Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tomatoe Allergies Anyone?
That's right, I'm allergic to tomatoes. When I first started realizing this I thought it wouldn't be so bad, I don't like eating raw tomatoes and really are they in very much? Uh I was so stupid to think that. Tomatoes are honestly in everything. All the good foods have them, like pizza and pasta and my favorite soup from nordstroms and enchiladas and salsa and guacamole and my most favorite thing ever, bbq sauce. At first though my allergy only flared up when eating raw tomatoes now I feel like I'm on a diet that isn't healthy. All of my alternatives are high in day white sauve things. If anyone has good tomatoe-less recipes please let me know because unfortunatley this problem has put a damper on my dinner cooking too. All kaden wants to eat now is something with a tomatoe in it.
Vances Homecoming
Sunday was such a great day for Kaden and I. Vance gave is homecoming talk, Sarah spoke about the back easy trip, and my Dad is now probably up to be the next high council man (not really, he just spoke for 30 minutes while President Messer was on the stand.) Besides our fantastic time attending two sacraments, we had fun visiting all of the Leavitt and Alger family at Vances homecoming brunch and hanging out with my family for dinner. Easily i could say the two high lights of our day were Water ballooning with Kyle, Jessica, Vance, Luke, Penn and Nancy, and Sitting around the Dinner table with my family (it is always quite entertaining.)
I had to post these pictures as proof that for one day for just a little while, Alayna actually liked Kaden!
With our luck she will hate him again next time around. For some reason the girls aren't to fond of either of us. We all know why grace doesn't like Kaden but i think i get dragged along with it since im his wife.
Well I love these girls no matter how much they don't like me, they are adorable! I think its time to start spoiling them again. I took these pictures while the boys were filling up water balloons and everyone was launching them at each other.
Thanks Kyle and Jessica for supplying the launcher and balloons and everything!
Fathers Day
Happy Fathers Day Dads!
We have been blessed with two of the most Amazing Dads. Our fathers are such great men and such amazing examples to us. We are so grateful for all they have done for us to help us grow and we are honestly truly honored to be blessed enough to be their children.
Happy Fathers Day. We love you!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
We Got the House!
Our realtor gave us the great news a couple of weeks ago now, but we were kind of waiting to see if it was real or not. The problem wasn't that we didn't trust our realtor, he is great! We just were worried that it was to good to be true. It is real though, we are so happy! We are buying an almost brand new home that is 1700 square ft, 3 bedroom, 2 bath and half bath, beautiful home at an amazing price. It also has a fridge, washer and dryer, and blinds. Wohoo! The only thing we have to get now is a couch and paint. I seriously have every room planned out already and Kaden has huge plans for the back yard. Move in day is July 7th.
MVHS Graduation
Let me start off by saying, that Kaden and I are so proud of Luke and Sarah. We are also very happy they were in the same grade so we don't have to sit through another MVHS graduation for 4 more years. That might sound harsh, but it is the truth. It was probably a hundred degrees in the gym and all of the talks blended together, except for Heathers of course! We are so excited though to watch what our little siblings make of the rest of their lives and we are so excited to watch them grow up. Sarah is moving up to Cedar to go to SUU and Major in Nursing, and well Luke i think is still undecided but he is preparing for his mission and should be leaving next fall.
So going to graduation made me reminisce for sure! Now i know i just got done complaining about graduation, but seriously the class of 2007's graduation was the best ever. Sarah even came out and said "was that not the worst graduation ever, yours was really good." Maybe it was just because our grade was so close, or because we had 10 valedictorians who were all pretty cool, i don't know but either way ours was awesome! and i could seriously only find one graduation picture and its not even a real one. but here it is. Oh and a class photo too :)
The Highlights of May!
Womens Conference
The first week of May i had the privilege of attending women's conference with my Mom and Grandma. Anyone who has ever been can agree with me, it is completely amazing! I needed this trip so much. I had the chance to feel the spirit in very special classes for a few days and i took every opportunity i could to strengthen that feeling. The Lord taught me so much in this short time about what I can do to better strengthen myself, my marriage, my relationship with the Lord, with friends, with my family. I heard amazing talks, but the one that touched me the most was given at the very end by Sister Oaks. Oh my goodness, what a woman! Some day i truly hope to succeed as she has. She was a teacher when she was younger and now has a doctorates in teaching and curriculum and is on the board for desseret book and children's primary in salt lake. She was so fun to listen too though she was so sweet and really simply testified of the strength of partaking of the sacrament which honestly kaden and I need to do more often. Its been kind of hard not having a set home ward yet. Anyways, a few other things I gained a testimony of while I was there were, better supporting my husband and ways I can do that. Things I can do to reach out to friends or family members in need of help with out being pushy. And ways I can be more spiritual every day. I think I have done well so far in supporting kaden better, one simple thing that I feel has helped our marriage a lot is just making dinner every night. Before I was terrible we were lucky if I got dinner done twice a week, but now I make dinner every night and its ready when kaden gets home. It doesn't sound like much, but its amazing how it sets the feeling in our home when we are able to sit down together and eat an actual meal.
