Early Birthday!

Oh the weather outside was frightful yesterday! This was on the way to Matt's work. Good thing it was all melted off by midday.
Yesterday all my co-workers thought it would be funny to surprise me and decorate my desk on Thursday for my birthday on SUNDAY. Weird but it was fun they had TONS of balloons and streamers and cupcakes. It was great! About 12 people went to lunch with me and they got me a little present. Ohh how sweet. It was funny because I said huh well I guess if my actual birthday isn't great I can just say Thursday was good. They also said that since I am a twin and have had to share my whole life they would double up on me. So today they brought cookies.
Nate my co-worker said that he would surprise me with something today for my birthday. HE CUT HIS HAIR! It used to be about 7 inches long and he cut it! It looks great and shocked everyone.
Also today they passed out all these pins to everyone that works here. All the escrow officers and assistants have them. HA HA HA the pins are actually for Mickey Mouse BUT my co-worker found them in her mother in laws basement last summer and kept them for celebration of my birthday. How funny!
Anyways so tonight Matt and I are going to Macaroni Grill for dinner (Bob who works here also works there so we'll go visit him) then over to the Jazz game (which Meridian gave us tickets too) for my birthday date with him. I'll take more pictures then...

Also Matt and I are on a different softball team this year that is a bit more intense. We'll see how it goes Matt and I are going to need to practice!

Easter Weekend 3

We went down to Salt Lake and did a little Temple Square seeing. Here are the BEAUTIFUL flowers on Temple Square I wish my front yard looked like this! This is now the background of my computer here at work. We ate at "The Lion House" right next to the Beehive house for lunch. Matt said this stuff was pretty interesting tasting but good.

We went into the remodeled Tabernacle. Its really cool!
Here we are at the Lion House again.
Temple square, goofy picture huh.
There is the wonderful Salt Lake Temple.
We also went to go see Emily's grave and we couldn't find it! We'll have to try again sometime. We were a little short on time as well. It was cool seeing all the different headstones though. Easter Weekend DONE. Have a happy day :)

For my handsome cousin Con

Here is a picture of my cousin who kept throwing things at me when I took my camera out! SOO HERE CON. I took one of you from far away... cant tell though can ya... :) Easter Weekend Day 2

Easter Day 2

Easter Pictures Day 2. Here is Will eating Key lime Pie that he didn't really like but claims he does :) Bobbie and I kinda blurry, but awe look how cute we are.
Mick and MACK talking about their yummy desserts.
JD was so happy for me to take a picture of him! He is ALMOST smiling.

ROCK BAND FUN!
Little Sierra with Mom

Matt hanging out with Sierra and Family.

Holly Bright Steph and Kristin chatting outside.
The boys tossing discs in the backyard.
Jason saying "I see a soccer ball" First sentence I have ever heard him say.
MACK and Kai playing with Toy Story toys downstairs.
Until tomorrow for Easter Weekend day 3!

Just Pictures

Easter Weekend Day 1 Saturday. The Easter bunny came and made the baskets on Saturday night! Sierra doesn't get a basket yet... Will and Matt went disc golfing...

Kristin, Jason, and I dyed eggs
Jason had to go to bed so Kristin and I finished up the eggs.
Here are the final eggs, we have a competition for the prettiest eggs and the ugliest egg.
Matt and Will voted and decided Kristin made the prettiest and the ugliest even though i tried really hard to make and ugly egg by dipping it in ALL the colors.... The polka dot one was voted prettiest and the purple one with the weird lines was voted ugliest... Jason's are the three on the left. Can you guess which ones I did?
Tomorrow will be Easter Weekend day 2.

Igoogle

I just wanted to say how awesome IGoogle is! It saves me so much time and now I know the instant anyone posts! I strongly recommend it! igoogle.com go there and set it up! I also have a little frog and lady bug on my theme...

March is MADNESS

Matt and I were watching yesterday... we had highs and lows... maddening times for sure. No points in the first 5 minutes? 11-0 are you KIDDING ME!

