Here is to all of you who have been saying that I have not posted anything on here. I need to be better about posting things on here! Well hope you enjoy...( I have posted 4 blog posts!) SO ENJOY! haha!
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Dear Shayne Clarke,
This past weekend Holly and I did some fun activities. We have been sooo busy with school and work we really wanted to do something REALLY fun! Friday night Holly and I watched the movie "UP". During Easter weekend, Holly surprised me by making an Easter basket that I had to find, and one gift in that basket was "UP." I had not seen that movie before but heard it was really good. I really enjoyed the movie but I thought it was a little sad. It had a really good message.
Saturday before Holly went to work I mentioned to her that I would like to go hit a bucket of golf balls. She protested my proposal and told me that she did NOT want to go. Well, after I brought her a home-made salad and other goodies for lunch, I picked her up after her shift and was finally able to convince her to go with me. I had the golf clubs ready to go to the golf course. We immediately drove to the range and hit a few balls she really started to have fun. Hitting golf balls is almost a stress reliever. Holly agreed with me. She also agreed to go golfing again this next week :)
After we went golfing we went to Thanksgiving Point to go see a movie at the megaplex theaters. We had some free tickets so we decided to go see "Date Night". In this show Steve Carrell and Tina Fey, play a married couple who go out on their weekly "Date Night". The story then took a turn when they were framed for stealing important information. It was funny but I would not recommend this movie to anyone. It was very crude in many places.
Overall we had a really fun night together....as always! It was a great time to get out and spend time with my wife. We had a a GREAT "Date Night"!
What more lovely way to spend Easter Weekend then by watching Opening Day? Tonight Holly and I had the privilege of watching the Red Sox play their first game of the season. They played last year's winner of the world series, and hated division rival New York Yankees. Eww, I can't believe I even typed their name into my blog.
Special thanks to Grant and Cody Fraughton for making this weekend happen. I have never been pheasant hunting, but it was a blast. It is definitely a hobby that I could see myself getting into and enjoying for a while. It was extremely interesting to see Millie, Cocoa, and Jake work their magic. Those dogs were so intelligent, and made the day enjoyable. They were so friendly, yet still could find a way to trap and find the pheasants. I also wish we had more pictures. As soon as we got up there we realized we had broken the Sorensen family code and didn't bring a single camera up with us. Whoops. Below are a few of the many birds we shot. I think in all we ended up with 13 dead birds (of the 50 or 60 that were out there). But I think we only shot 11. Hopefully we will be invited back this fall to enjoy the prime time of hunting.
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This past week Holly had spring break, and I had class cancelled on Thursday, so we decided to go away for the weekend and get away. On Thursday, once I got done with most of my homework done, we took of from Provo. We drove four hours south down to St. Geroge. We got to my Uncle Gary and Aunt Kathy's house at about 8:30, and went to bed shortly after. We were pretty beat from the week.
Today, being "Selection Sunday" and all, we found out more about BYU's fate in the NCAA Basketball Tournament - AKA March Madness. As we were traveling down to Centerville for my brother and brother-in-law's birthday dinner, