In Memoriam

Kaitlin's fish, Prince Fredrick IX, died last Sunday. I just can't stop thinking about the little guy. We grew real close. He was the most tallented fish you have ever seen. He would do little tricks, half way out of the water (the way dolphins do), when he knew you were about to feed him. And he always blew bubbles when I was singing in the kitchen. In fact, I could swear that I once heard him singing along to his favorite song, "Under the Sea." Fred's favorite movie was "Finding Nemo." Even more than movies, however, he loved spending one-on-one time with me, watching college football on Saturday mornings when Kaitlin was gone.

Fred proved to me that beta fish are even more faithful than golden retrievers. On more than one occasion, he saved my life. Last fall, when I was very sick with the Swine Flu, he stayed by my side as I lay helpless in bed, gently reassuring me by holding my fingernail with a caring fin. Yes, he was a cute little fish, but on the inside, he had the heart of a whale.

I'll miss you Fred. You were a very good fish!

Entertaining Elevator Ride

Okay, so yesterday I learned what it really means that if you can laugh at yourself, then you are okay to let others laugh at/with you too. So, I decided to share a couple moments of yesterday that I got a little chuckle out of and hopefully you will too.
Elevator Ride
So yesterday I was working and i was exhausted from all the birthday playing and so while riding in the HFAC elevator I leaned my head against the wall of the elevator. This elevator reminds me of the old church buildings that have carpet all along the walls. Well we were approaching the 3rd floor so I decided i should get ready to get off when I noticed my head was stuck to the wall. Well, my bobby pin had slid in one of the loops of the carpet on the wall. I started freaking out, hoping the door wouldn't open until I could detach my head. I did just in time, but now I have decided boy cott carpet on walls.... it belongs on the floor people!
Later that same night I was picking up a microphone and thought I would test it out, so I began to do a little jazz scatting when I realized a co-worker was coming in the room. He asked "what are you doing?" I told him trying to get the microphone to work... he came over and demonstrated that yes indeed, it needs to be plugged in to work! Ha ha! Those are the times that I enjoy life and laughing, hopefully you could get a kick out of too!

Date Night!

Just as a short update, this past week was super busy and crazy, but we were so excited for our Saturday day night which turned out to be a series of events.

• Made it to a session in the Provo temple

• Ran to campus to see the end of the basketball BYU vs. UofU game... just in time to see Emery get hit and Henderson thrown out the game. Pretty crazy and then to pull off the WIN!

• Went to NICKEL CADE (now called nickel city)... for the record I beat Jordan in the basketball shooting game and he beat me in the football game. We had a blast playing skeeball and racing cars.

• We came home to make cookies (11:30pm) to take to family dinner and choir on Sunday. While making the cookies it just asked for brown sugar (my family has made these for years) and when they came out they were still in balls and tasted more like flour than cookie goodness. I called my mom the next morning to discover that the recipe was missing the 1 cup of white sugar. Jordan, tried to put more sugar in it Sunday afternoon and to our surprise tada we had some flatter, better, tasting cookies!
  

We had a blast! We are doing great and have felt so blessed recently as we have been able to see the Lord's hand in our lives. We are amazed of how much we know that the Lord is aware of us and our needs. Hope everyone is enjoying their week and Happy February!

Our First Christmas!

It was so great to have such a great break after Jordan and I worked hard to finish our finals and head out for a much needed vacation.  We First went to Flagstaff, AZ where we spent time with my parents.  It was great to be with them in the beautiful snow.  Jordan played in the snow with my cousins children and I did everything in my power to stay warm.  After time spent with my family we headed to Mesa to spend time with the Ellingsons.  I learned how to make bread and Jordan made cinnamon rolls with Rebekah.  It was fun to see different Christmas traditions and fun to spend Christmas with Jordan.

We spent a day at the park with the family. We played some football, rode down the hill on some ice, rode bikes (Jordan and Dallin attempted backwards... boys will be boys).

Dallin and Jordan riding bikes

So forever ago I told Jordan that I have been craving Pete's Fish-N-chips right when we started dating.  We never got the opportunity the go, so Jordan felt bad and offered to take me somewhere in Provo with fish and chips. Then I told him that I don't get fish, I love their hamburgers.  On the trip, we finally made it and it was just like I remembered.

Speaking of fish... as we were getting ready to leave to head to Arizona we realized that we hadn't thought of what to do with Prince Frederick (our fish).  We debated the duck pond or the lovely toilet pipes.  After much discussion we decided to take him on a vacation in our tupperware, so he tagged along... successfully!

Last, but not least Jordan's brother Gary came home from the Omaha, Nebraska Mission.  To welcome him home we all wore hats and scarves... to bring him back to the cold weather of Mesa.  It was fun for the family to have their brother home and for me to finally meet him.

Overall, the best first Christmas with Jordan EVER!

Our First Blog!

So, I always wanted to start a blog, but I decided that I would wait until Jordan and I got married. That way he could be in half of the pictures instead of just a display of me. I am excited to start blogging and love being updated with all of our friends and families blogs.
Jordan and I just finished Fall semester at BYU (phew, feels so good to be done and to have a break). This past semester was fun and hard, but we enjoyed every bit of it. Since we didn't make Christmas cards I decided that I would tell about our tops and funnies of the past year.

1. We got engaged!
2. I got to help teach in a 1st grade classroom for a month.
3. Jordan did an internship and traveled China
4. We got a great deal on an apartment
5. The carpet flooded in the apartment in the living room (only like 2 ft out).
6. Jordan got 100 hearts for Valentines Day and I got 5 airplanes with 100 things list.
7. Jordan got a scholarship (he's a smartie)
8. I went to Disneyland with my family during the summer.
9. Jordan had a tool party (we have used many of the gifts... plunger)
10. We got married for time and all eternity :)
    

Basically the year 2009 has been great! We are learning to "come what may and love it!" Thanks everyone for the support and love. We cherish all of our friendships and are so grateful for the knowledge of eternal families.