Happy Birthday to My Dad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

I love you

My Father Is:
Compassionate
Hark-working
Encouraging
Unwavering
Supportive
Honorable
Charitable
Devoted
Faithful
Tender
Happy
Subtle
Caring
Loyal
MINE

Much to be Thankful for

I have been thinking a lot about Thanksgiving this year and been thinking about how wonderful my life is. There is so much to be thankful for and I know everyone around me is extremely blessed. Because there are so many things to be thankful for I thought I'd list a few, particularly related to this past year.

1. I am SO thankful for such a solid and loving marriage. I am so thankful for Landon and for our life together. It has been complete bliss! This also relates to being thankful for parents who have been the ultimate example of what a marriage should be. Especially in these days where it is common for marriages to be broken and fail, it is something to truly show gratitude for.
2. I am so thankful for health. I have been so blessed. Since being "diagnosed" with Rheumatoid Arthritis my junior year of high school, I have been off my medicine for about 2 years now!! RA is supposed to be an irreversible condition but I feel healed. Because it's been so long since I've not been able to walk in the morning because my feet felt bruised and broken, I feel I owe a special thanks to Heavenly Father for blessing me with this miracle of health.
3. I am thankful for school. An education is one of the reasons we are here. We need to embrace learning. I complain a lot about having to get a master's degree and how much work it is and how it would be so much easier to just get a job and be done with school! But I know it is a blessing that not a lot of people get to experience. I will make friendships and learn things that will last me a lifetime. It is important and something I can be proud of.
4. I am thankful for the summer jobs we had. Because of the money we made this summer we are able to both attend school and not work. There is no time in our schedules for a job and we are so lucky that we have the means to survive this school year and make it till next summer. Although it's scary at times, with the student loans and budgeting and family support I am so thankful to know that everything will work out in the end.
5. I am so thankful for primary. Landon and I are primary teachers. We have four 5 year old girls and one boy. It has been so much fun re-learning primary songs and seeing firsthand what the Lord means when he says we must "become as a little child". Our little class is so cute and enthusiastic and smart. Primary is such a wonderful place for children to build a solid foundation and I LOVE primary!
6. I am so thankful for blogs! Being introduced to blogs this year has been so fun. I love hearing and seeing what my friends are up to. It is such an amazing thing that I can keep informed and read the thoughts and feelings about people that I look up to and admire. Every person has something to offer and I am thankful for everyone's zest for life!
7. I am so thankful for the temple! This year has been one of the best as far as strengthening my testimony. The temple is such a wonderful symbol and place to feel like you belong. The blessings there are eternal and so real.
8. I am so thankful for family. My immediate family means so much to me. This year has been one that has strengthened us. I am so thankful for the support, love, sacrifice, comfort and friendships in my family. My in-law family is also amazing. I am so thankful that I am able to feel 100% comfortable with my in-laws. They have shown me selflessness, generosity, love and kindness. Its been a great year being close to them.
9. I am thankful for warm weather! Maybe I'm being biased because it's just now starting to get cold here, but I am a die-hard born and raised Arizona girl through and through. Weather is such a hassle and bother. Layer after layer never makes you feel cute and I can only fit one layer under my jeans because they're too tight. haha Anyway, the sun is a wonderful thing that I am thankful for!
10. I am thankful for our car. I was so lucky to have my Dad buy me a 2008 Mazda 3 for my 21st birthday. I didn't know then just how much this car would mean to me. Landon and I have been living with one car. Some people think we're crazy, but it's the best thing for our financial situation. But this car has been so reliable and so wonderful and I know that our appreciation for transportation (especially Landon's experience with riding a bike in 20 degree weather at 5:30 in the morning to school, (bless his little heart)) has greatly increased this past year.

Those are just a few things. I could go on and on... but couldn't we all??? And we should remember who the person is that we should ultimately be showing gratitude to... our father in heaven.

What a wonderful thing it is to have SO much to be THANKFUL for!

Do you have one of these??...

I hope that we are all lucky enough to have one of these...

What a lucky girl I am.

SYTYCD!!!!

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE TOUR 2009!

I was lucky enough to get to go to the tour put on by SYTYCD season 5 this past fSaturday! Brenda made it a girl's night and we went with some cousins on Landon's side. It was so much fun! We had great seats and I loved it even more than I loved the show! Dancing has been a passion of mine, and I always wish I were talented like those girls on the show! They are amazing on TV and even more impressive live!

Bollywood with Jason and Caitlyn- Love it! Jai Ho!

The whole gang.

Excited before the show!

FAVORITE DANCE OF THE NIGHT!

Ade is my favorite! His solo was freakin unbelievable!

I wish I could dance on a table doing salsa with water splashing everywhere...

Gravity/Addiction- so good!!!

Wade Robison is great too. This was such a fun dance!

The final dance... So sad it was over!

