He's Home!

Welcome Home Mason!
Here is the cool jacket I made for him.

Elder Mason!

My darling baby brother comes home from his mission in ONE WEEK! I am so excited to see him and to fill each other in on the past 2 years. He has been such a great missionary! I can tell from his emails that he has been working so hard.

A couple of people have asked me if we are going to pick him up. No. We are not. He has been serving in Montreal and this is what it looks like up there right now:

No thanks. I will be just fine with him coming home to us.

For anyone that is interested he will be speaking in church on Sunday, Feb 22 at 11:00 in Draper. Pass it on. Call me if you need directions.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Here is a little bit about our Holiday:

We spent Christmas Eve with Zak's Fam. Here are some littles:

Later that night we lit 2 candles for our 2nd Christmas together. And Zak made our awesome PJs.
On Christmas Day we got to talk to Mason who comes home from Montreal in February. Yippie!
We battled the snow to visit the Klemms later that night.
For Christmas Zak got a snazzy new suit. I'm not sure about the Blue shirt with the brown suit, but hey- Bonus! I made the blue shirt in my class this past semester! I'm so proud!

Tag

I got tagged by Amanda and here are the rules:

1) Post the fourth picture in the fourth folder of the pictures on your computer.
2) Tell everyone what is happening in the picture, stories, etc.

Here is my picture. It is from my Floral Design class, when I was studying for a test. I had to memorize a bunch of different flowers. These happen to be my new favorites. I wish I had known about them for my wedding!

I tag anyone that needs a fun post.

18 Months!!

We have been married for 18 fabulous months!! It seems like we have always been together. Love you Sparky.

Tag

Five things I was doing 10 years ago...
1. Attending "Crescent View Middle Prison" as I called it.
2. Learning to play the Cello.
3. I cut my hair short, and permed it. It was an accident. I looked like Orphan Annie.
4. Dancing at Artistic Dance
5. Being best friends with Chelsea, Brittany and Erica.

Five things on my to-do list today...
1. Homework
2. Procrastination of Homework (check)
3. Open Sewing lab to get caught up on my projects
4. Find a sub for work so I can go to Las Vegas for my cousin's wedding
5. Plan my classes for my last (and I meant it this time!) semester at BYU

Five snacks I enjoy...
1. Peanut M&Ms
2. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies
3. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies
4. Canned Corn (Little known Fact)
5. Chocolate Covered Pretzels

Five jobs I've had...
1. Nanny
2. Payless Shoe Source Sales Associcate
3. Comfort Inn and Suites Front Desk
4. EFY Counselor
5. Student Athlete Academic Center Secretary/Mentor

Five places I've lived...
1. Sandy, UT
2. Draper, UT
3. 128 Robison Hall, BYU Campus
4. "The Rustic and Sophisticated Lodges and Glenwood," Provo, UT (This place counts as its own country)
5. Little Mexico, Provo, UT (Yeah, I don't get out much, apparently. Utah is my home)

Five things I'd do if I won a million dollars...
1. Buy a house
2. Go Shopping
3. Go to China
4. Go to Europe
5. Finish School

Five things that made me laugh recently...
1. The fact that I was listening to Christmas music yesterday.
2. Working in the SAAC late at night with Taylor
3. Penelope on SNL ("Well, I'm best friends with all the Muppets.... soo... I was invited to all their weddings... sooo... I have a time share on Jupiter... soooo... I probably know the area better.... sooo... I dated Tony the Tiger.... soo.. I broke up with him.... sooo...." " I have 99 speeding tickets.... soooo... I was driving faster..... soooo.... I broke the sound barrior... sooo... I went to the future.... sooo....")
4. Leisy keeping her pregnancy a secret until week 24!
5. Zak making fun of me for listening to Christmas music and wanting to set up my Nativity yesterday.

My Yearbook

1984

1958ish

1980ish

1996

1960
"Have a great summer! Don't ever change!
Smooches! Tiffanie"

he loves me

Everyone has bad days. Mine was yesterday.

Zak, being the sweet guy that he is, grabbed our hand vacuum that we use for our cars, and chased me around our apartment to"vacuum out my heart," to get rid of the bad day-bad feelings.

It worked.
Thanks Zak.

Flake (Warning: this is Ranting Tiffanie and should only be taken partially seriously)

This is where my graduation picture should be...

So. It is not news that I have trouble making decisions. We'll no- actually I make decisions and then I change my mind- that's the real trouble. Here is the latest:

Originally I was going to finish my classes in June and graduate in August. Then I think to myself "Whats the rush, lets take summer classes too." So fine. I was all set to graduate from college in August which is only a little bit behind the expected April 2008 graduation day that I had always planned for. I was applying for "Big Kid full-time jobs, I had told my awesome Student Athlete job that I was going to be done in August, I was getting everything ready to don the cap and gown when I get a great idea called "Lets stay in school LONGER!" As I was looking at jobs, and figuring out what the rest of my life would look like, I realized that If I stayed at BYU for another year, I would be able to go through the state to become qualified to teach Family and Consumer Sciences in high school. Ironically, this is something that in high school I promised that I would never, ever do, but now I am really excited about it.

Ok, decision made. I changed my graduation day 3 weeks before the big day. (This sounds strangely familiar to that one time when I was going to go to BYU-Idaho up until 3 weeks before I was supposed to leave for school, and then I changed my mind and came to BYU instead. Do we see a pattern here?) I started getting classes and realized that each one has its own 3 hour lab. As a result my schedule is pretty full and very sporadic. Because I was going to graduate and had told my job that I was leaving they had already replaced me, and my last day was quickly approaching.

