Happy 2010!

Happy 2010 to all my dear friends and family!!

I am soo excited for 2010 to be here. I know this year will definitely be a good one, if only for one reason... that Jorge will arrive soon! We're counting down and hoping its only two more months!

A few things have happened since my last blog.
* Our immigration petition was finally approved. Now we are just working with the National Visa Center to issue him a visa.
*Christmas was a wonderful one spent with my family and being spoiled with furnishings for my new apartment. :)
* Kelsey, my cuz Jessica and I are all renting an apartment together until Jorge gets here. (then they get the boot). It's been so great living with family. Totally beats living alone like I did at my grandma's house for 6 months. Plus my mom is a superb interior decorator, so the apartment looks amazing! Thanks mom!
* I finally got offered full time at my job at the preschool! :) I am loving my 8-4 job and enjoy being with my 3 and 4 year olds all day long. We have so much fun!!
* I applied to be on the Biggest Loser... sadly I never followed through with it so I didn't make it this time around. But, my family has started our own biggest loser club and so far its going really well! :) Thanks to those family members who are my support system and my motivation!

My main goals this year:
1. Get Jorge here ASAP
2. Get back into school and finish!!(only one year left!!)
3. Lose weight!

Easier said than done for all three of them! But I know they can be accomplished.

1 year anniversary

WOW, I wrote this blog two months ago, and never got around to posting it. Here it is:

Well, it is hard to believe, but on November 28th, Jorge and I celebrated our first year anniversary! I don't really know how to feel about that... happy that time is going by quickly... sad that our first year of marriage, which we can never have back, was spent apart. I understand that it takes effort to make marriage work when you're together, but I learned that it also definitely takes effort to make a marriage work long distance. Sending emails every day, letting your spouse know you love them and are thinking about them on a daily basis can seem like a bit much. But it makes all the difference in the world to make that daily connection, even countries apart. I may not be able to see Jorge everyday or kiss him every day when I get home from work, but my stomach still gets butterflies when I see his name in my email inbox, and I don't get to hear him tell me he loves me every day, but I have over 1000 emails, text messages, and orkut love messages which DO tell me he loves me and with which I could compose a book out of! (We actually do plan on creating a book of our love letters and love story to keep within the family, which means all who wish to read them need to know Portuguese!). When I finally do get to hear him say those three words,"eu te amo" it just makes it all the more special. haha, it probably sounds pretty cheesy, huh?

OOPS, I missed the October Post!

I try to post monthly at least... but didn't quite make the deadline! October, thankfully, has been a full and busy month. Helps to keep me distracted.

I had my 27th birthday!

It was a pretty chill event with just my family. Kelsey made this delicious chocolate peanut butter BSU cake for me! Nice job Kels!! Yum, I want a piece right now!

We went to the corn maze and jumped on the giant trampoline pillow. Wee!

Getting lost inside the maze. Which way do we go Kelsey?

Kelsey also took me to Artist for a Day.

She painted this rice bowl which says LUCKY.

And I painted this Halloween plate. It didn't turn out looking professional or anything, but hey it was fun!

We also kept up the family tradition of going to FRIGHTMARES at Lagoon. It was full of Haunted Houses, and creepy dead people and FUN rollercoasters. It was a great time with the fam.

This is a giant spooky Alien who walks around and puts his arm on your shoulder to scare the heck out of you!

This is Kelsey's new boyfriend, don't they make a cute couple? :)

Another gross dead man... I had to give this corpse a lesson in good manners, as he was kind of rude... lol

The fam with the Gram. :) OH, and meet my brother's girlfriend Kristin. She is awesome and they are such a cute couple.

Last but not least, H*A*L*L*O*W*E*E*N!!

It was Kelsey's great idea to go as the bad Harry Potter witches. She transformed into Bellatrix Lestrange, strangely perfectly! I was the sidekick sister, Narcissa Malfoy. We didn't go to any parties or anything, just took Natalie and Hailey trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. Our neighborhood was pretty rockin this year! It had haunted houses for people to walk through, a Monster Mash Dance party with awesome strobe lights and fog machines and a DJ in the middle of the street and tons of awesome decorations! That particular street was definitely better than any party! :) I love seeing kids and adults all dressed up. I LOVE HALLOWEEN! And the weather was PERFECT!

Here is Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.

In the cemitary!!! Ok, not a real one, just the neighbors cemitary backyard!! oohh!

This is just one of the many cool haunted houses available in our neighborhood. Poor Natalie got so scared in this one that she ran away, tripped, fell and spilled her candy. That didn't make her very happy.

We also had a pary at Preschool. We're missing half our kids but we had a great time showing off costumes, playing Halloween Bingo, Halloween musical chairs, digging for squishy frogs in a bowl of fruit cocktail and of course, BINGING on all the sugar that was available to them that day.

Other events: I've been experiencing what it's like to be cell phone-less and the detachment

from the outside world. I accidently dropped my phone in the bathtub as I was taking a bubble bath AND text messaging... oops! My tight budget doesn't allow me to get a new phone, so I'm unavailable to come to the phone!!!! haha... if you want to get in contact with me, the best way is through email, or facebook. :)

Also, it looks like I'll be moving back in with my parents soon as my grandma's house that I've been living in alone has gone up for sale. *sigh*... Not looking forward to it as I really like having my own place, but it will be good so to not have to pay rent and the company will be nice because I often feel alone living alone, so that will be good too. We shall see what happens.

