Thompson Two

Pumpkins

2011-11-12T18:40:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to blog about our pumpkins but every time I thought about it I would get distracted (mostly by pinterest). Sooo here they are (we were pretty proud of them).

(mikes is the oogie boogie and mine is jack skellington)

I love The Nightmare Before Christmas, it's one of my all-time favorites!

Day 4, 5 & 6

2011-10-09T21:57:00.000-07:00

Day 4 was a nice relaxing day, we just hung around the pool and relaxed the entire day.

Day 5 was beach day!

The first beach we went to was Venice. Lots of interesting characters there!

Then we went to Santa Monica Beach.

The last beach we visited was El Matador beach, which looked surprisingly a lot like the Oregon Coast.

Day 6 was Hollywood day.

We walked around Hollywood Blvd and then went on a Hollywood tour (such tourist i know).

My favorite hand/foot print in front of the Chinese theater.

Day 2 & 3

2011-10-02T15:27:00.000-07:00

We went to the Getty Museum for the first part of the day

Not only was it an amazing art museum, but they had beautifully landscaped gardens.

We then made our way to the Ronald Reagan Library. This is one of the other museums I would highly recommend, even if you werent a Reagan fan, this museums if full of history and one of a kind artifacts.
We got to see a replica of the Oval Office that was built to exact size and most of the decor are original pieces from the Reagan's Oval Office.

We also got to tour Air Force One (the actually Air Force One that flew Carter, Reagan, and Bush)

They even have a piece of the Berlin Wall on display

The next day we picked Kari and Travis (Mike's sister and brother in-law) up from the airport and headed down to Hermosa Beach.

We ate at a place called Martha's which is rumored to be one of the best places to get breakfast in the LA area.

Then we headed back to down town LA and went to an auto museum.

They even had the Batmobile!

We finished off the day by going to the observatory.

It was amazing to see the city from way up there, especially once the sun had gone down.

California Day 1

2011-09-28T18:27:00.000-07:00

We decided to take a week trip down to California to visit Mike's uncle and aunt. Mike's sister and her husband were also going to be in California that week so it worked out perfect!

We flew in on Tuesday and had a full day of fun.

Started with

driving down town and doing a little exploring.

Mike wanted to see the Staples center (big arena where two basketball teams, and hockey team plays)

The Great Wayne Gretzky

We then walked over to the Grammy Museum (which if you are ever in the LA area I highly recommend this museum, we could have spent all day there)

You are not allowed to take pictures in this museum but Mike being Mike of course tried to sneak some...

Bob Marley legacy was the visiting exhibit.

This museum had hand written original lyrics from Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, James Brown and many more, the interesting thing about these lyrics were most of them were written on napkins or hotel stationary. They also had a big display of Michael Jackson's jackets and gloves.

After the Grammy Museum we made our way down to

Dodger Stadium. We went with Mike's uncle Eric and his brother Chris. The game started at 7 and we finally left at 10 (three hours in and it was only in the 7th inning... looong game). There were tons of foul balls and we had excellent seats right behind the pitchers mount, so lots of foul balls came our way and I freaked every time.

(More to come)

College Football

2011-09-18T14:12:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Mike and I decided to take a trip down to Pullman and watch a Cougs game.

Mike did what he always does and waits until we get to the game to get tickets aka getting them from scalpers. I hate when he does that!! But we ended up with pretty good seats and they were cheap, so I couldnt complain too much.

The Cougs played UNLV and smoked them (59-7)!

Here we are at the stadium, it was 94 degrees and we were sitting on metal seats so we were just about as hot as you can get, but it was still lots fun!

Crayon Art

2011-09-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

I have become addicted to Pinterest! I love all the crafty pins, so I decided to actually do one.

I thought this was cute and I have been looking for something to hang in my kitchen, so I decided to re-create it and this is what I got

I think it turned out pretty good. It was really easy and lots of fun! All you do is glue crayons to a canvas and the turn it upside down, and take a hairdryer to it and let it drip. After I was happy with the drippage I made some flowers (like you would put in your hair) and glued them to the "stems".

Home-Made Hostees Cupcakes

2011-09-11T13:33:00.000-07:00

My husbands cousin came into town a few weeks ago, so I decided I need to make some "Welcome to Washington" cupcakes.
I made chocolate cupcakes, filled with marshmallow fluff frosting and topped with chocolate frosting with the famous curly-cue.

Michael Buble

2011-09-11T13:22:00.001-07:00

Mike got me Michael Buble tickets for my birthday! We had such a great time, we couldn't stop talking about how great the concert was for days.

I cant wait to see him again!

Birthday Flowers

2011-09-11T13:16:00.000-07:00

My birthday was a couple months ago but I just had to blog about the flowers my parents got me for my birthday.

