We're Moving!

The time has come for us to move on to bigger and better. We are currently in an apartment complex in Provo near BYU. It's a one bedroom maybe like 700 sq. feet. We have lived here just about two years now and have really liked it. We will really miss it. We have been thinking the last probably like 6 months about moving. We want a two bedroom place...you know...to expand :) (not any time real soon) There hasn't been a major need to move so we haven't been desperately looking or anything. We just figured we'd keep our options open and maybe something would come up. Well, Carson got a calling in our ward a few months ago as Executive Secretary so we kinda felt that we should stay in the ward. The ward is amazing though so we didn't want to leave anyway but that really limited us to where we could move. We live close to the hospital and they own a bunch of cute old starter houses that are in our ward. We've been wanting to move into one of those but they go SO fast it's nearly impossible to get one. We have looked at a few and have come so close to maybe getting a couple but they pretty much get snatched out from under our noses. With the help of some friends that live in one, we were able to keep in contact with someone from management and on Wed. she set us up to see one just as soon as they got word the current tenants were planning on moving. I attached pictures that were on the website and it looks ok but seriously they don't do it justice at all. Based on the pictures, we apprehensively went to see it and were blown away. It's super cute. It's 1100 sq ft. We'll have a yard and the two bedrooms we want. We'll have to put up our own pics later when we move in to combat the other ones shown here. We are excited to make this our new home. We will move in at the beginning of May.

A Taste of Parenthood

No, not really. Last week we "babysat" the Slikker girls (Carson's 3 cousins) for 4 nights at their house in Saratoga Springs. It was far from babysitting. The oldest is 15 and the youngest is almost 8 so really it was a matter of having someone there at night and in the morning to get them off to school. So it was essentially just hanging out with them. We had fun. The first night was Sunday so we just picked them up from their aunt's and pretty much went home and went to bed. The next night we got pizza and rented a movie. The third night Emma (the middle one- 11) had a great idea to make oreo truffles. They were pretty yummy! The last night I had one of my usual cravings...McDonalds fries. So we loaded up and went to the Saratoga Springs Micky D's for random stuff like fries and shakes. This was quite the McDonalds...it had a "fireplace" in it AND my favorite, a talking garbage can! Here's a clip of it...not sure if you can really hear it but it thanks you! Then it tells you "Recycling" haha right...

Well We Made It Yet Another Year!

2 years ago on the date of December 29th 2007 I married my dream guy. Just a warning, this is gonna be gushy...but hey it's an anniversary post it's expected, right? Though we only dated for a short time, I knew almost instantly that he was the one for me and the timing couldn't have been better. 2 years have gone by so fast and they have been wonderful! I am looking forward to many more years to come with my sweetheart! Here are some reasons why I love Carson:

• He puts me to bed when I fall asleep on the couch
• He lets me spend money
• He makes me laugh
• He's willing to hold my hair back when I hurl :)
• He works hard whether it's school, work, church callings etc.
• He's smart
• He enjoys pillow talk (or at least I like to think he does)
• He makes me a killer grilled cheese samich

Giving Blood

So I have never given blood in my life...and I have no reason not to. I'm not afraid of needles and I have no infectious diseases. Carson's work was having a blood drive so he signed us up for it. I'll admit, I was a little nervous when I laid down and they were getting me hooked up but I found it really isn't that bad. I was a quick bleeder and was done in roughly 10-15 min. Afterward I felt pretty ok. The only side effect I felt was my heart sped up quite a bit and made me short of breath for like an hour but other than that it went well...no passing out! So I'm proud to be a blood donor and I think I'll do it more often! I'm excited to find out what blood type I am, I tested it in an Anatomy class I had back in the day but I've forgotten and having taken my Anatomy/Physiology classes I'm interested to find out because I know what it all means :)

The Eagles

Last Friday night we started out our fun weekend by going to see the new X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie with our neighbors, Josh and Amy. If you didn't already know, I am a big X-Men fan and this would have been seen opening night, but we were in DC. I dressed up as Wolverine and Rachelle was Mystique (not really, but that would have been fun). I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.





Saturday morning we went up to the Salt Lake temple to see one of Rachelle's co-workers and his new wife come out of the temple, we did this because we wouldn't be able to go to their reception that night. We then went to Carl's Cafe in Cottonwood Heights, to do a little celebrating for Rachelle's Birthday.

Saturday night we went to the Eagles concert at Rio Tinto stadium. It was an awesome show. This was by far the best concert I have ever been to. They rocked as hard on Saturday as they ever have. They played a bunch of their old hits, a few of their solo stuff, and a song from their new album. They finished off the night with Desperado. Here are some pictures from the concert.






Then Sunday we went to Rachelle's parents to celebrate Mother's Day and her Birthday. We got to talk to her little brother Robert, who is serving an LDS mission in Spain. In case you were wondering, this is what I got Rachelle for her birthday. Happy Birthday Rachelle!




Also, here is a little video I recorded at the concert. It's not the whole song. We weren't supposed to have cameras in there so I didn't want to get caught. Enjoy!

Washington DC

We went back to Washington DC to visit Carson's mission. We just decided to spend the weekend out there. We flew in on Thursday night and went to dinner with Kerry Harding, a member from a ward out there.

Friday we got to tour the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Holocaust Museum, and Ford's Theater. It was a busy day. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and Ford's Theater were both neat, but the Holocaust Museum was a little depressing and educational. We then went to dinner with one of Carson's converts and his wife, Drew and Kara Crowley.

Saturday we went to the temple with my sister Kristy and spent the day with her family. We visited some of the Smithsonian museums. We went to dinner with another family from the area, the Harts. No pictures for that one.

Sunday we woke up early to attend the DC 3rd ward. Carson got the times mixed up, when we showed up at 9 no one was there. We trekked quite a ways in the rain just to find out from a missionary that we were 3 hours early. Since it really started at 12 we couldn't attend the DC2nd ward like Carson wanted. So we went back to the hotel for a few hours. We showed up back to the church at noon and found out it really didn't start til 1. So we could have made it to both meetings. It was fun regardless. Quite an experience for me, I'd never been to an inner city ward before!

We went to dinner at Micah's house that night. He had invited a few others from the DC 2nd ward over for dinner. It was a fun time.

Monday we went in the Washington Monument and since it was raining we couldn't see very far. We then went to the American History Smithsonian. They have the Seinfeld puffy shirt, ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz and such. We then met JS Armstrong at the airport for lunch then we headed home. We had a great time! Thanks to all of those who spent time with us.

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