Christmas was AWESOME!!

Dallin and I had a great christmas this year!! I got him the Kinect for his Xbox 360 and he got surprised me with a laptop!! I had NO idea he was getting me one!! I LOVE my computer and I LOVE the Kinect! It is EXACTLY what a video game should be I have been sore for a few days because I play it so much! It is awesome I highly recommend it!! I have also been really organizing my apartment and it looks so nice I am very proud of it! and last night we went to the greatest wedding reception ever Dallins cousin got married and there was ice skating at the reception!! It was so fun I love ice skating!!

White Christmas and the PROPHET!!

Tonight dallin and I went and saw the U's production of white christmas for our family home evening! It was really good but the best part was that right before the show started President Monson and President Uchtdorf both walked in with their families!!! It was so fun to see them there I never think about them doing stuff like this so it was really fun to see them!! We also saw Dallins cousin Andrea there with her fiance (we had no idea she was engaged)! President Uchtdorf was sitting 6 rows ahead of us to our left and president monson was 7 rows ahead of us to our right! The play was good but I was paying way more attention to the prophet!! Not many people can say that the prophet was at their FHE!! They are such wonderful men I am so thankful that we went tonight!!

Granny

One Year ago today granny passed away! I love her so much!! She was so good to all of her grandchildren and I know she loves us all so much!! I was never the best at calling her every week or mailing her letters! I think about her alot and I am so thankful that she is my granny! She is a wonderful lady and I felt like she should be remembered today!

Turkeys

I am not a fan of turkeys!! I like to eat them because they wanted to eat me! But other than that they smell and are a mean animal!! Now that we are into November I am starting to do thanksgiving projects with my kids and everything involves turkeys so my kids always tell me how much they love turkeys and they pretend to be turkeys! I do not like turkeys! for those of you who do not know the story here is how I remember it... When I was little we went somewhere that there were alot of turkeys ( I do not remember where or how old I was) i was up against a fence (I think) and a turkey bit my lip! I think I was with Carianne and she helped me clean up! It was not fun! I still have a small scar!! (I don't know how acurate this is but it is all I remember! if anyone remembers better feel free to correct me!) And so I am not a turkey lover! I am actually a little afraid of them! So today when my boys were pretending to be turkeys and one of them came over and bit me I had a major flashback to my childhood! We are now going to learn about other thanksgiving things besides turkeys (I just don't know what)!

Snow

It is snowing in Salt Lake today!! I just looked out of my window to snow!! I only like this because it is not sticking to the roads! Soon this will not be a good thing!

I have the best family!!

Tonight Mommy, Daddy, Annie, Dallin, and Jay came to my Phlebotomy class for friends and family night!! They let me practice on them and it was so fun!! Jay didn't she looked like she might throw up and she doesn't like this stuff so I just practiced on everyone else and I think I did a really good job! But I love my family they are so supportive of everything I do! I really appreciate them all coming tonight even though some of them didn't want to! It made me feel good to know that everyone who could come came and supported me! So thank you again and I love you so much!!
Well I need to go back to bed but I just kept waking up thinking that I needed to come write this so finally I just got up! Now maybe I can get some sleep!

Elder and Sister Bednar

Last night Elder and Sister Bednar came and gave a fireside to our stake it was a question/answer session and it was SO amazing! I love living in the married housing here we have had so many opportunities like this but last night was like the coolest fireside I have ever been to! It was truly amazing!

Anniversary!!

So yesterday Dallin totally spoiled me all day long!! First he took me to a movie and shopping and then he had made reservations at my favorite hotel we stayed in a suite on the 12th floor that was seriously like twice as big as our apartment!! He was going to take me to the roof for dinner but i wasnt hungry enough for that so we just went to macaroni grill which I picked even though it wasnt on the list of choices!! when we got back we went swimming our hotel had 2 pools an indoor/outdoor pool and a garden pool we just went to the indoor/outdoor pool! They had a sauna (I love saunas) and we just spent a long time down by the pool! I laid there and read it was really fun! I got to go shopping and buy a whole new outfit shoes pants shirt everything! I had a really nice weekend!

Two Years...

Two years ago today Dallin and I got married! This has been the happiest most wonderful two years of my life! And things just keep getting better!! I love Dallin so much and I am so thankful that we get to spend an eternity together! I dont know what dallin has planned for today its a surprise But last night he drove down to provo to get me 2 dozen roses from our favorite florist (thanks Annie they are so beautiful)!! I will post pictures soon!

