REFUND 100% + Babysitting

Just got a 100% refund on an Amtrak ticket I don't need anymore. I was very pleased! Also, I am available to babysit for you... Yes you with children and a need for a break... you can call me or email me. I am pretty flexible. Also, I can be hired for cooking, cleaning, and yard work. 

Graduation Walk

Last week I walked for my graduation at BYU! My mom stayed out in Utah after we sent Gordon off so she could be there. We had fun spending time together. Adrianne, Brad, and so many other friends walked as well. I enjoyed meeting everyone's family members who came out to support them. I still have some classes that I will finish up by December- instead of this Spring because I got an internship with Jumpstart in D.C!! Hooray! It all happened so fast and I am very excited for the opportunity!

Missionary brother

Gordon > ELDER STEELE---Gordon is a missionary now! My Dad and Mom both came to town and we were able to take him to the Missionary Training Center on April 15th. He will serve in the Mexico Tuxtla Gutierrez Mission. We are so excited for him. He came out a couple of days before he went in so we enjoyed some JDawgs

and Smart Cookie, a pizza night with the Steele family

 and some good old Skype bonding with Nancy and Scott! What a send off !

Onion Plant

One of my roommates (no one will fess up, and to be honest, I may be the responsible party) kept a yellow onion out on our counter top for a couple weeks which began sprouting into a plant:I found it fascinating! It was a special little experiment to have an onion plant growing taller each day right in your kitchen. Well, sadly one roommate did not share my sentiments, so photographs are the only remains of this beauty.

Peanut, Peanut Butter, and Jelly!

Last night, Brad and I dressed up as peanut butter and jelly with bread capes for his friend Cassie's 22 birthday party! Her party was full of cleverness and delight! It was a doubles, twins, pairs, couples theme. Her invitations included copies of her glasses for us to cut out and wear to match her! Brad assembled our glasses-they look pretty real... My sister, Nancy, gave me the peanut butter and jelly idea, and we ran with it. We had fun making our labels together and taking fun pictures. Brad introduced me to this fun PB&J rap on YouTube. What fun we have!

Dinner Group

So I am a huge fan of dinner groups! At school at least, they are definitely the way to go for good, inexpensive meals, and great company! Four nights a week-- Monday-Thursday-- dinner is ready around 6PM. We take turns cooking. I cook Thursday nights every other week. I enjoy cooking anyway, but this way it is really exciting to get to think up a dish to serve and get ideas from group members. Tonight, I made a Thai Peanut Chicken Recipe I found online, and it turned out pretty well! I DOUBLED the recipe served it with rice and broccoli for some balance. I put some of my numbers together and with all the parts of ingredients I used I was able to feed 4 grown men and 4 grown ladies with about a meal and a half left over.. so lets make it about 10 servings (because some had seconds) for less than $1.50 a person... I like that! I like that very much!  

Birthday fun

So Todd turned 23 yesterday and we got to do some exciting things to celebrate. To start off, some of his mission buddies came over for a good surprise on his birthday eve (because we had planned to be in St. George on his birthday over the long weekend). I got him over to my house under the pretense of watching a movie and the party crew camped out in the kitchen. He got here and wasn't thirsty like I had hoped and so I went to get myself a drink and he finally decided to follow me in... We had lit the candles around the time we thought he would be there... but when the wax started getting super dwarfed we decided to blow all 23 candles spelling Todd out and light one candle that we stuck in the "o" when he knocked. Well, he says he was surprised. Then on his real birthday we went up to Soldier's Hollow where we tried cross country skiing! It was a beautiful day and we had a blast... even when we fell down :) luckily there were just enough people around who we could spy some tricks of the sport from, tricks like how to connect your boots to the skis! It was a great work out with some fun rides in between. We had a blast too! And we got a free water bottle for filling out a survey of our Wasatch recreation experience... For dinner we picked up mighty tasty ribs and whipped up some more of Todd's favorites mashed potatoes and salad. To top it off we went to another birthday celebration for my friend Audrey where we played Mafia. I was a pretty sneaky mafia and Todd was a pretty effective last word investigator. What a Happy birthday!