Christmassy!!

We put up our first Christmas tree this year! It was fun to get a real tree and to go cut it down ourselves. I never did that when I was young so it was pretty cool! Thanks for the tree btw Joel and Marie :) We love this time of year and it will always remind us of when we were married! Feliz Navidad everyone!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

We had such a blast with all of you over Thanksgiving weekend. From singing tunes to hot air balloons, from making puzzles to taking pictures, and from Christmas tree finding to getting hit by a truck driving as fast as lightning . . . we had quite an eventful weekend! :) We're grateful we had so much time to spend with all of you and really enjoyed the family home evening discussion as well. Can't wait to see you all again. Con mucho amor :-)

Space Saver

Thank you so much Jake and Laura for your gift. We love how it gives some life to our dull baño:) We sure love you guys!

Weekend with the Fam!

Over the Halloween weekend we got to go to Rexburg to visit Juice and Will and Jake and Laura for Charlie's blessing. We had a fun Halloween party with the Grahams and then Sunday gorged ourselves(well, . . myself)eating a fantastically yummy dinner at Jake and Laura's house. It was sure good to see so much family!! :)After looking at the photos I realized that I forgot to bring my camera in the house on Sunday so sorry that I didn't get any photos guys, but I will definitely bring the camera to Thanksgiving weekend to make up for it! :)

Family! :)

Jake and Laura got to stop by our place on their way to Washington:) We sure were glad to see them and to see how much Baby Charlie and Hannah are growing! We love all of you so much!

We are blessed!

Well we are being blessed mucho right now! Along with the federal aid we have received for my schooling, we have also received two different scholorships which are quite generous! In fact if we plan it right I will have all my schooling here at CSI paid in for in full. And I may have a little extra for buying those expensive books as well! Life is good here in Twin! :)

Apartment Pictures! :)

Here is a long awaited picture tour of our apartment here in Twin! Enjoy! :)

Reunion Pictures!!

Hello to Everyone!

So it's been awhile since we've posted anything and I'm feeling a little guilty (Andrew is too) so I decided to type this little post to update you all and inform the pictures of the family reunion are coming soon and hopefully some apartment pictures if we get really ambitious. :)


For starters... Andrew is officially almost done with his first week of college! And let me tell you I've never seen anyone study or work so hard! I am sitting here in awe of his awesome work ethic. Good Job Honey! YOU are AWESOME!
As for me I'm starting new employee orientation at St.Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center on Monday the 31st and then I will start training... fingers crossed :) I have yet to hear from my supervisor whom I have contacted via message on the answering machine. She decides when I'll start training to become a clinical lab assitant, and we're hopeing directly after orientation is what she decides :) We love our little nook and call it home :) We're attending an Institute class every thursday night at 7pm, tonight was the first of many we hope. We'll see with training and everything what i'll be able to swing into my schedule :)
For now that is the basis of our life here in Twin Falls and we love the town. As most of you know Andrew's bike was stolen a week ago but other than that unpleasant event we are happy. We love the Twin Falls 16th ward and are excited for what the Lord has in store for us.

Bunches of love to you all and thank you all for your prayers on our behalf. We appreciate your support :) We're praying for you too and hope all is well in your lives : )

Ogden Biking "Excursion"

We finally got ourselves out to go biking on the Ogden City Parkway trail which is kinda like the greenbelt in Boise. Over all we biked about 9 miles and only took us a little over an hour :) It felt good to get some exercise and see that part of the city right along the river. We kicked ourselves for not getting out there and doing it earlier since now we only have 2 weeks left in Ogden. But we shall definitely go riding when we can in Twin. Especially since Twin is nice and flat :)

Let there be bread . . . . . and maybe some jam too??

A couple weeks ago Karen made some bread and strawberry/raspberry jam which I helped by adding only 1/2 cup of sugar when it actually needed 1 1/2 cups. . . Oops!! :)Don't worry we added the extra cup and it tastes great! I like it so much I eat it by the spoonful! j/k . . . . . but really I do :)

Blessed :)

Yay! Today after much struggle and fear I took my MLT registry exam and PASSED! I am so happy! During the whole test I seriously cried because I had practically no clue what the questions were asking or I was confused! It was really traumatizing and I'm glad it's over. Thanks to all of you for your prayers on Andrew's and my behalf. We feel so blessed to have this test over with and now are going to look at housing in Twin Falls on Saturday! Wish us luck! We love you all :)

 

We like tent

 

So we haven't posted much lately but we set up our tent and really like it. A lot. Now we wanna go camping and such :)That is the update for now. And also Katelynn came up and stayed the night and baught us brownies. They were good. Yum

Weekend In Paris :)

There are a lot of pictures of Hannah and Sariah. You that want them go to our picasa album. Our trip was very fun and we love you all! :)

Cabin Fever '09 !!

We had a blast spending a few days at Dustin's cabin. It was good to have a break from everything and just enjoy being in the outdoors. Bueno for the soul! Karen and I wanted to go enjoy the bonneville hot springs but didn't even think about all the spring run-off from the snow and got there all ready to relax in the warm water and realized that it was either scorching hot or ice cold so that was a tad disappointing but we still had tons of fun spending time with our friends and fam! :) It went too quick though. We'll have to plan something else for the future eh? Thanks to all for contributing to the meals and cooking and such!

