What Justin and my brother Kevin did over Christmas break.Thought this was a pretty sweet pic, so I had to post it.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Sawing Trees and Ripping Out Stumps
What Justin and my brother Kevin did over Christmas break.Thought this was a pretty sweet pic, so I had to post it.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Portland
If you haven't heard yet, we are moving to Portland Oregon. In a previous post I talked about our trip to Portland. The purpose of that trip was for Justin to go and interview with a couple of different companies that work largely with the forestry industry. Upon our return home we really had no plans of moving there because the job offers weren't really anything better than what we had there.
At first we felt really good about our decision to stay in Logan, UT. As time went on though, things just weren't what we wanted. On a Tuesday night after work I asked Justin what he thought we should do. He smiled at me and said, "Pierce Pacific called me today."
The General Sales Manager had contacted him for the second time and said that they would really like Justin to come work for them. A week later we got exact measurements for the position and they got a commitment from us.
We are so excited for this move and feel like the Lord has really guided us to this point in our life. The company, Pierce Pacific, is a manufacturing company that produces specialized equipment for big machinery. Alot of this equipment is used in the forestry industry. For that reason, Justin is really excited.
He will be training for the first six months and then will move into a position as a sales/product support specialist. The only thing that concerns me about this move is the rain. When I was 18 I spent a lot of time on the western side of Oregon and that was the hardest thing for me. However, I know this is what we are supposed to be doing, so I trust I will adjust ok.
We will be sad to leave the wonderful friends and people we have met in Cache Valley, but are so looking forward to the new people and experiences we will get to have. I am looking forward to the Outlet Mall we will be living next to. :)
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Monday, January 23, 2012
No Television
Justin's grandpa was appalled when I told him we don't have television at our house. He said, "Well what do you do then?"
I laughed and responded, "Just sit around and make animal noises at each other."
Not really though, we have been watching these shows courtesy of the Logan City Library:
Little House on the Praire (Justin had never seen them before and they are awesome!)
Rocky III
Rocky IV
So inspiring!
Ok, so the list is short, but I sure do like the library, because what else would we do with our time since we don't have television? Hahaha.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
I laughed and responded, "Just sit around and make animal noises at each other."
Not really though, we have been watching these shows courtesy of the Logan City Library:
Little House on the Praire (Justin had never seen them before and they are awesome!)
Rocky III
Rocky IV
So inspiring!
Ok, so the list is short, but I sure do like the library, because what else would we do with our time since we don't have television? Hahaha.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Addie- Pattie
Meet my adorable three-year-old niece Addie. She is independent as they come and only if you make friends with her will she actually talk to you. I luckily am one of her friends. Over Christmas, Addie offered to paint my fingernails. What an artist!
She even did butterflies on them.
I let her borrow my camera to snap some pictures. When you are 3 I guess this is what you see.
Addie you are fantastic and I am so grateful you are my niece!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Portland Trip
To kick off our two week christmas vacation, we headed up to Portland, Oregon for Justin to investigate some jobs in the logging industry. We stayed with one of my good friends, and team mates from my State FFA Officer year, Kaci Sinteck. Her Dad is actually the general manager of one of the companies Justin went and looked at. It was a fun trip, full of rain or mist, great food, great company, and a ford focus for a rental car.
This is the suitcase I packed. I had to take a picture because this is the first time I had ever traveled that far with something that small. It worked out great (for the most part) and no checking bags at the airport!
Us at the airport before leaving Sunday morning. I had to borrow a couple scarfs from my sisters, just so I could make a trendy impression. :)
Here is our trusty car. We went to pick it up from the rental car office and the guy asked us what type of insurance we wanted. I said, "Well we don't have to get insurance right?"
He responded with something about laws in Oregon and this is the cheapest insurance you can get etc.
I was still confused. So I asked him again, looking simply for a yes, or no answer.
Again he had some elaborate answer about laws in oregon and if the car is out of comission, etc.
We didn't pay for the insurance. It was fine. Great sales answer thought car guy. We also ruled out ever buying a Ford Focus in the near future.
Before we went up there my family and Justin and I had a discussion about 'real loggers' who spar trees and pack their chainsaws with them. Well, I just so happened to see one of these 'real loggers' while in Portland. My friend Kaci's boyfriends Dad was having a person trim some trees for an advertisement for a winch line. It was pretty cool.
Justin as a Jedi at the movie theater.
Our last day there we had some time to go see a few tourist attractions. Multnomah Falls is east of Portland and is right off the freeway. It is a giant waterfall you can hike up to and is beautiful. Not to bad of a hike either.
Portland Temple. Beautiful!
Lastly we went to OMSI (cool science museum in Portland). As we were coming over the bridge we saw this huge submarine in the water. Justin commented on how cool it was to see one and a little weird too. He said they cary nuclear warheads. Well when we got to OMSI we discovered there were no nuclear warheads on this submarine. It was an old World War II sub and we could tour it. It was really neat to go through, smelled like diesel fuel and was very tight living quarters for those who ever had to stay their longer than 35 minutes. This sumbarine is still in working condition and has been used in several movies, one being The Hunt For Red October.
When our trip was over I was grateful to be flying back to Ontario where it was sunny and there were less people. It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun with the Sintecks!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
This is the suitcase I packed. I had to take a picture because this is the first time I had ever traveled that far with something that small. It worked out great (for the most part) and no checking bags at the airport!
