28 Feb 2010

We have been married for two months! It some ways it feels like we have been together forever and in other ways we can't believe it has been two months!!! We really are happy! We are so in love! Life is great! Taylor is a wonderful husband. He is so caring and will do anything for me. He is so helpful and makes me so happy.

It was a good week- lots of school and lots of work. I just asked Taylor if there was anything eventful that happened this week, but neither of us can remember what we did. Usually we have Tuesday and Thursday evenings together, but we don't know what we did this week! How scary! Saturday is usually our day, but Taylor worked some extra hours and I volunteered at "Give Kids A Smile Day" which was a great experience. It was so cool to see so many people volunteer their time and resources to helping kids. We did go out to dinner to a yummy Greek restaurant. So good! I love Greek food and am so happy that Taylor really liked it.

Taylor taught his first lesson today in elders quorum. Right before the class he found out that the other teacher was gone, so the elders quorum's were combined. He prepared well and seemed confident. "I am not the teacher" is what he says. I am sure he brought the Spirit and he said it went well. We went to dinner at McKay and Jodie's tonight with all the family. It is always nice to see everyone. Taylor and I also had our Family Home Evening tonight after getting home. 2 weeks in a row! We will make it a habit. Taylor taught the lesson tonight. I love the time we spend together just being able to talk and share our feelings, our struggles and fears, and all that we have to look forward to together.

One thing we are looking forward to and are so excited is for our trip to California. We were planning to go in June for Donna and Donny's wedding, but have kept teasing that they would change the date, and sure enough!! April 10th!! We are so happy for them! It will be so fun to see my family also and hopefully it will work out that we can go to Disneyland. It will be a short trip, but we are excited!

Rewind

Our cute neighbor Nevaeh. She enjoys coming over as much as we enjoy having her. She is so stinkin cute!
We finished our puzzle!
We were fighting over the last piece! We put it in together! Taylor's Valentine's coupons and card. I love scrapbooking.


Valentine's weekend...
Beautiful Paradise!



Our heart shaped pizza. It was yummy!

Taylor made me some picture frames. Here is the beginning. I'll post the finish product later.
Right before Tony broke his finger... Michelle in Paradise=fire and broken fingers! Sorry...
Ice-cream sundae...
Before Taylor fixed our oven... everything was burnt to a crisp!
Honeymoon at the Anniversary Inn... Romeo and Juliet's Suite and The Jungle

chicken parmesan.carbon monoxide.Hello Yogurt.24.Elder's Quorum Teacher.FHE

It has been a great weekend. Taylor was able to switch schedules with someone at work so we had a Friday night together. It was so nice. We had a yummy dinner together- parmesan chicken, brown sugar carrots and a baked potato with a yummy topping of sour cream, cheese, and chives. It was delish! I was quite proud of myself and Taylor really liked it too. Then we were going to go to an art exhibit, which featured a local artist. It was called "Found Art", which was art made of trash. It was suppose to be open until 9 pm but was closed! So we skipped that part of our date and decided to go to Target instead to get a carbon monoxide detector! You are probably wondering why... well, a friend of mine and her husband had got carbon monoxide poisoning a little while back, which is not why we went out and got a detector, but we got one because we were convinced and maybe a little paranoid that WE had carbon monoxide poisoning. I had been getting a lot of headaches and Taylor had a headache so somehow headaches = carbon monoxide poisoning! Anyways, so after a Target run we went to "Hello Yogurt" and got some frozen yogurt. Taylor got blueberry and peach with some Reese's on top and I got blueberry and mango with mango, strawberries, and raspberries on top. It was pretty good. Not nearly as good as "Golden Spoon" or "Yogurtland" but good enough! We should open our own frozen yogurt place... We watched lots of 24... finished season 4 and have watched almost 2 disks of season 5. Sooo good! I just love that show. I never thought I could get hooked to any TV program. Oh, and we tested our apartment for CM and the directions say electric appliances can not release carbon monoxide. Well, duh! That message was for us because our whole unit is electric only. We have no gas! How in the world would we have carbon monoxide poisoning?! Saturday was relaxing. I got stranded at home until 4 pm because Taylor worked and had left my keys in his car. We got my ring cleaned, returned the carbon monoxide detector and watched 24. It's so nice just to be together. We both just love Sundays. We had our first visit from our hometeachers, which was nice. Today at church Taylor got a calling! He is the 4th Sunday Elder's Quorum Teacher! Taylor is really excited about it! We also had our first official Family Home Evening! We need to make it a habit. It was really fun. Taylor shared a scripture in 2 Nephi 31 and I shared a message about service. We read the talk "The Joy of Service" by President Monson and then watched the "Mormon Message: Have I done any good in the world today?". We then found a service opportunity. We will be volunteering at "Give a Day to The Boys & Girls Clubs of Utah County” on Saturday, March 27th. It will be fun to serve together and we want to make that a habit in our marriage. It is tough during the week with school and work, but we try and have fun and love the time we can spend together!

