June brings me....

....Cornelius the Cow! Isnt he a cutie?! So other June happenings include Drew applying for Dental school.... TOMORROW!! CRAZY! Also, Davey (my dad) has a job interview in Idaho tomorrow. Keep those good vibes headed our way!

Things have been pretty crazy at work. We were running a special and it got insane! like.. 18 i think last week. Which probably doesnt seem like that many to you guys but when the weeks before I averaged like 3-5 for the week, 18 is tonS!! But you can image how great my paycheck was ;)

Welp, thats about it in our lives right now. Oh yeah, D-Day is June 25th. send good vibes for that too! thanks!!

2 years down, eternity to go

So I'm a little late on this post but our 2 year anniversary was May 16. Since it fell on a Sunday we went out on Saturday. To be honest, I didnt expect much was gunna happen. Drew isnt very creative when it comes to doin stuff like this. ha! but I guess lucky for me and him my good cousin Kelly was available to help out. haha. she gave him some ideas. she even picked up part of it.

dozen long stem roses and a gift certificate to get a pedicure!

drew doesnt really want anything but a wallet. hah. i guess this isnt really a good pic of it.

then we headed down to the metro station to hop on the lightrail and go to the Old Spaghetti Factory in Phoenix

we had this cute little table in the corner. had some really good food! then we came back to mesa and went to Oreganos for a pizzookie. I forgot to get a picture of that, the service wasnt very good so I was distracted.

all in all, it was a good night. here's to an eternity together, can't wait!

Amazing Inspiration

I dont know if you guys have seen this yet, but a friend of mine posted it on her facebook. Its about Stephanie Nielson.
She is an amazing person and is so strong. What an example.

Meet Freddie

Some of you might remember my mom's cookie jar. Sounds weird, but my mom had a cookie jar with custom, homemade cookie jar lids. She had, I'd say, atleast 20. So this last year I decided that would be a cool thing to start in our little family. so when I went to Tennessee for Christmas I asked my mom if she would help me paint one. There wasnt really time over the break but she decided to be clever with a present. She gave me package envelopes as a gift. ha! she had 11 of them. One for every month. (she did give me a lid for christmas) She let me pick out which lid I wanted to represent each month and told me she would paint it and send it to me! Super cool right! Her and my dad kind of tag team the preject. My dad cuts out the wood and my mom paints it. Here are the ones I've gotten so far.

December:

January:

February:
March:
April:
May:Meet Freddie the Frog^^

Isnt Deb just too crafty!! Be jealous! My mom is cooler than yours! ;)
I'll keep you up to date with the lids in the upcoming months.

Homemade Strawberry Jam

So for those of you who know my mom, you've definitely have had her amazing strawberry jam! Well lately me and drew have been pretty trunky for it. So after finding the Superstition Ranch Market and the awesome deals on strawberries, I decided I would attempt making the jam.
All you need is strawberries, lots of sugar, and sure jell (you can get it at most grocery stores)

I used sure jell premium fruit pectin. They have other brands of versions of this sure jell, I got the one with the no sugar or less sugar recipes inside. I didnt use those recipes because I love me some sugar. haha. the fold out had all the recipes on it. I used the easy freezer one.

this is my bowl of rinsed strawberries. as you can see I took the tops of too.

then you have to mash them up one cup at a time. I only did one batch to start with so thats 4 cups of strawberries. I just used a potato masher. Next you just follow the recipe on the fold out paper and put it into containers to set up

These are just little reuseable containers I got at the dollar tree for, of course, a dollar! And a good thing about this jam is that you can freeze it up to a year and it tastes so darn good! I did end up making another batch today because we just have so many strawberries left. I'll probably make more to be honest, might as well with strawberries being so cheap right now.
I hope you'll try to make it sometime. It's really good, easy to make, and ends up being way cheaper than buying jam (that is if you find good priced strawberries)
Enjoy!

Solomon Latest

So a couple of weeks ago I finally worked on a project I've been talking about to Drew for months! We had this dresser of Drews from before the marriage, it wasnt in the best condition, you know how boys are. I wish I would have thought to take a before picture.. but I didnt. Before it was a lighter brown wood but covered with this fake wood stuff,I dont know what its called, and goldish colored handles. But... after some primer and a couple coats of black pant and some silver spray pant, this is the finished product!

luckily the picture is small enough you cant see the "character" this dresser still has. But its a HUGE!! improvement from before. Just take my word for it, okay?

Another thing that has been going on is we finally got a bed upgrade!! Before we were on a full, which I had since I was 16ish and living at home. Refer to this post It was very cosy to put it nicely. haha, it just wasnt working for me anymore. So after hearing a sleep america ad while I was at work one day, I mentioned it to drew so we went down to look. Well, we walked away with a very very very!! comfortable queen sized bed! Love it! I sleep sooo good!

Karabi really likes it. It looks pretty plain right now yes, but still a work in progress. As you can see no head board. We have a couple ideas for cool head boards. Either out of soda cans or books. Just trust me, it'll look good. So.. pictures to come once we get it done.

other than that, Drew is still a slave to ASU and Express Scripts but...This semester is almost done!! Then only one semester left for Drew! YAY!! Then... only 7 more years of school.

Upcoming Events:
May-Drew finishes this semester
June- Drew takes the DAT (hopefully get pregnant this month)
July- Drews 24th bday, Clint gets home from mission, probably visit my parents, apply to dental school
August-Drew starts his last semester of ASU!
September- My 23rd birthday, hopefully some interviews for Dental School
October-hopefully Dental school interviews
November- hopefully Dental school interviews
December- hopefully being accepted to Dental school, my parents and sister come to Arizona for reunion!

So as you can see... things are about to get real exciting!! yay for life gettin' to gettin'. yes, I know that sounds totally country. ;)

Attention East Valley

Everyone in Mesa and surround areas there is a place you need to check out if you havent already... Superstition Ranch Market. It is AWESOME!! My cousin's husband told us about it. and since I had some friends coming in to town, I thought maybe muffins and fruits for breakfast. Well my lovely husband drew reminded me of this place so I hit it up. Beware though, tons! of Snowbirds! But super sweet deals.

Deal of the day for me: 2 for $1 strawberries!!!

and everything is Delicious!! I got bananas, apples, grapes, oranges, strawberries, lettuce, cilantro and tons of each for $17. it would have been tons cheaper but I got some more expensive apples and alot of grapes! either way... good stuff!! and it all tastes sooo good!!

so let me tell ya how to get there... its about half a mile east of Greenfield on the southside of Main St. Look for big neon colored posters. I dont know it there actually was a sign with their name on it but look for bright signs with current sales!!

dude I'm so hyped about this place!! Go check it out friends!