I had no idea before we got married......

I love the things that you learn about your husband after you get married. Tonight at the grocery store, he picked up some beef hot dogs and proceeded to tell me that he learned how to fry them on his mission... yeah... YUCK! So when we got home he showed me his wonderful cooking abilities, and I about died when he pulled my Italian olive oil out of the cupboard. (yes, I made him put it back and use canola oil;)) Here are a few quotes and pictures of the evening.

"See? Its just like frying bacon." "I think I may have put too much ketchup and mustard on and distorted the fried beef flavor." "I have enough of these to enjoy one a day for a whole WEEK! Unless.... I decide to eat six in one day." "Something's different, I think I need to burn them a little bit more on the bottom."

OH the excitement!

Yes, fried hot dogs... (but they have to be BEEF)

And look how much he enjoys it:)

Justin's boo-boo

No, he's not going to like that I'm calling it a boo-boo, but he doesn't blog, so I get to call his owies whatever I want:) This is the result of him slipping on the black ice of our very poorly shoveled apartment sidewalks and parking lot. This is two days later after it has healed a little bit.... sad huh?

And this is my very sad husband.... he has to keep band-aids on the most of the time.

21st Birthday!

Well, I had a wonderful birthday weekend:) Justin took me out for dinner at Olive Garden, we went to a movie and then out for ice cream on Saturday night. Sunday on my actual birthday we went over to the Skinners' house and had ice cream cake:)

All of the candles lit!

Me and the Hubster with the cake


I got all 21 of them:)

My party people:) Hooray for new cousins who I love so very much!

The hubby and I playing with my new birthday camera! I love it! It has been so fun to play with!

Same picture, different effect:)

So, the last one had everything but the bridesmaids black and white, this one may be a little better.... the background is painted and the bridesmaids are real. (You can tell better if you click on it:))

One more!:D

My new favorite class:)

In one of my classes we are learning all of the Adobe Programs, and this morning we started on Photoshop. I was super excited about it because I have LOTS of fun wedding pictures to play around with. While we're learning on Adobe Photoshop CS3 and I have Photoshop Elements, its still fun, but someday.... maybe someday.... I'll be able to buy that incredible program. It's been so fun to learn. Here are a few of my little play projects today.... just starting simply:)
Justin and I also had a wonderful weekend at home and it was really hard to come back to Rexburg, but great to see the fam and celebrate my birthday a little bit... we're still working up to the big culmination of the palooza this Sunday.... four days until I turn 21! Wooo HOO!!

Fun-filled long weekend in Utah:)

We had a very wonderful long weekend down in Utah! We started with USU transfer day in Logan. (In case anyone hasn't heard, BYU-I isn't working out school wise for me, it was a bad year to transfer so both Justin and I will graduate from Utah State.) We're working really hard on the "GO AGGIES!" thing. At least I've gotten to the point that it's "GO AGGIES! UNLESS YOU'RE PLAYING BYU OR U OF I!!" Now we've just got to get my husband to attend their sporting events.... and we may turn blue before you know it;)

We found a townhouse that we love very much. It's beautiful, brand new, tile flooring, granite countertops, cherrywood cabinets, and in our price range! WOOHOO!! So we're hoping to move down there mid-april depending on when we can get out of our contract here in Rexburg!


After a fun-filled (and tummy filled, they fed us well!) transfer day, we headed down to Provo. We decided since we were half way there anyways, we may as well go visit some aunts! We showed up to some very happy little ones!
As soon as we got there, and Olivia got out of the bath she yelled "YOU'RE HOME!!!" and asked me where my 'hubsbinz' was. Both her and Hayes really love Justin a lot, he's a pretty big hit with all of the cousins. Hayes and Olivia call the guest room "Jackie and Justin's" room, and we love it! This is a picture of us with our matching braids:)

Justin made sure that he brought his new nerf gun with a laser pointer on it (thank you, santa:P) so that he could play with the boys. His wife is not that in to nerf guns so he loves to run around upstairs and have nerf gun wars:)

And an action shot.... way to go shannon on the pictures:) We miss them already, but we're excited to only be two hours away soon! And to any sisters going to byu soon, or cousins who will soon get their drivers licences... We'll have a big guest room!!!:D