Jordan and Victoria!

Sweet glaze pork chops

2009-10-08T18:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a fantastic recipe and its very easy to make! If you dont want it super sweet cup back a little on the brown sugar!

sweet glaze pork chops

ingredients

2/3 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp salt
2 tsp dry mustard
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp sage
2 TB water (may need more. Should be pretty thick though)
6 pork chops

Directions

Mix all ingredients together. Put raw pork chops in 9x13 pan and pour glaze over. Bake 350 for 45 - 50 min. Really good with mashed potatoes.

Setting a Budget

2009-09-26T15:07:00.000-07:00

I found this on the BYU cooking website. It has some great info about money and budgeting!

Cents & Sensibility: Successful Ways to Spend & Save

September 25, 2009 Workshops for Women

BYU Women’s Services & Resource Center

Church Authorities and Finance

— “Peace, contentment, love, and security in the home are not possible when financial anxieties and bickerings prevail. Whether we are anticipating marriage or are well into it, today is the time for all of us to review and repent as necessary to improve our money” – Marvin J. Ashton

— “We encourage you wherever you may live in the world to prepare for adversity by looking to the condition of your finances. … If you have paid your debts and have a financial reserve … , you and your family will feel more secure and enjoy greater peace in your hearts.” - The First Presidency

— "Avoid the philosophy and excuse that yesterday's luxuries have become today's necessities. They aren't necessities unless we ourselves make them such. . . . It is essential for us to live within our means.”- President Thomas S. Monson

— "We do live in turbulent times. Often the future is unknown;
therefore, it behooves us to prepare for uncertainties. Statistics reveal
that at some time, for a variety of reasons, you may find yourself in the
role of financial provider. I urge you to pursue your education and learn
marketable skills so that, should such a situation arise, you are prepared
to provide.”- President Thomas S. Monson

— "Too many of our youth get into financial difficulty because they never learned proper principles of financial common sense at home. Teach your children while they are young. Teach them that they cannot have something merely because they want it. Teach them the principles of hard work, frugality, and saving.
“If you don't consider yourself informed well enough to teach them, all the more reason for you to begin learning. Abundant resources are available--from classes, to books, to other resources.”- Joseph B. Wirthlin

Scripture References

— INVESTING

— Proverbs 28:20 - A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

— DEBT & BORROWING MONEY

— Proverbs 22:7 - The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

— Romans 13:8- Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.

— Mosiah 4:28- And I would that ye should remember, that whosoever among you borroweth of his neighbor should return the thing that he borroweth, according as he doth agree, or else thou shalt commit sin; and perhaps thou shalt cause thy neighbor to commit sin also.

— D&C 64:27-Behold, it is said in my laws, or forbidden, to get in debt to thine enemies;

— D&C 104:78-And again, verily I say unto you, concerning your debts—behold it is my will that you shall pay all your debts.

— D&C 136:25-If thou borrowest of thy neighbor, thou shalt restore that which thou hast borrowed; and if thou canst not repay then go straightway and tell thy neighbor, lest he condemn thee.

Provident Living

— “Being provident providers, we must keep that most basic commandment, “Thou shalt not covet” (Exodus 20:17). Our world is fraught with feelings of entitlement. Some of us feel embarrassed, ashamed, less worthwhile if our family does not have everything the neighbors have. As a result, we go into debt to buy things we can’t afford—and things we do not really need. Whenever we do this, we become poor temporally and spiritually. We give away some of our precious, priceless agency and put ourselves in self-imposed servitude. Money we could have used to care for ourselves and others must now be used to pay our debts. What remains is often only enough to meet our most basic physical needs. Living at the subsistence level, we become depressed, our self-worth is affected, and our relationships with family, friends, neighbors, and the Lord are weakened. We do not have the time, energy, or interest to seek spiritual things.”

-Elder Robert D. Hales

Research Regarding Money & Relationships

— #1 predictor of divorce

— The American Bar Association has indicated that 89% of all divorces can be traced to quarrels and accusations over money

— Others have estimated that 75% of all divorces result from clashes over finances

— Some professional counselors indicate that four out of five families are strapped with serious money problems.

— How to be successful financially

— Live on a budget as a single individual. Learn discipline.

— Discuss your budget with your partner (Accept money from in-laws? Savings? Children? Vacations? Etc)

— Talk, agree, and go over budgeting items together regularly

Budgeting

— Income vs. Expense

— Make an income/expense sheet

— Use average to low numbers for income

— Use average to high numbers for expenses

— Necessary Items

— Tithing, Rent, Utilities, Groceries, School

— Wanted Items

— Cable, Internet, Cell Phone

Budgeting: Cash

— Benefits of using cash

— You can save the change

— You won’t overspend

— You can set limits for yourself

— Immediate Clearance

— Always accepted

— Generally, more than 22% decrease in what you’re spending

— Jar or Envelope Cash

— Get cash and live out of jars or envelopes

— Borrow from other areas when needed

Budgeting: Percentages

— Gazelle (DaveRamsey.com)

— Charity 10%

— Saving 5%

— Housing 25%

— Utilities 5%

— Food 5%

— Cars/Transportation 10%

— Clothing 2%

— Medical/Health 5%

— Personal 5%

— Recreation 5%

— Debts

— Adjust the budget to what works for you

— Tracking a Budget

— Excel

— Make a spreadsheet with your projected and actual income

— Tracking a Budget

— Mint.com

— Free

— Visual representations, cost of living, set budget, warnings, link with bank account

— Tracking a Budget

— Quicken and other software

— Costs Money, visual representations, cost of living, set budget, warnings, link with bank account over long period of time, debt trackers, savings trackers

Budgeting: Credit

— You can still gain a good credit score even without having cards (car payments, house payments, BYU accounts, utility bills, steady employment etc)

— Try to stay away from credit cards if they’ll tempt you too much to buy things you can’t afford

— Credit cards often have rewards which can be nice

— If you have credit cards always make sure that you pay your bills on time and in full

— Try to keep your credit card balances at 25% or less of your limits

Budgeting: Avoid Debt

— “Do not, I solemnly urge you, tie yourselves to payment of carrying charges that are often exorbitant. Save now and buy later, and you will be much further ahead. You will spare yourselves high interest and other payments, and the money you save may provide opportunity for you to buy later at substantial cash discounts.

If you must incur debt to meet the reasonable necessities of life—such as buying an automobile, a house, or furniture—then I implore you, as you value your solvency and happiness, buy within your means and use credit wisely. Resist the temptation to plunge into property far more pretentious or spacious than you really need.”

–President Ezra Taft Benson

Budgeting: Saving

— Don’t save just to save- have something in mind

— Start small with an Emergency Fund then 3-6 months of expenses

— What are you saving for?

— School, Car, Wedding, Baby, House, Vacation etc.

— Do smart planning and research for what you should have saved

— Don’t touch the emergency money

— Have two savings accounts if you need to

Budgeting: Savings Accounts

— Find a free savings account

— Often banks or credit unions will have free savings accounts when linked to an active checking account

— Use an online savings account (ING Direct, HSBC Direct etc.)

— Set up an automatic savings plan

— Pay yourself first each paycheck

— Research fees, min balance, current interest rates etc. (bankrate.com, money-rates.com)

— Current interest rates are around 1- 1.3%

Financial Aid for School

— Do your FAFSA

— Fafsa.ed.gov

— Learn something about taxes

— VITA lab at BYU will do your taxes if you make $30,000 or less each year

— Get your credits and deductions

— Become familiar with financial aid and scholarship deadlines

Groceries: What do you eat?

— Keep track of meals that you generally eat

— Start listing out ingredients of what you use for those meals

— Assess the quality of the meals you’re eating and adjust as needed

— Enough fruits and veggies etc?

— Assess your eating out/eating in tendencies and adjust as needed

— You’ll likely eat much healthier if you’re eating home cooked meals

Groceries: What do you have to spend?

— Groceries are an interesting area of the budget because food is a staple, but how much a person is spending can be adjusted

— If you find that you are going out of your budget often, you may need to readjust what you’re eating

— E.g. frozen meals often cost a lot more than homemade, bulk foods can sometimes be cheaper

— Do you keep eating out separated in your budget or use leftover grocery money?

Groceries: How do I know if it’s a good price?

— Start keeping a log by saving receipts

— Look at per unit pricing

— Consult with others (friends, parents etc)

— Be aware of when specific produce items are in season

Meal Planning

— Keep a list of meals you eat regularly and go from that

— Check your fridge and cupboard for items you already have then make your grocery list

— Coordinate with roommates/partner/spouse

— Rotation Menu

Groceries: Coupons and Deals

— All Grocery Deals (Utah County)

— http://www.grocerysmarts.com/utah/lists/indexg84cso.php?a84ll2

— This has a star system. More stars or a red star means it’s a better price.

