Greg Old's Birthday

Thursday was Greg's birthday and I had to keep reminding him that it was coming up. I guess once you get older you just don't care as much about birthdays.

Greg got to go on a scavenger hunt for his birthday. When he found each clue there was an article of clothing that he had to put on. He started getting pretty worried after about 2 clues and he had orange pants and Gold shoes to put on. He called and said "This is terrible. I'm going to look like a clown on my birthday". Little did he know, that we all were dressed up waiting for him to show up at the bowling alley. We had a jello soda pop cake that was delish! And I can say that because I didn't make it :)

A Little Confused

Greg just didn't understand why I needed all these downstairs, and to be honest, I don't really know either. He thought it was funny/annoying, that I was so cluttered.

A list of things Greg doesn't understand:

Me leaving any door in the house cracked-he likes them closed or open, not cracked.

Socks inside out.

PMS

Me wearing shoes in the house. No shoes inside period.

Why I wear his clothes

Why I leave belts in my pants when I put them in the dirty clothes pile

Why girls wear chapstick and lipgloss

How I can be getting dressed and change my shirt 4 or 5 times before settling on one

Why I don't think its necessary to color code my hangers in the closet

Why I need 3 pairs of sunglasses in the car (you never know when one may break, you need backup)

Next week is our 3 year wedding anniversary. Its amazing that its already been 3 years. I'm not sure how to describe it, it seems like we've always been married, but like the time has gone by so fast-I don't know. Anyway, I love being married and can't wait for many, many, many, many more years -oh wait, forever, to come :)

A Random Update

In my sports medicine class we've been practicing taping for various injuries. I had to practice, and since it didn't really work to practice on myself, I recruited some help from my cousins. We are going to be tested on our taping next week, so I had to get lots of practice in.

Below are the lovely legs of Rachael and Renee, they were nice enough to let me practice on them. Rachael lucked out because all the wraps I did on her legs I put pre-wrap down first but poor Renee didn't get pre-wrap on hers so she had to just tear it off like a bandaid-a REALLY BIG Band Aid.
For Jumpers' Knee
Shin Splints
Arch Support above, and Achilles Tendonitis Below
Albertson's had this great sale on fruit snacks! For every 5 boxes you purchased, you got a coupon for $3.50 and since we LOVE fruit snacks. . . we bought 35 boxes! I've been eating about 3 packages a day and loving it! haha!
Greg sent this to me on my phone and I just laughed so hard. I love this picture because it is such a true depiction of cats and their high-and-mighty attitude and how the poor meek dog that is 4 times the size of that stinky cat just gets bossed around and kicked out of his own bed. And he has such a worried little face-the poor thing. So funny
Greg and I had a date night a few weeks ago where we made milkshakes built a little fort and watched a movie. It was so fun just being goofy. We planned on sleeping in it, but about 3 am we both woke up and realized how hard the floor was even with all the layers of blankets underneath us. We ditched the fort and went up to bed. What a relief! There is nothing better than sleeping in your own bed. I'm so grateful to have a comfy bed.

March Wahoo!

February came so fast-and now its gone already! This semester has really flown by. Which is good in some respects and a little scary in others. Its good because that means I'm one semester closer to graduation, but bad because we have no idea what we are doing for sure this summer. I guess I should be used to the spontaneity of our lives, but I'm not really. We are currently watching the movie 2012, well I should say Greg is, I lost interest after about 5 minutes. Good thing it was free with a Redbox code.

It has been in the 40s lately here in Rexburg and I'm LOVING IT! The snow is melting and the awful ice ruts are almost gone in the driveway behind our house. I was chipping away at them with the snow shovel this afternoon until I got a blister on my hand- then it was time to stop.

While doing my internship this semester I've had the opportunity to work with two people with Alzheimer's. I've never met anyone with this disease before, only seen things on TV, and its been pretty eye-opening for me. I just met one guy who moved in last week, introduced myself and then he asked where I'm from. I said, "I'm from Orem, Utah." and he replied that he was from Provo right by the hospital. about 2 minutes later he again asked where I was from. I said, "I'm from Orem." and he said "Oh really? I'm from Provo, right by the hospital" He is such a sweet guy and the other resident with Alzheimer's is also very nice, they are two of my favorite people there at the Assisted Living center. I'm really enjoying planning activities for the residents. I'm planning a big event for the end of the month, a Potluck from Around the World, where missionaries or people who have studied abroad make different dishes from the country they visited. I'm excited to try different foods, but I'm not sure how the residents will react since they don't even like the food they normally eat.

