The Simple Joys in my Life!

To Blog or not to Blog again.......

2010-11-05T15:04:00.003-06:00

Sooo My blog has been on my mind again... it has been 11 months since I blogged last...... I have thought to blog about something... but then most things I do are on my facebook..... So I shall think long and hard about what I would like to blog about!!!! Thinking............. This could be good for me!!!!! :D

Horse Ridding!!!

2009-12-07T23:53:00.004-07:00

I have started taking Horse Ridding Lessons!!!!!!! I had my third lesson today! I use to love to ride horses with my friends when I was little, but it was always on back!!!! Sooo now.. I have decided to start learning how to really ride a horse by myself... I am loving it!!! Of course so far I just sit on the horse doing excercises while being pulled... which I love!!! It is just that bonding with the horse that feels awesome!!!!

LONG over due for a post, so I have been told!! :)

2009-08-26T19:05:00.005-06:00

My very first car by the new car!!!!

We got a new Maxima 2009. I have fallen madly in love with it! However Igor has decided he needs to enjoy it.. so he flew in and we drove it back to California and I brought back my old 2004! So here are a couple pics of this beautiful car!

Monterey, California!!

2009-05-31T18:57:00.007-06:00

Igor got a great new job in Monterey, California! He started the beginning of April! He is teaching Russian to the Military! I drove him and stayed a week to help him get settled, then I left him and my car and flew home! I went back for a week last week, and saw some amazing beautiful scenery! My mother will be joining me for another week trip on the 18th of June! I can't wait to show her all the beautiful places!
I guess I am silly for not being there with him yet, but for now I am staying in Logan and enjoying my family, and taking care of my wonderful clients!!!!

I took this picture from my phone! This is Big Sur it is just South of Monterey!!

This is Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park... It is my dream paradise, notice the waterfall! The blue of the water is soo much prettier than all the rest of the of the beaches!!

My Gift to my lucky 5!! Well, ok it turned out to be 3!!

2009-04-14T12:17:00.002-06:00

I am making a blanket with the blocks in the back ground and decided why not make them a bit bigger and stitch them onto pillows for my gift!! My Friend, Donna, has 3 blankets with this pattern that her mom made her while we were in highschool!! I was always jealous cause I thought it was soo beautiful! So I had my mom look at it and she figured out the pattern, and I followed her instructions and, poof, it turned out just like Donna's!!!! It is hard to see in a picture but the rose petals are layered and stand out!

This has been a fun pattern to learn and it is pretty easy!!!

Lucky 5

2009-03-12T11:18:00.001-06:00

So this is circulating in the blog world..... Sounds life fun!! Sign up, you won't be sorry!The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me, Valori. My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.(but there's a pretty good chance you might!)
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done by April 7th.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may scrapbook something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did it will then win a fabulous homemade gift made by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Have fun playing!

First couple of days in England!!

2009-02-21T08:50:00.016-07:00

It is blurry, but it is me, saying goodbye as I leave on the British Airway! See my screen in front of me, I to watch unlimited movies, which made it hard to sleep!!Here are the backward cars, I keep thinking Marci should drive. I keep asking Mark if he is going to deliver mail...hahah, so strange to drive on the left side of the road!!
Here is Marci and Mark's home! Their's is the middle red door!!

Here is the famous British Fish and Chips! Wow Chips are actually french fries! :)
(I was not the one eating Fish, for those that know I hate fish).

This is Stone Henge! Near Amesbury!

This is Bath!

Ancient baths used by the romans! Awesome Sauna, I could have worked here!

Tickets to Wicked for Tuesday night!!!

Here is Mark and Marci buying our tickets, with McDonalds in the background.

London Tower!

London Tower Bridge, soo pretty!!

Gift Shop at London Tower!!

Beyond Hair Salon

2009-02-15T10:18:00.003-07:00

After working 3 years at Beyond Hair, I have decided it is time to quit!

It was a hard decision to make!

I will miss the girls, the room and my clients!

I have cleaned my stuff out of the room and it no longer seems the same! :(

I am going on a TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-25T12:15:00.009-07:00

I am headed to England!!!! February 17th to the 25th!

I am soo excited, I am flying with my Aunt Sonya and we are going to visit her daughter

Marci and her awesome British husband Mark!!

I love traveling! And what better than to go visit family!

It will be great to see how life is for Marci in England!

