Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
My Bank is Here!
I was walking down the street during lunch to go to Chase to use the ATM and I just about walked into this bank...
I caught myself and thought Wells Fargo isn't in New York... and then I realized... it is now! Some of you might be thinking okay she's weird for being so excited about a bank. It just brought back good memories of going to the bank in Kaysville, UT (cue music) "where everybody knows your name...."
I know that it won't be quite like that in NYC, but at least I can withdraw money from my Well's Fargo account now. I took this picture on my walk, I saw the taxi and thought it was perfect. We have to appreciate the little things in life:)
I know that it won't be quite like that in NYC, but at least I can withdraw money from my Well's Fargo account now. I took this picture on my walk, I saw the taxi and thought it was perfect. We have to appreciate the little things in life:)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
So remember last year how I said I was going to do St. Patrick's Day better this year? My mom makes green jello cake every year and it's one of my favorite traditions of St. Patrick's day.
Last year I posted that I didn't make the jello cake and this year I am sad to say I didn't make it either. I had really good intentions as I bought the cake mix and the jello last weekend.
Last night after I got back from organ lessons I was just exhausted from the day that I didn't make it!
I didn't think it would matter all that much to me but my family has all been posting on Facebook how good the cake has been today and now I feel a little left out. It's not so much the cake it's just the thought of us doing the same thing as my family across the country and it has made me a little homesick today.
I think I'm going to make it when I get home tonight, and it will be ready maybe by the time I go to bed:(
Sidenote: Scott was so nice this morning to make me feel better and more festive he put green food coloring in his scrambled eggs. Isn't he so sweet? I have to say it did make me feel a little better. So at least someone ate something green today. At least we both wore green, right?
I sure hope I'm better with this holiday stuff once we have kids!
So good news so far this St. Patrick's day I haven't seen anyone passed out, any throw up on the sidewalk or subway platform, or had to avoid the glass from broken bottles. The bad news, it's early and I still have the commute home tonight. I'll hurry home to avoid the crazies.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Last year I posted that I didn't make the jello cake and this year I am sad to say I didn't make it either. I had really good intentions as I bought the cake mix and the jello last weekend.
Last night after I got back from organ lessons I was just exhausted from the day that I didn't make it!
I didn't think it would matter all that much to me but my family has all been posting on Facebook how good the cake has been today and now I feel a little left out. It's not so much the cake it's just the thought of us doing the same thing as my family across the country and it has made me a little homesick today.
I think I'm going to make it when I get home tonight, and it will be ready maybe by the time I go to bed:(
Sidenote: Scott was so nice this morning to make me feel better and more festive he put green food coloring in his scrambled eggs. Isn't he so sweet? I have to say it did make me feel a little better. So at least someone ate something green today. At least we both wore green, right?
I sure hope I'm better with this holiday stuff once we have kids!
So good news so far this St. Patrick's day I haven't seen anyone passed out, any throw up on the sidewalk or subway platform, or had to avoid the glass from broken bottles. The bad news, it's early and I still have the commute home tonight. I'll hurry home to avoid the crazies.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Friday, March 4, 2011
My Predictions
I told a few people that once the top 12, 13 or whatever number it was going to be was announced on American Idol I would predict my top 3. There ended up being 13 of the 24 people chosen last night. I have chosen who I think will be in the top 3, my favorites. My predictions are...
James Durban
Lauren Alaina
Casey Abrams
If you don't like American Idol I'm sorry, but if you haven't ever really watched it---do, so I can have more people to talk about it with. If you watch, let me know your predictions too! We'll see how I do this year:)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
No Hot Water
We woke up this morning to no hot water. I'm still not over it. We had to do the toilet flushing trick to get any sort of warm water in the shower. I sure hope we have better luck tomorrow!
Friday, February 25, 2011
I Cooked Bacon...