My parents surprised me at work with these flowers! Isnt that the cutest flower bouquet ever?

I had a great birthday it was full of surprises, Mike went all out!

Birthday Surprises!
*I had Red Lobster for lunch with my parents
*Had a FANCY dinner at Quest Casino
*Stayed in a lovely suite there
*Had chocolate covered strawberries delivered to our door
*Got Michael Buble tickets!

BABY!

2011-06-21T18:22:00.001-07:00

I am going to be an aunt!!! My sister in law (Kari) is due in December!

(i love babies)

Treats!

2011-06-21T18:21:00.000-07:00

I have recently found that I love to make treats! I am finally getting around to posting some pictures.

I made these for one of our doctor's 50th birthday, chocolate cupcakes with white chocolate chips topped with chocolate frosting (all from scratch)

Baby ice cream cones, made with itty bitty ice cream cones with a chocolate dipped marshmallow.

I made these for Easter, they are banana cupcakes with cinnamon honey frosting (again from scratch).

Mini fruit pizza, sugar cookies with a cream cheese, powder sugar and a little bit of lime frosting.

Strawberry Lemonade cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting (yum)

Obviously from a looonnggg time ago.

2011-03-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

Things I have recently discovered:

About Young Women's
*I love Young Womens! I am a laurel advisor to the best Young Women ever!
*A new value (virtue) has been added to the theme, so needless to say I was very thrown off by that for the first couple weeks.
*Also regarding Young Women's the necklace has changed as well as the personal progress book.

About Mike and Ike
*I love feta cheese
*I love the orange colored sixlets I think it taste different than the rest of them
*Everyone I know is having a baby and Im just beginning to think about getting a dog
*Looking for a new place to move is stressful!
*I can no longer be taken to Tri-City Americans Hockey vs Spokane Chiefs games (I get violent)
*I am going to learn how to ski
*I am seriously contemplating going to nursing school
*Zumba is going to become my new best friend
*Mike is learning the guitar and he is actually pretty good at it
*Mike is coaching pee-wee hockey
*The team Mike plays hockey on is the #1 team in his league

That is it for now, Im sure (well at least I hope) I have learned more stuff but thats all I can think of at the moment.

Love and a Birthday

2011-02-15T20:43:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a big day in the Thompson household, not only was it Valentines Day but it was also Mike's birthday!

I have always been a birthday lover and love to make big deals about birthdays, and seeing how Mike's birthday lands on a holiday I had to make it extra special.

So I got off work early and rushed home and started making dinner (which turned out AMAZING... who would have ever thought I would be such a good cook).

Then while Mike was taking a quick shower I hid presents around the house and sent him on a treasure hunt.

Here are some pictures of the hunt

It was so fun/cute to see him try to figure out the clues and then running around the house looking for the presents.

After all the present were found we enjoyed a giant cupcake.

It was a great birthday and Valentines day! Mike even had a couple Valentines day surprises for me!

Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

2011-01-20T22:24:00.001-08:00

Recently I have become obsessed with making cupcakes! They are the latest fad but I have loved cupcakes forever they have always been my favorite. I work with a couple of other gals who love cupcakes so we are always bouncing cupcake ideas off of each other. We want to open a cupcake shop someday....

My latest creation was Strawberry Lemonade... and I must say they were amazing!

I never blog and it bugs me so I am going to try to blog more.

2010-09-02T13:48:00.000-07:00

In honor of today.... I am watching reruns of

In case you weren't aware today is 9-02-10!

(I once skipped church so i could watch a 90210 marathon)

Cake Mix Brownies

2010-06-13T18:18:00.000-07:00

This is a super easy, quick and very yummy recipe! I am not a big chocolate brownie fan so this was perfect and oh so tasty!

NEEDS:
1 white cake mix (box)
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1 cup chocolate chips (I like semi-sweet)

Mix the ingredients in a mixing bowl, lightly grease a 9 X 13 pan, spread mixture into pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. These are fantastic and SO EASY!

Hike

2010-05-23T14:20:00.001-07:00

Me and Mike decided yesterday we would go on a day hike.

Total it was about a 6 mile hike, which wasnt too bad but boy are my legs sore today.

Reunited

2010-05-23T13:10:00.000-07:00

I forgot how much I love Tim McGraw!

He opened with Real Good Man, which just so happens to be my favorite Tim McGraw song, it was perfect! I could barely contain myself!

Stupid Name

2010-03-04T17:01:00.000-08:00

I should have known that today was going to be one of those... seeing how I woke up late, didnt eat breakfast, and my lunch was all soggy and gross...

