Fun Weekend!

Congratulations Lara and Brian!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Due to the fun wedding of Andrew's sister Lara we got to spend the weekend in South Jordan with Andrew's entire family, and there are a lot of them. When we first arrived on Friday night we felt like we were in the opening scenes of Home Alone with 17 kids running around and even more adults. But we had so much fun!!!

Brian's father acquired a soft serve ice cream machine for a picnic the night before the wedding and then for the reception as well. I believe the record for most ice cream cones eaten was 17, I was surprised none of the kids threw up.

Happy Birthday Andy, Lara and Ben.

Food and games and talking and family make a fun weekend for me!!

Summer Project

This is the main project I assigned to myself and Andrew this summer. My parents gave us this old coffee table when Andrew and I got married. I decided that it needed to be darker, especially since the color it was exactly matched the doors and cupboards in the duplex that we used to live in, and I didn't particularly like the color that was probably very popular in before the 60's. So we have spent time sanding, conditioning and staining, we finally finished last night (though I started at the beginning of the summer, moving and traveling put the project on hold for quite a while), Andrew was so nice to get up this morning and put the finished project together for me. The stain is a lot more red than I thought it would be, but I do love the darker color. Any suggestions for my next project, well after we make the hand-me-down end table match the made over hand-me-down coffee table???

The New Place!!!

The spare bathroom

The wonderful kitchen!!

See the beautiful quilt my mom made!!! Thanks mom!!!!

Here are a few pictures of the new place, I only included my favorite rooms. Sorry the pic of the living room has the stair railing in it, thats the best angle I could get with my camera, it doesn't zoom out much. We have two spare rooms and lots of blankets, we would love some visitors!!!!!! Thanks for coming to see us Mom, Dad and Lindsay!!!

Catching Up

Well we finally got all moved and unpacked, and
now we have the internet again, yay!!! I'll probably post pictures of the new place later this week.








Piles of stuff ready to move out of the duplex




















Loading the truck



















Cleaning the carpet

So much stuff!!

I must admit the place looked like this for weeks, we have spent June and July traveling and SLOWLY unpacking

Ready for the 4th of July parade in Heber, AZ

Time for fireworks

The baseball field at the high school the place to watch the fireworks because they are shot off at the football field. You get to be so close!!!!

There were so many people there!!

So I totally stole this idea from Katie because they were so cute!!!!

These were the treats we took to the Pioneer day BBQ!! While the fireworks were being set off (the ones that the cops didn't take away) the kids kept sneaking into the house, when we went back in they were all gone. They were yummy though, I don't blame them.

Packing Fun

For those of you who haven't heard, Andrew and I are in the proccess of buying a condo. We are super excited, and even though the closing date hasn't even been chosen I am packing. I am still having nightmares about the last chaotic move so I want to be on the ball with this one, not to mention we are planning on being in Moab the weekend we should be moving, great timing I know. So this is us packing and the messy messy duplex.

Anniversary Trip!!!

A little late I know, but for our anniversary Andrew and I went to Salt Lake for the weekend, we had a ton of fun, some of the highlights of the trip were:

Treasure Island at the Hale Centre Theatre, I was very impressed with the stage!!!!!!

Gardner Village!!!! So so so so fun!!!! Its a good thing I live hours away from there or I would spend most of my time (and money) there.

Random trip to Target

The Gateway, I had never been there, another place I should live far away from.

Temple Square!!! They were doing construction on the temple grounds so we didn't take any pictures there, this is us in front of the Conference Center.

This last year has been the best of my life, I'm so glad a married such a wonderful man who loves me and will support me and encourage me and put up with my craziness, I love him so much!!!! Life is good.

FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm done!!!! I turned in my last two finals this morning and now I'm finished. Here is a list of the things I've been putting off, that I now plan on doing this summer.