Jimmer Fredette for President... wonder if he is serving a mission soon? Challenge to all you Cougar fans out there to find out. Oh and let see he'll probably be sent to the Denver Colorado South mission eh? That would be funny. Well rest in peace mighty Cougars until next year... On to Football! Spring practice time ;)

Ohhhh the DUKE GAME OHHH MAN that's crazy. This is why I love this time of year... back and forth Basketball coming out your ears! I have 7 pink x's on my brackets all ready, bummer. No major upsets though, Stanford won big and that's who I have winning it all so as long and they don't loose I'll be fine...

Forgive me

I have been a waste of space the last day or two. I am feeling under the weather and more then that I am just DANG tired. I took some cold medicine yesterday at work and boy was I a bit lethargic. Head colds really know how to take it out of you! I slept all the way home then made my way to the couch where I slept another couple hours woke up then went to bed. Yeah it was one of those nights. Sorry Tonii Emily and Massiel, I didn't make it to Young Women's last night. I am feeling MUCH better today. Almost back to normal, 80% i'd say :)

But now I must excuse myself again for the weekend I will be watching MARCH MADNESS from here on out. Thursday Friday and Saturday.... much enjoyment.... I love this time of year! :) Go Cougs right? Okay so I know they wont go all the way but they just might beat Texas A & M right? Then loose horribly to UCLA is my prediction...

Confessions

So I have a confession.... Matt is officially a nerd. I took him to the Library a week or so ago and so far we have been there twice. He has been checking out DVDs. These aren't normal DVDs though he LOVES to check out... War documentaries. The two recent ones we've seen are "Rebels and Redcoats: The Revolutionary War" and "Restoration: The war after the Civil War" Mind you these are interesting and I have learned things I hadn't previously known but for family night we watch a 2- 3 hour war documentary? I think that SCREAMS nerd. Also he has checked out Books on CD, so in the car we get to listen to, uhh I am not sure what the one is right now something about Finance of course. He says if he didn't like Finance so much he probably would have majored in History! WOW could you imagine Matt saying that a decade ago? I think not! Anyways so there is my confession, if you are ever bored come on over to our house I am sure we have some interesting PBS special going. :) Were always learning about new things!

I knew it!

I told Matt last night that I thought Elizabeth Bennett and I had similar personalities...

Take the Quiz here!

I knew it ! Let see which Jane Austen character all of you are!? Some of the questions I didnt like any answers so just pick the one closest to how you feel.. Oh and uhh Steve i know you will try but you are a boy so I dont think it will work... lol :)

Weekend Bowling

This weekend was pretty fun. We watched some basketball thanks to Will and Kristin upgrading for a couple hours to get the versus. It was quite the upsetting game and I was pretty annoyed at the outcome. BUT what can you do when the Tourney gives a team home court advantage... I am not saying that's why they lost but it definitely helps the opposing team.

We also went bowling after the game. Here are a few pictures. OHH we hung out with Troy and Tracie too Wills sister and brother in law. They are pretty fun to hang out with.

The guys also went Disc golfing in the snow while us girls made cake. (okay Kristin with Tracie and I watching, well i guess Tracie read the recipe) Tracie had a hankering for this white cake with coconut. Kristin only put coconut on half the cake so we could all enjoy it.

Congrats to my little bro on getting his mission call! Denver CO south English speaking for those who didn't know. He wants his first area to be Aspen so he can salivate at the wicked awesome slopes there. :)
Oh and sorry for the weak posts lately work has been crazy and I haven't had a whole bunch of time to write good juicy stories... hopefully the pictures will suffice for now.

Pi Day!

Today at work for 3.14 in Celebration of the mathmatical constant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi

Anyways so we have Razzleberry, Cherry and Heath Bar Pi! Isnt that great? What an excuse to eat good food! Also for lunch we are eating at a Pizza place called "The Pie" A little over board I think not...

Just another day

Yesterday I cooked dinner for Matt. I had a hunk of pork to make. I put it in a dish, cut up some potatoes and put those in, sprinkled a little garlic salt, onion salt, and pepper on top put the lid on a stuck it in the oven at 375 for a little over 2 hours and BAM it was done! It was sure good too! I made some pork gravy to go on top as well. The potatoes were cooked to perfection and the pork was moist. Thanks for the help mom! As usual I made extra so Matt has lunch for today. I think tonight I will try a dessert maybe a Heath Bar Cheesecake. Doesn't that sound yummy? Tomorrow is pi day so I have to make something!

Matt fixed the fence!