19 Feb 2010

I don't have anything too exciting to write about. It has been a week of work and homework for us both. The highlights of the week include making homemade lasagna and watching 24, which we are almost done with season 4! (2 more episodes) The lasagna turned out good, but I cried in the process! I could not get the ricotta cheese to go on smooth! Definitely something to cry about! I just wanted it to be perfect. It looked far from perfect, but it tasted great. It was my first time. Next time it will be even better! I have figured out the secret!

Taylor traded schedules with someone so he worked this morning and afternoon, but should be home soon! We will actually have a Friday night! Yay for the weekend!

Our first of many Valentine's!

It was a nice long weekend spent together. Saturday morning we got up, got ready and went up to Paradise. With the help of my father-in-law (who sacrificed a thumb in the process) Taylor made me 3 frames! Tony helped with the first one and then Taylor (with very little from me, although he says I helped) made the other two. (The frames are for a project I am working on- I picked up the pictures and painted the frames today. Now all Taylor has to do is hang them. I'll post pictures later!) We relaxed and watched lots of 24! I am not a TV watcher and never thought I could get hooked to any program, but 24! Ahh! So good! It is so addicting. We made a homemade pizza in the shape of a heart! Cute, huh? It was a nice first Valentine's together! The first of many, many Valentine's! Sunday, which was actually Valentine's, we slept in and then got ready for church, drove to the chapel and found out it was Stake Conference. Ooops! That is now maybe the third time in the last 6 years that I have missed church! We picked up Grandma Fenton on our way back and had a nice visit with her. She is just so cute! We also had a nice time at dinner with everyone. It was fun to see and visit with everyone. It's sad not having my family close, but I am glad Taylor can and I am grateful for such great in-laws. It makes it a little easier. After getting home Taylor and I finished the puzzle we started the week before. Today is President's Day. Taylor still had to work of course, but didn't have class. Watched a couple episodes of 24 and both got a few things done. It's just so nice to be together. I love him so much!

We thought we didn't bring the camera so took pictures with my phone all weekend. The camera was in my bag the whole time! Sometimes I think I am losing it. The other day I made 5 dozen cookies and forgot to put eggs in the dough! I would not recommend it! Anyways, I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how to upload pictures off of my phone...

10 Feb 2010

I am so happy, but am so tired. I have been getting a lot of sleep... I think it is just all the stress. I had a test Monday, another one today and have one more tomorrow. I feel teachers get together and plan when to torture us... "You're giving a test Monday? Okay I will give one Wednesday! And you- can you give one on Thursday?" Yep... that's how their conversation goes!

It was nice yesterday though because I was asked to work a little later and came home and Taylor had ordered us pizza. We had a relaxing evening. We ate pizza, ice-cream and watched three episodes of season 4 of "24", got ready for bed, tried to read, but fell asleep as Taylor also did some reading for one of his classes. I was out by 9:00... woke up at 6:00 and worked until 1:30, had lunch with Taylor, took my test, took a nap because I wasn't feeling well, woke up and have been studying all evening. Taylor gets off work in an hour. It's hard for me to fall asleep until he's in bed. Going to get ready now...

Can't wait for Paradise this weekend!

Ward Missionary!

I got a calling!!! I have been called as a ward missionary. It's funny because this is the third time I have been called as a ward missionary. I have had this calling in every ward- My home ward in Laguna Hills from before the mission, my student ward at NAU, and now again!! I love it! I know any call extended comes from the Lord and I am so grateful. I am really excited. I love missionary work because I know the gospel is true and I know the happiness and peace it has brought and continues to bring in my life! I also am now a visiting teacher, which I am really excited about as well! Taylor is the hometeacher for one of the sisters I will be visiting teaching. We will have to have them over for dinner!