Green Thumb

Brad gave me an Easter lily plant last year. But the poor thing hasn't been doing so great recently. I think I may have overwatered it (but the pot doesn't have a drainage hole either so it's not entirely my fault.) We also needed a real pot for the orchid Brad gave to me for Valentine's Day. So, we took a little trip to Home Depot. While there, we decided to get a basil plant and a strawberry plant. I'm excited to have fresh basil to cook with and the strawberry plant has lots of flowers on it so I'm hopping that I'll at least get a few strawberries. We'll see whether or not I've got a green thumb after all.

As American as. . .

I tried making fresh apply pie on Sunday. It turned out pretty good for being my first time, however, there were things that could have gone better. Like the filling was kind of runny and the apples weren't quite done. The recipe I used was from a cookbook that we received for our wedding and it's been a pretty good cookbook. But I think I'll try a different recipe next time. Anyone have a good one or any tips?

Lookin' Sharp

Brad had another great concert on Saturday. Craig Jessop came to guest conduct it. After the concert the Men's Chorus took a picture. I happened to be in the right spot to snap a couple pics as well. Can you find Brad? He's on the front row, fourth from the left.

Road Trip

Brad and I went for a road trip to Bear Lake this weekend. We got to spend the weekend with my family, my Grandpa and Grandma Palmer, and my Aunt Wendy and Uncle Bob. While we were there we went snowmobiling and sledding. We found a giant hill to sled down, but it was a pretty bumpy ride. I'm so sore from it now.

Gia, Bryon, and Kyle acting like they are sliding down the mountain.

Gia acting cool.

That's my grandma on the back of a snowmobile.

My grandpa even went for a little ride.

Byron couldn't wait to get going.

Malinda and Me

Mom and Malinda

Kyle

It was so much fun just to get out of Utah County for a little weekend break. And for the first time this winter I got to play in the snow, which is a big plus for me. It will be a while before Brad and I get to take another road trip (maybe after this semester), so I'm glad we got away. Now I just get to start planning where we will go next.

Valentine's Extended

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. This Valentine's has been a little different for Brad and me for lots of reasons, but overall it's been good.

Valentine's started for us on Friday since we knew there would be too many things going on Saturday to do all the things we wanted to. I had to run do some errands on Friday and when I returned I found a beautiful orchid plant on the coffee table. I love fresh flowers and I especially love having plants because then I can have fresh flowers all the time. There are lots of buds waiting to open up so I'm going to get to watch as they all open up. Plus, I really love orchids.


So, I wandered into our bathroom. There I found a beautiful red rose. I had to call Brad and say thanks for the beautiful flowers. Later that day I even had a special delivery. It was a giant sugar cookie with a card from Brad.


But this wasn't all the surprises Brad had. When he came home he brought with him some more flowers which are just beautiful.

The plan from there was to go out for dinner and come home and make sugar cookies. However, after dinner at Red Robin Brad wasn't feeling too great. Instead of cookies, it was Advil and Tylenol to cool his fever down. It wasn't too bad because Brad and I just got to sit and talk for the whole evening.

Saturday, I made pink, heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. I think that was the only Valentine's related thing for the day. After lunch, Brad had to leave for a trip with the Men's Chorus. They were going up for a master class with the King Singers. Once Brad got home it was off to the adult session of Stake Conference. While it was disappointing in a way to go to Stake Conference on Valentine's Day, it was well worth it. When we got home we were going to try again to make our sugar cookies. However, fever hit again and we ended up just watching a movie instead.

The sugar cookies did get made though. It took us till Sunday evening, but Brad was finally feeling good enough.


Even though it took from Friday to Sunday to get done with all of our Valentine plans it was fun to have Valentine's everyday.

Oops!

I had to get some pictures off Brad's camera today and I realized there were pictures from Christmas in Minnesota that I never got off the camera. Thus, they never made it to our blog. So, here they are.

We had a giant Nerf fight.

No fair Aaron!

You need to watch out for Aaron. He'll sneak up on you.

Lauren and Ethan

Trying to teach Kate and Ethan to walk.

Crazy Uncle Aaron and Mr. Man

The hydrodynamic building set in the form of an ice cream making plant. This thing provided hours of entertainment.

I loved having Christmas in Minnesota. It was relaxing, fun, and a great break from school. The only not fun thing was venturing out into the freezing cold weather.

You know you've married a Biology major. . . Part 2

. . . when you husband has a song describing polymerase chain reaction.

Brad got this amazing song in his Molecular Biology class and since then I've heard it at least ten times a day. I'm not even kidding. While it's a little bit confusing for those of us who have no idea what polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is, I will admit, it's kind of funny how into it these people are.