains it a little bit.  
And yes, I use the giant storybook about my friend Jonathan and he helps us learn the 5 body safety rules for keeping our body's safe and knowing what to do with the problem of sexual abuse!  It's great.  We have the kids shout "Hey, It's My Body!"  I love it.  If you are a parent and your child ever has the opportunity to have listen to a Good Touch Bad Touch presentation at school, let them stay and hear it.  I'm always so sad to see a few kids each time I present being sent to read a book at the office because their parents don't want them to be there.  We also teach the older children about stranger danger and Internet safety rules.  All the information is so important for children to hear!

Blogging Funk

I'm in a bit of a blog funk.  I'm sure there are things I never blogged about like Christmas, my 25th Birthday, & New Year's.  My camera is being dumb, and my phone camera is good, but not all of my pictures look that great.  Also I work all day now, and when I come home I don't feel like blogging much.  

Clark is currently staying in a Yurt up Logan Canyon with some friends so they can ski tomorrow.  So I'm bored at home on his laptop and I found a few pictures.  

My little nephew Jack on his 2nd birthday.  I love his blond "beach bum" hair.

Christmas Eve Ski Day

Allison, Adrienne, Me, Melissa, Katie, Dad {Clark is taking the picture for us.  Thanks Clarky!}

My poor dad didn't have any sons to ski with growing up... just girls that complained and cried.  Now we are adults so we can have fun skiing together with little complaining.  

Santa took some time off to ski a few runs! 

Me & Jack on Christmas Eve.  

Once I put my pictures from my phone on my computer, maybe I'll blog again.  I must say I'm enjoying my new jobs (Good Touch Bad Touch and a Home Visitor).  I work with really fun girls and I only work about 35 hours a week so not bad.  I'm sad all the snow is melting, but I will admit the warmer weather has been pretty nice, just not for skiing.  Clark is on his second to last semester of school.  Hopefully he can find an internship or something this summer that will lead to a job after school.  

We are still living with my cute Grandma.  Since Clark is gone tonight my Grandma and I enjoyed a nice dinner together.  She is helping me make a quilt out of my old jeans... okay she is making it and I'm giving her moral support.  I will help her tie it, but that's about all I can help with.  Basically my Grandma is awesome and is such a kind hearted person.

  

Long Time No Post

I have been busy with work and the Holidays and when I have free time I haven't felt like blogging.  One reason is because my camera is struggling.  It has worked fine until just recently all my pictures turn out blurry.  It refuses to focus.  It is a fairly nice camera for just a "point and shoot", and I got it last year for Christmas so it isn't old.  I did get the iphone 4 for Christmas and it actually has a pretty sweet camera, so that's nice.  I don't want to blog blurry pictures and those people who took pictures during the month of December need to send me their pictures (hint hint sisters).   


I'm going to try and do a quick recap of the past months.... I can't believe I haven't blogged about Thanksgiving.  


Thanksgiving: This year we were in Kaysville with the Clark's family.  His parents and sister Angie were there and then his sister Natalie and her cute family (The Stromberg's) came.  The next day I went Black Friday shopping with Angie, Carolyn, Natalie, and Nash.  We go up to the outlets in Park City at midnight and shop there for a few hours then we made it to the Target in Centerville around 3:30 and they opened their doors at 4am.  I was wanting to get a Sony Blue Ray player for Clark.  Other than that I didn't really need anything else.  I got a few small things but nothing big.  I don't really know why I go... It is kind of fun and crazy.  We were home by 6am so we all went back to bed for a few hours.  Clark actually went hunting with his Dad and a neighbor that morning while we were shopping.  I went back up to Logan later that day and hung out with some family staying at my Grandma's.  We watched "Babes in Toy Land" which is a funny Disney movie from the 60's with Annette Funicello.  Classic.  


December Happenings: A Pierson tradition that I love is going to the Festival of Trees every year.  They started this tradition years ago when they first bought a tree.  And now they go every year.  It is usually the first week of December on a Tuesday night.  This year it was actually on November 30th.  It is a great way to get into the Holiday Spirit.  

