Today is our 3 year anniversary. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Everyday we fall more in love with each other and learn to appreciate each other more. There has been some interesting moments during the last 3 years but they have made us stronger. There are moments when I have to repeat a quote from "How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days," which is, "I love you but I don't have to like you right now." That usually make us both laugh and forget about our differences and the argument that we are having.
We had a pretty low key anniversary day today. We both went to work and David surprised me by coming home earlier than I thought he would. We picked up take out from Cafe Rio and came home and watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. We have just spent the rest of the night on the couch watching TV and relaxing. This weekend we are trying to plan a short get-away somewhere but haven't decided where yet. We better get something figured out quick!
I love you Honey Buns and look forward to an eternity together! To eternity and beyond!!!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
President
Today I was sustained and set apart to be the Young Women President in my ward. I am really excited for this calling. Life will be busy with this calling and school but I know that with the help of my Heavenly Father I will be able to get everything done that I need to. I know that Heavenly Father knows what I can handle and will help me through everything that I will face.
During the past couple of weeks since I first met with the Bishop and he asked me to accept this calling my love for the girls in my ward has increased so much. I know that they are all daughters of our Heavenly Father and I have been called to teach them their divine roles and prepare them for their future families. I am grateful for the opportunity that I have been given and hope that I will fulfill my calling the way my Heavenly Father wants me to. I am grateful for the examples that my Young Women leaders always were to me as I was growing up. They helped prepare me for this calling. I am grateful for my counselors and secretary for the love and support that they give to me. I am excited to work with a new counselor and get to know her better. I know that the church is true and that the Young Women program has a great purpose.
During the past couple of weeks since I first met with the Bishop and he asked me to accept this calling my love for the girls in my ward has increased so much. I know that they are all daughters of our Heavenly Father and I have been called to teach them their divine roles and prepare them for their future families. I am grateful for the opportunity that I have been given and hope that I will fulfill my calling the way my Heavenly Father wants me to. I am grateful for the examples that my Young Women leaders always were to me as I was growing up. They helped prepare me for this calling. I am grateful for my counselors and secretary for the love and support that they give to me. I am excited to work with a new counselor and get to know her better. I know that the church is true and that the Young Women program has a great purpose.
Summer!
I'm proud to announce that David and I have successfully made it through another semester of school together. We have had a week of freedom and it has been wonderful. It is so nice to come home from work and just do whatever we want to do and not have to worry about homework. If it ever gets warm we are looking forward to evenings spent in the yard, going hiking, and visiting family. I love the summer!
I have completed the first year of the dental hygiene program. In one more year I will be graduated! I am so looking forward to that day. I have decided to get my bachelors degree in dental hygiene. I was totally against getting my bachelors degree until I realized how close I already am to getting it. With a bachelors degree in dental hygiene you don't get paid any more than if you have an associates degree but you are able to teach. I don't ever plan on teaching but as I was talking to a family friend who is a hygienist she recommended that I get my bachelors degree just because it might be a benefit to me with how many dental hygiene schools there are now in Utah. Because of this I am taking classes this summer. Not exactly what I wanted to do with my summer but I don't think it will be too bad. I just have 3 classes and they are all online. The classes are easy and one of the classes is only seven weeks long. I decided to just get it done this summer instead of going back to school next summer or fall after I have graduated with my associates degree.
I have completed the first year of the dental hygiene program. In one more year I will be graduated! I am so looking forward to that day. I have decided to get my bachelors degree in dental hygiene. I was totally against getting my bachelors degree until I realized how close I already am to getting it. With a bachelors degree in dental hygiene you don't get paid any more than if you have an associates degree but you are able to teach. I don't ever plan on teaching but as I was talking to a family friend who is a hygienist she recommended that I get my bachelors degree just because it might be a benefit to me with how many dental hygiene schools there are now in Utah. Because of this I am taking classes this summer. Not exactly what I wanted to do with my summer but I don't think it will be too bad. I just have 3 classes and they are all online. The classes are easy and one of the classes is only seven weeks long. I decided to just get it done this summer instead of going back to school next summer or fall after I have graduated with my associates degree.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
A New Job
This last Monday I started a new job. I have really liked it so far. I get to drive one of these monsters around all day. I am working for the Davis School District mowing their large playing fields. Here are some facts about the mower...they say it has a top speed of 20 MPH but when I drove past one of those radars that shows your speed I didn't get over 18 MPH...the mower has three mowing decks, front, left, and right and each deck has three blades...with all 3 decks down I can make a 16 foot sweep of the field...when the decks are down and the blades are on the top speed is only about 10 MPH...I'm by myself all day, just mowing and listening to my i-pod, and when it finally gets warm I'll be soaking up the sun! My route includes schools in Kaysville and Farmington.
