Day 24: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Oh buddy... If there was ever a story worthy of being a Talls & Smalls Adventure, its probably this one. So yesterday was our 3rd month anniversary. For our wedding someone gave us two champagne glasses with a bottle of sparkling cider (non-alcoholic of course) which we drank with a fancy dinner for our 1 month anniversary so its become sort of a tradition to have sparkling cider in those glasses every month on the 14th. The first month we had a fancy dinner at home and the second month we had a picnic. Well this month the 14th just happened to be a Sunday so I tried to think of Sabbath Day dates to go on and finally decided to hide out in a church after the block to have a packed lunch like we did pretty much every Sunday when we were engaged. However, that plan got disrupted by a messed up schedule blah blah blah so we were just having a normal lunch at home with our champagne glasses and everstuff when I had the brilliant idea of lighting a candle to make it a little more romantic. So we lit a candle and the mood was set, that is until buddy picked up a random paper towel and stuffed it in the candle. At first I was just like, "Buddy, what are you doing?" But then I plucked it out and it was flaming and I started yelling, "Buddy! Buddy!" There were ashes flying everywhere and a burning paper towel just sitting on our table. It wasn't long before our smoke alarms went off too. Buddy was poking at the flaming towel with a fork while I was debating on whether stomping on the ashes or throwing water on them would have a better effect. Finally, buddy got the towel stabbed by a fork and wanted to throw it in the garbage can which really is probably the stupidest thing you could do so I yelled at him for that too. His next idea was to take it outside but I wouldn't let him do that either so I grabbed a cup, filled it with water and stuffed the paper towel in it to listen to it sizzle. As we looked around, we noticed all the ashes that had littered our kitchen/living room and were just grateful we didn't set anything on fire. And then we laughed... and laughed... and laughed. It really was great! Just wouldn't have been if the house had caught on fire. The best part though is that we still have the cup with the paper towel inside and a note on top of it that reads, "In remembrance of the sparks that flew at our third month anniversary lunch". Oh yes, married life is great :)

Days 21, 22, and 23

So I'm just throwing this out there but... I have been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for two years today! Probably even about this exact minute, although I don't quite remember exactly when my baptismal service was, only that it was in the evening. Oh, and I pormise that the last few days of posts will go much smoother than the last week has because I will be at work where I have both the time and the fast internet connection to post. So anyways...

Day 21 <3 A Recipe

Here is a recipe for fettuccine alfredo that I stole out of a Betty Crocker cookbook. Everyone I feed it to loves it so I figured its a good one to share...

Ingredients:
8 oz uncooked fettuccine
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup whipping cream
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp salt
dash of pepper

Directions:
1-Cook noodles in a dutch oven pan. While noodles are cooking, make sauce.
2-In a saucepan, heat the butter and whipping cream on low until butter is melted. Stir in the cheese, salt and pepper until mixture is smooth.
3-Drain the fettuccine and put back in dutch oven or serving bowl.
4-Pour sauce over noodles and stir until the fettuccine is well coated.

Super simple, just don't make the same mistake I did the first time I tried to make this. I was young and innocent and didn't know that there was more than just cool whip whipping cream out there so yes... I tried to make this with cool whip. Not exactly the best result I must say. :)

Day 22 <3 A Website

There is a website I have recently become obsessed with called pinterest. It is so great for a girl like me who loves to shop online and surf the web because it allows you to pin and organize all the products and ideas you like in a neat and organized fashion which you get to share with others and they can either like it or repin it to their own respective boards. It's great! Here is a link to one of my boards...
http://pinterest.com/cassityj/wish-i-may-wish-i-might/

Day 23 <3 A You Tube Video

Oh all the great ones I could go with, but when it comes right down to it and people ask me to share my favorite video at a youtube party, it always comes back to this one. Every time.

So stupid, but I <3 it! :)

Days 15-20

Since we have been on vacation, I am seriously behind on posting so here comes 6 days worth of posts...

Day 15 <3 Favorite Game

My step-dads family has a family game that I feel obligated to put here which is... Progressive Rummy! Super fun! But recently I have also become relatively obsessed with Apples to Apples... Also super amazing! And the more people you have for both, the better.

Day 16 <3 A Song That Makes You Cry (or nearly)

This really depends on the day but when I was little it was unquestionably Holes in the Floor of Heaven. The link to the youtube video is here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Darn9sRp8JQ

Day 17 <3 An Art Piece

I'm not sure what the name of this painting is but it was done by Harry Anderson. It means more to me than I can even put into words, but the power of the atonement is so shown and felt in it and it means so much to me because the atonement has changed my life and made me into the person I am today. There is no subject I have ever studied that has brought me closer to my Savior than the atonement and learning about it is always a very special spiritual experience.

