Alison and Anthony

thoughts about law school

2011-08-22T11:32:00.002-04:00

About 5 months ago, we were accepted to Mercer Law School in Macon, GA. (Did you catch that "we"? It's true.) So, we packed up our things and moved south to Macon.

School started about 2 weeks ago with an orientation week and introduction week. Today Anthony started his full class load. Wish him luck!

Before we even moved down to Macon we heard so many things about law school. So many not so good things and very little good things. For instance:

"Just plan on not seeing your husband at all the entire first year."
and...
"You will think at some point 'I can't do this!'"
and...
"Everyone in law school are alcoholics. Seriously, they are."
and...
"I know a lot of people who visit home for 3 months while their spouse study's for the bar."
and...
"Law school is hell on relationships."
and my personal favorite...
"Law school sucks, even when your not in it."
Lovely.

grr

2011-02-27T23:10:00.003-05:00

I think blogger is plotting against me.
Its making me angry.

How to Make a Blog Post

2011-02-15T15:39:00.002-05:00

Step one: turn on computer
Step two: open firefox
Step four: log on to blogger
Step five: click "New Post"
Step six: write post and DO NOT GET DISTRACTED with gmail, google reader, facebook, amazon, weather, all recipes, stupid computer games, and (tons of) homework!

Most of you probably thought I forgot how to make a blog post, so I wrote down the instructions to prove to you that I didn't :)

I'll be back soon (I promise)!

Sneak peek on my next post: Darcy's engagement, Anthony's graduation, moving to Georgia, Christmas, trip to California, online classes, our new niece, Anthony's birthday, trip to Orlando, Harry Potter World, Valentine's day, and more... Whew!

Dr. Seuss? e e cummings?

2010-09-23T20:43:00.005-04:00

This semester I am taking an English class. I procrastinated way too long to do this and they don't even offer the class I need anymore! I had a few other options that would fulfill the requirement and American literature was one of them that actually fit into my schedule. Today we read this poem and I thought I'd share it with you.


anyone lived in a pretty how town

anyone lived in a pretty how town
(with up so floating many bells down)
spring summer autumn winter
he sang his didn't he danced his did 

Women and men(both little and small)
cared for anyone not at all
they sowed their isn't they reaped their same
sun moon stars rain 

children guessed(but only a few
and down they forgot as up they grew
autumn winter spring summer)
that noone loved him more by more 

when by now and tree by leaf
she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her 

someones married their everyones
laughed their cryings and did their dance
(sleep wake hope and then)they
said their nevers they slept their dream

stars rain sun moon
(and only the snow can begin to explain
how children are apt to forget to remember
with up so floating many bells down) 

one day anyone died i guess
(and noone stooped to kiss his face)
busy folk buried them side by side
little by little and was by was 

all by all and deep by deep
and more by more they dream their sleep
 noone and anyone earth by april
wish by spirit and if by yes. 

Women and men(both dong and ding)
summer autumn winter spring
reaped their sowing and went their came
sun moon stars rain

ee cummings

So, what do you think? Does it sound like Dr. Seuss?

have you tried these??

2010-07-23T15:28:00.002-04:00

So delicious...

Funny Commercial

2010-07-21T13:59:00.000-04:00

This commercial makes Anthony laugh every time he watches it. Ha, it is pretty funny...

(I can't figure out how to post the actual video on here, but here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfJnqbudMzs)
Enjoy!

Blueberries

2010-07-04T15:13:00.003-04:00

Over the long weekend, Anthony and I were invited to pick blueberries with some other couples who are attending BYU and BYU-Idaho.
It was so fun and super cheap! (a little over a dollar per pound!) Here are a few things we learned about blueberries...
1. You can tell if a blueberry is ripe if it just falls off when you try to pull at it
2. The smaller blueberries are the sweeter they are
3. I don't like super sweet blueberries... they don't even taste like blueberries
4. Make sure you inspect the blueberries carefully before eating... bugs live in the little hole
4. I don't really have any recipes for blueberries, but it's okay because they are delicious alone! However if anyone has a good recipe, feel free to share!

14 Months, 3 Weddings

2010-06-14T17:52:00.009-04:00

This past weekend Anthony and I went to San Antonio, TX for Daniel and Amy's wedding. This is the 3rd and last wedding in Anthony's immediate family and it all happened within 14 months. It started with mine and Anthony's wedding last April, then with Lawrence and Jennifer's wedding in December, and lastly Daniel and Amy's wedding. It was so nice to have the whole family there to share this with them.

The happy couple The parents with the bride and groomJen, Amy, and Me And the boys...

Walmart Shareholder's Week

2010-06-04T16:34:00.006-04:00

The shareholder's meeting for Walmart is a week long event.
It started last Tuesday with a free concert featuring Tim McGraw and the Zac Brown Band.

Eureka Springs

2010-06-04T16:26:00.010-04:00

For Memorial day weekend we decided to explore Arkansas. So we got online and after a lot of research we decided to visit Eureka Springs.
Eureka Springs is a Victorian mountain village that was founded in the late 1800's. And it just happened to be only 30 miles away.
We spent mostly the entire day there and there was never a dull moment!Here are a few pictures of our trip.

Shopping in the historic loop Exploring one of the many springs in the area Christ of the Ozarks (biggest statue of Christ in North America... I think) A funny sign that we saw on our way home... what does that even mean?

Welcome to Arkansas

2010-06-04T11:26:00.003-04:00

Anthony started his internship the last week in May and things are going really well. He works in the transportation building and is working on a project dealing with truck back loads (or something like that). He seems to be fitting in really well and is enjoying the Walmart scene.
Walmart hooked us up with an apartment, which really turned out to be a great deal!We live on a country club with a golf course so the view from our apartment is great.
Here are a few pictures of our new place.

A Year Ago Today...

