Bountiful Temple with Kerri

Last week, Kerri, one of my best friends and old roomates was able to go through the temple and take out her endowments. It was such a good experience to be able to be with her on such a special day. Kerri and I have been with each other through thick and thin. She has always been such an amazing example to me, and I have been very blessed by the experiences that our friendship has enabled. We have had some crazy fun adventures, and I am glad that we can continue to have those adventures as life continues on.
The Bountiful Temple was beautiful. It was my first time there. It was so fun to be there with Kerri, old friends, and her family that all mean so much to me.

Here we are six years later as old roomates. I swear we have hundreds of pictures like this, and I swear we still look like we are nineteen years old. But.... we are not. Even though I know that we are getting older, I still feel like we are 18, and that just yesterday we were playing crazy games all through the night with all of our crazy friends. It is rare that we are all together like this, and that is another reason this was such a good day. Mandy is married with a baby in Logan. Kerri lives in Bountiful with her sweet little girl London, and I am obviously in Orem. These are rare sweet occasions.

This is Mandy, Klint, and Christine. Klint also lived by us when we were roomates. This is his cute wife Christine outside the temple.

This is Kerri and her daugher London after the temple session. London is getting so big, and so full of personality. Kerri is such an amazing mom. I amazed at her optimism and hard work. But I really shouldn't be too amazed, because I would never expect anything less from Kerri. I am eternally greatful for her example and friendship. I am thankful that Kerri let me be a part of this special day.

Easter

Jeff and I decided we were going to dye easter eggs this year. I am pretty sure that I haven't died easter eggs since I was a little girl. I know, it seems somewhat childish, but what do you do when you don't have kids. You act like kids, which is something Jeff and I are really good at.
As I plopped the colored tablets into the cups to fizz, the smell of vinegar immediatly took me back to my childhood. I remember as a little girl, my mom would always use the eggs to make a potato salad for Easter. The eggs in the salad would always be a vibrant green, blue, and red. We always had a colorful salad to say the least, but it was always so delicious.
There was also something else I realized. I have not changed much from my childhood. I was sure to keep the eggs soaking for as long as possible to ensure that the eggs reached thier full color potential. I would let them sit for hours as a kid. And you can only imagine that Jeff and I couldn't choke down 18 hard boiled eggs, so I too made a potato salad. It wasn't quite like my mom's. But at least I tried.

This is Jeff and I with some of our finished eggs. Below I am patiently waiting for the eggs to change color.

Jeff got extra creative with his egg dying. He made some awesome eggs. Dying Easter eggs was so much fun, and if you ever think you are too old to do so.... well... YOU AREN'T!

Girls Night, HAAAAY!

So last Monday we had planned a girls night. 2 for 1 pedicures at Marinello and sushi at Happy Sumo to follow. We had made all of our appointments and our plans for the evening were all set. ... Or so we thought. I got a call from Cass mid afternoon saying there could be a slight change in plans for the evening. Kevin, Cassidy's husband, scored sweet Jazz tickets for that night. So, instead we had girls night with Kev. He was nice enough to take us girls to the game. Again, sweet 16th row tickets center court. How could I not go. I have to admit, I should have felt bad, since techincally they were Jeff's friends first, and he has known them all since high school. But they are equally my friends too, now. It comes with the territory of marriage. So I did not allow myself to feel bad our guilty. Ha Ha. But I did leave poor Jeffy home all by himself. But girls night is girls night right???

Kevin was even so nice to buy us sushi to eat on our way down. We still got our sushi. A pretty fun girls night if you ask me :) Thanks Banks'!

Spring Break

So... typically when you think of Spring Break, you think of beaches, wild college raves, mtv, and swimsuits. Well, my spring break was the furthest thing from... to say the least. Most of my spring break consisted of relaxing at home, Jazz games, and hitting the slopes. Jeff and I were able to score some sweet lower bowl Jazz tickets during the week of spring break. We got a deal including four tickets so we talked Jeff's sister Teresa and nephew Brandon into going with us to the game. We were on the 17th row in the lower bowl. I have to admit they were really sweet tickets. We scored four free hot dogs with our tickets. There is nothing more delicous than a greasy hot dog at any sporting event. YUM! We topped it off with a giant Coke and a huge bowl of ice cream. Healthy, I know. What do you expect at a Jazz game??? We chose a good game to go to. The Jazz actually won and that is a strange comodity as of late. It has been a struggle these last few months. However, this was such a good game and the Jazzed played really well.