Here's the story:
Scott has been starting to get sick and when I asked him what he wanted for dinner he said he wanted soup, potato soup (see recipe posted below). I told him I would make the soup if he would cook his own bacon. The thought of cooking it made me feel sick as I have always refused. The agreement in our marriage from the beginning was that he would cook his own bacon, preferably when I wasn't around. So I go home from work pick up a few things from the store that I need and head home.
I get there and start getting the potatoes ready for the soup since that's the longest part. Once I get them in the pressure cooker I ask Scott when he was going to cook his bacon. He was working on an assignment he had to do that night and said he would do it when he got to a good stopping point. I felt bad because he was working hard on school stuff and was sick at the same time so I didn't want to bother him. So... I pulled the bacon out of the fridge, got out my pan and started to separate the pieces. I thought to myself, how do you even cook bacon? You can tell I haven't done this in a very long time. I turn on the stove, wait for the pan to heat up and put the bacon on. It started getting all sizzly and greasy and making the weird noises that bacon does and I thought, okay I can do this.
I decided to make Scott aware of how good of a wife I was. I said, "I deserve an award, I'm such a nice wife. Just listen..." Scott was too busy paying attention to his schoolwork that he completely ignored me so I stormed out of the room since I didn't get the attention I was hoping for. I went back to cooking the bacon and Scott runs in and tells me thank you so much (he was very grateful!), and he does me a favor and pulls the bacon out of all that nasty grease so I didn't have to. Anyways, I am making a big deal about a little thing but I was proud of myself for kind of getting over that fear of cooking bacon. Now I'm not saying that will happen anytime again soon... Also for the record, I did not eat it just cooked it.
P.S. Here is the recipe of the soup. My older sister Amber found this recipe a while ago. It's our go to potato soup recipe now. Thanks Am!
*Things I do differently:
-We have the bacon on the side so Scott can add it to his soup.
-I cook the potatoes in the pressure cooker, it's faster.
-For us I cut the recipe in half so we have leftovers but not too much.
Potato Soup
16 strips Bacon
5 large Potatoes
2 cups Chicken Broth
2 cans Cream of Chicken Soup
16 ounce Sour Cream
3 ½ cups Milk
½ large yellow/white Onion
2 cans of Corn, drained
Cook bacon and crumble into small pieces, set aside in small bowl. Simmer onion in small frying pan until tender; add to bacon. Peel and chop potatoes into bite-sized chunks. Boil in large pot until soft (not too soft). Drain potatoes and set aside. In large pot, add bacon, chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, milk, onion and corn. Bring to a low boil, stirring often, until thickened. Add potatoes and reduce heat to medium. Salt and pepper to taste; let simmer until desired consistency. Sprinkle cheese on top and serve with rolls.
Yield: 1 large pot of Soup
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A Long Weekend Calls For a Long Blog Post:)
So I keep wanting Scott to make a blog post, but life as a medical student in rotations is very busy. I will just have to include a recap of his birthday for him. So here is a look at our holiday weekend, and sorry the blog post is really long! I guess it makes up for me not blogging very well lately.
Friday, the day before Scott's birthday the weather was amazing, mid 60's! We decided to go out for Korean food down by Columbia's main campus. It was so nice, no coat was needed, I wore a sweater and flats (no boots necessary). It was the perfect night to go out, afterwards we walked around the campus.
So Scott and I have a tradition that on birthdays we decorate the apartment for the other person. This started right when we got married. These are homemade decorations which is fun and you can use creativity. Scott set the bar really high last year with a funny idea to make signs that had pictures of celebrities and a birthday wish from them to me. I decided to follow along with that idea and do that for Scott this year. So when Scott was sleeping Friday night I woke up and hung these up around the apartment. Most of these are people that Scott likes, but I threw in a wildcard because I couldn't resist.
