1 Year Anniversary

Jeff and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary almost a month ago on June 13th! He gave me a gorgeous bouquet of flowers, we went out to dinner and a movie and came home to our frozen cake top! Yes, we saved the top of our wedding cake, mummified in the freezer for an entire year. After it had thawed all day we unwrapped it and hoped for a decent tasting treat. To our surprise it was delicious! Almond-poppyseed, yummy. The frosting was great too and even had some of the scrolling left on the surface. I found the flower arrangement that topped it and put it back in the cake for a few pictures. Here are some pictures from the wedding cake 1 year ago and the cake as it stood so beautifully on our anniversary. (We did not smash it in each other's faces this year) Happy Anniversary last month Jeffrey!! I LOVE YOU!

Random things about me...

I wanted to do it too, so here you go.


10 years ago:

I was 11 and terrified of being a “Middle-schooler.” The thought of having to open a locker on the first day made me nervous and sure enough, I was late to homeroom on my first day of class because I couldn’t get my locker open… I remember being nearly the last person left in the hallway. On a not-so-frightened note I was excited to soon be 12 and entering Beehives with the rest of my friends!


5 years ago:

Sweet 16!… nearly 17 by this time. Mom, Dad, Kels and I had just returned from a trip to Nauvoo and Winter Quarters during the summer break. I was working at Mail ‘N’ Copy in Windsor, getting ready to start my Junior year of H.S., and excited to be a part of the brand new Windsor High Varsity Dance Team.

5 months ago:

Gosh, five months ago… school School SCHOOL!!! I was deep in Organic Chemistry, both lecture and lab, Physics lecture and lab, Humanities, and two dance classes to keep my sanity! Both Jeff and I were diving into classes and staying up late doing homework. Let the fun begin again in less than two months!


5 Things on my To-Do List:

1. Scrapbook wedding pictures
2. Paint the pot for my alovera plant and repot it
3. Declare Minor
4. Schedule appointment with Dr. Brown to discuss nutrition research
5. Set up dentist appointments


5 Snacks:
1. Fruit
2. Dad’s cookies
3. dry cereal in a cup
4. Soynuts
5. Boiled artichoke and hollandaise sauce


5 Billionaire things:
1. Two Grand Pianos, maybe even a Concert Grand…
2. Home gym with full dance floor and personal dance/weight trainer
3. Recording studio
4. Game room: billiards, air-hockey, Super Mario Bro’s, Pac Man and a popcorn machine
5. Reserve an entire amusement park when family is in town


5 Places I have Lived:
1. Windsor, CO
2. Provo, UT
3. ?…..
4. Some day these others will fill up with new locations
5. But I hope we don’t have too many moves


5 Things You Might Not Know About Me:
1. I had an elderly imaginary friend named Toba who lived in a closet at Tozer school and looked like sunbonnet Sue
2. At the age of 14 I was four inches shorter and nearly 20 lbs more than I am now… a little on the ‘dense’ side as my brothers told me
3. I won the Harvest Festival Pageant in 2004 and became Miss Windsor 2004
4. I love the smell of coffee
5. I’ve saved and dried every rose ever given to me


5 Pet Peeves:
1. When my co-workers aren’t being proactive and are getting paid for sitting around
2. Two-faced people – being an entirely different person with me vs another individual
3. People arguing about things they know nothing about
4. Parents who have no control over their kids
5. Coffee can exhaust pipes, and over-sized ghetto spoilers

Slightly more acceptable than a chain letter?

I was tagged, so here you are...

10 years ago:
I was spending my days at summer basketball and volleyball practices prior to my freshman year at Tustin High. For all of my mom’s good intentions, I was happy to have escaped the clutches of rival Foothill High and be enrolled at a school with all of my friends. And I was procrastinating Boy Scout advancement at all costs.

5 years ago:
I was working at Anchor Blue in the Tustin Marketplace, a month before leaving for Brazil. By the time my visa had arrived, I was more than ready to leave. I secretly wondered if Ribeirão Preto would have real toothpaste and adequate sanitation. I went to three rock concerts that July to get it out of my system before I left for two years.

5 months ago:
The Junior Core of the Accounting program was rearing its ugly head at every turn. Amy and I had class on the night of Valentine’s Day, so we decided to go to dinner at Red Lobster two days before. I was starting to interview with some accounting firms for summer leadership programs.

5 Things on my To-Do List:
1. Apply for Pell Grant
2. Thank-you cards from the wedding (don’t judge me)
3. Convert some home video tapes to DVD
4. Finish my paper for the Religious Symposium in the fall
5. Plan CA/CO trips

5 Snacks:
1. Chips and salsa
2. Chex Mix
3. Gummi Bears
4. Crackers with Easy Cheese
5. Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies

5 Billionaire things:
1. Home gymnasium and pool
2. Full size home theater
3. Buy the Angels and remove the “Los Angeles”
4. Open a restaurant
5. Five-star member of the Cougar Club

5 Places I have Lived:
1. Tustin, CA
2. Provo, UT
3. Lins, Brazil
4. Espírito Santo do Pinhal, Brazil
5. São Carlos, Brazil

5 Things You Might Not Know About Me:
1. I have never chewed a piece of gum and never will
2. I was in a Bowling for Soup music video
3. I was nominated for Homecoming King
4. I met Fall Out Boy personally before they were big
5. I was cut from my 8th grade basketball and volleyball teams before the coach changed his mind and put me back on

5 Pet Peeves (this one was my idea):
1. Talking during movies
2. Errant candy wrappers (found anywhere except for the trash)
3. The bandwagon fan-mass currently calling itself “Red Sox Nation”
4. Excess posting of personal information on Facebook
5. When the volleyball is hit over on the second touch

I will not oblige anyone to pass this on, but feel free.