30 Day Blog Challenge: Day 1

I was stalking Annie's blog last night and saw that she's starting a "30 Day Blog Challenge".  I always love when other people do them because I have so much fun reading their blogs but I never thought I'd do one myself.  Lo and behold...here I am caving in to the challenge.  Who knows if I'll actually last the whole 30 days but it's worth a shot!


Day 1: Recent Picture of You and 15 Facts About Yourself (I'm going to skip the picture part because I'm not at home where my camera is.)


Liz Facts:
1. I have 5 brothers and no sisters
2. I have 5 wonderful nephews and 2 adorable nieces with one on the way! (On my side)
3. I have been to 5 different countries
4. I have been to 13 different states (stayed there at least 1 night)
5. (I am stealing this one from Annie because I can totally relate!) I am TERRIFIED of large bodies of water.  Swimming pools even freak me out sometimes even when I can see the bottom perfectly fine.  I love cruises but hate looking out at the water at night.  If I'm ever tubing and fall off and I'm waiting for the boat to come get me I feel like something/someone is going to come and grab me!  Weird, I know...
6. I would love to have a dog one day but I know it will never happen because a) I read somewhere that it costs over $15,000 to raise an average-size dog over the course of it's life and b) Logan would never let me!  I do hate the mess/smell, however, so I don't think I'll be too sad about never having one.
7. I worked at Coldstone for so long I rarely eat ice cream anymore.  I have to be in a very special mood for it and when I do want it I usually have to go to Coldstone or I just compare everywhere else to it.
8. I have a degree in Elementary Education and love just about everything that comes with teaching!  Unfortunately I'm not teaching right now but hopefully soon!
9. I have always wanted to teach pre-school out of my home.  It will have to wait till we live in a house but I hope that's a possibility someday!
10. Logan's graduate school may take us out of state down the road which I am totally okay with as long as we end up back in Utah after...
11. I really only need two things to make my life complete: The Jazz and Harry Potter ;)
12. I was not a fan of history in school at all but absolutely LOVE D.C.!  I definitely want to take my kids back there while they're in school.
13. Growing up, my parents never put out names on our Christmas presents.  They didn't want us to guess what the presents were so they came up with different fake names each year.  Some of the names I remember them using were Disney Characters, the 7 Dwarfs, Toy Story, Harry Potter, the Simpsons, & Lord of the Rings characters and one year they let my little brother choose and he chose prophets haha.  On Christmas Eve they would tell us who we were right before we went to bed.  I would love to continue that tradition with our kids!
14. I have a ton of favorite movies but my all-time favorite is probably the Count of Monte Cristo.  That show is a classic.  I could probably watch it over and over.
15. I love roller coasters and don't typically get too scared from them but there is one (I can't remember the name of it) at 6 Flags that terrified me.  I was literally scared for my life and didn't know if I would make it off alive haha.  


Logan Facts:
1. Logan is the youngest of 4 with 2 sisters and 1 brother.
2. He has 2 adorable nephews and a niece on the way!
3. He is a proud alum of the Murray High soccer and bowling teams (I think his favorite place to bowl is Fat Cats!)
4. He knows Disneyland like the back of his hand.  If you have any questions about it, he can probably tell you!
5. Luckily for me, he is VERY handy!
6. He is studying Exercise Sports Science at the U and hopes to go onto graduate school in a few years.
7. He had the EASIEST cell number in high school!  Too bad he had to change it when he got home from his mission.
8. He served a mission in Germany and Austria.  We definitely have a goal to visit in the next couple years.
9. He's good at pretty much every sport but loves snowboarding and basketball.
10. He loves HGTV as much as I do!  Definitely one of the reasons I married him! ;)
11. He enjoys cooking and trying out new recipes.  I've definitely learned a lot from him!
12. He is probably the least picky eater I've ever met.  As long as it's edible, he'll happily eat it which is so nice when you're just learning how to cook!
13. He loves fruity candy
14. His favorite calling is probably the one we were just released from in the Nursery.  He has so much fun with the kids!
15. He is an AMAZING gift giver and always tries to make it sentimental/meaningful even if it seems simple to other people.