Jason LOVED playing in the dirt. Matt had to hurry and fix the fence before the sun went down so he was busy until about 8 ish. Good news is Jason stayed away from my piles of leaves in the yard. Matt was impressed that when Jason was hammering he went for the nails. It took a while but Matt Will and Jason got the job done : )

Vapor Rub

Have you every used that Vapor rub before? Well Matt was snooping around in Kristin and Wills Medicine cabinet and found it. He took some cold medicine and later in the evening he asked what it was for. Will said he had bought it when Kristin had a cold and she was pregnant so she could use it. Usually kids use it but i have heard of adults using it on occasion.

Matt got up about 30 minutes later and came back down and sat next to me after some time. He looked at me and I could tell in an INSTANT what he had just done. He used the vapor rub. MY eyes were watering so I looked over at them and he had a smirk on his face and started to laugh and say HOLY COW THIS STUFF ITS BURNING MY EYES! Will and Kristin could smell it from across the couch!

I asked Matt how much he used and he said I don't know how much are you supposed to use. I said I think just a little bit on your chest... kinda like Carmex lip balm just rub your finger on the top and rub a little on your chest how much did you use? He said uhhh I little more then that. I went upstairs and looked at the container of the rub. Matt had used probably a fourth ( Will Kristin Suzanne back me up on that) of the little container. MAN THAT'S A LOT OF RUB!

I came down cracking up to Matt whose eyes were watering and his chest was ON FIRE. I showed Kristin Will and Suzanne and we all got a good laugh. Then I got Matt a towel and he rubbed a lot of it off his chest. For the rest of the night he smelt pretty strongly...

Daylight Saving? More like torture...

Matt is feeling a a lot better but he still hasn't kicked his congestion completely. Although he thinks it isn't a cold anymore and has shifted into seasonal allergies. Only time will tell.

Matt had a test on Saturday morning and did pretty well, after he got back from school we went on down the Kristin and Wills. They were shopping when we were there so Matt went out back to look at their fence. A chunk of it fell down in the winter and Saturday was a nice day to go out and look at it. As he was looking the nice neighbor Lady came out and told Matt she had everything to fix it she just didn't have the man power to do it. So I guess at that point Matt went to work. Matt loves doing things like this mind you so it was not a problem at all for him! He dug out the old post and its cement and put in the new post and poured in the concrete. They had hot water and accelerator so it should be okay. Matt is going back this evening to finish nailing it together. I told Kristin its the least we could do with how much they feed us! Might as well earn our keep!

While Matt was fixing the fence I was raking, I found I think 7 little piles of deer droppings in the back yard and didn't want Jason playing in them so there I went raking all these piles of leaves and such over them. I forgot the habits of little boys and leaves though, Jason saw the piles and immediately ran right through them laughing the whole way. YEEESH! So needless to say I wont be surprised come Monday when all the leaves are spread all over the yard again, plus it was pretty windy outside. Kristin should have a really pretty back yard come spring. The people who lived there before her planted TONS of bulbs! We found them all growing under the leaves and I think it will be nice.

Sunday we slept in a little,, NOT REALLY just daylight saving time... I am not a fan it is too early for me now! Anyways then I had to prepare for a lesson. I had to teach about Eternal Families and it was pretty good. I think I did an okay job considering only 2 girls came we couldn't get into much of a discussion but that's all right. Afterwards was soup and scones and Grandma and Grandpas house the soups were great made by Steph and Kristin.

Afterwards we went home and Matt popped in King Kong so that was my cue to go upstairs and read! I finally got a hold of "An assembly to remember" I read that until I fell asleep and Matt still wasn't done with the movie.

Whelp I gotta get going! This morning seems extra early I cant imagine why.... ;) ;)

Even more SICK!

PPPPPOOOOORRR Guy! His cold has now evolved into a nasty bout with the FLU! So hes sneezing and blowing his nose and coughing while puking. Poor Matt he looks even worse then yesterday. Hopefully he can come out of it soon I dont even know what to do! I went and got him some Tylenol Cold and Flu Night and Day formulas and he slept better last night then he did the night before. Still at home laying on the couch or the bed.

Also I took some video I wanted to post but its not letting me... anyone have some suggestions? It wont tell me why the video isnt working just that there is an error....

