top ten

I've been tagged with the "top ten" things you can't live without..
1. Skyler- Oh my goodness i don't know what i would do or where i would be without him. He means so much to me. He keeps me warm when i am cold and ALWAYS knows how to make me laugh. I can't have a bad day with him by my side, and i love him more than anything...and i know that love will only grow stronger.
2. family and friends- The ones that have been there for me through EVERYTHING and the constant in my life. The ones i know would drop anything to be there for e time after time, and life just wouldn't be the same without them.

3. being warm- The winter is here and i am having to bundle up. It really reminds e everyday of how much i love the sun and to be warm. I would be OK if our house was 100 degrees all day long, I LOVE the heat and i am SO grateful for heaters!!
4. Snacks- I am such a snacker. I know this is probably a real bad habit but i love it. I come home from work at night and just want to snack. I go grocery shopping and the cart is full of just snacks. If i don't have snacks i just crave them, i couldn't live without snacking!!
5. Children- i LOVE kids, i love babies, toddlers, i love em' all. I love to baby-sit and just the atmosphere of kids. They make me so happy to be around and i love the cute innocence about them.
6. The internet- I love my internet, i love to online shop [because there is NO legit malls around here] i love to e-mail, blog, stalk peoples blogs, facebook, catch up on my celebrity gossip...ect. It such a nice way to keep in contact for someone who hates to talk on the phone like me!!
7. Saturdays- Even as a kid saturday has always been the day i look forward to all week, as a kid my dad ALWAYS did something with us on saturdays whether it was a movie, shopping, theme park, lunch or whatever he always spent that day with us and i always looked forward to it. I look back now and see how much of a sacrifice it probably was, i am busy busy all week and by saturday i just want to be lazy, it is my day to just relax and be with my husband. I could not make it through my week without my saturdays!
8. The gospel- I am so grateful to be able to go to church everyweek and have my testimony strengthened. I am so LUCKY to have a temple in my town to be reminded everyday of the covenants i have made. I am so thankful to have a husband who teaches me so much each day about this gospel, and without it i have no idea where i would be.
9. Traveling- Living in the middle or NOwhere Idaho to get anywhere i have to travel. I have spent much time traveling whether it is back home to see my family, Texas to see Skyler's, Southern California to see the Hazen's, Utah to see some of my best friends, or just traveling for a vacation i love it. I need it to keep me sane and to have a break from life up here and the day-to-day routine.
10. There is a tie between chapstick and reality TV- Yes i could probably live without both of them but i love them both. I have an addiction to strawberry chapstick and probably have about 9 different tubes of it scattered everwhere [the car, purse, backpack, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, my pockets..ect] But i also live for my reality TV shows. i got this from my faimly, i always have to have a show i am completely obsessed with and i spend ALL week waiting for the nights that "my shows" come on.

I TAG: My mom, Candy, Jeffrey and anyone else who would like!

da-da-did

Today while at work at the elementary school, i was helping a boy do his homework...

boy: why do you say da-da-did? [referring to my stutter]

me: That's just the way i talk

boy: looking very confused...why? i don't know anyone else who talks like that

me: I don't know why i do it, it is just the way i have always talked

boy:oh, does your mom talk that way too?

me: No, just me

boy: OHHHHHH I get it, like mexico. They talk different too!

making momma proud

Lately Skyler and I have been on a cooking kick. Which sounds normal to many but with our schedules [he is working 2-10pm...no fun] we tend to just run by and get fast food for many meals. We were looking at our bank account and started to feel a bit pathetic when 7 purchases in a row is for some type of food restraunt. So we have been trying to cook a lot more and try out some new recipes. This has actually been really fun for me and in the long run it saves $ AND we have leftovers...so it lasts longer too!! The other night i attempted to make my mom's famous "wedding chicken" It had it's differences [i was missing a few ingredients] but it actually turned out real good. I was SO PROUD!! I am sure this post makes me sound like a bad wife, but sometimes fast food is just waaaaay too easy to pass up!!

random ramlings

First off the M on my keyboard is broken, so if any words are randomly missing an M that is why, i try to catch it, but i' kinda bad at it.

I haven't blogged forever and i feel like i have nothing to blog about. My mind has been going 100000 iles per hour lately so i thought i would ramble.First off i got a new job, I am the after school program instructor at an elementary school in town [lyman elementary] so far, so good. I LOVE IT, i miss being around kids SO much when i am up here so it is heaven for me...even if the kids are all wild and the boys have "crushes" and it is ALL you here about. Through this process i have lost my name, i am now referred to as TEACHER.With this new job, i did NOT quit my other job. YES i am working 2 jobs. I am now at progrexion 6-10 at night and the elementary school till 5. How i do y homework...i really have NO clue but i am getting it done!

Speaking of school...I have the CRAZIEST teacher who will not pass us on a test with anything lower than an 86 percent, and everytime you take the test your grade goes down, and the questions are different everytime. SO if you take it 3 times and finally get say an 88 you still only get a c on the test...this is stressful!!

With all of this i have found myself running on these...Monster energy drinks, i'm addicted and with my schedule, i have no time to break it.