It has been a week filled with lots of adventures for sure. Here is how my week went...
Monday-Training...sat around for at least an hour before watching a 30 minute movie on how to operate the mower. Finally went outside and was able to drive the mower around the parking lot. There was 3 of us starting Monday so after we were comfortable with the mower in the parking lot we drove 2 mowers and a truck over to Antelope Elementary and practiced mowing and driving the mower around the field for the next 2 1/2-3 hours. That got really boring. When it was finally time for lunch we drove the mowers back to the shop and took a lunch break. After lunch I found out that my mower needed to be drove to Davis High and parked so it was ready for Tuesday morning. That was really really cold. It took me and hour to drive the mower from the Freeport Center in Clearfield to Davis High. 20 MPH all the way baby!!! As soon as I left the Freeport Center it started to rain. Of course, just my luck, and I had left my rain suit in my car. When I finally made it to Davis High I called the 2 other gang mowers to come and pick me up. I had to wait outside for about 30 minutes while they drove up from Bountiful. Once they picked me up we drove around Kaysville and found some of the schools that are on my route.
Tuesday-This was the big day of adventure! The first day out on my route by myself. They assigned me and another guy or own DSD trucks for the summer and told us to go see if they had keys in them. Neither on of them did so we sat around for about 45 minutes while they tried to find the keys. Once the keys were found they couldn't get the trucks to start. They told us to go outside and someone would meet us to jump start the trucks. It took about 30 minutes to get both the trucks started and then we were off! Or we were supposed to be anyway...I put my truck in reverse and noticed that the gear indicator on the dashboard didn't move. Oh well...I pushed on the acclerator and nothing, I just rolled forward a little. Oh no,
there was a building right in front of the truck. Next I pushed the brake with my left foot and hit the acclerator hard, still nothing but rolling forward. I tried again but my foot got stuck and I couldn't get the brake fast enough...I rolled the school district truck into the building. Oops!!! The guy that jumped the truck was still putting his cables away and ran over to make sure I was ok. He got in the truck and he couldn't get it to move either. He was so mad that the district even keeps trucks like that. He said that the truck didn't have a transmission. They finally found a truck that would work and I was finally off to Davis High. When I got to my mower and started to go to Windridge Elementary I couldn't get the mower into high range. So instead of being able to go 20 MPH I could only go about 10 MPH. I wasn't going to go all the way to Windridge and Farmington going only 10 MPH! I called the mechanic and she didn't answer. I waited for 20 minutes for her to call me back and of course it was something dumb and easy to fix. When I got to Windridge I was able to mow the entire field and I got stuck on my last sweep of a hill. I called the shop again and waited for someone to come pull me out. While I was waiting my uncle, who also works for the district, happened to pull up for a job at the school. He thought it was pretty funny. Looking back on it now it was. They finally got me unstuck and I headed to Farmington. All these events happened in the first 3 1/2 hours of the work day. Great way to start my first day on the job. Surprisingly I was able to get 3 1/2 school done Tuesday even with all the delays I had.
Wednesday-Flat tire. I drove my mower all the way to Famington Jr. High and finished most of their field and got low on gas so I called the shop to have the gas truck come fill up the mower. When he got there he noticed that I had a flat tire. He called one of the mechanics and they said they would be there as soon as they could. I sat outside and read my book for about 20 minutes then I got cold so I went inside to hang out. Within 15 minutes the mechanic was there. He said he needed to take the tire to Les Schwab so I could just hang out in the school. I went to the library and read a book for an hour. Finally he got back and I was ready to mow again. I didn't have any other problems the rest of the day.
Thursday-I didn't have any problems. Just mowing all day.