As far as immigration goes, I got a "Request For Evidence" in the mail saying they needed more evidence of a bona fide marriage, and until I provide the evidence the case is suspended. ARG!!!!! Sometimes I feel like giving up and just moving back to Brazil. The waiting is torture, and depressing. It would be nice to see some positivity in this whole process. COME ONE NOA2!!!!!

Well that's it for now. Bye!

Lucky...

There are probably only a handful of people in this world who understand completely our circumstance, so that's why I love finding music that I understand and that I can relate to. So I know this song is a little old, but I think it perfectly describes our current situation and our attitude about it. I've replayed it about 100 times today, missing Jorge, but also knowing that the separation isn't forever and how we are so lucky to have each other. Near or far, we are still fortunate we found this kind of love, and I treasure it every single day. I thank Heavenly Father for my best friend and pray that He brings him home soon.


"Lucky" Official Video With Colbie Caillat


Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky oh my, baby I'm trying.

Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard.

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again

Oooohhhoooohhhoooohhhh

They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will.

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music, feel the air
I'll put a flower in your hair.

Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round

You hold me right here right now

Lucky I'm in love with my best friend

Lucky to have been where I have been

Lucky to be coming home again

Lucky we're inlove in every way

Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed

Lucky to be coming home someday

OooohhhOooohhhOooohhh

Number 96

Today I checked the USCIS website (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) and saw that Jorge and I are number 96 on the list now. (meaning only 95 people are in front of us until the application is approved) Woo-hoO!! Somehow we were able to breeze through 300 places in about 2 months. I can feel the approval coming soon!!! COME ON NOA2!! COME ON NOA2!!

Its also been over a year since I started this blog, and have about 25 entries now. That's pretty good IMO... about twice per month. I didn't think I would have even one per month. I'll try to keep things updated more though, now that there is actual hope and excitement in my life!! :) Such as, the count down to being with Jorge, BSU football, birthday/holiday season. If only I could find a full-time job things would be great.... part time work is crappy. Well that's all!

Ok bye!

I can't figure this out!

Okay... do you see 12 or 13 men here? WAIT FOR IIIIIT.....

okay, NOW do you see 12 or 13 men??

Anyone know how to figure this out? Where does the 13th man disappear to, or, reappear FROM? please for the love of Pete, let me know! LOL

My June

This June has been pretty eventful! (for once..haha) A bridal shower, two weddings, a visit with friends, the races at meridian speedway and a trip to the zoo with the kids. Here are the pictures

The Boise Zoo! Normally the Boise Zoo isn't all that exciting. haha... it gets old rather quickly and there haven't been a whole lot of cool exhibits. But THIS YEAR they included a new African Exibit with a cool African village, Lions, Elephants and Giraffs! The kids seemed to really enjoy it.

A two headed tiger?? It definitely looks like it doesn't it!! It just happened that the instant that I took this picture, one tiger was walking one direction, and the other tiger was walking the other direction. It looks like it has a bum-face. lol

Here they are inside of the jeep ready for the African Safari! Hmm... maybe Aaron shouldn't drive, he can't even reach the pedal! haha

This is them inside of the African Hut. It looks so authentic and they looked so cute peeking their heads out the "windows"

Look at these cute little monkeys... "oooohooooh ahhh ahhh" (monkey noise). They were imitating the monkies in the cage behind them. They were so active that day! It was so fun to watch them! (The Monkeys... although the kids were so active this day too!)

THE WEDDINGS

Congratulations to some great friends of mine who were married this past month!! I've known Kaitlyn since 6th grade and we became good friends in High School. Oh the good ole days!!! haha And I had the honor of knowing Alysa in college at BYU-I! We were only roomates for three short months, but have remained the bestest of friends for 7 years! They were beautiful brides and their husbands are SO lucky to have them!!!

Alysa and Russell Clark

June 19, 2009

Ogden Utah

Kaitlyn and Jonas Chilcote

June 27, 2009

Boise, Idaho

The same weekend that I was at Alysa's wedding, I got to stay with CHRISTY! and Ryan of course :) They are the sweetest couple and I'm thankful for their hospitality in giving me a place to crash! It was great fun, as always, to chat with Christy until 2 or 3 at night!! (we've made this quite a habit lately!!) But I love it and I love her. I also got to go to Salt Lake with them to the hospital and meet their baby girl EMILY! She is tiny, and adorable and it makes me happy that I was able to see her! They are the best family!

Then it was JFK day at the Meridian speedway. (haha, that rhymed). We were there to cheer on "Johnny the Jet", who went from 15th place to 1st in the non-winged sprint car division race! Go Johnny!

Silly Mommy has a funny face!! :)

After the races, my mom Kelsey and I took the kids to the pit to meet him and get his autograph. They also got to sit in his car. Here's Natalie and Broc.

AND FOR THE BEST PART.... Only four more days until I go to Brazil!!
Ready or not Jorge here I come!! (oh, he's ready!)