It was one of my favorite concert/shows that I've ever been too. I am so easily impressed with dancing because I love it so much. But these dancers are amazing! Thank you Brenda for such a fun night and another fantastic memory!

Halloween 2009

Halloween Festivities:
We enjoy Halloween but we were lame this year and didn't dress up. It's always stressful and a waste of money if you don't have anywhere to go to show the cute, thoughtful costumes off. Living in a basement apartment also limits our celebrations because, even though we hoped for trick or treater's, it's quite a hidden little door and we didn't get much action.


Pumpkin carving and scary stories were the extent of our celebrations. It was a fun night with Tate and Syrell. They are one of our favorite couples to hang out with. If you can't tell, our pumpkin is a Ghost. Its the first time we used a stencil... makes it way easier!

I'm sick...

This past week has been a time for me to reflect on the nature of myself. I have come to the conclusion that I am sick. And as I have mentioned the nature of my illness to others, I have realized that many of us are unfortunately infected with the same poison. No, no. I am not talking about the swine flu. Perhaps the H1N1 virus has a better prognosis and less devastating symptoms than what I have. There is no proven cure for what I suffer from. No, no. I am not talking about my rheumatoid arthritis. The RA is much more bearable and less shameful.

The disease has many symptoms that came to greater light with this past week of "fall break". It would seem rational to believe that time is the cure, but I assure you it is only a provoker that awakens the sleeping giant. I won't keep you in suspense any longer. The sickness I speak of is procrasitnitis. okay, so I made up the disease. But if it were such a diagnosis I guarantee I suffer from a moderate to severe case depending on the time I have allotted.

Alright, lets start from the beginning. Given a whole week off of school, I wasn't about to lie to myself and say that I wasn't going to take advantage of the opportunity to sleep in. I told myself that if I rewarded myself with more sleep, I would have more energy and motivation to complete my assignments on my To Do List at the beginning of the week since I had a whole week. An entire 168 hours of open time! oh. On the contrary my dear friends. I love to sleep more than practically anyone I know. I can get 10 hours of sleep at night and still enjoy a nice hour nap in the afternoon. Landon will attest to it. I like to think of it as a skill because sometimes it's hard to come up with any. Anytime, anywhere folks.

Maybe procrastinitis is more of a disorder or addiction. Let me explain. I am about to admit to the humiliating and shameful expressions of my problem. I didn't even realize what a big problem I may have until I was too embarrassed to answer my door when the bell rang around 5 pm. And why was I so embarrassed you ask? Well, it was Tuesday, I was still in my pajama's, bra less, bedhead, and hadn't even washed my face yet. Landon came home to see me on the couch looking just the same as he had left me. Oh the shame. He had to rub it in with asking in quite an endearing tone "what did you do today?"

Let me tell you what I did... I watched an entire days worth of Grey's anatomy reruns. Ellen, followed by Oprah ( I don't even give a crap about Mike Tyson! It's complete torture as an aspiring speech therapist to listen to him try to speak), Law & Order:SVU, CSI, and foodnetwork Challenges. Every now and then I'd get my exercise by taking the 4 steps to my computer to check my email and read status updates on facebook and then 5 more steps to my refrigerator for a look around and then 3 steps back to my sanctuary aka my couch.

I'm slightly proud but more bashful that I was also able to complete four 300 piece jig saw puzzles in only a few days. Why is it that I stare at my planner with a list of 5 things that I have plenty of time to do, and I cannot seem to gather up the muster to even do one a day? ONE A DAY?! that's not too much to ask! It's not like I have anything better to do. I manage to find time to visit peyton and paint my nails and go grocery shopping but an assignment I've known about for weeks I put on the back burner until the night before.

Is there some sort of hidden thrill we get from putting off the inevitable until the last minute? I know I am not the only one to procrastinate. But why do we do it? We all know it would be far less stressful and far more time efficient to just do what is required, and then resort to doing the "fun" things like watching worthless TV shows after. This sickness we call procrastination is hated and yet, embraced. Why?! It kills me. Even now, I'm blogging when I should be writing 5 abstracts I have due next Tuesday. haha. I've written more than enough here that would cover the time and words spent on the research abstracts. Rationalism and logic are thrown away. What is it about the human nature that gives us a voice inside saying get it done now, but we would rather wait until time and pressure are there and we stay up late freaking out over something we should have done sooner. We make a promise to ourselves that we have learned our lesson and do not want to have to go through the stress again... I don't think I have to write about the "next time". It's a never ending cycle. Oh boy.

I guess there is something inside me (perhaps the true etiology of the disorder) that tells me I've never not turned anything in on time. I've never not gotten the things finished by their deadlines. I may have stressed or stayed up all night or gotten up early in the morning to complete my obligations, but it got done. I guess that's why it's called procrastination and not "incompletion". Welp, now that I've used this blog as another means to scaffold my illness, I think I'll go to bed!

