Work out update

I was super excited about the Air Force work out, and after doing it for two weeks straight, I saw a very sad result.. when I run, I find myself coughing a TON and it tastes like metal? And it stays for a few days.. So when I run more than one time a week, the cough stays for at least week. And I'm okay with coughing, but the metal taste might be blood? And that's not really okay with me. So I've decided to alter my workouts because it's just the running that I can't do. I'm upping my ab workouts (a lot..). I saw this on pinterest, and since a lot of pinterest things are fake, I went to her blog and saw that she's doing this workout. And she's getting results! Not huge, super fast weight loss results, because it's real, which means a little at a time. So I'm going to attempt this as my workouts each day: Walk for 30 minutes instead of the running/walking portion of the Air Force workout, and doing this whole ab workout. I'll take pictures of before and after, but probably won't put the before picture up until I have something super awesome to compare it to.. So maybe after 90 days? (; We'll see.

I WON!!

So, as far as I can remember, I've never won anything. Which is pretty sad, if you ask me. Well, I'm "friends" with Blickenstaff's on Facebook, and they have little things that you can write your comment and be entered to win either free candy, or free movie tickets from the Wynnsong Theater that's right next to Blickenstaff's. Well, the other day, they had this on their facebook:

 So naturally I looked at every other entry, and figured out that it meant Play Well. Cool huh? Never knew that before.

 Well to my delighted surprise, I WON!! I put that comment on there on the 13th of June and forgot about it until today, so I went back to their page, and saw this:

It's so cool to see my name like that(: So, Cody and I get to go see any movie of our choice!! Which is just so perfectly happy, because we never go see movies because it's too expensive! Not this time!! Hello date night (: Plus, remember when I posted a whole blog post about how much Cody and I love Blickenstaff's?? Well, because I did that, they're giving me a whole pound of free candy!! So now we can enjoy our movie with some yummy candy!!

*PS-Update on the owls- Well, we didn't see or hear them at our house last night, but Kaylee had them outside of her apartment! Apparently they were creepily looking at her little dog Trixie!! So cool that the owls were visiting us sisters(: MAYBE WE'RE WITCHES AND THEY ACCIDENTALLY FORGOT TO BRING OUR HOGWARTS LETTERS?!?!?!

Weekend fun!

So my plans for the weekend didn't exactly turn out the way I originally planned, but I'm totally fine with that! On Friday I went to the shop to pick up Cody but ended up getting there before he did so I went inside and hung out with his sister. It was really nice to just talk with her since we don't get to spend much time with them, which is a bummer because they're awesome! It was their anniversary weekend, and they were telling us how they were going to go to the outdoor drive in movies. Right before we were leaving to go home, they invited us to go with them! I didn't even know there were drive in movies in Utah! So we were super excited to go! So we left, and I've been craving a hamburger for quite some time now, so we decided to go out to Apollo Burger and my-oh-my, it was delicious! For the movies, it was a double feature for only $7 each. Ambre and Ryan were so kind and paid for us, and we saw Men in Black 3 and The Avengers. I was super against seeing Men in Black 3 because it looked like every other alien movie from the previews and I hadn't seen the first two.. But I'm so glad we saw it! It was so dang funny!! I really want to see the first two now! And by the time The Avengers came on, I was sooo tired! I tried so hard to stay awake, but I didn't make it. It was like a 3 hour movie! So we didn't get home until 3:00 in the morning.

Saturday morning we woke up at 11 and got ready really fast because Cody's Aunt was getting sealed to her parents! It was such a cool thing to witness, and I'm super grateful we were able to go! We went to Red Robin afterwards with the whole family (I LOVE their Clucks and Fries! Get it every time!) After that, I was acting like a little 3 year old, so I decided a nap was definitely necessary. The rest of the night was pretty low key, we went to a couple stores to get some errands done, and we ran into Cody's sister Alysa at Walmart! Fun little coincidence! We also bought blinds for our kitchen window!! Now our neighbors don't get to peek at us in our indecentness (:

Sunday was a good day too! It was my turn to teach the primary lesson, and I think it went super well! Had them go on a treasure hunt and they were all paying really good attention the whole time! When we came home, we took a LOOONNNNGGG nap and ended up being late to my family dinner. We had fun catching up with my side of the family, eating very yummy food! Then we headed over to Cody's parents and spent the rest of the day there with them, playing games, playing with the nieces and nephews, enjoying the nice weather and fun presents that Brian got to open. When we came home last night, I heard a really cool animal noise in our front yard, so we went out to look, and there was baby owls!! I think there was about 6 of them!! They were so dang cute! We tried taking pictures of them, but they didn't turn out too great since it was 11:00 at night.

So adorable!!

TGIF!

