"for the longest time"

I am just discovering that I love this song from Billy Joel

I am loving it

oh and don't even get me started on this song by Billy Joel. If I would blast this through out my apartment everyday that would be just fine by me.

I am no Billy Joel fanatic but those songs are so fun. I love "Still Rock and Roll to Me" especially when it talks about the cars and clothes. My favorite line... "Should I try and be a straight A student... if you are then you think to much."    

Wisdom right?

ok ok. I was kidding.

We didn't start the Fire is another good one (but gets old after a minute) and the only three I like today.

Enjoy!

jcrew factory website

nothing new to report, just working and going to school

can I just say how I want to be done with this semester and its only been a couple of weeks?

I just have a little over a year left--I can make it!

but I found that last weekend jcrew opened a jcrewfactory website

the catch is you can only order and look at cute things Friday-Sunday

check it out on Friday

(you just go to jcrew website and it should be next to sale it will say factory, but it is only there on the weekends)

I will.. and I will just keep wishing and making my list longer

birthday/sick but fun weekend

Dane's birthday was on Friday, I cooked him one of his favorites (chicken pillows) and later left for his brothers football game. On Saturday we went to the Utah football game in the afternoon (they won) then after went back to our place for a dinner-birthday get together for dane. It was fun to have some old and new friends there. We love Danes friends :) and Dane was such a good sport because through all of this he was not feeling well. (poor guy--on his birthday) 

we had spaghetti and homemade meatballs (recipe from my mom), burned garlic bread (i forgot about it) loft house cookies (danes favorite) and bean dip (from Ann)

(Recipe for Bean Dip *for melanie*)

1 can Refried beans

8 oz Cream Cheese

1 cup salsa

8oz Sour Cream

blend in blender

add shredded cheddar cheese - reblend

bake at 350 for 20 minutes

easy.

Dane on his birthday with his new shoes I gave him

don't you love them?

Sunday we went to Danes parents house for Dane favorite curry soup dinner (It was very good and creamy) and had cake with the Van Ry side. We had a very fun weekend :) 

now that the weekend is over, Dane is still feeling sick but recovering and now I am feeling terrible today. So in between reading for American Heritage (blah) I copied this picture.. 

I like to look through etsy and I found this and copied it

definitely not as good as the original :) hah definitely not. but it was fun and passed the time being sick.

now dane just needs to hurry home

Who's the Birthday Boy!?

Happy Birthday to Dane

the most amazing

handsomest,

smartest,

funniest,

sweetest,

wonderful man I am married to.

he is so much fun and tries anything, everything with him is exciting.

he is so selfless and shares everything with me

everyone just loves him and he can talk to anybody about anything for hours and hours

he speaks french and is always concerned about the people around him and thinks about them and ways to help them.

He is such a hard worker and so smart and always pushes himself.

I can go on and on!!

He is so special!

How lucky am I!?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANE!

**I hope you start feeling better and get over your sickness**

crazy

I think I took a crazy pill this morning

because I got up before 6 to go to a cycle class.

For me, that is very--very rare.

I went with my friends Amanda and Melanie (thanks for getting me out of bed!!) and boy was it a different workout from anything that I have done.

I liked it though, it was nice to get up and go workout early and get to work. I loved how the lights were still off while we worked out so it didn't shock me seeing that much light that early.

There is only one problem.. my rear is a little sore and tender today.

If only they had cushy seats :) perfect.

thanks amanda and melanie that was fun!

Ute game and Boating

We have had a great weekend and we still have monday with no work and no class to go!

We went to the Utah football game Thursday night and boy did that get intense towards the end or what? 

Dane could barely handle it. 

The Utes won in overtime and we have a blast. We sat next to our new friends

Amanda and Sam

aren't they fun?

They were so nice to let us sneak down to their seats on the 6th row compared to our real seats in row 65 or higher. Thanks you two!

On Friday we went to Dane's little brother Sean's football game at woods cross. He is a sophomore and so fun to watch. He is such a big 15 year old too that he dominates. He had some pretty spectacular plays, the first was a fake play that the quarterback threw to him and he threw a 70-yard touchdown. 

Later in the game he had an amazing catch. 2 guys were on him and the qb threw it and he caught it and just bolted away to score a touchdown. It was fun to see and see how proud Dane is of his little brother. He gets so excited for him. cute.

On Saturday Amanda and Sam entertained us some more and we went boating with them early in the morning. It was so much fun! I am not a huge boating girl but I am loving it so far. They invited another couple from the ward Jill and James and the four of them are tons of fun.

we all wakeboarded and now my body hurts--but it was worth it

they had a wakesurf and I was able to try it. It was definitely a different feeling from surfing but wakesurfing was pretty awesome. We loved that

dane wake surfing

here I am trying..

and there is sam showing us how it's done.

thanks for such a fun weekend!

artweekend in SLC

I am very excited about the art weekend in salt lake coming in october.

Lately I have been craving some sort of artistic outlet and this will be perfect.

I enrolled in 3 classes (sorry dane--**I told him I would just pick two**)

But I couldnt help it, I wish I could have picked all of them. There are atleast 4 others I am dying to try.

I start on Friday, the 8th and I am taking an Illustrator Basics class

I have been itching to learn more about illustrator and I am looking forward to this

The only bummer.. they are on CS5 now--I only have CS3-I am outdated.

fun illustrator things i'll learn..

The other class that I wasn't planning on taking is a Calligraphy class on Saturday the 9th.

Ya, sounds old and boring but look how cute it can be

doesn't that look so fun? I can write cute YoungWomen handouts, or make something fun.. I just thought I would never have the option to take a class like this again. So why not!?

the last class I am taking is Watercolors. I love painting (I am not good at all) but there is something so relaxing about it that it is fun for me to do. I have painted with watercolor but I wasnt paying attention to techniques or anything. I am looking forward to this watercolor class so I can mess around and have an excuse to get new art supplies :)

pretty huh?

and look she has the calligraphy integrated in her watercolors.. maybe I will learn how to do this and make pretty little things for our home.

Its just a month away and sign ups run out fast

anyone want to sign up and do them with me? 

look up the classes here 

Didn't you know...?

That I have the coolest and cutest mom?

 

Even though my family are huge zoobies (BYU fans)

and I happened to marry the biggest UTE ever possibly created..

she sent up a package for the game Dane and I will be going to after work today up at the U.

She did however hide one tiny reminder of BYU...

our utah game basket full of candy we LOVE (and red)

can you spot the one hint of BYU?

There it is.. right on the bottom so no one can take it out.

Cute huh?