— You can search by grocery store.

— It also has links to printable coupons for items that are already on sale.

— It shows the before/after price using coupons

— Group Coupons

— A:http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=12812&zid=dl89&nid=10

— B:http://coupons2.smartsource.com/smartsource/index.jsp?Link=235ZMFJDIS36M

— C: http://coupons.redplum.com/GrocerySmarts/

— Various coupons by many companies from grocery items to health care to photography

— Printable Coupons

— http://www.printable-coupons.blogspot.com/

— You can search for brand names, product type etc and it will show you if any printable coupons are available.

— Grocery Guru

— http://www.utahcityguide.com/new/guru/index.asp

— This plans out weekly meal plans using newspaper coupons. You need to get the Sunday paper in order to get most of the deals, but sometimes it uses other coupons or no coupons at all.

— Betty Crocker Coupons

— http://www.bettycrocker.com/coupons-promotions/coupons/default.aspx?WT.ac=homepage_05-01-2008

— Box Tops for Education Coupons

— http://www.boxtops4education.com/Coupons/

— Pillsbury Coupons

— http://www.pillsbury.com/coupons-promotions/couponspromotionslanding.htm

Food Storage

— It’s food you eat and toiletries you use

— Buy 2 instead of 1

— Buy in bulk

— Get things when they’re on sale

— Find creative ways to store your food storage

— Use somebody else’s list

— E.g. 50 weeks to full food storage, food storage for college students, 52 weeks to emergency preparedness etc

LDS Resources

— Talks

— Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually - Elder Hales 2009 (Print)

— Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually - Elder Hales 2009 (Video)

— Earthly Debts, Heavenly Debts - Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin 2004 (Print)

— Opening the Windows of Heaven - President James E. Faust 1998 (Print)

— Making Money Your Ally - Brother Albrecht 1988 (Print)

— Pay Thy Debt, and Live President Ezra Taft Benson 1987 (Print)

— The Responsibility for Welfare Rests with Me and My Family - Elder James Faust 1986 (P)

— Providing for Our Needs - Elder Ballard 1981 (Print)

— Pamphlets & Handouts

— All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Finances

— One For The Money

—

Haha, great little questionaire note our answers are polar opposites.

2009-09-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

Victoria's:

♥ What are your middle names? Gogarty and Evans

♥ How long have you been together? We met in April 2007

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? Ummmm, like 3 days or so

♥ Who asked who out? I think we just started hanging out a lot. Our first "date" was driving back to Denver to see our families for my birthday.

♥ How old are each of you? I'm 23 and he is 25

♥ Whose family do you see the most? It is a pretty even split, they live 15 minutes apart.

♥ Do you have any children together? Not yet

♥ What about pets? We had a dog named Marley that we fostered.... that lasted about a week. We also had a fish named Gunnison who passed away last year :(

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? Deciding what's for dinner.

♥ Did you go to the same school? No, he went to Arapahoe high school I went to Chaparral, I went to the University of Denver and then Utah Valley University. He was at BYU the entire time.

♥ Were you born in the same home town? No, I was born in American Fork Utah, he was born in Colorado.

♥ Who is the most sensitive? Me, definitely me.

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Mamma Chus in Orem. AMAZING. Best Mexican I have ever had!

♥ Who has the craziest exes? He has had some crazies, but I would probably say me in terms of number of crazy exes mine is much higher.

♥ Who has the worst temper? On a regular basis probably me, but he has had his moments.....

♥ Who does the cooking? Me, he does help out a lot though :)

♥ Who is more social? Me? Jordan, hands down Jordan.

♥ Who is the neat-freak? Well its not Jordan. (haha jk babe) He does his part but to him running the vaccum around on a sat every other week is clean. Me the house has to be dusted top to botton, vaccumed every week, and lots of harsh chemicals taken to the bathroom and counters (oh and everything off the floor, including his piles....)

♥ Who is more stubborn? Me, me, me.

♥ Who hogs the bed? And once again that is me.

♥ Who wakes up earlier? Jordan, I have serious issues with morning time that I am trying to overcome.

♥ Where was your first date? In the car to Denver?! Haha I am not sure.

♥ Who has the bigger family? Jordan has the bigger immediate family, I have the bigger extended family.

♥ Do you get flowers often? I think twice since we got married.

♥ How do you spend the holidays? We trade off every year, although my parents just decided to have thanksgiving on wednesday so we get two thanksgivings.

♥ Who is more jealous? Most definately me.

♥ How long did it take to get serious? A week after we met???

♥ Who eats more? Oh I can eat a lot..... it depends on the dinner and who is more hungry.

♥ Who does/did the laundry? Me.

♥ Who’s better with the computer? Well it depends on what we are doing, Jordan is definatley better all around. If it is photography or graphic design related I can hold my own (he still knows more about photoshop then I do though!)

♥ Who drives when you are together? Jordan, I absolutely HATE driving.

Jordan's:

♥ What are your middle names? Victoria doesnt have a middle name and I have three.

♥ How long have you been together? too long

♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? 5 hours.

♥ Who asked who out? tyler monteath

♥ How old are each of you? 12 and 12

♥ Whose family do you see the most? zach davis

♥ Do you have any children together? not that I know of

♥ What about pets? Names? We had a fish

♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? Going to the store

♥ Did you go to the same school? no

♥ Were you born in the same home town? No she is a utahn

♥ Who is the smartest? pretty much me but also her

♥ Who is the most sensitive? me, I have soft skin

♥ Where do you eat out most as a couple? Mamma chus

♥ Who has the craziest exes? by sheer volume, Victoria.

♥ Who has the worst temper? victoria

♥ Who does the cooking? me

♥ Who is more social? me

♥ Who is the neat-freak? me

♥ Who is more stubborn? victoria

♥ Who hogs the bed? victoria

♥ Who wakes up earlier? me

♥ Where was your first date? to tyler monteaths

♥ Who has the bigger family? me

♥ Do you get flowers often? I get them sometimes until victoria killed the plants in our living room, now I never get flowers.

♥ How do you spend the holidays? driving back and forth between our houses.

♥ Who is more jealous? victoria

♥ How long did it take to get serious? Just until we got Tyler Monteath out of the picture.

♥ Who eats more? victoria

♥ Who does/did the laundry? me

♥ Who’s better with the computer? me

♥ Who drives when you are together? me

Lots of new photography

2009-05-21T17:18:00.000-07:00

So I have been busy finishing up the last few lacrosse games of the season but I finally got all of them done! Also new photos of Kali, Halle, and Trey up on my blog take a look here Hope all is well with everyone, we have been really busy so I will blog when we have more to talk about :)

Done with college!!!!..... if I can pass math......

2009-04-29T22:36:00.000-07:00

So I am FINALLY done with my last long semester of college. I now have one art project, a business class, and college algebra that stand in the way of me graduating. The only one I am truly worried about....math. It terrifies me, and I already have a three hour block of time set aside every day from July through August on the phone with my grandpa gogarty who will be helping me through it. Cant he just be Victoria and head down to the testing center for me? Lets just say when I was a child my mother would sit at the table with me grouping straight pretzels into little groups to visually show me how to add and subtract.The images above pretty much explain how I feel about math. How in the world do they come up with all these silly answers. I just will never understand it. This is why I love art. It is very self explanatory. If you add together blue and red it makes purple. Right before your eyes. It is amazing. There are no equations or numbers involved at all. Just color. Which be the way one of the last questions I will ever answer on a college final was to draw a complete color wheel and correctly color it in. Lets just say I didn't even look at the study guide and passed with flying colors......

Well we are headed to Denver tomorrow for a two day trip for RMLC's (for lacrosse) then we will be back for nationals for a week. I am NOT looking forward to two ten hour bus rides at all, and I am already stressing about my art project that is starting next week.

And for those that don't know I have been keeping a very consistent photography blog with all of my new work. Lately it has been lots and lots of lacrosse but there are going to be some new portraits and landscapes soon (I have a show June 6) check it out here. Put it on your blog lists (I update every few days with new images) And here is a sneak peek at one of my most favorite images I have taken all season.

