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Updates anyone?

So i know it's been forever since i have updated the blog so here is a bit of an update.

Back in feb. we had a chinese new year- it was fun and low key but an excuse for a party and decorating is always fun!

Ain't we cute?

Then of course there was the Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scouts. It was alot of work and VERY stressful for me because Joe wasn't going to be there. Luckily he was able to help me set up and we had a couple other people come that helped with that too- thank goodness! We had fried chicken, veggie trays and rolls (and ended up with tons of extra food because 20 less people than we were told to plan for came). We did a pirate them because well- we figured it would be fun and the kids would like it and I think we were right. I made eye patches for everyone and used them as napkin rings on their plates, we had colorful cups and napkins and then put beads and colorful rocks and chocolate coins on the tables as well as blue and gold tinsil. The boys made their own piratey cakes for desert which was fun- some of them were very creative!

We were also able to borrow skeleton pirate stuff from a friend in the theatre department which the boys thought was super cool!

But I must admit it was weird to be driving home with this next to me....

The reason that Joe wasn't able to be there was because he was performing in MacBeth which he enjoyed (although it did make his schedule quite busy!). It was a really good performance and was sold out completely even the third week that they added because of popularity. The hall was always filled with people hoping to get a standby ticket. And for those of you that are wondering- he does have a scar from the wound he got sword fighting but it isn't too bad ( i think he is secretly proud of it- i mean if you're going to get a scar this is a pretty good story to have).

Don't have any pics for this yet....

For their cast party I made this super cool cake and managed to make it bleed with watered down food coloring. Anyways it was cool and it was also a snickers cake which is Joe's favorite- needless to say i spoiled him.

( i can't figure out why this picture is so big...)

That's all for now more updates to come...

one day...

one day i will actually update this blog... that day is not today

We are alive just busy

Life has been crazy as always lately but we are alive. Joe is in Macbeth right now (which is going to run a third week- tickets for that go on sale tomorrow morning) which keeps him very busy. We had our Chinese new year party a couple of weeks ago which was a fun excuse for a party with yummy food- kitchen ala Lesley. For Valentines day we went up to West Yellowstone after church and Joe cooked our stakes and we just relaxed and by monday afternoon we were back to Rexburg and Joe was at work and then rehearsal- yet again. Tuesday was invited dress for the show and it was very impressive and Joe says it is getting better. I am going again this thursday. Wednesday of this coming week is our Blue and Gold Banquet which I am very nervous about, especially because Joe won't be there but the food is ordered so we should be ok- if all else fails there will be food, probably too much food but i'm always worried about not having enough. We're doing a pirate theme which should be fun. Did you know this year makes 100 years of BSA? Anyways that's our life right now busy as always but somehow we will survive!

2 years ago

2 years ago from today was a sunday and during church i sat next to one of my roommates and her boyfriend. that day the ward choir performed "Oh My Father" which is my favorite hymn. I love music (especially singing) and that day a guy had a solo in the choir. I mentioned to my roommate that he had a good voice and with that she ran! Her boyfriend happened to be that guys best friend and through much discussion (and forcing i think) he talked that singer into coming to my apartment after church with them and asking me out.

The conversation went something like this:

J: hi Lesley

L: hi

J: so um. are you doing anything tomorrow night?

L: FHE

J: oh ah yeah... ummm well what about after FHE?

L: nothing

J: Well would you like to join jake and becca and me for some wii playing and watching a movie?

L: sure that sounds fun

J: ok. bye

L thinking.... he's kinda cute and the fact that he was nervous and holding his hands behind his back didn't hurt either... plus there's the good voice....

and then giddyness set in... other than the fact he never told me when he was picking me up...

=) i love you Joe

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee are survivors my fri-ends....

Well we officially survived our first Cub Scout Pack night as the leaders. This past Wednesday was our Rain gutter Regatta. For those of you that don't know what that is it is the sailboat version of the pinewood derby.... and if you don't know what the pinewood derby is.... you need help (google is great, however there are many videos on you tube that are hilarious of dad's getting into it that are much more interesting). So the cub scouts get kits out of which to make their sailboats. The actual racing occurs in raingutters with plastic ends on them to keep the water in. the boys simply blow into their sail to make it go (some dad's get really into the construction of the boat but forget to parctice blowing which is funny to me because that is what get's you ahead). Rather than just doing time races where there is always a winner and a loser we did relays (that way an entire team loses.... just kidding). So we had the boys in two teams and they had to hand off the baton and everything it was cool but CRAZY!!!!!!!! We had to switch up the teams a couple of times to keep it from always being the same people that were winning but the boys seemed to enjoy it. To make it even more interesting we changed up what they had to do every time (sometimes they just blew into their sails, sometimes they had to use a straw, or hop instead of walk, or blow their sail to the end then do jumping jacks before they could pass on the baton). It was an incredibly wild and crazy night but i think that the boys really had alot of fun- i do think that some of the dad's were a little disappointed that their wasn't a chance for their boy to be the ultimate race winner but hey this is actually supposed to be for the boys not the dad's... right? it was a very crazy night and next month is Blue and Gold (which joe won't be there for). I'm not really sure why on earth they would plan to have the rain gutter regatta in the middle of winter in rexburg because we had to have it inside and we couldn't figure out how to empty the raingutters when all was said and done. We ended up emptying it glass by glass into pitchers which we took into the kitchen to empty. Oh well it worked and we had some people that helped us which was great of them. So we officially survived! Here's a couple of random pictures

JOE =)

so alot of people still think of joe as a little kid or other preconceived notions and don't realize that he is actually a stud of a grown up with tons of talent! Joe is a phenominal actor, a technical genius, soon to be a wonderful theatre and math teacher, an amazing husband, devoted and reliable friend, and a million other things! So here are a few pictures of my stud =)