5 things going on with the Gossetts

Here are the 5 most exciting things going on with us right now! 

 1. Dax is a fun loving kid and learns new things every day. He likes to blow kisses, play with any ball he can get his hands on, and feed himself by taking bites instead of having it torn up for him. Torn food is thrown on the floor most of the time. We have to watch him though so he doesn't stuff to much food in his mouth. He has also learned to do without a binki! This kind of makes me sad but also happy. He was so cute with his binki and how he would share it with me when I would ask for it, but at the same time I don't have to search for it before nap time, it doesn't get thrown around the store and he talks so much more to us without it! So Dax is doing great and we love every minute with him! 

 2. Graduation is creeping closer and closer! I graduate May 2nd and Kris graduates April 25! We are both so excited to be done with school (at least for now) and can't wait to not buy any more text books. 

 3. Kris got a promotion at work! This means that we will be staying in Provo for at least another year. After that we may move to Colorado so Kris can go to grad school or we may do something else. Who knows? 

4. I am doing my internship at the Best Western Mountain View Inn in Springville. This is exciting because I will be able to finish college and graduate. Its not exciting because it gets lonely and there is only so much to look at on Facebook, pinterest and blogs before I just want to do something else. I do need to read more since my sweet husband got me a book for Christmas that I haven't started yet, but reading at work isn't the cozy, snuggle up in footie pajamas and drink hot chocolate kind of reading. Its arched back in an uncomfortable chair kind of thing. Anyways back on topic...I do enjoy it for the fact that I meat tons of great people from all over, even from East Carbon and Australia. We also get tons of Canadians going down south. Lucky guys! eh. p.s. if you ever need a place to stay I can get you a friends and family discount. 

 5. We have enjoyed having Aryn and Mom stay with us for the past little while so they can watch Dax while I work and our normal babysitter, Kim, has been taking care of her new baby. We have been able to do fun stuff like get Aryn to laugh really hard and make cute skirts! Dax will probably go crazy having to put up with just me all day after they leave this week. 

 Bonus 6. I have had 3 friends have babies in the past month.  Go ladies! New babies are so wonderful and beautiful! I just love to cuddle little babies!!

The end is near...pregnancy style!

After we found out we were having a boy everything got busier and more exciting. I also got a lot more uncomfortable and sick! I was still working at A to Z Building blocks and towards the end of August I moved to the baby room. The plan was for me take Dax with me to work but that ended up not working out. It was fun though and I got some good experience taking care of newborns. Kris started Fall semester and continued to work at Vivint. Towards the end of October or beginning of November he ended up back on the phones, which he dislikes greatly but still does to support us. He will hopefully be off the phones again when sales pick up and they need someone else doing refunds and such again. In August, Catherine started planning my baby shower to be held in October! The baby shower turned out awesome with good food, friends, family and wonderful gifts for Baby Meko! By October I was feeling huge and having a lot of sciatic nerve pain. Working at the day care chasing 1 yr olds and being down on the floor a lot seemed to help keep me in shape and stretch me out, which was great when in came time to deliver. By the beginning of November I had started to dilate and become effaced which got me even more excited and brought hope that he might come a little early! I also got very sick from my lactose intolerance being intensified. I could eat small portions of dairy each day but drank soy milk instead of dairy milk. I worked up until November 16th and just the last week did I get cranky and complainy (according to my co-workers). The last week before I had him I enjoyed sleeping in and did a little cleaning. I was not one of those mothers that had the "nesting" instinct. I had to make myself clean. The weekend before Dax was born, Kris' Mom came to town. We had planned to have Thanksgiving at our house since we figured he would be born close to Thanksgiving and we wouldn't want to go anywhere. This also gave our parents the chance to see him soon after he was born. My Mom and sister, Aryn, came to town on Monday and my Dad came in on Wednesday. Wednesday night we all went to Gardner Village in the Salt Lake Valley to walk around and enjoy some window shopping. We also went to dinner together at an Apollo Burger. I was huge and uncomfortable! Little did I know that the next day I would have my baby!

