Retraction

In my last post I made the comment that Sonic is a great place to eat and I recommend it. Unfortunately, that no longer rings true. I do still enjoy their cheddar peppers and mozzarella sticks, but the sandwich I had today, the Chicken Club Toaster, is not treating me or Parker very well, and we both have stomach aches. :( I no longer recommend Sonic for your daily meals. Thank you.

PS. Parker and I learned how to make sushi last Saturday, and we're in the process of making a sofa table. Pictures to come. :)

New Post

I know it's far past time for a new post, but I honestly feel there's nothing of interest to write about. So... here's what we do.

• Parker and I go to school. It's hard.
• I still work 20 hours a week at the MTC. Parker's starting to recruit again and works a few hours each week as a TA for a construction class.
• Halloween is this weekend, and we have no plans for the holiday (but we're both really ok with that, neither of us love to dress up). We do have friends coming over tomorrow bringing homemade sushi! Love that! So festive, huh. We're not total scrooges though, we have candy to give away if someone knocks on our door. :)
• Parker won a Play Station 3 at work, and we traded it for a surround sound system (which I have mixed feelings about, but we don't need to get into that now) which is (SLOWLY) in the process of being hooked up as I type.
• We bought a new entertainment center. It's beautiful, and came with a matching CD case (that I don't really know what we'll do with, because we really have no need for it...). Pics to come someday, maybe when I finally post pictures of my living room.
• Speaking of living room, I decided it needed curtains, not just blinds, to make it more cozy. I found the perfect ones, and they were on clearance! Yay! Unfortunately, they are about 16 inches too short. Yes, I knew that before I bought them, and planned to find coordinating fabric to sew to the bottom. That's harder to do than I thought, but I finally bought the fabric today, so we're making progress. It's projects like this when I wish my mom lived closer. (Ok, I wish that a lot, but this time especially.)
• I have to find an internship asap! I'm supposed to graduate in April(!) but since all I have left to do is my internship and a 2 credit class, I don't really have another option for school next winter. Stress. Anyone have a friend in the public health business looking for an intern?
• Parker and I recently signed up for netflix. It's fun. We found out that we can watch Prison Break instantly, and have been addicted to it ever since. We're on already on the second season after about a week and a half. It's intense. We like it. I don't know how people actually waited a week between episodes, I'd go crazy.
• I had one of the craziest class periods ever this past Tuesday. It started when my teacher rolled a big cart of stuff into the classroom and pulled a couple packages of Depends out, opened them, and started handing them out saying "Ok, everyone go put your depends on." We all stared at her and didn't move in a sort of "Are you being serious right now?" sort of way. She wasn't kidding, and it got worse. If you want details you'll have to ask me personally, because I don't really want to type it all out. It would take a long time, and it's slightly embarrassing/crazy. Now you're all curious, huh. It's probably not as exciting as you're imagining.
• We've gone to the home BYU football games. I really like to go, and so far, we've had pretty good seats and decent weather.
• Parker's been duck hunting with his Grandpa in Corrine, UT at their duck club. Next weekend he's going pheasant hunting. I stay in the lovely trailer with his Grandma and admire the mountains, the marsh, and her cooking. I'm hoping next weekend she can help me with the above mentioned curtains.
• Sonic has been a daily stop for the last week. We have literally been there every single day (except Sunday, of course) and sometimes more than once. It's awful, and wonderful. They have these daily specials that are just hard to resist when you're super hungry and have half an hour between work and a 2 hour class. Fridays and Saturdays are my favorite, they have Cheddar peppers and mozzarella sticks for 75 cents. Delish. If you're in the Provo area, I highly recommend you check it out.

That's pretty much everything we do.

One more thing! We're going on a cruise over Thanksgiving to the Caribbean! I'm so excited. Bring on the SUN!

Daddy(Grandpa)/Daughter(Grandaughter) Activity :)

I know it's tiny, but the close up picture won't load right, it keeps rotating for some reason. :( Anyways, this is the picture I was referring to in my last post. Oh, and the picture I posted in my last picture was indeed my favorite picture of Grandpa that was discovered and sent to me by my lovely Aunt Cindy. I'm so glad I've got it now.

Grandpa

My dear Grandpa Talbot passed away on Wednesday. I sure will miss him, but I feel like I've been so blessed to have been able to say goodbye to him, to know that he's no longer sick, and most of all to know that I'll see him again someday. He was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer called glioblastoma cerebri just over two weeks ago, and was quite healthy and able to do what he needed and wanted to do until then.

I have so many fond memories with him. I don't think I'll ever be able to see a rodeo without thinking of him now. (When I was going to school in Idaho I spent one weekend with my grandparents, where Grandpa and I stayed up late every night to watch the National Finals rodeo together.) I loved to play games with him, like Polyanna and Hand and Foot. I remember when I was young, 10 I think, and our family (exept Dad) was living with Grandma and Grandpa, our Achievement Day activity one week was a Daddy/Daughter Activity. I remember being a little sad that my dad wouldn't be able to go with me, but Grandpa was willing to go and I treasure the memory of our little outing together. I've kept a little memento from that evening... that I will try to post later because it's not working right now and I've already wasted 20 minutes trying to make it work.

I love you, Grandpa.

This one's for you, Mom!

Well, I was chatting with my mommy, and she was so kind complimentary about my blog and basically inspired me to attempt to post more often because she like it. :) I just feel like I don't have anything interesting or clever to say... but these things are important to me so... here you go.

First, Parker is driving as we speak, okay, as I type, on his way back HOME!!! It's been a long summer, and a short summer too. Long in that I feel like it's been a very very long time since we just had day to day life together, and short in that I've felt like my real life's just been on pause while Parker is gone, so it's like I skipped all of summer and we're going from spring straight to fall. I don't know if that makes any sense at all. It does in my head. Anyways, I'm super excited for him to be back. We're going to LAKE POWELL for a few days, then we'll be back home and start a new semester of school... speaking of school, Parker got accepted to his program!!! We're one big step closer to graduation!! I'm so proud... and excited... for graduation... someday. :)

Second, my Grandpa has been sick. The doctor's don't know exactly what's wrong yet, but they're in the middle of tests, and at this point they're treating him for Lyme disease and waiting for test results. It's been interesting to reflect on how important my Grandpa is to me. I feel like I can better empathize with others who have sick family members. It's scary, and I'm glad I'll be able to go visit in a couple weeks.

So there you have it. A few things I think about a lot... Parker, School and Grandpa.

And now I'm getting frustrated because I can't find my favorite picture of Grandpa (and I know I must have it somewhere because it's been on my fridge for months...) so we'll go with the second fav... still a cute one.

Medford Love

Oh how I love Medford. It was wonderful to return home for my little sister's wedding on August 7th. I had a wonderful time helping get things prepared for the reception and such. I love spending time with my Mommy. :) We did some yard work and ran errands to prepare. My Aunt Cindy's family came on Thursday along with cousins Heidi and Megan. Parker flew in Friday at 11:50 pm and was able to celebrate the day with us before leaving again on Sunday at 6:00 am (it was a quick trip for him to say the least!). I had such a wonderful time!!! I can't believe it's already over, and now it's just my two youngest sisters at home, the 3 older kids are married.

I was able to go to the temple with Anna when she went for the first time.
She looked GORGEOUS! Of course. She's always gorgeous, so as a BRIDE how could she not look fabulous!

I thought this one of Parker and Shanna was cute...

I love him!

Cousins picture! It was so nice to have them there, although we missed everyone who wasn't able to make it. :)