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Waaaaaaah!!! I HATE cooking! Everything I make never turns out how I want it to... I think it's time I start following recipes and stop trying to invent  things cuz it's not working. Quick! I need some yummy, cheap and easy recipes STAT! Got any favorites? I'm desperate, I'll try anything!

Big news!



This is us at my graduation!! If only I was looking the right way....

 I will be working as a LICENSED REGISTERED NURSE at Banner Good Sam on the neuro/med surg floor!! And you wanna know what the scary thing is??? Ok, I'll tell you... I start on Monday! (everybody scream) I'm a little nervous but mostly excited because I have been working towards this since I was a weee little girl and I can't believe that I am actually at this point in life! I still feel like I'm a little kid.... who's married, graduated college, expecting, and about to start a new job... Whoops did I accidently say that? Well if you didn't already know before (which most of you did) than you do now! I am almost 13 weeks along and the due date is Feb 13th! (which seriously seems FOREVER away... baby makin is a slow process especially with impatient parents like Jamie and I) I can't hold out as long as Annie did, I'm just not meant to keep secrets, I was made this way... Hahaha! I secretly want a girl but Jamie thinks it's a boy because of our last ultrasound... I tried to tell him it was a leg...

11 weeks 3 days
(FYI this is not the pic that convinced Jamie it was a boy... if you want to see that one you have to come over and look at it on our fridge)

 
 So... back to what I was saying before we got distracted... Because I am going to be working finally (instead of doing absolutely nothing for the whole summer) I am going to try to plan out our meals better! I seriously hate going to the grocery store and I usually only go once a week or less so we end up spending a lot of extra money/wasting food due to not having a meal plan. But I found this cool website http://www.designfinch.com/ on my new favorite website... PINTEREST this morning!

I'm going to be using the brown and green one that says, "Daily Eat Sheet"! I am hoping this cute little chart will get me in the habit of planning out our meals... here goes nothing! There are a lot of different kinds of lists on there too so you should check it out!

Lately...

Have I told you lately... I love you like crazy!?



And this is the exact reason why I never have any good pictures of us, because someone (who cannot be named) has issues taking a normal picture without doing something weird! Bad babe!

The last few fourth of July weekends we have gone camping up in Heber to watching an AMAZING firework show. They shoot off the fireworks in the bottom of this valley and everyone that is watching them sits higher up on the mountainside on the baseball fields and stuff. So when they go off they seem like they are literally right in front of you and the sound just booms through the canyon. It's pretty amazing and anyone is very welcome to come with us next year! But this year the fireworks were cancelled due to the fact that half the state of AZ was on fire :(  Despite missing the fireworks show this year, we still had a blast camping in Payson! On Saturday morning we made breakfast burritos in camp and then packed up to go hike down Box Canyon which is  a really really fun water hike that has natural slides and cliff jumping. As we were hiking out the monsoon rolled in over the canyon walls and it was gorgeous!! I bet you wish I had pictures right about now... me too... but sometimes it's just more fun not taking pictures. But I googled box canyon and found this picture:

There now you can kinda feel like you were there... almost.

But we did hike down the salome jug canyon a few weeks ago and Devan managed to take some pictures on this hike! We had a blast and there were luckily no accidents to report!!

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Proud to be an American

The Fourth of July is one of my most favorite holidays ever! It doesn't get any better then bbq's, family and fireworks. No presents, no stress, just family. And to make things even better... it's my Grandma PJ's birthday! What an amazing woman! She had such a strong love for her country that was apparent to everyone that knew her and you couldn't help but absorb some of the patriotism that she radiated. EVERY fourth of July we would bbq and swim at her house (which was DECKED OUT in red, white, and blue) and she would make us homemade ice cream :) I feel like I understood the importance of being an American at a very young age thanks to my grandparents. My Papa Althoff can talk for hours about all of his war stories and was very proud to serve his country.

THIS website gives a little tribute to my grandma and grandpa:
                  
The couple had five children who P.J. often raised single-handedly while David was off on military duty. His 20 years of active service included 1,080 combat missions in Vietnam. During his second tour to Vietnam, he received the 1968 "Marine Aviator of the Year" award. He has flown 26 different types of aircraft, earned 76 medals, and was shot down four times. He's been inducted to the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame and the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame.

I am very proud to be an American :)

mMmm Muffins!

Who needs a microwave when you live in an oven...

Haha I got a muffin 'to go' from Paradise Bakery this morning and they didn't heat it up in the microwave for me :( No worries though! I used some quick thinking and realized that its really hot by 10 in the morning. So I just put it up on my dash while I ran into a store and problem solved. I had a nice warm muffin waiting for me when I got back in my smokin hot car :)

Hello summer!

Weather for Phoenix, AZ

108°F | °C Mon Tue Wed Thu Clear Wind: NW at 8 mph Humidity: 5% 107°F   110°F   112°F 112°F

I know you're jealous... NOT! Get me out of here!! Snowbirds know what they're doing people! Even if they do drive really slow and take up the entire parking lot at Costco!

Summer time and the livin's white... I mean easy :)

Bahaha! I couldn't resist posting this picture :) For Memorial Day weekend Jamie's good friend Nick (the one who was involved with the dune buggy accident here) came home from South Carolina. Don't worry... the Navy is teaching Nick how to NOT blow up nuclear reactors on a submarine... maybe I should show them that video. We had lots of fun relaxing in the pool, drinking ibc's and eating hamburgers! And if you're wondering why Jamie is wearing a pink sombrero it's because Nick's dad was being blinded by Jamie's whiteness and thought he needed something to shade the sun lol.

Top 10

Just so you all know....

Hanging up the laundry is at the top of my top 10 list of things that I do not feel like doing right now! And yes. I did take the time to make it look more presentable for a picture. And yes. I am spending more time whining about it then I probably will spend actually putting it away. This is how I feel about you laundry... : P