Thursday, July 22, 2010
We're back!
We enjoyed our vacation SO much. Palmyra, Toronto and Niagara Falls were all amazing. It was such a nice break to relax and actually spend time together. No work to stress about and no real obligations. AMAZING! We spent lots of time with family and friends, ate lots of good food and saw some pretty amazing places. Don't worry, we took lots of pictures and I'll update this blog with all our fun adventures. It will take a few posts, so brace yourself! Right now, I need to go finish the laundry, find something to make for dinner and finish unpacking. Oh the joys of being back to the real world.
Monday, July 5, 2010
yumminess
Holidays mean good food. We ate our share of yummy dinners this weekend. But the favorite, by far, was the dessert I made. I wanted to post a link here for two reason. First, so I don't lose the recipe and second to share it with others. I found the recipe here for the delicious cheesecake bars. So simple to make. Brett has already requested that I make them again soon!
Independence Day two thousand and ten
We celebrated the holiday on Saturday night by eating good food and watching fireworks. We went up by the temple in Provo where we had a perfect view for the "Stadium of Fire" firework show. The night was beautiful, perfect temperature! And the setting sun looked amazing.
I spent some time this weekend thinking about the wonderful county we live it. Honestly, it is all I know and sometimes I have a hard time remembering what a blessing it is. I'm grateful for the chance to remember. I have some friends whose husbands have served/are serving overseas. I am amazed by their strength. I found this one of their blogs. Its kind of long, but made my heart hurt for those wives who sacrifice by allowing their husbands to sacrifice for our country.
LOVING A SOLDIER
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know adventure. You don’t know smelly gray PT uniforms that require a daily washing. You can’t understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor. They may seem like they are just thrown around, but move one thing the night before an important layout and expect to hear about it.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand the meaning of the phrase "going to the field" and the weeks you spend away from each other.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand what it’s like to have company every weekend that you will soon refer to as your "children" and they will need to be fed, so figure them into your grocery bill. You will need to teach them that you can’t fit 3 hampers of clothes into the washing machine at the same time, and that whites and darks are not washed together.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your heart when that phone call comes. "Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go overseas. I don’t know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going, but I want you to know that I love you - always!" You don’t know the anxiety that comes with not knowing any specifics until it is already happening.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you don’t know what it’s like to say that final good-bye, to watch those buses drive away and wonder if you will ever see him again. You don’t know what it really means to be glued to the television watching CNN. You don’t understand fear and you can’t possibly understand the sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love of your life alive again.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand why a computer must always be on full volume just in case. And why it is necessary to have one of every messenger... because you will never know when MSN messenger might work and Yahoo wont, or vice versa.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you don’t know the best brand of webcam and all of the features by heart and recommend them to everyone you know. You can fully utilize all of the emoticons on every messenger and even know the hidden ones on yahoo...
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you also won’t understand the importance of always having access to a cell phone charger. Or having that special ringer for "unknown" and 13 digit phone numbers.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you would never understand the bond that instantly forms with any woman you see wearing anything battalion-related.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, on the nights where we all come together and talk for hours about nothing but our men, and how even those little things that annoyed the crap out of us a few months ago are the things we miss so much. And then compare ideas on how to keep them... "entertained".
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know the immense joy, the uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your soldier march into the family waiting area upon redeployment or the end of basic training. You can’t understand the self-control it takes to stand on the other side of the room as some higher-up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all the soldiers stand in formation. You don’t know what it’s like to have that second first kiss or what it’s like to experience puppy love all over again. You spend hours and hours getting ready so everything is in perfect place, just to have your hair ruffled and everything tousled up with that first embrace.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t truly understand how to make every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again. You don’t understand why a secret bottle of cologne is kept in the medicine cabinet, or his deodorant left on the bathroom sink all year, just to smell when you want to feel closer to him.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how very delicate life is! You don’t understand how fast one phone call, or a knock at the door can instantly change life for so many people. You don’t understand why the National Anthem will forever be something that we will STAND for and probably well up in tears, no matter where life takes you after the military.
I'm grateful for this country and the men who help protect our freedoms. I'm also selfishly grateful for the man I am in love with and the fact that at the present time he doesn't have to risk his life defending my freedom.
I spent some time this weekend thinking about the wonderful county we live it. Honestly, it is all I know and sometimes I have a hard time remembering what a blessing it is. I'm grateful for the chance to remember. I have some friends whose husbands have served/are serving overseas. I am amazed by their strength. I found this one of their blogs. Its kind of long, but made my heart hurt for those wives who sacrifice by allowing their husbands to sacrifice for our country.