Sick!

My poor husband is sick! He has a cold, he stayed home from work today. I called him and he sounds AWFUL! Lets hope he feels better tomorrow...

Speaking of being sick I found this rockin coupon! If you use it you can get 30 bucks! I fill my prescriptions at Smiths and they honor the coupon. Doesn't even matter if you all ready have them there at rite aide or smiths they will still give you 30 bucks! Matt and I went and filled my 5$ acne medicine prescription (which was all ready at Smiths, I was just refilling) I gave them the coupon and they gave us a 30$ credit! It was awesome. It will work with as many as you have but I think you have to do it on different days. On of my co-workers showed it to me and she fills about 6 a month for her family so Smiths gives her $180. It expires some time in April but apparently they always have a deal like this going on... just another way to save on groceries for you druggies out there!

http://www.riteaid.com/pharmacy/prescription_transfer.jsf

There is the link just click to download....

Sunday and Monday in TEXAS

Sunday morning Matt and I went over to Mitzi and Lexis hotel room. We then followed them over to the next place that Larry was playing. It was called "Top Hand Cowboy Church" You read it right... Matt and I went to church there. They even ride their horses to church some Sundays! It started at 10 am, we walked in with our jeans and boots on. Everyone was wearing their jeans and boots, it was great! The people we VERY nice to us, they shook our hands and wanted to just talk to us, it wasn't because we were new to the church, I have just decided that's the way Texans are. I think they really are genuinely nice people. Any who, we were in a barn that was big enough to fit about 150 people i think? But they stacked hay bales around the whole out side for those late comers to sit on those instead of the chairs. Yvonne, Matt, Mitzi, Lexi and I chose to sit right up front by the band. I guess we were Larry's groupies. Funny thing is instead of passing a hat or plate for tithes and offerings they had a big dutch oven in the back where you put your check or cash. They baptised in the watering trough too HA HA, maybe that was a joke I couldn't tell if they were being serious or not. While we were there we sang songs for about 30 minutes with the band, none of which I knew the words too, then a step in preacher taught for about 30 minutes. Yvonne, Matt's aunt was disappointed that "Pastor Greg" wasn't there because he was a real interesting guy she said. OH and sorry guys no pictures there I didn't know if I was able to take them. I could have, I found out after...the lady sitting in front of us snapped a few, oh well next time we go I will be equipped! After church we went over to "Zack and Jim's HOG CREEK Ice house" grill and saloon, ha ha right after church ha ha. Anyways they asked us when we got there if we would be drinking or not. It was 11:30 on a Sunday, do you really think we would be drinking? I guess people do drink that early they would rather not have a hang over so they just keep on trucking through the weekend. Mitzi got a good laugh when they asked her if she would be drinking she said "Now? on a Sunday? This early? No i wont be drinking..." Anyways so we sat down to eat and the poor waitress chick was pretty dense. All weekend Matt and I had been eating just little things here and there not having been really impressed with anything, then we ordered cheeseburgers at this joint. Boy they are right everything really is bigger is Texas. this cheeseburger was HUGE! I mean 6 or 7 inches across huge! I turned to Matt and said "Dang when I order a 6 dollar burger this is what I want!" it was a heart attack waiting to happen. Of course I didn't finish mine but Matt wolfed his down in about 10 minutes, maybe quicker... I seem to look away while eating a french fry and look back and his food is gone. I offered him the rest of mine he said he was full thank goodness. He could have died if he ate more! Needless to say the food was excellent.

After we finished eating we started unloading Larry's horse trailer to get all the music equipment out. I have little to no music experience when it comes to setting up a stage, same with Mitzi and Matt. So it came down to D and Yvonne to pretty much do it all. Matt moved big stuff around but I pretty much just watched. I felt quite useless but i found a few things to do here and there. We had everything pretty much set up when Matt decided we better go over to his moms grave site before it got too late. LUCKILY we told Mitzi we were going over there and Lexi wanted to go with us. Unfortunately, Dustin wanted to go too but he needed to stay and help set up (Matt and I were little help at that point they were plugging in all sorts of cords and stuff). The reason I was happy that Lexi came is because I am sure I would have just cried and cried if it was just Matt and I. As it was I was a little weepy but could easily blame it on my eyes watering because it was so windy. I took a picture of the grave site, here Holly is my first time meeting her.

