LOWS:
Starting the whole30 again and having to hide all the left over Easter Candy...\\Greasy hair for days. I never want to wash it, so what...//mother nature telling me I'm not pregnant (I told you that would be a re-occurring low)\\SUPER dry skin//Snow\\Delayed Trains for days//Even in the world of healthy foods, the yummiest ones aren't the healthiest. Like Almond butter. And I like ground beef better than chicken, but chicken is much better for you. Thank the heavens for avocados.\\ they way I get grumpy on Saturdays between 2-4 pm... I don't even know.
HIGHS:
Starting the whole30 again, but this time MUCH more prepared. We're on day 14 (half way!) and both of us are doin fine! I'm getting a little sick of what we are eating every day... and for sure I miss bread and milk and candy, but I'm not miserable, like last time, plus if nothing else, we have discovered ALMOND BUTTER AND IT'S AMAZING! We are losing weight too so that helps!\\Super Nintendo games all around, and Chance re-living part of his childhood//the floor I work on is FREEZING and they bought us snuggies.... mine is Superman.\\Watching Phantom of the Opera 5+ times since it's been on Netflix these last few weeks.//FHE with Chad and Leanne\\Mario Kart Tourni with Jace and Jenna. JACE YOU KNOW I WON FRAPPE SNOWLAND!!! ALKSJD:LAKSDJ:ASD\\having Tanner & Ashley & Layla over on Sunday. Oh that Layla girl, I love her!!\\when Chance accompanies me on Photoshoots
EASTER! YAY! We spent last Easter with Chance's family, so it was my family's turn! My parents went camping in this camping park thing in Lehi to test our their new preparedness tent, and other preparedness things they have, and we all met up there on Friday night to hang out. I didn't go very prepared for the cold, but don't worry. Mom to the rescue! Puffy coat and foam clothing pants. I stayed warm! Their campsite was right on the river, and there was a log in the river, so I told Millie that it was a crocodile, and she was obsessed the rest of the night. She would go get everyone and tell them to look at the crocodile, and I wish you could hear how she says crocodile. I busted up every time! And she was so sad to leave it haha. The next day when they went back, the log had floated away, and Jace sent me a picture saying "She's been down by the river asking where the crocodile went for 5 minutes...) Hahaha, I loved it!
On Saturday, we watched conference at our apartment, and dyed easter eggs. I love my little emoji eggs. Then went to my parents campsite and watched the second session with them, where my Aunt Brenda and Uncle Todd met us and we visited them for a while. They live in St George but came up for my uncle Todd's mission reunion and my mom scored them 5th row seats on the floor to the Saturday Morning session of Conference! I really loved watching conference outside, it was refreshing. Chance and I went to eat at Taco Time for dinner before he had to go to the priesthood session, because we had a gift card. And we will probably never go there again unless we have a gift card. Haha we love knowing that sharing a salad at cafe rio is enough food for both of us AND cheaper than eating fast food, even Taco Time (unless we have a gift card). So Chance went to priesthood session and I hung out with my sister in laws for a bit before I had to go up to Salt Lake to shoot some Bridal pictures. We met back at Jace and Jenna's apartment and hung out there the rest of the night. I love LOVE spending time with my family, and I love how it keeps growing. (Also we got Millie obsessed with wanting to watch Beauty and The Beast and the way she said it was so adorable.) And Jace goes, Millie just go with Chance and Aubrey we'll get you tomorrow and she just goes "Okay I'll get my socks and shoes" and Jace was like shoot! Haha she didn't come with us :( but one day we will have a sleepover and it will be so fun. Also Beauty and the Beast might be too scary for a 2 year old... haha. That Millie loves "baby sophie"
I got to be Santa for Christmas, so Chance got to be the Easter bunny! The night before, he set up our baskets and hid all our eggs in our apartment for me to find! Our silver egg had 1 dollar in it, and our gold egg? $100! RICH! (It came from the bank, and will go back into the bank, such is life hahaha). We had candy for breakfast, and watched conference all day. Such good messages were shared, and many good reminders. I'm so thankful for conference and for the blessing of a Prophet here on Earth! I loved watching it with Chance too, and to think about things as a couple we can be better at. (We also had bacon and eggs for breakfast ha..)
I got these glasses in my Easter Basket!
After celebrating our own little Easter, we went back to my parents campsite and my mom had hidden an easter bucket for us, and some easter eggs! Then we went to my Grandma's house, and we showed up super early and got to hide the eggs for the hunt. After everyone arrived, we realized there was no one under the age of 15+. That means an easter egg hunt with no rules! Haha it was super fun and literally lasted 1 minute. Finished off the day with the yummiest food, as always, and cousin time!
Chance wore those glasses all night at Grandma's and I love him for it!!!
Wouldn't this make a great meme? I'm not sure what it would say, but I just know it's hilarious.
Holidays being married are so much fun!!
Finally the day that baby Sophie was blessed arrived! After being rescheduled like 6 times (okay that was an exaggeration) it finally happened!
Chance and I had to attend our Church meetings first because we had to teach primary. And let me tell you, we walked out of there SO done. Those kids can seriously being obnoxious sometimes. I love them, but occasionally they just don't listen. I had to be that teacher thats like "(Child's Name), what did I just say?" and then they stare blankly because they don't know what's going on. So yeah, we were happy to leave...
On our way up, I forgot my camera, which obviously we had to turn around for! So we were cutting it really close to make it on time. In the car on the way up Chance says "We should just sit in the back and leave after the blessing..." And I was like "Seriously, I'm not in the mood to sit through another hour of church... " (honesty people.. haha). And he goes "Oh really?... I did NOT think you would go for that". Haha... So we made it in time for the blessing, but the meeting had already started. So we sat in the back, Chance went up to be in the circle for the blessing, and then we walked out of the chapel together... It was such a nice day outside too.
As we walked out of the Chapel, my Aunt Renee and her kids were out there too and I haven't seen them in a while so they came to my parents house with us. And then I witnessed the best/most hilarious thing. My cousins Gavin (he's like... 5 or 6?) started playing the piano, and my Aunt says "Wait Gav! Aubrey you have to come here this song Gavin wrote." So she proceeds to tell me that recently she took Gavin on a trip to California with her mom, and on their way home their flight got delayed so they went to go take one last walk on the beach. As they were walking, they passed a dog and when they passed it, the dog BIT Gavin on the bum! She said he was crying and bleeding and it was crazy. But then her mom took him to get ice cream and then he was okay. So she says that he wrote this song about the experience.
I don't have it recorded or anything, but here's how it went. He is playing this cute tune that sounds happy and bouncy (to illustrate that they were happy walking the beach together), then after a minute he slams the keys with his elbow (to illustrate when the dog bit him!). Then the music went into similar tune as before, but in minor (to illustrate when he was sad and crying). Then he drags his fingers from the bottom of the keys to the top (to illustrate when he was getting ice cream!) and then the tune went back to how it was at the beginning, all happy and bouncy because he was happy with ice cream!
I. Was. DYING. It was SO funny, and like so AWESOME that this little boy could do that! It seriously made my day.
She and her family had to leave before church was over so they couldn't stay for food. But everyone came over for sandwiches on Grandma's rolls and salads and everything yummy really. It was SO fun to have all my family together (missing Austin and Jessica in North Carollina!!) with all my nieces. They are all getting so funny! Millie Jo always runs and gives me the biggest hugs when I see her! Grace can be a little pouty but she's warming up! Layla has so much personality now and it's so fun to see her being goofy and smiley all the time.
I was holding Millie and she started picking her nose and I said "Millie don't pick your nose!" and she just says "I pick my nose!" then I look away for a second at Chance and look back and her finger is 2 inches from my face with a booger on it! And I say "Ew Millie!!" And she just says "I want to show Daddy!!". So I put her down and she ran to show my brother. Hahaha...
Chance is so cute with our nieces and they love him! He plays with them and throws them up in the air and they just want him to do it over and over and over!
Little Sophie is SO cute. She has so much hair and chubbiness and is just too sweet. Chad and Leanne make awesome parents and I'm so happy for them!
After we cleaned everything up, but the bro's had a 3 point shoot out! And guess who won? CHANCE!! Now, Chance is athletic and he likes playing sports a lot, but he doesn't really follow sports or anything. I was even a little worried about him fitting in with my brothers because they talk sports A LOT. But Chance gets along so well with them all and they all love him! Anyways, so Chance beat them in a 3 point shoot out (which they all say they ALL did really bad haha) and my bro's then say "Chance, that's like us coming to Delta and being better than rounding up cows than you!" And Chance says "Oh yeah, because we LOOOVE rounding up cows"... hahaha. I was proud needless to say!
I'm so glad I had my family to turn around the attitude of my day. Primary seriously but me in a bad mood, but by the end of the night I completely forgot about it! I have SO much love for my family, and it is the best thing to just watch it keep growing!
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EXPLOSIONS IN THE KITCHEN: CORNBREAD EDITION
Hey future kids. Remember when the syrup bottle exploded? Well, after tonight, I think we have decided that we may just make a reality TV show called, EXPLOSIONS IN THE KITCHEN. Tonight's explosion featured the cornbread and glass pyrex dish:
Here's how today's story goes.
You're dad and I worked out together in the evening, and then we decided to go get some things for Easter, because you know how this family loves Holidays. It was really a grand time, though we were both getting hungry and I soon realized we wouldn't be eating dinner until like... 9:00 pm. But I decided we could make Taco Soup and Cornbread, because that was easy and fairly quick, besides cooking the chicken. So we started cooking right away when we got home.
We put two pots on the stove, one to start cooking the soup and one to start frying the chicken. In the meantime, you're dad began making the cornbread so we could get it in the oven. The cornbread was almost done, and all I had to do was shred the chicken and put it in the soup and we would be ready to eat.
The oven timer went off for the cornbread, so Chance took it out and set it on the stove, and I continued shredding the chicken, and he went back to finishing some homework. Then...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!POP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GLASS EVERYWHERE. EXPLODED. SHATTERED. I SCREAMED SO LOUD.
Dad turned around and goes WHAT HAPPENED? And I'm just looking at the glass everywhere like... I DON'T KNOW! We could smell burning and soon realized that the small burner that the cornbread was sitting on had been on a medium high heat setting.... So dad quickly moved the broken glass off the burner.
Both of us were just stunned for like a minute and then realized we had to hurry and go put our shoes on so we didn't step on any glass all over the floor. And we started to clean up. We swept the floor like 8 times, wiped the glass off the counter and stove into the garbage and cleaned up everything really well... The corn bread was ruined because there were little glass pieces all over it and we weren't going to risk eating glass. We don't think it got in the soup because it exploded outward and not up, so at least the soup was saved. But we were both way sad/mad about the cornbread. So we made another batch in a smaller dish because we wanted it so bad.
We didn't even eat until 10:30. And we are usually IN BED at 9:30.
The syrup explosion was a little bit more comical, except that fact that it burned Dad's face a little bit... but it was a lot easier to clean up. Maybe we will look back on this and laugh, but not today...
Stay tuned for next months EXPLOSIONS IN THE KITCHEN featuring... who knows!?
-Love (future) Mom & Dad
