Spring Break- Seattle

Following Kevin's interview Thursday we headed up to Seattle to go see Scott and Adrienne. (Okay lets be honest it was to go see Savannah). We got there just in time for dinner on Thursday and enjoyed a yummy dinner and had some good catching up time. Savannah was cute and very friendly with me from the beginning, however she took a minute to warm up to Kevin (opposite of London).

Friday Kevin and I headed downtown Seattle. We got the city pass so we decided to try and use it as much as possible. We started the morning off with a harbor cruise. Although the weather was supposed to be rainy, it ended up being really sunny so we enjoyed the fresh air, sunshine, beautiful scenery, and all the information that was told to us about the city. We then headed over to the aquarium. It was fun aquarium (especially the sea otters). We stopped for lunch at Ivars and then headed up to Pikes Market. We enjoyed the gum wall, all the beautiful flowers, fresh fruit, and of course the people watching. We ended the night by going on a walk to find a "little Italy" that did not exist. And then to The Pink Door, a yummy Italian resteraunt where we enjoyed some yummy Lasagna.

Harbor Cruise

Seattle Skyline

Petting Zoo at the aquarium

Octupus

Sea otters showing off

Gum wall

Pikes Market

Saturday we spent the day with Scott and Adrienne. We went out to lunch at a chowder house (yum!) and then went and enjoyed the sunshine at Point Defiance Park and then went around the city enjoying some more sights.

Sunday was Easter and it was spent at church and enjoying the sunshine and the company. And this cute little girl.

Monday we headed down town again. We started the day off at the Zoo (My choice) and then to the science museum. We had a free Imax documentary so we went to watch that and then started exploring.
                                   

Thanks for the view Mr. Bear

Scott and Adrienne were able to meet up with us there so we spent a few hours exploring and acting like little kids again. Kevin and I went next door to the space needle (beautiful from up top) and then met up with them again for dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.

Tuesday was our day of parting. We had to say goodbye to Scott, Adrienne, and Savannah in Seattle, and then I had to say goodbye to Kevin at the Portland airport. It was such a fun, relaxing trip, full of lots of sea food (mmm) (TMI: my urine smelled like Sea food for days) and Great company. It was fun to actually really get to know Scott and Adrienne better and spend some time with them and Savannah. Thanks Scott and Adrienne for a great trip. Tell Savannah that Kevin and Kallie will be back to visit soon!

Spring Break (Oregon)

This year spring break was a bitter sweet situation. I was very much looking forward to spring break and a get away (I was getting pretty worn out) but spring break also meant packing Kevin up and moving him to Oregon.  So when Friday rolled around I was both really excited and very nervous for the next couple weeks. Our spring break was only a Thursday, Friday, and Monday (Okay lets be honest that is not a spring break more like just a long weekend). Due to it being so short I had to take 4 days off of school. I took Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (had Thursday, Friday, and Monday off for spring break) and Tuesday. So on Friday the 30th we headed to Caldwell where we stayed at Uncle Steves, and then woke up and drove the rest of the way to Grants Pass on Saturday. We of course stopped in Bend at the duck store to buy us a new sticker (since our last one was taken away with our shattered window). After Bend we hit some snow but not enough to slow us down too much. We arrived in Grants Pass just in time to send Kevin off to Priesthood. I spent the night with Shelby and the kids.

Sunday was spent watching conference and spending time at Jeff and Shelby's and playing the the kids. The exciting part about Sunday was Kevin received an email at about 10:30 that night from Oregon with an interview invitation. Talk about perfect timing. Anyways Monday he called and set up his interview for Thursday. The rest of the week is kind of a blur we went to a party at the office, did some babysitting, and a lot of relaxing.

Kevin and London's Pouty faces

"Hey Mr. Alligator can't catch me, can't catch me"

Wednesday we headed off to Portland. We first stopped by the Portland Temple, only to put the car in park right as a big hale storm started. We ran to visitors center and enjoyed a quick but fascinating tour. Once the hale and rain subsided we spent some time wandering around the grounds and admiring the beautiful grounds and enjoying the peace that always comes when you are at the temple. 

We then headed past Portland and made our way to Multanomah Falls. It was beautiful but cold. So we spent a few minutes enjoying the beauty and then headed down town to our hotel. Our hotel was about 10 min from campus so we decided to drive over to campus so I knew where I was going in the morning. Side note- I hate driving in cities so I was petrified to have to drive Kevin to his interview and back to the hotel by myself. However after driving it a couple times I got the routine down and felt somewhat comfortable driving him. We then spent the rest of the night relaxing and getting ready for the next day.