I got this picture from their website

I was also able to go to the Ballet West production of the Nut Cracker in Salt Lake on December 4th.  I LOVE going to the Nutcracker.  I love the dancing and the music.  I went with my sisters Adrienne & Katie and my Mom.  We ate at Noodles & Co. before which is one of my favorite places.  We took pictures but as you know, mine did not turn out, so I googled this picture! 

Love the Sugar Plums

On December 18th I went to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir with David Archuletta!  My step-mom Lorie tries to get tickets every year.  Each year it seems like she gets at least 4 tickets.  This year she got about 16.  Clark came with me last year, but when he heard it was David Archuletta he asked if he could stay home.  We aren't big David fans.  But I will say I really really enjoyed the concert and he does have a really good voice, especially live.  After the concert we walked around temple square to see the lights.  The weather was nice, not too cold and it really wasn't crowded at all.  The only bad thing was we couldn't find our way back to our car!  We had a voucher to park under the church office building.  After we parked there were all these nice men in suits guiding us where to go, so we didn't even pay attention.  All we knew is that we suddenly appeared out of a door somewhere on temple square. We seriously looked forever and couldn't figure out where we came out.  So we went to the Joseph Smith building and a nice man was trying to help us figure it out.  We finally found our way, but it seriously was A LOT of walking and took us forever!  

There is little David.  He was so funny and would just smile the whole time and wave like a million times anytime he walked on and off the stage.  {I also just googled this picture}

Pictures of Temple Square

Part of the Nativity

I love the red/orange lights

Snowflake

Just two random pictures of our Christmas Decorations.  We are living with my Grandma in her basement and I love that she has a mantel down there.  It was a nice place to put decorations and we were actually able to hang stockings by a fireplace.  

Our Tree

The picture was from my old phone, so not the best quality

My Grandma puts up a "skier" tree which just has ornaments of skiers or anything to do with skiing.  Then she has a group of 6 trees with snowflake ornaments that my great grandma made.  She also has two trees out on her front porch.  We put our own tree in the basement so there were 10 trees at my Grandma's house this year.  Very Festive!   

The Snowflake Trees

We had a great Christmas this year and were able to spend lots of time with Family.  My sister Melissa, her husband Adam and their little guy Merrick came to Utah for Christmas.  It was a lot of fun spending time with them.  We were able to go to Kaysville a few times over the break. We spent New Year's with Clark's family.  We played the wii game Just Dance 2 {that game is so fun} did a few puzzles and went to a movie.  We also played Just Dance 2 with my family on Christmas night and the day after Christmas.  It is awesome!  We've been skiing a few times already and when it isn't so cold up there we will go some more.    

This post is getting long so I will save my skiing pictures for another post!

Where did all the snow go?

I was so excited because right around Thanksgiving we got a few big snow storms and I LOVED it.  Now it is almost all gone because of the dumb rain we keep getting.  It looks so ugly outside.  

Clark measured the snow on a bench in my Grandma's backyard.  Yep that's right, 16 inches!  

While it was snowing one day I went outside to take a picture of the old chair from a ski lift at Beaver Mountain that is in my Grandma's backyard.  I was trying to be "artsy" and get a picture of the chair with the snow.  This is what I took.....

Not bad.  I thought it was cool because you can also see the giant red wooden skis in the backyard.  

Well then my artsy/creative husband took the pictures I took and turned it into this....

Clark's looks way cooler!  He did a few other ones that are way cool.  I didn't really want to put them on my blog.  No one reads my blog except family and friends (and not even that many) but I didn't want some random person copying the picture.  I think it is way cool, and I don't want someone else to try and take credit for it.  Maybe I need to start getting copyrights for Clark's creations!  He has done a few other cool pictures and I want to turn them into a sweet calendar.  

We are finally going skiing tomorrow and I'm really excited!  Hopefully we will have a White Christmas down here in the valley.