BYU/Graffiti/Moths... the perfect combination!

As mentioned before, we spent Friday afternoon cleaning out our entire garage.  We got rid of quite a bit of junk.  One thing I hate about garages is that no matter how organized they are, they still look junky.  Or maybe it's just me.  Anyways, here is a picture of our garage.  Who says Mac's aren't useful?  Ha ha!

Dustyn got 20 new iMacs for his classroom.  I decided to bring home the boxes to try and organize our junk.  Sadly, most of them are empty...  but someday when I want to have junk, I have somewhere to put it.  They work very nicely.  You can easily access the contents without removing the box, if you don't want to.

Dustyn I went to the BYU vs. Wyoming game (44-0) last Saturday with the youth in our ward.  Here are a few pictures that I took.  It was pretty fun!

On the way up to Provo we saw a train parked on the side of the freeway.  It was super long.  Maybe some of you Happy valley folk have seen it, but almost the entire thing has graffiti on it.  I am a sucker for cool graffiti.  I do think it has a time and place.  Foul words on the side of someone else's professional building is one thing, but most of the time I really enjoy looking at it.  I'm weird I know.  Anyways on the way back Dustyn pulled the camera out and took picture for me.  Of course we were on the freeway so they were all blurry.  Had we not had youth with us, we totally would have stopped and took some cool pictures.  Maybe it will still be there this weekend.  It's very cool.

 On the way back we stopped at a local burger shop and got a drink.  Ew, ew, ew.  I'm gagging thinking about it.  We love getting drinks there because they have good ice.  I really just wanted some soda soaked ice.  So I quickly drank my drink to get to the ice.  As I finished it all up, I pushed the straw all the way to the bottom and took one more large last drink.  Ew.  All of a sudden all the moisture was pulled out of my mouth and was filled with a sand of sorts.  I am thinking it was cleaner for ice machines.  Ew.  I was totally grossed out.  I started gagging.  (I have THE worst gag reflex ever.  Seriously.)  Of course I was driving so I was trying SO hard not to throw up.  It was so gross.  I doubt I can ever go there again, let alone just get a fountain drink somewhere.  Ew.

Let's see...  what's next.

Remember how I have been complaining about Moths lately?  So here is a picture that I took today.  I had a moth massacre.  Ew.  Here are all the ones I killed.  Here are all the ones that I hadn't caught yet.  It is so bad.  While I am killing all these moths there are 30+ outside on the window just waiting to come in and join in on the battle.  They are so bad this year.  AND this is only the kitchen! We are in the bedroom now and Dustyn has caught at least 5 or 6 just sitting here, without even trying.  They are still flying around in the fan, getting flipped downward onto our heads.  Gross.

More about . . . me, of course.

Tagged by Libby! (better late than never, right?)  :)


20 years ago.....
1. I was 9 years old. I believe we lived in Mt. Pleasant at this point in time. Mrs. Barrett was my teacher (or was it Mr. Hansen? - Now I am confused).
2. My nickname from the boys in my class was Mrs. Fartsworth.
3. I loved riding my bike around the neighborhood, and jumping on the tramp to NKOTB.
4. We had a dog named Sheena (I think).
5. We made Lake Powell in our sandbox in the backyard.


10 years ago.....
1. I had just moved back home and was working as the manager at Hogi Yogi.  And was working at Arby's.
2. One of my best friends was Debbie.
3. I bought my 97 Ford Escort!  Woohoo!
4. I had some crazy friends and stayed up too late every-night and got up too early every morning.
5. Michelle and I wrote a poem to our friend Brandon.  It rocked.


5 years ago....
1.  I was following Dustyn around trying to get him to talk to me.  Okay, I was stalking him.  Whatever.  He still didn't talk to me.
2. My best friend was Jenn.
3. I was working at Hampton Inn at the front desk.  Also looking for a job and interviewing all over the state.
4. I got a new state job at Decker Lake Youth Center.  It was great.
5. I got engaged.


