Quick Update

So Thursday i was supposed to take the Fowler's family pictures, but due to laundry not getting done, pictures did not happen. But we did hang out a while before Kevin got home from work and we went to dinner. We had a great time hanging out and chatting. I really wish we lived closer together.

Friday was another day of work and then Kevin and I jumped in the car and drive to Utah to spend the night with Lynn & Shauna. Saturday we went to Lagoon for BYU-Idaho/Ricks College Alumni Day. We planned for 1000 but only about 1/2 that showed. But it went really well though and it was a manageable size. We didn't ride rides we just left after cleaning up and went back to Lynn & Shauna's. We then headed to IKEA. Walked around there and ran into some friends we knew from Alhambra. Which was nice to say hello to them. Then we went to dinner and back to L&S's place. We played a karaoke PS2 game and Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) PS2 game. It was TOTALLY FUN!!!! I didn't realize they made those for PS2. I wouldn't mind getting those, because we loved them.

Sunday we went to church, ate a great lunch that Shauna prepared (Hawaiian Haystacks) and then we stopped over at the Mazuran's for a few hours. They only live one off-ramp from each other. Pretty dang cool. It was SO fun to hang out with them, though we totally made the kids starve because we showed up late. We need to make more trips down there. Man i miss them. I can't believe how BIG the kids are. Max is SO tall and skinny! Sarah said he is about a head taller then all the kids in his class. I wouldn't be surprised. Sam is adorable. Lilly is just too cute! She looks just like Sarah. She is about 2 months old and is starting to wear 3-6 month clothes. She is weighing in at about 14 pounds.

So i didn't get any pictures taken when we were with Lynn & Shauna, or the Mazuran's. But i did get a pic of Brody and one of Kate & I.

Is he not the cutest! Here is Kate & I. I look horrible!!! Wind blown hair, HUGE cheesey grin. Yikes. LOL.

dinner with friends (practically family)

To make a long story short, i work with a lady named Gracie, she is married to Kate's father's cousin. LOL. Gracie invited me to a family dinner that was happening last night. I AM SO GLAD I WENT! It was so much fun to see the Leseberg family again. It seems like forever ago that i saw them. We got to the dinner at 6pm, i didn't leave to come home till about 10pm! I had a blast chatting with Kate, Sarah, and Laura. Poor Kevin and Bob (Sarah's husband) just sat quietly listening to us jabber (Brent chased after Brody all night). Then Kate, Laura & I went to "Big J's" and had a milkshake, which was SO YUMMY! I need to take Kevin over there.

I am taking off right now to go home and pick up the house before Kate, Brent & Brody come over. I am going to ATTEMPT to take their family photos. We'll see how it goes. I am SO looking forward to hanging out with Kate some more. It's been WAY TOO LONG.

Anniversary

We celebrated our 7th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY on Sunday. I can't believe we have been married 7 years (July 22, 2000 in the Idaho Falls Temple). The time has sure flown by! This is a really bad scan of a picture but it's all i have at work right now. Maybe i'll find some better ones tonight and get those up tomorrow. We look so young! I guess i was 22. WOW!

(L to R): Tyler Hill, Chad Barnes, Jeff Brown, Kevin, Me, Kate Fowler, Jennifer Lomenick, Natalie Pederson

NUMBER 200!!!

Where's the party? Balloons? This is my 200th post! Do you think i spend too much time blogging? Probably. LOL.

Well, i survived Cap & Gown, Graduation, Ed Week and our Alumni Ambassador Training. Which was all the 17-21st (last week/end). I was SO tired and worn out that i took off Monday and then yesterday was a "holiday" (Pioneer Day). Gotta love working for the church. :) Apparently my boss came in yesterday for 2 hours and wondered where everyone was and why he couldn't get ahold of anyone. LOL. Too funny!

We are heading to UT this weekend. I am pretty excited. We are helping out with the BYU-Idaho/Ricks College Alumni Day at Lagoon. Should be a great turn out. We are expecting about 1000. CRAZY!!! Last year we ran out of food. We better not this year! Then we are going to stay with Lynn & Shauna and spend some time with them and then go see our good friends Chris & Sarah and see their new little girl. I can't wait!

OH! Tomorrow...I GET TO SEE KATE!!!! I'm so excited. We haven't seen each other in almost 2 years!! Nuts! I need to give her a call and make sure we are still on. I hope so. I'll be so sad if it doesn't work out. :(

I FINISHED Harry Potter #7 yesterday. I was very pleased with it. But sad it's over now. I don't know what to look forward to. I called my sister-in-law, Barbara, last night to "gloat" that i had finished. We were at about the same spot on Monday (or was it Sunday...i can't remember). Granted i sat ALL DAY Monday & Tuesday just reading! Barbara has a little bit of a distraction...an almost 2 year old! With it just me, it's way easy to just sit and read all day. It was lovely. :)

Well i guess i should get some stuff done today. LOL. Hope all is well. Can you believe it will be August next week?!? WOW!!! This year is just flying by!

THE ANSWERS...