On Saturday, it was Scott's 25th Birthday and Scott woke up to all of his signs. I was still asleep but I could hear him laughing so I went to see him find all of them. Scott opened up his present from me which was The Price is Right game for the Wii. We agreed to only do a small gift for our birthdays, like $25.00 or less. I found the game and I was like, oh perfect, it's on sale and everything. I was so excited to give it to him, he opened it up and we played it. Sad to say, it was not a fun game, it was a huge disappointment. I felt so bad because my only gift I had for him was a flop. I'm working on a replacement gift...
We got ready for the day and headed out the door. When we were getting ready to leave we were determining the outerwear that we needed. It was going to be colder than Friday by 20 degrees, but still didn't sound that bad. Too bad Friday couldn't have been his birthday... So we each put on a coat, and decided we didn't need a scarf or gloves. We were planning on going to lunch on the east side so we decided that on the way we were going to try to win lottery tickets for Wicked. I didn't want Scott to be disappointed if we didn't win since it was his birthday. We headed to the theater to put our names in and it was freezing cold! The wind was so strong and sooo cold! This was our 5th attempt to win cheap tickets for this show, so we weren't holding our breath. Waiting for the drawing it was still really cold! They waited longer to draw the names so we had to wait outside for a while. They drew the names and.... no we didn't win! I thought maybe we'd have a birthday miracle or something, but no.
We decided to walk into a store to warm up and figure out what we were going to do. We decided to head straight to where we were planning on going for lunch. We had to walk a bit longer, but luckily the wind had slowed down. We arrived at our location, Baluchi's. It's really good Indian food right by my work and for lunch everything is 50% off. We love going on Saturdays because it's super cheap for lunch and really good! We are also always the only people in the restaurant---weekends are their slow days because during the week it's filled with people working in the area. We ate our food and of course it did not disappoint. Mmmm I love Indian food. I'm getting hungry thinking about it--and it's only like a block from my work... While we were at lunch, we were talking about an alternative plan for the remainder of the day because it was just too cold to be out and about. The original plan was to go to Standburger to try their famous toasted marshmallow shakes, but because of the cold we were not wanting to eat something cold. We decided to head back home and I would make "Chocolate Lava Cake" for dessert.
On our way home we went down into the subway station, paid and walked through the turnstile only to find out that the "E" train was not running that weekend. We ended up having to take an alternate route that ended up taking a long time waiting for the trains.
On the way home because it had taken a while we were hungry and decided that a donut from the street cart sounded good. To try to be festive I decided to put candles in Scott's donut. I had bought birthday candles, but I could not find them. We decided to use a regular sized candle which was pretty funny. I sang and took these pictures of Scott:
We just chilled the rest of the day, played a few wii games, Scott was able to watch basketball games. I think Scott enjoyed taking his mind off of school for one day. I made the cakes and they turned out really well! I'll post the recipe another day, super easy.
Parts of the day were good, parts were not so good... I can't speak for Scott but it was good to just be able to spend a whole day together, we haven't had much time together lately so it was nice. We are happy now that Scott will be able to rent a car for us and being 25 sounds so much cooler than 24:)
Since we weren't able to do anything amazing for Scott's birthday because of not so pleasant NYC weather pleasant... we are going to do something when it warms up to make up for it. Here's to another year!
P.S. Thanks to everyone who sent their birthday wishes! Scott felt very loved on his birthday. We especially laughed really hard when we read the comments from my sister's kids.
Sunday, I found out it was my last week to teach the 12-13 year old youth sunday school class... I am sad about this. I have really loved teaching them since I don't get to teach for a profession, and I'm going to miss it. I learned so much teaching them.
Monday, I decided it was a day to catch up on the apartment since it was a holiday and I didn't have to work. It also helped that it snowed overnight so I knew it would be a staying indoors kind of day. I feel like I never have enough time to get it really clean. Since I always leave our bedroom for last I decided to start with that first. I worked a long time doing laundry and cleaning, but our apartment looks great! Well our bedroom, living room and kitchen. I still need to finish the extra room and bathroom. How do those of you with houses keep it all clean? I can barely keep our 2 bedroom apartment in good shape! It felt good to have a day to get a lot accomplished. We also played Michael Jackson - The Experience, on the Wii. So fun! Scott did a few songs with me, but he was mad I kept beating him!