I PASSED!!

I Passed my test!! Im a CNA!! That is such a huge relief to be done!! I am SO happy!!

I am in LOVE!!

Yes I am in love with dallin but I have found something else that I LOVE!! PHLEBOTOMY and... IV TECH! I am taking both classes right now and I feel like I am good at it and I really enjoy it! I was so scared the first time i stuck an inch long needle and catheter into someones arm but when on my first try tonight I got it in and it just went uphill from there! it is awesome I loved the feeling! I know that sounds wierd but its true I also got a 2 inch IV in! I really love it! I just wanted to share my new found interest! I am REALLY excited about it!! So yes I am really happy!

Blinds!!

Today we put up blinds in our apartment they were really a pain to put up but after a few runs to home depot and a lot of sweat and frustration we still only got 2 windows done!! We just need to do the last one and then we will be done!! But they do look a lot better!! and it kept me from stressing too much about my CNA Test on Monday!! Monday will be a busy day!!

Alot...

OK so i would like to apologize for my lack of posts lately!! Things have been really busy here!! I mostly just go to work and come home but it seems like i do so much more than just that! But before i bore everyone with details about my boring life I want to ask you a favor... I am looking for some good books to read and I know that you all will have amazing suggestions for me! I love to read but i feel like i keep reading the same books over and over! OK now back to me! I FINALLY got my drivers license changed after almost 2 years of marriage i had my social security done last year but i just never went and did my drivers license until last Friday it sure is nice to have that over with!! Well i have had really bad allergies lately along with a sinus infection but thankfully i am over that now i think! Dallin is going to summer school and I am getting ready to take my CNA exam then i plan on taking a phlebotomy course i think that will be fun i am really excited to do that. Call me weird but I think i will like stabbing people with needles of course i haven't actually done it yet so who knows if i even have the guts to do it!! We have been sticking pretty close to home lately we got season passes to a water park here and we go every chance we get it is a lot of fun and we both love it! I am really looking forward to July Dallins family is coming and i love them all so much and am so excited to see them!! At work yesterday we were talking about mother-in-laws and all my coworkers were discussing the problems that they have had with their mother-in-laws and i just sat there thinking how blessed I am to have such an amazing mother-in-law and wonderful brothers and sisters-in-law! I have never felt unloved or judged around them I cant wait to see them!! Dallin and I are planning on going to pageant on Friday or Saturday i cant wait to see Popi and Doreen!! Oh and while i am thinking about it i have a new movie that i really like and am going to recommend its called The Young Victoria its about queen Victoria (in case you couldn't guess from the title) and I really liked it!! Well I think that's about it for now!! I will try to post again soon!

So much going on!!

So This has been a busy month! First we went to Nauvoo and that was amazing!! I had a great time with my family and since i got back to work we have busily been getting ready for our licensing inspection! it has definantly been causing some major headaches for me! Well I must say that I absolutly love where I live! saturday we had the community yard sale and that was fun! I bought some fun stuff there! and i just love being so close to the people in my ward! oh and i also got some photo editing software and I have been enjoying playing with that! here is a picture of adam ondi ahman that i took and then put together!


Also last night we had a fireworks show in our apartment! This morning at 2:30 I kept having a dream that people were yelling at me to wake up because there was a fire I kind of woke up but then went right back to sleep because I thought it was just a dream then I i heard something that sounded like someone in my apartment I jolted up and I am positive I saw someone standing in the doorway to my bedroom yelling at me to wake up... all of the sudden sparks started flying out of the fan in our room! I hit dallin and he jumped up and turned off the fan! it was really scary! but i am so glad that i woke up because right by the fan was a pile of clothes! It could have been really bad! I guess dallin had dropped the fan on the floor right before he came to bed so i am assuming that is what caused it! well thats about it! I will try and post again soon!! I just always forget!!

Annie!!

I love Annemarie! She is the best big sister and friend that I could ask for! I remember the christmas after Annie came home from her mission I really didnt know her! It had been so long since i had lived with her or been around her! She moved in with me that February and became one of my best friends! I absolutly loved living with her I have so many wonderful memories of us in our apartment that was always 90 degrees! we would be home and just lay there and watch tv because it was too hot to do anything else! I am so thankful for that time and for the relationship annie and I built while we lived together! I am so proud of her and of all that she has done with her life! she is so amazing and I love her so much! Happy 25th birthday Annemarie!!