2010-04-03T15:33:00.005-04:00

A year ago today....

Light At the End of the Tunnel

2010-03-24T12:14:00.004-04:00

10 more days of school!

I am so excited to be leaving this little tiny town in 2 weeks! Too bad we have to come back in September... but for now its all smiles :)

We have actually started packing up our apartment and putting it into a storage unit here in town. I can't believe how much stuff we have accumulated in the 3 years that we have been out here at school. Yuck!

On other news, Anthony's computer has finally given up on him. The power button has had some issues and now it won't even turn on. We have started searching for a new one for him so if you have any suggestions let us know!

Poor Kids

2010-03-15T20:49:00.001-04:00

This is so FUNNY!!
I've already seen it multiple times and I laugh so hard every time.
Those poor kids....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWW1vpz1ybo#watch-main-area

Bonsai

2010-02-25T15:39:00.000-05:00

About two weeks ago, Anthony and I went to WalMart and bought ourselves some bonsai.

Anthony getting all ready to "trim" it

It's nice having a plant in our apartment, feels a little more like spring I guess :)

Social Probelms

2010-02-23T14:24:00.005-05:00

This is my Social Problems book that I am taking THIS semester...And this is the date that it was printed
I'm so happy that I am learning about social problems "today" from 20 years ago.

Pond Skimming 2010

2010-02-20T18:47:00.002-05:00

Because of all the snow out here during the winter semester, it really limits the activities that BYU-Idaho offers.
However, Pond Skimming is a pretty big activity.
What is Pond Skimming?
According to the BYU-Idaho website... Pond Skimming is where an individual comes down a hill either using skis, snowboard or an airboard (an inflatable sled) and tries to "skim" across the cold pond of water without crashing.
Last night Anthony and I went to watch the Pond Skimming up on campus. I had no idea how big of a deal it was! There were a ton of people there. (We've both never been here during winter semester before, so we had no idea what it was all about. The contestants dress up in funny outfits and give themselves titles, so it pretty interesting. I kinda compare it to watching America's Funniest Home Videos. Most of the time it's pretty funny, and sometimes it's not funny at all, but there's also those times when it looks too painful to be funny.
Here is a video of last year's Pond Skimming highlights... Enjoy

Summer

2010-02-18T20:11:00.011-05:00

If you need to find us this summer we'll be on an interstate highway somewhere in the United States of America.Total Mileage: 6,437 miles

Driving Time: 4 days 16 hours

Poor Car :(

what DID we do before cell phones?

2010-02-18T17:30:00.004-05:00

My cell phone has STOPPED WORKING! It has only been dead for 2 days (almost) and it is driving me crazy!
It's not just the phone feature I miss too (even though that is a very VERY big part of it, especially during midterms with study groups and stuff) But I use my phone as a watch and an alarm clock! And I was almost late to class this morning! Sadness that my phone had to die.
I'm probably going to be getting a replacement phone... but I won't get it for like 2 weeks.
So I just wanted to let you know... if your trying to get a hold of me... good luck! Just kidding, just call Anthony- he loves taking messages for me :)

2010-02-12T10:19:00.004-05:00

Yesterday Anthony got an offer to work at the Walmart headquarters in Arkansas for his internship!
This internship was very competitive (I mean Walmart is probably the best place to work if you are looking to go into supply chain) so I am very proud of him!
They have given him two weeks to accept or reject the offer, so he is going to contine looking for the time being but most likely we are going to be moving to Arkansas for the summer!
It is such a relief that he was offered this internship- pretty much everyone at BYU-Idaho needs an internship to graduate. So it is nice that we can check off one more thing on the list.
Congratulations Anthony!

After-School

2010-02-08T22:12:00.003-05:00

This semester I am taking my practicum. For my major we have the choice of either working at the BYUI preschool or at an after-school program at the elementary school in town. I decided to work at the after-school program because I think I get a long better with older children. Maybe I should be saying that I don't want to pull my hair out at the end of the day. And this program is a lot more relaxed than the preschool at BYUI.
Me and 3 other girls in my class are in charge of the kindergarten through 2nd graders on Monday and Wednesday's, it turned out to be about 24 students in our group and boy are they a handful! But it is really great to be able to work with them.
We started about two weeks ago on the 25th. The first day went... well... not so good. Ha! There was an assembly that day so they were more hyper than usual and we didn't really know what was going on... so it was kinda crazy! Luckily, the next few days went much much smoother. I think we are finally getting the hang of it now. It also helps that we know all of their names too!
We have been going off of the theme, "Fine Arts" and have had a bunch of fun painting, making little crafts, and even working with clay! We are also planning a field trip to BYU-Idaho next week to visit the ceramics lab and the art gallery. The kids are getting really excited!

So here are some experiences that I have had with the students so far... There's a lot more than just these, but I don't have time and I don't want to bore you with it.
We give the students about 30 minutes every day to finish their homework. During this time, a boy asked me where my homework was. I told him that I didn't have any, but then he said that I must not really be a student at BYU-Idaho because if I were, I would have homework to do. Then he said that if in college you didn't do homework then he doesn't need to do his because he is only in elementary school. I didn't even know what to say, I just laughed!
While we were waiting for some of the kids parents to come pick them up, they decided that it would be fun to try to guess each of the teachers ages (do you see where I am going with this?). Of course they go through all of the other teachers guessing 28, 35, 23, ect. Then they get to me... "uh... 17?" So sad.
kids say the darnest things...

:(

2010-01-27T22:15:00.000-05:00

i will write soon!
but for now... must. do. homework.

No Such Thing as "Fall"

2009-11-30T18:33:00.006-05:00

I had to change my background picture today cause I realized that Rexburg doesn't have a "Fall" season. It just goes from summer to winter to miserable cold back to summer again.

Weird.