It was a well needed long weekend!
Friday, the day before Scott's birthday the weather was amazing, mid 60's! We decided to go out for Korean food down by Columbia's main campus. It was so nice, no coat was needed, I wore a sweater and flats (no boots necessary). It was the perfect night to go out, afterwards we walked around the campus.
So Scott and I have a tradition that on birthdays we decorate the apartment for the other person. This started right when we got married. These are homemade decorations which is fun and you can use creativity. Scott set the bar really high last year with a funny idea to make signs that had pictures of celebrities and a birthday wish from them to me. I decided to follow along with that idea and do that for Scott this year. So when Scott was sleeping Friday night I woke up and hung these up around the apartment. Most of these are people that Scott likes, but I threw in a wildcard because I couldn't resist.
On Saturday, it was Scott's 25th Birthday and Scott woke up to all of his signs. I was still asleep but I could hear him laughing so I went to see him find all of them. Scott opened up his present from me which was The Price is Right game for the Wii. We agreed to only do a small gift for our birthdays, like $25.00 or less. I found the game and I was like, oh perfect, it's on sale and everything. I was so excited to give it to him, he opened it up and we played it. Sad to say, it was not a fun game, it was a huge disappointment. I felt so bad because my only gift I had for him was a flop. I'm working on a replacement gift...
We got ready for the day and headed out the door. When we were getting ready to leave we were determining the outerwear that we needed. It was going to be colder than Friday by 20 degrees, but still didn't sound that bad. Too bad Friday couldn't have been his birthday... So we each put on a coat, and decided we didn't need a scarf or gloves. We were planning on going to lunch on the east side so we decided that on the way we were going to try to win lottery tickets for Wicked. I didn't want Scott to be disappointed if we didn't win since it was his birthday. We headed to the theater to put our names in and it was freezing cold! The wind was so strong and sooo cold! This was our 5th attempt to win cheap tickets for this show, so we weren't holding our breath. Waiting for the drawing it was still really cold! They waited longer to draw the names so we had to wait outside for a while. They drew the names and.... no we didn't win! I thought maybe we'd have a birthday miracle or something, but no.
We decided to walk into a store to warm up and figure out what we were going to do. We decided to head straight to where we were planning on going for lunch. We had to walk a bit longer, but luckily the wind had slowed down. We arrived at our location, Baluchi's. It's really good Indian food right by my work and for lunch everything is 50% off. We love going on Saturdays because it's super cheap for lunch and really good! We are also always the only people in the restaurant---weekends are their slow days because during the week it's filled with people working in the area. We ate our food and of course it did not disappoint. Mmmm I love Indian food. I'm getting hungry thinking about it--and it's only like a block from my work... While we were at lunch, we were talking about an alternative plan for the remainder of the day because it was just too cold to be out and about. The original plan was to go to Standburger to try their famous toasted marshmallow shakes, but because of the cold we were not wanting to eat something cold. We decided to head back home and I would make "Chocolate Lava Cake" for dessert.
On our way home we went down into the subway station, paid and walked through the turnstile only to find out that the "E" train was not running that weekend. We ended up having to take an alternate route that ended up taking a long time waiting for the trains.
On the way home because it had taken a while we were hungry and decided that a donut from the street cart sounded good. To try to be festive I decided to put candles in Scott's donut. I had bought birthday candles, but I could not find them. We decided to use a regular sized candle which was pretty funny. I sang and took these pictures of Scott:
We just chilled the rest of the day, played a few wii games, Scott was able to watch basketball games. I think Scott enjoyed taking his mind off of school for one day. I made the cakes and they turned out really well! I'll post the recipe another day, super easy.
