WOW

Ok I know this is another unsubstantial post but I had to share this! It gives me chills!
It took a little while for all the parts to load, but it's worth it.
copy and paste this link http://www.inbflat.net/

Ha! I like this

Listen and it will brighten your day. The kazoo part is my fav :)

The good CAPIN sent me a gift

Yesterday was not a good day… nothing tremendously horrible happened, it was just one of those days, plus I found out Joel caught my cold even after we had been trying so hard to prevent it. I also went to buy a swimming suit I had been wanting, tried it on, quickly took it off and left without it…. Swim suit trying on should not be allowed without good lighting and those mirrors that make you look tall and skinny.
I knew today would be better though… with a cinnamon roll, yogurt and string cheese for breakfast I couldn’t go wrong. My assumption was confirmed when I poured myself some crunch berry cereal for a snack and out came only blue and green crunch berries! Only my favorite colors??? Plus I’m getting together with my friend Kristin today to make some fun things. Yep…today will be much better.

*after thought….ok I’m reading this post from yesterday and yes I realize it’s rather dorky, but I am a dork sometimes and I’m ok with that :).

Brown Sugar Cookies

If you know me you know that I love love love sugar in most forms. These delicious cookies are no exception. I made them over the weekend and they turned out great! I got it from america's test kitchen. I love this show and their recipes because these cooks are picky and work out all the kinks in recipes so you don’t have to. Their recipes are usually a little more complicated, but they get things juuuust right. (Sorry, I can’t give you a cool little link to get to the website, I’m posting on a break at work and the computers here just won’t allow it)
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/recipe.asp?recipeids=4054&iSeason=8

beautiful

Wow these girls have the most beautiful voices. Had to share this. These sisters call themselves "first aid kit".



I found this clip on this awesome website http://www.somethingshidinginhere.typepad.com/

"The longest day (in our case weekend) ever"

I found this clip today of sweet little Randy Taylor and had to post it. This is exactly like what happened to us a few weeks ago…..minus the assumption of death….minus running away….plus a loving husband to comfort me and give me blessings….plus having to wait about 4 days for my CT scan results (booooo!)….ok so this wasn’t exactly like what happened, but we did find out that I have hypothyroidism. After several more tests we also found out that I don’t have a goiter or any kind of mass growing in my thyroid! Sweet!
So yes, this did mean I would have to take a small dose of thyroid replacement hormone every day, but I can totally live with that! Much better than surgery.
I think this was really a blessing in disguise. I had had some odd symptoms for a while and was starting to think I was a little paranoid. Well it turned out there really was something wrong and the medication has actually helped all of my symptoms a lot! Moral of the story? Trust your instincts.

Today I am thankful for:
Good health
A loving husband
Priesthood blessings
Prayers of family and friends
Answers to prayers
A loving Father in Heaven

Spring Break

Well it wasn't a relaxing week in Arizona sitting by the pool, but it was a fun spring break none the less. My little sister, Jeni, wanted to go on a road trip and go visit a few national parks, so we did last weekend (with her husband, Chad, and Kalli and me). Even though Kalli was disappointed with the pictures (she forgot her wide angle lens), we still got a few sweet ones (I thought).

We went to Zion National Park first and camped there for 2 nights.


This one shows some crazy rock climbers. The next one is closer up on them.




Ahh, that's cute. What are you still on the honey moon?




There were some serious switchbacks on this trail. We hiked up to Angel's Landing on Friday. It was a pretty serious hike, but the weather was awesome. It was in the lower 80's at the bottom, but in the shade near the top, it was a perfect temperature. Most of these pictures are from that hike, since that's mostly all we did. We were hiking for 4 or 5 hours on this one.



This is how close we were to the thousand foot cliff. I don't know what we were thinking!



Even the lizards were out in full force. This one is feeling crazy out on the edge of the cliff.


There wasn't much water this time of year, but these little falls gave us a nice mist.



Here's the photographer. I had to give here a little recognition. Aren't the bandana and big white glasses cute! (Even after 3 days in the wilderness)

We ended the trip by stopping at Bryce Canyon just to see it. It was a bit colder there (as you can see by the sweatshirts and snow).


Thanks Jeni and Chad. We had tons of fun (minus the high winds and freezing temps both nights, and the rock hard sleeping conditions). I think we owe our lives to Jeni for preparing the food. We would've starved for sure without her preparation.