a day in the life of me

2009-05-17T14:23:00.001-07:00

Saturday Night Sugar Fest

I wanted to share a recipe with everyone.....but it comes with a warning. These are so deadly sweet and delicious. Don't be scared by the ingredients, trust me, you will want to make these over and over and over again. Thanks Pioneer Woman, you rock.

Apple Dumplings

2 Granny Smith apples

2 cans of crescent rolls

2 sticks of butter (unsalted)

1 1/2 c. sugar

1 t. vanilla

cinnamon

1 small can of Mountain Dew or Sprite (8 oz.)

* Peal and core apples. Cut apples into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9x13 buttered pan. Melt butter in a small pan then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir and pour over apples. Pour soda around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle generously with cinnamon and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream or Cool Whip. Spoon some of the sweet sauces from the pan over the top. Enjoy. Go into a sugar coma.

If you try these let me know what you think. They were a huge hit last night at my house!

Our House

2009-05-17T11:26:00.008-07:00

I know that I am the bigger slacker at blogging. I have a myriad of excuses, but I'm not going to list them so that I can post instead cause who knows when this will happen again! For this post I decided to put up some pictures of our house in Arizona. Danny and I moved to Arizona 9 months ago for a great job for me at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Luck for us, the market was terrible for sellers so we scored a sweet deal on our first house.

4th of July

2008-07-31T09:34:00.003-07:00

4th of July was another fun day for us. We got up HECKA early and went to the park to save a pavillion, which was first come first serve. The night before we spent some time preparing food; marinating chicken and hot dogs, making potato salad and soaking sticky rice. We brought our BBQ and so did Danny's brother Frisco. We had lots of Danny's family there and everyone pitched in for a wonderful BBQ and fireworks show. We also listened to music, played tennis and took naps. The pictures below are of Danny and his niece Tiana Rae, awesome fireworks and what I like to call "Rings Of Fire".

Honeymoon In Vegas

2008-07-31T09:15:00.003-07:00

These are pictures from our honeymoon in Las Vegas. Thanks to my friend Jenn, we had a great place to stay right outside of downtown! We relaxed, shopped and went out at night and had some fun walking around the Vegas strip. It was a good few days off of work to just enjoy each other. We both LOVE Vegas and would love to go back for another visit anytime soon.

Finally....A New Post

2008-07-31T08:52:00.008-07:00

Ok, Ok,Ok.... I know that I am a terrible blogger. Oh well. Everyone add it to the short list of things I don't do well. Blog, Email and Diet. Anywho. Below are a few favorite pictures from our wedding which was April 11, 2008. It was a beautiful, chilly April day. We had tons of fun at the reception which was full of food, fun, laughter, music, dance and a few tears. Danny and I spent a night in Park City in a super cool suite and then headed off to Las Vegas for a few days of fun and relaxation. It's been fun being married these past four months. We continue to learn, change, and grow together everyday. It's been one crazy adventure!

Engagement Photos

2008-02-23T12:23:00.009-07:00

These are my favorite photos from our engagement shoot last Saturday! We picked the one on the right as our invitation photo. Shannon did a great job getting Danny to feel comfortable and smile. It was a cold day, but the overcast sky was perfect for taking pictures. I think when it gets a little warmer we'll do another shoot. Thanks again to Shannon for a job well done! We love you.

I'm Engaged!

2007-12-08T19:48:00.000-07:00

So it's official! Danny and I are engaged. He proposed to me on Tuesday night at my parents house. He and I had gone to talk to my mom so he could ask for her blessing. We had a great conversation with her and afterwards he wanted to show her the ring he had made for me. So my mom and stepdad were looking at the ring and I was looking the other way. As soon as Danny had shut the box I looked at him and he got down on one knee. I was extremely shocked. For starters, I looked totally ghetto. Sweats, hair pulled back, no makeup. And I was expecting him to proposed around Christmas or something like that because it's his favorite holiday. He had kept it a secret from everyone. So he said all kinds of really special things to me and then asked me to marry him to which I was more than happy to say YES! We have set a date of April 25th in the Salt Lake City Temple. The picture is of my beautiful ring. Like I mentioned earlier, he custom desinged the ring for me and he gave me all the sketchings and drawings he had worked on. Danny is amazing and I can't wait to marry this man!

