The Real Santa!!

Today I met the REAL Santa he came to where I work! I know he is the real Santa not just because he has a real long white beard but because he as a person represents what I think christmas is! Penny told me this story about him and it changed my whole attitude towards the chaos that was this afternoon! One year a mom came up to penny and told her that she REALLY did have the REAL Santa! when penny asked how this mom knew he was the real one the mom told penny this story... One year at christmastime he was running the apartments that she lived in and she was behind on her rent and knew that she couldn't make the next month she was afraid that she and her children would be evicted right before christmas, instead of evicting her he forgave her of her debt and allowed her to live there for 2 months rent free until she was back on her feet! this story really touched me i think that is exactly what santa would do! but I KNOW that this is what Christ would do! and isn't he the reason that we celebrate christmas? isn't this what christmas is all about?

Article by MOMMY!!

I Stand corrected the article in the post below is by mommy not grandma! I just dont think of my mommy as sister Brugger so Please put a mommy into wherever you read a grandma in the post below!! again sorry Mommy I Love you!!

Article by Grandma

So as I was going through some pictures for Jays wedding slideshow I found this article that Grandma wrote it was published on February 16, 1979 I really liked it so i thought I would share it! (if you cant read it click on the picture and it sould enlarge it if that doesn't work let me know and i will fix it!!)

Betty Dittmar

Last night my granny passed away due to a stroke, it was extremely sudden and very unexpected. I love her very much and will miss her. Here are some pictures I have of her.

This is Granny in front of the Montecello Utah temple

Here is granny and I at the arches here in utah when mom and I were driving her to meet Cindy in albequerque and then there is one of mommy, granny, and I that an indian woman took for us. she bought a necklace from them that day.

Here is another one of her in froont of the temple from that same drive.


Granny isnt in this one but it has pictures of the dresses she used to make us when we were little. (this is a calender page that mommy made)

Here she is at mommy and Daddys wedding reception.

These are pictures from when we were little girls the first one is her with annie and jay. the second one I have no clue which baby that is. The last one you can see her in the reflection of the mirror.

Moving!

SO Just to let people know I will be moving in 2 weeks!! I found out yesterday so forgive me if I dont blog or call for the next couple of weeks!! I am already going crazy because I will be working full time while still trying to pack and get the apartment ready for us to go!! But I am excited I wasn't expecting it to be this quick we requested an apartment in our same ward which we had been told would make it a longer wait. but when we went in yesterday to put our name on the waiting list they said they had 2 apartments avalible in the building we wanted so we got to choose which one we wanted and we will move in on the 19th! YAY!!

Happy Birthday Mom and Jay!! among other things!!

So i didn't get time to post yesterday or monday so I just wanted to tell mommy and Jay Happy Birthday!!
SO I already have annies christamas present and it is AMAZING!! she will Love it! and I am not telling anyone what it is!
We Might be moving to a two bedroom apartment (and no I am not pregnant that has been everyones first question when they find out we might move to a bigger apartment)
Oh and IT SNOWED TODAY!!! I was so excited it was BEAUTIFUL!! but the fun of it will wear off and it will get to where I hate it!

someone has a birthday coming up!!

My birthday is in 22 days... Just to let you know...

working out...

tonight dallin and I went to the u of u's student gym. It is so annoying to work out with my husband, he is so skinny. but when we are working out on machines that are next to each other I cant help but look over and see how many calories he is burning compared to the amount I am burning! he was always like 50 calories above me. needless to say it was annoying and I may have to work out by myself from now on!

The Viewing

Last night was the first viewing for grandma stephens being there last night you could see what a loved woman she was. She touched so many lives through her service in the church and the community. She was beautiful loving and she had a gift of never complaining about anything that came her way. I love her so much and will miss her greatly in the coming years. even though she was very sick all the time I knew her I learned so much from her. about just being happy with what god gives you. she loved all of her grandchildren so much and we all loved her. it was comforting in the end to know that her husband was there with her even though he had passed on a year before he was by her side, along with my father in law, and all of the other members of her family who had passed on before. last night she looked more at peace than i have ever seen her and I didn't feel anxious to be there like I thought I would I felt surprisingly peaceful to see all of the pain gone from her face and to know that she is now at peace.

Allis Stephens

Yesterday the world lost an amazing woman. My husbands grandmother Allis Stephens passed away. In the end she was ready to return home to her eternal companion and her heavenly father. She lived a good life she was loved by all who knew her and she will be missed. I am proud to call her my Grandma Stephens.

Our anniversary!!

