Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Making Bread
Summer Fun
This summer was filled with fun and exciting trip: Just a few included: Lake Powell with my family. We spent a week on a house boat and had a wonderful time. Since our normal time to go to Lake Powell is the second week in July, we expected it to super hot, but to our delight the This weather was pretty nice. I don’t know how we got so lucky.
This year was awesome. It was Michael and Kyle’s first year and they fit in great. The best part of Lake Powell is Pirates Day. This year was one of the best. We had a return of Captain Brown Beard (Artie), our treasure map and a treasure chest full of goodies. New this year we had new pirates, Silver hook (Michael) and Brown Beard’s sister (Me). We planned out a little skit to introduce us. Michael definitely scared the littlest kids, he even made some of them cry. He sure looked scary. We had a great time.
This year was awesome. It was Michael and Kyle’s first year and they fit in great. The best part of Lake Powell is Pirates Day. This year was one of the best. We had a return of Captain Brown Beard (Artie), our treasure map and a treasure chest full of goodies. New this year we had new pirates, Silver hook (Michael) and Brown Beard’s sister (Me). We planned out a little skit to introduce us. Michael definitely scared the littlest kids, he even made some of them cry. He sure looked scary. We had a great time.
Also this summer we got to do a little camping with Shawn and Chris’s family. We went out to the Chiricahua Mountains. We had a lot of fun, we eat great food, played a bunch or games, practiced out shooting, hiked and got a little rain. What a blast!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Scuba Trip
I forgot to mention my scuba trip this year. In January some of my family went to Cozumel Mexico for an awesome diving. Here are some of the pictures I took:
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Other Big News
Michael got in to the nursing program with Eastern Arizona College. I am so proud of him. The faculty told the students they had three times as many applicants this year than in the past, so it was very competitive. We are so happy, but he’ll have a lot of work and studying the next couple years.
Michael is attending their Globe campus. Luckily the drive from our house is only about 50 minutes and he only has to go to Globe 3 days a week. Then starting next semester his clinical will be in Phoenix or Chandler, so he’ll only have to go to Globe twice a week. Also there are four other students from the Valley so they all carpool. It has really worked out great.
Also this summer we decided to buy a house. And since Michael is commuting to Globe three days a week we decided to move east… way east. We found a cute house out in Apache Junction near Ironwood and Southern. It’s 3 bedroom, two bath and just perfect for us and our dogs. One of these days we’ll plan a house warming party, I’ll keep you updated. Check out the pictures:
Michael is attending their Globe campus. Luckily the drive from our house is only about 50 minutes and he only has to go to Globe 3 days a week. Then starting next semester his clinical will be in Phoenix or Chandler, so he’ll only have to go to Globe twice a week. Also there are four other students from the Valley so they all carpool. It has really worked out great.
Also this summer we decided to buy a house. And since Michael is commuting to Globe three days a week we decided to move east… way east. We found a cute house out in Apache Junction near Ironwood and Southern. It’s 3 bedroom, two bath and just perfect for us and our dogs. One of these days we’ll plan a house warming party, I’ll keep you updated. Check out the pictures:
Friday, August 27, 2010
Honeymoon in Disney World
Michael and I decided we wanted to be big kids for our honeymoon, so we went to Disney World. Talk about a great place for a honeymoon, Disney knows how to do things right. We had a great time. We stayed at the Port Orleans Riverside Resort.
We had park hopper passes so we went everywhere, met characters, rode all the best rides and eat way too much food. The first night we got there our flight arrived around 10pm. Well the Magic Kingdom was open late that night until 3am. Since we came from AZ 3am was only midnight our time. So we went straight to the park. It wasn’t too busy that late and we got to ride all the major rides that night. This was fun, but I made the mistake of making breakfast reservations the next morning at 8am at the Animal Kingdom. That night we only got about 4 hours of sleep, thank goodness for naps. :)
The Animal Kingdom was awesome; my favorite rides there were the African Safari and Expedition Everest. So amazing, on the safari we saw all kinds of animals, my favorites were the giraffes. Also at this park they had Finding Nemo the Musical; it was so well done I made Michael take me to it twice.