Ok so i know i should have posted this yesterday but I cant find the picture I want!! I looked all day!! I wanted the one of her Dallin and I on the day we bought our couch! but oh well!

BUSY BUSY BUSY......

Oh man this month has been very very busy! I have so much going on right now that i don't even know where to start! First of all I am taking a CNA class (certified nursing assistant) and i LOVE it!! i take it on Saturdays and Sundays there are 5 classes so that is 10 hour days on my weekends and then i will have clinicals in a nursing home for 2 days then 2 skills days i am really excited about this! i think it is so much fun and i am so glad that i am doing it! the only thing is that i hate missing church but i think i will only miss 2 Sundays which is still not ideal but it was the only time i could take the class! That brings me to my next set of news Dallin and I just got called as the Nursery Leaders in our ward we now get to make the schedule for nursery which Dallin enjoys and we are in charge now which is good too. So if anyone has any advice that would be good! OH I FINALLY GOT A BREAD MAKER!!! I am so excited it is so nice to have fresh bread in the mornings!! I have wanted one for a long time so this is very good news!! I am also looking into going back to school! which will be difficult but defiantly worth it in the long run!! well that is about it... we are both just working and dallin has school and we are both staying busy and working hard! We are doing well and life is good! I know i don't ever talk to anyone anymore except maybe like Kim and Dallin cause i see them everyday!! but know that I love you and i do think about all of you often and I read your blogs on a daily basis!! blogs are wonderful they make me feel close to my cousins and my family who are a million miles away... and I love having a way to keep updated on peoples lives!! I feel like I get to know my cousins and their family's better every time they blog! and it makes me so happy to see how well everyone is doing! I am so proud of my sisters and my cousins and all that they have and are accomplishing in their lives you are an inspiration to me and I love you all very much!

perfect date night!!

Tonight for our date Dallin and I went and served dinner at the homeless shelter. It was wonderful it truly makes me grateful for everything that I have. There were family's and older people, teenagers and even some nicer dressed people there were people in wheel chairs and little children. I have never done that before and I hope to have the chance to do it again. It was tiring but the people were all SO nice. When one guy found out that we were LDS he asked us how he could join up with those fundamentalist Mormons I told him that I had absolutely NO IDEA! because we aren't affiliated with them!! another man told us he used to attend church in our building a long time ago. 4 men told me I was pretty and I cant figure out why when a homeless man tells me that I'm pretty I can immediately say thank you but when dallin says it I don't believe him!! but they only said it when dallin wasn't with me. Dallin says its because he is SO intimidating (I'm not sure that's it) I am so thankful that we had that opportunity to go and do that it was definantly a humbling experience I don't think that I have ever done service where I can see the difference I am making usually its making blankets or knitting hats and someone else gets to be the one to hear the expressions of gratitude and feel the appreciation that the people have. I loved the feeling of being needed and knowing that I was working for a good cause. I never realised how much the salvation army actually does. I never paid attention to where the extra food from costco goes dallin buys muffins from costco every other week and that was the exact thing that we were giving these people for dessert it really made me think! That is definantly one of the best dates I have ever been on!

bowl of rice!!

So the guy at the cell phone place told me that if you stick a water damaged cell phone in a bowl of rice it sometimes fixes it!! and it REALLY DOES WORK!!! that is one helpful piece of information!!

Broken cell phone...

So apearently after having a HORRIBLE day at work calling your mom and crying is NOT a good idea (I wasnt even crying hard) My cell phone now has water damage and the keypad doesnt work!!! yeah GREAT! I am so glad I have fridays off I really dont know how much more I can take!!!

relieved.....

SO yesterday my doctor called to tell me that they found an "abnormal cell growth" in my uterus but that the biopsy results weren't back yet! all of the sudden people started talking to me about cancer and hysterectomy's and a million other things that made my head spin all of the sudden it went from abnormal bleeding to cancer and my never having kids!! It really scared me! I have never had a more terrifying 24 hours!! well the doctor just called and said that my biopsy came back negative... I have never been so happy to fail a test!! I have never felt so relieved!!

favorite recipe!!