I will post my actual pictures when I get back!

No Recipe, Secret's in the Sauce! JK

2009-01-18T22:31:00.002-07:00

Sooo, I don't have a recipe for the Pelmeni, I may need to have a class on making them!! Or do a video! We have made them a second time since these photo's, and I am ready to make the 3rd batch!!!

Pelmeni - Homemade Ravioli's

2009-01-08T21:38:00.005-07:00

Igor and I have a lot of fun making these scrumptious russian Ravioli's called Pelmeni!

Don't they look YUM?

They taste even better than they look!!

My Brother and I

2009-01-05T19:00:00.008-07:00

Brother and Sister!!

My first LARGE afghan

2008-12-16T21:18:00.004-07:00

So this is the first afghan, I learned how to crochet on!! Actually almost looks more like a rug. Stitches started out small and tight and ended larger and looser!! But it sure is comfy and warm!!

I am soo happy to have it done! It took me a year and half to finish it last monday!

O Christmas Tree!!

2008-12-11T23:35:00.006-07:00

So Here is my Beautiful Christmas tree!! I was seriously thinking of not doing a tree, or atleast getting a small one! But when Igor and I went out, he talked me into getting a real tree, we looked at small trees. When we laid eyes on this one it practically reached out and grabbed us both! It is beautiful, Huge and perfect! Probably the biggest tree I have ever gotten!

Jayme and her son Carson came over and helped me decorate the tree! She did a fabulous job with it! I don't think I even want to leave my tree to go to work at all! I may just stay at home loving my tree!!

Ok, so I am soo behind, let me get Caught UP!!

2008-12-11T23:08:00.006-07:00

Here is our Thanksgiving Dinner with mom and dad! I think I must have been sleeping! Dinner was wonderful! We deep fried our Turkey!

For those who love to play Wii, so do we!! My dad came to play with us! Check out his Mii and how close we have it to his actual looks!! :)

This is the Smartest 2 year old that I know!!!

His name is Miles, he is my cousin Stacey's first child!

We went to visit Stacey and her parents, Steve and Sonya the day after Stacey's Birthday on November 23rd.

If you get a book full of Flags, country's, or states, Miles can name most of them!! So hard to imagine a 2 year old remembering all the country's! He also has the alphabet memorized in the correct order! Miles is amazing! He has great powerful arms, that I think some day he could use for massage!!

Happy Birthday Donna!

2008-11-15T21:25:00.013-07:00

I love Donna! She is a friend you want to keep forever! She has such a big heart, she will do anything for her friends, she will always be there for a friend! Donna is soo much fun, she has a huge sense of humor to make anyone laugh for hours, I could be happy for life if she could always be by my side!

We surprised Donna with a bunch of her old friends, and instead of regular birthday gifts, we get her baby gifts for her baby that is due in February! It looks like it will be a boy, but that is not a 100% for sure, til the baby is born!

Friends From the Past

2008-11-15T21:05:00.003-07:00

Here we are in 1995 just before I left for Uzbekistan, Nichole at the top, LaRaine on the left, Karina on the right, Donna front left, then Jim, Jara and Valori.All of us except Nichole at Donna's Surprise Birthday party, 13 years later! Has it really been that long? I think all of us agree we still feel the same age! Although the 11 kids at the party may be proof that we aren't still teenagers!

Crimsons Trail

2008-11-10T16:02:00.014-07:00

We decided to go for a small hike! It took 2 hrs up, 30 min enjoying the scenery and 1 hr back down! Igor promised me that if we went up the side from Guinivah that it wasn't as steep!! But after the we got to the top we were told it is steeper. We made it to the top and had a snack then came back down the side we went up! I guess now I will have to try the other side to compare! But not without Igor! It seems I can make any hike with him! He always gives me a hand when I can't keep going! A Push from the back, a quick leg and knee massage or just to lean on!

The moss makes a great bed, soo soft!!!

I made it!!!!

I made it down, SOOO TIRED, Thank goodness for these strong trees!!

We got down about the same time the Sun did!!!

Baby bubble afghan

2008-10-26T21:00:00.004-06:00

Here is another one that I just finished, this one took me about a week to do! It is getting very addicting! I really liked this bubble pattern!

I love my Nail Tech, Cyndee!!!

