Long Overdue Post

Well we have been in our new place for over a month so I figured it was time to get posting some pics. We are loving our new place. I love being able to put in a load of laundry whenev I want and not have to plan my whole day around it and I LOVE having a/c it is so nice compared to the swamp cooler we have before. If you want to see more of our place you know where to find us!

The outside of our cute new place...I love it!

Cute little cabinet I put together myself for some additional storage space in the bathroom!

Full bath upstairs, not the greatest pic I know

The master bedroom, it is like twice the size of our other room and you can see the walk in closest which I love. We have a big second bedroom also that we use for an office but right now it is the "random stuff from the move that doesn't have a place yet" room so I didn't think I needed to post the mess!

The half bath downstairs. The people before us left this cute shelf and I was so excited!

My huge kitchen! Off to the left is the pantry/laundry room and further down is the second bathroom

My little table, finally a place of its own.

The kitchen was the thing that sold me on this apartment! It is huge and I love it. I finally have room and then some for a table!

This is our pride and joy! This entertaiment center took us three nights to put together. We opened it up and there were about 300 different pieces and it was quite the process. We were so excited to have it done and it turned out great!

Another shot of our living room. I put up that vinyl quote since I can't paint and I think it turned out really good!

Out with the Old, In with the New!

I have been wanting to post for a long time but we just moved so I have been crazy busy. This past saturday we moved from our first home together where we have been for the first two years of marriage. It was a great first apartment and we made so many wonderful memories, but we were ready for a change and an upgrade. I am in love with my new place. It is so nice and spacious. Here is a list of things I love about my new place:

• it has w/d hookups...yes we have gone two years without them it sure makes me appreciate them now I actually love doing laundry with my own washer and dryer!
• the kitchen is huge and if you saw my old kitchen you know how small it was. there wasn't even room for a table it was pushed up against the counter and now my table fits with tons of additional space and there is tons of cabinet storage and a pantry!
• covered parking for both of us...need i say more?!
• huge bedrooms with a walk-in closet in the master
• a/c...however we haven't even needed to turn it on it has been so cool outside i love it!
• everything is fairly new. our old place was built in the 80's and our new place is only like three years old so it seems brand new compared to what we can from!
• good blinds...my old blinds were literally made out of metal and would clang together when the window was open it was very irritating!
• the new ward is AMAZING! at our old place we went to the family ward and while there is nothing wrong with families we never felt like we fit in very well. at our new place we decided to start going to the married student ward and we feel like we are home. everyone is super friendly and we already have tons of fun summer activities to do with the ward
• a half bath downstairs so when we have people over they don't have to use ours

in case you couldn't tell I am pretty excited about our move! i can't believe how much moving makes you want to buy tons of new stuff and decor for your house i have gone a little bit crazy which isn't exactly the greatest timing considering i STILL don't have a job...yikes! i have two interviews tomorrow wish me luck! anyways we are still putting the house together and probably will be for a while but i will get pics up asap. if you want to see the place for yourself just stop by!

pOsT oVRloAd!!

so i am finally catching up on the events of summer. as i mentioned previously me and phi recently celebrated our two year anniversary. our anniversary fell on memorial day this year which made it fun because we both had the day off from work and we got to celebrate on a long weekend. phi made me a nice breakfast that morning and we kind of bummed around logan running errand and things until dinner. for dinner we made the drive to salt lake to go to my fav restraunt...the melting pot. if you have not been her you must go. it is heaven on earth. the whole meal is fondue minus the salad which is the lamo part of the dinner. it is such a fun place to go and really more of an event than anything. who would have thought cooking food would be entertainment. for those of you who have never been there are four courses: cheese fondue, salad, entree of various meats fondue, and chocolate fondue. can you say a lot of food! the cheese was supurb we had some fiesta blend and it was yummy. then we had the salads and by this point i was getting full so i decided to not waste the remainder of stomach room on the salad. then came the platter of deluctable perfectly cut meats. you can see in the picture below. you just pick your poison and drop it in the pot of incredible broth. it takes like two minutes to cook and never gets overcooked. wow it was amazing. and then of course you have to have the chocolate. just look at the plate of goodies that we dipped into our flaming turtle fondue that was flambeed at our tableside. this place rocks! we had a great anniversary and look forward to many more!

smiling...despite the bill we just got!

the endless choices of meat. seriously there is two kinds of beef, chicken, pork tenderloin, ravioli, lobster, and shrimp with tons of differenct things to dip them in

nephi taking a dip

enjoying my choc covered rice

strawberries, bannanas, brownies, angel food cake, oreo crum covered marshmellows, rice krispies and some cheesecake. you could say i was in heave and that i probably shouldn't eat again for a week!

A couple weeks ago we went to Kansas City Missouri. You might be asking yourself why would they want to go to "misery" what could possibly there. The answer is not much! Nephi was born in Missouri and his grandparents and all his aunts and uncles live there. My father-in-law was going out there to visit his family and Nephi thought it was a good opportunity for us to go since he had not seen his grandparents in a very long time. I decided to take the supportive wife role, even though I could have thought of a million other places I would rather buy plane tickets too and celebrate my graduation! Overall it was a lot of fun, just got real bored towards the end because his grandparents didn't get out much and we didn't have a car. One thing I loved about Missouri was how green it was. I couldn't get over all the trees and green everywhere, but that is about the only thing it has on Utah. I don't know how anyone could find their way around in a state with no mountains, I know i couldn't. Here are some of the things that we did:

