Wonderful Weedend

This weekend has been wonderful. On Saturday I had a Relief Society brunch where I sang with two other women and we sang "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" I sang 2nd soprano which is by far the hardest part, but it sounded beautiful. Then Dugan and I hung out with our friends Jim and Carrie and got to see there cute kids. Then D and Jim took the kids to Grandma's while Carrie and I got ready. We went to dinner at Takashi where we had delicious scallops and Hot but Yummy Sushi. Wasabi makes your head feel so weird. Dugan ordered a roll that made him actually break a sweat he was glistening. We then went to Keys on Main. I love dueling pianos. We left after 1 am and then went to get a midnight snack at this 24 hour place just down the street. We got home way to late. The whole night was dedicated to my BFF Carrie. HaPpY BiRtHdAy. We had a wonderful time. Then we slept in and I went to church. I Love church. Dugan has been suffering with allergies in the morning so he opted out today. After Church my sis Ashten and her cute family came to get us and we had Brunch at this really popular diner. I had an amazing Crab and Avocado omelette and Dugan had Banana Walnut French Toast made by using banana walnut bread with fresh banana and walnuts on top. It was Heavenly. Its a good thing I work out everyday at least 1-2 hours after eating that meal. Those calories will be gone by tomorrow. We then took Ashten's cute little boy to play at the park. Heavenly Father thank you for this beautiful Spring day. I have been missing the sun. Dugan and I came home and have just been hanging out. I have been working on my scrapbook and it looks pretty impressive. Spring break has just started and I like where it is going.

Spring Break is here

This past week has been a little off. I blame it on Daylight Savings. You think one hour wouldn't do much but let me tell you it has. It was so hard to focus on school this week with spring break coming and grad school letters being mailed out next week. I got a 90% on the test I had on Wednesday at least my brain was kind of functioning. The design of the Culinary Art School is coming along. My Birthday is coming up. Life is pretty Good!

The Chefs are in our House

That's right ladies and gentleman. On Friday Dugan and I were looking for something fun to do and we had to stop by Costco. We ended up buying a few pounds of Alaskan King Crab legs and stuffed salmon. We headed home and got to work in the kitchen. We made some scrumptious seafood. The best part is for our Architecture studio class we are suppose to try cooking something new. I didn't really know what to try because I cook a lot and I have tried a lot of things. So we had a fun night and it counted as homework. Pic to come.

Thankful that God puts us in Families

Lately I have been really stressed, scared, worried, (input any emotion you can think of here) about getting into Grad School. I am thinking about it all the time and Praying constantly. I have been driving myself crazy with the "What if's" I know what you are all saying have Faith and don't worry about it but truly this is easier said then done. I can go about 2 weeks at a time before I have to have another pep talk. This week has been a busy one at school and this weekend of model building and drawing perfecting has been void of sleep. But I had a friend remind me that what I am experiencing is a lot of doubt. Ok so.... How to get ride of this doubt? Wonderful question, think of what is the opposite of doubt? ASSURED Definition of Assured ~ Made Certain, guaranteed. Thesaurus options are positive, fearless, secure and fixed. I am going to be assured and be fearless.

I know what you are thinking what does all this have to do with family. Well let me tell you. I was born to extraordinary parents and blessed with having an older brother and a younger sister who I love dearly. We spent 16 fast years together living under one big roof. What did we do well there are more memories then I could ever have time to share but lets just say there was fort building, game playing, reading, learning, loving and of course fighting. Life was fun, happy and pretty carefree. Now we are all grown up and life is hard out in this big world. We can't just go to the next room over and see each other but distance has no impact on the support, love, and care we have for one another. My family supports me, prays for me and loves me unconditionally. Putting things into perspective. I have a family and a heavenly father who love me. God gave me a family which leaves me no room for doubt.

Wow These people must be geniuses

I was doing my daily check of Yahoo and saw this article that said "6 Easy Slim-Down Strategies"

I thought to myself cool I bet I do all these or could easily do them.

1. Weigh yourself daily (Check)

2. Keep TV viewing under 2 hours a day (check)

3. Eat 4 g at every meal (Check)

4. Sleep at least 7 hours a night (In my dreams)

5. Drink 8 glasses of water per day (Check)

6. Stick to an 8 hour work day (Yeah Right)

So as you can see I got 4 out of 6 but really I think those other two wont be an option for me for another 2 years or so. But I think that it was a good list non the less so I am sharing it with you all.

A wonderful weekend of L-O-V-E

Dugan and I have had a wonderful v-day weekend.

First off I want to say how much I love being able to tell all those I love how much I love them. I Love all you wonderful people who read my blog and care about me and my life. I love my family, friends and the sweet little ones in my life.

This is mine and Dugan's 12th Valentines Day! (I Know Crazy and wonderful)

D and I both worked Saturday but were able to catch a movie. We went and saw Valentines Day. I cried and I loved it. Dugan thought it was pretty good too. Then D and I tried out the new yogurt place called Juicy Berry (http://www.juicyberryyogurt.com/) they had 12 different flavors and 50 toppings. Dugan and I got a little carried away in the mixing of flavors and shared a smorgasbord of yummy yogurt. Came home and watched the wonderful olympics.

Sunday morning started with sleeping in (awww). Then when we finally got out of bed we had a huge homemade breakfast. Then Dugan said that it was gift giving time. Interesting because I didn't think we were giving gifts. Its okay I never follow that rule when we make it. I just love giving gifts to much. On Friday I detailed Dugan's car which was part of his gift and gave him a few little things like a DVD I knew he would like and some gourmet chocolate. After he opened his gift he handed me a card I thought how thoughtful. (I love when Dugan gets me cards) But there was more then a card. Oh my goodness he gave me a new point and shoot camera. WOW! Thanks so much Lovey. We had a wonderful day of hanging out and doing homework (it never ends). I made a delicious dinner and one of D's fav desserts. Now we are just hanging out watching couples ice skating and cuddling by the fire. Thanks cupid we had a wonderful day filled with Love.

I L-O-V-E my wonderful Husband xoxo

Domestic mobile kitchen up for grabs

So many of you may know that I cook and bake all the time. Well our current project at school is located in Seattle and we are designing a culinary art school/restaurant/soup kitchen. We have been analyzing the site for the past few weeks and are currently working on a mobile kitchen. Well I thought that my cooking and baking abilities would help. NOPE! My mobile kitchen has become this domestic homey mess. I was trying to think of something different then the stainless steel and it became this domestic dream. Which was not the assignment. So if anyone needs a beautifully designed domestic mobile kitchen let me know.