I got a permanent job (which is GREAT but that happened yesterday) at Group Health and they do background checks on everyone they hire, no problem right I dont have a record... wrong...
So since I actually work at the temp agency that is pimpin me out to Group Health (after 3 months I will become a permanent no more temp employee) I was there when my background check came through and you now what it said DANIELLE R THOMPSON-CONVICTED FELON! needless to say my jaw dropped opened. I instantly started freaking out thinking someone had stolen my identity, but after my freak out we figured out that there is another Danielle Thompson living in the Spokane area. HA HA (and I thought it was funny until) right well yea it would be funny except now I have to go get finger printed to confirm that I really am another Danielle Thompson and that I didnt just steal another Danielle Thompson identity. And Group Health informed me that I have to be cleared by Monday in order to start work and that if I cant get everything processed by then they will no longer be able to hire me because I have to be able to start Monday at 8 on the dot. I mean look at me do I look like a convicted felon NO. But they have to have federal government confirmation that I am not, and they already have someone waiting to take my spot if I fail to get confirmation. ( I am now mad at Mike for having such a common last name, I didnt have problems like this when I was a Boeck).

Tomorrow I will most likely think this is funny but right now I just want to cry because this job at Group Health is a great one it would allow me to go back to school and they might possible help pay for it and it pays AMAZING! So those police or who ever is going to finger print me better hustle it through the system so I can go to work!

Cake!

2010-02-11T19:51:00.000-08:00

I just got done taking a cake decorating class at Michaels and here is some of my handy work....

This was my first cake, I obviously still need some practice with writing. I found out how shaky my hands really are!

Then we made clown cupcakes, they are super easy to make but I was shocked to see how much frosting went into making one!

This was my final cake. Those roses were so HARD! Not only is it difficult to coordinate your hands but that frosting is stiff so it takes a lot of hand muscle to squeeze the frosting out. I was really proud of this cake (it may not look great to some of you but I think it looks amazing!)
I would highly recommend Michaels cake decorating classes to anyone who is interested in learning how. It is a lot of fun but a lot of work too (everything is made from scratch but boy is the frosting yummy).
This Sunday (Valentines Days) is Mikes birthday so im excited to make him a AWESOME birthday cake!

Obsession

2010-02-10T21:03:00.000-08:00

I never have anything to blog about and I really want to get better about blogging so I thought I would blog about my recent obsessions.
For whatever reason I have become obsessed with gnomes (I know creepy) it all started one day when I was wondering around a store called Boo Radley (yep the store is named after the character in To Kill a Mockingbird)and they had this huge collection of gnome stuff and it wasnt creepy gnome it was utterly adorable gnome stuff! Ever since then I seriously go out looking for cute gnomes which is actually a lot harder then one would think (lots of creepy gnomes out there). It is embarrassing to admit this latest fascination because what 21 year old likes gnomes.... I had a little gnome in the bathroom but I had to remove it because I felt like it was gazing at my naked body and I got really weirded out. But all in all I love those little gnomes (especially on cute little notebooks or cute little candles). (By the way all the gnome things I have which really is only about 3 gnome things, are all little so im not like this crazy gnomes lady or anything and they are all artsy cute looking not hey I have one of them in my yard looking... just wanted to clarify that.)

My second latest obsession would be owls. They are oh so wise looking. I have found they are rather easy to draw as well (I dont have a job yet so I get rather bored during the day). If you ever go to Barnes and Noble you will have to go to there journal section, they have loads of journals with owls on them. I have this awesome idea on how to decorate my living room and I think a little owl here or there will look just perfect.

Anyways those are my two latest obsessions!

2009... in a nut shell

2010-01-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

What a year this has been... here is my 2009 in a nut shell

* Got Married
* Took a sewing class
* Mike got hired at Edward Jones
* Said goodbye to Rexburg
* Said hello to St. Louis and became a gangsta
* Went up in the St. Louis Arch
* Went to Coldplay, No Doubt, Dave Matthews Band (saw a guy whip it out and pee...ew), Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Cougar Mellencamp, and Aerosmith
* Went to numerous professional Hockey games (go oshie)
* Went to numerous professional Baseball games
* Went to a professional Football game (go vikings)
* Went to a college basketball game
* Ate at Michael Shannon's (the cheapest thing on the menu was like 25 bucks...kinda a once in a life time thing there)
* Went to the Melting Pot
* Went to lots of Museums in St. Louis (science center, art, history, city, botanical gardens)
* Saw Phantom of the Opera in the Fox Theater
* Went to Itasca State Park
* Went to the Headwaters of the Mississippi
* Went to Chicago (saw the Harry Potter exhibit AWESOME and lots of other things)
* Saw a baseball game at Wrigley Field
* Went to Nauvoo

And to end the year we moved to Spokane! It is great to be back in Washington! I love being close to family and friends. Even though I had a great year and had lots of fun and did a lot of "first", it was hard to move so far away from everyone and everything I have ever known. It was hard moving to a new place where the only person I knew was Mike. I missed my family and friends a lot and am glad to finally be lots closer!