So we just got back from our anniversary trip we went up to Providence, Ut it is pretty much connected to Logan. We stayed at this great little bed and breakfast it was really cute they gave us a Key for our room not one of those cards that everyplace has now but a real metal key! It was called the Providence Inn (http://www.providenceinn.com/) and they had a REALLY good breakfast I am not a huge french toast fan but theirs was really good! It was a VERY charming place in a fun area! we went to the temple which was really nice. and just relaxed for the weekend. this morning we went to a singles ward with my husbands friend Teancum (does that name sound familiar? try the Book of Mormon) the girl who spoke gave a REALLY REALLY REALLY energetic talk it was good just loud! Oh and dallin bought me a dozen red roses on friday they are so pretty he surprised me with them! I have a wonderful husband!

on a different note we just got called as nursery workers so now I have a 42 hour a week job!! It will be good we are looking forward to it but we will really miss our old calling!

Happy Anniversary to ME!!!

One year ago today I married the man of my dreams!! I am so glad I married him this has been the best year of my life! It has gone by so fast!! I cant wait to spend forever with him!!

Working Girl!!

So A few weeks ago I found out one of the girls I work with was going to be quiting (today was her last day) I talked to my Penny (one of the bosses) And told her I would be interested in the full time position well she said she would tell her husband Derrick. Well about a week and a half passed and I hadn't heard anything. Then when I got back from my day off last monday I found out they had given the job to someone else. I was really disapointed after all of the extra hours I had put in this past month they gave the job to someone else. well I was really disapointed until 2 days ago when I got an email about a job that just oppened up in the apartment complex where I live It would work into my schedule and I thought great I will apply for this job and see what happens with that. well after thinking about it I decided to talk to penny one more time and find out if there was ANY chance of me going full time soon and if there wasn't I was going to start looking for an afternoon job so I couldn't put in the extra hours anymore. she told me that she thought Derrick had been planning on putting me full time and that she would talk to him and then let me know that was yesterday. well today derrick didn't say anything to me about it so I thought penny had forgotten, wel as I was leaving today Derrick came to give me my paycheck and he said that Penny had told him that I was ready to go full time. And I said yes if I could that would be great! and he said Can you start monday!! I said what? he repeated his question and I said Yeah that would be great He gave me a choice of 3 schedules I am so excited!! I have been there like 6 months now! and I am so happy because this is a Benefited position!! I am SO happy!

Pink Eye... Again

I just woke up with bad pink eye in the other eye... I dont know what to do this is seriously the 20th time I have had it in the last month! and that truely is NOT an exageration!

Family Reunion/ Pink Eye

So right now we are having the Walker family reunion and As a first time aunt I reserve the right to put up as many pictures of my niece and nephew as I would like!! these first ones are of allyse she is 9 and a half and is just adorable!!

the next ones are of Robbie he is 5 and is so funny!!

And the rest are of me and my sisters-in-law Marilyn and Kristy. and me in a canoe!!

also I got a bad case of pink eye and spent the morning at an after hours clinic. so I will hopefully have it taken care of before we go sailing tomorrow!! I love family reunions!! I will post more pictures later!!

Happy Fourth of July!!

So today was a Great day inspite of my still being sick!! We played American Idol Karoke all day on the xbox 360! Then we played on the slip-n-slide which was a BLAST!! we cooked hot dogs and roasted marshmellows in the fire pit in the back yard! So then the best part came FIREWORKS!!! any one who knows me knows that I LOVE FIREWORKS!!! Well I was kind of bummed because I didn't thing we were going to be able to see the fire works Annie, Tina, and Larysa climbed up to the Y to watch then but I have been sick and didn't feel up to the climb I layed outside in the backyard and listened to the Jonas Brothers at stadium of fire! well we decided that to see the fireworks we needed to walk to this field that is down the street from where we live we sat there for like an hour until I started coughing really bad so we decided to go home when we got home the fire works started I went out in the backyard and we had the most amazing view of the fireworks!! It was no where near as amazing as 2 years ago when we watched the thanksgiving point fireworks from Pam and Chris' backyard (That is still #1 on my list of the most amazing fireworks show I have ever seen!! and while I am on the subject Happy 1st Birthday Dutchie!!) but the view from our backyard was really great! It was a really great fourth of July!! well I am going to bed now but I haope everyone has had a really great fourth of july!!

Life goes on...

Sorry it has been a while but life has been really busy!! but here is what has happened since last I blogged... I learned to make a 7 layer dip (which isn't too impressive but hey im proud of it!!) we got a new tv (well new to us we found it in the dumpster, but it works great) and I found out our video store has Pirates of penzance (the good one! that is one GREAT movie!! I highly suggest it!!) Well yeah so technically all of this has happened in the last week but thats about as far back as i can remember! Oh and I am SO glad Mommy is back from Texas! I missed her! Well I thought I was going to have more to write but yeah appearently my life is really boring! But i like it that way!! Oh on friday I am going to manti to go to pageant that is exciting!! Ok now that is about all that has happened!! or that is going to happen!! If I think of anything else I will post again!!

