Update with a little Disney Madness!

So it's been quite a while. My main reason for lack of posting has been the fact that I have nothing to show. I still can't find my camera charger, so no new pictures... BUT... I decided I love reading about everyone else so maybe I'd just write for anyone who is just dying to know what's going on with us. here is summary.

-Mikes Grandma Jenson passes away 2 weeks ago, so last weekend (well thur-tues) he flew out to Utah for the funeral. He had a great time seeing all his extended family and friends. From what I hear it was a great service, its so great to have the gospel to help us put life/death into perspective. 

-So if Mike was gone... I was very alone. for that time. HOWEVER, I did accomplish a lot.

-I read the whole Twilight series.

-Bought a 5 shelve bookcase

-Put said bookcase together

-Did some decorating

-Did absolutely no cleaning, which I payed for in the end.

-I would also like to note that Epps really misses Mike and as soon as he got home all she wanted to do was play with him. Its so funny to see the feelings and emotions of pets. They do have them.

-Classes are over for me, and I only have 2 classes left to graduate. I'm taking both through BYU Independent study and should graduate in July!! YAY!!! 

-Have taken the extra time in my day to obsess about about our Disney Vacation. I have even put together a 40 slide powerpoint with pictures, menus and prices of my favorite 15 resturants in the Disney Parks. We have got 6 of the 7 days planned for dinner, but we need a 7th. Heres what we've got so far

Cinderella's Royal Table in Cinderella's Castle! (This is the one I'm most excited for!!)

San Angel Inn (In the Mexico Pavilion @ Epcot)

Coral Reef Restaurant (The seas with Nemo Building @ Epcot)

Le Cellier (Wonderful Canadian Steakhouse @ Epcot)

Chef Mickeys (Best Breakfast Buffet EVER, inside the Contemporary resort overlooking the magic Kingdom)

And Planet Hollywood at Downtown Disney one night, but I didn't include that in my powerpoint, so no picture.

-This weekend is suppose to be really nice so we are hoping to do something fun and exciting outdoors!!

I think thats about it! Hopefully I'll find my camera charger or buy a new one so I can get some pictures taken and posted!

April Fools and AI

So I lost my camera battery charger the other day. Do you know what that means? Not only can I not take pictures and videos... I can't put the pictures that were on my camera on my computer. So my pictures from this past weekend and the story to go with them will have to wait until I find it. Which I hope will be soon, but I've looked ALL over my whole house and it is no where to be found.

So this morning I woke up to mike sprinting across the bedroom to turn off my cell phone alarm. After he got it turned off I asked him if he could hand it to me (it was on the floor on the other side of the night stand, which is a really weird place for it.) He acted like he didn't hear me at first, so I asked again and he hesitantly handed it to me. I looked at it and it said 6:00 am... then I looked at the clock on my iHome and it said 6:35... I had a moment of confession as to what time it really was. I decided my phone was write and told Mike not to look at the time on the iHome that it was wrong. He kinda made a funny noise them said "Stupid cell phone, ruined my prank." I was so confused what was he talking about... them I got it, it was April Fools day and Mike does enjoy his tricks. lol. So it all made since. He had set the clock forward 35 min and since he knew I used my cell to check the time. He put it in an inconvenient place so I wouldn't bother to look at it. Little trickster. So- I thought I'd be all smug and put tape over the bathroom sink so it would spray on him. lol. Well lets just say that was a failed attempt. Oh well maybe next year we'll get it all right. All it all it was a funny morning. Hopefully he doesn't try anything else.

Now for some more of my thought on American Idol. I was an avid viewer of the show when it started what like 9 years ago. But I thought it got kinda old and haven't watched it much since. Then for some reason his season I started watching it with Mike. I've really enjoyed it. And I have a confession to make. I really like Adam Lambert.... there I said it. I never like the "grunge" or whatever look her wears. I'm a clean cut type of girl. I like a guy whole just looks wholesome, you know? So people like Danny Gokey and Kris Allen. But let me tell you... This Adam guy can sing. Talk about artistry and musical talent. I Love him. Kris and Danny are great, but they just don't compare... so now have found myself routing for someone I never would have though. This blows my mind! I wonder who is blowing all of you other AI fans minds!

Adam Lambert

Watch Adam as Fearo in my Favorite Show "Wicked!"

Danny Gokey

Chris Allen!

