TAGGED!

The rules of the game are posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago? Kicking butt at steal the flag in Elementary School

2. What was on my to-do list for today? Sleep and do crafts! (No friday classes is great!!!!)

3. What you do if you were suddenly a billionaire? Get out of debt, buy a house, buy Joann's, Roberts, Deseret Book, Funfinity, and spend lots of money on friends and family!

4. 3 Bad habits...
--Talking without thinking first
--Complaining all the time
--Prioritizing my time

5. Places I have lived......Laie, Hawaii, Orem, Utah, and Provo, Utah

6. Places I have worked...Concord Travel, BYU Civil Engineering, Courtyard at Jamestown, Utah Valley Medical Center, Nannying for the Conman, Teaching Assistant for MFHD 221

7. 3 Things people don't know about me...
-- I was in Gymnastics as a kid and LOVED it but quit because a girl said I was fat...girls can be so mean!! :-)
--I was driving one time and I hit a raccoon that was crossing the road. I started crying, pulled over and got out to see if it was ok...I'll give you one guess as to how that went!
--I have an unhealthy fear of cats! (Of course my neighbor has 3!!)

Gratitude for Mothers

Today I came home at the end of the day from golfing exhausted and wanted more than anything to sleep. I found out that my niece Cassandra who is staying with us still had a ton of homework that was due weeks ago. I sat down and started helping her. As I did, I was reminded of all of the times throughout my schooling where I would have a huge project due (that I had of course put off until the last moment) and my mom, instead of telling me how I shouldn't have put it off, she would stay up with me and help in any way she could. There were times when she couldn't help me but she would stay up with me just so I wouldn't be alone. At the time I'm sure I never thanked her for that, or entirely realized the sacrifice she made for me in doing what seemed to be such a simple thing. However it is the little moments like this that are my favorite memories and that mean the most. I will never forget those nights staying up late and feeling her support. Although I just had a brief glimpse of this tonight, I am so grateful for mothers and the angels that they are. I'm sure, in time, I will get my fair share of late nights doing homework with my children, but I'm sure that wouldn't be the case if my mother hadn't been such a great example! I hope all the mothers out there had a GREAT Mothers Day. We owe them so much.

Mom's Chinese Birthday Party

Well, this happened a while ago but I thought I would share our fun experience with everyone! So for my Mom's 63rd birthday I decided I wanted to do something different, so I decided to throw her a Chinese Birthday Party! It was crazy fun! My friend threw a late Chinese New Year Party and a cute little Chinese lady she knew helped her, so I got her recipes and went to work. Of course there was food coming out our eyes!!! That's what always happens when you put Angela in charge of food! Pretty sure we could have fed quite a large army! :-) So we made homemade dumplings, spring rolls, sweet and sour chicken, orange chicken, fried rice, almond jello, oriental chicken salad, ginger teriyaki chicken on skewers, and chow mein. It was insane making it all, but tons of fun, and I'm glad we did something fun for our good old Mom. While Marcy and I were looking Chad was in charge of decorating! Yay Chad!! It was a super fun night!!

Of course I got my Mom huge chopsticks as a joke and she just worked it out and used them like it was no big deal!! She's a tough little cookie!

As you can imagine I was busy cooking for the Pehrson army so didn't take many pictures so this is all I have of Chad's lovely decorating job!

She's so cute!

SO FUNNY! I was teaching everyone how to do the Doug Heffernen hand noise and my Dad was determined to get it and once he did it was hilarious because he was so proud of himself!! Wow, what a night!

Deaf Temple Session

Today Chad and I were able to go a deaf temple session! I absolutely the deaf culture. Growing up my friends parents were Deaf so I was introduced to it then, and have always wanted to learn the language. Now I am taking ASL (American Sign Language) classes at BYU. I really wanted to minor in ASL but they don't offer it anymore, which is really sad! Anyway, yesterday, my teacher invited any of us who wanted to go to the deaf session. I have always wanted to go, but didn't know if I was culturally accepted since I am not a part of their community. After I talked to my teacher about it she said that it was fine, so we went. It was such a neat experience, to observe, and only made me love the culture more!

Slackerville

Yes, yes, I know, it's been forever! I wish I had a good excuse as to why I haven't posted in forever, but I got nothing! Anyway, things are crazy as usual. I really want to find a new place to live. We haven't fell in love with anything yet, so the search is still on! We are both doing great and staying busy. Unfortunately no exciting news. However, I will try to do better with posting and hopefully make our blog fun and not so boring.

The Smell of School in the Air

Well folks, another semester starts on Monday. Would it be wierd to admit that I am excited? I don't do well being suck in the house with nothing to do. All my Christmas projects are finished and I know I could use more rest, but i'm getting antsy, and can't wait to be busy again! It will most definately be a tough semseter, but I love a good challenge! (unless it's a puzzle)

A Little Bit About US...

-How long have you been together? 2 years 3 months (if my math is correct)
-How long did you date? Um...pretty typical for your average LDS couple. We met the end of August, first kiss was the middle of September, talked about marriage the beginning of November, were engaged middle of December, and we were married the beginning of March. Hey if it's right it's right, what can ya do?!
-How old is he? 24
-Who eats more? ME!!! Hands down -- and I wonder why I have a weight problem!
-Who said I love you first? Chad...he said, "Would it scare you if I told you I love you?" It was really cute!!
-Who is taller? Who ISN'T taller than me?!
-Who sings better? Chad, but in my defense I can usually hit the right note, it just doesn't sound great with my man's smoker voice.
-Who is smarter? It depends on which area you are talking about...together we are very well rounded.
-Who does the laundry? Usually me, but if I haven't done it he will throw in one of his loads.
-Who does the dishes? Chad, but occasionally I will feel guilty and do it, but I really really hate doing dishes!! If I had a dishwasher I might possibly do them more often...but guarantees.
-Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me from the angle of laying in bed.
-Who pays the bills? Chad
-Who mows the lawn? Our landlords grandson, and can I just say he sucks at it!
-Who cooks dinner? I love cooking so if anyone its me, but cooking is not as fun when it's only for two people.
-Who drives when you are together? Chad, he has to wear the pants in some situations...that and the bills are about it. :-)
-Who is more stubborn? Well...unfortunately I win on that one for sure!!
-Who kissed who first? Chad did, that hooligan!
-Who asked who out? Probably Chad but it took a long time for my roommates to finally convince me that we were dating... I was convinced we were JUST FRIENDS and we weren't dating.
-Who proposed? Chad, and it was the most amazing thing in the world!!
-Who is more sensitive? Honestly that could go wither way, but in most cases I am. But he is definately more lady-like than I am though.
-Who has more friends? Most of our friends are mutual actually, we are really lucky that way!
-Who has more siblings? Same amount, but I win by a landslide on neices and nephews!
-Who wears the pants in the family? That would be me...YEAH BABY!!! I didn't even want all the power he just gave it all to me! It's great!

Earthly Angels

With it being the beginning of a new year I find myself looking back on the past year. The good, the bad, the sad, and those special moments you will treasure forever. It is a time to look back on the things you have overcome and the blessings we have been given. I think of everything we have been through and it is impossible to talk about those moments without mentioning the Lord's mercy and His angels who made them possible. We have been so blessed with great friends. Ones that I will never be able to repay for the patience, love, and faith they have had in me. They will be held close to my heart forever because they have been my earthly angels. These are those that I know the Lord has put into my life for a reason, even if it is unknown to me at the time. We all have people like this in our lives, and I hope we can all take time out of our busy days to say "Thank you, and I love you" to these angels!