School Update...

Just to let you all know, if you didn't already, that I finished Spring 2009 semester last week! I finally have my final grades for all my classes.... "drum roll please?...." B+ in clinical micro, A- in clinical chem, A- in blood bank and A in English 1010 :) Thanks to all of you who made these grades possible... and a special thanks to Andrew for dealing with my stressed out moods and helping me study for almost all of my tests! You are so amazing :)

Me.......with all the stress:) you're a trooper honey :)

Happy "Wife's" Day!!

So the weekend before Mother's Day, Andrew decided that we would have our own celebration of the holiday. It rained pretty much the whole day! Nevertheless, Andrew was determined that our activities for the day must be a secret and a surprise. Just to let you all know, if I know there is a surprise I will spend a good portion of pre-surprise time trying to find out what it is! Andrew knew I would do this and he was very elusive and wouldn't answer any of my questions. Andrew ended up driving past our destination just to throw me off and it really worked! I was completely oblivious until we arrived at Kohls. He took me shopping! I haven't been shopping since forever! It was so sweet of him to do and I loved it! After that we went to Ihop for lunch and then headed home and watched a movie before I had to go to work. When I got home from work there was a vase with a dozen beautiful roses, a box of chocolate almond clusters, and a card that almost made me cry! I love my husband so much! He is so good to me :) I'm so happy that we have eternity to show each other how much we love each other. Thank you honey! I love you :)

From Cooking

From Cooking

The Farnsworth creativiy gene expressed :)

Within the grim South Ogden Madison Ave. neighborhood one does not dare to look at the warped ugly 70's colored front doors of apartments and houses surrounding the block. That is unless you are at Andrew and Karen's front door! Vibrant, inviting hues of hunter green and mystic white envelop all beings who grace our humble abode's entrance . . . . . . . Ok ok so we like our sign a little too much but it was way fun. If anyone wants one tell us the color you want and the particulars! :)

No I didn't get in a fight at work:)

"Here at Biolife Plasma Services, taking care of our donors is our first priority and no one does it better . . . . except for Theodore!, who was a little over-zealous enough to get off work that he stabbed right through Andrew's vein!! :( It hurt a little bit but at least they payed me. Thanks Biolife!!

We went to the park the other day when the sun was out and had a picnic. Apparently the seagulls thought it was good. . . . Good enough to circle our blanket stalking our every move. But it was still fun:) I would have posted some pictures of us throwing the frisbee around but my camera battery lost all desire to put forth a shred of power. We are excited to do more outdoors that's for sure!! :)
We also were able to go shooting with the fam over the weekend of the 28th on my birthday! Twas a fine present. What I like to do the most!! :) It was a little cold but once the sun came out faces popped back out of their coats. We had a blast but like always never had enough time. Tay's awesome new shotgun with a shorter barrel :) Taylor helped Rod decide which kind of pistol he would prefer and teach him some practical shooting techniques :)

New Couches! :)

Woohoo!! We found a couple of nice comfy couches in Layton from ksl.com and are thouroughly enjoying them! They are sometimes really hard to get out of though :( lol Btw thank you again for the couch you gave us Joel and Marie it served us well and beat the heck out of sharing my leopard pattern banana chair :) We sure hope these new couches will last us quite some time!

Platanos!!

We made yummy platanos rellenas and filled them with homemade guacamole that was equally scrumptious :)First we used our fry daddy and then the platano press and magic was born in the form of a squashed plantain cup:) The first one was kinda wild looking but we figured it out quick. The guacamole probably looks really disgusting in the picture but trust me,it was like having a circus in my mouth!!Mmmmmmmm The kiwi banana smoothie was good too :)

Weekend Trip to Bear Lake!

This weekend Andrew and I made the short trek to Paris to visit Mom and Dad Packham and to see the chiropracter in Soda Springs! Andrew was pretty leery at first, but after that first crack of his back he was ready for more! Yay for good chiropracters at Bowman Clinic! We had fun playing games with the fam and are glad to have it all taken care of:)

Thursday: Bread and Sugo!

Today was catch up day! Bread and Spaghetti sauce all before noon! Finally new bread and we can eat pasta again! :)

Cooking: Fun Stuff!

The source of the rancid stench in our humble abode!

Black Beans! For about 2 weeks or a little less we've been wondering what smells so bad in our place... On Saturday Andrew pulled out the black beans and discovered the smell! Sadly he did not dispose of said stench until I came home to comfirm... Needless to say he made me smell 'em while he opened all the windows and doors he could find to release the stench:) It made it through the whole house even the bedroom in the far back! Gross!!! It twas indeed extrememly digusting. I hope you all can smell it just reading this! :) lol

Valentine's Day Getaway in Paris!

Date Night! :)

Date Night!

Karen and I gorged ourselves on roasted pineapple and mozzarella balls all evening! Twas muy yummy indeed :) Thanks for the gift Trent and Joelle! We sure loved it :)

Because we can:)

Fried Chicken/Rabbit :)

Way to go Andrew ! :)

From utah gun club

Andrew Made Cookies!!!

Thanks MJ for the recipie:) It turned out great! Yummy:)

Utah Shootup :)

Mawwiage

We saw these on the way to Ketchum. It was too crazy to pass by!