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Monday, June 27, 2011
Goodness
Remember my "Gallery of Goodness" blog I started a few months ago? I haven't posted in a while because I've been so ill and busy... but I'm going to try to be a lot better about posting on this blog.
For those of you who don't know what The Gallery of Goodness is... it's a blog I started to share personal stories or thoughts to help lift others. We all live very different lives, but we can all relate to personal struggles, sorrows, trials, and even positive, uplifting things.
If any of you ever have a personal story or thought you'd like to share on my blog, please send me an e-mail and I will post it on there. { heathercoslett at gmail dot com.} I'd LOVE it if you want to be apart of it.... or even just read it often and share it with your friends and family.
I want The Gallery of Goodness to be ALL OVER the internet! I want EVERYONE to read it! :)
I just posted a beautiful post about my friend Michelle, who lost her 2 year old boy a few years ago to a tragic accident. You can read more about it HERE.... and while you're at it.... subscribe, check back often, and share on your facebook! I'd love you forever!
Love, Heather
www.galleryofgoodness.blogspot.com
For those of you who don't know what The Gallery of Goodness is... it's a blog I started to share personal stories or thoughts to help lift others. We all live very different lives, but we can all relate to personal struggles, sorrows, trials, and even positive, uplifting things.
If any of you ever have a personal story or thought you'd like to share on my blog, please send me an e-mail and I will post it on there. { heathercoslett at gmail dot com.} I'd LOVE it if you want to be apart of it.... or even just read it often and share it with your friends and family.
I want The Gallery of Goodness to be ALL OVER the internet! I want EVERYONE to read it! :)
I just posted a beautiful post about my friend Michelle, who lost her 2 year old boy a few years ago to a tragic accident. You can read more about it HERE.... and while you're at it.... subscribe, check back often, and share on your facebook! I'd love you forever!
Love, Heather
www.galleryofgoodness.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 25, 2011
heart beats and birthdays
Oh, please don't hate me. I have another post with NO pictures to share. What kind of photographer/blogger AM I? seriously. I hope my words will be enough to entertain and suffice you. If not, forgive me.
This past Wednesday Nick and I had an appointment to hear the heart beat and do all that other "lovely" stuff you have to do at your first pregnancy appointment. ( I'll spare you the details, but let's just say that was NOT fun.) The thing that made up for it all however was getting to listen to our sweet baby's heart beat. Oh my goodness.... it was seriously the sweetest sound I've ever heard! It really put everything into perspective for me and helped me realize I actually have a little human being inside of me and all this sickness junk is totally worth it. The doctor said everything looks and sounds totally healthy. ( I love our doctor by the way. Such a great man!)
Anyway, for some reason ALL DAY LONG that day I was vomiting non-stop. I mean, non-stop. ( TMI?) Holy cow I haven't been THAT sick in a long time. I was TICKED that the day we were supposed to go to American Fork to hear the heart beat... I was vomiting. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it there okay.... I mean I felt like death. I even called to reschedule, but he was booked for the next couple of weeks. I HAD to buck up and just go. I wasn't too happy about that. Who likes to throw up in a doctors office full of other sick people? I brought my vomit bowl with me and we were on our way. There were a few close calls, but once again, Heavenly Father came to my rescue and allowed me to not embarrass myself. I was vomit free for the next couple of hours. #BLESSING.
