Traveling, vomitting, cooking, and more...

Patrick is still really busy so we try to do fun things when we have time off together. A few weeks ago we went to the BYU's art museum. We had fun looking at the art and I forgot just how big it is. We happened upon a display with big balloons you were supposed to interact with. I had a lot of fun.

We have some coupon cards and we've been trying to use some of our deals. One night we went to Burger Supreme and split a pastrami burger and a Hawaiian burger. They were tasty. I love their burgers and that they have fry sauce. Afterwards we got ice cream too. We went to Sub Zero were they freeze your ice cream with liquid nitrogen. You get to pick your flavor of ice cream and mix ins and watch them freeze it. Patrick had never been before and it was fun to see how excited he got watching his ice cream be made.

Amaretto with sprinkles and toffee!

Raspberry with brownies and oreos!

The first of the month we went to a wedding reception of a new couple who moved into our quad. The couple are both from out of the country and planned on getting married in the Provo temple without any friends or family there and then getting on with regular life. The bishop found out and thought we could do better than that. So one girl threw her a bridal shower.

 I made her a first aid kit. I decided this would be my new go to gift since I'm a nurse now. I always like practical gifts. At the reception she told me she already used a band-aid, so I say it was a success.

The ward really worked together since they had no family here. The couple borrowed a wedding dress, jewelry, shoes, a suit, a girl made them a wedding cake, they had flowers, someone took their pictures, and they had a reception that I'm pretty sure the whole ward came to. Everyone pitched in with set up, bringing desserts and appetizers, and cleaning up.

 We brought cupcakes!

 Before the couple made their exit from the reception one the girls made a comment that the new couple got more presents than she and her husband did at their reception! I think that meant that the ward did a pretty good job. I felt like I was living a story straight from the Ensign. I loved that Patrick and I could play a small role in making the day special for them. I'd post a picture of them on here but I think that would be super creepy.

I was supposed to work the following day but got the stomach flu. I went to bed not feeling well and woke up a good 5-6 times sick during the night. I can't ever remember throwing up so much and the diarrhea was out of control. I called in sick to work for two days and Patrick took excellent care of me. He went to the store to get me jello, saltines, powerade, and made soup. I slept pretty much all day Saturday. Patrick would wake me up to make sure that I ate something so I could get feeling better. While recovering from being sick I started watching Downton Abbey and let's just say that I am now all caught up. I'm officially addicted to the show.

Patrick was out of town a lot the past little while and we were so happy he didn't get the stomach flu. Instead he got major congestion, drainage, a sore throat,  headache, and one of his ears was plugged up. But he was able to still make all of his trips for school. Since the new year he has been gone 13 days and 9 nights. For us that is a lot. This past week he flew out Thursday came back Saturday, flew out Sunday morning and came back Monday night, and flew out Tuesday morning and flew home Tuesday night. I picked him up from the airport Monday night and we stayed in a hotel so he wouldn't have to waste so much time driving to and from the airport. We were at the hotel from 10pm to about 4am. As of right now there are no more trips scheduled which is nice. I tend to get really anxious and worried when he's away and eat my emotions. So I'm glad he's home and so is my belly!

I told Patrick that he could pick anything he wanted for dinner tonight and I'd make it. Since he's been feeling sick he picked soup. He said as long as it's not a cream based soup, maybe tomato soup. So I made tomato basil from the barefoot contessa. It was super easy and tasty. We had it with a salad and some sour dough bread. Then we had a couple chocolate covered strawberries!