Disclaimer (for the sake of my mother who might worry): This is simply a satirical and exaggerated write-up. (kind of )... haha

Birthday Wishes...

Happy Birthday ANGIE!

The f A ce game...

Frie N dship

Marria G e

Red L I pstick

Lak E Trips

Love you Angie. Thanks for all the years of fun memories
and fun pictures! I wish we lived closer but I hope
you know how thankful I am for your friendship over the
last 7 years! You're the best Mangie!!

Wedding season is coming to an end. I was able to go down to my brother and new sister's open house in AZ this past weekend. It was good timing because Dani got married on thursday! I flew down solo unfortunately which is always quite lonely and I miss Landon so bad with all the lovey dovey things going on around me... Overall it was a good break and fun to see friends back at home.

Brian's Buddies, Cole, Skyler and Brad...
Reece is a little pimp and called some friends to join the party.... These are the friends that showed up! haha

Here are the married friends that came... Thank you to Lynnette for standing at Brad's side so he could fit in :)

My Mom and her Fabulous ladies transformed our house into a beautiful reception. These little tables were so cute and looked great!

More help was given with the dessert table. It was fabulous! The treats were incredible and the flowers and everything turned out better than planned. We are so lucky to be surrounded by such giving and generous friends!

Me and my Big Bro.

Well, like I said before, my best friend Dani got married on Thursday to her long time love Ty Porter. Due to her Mother's profession of wedding caterer, we didn't expect anything short of incredible when it came to the presentation of Dani's reception. And our expectations were definitely met. It was gorgeous and everything was absolutely amazing. Dani looked beautiful and they looked so happy! The sealing was wonderful and many people came to celebrate. What a great time in our young lives! I am so grateful to have the friends that I have and the chance I get to see the big changes that are going on around me. I am thus grateful for blogs since I am kinda out of the loop being up here in Utah. Me and my darling nephew Cooper got rowdy on the dance floor! I love that little guy!
Angie and Cole got to be buds as well. It is always so fun to come home and see my family! I love them so much!

My sister's boys really are freakin cute! And they are growing up so fast! I am always so impressed by the mother's around me. They do such a good job and inspire me to be like them when it's my turn to have a baby (which will not be for a while have you). For now I'll just Ooo and Ahh at my sister and friends!

It really is so fun that my two best friends and I all got married within 6 months of each other!

Me and the Beautiful Bride! She was glowing... and not just because she looks white compared to me haha Love ya Dani!

After the sealing! The happy couple!

I am so proud of these two and the up's and down's they've been through. They really do love each other and I am so happy that they made it! It was a long road but all for the best! What a great reward to know that you will spend FOREVER with the one you love the most in all the world!

It was my 6 month anniversary while I was home and I can't even say how much I love Landon! He is my best friend and the PERFECT husband. It has been so easy and so fun so far! I am so lucky and know that time is going to fly, especially with our busy schedules now that school and football has started.

It was also my mom's birthday! So happy birthday mom! You are the best and I love you so much! I'm so glad that we are friends and that I have been able to learn so much from you throughout my life! You are a great example!

A Couple Big Changes

Wedding Pic'

At IN and OUT Burger

Me and Chaney

Me and my Babe

The Girlies

Farewell Sarah and Kellen! WE love you!

All of the fowler Kids
The family/friends going away party!

A couple changes happened this last month. To start out, Landon's brother and Sister, Kellen and Sarah moved to Virginia. They have been some of our best friends since we've gotten married. They are so much fun to hang out with. Kellen is going to law school at the University of Virginia. I know that Landon looks up to him so much. He has been the leader of the fowler family and we love him for his hard work and determination to excell. We are going to miss them so much. This last sunday we were able to throw a little going away party for them up in Kaysville. Many friends came and it was so fun to play some games and eat some great food to celebrate this big change in not only Kellen and Sarah's life but our whole family. We won't get to see them much these next few years which is going to be a big change to what we are used to.

The next big change happened in the Scurr family. My big brother Brian got married!! We were all lucky enough to get to go down to Las Vegas for the big event. She is officially the only Scurr girl at the moment. The first night we got there we went to dinner with our two immediate families. It was fun to get to know her and her family a little bit more. We got to party in a limosine for the night which was Landon's first time. His comment about Limo's was "I'm surprised at how tacky they are inside with the shiny plastic and lights" haha its true! The next morning was the wedding and the sealing was beautiful. They were both glowing and could not wipe the smile from their faces. We also went to In and Out Burger after the wedding. Pretty funny since Landon and I did the same thing in our tux and dress! We are so happy for them! Ashton looked beautiful and Brian was as happy as I have ever seen him. It was so fun to get to spend more time with my family since we don't get to see them very often. We look forward to them coming and finishing up school in Provo with us! The more family nearby the better!