great. just great.

why did we have four inches of snow yesterday? it is nearly APRIL for crying out loud.

another boring week, i'm sad to report. but i promise next time will be exciting. next week we have:

• first doctor's appointment
• general conference
• sister jill is coming to visit
• wedding
• birthdays

speaking of general conference..... does anyone have a special treat that they have while they watch it? in our family, we ALWAYS have orange rolls for breakfast and chili dip for munching. it would not be the same if we didnt have those two things twice a year. i'll share with you these two recipes.

chili dip- one can Hormel chili- NO BEANS and 8 oz. cream chese. heat chili and melt cream cheese all together in a saucepan over medium heat until all melted and heated through completely. serve with frito's chips (we usually double this and use the dip kind of chips)

orange rolls- go to the grocery store's freezer aisle, buy rhode's orange rolls and follow the directions. if you live outside of utah, good luck finding them! one of the blessings of living in utah. you can subsitute with pilsbury if you can't get rhodes. those are great too!

oh what to blog about....

i got nothin' folks. and we got no pictures of anything recent. school is life at the moment, and the fact that finals are coming up in just a few weeks is kinda scary. our washer, which we've only had for two and half months, decided to stop working. which conveniently happened when we really needed to do luandry. i hate food, except grapefruit. mmmmm...... we are moving to washington dc as soon as school is out, and i cant wait to enjoy the pool everyday. but we haven't decided what to do with our house. know anyone who needs a place to stay in utah this summer? speaking of dc, here is a pic from last summer- its called handy, something about a religion.

sorry this was soooo boring for y'all, but really the most exciting thing that has happened was an easter egg hunt we went to last night that had money in the eggs. we were not very good hunters :( but it was fun to hang out with friends.

today is the first full day of spring. i think i will go get some flowers and plant them.

oh you want an update?

okay, well i wish that there was something to report... but theres just not much, other than i am in a constant battle with food every day. and its the first time that i am not happy to have suddenly lost some weight. right now just trying to keep the end in sight, and get through the next little while.

and now, back to watching the biggest loser. (i would watch american idol, but this has captured my attention a little more this season. )

no longer a teen? and get excited!

first: today was the big 20- woohoo! i have the left the world of teen things and become... not an adult. why? because i still can't 1-drink and 2- gamble in casinos. because apparently, those things are for responsible adults. but i can still vote, get married, get a credit card, buy a car, house, etc. woop dee doo. (just kidding on most of that- i LOVE my husband and being married and i LOVE my house!)
the first thing i did this morning was go back to sleep. then i waited for my wonderful husband to wake up, and he asked what i wanted for breakfast in bed. i asked for cream of wheat because thats the only thing that sounded remotely good. i guess now would be a good time to announce to those who dont know that we are having a baby! (i gave up on trying to keep it secret because there are too many people i want to tell!) and today was my first official morning sickness. i only managed to eat a few bites before dry heaving my way to the bathroom. we had no crackers in the house, and so i dressed, drove to the store, bought a cart full of crackers and ginger ale (while an old lady behind me kept sneaking up and touching my butt... i dont understand what was happening. if i had tried to turn around i would have knocked her over thats how close she was. and all she bought was orange tic-tacs, which almost brought me to tears thingking about my grandmother's obsession with orange tic-tacs) and the cashier asked me how i was doing. i know i looked like a zombie, and wanted to share the details of hanging out by the toilet this morning and why all that i was buying was things to cure the sickness, but i smiled, gave the "good how are you doing?" response, and went home, where i proceeded to eat nearly an entire box of cheese and cracker ritz.
the rest of the day was pretty uneventful, but a wonderful day to relax and hang out with my husband, who i didnt see much of last week. i ordered pizza for dinner, thats how much i really didnt feel like going out.
so yes i really am pregnant, i am due october 26, i havent had my first appointment because i am a slacker and am freakishly scared of miscarriage. we have no idea a boy or girl, but we are having fun coming up with names. (suggestions of names you like or hate or claim i cant use are welcome anytime!) and guessing. originally he thought boy, i thought girl. but we have been joking around that its gonna be twins or triplets based on a dream he had the other night, and the fact that women carrying twins are more likely to feel nausea/and vomit.

special thanks to sister lindsay for her little blog about me. feel free to get to know me a little better by clicking your way to her blog on the right and enjoy some embarassing photos of yours truly

congrats!

just wanted to congratulate mr. and mrs. smith who got married last friday! we were lucky enough to be invited to the sealing and even though it was a snowy cold day, everything was beautiful and the couple was oh so happy! mike and joseph are buddies from the mision and its been fun to keep in touch. anyways... we wish the cute couple the best of everything!

my husband is so fabulous

this is post is all for him because today is his birthday! woohoo!

i would like to share a few of the reasons why i love him so much:

he has THE cutest bum :)

he's cute even when he's upset or angry

he is the best singer

he looks good in just about anything

he's gonna make me some cute babies!

he is SUCH a stud!

and the best kisser!

i got really lucky with this one! i say that to him all the time, but i really do mean it! he's the best there is, and i am amazed that i was blessed to have gotten him as my best friend and husband forever! thanks hun, for always being there! love ya!