3 years ago....
1. We were working on getting our house remodeled.
2. I was the secretary in the Primary.
3. We were thinking about adopting (we called and were send the paperwork), but still trying to get pregnant.
4. Dustyn spent his summer at Camp.
5. Dustyn was working on his Masters @ BYU.


1 year ago...
1. We were getting ready to fly to Tennessee or somewhere to adopt a baby.  Obviously it fell through.  :)
2. I started subbing for the first time.
3. We went to Larry the Cable Guy.
4. I got new glasses.
5. There was a fire in our backyard while we were at work.



This Year....
1. We attended that FSA National Adoption Conference.  (Have I mentioned that it was amazing?)
2. I started tending the twins twice a week.
3. It will be 4 years since we had our Angel Baby.
4. I have to get my wisdom teeth out.  :P
5. We spent a lot of time camping (flaming gorge, fishlake, and Gooseberry).



Yesterday...
1. I had a terrible headache.  (normal for this time of year.  Ugh.)
2. Went to church.
3. Made a worksheet for Personal Progress
4. Made Chicken Tortilla Soup
5. Watched Juno.



Today...
1. Subbed.
2. Read Breaking Dawn.
3. Tried to clean up the house a little.  Dusted, Vacuumed, Laundry, Kitchen.
4. Listen to a motivational speaker from Australia who's key phrase was "freaking hoodwinked".
5. Made the adoption board for Dustyn's classroom.


Tomorrow....
1. Subbing at an Elementary.
2. Watching the BB10 finale.
3. Talking back the Redbox movie that Dusty is watching.
4. Reading Breaking Dawn.
5. Finish Laundry.



Next Year....
1. Dustyn and I will have been married for 5 years.
2. We are going to Minneapolis (I hope).
3. I would love to get a swamp cooler or central air!  :)
4. I want to get Dustyn a new laptop, but we'll see.
5. I want to get further out of debt.

Weekends!!

We had a great weekend!  There was only ONE problem.  I totally forgot my camera and my video camera!  So irritating!!!!   

We went to Springville for the All State High School Show.  Dustyn received his "Utah Art Educator of The Year" Award and gave an excellent speech!  He really is a great public speaker.  I am always so impressed with him!  I am so proud of him!  He is an amazing person!  And an amazing artist and teacher!  He received a cash award and he also gets to choose one of his artworks to be hung in the David O. McKay Education building at BYU for one year.  I am so proud of him!  I wish I would have brought the video camera so I could have had his speech.  I am so mad at myself!!!  I always forget that we even OWN a video camera.  We never use it and have had it almost a year.  :P  

This evening, we attended the Wild Turkey Association Banquet.  It was fun and of course Uncle Pete made some AMAZING food.  But . . . we were as lucky as we usually are and won . . . nothing.  :p  But I always enjoy going to them anyways.  

We hope ya'll had a great weekend!  

President Hinckley

A BYU tribute to the Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckley

Incase you missed it...

They call me, Master Dustyn.

So Dustyn finally did it! It's been a long tough road, but it's over! Yay! Good Job Dustyn!

WOoooHooo Dustyn!

Dustyn passed! His professors liked his Thesis. Now he has one week to make revisions and get it printed and ready for publishing! Yay! I am excited!

GOOD JOB DUSTYN!

The mustache is gone!

Yay! I am happy! Now we just have to wait until graduation so he can grow his goatee back! :)

By the way, Graduation is August 16-17, 2007. I am so excited for Dustyn!

Good Luck Dustyn!

Dustyn has his defense scheduled at 10:00AM on Monday at BYU!

Good Luck!

I know that you will do great!

I love you lots and lots.

Sunday

Things are well here in Johnstown. It's been a nice relaxing Sunday. I can't believe the day is almost over. It flew by.

For everyone wondering, we will more than likely be coming home next weekend. Dustyn has an appointment on Monday morning to defend his Thesis at BYU so that he can graduate in August. So we have to be home for that. I am not sure if I am excited to come home or not. I want to stay out here for good. But we are excited to see you all! :)

And good 'ole Richfield!