Anthony and I had a great Thanksgiving break! We got the whole week off of school so it was nice not having to think about school for a little while. The week didn't start off to great cause Anthony got sick then got me sick. But we got a little Christmas shopping done and some decorations for our apartment!

On Wednesday we drove down to Utah, and spent some time in Salt Lake, Anthony just loves seeing his mission areas! Then we stayed with Scott and Katie that night (thanks guys!) and drove to my Grandparents lodge in Altonah on Thanksgiving morning. We had a delicious dinner and afterwards my grandpa gave us a little gun lesson. Then it was time to go outside and shoot them. There were three handguns that he wanted us to shoot. I have never really shot a gun, I mean I've shot a couple of BB guns with some friends when I was in high school, but those don't really count. I think I did a pretty decent job with the targets. Katie and I were the first ones to actually hit the target pretty well, go us! But then the boys kept practicing and got pretty good... they're so competitive.

Only 2 more weeks left of school till the holidays! We are so excited for Lawrence's wedding in southern California on the 19th (hopefully we'll get some good weather!) and to go to Georgia for Christmas!

(P.S. Sorry there's no pictures... I forgot my camera when we left for thanksgiving :(

New Articles of Faith

2009-11-17T18:22:00.002-05:00

I got this email at work the other day and I've never seem it before so I thought it was really funny. So I decided to share it with you! Enjoy!
Sorry if you've already seen this.

Articles of Faith of Mormon Culture
1. We believe in SUVs and minivans, as the form of transportation, and in knee length shorts, which are always nice, and in multilevel marketing.
2. We believe that Church ball players should be punished for their own fouls, and not for unsportsmanlike aggression.
3. We believe that through bread crumbs, cheese, creamy soups, and rice all casseroles can be saved through obedience to ward cookbooks and creativity in the mixing bowl.
4. We believe that the first layers and ingredients of the dip are: first, beans; second, cheese; third, chopped tomatoes; fourth, the gift of sour cream; fifth, olives; sixth, salsa; seventh, guacamole, that is, if you have it.
5. We believe that a Mormon should have a distinguished or a cute name, that it is appropriate to name a child after a church leader or a historical figure including an ancestor, that alternative spellings and French prefixes only add to a name, and that when referring to the names of General Authorities, middle initials should be a part thereof.
6. We believe in the same wall decor that exists in many Mormon homes, namely, framed family proclamations, vinyl lettering, inspirational word signs, family photos, pictures of temples and Jesus, and so forth.
7. We believe in the gift of the re-gift, Church books, crafts, family photos, baked goods, emergency supply kits, and so forth.
8. We believe in sparkling grape juice so long as it is nonalcoholic; we also believe in bringing root beer and sprite to ward parties.
9. We believe in all that we have scrapbooked, all that we will now scrapbook, and we believe that we will yet scrapbook many great and important things pertaining to our family, friends, pets, and vacations.
10. We believe in the literal mixing of ketchup and mayo and in the generous application of ranch dressing; that CBAs (church-based acronyms) will be used to describe YM/YW, PEC, the Y, NCMO, and CTR; that Mitt Romney will get Mormons to vote for him any time he runs; and, that the Mormons will enjoy reading Twilight and The Work and the Glory.
11. We claim the privilege of trying to identify common acquaintances with any visitor at Church, and allow all other people at Church the same privilege, and let them name drop the names of famous and General Authorities how, where, or what they may.
12. We believe in being subject to scoutmasters, pampered chef hostesses, and the writers of the U.S. News and World Report rankings for professional schools, and in obeying, honoring, and sustaining Glenn Beck.
13. We believe in being above average, good at crafts, optimistic, and being fifteen minutes late everywhere we go. Indeed, we may say that we follow BYU football. We believe rumors about famous people joining the Church, we hope to meet the three Nephites, we have endured many pyramid schemes, and hope to be able to endure all pyramid schemes. If there is anything cheap, free, sold in bulk, or given away when somebody is moving, we seek after these things.

Birthday

2009-11-13T17:28:00.003-05:00

I know it's been awhile sense my birthday, but I just wanted to sayto everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday and was so thoughtful to make my 21st the best!

Just a little update: It was great having Darcy come and visit us! We did a lot of the things on our list, some we skipped and decided to do other stuff, but all in all I think we did pretty well. We had chocolate and biscuits Saturday morning (Thank you Lorelei for that recipe!) then went to the caves. We even got to stop by the sand dunes on the way home, but it was REALLY windy so we didn't stay too long. Later that night we checked out the Overtime Sports Center then went to the straw maze. And good news! We went through the straw maze in record time! 36 minutes! However, it wasn't very hard to break our last time since last time it took us over 2 hours to get through! Anyways, it was a great weekend and I'm glad that Darcy could come up to visit us!

By birthday was great! We had a mini party that night with some friends and yummy cupcakes. Then Anthony took me out for a birthday dinner that weekend, then shopping :) Then for Halloween we just watched scary movies and ate way too much candy and junk food... We actually had on trick-or-treater stop by our apartment earlier that day, but when he looked in the door and saw us he ran away! I was so excited to give him candy too, but it was too late, by the time I walked over to the door he was already gone.

Next week Anthony is going on his big Bentonville Expedition with the school! Wish him luck for his interviews with WalMart!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T19:12:00.002-04:00

... I'll update more later

Midterms

2009-10-23T22:38:00.004-04:00

Man, I had forgotten how much I hate midterm week. Things have been so BUSY this past week. I took 4 midterms already and I have one more the beginning of next week... yuck!
On other news my sister is coming to IDAHO this weekend to visit! I am so excited! She came up once my first semester, but I was a loser then and we didn't really do anything. So this time I can hopefully to make it up to her. Haha!

