Local Grindz:

Korean Beef Bugogi

Kahuku Style Garlic Shrimp

Garlic Chicken

The dates we go on

After a few hours playing in the Gulf and laying on the beach, we decided to hit up a movie for our Saturday evening fun! Buttered Popcorn and Cherry Pepsi for dinner. With some Wendy's chicken nuggets and a bacon burger on the side afterwards. Love our time together!

Mother's Day

I have a Mother who has given me (and Evs) a whole lot of LOVE. She has begged to take our trials and carry them for us and has always been there for us, even if behind the smile is a sad heart that we moved across the country. A lot of who I am, I get from her. I love that I talk to her almost every other day and we can chat about anything. There are a few things I hope to be when I grow up, but I hope I will be the kind of Mother that will always give my children a whole lot of LOVE just like my Momma.

My husband has a Mother who has given him (and me) a whole lot of LOVE. She has been through a lot with us and has never judged us for our choices but gave her parental suggestion. A lot of who my husband is, he gets from her. I hope I will be the kind of Mother that will always give my children a whole lot of LOVE just like my husband's Momma.

Right now, these babies get a whole lot of LOVE!

My Mother's Day Carrot cake! 

I may or may not have eaten the entire thing in 24 hours...by myself.

Mother's Day

We love you!

And the winner is...

EVAN!!! At the start of the season we each chose our top three teams of who would win The Amazing Race. Tonight was the season finale and I am sad to admit but I only had ONE of my chosen teams left in the race out of the final 4. Evan had TWO with his other team out of the race due to a ruptured achilles tendon (He stands by the statement that they would have made it to the end if that didn't happen). In a landslide win the Hockey Players/Brothers took it all. Evan cheered, clapped, and rubbed it in my face that my team came in third... (real big on sportsmanship in our family)

Until the next season of Amazing Race I'll have to listen to Evs gloat about his win... I'll get him next time.

Fairy tales

I was reading a talk by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf called Your Happily Ever After. Its an amazing talk given to the young women of the church in 2010. He starts out by simply sharing about how many fairy tales begin with the magical phrase, ONCE UPON A TIME.  He goes on to say how these words promise something.  This is one of my favorite quotes from his talk: 

" Heavenly Father's love for you is so great that He has granted you this earthly life as a precious gift of 'once upon a time', complete with your own true story of adventure, trial, and opportunities for greatness, nobility, courage and love. And, most glorious of all, He offers you a gift beyond price and comprehension. Heavenly Father offers to you the greatest gift of all-eternal life-and the opportunity and infinite blessing of your own 'happily ever after'. But such a blessing does not come without a price. It is not given simply because you desire it. It comes only through understanding of who you are and what you must become in order to be worthy of such a gift." 

I have realized that this life certainly comes with our own wicked stepmothers and evil stepsisters, a frightful-looking beast to save a family member and having to sacrifice our home, living locked in a tower by an old lady, being given a poisonous apple because we were the fairest one of all..I could go on and on, but the point is that there is an opposition in all things. And many obstacles attempt to roadblock us. But as President Uchtdorf teaches, it is our reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life's story will develop. I always wondered what "lesson" I was suppose to learn from certain trials. I realize now that its not the specific event that I am suppose to learn from, its how I handle the event that will make my life better and more fulfilling or just a load of crap on a stick.