Valentine's

This year Dan surprised me at work with some cute roses and white chocolate covered oreos (my favorite!). It was so thoughtful of him :) He also got me my own set of golf clubs! Tuesday we went to Mulligan's driving range and hit a bucket. I hoped that having my own set of clubs would magically make me play good...not so. But, I did get the driver down pretty consistently. As for every other club it was hit and miss. I am thinking of taking a group lesson or two this summer to get better...if any of you girls are interested in a group lesson let me know! Dan got a new driver, and three new golf shirts. He might not play like a pro, but at least he looks like one :)

Valentine's dinner didn't quite go as planned. I had called at four o'clock to make dinner reservations for six o'clock at Red Lobster. We show up and were told there was a two hour wait. I told them I had called two hours ago, put my name on the list, and wasn't waiting that long... but was told there was "nothing they could do". Pssshh I was way to hungry and impatient to wait that long. So, instead we ate at Art City Trolley-they have the best ribs! Later we went and saw "Just Go With It". Seriously, the funniest movie I have ever seen.

My clubs

Dan's driver

My roses

In other exciting news Dan finally got hired on full time as a linux engineer at Novell!!! He had been an intern up until today. Full time means benefits and a salary. We are so blessed, and so grateful for this new job!

Super Saturday

I say super because I feel like super woman for having accomplished all I set out to do in one day :)
Rundown:

-6am woke up and baked/decorated cupcakes for a friend's baby shower (p.s. if you would like to see pics of those cupcakes go here . It's my cooking blog, I just changed the name and url.) Why six am??? I am asking myself that very question now.

-thought about cleaning up my cupcake mess, but said screw it and went shopping for a shower gift.

-Around noon went down to Springville to help Kelee get ready for Sweethearts. I curled her hair, and did her make-up. It was so fun, and I'm glad she lets me do things like that for her because I really enjoy it! She looked gorgeous, if I do say so myself :) Her dress she bought on clearance for $10 and decided to go for a more casual look. I think it turned out super cute! She is going with a boy she doesn't know well, but thinks is cute :) For the date they are going to the Provo mall where they have a scavenger hunt set up, and each couple has cameras and has to take pictures of them doing something that is on each clue. It sounded really fun. Then they are going back to one of the kid's house where the parents are making a nice dinner. After that they are heading to the dance. I hope she has fun with her group, and her date better behave himself :)

Kelee and her friend Ashley

Supposed to be whispering, but to me it looks like they both just got pocked in the eye and are grabbing it in pain lol


Her dress! She rocks this look.

Teenage goof-balls

I wish I could say this is an optical illusion, but alas, my younger sis is taller than me

The outfit she is wearing on her date before the dance...she gets her looks from me :)

After the hair/make-up/picture session with Kelee I flew back to Orem just in time for a friend's baby shower. It was a lot of fun. We played the usual shower games, ate food (personally my favorite part :) , visited, and took pictures.

Pregnant bellies are just so cute

The cupcakes I made, again click here for more pics :)

Karen made this cute diaper cake

Another busy but fun filled day!

Hussle and Bussle

This past weekend was one of those go-go-go weekends.

Friday night Dan had late night school so I got together was some zumba friends whom I hadn't seen in a while. We ordered pizza (combination and hawaiian, yum!) and watched "Case 39." I don't know if this movie ever came to theaters because I don't remember hearing about it. It was mildly scary and had a few jumpy parts where I screamed like a baby. I would recommend it. Of course we took lots of silly pictures because that's what we do :)


Saturday I woke up at 8, went to zumba, then got talked into staying for the next class at Golds, "Power Pump". Boy was that a kick in the butt...and every other muscle on my body! I am still sore. After the gym I came home and started cleaning the house because my sister was coming over. I folded a weeks worth of laundry that had accumulated. I don't even have kids to use the "no time" excuse, but for some reason I cannot bring myself to fold and put away the laundry until I have nothing to wear...its the bane of my existence. Kelee came over; we got ready together, waited for Dan to get home--he was at Mulligan's driving range with a friend, then left the house and headed to my mom's to celebrate a few birthday's. My brother Derek turned 15 on Jan 27th, and my sister Alisa will turn 12 on Feb 10th, so we had a party for both of them. We ate yummy food, and had cake and ice cream sundaes for dessert. After dessert we wanted to get a family picture, which turned into a picture marathon of which even I was exhausted...but we did get some fun ones! Later that night I took Kelee shopping for some "Sweethearts" stuff. She needed a jacket for her dress and some shoes and leggings. Her dance is this weekend, and I get to help her get ready! I'm so excited!

The birthday girl and boy blowing out the candles

Being silly

The women in the fam, minus Jessie

Pyramid...now this was a fun shot to try and grab!

Sunday...the famous superbowl :) I would have rather watched "On the Case With Paula Zahn" but getting together with friends and fam was fun! Dan was rooting for the Packers since his team (the eagles) didn't make it to the superbowl this year. We spent the first half of the game at Jordan and Corinna's house. Corinna went above and beyond typical hosting duties, and had every snack/fingerfood you could ever want. Everything was yummy. Madi, Landon and Stephanie's daughter, kept us all entertained and full of candy! She was quite the "share-er" :) The part of the game I was most looking forward too--the half time show, was a huge let down. The Black Eyed Peas just don't sound good live! We spent the second half of the game with Dan's family, again overeating. After the game we watched a dateline exclusive on the guy who got stuck in the grand canyon and had to cut his own arm off...it was very interesting to say the least.

So that was our busy, fun weekend. It was way too short. Things to look forward to this week:

-school...and a test
-work
-construction right in front of our house
-seeing Jessie and Will
-helping Kelee get ready for her dance
-meeting cute baby Crew!

The fun mixed in with the not so fun- such is life. Have a great week everyone!