tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90228465674735308042024-03-05T16:40:32.281-07:00Andersons of the CaribbeanMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-74261331337915683352015-11-29T10:37:00.000-07:002015-11-29T10:37:12.712-07:00Day to day life in picturesI was looking through my photos that Google + backed up from my phone and wanted to post a few of them. Just normal stuff that happens day to day with this family.<br />
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Lots of time playing in the yard:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picking Flowers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giving them to Mom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wearing them</td></tr>
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Playing at the playground on campus--the only playground around.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oatmeal everywhere! This girl loves putting food in her hair. Almost every meal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pleased as punch with themselves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We eat lots of bananas. Especially William. And then leaves the peels everywhere.</td></tr>
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-91635584704481726552015-06-21T13:15:00.001-06:002015-06-22T04:57:33.122-06:00Turtles at Rosalie BayYesterday we drove two hours to the other side of the island to see the opening of a baby leatherback turtle nest. The organization is called <a href="http://domsetco.org/" target="_blank">Dominica Sea Turtle Conservation Organization</a>. Here is their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dominica-Sea-Turtle-Conservation-Organization-DomSeTCO/114298085298885" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> as well. The main turtle expert is Simon; he and others watch the beaches at Rosalie Bay to see where the big female Leatherbacks lay their eggs, and then they move the nest to a safe protected area. After the incubation period is done and as many baby turtles as could dig their way out of the sand have left and made it to the ocean, Simon opens up the nest to help any others that are too weak to dig free on their own. We drove down there with several other families who are also here for med school in a van driven by one of our favorite transport drivers, Peter. We got there a little early (the nest opening was scheduled for 4 PM), so we walked around throwing rocks in the river and ocean and just hanging out.<br />
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Eventually we walked down the beach to the nesting area to watch the nest excavation.<br />
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Simon explained a little bit about what they do and about the Leatherback turtles and then started digging up one of the nests. He found two little turtles that hadn't quite dug their way out. He set them aside to finish digging up the nest to count the empty egg shells, the rotten eggs, the partially developed embryos, and the yolk-less eggs for research purposes.<br />
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He dug a short way down in another nest to get two more baby turtles as well and then carried all four a bit closer to the ocean, so they could crawl the rest of the way down. Some of our group got to hold the baby turtles, but they say it isn't recommended and one of the other guests was yelling at people about holding them, so we didn't hold them, but we got some pictures with them crawling.<br />
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William watched them for a little while, but he was more interested in playing in the sand and collecting seaweed than he was in watching the turtles.<br />
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It was really cool to see them. It was amazing how they knew where the ocean was. Simon said it was because of the light. We washed William off from playing in the sand, ate some quick snacks for dinner, and loaded back up in the van for the long drive home. We got home around 8 PM, so it was a long afternoon/evening and the kids didn't love the long drive, but it was a neat experience that we will probably never have again, so I am glad we did it.<br />
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-31651391651774376332015-06-20T07:26:00.000-06:002015-06-20T08:24:33.154-06:00Purple Turtle BeachSo, since Jason had a semi-break from classes this last week, he let me drag him away from studying for a few fun outings. One of them was a trip to Purple Turtle Beach which is just about 2 miles to the north of us. We got a late start because of a busy morning and delayed nap time for Savannah, but we packed some sandwiches for dinner and got to the beach around 4 PM. It was actually a beautiful time to go because it was a little overcast and not too hot. We just spent two hours there, but had a great time and wore everyone out in time for bed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was actually from earlier in the day. <br />
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William his own little mini pineapple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was the first time that I really let her crawl<br />
around in the sand and do what she wanted and she loved it. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I found a little octopus just flipping around on the sand. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William thought it was pretty cool.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to see, but the octopus inked as it swam away. <br />
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-8792471951680914102015-06-13T05:13:00.001-06:002015-06-13T05:13:33.898-06:00Syndicate Nature Trail & Milton FallsThe Ross Spouses Organization plans trips to visit different sites on the island and this last Wednesday, the kids and I went with some of the other Ross Spouses and kids to see a nearby waterfall. It was just a short drive away and then we got to hike through the rain forest crossing a river a couple times to get to the falls. It was a beautiful little hike. Here are some of our pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I was grabbing William's hand, so he would stop picking his nose.</td></tr>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-3170271244847634732015-01-17T20:12:00.002-07:002015-01-17T20:12:40.666-07:00Christmas Eve at Rosalie BaySince we stayed here on the island for the semester break instead of going back to the States to visit family, we wanted to do something special for Christmas, so we rented a car with another family in the branch and drove to the other side of the island to stay at Rosalie Bay Resort for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. <div>
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We crammed our stuff and all eight of us (4 adults, 4 kids) in a little 5 seater and drove an hour to the capital city, Roseau, where we stopped to get some food for the next two days. It was crazy there.We hit two stores to find what we needed (didn't really find everything we needed--I don't think anyone here knows what swim diapers are), ate at KFC, and got back on the road. After another hour or so of driving on bumpy, windy roads we made it to the hotel/resort on the Atlantic side of the island. </div>
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Even though it was raining, we got in the pool and also walked down to the beach to experience the Atlantic Ocean. </div>
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After getting rained on at the beach, even though it really wasn't cold, we headed back to our room to get cleaned up before dinner. The shower was amazing (hot water, nice flow--neither of which we have back at our apartment) and neither Jason nor I wanted to get ever get out, but we eventually got everyone cleaned up and made it to dinner at the hotel restaurant. It was delicious food, but took FOREVER. I think our entire dining process for this dinner and Christmas dinner was longer than two hours each time. Not terrible unless you have a cranky toddler and a hungry and tired baby to deal with. We made it through dinner though and quickly got the kids to bed and we fell asleep right afterwards. Probably the last Christmas in many years where we will have a quiet evening and be able to get to bed early.<br />
