I guess I’m going to backtrack a few weeks to catch up on daily life.. The weekend after general conference was stake conference. We were blessed to have Steven O. Laing of the Seventy speak to us Saturday, and again Sunday with his wife. Sunday morning session was held at the tabernacle beside the Ogden Temple and we walked around looking at all the beautiful spring flowers and enjoying a warm day. After that, we packed up a salad and dessert and made a trek down to Provo to have dinner with Christy, Matt, Maddie, and Lucy. We had a lovely dinner and went for a long walk afterwards. It was a very relaxing and uplifting weekend!
That week was a long one and nothing too exciting happened, aside from more chiropractic care from Brian’s uncle, Monte. I’m not sure I mentioned anything about this before… Apparently my scoliosis has decided to show it’s ugly face and my back has been causing me a lot of pain recently. My hips like to twist and get stuck, as well as two sets of vertebrae that keep twisting. It’s amazing how Monte can just pop two things into place and it’s all better (for a week… I have to keep going back until they decide to stop doing this). He owns Elite Chiropractic in Murray, UT and I highly recommend him for any friends in need around here!
On the 16th, our super awesome realtor, Ruth Ann Combe Beardsley, gave us 4 tickets to see the newly released movie, The Jungle Book. Brian and I took his niece and nephew, Jaxton & Khloe, and we had a blast. We all loved the movie! That evening we had a wedding reception for a friend in Farmington and we got to see Kimberly & Austin and their families.
The next morning at church, Brian and I both spoke in sacrament meeting and Kirk and Lindy came to listen and stayed for Brian’s lesson in gospel principles. My talk was on the power of the Book of Mormon in personal conversion, and Brian’s was on the power in daily living. Maybe I’ll contemplate posting my talk on here…
The following week was eventful, and surprisingly fun. Wednesday night we had a stake young women’s recognition dinner and it was fun to see so many of our girls recognized for their accomplishments.
The next day at work, we introduced a new wellness plan! I say “we” because I am a member of the newly formed “Wellness Committee.” Our company dished out a certain amount of money per employee for us all to order Fitbits! We’re setting daily step goals and earning rewards for the days we hit our goals, such as paid time off, Visa gift cards, casual dress days, etc. They’re also going in to pay 50% of any of our race costs if we choose to enter a 5k, 10k, half or full marathon. We got our Fitbits 2 days later and we’re all already obsessed! The best part about Fitbit is that it’s a very comprehensive health plan. It tracks your steps, calories burned, floors climbed, and sleep. You can log your food and drink intake and better keep track of your weight loss/gain. It’s slightly addictive and I advise it for everyone!
Thursday night, Brian and I finally got a date night in and we went hiking in the canyon and got some wings at B-Dubbs. I’m so glad it’s starting to get warm out. I was beginning to get the winter blues from all the cold weather and rain! It came back again the next week so we’re definitely looking forward to May around here, for many reasons!!
Saturday the 24th, I renewed my adult and child CPR/First Aid/AED with the American Red Cross. Everyone kept asking me why I needed that as a marketing director for a law firm and they didn’t believe me when I said I just wanted to keep it active! A refresher course is always a good thing, and I don’t see how it could ever be a bad thing to be ready to potentially save a life! :)
That evening, the most exciting thing happened! So Brian and I have always joked that we wouldn’t get a pet until after we have kids and they’re old enough to take care of it themselves because we love being able to just leave whenever we want to without having any responsibilities at home or having to have his parents watch an animal that requires a lot of care… Well, we sort of broke the one part of it. WE GOT A GUINEA PIG! Ever since I was little, I have always wanted one, but I couldn’t ever have one because we had dogs and a cat. I’ve been joking with Brian for weeks that I wanted a baby bunny or a small animal. So Saturday after a busy day of CPR, grocery shopping, church cleaning, and house cleaning, we decided to go look at the pet store for fun (one of our favorite things to do). We knew we were probably leaving with an animal, most specifically a guinea pig because Brian didn’t want a hamster.
We began looking around at all the small pets in Petsmart and although they were cute, nothing stuck out and we decided to go to PetCo, just to check it out. We walked in and saw a white and tan guinea pig (male), in the cage with 3 others. Unlike the other three, this little guy was running all around, squeaking, and climbing on top of his dome. I wanted to hold him, and as soon as he was in my arms, he snuggled into my sweatshirt and that was it. I looked at Brian and he knew this was the one haha!
We named him Winston, from one of our favorite shows, New Girl. In the show, Winston Bishop calls himself “Winnie the Bish,” so Brian and I named our guinea, Winston, aka Winnie the Pig or Winnie the Guinea. He’s an active little guy and he loves eating his Timothy Hay and running all over us while we watch TV. We’re already considering getting a second one to keep him company while we’re at work, and the babysitting ship has sailed. Brian’s mom said she wouldn’t mind watching him when we go on trips and Jaxton and Khloe love him, so we know he’ll get plenty of attention while we’re gone!
The last Tuesday of the month for mutual, we had a birthday party for our newest Beehive! We played games and had cupcakes and the girls and I had a blast! Thursday, we went to dinner at ABC Mandarin with Kirk and Lindy to celebrate the end of Brian’s spring semester. Only one more year!! I cannot wait, I might be as excited as him.
This pas Friday night we had what turned into a huge cookout with 20 of our closest friends (lol), with a fire and games and good times with friends. Saturday, we got up early and headed to Rexburg, Idaho, with a pit stop in Idaho Falls, to go through the temple with Brian’s cousin, Katherine. The temple was beautiful and it was so nice to see family. We all went out to dinner, then on our way home… disaster struck. Not really, I’m being dramatic, but Lindy’s SUV has been having problems with the fuel pump, so we sat at a gas station in Idaho Falls for 2 hours while it wouldn't start before making our way back home and getting home at 1:30 AM. A minor setback, but at least we had Sunday to recover! (Shoutout to Jared for getting it working for us!!)
It’s so fun that ever since we decided to go somewhere or do something new every month, we’ve been able to do so! Luckily we fit this trip in on the last day of April, and now I can say I’ve seen a lot more of Idaho and have actually spend a decent amount of time in the state. That’s checked off my bucket list, because honestly, Idaho doesn’t have much going on! I’m counting down the days until we head home for vacation! I’m so excited to see where we can venture while we’re there :)
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