Thursday, July 31, 2008

New Niece!!!!



Yesterday, July 30, Elle Marie Erickson was born. She weighed in at a whopping 9lbs 1 oz! Way to go Bree :) She is just so adorable and too cute for words. I was able to skype with them last night for a little bit. Now I'm not quite sure as to who she looks more like? I know that she definitely has Bree's nose, but as for the rest of her face, at times she looks like lance and at other times she looks like bree...i guess she is just a complete mix of them both. I am very jealous of my mom though because she gets to spend 2 weeks in texas with them. And i have no idea when i'll get to see them next. Flight tickets are so dang expensive! I am really hoping to make it out for their baby blessing...so uh ehem mother, if you wouldn't mind dropping some cash on a plane ticket for me, i wouldn't even be mad :) Congratulations Bree and Lance, I couldn't be happier for you. Well here are some pictures that i stole from Lance...






Friday, July 18, 2008

this what i get to do while i'm at work

1. What is his name? Conryd Peter Salvesen
2. Who eats more? Uh…that would have to be Conryd.
3. Who said I love you first? He did. He almost let it slip out when we were first dating, but he tried to brush it off like nothing happened and I think he just quickly turned it into like “oh I love... hanging out with you” or something like that. To be honest, I don’t remember him saying it, but I wish I did :)
4. Who is taller? He is, he is 6’1 and I am only 5’3. I get made fun of a lot in his family for being the shortest. Even my 15 year old niece is taller than me…
5. Who is smarter? I am duh! No, he is definitely. He’s the reason why I got an “A” in math :)
6. Who is more sensitive? Me, I think I’ve always been sensitive, maybe even too sensitive.
7.Who does the laundry? I do. I think the only time he’s done the laundry was last week, when we were packing for CA he stayed up with til 3 in the morning to do the laundry, and even woke up early to check it. He is so sweet.
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you’re looking straight on to the bed he sleeps on the right.
9. Who pays the bills? We don’t really have bills, THANKGOODNESS! We only have our phone bill, and he pays for them.
10. Who cooks more? Cook? Ha uh, I guess I “cook” more. Right now we’re kind of eating raw foods, so no “cooking” for me, for now. But I can tell in the future that I’ll be doing the cooking.
11. What meals do you cook together? Dinner, in the mornings I just make smoothies for us, and for lunch I’m at work, so dinner is really the only meal we share together.
12. Who is more stubborn? We both are I guess? We’re really not stubborn people though. We’re both really laid back and usually don’t care, but in a good way of not caring…if that makes sense?
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Never been wrong before in my life. But then again, neither has Conryd.
14. Who has more siblings? Him, he has 2 half brothers and his younger sister who is my age. I only have Bree and Casey. He wins by one.
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? I do. I push him around and make him feel less of a man. Kidding, uh I guess he does? But only because I let him. I hate decision making, so if he wears the pants then hes required to make every decision.
16. What do you like to do together? We like to eat, work out, sleep, watch a lot of movies, play on the Wii, go to Disneyland, go to the beach, and well pretty much just spending any time together is what we like best.
17. Who eats more sweets? Hmmm…that’s tough. I’d have to say we’re probably equal. I have a bad habit for wanting sweets. I’d say I want them more than he does, but we’ll probably eat the same amount.
18. Guilty pleasures? Salt and vinegar chips, gummi bears, those dang chocolate chip cookies, sleeping into til 12 (which I haven’t been able to do in a very long time), pink berry, and that’s all I can think of.
19. How did you meet? We had a couple of classes together and saw each other from across the room. He had this friend named Roxy who was in our health class as well and I also thought at the time she was his girlfriend, but I ended up meeting her in the bathrooms at school while we were changing for health class, and so we started talking and found out that we also had math together and that Conryd was not her boyfriend. After class I went to talk to her to tell her I wasn’t going to go to math. And Conryd just so happened to be standing with her so I knew that was the perfect time to talk to her so I could talk to him. So after Roxy and I were done talking I then turned to Conryd and introduced myself and we had that awkward, first meeting, small talk stuff. We found out that we both were living in provo which was pretty cool. I remember that day after school, I thought to myself “wouldn’t that be awesome if I ran into Conryd some where here in Provo?” But I knew the chances of that happening were slim to none! But that next day, Friday night, I was at King Henry playing soccer outside with Ed and Conryd just so happened to be driving past with his friend and saw Ed’s big hair, and knew if Ed was there, I must be around as well. So he jumped out of the car (which was STILL moving) and came over. Ed noticed him and was like “Hey, isn’t that that south African guy?” so anyways, we ended up talking that whole night, and he pretty much ditched this other girl that he was suppose to be hanging out with to talk with me :) it was a long story, but I know you all were dying to know it!
20. Who asked who out first? Um well, I invited him to go to the tumbling gym with me and my friends, but I guess if that doesn’t really count as asking him out first, then he kind of asked me out by inviting himself over Sunday afternoon for quesadillas because “he was a starving African kid” and that my mom “would be so happy because I was doing my service by feeding an African.” It was cute, so how could I have possibly said no? But after that we hung out everyday and then had a reeeal date that weekend.
21. Who kissed who first? He kissed me first. It took him long enough! You would think that if we were hanging out til like 3 in the morning every night it would have happened quicker. I kept anticipating it but it never came ha!
22. Who proposed? He did. He wanted to make sure it was a complete surprise, and indeed it was. I’m pretty sure he lied to my face for like a month straight. And sadly, I did not catch on at all. It was perfect though. Best surprise and Christmas ever!
23. His best features? His accent of course! His eyes, his facial structure, his arms, his back, his legs, okay EVERYTHING is his best feature.
24. What is his greatest quality? I’d have to say how sweet he is. He is a very caring and hard working husband. I can honestly say he’s never done anything that has ever made me upset. Or if I am ever upset he’s always there to comfort me. He is just the most sweet and caring guy I have ever met. I love everything about him, and I can pretty much say he has no flaws, hes perfect :)
25. Tag? Well I only a few “blogging” friends…so Bree, Carly, and Chelsea, TAG!