Day 2: Bucket List

Easter

Although I love celebrating Easter and everything that comes with it, my favorite thing about April is definitely counting down to the last day of school!  I don't have to worry about it myself anymore but I am just as excited for Logan to finish up as I was when I was going.  The U gets out a couple weeks later than I did at Westminster so that's a little odd for me to get used to but still--only 2 weeks of classes and finals week until we can put this semester in the bag--it's been a doozy of a semester for sure!  I feel bad that Logan has to take classes this summer but we'll prepare him well by playing extra hard on our cruise in a few weeks :)

In the meantime, I'll stop dreaming of the future and talk about/enjoy what we're doing right now.  Easter is always one of my favorite holidays (probably because it means warmer weather) and this year didn't disappoint. 

Because Logan has been crazy busy with school/work, we didn't have time to dye eggs until Saturday night but I was determined to make sure it got done!  We definitely had a good time.

My Eggs

Logan's Eggs
 (Starring: Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, Wilson  from Cast Away and I 'm not sure about the other two)

Growing up we always loved getting our baskets on Easter morning.  They were never filled with big presents but that was totally okay with me and my brothers so that's what I'm used to.  Hopefully I didn't disappoint Logan too much!

I know that's more of a sand bucket than an Easter Basket but it's the best Target had!

I definitely felt like the spoiled one this year since I got two baskets!  

It turns out he really does have the key to to my heart...a new basketball :)

The rest of our Easter Sunday was just as good as the beginning.  Logan and I are in the Nursery so we put together a little Easter Egg hunt for the kids which was really fun.  After church we went to dinner at my parent's where my grandpa held the annual Easter-Eggs-Filled-With-Money hunt.  Unfortunately we had to take off to make it to Logan's family's house so we missed out on the $10ish this year.  Darn ;)

I don't know about all of you but I am loving this warmer weather!  The one thing I hate about having a full-time job rather than going to school is that it doesn't feel like a true summer because I don't get that 3 month break!  I'll keep reminding myself that I'm lucky to have a full-time job in today's economy.

One other piece of exciting news: I get my implants today!  TEETH implants that is! :) For those of you that aren't aware of my deformity, I am missing both laterals (those are the teeth right next to your front teeth).  After enduring many years of gaping holes and fake teeth on a retainer, I am finally getting permanent implants today.  Hallelujah!  Hope everyone is enjoying their Spring!

Valentine's and St. Patrick's Day!

I knew there would come a time when I would slack on the blogging.  Hopefully I've gotten the procrastination out of my system and I will be much better from now on!  Since I last posted anything there hasn't been anything major in the Jorgensen home.  Logan is busy with school and work and I'm happily enjoying my full-time employment.  We are anxiously counting down the days (49 left!) until our cruise to Mexico!  The husband has to take summer classes so we decided to take a break in between the Spring and Summer semesters and go on a cruise.  To say we can't wait is definitely an understatement!

It seems weird that I still need to blog about Valentine's Day because it feels like that was ages ago.  It was a pretty crappy picture night on my end but we still had a super fun date together!  We went to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes and then went and saw The Vow.  The best part was that Logan was just as excited to see it as I was (or he acted that way at least)!  After the movie we just drove around and talked.  It almost felt like we were dating again--I loved it!  That was probably because of the movie we had just seen. Haha.

I don't know about all of you but I love every holiday.  No matter how big or small it is, I love celebrating in some way.  I was talking to a friend yesterday about St. Patrick's Day and she thought I was crazy for wanting to celebrate at all.  I didn't care though--Logan and I had a super fun "Green Dinner" in the day's honor.

Although it doesn't look green, the casserole really had a green layer on bottom

Well, that just about covers our lives the past 6 weeks!  Hopefully I will be much better with this from now on.  Keep up your posting because I love stalking all of you!

Jazz game, Skiing & the Super Bowl!

I feel like I haven't updated this thing in forever (which is true) but I honestly don't have much to update about!  Once the holidays are over it seems like the only things our lives consist of is school and work.  Life is still fantastic, however, and we couldn't be happier!

Logan is taking a full load at the U and is working about 30 hours on top of that so he's one busy guy!  His school schedule takes up more of his nights this semester so I feel like we never see each other until the weekend but then he goes to work all day Friday and Saturday so the fact that I can't wait for this semester to be over is an understatement!  I know all of this will be worth it in the end though.

I always dreamt (dreamed?) of the day that I would be done with school but I don't think I realized how much I would miss it.  It seems like it all went by so fast and now all I do is work all day, go home and eat dinner, go to bed, wake up and do it all over again.  I try to remind Logan to enjoy school while he can because I know he'll miss it once it's over.  I am very grateful for my job though and wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

(I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures!  We have actually done some really fun things lately but I have been an awful photographer.  I vow to do better in the future!)

