Well I have a new found appreciation for Friday's. I went back to work this past Monday and I now greatly anticipate Fridays!  I have really loved my job so far so it isn't pulling teeth to get through the week but Friday means that I get to go to bed late and sleep in!!!

Last week was our two year anniversary.  Brian was working so for our anniversary dinner we went to a taco business dinner.  We figured we would celebrate at a later date.  I got a food saver!  We both thought it would fun to try and really help prolong our food storage.  We are really trying to get our year supply of everything so it will be nice.

Brian has been in Quebec this week.  He has been to Canada before but this is really his first trip where there has been language barrier. EVERYONE speaks French and he can't understand a word.  His first experience trying to go to a restaurant where everything was in a different language must have been traumatic enough that he went to Walmart and bought a weeks worth of food ha!

I have not got in to politics at all.  Actually, to tell you the truth, I hate political talk.  But Brian said he watched Ann Romney's speech last night and that I should watch it.  Well that is what I did.

She is such a classy lady.  Even if she wasn't a member of my same faith I think I would still really like her.  She is such a down to earth, great example.  I really enjoyed some of the things she said.  Since when is being successful a bad thing?  I don't think that success is a measure of how many dollar bills you have.  We can have so much success in so many other ways!  I have actually been thinking a lot about this lately.  We can have success in so many aspects of our life beside money!  Since when is it bad to serve others?  Like I said, I don't follow politics but I have seen several headlines regarding Mitt Romney and his service and charity distributions.  Regardless of what religion you are, when did it become a negative to serve and to give to the less fortunate.  In the Book of Mormon it tells us over and over that we are to give of our substance and clothe and feed those that are in need. Kind of random, but those were a couple of thoughts I have after watching.

My sweet Brian likes to surprise me with flowers.  He actually does it quite a lot.  This week was another one of those days.  Like I mentioned before, he had work all last week and is gone this week.... actually he will be gone a LOT this coming month!  Anyways... he wanted to leave me with a surprise before he left.  I think they are quite beautiful! Thanks Brian!!

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY.... tomorrow is GAME DAY!!!!
I have to wish all of my boys the best of luck and I wish I could be there with you!
GO BRONCOS!!!!!!!

Where Has The Time Gone

I don't know what to do with my life now that the Olympics are over!  I have really enjoyed them.  I feel like I am invested in their lives!  Swimming is always exciting  I really got in to the women's gymnastic.  They are amazing.  When you are young kids make fun of 'boy' gymnasts.  I don't care who you are,  they are true athletes!  Track is ok.  I only like to watch the finals.  Volleyball is always good.  Water polo absolutely amazes me!  Well towards the end of the olympics the good stuff was starting to die out and synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics were on. It is the first time that I sat down and really watched. The swimming is not really my cup of tea but those girls are tougher than they look.  And gymnastics.... it was AWESOME!  It is amazing what they do.  I don't know if it is a 'sport' but it is definitely and art.  Brian was making fun of me for watching but I made him watch a routine and he couldn't believe what they could do!

Well, I never thought I would be able to say this... but we made it through a year in Indiana ALIVE.  Some days I never dreamed I would be able to say that.  We still aren't in love with the area but one thing is for sure, we have been extremely blessed.  Brian is thriving at work and the sky will be the limit for him and his career.

I don't feel old at all.  I still feel way young!  But we are coming up on our two year anniversary and next year I will have been out of high school for 5 years.  I still feel 17 at times.  Well I don't keep very good track of the time and I guess I am old enough to be back in Young Womens.  Yesterday I was put in as the Lafayette 3rd Ward Young Women's President.  I don't feel old enough.  But I have already learned a LOT from the calling already.  I've learned that I am not in control, the Lord is.  I am very nervous about this calling but it will be fun!

What A Day!

What a day.  I will admit that some days I am kind of lazy.  But not today!  I cleaned and then I cleaned some more.  I bleached all of my tile grout.  I don't have that much tile but when you think about having to scrub 4 sides of every tile... it adds up... fast.  Then I cleaned my oven.  I also finished refurbing my lamp.  I will have to post a picture.  It looks really good!  I am proud of it.