So here I sit, on my last day of the job that I have had for 3 years, with more school and job searching ahead of me. I feel like a freshman that is just starting out.

This whole decision is kind of a slap in the face to my pride. For the past 3 years of college I have tried to explain to people that I did RESEARCH on families and relationships. I was NOT in the major that focuses on "Mom stuff" like cooking and sewing. Here I am and the extra classes that I am breaking my back to take are cooking and sewing. Just think for a sec about how if I had just swallowed my pride in the first place I would have been able to skip writing all of those research papers about Infantile Amnesia, How Eating Disorders affect families, and Teen Pregnancy, and I would already be happily teaching grumpy teenagers. (I really do like teenagers, they are my favorite age group, but they really are grumpy).

Sigh. I know things will be fine. I feel better now.

Breaking Dawn

I went with Heather and her friends to the Barns and Noble Midnight Party for Breaking Dawn. At first I thought it would be totally ridiculous to go to a book store in the middle of the night to wait in a super long line for my sister to buy a book, but it really was fun. I got to the store at about 10:30 pm and showed up wearing pajamas-which apparently turned out to be a mistake. People had been there waiting all day long and were dressed up in prom dresses and heels. They had best dressed contests and a bouquet toss to help count down to the moment the first book would be sold. In order to avoid some of the chaos, I found a good book and cuddled up in the corner to read.
The girls reread the final chapters of Eclipse to prepare for the fourth, and final book of the series.
And then they got bored, so they played beauty shop. Aren't they cute?!
Finally, at 2:00 am they were the proud owners of the new book.

Park City

Park City is my very favorite place in the whole world! Mom, Dad Heather and I got to go shopping, on the Alpine Coaster, and to our favorite book store on Main Street. Zak had to work, so he couldn't come. (Sorry Zak, we will go again soon!)

Summer Stuff

Hiking with my fam!

More Pigs

This was our Ward BBQ last month. I was totally going to win the pie eating contest... but not quite. I know, its gross.
And this is Zak doing the watermelon eating contest, with Megan trying not to barf.

When Pigs Fly

4th of July Balloons. Very very very early in the morning.

Things you should never ever say

Me: I finished the ice cream today, so we need more.
Zak: You did? How much was left?
Me: I don't know... a bowl.
Zak: Wow. You're a little piggy!
Me: What did you just call me?
Zak: Well I could have called you pig. Piggy is affectionate.

Right.

This One is For My Love

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Try JibJab Sendables!

Not Disgusting!

For our anniversary, Zak and I pulled the top layer or our wedding cake our of the freezer. I was ready to nibble on it and be grossed out. Year old cake is supposed to be gross, right? When we cut it, we were pleasantly surprised to see that it was our favorite kind of cake- PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING! Whoever picked that flavor was really smart! (I did, I picked it, I'm smart).

The moral of the story is: That cake was amazing! It tasted so good, even after one whole year. I am just disappointed that I didn't get to tasted it in all of its freshly baked glory.

MFEO (Made for Each Other)

I am convinced that Zak and I were meant to be together. We would have met each other no matter what. Our paths have crossed so many times that we were bound to bump into each other eventually. For example:

My first brush with Zakness was when I was in 9th grade and he was a senior. My friend had a huge crush on this boy name Zak, that spelled his name in such a cool way. Name spelling is always an important factor in determining the guy you like. She told me how he would give her rides home from school and how much she liked him and how she was sure that he didn't like her back because she was only a Sophomore. She was right- he didn't like her back, poor girl.

We both went to Alta High School, but we didn't meet each other there. We know a lot of the same people, so its fun to swap stories.

We both decided to come to BYU at the very last second. Zak applied on the last day, and I was all set to go to BYU-Idaho until I had a freak out and changed everything 3 weeks before classes were supposed to start.

We both lived in Glenwood (where we ended up meeting) but we were in different wards. Zak was friends with someone in my ward and they came and sang in our sacrament meeting. I thought Zak was cute, but I told myself to stop being shallow at church ( I was in a bit of an anti-dating mood at the time). Just as I was scolding myself, my roommate leaned over to me and and whispered "He is so HOTT!" I had to agree.

When we met we both had the same model of an old crappy Dell laptop that we got for super cheap. Match made in Heaven.

After we were married things kept happening, like the time we parked our cars nose to nose in the Macey's parking lot. We didn't see each other until we were loading stuff into our cars and we realized that we must have been walking right next to each other for a while.

The greatest story yet happened last semester when we were in the Library between classes. I was working in the computer lab, minding my own business, when I looked at the person next to me to find that is was my handsome husband. We had been sitting next to each other for half and hour!

Happy ONE YEAR Zakkie! Its been a good one.

Spring Term

Tomorrow is my Last First Day of School! (For a while at least) Wish me luck. I am sad to be done with BYU. Is there anyway I can make a career out of being a student? I just started to get good at school and now they are kicking me out.

EASTER!

I love Easter! It is my favorite holiday out of ALL of them. I love the symbolism of the day. I love the chocolate, I love that we hide candy all over our house. I love that we celebrate the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. I love Ash Wednesday, Lent, Palm Sunday, and Good Friday (Even though I don't really celebrate most of these events, they are still a fun way to count down to spring).

This is my favorite way to die Easter eggs. You drip birthday candle wax on the egg before putting it in dye. It makes cool little bumpy dots. When we were little, we used to call them dinosaur eggs.

My mom made each of us a fudge Easter egg. Very yummy. She gets into Easter as much or more than I do.

We had an Egg Hunt in my back yard with my cousins. Too bad it was to early for flowers- Crazy Spring in Utah.