A little of this and that!

Howdy all! Not much has really lately since Kris and I mostly just go to work. We did find out we are having a little boy! We are so excited to have him. We are enjoying getting his room ready. We are decorating it in a Lion King theme. I also enjoy buying baby clothes and decorating his bathroom with rubber duckys. I started feeling Meko move around 19 weeks and he moves a lot now. He likes to move late at night around bed time. Kris and some of my family were able to feel him move a little bit last week, but last night kris got to feel him kick really hard. He was really excited about that. The other exciting thing was feeling Meko's hiccups last night. At least I think they were hiccups because they were different than just moving and kicking. Feeling him move keeps me awake but I enjoy feeling him. Kris says it's fine if he keeps me awake now as long as he sleeps well when he is born. Lol Other than that we don't have much to say. We have spent time with both of our families for a couple days at a time. We have gone to a Bees baseball game andthe Days of '47 Rodeo with kris' sister and family. We also went to Seven Peaks last weekend since we have season passes and plan to go again this weekend. I will use more sunscreen though since what I did put on didn't do much. We hope all continues to go well with the pregnancy and we will finish up our summer with fun weddings before kris goes back to school.

A Baby Is On the Way!

Well a lot has happened since I last posted, but most of it started around the end of March, when I started suspecting that I was late. I had been late before so I waited a week longer, with the anticipation building, before I decided I should take a pregnancy test. After seeing the first ones results I decided I would not need the other two test for a while. It was positive; Kris and I were a little bit stunned to be able to get pregnant so quickly and easily, but very, very excited! Soon after we found out we were prego, we decided we wanted to take a vacation before having kids, so we planned a trip to San Antonio. I, along with many other people, were wondering what there is to do in S.A., but Kris soon filled me in on what we would be doing. We spent time exploring the famous Alamo as well as four other mission (although these ones did not have fighting occur in them), we watched a movie about the Alamo, that I slept through, and spent lots of time exploring the river walk which is beautiful. We also went to the little San Antonio temple, where you should normally make reservations and bring your own clothes since they have a limited supply to borrow. We didnt know those things but were still able to enjoy our time in their beautiful temple. For some more "historical" enjoyment we went to the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, The Guiness Book of World Records Museum, Ripley's Wax Museum and their other amusement attractions. All of those museum are right accros from the Alamo which I think is funny. I wonder what the people that fought at the Alamo think about having kind of ridiculous museums across from the place they fought so hard for. We did go to another museum that housed tons of antlers, along with exotic animals and info about Texas Rangers and their guns, jail house, and badges. While planning our vacation, I requested that we stay at a hotel nicer than a days in. Kris found us a great deal on the Historic St. Anthony Hotel. It was very elegant and old with a nice red carpet grand stair case. Sometimes I felt so crappy walking through the hotel all sweaty and nasty, but it can't really be helped the humidity down their. One night they had some kind of fundraising event with people dressed very fancy, and they had fancy food and fancy card games. Over the weekend they also had the aetherfest. People were dressed up in every sort of costume from Victorian, pirate, futuristic, Halloween, ect. Evidently it was a punkrock fest. who knows what they were all doing... San Antonio was very beautiful, and we enjoyed exploring all the history and kind of random places while down there. I would totally recommend this as a nice place to visit if you enjoy historical places like my history buff husband and I do. We did have to come back to the real world eventually though... Since then we have been working, packing and visiting the doctor. Kris is still working at Vivint in the Retention Dept but he is very stressed out being on the phone all the time. I am working at A to Z Building Blocks, with the two year olds, but will move to working with the babies in August. That way I can be with my baby while I work and I am very excited to be with them. Visiting the doctor has been lots of fun and exciting. On our first real visit at 13.5 weeks, we got to see the baby on the ultrasound to check length to make sure they were correct in how far along I am. It was very exciting, and made us feel like the baby was actually real seeing his or her heartbeat and hand wave and scratch his/her head. On Tuesday at 17 weeks we were able to listen to the babies heart beat which was good at 150. I have gained five pounds in four weeks, and have normal blood pressure. We also made an appt for July 9th to have the ultrasound to find out if our little baby is a boy or a girl. I want a boy but Kris doesn't care. We will be happy either way though. I have always wanted a boy first I think because I always wanted an older brother, not that the younger one wasn't nice to have. A girl would be fun though because then I can dress her up in cute clothes and headbands. lol For the record I am not feeling nauseous on a regular basis anymore, but my tailbone does hurt often and its hard for me to sleep on my side all of the time. I often find myself waking up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and I am on my back. I get very tired in the afternoons when I get off of work and can take a break, so we take naps a lot. Lastly, I developed a small bump near my left elbow a week ago that hurt like a bee sting for a couple days, then just hurt when I put pressure on it, and now seems to be getting smaller. Last of all, Kris and I moved to a bigger, nicer apartment in Provo! We found the apt. soon after we found out we were prego and it has all the things we need right now...three bedrooms so the baby doesn't have to have the deep freeze, spare bed, extra dresser and storage in his room. Air Conditioner-we about died last summer and didn't want to try it again. Pet friendly! Our apt managers found out about our cats after we had lived there for over a year. They went to live with my parents for a month and a half until we moved and we missed them a lot, but glad they enjoyed Grandma and Grandpa's house. hehe The apt is also generally bigger, except the kitchen, and has TWO bathrooms. The spare/babies bathroom is decorated with duckies! Well I think that is about all for now. I will try to update more so that my posts are not so long! and so everyone knows how the baby is doing.