This is where it gets interesting.  Brian got home from work and we had to run and get a few things and this car backs out of his driveway.  It would be like a guy backing out of his driveway on 17th street.  A busy road and we had to stop pretty abruptly.  He kind of just sat there for a minute.  Brian was a great driver and was paying attention.  Then he sped off really fast and almost hit several curbs.  At this point we were thinking that maybe we should call someone and report him as a drunk driver.  I bet he was going 60+ in a 35 too.  Well we pulled up to an intersection and had a red light and he stops literally like right in the middle of the road.  At this point we really thought we should call someone but didn't know if that was a 911 matter or who to call.  Well we both turn and not 50 yards ahead the next light changes and he he doesn't slow down.  Brian was like 'WOA He is Going To Hit People!' Well he did.  He rear-ended a lady and it was a 3 car effect.  We go past them and get a visual of the driver.  We were going to pull forward and make sure the lady that he hit first was ok.  Well that is when it gets MORE interesting.  The guy takes off!  That's when we decide it is definitely time to call 911.  It rang 9 times before anyone picked up.  Good thing I wasn't dying or something...  Well Brian had turned and started to follow this guy.  The 911 lady said keep following him and she had several people going to the scene.  We followed him forever.  He was going sooo fast!  like 75 on these little residential streets. It was like he was going through a maze.  We kept giving the lady directions and she said the cops were getting closer and keep following.  We gave a description of the car and license number and told her everything that happened. He got going so fast that finally we lost him but she said that she had a cop that had a visual on the vehicle.  She said we would be getting a call to give our witness statement but no one has called.  It was a very scary experience.  I thought he had a gun or something.  At one point we even saw that he got out of his car to check out the damage up front.  We followed him for several blocks and I'm sure that he noticed.  Scary, but it feels good that we did our civic duty and helped catch the 'bad guy.'  Ha I should be a CSI  person.

Tomorrow is going to seem quite boring after tonight!

 We found a Johny's!! We are so excited. It is an hour and a half away but we may have to make the journey for special occasions.  It was amazing! Look how happy he is, the only think that could have made it better was if they had potato soup.

 Louisville, KY

 The Ohio River

We had to post pictures of the snow leopard.  Until you have seen Planet Earth's documentary on how long it took to get footage of this cat you are probably thinking, why post so many pictures of a stupid cat.  

 I can't imagine having one of these on my front porch in the morning as kids are going to school!

 The polar bear was the life of the show.  We sat there for probably 45 minutes watching him.  She would swim down and put logs in the holes in the rocks.  She would do some tricks and try and get the stick back out. Doesn't sound funny, but it was.

 We got there when the trainers were training the elephants.  We saw them do a whole bunch of tricks.

 Look at the baby!  So tiny!

 Churchill Downs was not what I expected.  I was expecting what you see in the movies.  It is actually pretty run down looking.  You can tell it was a fabulous place back in 1847 when it opened.

 Yes, That is the Louisville baseball and football stadium.  I pictured KY would have rolling fields with white picket fences and horse farms.  Well the track is right in the middle of town.  And the ghetto at that...

 They have this fun painting with all the winners.

 I had to take a picture of this!  Take a guess who this is?? Lucien Laurin and Secretariat!!!

 They have this glass replica of the entire stadium.  It is HUGE.  It would have taken three or four shots to get the whole thing in.

 The KY Science Center.  Kinda boring actually...

 Look how big they get!  Brian is just over 6 foot

 This is the thingy-magig they took to the moon.  There is another person that sits to Brian's right.  Tight space huh?

 Before...

 During...

 Getting Closer...

 The final product!

 Brian put an outlet in my island!  I AM SO EXCITED!!

My second batch of Jam.  I am looking forward to doing peach jam in the fall.

I am working on other projects.  I will post them when I am done.

So in KY we went to the temple Friday night.  It was really pretty and really small.  We did Sealings and the temple pres. was the one that did them.  We also did a session and it was really nice.  We went to the zoo the next morning, Churchill Downs, and the science center.  It was a fun little weekend.  We will definitely go to that temple more often.