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!!