Update

Ok, so I'm obviously not a very good blogger...  It has been almost a year since I last wrote something (oops)!  A lot has happened in a year.  I will see what pictures I can scrounge up to help out the re-cap.  For now a list will have to do.  

1.  Eric graduated from his PA program (in August).
2.  Eric got his first post school job at a family practice in Gilbert! :)
3.  Eric's brothers came from Texas to surprise him for graduation
4.  Had Thanksgiving in Arizona with Eric's cousins.
5.  We both got the flu the day after Thanksgiving :(
6.  Had Christmas in CA at Eric's parent's house.  His brothers from Texas came and I finally got to meet the rest of his family.
7.  In January we put an offer in on a short sale
8.  In March we closed on the short sale :) 
9.  I got a new job at ASU as an academic advisor for the engineering department!!!!!
10.  We moved into our new home (after having quite a bit of work done to it).
11.  We rented out our old home to some friends from our old ward.
12.  I am going to the Taylor Swift concert tonight with my sister in law, and I'm super excited!!

And that is what our year has looked like.  We've been super busy with work and house stuff.  I'm excited to finally settle down and not move again for a LONG, LONG time.  Oh, and somewhere in there I had several family photo shoots, an engagement session, and a baby session!  Things have really slowed down with photography, but I'm also not really trying to get it going either.  We'll see what the future holds with that.  Next thing on our list is going to be a vacation!

Butterflies

This post should have been done a long time ago.  About a month and a half ago Eric and I went to the Botanical Gardens.  (For more pictures go here Lisa Wurtz Photography).  We had fun walking around and looking at the butterfly exhibit.  We didn't spend a ton of time there though because it was already hot (like 90 degrees in May hot :( ).  Anyway, outside the butterfly exhibit there were some of those carnival cut out picture things, so of course I needed a picture :).   

I told him he looked like the caterpillar from Alice and Wonderland!  In all honesty I was surprised he even agreed to the picture in the first place!  I'm glad he did!  Look at it!  It's a treasure!

On a more up-to-date subject, Eric has only 4 weeks left of his program!!!  I seriously cannot wait until he is done with school (and has a job).  I finished school two weeks ago and am still working at UOP (University of Phoenix).  We will have to wait and see what the future holds!  I wish I had more interesting things to write about, but I'm afraid this is it!  I mostly wanted to post the picture of Eric! ;)  

The Final Countdown!

In T-minus 9 days I will officially be done with my MBA and in T-minus 2 months Eric will be done with his Masters in PA studies!!!!!!  I CAN'T WAIT to have a non-school driven life!  I will actually have time to blog, take pictures, craft, paint, and do whatever my heart desires!  Eric and I have been talking about taking a sweet vacation once he has a job and we are all settled into the new groove of having him work.  I am pretty much up for anything, but Eric wants to have some kind of adventure.  He's been talking about doing an Alaskan vacation of hiking, fishing, and what not.  Sounds good to me!  Where do I sign?!

Ok,  I have to get back to homework now.  My second to last assignment.  Gotta push through!  I've got senior-itus to the MAX!  My paper is due on Wednesday at 6pm, is 1800 words, and I have not even started it yet...  Wish me luck!

Ok, this post is long over due (and I did it especially for you Kara!).  Here are some pictures of our house before we moved in and after.  Some of the pictures are labeled before and after and some are not (the labeling was an after thought..)  Enjoy!    

 The right image is the before and the left is after (present)

Living room

Before.....................................................After

(Kitchen)

(Guest bath)

 Back yard.  This is still how it looks minus the plants/ bushes.  Eric tore those out.  When we re-do the back yard I will post picture of that too!  We will not be starting that project for a LONG time though, so don't expect to see anything soon..

This is one of the spare rooms.  I just realized I didn't take pictures of the other spare.. oops!

This is the master bedroom and bath.  These are how it looks now, I didn't have any pictures of what it looked like before :(

And there you have it!  You have officially had a tour of the Wurtz residence!  Hope you liked it!  I know I do!  We still have some work to do, but everything is great for now.  We plan on re-painting the outside of the house, getting different rocks in the front, re-doing the back, getting a new front door, putting in new counter tops in the kitchen, new light fixtures in the bathrooms, and MAYBE new tile/hard wood.  We aren't going to go too crazy on things to re-do because we do not plan on living in this house forever.  We plan to live here for about 5 years and rent it out.  We'll see how the plan goes!

Photo Preview

I have finally jumped back on the photo band wagon!  Check out my photo blog for the newest preview!  There is more to come :)  http://slidestories.blogspot.com/

Oh, here is my "Eric" plug since last time he complained about me only writing about myself on "our" blog.  lol!  He has midterms next week.  He has been working really hard, so I'm sure he's going to do great, but please keep him in your prayers!!  

Yogurt is now 10 lbs!! He is still the cutest thing I have ever seen!

Time, TIme, Who's got the time!

Things have been pretty busy. I started a new job in July and it seems that ever since I haven't had much time to do anything except work, cook, clean, and grocery shop. Eric just started another semester. He's not too busy yet, but he has been sick for two weeks. :( Both of us have had some health issues lately, but we are finally recovering!

I started painting again the other week. I haven't gotten much done though... I have decided I need to try a lot harder to focus on me and doing things I like to do. I have found that I have let my talents go to waste! :( I have been a major slacker with painting, photography, drawing, even working out! I work out about once a week or every other week. For those of you who know me well you know that me saying that is blasphemy! So, I am turning over a new leaf and making myself do what I love. I am going to make more time to workout, paint, draw and do photography. So, keep your peepers peeped for some new creations coming your way!


This is the picture I am basing my painting off of. I'll post a pic of it when I'm done :)

I'm thinking of doing a watercolor of this little guy!

And of course, a post wouldn't be complete without my little man...

Look at his bottom lip! lol! He has a major under bite that makes his lip stick out! Eric calls it a pretty funny, yet inappropriate, name that I am not going to write on here! Isn't he the cutest thing?

He doesn't fit all the way under the table anymore!

I can not believe how big he has gotten! He went from this...

To this!