Here is Brando before the game. Love this kid.!

Jeff and I were able to get out of work early a day and hit the slopes up at Brighton. It was a BEAUTIFUL day, and we were able to get a good a amount of runs in. We love snowboarding and we couldn't have asked for a better day. It's not your typical spring break activity, but its what we love and the best you can find this time of year in Utah. I love the fact that it can be spring in the valley and snow in the mountains. We get the best of both worlds here, that is for sure.

This is Jeff and I taking a little break. Don't we look cute with matted down hair and red faces. You have to love the way that snowboarding makes you look. It was a fun filled week and I was grateful for the much needed break from work and school.

Don't laugh. I look like an alien with my helmet and all my get up on.

Jackson's Baptism

I cannot believe my little Jackson is baptized. It seems like yesterday I was rushing to the hospital to see him. He is such a good lookin kid, especially in his little suit. This little guy is one of the most tender hearted little guys that you will ever meet. He carries a true spirit of love and kind heartedness. I am so happy to have him as my little buddy. I am so proud of him.

Here is Jackson with his parents on his big day. What a good picture. I am so blessed to have such an amazing family.

Twinners

Last weekend Jeff and I went up to SLC to do some shopping. We then went to dinner up at Market Street Grill. Can I say YUM. !!! I love seafood and it was soooo delicous. On our way back we made a stop at one of our frequents, Cabelas.
Jeff and I have been getting the fishing itch latley. I really can't wait for summer to get here for this very reason....well... and a lot of other reasons too.
I had bought Jeff a new fishing reel for his birthday in October. Well, I started feeling the smoothness of all the fishing reels there, and decided that I might enjoy a new reel myself. We ended up getting the best deal on the exact reel that Jeff got. I got a new rod and we were able to get Jeff that exact same rod as well on a great deal... I am not meaning to bore you with all this fishing pole talk, so bottom line... Jeff and I have TWINNER fishing poles. Yes... we are really BIG dorks, but we don't care. And one thing will be different, I am going to catch a lot more fish on mine. Anyways, here are the pics of our brand new, TWEENER fishing poles. Can't wait until we can get out to use them.

It was a nice long weekend, and we finished it out by snowboarding at Brighton on Monday evening. The snow was AMAZING. We had so much fun. I hope we can hit the slopes a few more times this year. I can't believe it will be March this week.

BTW, I hope I am proving some of you wrong by posting more often on my blog. HA! Didn't think I could do it, Did you????

Love Day!

Jeff and I went to Sakura grill for Valentines Day this year. We are saving our money up for a big trip... well and a lot of other things too, so we decided to go small on the gifts this year. Valentines gifts are overrated, and I woudn't mind one bit if that was our tradition every year. Dinner was fantastic and I ate so much I made myself sick, but whats new.??? I always do that. Jeff suprised me that morning with the funniest Valentines card I have ever seen. He is always so thoughtful and sweet. He is always prepared with the perfect something. I was scrambling around that morning after my workout to see what I could find to make him a Valentines card. I ended up making him a card in the few moments that I could find at work. He then suprised me with some flowers. They are still alive and beautiful in our living room. We went to dinner and came home and relaxed and played games. That is my kind of Valentines date. If I hadn't have cooked three huge meals in the days prior, I would have actually preferred to stay in and cook our own dinner. But Sakura was really yummy, and due to my own laziness that is what we did.

This is Jeff with his v-day gift. He loves root beer in the bottles, any bottled soda at that. However, he has a bet going with his sister, and he is trying to go off carbonation this next year. If he makes it we get a whopping 100 dollars. I am super impressed with him. He has made it 6 day as of today. I am being serious. In all the years that I have known Jeff, there has not been one day that he hasn't had a caffinated/carbonated beverage. We will see how he fares. He told me that if he doesn't feel like a super human being after two weeks, he is getting back on. Even sweet little grandma Robins told him to just live life and enjoy what you like. She is very wise, and I agree with her. But I also support Mr. Jeffy with whatever challenges he wishes to take on.

This is me after dinner with the flowers that Jeff got me. I have the best husband. So glad that I have the best Valentine... EVER!!!! Thanks for a good day.