Epcot was also great, especially their food. We had our best meals here. One night we ate at the French Bistro, wow best tenderloin I have ever had and the crème brule, yum. We also eat at the Chinese restaurant The Nine Dragons; this was so good probably the best Chinese I’ve ever had. I’d definitely recommend both places to eat if you ever go to Epcot. I also really enjoyed their aquarium, the sharks, dolphins and fish were awesome.
Hollywood Studios was also a blast. Tower of Terror, best ride there, always fun. I loved Fantasmic and the Beauty and the Beast show. We also enjoyed a stunt show and plenty of other attractions.
Typhoon Lagoon is one of the water parks they have there. We spent one day there and had a blast. This was probably the best water park I’ve ever been too. I feel like I’m saying “ the best ever a lot”, well that’s Disney for ya. :)
We also spent some time in Downtown Disney. Again more great food down here, we ate at the Wolfgang Puck Cafe, very taste. :) We also saw the Cirque du Soleil Show called La Nouba. It was very entertaining.
The parks were fun, the food was great, accommodations excellent, and then we had a surprise visitor our second to last day….
So, I decided to start packing our suitcases for our trip home the next day. I picked up a Disney shopping bag to see if I forgot something inside and saw nothing so I dropped it on the floor and a snake came out of it. My first thought was “Michael, it is not funny to put a fake snake in my bag”, I reached down to pick it up and scold Michael, when all of a sudden it moved. I jumped on the bed and quickly realized it wasn’t fake or a prank. It was only about a foot long and pencil thin. It was Reddish orange, black and yellowish white. I knew it looked like one of those snakes that could be poisonous or its look alike that’s not poisonous. And of course I couldn’t remember the riddle. Anyway, I called the front desk and told them we had a snake, and the lady asked me, “Are you sure it’s a snake and not a lizard?” Duh, I know the difference between a snake and a lizard… Well I told it was definitely a snake. She said they would send someone over, but if I didn’t feel safe to leave the room. Yeah right, I wasn’t going to take my eye off that thing, no way it was slithering into my bag. Well, it turns out when the maintenance guy got there he was overjoyed to see that we hadn’t harmed the snake. He told us it was a scarlet king snake and was harmless. It’s the coral snake that is poisonous. He said in all his 20+ years of working there he had only seen 3 of those guys and called them “God’s gift to Earth”. He must really like snakes. Well it was a fun experience and made for a good story. Lesson learned: Red on yellow kills a fellow, Red on black won’t hurt jack. I guess I won’t be forgetting that riddle anytime soon.
We had park hopper passes so we went everywhere, met characters, rode all the best rides and eat way too much food. The first night we got there our flight arrived around 10pm. Well the Magic Kingdom was open late that night until 3am. Since we came from AZ 3am was only midnight our time. So we went straight to the park. It wasn’t too busy that late and we got to ride all the major rides that night. This was fun, but I made the mistake of making breakfast reservations the next morning at 8am at the Animal Kingdom. That night we only got about 4 hours of sleep, thank goodness for naps. :)
The Animal Kingdom was awesome; my favorite rides there were the African Safari and Expedition Everest. So amazing, on the safari we saw all kinds of animals, my favorites were the giraffes. Also at this park they had Finding Nemo the Musical; it was so well done I made Michael take me to it twice.
Epcot was also great, especially their food. We had our best meals here. One night we ate at the French Bistro, wow best tenderloin I have ever had and the crème brule, yum. We also eat at the Chinese restaurant The Nine Dragons; this was so good probably the best Chinese I’ve ever had. I’d definitely recommend both places to eat if you ever go to Epcot. I also really enjoyed their aquarium, the sharks, dolphins and fish were awesome.Hollywood Studios was also a blast. Tower of Terror, best ride there, always fun. I loved Fantasmic and the Beauty and the Beast show. We also enjoyed a stunt show and plenty of other attractions.
Typhoon Lagoon is one of the water parks they have there. We spent one day there and had a blast. This was probably the best water park I’ve ever been too. I feel like I’m saying “ the best ever a lot”, well that’s Disney for ya. :)We also spent some time in Downtown Disney. Again more great food down here, we ate at the Wolfgang Puck Cafe, very taste. :) We also saw the Cirque du Soleil Show called La Nouba. It was very entertaining.
