during my break

So, here at my new job, I work so much I'm required to take at least a 1/2 hour lunch break. It is because of this break that you are receiving this blog post. So, with 20 minutes left, and a whole cup of noodles to finish, here I go...

Details from the previous post:

As most of you know I will be finishing up my classes this summer and so to accommodate my family and trick a lot of comms students, I decided to walk this past April with my sister (graduating with her MA in Mass Comms). It was so fun and I almost want to do it again in August so I can get better pictures. My favorite one comes from halie's blog..

Next on the list is my new job... I used to be a secretary at the Comms dept. but our Internship Director retired so I was offered the job and accepted! I love it here so far and feel like I am doing good things for the office. My drawers are color coordinated and beautifully labeled (yes, just like my closet at home).

Since we moved, we got a new ward... that's a given. Here is the only pic we have from the actual move... Chris was nice enough to take a gross pic of Ben and I right as we started to load the truck (excuse Chris' finger). Big "THANK YOU" shout-out to Chris, Halie, Kendall, Rob, Jami and Ourselves. It was a quick move and couldn't have been done without these guys and Sam's Club Pizza. :)

that's all for the updates. Any other questions?

As for the up and coming events.. No, we're not getting re-married. Ben's younger brother Dan was brave enough to propose to his girlfriend a few months back and they'll be getting married the first week in June. Hopefully I'll have some pics to show after the event happens.

Also, Katie (Ben's younger sister) is performing in the Stadium of Fire in July. We're excited to go. It's the first time I've been since I was really little. It's going to be great.

and aren't you all excited for our 1-year anniversary??!! I am. I can't believe it's been a whole year (well, almost). not sure what we're doing yet, but hopefully we can save some dinero and go to vegas for a show and some shopping! =] We went to vegas back at the beginning of april and had a blast. More pics to come later. Breaks Over! adios.

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.

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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.