Thistle

2009-04-19T23:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Jordan, Jeremy, and I went to Thistle. I needed to get some new images for some shows I am submitting for (and one that I am in that is in June) and it was nice out and we needed some adventure. It was a blast. We explored for most of the day and got some great shots! I had no idea how much fun rubble and ruins were to shoot! If you dont know much about Thistle check out more about it here. Basically it was destroyed in 1983 by a huge mudslide that caused the river to damn and form a lake over the city. It was pretty much all gone but there is still a schoolhouse there, some houses underwater, and a house that is mostly just the foundation. We also found this genealogy document which was pretty cool. It was fun! I am so excited to get out and explore more this summer! Enjoy the pictures! I will put them all up at www.victoriaharris.zenfolio.com in the next few days!

Harker Family Pictures

2009-04-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

I finally got around to getting the Harker family's pictures done. I have been crazy with school, lacrosse games, and being sick. Good news.... one more week and two classes this summer and I will officially be forever done with school. Thank goodness. I was beginning to think everyone was lying telling me there was such a thing as a college graduation. Well here are a few image from this session. They were so much fun to do and I am pretty pleased with how they turned out. Let me know what you think! I am looking forward to scheduling more portrait sessions this summer! OH also if you don't know about it already, check out my photography blog, I update it at least once a week with new images. Right now there are lots of sports since I have been shooting so many, but new portraits and landscapes should be up soon!

WOW.

2009-04-15T16:42:00.000-07:00

So this is a short post but I just found this link on facebook and it is of this older lady singing in Britain's got talent. You could tell at the beginning every single person in the room doubted that she would be any good. And then she sings and it absolutely blows you away. I honestly almost cried. Take a look it is worth the five minutes of your day. PS Never judge a book by its cover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Its almost summer and that means new swimsuit!

2009-04-10T22:21:00.001-07:00

My sister in law found the best place to buy swimsuits! I get so tired of trying to find suits that are modest and actually cover more then what nude underwear models wear. Well these are great and they are super cute! I am sooo excited to get mine! I think I want the Lizzie which is blue and yellow. Here is their site for those of you that are interested! http://www.limericki.com/

White Chili

2009-04-05T14:37:00.000-07:00

Jordan and I tried a new recipe last night and it was really really good! One of our favorites and Jordan now wants me to make it every other week. It is white chili and it is really easy and fast to make.

1 pound of ground turkey (we used ground beef and it was good also)
1 cup medium or hot salsa (I might use hot next time to give it a little more kick)
1 can corn
1 cup water
2 cans of great northern beans (rinsed and drained)
1 package jalapeno pepper chedder cheese (cut up into cubes)

Brown your meat in your saucepan and then add salsa, corn, water, beans, and cheese. Stir together and simmer over low heat for about 30 minutes or until cooked through and the cheese has melted.

Better yet, we have been trying to watch what we eat and eat a little healthier, this is supposed to serve 8 and each serving only has 339 calories in it! Enjoy!

more pictures :)

2009-03-26T22:22:00.000-07:00

I started to edit all of the images of the Harker family tonight. We are in Detroit until Sunday so maybe I will have time to get some done! They are turning out so cute! I just picked one to post to show everyone, once I get them all done I will post a bunch on facebook and my photography blog.

Cute cute cute!

2009-03-19T22:41:00.001-07:00

I had the chance to shoot the Harker family this week while I was in town. They were so much fun and I absolutely love Halle and Trey. First of they are adorable and looked so cute in their new little outfits and secondly Halle is so funny with Trey. I am super behind in my editing and really should have been doing lacrosse pictures, but I could not resist showing everyone just a few pictures of the kids. Enjoy! These are very quick edits and I was playing around with them a little so I will post some of the whole family and more of the kids in a few days when I can sit down and really edit them!

New blog and promotion (for my business).....

2009-02-27T21:57:00.000-08:00

So this has been a very busy month which would explain why neither of us have blogged. Jordan has been really busy working and I have been trying to make it through this last semester of school. I found out I only have two more classes to take (plus my math class :( ) and I will be done with college! Then I can get a job so Jordan can get finished up. I will be more excited when both of us are done and we dont have to deal with school anymore.

I have been trying in the little spare time that I have, to start getting my photography out to the public more. So far I have about six lacrosse teams in Utah that I will be shooting for this spring as well as BYU, and about three teams which I will be shooting for when I come out to Denver for a few days in March. I am excited, I really enjoy shooting lacrosse, hopefully this year I can branch out to some other sports as well. In addition to that if anyone knows people that might be interested in booking a session, let me know. I am going to run an engagement special through the end of March so check it out if you know someone getting married! www.victoriabainesharris.blogspot.com

Well everything is going well for us, we are staying busy and just enjoying this chapter of our life. Hope everyone is doing well!

Fight FOCA

2009-01-26T17:19:00.000-08:00

I have been so busy lately that I have had no time to blog! Sorry, hopefully I can update everyone on our lives later in the week. But I saw my sister in law's blog today and thought this was too important not to post. Honestly I am not sure what living person thinks this is actually an ok thing for congress to pass, but it is absolutely WRONG. Please take the time to stand against this.

What is the Freedom of Choice Act? It basically eliminates EVERY restriction on abortion.

1. Partial-birth abortion will now be legal.

2. Parental consent laws for minors will no longer be in effect. Although a seventeen-year-old girl has to have her parents present in order to get acne medicine, a thirteen-year-old can get an abortion without her parents knowing.

3. Laws prohibiting public funding of abortion will be struck down. The American taxpayer will now have to fund something many of us consider to be murder.

4. Laws requiring women to be shown information about (including being shown ultrasounds) and alternatives to abortion will be struck down. Think about any other surgery that's performed: you are bombarded with information. And yet, in one of the most invasive medical procedures, women would be kept ignorant of the facts.

5. Laws allowing medical staff and hospitals to refuse to perform abortion on grounds of conscience will be struck down. (Where's the freedom of choice here?)

6. Laws prohibiting medical personnel other than licensed physicians from performing abortions would be invalidated because they may "interfere with" access to abortion. (Talk about protection for women!)

7. Government agencies and officials are prohibited from taking any action that would "discriminate against the exercise of" the FOCA-created legal rights, with respect to any "benefits, facilities, services, or information," would leave government officials open to lawsuits for anything that anybody thought "discriminate(s)" against abortion.

Basically, people that are PRO LIFE are given NO CHOICE in the matter of abortion. Catholic hospitals have threatened to close down if this passes because they will refuse to do abortions and Obama does not want them to have that CHOICE. Obama already took away our choice to use our taxes to fund abortions.

SO...what can we do? Here is a website to sign a petition against FOCA. http://www.fightfoca.com/

The better thing to do, in my opinion, is to email your Congressman to make sure that this bill never even gets out of Congress and to Obama's desk. http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Halle and Trey

2008-12-15T16:00:00.000-08:00

I took just a couple pictures when we were home last of Halle and her new little brother Trey. This next time home I will take more of them, I was busy and didn't have much time. They are so cute, and it is really crazy how much they look like each other as newborns. I am pretty sure Halle looked just like trey at that age (with the exception of a bow on her head). We are excited to head back home and see them again!

Christmas Card!!!

2008-12-07T17:24:00.000-08:00

We made our first family Christmas card this weekend! I set the camera up for the picture, and Jordan did all of the fun graphic stuff! We love it! Merry Christmas everyone, enjoy the holidays!

The many faces of Halle......

2008-11-23T14:50:00.000-08:00

I was going through some pictures and found a ton that I still have not edited of Halle. She is so hilarious I just had to put these up! I cant wait to see the other baby Harker at her age, good personalities and funny senses of humor run in the family :). Here she is, I am pretty sure most of the time she is just modeling for the camera!

One Year and Counting :)

2008-11-20T21:40:00.000-08:00

So last weekend Jordan and I celebrated our one year anniversary! I cant believe that we have already been married for a year, its so crazy to me! We found a great deal on a little hotel up in Park City and went up there for the weekend to celebrate. The hotel was really nice, and had an awesome pool and two huge hot tubs! The pool had this little thing that you swam under so you could swim outside and inside and never have to get out of the pool to do it! And the hot tub was huge, it could fit seriously like 30 people and when the jets turned on Jordan said it looked like Fantasia (which apparently he thought was a creepy movie, weird boy). Well we went to the Olympic park and toured the museum there. The ski jumpers are insane, those jumps are HUGE. I was really surprised they were that big because that event is honestly not that exciting to watch. But for someone to actually go off one of those jumps... they are crazy! We then went to this place called the Red Rock Brewery and ate. I had this portobello mushroom sandwich on focaccia bread which was AMAZING, we got drinks and appetizers and I could barley move by the time we left! Side note.... there were a few restaurants we were looking at, and I got out of the car to look at a menu and some 50 year old guy was walking into the restaurant and was like "come on im buying!" It was super awkward, and I am pretty certain he was serious. Jordan said I should have taken him up on the offer and then told him my husband was coming to join us. After dinner we went to Rocky Mountain chocolate factory and got ice cream, then we swam and slept in the next morning (lucky for us there was a missionary farewell so we didnt have to get up for 8 am church like usual!) We had a great time and I look forward to celebrating many more anniversarys together :)

By the way...... Jordan started watching this show called Gossip Girl. Its pretty much the OC in New York with way more money. It is my new all time favorite show. We finished season one in like 5 days (18 episodes... I hope I pass college). And Kali wont give away any spoilers so I admit to those of you that watch it.... I have youtubed everything that happens through the current eposode with Blair and Chuck. I hate the games that happen with the one couple on shows that your just dying to have live happily ever after. It never happens. I sat through the same tourture with Greys Anatomy.

