Easter 2010

In my family we have always celebrated the Easter Bunny part of Easter on Saturday and the Christ part of Easter on Sunday. Will and I picked up that tradition as well but this year it didn't happen. We had so much going on that weekend that both got pushed to Sunday. On Saturday morning I had an audition for Annie Get Your Gun. It went well I though. I sang Windy City from Calamity Jane and then was taught and preformed a short dance. I get really nervous when I audition and I could tell early on that this was going to be no exception. I was nervous for days before and the night before I couldn't sleep hardly at all. I think I was awake more then I was asleep. I prayed my bum off to be calm and just do my best. It worked! I was nervous until I got in the room to preform. I was able to just do my thing without my nerves getting in the way. When I got home I decided to call work and see if they needed help. I was suppose to work anyways but I got my shift covered. With being Easter weekend and Conference weekend it was very busy. I worked from noon till seven. When I got off I checked my phone and had a message inviting me to Call Backs! That made me very happy! When Will and I were both home we colored eggs and had a good time! The next morning Will was so sweet and recorded conference so I could sleep a little longer. I was so tired from my busy day before and not sleeping the night before. When I got up we had fun finding the Easter eggs that The Easter Bunny had hidden. The Easter Bunny really had fun hiding mine I think. There were some hard ones to find! We both had Easter baskets full of fun stuff. Will got a season of Walker Texas Ranger and some of his favorite candies. I had the movie Sherlock Holmes, and bunny dressed like a lady bug and candy that looked like lady bugs. Then we watched the first session of General Conference and finished just in time to watch the second half. It was very nice! Will and I both think Pres. Uchtdorf is our favorite speaker. We relaxed around the house for awhile then started making dinner. We made and took dinner up to my sister Andrea's house to eat together. Afterwards we watched my new movie Sherlock Holmes. It was a very fun Easter!

Will's 27th Birthday

I'm married to an old man! Will turned 27 on March 24. He had school and didn't get home from that until about seven o clock. We went to celebrate at Rodizio Grill and had a great time. If you haven't been there, Go- but go for lunch. It's very expensive! They have all these different types of meats that they bring out on a sword/spear for you to sample. My favorite was the appetizer- fried banana covered in cinnamon and sugar. Yummy!!! I also like the grilled pineapple and I don't even like pineapple. We ordered desert to go because we were so stuffed. When we got home I gave Will his present. I gave him Real Salt Lake tickets for when they play L.A. Galaxy (Beckam's team). The tickets hadn't come in the mail yet so I got crafty and made some so he had something to open. They turned out pretty cute. We had fun and even though Will had school I hope he had a special birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HONEY!!!

Congrats Will

Yesterday Will got a letter in the mail from the University of Utah. Guess what? He's been excepted into there engineering program. I wasn't to surprised because he's a smarty pants but were very happy to hear the news anyways! I'm so proud of all he's doing! This is his last semester at Salt Lake Community Collage and then he starts at the U in the fall. This summer will be the first real break from school he's had since he started at SLCC. We both are excited for for the break but also excited for all that's to come.

Cute Quote

"When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out. "

~ by Elizabeth Bowen

The Olympics

The Olympics were so fun to watch- I felt like a T.V. junky for awhile. My favorite to watch was the figure skating. I liked watching all of the different skating categories but I think my favorite was the Men's. GO USA!!!

The Ice Dancing was cool also- except for the part where they actually did dances on the ice. I liked the ones were it was more like pairs skating. I loved the Phantom of the Opera dance. It was a mix of some of my favorite things- dance, figure skating and musicals.

The other cool one to watch was the snow boarding. Shaun white- WOW, way to represent! I wish the Olympics came around more often!

37 METALS- GO TEAM USA!!!

Valentines Day

For Valentines Day this year Will and I went to Gardner Village. We looked around at a few shops then ate at the restaurant they have there. It was way good!!! We started off with an appetizer of chips and spinach artichoke dip and fried green tomato's (it was an appetizer where you could sample a few things). For the main course I got stir fry and will got a stake. I loved mine and Will liked his also but wasn't so big on the sauce that they put on the meat. For dessert we shared a piece of breaded pudding. It was very good but I was really full at this point- but of course that didn't stop us from eating it. After we walked around the little shops some more. Will was going to let me pick out a present at one of the stores but there wasn't anything I wanted or needed. We ended up buying a purse and wallet later for my present.

When we got home later I gave Will his present- new soccer clothes. He looks very good in them! He plays soccer every Monday night- anyone and everyone is invited to come see him play!

We had a great Valentines Day and we hope you did also!

A Picture Perfect New Years

On the night before new years eve I had a slumber party with my sister Cynthia and her family. My niece Liberty and I planned it along time ago when I went to visit them in Arizona. We had dinner, watched the Muppet Christmas Carol and had hot chocolate. The boys left to see a late movie and the girls stayed and played a game and talked. It was very fun. The next day we had breakfast and hung out. Afterwe ran a few errands and went to visit with my Dad. Then it was time to primp for family pictures. My friend Jessica agreed to take my families picture- I tried to warn her but she still agreed : ) You see, I have a big family. I have five sisters, four brother in laws, my husband, my Mom, my Dad, six nephews, and four nieces. She did a great job though! I cant wait to see how they turn out! I know they"ll be great though because she's great. I call her my photographer- if you need a family picture, baby pictures, couple pictures, or anything she's great and affordable!
Later that night I went to my sister Andrea's to have dinner, play games and welcome in the new year. It was very fun but also very filling. The giant bowl of M&M's I think was my downfall. I had a great but very late night. Happy New Year!!!

