poll results

i don't know if everyone checked the results of the poll, but Utah and Texas tied! Thank you all for voting. We still have no idea what we are doing in the future, but it is fun to talk about :) If we live some place warm I would like a pool and if we live in Utah I would like to get out of Provo. Those are my requests! it's funny how the results turned out, because Utah is at the top of my list and Texas is at the top of Dan's. If only Utah didn't have snow, then it would be the perfect place for us!

Recently

I guess I will just do a little update, because I feel like I haven't blogged in forever! First off, I started school again this week. I am doing what is called my "co-hort" semester. This means that I have the exact same people in all of my classes (16 girls) and during mid-semester we teach in an elementary school classroom for 6 weeks. All I can say is it's going to be a TON of work. I've already had some projects due and it's only the first week! Plus tons of reading. I like the girls in my classes though and all of my teachers are great too. I think it will be a busy and rewarding semester. I am still considering student teaching in the summer, but a part of me thinks I may just graduate in April and not certify. I'm still thinking about it.

This last week Dan went on a business trip to St. George for 1 night. It was our first night apart since we have been married and I did not like it! The house was waaaaay too quiet. Luckily I had about 2 hours of reading to do to keep me busy. He's back now and I was so happy to see him. Let's hope he doesn't have to leave again any time soon.

As you may have noticed, we put a new poll up. We are discussing possible places to live in the future. Dan likes any place without snow. I just like being near family. So you should vote! Of course, a lot depends on if Dan can find a job in any of those places in the future anyway. But it's still fun to think about.

Also, I am getting so excited for valentine's day! I'm trying to think of some cute craft I could make to decorate the house. Any ideas? I love making crafts! And I love holidays! Plus I already decided what I am going to get Dan as a present. I'm so excited!

Gingerbread house!

Over Christmas break we made this ridiculously awesome gingerbread house. Well at least I was impressed by our skills. It started out with Daniel, Anna and I assembling one of those gingerbread house kits. The creativeness just went from there....

Daniel decided to make a car, which turned into a snow plow. Meanwhile Ethan and Tiana were making sugar cookies. We used a few of their bear sugar cookies for our house. We have a bear driving the snow plow, we also have a bear as Santa Claus going down the chimney- equipped with a bag of toys, a beard, and a red hat. We put the snow plow in the front yard and even used powdered sugar for snow.

After that Daniel and Anna skillfully put a huge sugar cookie christmas tree in the front yard. Surrounded by chocolate presents. Unfortunately i didn't get a pic of the tree, but i know it took a lot of frosting to hold the thing up.

Anyway, here are the pictures of the amazing house. It definitely beats the graham cracker ones i used to make in elementary school!

Here's Daniel with the beginnings of the snow plow.

Anna= frosting expert! And Ethan in the background making cookies!

Here's everyone at the table (minus me, taking the picture, but i promise i helped!)


Here are the 3 of us... the master minds behind it all!


In the process... that duck looking thing on the front is supposed to be a snowman.


And here is the finished product! cute, huh? i did mostly the lights/candy decorations. If you look close you can see the Santa in the chimney too.


And here is the front. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture after they put the tree up in the yard. I know you're all impressed :)

Birthday pics

I decided I would put up a few pictures from Dan's b-day...


Here is Dan making a wish. He wanted a pie instead of a cake. We put 2 candles and then 6... for 26!



Here we both are. We were actually both sick on his b-day. So we pretty much just stayed at home and played this board game I got him. Finally around 8:00 at night we decided to go out and get some dinner. This is us later back at home.


Here's Dan with the balloons I got him. I put them on the table and tied his favorite candy bar to the bottom. I got these balloons at Smith's the night before and no one knew how to blow them up, so I did it myself! Luckily I had lots of practice from back when I worked at Dick's Market. Unfortunately a couple of the balloons died that day.... I had to hide them in the closet the whole night, that could have been why. They still looked good though!

Oh and did I mention I also got Dan one of the Guitar Hero games for his b-day? It's pretty much all he wanted. Yup, best wife ever :) One day when I am feeling really nice, I may even play it with him!

Happy Birthday, Dan!!!

Today is Dan's Birthday! Yay! And can I just say, he is the BEST husband ever???! Seriously, here is just a small example....

Monday morning i woke up at 4 am and was really sick... Once Dan woke up he took care of me. He went to Smith's and bought me medicine, gatorade, and crackers. Now, i'm sure you are all thinking, "well that is what he is supposed to do!" Which is true, but it gets better. So he had to go to work, but he came home early, just to take care of me.

He first watched Gilmore Girls with me as i was dying on the couch. He then did chores all around the house for me. He washed all of the dishes, he did the laundry, he hung up all the Christmas decorations I wanted to put up, but was too tired to do so myself. And then he did other handy man things around the house that involved a hammer. He then played games with me so I wouldn't get bored and he sang to me and played the guitar. He didn't even expect me to make him dinner or anything. After that he watched HGTV with me the rest of the night. Even though I'm sure he would have rather watched football. What a great husband! He spent the whole afternoon with me making sure I was comfortable and happy.

Then Tuesday I woke up still sick, but I had a presentation I had to do for one of my classes. So i went to school. I then came home and took a long nap because I was exhausted. I had a night class later, so Dan left work early to pick me up just so I wouldn't have to walk to school. Once my class was done he asked me what I wanted for dinner. The only thing that sounded good was Jamba Juice. So that's what we had for dinner! haha...... and nothing else, just Jamba. It was great. I made sure to get an immunity boost too.

That is the end of my "best husband ever" story....... but he does stuff like that for me every day. Anyway, Happy Birthday, Dan!!! I hope you have a great day! I love you!!!