I miscarried.

I miscarried.
I am sad.
I feel heart broken.
But I will be fine.

Unlikely Angel!

So today Tina and I were driving from Salt Lake down to Provo! With my parents being in Uruguay we needed to take care of the cat. We were Halfway there we had just passed the IKEA when suddenly the car infront of us swerved out we couldn't swerve in time to miss the huge cement block that was in the middle of the road. Our front tire on the drivers side hit the cement block and burst my first thought was a prayer for help Tina was driving and traffic was bad but she was able to swerve and then we made it all the way through three lanes of traffic with no problem. The pop was really loud and then there was a grinding THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP as we drove. when we made it to the side of the road I grabbed my cell phone and called dallin to come and help us. (This was the first time I have ever wished I had listened to daddy when he tried to teach me to change a tire.) We were trying to figure out what to do when it seemed out of nowhere a truck appeared in front of us. A man with long hair, grungy clothes, earings, and tattoos got out of the truck and asked us if we had a spare tire tina said she didn't think we did but I knew it was under the floor in the trunk he told us he would pull his truck forward and that we needed to pull further off the road. We did and he came and changed our tire for us. He told us exactly what we needed to do and then he went to help the next person. He did not expect anything in return there are not many people who would take the time out of their day to stop and help people who are stranded on the side of the highway on a hot day. He will never know how grateful we are that he stopped to help us today. He was truly an answer to my prayers and is an angel in my eyes. We counted 13 cars that were pulled over changing tires but there were no accidents we were the first car to hit it. I don't know how it got there but it could have been alot worse then it was, the police closed off all of southbound i-15 for long enough to clear this huge cement block. I feel so blessed that heavenly father was watching over us today. I know that heavenly father sends angels to help us when we are in need of it and I know that this man was sent to help us today he is truly an unlikely angel to me. I hope that someday I can thank him for what he did for me today!

Our Family Is Growing!

Yes you Guessed it! I AM PREGNANT!! I haven't posted in a while because I wasn't ready for the whole world to know (and I knew I wouldn't be able to keep it in) But then I figured its really only family who reads this and I am just SO excited! I am still not far along so it will be awhile but we are all so thrilled! I know the word was starting to leak out so I wanted to make sure people are hearing it from me! Dallin and I both love children and we have both always wanted a family of our own! This will be the first grandchild on my side of the family and by the time I have the baby it will be the 6th on my husbands side! I am so happy with my life right now with Jay coming home in just over a week and the baby on the way our family is just bursting with excitement! I have been sick and am tired all the time but I am loving every minute of it! I will keep you updated on my pregnancy!

I WAS DISCOVERED!!

So about an hour ago Tina and I were walking through the wal-mart in Lindon (I think thats where it is!) and a lady came up to us and asked us what we thought about the High School Musical movies. We said they were kind of cheesy but we really like them especially the first one. She then asked us if we had ever thought about acting we said no. she then asked if it was something we didn't want to do or if we just hadn't thought about it. We said we had just never thought about it! She told us that she was one of the people who casted high school musical and that they were having some auditions for a similar movie and would we like to audition. we said yeah that it sounded like fun. she said we were cute and had a cute nice look! her job is pretty much just to look for people who would fit the parts for movies! It was pretty much one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me! cause things like that dont just happen!

Class Pictures!

So we recently took class pictures at work and I got mine today so i thought I would share mine! I love these kids I only had 8 there that day but the other teachers had less! it was in the middle of spring break so that is why! aren't they adorable! I love my job!! Also an update on my health after being sick for 3 weeks I am very glad to say that I have finally recovered from everything I had!! and my root canal is done and I am doing much better in that regard as well! Now I am looking forward to my sister coming home and meeting my husband for the first time! (won't that be fun!!)

PROUD!!

I am so proud of my husband tonight he was inducted into the Honor Society or the PHI ETA SIGMA organization. we went to a banquet and it was really nice. It would have been better if I hadn't been in excruciating pain because I didn't dare take a lortab and the ibprofen didn't kick in until I got home! I am really begining to look forward to that root canal on friday! Also today was the first time my mother in law has come to our apartment ever so I was really nervous. But it was nice to be able to go out and celebrate the accomplishments of my amazing husband These aren't the best pictures of us but there is a picture of my husband and his mom and then of my Husband and I I look really bad but I really liked my outfit. I haven't edited the pictures and taken out the red eye or anything like that yet.

Las Vegas!

So last week My husband and I went to las vegas for spring break. We had so much fun, but the best part by far was our visit with my cousin Heidi and her family we went over at about 7 on saturday night and we were there until about 11 I felt bad that we kept them so late but we absolutely loved seeing them. Her family is so amazing and I loved getting to know them again. I also really liked the fountains at the bellagio, it was the last night of our trip andI hadn't seen them yet. Everyone kept telling me I had to see them so after we left Heidi's we went and saw the fountains and they were amazing I am so glad we went because they were beautiful!