Projects

2008-11-13T16:42:00.000-08:00

Lucky you, if your reading this you get to see yet another project that I am working on at school! Sorry it sort of consumes most of my time, I think Jordan and I will both be thrilled when we are both done. Well I have been busy working on some photography projects, this class has been a struggle for me because I really do not think the same way as the teacher. But I think I have made some pretty cool images. Here are the next two, the topic was beauty and he didn't want it to be cliche so hopefully these are far enough away from want most people would do. I choose to show the beauty of creation, they are not done yet, I have another week to work on them but here is where they are at now.

On another note, Jordan is a very artistic person and honestly I think if he wanted to he could probably make a living doing it. He loves playing around with photoshop and trying all sorts of new things. I think he actually has a much better eye for montage and adding stuff together then I am. Here are a few things he has done recently.

Well hope you all enjoyed those. We are celebrating our 1st anniversary this weekend in Park City! We are so excited and will have some fun pictures to post next week when we get back! YAY for the holidays, no more school, good food, and spending time with family, see most of you very soon!

On a brighter note.....

2008-11-06T12:00:00.000-08:00

This semester I decided to take a figure drawing class, even though I was really nervous that I couldnt draw very well. It turns out this has been one of my favorite classes of my entire college career! Dont get me wrong, I LOVE photography and will never stop doing it, however I really enjoy drawing and think it really could add to my work later on down the road. Here are two that I did in class this week, and then pooh and snoopy were just me being bored and blowing off my homework. PS. Excuse the nakedness..... OH and kali cut and colored my hair last week and I LOVE it! hopefully I will get some pictures up of that soon!

ugh...

2008-11-05T23:03:00.000-08:00

Well unfortunately for America we really had terrible choices with both presidential candidates this year. Wow. I will say the one thing that I was Super nervous about was passing Prop 8 which did and now I feel SO much better. I don't understand people's hate towards our church. For those of you who saw the stupid commercial with the two guys pretending to be missionaries (if you didn't see it, don't it will just make you angry) what in the world was that!?!?!?! Completely, 110% uncalled for and WAY out of line. I mean seriously, people are so out of control and the thing that is funny is most of them don't have the slightest clue what they are talking about. We are good people, and one of the things that bugs me more then anything is when they attack President Monson. Give me a break. It breaks my heart that our world has become so evil. It scares me to think of what our children will have to deal with. I take comfort in knowing that our kids will be able to face the trials they are given as long as we prepare them. Despite everything in this crazy world, I am proud to be a member of our church and be associated with everything that is wonderful about it.

Relaxing weekend... kind of!

2008-11-02T19:56:00.000-08:00

We went down to St. George this weekend to spend some time with my grandparents and then go to Vegas for a day for the BYU lacrosse games. We had a really fun time seeing my Grandma and Grandpa Gogarty, they are so funny and we love spending time with them. It was nice to have a few days to just talk and relax with them at their house. On Saturday we drove to Vegas for four BYU lacrosse games. I did pictures for all of the games (hopefully I will get a chance to get them edited this week), sports photography is so much fun and I am so glad that I have opportunities to do it so often. Actually I think eventually I would like to get into it more because it is way more fun watching games through a lens then in the stands! I think I pay way more attention. I think Las Vegas is the most awful place in the world! It is so disgusting that there is a place where people go and absolutely loose all of their morals, and money just for a weekend of what they consider fun. Weird. Its dirty, and so gross you couldn't even smell the rain that was falling when we were walking around outside. Anyways we drove home this afternoon and we are excited to go back! I think we are actually going to go back in January to see them again and run the Half Marathon (with Heather and Jason)! Oh and tonight for dinner we made orange chicken...... new favorite meal! It was AMAZING! Here is the link if you want to try it!

http://www.recipezaar.com/103215

I made some adjustments to the recipe mainly because we didn't have everything we needed and it still turned out amazing!

I DID NOT add:
Ginger Root
Rice Wine
Sesame Oil

I DID add:
some orange juice. We doubled the orange sauce so I put in 3 tbsp of orange juice.

If you try it Enjoy!

School Project

2008-10-21T19:22:00.000-07:00

I have a photography class that basically is just learning photoshop all semester and so our projects have to use a lot of photoshop in them. Anyway we had to do a triptych and I was having a really hard time trying to come up with something that didn't have to do with lacrosse (a lot of my photography projects for school for some reason always have something to do with lacrosse). I have decided that it probably is just because it has been such a huge part of my life for so long so I decided for this project, to once again do something with lacrosse. Oh and my subject seems to always be the same person.... maybe someday I will just do an entire series titled "32". Oh and by the way typically I do not work with large canvas sizes (thats what they are called in photoshop) however this one is pretty big. The center piece is 10x20 and both of the side pieces are 8x10, so if I ever frame and mat it I would be huge. Let me know what everyone thinks of this one.... I called it "The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat".

wedding pictures!

2008-10-17T18:16:00.000-07:00

So I spent a good portion of the day today working on the wedding images that I took last week. I wanted to share a few of them with everyone, they really are turning out great which makes me very excited! Let me know what you all think!

We have been busy....

2008-10-16T20:05:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates recently! We have had lots going on! This past week everyone came out to see us and we had Jayme and Halle stay at our house! It was so much fun, Halle is such a funny little girl and is beginning to get such a great personality. The only bad thing about how cute and fun she is... it makes me want one. Don't worry that wont be happening for a bit, get me through school and into work! Here is my list of top 5 things I loved when she was here:

1. Her love for balls. Any kind, she had a nice variety at our house ranging from a huge yoga ball to tons of lacrosse balls.

2. Her love for football. I included a picture, you can guess which one it is (she is not in a towel or with a toothbrush so the other one :) ) She LOVES football and at like 10 pm was yelling and pushing buttons on the xbox controller while the recaps were on espn.

3. Her toothbrush! I love when she brushes her teeth, she is so obedient when Jayme tells her to do it! And lets be honest I think I am buying a toothbrush that sings the Thomas the train song because sometimes I would push the button and listen to it when she was out and about. Jordan hated it..... I loved it!

4. Her kisses. So cute.

5. When she has her bottle, shes very snuggly then and if you can get to her first then she is yours to keep for a good twenty to thirty minutes!

Here are some funny pictures of her, I have a bunch that I need to get edited I just have not had time! So hopefully soon there will be some new ones up!

I shot my first wedding last weekend! It was sort of tough because I was not sure what to expect, however I enjoyed it and got some really nice shots. I am starting editing those pictures tomorrow so I will try and put some up. I just recently updated my website! Go check it out and let me know what you think, it has drastically changed from the first go around. www.victoriabainesharris.com. Photography has been going well, I am anxious to get done with school so I can start working on doing it full time. I love portraits, it is so much fun because every one is so unique and has such a different personality that your pictures are always changing. Oh and I have been taking a figure drawing class this semester which I was super nervous about, and its my favorite class. I think I am taking it again next semester (for 3 more credits and to get better) as well as two other drawing classes. Well I think that is it for now..... I will try and post on here more, I have been great about keeping my brother's mission blog updated and terrible about ours. By the way for those of you who have not kept up with him, he is doing GREAT! Go read his blog if you have time because his letters are very fun to read. OH and for those of you who want some fun and way cute blogger templates... visit http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com

Coltons Mission Blog

2008-09-13T23:28:00.000-07:00

Well Colton is off on his mission. It is very weird and I really miss him :( But I am very excited for him and the experiences that he will have over these next two years. I am keeping a blog for him that will have pictures (when he sends home the memory card to me) and then his letters that we get while he is on his misson. Check it out so that you can keep up with what he is doing!

www.elderbaines.blogspot.com

I will write a better blog later, school has been kicking my butt and I have just not had the time! And Jordan has been working like crazy to make sure we can pay rent each month! Oh how glad I will be when the days of college are over with. All I want to do is work (well work as in taking pictures), maybe I will eventually go into wedding photography....great market.....stupid people that you have to deal with (mainly brides).... I guess we shall see how this first one goes in a few weeks!