...you've all been waiting for. :)

#1. Where was i born?
a. SLC,UT
b. NY,NY
c. Redlands, CA
d. Dover, DE

#2. What sport do i most LOVE to play/watch?
a. hockey
b. basketball
c. volleyball
D. baseball

#3. Where was i married?
a. Idaho Falls, ID
b. Redlands, CA
c. Los Angeles, CA
d. San Diego, CA

#4. When did Kevin & I meet?
a. Jan 1998
b. Sept 1998
c. Jan 1999
d. Sept 1999

#5. What is my favorite color?
a. Red
b. Blue
c. Yellow
d. Green

#6. How many kids would i like to have?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 6

#7. What was my first Job?
a. cashier @ Big 5 Sporting Goods
b. character @ Disneyland
c. Life guard
d. mail sorter

#8. How old am I?
a. 27
b. 28
c. 29
d. 30

#9. Where would i like to vacation?
a. Canada
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. All over except for Asia

#10.What do i do mostly in my free time?
a. Watch TV
b. Watch Movies
c. Exercise
d. Talk on the phone

Do you know me?

Ok, take my test and see what you know about me! :) I hope i did this right.

http://www.testriffic.com/friendtest/3889123

Don't worry about how you do, we might never have spoken of these things. :)

Enjoy!

need to give myself more credit...

So i just got back from taking the dreaded test. There were about 60 bubble sheet questions and about 50 write on questions...so i don't know how i did on the write on...pretty good i think. But on the bubble sheet part i got a 97%!!!! YEAH BABY!!!!! According to Tiffany "i have to give myself more credit" cause i totally thought i was going to fail, big time! Man i am SO relieved. Now to go home and enjoy the evening.

Sorry...

So, sorry to my faithful readers for not updating, but truly work has been CRAZY! My desk is the worst i think i have ever seen it. I totally cried at work today cause i was just feeling SO overwhelmed with everything going on. I seriously am making myself sick to my stomach. I have to take a test today and i am PETRIFIED cause i am NOT going to do well on it. I've got this final project that my group needs to do, and we have to have it done for our final class on Monday. We aren't meeting until 3pm on Saturday. It's going to be CRAZY!!! Then next week, don't plan on any updates from me, cause i will be running around like a chicken with my head cut off. I always do around graduation. But this is graduation, ed week, and Ambassador training. Heaven Help Me!

Celebrating, Shopping & Fireworks

So Tuesday was Kevin's B-day...i won't tell you how old he is...but we had a little celebration for him. Since it was in the "middle" of the week, family couldn't make it out, but we had some of our great friends over (Alex/Taryn, Tiffany/Donny, Eric/Rochelle & their boys). We had Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner, which is one of Kevin's FAVORITE meals. Then we played cranium. That was alot of fun. Tiff & Donny had a little problem with the dice, they would only move like one spot at a time instead of "big jumps" like the rest of us got. It was fun to see everyone act out things and sing/hum songs. I love that game. We talked alot, so that was fun too.THANKS everyone for coming!!!

Wednesday we went to the Rexburg Parade. It was really a bunch of pick up trucks with signs taped to the sides and people throwing taffy (mostly), and candy to the kids. We rode our bikes over, parking would have been a nightmare. I don't know if we'll see the parade next year, we aren't too impressed with it. Though there was a float of a motorcycle man with a mullet (i wish we had our camera). Rexburg MotorSports here in town is holding a mullet contest. I need to go check out everyone's pictures that are participating and vote.

After the parade we went to Idaho Falls and did some b-day shopping for Kevin. He needed some news clothes/shoes BAD! We found some great deals, we were pretty excited. Kevin said he felt like he was school shopping. LOL.

After shopping with went to Eric & Rochelle's for dinner, games and fireworks. It was my first time EVER doing fireworks. It was alot of fun, but also a slight waste in money. But i think we'd still do them again next year. LOL.

TAG I'm it...

So Jaclyn tagged me, so i figured I'd better do this now or it wouldn't happen cause I'd forget about it. LOL. So here you go...

Job's I've held:
Big 5 cashier, Redlands CA
Asst. Park Manager @ Pharaoh's lost Kingdom, Redlands CA
Recon Coordinator, Burbank CA
Billing Manager, Idaho Falls, ID
Events Coordinator, Rexburg, ID

Movies I Can Watch over & over:
Little Mermaid
Fever Pitch
Knotting Hill
13 going on 30
I could go on...i LOVE movies. :)

Places I've lived:
Dover, DE
Scott AFB
Travis AFB
Redlands, CA
Rexburg, ID (twice)
Provo, UT
Alhambra, CA

Places i want to visit:
Hawaii
Italy
England (All of Europe!)
i want to travel travel travel.

Places i have visited:
Canada
Mexico
Florida

T.V. Shows i watch:
* Well we only get one channel so it's pretty limited
Law & Order
The Office
Scrubs

Favorite Places to Eat:
Olive Garden
Souplantation
Today (a great little Chinese place in Burbank...yummm)
Panda Express
Arby's
Burger King (love their onion rings)
Ramirez's

Websites I visit:
Friend's Blogs (WAY too often. lol.)
People. com (Magazine)

I tag:
Kate F.
Eliza F.
Heather B.
Lindsay W.
Mary G.
Kerri B.
Amy H.
Leah S.