Us at the airport before leaving Sunday morning. I had to borrow a couple scarfs from my sisters, just so I could make a trendy impression. :)
Here is our trusty car. We went to pick it up from the rental car office and the guy asked us what type of insurance we wanted. I said, "Well we don't have to get insurance right?"
He responded with something about laws in Oregon and this is the cheapest insurance you can get etc.
I was still confused. So I asked him again, looking simply for a yes, or no answer.
Again he had some elaborate answer about laws in oregon and if the car is out of comission, etc.
We didn't pay for the insurance. It was fine. Great sales answer thought car guy. We also ruled out ever buying a Ford Focus in the near future.
Before we went up there my family and Justin and I had a discussion about 'real loggers' who spar trees and pack their chainsaws with them. Well, I just so happened to see one of these 'real loggers' while in Portland. My friend Kaci's boyfriends Dad was having a person trim some trees for an advertisement for a winch line. It was pretty cool.
Justin as a Jedi at the movie theater.
Our last day there we had some time to go see a few tourist attractions. Multnomah Falls is east of Portland and is right off the freeway. It is a giant waterfall you can hike up to and is beautiful. Not to bad of a hike either.
Portland Temple. Beautiful!
Lastly we went to OMSI (cool science museum in Portland). As we were coming over the bridge we saw this huge submarine in the water. Justin commented on how cool it was to see one and a little weird too. He said they cary nuclear warheads. Well when we got to OMSI we discovered there were no nuclear warheads on this submarine. It was an old World War II sub and we could tour it. It was really neat to go through, smelled like diesel fuel and was very tight living quarters for those who ever had to stay their longer than 35 minutes. This sumbarine is still in working condition and has been used in several movies, one being The Hunt For Red October.
When our trip was over I was grateful to be flying back to Ontario where it was sunny and there were less people. It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun with the Sintecks!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Merry Christmas!
We were playing around with our new camera and trying to get a great Christmas Pic. These are a few of the photos that turned out. :)
And our camera has a smile detector, so while I tried to set it, Justin said he wanted to be angry in the next picture. I clicked the wrong button, it captured these three amazing faces of my man right in a row....
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Temple Square
A couple of weeks ago one of my best friends, Amy Petersen came home from her mission. We had her over for dinner and she had a brilliant idea, to go see the First Presidency Christmas Devotional and see the lights on temple square.
I had never seen the lights before and have always wanted to, but for one reason or another something comes up every year we try to go. With the possibility of moving away from Utah in the near future, I decided nothing would stand in our way this year!
I invited my younger brother Kevin to come with us and my little sister Rachel to meet us there. Kevin drove since he has my grandpas four door pickup. We figured it would be the most comfortable and safe of the three vehicles we had to choose from. We probably should have printed out directions to the Triad parking garage before we got there because traffic was horrible and we didn't know exactly where we wer going. When we finally made it to temple square we were on standby for a while waiting to get in.
When we did make it into the conference center, it was awesome! They had it decorated beautifully and with so much more than you ever see on the broadcast. My nephew who lives in Oregon told his mom that he was very dissapointed he didn't see us on the broadcast.
The lights were also a sight to behold. We all agreed we were thankful that was not our job to string those lights around every single last limb! I loved the nativity depicted on the reflection pond. It was very tranquil.
We even got to hear an awesome caroling group inside the building where the Christus is. There costumes added to their overall effect, but without them they would have still been superb!
We did see Amy on the square, but weren't able to meet up with her before the devotional. She brought her way cute cousin, so we talked a while but they went their way and we went ours. Still fun to see her for the little bit we did.
I am so grateful for all the work and effort the church goes to for the Christmas season, but I am even more grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and that we get to celebrate His Birth. It truley does bring Joy to the World!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
I had never seen the lights before and have always wanted to, but for one reason or another something comes up every year we try to go. With the possibility of moving away from Utah in the near future, I decided nothing would stand in our way this year!
I invited my younger brother Kevin to come with us and my little sister Rachel to meet us there. Kevin drove since he has my grandpas four door pickup. We figured it would be the most comfortable and safe of the three vehicles we had to choose from. We probably should have printed out directions to the Triad parking garage before we got there because traffic was horrible and we didn't know exactly where we wer going. When we finally made it to temple square we were on standby for a while waiting to get in.
When we did make it into the conference center, it was awesome! They had it decorated beautifully and with so much more than you ever see on the broadcast. My nephew who lives in Oregon told his mom that he was very dissapointed he didn't see us on the broadcast.
The lights were also a sight to behold. We all agreed we were thankful that was not our job to string those lights around every single last limb! I loved the nativity depicted on the reflection pond. It was very tranquil.
We even got to hear an awesome caroling group inside the building where the Christus is. There costumes added to their overall effect, but without them they would have still been superb!
We did see Amy on the square, but weren't able to meet up with her before the devotional. She brought her way cute cousin, so we talked a while but they went their way and we went ours. Still fun to see her for the little bit we did.
I am so grateful for all the work and effort the church goes to for the Christmas season, but I am even more grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ and that we get to celebrate His Birth. It truley does bring Joy to the World!
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
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