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-63315064508802887592014-12-31T09:38:00.001-07:002014-12-31T09:38:34.503-07:00Guest Post: First Semester finished<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Guest blog post by Jason Anderson the missing in action husband.</span><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Well I made it through the semester. Ross does some odd things with grades. In order to create a spirit of cooperation and to help students figure out how to study, Ross does a pass fail first semester. So with a pass/fail semester, your letter grade won't matter as much just as long as you are above the minimum passing score (MPS). I have heard that this set, based on a bell curve of sorts and will effectively drop about 10-15% of the people in the class. So yes grades matter to pass the semester but they don't carry over to contribute to your overall GPA. I hope that makes sense. Saying this, however, I was able to scrape by with an overall score just around the class average and I hope I can use the skills that I learned to be in a better spot next semester and to get a good letter grade. I think next semester will be a bit better for me since it is mainly based on physiology and that stuff is more conceptual in nature so life so be easier to figure out. We will be going over the physiology of the different organ systems this coming semester and we will be getting into more clinical practice. Michelle, William, and Savannah are about to become my test prep dummies for my exams that I will have in my clinical class.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Hopefully I made the right choice taking on the fast track of life. At Ross you have the choice between the accelerated 4 semester track or the curriculum 5 semester track. Each track teaches the same material but they are spaced out differently. So for example in the 4 semester track I'll get all the organ systems to learn and study where in the 5 semester track they will get all of them except for 2 or 3 systems which they will learn in their last semester along with other material they have skipped from 3rd and 4th. So during the semseter the students on 5 semester track will have week long breaks that are there to help them study. The jury is still out on whether or not this extra time helps the students prepare for their exams or in preparation for STEP 1. So fast track is related to the normal speed you would see at an MD program in the States. And if I can't cut it then I can always drop to the slow track while adding an extra semester to my stay here at Ross and an extra $30,000 in debt. Pray that I can cut it. :-)</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So as Michelle has mentioned I have been called as the Branch President here in Dominica. We have a good sized branch in Portsmouth and a very strong group that is down in Roseau (about an hour away in a car). For those of you that are unfamiliar with these terms, a branch is a small congregation and a group is a smaller congregation that is technically part of the branch, but just meets elsewhere. When we visited the group two Sundays ago, they started the meeting with 6 people and church ended with about 16 people there. The branch, on the other hand, has about 45 adults and a whole lot of little kids running around. Now, a Branch President is a non-paid, leadership role, that oversees the church; pretty much like a Pastor except I don't give sermons each week, but get to delegate that responsibility to the members most weeks. A branch president is like a normal Mormon Bishop, but he doesn't hold the same priesthood authority. It's not the easiest calling/assignment in the church, but it will be good for me to grow from it. It will be quite the challenge to balance church duties, family duties, and school work. But I'm hopeful that it will all work out for my good.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">So yeah, my time is taken up with that now. My study buddy and I will start reviewing some 2nd semester ideas here soon during the break. We want to get a head start so we can get a better hold on the concepts and we hope that doing this will help us have some more time with our families during the first part of the semester. We are getting a lot of good help from other students who have taken the classes before. It is a little hard to get motivated to study inside on a computer when you have free time and when it is so beautiful outside.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I hope you enjoyed this blog. Happy New Year.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230162672768394657noreply@blogger.com1Picard (null)15.557056 -61.457748tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-66997044989780843772014-11-16T21:11:00.002-07:002014-11-16T21:14:35.150-07:00My first centipedeSince we got here, everyone has been asking me if I had found any centipedes. I had seen pictures, but hadn't seen one in person until this week. It was pretty creepy. They are super fast (maybe it is all those legs?) and much too big for comfort. Anyway, I was sitting on our couch watching some White Collar which is what I do for some of my alone time at night during the hours after the kids get to sleep and before Jason gets home. I finished my episode and was getting up to go get ready for bed and I see it scurrying across our ugly linoleum floor. I pulled off my flip flop and whacked it as hard as I could. My neighbor probably wondered what was going on. That didn't even kill it, but a few more hits and it stopped wiggling. So, yeah, it was pretty gross. Sort of an initiation to living in Dominica though, I guess. Here is a picture.<br />
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So, here's a fun thing about living here. The produce here is very interesting sizes. We have huge avocados, some tiny bananas, skinny carrots, and small potatoes. </div>
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The avocados and bananas are local, but the carrots and potatoes were from the States. Jason had the idea that maybe they were the rejects from the States, so they send them to us. Kind of a pain to peel though. I'm not looking forward to peeling a bunch for Thanksgiving. Maybe I won't sign up for mashed potatoes. The Ross Spouses Organization is putting on a Thanksgiving dinner here on campus, so that should be fun. Jason still has classes that day though which is a bummer. He will probably just come eat the dinner and leave. One of the cons of studying outside of the US is that you don't get American holidays off.<br />
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One of the annoying things about our apartment is living by the noisy street. Not only the sound of the cars and trucks and motorcycles that drive by, but they are often playing such loud music! It is seriously ridiculous. It is the worst on the weekends. It is also worse these days because it is election time here. I think the election is on Dec 8th, but every weekend there are people who drive down to Roseau (another city about an hour away) to campaign, I think. They drive by honking and playing music really loud. And they go in caravans, so there are like 15 cars/buses that drive by for a few minutes honking all the way. William is going to learn to sleep through anything since his bedroom is on that side of the apartment.</div>
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We were so happy to get a visit from Jason's parents last week. It was fun to spend some time with them and be able to show them a little of this beautiful island we live on. It felt like Christmas when they came because they spoiled us by bringing a bunch of fun stuff. We were sad to see them go. William still asks to go see them. He says, "Papa. Go." It's pretty cute. He loves his Annie and Papa.</div>
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The kids are doing well. William continually amazes us with how smart he is. He learns new words all the time and has started combining words like banana and please together. It's fun. Savannah is growing well and loves smiling at everyone. I will see her smiling in church and look over to see someone several feet away smiling at her. She must have good vision. :) She loves to watch William do stuff. He is a sweet older brother, but still is getting used to her. When she touches him or his trucks he isn't too happy, but he will kiss her and laugh with her and share his trucks occasionally. </div>
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Jason and I are doing well. I see Jason for a quick lunch and dinner most days and then it is back to studying for him. He does take Sundays off from studying, so that has been nice to have him home. However, he just got called as Branch President here, so he will be even busier and probably gone a lot on Sundays. The mission president extended the call yesterday. He and his wife were very kind and encouraging. They emphasized that the call was from God and not just because it was "our turn" to serve. I know that is true and that Jason will be able to handle the extra demands on his time and will do a wonderful job. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William got tired of waiting for the missionaries <br />
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He likes to watch tractor videos on youtube <br />
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Then he gets distracted and starts picking <br />
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-45394557081935434282014-10-11T08:18:00.000-06:002014-10-11T08:19:38.935-06:00Life in DominicaWell, after a month of being here in Dominica, we are gradually getting used to everything: the bugs, the heat, the humidity, the lack of AC, the scarcity of dairy products, the shortage of grocery items in general, etc.<br />
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We live on the main road in Picard, right across the street from the school. It is nice because Jason can come home easily for lunch and dinner sometimes and I can also go hang out in the air-conditioned buildings on campus when I can't handle the heat of our apartment anymore. The downsides are that it is a little noisy here and the apartment is a little older than others in Picard.<br />