The New Harris Siblings Political Blog

2008-09-03T15:18:00.000-07:00

Well if you didn't know, the Harris family is a bit into politics. Let me put it this way. My little brother dressed up as Rush Limbaugh for Halloween when he was 11. In light of this fact we combined forces and started a new blog.Click below,come on in, and check it out.

website is now up!

2008-08-07T11:10:00.000-07:00

Well its finally official, I got my photography website put up this past week. Here is the web address:
www.victoriabainesharris.com

Let me know what you think!

Halle Slideshow

2008-07-30T22:54:00.001-07:00

You'd be surprised how much time went into this. and how late we stayed up figuring it out. Halle was a good subject though.

Victoria is trying to get everything ready for her big website launch (coming soon to an internet near you), and one of the things we needed to figure out was how she was going to slide shows on her website. We found a good program for it, but we needed to figure out how to tweak it and make it work right for her site. After 2 hours we finally got it all figured out. This is kind of a test slideshow, but Halle is so cute we decided to keep it up. Victoria is going to edit the photos and add some from another shoot soon, but we figured we would let the world get a sneak peak. Let us know what you think!

Cute boy!

2008-07-08T12:53:00.000-07:00

Last week when we were home I also was able to take some pictures of Greyden (Christina and Jared's son) he is so cute! We had fun playing in the backyard and sometimes he would laugh when the camera was pointed at him. I really have been enjoying taking pictures of people. I am very excited to see where it will take me!

Busy Week(s)

2008-07-01T16:16:00.000-07:00

We will take some pictures once its organized so everyone can see it. But then we had to go back to Colorado right after we got everything moved over to go to Colton's endowments at the Denver Temple. Everything is scattered around our house however it was pretty amazing to be able to see my younger brother go to the temple. I am so proud of him and the choices that he has made in his life. Even in the last two months I have seen such a tremendous spiritual growth in him, I can hardly believe that he was that little boy with the curly afro that I would tie to my play kitchen chairs (yes the same ones we just moved from) just because I wanted him to play and he wouldnt want to. Hes grow a little since then........

Well in addition to Colton's endowments I did Jeremy"s senior pictures which turned out very nice and I can't wait to sit down and get them edited! He and Jordan look SO much alike it is really funny! Here is a picture of my cute husband with Jeremy (I will post some of Jeremy's pictures probably next week when we are back from Vail.)

And so our next adventure is to Vail, Colorado to Play some lacrosse! I cant wait I am SO excited to pick up a stick again and actually play against girls who are good! Our team has a bunch of people that I played with at DU as well as a friend of mine who plays at Ohio State and a few others from various Division 1 programs around the country. Jordan is also playing and I am excited to watch him beat some kids up! It will be a great week!

Halle!

2008-06-25T16:41:00.000-07:00

Jayme, Max, and Halle came to stay with us last night. It was so much fun to see them and I just bought a new camera lens so I was able to try it out on Halle! She is so cute and has the funniest personality! We had a nice time visiting with them today and I was excited to put some of the pictures up of Halle, here she is!

A lot has happened in two short weeks!

2008-06-14T22:01:00.001-07:00

It has been a few weeks since we last blogged. Actually the last time was on family vacation. First vacation update. It was awesome. First we went to Gateway, Colorado (30 min south of Grand Junction). It was a sweet resort and we spent our first day there 4 wheeling

That was a ton of fun. We went to Moab for a few days after Gateway and went on some awesome hikes and we rafted to Colorado River. It was sweet.

I think our favorite hike was to Delicate Arch. It's the arch on all the Utah license plates. It was such an awesome hike.

That actually isn't Delicate Arch, but close enough right? I don't have those pictures on my laptop.

So after we got back from vacation things kind of got nuts. Victoria's sister Rachel stayed with us for a week, so we went on a quest to see how many times we could go to 7 Peaks in 1 week. I was also working a lacrosse camp the whole week. On Wednesday I had an interview with a hockey/lacrosse company based out of North Carolina who was looking for a Utah/Colorado sales rep. I felt that was a pretty good fit for me. I had a great interview with the guy, and after he took Victoria and I out for dinner to Outback (yum) and we chatted lacrosse for a while.

I ended up getting the job, so I am headed out on Monday for North Carolina to do some training, and then I will be working in Utah and Colorado. I'm way excited, and so is Victoria.

In addition to a new job, we are also getting a new place! We are moving in 2 weeks, and we couldn't be more excited. For those of you who visited us this past year you may have noticed our easy bake oven in our 4x4 kitchen. I'm pretty sure we have like 200 square feet in our current house. We are moving a few blocks to The Lexington (ohh fancy) to a very nice 2 bedroom apartment and we are very excited about it. So if you are in town you should stop by and check it out.

Victoria has been busy with her photography business, she is really starting to get stuff figured out. She will most likely have her website up and running by the end of the month. She is trying to get into doing children photography and sports. She is amazing at both, so it will be fun to watch her.

Anyway, a big update. Life is good in Provo, and we are staying busy, between our jobs, 7 Peaks Season Passes, and everything there is to do in Provo, we are having fun!

Family Vacation Update 1

2008-05-26T00:21:00.001-07:00

We are in Grand Junction, Colorado. The armpit of the state. Luckily we made it today, ole' Clutchy held on strong for us. We will be departing on the morrow for Gateway, Colorado. I'm not sure what it is a gateway to, but I'm praying it's not hell.

Also, 3 years ago I was arrested. Please refer to this webpage for more information concern said arrest.

http://www.co.utah.ut.us/Dept/Sheriff/InmateDetail.asp?id=174050

Thank you Kayce for the great find. Please enjoy the mugshot, more like glamor shot. Do you see that zit?!?!

Anyway, should this "Gateway" be to fun, I shall report back and let you know. Everyone can soon find out what happens if you turn off at Grand Junction and keep going! (anyone who has driven it has wondered). It's late and I will regret posting my mugshot in the morning. Goodnight moon!

kali cut my hair!

2008-05-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

So this morning I went into the salon that Kali is working at and she cut my hair! I actually was not nervous at all but pretty excited! Well I think that she did a great job (and Jordan likes it which matters most :) ) Give her some more practice and she is going to have her own salon in no time!

( by the way sorry for the bad picture! I think I am better at taking other peoples pictures and not my own, I will get some better ones soon!)

I have been very busy trying to get things going for my business! Today I ordered my business cards and I have been trying really hard to figure this website thing out. I refuse to use templates, Jordan and I are going to learn how to do it no matter how long it takes. Good thing I remember some html from that class I took at DU a few years back...... even though the teacher was evil. Anyways here is the home page (it may show up not centered, dont worry it will be).

Pictures I forgot I had.....

2008-05-04T22:21:00.000-07:00

Well this is a first! Two posts in 24 hours, how wonderful is that!? So I was going through some of the pictures that I have taken in the last few weeks and found some from a night when we went to Utah lake with a few friends and my bother Colton. I actually was going to use them for a school project because they were so different however decided not to. Anyways I thought they were fun and so I thought I would put them up!

Jordan and Taylor pushing huge rocks into the lake. They were convinced they were going to release Godzilla or something ridiculous......

Steve.

Jordan contemplating which rock to push in next......

Colton skipping rocks.

Taylor, Jordan, Steve and Christie.

RMCL championship!

2008-05-03T22:54:00.000-07:00

This has been sort of a busy week! I am finally done with school until August (thank goodness I am SOOOOOOO sick of it!) And its looks like I have two more semesters plus like 3 classes until graduation, I cant wait. I have been busy making my new photography website which I can hopefully get up and running soon and I think Jordan also is making one for some things that he would like to start doing with design and video and all sorts of fun things! We have both been very creative this week. This weekend was the RMLC championships and BYU won, of course. They were both great games and I enjoyed watching them. The highlight of the week is when Justin got into a fight and started ringing this guys neck and another Elliot came from the side and tackled Justin so he wouldn't get a penalty. I think it was the most exciting thing that I have ever seen in a game!

I also must post this picture of Jordan at half time. Coach lamb made a comment about hockey that Jordan was pretty upset about and this was his reaction........
I'm glad my husband is so funny, he keeps life very amusing. Good thing I found him, life would be so boring without him! So things are going great in the lives of Jordan and Victoria. We are very excited for the National tournament in Dallas in a week, as well as our trip to Moab in a few weeks! Also just a side note, my brother Colton put his missionary papers in today! Anyone want to guess on where he is going!?!?!??!? My guess is either Detroit, Michigan or Ireland (in which case my grandpa Gogarty said he is going with him to be his companion, haha funny). We will post again soon!