The next day was my 27th birthday. I don't think I've ever spent my ENTIRE birthday in my bed before, but that's how I spent it this year. I was still VERY very nauseated and felt if I moved an inch, I would vomit again. I decided to take it super easy and pretty much just not move at all. { My throat, neck, and head hurt from vomiting so much the day before, I was praying to NOT throw up anymore... and it worked.} Again, there were a ton of close calls just laying in my bed... but with a little prayers and not moving, I was able to defeat the vomit. { Ok, I am very sorry... I am realizing this is a very gross post. I might get the #1 prize for mentioning the word "vomit" way too many times in a blog post. Or I might get "flagged." That happened to me once on my Gallery of Goodness blog because I shared my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ... but don't get me started on that one.}
I am SO thankful for the dear friends and family who sent me text messages, phone calls, and facebook messages all day long. Thank HEAVENS for the iphone who kept me company all day.... reading your sweet facebook messages & texts and watching youtube videos all day. I had to plug in my phone twice! { That Casey Anthony is SO guilty! That's what my youtube videos consisted of that day.}
Last night we went to Texas Roadhouse with Jason and McKell and we celebrated... kinda. It was super low key b/c I still wasn't feeling well... definitely better than the days before... but still pretty nauseated. I BEGGED the server to not make me sit on that dreadful saddle they make you sit on while they scream a silly happy birthday song at your face. No thank you! Not today. Bless her heart, she quietly brought me a small bowl of ice cream and told me happy birthday. That's MY kind of birthday. Thank you! { The steak and potato was delicious. and so were the rolls. Did you know that you can't eat HONEY when you're pregnant?! I was ticked when I found that out last night... so excited to eat my roll with honey butter. ( the best part about TX roadhouse!) Dumb.
We topped the night off visiting Lance and Ashley at their AWESOME new Waffle Shoppe in South Provo: THE AWFUL WAFFLE. It was bumpin with tons of people last night getting crepes and waffles. The Mayor of Provo came by and wrote an awesome review about The Awful Waffle. You can read about that HERE.
Go getchyourself a Belgium Waffle & Crepe one of these days soon. You won't regret it.
There you have it folks.... heart beats & birthdays.
This past Wednesday Nick and I had an appointment to hear the heart beat and do all that other "lovely" stuff you have to do at your first pregnancy appointment. ( I'll spare you the details, but let's just say that was NOT fun.) The thing that made up for it all however was getting to listen to our sweet baby's heart beat. Oh my goodness.... it was seriously the sweetest sound I've ever heard! It really put everything into perspective for me and helped me realize I actually have a little human being inside of me and all this sickness junk is totally worth it. The doctor said everything looks and sounds totally healthy. ( I love our doctor by the way. Such a great man!)
Anyway, for some reason ALL DAY LONG that day I was vomiting non-stop. I mean, non-stop. ( TMI?) Holy cow I haven't been THAT sick in a long time. I was TICKED that the day we were supposed to go to American Fork to hear the heart beat... I was vomiting. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make it there okay.... I mean I felt like death. I even called to reschedule, but he was booked for the next couple of weeks. I HAD to buck up and just go. I wasn't too happy about that. Who likes to throw up in a doctors office full of other sick people? I brought my vomit bowl with me and we were on our way. There were a few close calls, but once again, Heavenly Father came to my rescue and allowed me to not embarrass myself. I was vomit free for the next couple of hours. #BLESSING.
The next day was my 27th birthday. I don't think I've ever spent my ENTIRE birthday in my bed before, but that's how I spent it this year. I was still VERY very nauseated and felt if I moved an inch, I would vomit again. I decided to take it super easy and pretty much just not move at all. { My throat, neck, and head hurt from vomiting so much the day before, I was praying to NOT throw up anymore... and it worked.} Again, there were a ton of close calls just laying in my bed... but with a little prayers and not moving, I was able to defeat the vomit. { Ok, I am very sorry... I am realizing this is a very gross post. I might get the #1 prize for mentioning the word "vomit" way too many times in a blog post. Or I might get "flagged." That happened to me once on my Gallery of Goodness blog because I shared my testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ... but don't get me started on that one.}
I am SO thankful for the dear friends and family who sent me text messages, phone calls, and facebook messages all day long. Thank HEAVENS for the iphone who kept me company all day.... reading your sweet facebook messages & texts and watching youtube videos all day. I had to plug in my phone twice! { That Casey Anthony is SO guilty! That's what my youtube videos consisted of that day.}
Last night we went to Texas Roadhouse with Jason and McKell and we celebrated... kinda. It was super low key b/c I still wasn't feeling well... definitely better than the days before... but still pretty nauseated. I BEGGED the server to not make me sit on that dreadful saddle they make you sit on while they scream a silly happy birthday song at your face. No thank you! Not today. Bless her heart, she quietly brought me a small bowl of ice cream and told me happy birthday. That's MY kind of birthday. Thank you! { The steak and potato was delicious. and so were the rolls. Did you know that you can't eat HONEY when you're pregnant?! I was ticked when I found that out last night... so excited to eat my roll with honey butter. ( the best part about TX roadhouse!) Dumb.