Ketchup

2009-11-14T17:15:00.000-08:00

I have come to realize that I am awful at blogging, maybe when I have kids and they do cool things ill be better (but that wont be for a long time!). Anyways, me and mike have been busy entertaining family. Mikes sister, her husband and his younger brother came and visited us at the beginning of October. It was a sports filled weekend
We went to a

NHL St. Louis Blues hockey game. It was my first NHL game and we had a really fun time! (Me and Mike have now gone to a few more) Mike and Travis (mikes brother in-law) got our tickets for the scalpers on the street... I stayed in the care.
Then the next day we went to

a NFL game. The Rams were playing the Minnesota Vikings so it was really cool to see Brett Favre (he was really the only player I knew). We won (we meaning the vikings).

Then my parents came down for a visit!! I was so excited for them to come and so sad when it was time for them to leave. We did a lot of fun things and saw a lot of neat St Louis "things". We ate at two places that have been featured on the Travel Channel so that was pretty neat. I have come to find out that that is one of the nice thing about living in a big city, there are lots of "famous" places. Both places were amazing (Pointers Pizza which is know for there 32" pizza, and the other is Crowns Kitchens which had amazing milk shakes and sandwich).

Then this last week, me and mike have been from one side of Washington to the other and back. LOTS OF DRIVING! Mike got a couple jobs offers so we went to scout the places out. We are having a lot of trouble deciding where we want to settle down and live. It is such a big decision! We are really thinking about Monroe, Wa.
We both really want the Spokane area but nothing has opened up there, we are a little disappointed about that. I think we keep hoping that something will open up soon but it doesnt look very good ( but im still keeping my fingers crossed).

Nauvoo!

2009-09-24T17:08:00.000-07:00

Last weekend me and Mike went up to Nauvoo!

It was my first time and Mikes second time. It is such a beautiful place! We camped out while we were there. Which was actually really nice, not only did we save on money but the weather was great and there were very few bugs!
We started the day out by doing a session in the temple, our trip wouldnt have been the same if we hadnt made time for a session. I was blown away at how big the temple was. It was absolutely gorgeous! Then we walked down to Old Nauvoo and took a carriage ride which took us up to Inspiration Point.

The whole way up to Inspiration Point one of the Senior Missionaries told stories, ones I had never heard before and a few even made me tear up a little. Then we hopped on a wagon ride which took us around Old Nauvoo.

It was a neat way to see the whole town and scope out things that we wanted to come back to and visit. After we walked around Old Nauvoo and hit all the "must sees" we drove down to Carthage.

That is the actually bullet hole that killed Hyrum Smith. It was unbelievable to be in the same room that both Hyrum and Joseph Smith were martyr in. When you go into the bedroom where it took place you can instantly feel the Spirit. I couldnt help getting all weepy when I entered the room.
I am so glad that me and Mike were able to go and visit Nauvoo, and see how the Saints had lived and to learn/better understand the things that they went through. It really does have a special Spirit there, one of sacrifice and true faith.

Lake Lazy

2009-09-23T20:13:00.000-07:00

Me and Mike headed back to North Dakota to spend sometime with his family this summer, and what summer would be complete without a little lake time. Mike's parents own a lake in Minnesota (called Strawberry lake...how cute is that?!) Anyways... while we were there we up to Itasca and did a little...

We worked up quite the appetite so on the way back to their lake place we stopped at this little bar and grill that has kinda become a tradition to eat at every time the family comes up, and it was just as good as I remembered! The boys decided to play a little...

while the girls chatted.
The next day it was freezing! It was defiantly pants and sweatshirt weather, but the boys decided to jump on in and wash up anyways!! What "tough" men!

Even though it was kinda a drizzly cold day the sunset was absolutely beautiful!

The next day we kept noticing all these wasps so we started looking around for the hive and we were shocked when we found it! You may not be able to tell by the picture but it was about the size of a soccer ball no joke!!

On our last day there I decided that I need to join the club (seein how everyone else had) and bathe in the lake... so I braved the freezing water and did it! And to my surprise I really enjoyed it!

Art and the Wondeful Andy Warhol!

2009-09-03T13:46:00.000-07:00

Mike and me spent last Saturday in Forest Park and we went the Art Museum there. I have been a big fan of Andy Warhol since pretty much the beginning of time, so to my pleasant surprise they not only had one of his original paintings(screen printing)

but they had a gift shop full of Andy Warhol stuff! I was in heaven! I just wish I had the money to buy it, but oh well that will come. I am oddly obsessed with him (I get all exciting inside just thinking about him and the impact he has had on art)
Here are some fun Andy facts:
* He worked as an illustrator for Vogue (along with other magazines)
* His last name is really Warhola
* Valerie Solanis, founder and sole member of SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) walked into Warhol's studio, known as the Factory, and shot the artist. The attack was nearly fatal.
* Warhol also published The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (from A to B and Back Again)
* He also created two cable television shows, "Andy Warhol's TV" in 1982 and "Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes" for MTV in 1986
* Following routine gall bladder surgery, Andy Warhol died February 22, 1987
* He is the King of Pop Art!!
Needless to say Andy Warhol is awesome and I love him!

