Friends Reunite!

A few weeks ago I went to dinner with my best friends from high school! It was so fun to catch up! I can't believe it's almost been 5 years since graduation! I love you guys!!!

Out With The Old....

Last Saturday we were able to get rid of our old, mismatched bedroom furniture! Before we were using old furniture that we have had for YEARS.

The improvement is HUGE! From this:

To this:

We have Adam and Stephanie to thank for this! They got some new furniture and just GAVE us theirs. Thanks guys!!!

We're Going On A Cruise!

I have been wanting to go on a cruise for a long long time but never really had a REAL reason to. Our ONE YEAR anniversary is coming up in a few months so Daniel and I have been looking at cruises (since October or November). Daniel's parents are going on a cruise for their anniversary and I think it finally got me moving. We decided that if we REALLY were going to go, we needed to book our cruise TODAY!! So we did! We will be going on a 4 night Mexican Riviera cruise and I am soooo excited! I really want to see a whale. There is only going to be 2 stops on the cruise, but that didn't matter to us because from what I have read, there is a TON of fun stuff to do on the boat. We got a really good deal! I am super super excited. Now... we just need to find out how we are getting to California... hehe.

More posts to come... as soon as I find my cable to upload my pictures!

I'm Back! Just in time for the New Year!

It has been forever since I posted anything, and I don't feel like trying to play catch up clear back to October either!

I am writing this post to delcare my New Year's Resolutions! I have a lot but I really feel like this year they will happen! Here they are!

1. Take more pictures.

2. Exercise EVERY MORNING! My goal is to lose 15-20 lbs by the end of February.

3. Floss my teeth every day.

4. Only drink caffeine on Fridays. I know you all are going to laugh at this one, but I don't think I can quit cold turkey. I need something to look forward to!

5. Keep my house clean.

6. SAVE MONEY!!!!

7. Be more diligent in reading scriptures and praying (alone and with my husband).

Like I said before, I have a lot of goals for 2010, but they are for a VERY GOOD CAUSE! I promise!

Anyway, just to update a little. I am now working as a Pharmacy Technician at a company called Medquest Pharmacy. I have worked her for almost 2 months now and I love it. I am starting to train back in the compounding room on mixing the powder that goes into the capsules. It's pretty cool!

Anyway, hopefully (if I follow my new year's resolution) next time I will have pictures with my post!

Happy New Year!!!

5k, "terns," job hunting, birthdays, and a new GPS!

Wow! I had no idea it has been over a month since my last post! I will try to be better and MAYBE get some pictures in the next post.

So, I ran another 5k. You probably all forgot that I even ran my first 5k because it was so long ago. My time when I ran back in April was around 39 minutes. NOT GOOD! And I was paralyzed for a week afterward. This time I actually decided to train a little bit. I went to the gym every weeknight for 2 weeks, but the fastest I ever got was a 5k in 36 minutes. I am proud to say that on the actual race day I ran my 5k in 31 minutes and 42 seconds!!!!! Everyone in Daniel's family beat me (even though some of them didn't run the whole way) but I ran the entire time! It felt great to be able to run that far and still be able to walk afterward! My dad ran the race with me too. He caught up with me about halfway through and we ran together for the rest of the race. I am glad he caught up to me because I really wanted to quit. Running isn't easy! My dad really encouraged me to keep running and I really appreciate it!

I finished my externship at the pharmacy!! It was a really great experience. My "co-workers" were all awesome and I was sad to leave them but I am really excited to be graduated and qualified to get a job in my field. I have been applying to a bunch of places and actually had an interview this morning with a really great company in North Salt Lake. They asked me back for a 2nd interview next week!!! I really hope this works out!

My birthday was this month. I turned 23! I am so old now. My sister in law threw me a party, I went to lunch with my mother in law and sister in law, I got an AWESOME candle holder from my father in law, and got some birthday money to go shopping with! Thanks to everyone who helped make my birthday great!

And now, on to my pathetic story of the week!! (I'm really hoping that pathetic events don't really become a tradition, but whatever). So anyway, I went to Salt Lake on Wednesday to turn in my pharmacy technician license application and get my fingerprints done. We just got a new GPS and I thought, "perfect timing." Well, turns out that it doesn't matter if you have a GPS if you don't type the address in correctly! Luckily I only ended up a few blocks away from my actual destination. THEN.... I had to call Daniel to ask him how to use a parking meter. ME and my naive life!!!