Head Lice and Kitty Cats

Things I don't like-

Head lice. So... this week has been quite a long one, and I am jumping up and down with the prospect of the weekend coming tomorrow. The girls I nanny for got lice this week... Let me be clear about one thing, I don't like any type of bug. As a child I was some what of a tom-boy and could handle anything. However, as I've gotten older and more "girly" I really, really hate them and I don't want to have anything to do with them. So for these girls to have live bugs in their hair, and knowing that I could even have them in my hair. NO GOOD. I had dreams all night about bugs crawling in my hair.. soo gross. So I went to work on wed with hair high and tight with a bunch of preventive spray on it. Later that day after doing 4 loads of laundry I'd already done one that week, I was able to sneak away. My wonderful friend Aubri who is a cosmetologist came over and combed through my hair to see if I had them... I didn't THANK GOODNESS! So right away we went to a store to get a tone of Paul Mitchell stuff for my hair. We got the Tea Tree shampoo and conditioner, since it is suppose to repel lice? Anyways she went the second mile and did a bunch of stuff to my hair to make it healthier. Here are a few pictures.

This is the cats "I'm so ticked mom is on my counter" look. She's so angry.

Double chin in all, looking pretty in he sink.

Loving the kitty, while letting the conditioner do its thing.

All the hair supplies.

So I went to work today with my hair in a bun, with a hat on it, plus a MASSIVE amount of repelling spray. But thats about all I have to say about head lice. And again a big thanks to Aubri!

Things I do Like:

My kitty cat. So normal people have children and post cut pictures of them. We have a cat, and I really think she's so fun. She's getting older and her personality is become more and more apparent. She is always up for a game of fetch or a walk outside. She's just so much fun, and until we have children shes perfect for our family!

Looking at the camera!

Curled in a ball, I think its precious!

Playing in the streamers after I took them down.

More streamer fun!

The kitty on our picnic at the playground.

Happy Surprise Birthday Cynda!

So this past week I've been putting together plans to through a surprise party for my friend Cynda. It was sooo much fun. First I have to just say that I love get together. I love the fact that almost very Sunday we have people over. I love to entertain and socialize. I love building friendships and making memories! BUT I really love throwing parties. When I was in college I loved hosting or putting together annual Christmas Dinners and Halloween parties. Its always so much fun to get a theme and run with it. I always end up doing (and spending) way more than I intended but really I think its the absolute greatest! So Cynda's party was a High School Musical one. LOL. I know a HMS party for a 22 year old. But I know Cynda likes HMS and I knew that all the girls really liked it to so, thats that! So yesterday Aubri came over and she mad the cutest cupcakes. Thy had Wildcat paw prints, stars, ect. Also, Mike blew up all 50 some ballons... hes such a trooper. Anyways I think she liked it! Here are some pictures of the party.

This is Cynda's Special HMC cupcake.

Aubri and I hard at work in the Kitchen

The food table... please note the HMS table cloth.

Streamers/balloons and Epps chasing one of the balloons

The HMS Happy Birthday Banner!

I think she was surprised!!! It was kinda funny though because we were scared she was going to see the Moffits who were running late. It was a close call. I went down to let the Moffit's in and I saw the Johnson's (Cynda and Ben) walking right up to me. Mike comes running down to tell me the Johnson's are there. So we have them go to a different door. Meanwhile the Moffit's are hiding behind a bush, they make a break for it and run to were I am. It all worked out but it was an intense few seconds! Here is her reaction to all the fun!

Here she is blowing out her candle!

In the end I think everyone had fun!

Before the Big Surprise.

They Guys

Visiting

Lizzy, Melinda and Jackson playing!

Epps was having a lot of fun getting a hold of things she shouldn't have!

Anyways so thats about it. I SHOULD note though that we once again got sucked into Acquire! We played 4 games and stayed up till 3:00 am. We we all so tired but man I really think that game is fun!

Last Weekend!

