Crazy Utah Weather

For Memorial Day Dustin planned on spending a nice weekend up Salina Canyon at my parent's cabin roasting smores, 4 wheeler riding, and relaxing. We only got to roast smores... the first night we got there that is what we did. We had a nice dinner by the fire pit roasting brats and smores. At this point we were still thinking it would be nice weather... then we woke up the next morning and it was super windy so we ate breakfast inside and then by lunchtime it had started snowing! This was Memorial Day weekend!

So, we make the decision to just go down to Aurora and spend the night and then play pool and watch a movie or something. Well, the next morning we woke up and the power was out in Aurora! And it wasn't even snowing or anything... the power was just out. For 6 hours! I think it is so funny when the power goes out because everyone is always trying to turn on the lights, etc. Like my Dad made us breakfast outside on the grill and then came in and tried to use the toaster!

In the end Dustin and I just decided we might as well head back up to Provo and we didn't have power after about an hour of driving and then at around Nephi it was actually hailing! Oh goodness, I thought what next. Well, next... nothing happened. :) It was a nice day and so we decided to go mini-golfing with Danielle. Here are the pics:

Danielle has skills. I am pretty sure this was the hole she got a hole in one!

The whole gang!

While things didn't go quite as expected we sure had a fun Memorial Day weekend!

Summer

SUMMER is finally here and we are very happy about it. It has been so nice to finally have some time to not have homework looming over our heads everyday. It has been such a good summer so far too and we are only one month into it so we are excited for the few months ahead! The most exciting news of all was Dustin's acceptance to the BYU Accounting Program. I was so relieved and happy! We celebrated at one of our favorite restaurants Cracker Barrel. yummm... Dustin is excited to get started in the fall. We have been lucky since we've been married to have pretty good schedules during school so we can spend quite a bit of time together and I have been so grateful for that and it looks like this next year shouldn't be too bad... until we figure out how demanding his program is.
Nothing much else to report. We are both just working hard at our jobs and looking forward to this long Memorial Day weekend to relax. :)

My Cooking Blog

I started a cooking blog. I love love love to cook! Now that the semester has finished it looks like I can actually start having some fun with it. Yesterday I went grocery shopping and stocked up to make some of the fun recipes I have found that look delicious. I just posted 5 recipes that I have made and so I invite anyone who is interested to start following the blog. The last post I need to make is about the Festival of Colors Cupcake I made for a class presentation... It is a super fun multiple color layered cupcake with a cream cheese buttercream frosting. Yummm... Anyway, check it out!
the address is: myscrumptiouscreations.blogspot.com

Mesquite

Dustin and I had such a fun weekend. We left all of our school work behind and headed for Mesquite for a 90th Birthday Party! Friday we started driving as soon as we got out of class and met my mom and grandma in Aurora then we drove the rest of the way together to Cedar City and stayed the night there with Dad, Aaron, and Adam. We had a fun night getting a tour of the SUU campus and then finishing off the night with some delicious Maggie Moo's ice cream. Yummm...
Saturday the weather was super cold when we started leaving Cedar City and it didn't get any better in St. George but when we finally made it to Mesquite it was lovely and we didn't want to leave! It was perfect temperature. The boys went golfing and the girls had a good time chatting at the birthday party. My great-great aunt Vergie had a special 90th birthday and we were glad we went to be a part of it. It was really hard to leave and come back to the cold weather but it just got us even MORE excited for the upcoming great weather this summer!

Ready for Spring!

This is the pretty rose Dustin surprised me with on Friday.

This weekend has been so much fun! Adam got LASIK on Thursday and came and rested after at our apartment so he could go to his post appointment. Well, we were having so much fun that he decided to stay and hang out longer! We went to the mall and found some good stuff like another game for the Wii. So we had to come home and try it out. It has the funniest game that you ride a cow and run into scarecrows and jump hurdles and stuff for points. I thought someone must have run out of ideas once they came up with that one... but it was fun! Mom said she would treat us to dinner and so we headed to Cracker Barrel and had a delicious dinner. yummmm.... We have decided that Cracker Barrel is one of our favorite restaurants. Thanks Mom!
This morning was so much fun too. We watched the BYU vs. San Diego State basketball game and too bad I couldn't post a video of us cheering because we were getting so into the game! It was so exciting especially since BYU won! Now we are excited to go to the game with a big group of our family and friends. It has been so nice to relax.