We topped the night off visiting Lance and Ashley at their AWESOME new Waffle Shoppe in South Provo: THE AWFUL WAFFLE. It was bumpin with tons of people last night getting crepes and waffles. The Mayor of Provo came by and wrote an awesome review about The Awful Waffle. You can read about that HERE.
Go getchyourself a Belgium Waffle & Crepe one of these days soon. You won't regret it.
There you have it folks.... heart beats & birthdays.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
heart beats and future doctors
This week is a fun one!
Today: Nick got his MCAT score back and he did well! He's very relieved and in the next few days he's going to send in his applications to schools. We're definitely applying to the University of Utah, so that would be fun if we stayed here in Utah. Our next choice would be a couple of schools in California. ( I'd LOVE to be out there. Especially because I have a few close friends of mine there right now, the beach is near by and so is Disneyland. I wouldn't complain. :) And we'd love to end up in Texas as well. We'll see, though. You never know! We could be somewhere on the east coast or something... ( I really don't want to go that far... ) Keep us in your prayers! I'm SO proud of Nick!
Tomorrow: We get to hear the heart beat of the baby. Very exciting. I'll definitely blog about that later.
Thursday: It's my birthday. Why are birthdays seem so dull and boring to me now days. Is it because I'm turning the boring age of 27? ( yuck.) I'm so bummed that Les Misearables were in Salt Lake earlier this month and now they're not here. That would have been the perfect birthday outing! Texas Roadhouse it is ( again ) this year. :) I love the rolls there. Plus it's a little bit of home. :)
Here are some pictures from the last day of Art Camp. I taught the kids how to make home made flip animation books & I also taught them how to draw cartoon characters. We had a lot of fun together and I miss the kids tons!
Friday, June 17, 2011
The Awful Waffle
the GRAND OPENING for the new
AWFUL WAFFLE will be next FRIDAY
Stop by for some super delicious, authentic, Belgian Waffles and Crepes!
( Across from JDawgs in Provo)
815 N 700 E
Provo
Ashley and Lance both lived in Belgium together last semester.
The streets were always filled with the essence of fresh waffles and crepes.
This gave them SUCH a great idea...
Belgian Waffles and Crepes in PROVO!
They were so excited to start up their own Belgian Waffle shop in Provo.
Stop by and tell them hi and taste a little bit of Belgium!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Art Camp days 2-4
I have really enjoyed art camp with these kids this week. Tomorrow is our last day and I know I'll be sad. I always get attached to the kids. Half of these kids, I've tutored all year. I think I'm finished tutoring for now... so I will miss them. They're all great kids.
I'll admit it was a bit hard at times trying to accomodate to 9 kids by myself for two hours strait... but it was only hard because I only have 2 hands. If I had 7-9 pairs of hands that would have been much more helpful. Luckily, my artistic sister came to the rescue the days we did paper mache! I definitely couldn't have done it with out her... and Zoe of course. :)
Here's what we've done all week:
Monday- Paint T-shirts & Free draw
Tuesday - Start layering paper mache animal masks & water color a large 2-D illustration of animal
Wednesday- Finish layering paper mache masks & finish water coloring
Thursday - Paint and decorate masks & paint wooden picture frames for Father's Day. ( I took a picture of each child and put the picture in the frame.)
Friday - I will teach the children how to illustrate cartoons and animate them. We will also do some watercolors with our illustrations. If there's extra time, we'll paint wooden bird houses ( or insect feeders for the boys.)
I am so bummed tomorrow is the last day. I'll post one more soon from Art Camp!