Here are a few things we have on the agenda:
1. chocolate and biscuits
2. ice caves
3. sand dunes (with a bonfire and s'mores)
4. straw maze
5. big judds (but probably just for ice cream, last time we ate there it didn't really agree with our stomachs...)
6. overtime sports center
and I think thats it... I don't think we can do all of these things but we can try.

2009-10-15T00:44:00.004-04:00

Overtime Sports Center

After weeks of research and planning the Overtime Sports Center is finally ready to launch. The GRAND OPENING will be Saturday, October 17th. Our first game will be Texas vs. Oklahoma at 10 am, we expect a huge turnout!!! We will be showing BYU vs. San Diego State at 4 pm and an MLB baseball playoff game, Angels vs. Yankees, at 5:30 pm.

Overtime Sports Center is a venue for BYU-Idaho students to come and watch quality sports and hang out with other students. We have created a relaxed environment with as many as 5 screens of popular sports. Comfortable seating will be provided and quality food and drink will be sold for a reasonable price.

Overtime Sports Center is a BYU-Idaho sponsored business. It was organized by a group of students from the Integrated Business Core (IBC). The business is formed, planned and operated by students in the program for 8 weeks. It has been so much fun learning about running a business in this risk free environment (the only risky part is my grade in the class). Even if our business fails I think we will all learn a lot. But we're not gonna fail, actually, we plan to be the most successful business in the history of the program (it hasn't been around for that long).

Broken Powercord

2009-10-09T16:56:00.003-04:00

This is why I haven't posted in awhile...

My power cord starting looking like this a couple months ago... then one day the end just broke off :(
So my computer hasn't been used for the past week (becasue the battery died of course) and its driving me crazy not being able to do my homework whenever I want. And of course other things like blogging. I either have to wait for Anthony to finish doing stuff with his computer (and he has been very busy this past week writing up his IBC business plan) or go to the libary. And who wants to walk all the way to the libary in this freezing cold weather...
Speaking of weather... It snowed on Monday! I couldn't believe it, it was a pretty snow though, so I didn't mind too much... its just that dang wind that makes it so cold!
Anyways, we finally broke down a bought a new powercord (found one for $30 on Amazon... I love that website)but its not going to be here for another week :( Luckily I'm a secretary and sit behind a computer all afternoon so I can sorta catch up on my electronic time... haha.

Peach Cobbler

2009-09-28T13:22:00.002-04:00

Sorry, blogger was being stubborn earlier but I think its working now...

The other day Anthony made some delicious chili, so I decided to make some peach cobbler for dessert... we've had some peaches for a while now and they were past the point of eating plain so I found a cobbler recipe that turned out to be delicious, so I thought I would share...

Ingredients:
6 peaches, pealed, pitted and sliced
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup white sugar

1/2 c shorting
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2c all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c milk

1 c boiling water
2-3 tbs butter

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9X13" baking dish.
2. Stir together peaches, cinnamon and 1 c. white sugar. Set aside.
3. In medium bowl, cream together shorting and 1 c. white sugar. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt alternately with the milk. Pour into prepared pan and top with peach mixture.
4. Drop butter in boiling water and pour all over peaches.
*Its going to seem like your doing something wrong, but trust me...
5. Bake in preheated oven 40 to 45 minutes, until golden brown.

We like it served with vanilla ice cream...
Enjoy!

First Day of Autumn

2009-09-22T23:03:00.004-04:00

Anthony went to Badger Creek Monday morning with his IBC class. It is the first time we've been away from each other since we got married...

I miss him

but he is coming home tomorrow! Yay!

P.S. Happy First Day of Autumn!

School

2009-09-14T23:18:00.003-04:00

Anthony and I started school last Thursday. Classes have been good so far. Anthony is taking IBC. Its like 4 classes into one and you have the experience of starting and running your own business on campus. You can read more about it here and here if you are interested. I am taking a 2 food classes (yes, I actually get to cook! So I'm pretty excited about that). And some other classes for my minor (Home and Family Living). I am also taking D&C, which is pretty intense but it seems like that's how all religion classes are here.
Anyways, things are good :)

Banana Splits

2009-09-09T17:17:00.003-04:00

Anthony had the wonderful idea yesterday to make banana splits, and this was the ending product.

Doesn't it look delicious?!

... it was

Labor Day

2009-09-08T16:23:00.004-04:00

Yesterday Anthony and I decided to go to the eastern Idaho state fair. It was in Blackfoot which is little less than an hour from Rexburg. This fair was different than what Anthony and I are used to in Georgia. First of all it was HUGE! I think everyone from Idaho was there. Haha, and it was like a real fair. People would bring their most prized pigs and cows and they would be judged. It was so funny. Here is a picture of the vegetables that won prizes.The biggest pumpkin was 423 lbs! Crazy! We also rode the ferris wheel and Anthony tried to win an x box by getting 3 balls into a basket. Unfortunately the balls were too bouncy and kept falling out. But it was funny watching him try and listening to the guy trying to convince him to try more. Anyways, we ended the night with a delicious funnel cake! (What's a fair without funnel cake?)

Fun Game

2009-09-05T23:37:00.006-04:00

Because we live in Rexburg, you often have to look for things to do to keep your self from extreme boredom. The other day I was on the internet looking for games to play and I came across this game. Its called "This Is The Only Level." Its really fun, and funny. It doesn't take very long to beat it either, maybe 30 minutes. Anyways, I thought I would share it with you. Here is the link
http://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level
*Hint: look at the bottom of the screen (where it tells you what stage your on) it gives you hints on what to do.
Enjoy!

Onion

2009-09-05T18:02:00.001-04:00

Have you ever seen an onion this big?

More of our Vacation

2009-09-05T14:25:00.011-04:00

Here are some more pictures of our vacation...
This is us at Hollywood Studios at Disney (Right) We went to the Indiana Jones show and Anthony was chosen to be one of the towns people... it is a whole lot more entertaining when you know someone on stage, haha! It was fun watching him.

