let me go home (please)

i'm DONE today.

thank you summer!

saturday.

Excited for an overdue reunion.

09.03.10

'twhile be spectacular.

fact.

I know, I know, I need to update my blog, but I'm currently without the internet so anytime I get an opportunity I'll update this so I can share pictures of my cute new place, because we just moved.

We love the place.

Anyways... I just heard this on the radio and I thought it was so funny.

One in four men travel with a stuffed animal.
whaaaattttttt??

need a ninja?

I have the man for you.



Check this out.



Here

suggestions please.

It's brett's birthday tomorrow.

I need some creative ideas for activities.

....any suggestions???

hmm...

...I have a lot to clean at my house, maybe I should go home at lunch...
...It's a nice day outside...
...I need to get my hair done...
...I'm excited to go to PineView next weekend...
...I need to get my knee checked. Can it wait til next week?...
...Wow. It's already two?...
...My husband is soo good to me...
...How'd I get so lucky?...
...I need help decorating my living room...
...The fall is going to be crazy...
...Life is so much fun...
...Everyone is having a baby. Jealous....
...I need to go to temple a-SAP...
...Friday is just two days away YAY...
...I'm excited to play tonight with my husband...
...What am I going to cook for dinner?...
...I need to figure out this blog thing, I'm not very good at it yet...
...I love the Ipad...
...I need to get back into music...
...Sometimes I feel so old...
...I wonder where that spider went that I saw at my station this morning...
...I'm 22... I shouldn't have this large pimple on my face...
...What is a great book I could read?...
...Brett's birthday is so soon!...

...hmmmmmmmm....

It's all about the simple things.

Yesterday, after both Brett and I had finished taking care of our daily duties, work, cleaning, grocery shopping and other various responsibilities, I decided to be domestic and make some homemade freezer strawberry jam. I got a flat of strawberries for $5 at Winco. (Anyone that lives in the Provo/ Orem area should check that place out.. there are pretty good deals there). It is a really simple recipe...

2 cups crushed strawberries

4 cups sugar

1 (1.75 ounce package) pectin

3/4 cup water

• mix strawberries and sugar together. let stand for ten minutes.
• bring water and pectin to a boil
• mix pectin in with strawberries and let sit for 3 minutes
• put in containers. freeze for 24 hrs. then.. bamb! it's ready to go!

Brett jumped right in to help me. It was such a great evening. It's amazing how much fun you can have by doing something so simple. It wasn't even that it was actually the making of the strawberry jam that was so fun. It was just the fact that we were doing it together. We ended up making quite a bit of jam! After we had finished cleaning up, we starting talking.. it's interesting the things that bring joy to our lives and the things that really don't. Making jam. It's to good to have moments like that to serve as little reminders.

Unfortunately, fortunately....

Fortunately, both Brett and I had Tuesday off work so we decided Monday that we would have an adventure.

Unfortunately, we couldn't go anywhere too far, because it was only for one night.

Fortunately, we decided to go camping!

Unfortunately, we found out that was too expensive to justify the price for just the two of us.

Fortunately, my sweet sweet husband is so great and he set up camp for me in our backyard.

Unfortunately, the sprinklers decided to go off at about two a.m. right by my head. It was soo loud. and we don't have any control over our sprinklers.

Fortunately, they only lasted about fifteen minutes.

Unfortunately, as soon as they stopped... the rain started. and it poured.

Fortunately, the rain stopped after awhile.

Unfortunately, as soon as the rain ended... the wind picked up.

Fortunately, we both agreed that we should go inside and go to bed.

Unfortunately, once we were in bed, we realized that we needed to put some sort of weight on the tent so that it didn't blow away...

Fortunately, we found something quickly and ran outside to cover the tent.

Unfortunately, we didn't end up going to sleep til about 4 a.m.

Fortunately, we got to sleep in!! and we enjoyed our Tuesday afternoon.


What a fun camping experience!! I'm thankful for my great husband, who takes care of me. I'm thankful that sometimes things turn out differently than we've planned. I know heavenly father watches over us. I know he has a greater plan for us than we have for ourselves. :)

Count your blessings.

Well, I did it! I decided to give in and now I'm officially "a blogger!"

This is it. This is our life... as simple as it may be.

Being married is the greatest thing in this world. It's so awesome. I love my husband so much. He is a great example and strength for me. We have so much fun together. We just recently moved to Orem, here are a couple things we've been up to..

Such a good chef!!

yummmmm

Real (clap! clap!) Salt Lake (clap! clap!)

Haircut courtesy of yours truely

He LOVED it.