Welcome Spring

Well I am pretty excited for Spring! So I made a wreath to show it. But first of all I just want to say how everyone elses lives seem more exciting than mine! Sometimes I feel like I just go to work and school to the gym once in a while and read everyone's exciting life experience. Kris and I do fun stuff to like we went to a REAL Salt Lake Game last Saturday but other than that we haven't done much recently. I just need to remember to find joy in the little moments and remember that once I graduate, get a job, move somewhere else, have kids it may get exciting for a time but may also get more tiring and not as fun. I love a song that talks about how in life you shouldn't wait for the next station on the train ride, just enjoy the ride.

Anyways I am excited for Spring so here is the wreath I made! I love how fluffy it is and I love the colors.

Pinterest Ideas - Making a Wreath

So recently I have been spending a lot of time on pinterest (my husband calls it an addiction but he spends just as much time ready sports plus the time he spends watching the games.) so I decided to actually make something and this is the wreath I cam up with. Its not perfect but it is cute and was fun to make!

Soup Contest Winners

Recently I received an LDS Living magazine with soup recipe contest winners printed in the pages. So far I have made two of the soups and have loved them both, so I figured I would share them with all of you.

1st Runner-up: Creamy Potato Soup

10 medium potatoes, cubed
14 slices bacon, sliced into 1/2" slices
1 small sweet onion, finely diced
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese (at room temp and sliced)
1 cup unsalted butter
4 cups 1% milk
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup flour
Salt & pepper
3 cups potato water (from boiling potatoes)

Place cubed potatoes in a large pot and cover them with water. Add salt for flavoring and bring to a boil. Cook until tender and remove the 3 cups of potato water to a separate bowl. Drain remaining water off potatoes.

While potatoes are boiling, cook bacon until golden brown. Reserve some of the drippings, add the onions and cook until transparent.

In large saucepan, melt butter, and with a whisk stir in 1 cup of flour slowly to incorporate. Slowly add 2 cups milk into the roux, making sure to stir constantly to avoid lumps. Slowly add sliced cream cheese to mixture, stirring until well blended. Add 1 cup milk, along with 1/2 cup sour cream, and incorporate into mixture. Slowly add up to 3 cups of reserved potato water. Sauce should be consistency of a medium-thick gravy. Salt and pepper sauce to desired taste.

