Cookies, 51 Balloons and a Cold Night!

It has been a very long time since I blogged and it has been a very interesting week...this could be a very long blog as well...so be prepared. To start off...I am done being an Activities person and thank goodness!!!! The Valentine's party went pretty well but I am glad it is done. This calling has been a great learning experience and I hope to never have it again:) (unless I have a lot of time and money to do whatever I want). I was feeling sad that Todd and I wouldn't be able to go down to Utah to get cookies with our names on it from Debbie so we decided to make our own. It was fun and Todd makes some good sugar cookies. We had fun decorating them and especially eating them. We made two batches and they were all gone by Thursday :) (we did give one plate to a neighbor).

So...Friday I got a call from my dad saying he was in the hospital. He was having some chest pains at work and after my uncle's whole ordeal, he went to the hospital to check it out. Apparently if you go to the hospital and complain of chest pains, they don't let you go. He stayed over night and they did some tests on Saturday. The Doctor told him he needed to medication, go on diet and exercise. I am now my parents drill sergeant. I went grocery shopping for them and I am calling them everyday to make sure they are working out and eating well. Well back to Valentine's. Saturday I surprised Todd at work with a gigantic balloon, and some chocolate dipped strawberries. The balloon was huge, it could have taken Olivia away into the sky. Sadly, the balloon did not last long. Todd put it outside of the store and the balloon went on to balloon heaven :(. Saturday night, after Todd and I got back from Avatar (Todd loves that movie and wants an Avatar), I walked into our bedroom to find 50 balloons and of course some chocolate. It looked so fun and reminded us both of UP. It was cute and I have a cute husband.

As Facebook said, Todd and I did go camping. But our campground was...

Our living room!

I had yet to use the tent we got for our wedding so we decided to go camping. We turned off the lights, and turned down the heat. We played with balloons, made some hot cocoa, played some card games, played the guitar around the fire and fell asleep rather early:) It was a fun night but not a fun sleeping night. The floor was hard and it was so cold, I think I am a little sick, but that I guess is what you get for being silly and romantic. Well that is our week in a nutshell. I loved spending my third Valentine's Day with Todd....he is a keeper and I love him dearly!

The New Year

Well hello everyone, fancy seeing you here... So I decided I needed to update the blog but there really isn't that much to update about. Our Christmas season was amazing and we had a great time with our family. Mexico was awesome, I am so glad that I can say that my in-laws are some of my best friends. Todd and I look forward to the next vacation:). On my side of the family; my superman uncle has pulled through from his heart attack and is now back at home with his family where he should be. Todd and I are so blest to have an amazing family who are all so strong. So far our semester in school is going pretty well. Todd seems to be a little more busy with all his school and his SRC stuff but I think he loves to be busy. I on the other hand, am not busy. My new job is nice and easy and it is fun to work with all the teachers. I talked Todd into getting me a dog for my graduation present:) Since we might do APX again this summer Todd thinks I need a friend at home...so I get a puppy...yippy!! Don't worry, a dog wont be replacing a baby, but until that time comes...Guss will be my little buddy (Guss will be his name, it's all planned out). Oh Todd is doing great on his diet, he is down 10lbs. He is a pretty determined guy and I am really proud of him, I wish I had that much determination. Well I guess that is it...not much...but thats our life:) (oh we babysat Eliza last night...so cute and can I just say Todd will make the cutest father someday) Well the end...goodbye

Ugly Sweater Party

So our friends Hannah and LJ Nielsen (Todd's mission buddy), had us over to their house last night for an ugly sweater party. Todd and I went to DI Friday to find our attire and we found some good stuff. Todd even found a sweater that was actually really nice for three bucks (great store, haha). Todd had to work all yesterday so I did Saturday chores, took an english final and made some yummy treats for the party...YUM! I made chocolate, chocolate truffles (of coarse, what else would you expect from me), but some of them I put candy canes on for a festive flare, and I made chocolate dipped strawberries. (I also had plenty of leftovers to make some Christmas favors for my committee members and they ended up looking very cute I might add) Boy was my kitchen messy at the end! I was doing pretty good until I dipped everything but once I started dipping I had chocolate everywhere, I totally had an "I Love Lucy" moment...anyone know what I am talking about?:) (but like I always said with my roommates, food messes make for great food!). Todd was a little taken back when he got home but he had to finish the dipping while I got ready. The party was fun; but only four of us wore ugly sweaters, haha. We ate too much sugar and played one of our favorite games "Oh Hell" or as the Wilson's call it "Oh Darn". I won the second game by the way:). It was great to celebrate the season with friends, ugly sweaters and CHOCOLATE!

The food...YUM

The Nielsens' and the Altoms'

Merry Christmas from these two cute faces

Happenings....

I finally have a break to write on here (I'll try and post our amazing pics...they really aren't amazing, boring stuff really). It has been a super long time since we last updated this. So what happened in this last month in a half you ask? Well...celebrated birthday's like crazy (the highlight being Miss Olivia Grace), Todd went to NYC and brought me back a lot of goodies, celebrated Thanksgiving with our loved ones, was there the night BYU WON (probably the greatest moment of Todd's life...really!), we both got sick (Todd more than me), hosted a ward Christmas Party (that went fairly well but took way to much time but I am so happy it is done), Todd ran 10miles in two hours and now we are finishing up the semester!!! This week will be my last week for my internship (well working with the kids anyways) and as happy as I am to have a bit more time on my hands, I will miss the kids. It has been a very fun time and a great learning experience for me. I am even thinking (once we finally settle down somewhere) of starting my own after-school program. Todd is almost done with his IBC, in fact there last shindig is this Wednesday but it is only for his group. They broke even and will probably earn a little more so it is looking like Todd will get an "A" for that class. Both of us are looking forward to next semester! Both of us should have an easier load than this semester. Todd will continue to work at the diamond store and he is also on the SRC, which is the Student's Representative Council. He will be helping with advertisement for school things. I will have my last semester...woot, woot and hopefully we will know soon what is going on this summer so I can start looking for a job. Next semester I am working as a secretary in the Home and Family Department...and did I mention I start early in the morning...blah! Well thats the latest on our little family! We are ready for the Christmas and Mexico but are very much enjoying the Holiday Season! Love you all!!