SICKIES

everyone hates being sick. duh. well we are sick, and obviously we hate it. i had it bad earlier this week, now joseph has it worse. i had just been expecting it sooner this semester, and when i didnt get it, i thought we were in the clear. nope. no way jose. my perfect week off of school that i had set out to get many things accomplished was ruined with sore throats, sneezing, runny nose, endless tiredness. BUT i did manage to accomplish a few things that i set out to do:

finish painting all the spots left on the walls from the house guy

sanded, painted, and put hardware on a bookshelf that i meant to paint about four months ago. well its almost done, but i am pretty happy with it. joseph helped with all of it too!

entertained two brothers from opposite ends of the country for a weekend.

got a few things organized.

laundry.

got to watch all of "the biggest loser"

we finally got to take down the lava lavas from the windows and put up real window blinds. it has made all the difference in the world for some reason. i think they are beautiful.

got a solid start to a goal of running 150 miles by april 15th. thanks to lindsay for this one- i needed a point to running on the treadmill at the gym.

anyways..... gotta go get ready to somehow teach sharing time to a huge room filled with noisy primary kids. i hardly remember many sharing times, and i've only seen how its done a few times and i still have no idea what to do! we'll see how this goes.....

weekend fun!

inside the photobooth: lola and ginger.

joseph's brother has been here this weekend from north carolina to get some training to work with us this summer. we had some fun this weekend, and he got to see how great utah really is. his faves: girls, snow, great people, and real mountains. maybe not the mountains, but thats one of mine. so heres a recap of the weekend:

this sums up our night at the tumbling gym friday. lots of crazies and crashes.

bajio=amazing and good times. with lindsay!

one of those times that i love utah.

we all had a blast bowling. a few reactions after a bowl. jacob. watch me now.

me. aka lola. tear.

joseph. robot.

lindsay. aka ginger. new dance moves.

whew. what a weekend. don't worry though- mine will keep going until thursday. one holiday on monday equals three days off and LOTS of time to play catch up and get ahead. a rare and beautiful, beautiful thung.

everything i know i learned in primary

so last week we FINALLY had our records transferred into our new ward and received callings. i was pretty happy because i had my records in five wards in the last year and a half and never got a calling. they told us over a month ago that they had ones ready for us but were just waiting on the records. anyways.... we got called as primary teachers- and i am pretty excited about it. we teach the nine-year-olds and we already know this is going to be a pretty funny time. these kids know their stuff, and we will definitely get some laughs. i'm sure to have some funny stories to share. the line from this kid got us rolling:
last week during sharing time the song chorister taught the kids "tell me the stories of Jesus" and in it is the word 'wayside'. after telling them what it meant, she finished the song, and they sang it a couple times. she then held up a picture of Christ teaching the Sermon on the Mount. she asked, 'what is Jesus doing here?' one kid answered 'teaching the people' and she asked 'what specifically is he teaching?' and another said 'he's teaching by the wayside!'

besides primary nothing new to report besides the fact that it hasnt snowed since thursday, and for that i am really greatful right now.

i need some real sunshine.

there has been snow on the ground since we came back from christmas break. hasnt ever completely melted, its stuck around for over a month. and i have been having a really positive look on it, but im now over it. the snow needs to melt, and i need some warm weather. unless we were to get a snow day every so often. take a look at this house:

it belongs to my parents. my two younger siblings received a snow day when this happened overnight. it was about eight inches.

now look at this picture

this has been the scene in the field across the street from us. for over a month now. seriously.

and we havent gotten a snow day. i am sick of it. it would be okay if we got a snow day here and there, or if the snow would at least melt between each falling, as per the usual here in utah. it usually melts before noon, so even if you wanted to enjoy it you had better get up early and get your snowman done before ten am because he will be gone. i am here to tell you there is no such thing as global warming- it has only hit 40 degrees ONCE in the last month. which is funny because i never thought that we would roll down the car windows and enjoy the balmy 40 degrees. but going to school when its 18 EVERY MORNING will do that to you.

now that i have that out, this was funny to look at.

poor oreo is sick of the snow too. she used to frolick and dance and chase snowballs, but now all she wants is to do her business and get back inside. but because the snow is taller than her, she can't find her way back to the house.

her head is on the right. she is just one big furball these days.