Work, School, Homework, and some fun!

My life has been consumed, and I mean CONSUMED by work, school, and homework. Ian's life has been the same way. When we spend time with each other lately, it is usually him on one computer, me on the other, concentrating on homework! Not how we totally ENJOY our time together, but I am grateful that we are both able to go to school right now...especially since the more we go the closer we get to being DONE!

Anyway,even though most of our spare time is spent doing that stuff, we have been able to squeeze in a few FUN things the past couple of what...months!!! (oh gosh, I REALLY need to get better at posting!)

Draper Temple Open House

At the beginning of January, my family got to go through the temple early as kind of a "trial" run type of thing, because my dad is on a committee for the Open House/Dedication. We also got tickets and went through again with Ian's family. Then, with our stake a couple of weeks ago we were able to go up and do some volunteer work. Ian did parking and ushering, and I just did ushering. It was a great oppurtunity and we are both very grateful for that experience we were able to have. The temple is a very special and beautiful place. We are so excited for the dedication next month!

Jordan World Circus (Maybe that is the name of it?!?!)

A couple of months ago, our friends mentioned a circus that was coming to town. Ian has never been to a circus, I have been to a couple and wanted to go to another one that was NOT Barnum and Bailey, so we decided (or I guess I decided for us) that we were going to go.

Side Note: A few years ago I brought my little brother Jacob to the Barnum and Bailey circus in Salt Lake, but left very disappointed with it. I had gone to what I call, a "REAL CIRCUS" in Russia, and Barnum and Bailey's circus was basically stupid and cheesy compared to the Russian one.

Anyway, I was hoping that this one that our friends had talked about was more like the Russian one. We went with our friends and their daughters and had a really good time! It was ALMOST as good as the Russian one, but MUCH better than the Barnum and Bailey one (cheaper too!). We enjoyed watching the elephants, tigers, lions, acrobats, bears, and dancing poodles. Oh yes, and I LOVED eating my cotton candy---thanks Ken! I forgot to bring my camera---as I always do, but I found some pictures from somebody else....thank you whoever you are!

Fun with Friends and Family
Even though we don't have much spare time, we've tried to maintain somewhat of a social life. One Saturday afternoon, I heard a little knock on our door. My first thought was...oh no, not the Jehovah Witnesses again...(they come every Saturday!) I decided to open the door, and to my surprise it was our old neighbors! They had gone to dinner near our house, and decided to stop bye to say hi. We decided that it has been too long since we've done anything with them, so a few weeks ago, we went over to their new, beautiful, SPACIOUS house and played games. It was lots of fun! Then last weekend Ian and I went to Chili's to meet up with some of my old ward and middle/high school friends (and their spouses) We had an excellent time, laughing and talking, and catching up from the past few years! Everybody got along great, and it was nice to see what people are doing right now in their lives! Thank you Caryn for putting it together! We really appreciate it! Maybe I will post some picts. later.

I haven't seen my family much lately, but I was able to see them this month for the February Birthday dinner that my mom had. I also have seen my sister Bethann some---at our scrapbook quarterly day. I always really enjoy spending time with them!

Valentine's Day

I decided to spoil Ian this year for Valentines day. I really wanted to go out to eat (only because my cooking is ALWAYS a disaster) but I decided I would make Ian his favorite meal....it's a chicken, bacon, swiss alfredo that my sister Laura makes. Well, I am happy to say that ALMOST everything worked out, and Ian came home (he had gone up to Park City with the Young Men in our ward for their annual ski trip getaway) to my dinner. Luckily he had already bought himself a present, so I didn't have to rack by brain, trying to think of something to get him...although I did buy him a few little treats.

Ian didn't cut his hair (dang it!) like he did last year as my gift, but he decided that I could buy myself whatever I wanted (since that is what he did). I got myself and him a tanning pass....I know, it is lame. I HATE tanning, and it is so UNHEALTHY! I am NEVER going again! Anyway, I did this because I did research and it is best to get a base tan before going on vacation to places where the sun always shines....and yes....we are off to CALIFORNIA and HAWAII this Saturday!!!

Dimple Dell Pass

Even though I don't really consider this FUN all the time, but because I am posting about the things that I do other then work and school, this fits into that category. Ian, my cousin Janae, and I decided to get a membership to our local county fitness rec. center. It has been nice to try to get back in shape again. I was feeling quite disgusting (my life unfortunately revolves around food) and decided it was time to do something active! Janae and I are training to do a few half marathons this spring/summer, and Ian...he is training for EVERYTHING!!! He is an amazing athlete!

Well, thats what we have been up to the past while. Hope all of you are doing well!

WOW...

So, lately I have been feeling VERY dumb. I am not quite sure what my problem is. I am sure some of if it is due to a massive amount of things on my brain, and being somewhat overwhelmed at the moment! I have come up with a theory (or an excuse) for it, but I won't go there. Anyway, this email made me laugh....at least my stupidity isn't published! (as far as I know!)