Younger than Springtime

I have lately had the song, "Younger than Springtime" from South Pacific, humming in my head. I guess it is officially Spring tomorrow. Right? Well, I admit, I have caught Spring Fever and cannot wait for the warm weather to arrive. It also kind of makes me want this semester to be over, even though I know I should be enjoying life in the moment and making the best of things. It's okay to look forward to better things. Isn't it? Anyway, in honor of Spring time, and because I feel the need to post something, I have selected some of my favorite springtime quotes to share with you:

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~Doug Larson

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood

In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain

Out with the cold, in with the woo. ~E. Marshall, "Spring Thought"

These are a few pictures from last year's Easter at Emily and Craig's house in Longmont, CO.
I love spending time with them there!

One of our Christmas presents from Lon's parents was a share in a cow. Yep. That's right. We get ground beef, roasts, and even steaks! Of course, Lon is in love. Thanks Stan and Christine!

This was from Christmas in Wyoming. We went sledding!

I apologize for making you tilt your head to see the pictures in their proper alignment. I was getting too impatient to mess with rotating them.

Happy Harvest!

Happy Harvest!

I know it's been too long since I have posted. Since school started, we have found that it's impossible to get done everything we want/need to. It's hard to be a perfect housewife, student, employee, and well-rounded being all in one! If you couldn't tell, I am a pretty bad family fun documenter (I know that's not a real word). For the first 5 months of our marriage, I either forgot to bring my camera anywhere, or forgot to replace the batteries.However, I did manage to remember a fully charged camera in our Halloween celebrations. Last week Lon and I had fun being in charge of our ward Halloween party. We had a great committee to help make it a successful activity.

Here we are carving our cute pumpkin. See my man at work. He's so focused!

Lon is so sweet. He does all the dishes. I occasionally help. See! I am not a good housewife! I do cook dinner and pack him lunches. Lon is always willing to help.

Here is a scary self-taken picture. I am an Alto I section leader in BYU's Women's Chorus. This year we have had a concert every month. I think this was for BYU's Homecoming Spectacular.

Lon and I were Peter Pan and Wendy for Halloween. We created our costumes with clothes from D.I. And yes, I am wearing a little girl's nightgown.
This fall, I have been baking up a storm. Which may or may not be a good thing, because Lon eats one or two servings and I eat the rest. Poor Lon. Last Sunday I made pumpkin cookies. Yummy! Sadly, I finished off the last two yesterday. Lon and I also made these cookies, we like to call "Little Ghosties". I think they are really called Chocolate Turtle Cookies. They are made in a waffle iron! The icing is a cream cheese frosting.They are super easy to make and soooo tasty!

Party Time!

Can it be 2 months already?

Today is our 2 month anniversary. Yep. We still love each other.

One Month

Hello family and friends! Since Lon and I are our own little family, I decided it was time to start a blog. Lon and I have been married a full month now. It's hard to believe! Since marriage, I've noticed many improvements in different areas of my life:

• I have a constant companion and friend.
  
• I kneel every time I personally pray.
• I have a more coherent scripture study.
• I'm learning to share and think of his needs over mine.
  
• I can now fry and flip eggs very well.
• I made my first loaf of home made 100% whole wheat bread (without the help of a bread maker).
• I'm getting better at making dinner.
• Lon and I started to run/walk around the temple.
• I'm getting better at driving our Acura and am starting to know the street names in Provo.

There are probably more, but you get the idea. I'm happy!