Christmas

For Christmas this year I was really lucky to have all my family in town. We got together on Christmas Eve to have dinner together and to open one present (P.J.'s). I got Will John Wayne pajamas pants and he got me blue fuzzy pajamas with cute polar bears on it.
We were all geared up for a great Christmas when Will woke up in the middle of the night very sick. He had a very high temperature and was throwing up. That kept us up for a few hours then woke us up again early in the morning with a repeat. It turns out about half my family got very sick that morning as well.It looks like we shared a sickness when we all got together. Finally around 1:00 PM Will and I opened presents from Santa. We both got some great stuff. Will got clothes, socks, a canvas, a John Wayne calendar, and some movies. I got lotion, a gift card, the new Carrie Underwood CD and a few movies. Then we took a break for Will to take a nap. That was hard for me. I wanted to open the presents to each other but I tried to be a patient wife. I could only wait so long though till I was waking him up to do more Christmas stuff. I gave Will a mouse pad with our pictures on it, a paint set and a Chuck Norris t-shirt. He gave me cute snow boots and hot hooker boots. After relaxing for a bit we headed to my sisters house to see them, one of my other sisters and my Mom. We had dinner up there and had a fun time. After Will and I came home and watched Wills new Star Trek movie.
We had a great Christmas even though it was a little different from normal. Thank you so much for all the Christmas wishes! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and remembered the reason for the season.

Three Thanksgivings

Yes you read that right. Will and I had three Thanksgivings.

Thanksgiving #1
We went to my Dads house on Thanksgiving to stuff our faces. It was nice. I went a little early to help make things and it was fun. Then everyone started showing up. The food tasted great! It was a very nice relaxing day. Will and I stayed later talking, having fun and planning for Black Friday.

Black Friday
Yes, I was crazy and went out into the shopping mobs. I first went to Walmart and I was able to get an okay parking spot, grab what I needed and check out pretty fast. Target I was able to get into quickly but not get what I wanted to look at. Kohls was the worst! I don't think I will ever go there again on black Friday- at least in the morning. The line was almost an hr long to check out. I was 15 min late for work because of it. I didn't ever wait the last few minutes- I had to call my sister to finish checking out for me. I'm hardly ever late for work and being in retail I felt really bad about it. But I got to work, opened the store and did my thing. It wasn't as crazy as last year at work so it dragged a little. Plus I was very tired. After work I went home and crashed.

Thanksgiving #2
We had plans to hang out with our friends Maren and Alden on Thanksgiving weekend but they had some family stuff come up- her brother was unable to attend there 1st Thanksgiving so they were having another one. So, instead of cancelling on us, they invited us to join them. It was fun! We talked, ate good food, and planned games. I love seeing my little Isabella!

Thanksgiving #3
I always have Sunday dinner with Andrea and her family and she decided to have another Thanksgiving because my Mom is in town. It was fun and yummy once again. It was a few of my sisters and there families, my mom and Will and I. We had a good time.
You can never have to many Thanksgivings!!!

Road Trip

Will and I had the chance to go visit my sister Cynthia and her family. They were moving from Texas to Arizona and We went to help unpack (and have fun). Will wanted to stop on the way and visit the Petrified Forest. It was cool to see all that but I confess I was distracted by wanting to get back on the road to see my sister, he husband and my cute nieces and nephews, one nephew I had yet to meet. We got there about 8 o clock, shortly after they had started emptying the giant moving truck. I have to say, my nephew Lincoln is so stinkin cute!
The next day we spent most of the day having fun. We went to the top of mount Lemon to watch the sun go down and it was breathtaking! It was kinda fun, there was a couple getting married up there. I see why, it was so nice! We sat on top of this big rock that looked out over the valley. It was great! Then we ate at Will's favorite place... The Waffle House. It was pretty good but when your feeding a lot of people it gets expensive. We had fun thought. The next afternoon Will had to leave to get back to school. That sucked not having him there but at least I had fun times to keep me busy. Halloween was awesome! We carved a giant pumpkin (and I mean giant) then my brother in law Tim set up speakers and microphones so that it made the kids think that the pumpkin was talking to them. I got to take my niece and nephew out trick or treating for a bit and that was fun. When we got back I got to be the interactive pumpkin. I was the voice! I made kids sing happy birthday to me, and just had a good time talking through a pumpkin.
While there I help unpack, figure where to put things and my favorite part, help pick out paint colors for the bedrooms. It was fun. My niece had pink of course, my older nephew is going to have a map/ war plane room, and my baby nephew has red, white, light blue and dark blue stripes on the bottom half. The top half is blue with clouds and a red airplane. It looks good.
I had a great trip! I hate not seeing them very often but hopefully it will be easier now that they live a little closer.