Winger's Night

So for date night a couple of weeks ago I decided to have a Winger's Night! Winger's was one of our favorite resturants when we lived up in Rexburg, and since we've moved we hardly ever get to eat there. We even started off with a bowl of popcorn! When we were in Reburg I got a recipe for Sticky Fingers from a coworker @ Melaleuca. This is one of our favortie recipes.

Nothing beats their Asphault Pie though! It was really easy to make and really yummy to eat. I made a whole pie dish of it and it was gone it a few days.

Wack A Mouse

Okay so you know the game Wack-A-Mole, well yesterdays events felt totally like this game. So the other day david and I saw a mouse run across our entry and then completely disapeared. I hated going to bed not knowing where the mouses ended up and if he was going tobe joining me in my room later that night. ( I did close the door so he couldnt). So the next morning as I was starting my Wii Fit, the mouse ran into the kitchen again. I qucikly grabbed my shoe and waited. It didnt take long before the mouse was darting down the hall with me running behind it throwing my shoes at it. I learned mice are really fast and I have a terrible shot. It darted into the end bedroom, where it stayed for the next 25 min. I sat right outside of the door frame and waited to squish it. But it out smarted me and saw me and darted back into the room. So I decided I would go and sit in the door way of the bedroom right next to the one he was in so he couldnt see me and when he ran past I would get him. Instead of running back down the hall the mouse decided to come into the other bedroom ( the one i was in) and ran right over my foot. Which made me jump and scream, but this time I was able to corner him. I took several wacks at the mouse but it didnt fase him. He kept running back and forth. Thankfully this is when David came in from the shop and helped me flush him out and I finally got him.

This is a picture of what the bedroom looked like after we finally killed it. We completely destroyed the room. haha. Good times.

This is right below my knee. I got a nasty carpet burn trying to wack the mouse. Totally worth it though :).

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures

Ashlyn & I cheesin it up.
I ACTUALLY MADE SOMETHING FROM PINTEREST!!! Ashlyn's TuTu for Christmas!

Our Christmas Tree. This year was the first year we got a tree. I Loved it! It smelt so good.

Ashlyn playing Guitar. We have so much fun together.

Our new love seat / recliner / rocking chair. Yep thats right they rock. And the best part is we got it for a great price at Costco. It was our anniversary gift to eachother :).

David is amazing and made this dog house for Roudy. I still need to get a picture of him. We just have to paint it and add some carpet on the bottom.

3 Years and still counting

David and I just celebrated our 3 year anniversary on the 17th. I can't believe how fast three years has gone by. For our annviersary this year we bought our self a love seat dual recliner with a middle counsol. Its awsome! The chairs even rock. It been so nice all week to come home and put my feet up. I'll have to post some pictures soon (I've got to clean my house first :) haha ).

End of Year update:
Christmas was great. With my sister staying in Boise and my little brother on his mission, my parents went to Utah for a few days before christmas, and then came home on Christmas Eve. So we spent Christmas day with david's family. It was the first time all of david's sibblings were under the same roof in a long time. We had a great time. We actually went and played basketball at the church a couple of times. It was awsome, except for me being out of shape :). Daivd surprised me with a wonderful christmas gift. He got me a nice new digital camera, with a bag, and a tripod. I still have some experimenting to do with it but i totally love it.

New Years was pretty fun too. We were with david's family again. Carmalite had her mission talk on New Year's day, and then left on the 4th. We were all old farts on new years eve and even missed the ball drop. Darek taught us a new game called Settlers, and absolutely love it so we bought it :). I was was also very proud of myself when I killed Darek when playing risk. It may not sound all that exciting but I was very impressed with myself.

Is it Christmas Yet?

We're skipping the Thanksgiving background and going straight to Christmas!
This year I've been so excited for christmas and I'm not sure why.

