What the..?!

So whenever I cook a whole chicken, David loves to get the wishbone out so we can do the whole pull-on-the-ends-to-see-who's-wish-will-come-true. I'm embarrassed to say that even though it's just a silly little wishbone, my competitiveness tends to really come out when we do this. I have to win. I haven't kept track of my wishbone record, but lets just say it's not perfect. We pulled on a wishbone last week and I was determined to win. This is what happened (sorry about the blurry picture, we still haven't replaced our camera). IT WAS A STINKIN' TIE! I've never seen this, nor do I ever hope to see this again because it really ticked me off. David just laughed, so that made me even madder. Don't worry, I'm over it now. Just consider yourselves warned of this chance wishbone happening.
On a happier note, David played in his 1st ever golf scramble last week on a team with some buddies. He's just started to try his hand at golf in the last year. The other 2 wives and I went to the course and snuck some pictures at one of the holes. (That's him putting if you can't tell) We think they were embarrassed of us, so we made sure to honk at them when we left. :) Hehe! I was proud of him for doing it, even though he's not that comfortable with it. He got eaten alive by 'squitos, but he had a lot of fun. I just started my summer semester...bring it on! The sooner it starts, the sooner I'll be done. That's all for now.

Snow, Rain, Eggs, and Pure Happiness

Starting from the top. We had snow in Amarillo! It was like 3 weeks ago, but it was amazing! There was a blizzard all day and the whole city shut down.
It was hilarious! It woulda been just another day in Idaho, but here, it was shutdown time. The snow was gone the next day, but oh our Idaho roots came out while it lasted. Dave took us drift busting twice that day in the Jimmy. Oh it was great!

We finally got rain last weekend. We've really needed moisture, and we got a great rainstorm. Again, our Idaho roots came out.
Dave loves to go "puddle divin" in the car. We found a road that had was flooded over. The water was deep enough that it covered the curb so we couldn't see the curb. We put up a good rooster tail of H2O cruising that road...again, twice! Hehehe!

We got to dye Easter eggs this year with some professional egg dyers. Dave's friend Kaleb Snell from home was here visiting and we forced him to come with us. They had decorations to make the egg a bug. It was so cute! The pict shows my ladybug, Dave's mean bug, and Kaleb's green machine. Great fun.

Lastly the source of my pure happiness: I'M DONE WITH MY DOUBLE CLINICALS! I smile so big from saying it that my mouth hurts. HOORAH BABY! I finally have a bit of my life back. Phlebotomy is almost a done deal--clinicals and two finals down, one more final to go. David finally has a wife back. Pure happiness I tell ya, pure happiness!

10 Things I Love Tag

Here ya go Kels!! It was hard to choose only 10 things...I love lots and lots of things! :)
1- I love how David takes care of me: he works to put me through school (and helps me study); he gets breakfast ready for me and makes me lunches; he does cleaning chores he knows I hate to do; he tickles my back/rubs my neck everyday; he always tells me and shows me how he feels about me...I seriously could write for days about how he takes care of me. I love my David!
2- I love the feelings and warmth I get from going to church, from going to the temple, from doing service. I love the gospel!
3- I love nieces and nephews. I can love'em up, play with them, and get them all wound up. It's great! There's nothing like hearing my lit'l niece call me "Aunt Kabree" in her sweet little voice.
4- I love having such a close family. We're a very physical and loving family. I grew up knowing I was loved, and now that we're all grown up, we're just as close. Don't know what I'd do without them.
5- I love music. I've been so blessed to be able to create music. When my fingers get to dance on piano keys, something comes alive in me. I love it.
6- I love sports. I'd play something everyday if my body would allow it...I don't like getting older and having my body actually feel like it! Yuck!
7- I love Easter candy. Of all the holidays, I think I love Easter candy the most. Yes, we hoard it every April. But it's so worth it. I definitely have an Easter candy tooth!
8- I love a good rain storm. Something about it excites me, and there's nothing like the smell of rain.
9- I love hot chocolate. The way it can immediately warm me right up is so enticing! Some people are addicted to coffee...I'm addicted to hot chocolate. (don't tell my Bishop)
10- I love to cook. I like having a break every now and then, but I really prefer to cook for my David every night. (This probably stems from my love of eating. Really, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to eat!)

Oh I'm soooo blessed! I have so many wonderful things in my life. It's always nice to stop and reflect on things every now and again. Thanks for the chance to do so, Kels!

Sad day at the Sterzer's

I'm depressed. Today is my last day of spring break. It feels like I dreamed my spring break. I can't believe it's already over, but I've LOVED having a week free of clinicals and school. We'd planned on going to Dallas to visit David's sis and her familia, but things didn't work out for us and we were unable to go. So other than a quick trip to Sweetwater, TX, we were home the whole week. I was busy, but busy with things I chose to do. And I actually saw David quite a bit, so oh baby I loved that!! I'll even admit it, I slept in, MORE THAN ONCE! HA! :) It was amazing.
The last month was a blur. I was a robot goin through the motions. School, clinicals, home for a few hours, more clinicals, volleyball, clinicals, sleepy time, school, clinicals, eat, clinicals, more volleyball, clinicals, etc. CRAZY!! I'm so glad I'll be done with my phlebotomy clinicals in 2 weeks. Poor David has had to suffer through the last month of getting a cooked dinner here and there from me and not having a wife home very often. (I used to cook him dinner every night when I was home and loved it!) So I'm sure he'll be glad when I'm done with phlebot as well. Here's a few high/low points for us last month:
*We hit the 1 year mark! We've officially been in Amarillo for a year. Craziness!
*The weather has been gorgeous! 70's, 80's GORGEOUS! I've had my sliding doors open.
*Between nuc med and phlebot, I was at clinicals 30-40 hrs a week. (poopy)
*David got our lit'l "garden" plowed up and ready for planting.
*I got food poisoning and was sick for a week. NO BUENO. I could only miss 1 day of clinicals, so I was miserable. Again, I say, NO BUENO!
*We got SNOW in Amarillo! It was hiney-flexing cold, but it was great to see some beautiful fluff falling.
*We trekked down to Sweetwater, TX for the famous Rattlesnake Roundup. I still can't believe I went. I hate snakes. Really hate them. But we went, and it was quite entertaining. They gather up truck loads of rattlers for population control, and have this big festival. They show the snakes, milk'em for venom, then butcher, skin them, and cook 'em up. It was insane (and stinky). Here's some picts for your enjoyment. And yes, a guy wrapped one around my shoulders. My armpits got soaked from nervous sweat in like 0.01 seconds.
*I'm in the primary now for church. Change is good, and I really do love kids.
*We're addicted to March Madness. It makes me laugh that we get so uptight and stressed out over our brackets. My family's doing a pool, so we're highly invested in the games. I hate that I'm doing horrible, but Dave's holding his own. :)
That's the wrap, other than spring break coming to a close (tear falling down my cheek). We hope March found everyone healthy and happy. Gotta love it when springtime is in the air!

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