Parts of the day were good, parts were not so good... I can't speak for Scott but it was good to just be able to spend a whole day together, we haven't had much time together lately so it was nice. We are happy now that Scott will be able to rent a car for us and being 25 sounds so much cooler than 24:)
Since we weren't able to do anything amazing for Scott's birthday because of not so pleasant NYC weather pleasant... we are going to do something when it warms up to make up for it. Here's to another year!
P.S. Thanks to everyone who sent their birthday wishes! Scott felt very loved on his birthday. We especially laughed really hard when we read the comments from my sister's kids.
Sunday, I found out it was my last week to teach the 12-13 year old youth sunday school class... I am sad about this. I have really loved teaching them since I don't get to teach for a profession, and I'm going to miss it. I learned so much teaching them.
Monday, I decided it was a day to catch up on the apartment since it was a holiday and I didn't have to work. It also helped that it snowed overnight so I knew it would be a staying indoors kind of day. I feel like I never have enough time to get it really clean. Since I always leave our bedroom for last I decided to start with that first. I worked a long time doing laundry and cleaning, but our apartment looks great! Well our bedroom, living room and kitchen. I still need to finish the extra room and bathroom. How do those of you with houses keep it all clean? I can barely keep our 2 bedroom apartment in good shape! It felt good to have a day to get a lot accomplished. We also played Michael Jackson - The Experience, on the Wii. So fun! Scott did a few songs with me, but he was mad I kept beating him!
It was a well needed long weekend!
Saturday, February 19, 2011
It's a Special Day!
It is Scotty's 25th Birthday!
It's a big birthday year...he can finally rent a car for us:) Feel free to leave a message for the birthday boy! We'll post later about the festivities...and a picture of the birthday boy.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Excited for Broadway this Year!
I also want to see this show-Wonderland! It's opening sometime in March too. This one is a new musical, based on Alice and Wonderland with a New York twist.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
American Idol is Back!
This is Scott's least favorite time of the year... when American Idol starts up. It's my favorite though!
I am a little behind in posting about American Idol this year because I wanted to watch a few episodes before. So I've watched a few weeks of it, and I love it! I have decided that I really like all the judges. For those of you out of the American Idol loop there are 2 new judges this year to replace the old. Randy Jackson is still a judge, and Steven Tyler (from Aerosmith) and Jennifer Lopez are the new judges. So I may be a little biased because I am a Steven Tyler fan. Just ask my family about my Steven Tyler impression:) I think the judges work well together, and I am not missing the judges that left. I don't even miss Simon Cowell. So if you decided not to watch this season because of the new judges, start watching! I need more people to talk about the show with.
I like this season how they seem to be focusing more on the good singers than the bad. I used to get so sick of hearing all of the bad people so I think that is better. There have been a few people that have been really good! Once they get to the Hollywood episodes I'll start listing my predictions. I like to pick my favorites early on and see how far they go. I also like to "judge" the contestants myself, so I hope I don't bore you with my reviews as it goes further.
If you can't stand American Idol, I'm sorry just don't read these kinds of posts:)
I am a little behind in posting about American Idol this year because I wanted to watch a few episodes before. So I've watched a few weeks of it, and I love it! I have decided that I really like all the judges. For those of you out of the American Idol loop there are 2 new judges this year to replace the old. Randy Jackson is still a judge, and Steven Tyler (from Aerosmith) and Jennifer Lopez are the new judges. So I may be a little biased because I am a Steven Tyler fan. Just ask my family about my Steven Tyler impression:) I think the judges work well together, and I am not missing the judges that left. I don't even miss Simon Cowell. So if you decided not to watch this season because of the new judges, start watching! I need more people to talk about the show with.
I like this season how they seem to be focusing more on the good singers than the bad. I used to get so sick of hearing all of the bad people so I think that is better. There have been a few people that have been really good! Once they get to the Hollywood episodes I'll start listing my predictions. I like to pick my favorites early on and see how far they go. I also like to "judge" the contestants myself, so I hope I don't bore you with my reviews as it goes further.
If you can't stand American Idol, I'm sorry just don't read these kinds of posts:)
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
1 Year Work Anniversary
I have made it 1 year working at my law firm! Hurray!
Other good news... Scotty is home!
Other good news... Scotty is home!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
No Snow Day....
Going to sleep last night I was really hoping for a snow day. Especially considering that I could hardly sleep because of the noisy snow plows scraping the roads, it sounded worse than nails on a chalkboard. For those of you in Utah, I know nothing closes because of snow. Here in New York it's a little different. When there is significant snow my work closes. Not today though... there was a lot of snow, but I still had to go to work...
Oh well, on the plus side, Scott comes home Saturday-Sunday!
Oh well, on the plus side, Scott comes home Saturday-Sunday!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
MIA
Sorry we have been MIA on our blog. I've been trying to adjust to change, and I prefer to blog about happier things. I just wanted to share what I've been going through.
Coming back from Christmas vacation I was very stressed and it was the hardest time coming back so far for me. It was harder because I knew that when I came back Scott would be starting his year of medical rotations and I wouldn't see him very often. On top of that his first rotation would be surgery in Stamford Connecticut which meant Scott would be living away from me. If I didn't have a job I probably would have just stayed in Utah. But I have a job and responsibilities so I couldn't do that.
His rotation started at the beginning of January, and I will admit that it has been much harder than I thought it could be. When Scott has been gone I have felt sort of empty I don't know how to describe it. I felt like I had taken him for granted while I had him around everyday. Luckily he has been able to come home at least one day each weekend. I don't know if it makes it easier though because I have to say goodbye again each time he leaves.
The good news is that he only has one more week left of living away! Hurray this rotation is almost over:) I feel like I have done a lot better than I thought I would. I feel like I am learning to be more independent and productive. I have been cleaning, organizing and crafting to occupy my time. Also, our friends have been amazing and have invited me over for dinners, and to hang out. It's crazy to think that he is almost done with one rotation. When he gets back he'll still be really busy depending on which rotation he is on but at least he'll be living here and I'll see him more than I have with this rotation:) I'm kind of glad looking back that I got the worst one out of the way first. When Scott's finished with this rotation I'll have him post a summary of what he's been up to in Connecticut.
Anyways, when I'm feeling stressed, overwhelmed, I tend to withdraw which is why I haven't blogged. I'm getting back into it I promise!
Coming back from Christmas vacation I was very stressed and it was the hardest time coming back so far for me. It was harder because I knew that when I came back Scott would be starting his year of medical rotations and I wouldn't see him very often. On top of that his first rotation would be surgery in Stamford Connecticut which meant Scott would be living away from me. If I didn't have a job I probably would have just stayed in Utah. But I have a job and responsibilities so I couldn't do that.
His rotation started at the beginning of January, and I will admit that it has been much harder than I thought it could be. When Scott has been gone I have felt sort of empty I don't know how to describe it. I felt like I had taken him for granted while I had him around everyday. Luckily he has been able to come home at least one day each weekend. I don't know if it makes it easier though because I have to say goodbye again each time he leaves.
The good news is that he only has one more week left of living away! Hurray this rotation is almost over:) I feel like I have done a lot better than I thought I would. I feel like I am learning to be more independent and productive. I have been cleaning, organizing and crafting to occupy my time. Also, our friends have been amazing and have invited me over for dinners, and to hang out. It's crazy to think that he is almost done with one rotation. When he gets back he'll still be really busy depending on which rotation he is on but at least he'll be living here and I'll see him more than I have with this rotation:) I'm kind of glad looking back that I got the worst one out of the way first. When Scott's finished with this rotation I'll have him post a summary of what he's been up to in Connecticut.