It was pretty touching and I am glad Matt and I went over there. She has been gone for just shy of 9 years now, to Matt it seems like just yesterday. In fact when we were at Tammie's house he said he kept feeling like his mom would pop her head around the corner at any minute to join in the laughter and conversation we were having. I wish I knew her, it was very interesting to see so many and talk to so many that knew and loved her. Every single person we spoke to told us how wonderful she truly was and how much they loved and missed her. It was so cool to hear about.

So later after we left the cemetery we went and got some Blue Bell Ice Cream. I am not a huge Ice Cream fan in the first place mind you, but it was good. Matt LOVED it and Lexi liked it too. By the time we got back to the Saloon, Lou had all these friends there, I'd say about 40 of them. He had no idea about it so when he walked in he was SOO surprised! Also It was so fun to meet all of the WAY extended family, cousins. aunts, and uncles that I had never even heard about. They were all really nice people, so happy to meet me and see Matt. Lou played and sang along with Larry and a couple other steel guitar players and fiddle players played as well. I have had Western Swing stuck in my head for days now!

When we were there one of Holly's best friends came with her kids. Karen Smith and her kids are Kelly and Thomas. Kelly has a new little baby that is so cute and Thomas is engaged! His Fiance was beautiful. Matt and Thomas had a very good time catching up and talking about old times. Karen was one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life!

They played music for about 4-5 hours, after that we all packed up and went our separate ways. Matt and I had to go back up to Frisco, Mitzi and Lexi flew out of Austin so they had to go back there. Dustin went back to his apartment and Larry and Yvonne had to go across town to Hewitt to get home. It was good seeing everybody and I wish we had one more day with everyone. Larry said "Awe man I cleaned my house for nothing!" He is a funny guy.

Sunday night Matt called Tammie to get directions back to her house, she said simple ones and we were on our way. Well Matt wasn't used to going the way Tammie said and we ended up completely lost and at this shell station out east somewhere. We pulled over and started to ask for directions. The poor guy at the station barely spoke English and he wasn't of much help. As Matt and I were talking someone else came to the counter and said where did you want to go? Frisco? Oh I am going there right now just follow me. ( We were about 45 minutes away from Frisco) TALK ABOUT A MIRACLE. It was late and dark and there is no way we would have found our way home with out this guy. I think we took about 4 different freeways to get where we were going and turns out the guy lived about a mile or two away from where we were going. CRAZY! We thanked him profusely and we got to Tammie's house. We had some Lasagna for dinner at about 11 at night It was still yummy and went to bed.

MONDAY was a chill day, we didn't do much of anything, we drove around Plano and Matt showed me his old Elementary school and all his old houses. Apparently he lived in 3 different houses in the same neighborhood geez! Talk about a lot of moving... I guess I lived in three different houses growing up as well... Anyways then we went to Cicis Pizza for lunch ( I know Nate Jordan you guys are sooo jealous) To be honest it wasn't great, but Matt was so excited! We also drove out to McKinney to see Jared's grave site. He was a still born brother of Matt's. It was weird because in his gravestone it says "Our little missionary" and right now if he was alive he would be on his mission. Kind of cool to see... Now I have met everyone in his family! After that we went back to Tammie's and hung out until we met back up with the WHOLE Slaughter family for dinner at El Chico's. It was good food and I think I had the best salsa of my life there! The Slaughters are so nice and informed us that the 20 acres behind them are for sale and we need to move in... Yeesh I don't think i could ever be THAT small town. We got back to Tammie's just in time to rush to the airport and we boarded the plane that evening at 8.

All and all it was a great trip and I am glad I went. I understand Matt more now that I have been to Texas and met more of the people he grew up with. I say that because I am a sarcastic person and quite sassy. I didn't think I was that bad compared to my family because I consider myself one of the more mild ones out of everybody. Real Texans take things literal and rarely use a whole lot of sarcasm. Anyways lesson learned I should probably be more genuine and not kid like i usually do because some might not now I am joking.

LOOK YOU GOT THROUGH IT ALL! EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T I AM GLAD YOU TOOK A GLANCE... I DON'T THINK I COULD HAVE READ ALL THAT EITHER... (pat yourself on the back now)