Day 10: I need cooking advice!

Ok so today I love Morgan because he motivates me to cook...as crazy as it sounds! I've never enjoyed cooking, I'd rather do laundry or clean the bathroom than be in the kitchen. This is partly because I have no practice but also because I tend to ruin anything I try to make without adult supervision. I do love cooking with Morgan; I think it's more fun that way. But for Valentine's day I've decided that since Morgan is impossible to buy presents for (not because there's nothing he wants but because it's all out of our price range), I'm going to make him a really nice, candel-lit dinner. He'd never expect it so it'll be a great surprise! But I do need advice...I've never done a nice dinner like this and I know it sounds cheesy but I want it to be really pretty. So I found a couple chicken recipes that sound yummy, but I can't decide which one, A: sounds better, and B: would be easier to make :) so here they are...


This is Chicken with Cider and Bacon Sauce



and here's the link for the recipe if you're interested:
http://www.cookinglight.com/entertaining/menus-for-entertaining/healthy-elegant-chicken-dinner-recipes-00400000052808/page6.html

OR Elegant Strawberry Chicken
I couldn't find a picture for this recipe but it has strawberries and pears so it sounds really pretty but is that too weird?
here's the link for this one:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1839,154179-252192,00.html

Anyway so if you have an opinion or a better recipe, I'd appreciate any help I can get!

Day 9: Is it just me...?

This has been on my mind the last few days and I'm wondering if other people have noticed the same thing in their relationships...after fighting and making up, do you love your "significant other" even more than you did before? We had a rough couple days last week...ok I had a rough couple days and he had to put up with them. Anyway long story short it kind of caused a rift between us, and unfortunatly we're both stubborn and neither of us likes to admit we're wrong so our disagreements (which are usually about nothing) last longer than they should. But after we finally sat down and talked about it and worked it out, I fell in love with him even more. Is this a common thing or is it just me?

This isn't the only time that my love grows for him, sometimes just this certain smile he gives me makes me fall for him and sometimes a kiss reminds me of our first kiss. But there's something about fixing a problem in our relationship that makes me realize how much I love and appreciate him, and how much I need him.

Day 8 (I think i missed a few...)

Ok so I failed my first blogging challenge thing...we went to Island Park for the weekend and we didn't have the internet :( but I'm going to keep going anyway. Today I love Morgan because he makes me laugh. The last few days I've been really frustrated with a few things, money, school, our stinky house, etc. But even on my worst day, he still finds a way to get me to laugh, whether it's talking to me in his Donald Duck voice or just being silly. I'm also grateful that he's learned that sometimes what I need more than anything is for him to hold me while I cry. He's perfect for me in so many ways and I'm so thankful for such a wonderful sweetheart :)

DaY tHrEe

Today I love Morgan because when I woke up he was holding my hand :)

:) nuff said.

Day 2!

Today I love Morgan because, as I look around our house, I see all the beautiful things he has made in the past and made for me since we've been married. He's incredibly talented and loves working with wood. Here's a few of the things he's made...

My beautiful clock! He gave me this for our first Christmas...needless to say I shed a few tears :)

Our nightstand in the living room (sorry it's sideways I couldn't figure out how to turn it around) the bottom picture is a view of the top, his first time creating designs using veneer.

I know this next picture isn't quite as elegant, but it's still sentimental :) when we were living in our first house in Osgood, it was winter semester and I was commuting to Rexburg every other day. Most mornings he would wake up early and make me breakfast and this is what I found in my oatmeal one morning :)

This is only the start of a long line of things Morgan has made that mean so much to me! Today this is one of the reasons I love him :)

28 reasons why I love my lover :) Day 1

Every day for the month of February, I'm going to list a new reason why I love Morgan so much :) I know it sounds cheesy but today I love him because he loves me. I'll be the first to admit that I'm difficult and stubborn but he loves me anyway and I'm so grateful for that! He's the best thing that ever happened to me, and what's better is that I can say that every day!

I've been so blessed to have a husband who loves me unconditionally, and today that's one of the reasons I love him :)

Ellie, Graduation, etc.

Well now that I've finally gotten the Hawaii trip finished I can continue on with our frost-bitten lives back home. First off, we are finally starting to recover from the swimming pool that tried to take over our basement while we were gone. While the most emotional part was throwing away soggy wedding presents and pictures, along with the rest of my house decor that was in the basement, the smell has been even harder to get over! After countless bottles of febreeze, odo-ban, and several cans of extremely expensive cement paint, ourhouse is starting to smell bearable. Not that the work is over, next we are going to shampoo all our carpets and wash every single item of clothing to hopefully get rid of the last of the smell. It's been an adventure, one that I might laugh about...much later. :)

We do have a new addition to our family! No it's not a baby :) we're not quite there yet but I did convince Morgan to spoil me with another puppy! Her name is Ellie and I found her on petfinder.com where she was advertised by the Humane Society of the Upper Valley. They bring pets to Petco on Saturdays and it was love at first sight! She's a Lhasa Apso mix and so adorable! We've decided she looks like a little albino Ewok from Star Wars but we love her anyways :) She's very sweet and definitely has a personality of her own! For instance, when she gets too warm, she'll go lay on the tile floor on her belly. She'll follow me or Morgan around the house and wherever she goes, her toys have to come with her. So when we sit down to watch a movie, she'll go get her toy rope, bring it over by us, then go get her stuffed elephant and bring that in too. Then when we switch to a different room, she makes sure to bring her toys along. She loves riding in the car as long as she can sit on your lap and look out the window. The hair around her eyes grows really fast. Up until the other day it was so long she was running into doors so we figured she needed a trim. Now it's like she's living in a whole new world! She also likes to sleep on her back so her legs are all sprawled out. It's so funny!

Here's some more exciting news! I get to graduate in April! After a lot of frustrating calls and e-mails trying to figure out how I can graduate in one more semester, I finally went in to the student counseling center and they told me I've got enough credits to graduate with an associates in generals! I was originally going for a Special Education major, but after getting married I realized there was no way I was going to make it through three more years of school. I didn't want to wait that long to have kids and I didn't want to miss out on time with them because I was in class all day. So I decided to stick with generals, take classes that I really wanted to take and it worked out pretty well! (Not to mention that Morgan and I are both sick of Rexburg and all the problems we've had with BYU-I...shhhh don't tell.)

Well that's the latest news for us...more to come!