The Oregon Coast

2008-04-28T10:04:00.000-07:00

We just got back from Oregon yesterday, it was quite the trip. We went out for two lacrosse game, BYU vs. Oregon State and Oregon (BYU won both easily). It was an awesome trip. Neither Victoria or I had ever been to Oregon, so we were kind of surprised as to how beautiful it was there. BYU didn't play on Friday so we got a chance to do our own thing for the day, so a group of us took off for the Oregon Coast. It was BEAUTIFUL, and extremely fun.

At the beach in Florance, Oregon. It was an awesome little town. The weather was pretty cold, but it was still way fun to be at the beach. (She wasn't expecting me to pick her up)

We played in the sand for a while. Behind us is our friend Pat. He is actually 6 foot 7.

More good times in the sand

A few of the guys we were with decided to get in the Ocean. Mind you, it was freezing

They were frozen when they got out

After the beach we were on our way to the Heceta Lighthouse. Apparently it's one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world. This was the view driving to it

We took a sweet winding road and ended up in a huge cove at the trailhead to the lighthouse. We ended up playing in the cove for a few hours, then hiking to lighthouse.

Taylor Redd and I in one of the caves. Thanks Mom for never getting my pinky fixed. Now I look like this.

The whole group of us (minus Pat. He was taking the picture)

When we finally hiked up to the lighthouse, it was awesome

Me being very pensive at the top

Anyway, it was a great trip and we had a blast. We now have a new thing on our list of things we want to do. Drive the entire Oregon coast. It was awesome. This week we have Conference championships in Salt Lake, and then we are off to Texas for the national tournament. Go Cougs.

Videos and Pictures

2008-04-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Victoria has taken over 3,000 pictures at the BYU games this season. It's pretty amazing (www.byulacrosse.zenfolio.com if you want to see them) So I wanted to get in on the media act. I helped make a highlight tape for the team last year (07, my senior year) and then I have been making some stuff to promote games and stuff. Here is my clip for the upcoming Utah game.

The Harris Family- We Are Good On Computers

New pictures... Well actually older ones that I just uploaded.

2008-03-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

I was looking through pictures on our digital camera and realized that we had images from like december that we still had not put onto our computer! So here are a few that I thought were fun!

Jordan and Colton on our trip to Dillon.

Me grumpy on our trip in Dillon because we had to walk to the movie theater in 0 degree weather. This was quite the trip because I-70 had closed due to wind and snow so there were tons of people stuck. Needless to say there were parking spots available when we got there.....

Night out at the movies.

More blogging soon to come......

Hello everyone!

2008-03-02T17:33:00.002-08:00

So its been some time since our last post... sorry but both of us have been so busy! Jordan is becoming quite the coach at BYU and its been really fun watching him this season. I really wish he was playing (I know he does as well, actually I really wish I was playing because I am missing it too), but he is doing very well as a coach and seems to be enjoying it! I have become the photographer for the team and it has been so much fun. Its such a great expierience and a wonderful way for me to further my skills as a photographer. And I get to stay on the sidelines so its as close to the game as I can get without actually playing. I have created a site where players and fans can go to look at and order pictures. Here is the link:

byulacrosse.zenfolio.com

Be sure to take a look at it there are tons of images up and I am adding new ones every week.
I also have my other photography site up which includes all of my fine art work. Its not completley done yet but it is getting there!

www.victoriaharrisphotography.com

Anyways we are doing just great! We are very excited for this summer as we have recently purchased season passes at 7 peaks (the water park here) so we will be there lots this summer after work! I cant wait!

More fun scrapbooking pages!!

2007-12-17T00:59:00.001-08:00

Christmas is coming! The Goose is Getting Fat!

2007-12-15T15:49:00.001-08:00

We decorated our little house for Christmas! It was quite fun (keep in mind our place is only on the left. Not nearly as spacious as the pictures makes it look!) We both love Christmas, and can't wait to be with home with our families very very soon!

10 days till Christmas!

Snowbird Snowboard!

2007-12-14T21:30:00.000-08:00

Today was awesome! A few months ago Victoria and I got 2 for 1 passes to Snowbird, and today was the perfect day to use them. It had snowed a bunch this past week, so for the first time this season we got to ride in powder! Kayce came with us and went skiing for the first time in a few years, so it was fun for all 3 of us to go up and have an awesome day. There was seriously no lift lines, we didn't wait at all. It was great. Anyway, here are some pictures!

Victoria and I loving the snowboarding!

Kayce eating fruit snacks and looking awfully excited

Close Ups

Snowbird! Fun Snow, not so great terrain...

Last night we were able to go over and get our Nativity scene thanks to Victoria's Gogarty Grandparents! We absolutely love it! What a perfect wedding gift!

5 days until we are back in Colorado

Hello! And scrapbooking Pages!

2007-12-12T20:29:00.000-08:00

Hi all!!!! It has been quite a while since we last posted ( what is new.....) but actually I think now that this semester is over and we are finally married maybe we will be better about posting! So being married is great! Our honeymoon was very fun and relaxing and I was so sad when it ended. We have been having lots of fun (with the exception of school :( ) and finally have somewhat settled into our new home. We now own both a vaccum and a table both essentials that barley fit into our house but at least we have them! So I have been getting in to scrapbooking more and more latley (its So much fun!) and jordan really wanted me to post them on here so I told him I would. I have not done very many pages yet because school has been so hectic but now that its over after tomorrow I may actually have some time to do them (and take more pictures for the art show I am showing in next year! Which I am really excited about!) For those that have not heard I was accepted to show in my own gallery for a few months during 2008 at highlands ranch library! YAY! Very exciting! Anyways hope everything is going great for all! We love you!

Victoria and Jordan :)

The Wedding Song List!

2007-11-10T14:58:00.000-08:00

So we spent this morning coming up with what music we wanted played at our reception. We are quite excited about the list. This is the list of songs that we are going to have play during the reception.

Athlete- Half Light
Death Cab For Cutie- I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Postal Service- Such Great Heights
Matt Nathanson- Suspended
The Turtles- So Happy Together
The Reindeer Section- If Everything Fell Quiet
The Cure- Friday, I'm in Love
Van Halen- Can't Stop Loving You
Captain and Tennille- Love Will Keep Us Together
Stevie Wonder- You are the Sunshine of My Life
The Reindeer Section- You are My Joy
The Beatles- I Want to Hold your Hand
Nat King Cole - Smile
Hellogoodbye-Here In Your Arms
Hellogoodbye- Oh, It is Love
Alexi Murdoch- Love You More than Anyone
Barenaked Ladies- Call and Answer
Modern English- Melt With You
The Beach Boys- Wouldn't it Be Nice
Johnny Cash- Memories are Made of This
The Clarks- I'm a Fool
Chicago- You're the Inspiration
Neil Diamond- Forever in Blue Jeans
Righteous Brothers- Unchained Melody
Elton John- Something About The Way You Look Tonight
Sondre Lerche- My Hands Are Shaking (Dan in Real Life Soundtrack)
Peter Cetera- Glory of Love
Van Halen- Feels So Good

I am going to try and add one of those fancy music players that I have seen popping up on other pages and try to add these songs to it, so you can get yourself pumped up for the wedding! If some of the songs look ridiculous, its probably because it has a good memory to go with it for Victoria and I. For the most part though it is a very romantic list....... Anywho if you have any comments let me know what you think!

Less than 1 week!

By the way, the dancing songs are not on here. Those are secret. The song choices are greeeeat!

My Favorite Childhood Book! IN YOUTUBE FORM!

2007-11-07T21:54:00.000-08:00

So when I was a kid I used to always read a book called "The Hockey Sweater". It was hands down the best book I had ever read. I wore the book out, cover to cover. While using Wikipedia to remember this great book, i found out it was made into a short film! and the always reliable youtube had it! Enjoy and watch! Makes me want a Canadians jersey. I LOVE HOCKEY!

we are home! Yay!

2007-10-23T15:23:00.000-07:00

So we just got home today from the Maryland lacrosse trip. It was fun but I am so tired. I think we were up every morning at like four Utah time. They won two of their games and then lost two however one of the teams they beat was a division 1 team so overall it was a very impressive tournament. I have to say though I really miss playing and I really wish that Jordan was still playing hes really fun to watch. Here are some pictures from the trip, I took a ton! (I think over a thousand images....)
So we had to go take a tour of the capitol and it was b-o-r-i-n-g. I think I fell asleep standing up and our tour guide was some girl "working" her way up to the top of the white house.... bottom line she is the next Monica Lewinsky. Anyways the guy in this picture that Jordan is pointing at was another tour guide and he was well.,.... insane. He was so into the tour that the veins in his neck were bulging out. He was out of control. So we are really happy we are home and cant wait to see everyone on a few days! We are even more excited that we only have like three more weeks until we get married!!!! I cant wait!

