Just one of the many reasons I love Dennis

Life as of late has been great, but busy to say the least and Saturdays are my only day to play catch up at home. Yesterday was no exception to this as I had a HUGE list of things I wanted to get done that was triple the size of what was humanly possible.
So Dennis and I went through the day trying to get as much done as possible but then 6:00 rolled around, which meant time for the General Relief Society Broadcast, and I still had a giant list of things I wanted to get done. But alas, some Spiritual nourishment was more important and so off I went with no hope of catching up. Less than 2 hours later I headed home on a Spiritual high to find that Dennis had...
Finished prepping and painting my door
Put together all 4 of my new IKEA boxes
Vacuumed my apartment
Washed and cleaned out the car
Done my dishes (I don't have a dishwasher either!)
AND
Washed and dried all my laundry!
He was sweaty from trying to get it all done before I got home, and I was almost moved to tears. So so so so so sweet. Thanks Dennis. You are the best (to be read with a Nacho Libre accent for emphasis).

My Casa!

So here is a little taste of what my studio apartments looks like.

This is the outside of it. Charming right? Word on the street is that it was a polygamist's house. I'm not sure if that's valid cause the dates don't seem to jive, but it would make sense structurally. It looks like a normal house from the outside, and the bottom floor is like a normal home, but the side and upstairs have little studio apartments in them with their own kitchens and bathrooms. Mine is the smallest, so I guess that makes me the newest, least preferred wife :)

So speaking of the bathroom.... Did I mention it's microscopic? Please see pic below.



I think the picture speaks for itself. Needless to say, we sit sideways.

Life Update

It's been forever since I last blogged, and a lot has happened. So I'm just going to take a moment to update you all on my life.

First of all, things with Denicito are still going absolutely marvelously. We're going on 6 months now! Love his freaking guts.


Secondly, I quit my job in the Chinese Department. Though I was loving the work I was doing there, I actually got recruited back to my old job in the athletics department. Going back to work there felt like going home. It really is so great to be working there again. So Blessed.




Third, I moved out of my apartment and into a studio apartment all by my little lonesome and I freaking love it. And it is sooooo darn cute (not to worry, there will be pictures soon). It's tiny, but I have made it into my own little haven and I adore it. Coming soon is a post about the size of the bathroom, so be prepared for shock and awe.

Fourth, I got a new calling in my ward. Yes, you guessed it, Relief Society President! I'm actually really excited and grateful for this calling. I've been feeling like I need some extra strength and guidance right now as I'm in a new phase of life trying to figure out where I'm going and then BAM! The Lord gives me this calling that is accompanied with billions of blessings. It's a win win.



So that's it for now, but I will soon be adding a post dedicated solely to the studio. Its worth the wait. I promise.

The 4th of Julio

My 4th of July cake. I need to stop taking the easy cheap way out and use butter cream frosting instead of Better Crocker, and thicker fondant so that it lays smoother on the cake. But by the time I've colored all the fondant and all that, who wants to make butter cream frosting!


And these are the wonderful people I got to spend the 4th with. Dennis' sister in law's family. They rock the house. It really was so much fun watching all the little kids get closer and closer as all the dads showed off their lighter skils. It reminded me of my favorite 4th ever when we lit all of our own fireworks in the street at the Goude's house in Grandview. Those were the days. I just sat there all night feeling like I was living a scene out of the Sandlot. Priceless.

This is Dennis right before he danced in the street for all of us with 6 sparklers between his fingers. Another Wolverine attempt? Probably.

A bit of Bear & Bloomington Lake

I can't believe it's already been over a month since I lasted posted. This month has truly been busy. I now have two jobs. I work in the Chinese Language Flagship Program at BYU AND in a crazy turn of events, I got my old job back as the Administrative Assistant in the Student Athlete Academic Center in BYU Athletics. In addition to working two jobs, I am also going to school full-time. So it has been an insane, yet awesome summer. The following is one of the many highlights of July.

Dennis' roommate Andy invited us to stay at his friends cabin up in Bear Lake, so Dennis' roommates and my roommate Mikell and I all piled into the Trailblazer and headed to Idaho. The cabin was beautiful, the weather was perfect and the company was unbeatable. We had a freaking blast. But we didn't just go to Bear Lake, no that would no suffice, we also went to Bloomington Lake which took an hour or so of us driving on an extremly rocky dirt path, then a 10 minute hike to get there. But as you can see from the pictures, our drive to the glacial lake was well worth it.


Mikell and Andy making a Sand Drip Castle

This was not meant to look this awkward... but because it did, I feel bound by my honor code of hilarium to post it.

The whole crew. At this very moment all of our skin was being crispified like Kentucky Fried Chicken. Aloe vera here we come.

Mikell braving the Rope swing

The cliff from which we jumped. The water looks kind of green in these pics, but really it was a turqouise color. gArgeous.

Yes, that is snow, and yes we swam in it, and yes, it took about 20 minutes to get used to swimming in it without feeling like you were going to hyperventilate and drown.

This is what surrounded the Lake to the east, yellow and blue wildflowers. Unreal.

We were sooooooooooo beat after a weekend in the sun, but it was well worth it.

Reoccurring Theme??

As many of you have probably noticed by now, there seems to be a reoccurring theme with my blog entries. They seem to almost always consist of me taking pictures of Dennis looking ridiculous and then posting them online for all to see. Fear not, for today will not be an exception to that rule. So this coming weekend is the very lovely Jade's 5 year old princess birthday party, for which I will be doing facing painting. I am overly excited about the whole thing to the point that I wanted to practice beforehand. And like the sport that Dennis is, he volunteered to be my palate. The whole apartment was entertained by our proceedings.

And In response to Rachael's comment:
See!!! Totally, NOT serious.

ngóh syū

So at my totally awesome new job, one of my responsibilities is to edited this book...

... which basically means I am getting paid to learn Cantonese. Life = Rad.