We are doing things a little bit differently this year. For family rotations we've flip flopped, so we are with my family for Christmas. Carissa & Ryan will probably stay in Boise, with their new baby, and because my parents are empty nesters (and its driving them crazy) they are coming to my house!! YEAH! I'm hoping that on Chirstmas day Carissa and Ryan will atleast come down to Bliss for dinner. :) I'm really excited to decorate my house. I've already started finding lots of ideas on pinterest :). (A new obsession of mine)

With David's family, Shirley is having everyone help out with the 12 days of christmas; which I'm really excited about. The night after she told me I just couldnt stop thinking about it and within 48 hrs I had our day for the 12 days all planned out. I'm so excited for it :). Our theme this year is Believe.

The counting is officially on! :)

One crazy Summer!

One post is the result of my one crazy summer. It all started in July when I finally decided to get the small bump on my arm removed because I finally was just so embarrased by it. After being told by the dermatoligist that he was 99% sure it was nothing, I was diagnosed with Skin Cancer. (Atypical Spitzoid Tumor to be exact) Can you say complete 180! Next I was refered to a Surgeon because they wanted to take a bigger sample out of my arm. Basically go dipper and wider to make sure that everything was gone. So a few days later I went into surgery. They went wider and deeper and took out 4 lymnoids out of my armpit. (Lymnoids are like a container full of white blood cells that attract the bacteria in your body) All I can say is that I love meds! :) I was going to post some pictures but I cant get them off my phone. Sorry.

After about 4 days my results came back with great news. The cancer/ tumor hadn't drained to any of my lymnoids so chances that its anywhere else are slim. However the doctors still weren't able to diagnois the bump they had removed. So i've been left to wonder what it really could have been and to just wait and watch.

So that pretty much wraps up July.

Next on the List David's younger brother Darick came home from his mission on the 4th of Aug.(which was a wednesday). He was able to fly into Twin Falls so most of us were able to meet him at the airport. Some of us were late :) but we still made it. Darick gave a wonderful homecoming talk. It even made my "one feeling" father-in-law tear up just little bit. In the 3 day stretch between flight and his talk my sister-in-law Kara got married. Perfect Timing and Crazy timing all at once. Kara had a beautful wedding. But of course to complicate things in that three day time period I decided to get strep, tonsolitis, and an ear infection. :) Luckily I didnt infect anyone else and was able to make it to her sealing and the reception. I did miss out on the endowment session.

During all this craziness Carmilite and Dione came to live with us and work Harvest. Soon after the wedding we added one more and officiall became out numbered. Derick came to live with us too :). The difficulty of cooking for two became easier but at the same time it became harder because cooking for five takes a lot more work. :) I cant imagine how Shirley did it cooking for 9. We had lots of fun having them with us though.

Time Out

Well another year of Time Out for Women has come and gone.

Our theme this year:

It was an amazing weekend, filled with love, friendship, and the spirit of christ. I was really glad to see my favorite two speakers there, Brad Wilcox and Amanda Dickson. Brad talked about being changed by Grace and the Atonement. To me understanding the atonement has always been very complicated, and hard to wrap my mind around all of its concepts. Brad truely understands this concept and is able to help others to understand the deepness of it all. Some of my favorite quotes from him include,
"The miracel fo the atonement is not that we can be cleansed but tis that we can be changed and transfored"
"The atonement is to be change" and
"We don't get to heaven on Jesus's coattails, rahter he changes us to fit his coat"
If you've never had the opportunity to hear this man speak, I would sugest buying one of his books or cd's. He is amazing!! :)
Amanda Dickson talked about friendship. She is truely and amazing women. This women is not a memeber of the church, but is so in tuned to the spirit. Some of her quotes include,
"Women gathering is divine and important and the relief socity was truely inspired"
"We have to learn to be better friends to ourselves."

With the theme of BECOME it really helped me to focus my attention on what I want to become throughout the rest of my life. However, the first step is to become me.

B= Bold -- You are a leader in your own way
E= Eternally Minded -- forcus on the things of eternity
C= Creative -- the desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of our soul
O= Outward Focused -- who can we life and nurture on our way
M= Meek --she came, she learned, she loved, and she Served
E= Enlightened -- Help to defend the family, Motivate and Mobilize them to take action

U= Unique -Each one of us has a Unique Mission in life.