Day 18 <3 Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

So as I mentioned we have been on vacation for the past 3 days. Talls and I went up to SLC to go to Lagoon and Thanksgiving Point and Temple Square. My favorite part was probably playing one of the boardwalk games in Lagoon and winning a cute dolphin I have affectionately named Oscar. The object of the game is to have the person guess your age within 2 years and I was confident in my ability to win because people often think I'm about 15. She guessed me at 17 so I got her by one year and got a dolphin out of the deal. Awesomeness! The temple was also great and the SLC temple has the prettiest celestial room I have seen thus far. Buddies favorite part was just spending time with me. We ate dinner with one of his friends last night in Roy and didn't get home until after 2 in the morning though so we are definitely just bumming it up today. Its great stuff.

Day 19 <3 A Talent of Yours

Um... refer to Day 11. That picture tells all.

Day 20 <3 A Hobby of Yours

Um... refer to Day 11 also. I know its a talent, but its also a hobby.. Music is the correct answer to both of these questions.

Day 14: A NonFictional Book

As a HumbleObedientTempleworthy member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, what else would I put here but...

and then of course... testimony time! In Moroni 10:3-5, the prophet Moroni says, "Behold, would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would rmemeber how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."
 I have followed this scripture and have prayed to know if the Book of Mormon is indeed true and through the testifying power of the Holy Ghost, I know without a shadow of a doubt that it is. If this book is true, and I know that it is, then it means that the rest of the doctrines taught in the LDS church must be true also. That Joseph Smith was a true prophet called to restore the true church to the Earth and that President Thomas S. Monson currently guides the church today. It means that the priesthood power has been restored to the Earth and that through it we can repent, be baptized and confirmed, and receive all the saving ordinances of the temple in order to live with our families forever. If you would like to learn more about this faith, you can check out the official church websites at www.mormon.org and www.lds.org

Day 13: Fictional Book

So this is the book I am currently reading... What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen. I love Sarah Dessen and I have all but two of her books to date. Probably my favorite thing about her is how she takes elements from other books she has written and puts them into her newer books. Nothing major, just a character here or a town there. Its fun as an avid reader to pick those out. This book is about a girl whose parents seemed to have a picture perfect marriage until her mom left, got remarried and had twins. Mclean feels like she has been replaced and so struggles with her relationship with her mother. She is also involved in trying to figure out who she really is. Her dad moves around a lot for work and she moves with him. To every new school she attends, she uses a different version of her middle name 'Elizabeth' to create a new alias for herself from peppy rah rah to drama queen. Sarah Dessen is such a good teen writer and so good at creating realistic characters with realistic problems to which readers can easily connect.

Day 12: Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

So this morning, I ate a bowl of lucky charms. Standard right? Wrong! They have added new colors to the shooting star marshmallows so now there is green and blue and pink and another color I can't quite remember. Weird right? But I kinda like it...

On Sunday, buddy and I gave talks in sacrament. Our topic was on the restoration of the priesthood: priesthood leadership and the blessings that come from it. It was my first ever sacrament talk, but I think I did well considering. Buddy did very well too and we had a lot of people tell us that they enjoyed our talks which made our feel goods feel real good!

Friday night we were also able to go up to a ward campout. We couldn't stay overnight because buddy had to go to work early Saturday morning but we were able to go and get to know a few couples in our ward a little bit better which was excelent. It's been really hard for me to feel like I fit into a married ward when all I have known thus far have been singles wards. I just feel to young and immature to mingle with such awesome yet older married sisters, but I'm learning that there are some really nice sisters there who I could potentially be friends with.

Thats about it for Talls & Smalls updates. Now go enjoy those new colored marshmallows. Awesome sauce!

Days 9, 10, and 11

Day 9 <3 A Photo You Took

I totally have periods in my life where I desire to be a photographer. Those moments in life usually wear off relatively quickly. Here are my top three favorites that I have taken (and have readily available).

Flower near Rifle Falls, CO

Monrovian Park

Monrovian Park

Day 10 <3 A Photo of You Taken Over 10 Years Ago

As I am 2 hours away from all my old pictures, this one will have to go TBA for now.

Day 11 <3 A Photo of You Taken Recently

One of my favorite past times...Dec. 2010