Logan's mom's birthday is at the end of January so we celebrated with his family by going to the Jazz game against the Blazers.  Those of you who know me know that I tend to get a little too invested in the Jazz.  It's something I know I should probably change but don't really want to right now haha.  The game was stressful because we were losing the entire time so I wasn't very social but we pulled it out in the end!  We had such a fun time with everyone and I loved that his whole family was all together!

I couldn't believe that it's already February and we hadn't been skiing yet (Logan snowboards) and Thursday is Logan's day off so I took last Thursday off and we went.  My favorite resort is Park City but it's a little pricey so we typically go to Brighton but wanted to try somewhere new and ended up at Solitude.  The snow wasn't too great but we still had a blast!  I'm hoping next season we can buy a season pass somewhere so we can go more than once a year!

Yesterday, of course, was the Super Bowl and we had a great time spending the afternoon/evening with both of our families.  I typically enjoy watching the game but was far more interested in the terrible Powell news to pay much attention to the game.  I had a hard time falling asleep last night because I kept thinking about those poor boys and trying to wrap my mind around how someone could do that to their kids!  At least they're with their mommy now :)

Well, that just about brings us up to date and I hate looking at this post with no pictures!  I will definitely do better with that and hopefully have something fun to report after Valentine's  Day next week!

Just My Luck...

Yesterday, as I was sitting at work, I received this notification on my phone:

How could this have happened?!  I never with anything!  I called Logan and told him and we couldn't wait!  This was going to be a big game, after all.  Nationally televised on TNT and they were playing the defending champions.  We quickly canceled our original plans and were so excited to have a FREE date night!  I had a feeling that I was getting my hopes up prematurely and sure enough, about an hour later, I received this notification:

I was so sad!  Before breaking the news to Logan I decided to call the ESA box office to check if I had somehow won the tickets still.  To make a long story short, we didn't win the tickets.  Apparently everyone that has the Utah Jazz app was mistakenly notified that they had won tickets and because they obviously didn't have that many tickets to give away, we are being compensated with Bees tickets.  Definitely not a fair trade in my opinion!  I know a couple other people that experienced the same heartbreak as me so if any of you did as well, maybe we can all go the the Bees game together and curse the Utah Jazz app! ;)

Birthday Bash!

As referenced in my previous post below, Logan's birthday was on the 6th and I was determined to make it a memorable one since the last time we celebrated his birthday together was in 2009.  We both took the day off and loved having a whole day together with nothing to worry about!

Logan was feeling under the weather all week so he slept in on Friday and I took advantage of that and ran and got my hair done.  When I got home a few hours later he was playing video games so I'm sure he didn't mind that I was gone.  We relaxed most of the afternoon by watching Logan's favorite show right now (Planet Earth) before finally getting ready for our date!

He wasn't a big fan of the birthday crown but allowed me to take a few pictures =)

I was able to surprise Logan with Jazz tickets which he was very excited about!  We were planning on going to dinner at an Austrian restaurant downtown but on our way down we found out they're out of business.  We were super bummed!  Logan was all for going somewhere cheap and quick but I really wanted to go somewhere he hadn't been in a long time so we decided on Takashi.  If you're a fan of sushi then this place is a must!  It was actually Logan's first time and he had never sat a sushi bar so we did that and had a great time.  It always freaks me out watching them make the sushi because I can't believe I actually eat that stuff but it was delicious, as always! 

The Jazz game was so much fun and it was the first time Logan had been to a game that they won (and he's been to a lot of them!) so that made it even better!  

After the game we went home and relaxed and just enjoyed the rest of the night together.  I think Logan had a good time so that made me happy!  On Saturday night we celebrated his birthday with my family by going to dinner at Famous Dave's and then went back to my parent's house for cake and ice cream.  He was spoiled with some fun gifts, too!  He now has a gift card to Finish Line, a sound bar for our TV, a large wad of cash and some new video games.  I think he's set for a while!

Happy Birthday, Rico!  I'm a little sad I can no longer claim I'm older than you but I'm very pleased to welcome you to Club 22! :)

One Year Older and Wiser Too!

He's had a birthday, shout hooray! 

On this day, 22 years ago, my greatest friend in existence came into the world!  12 years later we became friends and our relationship has only strengthened since then.  I'm so grateful to have such an amazing husband and eternal companion and hope he knows how much I love him!  Can't wait to party tonight, Rico! :) 

(Details and pictures of our birthday bash to come in the near future!)