My 31st Birthday

2007-11-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of my sweet boyfriend; Danny. We have been dating for the last four months and are totally in love! I don't have the time to sit and write all the things that I love about him but it's sufficient to say that he is "da bomb"!

So my 31st birthday was yesterday and Danny surprised me with dinner at The Roof in the Joseph Smith Building in Downtown SLC. I had never been before and was so excited. We walked around the building for a few minutes and visited with his old bishop and then headed up to the 10th floor. The view from the 10th floor is amazing and even if you don't have dinner there, everyone should go check out the view! He had flowers at our table for me, and was so attentive the whole night. What a sweetheart. He is definately a keeper! This picture is of me waiting for our table.

Getting Caught Up

2007-08-18T23:45:00.000-07:00

So for those of you who don't already know...I love the outdoors. One of my favorite activities is hiking by myself. This summer I have been hiking quite a bit, and have taken some beautiful pictures if I do say so myself. I wanted to include some of them on this post for everyone to enjoy. My favorite hike, and the one I've done the most this summer is Stewart Falls in American Fork Canyon. If you ever want to go, let me know. I'm game anytime of year on this one....anyone one else have snow shoes?

This second picture is of Mirror Lake in the High Uintas. Mirror Lake was a fishing trip that we took with the naughty teenagers that I work with. It wasn't such a good day for fishing. The sun was hot and high and the fish hide at the bottom when it's like that...but it was a good day for me to sit in my camp chair and read my book while the kids fished. Not a bad way to get paid!

My First Blog!

2007-08-10T16:47:00.000-07:00

Due to extreme peer pressure from the blogstalkers, as well as acquiring my own internet connection (thanks to my neighbor's handy brother!)....I have now given in and started my own blog! My life is probably not as exciting as those of you who have kids, and the stories won't be as funny, but I am going to make a good effort at this crazy thing. So yea for me! Here goes nothing.

On Wednesday, my mom picked me up to go on our vacation together. Just a few days to get away, relax and do some fun stuff. We had a room at The Homestead in Midway, which by the way is georgous. We played 18 holes of golf that afternoon which was really fun. Shannon, Adam and Collin came up and joined us for dinner in Heber and then we went swimming in the hotel pool.

Thursday morning we woke up early, got ready and packed up the car. We went to see my mom's property in Timber Lakes....boy is it pretty up there. We ate lunch, did a little shopping at the outlet stores in Park City, and left to drive to St. George. We had tickets to see "My Fair Lady" at the Tuachan Theater in Snow Canyon. The play was AWESOME. First of all, I love musical theater and one of my favs is My Fair Lady. Secondly, I love the outdoors. So you combine the two and BAM! A little slice of heaven.

We woke up early again this morning, got ready, packed up, had a good breakfast and it was off to Sunbrook golf course to play 9 holes. Mom and I played a scramble (for those of you who don't know what that is I will explain). Both players hit the ball, and then you pick who's ball is better and you play off of that. It's fun. Anyways, we ended up parring 4 holes and only shooting 8 over par! It was my best score ever, a 45! This is a huge improvement for me seeing as I have had a 68 on 9 holes for the last year. So after golf, we hit the TJ Maxx and More store for a little bit of shopping. We both got some cute stuff. I might take pictures of my finds and post them! After shopping we grabbed a sandwich and then started the drive home. My vacation was far too short, but a great one.

This is a picture of the Sunbrook Golf Course the we golfed on Friday morning...So Pretty!

Me & the beautiful mom.