Heart4Ash (Skwig)

 What a week it w as. St eve an d I ha d photos don e on Saturday evening in Salt Lake. Before th a t we were strug gl ing to try a nd f in d our outfit s like everyone does when trying to look there best in a pho to shot. After work on Friday we packed up and head to Salt Lake. We got to see my mom’s brother and his family who live in Monticello, Ut. It was great to be able to see and visit them. I was talking to my cousin abo ut ho w old she is getting and that she is making me feel old. She joked back and said that she never wants to get old. I replied and said, “too much re sp onsibility.” Growing older isn’t easy  and I am not even old. This past Tuesday it was my grandpa’s birthday. He has Parkinson’s disease and hates his walker. I wished him a Happy Birthday and he replied back and said, “I don’t know why you like talking to me.” Then I said, “because you are so much fun to talk to, if you were boring I would have called ya.” He is one funny 86 year old man...

Loving this fall weather that we are having with all the tree's changes. Soo beautiful!! I really enjoy this time of the year, because we are all ramping up for all the many holidays!! Beginning with one of my favorites Halloween! As Steve and I have been driving around different areas, we have seen some pretty amazing and scary Halloween decorations. One house has these mannequin heads on the porch that has axes, knives and pencils in them with oozing blood. This weekend my brother was in town with his girlfriend. We went to this Fall Festival, where there were pumpkin launchers. The pumpkin launchers were aimed at an old car in the middle of a field and by the end of the festival the car was demolished. There was live music, auctions, food trucks and local produce for sale. It was great seeing my brother and visiting with him and his girlfriend. We are still moving forward with our surrogate process. The legal side of it is almost done. We have found an attorney fo...

All my "New Year resolutions" have been checked off. This weekend I hike Mount Olympus with Genae . Being down in Boise for the past 3 weeks hasn't been the best to train because of the altitude. Boise altitude is basically half of Salt Lake and I felt it as we were hiking up. The trail was steep pretty much the whole way. As we were heading up the mountain we chatted about what was going on in our lives and asked how work was going. We also talked about how our minds are so much stronger than our bodies. If we have a determination to finish something we have started, no matter how long it will take us. We will get it done, only if our minds have decided. My body was tired, but my mind pushed me through. We climb 4,000 ft to get to the top and the views were amazing, the surroundings mountain tops were covered in snow. It was a great time and the weather couldn't have been any better. The fall colors on the trees were very pretty as we keep on climbing out of the bust...

I feel like there isn't enough light in the day to get everything I want to get done. I have struggled to get up in the morning because the sun has been sleeping in too, Booy... I am looking forward to daylight saving. With a full time job it is crazy how fast the week goes by. I can remember when I was young when my mom told me to wait a week. Back then a week was a century, but now it is nothing. I feel like I have expressed this once before in my blog. It is funny at certain times in our lives, how the value of time changes. It is important to take the moments in our days to take a step back and analyzing ourselves in how we are doing, every once in a while. For me every week I begin to think about what I am going to write in my blog post I start analyzing myself on my actions of the past week. Sometimes I feel like what I am doing isn't my best and sometimes I think to myself, "you have done your best," but let me be completely honest this isn't common. If I c...

Dang, this week flew by for me so quick. I feel like I closed my eyes for 10 seconds and BAM it was Friday. It is our second week in Boise and we are growing fonder and fonder of this fun town. Our tiny house sometimes gets a little bit boring, but there is plenty to do outside. We have been hiking in the foothills, taking strolls downtown and going on a lot of walks with Wrigley, due to our yard been very petite. On Saturday we ran in the Boise Meets World 5k. The run went along the greenbelt right next to the Snake River. We saw people surfing and boogie boarding in the river, a lot of people on bikes and others who were out enjoying the weather. My second week on the job was great. All of the people I work with are very nice; especially our front desk lady, she makes the best homemade caramel apples. I ate the whole apple in one sitting because the goodness was too good not to resist. We just finished up all the paperwork that our attorney needed from us, so tha...

First week in Boise had its up and down. I saw that Steve already filled you in on how hectic things were last week and how I was way more worried about my new job than being able to sit down and think about my past week so grateful I am for my better half. My new job is going alright, it is very laid back and we have some fun. I am going to continue to grow my knowledge with all the new opportunities with this job. We are all settled in our little house just have a couple more things to make it home for now. I came home after work on Wednesday and Steve had got everything moved in, he even put together our new couch/bed. Pretty awesome man I have. At the beginning of this week I was so stressed and every day all my stress has been relieved by his actions and him just being him. Steve always knows what I need to calm down and get back into the game of things. Thursday afternoon I get a text from Steve saying, "You got hot yoga at 7:15 tonight." I have never done hot yoga be...

Ashley has had too much on her plate this past weekend so I (husband) have decided to update you this week. Ashley and I have decided to take our adventure to Boise, ID. We have always loved Boise and knew someday we would try it out, but honestly didn't think it would be this soon. So this weekend we packed our bags and left our home in Salt Lake City. It may be foolish, but we decided to try the new crave these days.... TINY HOUSE LIVING. The best part about this type of living is we were able to pack everything we need, including our new couch-sleeper combo into both of our cars, no U-haul, no trailer just me in the Mini Cooper and Ashley, Wrigley in the Landcruiser. Driving to Boise on Saturday was pretty exciting and the scenery was beautiful. The plan was to get unpacked and settle before Ashley went to work on Monday. Let's just say that didn't happen, our shack (tiny house) won't be available until Wednesday. So we ended up driving all around Bois...