Animal Kingdom is probably Anthony and I's favorite park... however Epcot is pretty cool too. I think its because Disney did such a good job with it. You really feel like you are walking through a jungle. Haha anyways, this is us at Animal Kingdom after the water ride...

Epcot. We decided to go to all the countries, Anthony had never done them before and honestly I couldn't remember them much either... It was pretty impressive. Disney always does such a good job.We also took some time and decided to go to the beach one day, thats one thing that we really miss while were out here in Idaho.Anthony wanted to dig a hole all the way to China... or wherever, but
then I convinced him that we should just bury him. I made him into a Merman, haha. We were also lucky enough to be there when Anthonys younger brother, Daniel, graduated from basic training. So we drove down to Macon and spent the day with him. His friend, Brett, also came with us.

We got back to Rexburg little over a week ago and miss Georgia all ready :( But were excited that we get to come home for Christmas!
Also one of my best friends growing up (yeah I have a lot of those) Rachel Fairclough got engaged last night and I am so happy for her and her fiance! Congratulations!

GEORGIA!

2009-08-06T21:38:00.009-04:00

I just love Georgia! Me and Anthony have had a great time so far... we even decided to extend our stay 2 more weeks! Yay!
Anyways, it has been great being able to see everyone. Here is a picture of us at Kevin and Amy's house with my parents and Amy and Alexander.

My dad also fixed up the wave runner and we went to Lake Lanier during the week. We were actually quite lucky cause it had been raining the entire time we've been home. but it didn't rain that day! Anthony had never been on a wave runner before so it was really fun!
On Saturday we went to Alexander's one year old birthday! It was so cute! You can read more about it here.That night was Natalie's reception (my best friend growing up). We have been friends ever sinse we were three! She was so beautiful and it was so nice to be there to celebrate with her! Here is a picture of Rachel, Me, Natalie, Kelsey, and Kelley. We all grew up with each other.
This past week we were in Orlando with my parents. We went to the beach, Disney World, and to a water park. I'll write about that another time, but thats all for now!

End of Semester

2009-07-23T18:07:00.003-04:00

Done with school! ...At lease for awhile... haha! It was a really good semester for both of us. It's a lot easier to do homework and stuff when you already live with the one that you want to be with all the time. We have a 7 week break till school starts again the September. Anthony has his online accounting class that he will be busy with during the break. But I need some ideas! Anyone have any suggestions to keep me busy?

One Week!

2009-07-16T12:42:00.004-04:00

Only one more week of school! Yay!
We are excited to have a nice long break coming up and really excited that we get to visit GEORGIA for a little while!

Half-Blood Prince

2009-07-15T17:38:00.004-04:00

Last night Anthony and I went to the midnight showing of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. We both loved it! I want to go see it again already. Haha! It is probably the best movie yet, it was a lot funnier than the other ones and I think it followed the book pretty well (however, I haven't actually read the book all the way through so I don't know for sure) But from what I remember Darcy telling me about it, it followed it well. It was kinda hard getting up this morning for class but it was worth it to go!

Congratulations!

2009-07-07T22:20:00.000-04:00

I got a phone call from my sister today, unfortunately I couldn't answer it because I was taking a test... but she left a message and told me that she got into the accounting program at BYU!! Just wanted say CONGRATULATIONS DARCY!!
I have always admired her hard work in school and I know that shes gonna do great! Love you Narce!

Good News

2009-06-25T17:32:00.005-04:00

This past weekend Anthony and I went to Salt Lake to go to a wedding. It was for Logan Christensen, Anthony's good friend growing up. It was a beautiful day and they are so cute together!
We also went to a lunch to celebrate after wards at the Lion House in Salt Lake. Apparently they have famous rolls, they were delicious!
We also got to stay with Scott and Katie and Luke! It was great to see them, even though it was a short visit. Thank you guys!
On another note, one of my best friends from GA, Kelsey, is visiting this weekend! We have been friends ever since we can remember and I am excited to spend some time with her this week!
We also have a short week this week and a 4 day weekend (because of fourth of July). I am really looking forward to it. On Saturday Anthony and I are planning on going to Idaho Falls to celebrate Independence day. There is a HUGE fireworks show every year... seriously, I have never seen so many fireworks. And if anyone knows my family, thats saying a lot! Haha!
Life is good.

I got a job!

2009-06-20T18:44:00.002-04:00

I got a job! (finally... haha)
I am going to be a secretary in the internship office for Agriculture and Life Sciences department on campus. I start training next week and officially start in the fall. But I can work a little bit during the 7 week break which will be nice. Now I don't have to work early morning custodial!

Rainy

2009-06-17T15:03:00.004-04:00

Flood Warning
It has been raining almost everyday for who knows how long... I lost track 15 days ago. Haha! Don't get us wrong, we like the rain... but not this much...

By the way, there really is a flood warning for our area... Idaho is definitely not used to this much rain in the summer. Haha!

Who Knew?

2009-06-08T17:46:00.003-04:00

Today I dropped Anthony's brother, Daniel, off at the Idaho Falls airport. He is going to be at basic training for the National Guard in Georgia (lucky). Haha, he is going to be gone for about 6 months and I wish him the best of luck!
After I dropped Daniel off I decided to go change my name on my drivers license. Well, I guess get an Idaho license and change my name. So I walk over to the license administration building and tell them that I need a new license. Then they tell me that I have to take the written part of the driving test again! I thought maybe I could get away with just taking it then, how hard could it be right? However, the nice lady at the counter told me that there are different laws in Idaho because of the snow and such, so she gave me a book and told me to study for little while. I was so sad that along with my other homework, I have to study for a driving test. Haha!
Anthony is so lucky he is a guy.