Here are a couple of other neat things we saw...
if you look close this paining is made up of house hold items
and this was a replica of a big pink balloon bunny

Mom

2009-08-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my moms birthday, so I thought I would write a little blog all about her! I could go on forever about how great my mom is, she is by far the best mom ever! She is not only my mom but one of my very best friends. Ever since I was little I have always love to spend time with my mom, we would go out almost every Saturday morning and go shopping and just dink around town. Now that I am in St Louis and too far away from my mom, I call her at least once a day if not twice. My mom is the cutest most thoughtful women I know, she is always thinking of cute little things to send me and always has the cutest holiday decorations! I love my mom lots, she is the best mom and friend a girl could ask for!!!

Title Change

2009-08-01T21:55:00.000-07:00

So Mike just informed me that he really didn't like the title of our blog so we tried (tried being the key word) to brainstorm some other ideas... but we came up dry. I thought it would be cute to name it "Ta-Da.... Its the Thompson's" but Mike thought that was stupid and I didnt want to have a stupid blog title, but I may change it to that any ways because I think its cute and it made me laugh when I thought of it.
I have a really hard time even having the word Thompson in there... for some reason I'm not too fond of my new last name quite yet and it is still weird to think that that is my new name. It so weird to get letters and packages in the mail and for them to say Danie Thompson!! I freak out a little inside every time I see it!

Coldplay

2009-07-26T21:08:00.000-07:00

Me and Mike went to see Coldplay at the Verizon Amphitheater the other night and it was AWESOME!! They really interacted with the crowd. During Yellow they dropped big (and I mean big) yellow balloons on the crowd, I tried to grab one but I couldnt quite jump high enough!

Then the band came out into the crowd and sang! They had set up two different stages in the crowd and one of them just happened to be on the lawn, and it was super close to where we were standing!! It was exciting to be that close! They then got the crowd to do a cell phone wave, Mike lifted me up so I could see it and it was amazing, such a cool thing to see! And if that wasnt enough cool stuff they shot out all these paper butterflies while they were singing.

It was cool because the butterflies literally filled the sky. And to top it of they gave everyone in the crowd their CD... for FREE!!! That was the best concert I have seen thus far (I even danced to the music), and it will be a hard one to top!!

2009-07-23T11:36:00.001-07:00

Well here is a quick little update on our lives (nothing too exciting)
*Taught my first Relief Society lesson
*Got to go home to Washington for a few days (not long enough)
*Edward Jones flew Mike out to Spokane to knock doors and try to find clients (so awkward, but he did really good)
*Im super sad about the whole Jon and Kate Gosselins thing!
*Went to an outdoor play "Meet me in St Louis", it was awesome! Im excited they are doing Hairspray there in about a month

Other then that nothing exciting has happened but I did find a really cool article that I wanted to post, about sleeping and food that will help you sleep and food that will not help you sleep.

10 top sleep boosters

Nibble on one of these 10 high-carb calmers an hour before bedtime. You'll be yawning in no time.

1. Half of a whole-wheat English muffin or raisin bagel drizzled with honey

2. Two cups of air-popped popcorn

3. A small slice of angel food cake topped with berries

4. A frozen whole-wheat waffle, toasted, with maple syrup

5. Half a cup of pretzels

6. Fresh strawberries dunked in a little fat-free chocolate syrup

7. Half a cup of pasta topped with marinara sauce

8. A 4-ounce baked potato topped with salsa

9. A handful of oyster crackers and a piece of fruit

10. Canned mandarin oranges sprinkled with crystallized ginger

Foods that Steal your Sleep

1. Spicy Foods

2. A big dinner

3. Raucous veggies

4. Speed eating

5. Nightcaps

6. Coffee after Breakfast

Forgot this...

2009-07-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

I forgot to put this collage in my last post, and I couldnt figure out how to put it in there so here is the last set of our pictures for Chicago!

Chicago

2009-07-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

Once again I have fallen behind on my bloggin... so here is what we have been up to...

We went to Chicago a couple weeks ago and it was a BLAST! Mike's uncle and aunt and their kids went down there on a vacation and invited us up to join them and who could turn down a trip to Chicago?! We stayed right in the heart of downtown (the good part) so pretty much everything was within walking distance which was nice since traffic is a little crazy down there! Our first day there we went to a Cubs-Twins game (and of course the Cubs lost). It was really neat to see Wrigley Field and see the ivy in the outfield. Mike was like a little kid wanting to take pictures of everything. I couldnt believe how many people were there!

