Announcing....

my latest and greatest website (i know, it seems like i have a lot... but really only 3).  My sisters and i decided to start a blog all about dating your spouse.  It is basically a place for us to write down different date ideas.  Because if you are like us (me & dan) you end up doing the exact same things every weekend!  So we decided to get creative and collectively come up w/ lots of great date ideas.  Check out our new site here:

Dating For Eternity

We only have a few posts so far (just started last week), but we've got lots and lots of ideas in store!  And even if you're not married, you can still look at it for date ideas :). 

I want.

The other day we were at the Bosch Store (i love this store, mostly for the delicious cafe inside) and i was browsing through the kitchen gadgets when i came across this....

Color coded cutting boards!  There is a separate chopping board for fruit/veggies, meat, fish & cooked food (which seems to be way more sanitary) all in this cute little case.  Plus the set I saw comes w/ knives that correspond w/ each color as well.  Amazing!  Cute and functional.  I want this.  I'm not sure i've ever wanted a kitchen gadget this much before.  Now i just have to decide if cutting boards are worth $65.... :) 

Noelle & Jared

My sister Noelle & her husband Jared came to visit us last weekend!  Here are a few pics i snapped while they were here:

We took them to our favorite view spot, only this time it was windy & cold up there!

In the red rocks

We played bocce at the park!

I think we convinced Noelle & Jared to move here too :).  I hope!  haha... anyway it was lots of fun to see them.  They were super happy they chose to come down this past weekend too b/c it was still snowing in Provo.  In May!  Ridiculous.  I can't even remember the last time i didn't wear flip flops & shorts/capris down here....

Spoiled

Today I am posting about Dan, again!  Because he is just so awesome!  I must start off by saying I am spoiled and I'm not afraid to admit it.  In fact, I like being spoiled :).  I am 100% fine with this.  So here goes my awesome husband story for the day....

Yesterday after Dan got off of work he decided he needed to get me a mother's day present.  I told him I was not a mother and it was not necessary.  But he told me one day I would be a mother, so I needed a present.  I really think he just likes looking for excuses to get me presents :).

Later that night during FHE Dan told me he wanted to give me my mother's day present (he does this every time he gets me a present, he hates waiting to give it to me!).  I told him it wasn't mother's day and i wanted to wait until Sunday to open it.  He proceeded to tell me the sooner I opened it the sooner I could use it.  Eventually I gave in and decided since I wasn't a mother I didn't have to wait until mother's day to open it.  So he brought it out, wrapped like this...

... in a quilt we have.  That is definitely my husband's kind of wrapping job!  I think he is just trying to save the environment by not wasting paper.

I honestly had no idea what to expect.  But he ended up getting me something I am soooo excited about:

 Tennis stuff!  A racket for him, a racket for me, & tennis balls.  I cannot wait to play!  I just barely learned how to play a few weeks ago and I loved it!  The weather is going to be in the 80s and 90s this week so we are really hoping to play a few nights.

Thanks Dan for the tennis stuff!!!  You win the best husband ever award :).   

Mormon Guard

So... my husband is pretty awesome.  He recently came up with a great idea to help the church online.  In his job he does what is called Search Engine Optimization.  Basically it helps websites get found.  For example... when you search for something in Google, you usually find what you are looking for on the first or second page.  I mean really, how many times do you look through more than 2 pages of google?  I know I don't.  His job is to help websites make it to the first page of search engines, otherwise they just get lost in cyberspace.  His plan is to help members who blog about the church get their websites found.  That way when someone searches google (or bing, or whatever search engine you use) about the church, only good information shows up.  Because honestly, not all good information currently shows up.  If you want more info or have always wanted to start a blog about the church, you should check out his website: Mormon Guard.  Or if you're just curious you can check it out because his website explains it all much better than I just did.  And if you know people who already do blog about the church, maybe you can pass along his website info to them too :). 

This is one of the many reasons i love my husband.  He gets an idea & he does something about it.  Way to be proactive, Dan!  :).  But seriously... he's already gotten quite a few members to sign up and i know the idea has been emailed to Elder Ballard as well.  Whether he checks his email or not, who knows...  Another great thing is my Dad is in charge of all the missionaries online.  For those who don't know, many missions are starting to have missionaries blog & get on facebook (seriously missionary work is changing!).  My Dad is in charge of all of that, so Dan is really hoping the missionaries can use his website to get all of their blogs ranking in search engines too.  This could be a great thing to help spread good info about the church!