We celebrated our anniversary early this year. Brielle took the day off and got to sleep in as late as she wanted. We had no time constraints, so she slept in. On a Friday. This is a really big deal since she usually has to get up before the butt crack of dawn. We went down to Town Square. We had a nice leisurely lunch at Kabuki, our favorite Japanese sushi bar. We then wandered and did some shopping. After that we went and saw Frozen. It was a cute movie. It was tough decision. There were three movies we wanted to see, but Frozen was the one that suited the relaxed mood we wanted for the day. After the movie we went and got some Godiva chocolates. Then we faced the madness of going to the Christmas cactus garden. It is a cactus garden that they decorate with Christmas lights for December. They use over half a million lights. It was spectacular. There were SO many people. Everybody was so excited about the lights. I think everybody felt like a little kid again. There really is no way to describe the lights. They should be experienced. After that we just enjoyed a nice quiet rest of the evening at home.
I must say that I appreciate Brielle very much. We have been married for two years now. I thank God every single day for Brielle. She is the best thing that has happened to me. Deciding to marry Brielle has been the best decision I have ever made. I love her very much. She has made me very happy. I am so very grateful to have been sealed to her for all of eternity.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Thanksgiving
We went to St. George for Thanksgiving. It was so much fun to see family and enjoy over eating. We got there Wednesday afternoon. I was greeted by Hunter with a "It's time to play transformers." Hunter had been waiting for DAYS to play with the transformers and was told he couldn't until Uncle Louis got there. We had a good trip. There was an emergency trip the grocery store to get pudding for pies Wednesday night. Then another trip to Walgreens to get aloe vera since I burned the back of my hand pulling a pizza out of the oven.
Thursday consisted of eating food, more food, and for good measure some more food. Brielle had made stuffed mushrooms that were a hit. I found Jackson sitting on the table, holding a spoon, and enjoying the filling for the mushrooms. Can't say that I blamed him. Thursday morning also confirmed to me that golf is not my game. Kevin took me out to the range to hit a few golf balls, and it was fun. I just can't hit a golf ball to save my life. Hunter was much better at it than me. Showed up by a three year old. Jenny, Brielle, and I took the kids to the park to get them out of the way before dinner. Apparently it was a common idea because the park was busy. Thursday night Torry, Jenny, and Brielle went and faced the madness of early Black Friday shopping. It was a great success from the sounds of it. While they were facing the cold and crowds, Mom, Phil and I played games. When the girls got back from shopping we played a cut-throat game of Skip-Bo.
Friday was a relaxed day, at least for me. I wasn't trying to get packed to leave that day. We said our good-byes to Kevin, Torry, Phil, Jenny and their fams. It was sad to see them go. That night we went to the St. George temple lighting ceremony. It was a good experience that was enjoyed by all. Even if Dad did make me carry the blanket home.
Saturday Brielle and I headed down to Bunkerville. Brielle worked on Christmas crafts/decorations. She decorated some block letters that spelled out BELIEVE. She did a fantastic job. I am so lucky that I have such a craft-y wife. She has done such a good job of decorating our home for the holidays. Even if her husband was grumpy about where we were going to put the tree. She figured it out and I happily helped put it up and decorate it.
Thursday consisted of eating food, more food, and for good measure some more food. Brielle had made stuffed mushrooms that were a hit. I found Jackson sitting on the table, holding a spoon, and enjoying the filling for the mushrooms. Can't say that I blamed him. Thursday morning also confirmed to me that golf is not my game. Kevin took me out to the range to hit a few golf balls, and it was fun. I just can't hit a golf ball to save my life. Hunter was much better at it than me. Showed up by a three year old. Jenny, Brielle, and I took the kids to the park to get them out of the way before dinner. Apparently it was a common idea because the park was busy. Thursday night Torry, Jenny, and Brielle went and faced the madness of early Black Friday shopping. It was a great success from the sounds of it. While they were facing the cold and crowds, Mom, Phil and I played games. When the girls got back from shopping we played a cut-throat game of Skip-Bo.
Friday was a relaxed day, at least for me. I wasn't trying to get packed to leave that day. We said our good-byes to Kevin, Torry, Phil, Jenny and their fams. It was sad to see them go. That night we went to the St. George temple lighting ceremony. It was a good experience that was enjoyed by all. Even if Dad did make me carry the blanket home.
Saturday Brielle and I headed down to Bunkerville. Brielle worked on Christmas crafts/decorations. She decorated some block letters that spelled out BELIEVE. She did a fantastic job. I am so lucky that I have such a craft-y wife. She has done such a good job of decorating our home for the holidays. Even if her husband was grumpy about where we were going to put the tree. She figured it out and I happily helped put it up and decorate it.
Wonder Woman
Our beloved Wonder Woman, our female betta, died. We had her for two years. We bought her just before we got married. She got the name of Wonder Woman because she survived a trip from Bunkerville to Las Vegas. It was sad to her go. We do miss her. We have gotten a new betta, but will always have a special place in our hearts for Wonder Woman. She was our first pet after all.