Love Victoria

I hate school, but I don't hate everything......

2007-10-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

Here I am sitting in English class, being extremely frustrated with school... for good reason. We had a big proposal due today in class. I spent the last 4 hours freaking out and doing research and perfecting my proposal rough draft so I could turn it in on time. When I got to class I felt pretty satisfied about my proposal and I was hoping it would stack up to the others in my class. Boy was I disappointed when I got to class and we started to peer review everyone's proposal.

Girl 1: "I want to do research to see if girls are on diets"

That was the entire proposal!!!! MINE WAS 8 PAGES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl 2: " I didn't do a proposal because it was hard and I didn't understand it"

Teacher: "Don't worry about it, just try to write something"

ARE WE SERIOUS!

I am over school. Please give me a Degree! Please?

Maybe it's just been a stressful week, and that's why I was on edge tonight, or maybe it's because the BRONCOS LOST 41-3!!!!!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I am happy as can be about the Rockies doing well, but I was NOT willing to trade a Rockies season for unbelievably poor start to the Broncos season!!! UGH!!!!

Now enough with the downside of life, and up with brighter side of my life.

1st thing that me smile

Every summer I coach summer camps in Utah, and in doing so I have met most of the population of High School lacrosse players in Utah County. One of the player I have made friends with, got himself in trouble, and it couldn't be any funnier.

This kid is borderline albino, and he decided it would be funny to streak the Pleasant Grove homecoming fashion show. That is funny! The best part is the aftermath. He was arrested and now faces a felony charge, and he there is a possibility that he will have to register as a sex offender with the state!!!!

here is the news story

"PROVO, Utah (AP) -- A Pleasant Grove teen might face jail time after streaking during the Pleasant Grove High School homecoming pageant.

The teen's name is not being released until an arrest has been made. The man will be charged with lewdness in the presence of a minor, a class A misdemeanor.

Police say the charge of lewdness in the presence of a minor stems from the fact that many young children were present in the audience of roughly 800 people.

If the teen is convicted, it is possible he will have to register as a sex offender because he is an adult."

Ok, good stuff, but it gets better. There is a section for comments on the KSL website, and the comments were HILARIOUS!

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=1843233&comments=true

My personal favorite comment:

"You are perverted sex offenders. Stay away from our football games and our children. You may think that streaking is hilarious, and you would be right. But just because it is hilarious doesn't mean we can't ruin your life by transforming you into a sex offender. Let this be a lesson to all you prankster pervs out there in Utah County. We will not be streaked upon!!!"

THAT IS GOLD!!! These people are out of control, and it makes me laugh.

2nd reason I am happy:

The Rockies!!! For further reference on this amazing development in baseball, check out my sister Kayce's blog. It full of pictures and an actual account from being at the game. It's been really fun watching them, and let us pray the Sports Illustrated Curse doesn't bite us in the butt.

3rd Reason I am happy- The wait is almost over!! Next Tuesday marks a big day for me. You might be thinking it's only one month until I get married, and you'd be right, but TRANSFORMERS COMES OUT ON THE 16th! My favorite movie.....EVER!

I LOVE THAT MOVIE!

But honestly, I am way more excited that Victoria and I are down to month! We have our invitations and we will be sending them out soon! We are so excited, and we can't wait for the wait to be over! Plus, we were looking at Copper Mountain today and we cannot wait to go snowboarding for our honeymoon!

We will put up pictures from our awesome hike last Saturday soon!

Jake Bryd- Celebrity Avenger!

2007-09-22T09:41:00.001-07:00

I'm FAMOUS! and I desperately need a haircut!

2007-09-20T09:43:00.001-07:00

The Great Finger Fiasco!

2007-09-18T16:27:00.001-07:00

The Harris family has a solid tradition of finger injuries. It all started when the patriarch of the family, Marion, decided to cut his finger off when he was younger. Everyone has been trying to follow in his footsteps since then. Jayme had a valiant attempt when she slammed her finger in the back of a door hinge. Unfortunately there was enough skin and bones to keep the finger together.

Next in line to try was Kali. Embarrassed about her poor attempt so she hid her finger from the family until it was too late to stitch.

Well, Victoria has been doing her best to fit in with the family, so this past Sunday she gave the finger cutting off an attempt. She was cutting matte board for a class project when she slipped. Now this isn't a commercial, but those Cutco knifes are amazingly sharp. The only way to describe this cut is with pictures. Those with weak stomachs, please turn away now!

Needless to say I was a little surprised when I got home from church (Victoria skipped relief society, hence the accident)

So we rushed on over to the "InstantCare" in Orem. By instant they mean 2 hours later. I got quite bored (this is where all the camera phone pictures came from).

**Side Note- THE BEST THING about Doctors office...... HIGHLIGHTS MAGAZINE! We had a grand time trying to find all the hidden objects in the picture! Luckily there were no circles around every object like there are in some Doctor's office where little brats run amok. Click on the picture below and give it a try yourself and tell me it's not the best thing in the world! They were not lying when they said it would provide MINUTES of fun!

Anyway back to the story. Victoria was pretty nervous because she thought they were going to have to stick needles in her cut and scrub it clean. I assured her that they wouldn't have to do anything like that. Well, after we went back to see the Doctor they stuck needles in her cut and scrubbed it clean. Whoops! Don't worry, I got pictures of that too!

So after all was said and done, it was quite a Sunday! The downside, I got stuck cooking dinner. Well, I was able to take instuctions from Victoria about how to make dinner. And it turned out pretty good!

So Victoria is one step closer to becoming a Harris! Good Show Victoria! Less than 60 Days and it will be official and you won't have to worry about this finger nonsense!

I LOVE YOU VICTORIA! :)

Denver Broncos Are Bad For Your Heart!

2007-09-10T09:14:00.000-07:00

I love football season!!!!

OK FINE! UPDATE!

2007-09-01T01:02:00.000-07:00

So honestly folks! We have been awful at this. It has been a bit crazy around here for the past few weeks. I feel like we have barely enough time to breath! We helped moved 4 people in and out in the past two days.

Jayme and Max and Cute little Halle have left Utah. I'm very very sad, and we will both miss them so much, but we are so happy they are going back to Colorado. We will be following you shortly!!! Before they go, one last super cute picture of the best niece ever.

Next we got to move Kali into her new, very nice, apartment. We are so excited that Kali is back, and we have already had several young men at BYU express interest in "getting to know her better" Don't worry, I'm watching her like a hawk for Mindy.

Kayce was next on the list. We have been helping her on and off for a little while, but she has got quite the swingin' bachelorette pad. It is seriously so nice, and the best part of the whole place is the peep hole on the door is more like a video camera. It's amazing. You have to see it for yourself.

Lastly, and kind of leastly, but not really, we got to help my BBFF (Boy Best Friend Forever) Steven move into his place. It is less than a block away from where Victoria and I are living when we get married, and 2 blocks away from where I live now. How convenient! We both have matching scooters too, so we will ride hard or die. Well, we will will ride at a steady 35 mph anyway.
Steve just got married a few weeks ago, and I will post pictures of that later this week! It was awesome!

Lastly we started to get our house going. Victoria is living there right now, and loving life without roomates, but it has been a little barren considering we have had to furnish all of it ourselves. Well, thanks to our amazing parents, we have finally made it look like a home! Mindy and Marion came out this weekend to help Jayme and Max move back to Colorado, and were nice enough to help us out and buy us a few things from The Great and Spacious Building (IKEA) and both of our parents have been awesome about letting us have little bits and pieces from there houses. Honestly, without their help, we would be up a certain creek, without a paddle. We love you!

Actually, last week we were in a creek without a paddle. Well, we were in a river, with the paddles floating down in front of us. We floated down the Provo river last week in tubes we got for a couple bucks at a sports store. Everything was awesome until Victoria and I hit a support of a bridge and flipped our tube! Mostly it was just funny, but we now know that we must avoid that bridge at all costs. We looked rather silly getting flipped upside down.

Anyway, when it's not 2 in the morning I will get a post together with awesome pictures from Steves wedding, Lake Tahoe, and beautiful baby Halle!

Love

Jordan.