We are ready for spring to come that's for sure! We are trying to help spring along. First of all we decided to change our bedspread. Rhonda was so nice to spend a lot of time making us a beautiful quilt for Christmas. She let us pick out the fabric and so I picked... yellow! I have been so excited to put it on our bed so, after it snowed these past few days, I decided it was the perfect time to brighten up the apartment and hopefully bring Spring faster! Thanks Rhonda! We love the quilt. :)

Here we go again...

Well, another semester is underway... this is the week of death. 3 tests, abstract, 3 quizzes... oh ya and reading and studying to do all of the above. Oh dear... how could I forget about my group project that is due on Cancer that has a 20 page research paper, power point presentation to the class, and a brochure to hand out. :) For some reason it doesn't seem to bad.

But... enough of that sadness. We sure had an amazing weekend! We went to the Y-Ball at BYU. It is a married only dance and everything was FREE! First we dressed up and then had a catered dinner by Magelby's Restaurant. Then we went down to the dance, and since we aren't that big into dancing we only danced a few songs and had dessert before we got in line for the limo ride up around the Provo temple. It was definitely a teenager limo with neon lights inside. Once we got back they gave us heart shaped paper to write love notes and then I got 2 beautiful red roses and we went home! It was so much fun and here are some of our pictures:

This one was inside our fancy limo on our way around the Provo Temple.

Our friends Anthony and Bianca came with us to the ball and we had lots of fun on our free date. We think BYU should do more of those!

Tomorrow is sure to be exciting as well. We are picking my little brother up from his mission. It will have been almost 3 years since I have seen him since our missions overlapped. Crazy! He wants to go to Rodizio's Brazilian Grill. So that sounds tasty to me! Then Dustin and I can remember our missions too! We are excited for Valentine's Day. I wish I could make some of my Mom's delicious sugar cookies. Maybe this weekend... well, you're all probably thinking... if she has so much to do why is she writing a blog post?? Well, that is a good question. Better get back to work!
**Have a GREAT week!**

Merry Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

What a wonderful year this has been. Dustin and I went on our first date on January 2 and we have been together every day since. We had a wonderful time dating and were engaged on April 17. After another 3 ½ months the big day arrived and we were married for time and all eternity on July 31, 2010 in the Manti Temple. It was such a special day for us, especially having wonderful family and friends there with us to celebrate. Almost 5 months have passed and we have been keeping busy, so the time has flown.

Dustin is studying Accounting and loving it. He will be applying to the program at BYU this upcoming June. He is working part time at two different jobs. He works at an English-teaching School called Nomen Global and recruits new international students. It is a good job and he gets to work with his Portuguese. And just recently he has started working for an accounting company called Exceptional Accounting. It is a bookkeeping business started by a BYU graduate who happens to be one of our good friends. When Dustin isn’t working or studying he is helping me with my homework or making his delicious chocolate chip cookies. Oh, and how can I forget his big news… on December 30^th Dustin will be getting LASIK eye surgery! He is counting down the days until he can say goodbye to his glasses and contacts. J

I, Amy, started the Dietetics program this year and just finished my first semester. That means in 3 semesters I will be finally finished with my Bachelor’s Degree. I love the classes for my major, and this semester I participated in a restaurant lab on campus called the Pendulum Court. Thank you friends and family who came and supported me. I work in the BYU bakery in the mornings before class and have such a good time there decorating cakes and making desserts.

We love our little apartment and feel so blessed for our lives and the opportunity we have to be together. We are so grateful for wonderful friends and family who take such good care of us and love us. We appreciate your love and want you to know that we love you and wish you the Merriest Christmas and a wonderful New Year!