Mix together bacon, potatoes, onions, and cream sauce to serve. If there are leftovers, add extra milk or water when re-heating to achieve a desired consistency.

Makes approx 14 servings


Rainy Day Ravioli Soup

4 cups chicken broth
1 Jar of your favorite spaghetti sauce
1/2 diced yellow or white onion
1 strip bacon, diced
1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
1 can corn
1 cup julienne carrots
1 bag frozen cheese ravioli
1 lb ground beef
2 tbs olive oil
salt & pepper
optional: 1 can Italian-style stewed tomatoes (I added them and it gave it a good flavor.)

In heavy stock pot, saute bacon, red pepper flakes, and onion in olive oil until bacon begins releasing its fat and onion begins to soften. Add ground meat and garlic and cook until meat is browned and almost cooked through. Add corn, carrots, chicken broth, and spaghetti sauce to the pan and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and add in the ravioli. cook according to time recommendations on package. Salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy!

Winter Wonderland

Since school ended a wonderful time of year has been here...Christmas Time!
Yes I have worked a lot since other teachers took some days off and Kris has worked less since his department closed early a couple of days. I love my job working with the kids though and it gave me something to do instead of sit around the house. My house has not been cleaned perfectly as I planned though... hehe oh well.

We had a wonderful Christmas with my family...Saturday we spent preparing for Christmas day and being lazy. That night we watched a movie about our Saviors birth and life that really shows the story in a way that makes it really real. I believe it is called "The Nativiy". We also opened pajamas that my Mom made us. Kris and I got matching monkey ones and they are even long enough for him and short enough for me since they are specially made! After we opened the pj's we decided to take pictures...Kris' bright idea was to throw me over his shoulder. This may be alright but Kris is tall, the ceiling is low and my head smacked right into it. Not the best moment of my married life.

Christmas Eve night I could not sleep of course... Ever since I was little I have had a hard time sleeping until I get to see my presents from Santa. I know I sound like a little kid but thats how I am. This year my presents from "Santa" were wrapped in my stocking so I watched Christmas Movies with Catherine.

Christmas Day we got up and went to Church. I hardley know any of the 4th ward anymore. Its good that The Phillips still sit on the 2nd row and my family sits right behind them...Solae' passed me some jelly beans during Sacrament Meeting... Hehe Its good to have friends at church. The spirit was really wonderful too and I so enjoyed the primary and young womens' singing Christmas songs.

We went home and opened presents and Kris even surprised me with some gifts like slippers, hiking sandals, and nerf guns! He also got me some jewelery, a gps and boots. I only surprised him with shower gel! Oh well, he wanted the rest of the stuff I got him. I wanted to get him a nice argyle sweater but he doesnt like the argyle pattern so that was a no go... Anyone else want to buy stuff for their spouse that they dont like? I think we should form a support group.

After presents we ate a wonderful breakfast of Monkey Bread and chili Egg Puff (ask my mom for the recipe if it sounds good because it is delicous!) We have had it for many years for Christmas breakfast and I even made the Monkey Bread last year when we were at Kris' moms house!

Then we took a nap...a much needed nap which was very nice. I think after we took a nap we started dinner, my brother came over and then played Catch Phrase!

It was a lovely Christmas and we so enjoyed time with family...we love our family so much we even took family pictures the next day! hehe

For New Years we spent the weekend in Taylorsville at Kris' sisters house with her family and their mom. We played games, watched movies, ate icecream, pizza and hot chocolate. Just some of my favorite things!

Now its back to school for me and Kris and back to the real world. Little kids that ignore me but can be so cute and forgetting to take their blankets or gloves out of my coat pocket. Kris is still enjoying his job although some people are like little kids.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, a happy New Year!

