Home for EASTER...

Last weekend I got to go home for Easter and Conference. It was so nice to be around family on such a holiday. Thank you mom and dad for letting me come home! I loved every minute of it. Here are some things we did:

Family Easter party - (pics below) We had a yummy dinner, an easter egg hunt, egg relay, fish pond, and a cupcake walk. To top it all off, the weather was gorgeous so we spent most of our time in the backyard!!





Saturday morning we woke up and watched General Conference. With Sunday being Easter, we had our coffee cake on Saturday, another reason I'm glad I got to go home :) Then that evening while the boys went to Priesthood, the girls went to Hannah's and played there. Thanks Hannah for letting us come over!!!

Then on Sunday, after Conference, family came over and we had our Easter dinner. Unfortunately I had to leave in a hurry because I had to catch my flight back to Utah, but nonetheless, it was wonderful to be home for at least part of the day!!

For my Meal Management class, we were awarded extra credit if we set the table for Easter dinner. Obviously, I took that oppoortunity, and this is what I came up with. (Thank you mom for having this stuff around your house!!!)

(Above is the little girls table that I set for Mimi, Bonka, and the girls to sit at while the parents sat in the dining room. In case you were wondering, yes, I am still a little girl so I did eat at this table :))(And this was the 'adult' table for all of the parents to sit at)

Vans.....and a soccer game

Last week I went with Britt and Chris to watch our friend, Andie, play in her indoor soccer game. Andie's amazing at soccer and sometimes it makes me wish I could play, but then I remember back in elementary school when I played on a soccer team and had no clue what was ever going on during our games. So maybe it's okay that I've stuck with simply going to the gym and running....
While we were watching her, I was distracted by my shoes. My shoes seem to distract me alot, simply because I love shoes. That day I decided to snap a quick picture of them, the red background was just too perfect. Okay, enough about shoes, back to the game....it was a fun time! Later that night we made no bake cookies with everyone and watched Dan In Real Life. Unfortunately, there were no pictures taken. Another time, another time...

Run of the leopards...

So a couple weeks ago I went with these lovely ladies (Serena, Maren, Jacque, and Britt) to SLC to run in the Run of the Leopards race. Maren's mom started this race and so we went this year to be part of it, even though her mom was out of town. It was just a 5k, so not bad at all and we loved it. Great way to spend a Saturday morning!

the bubble.

You know you live in a bubble/Provo when....

this sign is found throughout your neighborhood

Need I say more?

dan the man...the handyman.

When our family used to go to Lake Powell, everyone would refer to my dad as Dan the man, for obvious reasons:) Today I'd like to refer to him as Dan the Handyman. Every time he comes to Utah to visit, he's either fixing, adding, re-doing...etc. I think each time he comes he makes a trip to either Lowes or Home Depot, sometimes more than once each trip, and I like to give him a hard time about it! Secretly, I know he loves fulfilling a task!

Let me just name a few things he has done for us while he's in town...
Fixed the sink in the basement
Changes air filters
Added soft water system
Changes lights
Hangs blinds
Hauls trash to the dumpsters
Waxes cars
Changes windshield wipers
Hangs fans
Changes light switches
Unclogs drains
Adds weather stripping to the bottom of doors (i think that's what they're called)
Takes down trees
Plants new trees
Hangs pictures, very straight I might add
Hangs mirrors so I can see the back of my hair
Puts up sensor lights so I can feel safe at night
And the list goes on....

Well, this past week while mom and dad were in town, dad decided to take on another task. This time it was the light fixtures in the front of the house around the garage. He took down the old, and put up the new. He can pretty much do anything, and that's why he's my handyman. Thanks for everything dad!!

I love you dad!

spring is just around the corner...or so i thought.

There has been a pile of snow in the front of our house all winter, and it is just about all melted!! When I see the green grass starting to pop up, I know it's a good sign. Spring is coming!!!

I love the blue skies above the mountains! Such a pretty sight!

These are some tulips (at least mom and I think they are tulips..haha) that are popping up around our tree in the front yard. I must say tulip season is my favorite part about Utah :)

Here's the kicker...although I didn't get any pictures, just last night we had a snow storm. So typical. Just when I thought spring was around the corner, the Utah weather surprised us with a little tease of a snow storm. However, it's my lucky day, because it has all melted.

Maybe spring really is just around the corner!

urgent care...my home away from home

Well for about the third time in a year's worth I have been diagnosed with Strep Throat. It seems as though Strep always comes at the most inconvenient times. Let's go back about 7 months. This past summer while staying in North Carolina I got to visit the Urgent Care and be diagnosed with Strep Throat. Spending my vacation in bed, while trying not to infect those around me was not exactly how I wanted to spend my vacation. Then, this past Christmas I was diagnosed in Kauai, Hawaii, in a small Urgent Care. Yet again, not the way I had planned on spending my Christmas, let alone my trip to Hawaii. Then, today, while bombarded with a new job and two new block classes, I have been diagnosed yet again at the Health Center Urgent Care. Oh the joys that come from being sick. Looking on the bright side...I have started my medication and with doctors orders get to stay home today and tomorrow from school, Wahoo!