Turd Alert!

We have been called to serve in the primary here in our new ward. We teach the CTR 5 class. 5 and 6 year olds. They are cute.. but my gosh.. crazy and obnoxious sometimes. Our first week was ok.. our second week we never wanted to teach ever again! And yesterday our 3rd week was SO WONDERFUL. Probably because the 2 problem children weren't there. We prayed before we went to church yesterday and in the prayer Dan said.. "bless us to love these children and to be patient". Heavenly Father definitely looked out for us yesterday. 

The Bad week.. we learned about "how God helps missionaries. 

so we had all of the kids draw a picture and we all wrote a letter together and we're going to send it to our niece Chandice who is on a mission right now. The kids didn't seem interested half the time but it was just one of those weeks that I couldn't handle it anymore and was going to scream at them. I kept my cool but .. goodness. The bishops daughter and her friend are the worst ones in there. Why is it that its always the bishops daughter that needs the most help?! Anyways.. they made their pictures and then this kid (I'll bring him up more later) wanted a picture taken of him. We ended up taking one of everyone and then he wanted his own. 

back tall middle one and one all the way to the left are the TURDS!

Now this little boy joey.. He can be a little piece of work but for some reason we have this love for him that is a love that we would have for our own child. He lives across the street from us and he's a foster child. Yesterday he whispers in dans ear.. "I don't have parents" and "I'm going to get adopted". Me almost in tears when dan tells me he's going to get adopted.. I don't want this little boy to leave. Immediately dan looks online to see the requirements for adopting a foster child. Now I'm not saying that we are going to be adopting him.. I'm just saying.. we love this child and I don't want him to leave. I think we should adopt him. HA but I don't know if the Foster parents would appreciate their neighbors adopting their foster kid.?? anyways this is him.

Joey. Heaven sent.

We do have some good kids in there too though.. not just joey. the little one who drew a rainbow. BEST kid. And the other little girl is a handful but nothing compared to the 2. 

YESTERDAY was good though. We set out a pile of jelly beans per child and we said.. if any of you misbehave.. we will eat one of your candies. everyone had a full set of their candies at the end. SO GOOD! 

We will see how it goes next week if those 2 children are back. We also have 3 other kids who weren't in the picture. Another boy and 2 girls. They aren't bad. Yay for loving our class! AND JOEY! 

We HEART eachother

So we have been married for 1 year. It has definitely had its ups and downs.. MAINLY ups! Its been a learning experience for sure.. but an excellent one at that. So we celebrated our anniversary by not working that day.. -For me at least- That was nice.. Since I'm usually at work ALL day most the week. So it was nice to get to spend more than just an hour with Dan for the day. So we started our little date by going to see a movie. 

World War Z

 I loved it. I'm all about zombies though. Considering my favorite movie was "Night of the Living Dead" when I was 5. Somehow I could handle a world full of Zombies and not a little boy who sees dead people. 

We then went to Texas Roadhouse. It was DELICIOUS. I didn't get a picture of that.. but it was very enjoyable. We then ended our night because Dan had to go to work. :( 

So sunday (being our actual anniversary) we went to church and taught our primary class (little turds! - that'll be another blog post) and then came home and watched 24 all night. Finally the pot roast I had made was finished. (my first time and I didn't realize the size of meat I got was going to take FOREVER cooking) So we ate it and it was delicious. It probably doesn't look as appetizing as it tasted.. but it was good.

1st attempt at pot roast. SUCCESS

 After dinner we watched another episode of 24 and it was such a sad moment on the show.. and being my emotional self was bawling like a baby.. then Dan gets a phone call saying he was on the schedule for that night. More emotions came out of me and I had to spend another night alone. His boss said he didn't have to go in but being the poor newlyweds (we're still considered that right?) that we are.. he went in so we could have the money. 

SO.. now that our night was done.. All in all: our first year of marriage was successful. We've moved 3 times, went through more cars than I had owned before marriage, had many fun adventures, etc.. Can't wait to see what this year has in store for us. I am so happy that I get to spend Eternity with this wonderful man. He is everything that I need and have wanted. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!

LOVE HIM!

Cannibalism

yes.. it was a dinosaur

Well, it's been a while since I've written. We've been busy! 1st off: we celebrated my 24th birthday. I demanded a costco cake.. (really the only cake worth eating!)

   

 While at costco.. my lovely husband decided to hop in the hot tubs that were on display!

Mmmm! He's delicious!

We also got treated to Red lobster from my parents. They may have regretted it afterwards!

My 2 lbs of crab! SO GOOD!

Dan's 2 lobster tails and seafood alfredo. (mine was better)

So after spending all of my parent's money just on dinner.. We had a good rest of the night feeling uncomfortably full and wanting to never eat again. (we all know that both me and Dan don't last long after "wanting" such things.)

We're both in pain.

Dan did spoil me with a fishing pole and fishing lisence, remote controlled helicopter, (first things were more for him I think) a bottle of perfume, and a Shoe Carnival gift card! I had also treated myself to some dresses earlier in the week. Scored some good deals on those. Yay for bargain shopping! I also received some nice things from some family members. You know who you are! Thanks EVERYONE for making my birthday special.