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It is quite the adventure doing laundry here. Luckily I have a washing machine; lots of people don't. However, it is a long process to do a load of laundry. The washing machine is on our back balcony since we don't have washer hookups. So, first I load the washer with the clothes, put the soap in and all that. Sounds normal right? Then it gets exciting. I pull the hose up from where it is hanging on a looped shoelace down below and put it in the top of the washer. Then I run outside and down the stairs to the backyard to turn on the water. I wait down there and listen until I hear the washer start because that's when I know it has enough water. I go back upstairs and pull the hose out of the top of the washer and hang it over the side of the balcony again. I go do something else for about 10 minutes until I hear the water drain out of the washer and the washer stop moving. Then it's time for the rinse cycle. I go put the hose in the top of the washer again, run downstairs, turn on the water, wait until I hear it start, run back upstairs, and take the hose out. Then I wait until I hear the water drain out again and do the whole process again for the second rinse cycle. I never knew a washer had two rinse cycles until I had to fill it up by hand. :) Once the washer is done, I have to hang the wash on the lines on our balcony to dry hoping that it doesn't rain too hard that day. Anyway, that's the process. I have a new appreciation for clothes pins and washer hookups among other things. Hopefully I can get a new hose soon that will hook to the back of the washer and I just have to turn on the water once.<br />
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Anyway, I don't mean to complain. We really are doing well and enjoying our time here. Some days are definitely overwhelming and make me miss the conveniences we have in the States, but I have decided that I need to be more positive about our time here. The island is beautiful and it definitely has its perks. We have beautiful sunsets over the Caribbean Sea, beautiful views, etc. This very morning, our little family walked down to the beach for an early morning swim. The water felt so nice; it wasn't even cold. That's my kind of ocean swimming. :)<br />
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The kids are both doing well. They are both FINALLY getting over their coughs. Savannah is growing like crazy and becoming quite a cute chubby baby. She loves smiling when people smile at her and she likes to be on her tummy. William is doing well too. He is learning new words every day. It's fun to hear him talk. His favorite word is still "tractor," but he also says, "apple," "bowl," "bread," "cracker," "wawa," "bed," "truck," "car," "McQueen," "Nana" (Savannah), "baby," "ball," "cow," "dog," "hat," "toes," "eyes," "nose," "ears" and others I'm sure I'm forgetting. He also does the animal sounds for cows, horses, sheep, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, elephants, and lions. His Aunt Camilla taught him most of those before we left Utah. He will still surprise me with new animal sounds that I didn't know that he knew. :) We'll be reading a book and he'll see the animal and start making its noise. It's pretty cute. Oh, like monkey. He does a good monkey sound too.<br />
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Well, I'm going to try to be more consistent about updating this blog to record and share our adventures here on the island of Dominica, but that's all for now, folks.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William won't go to sleep unless I lie down with him,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William threw diapers all over Savannah one day while she was napping.</td></tr>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-18972265608240067082014-09-21T20:50:00.002-06:002014-09-21T20:50:18.523-06:00Special Guest Post: Medical School Sometimes one of our guest writers will appear on this blog to write about his experiences in medical school. This is the first installment of many future posts (we can only hope there are many but we will see what happens when clinical rotations and residency start).<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230162672768394657noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-78277719736556063012014-08-01T16:18:00.000-06:002014-10-11T16:18:46.100-06:00Savannah's birth story<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">
So, Savannah is almost 3 months old, but I wanted to get this on here. I'm going to change the date on it, so it fits on the blog more chronologically. Anyway, here's the delivery story. I started having contractions around 7 or 8 AM and they were pretty consistent-every 5-8 minutes or so and they lasted about 30 seconds. Well, they kept going like that for a while without getting much closer together or longer. It depended a lot on what I was doing. If I were laying down, they would be less frequent. Anyway, Dan and Lise left around 9 to go to the airport to fly home. Then Jason went to work around 10 and said to call him when I needed to go to the hospital. Well, I did a few things--gave William a bath, took Jennis to get some piano music, packed a hospital bag, called the hospital and pre-registered (I know I'm a procrastinator)--and then around 12:30, I sent Jason a text saying that we should probably head to the hospital around 1. He got home around that time and he packed a bag and we left. But before we went to the hospital we went to Carl's Jr. because I was starving and I knew they wouldn't let me eat once we got there. So, yeah, I was having pretty painful contractions at this point, but we ate our hamburgers and then headed over to the hospital. </div>
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We went up to Labor & Delivery (one of the hospital staff offered to get me a wheelchair on our way in when I stopped walking for a contraction) and got checked in and taken to a room. The nurse got me hooked up to the heartbeat monitor and the contraction monitor and checked me and I was dilated to a 4. She said, "Well, I'll check on you in about a half hour and if you've made progress we can admit you." Well, after a half hour I hadn't made much progress, but she said, "I can tell you are in pain with these contractions, so I hate to send you home. Let me check with the Doctor and I will ask him." About ten minutes later I saw a note pop up on the monitor where they record everything that is going on and it said something about how the Dr. said to admit me. Well, sure enough, the doctor came in a few minutes later and said, "Yeah, we're going to admit you, so you can get an epidural. Then, after that I'll come and break your water and that should help you make progress." So, I got an IV and then about a half hour later, around 5, the anesthesiologist came in and gave me an epidural. It was different this time because he had me sit up on the bed while he gave it to me. With William, I got to lay on my side while I got the epidural. Anyway, about a half hour after I got the epidural (5:30ish), the Dr. came back to break my water and I was already dilated to a 7, so that was good news. The Dr. broke my water and there was a little meconium in the amniotic fluid, so they said they would have a team on hand to make sure the baby hadn't gotten any in her lungs or anything. I was still feeling a little pain from the contractions, but it was so much better than before the epidural. The doctors changed shifts at 6, so the new Dr. came and checked on me around 6:30 and she said I was at a 10 and ready to start pushing. They got everything set up and I started pushing with contractions around 6:45. For some reason it was a little harder for me to tell when I was having a contraction with my legs up ready to push, but I pushed when I wanted and when they told me to and<span class="il" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 204);">Savannah</span> was born at 7:02 PM. Jason got to cut the cord right after she was born and they took her to the baby bassinet thingy so they could make sure she was doing okay. I didn't get to hold her for a little while because of that and I was a little worried because they weren't saying anything. But she was fine. </div>
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She weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz. and was 21 inches long. Everyone had been telling me that she was going to be smaller than William-probably 6 lbs. Even the doctors said that. But then when the Dr. saw her head, she said, "I think you have an 8 lb baby here!" So, yeah, that was a surprise. But I didn't tear too much. I am healing much faster than I did with William (I had an episiotomy with him). </div>
Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-28535602452209208922014-03-21T12:21:00.000-06:002014-03-21T12:21:39.665-06:00It happened...You know those things that you hope your child never does? Those things you hear other mothers tell you that just make you cringe? Well, one of those happened this morning. I was lying on the floor in William's room while he played with some toys nearby. He gets up before 6 every day, so I try to feed him some food and then take a little nap while he plays until it is a more reasonable hour (like 6:30 :) ). Anyway, in my half-asleep state I hear him start spitting. He has started to spit when he doesn't like something or when I tell him something is yucky. So, I get up and go try to figure out what he is spitting out. No, it wasn't dirt. He has eaten that many times already (including twice yesterday). It had this orange-brown color to it and it didn't take me long to figure out what it was once I smelled it. He had somehow gotten some of his poop from the back of his diaper that he had just filled to overflowing. I said loudly "Oh no!" and that brought Jason from the other room to help clean up the little stinker. We changed the diaper, gave him a bath and got him back to our nice-smelling little boy, but I still just cringe when I think about it. I don't know if I'll feel okay sharing a spoon with him for the next little while. Good thing it was yesterday that he used my toothbrush and not later today!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-11796096129589838542014-03-03T14:19:00.001-07:002014-03-03T14:19:59.193-07:00Christmas-Lots of Pictures to catch up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Eve!</span></div>
