A history of Valentines Day and Our day

Before I tell you about our day, let me give you a brief history of Valentine's Day. It dates back to the Emperor Cornelius II around the time of 246 AD. He wanted more soldiers to fight in the wars so decided to make getting marriage illegal. He thought that if men were married they would not be soldiers. A priest, St. Valentine, did not agree to this and married couples in secret. The government did not like this and wanted him to be a soldier and deny his Christian beliefs. He refused to do this and was sentenced to death. As he awaited his death, he wrote to his followers the following letter: Remember your Valentine. He was put to death on February 14th or the 24th in the year 246 or 247. We celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th so it can never fall on President's Day. I thought this was very interesting.
As I leave my teacher mode, Chris and I had a great Valentines Day. We slept in and then did some quick school work. We then went to Pink Panther 2. It is so funny!!! We then decided to go get new cell phones since our contract is almost up. We both love our new phones. I got a green (of course) Sony Ericsson and Chris got a Nokia Express Music. They both have camera phones so we have been taking lots of pictures of Sam. After we got our cell phones, we went to Walmart and did a little shopping. We then had a quck dinner of taco salads and spent a few hours playing with our phones and opening our presents. Not that eventful, but still fun.

Harlem Globetrotters and Back in School

This has been a very crazy week. Katina started school again. Monday they had a field trip to the planetarium and an assembly. Tuesday they had TWO assemblies and Wednesday she had a meeting and testing. Today was the Valentine party and an aide meeting. Needless to say, not much learning happened. The kids were horrible as usual and Katina has been fighting a cold all week. Because of being so busy, she has not posted about their fun thing on Monday night.

We got tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters a few months ago. It was a much needed escape. It was so funny. Here are some pictures. I wish I could just show you the whole show. It was great!!!

juggling the basketballs

playing dead

li' globie dancing to "I Get

Knocked Down"

Tag: Kelsey

I was tagged.
Here are the rules:
1. Post rules on blog
2.Answer the 6 questions with 8 items
3.Tag 8 people

8 Favorite TV Shows:
1. Biggest Loser
2. Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
3. Friends
4. Wife Swap
5. Home Improvement
6. Jeopardy
7. Howie Do It
8. CSI (the original one in Las Vegas)

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1. got a haircut
2. cleaned the condo
3. loved Sam the cat
4. returned phone calls
5. planned for school
6. watched TV
7. cuddled with my husband
8. made baked spaghetti for dinner

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Chris and I having health insurance
2. me getting a stable job that I love
3. having children
4. seeing my brother's family get a house
5. seeing Chris's siblings get married in the temple
6. the day my skin stops itching like crazy at night
7.seeing Aunt Judy again
8. buying a car

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Red Iguana
2. Olive Garden
3. Chuck-a-Rama
4. Burger King
5. Cafe Rio
6. Guadalohonkys
7. Leatherby's
8. P.F. Chang's

8 Things I Wish For:
1. a better job
2. David and Cindy to get a house
3. my dad to feel better
4. my grandma to be happy
5. my dad to join the church and my family to be sealed together for eternity
6. to be debt free
7. to have no regrets in life
8. to have Aunt Judy's words of wisdom when times are tough

8 People I Tagged:
1. Kira
2. Cynthia
3. Laura
4. Amber
5. Alicia
6. Christy
That is all because that are the friends that we have that blog.

More meetings

Last night Katina was nominated to serve on the HOA board. Chris and her went to the meeting last night to discuss parking problems and they nominated Katina to the HOA board. This probably happened because they are the only non board members to attend the meetings! Her major responsibilities include forming a community watch. Wish her luck!

Free Breakfast

This morning Chris and I woke up early to go to breakfast. We normally don't spend money on eating out for breakfast, but couldn't resist free breakfast at Denny's. Apperently, there was a Super Bowl commercial announcing free breakfast on February 3rd. Since we didn't watch the Super Bowl as it was on a Sunday, this was announced on KSL news last night. We decided to get up early and go for the free Grand Slam breakfast at 6:30 am. We only had a 10 minute wait to get seated and were done in time for Chris to head to work. The breakfast was really good and we possibly were even on the FOX morning show as a news crew was there interviewing people. It continues till 2 pm today. I love free food!!!

Weekend in Idaho

Chris and I decided to get away from the job hunting, smog, and Utah traffic by spending the weekend in Idaho. We left Friday afternoon and went to Pocatello where we stayed the weekend with Aaron, Kira, and adorable Emma. On Saturday we went out to lunch with my aunt Irene and did a little shopping. We also spent some time in Firth visiting with the Hardys, friends from Chris's mission. On Sunday we went to sacrament with the Adams family before we headed home. It was a short trip, but a fun one. Thank you Adams family for the wonderful hospitality. We enjoyed seeing you.

As I was packing, Sam climbed into

the suitcase. What a goofy cat!!!

We haven't been to the Idaho

Falls temple since we got married

there. Unfortunetly, it was closed

for cleaning. Here is a picture from

the newly remodeled visitors center.

The adorable Emma. What a little

ham!!!!