Thud

The sound of Paul's phone falling from my pocket and into a storm drain approximately seven feet below ground. He's using his old brick-of-a-phone, but please don't be offended if he doesn't call you because he doens't have your number or he doesn't know who you are when you call. It's my fault. Ahhhh, shoots.

Valentine's Dinner

We celebrated Valentine's Day together on Friday night since we were going to be with Paul's parents and grandparents on Saturday. We bought New York steaks a few weeks ago for an amazing deal and kept them in the freezer until Thursday when we marinated them over night. We made a tasty dinner together of steak, garlic mashed potatoes, and seasoned green beans. And the best part? Dessert! I made a strawberry cake with cream cheese and white chocolate frosting. It was fabulous, calorie free meal.

Pay it Forward

The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me to you. My choice. Made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:
1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It will be done sometime this year.
4. You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. who knows? not you, that's for sure.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. The catch is that you must re post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog.
The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!! Oh and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!

The Best Husband Ever

My BFF from high school, Kelsie Stonehocker, became Kelsie Christensen (what a cute name!) last Friday and I was lucky enough to be there for the special occasion. It was so much fun! We had a girl's night Thursday before she got married and the reception was basically a big dance party! I love weddings. They make memories of my own wedding flood back, and I can't help but be happy. All the love in the air just makes you love your hunny even more.
And to add to my loving feelings, I got the most wonderful suprise when I got home. Paul had completely cleaned our entire apartment. And I mean COMPLETELY. He mopped, he vacuumed, he scrubbed the tub and the toilet, he did all the laundry, he cleaned the inside of our refrigerator, he dusted, and he did the dishes. Wow! I definitely have the best husband ever.

The Fjeldsteds Party Down

You can rest assured, the Fjeldsteds are keeping it real in L to the A. We've had way too much fun the last couple months- here's a picture update.

I went to a Christmas girl party in December- potluck style. I brought the dessert, cream puffs filled with eggnog cream.





We visited Grammy in Salt Lake and while we were there we bundled up and went to Temple Square to see the lights. It was a great way to get into the Christmas spirit.




We spent Christmas in Boise and while we were there we went on a sleigh ride in McCall. We rode into a meadow and fed wild elk.






We visited the Seavers/Glausers on our way back to California. I've missed them! We went sledding the lazy way at Soldier Hollow.





We spent New Years with Paul's family in Palm Springs. Talk about swishy! We were living the high life in our Marriott hotel and had tons of fun on a dune buggy tour and at the zoo.




My dad gave us season tickets to Disneyland for Christmas and we experienced the magic last Saturday with our friends Ryan and Cathryn. It was a full day event- 9am-7pm!



And now we're settling back into normal life and starting to remember that we have responsibilities. Let me just say that we've been counting down the days to the three day weekend ever since we got back from our vacation.

Exciting News!

I've been wanting to make this post for about two months now, but wanted to wait until is was official. And now it IS official; I am USC's newest full time employee!



I'm working in a biology research lab helping a post doc on his research in genetic sequencing of drosophila. To those who don't understand the importance of this accomplishment, let me explain. The most important is that on top of my salary, Paul now gets HALF OFF his tuition! And since his yearly tuition is more than America's average household income, the tuition break is a big deal. Other great things include health benefits, retirement benefits, I can take classes at USC for free, and Paul and I will get to carpool to school and hopefully eat lunch together. Getting a job at USC is an amazing blessing and we're truly grateful.

Halloween

duuuuhhh... I should have made this post two weeks ago and I just woke up from a four hour nap and I'm not sure if I'll completely regain full mental capacity for the rest of the evening. I had high hopes of a clever blog about our costumes and about you all guessing what we were, but as it stands now, I'll just tell you. I was a bunch of grapes and Paul was Flavor Flav.



We went to our ward Halloween party and I won 2nd place in the chili cookoff. Woohoo!

Here's something else kind of crazy to think about... It was two years ago at our student ward Halloween party where Paul and I fisrt met...
Paul and his roommates Ashton and Sam were lodge folk and me and my roommates were zombie rockers.