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Callings
So Brielle and I have new-ish callings. I say new-ish because I can't seem to update the blog. Brielle is a primary teacher. She teaches the 8-11 year olds. That is right, our primary combines those three classes because there just aren't very many children in that age group. Now you get to the younger primary or nursery, those are big. Lots of little 'uns running around our ward. It is a lot of fun. I have the ironic calling of ward employment specialist. That is right. They called the full-time student with no job to be the employment specialist. The bishop also realized the irony when he extended the calling. Having said that, it is the perfect calling right now. It does allow me to focus more on school than when I was in the elder's quorum presidency. We do love our ward and are glad that we can serve the great people in the ward.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Vanity
I have been terrible at updating this here blog. I apologize. I will do my best to actually update it more often. This post is all about my vanity though. What vanity you ask? I am talking about my Botox injections. That is right, Botox injections. I am getting injections as part of a new treatment for my migraines. I started this treatment three months ago. It requires 31 injections in various locations on the head. I will be getting my second treatment in a couple of weeks. It isn't my favorite treatment. It hurts quite a bit, but if it helps it is worth it.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Summer Classes
I took Summer classes this year. I took FAB 159 at UNLV and Math 126 at CSN.
The FAB class was a cooking class. I had to wear a chef's coat, pants, apron, cap, and shoes. It made for a warm kitchen. It started at 7:30 in the morning and went to when the professor said we could leave, though the schedule said 11:10 am. We learned all sorts of interesting things about foods and the history of restaurants and food industry. For example when they settled on what the courses should be for meals, they settled on 17 course meals. The last five courses being: 13) fruit and cheese, 14) sweets, 15) dessert, 16) chocolate, 17) brandy/scotch. The professor was rather interesting. I consider myself a decent cook. I know my way around a kitchen. He was upset when our kitchen was assigned to cook a pot roast and it wasn't done in the one hour he gave us. Not sure why he was upset. Why give us a recipe you know there isn't enough time to cook? I just don't get it.
The math class was much better than at UNLV. The professor told us to make sure we had a calculator so we could actually complete the math assignments. A much better philosophy than UNLV. I actually understood the math. I haven't received a grade yet, but am fairly certain that I passed. I am just glad that I am done with classes for the summer.
The FAB class was a cooking class. I had to wear a chef's coat, pants, apron, cap, and shoes. It made for a warm kitchen. It started at 7:30 in the morning and went to when the professor said we could leave, though the schedule said 11:10 am. We learned all sorts of interesting things about foods and the history of restaurants and food industry. For example when they settled on what the courses should be for meals, they settled on 17 course meals. The last five courses being: 13) fruit and cheese, 14) sweets, 15) dessert, 16) chocolate, 17) brandy/scotch. The professor was rather interesting. I consider myself a decent cook. I know my way around a kitchen. He was upset when our kitchen was assigned to cook a pot roast and it wasn't done in the one hour he gave us. Not sure why he was upset. Why give us a recipe you know there isn't enough time to cook? I just don't get it.
The math class was much better than at UNLV. The professor told us to make sure we had a calculator so we could actually complete the math assignments. A much better philosophy than UNLV. I actually understood the math. I haven't received a grade yet, but am fairly certain that I passed. I am just glad that I am done with classes for the summer.
Updates to the blog
I will just be updating the blog from here on out. I will do very little back tracking. Mainly I just don't remember everything. Sorry we have been so out of touch.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
December
It has been some time since we have posted anything and sorry about that. I will just do a quick recap of December in this post. Mainly just Christmas since that is the most exciting thing that really happened. We went up to Salt Lake for Christmas to spend time with family there. Kenzie rode up with us. It was a fun little trip. While there, we saw Brielle's gang (Dad, Rachel, and Callie). We also visited Jacob, Maranda and the boys one evening. Their newest edition, Dallin, is quite the cute little baby. It snowed quite a bit while we there, so that changed our plans a little bit on travel, which is just dandy with us because that meant we were able to see Phil, Jenny, and Lexy. It was fun to get to actually visit with them. It seems every time we go up there, we aren't able to see them too much, so it was good to spend some quality time with them. On our way out of town, we stopped and saw Torry and the boys.
We spent a couple of nights at Brielle's mom's on our way home. We exchanged gifts with them and just visited while we were there. It was a nice relaxing vacation for us. Since we didn't want to be on the road New Year's Eve, we came home the day before. We did go run some errands on New Year's Eve, but wanted to avoid the crazies, so we went early to do accomplish the things we needed to do. Whilst we were out and about, the Bonds called as wanted to know if we wanted to join them for a murder mystery dinner. We went and did that and had a blast. It was still an early night for us since their 1 year old daughter has an early bed time. We welcomed in the New Year with New York and went to bed since we were both exhausted.
We spent a couple of nights at Brielle's mom's on our way home. We exchanged gifts with them and just visited while we were there. It was a nice relaxing vacation for us. Since we didn't want to be on the road New Year's Eve, we came home the day before. We did go run some errands on New Year's Eve, but wanted to avoid the crazies, so we went early to do accomplish the things we needed to do. Whilst we were out and about, the Bonds called as wanted to know if we wanted to join them for a murder mystery dinner. We went and did that and had a blast. It was still an early night for us since their 1 year old daughter has an early bed time. We welcomed in the New Year with New York and went to bed since we were both exhausted.
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