2008-10-15T16:52:00.003-06:00

Cyndee takes care of my nails every 2 weeks, they are trimmed perfect so I don't scratch people while giving massages and they always have something cute drawn on them! You give her ideas of what you want on your nails and she does it better than you imagined! I highly recommend her!

Crocheting is fun!!

2008-10-12T21:07:00.002-06:00

I just finished this baby afghan, a waffle pattern, the pictures do not do it justice! You have to cuddle up in it to really love it!! I have made it for a friend! Now I have to finish the first afghan I started a year an half ago!

Friends

2008-10-06T22:47:00.003-06:00

Donna and I met Nichole and her mom, Linda at Maddox, while she was visiting for her brothers wedding! I even bribed her to come to logan for a massage the next day!

Fall is Here!

2008-09-23T10:59:00.004-06:00

We went up the canyon on Sunday with my dad, he drove us up the right side of Camp Lomia all the way through to Blacksmith Fork and to Hyrum. He would drive us a ways then let us walk some, we had a lot of fun! The colors were beautiful, not even the pictures do it justice, Oh and the smell of Fall!

Happy Birthday to Mom!!

2008-09-21T12:48:00.003-06:00

Even though we celebrated Shanae's and moms birthdays on Shanaes birthday, Igor and I went over on mom's birthday on the 19th, and gave her some roses and a cute outfit, had some steaks, cream peas and potatoes and leftovers from the night before! Then of course we had to play some Pinnocle!! We had lots of fun with mom and dad! Doesn't she look so cute!!

Instead of body piercing use magnets!

2008-09-21T12:17:00.003-06:00

Everyone had fun playing with the magnets, they seem to work well for body piercing substitutes!

Shoshlik

2008-09-20T19:33:00.004-06:00

This is the Leproshka that mom made, it is a flat hard bread you break with your hands, very traditional with the Shoshlik! This is a fovorite meal for everyone!
Igor made Shoshlik (aka Shishkabobs) for Shanae's birthday, she didn't complain! If you have never had Igor's Shoshlik then you are missing out! It is Fabulous! We ate under mom's new Canopy!

Happy Birthday Shanae!! Sept 18th

2008-09-20T15:13:00.004-06:00

She got some new pajama pants from Valori! She has begged for those for a year! I finally got around to finding time to make them!

YOU tell me if you think it sounds like me!! Then you try it!

2008-09-18T00:05:00.003-06:00

What Valori Means

You are very hyper. You never slow down, even when it's killing you.
You're the type of person who can be a workaholic during the day... and still have the energy to party all night.
Your energy is definitely a magnet for those around you. People are addicted to your vibe.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection.
You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.
You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow.
You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily.
Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.
You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.
At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing.
You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.
You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

What's" Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

The Cabin in Montana

2008-09-12T20:49:00.011-06:00

August 23rd to the 27th we went to Montana to spend some good time relaxing and bonding time! I was invited by my two cousins, Stacey and Marci to join them at their family cabin. Stacey had her 2 year old son Miles who taught us all about the alphabet and the flags from the world! Marci came with her new husband, Mark from England!

We went to a Ghost town called Bannack! Then made ice cream!

Mark got to enjoy his very first camp fire!!!!

This is where went digging for crystals!

We also went swimming to the hot springs! What a fun time! I loved going and spending time with Family!

High School Yearbook!

2008-09-09T00:13:00.002-06:00

Ever wonder what you could have looked like in a different time?

Anyone else want to try it and laugh! I have had loads of fun doing my friends with this too! Go to http://www.yearbookyourself.com/ and try it out!

Music is great!

2008-08-28T22:00:00.000-06:00

We really enjoy playing music together! However we don't play enough! But it is definately something I love to do!

Joe's kids!

2008-08-17T22:41:00.000-06:00

I have adopted these kids in my heart! I always ask them if I can keep them and they all tell me I can! Sam is the Oldest, Ethan is the Blonde, Aidan, Aislin, and Cailen!

Friends and Family in Oregon

2008-08-05T22:29:00.000-06:00

What a great time! I am ready to move to Oregon for good!! So many good family and friends!

Caso Rubio

2008-08-03T15:38:00.000-06:00

What fun! This was one of our greatest highlights on our trip to Oregon and down thru California! We will definatly be back! We are all very much in love with the Ocean and this was a fantastic place to go and enjoy it! I would recomend anyone to go and spend a few days at Caso Rubio!!