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Fall at UVU - 2011

Well I am kind of bad at blogging but I had a friend request that I update it so I will...

First of all, I started school and Kris didnt. This is never a good thing because then I just want to sleep in with him instead of going to Macroeconomics. I am happy that I only have three semesters left after this one. Every time I tell people that they say, "You are almost there" or "Wow! You are really close". I dont feel close to being done even though I have less to do than what I have done!
This semester I am taking so interesting classes and some not so fun ones. Macroeconomics is not one of my favorite for a couple of reasons...first of all economics is not really my thing. Second my teacher is very hard to understand mostly because English is his second language (He from the Middle East somewhere) and third because their are really rude people in my class. These rude people take advantage of my teacher being a somewhat shy, not the most street smart kind of guy. They always make rude comments about his teaching style which drive me crazy...I cant think of any right now, but sometimes I just want to turn around and tell them to shutup and quit complaining.
Next is statistics which I thought was going to be as horrible as calculus...Its not mostly because I have a really great teacher that teaches in a way I can understand. He tells us the things we will actually use in real life since he is the kind of guy who has "been there, done that", and the things we just need to know for the test. He also likes to get the class involved, so I feel more like participating, which keeps me focused so I follow what he is saying and give input when I figure things out.
Third is Calculus...I hate calculus and I have no idea when I will ever use it...Even my calc teacher said we will never use it because computers can figure it all out now, we just need to learn to think the way calculus works. Whatever that means. I am pretty sure my teacher for calc just sits at home reply to student emails so we can get help on our online homework problems. Oh and he goes rock climbing and ice climbing and tries to relate it to math. Hes a good guy but as the guy who sits in front of me said yesterday -- "I cross my fingers every day hoping he doesnt come." The main reason for this is because he is a very smart teacher who doesnt know how to teach entry level calc students. nuff said.
Fourth is Organizational Behavior. Some may wonder what this class is even about. Mostly we talk about unethical issues that businessmen/women have made to cause the demise of their corporations, different type of mental issues that leaders can have and how they affect their corporations, what motivates people, and how organizations work together. Its a pretty interesting class mostly because my teacher doesnt just have us read from the book. He is an older gentleman who has "been to a lot of theres, and done a ton of thats" so he tells us about all kinds of people and corporations he has worked with. He also likes to have us take personality test of all sorts.
Fifth is my online Information Systems class. I dont devote enough time to this class so I am not sure what its really about other than how businesses use computers and learning to use them effectively. I just do the homework which is pretty easy. I probably wont take another one again because I dont thing I am getting as much out of it as I would with an in person class. Plus group projects with people I have never met are really hard.
Sixth is "Teahcings of President Monson" at the institute. Pretty much we go and read talks that President Monson has given since he was called to be an apostle. He has some really good talks and so I bring them home and share them with Kris for FHE. I love this class!

Well thats pretty much all about school...Its always interesting and keeps me busy which is why I havent updated this.

A Colorado Vacation ~ 7/27-8/1

On August 27th I woke up bright and early to drive out to Colorado to spend time with family and friends. I drove half way in three hours or so and the last half took Kris about four and a half. Now some may say its because I speed but its actually because we stopped a couple of times to eat, use the bathroom, switch drivers, and get gas. There was also more construction through the part that he drove which slowed us down. This drive over I-80 to Colorado is not one of my favorite since I am used to rides about two or three hours to get most places I need to go in UT. We did make it though and have enjoyed our time here.

On Thursday we went to the Denver Temple to do a session with Kris' friend David. Its a beautiful temple but we forgot our camera to take any pictures. Next time though or visit it yourself. While driving to the temple I got to see some of Denver with all of its exciting sights...Elitches aka Six Flags, Coors Field where the Rockies play and the place where the Broncos play too.
Later that night we had wings of all kinds at Davids house with Joseph & Kristen Detro, Kenny Seaver and of course David Perley himself. I didnt eat many wings that night but I saw more consumed that night that I ever have seen in my life. We also made an icecream run because everyone loves ice cream!