Evacuation!!

So today I was evacuated from my home! It was scary I knew i was in no danger but still it was something I never thought would happen to me. There were some workers digging less than a mile away and they hit a natural gas line the whole university of utah campus was evacuated. I left before the fire department came and told me to because knowing me I would have cried when they came because I was home alone and scared so when I saw the firetruck pull up and people start leaving I grabbed water bottles, cell phone chargers, and some food and jumped in my car and left before I could be told not to use my car. I dont know why I grabbed those things because I was not going to the evacuation center at east high but in an emergency those are the things I grabbed along with three coats and 2 hoodies which it wasn't even cold today so I can only assume I was not thinking straight. I went and got Dallin and we went to his aunt and uncles house in north salt lake to wait out the evacuation. they fed us and let us watch the news until the evacuation was lifted around 8. I knew our home would be safe and that we would be fine but still when you are smelling gas that strongly and you are told to leave your home there is a terrible feeling that runs through your body. We are home now and everything is fine but that is one experience that I hope I never have to go through again.

Whats the point...

Would someone please enlighten me on the purpose of St. Patricks day? Becase so far the only things I have come up with are that it is an excuse to inflict physical pain on people, to get drunk, and to throw a beer can at the side of my nice car (which I am still really mad about!!!) all while wearing the color green! oh well thursday I will be in Las Vegas and I CAN'T WAIT!! but if someone could tell me why we celebrate this day please let me know!

Marley and Me

So today my husband and I both had the day off work so we decided to go to the dollar theater there were three movies that we wanted to see Madagascar 2 , Twilight, and Marley and Me. We decided on Marley and Me I had wanted to see this since it first came out! I had read about it on kids-in-mind.com and so I wasn't sure but I really wanted to see it so we went. I must say I was pleasently surprised! I loved it it was so cute I cried the whole movie! there were a few parts that could have been left out but for the most part it was a really good movie! I don't like dogs but that movie really made me want a dog. That dog was terrible so I don't know why it made me want one it just did! the movie started on the couples wedding day and ended with the dogs funeral. and because of everything this couple went through they grew stronger as a couple and fell more in love as the movie went on. I thought this was the best roll I had ever seen Jennifer Aniston play the whole cast was wonderful! earlier this week we had gone to see "He's Just Not That Into You" with my sister and I was very disapointed I really didn't like it so I was glad to see a movie that I really liked!

Job Details!

It is the First Steps Preschool/Daycare. They take care of kids between the ages of 6 weeks through kindergarten. I will be teaching the 2-4 year olds! It is located in the Department of Health building so all of the parents work in that building so the parents come down and play with their kids whenever they get a break. I will work from 7:30-12:30 Monday through Thursday because they are always closed on Friday and weekends. And I can still go to school in the afternoons which is what I wanted. The daycare is run by a married couple so it had a very warm feeling when I went in for my interview. There are 2 other teachers for that age group so every week we rotate teaching Music, Art, and Circle Time. So if any of you moms have any ideas please let me know. I will start on tuesday because they are closed on monday for presidents day. I am so happy about this it just feels so perfect for me! It is absolutely everything i was looking for in a job!

I GOT THE JOB!!!

The Preschool that I interviewed with last week finally called me today and I GOT THE JOB!!! I am so Excited right now!! It seemed like the perfect job for me the hours just everything and when i didn't hear on tuesday I assumed the worst! But Then THEY CALLED!! and i was still expecting to not get it but i was pleasently surprised!! I start on tuesday morning! I CANT WAIT!! Thank you everyone for your prayers!! I know that they helped!!

Searching for a job...

Searching for a job is so stressfull! especially with the way the job market is right now. I have been searching for months and still have not found a job! I have applied to so many places that i cant even count them. I was told that I would hear back on a job today but never did! It is very discouraging to keep feeling rejected. It really makes me feel less confidant with each interview. I really thought I would get the job i was supposed to hear from today but I will just keep looking and applying where ever I can find and eventually I will hear back and get a job! Its just so hard to face so much rejection! And maybe if im lucky I will hear back from those people tomorrow!

Bridal Shower Pictures!

I just got these from one of my bridesmaids so i thought I would post them!

The Dittmars New Addition!

Today we welcomed Josefine into our family. She is a beautiful 3 year old grayish-black and white cat we love her so much she has been here for about 3 hours but is already a big part of our family she is so sweet! She likes to come and snuggle with us she is very loving. She has already stolen our hearts (including Daddys) and she knows this is her house. we were all eating dinner and she was walking around rubbing our legs when we heard a long low growl and some hissing. There was another cat outside the sliding door and Josefine was not happy!