On a better note My family came this weekend and we had a ton of fun, they always take care of us!! Skyler is being sweet, sweet, sweet to me and we couldn't be happpier!!

too long?

my hair is getting SO long. i haven't cut it for well over a year. I spent probably 5 extra minutes in the shower trying to wash it all, and then brushing it...oh boy, this long head of hair tangles. Besides that it takes much longer to do. My 5 minute morning hair routine has doubled. HOWEVER i do love having long hair, i think long hair is pretty and there is more options for things to do with my hair. 

Lately i have been wanting to chop it all off. Well not all of it but alot of it. I LOVE LOVE short hair and think it makes you look completely different. I haven't had short hair since the 8th grade and just want to try it out. BUT what if i HATE it? and have to wait years for it to grow back?? 
Anyone will tell you that i am THE MOST indecisive  person in this world. I am back and forth everyday. Then i say i will wait till next year and so on. HELP ME make a decision. 

just my luck

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I don't think i have eveer been as nervous as i was sitting in that dealership signing all the papers!! One month married and already in debt!! But we are so excited and are SOOO blessed to be able to do something like this!!

:)

Have i mentioned latley how much i love him?

idaho state fair

This weekend I convinced Skyler to go to the East Idaho State fair with me. I was SOOOO excited because i have not been to a state fair since i was a kid and i remembered them being SOOO FUN && i could not wait to sink my teeth into come fair food....well my experience was not quite what i remembered. I guess when you are a kid the fair is A LOT more exciting, so....
WHY I HATE EAST IDAHO STATE FAIR
The ANNOYING carnies who will literally follow you around until you spend 5 dollars to play their IMPOSSIBLE games.
The Fair Food. I used to LOVE it, i was so excited for it that i fasted all day just so i was extra hungry. BIG HUGE disappointment!! The first thing i went for was a corndog, for 4 dollars it tasted like one from DQ for 50cents!! Then we went for the famous Idaho Tigers Ear [pictured bellow] I pictured it tasting like a big scone...no no no, it tasted like a roll that had been sitting in grease for a week. PUKE
THE ANIMALS!!! Anyone who knows me KNOWS i am not a fan of animals, like ANY animals. I guess in Idaho the animals are a pretty big deal considering that over HALF the fair was just animals. The smell alone was about to run me right out of that fair...Another little fact about me is i am DEATHLY afraid of 2 things in this world and one is clowns. I hate them, everything about them, they scare me to DEATH!! For some reason whenever you find kid attractions you find clowns which makes NO sense to me because i have never found a kid that loves clowns....but anyways. Check it out, CLOWN TRASH CANS. I had nightmares after this.And last but certainly not least...the rides!! Who wants to pay 5 dollars a person to ride a ride that is most likely going to brake when you are on it. I probably inherited this from my mom but i DO NOT trust rides that travel from county to county...state to state.
Skyler and I found ourselves walking around in circles with nothing to do. The fair was not as fun as i remembered it, but i still had a good time being with Skyler. And even though we paid $10 to get in, it was worth it in the end for the entertainment we got out of people watching. If you are a fan of people watching, the East Idaho State fair is the place to be Poofs, Mullets, 5 inch high flipflops, teethless couples and MUCH MUCH more!!

honeymoon

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HONEYMOONOUR FIRST TIME SEEING THE SHIP!!! My first cruise...i could not believe how HUGE it was
Getting ready to go enjoy the sun!!
This was after 30 minutes in the sun. After this, we tried to avoid it.
My HANDSOME sunburned husband!!
Boat ride in CABO

PARASAILING!!! My favorite part of the trip!!

Our porthole...I loved to sit at the window and just look outside
By day 2 or 3 my burn started to blister

Dirty DIRTY ENSENADA
The waterslide AND minigolf
The sushi and all you can eat buffets...24/7Spending time with the love of my life!!
Going on a cruise for our honeymoon was the perfect fit for us. We had so so much fun and i am ready to go on another!!

i play favorites

MY FAVORITE PRESENT

As many MANY people know BYU Idaho has a very strict dresscode. Along the long long long list of things that we are not allowed to wear including capris, FLIPFLOPS are not allowed. This rule kills me because i LOVE my flipflops, i would wear them everyday of my life if i could. I don't have any shoes BUT flips flops besides winter ones. And if it being the dresscode at school wasn't bad enough my work recently decided that it would have the same dress code as the school!! So everyday i go to work complaining because i am convinced that tennis shoes ruin my outfit ....... So Skyler being the smart boy he is found a solution to my problem, he got me some SUPER cute sandals that i could wear at school/work because they have straps to keep my feet in, AND the best part is, they don't look like they were made for an 80 year old women!! I LOVE MY NEW SANDALS and they are almost as comfortable as my flipsflops, and one last plus, i am in a much better mood when walking into work!!

besides that I'm finally 20 and it feels so good. People loved to make fun of the fact that i was nineTEEN and married...not like 20 is any better but i couldn't be happier, and it sounds older. Skyler did such a good job being the sweetest husband ever for my birthday week and i love him more than anything!!

And a shout out to my mom, Jeffrey, and Candy for my sweet birthday blogs. You guys are too sweet to me!!
http://candyanderson.blogspot.com/
http://jenibelle.blogspot.com/
http://jeffypopping.blogspot.com/