Mike's uncle and aunt took us out to this pizza place that is famous for of course the Chicago style pizza, we had to wait a little over and hour to get in but it was well worth it! The pizza was really good, I could barely finish one piece because it was soo big. The next few days we spend hoppin' around town trying to see as much as we could. We went to the museum of science and industry which was really cool! The best part about it was they had the Harry Potter traveling exhibit which seriously was the coolest thing I have ever seen! I never wanted it to end! After that we went down to Marine Point which is kinda like a board walk with vendors and lots of places to eat. The view of the skyline was amazing from there! The next day we went to the art museum which was really neat to see... lots of interesting pieces... after that we spend most of the day in the park. They where having a Blues Festival and I won a tote there and Mike won a really cool water bottle.

It was a really fun trip and I wish that we could have spend a longer time there. There is just so much to see and do! I cant wait until we get to go back!!!

Twilight!

2009-06-08T17:19:00.000-07:00

So I recently have become obsessed with Twilight! I didnt start reading it until a few weeks ago and I fell in love with it... aka Edward!!

I am now on the third book... and I am reading it kind of slow because I know after this one there is only one left, and I dont want the saga to stop! But like most girls who read this book they fall in love with Edward and I sure as heck did! Although Bella sometimes bugs me in the book Edward can do NO wrong. As far as the movie goes... kinda disappointed although I thought Robert Pattinson was a good pick :) but I think I would have made a much better Bella.

Fun Filled Saturday!

2009-06-06T22:15:00.000-07:00

We spend most of today downtown! Which I always love because it is full of new and exciting things! We went to Union Station in the afternoon. Union Station use to be the main train station in St Louis a long time ago, and they have now turned it into a mall, hotel, and a mini museum. It is really neat on the outside, they have left all of the original structure/architecture which gives it this really old 20's(or whatever decade it was built in) feel!! They also have a little area where you could rent paddle boats, and feed the enormous gold fish! After we were done exploring that we decided that we would treat our self to Hard Rock cafe (neither me or mike had ever eaten there). It of course had a really cool atmosphere and the food was pretty good too!

After lunch we then went down to Forest Park. They where doing a Shakespeare festival and that night they were going to be performing The Merry Wives of Windsor. It started at 8 but we got there way early (530) because we wanted good seats! We walked around the park for a bit while we waited and boy oh boy is it a nice park! Finally it was show time! It was very well done, I just wish I had been more familiar with the play, that way I could have sat back and enjoyed it instead of trying to piece everything together. But it was still a lot of fun! The only down side of the whole thing was that a spider some how crawled up on my hand which was gross, but thankfully it was small so I didnt make too much of a scene!

Take Me Out To A Ball Game!

2009-06-05T13:55:00.000-07:00

We went to our first baseball game the Missouri Cardinals, the other weekend (it was my first Major League Baseball game so I was pretty excited)! We went with another couple that are in our ward (funny story about that... Mike just happened to have played hockey with the husband while he was up in Rexburg and he and his wife just happened to be doing summer sales in St Louis, so that is nice to have so friends). Earlier that week I had found a really inexpensive Cardinals jersey at Wal-Mart so I was excited to wear that to the game. The game wasnt very exciting the Cardinals lost 0-1 but we did get to see the other team hit a home run. We of course had to eat a hot dog for lunch and it was a mighty good hot dog too! It was a Nathans hot dog and coast us 6 bucks a pop for one! But ya just have to have a hot dog a baseball game (at least for your first time). We went down to the game with no tickets and Mike and Steven (the husband of the other couple) just planned on getting them from scalpers (scary)! And it was scary they are all up in your face trying to bargain with you. Im glad Mike was there and they werent all up in my face because yea they were scary. But we got two tickets for 20 bucks!! We are hoping that we will get to see quite a few games while we are here!

Forest Park

2009-06-05T13:31:00.000-07:00

Our first Saturday here we went down to Forest Park which is huge park in down town St Louis. They have so much to do in this park it is kinda crazy! They have museums, shops, places to rent boats, swimming, tennis courts, a zoo, and everything else you could ever want in a park (no joke). We decided that we would walk around the park and then go and explore the zoo (which is free). The zoo was really cool and big we didnt even get to see the whole thing before it was closing, so we will have to go back one of these days and finish it. After the zoo we walked around a little more and went up to where the museum is. It was closing so we decided that we would just walk around. We say some people all decked out in Renaissance gear and they were jousting (you dont see that everyday). They were all serious about it too which made it even funnier. Since it was a Saturday the park was buzzing with people but because it is so big it didnt seem crowded at all. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun!