The parks were fun, the food was great, accommodations excellent, and then we had a surprise visitor our second to last day….
So, I decided to start packing our suitcases for our trip home the next day. I picked up a Disney shopping bag to see if I forgot something inside and saw nothing so I dropped it on the floor and a snake came out of it. My first thought was “Michael, it is not funny to put a fake snake in my bag”, I reached down to pick it up and scold Michael, when all of a sudden it moved. I jumped on the bed and quickly realized it wasn’t fake or a prank. It was only about a foot long and pencil thin. It was Reddish orange, black and yellowish white. I knew it looked like one of those snakes that could be poisonous or its look alike that’s not poisonous. And of course I couldn’t remember the riddle. Anyway, I called the front desk and told them we had a snake, and the lady asked me, “Are you sure it’s a snake and not a lizard?” Duh, I know the difference between a snake and a lizard… Well I told it was definitely a snake. She said they would send someone over, but if I didn’t feel safe to leave the room. Yeah right, I wasn’t going to take my eye off that thing, no way it was slithering into my bag. Well, it turns out when the maintenance guy got there he was overjoyed to see that we hadn’t harmed the snake. He told us it was a scarlet king snake and was harmless. It’s the coral snake that is poisonous. He said in all his 20+ years of working there he had only seen 3 of those guys and called them “God’s gift to Earth”. He must really like snakes. Well it was a fun experience and made for a good story. Lesson learned: Red on yellow kills a fellow, Red on black won’t hurt jack. I guess I won’t be forgetting that riddle anytime soon.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
We Got Married!!!
Ok, although our puppies are awesome, some more important things have happened in the last 10 month….. MICHAEL AND I GOT MARRIED!!!! I think this is what took up most of my time and attention the first part of this year, but I have no excuse for not updating my blog for the last 4 monthish.
I already wrote about when we got engaged so I’ll skip to our engagement pictures, they're AWESOME! We hired Spencer Boerup as our photographer and he did an amazing job. For our engagement pictures we decided to add our Wildcat vs. Sun Devil rivalry, we had a lot of fun with it. Here are some of my favorites:
Then on Feb. 12th, 2010 in the Mesa Arizona Temple, Michael and I were sealed for time and all eternity.
It was an amazing day. :) Everything went so perfect that day. We started off with a morning ceremony. Michael picked me up so we could go to the temple early together. I remember looking at Michael as we drove there, thinking how happy I was and lucky to have found him. The ceremony was wonderful. Following that we had a family luncheon at the Landmark. The food was great and we had a great time relaxing and having fun with our family and close friends. From there the fun continued, I got my hair and makeup all done up for pictures, thanks Julia and Brittany. Michael and I went to the Temple first for our pictures and told our families to come a little later. 
The Petersen side was all there at the time we told them and mine well they were running on Loftfield time and showed up 30 minutes late. You would think I would have learned to give them an earlier time, knowing they would be late. Oh well it all worked out. 
After our photo session we went over to the Regency Gardens where we help our Mesa Reception. The place looked amazing. The family got their early so we could eat… on the menu bread bowls soup, fruit, veggies and a hot chocolate bar, yum yum. The reception went great. We had a picture booth, which was a blast. Check out some pictures.
Overall the whole night was a success. No major problem, no frantic moments, it was a calm peaceful, enjoyable day. And the following day we got to get up and head to Tucson for reception number two. This was held at my parents house and it looked amazing, well how couldn’t it with my mom in charge.:) She is absolutely amazing when it comes to putting wedding together. It was another great evening. Thank you to all our family and friends that came for our wedding weekend.
I already wrote about when we got engaged so I’ll skip to our engagement pictures, they're AWESOME! We hired Spencer Boerup as our photographer and he did an amazing job. For our engagement pictures we decided to add our Wildcat vs. Sun Devil rivalry, we had a lot of fun with it. Here are some of my favorites:
Then on Feb. 12th, 2010 in the Mesa Arizona Temple, Michael and I were sealed for time and all eternity.
