Valentines Day :D

Since we're on a low budget these days, we didn't do anything too exciting.  I came home from work and there were red tulips, a card and a teddy bear with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (one of the few chocolates I like)!  For dinner he made me a yummy pasta (he's getting the hang of this cooking stuff).  Then, we ordered a movie from On Demand.  I wanted a chick flick (it was V-day after all)  and the only one he was really interested in seeing was Baby Mama.  It was Ok, it had enough comedy to keep Sam interested and it was kind of an interesting story.  So we had a great first Valentines Day as a married couple.  It was perfect!

Baking...

It's Sunday afternoon and Kelsey is taking a nap. She has been telling me that I need to blog so I guess now is a good time to do it. So, I've been spending some time in the kitchen lately. We got a bunch of cookbooks for our wedding so I've been looking through them to see if there is anything that I want to attempt. Anyway, here are a few of my experiences.

So, some of you have heard this story but for those who haven't...

A couple Friday nights ago Kelsey wanted chocolate chip cookies, but she didn't want to make them. So I decided to do it. Using the recipe on the bag of the chocolate chips it was all working out o.k. After everything was mixed Kelsey came in to eat some of the dough and said that I had over mixed it since it looked more like frosting instead of dough. When they came out of the oven they had bubbled over and didn't really resemble cookies too much. We weren't sure exactly what went wrong other than I may have over mixed it. The next morning Kelsey had to work and she told me to try again since we had the missionaries coming for dinner that night. So, I began gathering the ingredients again and noticed another jar in the back of the cabinet, which I did not see the night before. This jar contained flour. The night before I had mistaken the powdered sugar for flour. This time the cookies turned out much better.

On Friday night there was a dance for all the adults in our old stake down in San Jose. It didn't start until 8:00 so I flipped through the cookbooks and decided to try making pizza. After a quick run to the store for toppings I used the mixer to make the dough and made two personal sized pizzas. They actually turned out pretty good. 

25 Things

This is borrowed from my facebook.  I just thought I'd share with those who don't have FB.  I did change a few of them because I thought of better things to share.

Rules of the Tag: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people, or as many as you feel like (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
Side note: I was tagged by five people but didn't really want to do it, but I told Sam that if he did it, I would. So here it goes. Hope you enjoy.)

1. I love my family more than anything in the world.

2. I grew up with three older brothers so a lot of their craziness rubbed off on me. (I hated playing Barbies with my little sister but Loved Legos.)

3. I have had the same best friend all my life. Jody, you're amazing!!!

4. I broke my arm when I was five and I had a neon pink cast.

5. I used to collect anything orange.  It became a very large collection.  It's actually surprising I still like the color orange.

 
6. When I was sevenish, I was in the play "The Little Red Hen" at school. I was a little chick. I didn't have any speaking part but I sang those songs with all my might.

7. Before I started elementary school I took a ballet and tap dance class for a few years. I've never taken a dance class since but I would really like to. 

8. I learned to read music in elementary school. We had an amazing music/choir teacher named Ms. King.

9. I played the clarinet in my school bands for seven years. I LOVED it.

10. I love baseball and enjoy watching and playing most sports.

11. I played softball in high shcool. I wasn't very good so I spent three years in J.V. and played on the bench in varsity my senior year. But we had a blast.

12. I didn't drive until I was 18. 

13. I have an AA degree in Business Administration.

14. I hate being disorganized.

15. I've changed what I want to be when I grow up a million times but I've finally decided on a Mom.

16. My heroes are my parents.

17. I went to church every school day in high school at 6 in the morning to learn about the scriptures.

18. I am a big fan of aviation. A few years ago I started making model airplanes and now they are all over my room.

19. My husband proposed to me in a little airplane over the golden gate bridge. It was so perfect!

20. I am a lot younger than most people would guess. 

21. I hate making decisions.  

22. I really enjoy decorating but I don't think I'm very good at it.

23. Don't tell my husband, but I used to bite my nails when I was younger... a lot younger!

24. I work part time as a funeral home associate and love what I do.

25. I get cold really easily. 

Just Rambling

So today I don't have to go to work until about one so I'm enjoying a morning off.  Sam went into work to get a few things done so the apartment is pretty quiet.  The good thing about it is that I get to listen to my country music and don't have to have the T.V. on all the time.  The bad thing about it is that we don't get to spend the day together.  

So the weather is being very strange here.  It is sunny and warm.  I went to my parents house the other day and Grandma was out planting and weeding in her garden.  I asked her if it was spring already.  I wasn't even wearing my coat or a sweater!  The only reminder that it's only January is how cold it is at night and early morning.  I love warm weather but we could really use the rain.  

Our new ward at church is really good.  There are a few young couples but mostly it's kind of an older ward.  Everyone's been really friendly and I love being back in Relief Society to learn from the Teaching of Joseph Smith.  We haven't had to speak or been given callings yet but the bishop is coming over to visit tomorrow so we'll see.  

Sam is still working hard at his first year teaching.  There have definitely been ups and downs.  The budget crisis is making everyone nervous, especially me.  Who knows what will happen come the end of the school year.

But for the most part we're doing really well.  I'm so happy and wouldn't change a thing!

Happy Holidays

Sorry I'm so far behind.  Life has been pretty busy these past couple weeks.  Sam has had the two weeks of work and although I've been working a lot, we got a lot done.  We finished hanging pictures and panting the coffee table.  Plus, Theresa gave  us a great couch so our new apartment is looking great!  

  

Christmas was fantastic.  We spent Christmas Eve with my family doing the traditional celebrating, eating, and singing.  After spending the night at my parents' house, we opened presents and Sam and I made breakfast for everyone.  Then we went to Sam's parents' house.  We opened more presents, played games and had a great time with his family.  It was so wonderful to celebrate the birth of our Savior with family.

  

New Year's Eve we had a party at our house and we actually fit 16 people comfortably in our apartment!  We played games, ate snacks, watched crazy people flip trucks and jump motorcycles and counted down the new year.  I think everyone had a good time.  And luckily there wasn't a lot of mess to clean up so we made it to Brandon's after party where we hung out more and played wii.

All in all we've had a great few weeks.  We played hard, worked hard and spent a lot of time with the people we love.  Thank you to everyone who shared this holiday season with us, we love you so much.