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We got to spend Christmas and New Year's in California with Jason's family. It was lots of fun!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Despite having never opened a present before, <br />
William seemed to know exactly what to do.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cousins! These boys are just 3 weeks apart.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Day!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cousins waiting on the stairs to go down and see their presents</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the warm California Christmas</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I got to talk to my sister Rebekah who was actually about 45 minutes away from where we were.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">William's 1st Birthday!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor kid was sick, so he felt pretty miserable all day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to enjoy the beach, but still feeling sick</td></tr>
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<br />Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-82205825880042935342013-10-10T13:40:00.005-06:002013-10-10T13:43:34.920-06:00Fall UpdateWell, here's a quick update with lots of pictures. We had a great summer filled with trips to Arizona, California, and Texas as well as family reunions and lots of fun. Fall brought us back to real life with busy schedules. Jason got a job as an autism aide at a preschool, so he gets to help autistic 3-5 year olds learn behavioral training and lots of other fun stuff. He also got another job working with BYU catering again which means he is super busy now. Sometimes several days go by that he doesn't even see William awake because he leaves early and comes home late. But we feel very blessed that he is able to work and save up some money for the dearth ahead that will be medical school. <br />
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Here are some picture updates on William:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-06ac1525-a3da-05cb-72ab-68d050570d32" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">3 months! William loves to smile and laugh. If you catch his eye and smile and laugh, he will too.<br /> He does this cute sleep laugh where he smiles and his body shakes from sleep giggles. <br />When he sees you smiling at him he puts his hands to his face like he is being shy.</span> </span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 months! William is a very happy and content baby. He loves to smile!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">5 months! Forgot the shirt though. Oops! At 5 months, William learned to sit up by himself!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">6 months!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">During this month William started army crawling! He also got his first tooth!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">7 months!<br />
William started pulling himself up to a standing position. <br />
He learned how to crawl on his hands and knees and how to go from crawling to sitting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">8 Months!<br />
At month 8, William had his other bottom front tooth pop through. <br />
He also started sleeping for 12 straight hours most nights, which I loved!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">9 months! He pulls himself up to a standing position and cruises all over holding onto the edge of the couch or whatever else is close. He has also become quite a speedy crawler. When he hears loud noises (vacuum, blender, hair dryer), he starts to cry and crawls quickly to me. He has never been a very cuddly baby, so I love that he comes to me for comfort. </td></tr>
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In September, we went to Chalk the Block at the Riverwoods. It was really neat to see how talented people are. I was very impressed especially since I have no skills in the art department.<br />
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A few weeks ago we drove the Alpine Loop for Family Home Evening. Jason and I have wanted to do that for a while since he had never done it and it had been a while for me. It was so beautiful. <br />
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That's us for now! Happy Fall!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-40240846294631275712013-03-19T15:21:00.004-06:002013-03-19T15:22:25.355-06:00Lately...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: start;">William was blessed on February 3rd. We had it at my parents' house and lots of family and friends came. It was a beautiful blessing and made me realize even more what a responsibility and blessing it is to have this little guy in our lives. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one decent family picture from the day. Still not my favorite though. Should have taken more. Oh well.</td></tr>
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A few weeks later we said goodbye to Rebekah as she headed off on her mission to Long Beach, CA. I will definitely miss talking and having fun with her, but she will be a great missionary. </div>
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We got to go to Karen, Kathy, and Jennis' last basketball game for the tournament championship. They had a slow first half, but ran away with it in the second half. Jason had fun taking action shots with our camera. </div>
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Jason has been busy with school and work, so William and I hang out here at home or go visit my family during the days. I've also started tutoring a student from Korea, so that has been nice to give me something to do and also earn a few dollars a week. William definitely keeps me busy though. It's so fun to see him grow and learn new things. A few milestones...<br />
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He smiled and laughed in his sleep since he was a few days old, but around 4 weeks he started smiling back and at 2 months he started laughing when we would laugh. It's so fun to talk to him and see his face just light up with a cute little smile. He also babbles a lot now, so that is fun to hear all the sounds he makes. </div>
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We're always being surprised with how strong he is. He's been holding his head up while we hold him since he was about 1 month and he can also support his own weight on his legs. He has rolled over from his tummy to his back twice and when I lay him down he will squirm and rotate himself around a bit just by kicking his legs back and forth.</div>
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He is still learning to control his muscles and sometimes moves his arms up and down in these jerky movements that actually become quite violent when he accidentally hits himself in the face. I have to be careful to keep his hands in mittens and keep his nails trimmed or else he scratches himself. He got quite a rude awakening last night when he scratched his face while sleeping. </div>
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For a week or two he was completely fascinated with his left hand. He would hold it out in front of him and just stare and stare at it. </div>
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He is getting better at entertaining himself, so that has been nice not to have to hold him all day. He will lay on the floor and kick his legs, rock a little, try to stuff both hands in his mouth, and make some noises. He does seem to be very attracted to the TV though. When it is on he will just stare at it. It sort of worries me that he likes it so much, but hopefully it is just the colors and lights that fascinate him. :) </div>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-29584804132599954512013-02-13T17:57:00.000-07:002013-02-13T18:02:10.923-07:00Baby William is here!Now that William is 6 weeks old it's probably about time to update the blog and tell the birth story. So, we had a nice Christmas. It felt like our first Christmas together since we actually had time to celebrate Christmas this year as opposed to last year with all the wedding plans and festivities. The day after Christmas was my due date and I had a doctor's appointment. At the appointment I was dilated to almost a 3 and was told that I would be induced the next week if I hadn't had the baby by then. We spent the rest of the day running errands and then headed home.<br />
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Around 6:30 PM I started having contractions. They quickly got more frequent and stronger while we made pizza to keep my mind off them. It didn't really work. :) I ate some pizza since I knew they wouldn't let me eat once I got to the hospital. I guess Jason thought that my contractions weren't that serious because he invited his friend over. Gritting my teeth with every contraction in an attempt to hide the fact that I was in painful labor, I made it through the visit. After watching a few episodes of NCIS we went to the hospital and got checked in around 10:30.<br />
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After we checked in, the nurse told us that I was dilated to 5 cm. The anesthesiologist gave me the epidural at 11:30 and at that point I was dilated to an 8. The nurse left and we were able to rest a bit (and finally decide on a name) before she came back around 1 AM. Around 1:15 the nurse told me to start pushing, the doctor came a few minutes later and William was born at 1:46 AM on December 27, 2012. The doctor did give me an episiotomy, but other than that, the labor went well. I was surprised by how fast it all went since I had heard that first time moms often have long labors.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">8 day old pictures. A woman in our ward needed a newborn boy model. She did a great job. Check out her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/staciaklemasphotography?fref=ts" target="_blank">page</a>.</span><br />