P.S. Kens, let me know if you want to learn the states in alphabetical order. I can teach you in a matter of minutes!

engagement pictures!

2007-08-09T11:56:00.000-07:00

I dont have time to blog right now but our pictures are up. YAY! here is the link if you want to take a look!

http://www.ishotsphoto.com/harris.html

Well.... it has been awhile....

2007-08-07T22:13:00.000-07:00

So there are two things that I have decided we are really not very good at... First of all blogging. We are the most inconsistent bloggers to walk the face of this earth. Part of the reason could be due to us just forgetting... or it could be because Jordan is now obsessed with this show called "Flight of the Conchords" or something like that. All I know is it is about two goofy guys that are from New Zealand that walk around and sing to people. Ok so it may have its moments when it is sort of funny however I kinda miss my fiance. Ok so the second thing we are not good at.....Running. Lets just say our attempt this morning to run was not very good, actually we never went. BUT!!!! we did go tonight and after about a mile we decided to walk, I honestly thought I was having a heart attack.... maybe I am just out of shape. Jordan did get some really cool shoes though so I feel that this will help us get going! (jordan wanted me to add that he did get them at the nike outlet and he found a very good deal on them! hes so responsible).

Last week we went to Colorado! It was so much fun to see everyone, I cant wait until we get to move back there! The weather was so much better then here in hot, gross Utah. While we were out there we were able to get a lot of stuff done for our wedding! We had our engagement pictures done (which we cant wait to see!), our reception place is picked out, as well as cake, flowers and decorations! I am SO excited I can hardly stand it! I hope the next 99 days go by quickly. OH I almost forgot, we also did our registries! Here is the link that everyone can check for all the info about our wedding. http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/VictoriaBaines&JordanHarris

Well we will try and be better about keeping the world updated on the exciting life of Jordan and Victoria.... in the meantime here are more Lake Powell pictures in case anyone wanted to see more! Love you all!

My oh My I Am Bad at Blogs!

2007-07-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Sooooooo basically the blog was fun the day we started it, and then we have yet to update it. Here is a quick recap of the events that have happened since the last blog

Halle Harker got even cuter
Kali found a sense of humor
Victoria has stopped biting her nails
I (Jordan) spent the last week obsessed with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Victoria and I went to Lake Powell with The Simpson's (not the movie, the family)

Halle is growing up really fast! She is really long and super cute! Check out the Halle Harker blog linked on the right to see tons of cute pictures of her!

As for Kali......... I always thought she was really funny, but I also thought 90% of her humor was because she was clueless! But it turns out that Kali is actually trying to be funny, and is even doing a good job of it! Well done Kali!

Before we get too far in the blog, I am now going to post my Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I will try not to give away any of the ending, but no promises. OK, nevermind, I promise. Lets begin!

So we are in year 7 of the Fabulous! life of Harry Potter. We have seen him grow from a young lad being tortured by his aunt and uncle to the wizarding hero that we all know and love. The 7th book is a fantastic end to the series and clears up everything that you were curious about before!

If you plan on reading the book, let me give you a suggestion. Go to Wikipedia and read the summaries for the first 6 books. There was a lot that I forgot about that I needed to remember while reading the 7th.

My review is generally positive, however, I found one huge drawback to reading the book. I am now really really really mad that magic isn't real. I was driving back from Logan on Friday and I was suddenly really frustrated that I couldn't just apparate back to Provo. I was really upset about it.

I was in church today and I was focused on my program whispering "Wingardium Leviosa" and the crappy piece of paper wouldn't rise in the air. In frustration I stood up and screamed in the middle of church. OK, that's not true, but my scar did hurt!

So in Summary Harry Potter is a coming of age tale that should be read by anyone looking for a little light reading

I may have a future in book reviews.

So now to the pictures of us! We rocked Lake Powell last weekend with my Aunt Stacy, Uncle A.J. and my cousins Madison and Kennady. It was the first time that we (Victoria and I) have been to Lake Powell, and it was awesome! We are so lucky to have such awesome relatives that would take us with them! So onto the best pictures from the week.

We spent lots of time wakeboarding and it turns out Victoria is really good, and I can hold my own in the water!

That's me catching some air over the wake. I actually landed! ha ha.

Victoria getting more air than me!

Madison getting her Wake on

Kens showing off

All of us under Rainbow Bridge, the pictures isn't that clear, but it was pretty awesome either way!

So yeah, the blog is updated! There are so many more pictures from Lake Powell, and Victoria took some amazing pictures, which I will let her put up on the blog later! It was such an awesome weekend. We are headed back to Colorado on Tuesday to do all the engagement stuff, so hopefully we will get to see some of you while we are there! Sorry for ramblin'!

More exciting news!!!! Actually Just me Talking about stuff

2007-07-17T17:18:00.001-07:00

I am really kind of excited that we have started our own blog! It will be fun to keep everyone updated on our really interesting lives.

So its officially official... we called and scheduled the temple today!!!!!! I am SO excited! I know that Jordan is happy that he found me because I will put up with him, but to be totally honest I am glad I found someone who will put up with me for eternity..... between the two of us I am convinced that I am more difficult to handle then he is! In all seriousness however I am so happy I found him. He so perfect for me and I truly am the luckiest person in the world!

So for those who have not met Jordan, I will tell a little bit about him. He grew up in Littleton Colorado, and he too is amazing at lacrosse. He played four years at BYU and finished out this last year with a national championship (yes Jordan you are truly an amazing lacrosse player and a national champion (he likes when people tell him that)). So pretty much I found everything I wanted in a guy, he plays lacrosse (and I am pretty sure he may be as addicted to it as my dad is, which for those of you who know him .....thats hard to do), and he is from Colorado, I am pretty much set to go. Its true the night we met Jordan sang karaoke to Neil Diamond and I pretty much decided at that point he was "the one".....as you can tell, they got WAY into it...... But we became inseparable pretty much immediately and I am pretty sure his friends hate me for taking him away from them, oh well life goes on. So anyways we are both way excited that we have found one another and I am really happy that I am marrying into such a wonderful family! They are so much fun and they are going to be great in laws! I cannot wait to move back to Colorado so we can all hang out! PS Halle Harker is SOOOO cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I miss her just thinking about her!

So thats about all.... OH WAIT before I forget!!!! Everyone who has not met Jordan's all time best friend in the whole wide world (well that is until I came along, then he got moved to 2nd place and I took over 1st...) This is Steve. And we are going to his wedding in a few weeks, which is exciting obviously because they are getting married..... but also because it is exactly three months away from when Jordan and I are getting married!!!! Oh goodness 122 and counting.......

Love you all!!

Victoria

The First Post and the Big News

2007-07-16T22:55:00.000-07:00

So, in the new Harris tradition of blogging our lives, we have decided to start our own blog. We will probably switch off writing, so we will both sign our names at the bottom so you know who to blame.

So, to start the blog off with a bang we have big news that you have already heard from Mindy. Victoria and I are getting married!!! November 17th in the Denver temple. I couldn't be more excited. My best friend Steve said that it would take a really special girl to put up with me, and good news, I found her!

For those of you who don't know Victoria I will tell you a little bit about her, and the funny story about us. She is also from Denver. She is amazing at lacrosse and was on Scholarship at Denver University for two years before she ended up at BYU. She can beat the butts off half the guys on my BYU team. Anyway, we met really randomly and hit it off pretty quick. Let's be honest, the Neil Diamond karaoke the first night certainly helped! A few nights later we got to talking and found out that her aunt was my moms best friend that my mom has known since like 1st grade or 80 years ago or something.

So it was all pretty random, but it was a perfect fit. She is amazing she even thinks I'm funny! Anyway, I don't want to sound too cheesy, but she really is the perfect girl for me, and she fits in with my family amazingly well, which in it's self qualifies anyone for sainthood (Just ask my brother-in-law Max) PS the picture on the right is of some guy named Saint Max, not my brother-in-law.

So anyway, we are both extremely excited and so happy that both our families are so amazing. Honestly, it is perfect and November 17th cannot come soon enough! I'm most excited that when Victoria becomes Victoria Harris that she will have her own logo pre-made with her initials! (See Left)

I think she is most excited to be the newest Aunt to the cutest baby ever Halle Harker! (See tickeledpinkbaby.blogspot.com and picture to the right)

So thats about it for now! I'm sure she will get on and write some more sometime this week, but in the mean time I love all of you, and for those of you who haven't met Victoria yet, I can't wait for you to see how amazing she is! I love her tons, and I'm sure you guys all will too!

Love,

Jordan

P.S. Credit for the title of the blog has to be given to my cute cousin Madison. She came up with the name, so thanks Madison!