one week from today...

i will be putting on a black name tag!

time flies, friends.

valentine's day report...

well, i must say it was a very successful valentine's day! two key ingredients:

munchkins

(every valentine's day dad gets munchkins for his munchkins...that's me...and kisses for his mrs.)

love notes
(ethan and elle surprised us with homemade valentines. very sweet.)

the ingredients of a really good day...

7:24: woke up

7:31: ate biscuits and eggs for breakfast

8:12: snuggled back under the covers and watched the o.c. clips and beyonce-irreplacable music video on youtube

8:34: make my bed

8:44: work-out

9:53: shower

10:04: put my hair in a messy-bun with a hot-hot pink headband (my fave)

10:19: dance around my room and jam to ghetto-cowboy

10:26: put make-up on

10:30: put on my sweats

10:35: sort laundry and start a load of whites

10:43: enjoy some valentine chocolate from my visiting teachers

10:44: study preach my gospel

10:55: eric and kristie and the babies come over to get the van

11:26: study more preach my gospel

12:20: talk to jimmy on the phone

1:03: finish reading "A Child and a Disciple" by Elder Henry B. Eyring

1:14: email my peeps

1:26: eat lunch with momma and the babies

1:59: elle pooped her pants. it was a messy ordeal. we didn't have the diaper bag at the house, ergo, no new diaper. so we had to improvise. yes, that is a purple hand towel. this could be the last time mom and i get to babysit :)

2:38: play thomas the train with "grandma brendi" and ethan. we played a little bit of bob the builder, but ethy wasn't feelin it...

3:54: put pictures from my phone onto my computer

3:57: pick out pictures of family, friends, kansas sunsets, etc. to bring on my mission

4:27: print pictures at kinkos

5:05: go to best buy

5:37: go to wal-mart

6:15: talk to stephanie on the phone

6:31: go back to best buy and get the outlet adapter that i forgot the first time i was there

6:55: go to papa johns and pick up a large hawaiian chicken pizza, then head home to enjoy it

8:02: go back out to price chopper to pick up some hot fudge for vancouver sundays. i saw my neighbor while there, and we small talked.

8:33: eat a few bites of momma's sunday (these sundays are different than our famous beijing sundays...this olympics we added heath bits...hence the new name of vancouver sundays vs. beijing sundays.)

8:49: get on the elliptical and burn off all the calories i have eaten today. i do this as i watch the opening ceremony of the olympics!

9:05: take a break from the elliptical and stare ooglly-eyed at chelsea's new engagement pics that she got taken today--they look sooo good!

9:43: work out some more

10:46: crack up at this video with my dad (click here if you want a good laugh)

11:01: love the fact that steve nash--canadian celebrity--helped light the olympic torch

11:20: get ready for bed

now: make this post, then read some more before putting the head to the pillow

what a good day

sidenote: i finished all my mission shopping today!!! (hopefully, i didn't forget anything, but after all this shopping, i really don't see how i could have.)

once in a lifetime...

yesterday was one of those days i will want to tell my grandkids about someday. i had the opportunity to ask Elder Bednar (an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) a question. gosh. what a blessing! i am really glad i didn't chicken out...i got pretty nervous. by the time i started making my notes my handwriting was a little shaky... :)

so this was my question: "if there was one thing that you wish you knew before your mission, what would that be?"

Elder Bednar and Elder Melchin (First Quorum of the Seventy) both answered. it was so neat to hear about their experiences when they were my age. if you want to know more about it, let me know, and i will tell you what i learned. :)

well anyway, i wish everyone a very productive/fun saturday and a very relaxing/uplifting sunday.

love. amor.