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Right after William was born it seemed pretty unreal that I had a baby, but it has been so natural to take care of him and we've been having a lot of fun getting to know him. It's so cute to see Jason interacting with William. He's such a good dad. We sure love this little boy!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-79807422600132243382013-02-12T18:23:00.000-07:002013-02-13T18:23:48.997-07:00Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We went up to Temple Square with Jason's siblings and had fun with that. Jason was learning how to manipulate our new camera and had fun playing with the lighting. </div>
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We spent Christmas Eve with my family and did the usual enactment of the Nativity dressed up in Middle East costumes. </div>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-87970342724833051682012-09-09T11:01:00.000-06:002012-09-09T11:01:12.698-06:00End of Summer UpdateWe have completely slacked off on the blog updating this summer. Anyway, a quick update of what is going on in our lives...<div>
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We are expecting a baby boy due on December 26th! I luckily did not get the awful morning sickness that my mom and sister both get (throwing up several times a day up through month 4). I did feel queasy and didn't feel like eating much, but I only threw up once after Jason made me a smoothie. The smoothie wasn't bad or anything, but it is fun to tease him about it anyway. :) I am feeling good these days (I'm currently in week 24). Just a little tired. Anyway, we are pretty excited trying to prepare to become parents and think of a name and all that fun stuff. </div>
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Jason worked hard this summer working for catering and also being a TA for a psychology class. He also studied hard and took the MCAT in August. We are now trying to figure out if we should wait a year to apply since it is so late or go for it this cycle still. Jason also just started Fall Semester at BYU and is taking some exciting and difficult classes. One of his classes is Anatomy--hence the fake bones that are sitting next to me on the couch that he brought home to review. I think one of them is the Coccyx. This week he gets to start working with the actual cadavers, so he is excited for that.</div>
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I graduated in August and am now teaching at a private ESL (English as a Second Language) school in Provo. Things are going great so far. I am learning a lot and am having fun teaching English to students (ages 14-60+) from all over the world. It's very exciting to see them progress. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sanpete County Fair in Manti at the Andelin Family Reunion. Do you see the temple in the background?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For Labor Day we went up to my uncle's ranch with a bunch of family members and rode horses & 4-wheelers, hiked, and had a great time. I think it was Jason's 3rd or 4th time riding horses. He did a good job. This is him on Dixie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me on Lily. <br />Jason took this picture while on his horse. I think that's why my head is slightly cut off. :)</td></tr>
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Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-47484398278047457042012-06-03T22:59:00.003-06:002012-06-03T22:59:44.298-06:00Disneyland!!!So, for Memorial Day Weekend we flew to California. Jason's dad got called as bishop in the Singles Ward in their stake, so we wanted to be there for his setting apart. We also got to spend some time at Disneyland for my first time and have lots of fun just relaxing and spending time with family.<br />
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We woke up at 4 A.M. MDT on Friday morning to get to the airport in time to fly to CA. We got to CA pretty early as well then headed straight to Disneyland. Jason's mom dropped us off and we spent the morning going on rides and having fun. Star Tours was my very first ride and it did not disappoint. It was a lot of fun. Some of my other favorites were Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain, and Splash Mountain. Jason's mom joined us after lunch and we did the required Tea Cups ride which actually turned out to be a lot of fun. I think we were spinning it by hand the entire time which made us stumble off the ride very dizzy at the end. We met up with Jason's dad shortly thereafter and headed to California Adventure.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First picture at Disneyland!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason loved these robots in Star Tours</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason told me "This is the closest you'll ever get to having a CA driver's license"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autopia!!!</td></tr>
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At California Adventure we walked around for a bit looking at the different sites and then Jason's parents stood in line at the Toy Story Midway Mania ride while Jason and I went to ride California Screamin'. The line was long, but the ride was worth the wait. I haven't been on a roller coaster that intense for a loooong time. You know the kind where you get that tingly feeling in your stomach because you are going so fast and so high? It was awesome. We joined Jason's parents in line for the Toy Story ride and it was lots of fun. I even beat Jason in points on one of the games. For dinner we ate at Ariel's Grotto. Very good food. They had this delicious cheese that made me miss France. We then went to save our spots for the World of Color show that started at 9. Jason's dad insisted on being in the very front, right against the railing, and a few feet from the water. They were great front-row seats and it was a beautiful show, but we were all pretty wet and cold by the end. The show was definitely worth it though. Jason took a couple videos of it, hopefully they turned out okay because I'm posting some of them on here for your viewing pleasure. We went on one last ride, Soarin' over California, before splitting up. Jason's parents headed home and we headed back to Disneyland for one more ride, Buzz Lightyear. It was fun, but we were pretty worn out and cold after that so we headed home and went straight to bed.<br />
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Saturday, we gladly slept in until 8ish trying to recover from our 20-hour day the day before. We went to the cemetery where Jason's grandparents and other relatives are buried. It was neat to see the volunteers putting all the flags and crosses up. Jason's sister and brother-in-law joined us after that and us girls went to a bridal shower (a cousin's fiancée who is getting married in July). It was enjoyable and I got to be swathed in toilet paper in the attempt to create some form of wedding dress. It was pretty funny. We met up with everyone else at "The Block" afterwards for a delicious sea food dinner.<br />
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Sunday was a nice relaxing day. We went to Jason's parents' ward in the morning and then after a quick lunch at home we headed back to the church for the Singles' Ward where Jason's dad was sustained as bishop and gave a very nice testimony. We also attended the setting apart just after Sacrament Meeting. It was all very nice. We had family dinner afterwards and had fun visiting with everyone.<br />
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On Monday, we woke up early and headed off to Disneyland to go on the rides we missed on Friday. We went on the Peter Pan ride, Snow White, Pinocchio, It's a Small World, etc. Then we went to California Adventure and got our fast passes for Tower of Terror before we walked around and went on Mickey's Silly Symphony (the swings ride). Our time eventually came for Tower of Terror and when we finally got loaded into our seats in the elevator shaft, our elevator conductor guy told us that there was a malfunction with that shaft so we had to eventually be loaded into the other elevator. While he was figuring things out for us, he put Jason in charge. One guy complained that he hadn't voted for Jason and we all had a good laugh when Jason reported him to the elevator conductor. :) We eventually did get to go on the ride and it was lots of fun. The best part is that you don't know when you are going to drop; the anticipation definitely adds to the excitement. We only stayed until about 2 PM because it was just getting crazy busy.<br />
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After we got back to the house, we all collapsed onto couches and took a nap. That evening we dropped by the Singles' Ward FHE just to see some of Jason's friends and see how his parents were enjoying their first Singles FHE. After that we were able to go to the Williamsons' house and spend some time with Jason's good friend, Ryan and his wife D.J. We also met their little boy, Owen. While we were there, we caught the end of the Dodger's game and it was fun to see how much they enjoy baseball. I didn't grow up watching or playing baseball or softball, so it's been something fun for me to see. We also watched the Bachelorette episode and had fun making fun of the funny things that always happen on that show.<br />