Friday, July 11, 2008

So we're here in valencia spending some time with the family and i had to make sure to get some video clips of cadence to show the world that i have the cutest niece ever! heres some proof...

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

4th of July weekend

So as you were all aware...or at least i hope you were aware ,that this past weekend was the 4th of July. This was my first 4th of July away from home and away from the parade :) it was awesome. Stadium of fire ( i had never heard of this before until this year) had Miley Cyrus and the Blue Man group performing, sadly we did not go see Miley (she is Conryd's idol...in a non pedifile way) not really though. So we ended up going to their family friends house to watch some fireworks and hear the distant singing of Hanna Montana.


To the left of me is our nephew and niece, Scott and Tayla. Crazy to think that I now have a nephew who is only 3 or 4 years younger than me! weird!

On Saturday we ended up hiking Mt. Timpanogas with Juanique and Tristin. It was a pretty quick hike but really steep. The caves were really interesting to walk through. I hate that when you get in there they tell you not to touch anything because it just made me want to touch everything! And I think I could honestly say that that was really my first hike ever! I can't say that i LOVED it but I don't think i hated it? I did hate it the next day though...ouch. here are a couple of pictures of this hike to prove that i actually did it :)



After the hike we headed back to Juan and Tristin's house to go swimming, eat some pizza, and watch Be Kind Rewind. It was a pretty full, tiring, fun, weekend.
Tomorrow Conryd and I leave for Valencia, and I know that I am way excited to be back in California and see my family. And it will also be nice to get away from work, even though my job is way relaxed and way awesome...working everyday is hard to get used to when before that you didnt have to work one day :) But I know Kristina will probably end up reading this so i will say this, I miss working so much! It's so much fun, I wish it would never end :) Anyways, so we're pretty much going to have a relaxed weekend back home, hopefully go to the beach once or twice, lay out by the pool, get some in n out and stone fire, and see my nieces! Oh and to Bree and Kelli, i will set up my voicemail whenever i feel like it okay! get off my back! kidding, i've tried setting it up and i just cant figure it out. And i'm too lazy to call to fix it. Well that is pretty much my week. Pretty exciting stuff i know! Oh and i know i said this sort of in my last post, but i cant believe Bree is going to have her baby THIS MONTH! crazy! so excited though!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

weekly update

So the weekend just passed and that's always depressing. It was a pretty fun weekend, we went to a BYU improv show that my co-worker Kristina was in, and it was pretty funny, it gave us some good laughs. She was crazy in it :) we loved it! Afterwards we ended up watching a movie with Juanique and her husband Tristin... we watched Forbidden Kingdom and it was probably one of THEE lamest movies i've ever seen. But i could have called that before we even started watching it. Saturday was pretty uneventful...i think? i honestly think i have the worst memory ever! it's so hard for me to remember what i did 2 days ago!