I'm really excited for today!! Vacuuming/dusting/cleaning the whole house (or as much as I can do in the next hour), then I'm headed over to Kaylee's to puppy sit again! I love that little puppy!! And so happy to watch her while I can before they move to Arizona at the end of this month! (And no Kayla, she doesn't chew everything up! She's the sweetest, most tame little puppy ever!!) And since she gets so tired so easily and sleeps for HOURS at a time, I'm determined to get a lot of homework done!! Then when Cody gets home, we're having Burrito BLT wraps, and then planting our garden! We have watermelons, cantaloupes, carrots and garden beans! I might go buy some lettuce and tomato plants today too, because we use those A TON and it'd be pretty sweet to not have to buy those anymore. What a fun date night, huh?!?! I really think so!! HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!

Because pictures of cute puppies never get old (: Little Trixie climbing on my leg!!

Wedding Book

Go take a look! After HOURS of working on it, IT'S FINALLY DONE!!

(Let me know if this doesn't work)

Homemade Pizza

By now, you should know that I'm practically in love with Elise Blaha. She does every crafty thing you can think of; scrapbook, makes little paper books, embellishes in a unique way, bakes, cooks, sews, paints, builds.. Yeah, it keeps going. Anyways, she recently started a goal to make 40 pizzas, all with different toppings, just to try something new. She uses a whole wheat crust, and it sparked my interest. I've only tried a handful of wheat pizza crusts, and they've all been from when I worked at Pizza Pie Cafe. So I went out and bought some high altitude wheat flour, some pizza yeast from Walmart (that you don't even need to wait for rising time! Mix it all together and throw it in the oven!) and I decided to get started.

Now, just a pre-note, I've always hated homemade pizza. I think it just tastes awful and the texture is weird and.. there's really nothing good about it. 

With that said, here's what the pizza looked like: (as I was in the process of eating it)

AND IT WAS FREAKING DELICIOUS!! Seriously, the best pizza I've ever had. Even better than Pizza Hut.. which is saying a lot because that's the one pizza that I actually love. I guess I've found my knack of what I cook best? Or maybe it was just a fluke and I accidentally scored?? Either way, it was amazing. Cody thought so too, and he also dislikes homemade pizza.

Side note.. I had the dough all made, the toppings ready to put on, and realized I forgot to buy cheese! Duh! Who forgets cheese when making PIZZA!?? So I had to run to Costco super fast a buy a thing of cheese (that was freaking huge.. So it looks like I'll be making a lot of pizza in the next little bit)

Toppings:

• Great Value Classic Alfredo
• Sliced ham from Costco (for sandwiches) which I cut up into tiny pieces
• Pineapple chunks that I cut up into small pieces
• Mozzarella cheese
• An herb from my spice rack called Pizza Seasoning (fancy, huh?)

[^ I made up this pizza at PPC, and if you haven't tried it, it's seriously so good! Alfredo instead of classic red sauce, and then a normal Hawaiian pizza.. MMM:]

Dough: *If you buy those pizza yeast packets, they have a recipe on the back that I followed. But I'll give it to you just in case.

• 1-3/4 to 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour (I started out with one cup of wheat flour, then added small amounts that probably added up to 3/4 cup of white flour)
• 1 packet of pizza yeast
• 1-1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup very warm water (120* to 130* F)
• 3 tablespoons oil

Preheat oven to 425*F
COMBINE 1 cup flour, undissolved yeast, sugar and salt in large bowl. Add water and oil. Mix until well blended; about 1 minute. (I don't have a Kitchen Aid or any type of dough making machine, so for this part I just used a good ol' wooden spoon)
ADD gradually, enough remaining flour until soft dough ball is formed. Dough will be slightly sticky. (And for this part, I mixed it with my hands)
KNEAD on a floured surface adding additional flour if needed, until smoothe and elastic; about 4 minutes. With floured hands, pat dough out to fill greased pizza pan , OR roll to a 12-inch circle and transfer to greased pizza pan (which is the option I did, because I have a fancy pan that can be used for pizzas!)
TOP as desired with pizza sauce, toppings and cheese.
BAKE on bottom oven rack for 12-15 minutes until cheese is bubbly and crust is browned. (Mine took about 13 minutes to reach perfection, but obviously everyone's oven is different)

And when it comes out, wait a little bit so you don't burn your mouth off, but then eat this delicious pizza as soon as you can and enjoy every bite!

*But just remember that if you have normal yeast, you might have to alter this recipe a little bit. Or look at Elise's recipe, because she uses normal yeast that you have to wait for it to raise.*

Dog sitting!!

 Kaylee and Sean got the cutest little puppy the other day and they just so happened to need someone to watch her while they went to the gym and grocery store today. Of course I gladly volunteered!! Her name is Trixie and she's a French Bulldog, and she's so freaking cute!