Friday most of Kris' family came over for dinner and I got to see most of my nieces and nephews including my new niece Viktoria (Torie). Since I dont have any nieces or nephews on my side having little kids calling me Aunt Megan is kind of funny.

On Saturday we went to the Colorado Renaissance Festival with the above mentioned David, Joseph and Kristen. This time I got to see more of the pretty Colorado mountains. When we got there I realized how big it is and how many people had come and we got there failry early in the morning. As we entered there was a costume rental by the entrance but because it was so hot I dont know how anyone could stand to a hot and heavy dress. At the entrance a King and Queen greeted us and we were in the land of a time long ago with pirates, kings, queens, fairies, unicorns, dragons and sword fights. All of the people running the booths, shops and rides were in full costume as well as many spectators. The shops were filled with everything from costumes, goblets, hair braidders, masks (which I bought one of) to jewelery and decorations. We enjoyed watching the Vegtable Justice (A guy got tomatoes thrown at him and he insulted the throwers, an acrobat show, riding an elaphant and petting its rough ear and trunk, getting dressed up like a king and queen to take a picture, watching a Jousting competition, and watching a magician as well as looking through the shops.

After leaving the Festival Kris and I went to downtown Denver where we at at a combined Pizza Hut/Taco Bell. While there a guy was trying to sell a walker to random old people... Then we walked through the 16th Street Mall which is a mostly outdoor mall spanning the length of six or so blocks along 16th street. Then we rode the bus back up to the top of the street and went to the State Capitol where I found out why Denver is called Mile High City...The capitol is a mile above see level. Then we walked around the Civic Center Park where there are squirrels running all over, they have a stadium and several different statues. By this time though our camera was dead so we didnt get any pictures.

When we got home Kris pointed out my sunburnt chest...the only place I hadnt put sunscreen on. Luckily it isnt to bad.

Sunday we went to Church where the speakers talked about service and the combined Relief Society and Priesthood was about emergency preparedness...So get prepared like a Boy Scout! During Sunday school we were in the Library with Kris' Mom talking to the bishop. Later in the afternoon Kris pulled out his hundreds of sports cards that I never knew he had. He spent hours going through them. I learn new things about him every day!

It has been a lot of fun! and I will put on pictures soon.

In the Kitchen with Tiffany and Megan

This weekend Tiffany Rasmussen drove all the way from Roosevelt to come visit Kris and I. We had many adventures over the weekend, one being making Sunday dinner. I bought some cheese ravioli a while back but didnt know what to do with them so I googled it, of course. I found a couple different conversations left by people on cooking sites about what to do with ravioli. On both of them people suggested covering the ravioli in bread crumbs, then frying them in oil and serving them with marinara sauce. This sounded good to me so I decided to try it.

I couldnt find any bread crumbs at the store so I bought stuffing mix and smashed it up with my meat tenderizer, then coated the ravioli in egg and placed them in the oil. Tiffany watched over the little ravioli, turning them when needed and removing them when done. We also made some meatballs (okay mine were premaid but we had to cook them in the oven) and served them with the ravioli.

It turned out delicious and I didnt even have to make Kris eat the last ravioli that was left

Eating with the Gossetts

As many of you know I dont cook often, and so Kris picks up the slack, ecspecially on Sundays. I often come up with the recipe and buy the food the somehow push it all over to Kris. He is sweet about it and recently made some excellent Pulled Pork Burritos. I figured I would share the recipe because they are so good.