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Well, school and work awaited us, so we had to fly home Tuesday morning and return to real life. It was a very enjoyable and relaxing vacation and we're so grateful to Jason's parents for letting us stay with them and showing us such a good time and to other family and friends we were able to spend time with.<br />
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P.S. 3 years ago today I entered the MTC. So did Jason's brother, Brian, but I obviously didn't know him back then. :) Crazy how fast time goes by.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-24202813117780146752012-04-22T22:41:00.000-06:002012-04-22T22:41:16.300-06:00Jason's eating...and summer plansSo, I told Jason that it was his turn to blog and he said "I'm currently eating" so I guess I will be writing the long overdue update tonight.<br />
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Things have been pretty crazy (hence the lack of blog posts) with final projects due at the end of class and finals week. But, we are DONE!!! I made it through my last finals week EVER! And Jason made it through another finals week among many to come. Poor kid. :) Now I just have some internship hours to finish up this Spring term and then I can graduate. I'm pretty excited about that. Speaking of which, I have an interview tomorrow at an internship site, so everyone send good luck my way to help with that. I'm not sure if it's a paid internship either, but I'll find out tomorrow. I will also be working this Spring term at my job on campus and Jason will be taking classes, working, and studying for the MCAT. In addition to all of those good and busy-making things, we are trying to plan some fun things to do this summer. This is our list so far:<br />
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Go to Lagoon<br />
Visit lots of the Utah temples<br />
Go camping<br />
Hike Mt. Timpanogos<br />
Go to Zion's National Park<br />
Swim at Seven Peaks lots<br />
Mini-golfing at Trafalga (we each have a Pass of all Passes that we received as a wedding gift)<br />
BYU Baseball games<br />
Disneyland (when we go to CA for a wedding)<br />
See the new Batman movie (and others--P.S. We are finally going to go see Hunger Games on Tuesday. Yay!)<br />
Thanksgiving Point gardens (I haven't been there for years, but I remember it being beautiful)<br />
Sundance moonlit sky lift rides<br />
The Beach (in CA again obviously)<br />
Hang out with family and friends (Lise and Dan will be here for the summer, so that will be fun to see them)<br />
Bike Rides<br />
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Well, that's what we can remember of what we had planned so far. If you have any suggestions of fun things to do in Utah, send them our way.<br />
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We had a nice Easter. Jason hid some eggs for me as well as an Easter basket which was very cute of him and fun. We went over to my parents' house for dinner and spent the afternoon with family. Here is a picture of us in my parents' backyard that afternoon. It's an Instagram image, so that's why the colors are so <strike>weird </strike>awesome. Please notice my curled hair; it took a while. My sister, Kathy, would say it doesn't look that great because the curl has fallen out, but whatever. :)<br />
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Well, there's a brief update. Life's great, we're happy, things are good.<br />
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Jason's grandma passed away a week ago and that made for an emotional weekend. I first met Jason's "Mimi" (as she was called by her grandchildren) in June when Jason and I were in CA to welcome Brian, Jason's brother, home from his mission. We went over to visit her one day and my first impression of her was just how sweet she was. She was so attentive to me--asking me about my family and my life in her quiet voice--and made me feel so welcome in her home. I saw her again on Christmas Eve when we had a nice family dinner together at Jason's parents' house and she was so kind in wanting to hear all about the cruise that Jason and I had been on and looking at all the pictures (the other family members I'm sure were sick of hearing about it). The last time I saw her was at our Open House in California and it was such a blessing to have her sweet presence there. I'm so grateful we were able to take some pictures with her on that occasion and so grateful for the opportunity I had to meet this wonderful woman even though I only saw her on a few occasions. We were not able to attend the funeral in California because we were both super busy with school and work and MCAT prep, so we were sad to miss that, but our thoughts were with everyone who was there.<br />
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Mine and Jason's 3 month anniversary was last Saturday on Saint Patrick's Day and much to my surprise I woke up to roses. Jason is such a thoughtful and sweet husband and so good at remembering special dates. At least for now. We'll see how he does in the years to come. :) Saturday was also a good day because I made bread for the first time since being married and it turned out well. I made some yesterday as well, so I'm having fun using my new Kitchenaid. Saturday is always such a cleanup/cooking/laundry day for us because we just don't have much time during the week to stay on top of it all with both of us being in school and working. We can't have visitors over during the week because the house is pretty messy, but we get it all clean "so we can be ready for Sunday." :)<br />
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Hmm, movie update. We watched "So I Married an Axe Murderer." It was my first time seeing it and I was surprised by how many quotes I had heard from that movie without ever knowing what they were from. Jason was surprised by how much I was freaking out at the end of the movie while he was laughing. Axes are freaky! But it was a funny and enjoyable movie. We are excited for Hunger Games and will hopefully be able to go see that this week. We read the first two books together and then I got impatient and read the third book on my own. :) But he read it too and we both really liked the books, so we are excited to see the movie.<br />
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Today at church, after Sunday School, one of the dad's in the class took a car away from his 18-month-old son to give it back to the child to whom it belonged. His son was devastated and collapsed on the floor and started sobbing. Well, Jason went up to the kid and held out his arms to him and the boy reached up to him through his tears. Jason picked him up and started consoling him and his parents were so surprised that he had reached out to Jason like that. I guess Jason is practicing to be a dad or at least trying to steal other people's children's loyalties. :) On the topic of children...there was a baby blessing earlier that day in Sacrament Meeting and I was just commenting on how cute the baby was. Jason retorted, "Easy, honey. Babies are fun until they get poopy diapers and start crying." Later in the meeting, several babies started crying and Jason looked at me giving me the "I told you so" look, but was surprised when I said, "I still want one." He thought that was pretty funny and requested that I tell the story here on the blog, so there you go.<br />
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We are having fun getting to know more people in our ward and slowly finishing organizing our apartment. I keep telling Jason, "Once I'm done with classes, I'll do ____" so I might be pretty busy this summer. :) It's our favorite thing now to talk about what we will do in the summer when we don't have school and homework to worry about. Life is good. Have a great week!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-58300603189173886412012-03-11T23:06:00.001-06:002012-03-11T23:07:14.326-06:00Sharing our Likes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We had a great first this week! Michelle ate sushi, and she ate a lot of it! It has been a fun tradition of mine, with some old roommates (Kent and Andrew who started me on this tradition), to go get all you can eat sushi up in American Fork. Granted it's not super high quality of fish, but they have fun sushi rolls to eat and they are pretty tasty. It is always a treat to be taken care of by a Japanese man named Randy, with Mexicans rolling the sushi behind the bar, and music in background that ranges from Avril Lavigne, to Taylor Swift, then Techno. It's quite the experience, let me tell you. But we had a contest this time, to see who could eat the most pieces of sushi. Brian did the best eating some 40+ pieces of sushi, I ate a fair amount at 35 and Michelle did 22 pieces. What was funny was that Andrew had only eaten 20 so when Michelle ate the same amount he was forced to eat more. He wasn't too happy to do it seeing as he is a lightweight when it comes to eating sushi. Other fun features of sushi night are that Kent will post the best comments of the night on Twitter and that they have paper place settings for the occasional drawing or doodling, which includes pencil, wasabi, ginger, and soy sauce. You need to get creative at these places.</div>
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Another highlight that we had this week was the attendance at the Provo Temple and JCW's after. The temple was a sweet time as Brian and I were able to sit next to each other and we both were thinking about the health and well being of our Mimi, who is sick and in the hospital now. Michelle and I decided that we still love each other after 2 months and 4 weeks being married, always a plus :-). JCW's has some good eats. Great Guacamole bacon burger, Michelle can't stop eating the fries. I have figured out a way to prevent her from eating mine and that is to put Malt vinegar on it with extra salt. It keeps her sticky fingers off my fries.<br />