Friday-I got stuck again. This time at Fairfield Jr. High. The west side of their field was extrememly wet and I had decided that I wouldn't come out this far in the field next go around. Pretty much right at that time I got stuck. I called the shop and they sent someone out to pull me out. When I finally got out there was a rut from the tire that was about 8 inches deep. Oops. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly.
I was able to finish my whole route in the first week. I think when I get my route down better and how to get to the schools I will have quite a bit of down time. My brother has done this job for 3 years and he said you just drive the back roads a lot wasting time because you have to have 8 hours a day. Works for me. I will just listen to my i-pod and get tan. :)
Monday, February 21, 2011
David's Version of Mad
The following story happened a few months ago and I forgot to blog about it. We were talking and laughing about it last night and I remembered that I needed to write about this moment so we can always remember it.
Ever since it has gotten cold during the nights we have been bringing the dogs into the gargage to sleep at night. We usually don't lock them in their bed because they have learned that they better not chew on anything in the garage or they will face the wrath of dad, aka David. For some reason Josie can't make it through the night very often without having to go to the bathroom. Since we leave the door of their bed open she just goes in the garage by the garage door and we just have to clean it up in the morning. Thats not very fun but better to clean it up there than in their bed. Well one morning we woke up and there was dog poop by the door as usual. We were both running late for school so we just left it and I told him I would get it when I got home from school later that afternoon.
Well I kind of forgot to clean it up when I got home that afternoon. Oops. David came home from work and we ate dinner and then decided to go somewhere for the evening. We were going to take the 4 Runner so we walked through the garage to go outside. Of course right at that moment I remembered I hadn't cleaned up the poop. I was about to warn David but figured he would be able to see it and he would remember it was there. We proceeded outside and then David realized there was something squishy on the bottom of his shoe. Big oops! I expected him to blow up and get mad but all he said was, "Woogams, I am not happy about this." I couldn't help but laugh. He was trying to be so serious and all I do is laugh at what he says. Of course he started laughing too.
Ever since this moment I have been trying to keep my mad moments calm like he did. He is pretty good at letting me know he is not happy but he still stays pretty calm. Me on the other hand, usually totally blows up at him. Whenever I get mad now I just remember that I want to stay calm like he did during this instance and it just makes me laugh and everything is a lot better.
Ever since it has gotten cold during the nights we have been bringing the dogs into the gargage to sleep at night. We usually don't lock them in their bed because they have learned that they better not chew on anything in the garage or they will face the wrath of dad, aka David. For some reason Josie can't make it through the night very often without having to go to the bathroom. Since we leave the door of their bed open she just goes in the garage by the garage door and we just have to clean it up in the morning. Thats not very fun but better to clean it up there than in their bed. Well one morning we woke up and there was dog poop by the door as usual. We were both running late for school so we just left it and I told him I would get it when I got home from school later that afternoon.
Well I kind of forgot to clean it up when I got home that afternoon. Oops. David came home from work and we ate dinner and then decided to go somewhere for the evening. We were going to take the 4 Runner so we walked through the garage to go outside. Of course right at that moment I remembered I hadn't cleaned up the poop. I was about to warn David but figured he would be able to see it and he would remember it was there. We proceeded outside and then David realized there was something squishy on the bottom of his shoe. Big oops! I expected him to blow up and get mad but all he said was, "Woogams, I am not happy about this." I couldn't help but laugh. He was trying to be so serious and all I do is laugh at what he says. Of course he started laughing too.
Ever since this moment I have been trying to keep my mad moments calm like he did. He is pretty good at letting me know he is not happy but he still stays pretty calm. Me on the other hand, usually totally blows up at him. Whenever I get mad now I just remember that I want to stay calm like he did during this instance and it just makes me laugh and everything is a lot better.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Valentine's Weekend
I had so much fun with Valentine's Day prepartations this year. A few weeks ago I found an article on the internet that had seven activities/surprises to do the week before Valentine's Day. Since I wasn't going to be home during the week for the evenings due to work I decided to choose 4 of the surprises. It was so much fun and inexpensive.
Friday morning while David was in the shower I went out to his car and put two of his favorite candies in there with a note that said "Somethin Sweet for My Sweetie." When he got to work he sent me a sweet text saying that he appreciated that act. Later that day he also called me to thank me. I love how such small and simple acts can make someone's day. It made my day and I was the one giving the surprise.