The Drive Part 2

2009-06-05T13:18:00.000-07:00

We spent about a week in Grand Forks just hanging around and relaxing. Mike was suppose to take his last test for Edward Jones but he put it off a week because he didnt feel like he had gotten enough time studying (he ended up passing it!) We had a really nice reception at one of the local hotels there. A lot of Mikes family came down for it so it was nice to meet more of his family. I wore a really cute dress and had hot pink heels!! It was a lot of fun.

Mikes parents and his Uncle Eric decided that they would help us move down there (so very nice). We bought a bed while we were in Grand Forks (an amazing pillow top bed). But other then that we planned on finding most of our furniture down there. We left Monday morning and planned on making the trip in two days. Drive mostly Monday and then have only about 3 hours on Tuesday. The drive went much more smoothly this time around! It helped that Mike drove most of the way so I could just lay back and relax. Funny Story...When we got to the actually Missouri state line sign we had put the camera on top of the car and ran to the sign before the picture took and right as the picture was taking a BIG semi truck drove by and the wind for it knocked the camera off the car and this is the picture we got as the camera was falling... not as bad as it could have been.
When we made it to St Louis we were all surprised at how green it was here! I never thought that Missouri was so lush! Everything was so green and pretty! Our apartment is way nice and is in a really good part of town (what a relief). Mike works about a mile and half away so he can come home for lunch which is nice. Mikes parents stayed for about 3 days after we got here to help us move in. It was nice to have there help.

The Drive Part 1

2009-06-05T13:03:00.000-07:00

So we got kinda a late start on Sunday so we didnt get nearly as far as we wanted.On our way through Montana we saw this bison on the side of the road! It was crazy it was just hang out right on the side of the road eat grass. I dont think I have ever seen on so up close other then in like a zoo. So I just had to stop and get a picture (actually I made Mike take the picture I didnt want to get too close to it just in case). But by the time it got dark the deer were really starting to jump out! Which scares me to death!! So we decided to stay over night in Montana somewhere.

The next day we got up early and started out again. We had a long day ahead of us. Mike wanted to make it to North Dakota that day so that meant about 12 hours of driving!! We were both in separate cars so that made it kinda boring to not have anyone to talk to. But Mike had gotten me Twilight on audio book (he was convinced I would love it, I was not, although in the end I have to say I love Edward!) so that made the time go faster for me. Everything was going just great, we stopped at the Bad Lands to stretch our legs and I had never seen them before so that was pretty cool. About 15 minutes out of Bismark (about 5 hours from Grand Forks) I blew a tire!!! It scared the crap out of me!!! It was a back one luckily so I didnt lose control I pretty much just came to a very abrupt stop. Mike was a head of me and I tried to get his attention but no luck, then I tried calling him but of course he was not answering. But finally he realized that I was no longer behind him! So finally when he found me we put the spare tire on (which was quite the task seeing how we had just gotten the car and had no idea where it was and then we realized that in order to get it we had to unpack the entire trunk!!) But finally we got it on and made the 15 minute drive to Bismark and stayed there over night. It was nice that we got a break because five more hours of driving would have been a killer! The next morning we got up and got the tire fixed (which took forever and was $$) and made our way to Grand Forks! We finally made it!!

Saying Bye

2009-06-05T12:34:00.000-07:00

So on April 19 we were finishing packing up and saying bye to Rexburg. I never thought leaving Rexburg would be so hard! My last day at work was Saturday the 18 which was sad I had really grown to love my job and the people I worked with (what an amazing bunch)!

We started packing about a week before we were planning on leaving because Mike was studying to take a BIG Edward Jones test (which he passed) and I was still working at the Financial Aid Office, so we didnt have a whole lot of spare time to pack. It was a disaster packing! You never realize how much junk you have until you pack. It was unbelievable all the stuff we had in our apartment.
Mikes truck was unbelievably packed down and so was our car. Every little nook and cranny was packed with something. We did sadly have to leave some stuff behind. But thankfully we hadnt yet gotten any furniture so we didnt have to drag that along on our journey. Once we finally got everything packed up and cleaned we headed out. I shed a few tears leaving but not too many. Rexburg had really become a place I had come to love (never thought I would say that). So many great things had happened to me in Rexburg and I meet some really great people, I will miss it!
Bye Bye Rexburg!

Not Faithful!!

2009-06-05T12:00:00.001-07:00

So I totally have not been faithful at keeping this up..that is why until now I havent added anyone or anything but I need to get better at this because so far we have done some way awesome things! We have been all over the place in the last month or so. Idaho...Montana...North Dakota...South Dakota...Ohio...Kansas...and finally Missouri our home sweet home... for now.

