My Turn

Well, I guess I should take my turn in telling what I'm up to these days. As a catch-up: I interned in DC (love the Smithsonian!), lived in Palmyra NY for almost 2 years working at the Palmyra Inn, graduated from BYU, and married Joseph Hayes in the Rexburg Temple in June. As for now: I'm living in Rexburg, ID (yep, it's cold) while my hubby goes to BYUI. I'm working at a local company writing training manuals for their hotel software - it's nice to actually use my major! My 'typical' day pretty much is work, clean our apartment a bit, and try to find things to eat that won't make me want to throw-up (oh, I'm 12 weeks pregnant- did I mention that? :) That's pretty much my life for the moment. Turning the big '24' on Sunday - wow, kind of feeling a bit old... when I go to the gym and the machine asks for my age I automatically type in 21 and then feel ridiculous that I forgot how old I am!

Hello lovely ladies!

Hola mis amores! I am so excited to be an official blogger now! This will be a fun way to keep up-to-date on each others lives. Since this is new to me, it might take me awhile to get the hang of it...

So here I am, living in Alexandria, VA. I never imagined that I would be an East-coaster, but I guess I had to follow the leads of Beast, Kristen, and Heidi and take my turn out here. Like you all know, it is definitely a change from the California lifestyle, but I like it :) Right now we are in the middle of tree-color-changing season and it is absolutely gorgeous! The man in my life right now, Danny, and I went to a state park on Sunday to enjoy being outside and away from busy city life. I LOVE that you can drive for 20 minutes and retreat to places like this. Ahhhhh.....

One of the first questions people always ask each other out here is, "So what do you do?" I always respond to this query with, "Just living life!" I really am enjoying it out here, and yes, I do have a job, but it is in no way glamorous and I definitely don't want to be defined by my job... I work in Arlington, VA (Crystal City) and am an "Executive Receptionist" at a commercial real estate office. My goal at work to try to make everyone who comes in smile :) It makes me feel like I am doing something good in the world. My job does afford me a lot of time to read, study (for the LSAT which I plan on taking again in Dec.), g-chat, blog... haha, you get the idea.

Well, I guess that is good enough by way of updates... I miss and love you all! Besos!

What a great idea!!!

What a spectacular idea! I will love hearing what you all have to say. I guess Natalie's emails will have to suffice as her contributions for now. The Henderson Family has been sick all weekend. Kevin had a 5 day weekend, so of course he got sick. Isn't that what everyone does on vacation?

What are we up to. Here are some highlights of my normal mommy/wife life.

Everyday I wake up to Ethan's bedroom door creaking open. Then there is a pitter patter of little feet running down the hall and at last our bedroom door cracks open. Some mornings he gets in bed and cuddles for a bit, but most of the time he is ready for action. He brings cars or a book with him so that mommy can play right away (he has attempted to gain daddy's attention in the morning, but to no avail, which is why he always comes to my side of the bed). The time of his arrival varies between 6:30am and 8:00, even though he does to bed at 8pm every night.

Another big part of our life is of course the preparation of meals (you all know how much I love to eat). Ethan loves to help mommy in the kitchen and sometimes I convince him to cook in his pretend kitchen so that I can make dinner more quickly. But, most nights, we get out his step ladder and he pours, mixes, and stirs whatever he can get his hands on (not a good picture of me, but you get the idea). While he would love to use a knife, I have decided that would not be a wise action at this stage in his life. This weekend he made Chicken Pot Pie, carrot cake, cookies, and lots of pretend pancakes. We also watched Ratatouille, which is an adorable movie about a mouse who wants to be a chef ( I highly recommend it).


That is all for now. I cannot wait to hear from the rest of you!

TARA

Hi Gals!

Hi Gals!

I find myself thinking of those good 'ol days back at BYU all the time. I have such great memories... dinner group, dances, movie nights... the list goes on. I miss you all so much! I'm always wondering what you're up to, etc. So I decided to make our very own 'Apartment 23' blog. Let's all keep in touch, and post what we're up to, so we can 'stay friends forever' :)