Anyway, I am really excited for the next few weeks. I am going to visit my sister in law, Raquel, and her cute family this weekend. It will be so nice to get away! Then, over Halloween we are doing another reenactment just outside of Las Vegas. And hopefully I will get a technician job in the next few weeks!

Happy Halloween!!!

A Post Dedicated to HAIR

So, it's been a while since I have posted anything and, as usual, we have been super busy! Last weekend the Phister family got together for another reenactment at This Is The Place State Park. It was a fun weekend, but really it's the boys who have THE MOST fun. They get to ride their horses all day and shoot their guns in mock battles. It is really impressive to see. The fun part for the girls (and the boys) is the civil war ball because we get to dress up in puffy dresses and hoop skirts!!! Stephanie, my sister in law, helped me get my hair in curlers so I could have ringlets.

Thanks Stephanie!!! My hair turned out great! The curls stayed in for 2 days!!!

There is the finished product!! I am also wearing a new dress in this picture! It was in one of the shops at This Is The Place. Daniel got it for me as an early birthday present. I love it!! (Deanna does too... she gets to do all the alterations!)


There is a picture of me and Daniel together at the ball. That is his "dress uniform." I remember last year when I saw them for the first time. I thought his hat was really funny looking!! BUT... when he and his dad wear those outfits they get more attention than the girls do in their ballgowns!

Isn't he sooooo sweet??? :-)

You may be wondering why I have a picture of a tarantula in this post and what that has to do with hair. Let me explain. After the ball we went back to our tents to go to bed and I was cleaning up some clothes and getting my bed ready. I picked up my skirt and was folding it when "something" dropped on my arm. IT WAS A TARANTULA!!!!!!! And no, this is not an actual picture of it. We killed it too fast to get any pictures. I ran out of my tent telling everyone that there was a huge spider in my tent. Of course they thought I was just "being a girl" and overreacting. They thought it was just going to be a tiny spider or something. BUT NO. One of the guys went into my tent and caught the spider and everyone got a good look at it before I screamed at him to KILL IT! He said he could feel it crunching under his boot. Anyway, the reason I put this story in my hair post is because I swear, I could feel EVERY hair on that spider's body when it was crawling on my arm. It was the SICKEST experience of my life!! AND I still had to go to bed that night. CREEPY!

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Now for a HUGE transition. I got my hair cut! I have been waiting to cut my hair for a long time! This is probably the longest I have had my hair since I was 12. I would like to have grown it longer, but it was dying. Darn flat irons! So, here are my before, right after, and after pictures! Enjoy!

Before:

Right after: (I cut almost 6 inches!!!!)

This finished product!!!!!

It feels so nice to have short hair again!!!

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On a side note. I have successfully finished my first week of my training hours for my pharmacy tech license. It was so fun and SOOOO different than I would have ever expected. It is nothing like class! I have 4 and 1/2 weeks left of training and then I will be OFFICIAL! I have even already started applying for jobs! Wish me luck!!

I PASSED!!! I'M DONE!!!

Yesterday I took my national certification test for pharmacy technicians and I PASSED!!! This was a test I have been dreading for the past year and it's OVER!! That was my very last test and now I only have to complete my "on the job training" and I will be certified! It has been a long year full of a lot of stress and a lot of drug-learning. Now I can live happily ever after with my library books... and Daniel ;-)

Now, playing catch-up on what we have been up to! This past weekend we were super busy! Saturday morning we got up BEFORE 5 AM and went to Logan. Daniel and his dad ran the Top Of Utah 1/2 Marathon and they both did great!! Daniel's time was 1 hour and 39 minutes. He finished 20th in his age group out of like 2,000 people. I am so proud of him!!

And, if any of you are intested, the Hansen family from Plain City, Ut are holding a 5k run/2 mile walk in honor of their daughter who passed away from cancer. It is on October 3rd in Plain City! They would love as many people as they can get, so let me know if you (Ashley!!) want to sign up!!

Sunday we got up at 5 AM again to go to Green River, Wyoming for Daniel's sister's baby blessing. Mike and Raquel (Daniel's sister and brother-in-law) also spoke in church. They gave wonderful talks and the blessing was very nice! After, we did some family pictures and ate some yummy food!! It was a great day and I'm glad I finally got to see Raquel's cute house!

We have a lot of fun things coming up in September! This weekend we are going to the Ft Bridger Mountain Man Rendezvous and the next weekend we are going to a civil war reenactment at This Is The Place State Park where they will be having a civil war ball! I am really excited and hopefully I will get some good pictures to post.

Anyway, happy September! And don't forget to let me know if any of you want to sign up for the 5k in October!