Saturday morning when David got up and went to the kitchen there was another surprise note inviting him to a night of playing the Wii Fit, with a few different rules than normal. During the day we went snowmobiling with our families. To my surprise my parents bought 2 snowmobiles last week and surprised us Saturday morning as we were leaving. It was so much fun to go snowmobiling with my parents and my in-laws. It was a warm and sunny day. Those are my favorite days to go snowmobiling. I don't have any pictures because our camera batteries died as soon as I took it out, of course. When we got home from snowmobiling we got everyting cleaned up and showered and cooked a yummy steak dinner. We ended up asleep on the couch by about 9:00. We are big partiers as you can tell. :)
Sunday morning there was another note on the kitchen table inviting David to a game later in the day. Sunday was pretty low key, we just went to church and our meetings then did homework and got ready for school for the week.
Monday mornings I don't have to be to school until about 12:00. While David was in the shower I went out to his car and used window paints to decorate. I wrote "Love You," "Kiss Me," "Hot Stuff," "Be Mine," and drew hearts all over the windows. Of course I couldn't leave the inside undisturbed so I put some confetti on the driver and passenger seats with a note wishing him Happy Valentine's Day. Then I got back in bed to read until he was ready to leave. When he left I was peeking out the bedroom blinds to see his reaction. He stopped in the middle of the driveway and was shaking his head. I could hear what he was saying even with the windows closed. He wasn't very happy about it, and then he opened the door and saw the confetti..."No, not inside!" I was busting up. He ended up coming back in the house and one of the first things that he said was, "You want me to drive that to work today?" I just laughed and said "Yup, you aren't taking my car." What he said next was the best..."Everyone at work will make fun of me!" HAHAHA. So I replied, "Well, tell them that your wife loves you and likes to embarass you." After a few more comments about embarassment he left for work. Thats when I really got busy.
I started to prepare our dinner for that evening. We only have about a half hour that we are home together before David has to leave for his night class so I needed to have something prepared that I could just put in the oven for a half hour as soon as I got home from school. I made stuffed jumbo pasta shells and then headed to the grocery store to pick up some salad and sparkling cidar. When I got home from that I hurried and got the table all set and decorated then headed to school for the afternoon.
Friday morning while David was in the shower I went out to his car and put two of his favorite candies in there with a note that said "Somethin Sweet for My Sweetie." When he got to work he sent me a sweet text saying that he appreciated that act. Later that day he also called me to thank me. I love how such small and simple acts can make someone's day. It made my day and I was the one giving the surprise.
Saturday morning when David got up and went to the kitchen there was another surprise note inviting him to a night of playing the Wii Fit, with a few different rules than normal. During the day we went snowmobiling with our families. To my surprise my parents bought 2 snowmobiles last week and surprised us Saturday morning as we were leaving. It was so much fun to go snowmobiling with my parents and my in-laws. It was a warm and sunny day. Those are my favorite days to go snowmobiling. I don't have any pictures because our camera batteries died as soon as I took it out, of course. When we got home from snowmobiling we got everyting cleaned up and showered and cooked a yummy steak dinner. We ended up asleep on the couch by about 9:00. We are big partiers as you can tell. :)
Sunday morning there was another note on the kitchen table inviting David to a game later in the day. Sunday was pretty low key, we just went to church and our meetings then did homework and got ready for school for the week.
Monday mornings I don't have to be to school until about 12:00. While David was in the shower I went out to his car and used window paints to decorate. I wrote "Love You," "Kiss Me," "Hot Stuff," "Be Mine," and drew hearts all over the windows. Of course I couldn't leave the inside undisturbed so I put some confetti on the driver and passenger seats with a note wishing him Happy Valentine's Day. Then I got back in bed to read until he was ready to leave. When he left I was peeking out the bedroom blinds to see his reaction. He stopped in the middle of the driveway and was shaking his head. I could hear what he was saying even with the windows closed. He wasn't very happy about it, and then he opened the door and saw the confetti..."No, not inside!" I was busting up. He ended up coming back in the house and one of the first things that he said was, "You want me to drive that to work today?" I just laughed and said "Yup, you aren't taking my car." What he said next was the best..."Everyone at work will make fun of me!" HAHAHA. So I replied, "Well, tell them that your wife loves you and likes to embarass you." After a few more comments about embarassment he left for work. Thats when I really got busy.