Ice Cream Scooper=Best Friend

2009-06-06T16:17:00.003-04:00

This is the best ice cream scooper! It is our new best friend. We got it at Bed Bath and Beyond with our gift cards. If you are looking for a good ice cream scooper or tired of your old one, I highly reccomend this one.

#308

2009-05-31T19:22:00.008-04:00

So I think I promised putting some pictures up of our apartment some time ago... Sorry for the wait, but here they are!

Here is our living room. The bedroom is to the left and the kitchen and bathroom are to the right. The couch is on lifters right now. We don't know if we're gonna keep it that way or not... we'll see I guess.

Our pretty bookcase (thanks Mom and Dad!)

The kitchenThats all folks!

Dishwasher

2009-05-29T17:55:00.003-04:00

Oh how I pine for you...

4 Day Weekend

2009-05-26T13:18:00.006-04:00

This weekend was a four day weekend! We had Memorial day off and Tuesday the school had an "examination" day.... don't know what that means, but we got the day off of school so I'm not complaining.
It has been very relaxing just staying in Rexburg. Its actually kinda nice when everyone leaves for long weekends, it gets really quiet and it feels like you have the whole place to yourself.
Anyways, we decided to go camping for a day. Anthony's parents got us a tent and a double sleeping bag for our wedding and we were glad we could finally use it. Thank you!!
So here are a few pictures from our trip...

Anthony setting up the tentIt had rained right after we finished setting up the tent (Good timing!). We were sad, but luckily it only rained for an hour or two.

Our sweet fire that we cooked our foil dinners on.Well thats all for now. Just a short week left for school then its the weekend again!

Spring?

2009-05-08T15:52:00.004-04:00

Today is the first day in Rexburg that it actually looks/ kinda feels like spring! Yay! I didn't even have to wear a jacket to class this morning!

Foxes, and Wolves, and Bison, Oh My!

2009-05-04T19:43:00.007-04:00

My parents came into town this weekend to visit with us for awhile. On Friday we went to TGI Fridays (ha!) and I got my wedding picures! Yay! Then we headed to Yellowstone for the rest of the weekend. Scott and Katie and Luke met us in the morning then we went into the park. I have never been there before, so it was pretty cool. Here are a few pictures from the trip!The bison were walking on the street stopping the traffic! It was so crazy!

All of us at Old Faithful

Anthony and I at some random waterfall... at least its pretty! I think its Yellowstone River

Nexflix

2009-04-28T19:39:00.008-04:00

So Anthony and I decided not to get cable this semester... instead we got
It's great! We both love it! Right now we are getting two DVD's at a time on a free two week trial and we can watch a lot of movies and tv shows online too! Anthony and I have always loved watching movies, and now it seems like there is an unlimited selection. If anyone wants to try the two week trail here is the link. http://www.netflix.com/FreeTrialInfo It really is free, just make sure you cancel it when the two weeks are up. They even tell you how to cancel it when you sign up.
On other news, my parents are coming out west this week. They flew in today and this week they are going to be down in Provo helping Scott and Katie with their lawn. This weekend a few of us(me and Anthony, my parents, Darcy, and Scott) are going to Yellowstone. I've never been there before, so I'm pretty excited for it.
Anthony signed up for his BYU online accounting class yesterday. So he is going to be taking BOTH accounting classes at the same time! But he has a whole year to finish the one online so its not that big of a deal.
I am still looking for a job... anyone got any ideas? Haha, just kidding.
It has been so cold here recently! Anthony and I finally broke down today and decided to turn on our heater. It has even been snowing! Not enough to make it really stick, but honestly Rexburg, its almost May! Haha.
Anyways, I need to get back to my homework. I have my first test this weekend, wish me luck! Peace Out!

Pictures to Come...

2009-04-19T18:43:00.006-04:00

Hey Everyone!

I know it has been a LONG time since the last time I updated this... and A LOT has happened too!

Anthony and I got MARRIED on Friday April 3! Yay! I haven't figured out how to put the pictures on here yet because they are really big files... but pictures are coming!

We got back from our honeymoon the next Friday night we opened all of our presents :)

Then we headed back to Rexburg on Monday morning... EARLY... like 4am early. But it was good because we made it here in two days!

We moved into our apartment! It is so cute and little! But it is good because there is only two of us. And of course we had to live on the third floor farthest away from the entrance! Our complex is like a maze, lots of turns and stairs. But it makes things interesting, haha. (more information and pictures coming!)

We started school today and Anthony started his job again at the testing center working as a secretary. I am in pursuit of looking for a job... big fun! hopefully I can find one soon!

Well thats all for now. I will write more in detail when things start to slow down a bit!

Much Love!

Finding a Home for a Car

2009-03-19T00:45:00.005-04:00

This past week we have been shopping for a car. It has taken quite a bit of patience, but we finally got one! It is a white 2007 Chevrolet Malibu... the same car that Anthony had before the accident, but five years newer.

We found this car on ebay, and we bought it yesterday(Wednesday)! We are very happy with it and glad we could find it a good home!

Countdown

2009-03-17T23:18:00.001-04:00

16 days!

Its coming up pretty fast! Yay!

Obituary for Malibu

2009-03-12T10:30:00.008-04:00

On March 9, 2009 our Chevy Malibu was laid to rest. It had been over a year now since I, Alison Brown, had first stepped into that precious vehicle. Anthony had been driving on highway 78 when an idiotic lady pulled out from a side street. She claims she was trying to beat the traffic, but Anthony hit her car. Luckily Anthony was not injured, just a little sore, but the car was a different story. It had been damaged on the front passenger side, the hood, the bumper, and maybe even the frame underneath. Both airbags were deployed and it was towed away Wednesday morning.

