as much as you do.

Sorry for the lack of posts for the last 3ish weeks... we've moved and we still don't have internet..

Things that have happened...

Gradumakated.

New job. (both of us)

new ward.

new apt.

fam was in town for 2 weeks (just mom for 1 of those)

gpa is now an empty nester... (again) ;)

Todd's madg alaska adventure has begun -- see magicalalaska.blogspot.com for more details.. COMMENTS are very welcome.

Coming up....

Wedding in June

stadium of fire in july

diploma for natalie in august

1 year anniversary in 3ish months (aug)

school for ben in september.

that's all for now.. sorry i'm not blogging much. I miss it as much as you do.. ;) haha

adios.

Save the Date:

Food, Drinks and Fun provided. Call/Text me if you're free to help us out. We'll be starting at 9:30 or 10:00am and we will have delicious pizza (not 5$ hot-n-ready, I promise) or something else... I'm taking requests.. We will also have a special/delicious bundt cake that if you knew how good it was, you'd be begging to help us move. Come help us and you'll get a slice of this TO DIE FOR cake. and if it's just the Stouts & us.... well then, more cake for us. ;) jk. we'd love your help. There's plenty of cake to go around. =]

And So It Begins...

We've officially started packing today... Conference is a great thing to listen to while packing. It keeps you calm when the boxes don't fill up as neatly as you'd like them to. I'm considering renting a u-haul and just throwing everything we own inside of it. No big deal right? haha anyway... for now, we are leaving this mess to come back to after dinner tonight at gpa's house. We made him a roast. it will be delicious. =]

the Church is True

We have been very blessed recently/our whole life. but the last 24 hours have been especially amazing. Ben got a new (FULL-TIME) job that he will start at the beginning of summer and have through fall we just made the most amazing bundt cake and we found a place to live starting in summer that is even CHEAPER than where we are living now! somewhat smaller, but still a great deal!!!! (still kinda ghetto, but who cares it's definitely worth how much we'll be paying) We're excited to continue to live our life and save money and also continue to be so greatful to our Heavenly Father for blessing us so much. He really has helped us find all these great things (job, apt, bundt cake recipe, etc) :) We owe it all to him and will TRY to continue to read our scriptures/say our prayer/fast/pay tithing/try to be righteous... basically, we need to be just saying thank you all the time to our Heavenly Father because he is AMAZING. That's all for tonight. The Church is True so check it out.

LDS.ORG

helpful hint.

Well, after taking 2 tests (92% on one, and high hopes for the other) i have started to study for test #3... in doing so, i have discovered this helpful hint that I am going to try to remember for the final:

When studying for your finance test... don't start at chapter 9... It will make no sense because you haven't read chapters 7 & 8.

That's all. Until next time, --go in order.

just a day.. :]

guess what we made???? -- APPLESAUCE MUFFINS!!!!! they were DE-LISH.

I was so glad my mom emailed me the recipe. we made them tonight for dinner (b/c we weren't hungry for anything that took more than 20 minutes to cook).

Also, we went to a wedding/sealing today in Salt Lake for Ben's cousin Michael. It was a great ceremony and their colors were LIME GREEN and ROYAL PURPLE. it was a bright and unusual combo, but still beautiful. I only got one pic of the happy couple and it was of their heads cut off. Lame. Right? and I got a new outfit to wear to the wedding and it looks weird in this pic because you can't see my hot shoes. but ben thought I looked good so I believe him. =] I'm still adjusting to the new hair and pretty much only like it straightened... so we'll see.

This is us after the ceremony right after Mike and Chloe came out of the temple. funny thing is.. I bought that shirt just the other day and it pretty much matches ben's tie PERFECTLY. so we're super precious and matchy. =]

Also, we made some good chicken/pasta salad stuff.

this was the BEFORE pic from the delicious calzones we made. only lame thing is.. i forgot to take a pic of the AFTER!! jeeze. Well, they were de-lish and ben was really good at combining the ingredients. if we make them again, i'll try to take an after pic.

that's all for now. until my 3 midterms are over. adios.

blog slacker/busy.

So I've been trying to figure out what to post... hence the reason I haven't posted since AnnMarie's birthday. Well.... i'm back with not much to say... Back a little while ago aka beginning of february we went to the Ice Castles. They weren't as cool as they were the first year... but they were still awesome.

Also, as usual.. we like to cook and try new stuff... this is chicken cacciatore. it was pretty good.

Meatloaf with the delicious ranch mashed potatoes.

We also love pizza. and we made BBQ Chicken Pizza! it was great!

also, in recent news, i started working for the Sociology Student Association (SSA) at BYU and it's been fun. Keeps me way too busy but that's ok. I am excited to see the semester coming to a close but it's going to be a rough next month. i've got 3 more tests this week and a few papers to do. so yeah.. it will be busy and I'll try to be less of a blog slacker as my cousin tells me. =] haha thanks for the motivation heidi. can't wait to see you in a few weeks for the YW Broadcast. that will be awesome to go to LIVE.