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I have kept with the family Saturday tradition of playing classic rock in a black leather interior car. Saturday mornings can have any music or video played as the house gets clean but in the car stereo in the morning and afternoon belongs to "The Doors". Thanks dad.<br />
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Now since those are the highlights of the week, I get to share some of the fun videos that Michelle and I like. We found this the other night and we still don't fully understand what is going on.<br />
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The light bulb to houses part still gets me... I get that the baseball is an onion and it is "diced" but a pepper to houses?<br />
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This one is a fun one to watch. The only problem that Michelle has with it is that the car is hitting the piano in the same place each time but it plays different notes, my untrained ears can't tell.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230162672768394657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-67349212214924617222012-03-04T23:32:00.002-07:002012-03-04T23:36:37.557-07:00New Callings, Leap Day and Grocery ShoppingSo, by now Jason and I have both been fully integrated in the ward it seems. We both have a calling and are speaking in church next week. I was called as the Relief Society activities leader and a few weeks later Jason received a call as secretary in the Sunday School Presidency. We just got back from dinner at the Sunday School president's house with the rest of the presidency and their wives. The food was delicious and it was fun to get to know some more people in the ward.<br />
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In other news, we are both staying busy with school and work. Getting down to the last six weeks of the semester is exciting. Okay, I guess that's almost half left, but still, pretty exiting to be getting close. Then I'll just have a few more internship hours to do and I'll be done!<br />
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On Tuesday night we went with Jason's friend Craig and watched Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D which apparently is not the best one, but it was fun for me because it is the one Star Wars movie that I saw in the theater with my family when it first came out. <br />
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For Leap Day we decided to make Jason's mom's sugar cookie recipe. We had to get some ingredients so we took a quick trip to Target and stopped by Skipper's to get free chowder with coupons from the Daily Universe. Jason said they didn't taste exactly like his mom's cookies, but that they were pretty good.<br />
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I saw something on a friend's blog that looked fun so I decided to do it here even though Leap Day is past. <br />
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Last Leap Day: Jason and I did not know each other. I was here at
BYU taking some fun classes and living a few blocks south of campus
with my cousin and some other friends. I was getting ready to go to
Sweden that summer and was having fun. Jason on the other hand was
working hard on his mission in Argentina.<br />
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Today: We are living in Provo going to BYU having fun learning
more about each other and making our little apartment a home. I graduate
in June and Jason will finish up in April 2013.<br />
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Next Leap Day: I asked Jason where he thought we would be in four
years and he said we would probably have one or two kids and that we
would be going to medical school someplace other than Utah. He's not a
huge fan of Utah. I'm sure we'll be having fun together somewhere and learning lots.<br />
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On Friday night Jason had to take a test to I went home for a bit and went to my sisters' high school basketball game. They won and went on to the semi-finals the next day, but sadly lost that game.<br />
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Saturday we were pretty boring and ran a few errands, cleaned, and did homework all day. Speaking of running errands...we decided that Jason can't go shopping with me anymore. We always seem to spend at least twice as much on groceries when we go shopping together rather than me going by myself.<br />
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Anyway, that's our week. Not super exciting, but we're loving life and having fun. Have a great one!Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-42398325217398408252012-02-26T23:08:00.002-07:002012-02-26T23:13:16.069-07:00Another Week at the Andersons' Due to the obligations that the Andersons face each week it seems that without a car crash, a purchase of a new fangled appliance (P.S. I thought that since Michelle got a Kitchenaid that there would be a fresh batch of cookies waiting for me when I got home from class each day. Sadly only one batch of cookies has been produced. I'm hoping my mom will send the sugar cookie recipe up soon for the next holiday), blood or fainting there is really nothing to report. But, like I said before we make our own adventures and fun.<br />
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What I can say is that we are thankful for President's day, cause we got to play Ultimate Frisbee in 3-4 inches of crunchy snow at Kiwanis Park. It was a great day to play. Good sunshine great snow and even better company. Michelle and I actually "met" on a day like this last year. After I had invited her and her sister Bekah to come play with us for Civil Rights day in January and they were brave enough to play Frisbee with a bunch of guys and girls that they didn't even know. I'm glad they did. :-). So it was a fun day to play around and feel sore for the next day or two.<br />
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For another sentimental side note, it was one year to the day on the 23rd when this cute blonde returned sister missionary looked up at me and asked me "Are we official?" This was after 2 weeks of dating. I was planning on avoiding the DTR, I thought we could be adults about it and just know that we were official and exclusive but she needed to get the verbal commitment from me. Apparently she had been getting offers from "other guys" to go on dates and didn't know what to do....silly girl. I told her she could go on dates with them only if they spent a lot of money on her, like a date to PF Changs, or Tucanos, lol.<br />
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Marriage: It's been two months and Michelle's been training me to be a homemaker and a handy man. Since we have been married I've had to install (with the help of my uncle Chad) a washer and a dryer, hang a mirror*, hand a whiteboard*, build a bookshelf* (it's amazing what a bookshelf can do to a home--we got rid of 3 full boxes of books), and undo a drain so I could fetch a lost earring. The homemaker part comes with me doing the dishes after our evening meals (I feel it is only fair after she cooks it), cleaning the living room, vacuuming around the house, and sweeping the kitchen. When I was vacuuming the other day I couldn't help but think about the movie "Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration" when Jesse comes up to Joseph to council him about the chores that he is participating in.<br />
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Though our lives seem to be consumed with homework day in and day out, we did take some time to go the last BYU Basketball home game this weekend. It was great to be in the student section and cheer with some crazy true blue fans. Sadly however we didn't get there in time to get a cool headband, but we did get to use my friend, Dan Lewis' handicap parking permit.<br />
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So I think I like adding pictures to this blog so I have to add two more. I don't know if this was mentioned in the last post but when Michelle and I were driving up the Canyon with our recently detailed car (the crash) we were doing 50 up the canyon to go to my mission president's home, when the hood of the car flew up. Other than making me almost pee my pants I could only think of "Tommy Boy" when the same thing happened to them.<br />
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*- Pretty easy to do, but sounds impressiveAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15230162672768394657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-15520841095754647452012-02-20T00:05:00.000-07:002012-02-20T00:12:56.941-07:00And we're back!No, we didn't go on vacation or anywhere else. We don't really have any excuse for missing a week of blogging other than being too tired or not in the mood to blog last Sunday.<br />