When the car was first purchased in 2002 it was used as a missionary car. Driven by young teen boys it was driven rough, but had been kept up very well. Only a short time after did Anthony's brother, Lawrence, buy it when he returned from his mission. Anthony bought the car from his brother about a year or so later and had treated it like his own ever since. We have went on many dates, and vacations with this car. It has made it across the country many times as Anthony has traveled to and from school. It has been good to us. We have shared some precious times with that car and it will be missed.

It is sad saying goodbye to a car.

One Word Tag

2009-03-07T14:00:00.003-05:00

1. Where is your cell phone? couch

2. Your significant other? home

3. Your hair? clean

4. Your mother? store

5. Your father? office

6. Your favorite? chocolate

7. Your dream last night? disney

8. Your favorite drink? dr...

9. Your dream/goal? graduate

10. What room you are in? family

11. Your hobby? shopping

12. Your fear? kidnappers

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? georgia

14. Where were you last night? home

15. Something that you aren't? opinionated

16. Muffins? blueberry

17. Wish list item? puppy

18. Where you grew up? Loganville

19. Last thing you did? food

20. What are you wearing? blue

21. Your TV? 19"

22. Your pets? none

23. Friends? west

24. Your life? good

25. Your mood? bored

26. Missing someone? narce

27. Car? none

28. Something you're not wearing? necklace

29. Your favorite store? fossil

30. Your favorite color? orange

33. When is the last time you laughed? anthony

34. Last time you cried? anthony

35. Who will resend this? none

36. One place that I go to over and over? bed

37. One person who emails me regularly? wamu

38. My favorite place to eat? zaxbys

39. Where are you right now? couch

40. Where should you be right now? couch

Snowy Sunday

2009-03-01T19:16:00.002-05:00

You can't really see it very well in this picture, but this is a lot of snow! .... well at least for Georgia...

2009-02-28T11:00:00.002-05:00

Two parts human....one part titatium.

Implants and Invitations

2009-02-28T00:32:00.005-05:00

Thursday I took Anthony to the dentist again to get his 2nd implant. Well not another one, its the same tooth... Let me explain. The first time he got his implant something went wrong. The screw that was in his jaw (I know, disgusting) came loose... or at least I think this is what happened. So he went through a whole week of pain.... Poor guy! He went back to the dentist and the figured out what was wrong so they pulled it back out. He had to wait two more weeks for it to heal to get another implant. This time I was informed that there was no way he could mess this one up, it is really down in there. So keep your fingers crossed for him that all will go well!

On other news, that same day my invitations came! So I left Anthony hoping that he would get some sleep while I was gone(and he did get a little nap), and went to pick them up from Party City. They turned out great! My mom and I have been stuffing them and addressing them all day... literally ALL day. Jeff and Carie and Anthony came over and helped us stuff them and get them all, well a big chunk of them, ready to mail off. Thanks you guys!

2009-02-24T23:35:00.003-05:00

Holly! You said we could do a memory with you in it. This picture was taken the night before my mission. Pretty sure you must have been the photographer. Sorry you're not in it.

If my memory serves me correctly this was at the tennis court in your hood.

I know Ali already did one, but I thought you would enjoy the memory. haha!

Spice Girls

2009-02-24T21:09:00.003-05:00

Our good friend, Holly, has posted a little contest on her blog. If we make a post of a favorite memory that we have with her (or something of the sort) then she will give us a homemade gift! So here is the memory....

Holly, Darcy, and I were what you would call Spice Girl fans. When we were 10ish or so the three of us made up a dance to go with one of the Spice Girl songs. We even invited our parents to attend our performance. They even video taped us! It was so much fun! Well, I thought that it was really cool cause I was hanging out with people who were older than me. Unfortunately, a few years ago Holly informed me that she got rid of that tape... which I am not very sad about ;) So I can't post it on here.

This is a really cute idea Holly! I'm tempted to even do it myself...

FlipSides

2009-02-20T12:28:00.003-05:00

Yummy!

Recent Happenings...

2009-02-18T12:50:00.004-05:00

Here is an update on what has been going on recently.

1. We finally finished our registry! We are registered at bed bath and beyond and target. It was fun picking out all our stuff for our little apartment and fighting over who gets to hold the scanner gun thing. Haha!

2. We got the proof for our invitations and now just waiting for them to ship them! It should be within the week or beginning of next week.

3. Valentines day was wonderful! I have the most amazing fiance... He made me a steak dinner and a delicious chocolate cake for dessert. He bought be some beautiful flowers and afterwards we went to a movie! It was a great day! Thank you Anthony!

4. We went to another hockey game... and they lost... again. So then we went to a Hawks game to see them win... but they lost. It was still a lot of fun though. Oh and we got a couple of free Cokes.

5. Wedding, Wedding, Wedding. Most of our free time is spent in planning our wedding and reception. It's kindof a lot of work, but we are enjoying it.

Happy Happy Birthday!

2009-01-29T17:09:00.004-05:00

Today is Anthony's 23rd Birthday! Yay! Happy Birthday!

Ensign 2009

2009-01-23T23:07:00.002-05:00

Place The State

2009-01-12T00:04:00.005-05:00

There is this game on the internet called "Place The State." I actually found it a couple of years ago when I was still in high school, but I recently found it again! Yay! It tests how well you know where the states are located on a map. It's maybe not the best test, but it gives you a general idea. I think it is interesting and pretty entertaining (and addictive, hehe). If your interested here is the link...

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/states_experiment_drag-drop_Intermed_State15s_500.html

How to play: Place the state by dragging and dropping.

1. Place cursor over the state

2. While pressing the left mouse button, drag the state to its correct location

3. Release the left mouse button

I got a 96% with a avg error of 5 miles

New Moon

2009-01-02T15:11:00.006-05:00

When I was in Florida Darcy, Derek and I went to go see Twilight. It was great, I loved it! And I would recommend it for everyone. I will warn you though it is a girl movie, but I still think that guys would like it... well some guys. Anyways, I did some research on it today and I found out that the next movie, New Moon, will be coming out November 20, 2009! Yay!