I started to prepare our dinner for that evening. We only have about a half hour that we are home together before David has to leave for his night class so I needed to have something prepared that I could just put in the oven for a half hour as soon as I got home from school. I made stuffed jumbo pasta shells and then headed to the grocery store to pick up some salad and sparkling cidar. When I got home from that I hurried and got the table all set and decorated then headed to school for the afternoon.
I should have taken a picture of the table right before we ate but I didn't even think of that.
When David got home from work he was pretty surprised to see the table all decorated and candles lit. He even brought me home a bouquet of one dozen hot pink roses. I didn't even have to beg him to get me flowers this year. After dinner David left for school and I cleaned up the dinner mess and started homework. When David got home from school we had to go to the grocery store to get some things that he needed for the Blue and Gold Banquet the next night, made a cake, did homework, and went to bed.
It was so much fun to celebrate the fun and romance of Valentine's Day for the whole weekend.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Happily Ever Afters
So it's been quite a while since I updated our blog. I started a blog because I wanted to be better about keeping a journal and a history of everything that happens in our lives. Well, I haven't done too good at that. It's kind of hard when it seems like all we ever do anymore is wake up, go to school and work, and then come home and go to bed. That doesn't leave too much to write about. Of course there are always little things and quirks throughout the week that I should write about so we can remember how goofy we are. My goal: to post a new entry at least once a month, then get better from there.
Sometimes I have to tell myself that we are living our happily ever after right now at this point in our lives. Like I mentioned earlier, it seems all we ever do is go to school and work and sleep. I have to find the good and the fun during this time in our marriage. Yes, it's not the most fun thing to do but someday we will look back and think that was a good time in our marriage. I know that we have grown closer to each other during the last six months since both of us have been going to school full time. We look forward to having two or three hours to spend with each other, not that we didn't before we were in school, but it is a more special time now because it doesn't happen often.
We have been trying to have more date nights now, which is something that I hope to continue even after school. With my schedule at work I ususally have to work at least a Friday or Saturday night so whichever night I have off we try to do something a little more special than normal. Even if the special part is just making a smoothie and watching a movie together. We have been putting more thoughts into our weekends together. This last Saturday we went mini golfing together then went to the grocery store and bought some fresh salsa and chips and went home and watched a movie and munched on our chips and salsa. YUMMY!
And They Lived Happily Ever After
Sometimes I have to tell myself that we are living our happily ever after right now at this point in our lives. Like I mentioned earlier, it seems all we ever do is go to school and work and sleep. I have to find the good and the fun during this time in our marriage. Yes, it's not the most fun thing to do but someday we will look back and think that was a good time in our marriage. I know that we have grown closer to each other during the last six months since both of us have been going to school full time. We look forward to having two or three hours to spend with each other, not that we didn't before we were in school, but it is a more special time now because it doesn't happen often.
We have been trying to have more date nights now, which is something that I hope to continue even after school. With my schedule at work I ususally have to work at least a Friday or Saturday night so whichever night I have off we try to do something a little more special than normal. Even if the special part is just making a smoothie and watching a movie together. We have been putting more thoughts into our weekends together. This last Saturday we went mini golfing together then went to the grocery store and bought some fresh salsa and chips and went home and watched a movie and munched on our chips and salsa. YUMMY!
Last Wednesday, February 2, 2011, Bryce and Audrey got married.
We are so excited for them. This marriage was meant to be. The two of them are so happy together and glow when they are with each other. It was such a beautiful wedding. Elder Zwick from the Quorum of the Seventy sealed them in the Bountiful temple. It was so cold outside but there was a beautiful clear blue sky. After a few pictures outside the temple with the families David and I headed down to Salt Lake to check in and decorate the room they were staying in that night. We decorated with a bunch of rose petals all over the floor. Hope you guys enjoyed it! After that it was back to Bountiful for the wedding dinner and then the reception. And with the reception came dancing! It was so much fun to get out on the dance floor with David and have fun. Thanks Bryce and Audrey for a great time. Love you guys!
I'm so excited to have another sister.
Watch out, we are trouble when we are together! :)
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