Kaden's Trip to Moab
The second week of may Kaden took a trip with my dad to a rzr rally thing in Moab. I was kind of nervous having the two of them alone with a rzr for so long but they had a blast and no one got hurt. Before they left, they fixed up the rzr and made it all fast and spiffed up and what not so they could race it against other rzrs that were going to be out there with rich professional racers. needless to say, they did a super good job on the rzr and my husband is amazing because he took 1st place in two of the three races he entered. They were drag racing and barrel racing. He couldn't have been happier and both of them had a blast! Of course they didn't take any pictures though so ill post one of kaden's winning plaques later.
Sarah's Big One Eight
For Sarah's 18th birthday her friend heather and I decided to surprise her with a trip to Vegas for a couple of days at the pool, shopping, and dressing up. We had a blast! My mom, Sarah, heather, and I all got a room at the Monte Carlo which was a pretty great place with a fun pool area. We laid out for 2 days and all left looking like lobsters. At night we went shopping and to dinner, the first night we ate at the Rio buffet which is always good, and then the second night we ate at cheese cake factory (only because serendipity's wait was forever long.) Emily came to dinner with us then too. I'd have to say Sarah had a pretty amazing 18th birthday.
The first week of May i had the privilege of attending women's conference with my Mom and Grandma. Anyone who has ever been can agree with me, it is completely amazing! I needed this trip so much. I had the chance to feel the spirit in very special classes for a few days and i took every opportunity i could to strengthen that feeling. The Lord taught me so much in this short time about what I can do to better strengthen myself, my marriage, my relationship with the Lord, with friends, with my family. I heard amazing talks, but the one that touched me the most was given at the very end by Sister Oaks. Oh my goodness, what a woman! Some day i truly hope to succeed as she has. She was a teacher when she was younger and now has a doctorates in teaching and curriculum and is on the board for desseret book and children's primary in salt lake. She was so fun to listen too though she was so sweet and really simply testified of the strength of partaking of the sacrament which honestly kaden and I need to do more often. Its been kind of hard not having a set home ward yet. Anyways, a few other things I gained a testimony of while I was there were, better supporting my husband and ways I can do that. Things I can do to reach out to friends or family members in need of help with out being pushy. And ways I can be more spiritual every day. I think I have done well so far in supporting kaden better, one simple thing that I feel has helped our marriage a lot is just making dinner every night. Before I was terrible we were lucky if I got dinner done twice a week, but now I make dinner every night and its ready when kaden gets home. It doesn't sound like much, but its amazing how it sets the feeling in our home when we are able to sit down together and eat an actual meal.
Kaden's Trip to Moab
The second week of may Kaden took a trip with my dad to a rzr rally thing in Moab. I was kind of nervous having the two of them alone with a rzr for so long but they had a blast and no one got hurt. Before they left, they fixed up the rzr and made it all fast and spiffed up and what not so they could race it against other rzrs that were going to be out there with rich professional racers. needless to say, they did a super good job on the rzr and my husband is amazing because he took 1st place in two of the three races he entered. They were drag racing and barrel racing. He couldn't have been happier and both of them had a blast! Of course they didn't take any pictures though so ill post one of kaden's winning plaques later.
Sarah's Big One Eight
For Sarah's 18th birthday her friend heather and I decided to surprise her with a trip to Vegas for a couple of days at the pool, shopping, and dressing up. We had a blast! My mom, Sarah, heather, and I all got a room at the Monte Carlo which was a pretty great place with a fun pool area. We laid out for 2 days and all left looking like lobsters. At night we went shopping and to dinner, the first night we ate at the Rio buffet which is always good, and then the second night we ate at cheese cake factory (only because serendipity's wait was forever long.) Emily came to dinner with us then too. I'd have to say Sarah had a pretty amazing 18th birthday.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!
May was an extremely busy month for everyone i am sure, but i felt like a break would becoming with being out of school, and i decided i was just kidding myself because i was busier than ever! I loved every single minute of my business though! I had 3 senior picture i was working on, prom pictures, family pictures and wedding pictures. I have never had so many things going on picture wise before but it was so much fun! I can't quite remember if i have mentioned that i got an extremely amazing new camera yet or not, but i did. The Canon 7D. Besides my wedding ring it is my most prized possession now.I hope to be able to stay busy through the summer so i can continue learning how to use it and how to be better at taking pictures.
okay so i know she is my sister, but isn't Sarah just ridiculously gorgeous?