(date not official)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T14:34:00.007-05:00

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a good new years celebration! Last night Anthony and I decided to go to Underground Atlanta for the Peach Drop. Surprisingly, neither one of us had been there before. There were so many people there, and it was actually pretty entertaining just to listen to the people around us. This one guy even tried to make Anthony give him 2 dollars for letting my feet rest on a table. Haha! Afterwards we went to Waffle House! There was a little wait for our food, but it was worth it!

Home Sweet Home

2008-12-28T18:56:00.005-05:00

It has been a while! We both have been pretty busy with the holidays. I hope everyone had a great Christmas! It is nice to be home with everyone. Here's a little update on things that have been happening...

We survived finals! Yay! We left Rexburg Friday night with Daniel and Drew and they dropped me off in Salt Lake to stay the night with Darcy before my flight home in the morning. Then he left for the long journey home... They drove straight home without stopping for sleep (yuck!). They even drove through a snow storm and had a flat tire at 4 in the morning! But made it home safely Sunday afternoon.

Anthony started work Monday morning at Morgan and Morgan P.A. He is a runner for the branch here in Atlanta.

Christmas was great! We had Christmas Eve dinner at my parents house and then Christmas day dinner at Anthony's house. It was delicious!

We must have been pretty good this year too. Because Anthony got a new suit and some more clothes, yay! And I got a camera, and a much needed wedding planner! Anthony got me a beautiful necklace and some comfy slippers, Thanks everyone!

My family (my mom, dad, Derek, and Darcy) all left for Florida on Saturday morning. It was Darcy's birthday the next day. Happy Birthday Narce! It was nice celebrating with her.

Finals Week

2008-12-11T20:40:00.007-05:00

This week has consisted a lot of this... and this... and this...

Island Park

2008-12-08T11:41:00.012-05:00

Last Saturday Anthony, Ben, Aubree and I went to Island Park. Ben finished building a house down there and we all went to clean it for a little extra cash. The house was awesome! Anthony was fascinated by its seven full bathrooms! One for every bedroom and an extra one upstairs. It took awhile to clean but it was fun working with everyone. It had a BEAUTIFUL backyard view. There was a lake that was frozen over with mountains towards the back. Neither me nor Anthony have ever walked on a frozen lake before... So we decided to go walk on it. It was so cool! Kinda scary at first, especially when you could hear it cracking, but it was cool! We were out there around sunset so we got some great pictures. The quality isn't very good because we took them from my phone, but its okay.

Me and Anthony

Anthony "walking on water"

Thanksgiving Break

2008-11-29T19:49:00.009-05:00

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It was so nice for us to have a whole week off of school! I cannot tell you how needed it was!

Last Friday Anthony's parents sent us to go celebrate for our engagement. So we drove down to Idaho Falls and went out to eat at Olive Garden. Thank you! It was great!

Then on Saturday we went to Cress Creek Nature Trail. We went with Anthony's brother Daniel, my roommate Aubree, and her boyfriend Ben. They are always fun to hang out with. It is about a 20-30 minute drive from Rexburg and it was really cool! The trail was about 2 miles and it had a great view from the top of the mountain. It overlooked the

Snake River as it winds through the lower snake river valley. We also stopped by Big Judd's on the way and got some ice cream, yummy!

On Monday we went apartment shopping. We walked around Rexburg for about two hours but we made some great progress. I'm so glad Anthony is on top of all of this stuff or we would probably be living in a cardboard box during the summer.

Wednesday we drove to my grandparents lodge in Altonah, Utah, and we met up with some of my immediate family; Darcy, Derek, Scott, Katie, and my little nephew Luke. It was great seeing them for the holidays. Thursday was great! We had a delicious Thanksgiving dinner and got to relax while we were there. Thanks again Grandma and Grandpa!

Now its back to school...

The Proposal

2008-11-23T21:24:00.010-05:00

As most of you know Anthony and I got engaged this past Wednesday! Yay! Here's the scoop on how he did it...

Earlier this week he asked me if I wanted to go on a date with him on Wednesday. I had my suspicions because we usually don't really make plans till about 10 minutes before we actually do something. BUT! My roommates had me totally convinced that he wasn't going to ask me till after the break.

So he picked me up after his class Wednesday night. (He has class till 6:45 on Monday and Wednesday... yuck!) He took me to New Fongs, a local Chinese restaurant. We got a TON of food- I'm still eating the leftovers- and it was really yummy! Afterwards he told me that he wanted to go for a walk, so we drove to a place where we go often.

There is a paved pathway following a river with a tree at the end that we carved our initials into.

As we came to the end of the trail there were tons of candles and a blanket set up for us around the tree. I asked him what was going on and his reply was, "I don't know..." with the biggest smile on his face. We sat on the tree for a little bit talking and he started saying sweet things to me like how he wants to spend forever with me and h0w much he loves me. He got down on one knee and right when he did I started crying. He said more sweet things and then asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes!

He gave the most beautiful ring and we picked up one of the candles to look at it more closely but what we didn't realize was that we were pouring melted wax all over our clothes! It was funny.

We walked back to the car and there were a dozen red roses in the front seat waiting for me! They were beautiful!

Then we went back to my apartment to drop off the roses and to show off my new ring to my roommates!

After we left we went to the tennis courts at Porter Park (this is where he got my number last fall semester) and we bundled up in blankets and toasted with some sparkling cider and paper cups!

He did such a great job! I am so blessed to have him in my life. I am excited to be able to spend forever with him and I am looking forward to getting to know him better. I love you Anthony!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this night so special! Y'all are great!