Catch Up!

Well, life as we know it is currently fantastic. Things are going really good! Mitch is doing his internship this semester on campus with the Mechanical Engineering department...but more specifically he works with all the plumbing. He seems to enjoy it, although it isn't really the kind of hard work he's used to. But the people he works with are great! He actually only has a couple more weeks left. Its been a huge blessing for us to have him doing this internship this semester! He's making money and fulfilling education requirements at the same time...with no homework! (That's not saying much though, he rarely ever has homework anyways.) I'm just working as a paraprofessional at an elementary school right now. I work one-on-one with the same student every day. He's a second grader and he has more energy than anyone I've ever seen in my life. Everyday is an adventure, and I really love it!

Let's see...some cool things that have been happening...

First of all, it was my birthday last month! Mitch and I are now the same age for a few months...but neither of us really act like it so I guess that's not important. My birthday was awesome!

Mitch took me out to dinner at Applebee's where I ate some delicious steak and potatoes.

I got a million birthday cards from some wonderful family and friends, as well as a box of cupcakes from my brother Jeff and sister-in-law Sarah! The cupcakes came all the way from DC!!! When I was there visiting in the summer we went to this place called Georgetown Cupcakes (maybe you've heard of it, there's a tv show all about it...or there was...) and they have every kind of cupcake imaginable. I think they sent me every chocolate one possible and they were DELICIOUS! I was so surprised to come home from work and find a dozen of those things sitting on my porch! Best cupcakes ever!

Mitch's family also had a birthday dinner for me complete with cake and ice cream. They also got me two of my very favorite movies, Megamind and Tangled. Honestly, if I could choose any movie to watch it would be one of those two. Megamind is HILARIOUS and so is Tangled! And they are both cute. :) They also got me a box of ammo....

FOR MY GUN!

Mitch bought me a .22 for my birthday! I've been saying I want one forever, but I didn't think he'd take me seriously. I was pretty surprised when he pulled it out of no where, and he'd even wrapped it! (only after his sister and brother and other brother turned down his bribes to get them to wrap it, but nevertheless it looked great) Everyone thinks Mitch bought it for me so he could use it...which is what I figured would happen...so originally I asked for a pink one. Mitch was not impressed by that request, and pretty much gagged everytime I mentioned it. Hahahaha. He looked all over Idaho Falls and Rexburg for a pink one, but couldn't find one anywhere--except for a little kids sized one. SO he ended up buying me a black one, but made up for it by buying it an awesome case! Its camo with pink in the background. Not that tacky pink camo that is everywhere, but a cool pink cause it looks more like a sunset in the background. Yeah ok, anyways, just look at the picture.

Ha, I also added a bow to the gun. Mitch didn't even take it off when we went to shoot it. Probably only because its a black bow with silver polka dots, and cause he didn't want to cause a scene with my little sister there. (Or maybe it was just because I was holding the gun most of the time, and it was loaded...)

In short, my birthday was fanstastic! I'm so blessed!!!

Some other things that have been happening...

We've been cooking! Mitch actually did most of the cooking the first month and a half we were married. I think he really likes it, but probably wouldn't admit that too freely. He's really good at it too! Lately we've been tryinging some new reciepes off of Pinterest (yes, I love that website! Mitch doesn't get it though ahahaha) and so far they're turning out pretty well!

This was the first one, I don't think it had a name but it was good. And a heart attack waiting to happen. Basically its just little smokies wrapped in bacon and covered in a brown sugar-based sauce. I made it more for Mitch cause he's obsessed with bacon, but I actually liked it too!

...but its probably more of a twice-a-year-meal.

Then just this week we made some homemade pizza pockets! They were soooo good! Good enough in fact that Mitch asked if we could make more so he could take them to work for lunch this week. Plus they were ridiculously easy. Gotta love that.