Mexican Pulled Pork Soft Tacos

1 Med onion, coarsely chopped
1 3.5 to 5 lb pork shoulder roast
1 medium green pepper, diced
1 15- oz can jalapeno flavored diced tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp garlic salt
1 1/2 tsp oregano or italian seasoning
1/2 tsp cayenne red pepper
1 4-oz can diced green chiles (mild)
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1/2 Cup water
1 15-oz can corn kernels, drained
1 15-oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
Tortillas

In slow cooker layer chopped onion, pork roast and sweet peppers. In medium bolw, combine all ingredients except corn, beans and tortillas. Pour evenly over mixture in slow cooker. Cover cooker and cook on high 5 1/2 hours. Add corn and beans during the last 30 mins. Pull meat apart with two forks and place into warmed tortillas; top with cheese and lettuce if desired. Roll and pour liquid over tacos to smother them.

This made a ton, so share it with those you love!

Tonight I made bannana bread because I always buy more bannanas than Kris and I can eat before they go bad. I have three loaves now so come get it if you want some.

Adventures in Lava Hot Springs: Kris, Captain; Megan, 2nd in Command

So this summer we have decided that we want to enjoy our time as a married couple and take advantage of having the weekends off so for our first adventure Kris staked out LAVA HOT SPRINGS in Idaho. He made reservations at the Home Hotel just .2 miles away from the Hot Springs and the next day we were off.

I was expecting a little bit bigger town, and open lava pools around the springs but Lava Hot Springs is what it is. A small town with a state run facility that has several nice pools that are somehow heated by lava underground and then the water comes up and is filtered into the different pools, I guess. (I am not a geologist.) The pools have no chemicals, only minerals that are healing. In the area are lava rock covered in mineral deposits, which I thought was cool. There was also one small natural pool that they had gated off. There are five man made pools but one is so hot people dont stay in it long. Some of the pools have small pebbles, instead of flagstone bottons and bubbles come up through the bottom, which is kind of cool. I enjoyed the pools the most in the evening after it had cooled down and I am sure it would be a fun place to visit in the winter when its really cold.

Most of our time was spent in the Hot Springs but we also spent time eating and at the indoor pool in town that was a normal temperature. The first place we ate for dinner was a pizza joint in town that had a big room filled with old style boxes and cans for various popular food products, a frame filled with various types of barbwire and a name for each type and mirrors with different beer adds. There was one waitress and only a couple of customers during dinner time and we were told to sit anywhere we wanted. The food was good, although a bit expensive for just being good.

The next morning we ate at Johnnys Cafe, formerly know as Silver Line Grill, (or something close to that) but after burning down and having to move the restraunt several times they changed the name, maybe to have better luck. When we came in we were again told to sit anywhere we pleased, but this time there were two waitresses, a cook and another girl that just seemed to talk behind the bar but still just a few customers. Again the food was good, although my belgium waffle was a little flat to be called a really good, thick and fluffy belgium waffle, and once again kind of expensive. I guess that is what happens in a small tourist town.

At the pool we played in the water and Kris climbed the rock was on the edge of the pool. It seemed that the pool is the one thing kids in the small town had to do since there were many there that day.

At the end of the day it all came down to the HOME HOTEL, an old hotel probably built in the 1940's or earlier that had since been remodled and had some extra rooms added onto the property in the 90's. The room Kris picked out had a nice king size bed, smallish oval tub that filled with mineral water from a well right behind the hotel and some art work by a famouse Architect of the late 1800's. It was comfortable and cozy and because it had been remodled it didnt have the smell of an old building, like the hallways and lobby did.

Overall we enjoyed ourselves a lot, got some sunburns and would like to return again with family or friends. But if you ever go watch out for the small snakes. One almost scared me to death near the river!

Kris and I went to Moab with Kris' sister Jessica, her husband Chad and kids Cody and Taylor. Their friends JJ and Stephanie and daughter Brianna had come with them too. We didnt have a tent so we stayed in JJ's large tent and used some of Jessica's sleeping bags. The first night we made hobo dinners and felt like hobbos gathered around the flame cuz it was windy and cold. Luckily Saturday was nice and warm!