I'll admit it was a bit hard at times trying to accomodate to 9 kids by myself for two hours strait... but it was only hard because I only have 2 hands. If I had 7-9 pairs of hands that would have been much more helpful. Luckily, my artistic sister came to the rescue the days we did paper mache! I definitely couldn't have done it with out her... and Zoe of course. :)
Here's what we've done all week:
Monday- Paint T-shirts & Free draw
Tuesday - Start layering paper mache animal masks & water color a large 2-D illustration of animal
Wednesday- Finish layering paper mache masks & finish water coloring
Thursday - Paint and decorate masks & paint wooden picture frames for Father's Day. ( I took a picture of each child and put the picture in the frame.)
Friday - I will teach the children how to illustrate cartoons and animate them. We will also do some watercolors with our illustrations. If there's extra time, we'll paint wooden bird houses ( or insect feeders for the boys.)
I am so bummed tomorrow is the last day. I'll post one more soon from Art Camp!
Nick was so sweet and took the kids out to play the last 10 minutes until their parents arrived.
Just ignore my unfinished painted wallpaper in the background. :)
Monday, June 13, 2011
Parades & Art
This weekend was a lot of fun! I finally got out of the house and it felt like summer for a minute!
Utah is HUGE when it comes to parades and festivities. I love it. It's so American. Who else in the world is entertained by huge, weird, plastic things on wheels ( with lots of advertisement) driving by you at 1 mph while you sit in your lawn chairs waving at all the strangers on the floats as they throw you candy. I'm usually not a huge parade go-er... but when my friends are in the parade... I love it!
This year, McKell and Jason entered Nash in the "cutest baby contest" for Summer Fest. They just thought it would be fun and Jason's mom is always the MC for Summer Fest. It turns out baby Nash WON! I'm totally not surprised! He's SOOO cute. The judges loved him and his adorable personality. He even danced for them.
Utah is HUGE when it comes to parades and festivities. I love it. It's so American. Who else in the world is entertained by huge, weird, plastic things on wheels ( with lots of advertisement) driving by you at 1 mph while you sit in your lawn chairs waving at all the strangers on the floats as they throw you candy. I'm usually not a huge parade go-er... but when my friends are in the parade... I love it!
This year, McKell and Jason entered Nash in the "cutest baby contest" for Summer Fest. They just thought it would be fun and Jason's mom is always the MC for Summer Fest. It turns out baby Nash WON! I'm totally not surprised! He's SOOO cute. The judges loved him and his adorable personality. He even danced for them.
Here they are on their float. {and I have to add that McKell is 6 weeks pregnant! YAY!}
At the end of Summer Fest, we watched fire works! I LOVE fireworks. This was Nash's first time to see them... he was SO intrigued! ( and so was everyone else, apparently. haha)
He was really cute reaching up, trying to grab the fireworks.
Rachel and Ali spotted me out of the crowd!!! It was a ton of fun seeing them there.
Ali is in town for a little bit from Hawaii! Rach was a huge sport for letting me take a picture with her. She just got her wisdom teeth taken out!
Today I started my ART CAMP for KIDS!
It was a ton of fun!
Today we painted T-shirts, made book marks, and sketched illustrations.
Tomorrow.... we're doing paper mache masks!
I'll blog more throughout the week.
I love my kids! They're all so darling!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Random
I am officially the worlds worst blogger. I mean, seriously. Who blogs like 3x in a row without any pictures? I am a photographer, and I have no pictures to share. Please forgive me.
Once I start feeling better, I am going to make it a point to keep a camera with me at all times and document everything. These years where Nick and I are the only ones in the family are important too! I know I love looking at pictures of my parents in their early years. I will be better.... but this probably won't happen until I am over this nausea thing I've got goin on.
I really am so excited to take pictures of my own children! Thats one of the huge perks of knowing photography, in my opinion. I can't wait!
BABY
Tomorrow I will be 9 weeks. It feels like it's been an eternity since I remember what it's like to feel "good." People tell me the second trimester will be awesome. I am litereally counting down the days until the 2nd trimester. If I am one of those people who stay sick until 17+ weeks..... well.... don't get me started.