1. Give myself a manicure and a pedicure

2. Read a book a week all summer

3. Go running/exercising at least 5 times a week

4. Make the afghan that I bought yarn for 6 months ago

5. Deep clean every room in my house

6. Scrapbook!

7. Go for walks with my husband

8. Bust out some of those cook books I got for wedding presents and still haven't used

9. Finish the 2nd season of lost, and then some

10. Go camping!!!

11. Go hiking!!!

12. Make hats with the loom that I bought 6 months ago

13. Go on picnics with my husband

14. Practice Spanish

15. Relax and enjoy the summer!!!!

(the pic has nothing to do with the post, its just me talking to my mom while charging my phone, thats why I'm balancing on the edge of the bed)

Web 2.0 -What does it really mean?

This is an unusual video. I am finishing up a CSIS class that has been pretty nifty and for the last assignment I had to create a blog (already have one) and post with a link to a video. Just click the link, sit back, and enjoy the music! It is all about the web and the way it is changing, but approached in a very anthropological way. It really is a little mind boggling to think about the world wide web. I mean all it really comes down to is a giant conglomeration of networks all spliced together so you can access information from around the world with just a click of the mouse.

So close!!

I just finished writing my third research paper in a two week period. YAY!! Its not even due until tomorrow morning, this is a first for me, I normally finish just before class. I am amazing I know. Now I have three assignments and four finals and I will be done with the semester, so so close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What has 49 keys, no lock, and fits under the couch?

Happy anniversery to me! In celebration of our upcoming anniversary Megan got me a Casio Keyboard and a packet from the LDS distribution center that is pretty much going to turn me into a master of the Simplified Hymns. It starts from the basics, like time and notes, and goes through basic keyboard playing skills. It even has a case so I can take it to work this summer when I am sitting in front of the computer with nothing better to do. I have been talking about wanting to learn how to play the piano for quite some time so when we saw it she said we ought to get it!

Healthy Snacks!

So you could say Megan and I have turned into
health nuts (I prefer the term "nutritionally aware"). We are finding all kinds of opportunities to replace the snack of yesteryear with some new and exciting snack that is fun and nutrient rich! Sometimes we even spice up these new healthy snacks by adding a little something special (see the m&ms replacing every other raisin on my peanut butter and celery snack).
Really though, we are working on weening ourselves off the sweet stuff that seems to dominate our free time. We are looking for some alternative snacks that are still tasty so please do share! Thanks!

A&M

Mmmmm

The other day I made cinnamon rolls for the first time. I had no idea that they took so long, well until I called my mom for help and she told me that they take about 4 hours. That was rough, i'm just like a little kid, checking to see if the dough has risen every two minutes. I had to go into my bedroom and read a book while I waited. The total process took about three and a half hours, and they did rise way more than I was expecting in the oven meaning I have to clean the gooey mess out of the bottom, but they were totally worth it!!! The frosting is pink because it is leftover from Valentine's Day.

Suprise!!!!

So Andrew's mom has been telling him that she wants to get a computer, and Andrew keeps telling me that I need a new computer, and I keep telling Andrew that I am perfectly happy with the computer I have, even though it is slow and has a few problems. But guess what came in the mail on Wednesday.......








It's so little!!!!! Itss cute and light and it my anniversary present, even though it is two months early. So my computer is going to Andrew's parents, hopefully after Andrew makes it work like new. Luckily this one wasn't near as expensive as I thought it would be. The keyboard is different so I'm working on getting used to that, but it was an exciting surprise. I have such a sweet hubby!!!!

LDS.org - Liahona Article - Come unto Him in Prayer and Faith

I am doing an assignment for my CSIS class in which I have to find a new Firefox Extension and write about it, so I found this quote and am posting it with Dashblog. It is pretty neat and easy. I hope you enjoy the quote from lds.org!
"If our desire is to discard all doubt and to substitute therefor an abiding faith, we have but to accept the invitation extended to you and to me in the Epistle of James:

'If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

'But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.'

Have times really changed? Don’t we today, as always, love our children and want them to live righteously? Don’t we today, as always, need God’s divine, protecting care? Don’t we today, as always, continue to be at His mercy and in His debt for the very life He has given us?

Times have not really changed. Prayer continues to provide power—spiritual power. Prayer continues to provide peace—spiritual peace."

This comes from the first presidency message this month by President Monson. These words are so powerful! I think we need prayer today as much as ever. I know I couldn't get by without the strength the Lord provides when I ask in faith.