Gotta Love Him!

For those of you who don't know, David's currently working for Micro Dairy Logic. He's a tech guy who goes around to dairies settin' up computer systems, makin' sure that certain techy stuff at the dairies are working properly. (I really have no idea how to explain what he does.) So anyhow, I've gotten used to him coming home splattered with cow patooey quite regularly, and smelling as such. He has about 20 air fresheners in his Micro van to try to help the cause. Well I thought I'd gotten used to the smell, and it didn't really bother me anymore. It was just normal. Last week, he got home and didn't jump right into the shower after he got home. I love when we finally both get home for the day. We usually sit and just kind of cuddle as we talk about our days. So I was snuggling up to the side of his head, and I was gettin' some odd wiffs of something. No big deal. Kept snuggling, and felt my nose run across something hard. Again, no big deal. Kept snuggling. I felt the hard stuff again and something fell off the side of his head. I finally looked and low and behold, it was poop! I have no idea how his HEAD got splattered with a nice slice of cow pie without him knowing, but apparently it did. We had a fun time after that picking the other remnants off the side of his head, and out of his hair. Needless to say, I made him go shower after that, and I'm definitely a more cautious snuggler. I LOVE MY POOPY DAVID! :)

Pay It Forward!

This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones! Good Luck!

We've Seen It All

Yep! David and I can truly rest easily tonight. We have truly seen it all, missionary style anyway. Missionaries always seem to be on their best behavior around people. Being kind, courteous, always serving others...polite. Well, I'm here to tell you that missionaries are very human, and it's not just David and I that slip up every now and then. :) I'm inserting a key at the bottom, so as not to offend anyone by this post. If you think you might be offended, please do not refer to the key at the bottom. I would now like to share with you why we have seen it all. At some point or another, as of this very night:

1-One or both of the missionaries have ****a**** their nose in front of us.
2-One or both of the missionaries have ****b**** food out accidentally on the table, in front of us.
3-One or both of the missionaries have ****c****/****d**** themselves in front of us (it's a guy thing I think).
4-One or both of the missionaries have ****e**** in front of us.
5-One or both of the missionaries have ****f**** while eating (without acknowleding it) in front of us.
6-One or both of the missionaries have fallen ****g**** in front of us.
7-One or both of the missionaries have ****h**** ****i**** ****j**** in front of us, first with their left hand, then finished up with their right.

Honorable Mentions:
-One or both of the missionaries have totally missed their plates and served their food onto the floor. (still haven't figured out how this one happened)
-One or both of the missionaries have taken a bite and had to spit their food into their hand because of laughing.


Yep. We've seen it all...that is, until we see something else to add to this great list! Try keeping a straight face when this stuff happens. Very difficult. They definitely keep us entertained, to say the least.

KEY:
a= Picked
b= Spit
c= Readjusted
d= Itched
e= Farted
f= Burped
g= Asleep
h= Picked
i= Their
j= Buttocks

Catch-Up Time

Where in the heck did the last month and a half go? WHOA! I thought having 5 weeks off from school would be so relaxing. Well, not real sure where they went, but I'm on my last 6 days of freedom. Relaxing...sort of some days. Busy...YES! But I loved every minute of it! I could write for weeks about the last 6, but I'll just give the short run-down instead. Hope the holidays were wonderful for all of you!
-Had an amazing Thanksgiving break with David's sis Marnie and her cute family
-Ate a DELICIOUS homecooked Thanksgiving dinner
-Went to Fossil Rim with the Parker's and saw some awesome safari-style animals (no we did not get eaten)
-Went shopping with Marnie at a trendy part of Dallas...good thing I didn't have money to spend. I really could have gotten myself into trouble :)
-Went to the Dorsey's ugly Christmas sweater party= yummy food, great friends, lots of laughs (has anyone seen that picture of Marcus lately?)
-Got 2 migraines the week of finals
-Passed all my finals and got good grades :D YAY!
-Spent an entire week finishing Christmas projects with Lynsey and Zannah
-Took a road trip with Lynsey and Zannah to head for Idaho (I don't care how excited I was to go home to Idaho, I REALLY missed David!)
-Got a migraine while trying to drive straight thru. :(
-Made it to Idaho and surprised my grandma, aunt, and sister with my coming
-Spent the week before Christmas with my familia in good 'ole Paul. There's definitely NO PLACE LIKE HOME! Mom and Dad made the house absolutely beautiful.
-Got another migraine the day before David flew in. (notice a pattern?? NOT FUN)
-Got to see Becky's baby Tyson for the 1st time.
-DAVID MADE IT TO IDAHO! YEE-HAW! (Thanks Dorsey's)
-Christmas with the Dayton's was a very memorable one with ALL the family together...nothing like a Dayton family get-together!
-Went to a Jazz game with the entire family and saw them whip the Mavs. It was great fun!
-Made it to Rigby! We got to see Dave's bro Jared who was home from Massachusetts and we hadn't seen him in a year. :) YAY! It was great to see all the fam!
-Got to play with our cute nephews and did lots and lots of gaming.
-Sang at church in Rigby. (yeah I know. David and I don't sing. Good thing the rest of the Sterzer's have great voices!)
-Got to go with Kylee as she went through the temple for the 1st time :) What a wonderful day!
-Got to see Krista's baby Evie for the 1st time.
-Had a yummy New Year's Eve dinner
-Played the traditional farming game late into the night with the Dayton's (Dave won)(Again)
-Watched both of my grandma's play the Wii. It was hysterical!
-Went paintballing in Paul in the snow
-Got our camera stolen while we were paintballing in the snow :( It was a terrible way to end our vacation. I'm still crying, and yes, we lost all our picts from the last 2 months so please don't ask. Seriously, who gets their camera stolen in Paul, ID? Oh wait, that would be someone who has a tendency to have bad luck. Oh wait, thas David and me! Gotta love it.
-Brought Kylee along on our road trip back to Texas. Terrible roads= Got home @ 5:30 AM.
-My little brother Barrett got set apart as a missionary and he started his 2 year service mission this week...again, what a wonderful time/blessing for our family! We're so proud of him!
-How we spent last week: shopped, ate & ate, watched every season of "The Office", went to the Lubbock temple, ate some Texas BBQ, watched "Australia", got recertified in CPR, made taffy, made cards, made a triple batch of pumpkin seeds, attempted to make onesies, went to happy hour at Sonic, and we've drank hot cocoa from our new Cocomotion EVERY DAY since we've been home.