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It has been a busy two weeks with tests, work, accidents, car repairs, etc. Wait what? Accidents? Car repairs? Yep. Jason likes to explain it saying "For our two month anniversary, Michelle and I got each other matching dents in the car." So, yes, you heard about mine (yes, it was me) a few weeks ago and even saw a picture of the ghastly thing, but Jason, to help me feel better (he says), got in an accident as well. This occurred last Sunday when we were on our way back from a farewell of a friend of ours from our old ward in the Colony. It had been snowing a lot that day and maybe it was a combination of other things as well, but somehow we didn't see the cars stopped in front of us in time and even though Jason slammed on the brakes, we weren't able to stop before hitting the car in front of us. We pulled over to the side to talk the guy and he said not to worry about it because his older car barely had a scratch. I think there was a little paint from our car on the back of his, but nothing more. Unlike his sturdy old car, ours took the beating. The front grate was smashed along with some other things that I don't know the name for. The hood was even bent a little. After taking a look under the hood to make sure the engine and everything else in there was alright, we drove on our way and made it to our ward in time for Jason to teach Elder's Quorum. Needless to say, it was not the best day. </div>
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That night we had an invitation to come to dinner at Jason's mission president's home along with some other former missionaries and their wives. We braved the snow and started on our drive up the canyon. On our way there, we were just coming up a hill and picking up speed when all of the sudden this thing flies up and blocks the view out of our front windshield. Apparently after checking to make sure everything was fine with the engine, we forgot to latch the hood back down and with the wind coming up that hill, it came out of its place and flew up and hit the windshield. We made it over to the side of the road safely and stopped to assess the damage. A nice man stopped to make sure we were okay and helped Jason push the hood down to latch it. It was able to latch even though it was even more bent than before. This second adventure of the day was much scarier than the original wreck because we were going much faster, it was darker and we lost almost all vision when the hood flew up. We were very blessed that the windshield didn't break and that there wasn't anyone very close around us when it happened so we were able to make it safely to the side of the road. Anyway, we are very grateful for that. We did eventually make it up to the mission president's house and had a very enjoyable time despite the mishaps of the day. We did get the rear view mirror repaired this week, but we're still going to have to work on the rest of the car sometime.</div>
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Other than that we did have a good week. We didn't do anything spectacular for Valentine's Day, but we had a nice dinner at home (I guess that could be considered spectacular since Jason is rarely home for dinner) and had fun watching a movie together. Another movie we watched this week was "The Help." It is about black women in the early 50s who worked in white women's houses in Jackson, Mississippi. It was very well made, I thought, and really helped you understand what things were like during that time. We were talking about it and were both struck by how crazy it is that people thought and acted like that just 60 years ago. It's kind of hard to believe that those terrible things actually happened. Anyway, we both really enjoyed watching it. </div>
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I also have an announcement to make. I finally decided on a bread mixer and the winner is...the Professional 6-quart KitchenAid mixer! Jason has been nagging me for weeks now to make up my mind and get one and has even threatened that he would use the money and go buy an iPad. Anyway, I told him yesterday that I was going to get a mixer that day and he just laughed and said, "yeah right," so he was very surprised when I picked him up from work and he saw the box in the back seat. I think he was almost more excited about it than I was: he even washed all the parts and set it up on the counter for me this morning. :) Maybe I'll make some cookies tomorrow.<br />
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Well, life is good despite the crazy things that happen. Have a great week and don't get into any accidents! Happy Presidents Day! </div>Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17355811420315291080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022846567473530804.post-52588526058543827172012-02-05T23:41:00.000-07:002012-02-05T23:42:04.408-07:00....Caution there is Blood in this TaleWell we have been at this for about a month now (writing a blog that is) and we are getting into a fun groove of life. Sadly a part of that groove means that I am out studying till late on campus, but it's something we are coping with.<br />
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For the new recipe of the week, Michelle chose to go with a Chicken Alfredo sauce. It was very good and I'm not one who likes Alfredo sauce either. It smelled good from the get go. She had to put in 2 or 3 cloves of garlic and used a 3 oz. serving of cream cheese. It was great. I am really enjoying this idea. Now I don't want you to get the idea that we are eating like kings, 'cause we are not. We are eating like Emperors who rule with an iron fist. Truth be told, we still have the occasional PB&J, or a hot dog or two, or even leftovers from 3 days ago. It is nice to start the week off with a good home-cooked meal.</div>
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Well Michelle and I are enjoying life together and I tell people this all the time but marriage for me just keeps getting better and better. I think it is fun to learn about some "odd" quirks that you have or your spouse has. Just the other night Michelle and I were sharing a spoon eating ice cream and she commented on the odd way I was eating it off my spoon. Later I learned that she was annoyed that I had the spoon too long and wanted it back so she could eat some :-). I was glad to know she didn't think it was weird how I ate the ice cream.</div>
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One quick movie review, then it is time for bed. Michelle and I got to watch Moneyball this week, starring Brad Pitt. Great movie about baseball...well it wasn't so much about baseball as it was about a guy who took a different view of the game and it almost paid off for manager Billy Beane in the end. It was a fun dramatic movie in the end. A little bit of swearing, no big action scenes, but a very enjoyable movie. I think the best quote is at the end of the movie when Jonah Hill and Brad Pitt are talking and Brad says, "How could you not be romantic about baseball?". I think that sums up my experience about being at a ballpark watching a game, at any skill level. I have tried to explain to Michelle about why I love being at a baseball game but I think that is why. Previously I told her that being at the game is a spiritual experience but it is more of a romantic existential feeling that I get. So " How could you not be romantic about baseball?"</div>
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Saturday is the only day that we can do any shopping or at least get away from BYU campus together, so on this trip we went to Bed Bath & Beyond. The reason, to get a mixer, but not just any mixer but a KitchenAid. The problem was Michelle has been thinking about a KitchenAid vs. a Bosch and now it's between those two and a Cuisinart. So when we finally had time to go to B B& B, I had thought that she had he mind made up already....I was wrong. I said "let's go; we have 40 minutes," Michelle responds with "Do you think we will have enough time to decide what we want?" I thought, "you really haven't decided yet?" My facial expression matched my thoughts. It was even more clear when we got to the store and she spent the entire 40 minutes trying to analyze the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the KitchenAid and Cuisinart. Needless to say, we ended up leaving the store without a mixing appliance with her saying, "I think we'd better do some more research on the two before we decide." Oh well. Maybe next Saturday we'll get one. (Editor aka Michelle's note: Jason just wants a mixer so I will make cookies more often. In my defense, it is a big decision! You've gotta do your research. And hey, we did get a mirror there, so we didn't leave empty-handed at least.) So let us know which mixer you would go with. But keep in mind there were a lot of generous people that gave us money to B B &B from our wedding. So it will make some sense to get either the Kitchenaid or the Cuisinart from there.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWijdAXsBa1l-4GQR3wR_NNhTsP5WBI6rxEpzB2oT4mxm8uSpjlas8rew2mwlcCY-ahKm7-ZsILi9BZGJbBlQ8y4gqTl4_2f5NHRQtDIJHyLobyyD0duN4HaBg3Q5U6xisSnKLH8eDpMWc/s1600/images+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWijdAXsBa1l-4GQR3wR_NNhTsP5WBI6rxEpzB2oT4mxm8uSpjlas8rew2mwlcCY-ahKm7-ZsILi9BZGJbBlQ8y4gqTl4_2f5NHRQtDIJHyLobyyD0duN4HaBg3Q5U6xisSnKLH8eDpMWc/s1600/images+(1).jpg" /></a>Thanks for following our "Adventures", we hope to have real ones some day, but each day for us is a different adventure that brings on new challenges, new opportunities and new ways to have fun. Like today walking to church, Michelle and I mimicked the people on crossing signs. Someone who saw us do this for fun sake actually said we looked like them -----------------------> </div>
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One last spiritual note, then bed time "<span style="background-color: #f9f6ed; color: #2f393a; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Be thankful that sometimes God lets you struggle for a long time before that answer comes. That causes your faith to increase and your character to grow."-Richard G. Scott </span></div>
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