Finally 21

Stephen,
Thank you for turning 21 this past week. We love having an excuse to go out and celebrate! Happy Birthday!

Almost a very very bad situation

Too bad these cookies

were supposed to look like.....





This!

Whoops! That's what happens when you leave cookies in the oven and go back to work and then realize an hour later that the oven is still on at home and the cookies are still in there. Good thing Shanda was home and has a key to my apartment....otherwise we might be homeless tonight. I won't say who's fault this was **cough, cough** brian :)

Back To Reality

Well it's official. I stink at taking pictures. I took ZERO while we were in Washington. I guess I was too caught up in all the action. I did get this one on our drive home. I think we were in Twin Falls, Idaho. Anyhow here's a quick run down of what we did....

*Got up at 5:00 am and drove 9 hours.
*Took a quick stop to visit Pam -n- fam in Burley. (Brian met them on his mission...the picture below is courtesy of Pam since we all know I didn't take any pictures. Thanks Pam!)
*Got to Richland, and saw Brian's Mom and Grandma & Grandpa
*Went to dinner with Mom, Nathan, Brooke & Maddie at Olive Garden
*Ate the yummiest ice cream sundaes ever!
*OOoed and Ahhed over Nathan and Brooke's house.
*Went to the driving range with Richie and Linda
*Enjoyed the Beautiful, Sunny 60 degree weather!!!!
*Had lunch with all of Brian's Aunts, Mom, and G-ma & G-pa
*Laughed and laughed until our stomachs hurt
*Did a session at the Columbia River Temple with Richie & Linda
*Shared a sandwich at subway since we were starving!
*Went to church with all the family because Aunt Diane was speaking :)
*Hung with Nathan, Brooke, Mom, Dad, & Maddie
*Played Cabelas Hunting game on the Wii
*Played barbie's with Maddie
*Ate round 2 of banana splits with reeses shell topping....So Good!
*Said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Waters
*Played Uno Flash with Nathan and Brooke, our new favorite game.
*Packed up
*Drove 9 hours back to Idaho.

Wow...that was exhausting just typing all the fun things we did. We had a great time seeing all of our relatives. It was well worth the long drive. We weren't quite ready to come back to reality.

And...for the little surprise I was talking about last week,

Drum roll please...................................

We bought our first car!

That's right, we feel like real adults now.

We traded in my 2001 Honda Civic for this 2011 Hyundai Sonata. The color is called Blue Pacific Pearl and it has gray leather interior. We love love love it! It was a surprise because none of Brian's family knew about it, so he wanted to show up driving his hot new wheels.

My Top 3 Favorite Features would have to be:

1.) Heated seats...not only up front, but also in back. Will be used 9 months out of the year while living in Idaho :)
2.) The I-pod jack. So nice when you are driving 9 hours.
3.) The blue tooth. When you connect your phone with the car, people on the other line come through the speakers of the car, and you just talk and they hear you. Modern technology is crazy!

Happy Thursday to you all!

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow we will be in the Tri-Cities! Can I get a hoo-rah for 4 day weekends?!

Best. Week. Ever.

What makes this one of the Best Weeks Ever you may ask???

Monday...we did something awesome!!!! But I can't tell you yet, because some people don't know about it yet and it is suppose to be a surprise....so we wouldn't want them to find out on here. I have been known to ruin surprises on here in the past. Whoops. (Remember that one time when I told you all about the blog book I made Brian for our anniversary....because he never looks on here? Well guess who decided to look at it the day before our anniversary.) Anyhow, I will post it next week.
Tuesday... I was offered a New Job. Hallelujah! I start in 2 weeks as a Web Marketing Rep and I can't wait!!! Not only will our income substantially increase, but I will be able to learn all about Google analytics, Google adwords, and market research. I have been impatiently waiting to hear back from this company for a week and a half, so I was ecstatic when they called yesterday and offered it to me.
Wednesday... I got a check in the mail from my doctors office saying that my insurance company came back and paid for some visits they previously said they were not going to cover. So they issued the money back to us. Cha-Ching! Also....its St. Patty's Day!
Thursday... I start training in the mornings at my new job, so that when I officially start in two weeks, I won't be totally out of the loop.
Friday... We leave for a long weekend and drive to Washington to visit Brian's family! So excited to get out of Rexburg for a few days and to see family that we haven't seen since last 4th of July.

and this is why it is the

Best. Week. Ever!

Snow Bunnies

Yes, we are using pillows stuffed in trash bags. Brian didn't believe me that they would work. But lo and behold I was right! Yes. I Love being right! So what if we are a little ghetto.

It was scary!

I was so proud of him for not swearing going down this hill :)

How to Make Italian Sodas

Mix 2 Tablespoons Torani Flavoring of your choice with some club soda until the glass is about 3/4 of the way full. Pour in Half & Half milk until it tastes stupendous! Add a little whip cream on top to make it look pretty and then enjoy this amazing creation.

It is so refreshing and delicious!