Yes, that still seemed like it took weeks for me to give the run-down, but there you have it. The play-by-play of the Sterzer's great adventures in TX and ID. My break is officially almost over. My sis goes home this weekend, and it's back to the books I go. Time definitely marches on! We have so much to be thankful for. We're especially grateful for all of our wonderful family and for our Saviour, Jesus Christ! What a special time to be able to celebrate His birth, the true reason for the season. I hope all of you had a great holiday season as well. LIFE IS GOOD! :) Happy 2009!

Holy Stromboli!

The following contains information that may cause people to be wide-eyed, open-mouthed and produce a slight "hughh!" out of your mouth while thinking "Really? Seriously?" (humor me)

What in the heck? Thanksgiving is next week? What?! November's half over? What??!! I'm still stuck on Halloween. I think I might have been in a comatose state for the past 2 weeks, as they're all a blur. But no complaints! The faster Thanksgiving comes, the sooner we get to see all our family! YAY! But anyhew, it's blogging time today!
David got a vacation at the first of November. He got to go to Idaho! I was so jealous! He went on business during the week and got to spend the weekend with all our familia. We love our Idaho! But I was soooo glad when he got back. That was the longest I've ever been away from him, and I'll admit it. I was a wanny. I missed him like crazy! I wanted to throw a temper tantrum at the airlines for making him get home an hour late. (wide-eyed yet?)

Before Dave left for ID, we participated in some sneaky late night pumpkin hunting. All's I hafta say is you do what ya gotta do to get pumpkin seeds in our family! The hunt was successful as we came home with 6 trophy fatties and after Turkey Day, they'll be gutted to make the most delicious treat! If you're up for an addicting snack, try this: (you'll love it)

Boil 2 cups washed pumpkin seeds for a while in salt water. Drain seeds. Melt 3 Tbsp butter/margarine & mix with 1 tsp salt & 1 tsp Worcestershire. Completely coat the pumpkin seeds with this mixture and spread out on cookie sheet. Cook @ 300-350 until the seeds turn brown and crispy. Stir the seeds around every 10 mins. until they're done.

Finally, the purpose of my "holy stromboli!" We're having a ward Thanksgiving dinner this weekend, and it's a faker! I know I'm overreacting about this, but pretty close to everything we'll be eating is either going to be fake, store bought, or out of a can. I'm so sad! :( When I think of Thanksgiving dinners, I think of yummy, fluffy, real mashed taters, homemade stuffing, yummy veggies and homemade rolls, etc. Even with past ward Turkey dinners, they'd send around signups and people would VoLuNtEeR to bring all these things from home. Yeah, the good stuff. Welp, to make things easier here in Amarillo, we do everything fake. There's even a big budget for it! (I'm almost crying just typing this) I'm all for easy, but when it comes to Thanksgiving, I guess my family spoiled me cuz all's I know is homemade deliciousness. For those of you who've not tasted the sweetness of a homemade Thanksgiving dinner, your taste buds are being sooo shafted. (I was so befuddled by this that I even offered to make massive batches of mashed spuds and homemade rolls. Desperate? Yes. Did it work? No.) So my wide eyes and open mouth will stay with me until after the dinner is over Friday night, after I've painstakingly choked down the fakers. So anyhow HOLY STROMBOLI! I hope everyone out there has a happy Thanksgiving, and I hope you all get to partake at least partly, of a yummy home cooked meal. Parker's, I can't wait to come for Thanksgiving! :)

Courtnie Update

Just for a quick update on Courtnie, as per request:
After running some tests, they figured out that Courtnie has a syndrome where her body thinks she has a blood clot or a tumor in her head, but she doesn't really. So the good news is that she doesn't really have a blood clot, like they thought. But the bad news that her body still reacts like she has one, so she still has the symptoms of having one. She's got fluid on her brain/spinal cord which I believe is causing the pressure behind her eyes, thus the double vision, headache, and hemorrhaging. It has some nasty side effects that go with it, but they started her on some new meds to start treating it, which she'll always hafta be on. :( She's pretty miserable still, but she's having a spinal tap done tomorrow to relieve the pressure to help her headache and they're hoping to go home tomorrow. It's a bitter/sweet thing, as she'll most likely hafta deal with this the rest of her life. But thank goodness for good Dr's and for wonderful family and friends like all of you who've kept her and Bryce in your prayers. What a freak thing, but I guess that goes to show that you just never know what you're going to be faced with tomorrow. Thank goodness Court's such a strong girl...I don't know if I could handle all she's been going through for the past 2 weeks and will continue to deal with! I love that girl!!

We Need Your Prayers

Just a quick note to ask for a little help on Courtnie's behalf!!! For those of you who know my sister-in-law Courtnie Dayton, (Bryce's wife) I'm asking that you pretty please remember her in your prayers this week. She's been sick for almost 2 weeks now, and they found a blood clot in her head yesterday. They rushed her to Salt Lake where she's currently having tests done and being treated at LDS hospital (she had hemorrhaging behind her eyes). So please keep her and Bryce in your prayers! THANKS BUNCHES!!!