On saturday i ended up buying a new pair of running shoes which hopefully will motivate me to work out more. Later that night we went bowling with Juanique and Tristin, which was pretty fun. The last time Conryd and i went bowling was for our 2nd date...awh what precious memories! We then went to Sonic to get a shake but they were out of peanut butter! BIG disappointment :(

Conryd's uncle and aunt came into to town from South Africa this weekend and Errol and Cecilia (the in-laws) have a pretty busy schedule planned out for them. They're going out to California sometime next week and are going to Disneyland and Universal Studios around the 9th, so Conryd and I decided that we would take a trip to California at the same time. So we will be flying out to CA on the 9th of this month and will be there til the 15th! i am so excited!!! i am excited to just lay out by the pool and get my tan back! i am also, of course, excited to see my mom and dad, and casey and carly and the kids.

On a health update, Carly got me completed addicted to those cookies, so i ended up baking more on sunday and eating pretty much all of them because starting monday (yesterday) Conryd and I decided that we're going to eat bunny food, aka fruits and veggies, only. Its tough, seeing as how carbs are pretty much FAVORITE things to eat. So who knows how long i'll last?

Oh yes, and one last thing, Bree will be having her baby sometime this month!!! i can't believe she's already so close to becoming a mommy! i am so excited for her! she definitely deserves a gold medal for everything she's been through. She is such a strong, amazing, person! i dont even think she knows how much i look up to her! She's a great example and role model to me. Love you bree!!! oh except we're fighting..you never returned my phone call on saturday...ouch!

Anybody have any exciting plans for the 4th of july? this will be my first 4th of july away from home and away from that STUPID SCV parade! ugh that is one thing i will NOT miss. I hated being woken up at 7 in the morning to screaming kids and those stupid blow horns! although, i have a feeling i'll be stuck going to the provo city parade...blah! anywho! good night

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

cookie recipe just for kristina :)

WARNING: THESE ARE ADDICTING

Chocolate Chip Cookies

From the Daily Bite blog

½ c. butter
½ c. high-quality tub margarine (like Smart Balance)
¾ c. white sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 c. flour (I used around 2 3/4 cups of flour instead IF i didn't use the 1/2 cup margarine and just used a cup of butter. )
¾ tsp. salt
¾ tsp. baking soda
1 12-oz. bag chocolate chips

Cream together butter, margarine, sugars, eggs, and vanilla. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt, and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture and beat well. Stir in chocolate chips. Doesn't your heart just skip a beat? Is it sad that mine does?

Drop onto cookie sheet by tablespoon.

You should get 12 cookies per cookie sheet

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned. Naturally, you want to keep an eye on them because every oven is different. Makes about 4 dozen.

Allow to cool for a few minutes on the pan and then transfer to a wire cooling rack.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

okay okay okay!

okay bree this is for you. This past weekend i went to go get a pedicure (one of my all time favorite things to do) and i was really cautious on where to go because i'm really picky! i only like megan from the nail forum and dont trust anyone else! reason being... i get ripped off! well i asked for rhinestones...six little itty bitty, rhinestones and what do they charge me? 9 freaken bucks! rip off! note to self: do not get a pedicure at university mall. but afterwards i got a massage from my sister-in-law who is going to massage therapy. it was so relaxing! its awesome to know that i dont have to spend $110 dollars now to get a massage. thank you juanique! besides that, my weekend was pretty uneventful. Conryd and I were called to primary this sunday, Conryd thinks its the churchs "birth control" plan. He could be right :) Oh yes, one thing i forgot to mention about this past weekend was that i baked some chocolate chip cookies, and well, thanks to carly my hubby and i are completely addicted to the cookie recipe i stole from Carly's blog. We (also his family) finished 4 dozen cookies in less than 2 days! and i'm still craving more! our apartment is still in renovation mode...who knows how much longer it will be?! we've given up on cleaning the place because it seems like every time we clean it, it just becomes dusty (From the remodeling) 2 seconds later. so we quit! We took our dog, Dezzi, to the groomers today and here are some pictures of her now. We had her cut short, but didnt know she'd end up looking like a drowned rat! everything on her body is so unproportioned (spelling, not even sure if thats a real word). but she was the runt of the pack, her heads too big for her body, her legs are too short for her torso, her eyes are too big for her face and her tongue is too long for her mouth. anyways, this is her now



So yep, thats our dog! shes sometimes smart but mainly dumb as dirt. we love her...sometimes! well thats all i want to blog about. Love you all, miss you bree! good night