Mark's Mission

On May 5th, my family drove out to Provo to spend a few days with us before we delivered Mark to the MTC. We took some family pictures which will end up here in about a week (we don't have them yet) and we set up a Blog for Mark's Mission. Feel free to visit his blog to learn more about his mission. We're all very proud of him. This is at the Sacramento Temple, the day he took out his endowments.

http://www.elderrunolfson.blogspot.com

On-line Video Calls

My parents took a trip to Europe and discovered a fun new program on-line called Skype. We can call each other for free on our computers, to save on our Cell minutes. It also has video

capability so on the left is the view of Michael and myself from California on my mom's end. And the picture on the right (on another day) is our view into California. The picture on the right is my brother, Mark, 2 weeks before his mission.

Just as a disclaimer:

I am going back almost a year in our life to bring up the really exciting stuff and, even though I mapped it all out to get the chronology right, I have made some calendar errors so if you notice that some of the post dates jump back and forth, you'll have to excuse me.

Knife

One night in January, I was cutting up some Potatoes to make Mashed Potatoes for dinner and in one gross second, the knife slipped through the potatoe too fast, punctured my thumb and bounced off the bone and out. ugh...I can still taste that metal. Anyway, after going through shock and blacking out, we taped it up over night with electrical tape and a paper towel-I never imagined it'd hurt so bad; especially when the blood dried to the towel over night and we had to remove it-. The next we took a trip to the walk-in clinic and 3 stitches was all it needed. That was another experience and I don't like that doctor. He didn't understand what, "I'm too queezy, don't tell me what's going on", means. I almost blacked out again in the office. Needless to say my mood isn't a happy one in these pictures. I'm pretty put-out.

Exploring restraunts is one of our hobbies. Michael and I like to find new restraunts that are unique, convenient or simply fun. We've tried a roach coach that's actually really good (Tommy's Burger), a hot-dog stand in a red shack (J-Dawgs), and this one is the BYU Creamery. Not very exciting but it's a quaint little grille.

Broken Bone

In December I broke my face at the Gym. Don't ask how. If you know me well enough, you'll know it was some freak something that happened and it's funny and we're not going to talk about it. These pictures are about a week after I hit the bar. The coloring stayed for 2 1/2 weeks and it hurt for about 7 weeks. It was fun though. If anyone is going to break a bone, it should be their face.

The things you find in the

Wal-Mart parking lot.

On our way back to Utah, we found this house in the middle of nowhere up in the Mountains. We decided to scratch Utah, my job, his school and just move in. We also decided to take pictures so we can build one like it later on in life...hopefully.

5 degrees

Driving out to California for Christmas. It's my turn at the wheel as Michael takes a nap and we head through Nevada. I almost remember what city it was, but we hit the lowest temp we had seen all winter: 5 degrees. Ouch. When we pulled off into a Parking Lot for the both of us to take a rest, we decided we'd only sleep as long as the car was warm. Turns out that it was so cold that was only 3 minutes before the car didn't hold warmth anymore. Sooo freezing.

December 2007

Decorating our house for Christmas. I love to decorate Christmas and in a new house, it leads to new opportunities for creativity. I really enjoyed the banister. It was very jolly and gave off nice light.

As a Christmas gift for our Landlady, we made a Gingerbread house. (We took the quick way out this time and bought a kit, but it makes a pretty cute little candy cottage.)

November 22, 2007

Below: Finishing touches on the Cranberries-orange peels as a colorful topping.

Right: Our first Thanksgiving as a married couple. My first Thanksgiving meal made alone and our first Thanksgiving with just US and no family around. It was bitter-sweet but I was pretty proud of my success. Only a few minor mistakes that I'll learn from next year. :-)

Michael and I had forgotten it was Halloween until I took him to work and saw Golfers, Ballerina's and Pumpkin headed guys in suites. We were puzzled for a short time as we tried to think of why all was so strange. This guy has an actual pumpkin on his head with a face carved out of it to see.

October 18th,2007

In the midst of my despair from moving to Utah and knowing no one or knowing anything to do, my Uncle Steven invited Michael and I up to his restaurant, La Caille for a dinner on him. It was amazing. It is one of my favorite atmospheres and the food was NOT disappointing (and I went with high expectations).

Michael spends quite a lot of his time in school. An average of 18 hrs a day. On these very late nights, I'll take him dinner after I work and stay with him and watch him study. This helps me to not miss him so much. In this picture, we're in the Math Lab.