Well I guess its back to the lame-o movie.

Crafty Randomness

For one of the activities at the Teton House, the place I'm doing my internship, we made these little refrigerator magnets. The ladies that came picked out the paper they wanted and we put them together for them to take back to their rooms. I had a lot of fun doing it because I got my cousins Rachael and Leanna to come help. Everything is more fun when you have friends! I liked the magnets so much that I had to make some for my own fridge.
I found all of these wood scraps behind our house, so I went around and picked them all up (got the idea from my friend Brittany when she stilled lived here), and even made Greg hop in some dumpsters behind home construction sites to get other wood pieces. I sanded them down and painted these ones, I plan on covering the front with paper and trying to make them look cute. It will say L-O-V-E or H-O-M-E or something equally cliche ;-)
I got into a card-making frenzy and went nuts with paper and embellishments strewn about the room . I can't believe the HUGE mess I made, right after Greg helped me organize my scrapbook room . It really is a disaster. These are just a few that I actually thought to take pictures of. We also made cards at the Teton House, one lady wanted some for her 19th and 20th great granddaughters that will be born this month. I can hardly imagine having kids let alone 30-something grandkids and almost 21 great grandkids.
This is Wallace playing pool. He was going around knocking all the balls into the pockets. I was surprised he actually held still long enough to take a picture. He's a funny little guy. Tonight its just the two of us. Greg went snowmobiling with Bryce and Maggie and I couldn't go so Wallace and I are cuddling =) Tonight we are watching a movie at the Teton House and I'll be lucky if I can even get any of the residents out to do anything. Its funny because I would think these old people would want to come out to the activities I plan because I think, "What else are you gonna do but sit in your room and watch TV". But during the week only one or two show up. Oh well. Hopefully its fun for those 2 people that come.
For Josie's birthday her mom made this really cute cake shaped like a giant cupcake and I thought it was so cute I wanted to show it. Garrett and Josie are getting married in about a month! I'm so excited for them.

We finished season 5 of 24 and I just started season 6! Pretty sad how much I've gotten into it. Seems like we are always quoting something from it or I even had a dream where Jack Bauer was riding in the car with me and told me to put on my seatbelt. The next morning I got in the car to drive to school and I remembered so I quickly put on my seatbelt. Don't want any more visits from Jack telling me what to do.

February

This has been a great week. Lots of time with friends and family, and topped it off with great church meetings Sunday. Its amazing how easily we forget that the Lord knows us, each person individually, then sends us little reminders. That's just one of the reasons I love going to church Sundays. I feel that the Lord speaks to me and answers prayers through people's comments during lessons and especially while singing hymns. I got a great reminder today about pride. This guy got up during Fast and Testimony meeting and explained that we don't need pride because the Lord loves us SO much, so there is no need to impress anyone else, just Him. That's a very simplified version, but pride is something I've been struggling with lately. Mostly just admitting when I'm wrong - I know, like that ever happens.

On another note, This is Wallace and his girlfriend Juicey. She's a Maltese and we want to bread them. Wallace fallows her around non-stop. Last Thursday we went to Josey's birthday party (Josey is Greg's brother Garrett's financee) and hung out for about 6 hours. Wallace never left Juicey's side and we would tease him by trapping him in a corner while Juicey ran off and Wallace would flip out! Anyway I thought this one was cute since it looks like he's kissing her ;-)

January

This month is going by SO fast! I'm kinda glad though, that means Spring will come that much faster. Greg got a job, I got an internship, and we have been watching season 5 of 24. Life is good.

Greg is all finished with classes, he needs to do an internship (hopefully this summer) and apply for graduation! Woohoo! I have one more semester after this and then I should graduate in December!

We haven't figured out what to do with the rest of our lives after we graduate, but we are just enjoying NOT thinking about it. We have such great friends here in Rexburg and it will be sad to leave them, I'm sure we'll stick around for a while.

Wallace barks a LOT but is still super cute which helps me to not kill him every time he goes on a barking rampage. I wish it was warmer out so that I would actually enjoy taking him for walks. He seems to like the snow though, but I have to clean my floors way more often to get rid of all the paw prints everywhere. Greg's brother Garrett is getting married in March and we are looking forward to his family coming to visit for the wedding. It will be the first time Greg's dad has come to visit in Idaho. We can't wait.