We get to hear the baby's heart beat the day before my birthday ( June 22nd) and I am so excited!
I've never been this big of a picky eater! Seriously. One minute something sounds good to me and the next minute, that very thing sounds gross. I can't even believe how ridiculous that is and how picky I've become. Also, EVERYTHING smells AWFUL. Nick thinks I'm crazy.... but seriously... everything. We live in an old house and no matter how much we clean it... there's still this old, musty smell and I really can't stand it. :( Smells... Food.... Nausea.... yuck.
I've been having lots of dreams lately of tiny newborns. All the dreams have been little baby girls. Interesting.
WEATHER:
The weather in Utah has been SO strange for this time of year. I am super bummed that we completely got jipped of Spring. That's my favorite time of the year. My favorite weather is 70 degrees and we went from 55 degrees to 80 degrees all over night. Except, these past few days it's gone back down to the 60's.... very strange for June.
I can't help but think of the different things going on in the world: like the awful earthquakes, the deadly tsunamis, the dangerous tornados, flooding, fires, etc.... I mean... It seems as though something HUGE happens just about every week somewhere in the United States and world. We are definitely in the last days. It's so important to focus on the positive when we live in a world full of hate, crime, and craziness. It's reminders like natural disasters that remind me of the important things in life. Am I reading my scriptures daily? How is my relationship with my Heavenly Father? Am I serving those around me daily? Thank goodness for the atonement of Jesus Christ and for these little reminders to help me get back on track. " HOLD TO THE ROD."
My brother comes home from his mission in 6 months. I can't wait to see that little cutie. He is working SO hard as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. Here's a little clip to give you a little idea of what he's been up to these past 18 months:
Once I start feeling better, I am going to make it a point to keep a camera with me at all times and document everything. These years where Nick and I are the only ones in the family are important too! I know I love looking at pictures of my parents in their early years. I will be better.... but this probably won't happen until I am over this nausea thing I've got goin on.
I really am so excited to take pictures of my own children! Thats one of the huge perks of knowing photography, in my opinion. I can't wait!
BABY
Tomorrow I will be 9 weeks. It feels like it's been an eternity since I remember what it's like to feel "good." People tell me the second trimester will be awesome. I am litereally counting down the days until the 2nd trimester. If I am one of those people who stay sick until 17+ weeks..... well.... don't get me started.
We get to hear the baby's heart beat the day before my birthday ( June 22nd) and I am so excited!
I've never been this big of a picky eater! Seriously. One minute something sounds good to me and the next minute, that very thing sounds gross. I can't even believe how ridiculous that is and how picky I've become. Also, EVERYTHING smells AWFUL. Nick thinks I'm crazy.... but seriously... everything. We live in an old house and no matter how much we clean it... there's still this old, musty smell and I really can't stand it. :( Smells... Food.... Nausea.... yuck.
I've been having lots of dreams lately of tiny newborns. All the dreams have been little baby girls. Interesting.
WEATHER:
The weather in Utah has been SO strange for this time of year. I am super bummed that we completely got jipped of Spring. That's my favorite time of the year. My favorite weather is 70 degrees and we went from 55 degrees to 80 degrees all over night. Except, these past few days it's gone back down to the 60's.... very strange for June.
I can't help but think of the different things going on in the world: like the awful earthquakes, the deadly tsunamis, the dangerous tornados, flooding, fires, etc.... I mean... It seems as though something HUGE happens just about every week somewhere in the United States and world. We are definitely in the last days. It's so important to focus on the positive when we live in a world full of hate, crime, and craziness. It's reminders like natural disasters that remind me of the important things in life. Am I reading my scriptures daily? How is my relationship with my Heavenly Father? Am I serving those around me daily? Thank goodness for the atonement of Jesus Christ and for these little reminders to help me get back on track. " HOLD TO THE ROD."
My brother comes home from his mission in 6 months. I can't wait to see that little cutie. He is working SO hard as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. Here's a little clip to give you a little idea of what he's been up to these past 18 months:
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