Thursday consisted of taking Kevin to his interview and me going back to the hotel and doing poetry lessons. I picked Kevin up a little after 2 and we then headed North towards Seattle. Kevin said he thought the interview went well (they were really impressed with his letter of recommendation from Kent Granat). So now we wait...

Family Time

This past month we have seen every member of Kevin's family minus Craig. It had been since Two Christmas's ago that we saw most of them, so we were very excited. It all started in Utah where we went to see Jen and Eric.

On our way down to Utah we decided to stop at Lava Hot Springs (which we have been meaning to do forever). There we spent the day soaking in the hot springs and soaking in the sun. We both received our first sun burns and we were thrilled, I mean I was thrilled.

They were there for work so we were only able to spend Saturday night and Sunday with them but it was still a fun quick trip. We were able to meet our new niece Gwendolyn and enjoy hanging out with Luke. Sadly due to time and lots of spit up we were not able to get a picture. Overall it was a great trip and so fun to catch up with Jen and Eric.

Just for laughs

I always get a good laugh when I see this picture. What cute nerds!

2 wonderful years

It is hard to believe that Kevin and I have been married 2 wonderful years. Although we would have both liked to escape and spend some time in the tropics for our anniversary we were not able to due to me getting time off and well money. So we decided to just have a relaxing anniversary. Our Anniversary fell on a Monday so we both had to work so after I got home from school we went and got pizza, and went to a movie.

When I came home from school I found these waiting for me. Daisy's are my favorite!

I also got head phone extensions and just dance 3! Kevin received his Iphone ha ha.

So since it is our 2 year anniversary I thought I would write about 2 of my favorite things about Kevin. (I could name a lot more, but for your sake I won't get to mushy)

1. His humbleness- I have never met anyone who thinks so clearly, has his head on straight, and is so understanding and humble about everything.
2. His strut- If you have not noticed Kevin has quite the strut and it is very sexy if I do say so myself.

Thank you Kevin for an amazing two years! Bring on Forever!

I've got who's its and what's its galore

Want thing-a-mabobs? I've got plenty. This has become my life song. In January I received a new insulin pump. My old one was fine but the warranty had worn out and since we are on good insurance we decided to get a new one. I was sad to say goodbye to Bullah who was a great friend and stuck by my side for almost 5 years (literally).  But I am happy to introduce Puma the new and I guess improved (I haven't found to much of a difference) insulin pump.

 And since we reached my deductible with my pump I opted to get a continuos glucose monitor (CGM). It checks my blood every 5 minutes and shows me a graph. You can also plug it into the computer and gets lots of other information like what your highest high has been and your lowest low and so forth. So meet Elmer (the sensor that is stuck to me) and Dexter the receiver.

 So yes, I now have two patches stuck to me and another device to carry around.
 Between my pump, my CGM and my cell phone I often fill like I have gadgets and gizmo's a plenty.  But even though they can kind of be annoying to carry around they are very helpful and so far I have loved my CGM and it has really helped me control my blood sugar because I always know where I am headed. It is interesting to see the way different foods affect my blood and the different trends it takes during different times of the day. Hopefully this helps me control my blood sugar better and help me get a better a1c.

Apples

So our Valentine presents this year had a central theme... Apples. Before Valentines Day and babysitting the kids I went and got Kevin's present and planned to give it to him ahead of time. So one night I snuck the present into my bag as we headed to dinner. I planned on giving it to him their but we ran into some friends and ended up sitting with them and enjoyed talking and catching up.  So upon returning home I asked Kevin to get my phone out of my purse. He started digging through it only to find his new "Apple" I-phone. He was completely surprised. We had been talking about how it would be nice for one of us to have a smart phone and so I decided why not spoil him and count it as Valentines and Anniversary since they are so close.

Thank you Stacey for helping me and setting everything up.



So for my Valentines presents I also got lots of apple things like apple suckers (my students are always eating them and making me crave them). And Carmel apples (mmm... those were delicious). Also added on to my Valentines day presents was weights and an ADULT onesie (like pajamas). 

Puzzled?

Kevin and I have a great routine going on. Kevin watches sports and I do a puzzle. Kevin usually joins me in doing the puzzle and I hate to admit it but I usually join him in watching sports as well. (This kept us sane during March madness)

The following are 2 out of 3 puzzles we have done. All 3 of them were of places we have been... Venice (not pictured) Paris, and Holland.