New Years Eve

Christmas was amazing and crazy and i didn't get any picture fortunitly i have sisters that did and once they send me some of the ones they took i can blog about them. Untill then i will blog about new years eve. Jared and i kind of just threw a party together last min and invited just a few people over. most people were out of town with their familys and what not so it was small but fun. We had food, we had games and we had drinks! what else do you need? I got this amazing ice cream maker from my boss for christmas. We made chacolate fudge brownie ice cream and pina coladas!

and on New years day we had sour kraut and sausage. Mom always made this and cabage rolls for new years because its good luck to eat cabage abd black eyed peas... and now that i think of it we should have just made cowboy salsa and called it good. I got sick new years eve and haven't gotten better yet but word of the wise sour kraut is something thats not very good when you're sick.

Dinner party

Jared had last night off and we finally planned something. We had some friends over for a dinner party. and i forgot to take pictures to blog about it.  So i will just talk about it which is so not as fun and i'm sorry. I need a new camera.

I should say Jared planned something. He planned what we were having. His specialty, baliatas... I think thats how you spell it. He learned how to make it on his mission. You make homemade tortillas which is fun. We all had a good time patting out tortillas and instead of normal taco meat you use chorizo... kind of a mexican sausage that you cook with eggs. Jared actually planned this meal for our first date. Our tortillas didn't turn out that big so we ate them like tostadas or soft tacos.

Jared has also been watching Food Net. and has printed off a few recipes to try. So last night we tried peach cobbler. It was delicious. the crumbly crust on top had slivered almonds and cranberries in it. Jared thought it was too rich but it was just right for me lol  you can find the recipe here

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It snowed this morning and stuck. the first real snow of the season. it melted away pretty quick but its snowing again the flakes just keep getting bigger.

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The job search still continues for me. I have had one interview that seemed promisng but i haven't heard back from them. there was a job opening in an orthodontist office posted on craigs list early this week but when i went in to talk to them the docotor wasn't in. I'll go back monday. crossing my fingures!

Blast from the Past

Last weekend i got to play host for my dear friend Kara and Lisa. I love them both. Lisa and i worked together for a little bit and is a very dear friend to my dear friend Kara. Kara, Kendle and I were the bestest friends in high school. You could say that we have drifted apart in the years that we've gone our own separate ways but when ever we get together its like time hasn't past at all.

I love you Kara! I'm so happy you stayed with me so we could ketch up and reminisce on good times!

I didn't think to take a picture when we all looked good. This was the morning before they drove the rest of the way to Idaho. Sorry Lisa and Kara. Look how skinny Kara is! lol I'm so jealous.

canoeing

a long time ago a bunch of us went canoeing. i'm not sure if thats how you're supposed to spell that... i just got the pictures from jared so now i can blog about it. Spencer had done this before so he made the rest of us go. it was Jared and I in one, Annika and Kendle in one and Spencer and Brian in the other. Jared and I are supoer good rowers now that we know how to white water raft so we were speeding all over the place. Spenser and Brian got in our way at one point and we hit them right in the middle of their canoe like a T and it tipped them over! the water was so nasty and it so wasn't my idea to tip them over so i was scared for my life that they were going to come after us. while Jared and I were going really fast down this river he ran me into a tree... i was in front and he was in the back "stearing". it was good to see how well we worked together... and how we need to improve on somethings. It was a lot of fun everyone had lots of fun.

looking back

of coarse i am at work with nothing to do. so i am going to blog about something random that just crossed my mind. I stole this picture from Kendle. thanks Kendle for letting me steal it. the summer session is starting to get worse but it still has its moments of slowness. anyway if you read Kristen's or Adrian's or Kendle's blogs you would know that our little brother and sister went to prom together! they are super cute together and my brother is a stud muffin! i love them to death and i am so jealous the Kristen Adrian and Kendle were all in Tucson for this event. anyways kendle put this picture up and it made me think of those days back in high school. it seems like forever ago no joke. its funny to look back on that and see how much we've changed and how much we've learned and experienced. How we thought we would always be best friends and now some of us have grown apart and moved on and some of us are even better friends. i am so grateful for the friends I've had. there is not a life experience that I've had that my friends didn't help me through. sometimes i didn't listen when they tried to help me and sometimes i made them really mad but in the end they were just as good as friends as they have always been. although our prom night may not have been the best (some of us have our regrets) we had a lot of fun together and this picture is stinkin cute. especially in black and white (good choice Kendle). I can't wait for Kendle to move to Provo in June. we are going to have some good freakin times!!