It was an amazing day. :) Everything went so perfect that day. We started off with a morning ceremony. Michael picked me up so we could go to the temple early together. I remember looking at Michael as we drove there, thinking how happy I was and lucky to have found him. The ceremony was wonderful. Following that we had a family luncheon at the Landmark. The food was great and we had a great time relaxing and having fun with our family and close friends. From there the fun continued, I got my hair and makeup all done up for pictures, thanks Julia and Brittany. Michael and I went to the Temple first for our pictures and told our families to come a little later. 
The Petersen side was all there at the time we told them and mine well they were running on Loftfield time and showed up 30 minutes late. You would think I would have learned to give them an earlier time, knowing they would be late. Oh well it all worked out. 
After our photo session we went over to the Regency Gardens where we help our Mesa Reception. The place looked amazing. The family got their early so we could eat… on the menu bread bowls soup, fruit, veggies and a hot chocolate bar, yum yum. The reception went great. We had a picture booth, which was a blast. Check out some pictures.
Overall the whole night was a success. No major problem, no frantic moments, it was a calm peaceful, enjoyable day. And the following day we got to get up and head to Tucson for reception number two. This was held at my parents house and it looked amazing, well how couldn’t it with my mom in charge.:) She is absolutely amazing when it comes to putting wedding together. It was another great evening. Thank you to all our family and friends that came for our wedding weekend.
What's new... a puppy
So a lot has happened since my last post…. I know it has been forever or 10 months!!!!
In my last post we had just got Gambit, our wonderful white lab. Well now Gambit is 11 months old. Wow time flies. Here are some pictures of him. He used to be so small and now he’s huge.
Then...
Now...
The top two pictures are with Tucker, his best friend (Mandy’s boxer). They have been together since we first got Gambit. And when Mandy got married we got to babysit Tucker for the last 6 month, since she couldn’t have Tucker in the new place they lived. We have loved having Tucker and will be sad when Mandy takes him back. He really has taught Gambit so much and has kept Gambit from chewing everything up… well maybe not everything. Just a couple weeks ago Gambit decided to tear the stuffing out of the arm of our couch… got to love the puppy chew phase. I’m pretty sure this was a rebellion against having our new addition….
In preparation for Tucker leaving us soon, :( we decided to get another dog to help keep Gambit entertained. So we found an adorable boxer puppy.
We found him in the classified ads 2 weeks before we were heading to Lake Powell, so we asked the owner of the litter to hold him for the next 3 weeks. I wanted to take him home so bad, but I had to wait. It actually turned out great he was a little bigger and not so fragile for Gambit to play with. After throwing a few names around we decided to name our new puppy Stark. Since Gambit came from an X-men character we decided to keep with the super hero theme and named him after Ironman’s Tony Stark.
Well when we first got Stark, Gambit wasn’t too thrilled, he growled at him the first couple days. Now they are great friends and love to play tug-o-war and wrestle. We love having them!
In my last post we had just got Gambit, our wonderful white lab. Well now Gambit is 11 months old. Wow time flies. Here are some pictures of him. He used to be so small and now he’s huge.
Then...
Now...
The top two pictures are with Tucker, his best friend (Mandy’s boxer). They have been together since we first got Gambit. And when Mandy got married we got to babysit Tucker for the last 6 month, since she couldn’t have Tucker in the new place they lived. We have loved having Tucker and will be sad when Mandy takes him back. He really has taught Gambit so much and has kept Gambit from chewing everything up… well maybe not everything. Just a couple weeks ago Gambit decided to tear the stuffing out of the arm of our couch… got to love the puppy chew phase. I’m pretty sure this was a rebellion against having our new addition….
In preparation for Tucker leaving us soon, :( we decided to get another dog to help keep Gambit entertained. So we found an adorable boxer puppy.
We found him in the classified ads 2 weeks before we were heading to Lake Powell, so we asked the owner of the litter to hold him for the next 3 weeks. I wanted to take him home so bad, but I had to wait. It actually turned out great he was a little bigger and not so fragile for Gambit to play with. After throwing a few names around we decided to name our new puppy Stark. Since Gambit came from an X-men character we decided to keep with the super hero theme and named him after Ironman’s Tony Stark.
Well when we first got Stark, Gambit wasn’t too thrilled, he growled at him the first couple days. Now they are great friends and love to play tug-o-war and wrestle. We love having them!
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