Lava Hot Springs

Last night we made a little trip to Pocatello where we ate dinner with Terry’s sister Nicole and her husband Jordan and their upstairs neighbors. It was so yummy, stuffed pork chops!! After dinner we trekked to Lava Hot Springs and soaked in the hot pools. It was so relaxing and so much fun to meet a new couple and hang out with Jordan and Nicole. We didn’t stay too long cause those babies are HOT!! I definitely recommend the hot pools for a nice relaxing evening! This isn't a very good pictue but it shows all the steam from the pools.

Visiting Teaching and the Public Library

Last week was a great week, especially Tuesday. Last Tuesday for the first time ever I was truly grateful for Visiting Teaching. My visiting teachers came over and it was nice to just be able to sit and chat and relate with them. It was so great to be able to get to know them better. After they left I was able to just drop a little treat off at one of the girls I visit and meet her. After I left I swear I was on a visiting teaching high. Just knowing that I had fulfilled my calling and that people had come and visited it me made me feel so good and happy. Before I am sad to admit that I really really resented visiting teaching. I was intimidated by the other girls and felt awkward just going to other girl’s houses. That was just silly of me. I am so thankful for this program and am going to do my best to keep this new outlook.

Another highlight of Tuesday, was the Public Library. I LOVE READING!! And I especially love finding new books that I love. I feel kind of embarrassed that I still hang out in the young adult section but hey that perfectly describes me right? And I’m not ready for those grown-up books anyway (don’t ask me what grown up books are cause I don’t know). Anyways reading is the bomb.com and you should go find you a good book and cuddle up!
Here’s a list of books that I am loving right now:
- The Luxe series by Anna Godbersen
- The Hunger Games (haven’t read it yet but have had lots of recommendations)
- Books by Anita Stansfield
- The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbottson
- LDS authors like Traci Hunter Abramson
- The Blue Blood series by Melissa de la Cruz

If you have any good book suggestions just let me know!

Just call me Betty Crocker

I think I wrote about it before but because I only needed 9 credits to graduate but 12 to get the much needed financial aid I got to take a few fun classes. My practical homemaking class is one of them. I get to do three different rotations, cooking, interior decorating and sewing. My 2 latest masterpieces are chicken noodle soup with HOMEMADE noodles and sit down cause this is a big one...my first PIE!!! I also made my first batch of Darrington Delight Granola (soon to be found in a store near you) and this yummy crescent roll chicken pot pie (minus the chicken cause I forgot it) braid thing. Oh and my first rolls! This part of the class has been so much fun and given me so much more knowledge and recipes for cooking!

What Happens After Happily Ever After (If your as lucky as me!)

Once upon a time there was a truly happy couple who sealed their love forever in the most beautiful castle in all the land. Wedded life was simply bliss. But alas, reality set in and the fair maiden had to get a job at the healthiest eatery in the village while her courageous knight battled a semester of 17 credits. She was enslaved to long and late hours at the hands of picky peasants and self-appointed nobles. After a long day she rode her loving, although somewhat unrealiable, trusty stead, Patty the Passat, home with a discouraged heart and mustard stained hands. Upon her arrival to their humble abode she found the most wonderful suprise that made her heart flutter...her handsome knight had used the latest contraption to hit the land, a vacuum, tidied up the house, scrubbed the dishes and folded the laundry! She didn't think it was possible to love her brave knight anymore but this simple act of love did just that! She knew from the very depths of her heart that she was the luckiest maiden in the land to have her knight forever and always!

Bad News Bears

Our VW Passat had to take a trip to the doctor :( Thankfully we have it back now and we are crossing our fingers that we won't have to empty the piggy bank again to fix it!