Jackson Hole

2009-02-20T22:03:00.000-08:00

For Valentines Day/Mikes Birthday we went to Jackson Hole, Wy and that was a lot of fun to get out of Rexburg and just have a lazy weekend. We ate at our favorite pizza Mountain High Pizza Pie, we had to wait over an hour for our pizza but it was so worth the wait. We also ate at this great Mexican Restaurant and had deep fried ice cream which was soo good! We stayed at this tiny little hotel (we are poor so we have to take what we can get) but it was right in the heart of downtown so everything was walking distance which was nice.

It is so pretty and snowy there, downtown was lite up all cute. We did a little shopping (all I bought was one zip up sweatshirt and Mike actually picked it out, im training him well :) ). There was part of the Holocaust Museum for DC there, they had a traveling exhibit on the Burning of the Books, so that was pretty cool to see and get all educated. But most of the weekend we just spent relaxing and enjoying the "no obligation" weekend.

Lets Pick It Back Up... Or Start

2009-02-20T21:46:00.000-08:00

I have really wanted to start blogging but I just cant seem to find the time for it, but I am going to make more of an effort, especially since we will be moving far far away from everyone really soon :(
Just as a quick up date Mike and me have been married for a month an a couple weeks. It has gone fast! I am always paranoid that I am pregnant but no baby yet and hopefully it stays that way for a loooonnggg time! I will get some pictures up soon! Promise!
Mike started his Edward Jones program on the 17th and it looks to be pretty intense with all the studying and exams he has to take... good luck to him!
We moved across the hall into a much bigger apartment I will have to post pictures later, once we get everything in its proper place. I really want to decorate but we will be moving so soon that im not sure it is worthy decorating a place we will only be at for another 2 months.... so right now it looks empty and very unfriendly.
Im taking a sewing class at school and wow it is intense I do more work in that class then my major classes. I have never sewed before so I have no clue what I am do half the time, but slowly I am getting better. So far I have made a pillowcase and a pair of jammas and next up is a shirt with a collar (oh boy!)
Well like always it is cold and snowy here! I cant wait for sunshine!!

Florida!

2008-10-30T22:10:00.000-07:00

This was our family trip to Florida. We went a few weeks after my brother got home from his mission, which he just so happened to serve in Florida! It was a great 2 weeks! We got to go to all the different parks and visit his mission. One of my favorite things about Florida is that they have these little geckos/lizards all over the place. They are so small and they do push ups it is really cute. I tried to catch one but they are might fast. We stayed in a house while we where there, it had an indoor pool and everything (funny store to go along with the pool... so one morning it was just me and my mom sitting on the couch and from where the couch sits you can see through the sliding glass door into the pool area. And the pool has an outside door that you can get into. And so we were sitting there and all of a sudden my mom sees this man come into the pool and at first she thinks she must be seeing stuff so she tells me to look and sure enough there is a beard man in our pool house. So we quietly yell for Steve to come and scare him off. But before Steve gets there the man comes up to the window and starts peeing inn! So me and my mom are totally freaking out at this point and finally Steve comes to the rescue, and come to fine out he was just the pool not some scuzzy perv like me and my mom thought.)
Epcot was one of my favorite parks that we visited. All the different countries where so cool to see and to go into all the different gift shops and to see all the authentic clothes, jewelry, candy, crafts and lots of other stuff. Also it was funny to try different foods that they had there. Another funny thing that happened to me and my mom was ya know how sometimes when you go places the ride will take a picture at some point and then when you get off it they sometimes have pictures of random people blown up really big well that happened to me and my mom a picture (and not a good one) was blown up really big of us and it had us dressed up like sky divers. It was really funny and out of all the people on that ride we where the lucky ones to get our picture blown up.
All I have to say about our family trip was it was AMAZING I loved every minute of it and I want to do it all over again! I could live in Florida!

My Apartment!

2008-10-25T16:42:00.000-07:00

I live in a way cute apartment above Pita Pit, I sometimes pretend its a studio apartment in New York instead of Rexburg. Here is a picture of my bedroom, and on the corner of my bed is my knitting project, which I am very proud of! And that orange pillow case has ghosts on it and it glows in the dark! I spend most of my time in my bed because im kinda cheap and I dont want to turn the heat on so I just stay nice and warm in my bed.

Next is my kitchen, which I can see while laying in my bed. That

cage is Rexie's cute little home. Just on a side note Rexie is named after a character in the Stephanie Plum series not after Rexburg. Anyways she runs like crazy on her wheel, sometimes she gets going sooo fast she spins out of the wheel which is really cute! She is my quite little roommate who doesnt make too much of a mess.

And finally its the bathroom. It takes 3 shower curtains to go around the tub, which stands on lion legs. The window in the bathroom is kinda at a creepy angle because when people go up the stairs they can see right in it. So yea hasnt gotten awkward yet... but there is that possibility. Oh and also the window doesnt seal very well so it is always freezing in the bathroom. And the faucet is old fashion, it has a spout for cold and then a spout for hot.