Dan had this obsession with wild turkeys and wanting to kill them for a while.. until he found out that they were gross and then immediately changed his mind. He didn't want to kill something and not eat it! So now the urge of killing turkeys is gone.. and then I got the urge to kill a Mouse. We had a little friend for about 3 days and he kept walking up and down our window screen and it kept us up for 3 nights.. So by day 3, I told Dan that I couldn't handle it anymore and I was going to take the gun and shoot it! Of course this was after finding the dang mouse eating a previous mouse that we had that had died on a super cold night by freezing in our window well. CANNIBAL! This was After Dan said: you're going to feel SO bad and cry if you kill it. NOPE! I didn't feel bad at all during that killing of the mouse. (Sorry if any of you love MICE and enjoy them keeping you up at night and enjoy watching them eat their friends.) So the facts are: if you don't want me to kill you.. don't be a cannibal.. And don't keep me up at night.

So, I (we) had the opportunity to take care (dan slept the whole time) of my adorable nephew Griffin early in the morning for a few days.. He's the best. Today I had him smiling and just loving me. It made me MORE baby hungry of course.

The sweet little boy!

Dan and I received a call this last week to move into some affordable housing.. It was a move in immediately deal and me starting to work in st george this week.. we couldn't refuse. So SURPRISE! WE'RE moving to the St George area. It's actually off of the hurricane exit.. but i'm pretty sure it's closer to washington than hurricane. We're pretty excited.. I am super sad to leave the New harmony area and the ward.. I didn't have a good ward in Springville and I just hope it's good where we're headed. That is my ONLY concern. So unfortunately We don't get to be in my parent's basement anymore.. but have no fear.. I have many stories of them to share still! We will now be super warm and get to go on scooter rides every sunday instead of just the warm ones.

We love sunday scooter rides!

"SHART"cut

Due to the age of my parents: they no longer have any idea what words mean. My parents were in need of a new freezer for their garage.. so being the young ones in the house (also the ones who have nothing better to do than help some elderly in need) we were asked to go to Pine Valley with them to retrieve a freezer. My dad has recently discovered a different route in st george that cuts out a ton of traffic, time, road rage, etc.. So, as we were turning to get onto so called route, my mother (oh so innocent) says: is this the SHARTCUT? We all made a little giggle and said: a what?! Come to find out: she had no knowledge of the meaning of the word "shart". We then explained and now she will probably never live it down. So being Easter this last weekend: My adorable husband and myself made Easter baskets (I made Easter baskets) and then we hid them to find them the next day. During church, Dan guessed where I had hid his.. So, of course i had to re-hide his basket. It ended up in the dryer. He found it after opening every cupboard and looking in every corner in the basement. It took me a bit longer to find mine. I had help from 2 of my nieces that were visiting.. NO LUCK. I finally begged for a hint. He said: its under something you love. Well I went right for the blankets (I sleep with 6) and still nothing. We searched for another 10 minutes and I FINALLY found it underneath my bag of soccer balls in the water heater closet. THANK HEAVENS. Dan and I decorated Easter eggs. Dan did some crazy things on his.. One said: baby inside. there were a lot of people thinking it was some announcement about me having a baby inside. FALSE. No baby inside. :( i wish there was... but unfortunately the battle for patience learning is still in process. I had some cool ones.. But people seemed more interested in Dan's ridiculous eggs. Oh well. As of right now.. Dan is gone getting a truck in blanding while I'm here without him. Things are dull, lonely and boring when he's gone. Hopefully he gets back sooner than later. I have been catching up on chick flicks and the biggest loser while he's been gone though. I guess that's the only positive part of this (I hate when Dan's gone) experience. Wish me luck for the next day. WELL.. Until next time..

Newlyweds

Well as you all must know.. Me and MR Dan Morris have been married for 8 months and 21 days. Its quite weird to think that its been that long.. really it isn't that long, but it sure seems like its gone by so fast. It's not a 42 year mark yet like my parents.. but we will be there in no time I'm sure. Now we just need to get on that baby makin train. That's a subject I won't get into. Don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. MOM. I figure she will be my first fan in the blog scene. Anyways: You guessed it.. we live in my parents basement. Some might think: They are STUPID for doing so. What are they thinking?! They must really love her parents. ETC.. All of these are accurate. BUT as you married folk know: when you first get married, all of your money seems to leave and you sometimes don't get to have everything you want. FORTUNATELY my husband is a hardcore lover of (me) KSL, Craigslist and EBAY.. so in some instances: we do get what we want. MOVING ON.. We were living in Springville and my parents asked if I was interested in running their (almost open) st george store. SURE. So me and Dan packed up and headed down. They asked us to move in their basement, and with rent being so cheap, we couldn't refuse. HOWEVER, this is DEFINITELY not a permanent situation. We are currently looking for places down in st george. WHO THE HECK WANTS TO DRIVE 2 HOURS A DAY TO AND FROM WORK?! (and who the heck wants to live in their parents -who I most dearly love- basement) Not me. And thanks to ........ gas is insane. I figure for the time being.. I will write about Newlywed life... and events happening from the eyes and ears of my parents basement. So I hope everyone will be accepting of us being on the "Blog scene". I figured we've been married for "SO LONG" that we can join the party.