LOVING A SOLDIER
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know adventure. You don’t know smelly gray PT uniforms that require a daily washing. You can’t understand green and brown camouflaged bags flooding your bedroom floor. They may seem like they are just thrown around, but move one thing the night before an important layout and expect to hear about it.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand the meaning of the phrase "going to the field" and the weeks you spend away from each other.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand what it’s like to have company every weekend that you will soon refer to as your "children" and they will need to be fed, so figure them into your grocery bill. You will need to teach them that you can’t fit 3 hampers of clothes into the washing machine at the same time, and that whites and darks are not washed together.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never imagine the hole in your heart when that phone call comes. "Honey, I am leaving tomorrow to go overseas. I don’t know how long I will be gone or exactly where I am going, but I want you to know that I love you - always!" You don’t know the anxiety that comes with not knowing any specifics until it is already happening.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you don’t know what it’s like to say that final good-bye, to watch those buses drive away and wonder if you will ever see him again. You don’t know what it really means to be glued to the television watching CNN. You don’t understand fear and you can’t possibly understand the sleepless nights of endless crying wondering if you will ever see the love of your life alive again.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t understand why a computer must always be on full volume just in case. And why it is necessary to have one of every messenger... because you will never know when MSN messenger might work and Yahoo wont, or vice versa.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you don’t know the best brand of webcam and all of the features by heart and recommend them to everyone you know. You can fully utilize all of the emoticons on every messenger and even know the hidden ones on yahoo...
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you also won’t understand the importance of always having access to a cell phone charger. Or having that special ringer for "unknown" and 13 digit phone numbers.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you would never understand the bond that instantly forms with any woman you see wearing anything battalion-related.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, on the nights where we all come together and talk for hours about nothing but our men, and how even those little things that annoyed the crap out of us a few months ago are the things we miss so much. And then compare ideas on how to keep them... "entertained".
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t know the immense joy, the uncontrollable smile, or the butterflies in your stomach when you see your soldier march into the family waiting area upon redeployment or the end of basic training. You can’t understand the self-control it takes to stand on the other side of the room as some higher-up gives a seemingly endless welcome home speech while all the soldiers stand in formation. You don’t know what it’s like to have that second first kiss or what it’s like to experience puppy love all over again. You spend hours and hours getting ready so everything is in perfect place, just to have your hair ruffled and everything tousled up with that first embrace.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can’t truly understand how to make every moment count because you never know when that phone call may come again. You don’t understand why a secret bottle of cologne is kept in the medicine cabinet, or his deodorant left on the bathroom sink all year, just to smell when you want to feel closer to him.
If you’re not in love with a soldier, you can never really understand how very delicate life is! You don’t understand how fast one phone call, or a knock at the door can instantly change life for so many people. You don’t understand why the National Anthem will forever be something that we will STAND for and probably well up in tears, no matter where life takes you after the military.
I'm grateful for this country and the men who help protect our freedoms. I'm also selfishly grateful for the man I am in love with and the fact that at the present time he doesn't have to risk his life defending my freedom.
Fishing
We also went fishing this weekend. We both got our licenses and stocked up on all the fishing essentials. Too bad it was windy and the water looked like this ...
Needless to say, we didn't catch anything.
Some of the bait we used were night crawlers. We had to laugh at the slogan for the worms. "our worms catch fish or die trying"
We are looking forward to finding some good spots around for fishing. I really think I could learn to like fishing if we had a little more action. Anyone know some good local places we should try?
Needless to say, we didn't catch anything.
Some of the bait we used were night crawlers. We had to laugh at the slogan for the worms. "our worms catch fish or die trying"
We are looking forward to finding some good spots around for fishing. I really think I could learn to like fishing if we had a little more action. Anyone know some good local places we should try?
Camping
What a good weekend! Full of fun activities. The first activity was camping.
I was on-call on Friday for work but we didn't let that stop us from going out and having fun. We were planning to spend some time relaxing at the waterpark but made an improptu change and decided to go camping. The biggest thing that has kept us from camping thus far in our marriage is a lack of air mattresses and sleeping bags. We got a tent and multiple camping essentials as wedding gifts but I was having troubles justifying buying a mattress/sleeping bags since we never go camping. The problem was that we never went camping BECAUSE we didn't have sleeping bags and a mattress. So when the idea came on Friday to go, we decided we would just load up lots of pillows and blankets and tough it out. Lets just say, we now have justification to go get a mattress. We hardly slept on the hard ground and have bruised hips and tail bones from the pressure. Aside from the rough sleeping situation, we had fun sitting around (away from the TV and computer) talking about life and enjoying the fresh air.
And so talented at cooking on a fire!
I was on-call on Friday for work but we didn't let that stop us from going out and having fun. We were planning to spend some time relaxing at the waterpark but made an improptu change and decided to go camping. The biggest thing that has kept us from camping thus far in our marriage is a lack of air mattresses and sleeping bags. We got a tent and multiple camping essentials as wedding gifts but I was having troubles justifying buying a mattress/sleeping bags since we never go camping. The problem was that we never went camping BECAUSE we didn't have sleeping bags and a mattress. So when the idea came on Friday to go, we decided we would just load up lots of pillows and blankets and tough it out. Lets just say, we now have justification to go get a mattress. We hardly slept on the hard ground and have bruised hips and tail bones from the pressure. Aside from the rough sleeping situation, we had fun sitting around (away from the TV and computer) talking about life and enjoying the fresh air.
Good thing Brett is so strong and set up our tent!
And so good at starting fires!
And so talented at cooking on a fire!Our tin foil dinners turned out perfectly. Yum Yum! (yes, we have a full dish set for camping... but no sleeping bags)
I recently found some new ideas for tin foil recipes (banana boats and Malibu chicken) but I'm hesitant to try them. What have you cooked in tin foil on a camp fire? Was it good?
I recently found some new ideas for tin foil recipes (banana boats and Malibu chicken) but I'm hesitant to try them. What have you cooked in tin foil on a camp fire? Was it good?
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