Beautiful Blogger Award Becky Newton- Crystal Jenkins- Tara Fears- Jenny Allen - Melissa Giles - Misty and Holly

Well my darling friend Brittany (http://idahowhitegirl.blogspot.com/?spref=fb)

sent me this blog award! Thank you very much! Your very sweet! Along with the "award" comes a requirement to write 7 unknown things about me. since Jacob is part of this blog I will name seven things some people may not know about him too.

Leisa
1. I sleep in the same position every night, on my stomach, right leg bent up as far as it can go, left hand on my heart, and right hand on my stomach. I also cannot sleep if there is any noise or any light in the room, even a clock.

2. I used to take a lot of pain killers for my different pains every day, but now I try to use as many ways possible to not have to. For example I get terrible migraines and sinus headaches, but I have found if I take a bath and turn so that my head is under the faucet, and then turn the heat up as far as I can stand, the water continually beating on my forehead temporarily removes my pain. i turn the water hotter and hotter as I go and then when I stand up my head feels..well..the only way I can explain it that it feels similar to when you put your hand out the window as your driving and it feels tingly when you pull it back in. My head feels this way instead of the pain, and then it allows me to be able to fall asleep. When I wake up it's better! Try it! It really works!

3. I have always wanted to be in the Olympics, I just never had the confidence to back it up I guess, but I would have loved to be in the Olympics for swimming or running.

4. I really love and actually crave studying the scriptures and the Gospel. I could (and have) study it all day every day. I've studied Hebrew and translation of the Old testament, I love looking up words and where they came from, I love symbolism, and I love the peace and clarity I receive when I do.

5. I'm a girly girl at heart, if I had all the money in the world I would dress the part, but when your so tall your clothes are pretty limited.

6. I can be quite shy, I know, some may be surprised by this..some may not. I've always felt pretty awkward being so tall and very self conscious...I feel like a giant walking around. For that reason I really don't like being the center of attention. I've also been bitterly betrayed by several people in my lifetime, so I become very shy if I feel I'm being judged..or if that person is not a safe person to be around ( if they are hateful towards others). It's definitely something I'm working on.

7. I would love to be able to have lots and lots of children. ( Jacob won't let me use the word kid..it's a goat..I think that's funny..true..but funny) and then be the type of family that can financially afford to secretly help people in need, or take people in if they need it. I know Jacob feels the same way.

Jacob (from Leisa's perspective)

1. Wishes he had taken those college recruiters on when they came knocking at his basketball games in high school. Every once in awhile when he takes a shot he'll say, " If I make this I should have gone pro!" and then of course makes it. He still plays on Thursday nights and in his sleep ;)

2. Whenever he eats hot things he hiccups..I think it's really endearing.

3. Jacob can tell you what kind of car is coming his way day or night simply by looking at the headlights...he can usually tell you the year too.

4. Jacob has this way of calming any situation around him, from friends to people on the streets. He's just one of those people that others flock to because of his personality and influence.

5. He may not admit it outright, but the boy likes to cook. Grill of course..but he likes to put things together to see how they will come out..baking cooking..he likes to be around me when I cook and try something to add to dinner. I'm not sure if he has always liked to or just jumps in because I love it so much.

6. He has several crazy scars. He went through the windshield in a car accident several years ago and can still feel glass in his face to this day. The long one on his left side of his face is from when he was three and a neighborhood kid decided to "slit his throat" He said the cut wasn't very long or deep and didn't bleed much but the scar stretched and grew as he got older.

7. He picks up new things so quickly. His attention to detail amazes me too. It has enabled him to progress quickly in just about anything he tries.


Well that's it! Not too boring I hope! Here are the people I nominate.

Becky Newton- Crystal Jenkins- Tara Fears- Jenny Allen - Melissa Giles - Misty and Holly


Instructions 1-Thank the person giving you this award 2-Copy the award to your blog (the pic at the top) 3-Place a link to their blog 4-Name 7 tidbits people don't know about you from reading your blog 5-Nominate 7 people 6-Place link to those Bloggers 7-Leave a comment letting those bloggers know about the award
Here are my 7 Wonderful friends that I have nominated

Bouldering

Yesterday was a fairly warm day, so we decided to go bouldering. There is this great place locally where you walk about 1.7 miles in and it comes to all these rock formations. Some are kid size crawling and some are moderate, and some extremely difficult. Most are meant for climbing without gear, but there are some places straight up that I saw come people actually rock climbing.
So we brought our dogs hiking for the first time...and it was so funny to watch them take off up these boulders and even leap up 3 feet to get to the next spot..Especially our hound, we figure she is part mountain goat. In the next picture she raced to the top of this probably 20 foot high sloping rock with a pretty good jump at the end for her....all for her to literally go to the back of the formation where it drops straight down..and literally jump right off the rock. Scared me to death! Crazy thing was fine...but seriously scared me!

Then Jacob and I tied up the dogs below and did some climbing of our own.

There are a lot of great foot holds, and challenging climbs. It is fun to be climbing up something that isn't a set path and try to figure out how your going to get up to the top.

After I took the picture of Jacob above, I climbed up after him ( not quite as skillfully as him, but I did it) and found the above picture in the cave at the top. I thought it was beautiful, and looked like a mother holding her baby. After we reached the cave we continued climbing until we were at the top of the formation. I made Jacob go down without me to take this picture...unfortunately I didn't realize that getting down is much harder than going up..Jacob told me to go off the back way and jump to another formation where it was a easy climb down.
So

That "jump" to the next formation? Ended up a five foot jump over a hundred+ foot crevice. And not onto level ground either! The other formation was just as loose and rocky as the one I was standing on. It scared me so badly. I couldn't believe he just jumped it without a pause. I had to climb down a bit and jump and grab a rock to hang onto to save my life.

It reminded me of this time my friend Craig and my roommates and I went swimming at this river, and it had a telephone pole leaning slightly over the river, he went up and jumped off, so I thought I could too. I climbed up there and then froze thinking about all the paralyzing 'could happens" I was probably up there 30 minutes before I jumped.

Knowing I could freeze and paralyze myself with scary thoughts...and this was the "only" way down, I jumped. and nothing happened, I was completely safe. I just had to pull myself up and over the edge to get on top of the next formation.

Unfortunately there are no more pictures..I only had room for 3 on my cell, but it was a pretty eventful and fun day for both of us! And I'm sure we will be back! Even better, it stirred up or desire to go hiking every chance the weather gives us. So I'm sure there is more fun to come!

Magic

Want restoration done on some of your own? Just let me know!

That's what I thought it looked like the first time I saw someone restore old photographs. Now I do it myself and still think it looks like magic. Kind of like the first time I developed my own pictures and saw my photograph slowly appear under liquid chemicals. It was amazing! It's moments of discovery like those, that I just can't wait to show my children one day. Sadly I had to sell my developing equipment, along with the little dream I would teach my children the old art of developing photographs, and watch them be amazed as the pictures came to life. But then again, dreams rarely happen as you picture them...and in reality they would probaly just complain about how the chemicals stink...or something gets spilled...or getting scared in the dark...or worse, they would be totally bored by something I love...and the moment wouldn't live up to my minds eye. So, I guess that is where it will stay..caught up in my mind. Silly I know!

At the same time this world just amazes me naturally and as Jacob and I discover it more and more together, we just smile and think...someday...there will be more of us to ahhh..and oooh..at the world and it's discoveries!