Anxiety and Grilled Pineapple

Dear UVU Nursing Department,

What is taking so long?!  We are dying here waiting for the letter that will decide our fate for the next year.  Please please pretty please send us that letter now!!!

Anxious wife

Dear Kennedy,

Please sleep.  I hate when  you decide you aren't going to sleep during nap time.  It's very frustrating to listen to you cry in there, but I really need you to just sleep.  Please.

Your mommy

Dear Rain,

I have really enjoyed you the past few days.  I do miss actual thunder, but you have brought nice cool weather Provo way.  It has been nice to have cloudy skies and not burn up every time I step out the door.  Especially since I don't have any capris.

Cloud lover

Dear Tucanos,

Yes, we will be visiting you again tonight.  I don't know why Platinum Protection loves you so much that they decide to have almost all of their work functions there.  But I will pig out as always, and Brett will swear he's never going to an all-you-can-eat place ever again when we get home.  Hopefully, we will get that letter today and this will be a celebratory dinner.

Salad bar girl

Dear UP!,

I want to see you so badly!  I am dying for the chance to go.  I think that opportunity will come next week when Brett and I have a date.  I have heard good things and I am so excited!

Disney obsessor

Dear Dan Brown,

Why did you decide to come out with a new book when I have no money to buy it?  I will probably have to get on a ridiculously long waiting list at the library just to read you.  Boo.  At least I check for Catching Fire every few days.  I will NOT be the 100th person on that list!

Library frequenter

Dear Blog Readers,

I have started a new cooking blog!  Instead of posting pictures and recipes here, I will do it on that blog.  I hope that you will check it out!  www.savingtaste.blogspot.com.  I hope you enjoy it!

Chef in the kitchen

This Show Couldn't Be Any Gayer If Liza Was Voted Mayor

I forgot how much I love the Tonys.  I had a great time watching the awards last night and seeing the performances.  I hardly ever get to go to the theatre anymore, let alone even remotely professional shows.  I miss it a lot and I wish that I could go to Manhattan more often and get my fill of these shows.  I was also highly embarrassed, because I knew next to nothing about most of the shows.  I was amazed by Next to Normal (which won for best score, and deserved it) and by Billy Elliott.  These 3 boys, who play Billy on alternating nights, won the Tony for Best Actor in a Musical.

That's right, boys.  You should have seen what they had to do every night.  Incredible.  Some other highlights:

Best Actress in a Play: Angela Lansbury

Best Revival of a Musical: Hair (which I wouldn't have picked based on the contenders, but then again, I didn't see any of them)

Best Play: God of Carnage

Best Musical: Billy Elliott

I have been inspired to go out and re-acquaint myself with the world of Broadway.  I miss it.  I think I'll start with Next to Normal because the music was incredible, and then move on to Billy Elliott.  Who knows where I'll go from there?  Thank you Brent for reminding me that they were on last night!

Things I Love

Here is just a little list of things that I love/am grateful for.

*Farmer's Markets - even if the only one I have access to is tiny.  I love going on Saturdays and seeing all of the people walk around and all of the fun things for sale.

*Kennedy doesn't drink formula or out of a bottle anymore - so much cheaper and more convenient.

*Friends - I love getting together with our friends and just having a good time.  Who doesn't?

*Scripture study - I have been much more regular about this lately and it has been great.  I have been learning a lot and have been getting much better at it.

*Birds singing - it's such a happy sound.

*Walks with Kennedy - she loves being outside and putting her toes in the sun.  I love telling her about all of the things she is seeing.

*Brett - he's always thinking of me and Kennedy, and is always so helpful.  He's so happy and he never fails to make me happy to.

*Disney Channel - specifically Playhouse Disney.  I love these shows for kids.  They are cute and educational and Kennedy loved most of them.

*Food - food makes everyone happy.  Enough said.  But, I am making spaghetti and meatballs tonight and Mexican chicken soup tomorrow.  I'm really excited for both!

3 Years

3 years ago today Brett and I went to the Salt Lake temple and were married for time and all eternity.

It was a beautiful day and was filled with family and friends, many of which traveled a long way to come and be with us on our wedding day.  And as much in love as I was with Brett that day, I am so much more in love with him now.  He is an incredible husband, a fantastic father, and brings so much joy to my life.

We have a wonderful life together with a beautiful daughter, and I couldn't ask for anything more.  I love you Brett and look forward to spending more time with you and this next year of marriage!

Goodreads Challenge

In March I told you about a reading challenge that I began.  It ended last night at midnight, and while I wasn't even close to finishing, I'm pretty proud of how much I read.  Here are the books that I finished between March 1 and May 31.  I've put an asterisk by my 3 favorites.  I did really enjoy the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan too.

The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

The Partly Cloudy Patriot by Sarah Vowell

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco*

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield*

The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell

The Green Book

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

The Fire Kimono by Laura Joh Rowland

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins*

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs

The summer challenge begins today, and I'm excited to keep reading!  Here are the first 5 books on my list to read.

Atonement

Interview with the Vampire

Angels and Demons

The Woman in White

A Curse Dark as Gold