Ok so a few weeks ago I was watching my favorite cooking show everyday italian with Giada on the food network she made a recipe that took like 10 minutes and looked really good she pretty much just sauted asparagus, peas, and whole cherry tomatoes in olive oil and then added a half cup chicken broth and some cheese then poured it over pasta it looked really good so I have started making that with whatever vegtables I have to use up at the end of the week it is great with fresh, frozen and canned vegtables tonight I made fresh brocolli with frozen peas and canned corn then added the chicken broth and parmesean cheese it was really good!! I love it because it makes me feel like i dont waste my leftover vegtables anymore! You can put as few or as many vegtables in and it works it was really yummy!! but it always feels like a fresh new recipe!! i just use whatever pasta i have on hand and i can make as much or as little as i want it is awesome!! she did put alot more into it but i dont think it has to have all of that in it!!

My New Goal!! And how my last one went!!

So my goal to cook everyday went really well! i really enjoyed it! I am so proud of myself for doing it!! I will keep that one going! Also I have a new goal... I want to run in a marathon!! I know I can do it! I want to do it I have a plan and I am going to get there! I think Annie will do it with me! This is something I have always seen people do and thought that I would never be able to do it. Last week as I was sitting and watching the biggest loser I thought why not? Why can't I do it? there is NO reason that I cant! This year I am going to try to do things that I have never done and that I never thought I could or would do! I have a plan and I need to stick to it! I think I want to start out with a half marathon and then I will work my way up to a full marathon!! I need to do this for me! I will let you know how this one goes!

HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY TINA!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!

my goal for the week!!

Sadly I have come to depend too much on frozen food from costco... I eat something from my freezer everyday and I hardly ever cook anymore which is something I LOVE to do!! therefore I have made a goal starting today I am not going to just heat up a frozen burrito in the microwave I am actually going to cook dinners for a whole week and make enough leftover for lunch the next day!!! (which is no small amount of food if you have ever seen my husband eat!!) today for dinner I made spaghetti but not with just any noodles I made homemade egg yolkless noodles which are healthier than normal noodles!! When I was younger I used to LOVE making noodles I still do! My favorite present from my wedding was the pasta maker it was from the judge who made it possible for us to get married. when we first got married every sunday I made noodles then it slowed down to maybe once a month until now it has been about 6 or 7 months since i have made them I love the taste and the texture of them they are more filling than store bought noodles and They make REALLY good chicken soup!!
Well that is my goal I will let you know how it goes!!!
p.s. I am open to trying new recipes if you have any good ones I would love to try them!!

Dutch vs. My Cake

So last Saturday I was baking a birthday cake for Dallin it was 4 layers so I put the cakes on the kitchen table while I was making the filling dutch was running around I thought someone was watching him so i went on making my cake. A few minutes later dutch comes walking in with what looked like a piece of brownie. I looked at him and asked him where he got the brownie. all of the sudden it hit me that it was a piece of my cake!!! I gasped as my hands shot up to cover my mouth (I did NOT cry contrary to what my mom says) mom asked me what was wrong and i pointed to the bottom layer of my cake and then I just started Laughing we took the piece and stuck it back in the cake and I assembled and frosted the cake... The cake was REALLY good and we have no idea who got Dutchs piece of cake but it was REALLY funny!! He is so cute I am so glad pam is moving here so I can see him more he was really fun!!

Our very eventful week!!

This has been an interesting week in our home! Tuesday morning Dallin called to tell me he had just had an accident so we don't have a car for now and we have no idea when it will be fixed or what is wrong with it. we are borrowing Dallins moms car until we can get ours fixed! then later that day we got a call that Dallins grandpa wasn't doing well Dallin was able to go and see him on tuesday afternoon while he was in provo picking up his moms car. Later that night we recieved word that grandpa walker had passed away. we will miss him so much he was such a wonderful person I know he is so happy to be reunited with his wife and his son (my father-in-law) those of us who are left behind will miss him. Wednesday I had to get the H1N1 flu shot which just hurt!! then thursday was Dallins 25th Birthday! and tonight we have the Viewing and tomorrow is the funeral. It has been a REALLY long week! On the brighter side on Sunday I will have known Dallin for 2 years!! It has been a wonderful, eventful, and fun 2 years! My life has changed so much in the past 2 years! I love Dallin so much he is my best friend and i can't imagine my life without him!