Flower Wreath

I made this! I found a wicker wreath, flowers, and that G all at DI for about $6. I hot-glued the flowers to the wreath & then glued the leaves on. Then I just tied the G to a string. (haha.. "g-string") And there you go! It was super easy. I did get the flowers from DI so they're not all the same, but I kind of like it that way. I need to find a cute ribbon or something to hang it on the door.

Picnic in the Living Room

So the other day, Doug and I decided that we would make sandwiches for dinner. I was in charge of slicing the tomatoes and other slice-able things. While I was working on the food, Doug was secretly setting up a picnic in our living room! So when I walked out with the food I saw this:

(He bought Jone's Cream Soda for me.)

So we had a picnic in our living room while we watched "The Big Bang Theory."

We got it!

I got the call today! Doug and I are getting the apartment!
It's not 100% just yet, because we still need to meet the owners and they have to like us, but seriously, we're awesome-they're going to love us! :)

I'm so excited!!! Thanks for your prayers!

**Here's a more detailed list of what the apartment includes:

• NO WOOD PANELING! WHOO HOO!
• Second floor (no noise above us!)
• 2 Bedrooms/1 Bath/1 Laundry Room
• Closets in each room with plenty of shelving and storage space. (2 closets in Master Bedroom)
• 2 door entrance into the bathroom (one from the master bedroom, one from the hall)
• Full bathtub
• Curved shower curtain rod
• Huge, Beautiful windows in every room of the apartment
• Ceiling Fan in the living room
• Storage & Shelving in laundry room
• Pantry in Kitchen
• All new appliances-Floating microwave above Range
• Dishwasher/Garbage Disposal (we've been going without a disposal for the past year & 3 months)
• Washer & Dryer
• New Carpet
• Wooden blinds
• Covered Parking
• And the current tenants get government paid electricity right now, but when they move they'll be living with their parents. They said they'll keep their name in the program until their check runs out. So for a few months we'll have free electricity!
• There's also a little old lady who lives in the apartment underneath this one who keeps her thermostat at like 90 degrees, so that'll significantly lower our heating bill!

The apartment I want!

(The Pictures Got Deleted, Sorry!!)

I found this little beauty just today and Doug and I are going to go check it out this coming Saturday. I'm really excited. If everything looks okay, we're going to be moving in May. This place is a 2 bedroom. It has closets!! It has a washer/dryer, dishwasher, microwave. A bathtub (we don't have one of those right now). It's 475 a month + utilities. It's an awesome deal! Pray that everything goes smoothly & no one snatches up this place before we get a chance to check it out!

Hairstyle

So I went to Evans Hairstyling College today to get my hair trimmed a little bit and I had the girl who did my hair, straighten it. She asked me if I wanted it "poofed."

I basically said, "Sure, why not!?"

So she gave me a "Hill Cumorah" as we Idahoans like to refer to it. At first I was crackin' up. My head feels huge and alien-like.

Now that I've had a little time to adjust to it though, I don't mind it. But uh.. I don't think it's really up my alley. Maybe I'll try it again in 20 years, who knows?

Here's a picture to document the occasion though:

Food Poisoning

Doug and I got food poisoning over the past weekend. We think it's from some leftover pasta salad we ate. It hit me saturday afternoon and I finally threw up at 2 am on Sunday morning.  2 hours later, I threw up 2 more times. It took a little longer for Doug to feel the full effects. He actually got to church and taught our 12-year-old sunday school class. But a little while after he got home, he threw up too. We've been downing gatorade and orange juice. We're all better now. I think our bodies are still a little tired, but I can handle that a lot more than hanging out in the bathroom for hours.

Sorry this update is a gross one.

Visiting Kristi, Bachelorette Party, & Bed Skirt

Last weekend, Doug and I drove down to see Kristi & Joe in Provo. We had a lot of fun. We got to just hang out, go to Ikea, and we all went to see The Princess & the Frog at the dollar theater at BYU. Kristi made us this yummy dish called "Peanut Butter Soup" So good. (I made it again since we've been home!) We also went to church with her on Sunday (Student Married Ward) and we decided that we love being around people are own age. It's a little more comfortable. So we've decided we're going to start going to our own assigned married student ward here in Rexburg instead of the family ward. It was fun to see my sister! I love Kristi & I'm glad to see that she has a cute apartment & is living a pretty good life! :)

This Saturday, I threw one of my favorite people ever (Katie), a bridal shower. I had a lot of fun, I hope she enjoyed it! I didn't take any pictures. I really meant to. I forgot to assign someone to camera duty. But anywho... we had food, we played games.. we chit-chatted. We're girls, that's what we do.

Also, I made a new bed skirt for mine & Doug's bed. I used our flat sheet that we never use and would never ever use in the future and I cut it up. I measured the length of 3 sides of our bed & then I measured the length from the bed to the floor (or like an inch or two above the floor. Then I just cut the fabric & hemmed it. After doing all that, I actually did NOT sew the pieces onto the previous bed skirt... instead I Velcro-ed them. I really like how it turned out. & I liked Velcro-ing the fabric on, because if I ever want to make another bed skirt,  I can just rip off these pieces & use them as a pattern for my next one & then Velcro the new fabric on. Genius! :)

Doug went to a Magic card tournament on Friday in Idaho Falls and he actually ended up coming in 2nd place. "That's my nerdy boy!" I always tell Doug, that if he's going to be a nerd, he better be the best nerd there is! In his world, he should be the coolest. All the other nerds should want to be him, because I don't want him to be the  kind of  nerd that all the other nerds make fun of! :) I'm proud of him for doing so well & he's always happy when he comes home from playing at a tournament, so that's a plus!