So I've been meaning to write about last weekend before it even happened! I knew it was going to be a blast. We have been very blessed with a lot of younger fun couples in our ward that we are great friends with. We get together often and have so much fun. It makes the world of difference to be far away from family and have a great social network of friends. So we got a few couple together and they guys all went to one apartment for the night and the girls went to the other. SO FUN. The girls has pizza and talked about EVERYTHING under the sun. Meanwhile the boys sat around and played games till 7:00 AM!! They got very little sleep, because at 11:30 we headed into NYC (I can't say enough how much I love being just a 40 min train ride away from my favorite place in the USA!.) While we were there we mastered the subway system and went to the Museum of Natural History (Which was were the movie "Night at the Museum" (with Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson and many others) takes place. We saw some of the COOLEST stuff. My favorite though was the statue from the movie. The one that always says "You Dum, Dum. You give me gum, gum. LOL. Love it! After the museum we soaked up the beauty of the day in Central Park. After that we just walked down the street to find somewhere to eat. We found a place called "THe City Grill." We waited a while but the food was GREAT! After dinner we took the sub back to Grand Central. We all went to the food court down there and got Jr. Cheesecake. SOOO GOOD. We all got different kinds. Once we were safely on the train home we passed the cakes around so we could all taste the different variety. It was so fun. Then Mike and I dosed off.... and the post below will demonstrate what happened!! YIKES!! Anyways here are some picture from last weekend!! ALSO SORRY these are all out of order but I'm still new to this blogging thing!

The Stokes Family!

Mike and I. We were soo tired at this point.

Ben and Cynda

Ami and Matt Moffit

Mike and I with "Dum, Dum. Gum, Gum.

Mike and I, All smiles.

"Here no evil, see no evil, speak no evil."

So cute! Making faces at the Baby.

FIERCE!

All of us in front of the museum.

Good Husband award! So sweet to carry my bag!

All of us (Ami, Cynda, Me, Aubri, Linz and Karrigan.

Ami, Cynda and I!

Aubri and I.

We got PUNKED!

So just really quick- before I forget all the details, I want to share a quick story. After a long night of games with the boys, and gossip with the girls Mike was running on 2 1/2 hours of sleep and I was running on about 5. We had just spent a long day in the city walking around with all our friends. There were 9 of us total (Johnson's, Stokes and Moffits) and we of course were all taking the train home together. When we got on this thing was packed so the Moffits and Stokes sat in front of us and the Johnson's sat in the two seats across the aisle from us. Well Mike and I were both so tired we feel asleep... I figured they would wake us up when it was time for us to get off. NO, NO, NO. All of a sudden we hear the conductor going, "Hey guys, when are you getting off?" we both jump up and are in a really confused daze as we look around and see 3 people on the train and none happened to be our friends. We replied that Stamford was our stop. With worry and concern he goes "Stamford, that was a few stops ago." US: "What the heck, where are our friends", Conductor: "Wait, you said these guys were your friends." Kristin: "They were really good friends." Conductor: "What the Hell!" US: Where are we? Conductor: "Darien" US: Dang it I guess we'll get off here." Then we hear a roaring burst of laughter behind us.... It was our friends. They set us up! lol. They had the conductor wake us up like 3 stops before stamford, meanwhile they all went and hid in the seats behind us. LOL..... I don't know if it was a "Had to be their moments" but we got a HUGE kick out of it, as well as did our friends! Anyways Thats all. I'll have picture of our weekend trip up soon. Maybe even a link to the a YouTube video of us getting punked (I forgot to mention jared taped all of it...)

The video of us getting punked!

My Snow Day

So--- This is my second, no third attempt at a blog for Mike and I. I had to seek out the help of a professional. My friend Aubri took the time to teach me the basics of this new blog world. We'll see if I remember all of it when I leave. So for this post I'm working on labels... so this will be slightly random in light of making some labels....

So today I had my first snow day in 4 years. I went 3 years living in the iceburg known as Rexburg. I trudged through the a a few feet of snow in -15 degree weather. And yet I still had to go to class in the blizzards. However, on this magical day. I got a text from my employer at 6:30 telling me not to come in, to take a snow day. I was so excited I couldn't go back to sleep!! So I had this snow day, which means there was obviously a lot of snow. Mike took my car that was in the garage so he didn't have to unearth his from the then 6 inches of collected now. Well when I decided I wanted to go play with Aubri and needed to drive his car... I had to do it. So just imagine me, a woman who hates the snow with everything in her, trying to get a car out of (by this time) 10 inches of snow. It was terrible. I was covered in snow... which became watery wetness. My boots were waterlogged and not fun to be in. This is because once I uncovered the car, I had to start kicking all of the snow that was blocking the car from getting out of its spot! Mike better love me for that! Now he wouldn't have to do that!

I had fun with Epps this morning. I took her out on the deck and let her play in the snow. She was soo funny, and soo cautious. She would swat at it, take a step, like it. Sit down look around and then dart back in to the house. Shes cute. I like her.

I also would just like to let everyone know that I leave for Disney in 18 weeks and 6 days. That makes me very happy!

Ok I think that was enough randomness to create some labels. :)