Shelly Came to Visit

So this past weekend Shelly came into town to hang out with Ben and I. We had so much fun....even though it was such a short trip. We picked her up on Friday afternoon and that night we went to a Jon Schmit concert (he is a pianist) and it was so entertaining. We all loved it. Then we just hung out on Saturday and Sunday. Ben's sister was blessing her baby, Lily, on Sunday so went down to Idaho Falls for a little bit. We were sad to drop Shelly off at the airport this morning but I am excited to see her again in about a week and a half.

The Mother and I

Me and Ben with Lily

Birthday/Easter

So I turned the BIG 2-1 on Sunday which also happened to be Easter, so me and Ben celebrated both. Well the day before we went down to Ben's house and had a birthday/easter party for me, Chad (brother-in-law) and grandma Donna. It was so much fun!!! Me and Ben hid easter eggs in the basement for the kids to find and then we all had an amazing dinner. So then when Sunday rolled around I woke up to an amazing breakfast. I really wish I would have taken a picture because let's just say that Ben is really into the presentation of food. He made me crepes with homemade apple filling inside. It was seriously divine. He then garnished the top of the crepes with a lovely display of apples and put little chocolates around the plate. I was very impressed.
Then we went to church and I made it a purpose not to tell anyone it was my birthday because I feel somewhat awkward in the ward and I did not want any attention on me. Then we came home and once again Ben made an amazing dinner of ham, twice baked potatoes, and rolls. But that is not even the best part he made me a cake (seen below). Now this was not just an ordinary funfetti cake. Ben decided that he wanted it to layered. So I had a four layer cake with frosting in between each layer. It was delicious.

Side note: I also went out to lunch with the girls!!! It was so much fun!!!

After the Birthday celebration it was then time for Easter. So this year Ben and I made baskets for each other but then we realized that we did not get easter baskets so told each other that we just had to find something around the house to put our easter gifts in. This is what we came up with:

The Lamp

The cookie jar

COUCHES

Ok so I now totally feel like a married person. You could not believe how excited I was to finally get couches. It is weird how these things in life (like getting couches or china) excite you. But hey they do so I thought I would share my excitement. Ok so we are finally starting to hang things up in our little apartment and I know what you are thinking....yes it has taken me about 3 months to reach this point. But listen....all I have to say is that it is hard going to school full time and doing household things. Who would of thought? So this is just a whole new world to me.

Poor Little Gus Gus

Ok so little Gus Gus has had a really hard life this past couple of months. So in December Ben and I were in the mall parking lot in Idaho Falls about to park until this massive truck started backing up....we honked and tried to reverse but both did not work and his huge hitch receiver went right into little Gus Gus's front bumper. See picture below:


Then last week Ben was at Broulmins and when he came out little Gus Gus had been hit again. Honestly, what are the odds. Getting hit twice in about 3 months. Luckily this one was not bad and the guy left a note on our car telling us that he hit us. But still

Island Park

So me and Ben went snow-shoeing over the frozen lake. It was really fun.

This is the back of the cabin. It is seriously so pretty.

And then the front. Once again the amounts of snow is just amazing.

The sunset behind the cabin.

So we made a snow cave this weekend. I had no idea these things even existed. But i must say I was a little nervous when I was inside in fear that it would just cave in on me. Luckily it never did.

So this weekend me and Ben went up to his cabin in Island Park to relax and see his family. All I have to say is that I did not want to leave. It was so much fun.

Idaho Open House

Me and Ben with Holly and Sophie

The whole Johnson Family (minus the 2 on the way(and no one is not mine))

Me and Ben

SNOW DAYS

This is outside our apartment. The snow is so deep that is covers the first 4 steps.

This is the car next to us this morning in our apartment complex.

Look at this tower of snow outside this person's house in their front yard. This is just down the street from us.

One of the many huge piles of snow that we have in every parking lot imaginable.

Ok so I know it snows in Rexburg but seriously this year is the worst I have ever seen. Last night it snowed a foot alone. Little Gus Gus could not even get out of the parking spot this morning because the snow was so deep. Luckily a snow plower came into our apt complex this morning because if not we would have to push Gus Gus out everyday. The sad thing is that in the 10 day forecast there are 3 days that are partly sunny and the other 7 is snow. Then today there is a high wind advisory and if it does blow tonight we are going to have major drifts. Not excited for that. I hope you enjoy theses pictures I took them all this morning. It is crazy here right now. Last week it was so cold here one day in the middle of the afternoon is was at least -15. But during the night it was -22. School was canceled but of course BYU-I was not.
Well I hope you all enjoy these wonderful pictures that we took.