We had a lot of fun hiking to the various arches and hiking through Fiery Furnace. It is a bunch of narrow caynons that mostly went no where. At one point we came to a dead end unless we climbed a 15 ft cliff. Luckily we had a rope so the guys climbed up then pulled the rest of us girls up.

I wore sunscreen so I didnt get burnt, but also no tan... :(

Catching up since we got married...

Married life is crazy hectic! After our wedding on Dec 11, we had a wonderful reception in Roosevelt, then a perfect Honeymoon in a little mountain town in Colorado, and we finished the wedding activities with another wonderful reception in Longmont. In between the wedding and our honeymoon we had to finish finals which wasn't ideal but we made it through! When we got back from Longmont we finished setting up our home and started school again. At that time I was working at Ross and Kris was working at Ross and APX. In February APX changed their name to Vivint (Viv is french for live and the int stands for intelligantly) and I got a job there do customer support like Kris. I quit Ross soon after that and Kris is going down to working only once in a while there for the discount. he he
We love being married, living with our two tuxedo cats, Captian Jack and Missy. Kris cooks a lot for me but I am being better at making grocery lists, buying food and making good meals. I ask my mom for recipes all of the time cuz she has the good ones that I love!
Right now I am just finishing up finals and loving spring time, although it was snowing when I left for my test this morning. I hope the warm weather will takeover soon! I did plant some lillies and daisies in march and they are sprouted and are growing well. Kris had some doubts...

Ward Easter Activity

Being newlyweds and all Kris and I are experiancing a Family Ward from a different perspective. We both were given callings; Kris as the Secretary in YM's and me as the 1st Counselor in the Primary Presidency.
For Easter the Primary did a Easter Party for the ward. I had a lot of fun planning the activity and enjoy time with my new ward. We had a potluck lunch, Easter egg hunt, 3-legged race, sack race, and and egg on a spoon race. Kris and I even won a 3-legged race together! The funniest thing was a little three year old girl named Sara. She wanted so bad to do the 3-legged race so we finally found a little boy her age to do it with. They tried hard but fell down and the little boy got out of the tie and ran to the finish line. Gotta love little kids.

Date Night in Orem

Since Kris and I got married in December we have been super busy with school and work and our conflicting schedule. We try to get date nights in every week but they are often a movie at home with the cats. One night a couple of weeks ago it was a nice warm evening so I wanted to go out and do something. I have Spring fever and being stuck in my apt doesnt help. I suggested we go eat at Carrabbas, an Italian place in Orem, for dinner. We enjoyed a lovely dinner, but the portions were smaller than the Olive Garden and Glorias Little Italy so we probably won't go back. (Kris needs as much food as he can get.) After that we went mini-golfing at Cascade Golf Course. During my years in college I have gotten better so I beat Kris! I never beat him at anything so I think his manlyness can take it. After mini-golf I suggested icecream. I love the stuff pretty much any time, any where. We grabbed cones from Dairy Queen then went and walked around the river with ducks on BYU campus. Theres just something about cute little waddling ducks that I love, plus it was so nice to actually be out and about in the nice weather. After walking the length of the river we went and visited the BYU Art Museum. I have been there several times for classes but Kris, our scholarly BYU student had never been. They had some pretty cool displays. The first was onWar Ads dating from WWI up to today. Did you know there are artist groups against both past and present wars? The second one was a large group of landscape paintings done by many artist. The third was a group of photographs called Three Mormon Towns (I think) The towns were St. George and two other really small towns that may not even exist any more. The pictures were taken just after the great depression and were showing how the two smaller towns were shrinking and St. George was growing. The last one was done by an artist who uses books to create his art. He had book bindings and covers made into art. He also had made a statue of books. He had taken books and magazines of all kinds and stacked them in a kind of messed up square shape. It was probably nine feet across and twenty feet high. We thought it very impressive, I just wonder whats holding all of those books together.
After our adventure Kris was very worn out so I took him home and let him choose a movie to watch.
Ta-da! A Gossett Date Night!