Anyways, when I'm feeling stressed, overwhelmed, I tend to withdraw which is why I haven't blogged. I'm getting back into it I promise!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Christmas Trip Home
It was so fun to go back to Utah and visit family! It's also nice to get a break from the city and live a suburban life for a bit. Here are a few pictures from my phone, and the majority are ones I stole from facebook. We also spent time with Scott's family, but I don't have any pictures. I'll be sure to take more pictures next time instead of relying on the pictures of others...
On Christmas Eve, Scott went with my dad, brothers, and his dad to see Tron. I chilled with my mom and sis and skipped out on the guy movie. That afternoon/evening we got together with Scott's family which was fun. We had good food and played a few fun games. We slept at my parents that night and opened gifts with them Christmas morning. We went back to Scott's house for a few hours to open gifts with everyone there. It was nice to see everyone on Christmas and Christmas Eve.
So for some reason, me and my sister Courtney started singing the "Baby Bottle Pop" commercial song at Thanksgiving. It got stuck in our heads or something Scott heard us and asked what a baby bottle pop was. We explained it, but he had never had one before. When we were out there for Christmas, we went to the store with my mom, and Court picked one out to give to Scott. Here's a picture of him it.
After bowling, we made homemade pizza, and had strawberry shortcake. Strawberry shortcake is my birthday dessert of choice but since we moved away I've been having it in New York so Courtney decided she wanted it for hers. I did not complain---it was so good!
We finally got to meet our niece Jovie! Of course, we made sure to get a lot of Jovie time. She was still just a few weeks old when we met her, so it was fun to see a baby so new.
Keller was so fun this trip. He is so cute and likes to give everyone "loves."
He also refers to himself in the 3rd person which is very funny.
He also refers to himself in the 3rd person which is very funny.
Canon looking cool in his new bulldog football sweats.
Taesya is very girly, and totally into princesses/tinkerbell
So for some reason, me and my sister Courtney started singing the "Baby Bottle Pop" commercial song at Thanksgiving. It got stuck in our heads or something Scott heard us and asked what a baby bottle pop was. We explained it, but he had never had one before. When we were out there for Christmas, we went to the store with my mom, and Court picked one out to give to Scott. Here's a picture of him it.
While we were in Utah we were able to celebrate my sister Courtney's 16th birthday with her. She got her license which was exciting. We also went bowling for her birthday which Scott and I have never done together. He always said that he was bad and didn't want to go. He ended up doing really well! I ended up doing terrible because I haven't bowled in the last 3 years. Here are some pictures:
The birthday girl making her pizza
Everyone making pizzas
My dad making his and my mom's.
My mom getting the strawberry shortcake ready.
Happy 16th Birthday little sis! (I know that she looks older than me)
When our family gets a box of miscellaneous chocolates our family likes to play what we call, "Chocolate Roulette." For the game each person has to choose a chocolate and you have to eat it. We call it roulette because it is a gamble. There are typically a few very nasty chocolates in the box. We all went to make our choice and I saw one and said, "I get this one because it looks like a Snickers." I thought it was a safe pick. That was until I took a bite.... it had little bits of cherries, and it was the nastiest chocolate I have ever eaten. See the picture of my reaction below. If you have never played this game I recommend it, it's hilarious. Scott lucked out and got all good chocolate. My brother Cameron did get one that looked worse than mine. Inside it looked like a fruitcake with various candied bits of fruit and cream.
We packed up our gifts along with our clothes etc. and were worried it wouldn't all fit in our suitcases. We managed to fit everything and I told Scott it was a Christmas miracle! On the flight home they asked for volunteers to take a different flight for vouchers. Of course, we volunteered as we could use some free flights, and went to the gate where our new flight was. They called us back and told us we could take our original flight and keep the vouchers! It was our lucky day, getting paid to take our original flight!
It was a very fun trip, and I can't wait to go out again!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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