1. definitely the highlight of my trip...i got to see my bro kevies on his mission. i know right!? i was stoked to see him and i am not gonna lie a little nervous. of course my fam was way jealous. we got to take him and his companion(s) yes he has two for the time being, out to lunch at applebees. kevies is such a stud and an awesome, focused missionary.how precious!

it was weird to see him looking kinda geeky which is to be expected but it was still funny!

kevies with his companions

2. went to liberty jail in independence. this was so sweet and i felt the spirit so strong. it was overwhelming to hear what they went through and know i was standing where they had endured such hardship. i am amazed by their faith

The front door of the jail

real life depiction of the men and the limited space they had...humbling

3. went to the church's visitors center and across the street to the community of christ temple

Nephi sitting in a typical pioneer home, everything seemed so real

community of christ temple-this was the coolest/creepiest/weirdest building i have ever been in. they use to be the RLDS so we thought it would be at least similar to our church but not at all. they have completely lost any resemblance to our church. there were pictures in there of women giving priesthood blessings and being apostles of their church. weird stuff...but interesting!

4. Seeing the sights in Kansas City: WW1 Museum, Negro League Baseball Museum, Kansas City skyline, and a Royals baseball game

we went to this crazy underground war museum with more world war 1 stuff than i thought possible. it was cool but would have been enjoyed more by a history buff unlike me. below is a picture of the huge memorial they have there. phi took an elevator ride to the top but of course that did not appeal to me at all!

we also went to the negro league baseball museum which was pretty cool. i wish my dad could have been there he would have been in heaven

kansas city skyline

short version of the kansas city royals game= 2.5 hour rain delay.first pitch at 9:45 pm. frozen.soaked.fun

Nephi's work puts together a softball league every year and we always look forward to it. Nephi loves to play and gets way into it and I love to watch him play and socialize with the other wives who watch. I kind of wish I had played this year, but when they get all competitive I am grateful I am not out there. They had their first game on Friday and barely managed a win. We ar excited for the rest of the season.

Nephi played different positions. Here he is doing a sweet job of pitching to our friend Stephanie. I wanted to get a pic of him wearing the way funny hitting helmet but when you are sitting behind the batter it is hard to get their pic!

As you can see we have already had a lot of fun this summer. The most exciting new is that we are moving on June 13th and we are super excited. We have lived in our current apartment for two years and have absolutely loved it and have so many memories here, but we are ready for a change and an upgrade. Our new place is much newer, bigger, has w & d hookups (yes I have lived for two years without them, hence the move), 1.5 bath instead of just one, covered parking, and a much bigger kitchen with room to have a table (currently our table is half on the kitchen tile half on the carpet, ghetto I kno) and just better. We are thrilled, but I am kind of overwhelmed with the prospect of moving. We have acquired a ton of stuff in our short two years of marriage! I will post pics of our new place once we get settled in! Hope everyone is having as much fun this summer as we are!

Two Years Ago Today...

I married my best friend. May 25, 2007 was the greatest day of my life and it just keeps getting better and better. Luckily the weather was better two years ago than it was today...seriously my wedding was perfect. I love Phi so much and can't imagine my life without him! We had a great anniversary and hopefully I will post pics soon!

Life After Graduation!

When you graduate it is inevitable that people will ask if you if you have found a job and what you are doing with your life, I just wish I had something more exciting to say, like a great job or other big plans, but instead I have to say I have no idea and no job prospects. When planning for my future after college I didn't factor in the economy, dang economy. So I am still working at my student job at an elementary school through the end of the school year and will be unemployed in about a week and a half. I am kind of starting to freak out because I check for jobs everyday and have applied for some, but there is just crap right now to apply for. I want so badly to work as a social worker, but am facing the fact that it will probably not happen. I miss the days of summer when I could play all summer and didn't have to work...maybe I will just bring that back this summer! Other than the need for a job looming over my head I have really been enjoying my free time and summer. It is so nice being done with work at 3:30 and then having the rest of the day to do whatever I want! Here are some of the things that I have been doing:

• Going to the gym everyday and loving it.
• Working on my cooking skills. Since I got my kitchenaid I have been inspired to try new things and play with my toy. I have made bannana bread, pizza crust for pizzas, snowball cookies, and much else. Phi makes fun of me because I use it to mix french toast mix, but it is just so much fun. We have actually been eating real meals at home now that I don't have my internship at nights anymore. I really do love to cook when I have the time.
• Spending more time with Phi
• Looking for a new apartment..we are in the works and hope to be in a new place by mid June! I am so excited to have more space and washer/dryer hookups it has gone on too long not having them!
• Going to Weddings and spending time with friends
• Spending time with my fam
• Going to Missouri. We got home a week ago from Kansas City. We went to visit Nephi's grandparents and some other family members. I will hopefully post about that and get some pictures up sometime this week. The highlight of that trip was that I got to see my bro Kevies on his mission. It was so great to meet up with him, it has been a year and a half since I had seen him, and it was so great to take him and his comp out to lunch.
• Playing my wii. I like to buy the old school nintendo games like super mario brothers for the first nintendo and super nintendo...nothing compares to those!
• Catching up on my Tv shows and watching season finales, and yes I bawled like a baby during Grey's Anatomy season finale I absolutely love that show.
• I bought a bike! Nephi has had one for two years and I haven't had one so either he would ride it or I would ride his, but now I have one and taking bike rides together is the greatest thing ever! I want to ride my bike everyday.

All in all my summer has started off pretty great. I know that in time the right job will come along for me and it will all be fine. I will enjoy the time off while I can because I know it won't last long. I will try and post about my trip to Missouri soon.