May the Fourth Be with You!

Yeah... we're that cool.

Utah Symphony!

So Garin and I are extremely lucky that his Aunt and Uncle invite us to go see the Utah Symphony at least once a month. Tonight was the last concert we will be able to go to for this season, and they couldn't make it, but gave us their tickets and we got to take Bar-bar and her friend with us. Of course... it was my favorite concert of the season... the music of JOHN WILLIAMS! oh, it was amazing!

Muffin Corn Dogs!

Made these tonight for din-dins... and... SUCCESS! These dairy-free suckers went fast!
*Thank you Pinterest!

I  wish I would have gotten a picture of the finish result....they were sooo cute and fluffy!

YES!

At the risk of being post happy today...
GUESS WHAT?
Best semester ever! I saw my grades and nearly cried tears of joy. They are beautiful. AND I had the best jury I have ever had...but, I'm so happy the semester is over.

Too Cute.

So I gave a talk on Sunday and I wrote out Garin and I's story... and I'm a total sap... and I thought it was too cute not to share with the world :)

Well we met back in 2010 during drum camp for the Aggie Marching Band.(BAND LOVE!) I though he was kinda nerdy and maybe a little weird. Turns out he's super nerdy and REALLY weird but it's okay because I'm just as nerdy and weird. We didn't really talk very much at first but as the school year went on it became him picking on me because I'm not an affectionate person which meant to him that he should attack me with very painful hugs. Then we had all these awkward inside jokes about ferocious make-outs.

The following school year all these jokes became more intense flirting and all those affection attacks became pokes at other people like “Hey look I'll give Garin an epic flying hug but I won't hug you”

I was going on dates with other people and my roommates always vocalized their displeasure with these young men and one of my roommates kept telling me just to stop fighting and date Garin in which I would respond that I didn't even like him like that.

Well December 2011 I logged on to facebook and I saw that he had put on what I thought was a joke of “win a date with Garin!” contest. In which the winner got to go see the Muppet's and go eat pupusas at the Salvadorean restaurant. Well I commented that it was the food of my people, shut my computer went to class and didn't think about it. When I got out of class I had a voice-mail telling me I had won. I scrambled because I didn't know whether to tell him I actually couldn't go, or to beg for work off. I got work off... best decision of my life. We went on this date and it was actually the best date I ever went on. I'm not sure why on that day something just clicked. And I just kept thinking to myself why were weren't dating. At by the end of the night we were cuddling on my couch and I got the smooth smooth line of “secretly you're loving this”... and I was.

We then spent the whole Christmas break texting, facebook messaging and I was soooo excited to get back to Logan. A few weeks into the semester we were officially boyfriend and girlfriend...and the next day I met his family. 6 months later we were engaged and December 29, 2012 after that we were sealed in the Los Angles Temple and here we are. He is my everything, sometimes I feel like he can read my mind. We just sync together so well. Oh and he is the smartest person I know...want to know any random fact about any topic? Just ask him, he knows everything. We are by far the weirdest geekiest couple you will ever met, and you'll know after spending 5 minutes with us. I mean we had Star Wars themed engagements and high five each other for every victory.

Mmmm

BEST ICE CREAM I HAVE EVER EATEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M SOOOO IN LOVE!!!

Who needs the real thing when this tastes sooooo good.

One Year

I can't believe it's been one year. I think about you so much every day. There are even things that Garin does that make me think of you, I can't wait for you to meet him. You were an amazing example of what a family man should be. I love you so very much, this is still very hard for me to write. I know we will be together again, but sometimes it's hard to wait. I promise to always live my life in way that would make you proud. I love you Papa Rigo.

Apple Pie Bites!

So I saw this on Pinterest a while back and seeing that it is 100% dairy free I thought I would give it a go. Well I thought it was a huge success and they tasted amazing... then I looked over and my husband pulled all the apples out in his and only ate the crescent rolls...sigh. He's so close to getting his daily 5.

No Finals for Me

So here's the thing. Finals suck... Disneyland is awesome. So, how about I just don't go through with this last week and go to Disneyland instead. Who wants to help me make this happen? Come on..COME ON... FINE. I won't go to Disneyland... for now. But let it be known that I will take these finals against my will. (AND LOOK HOW HAPPY DISNEY MAKES ME!!!!!)

Dreams

It's really weird how different my view of what I want for myself have changed. I really thought I wanted to be a hardcore band teacher and that marching band would be my life forever. Which would be totally cool, (for a geek like me) but I guess my mind has wandered else where. I loved all my technique classes, I would LOVE to teach beginning instruments to children. I want to open up my own little studio and music shop. And why stop there? In every single one of those classes the professor would always comment that the books would start in such odd places. So... I want to fix that! I would love to create realistic lesson plan books/ method books for music teachers. And while I'm at the whole writing thing... I would love to put together a dairy free cookbook one day. It's not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. Being a newly wed in college and completely broke, our semi homemade to starting completely from scratch meals we have come up with have gotten really creative and super yummy. It's hard being on a budget,having no time, having a very hungry (allergic to dairy, super hunky and sexy-rific) husband and making it as healthy as possible. I'm just so excited what the future holds, and I feel so blessed to have a supportive husband, family and amazing friends. :)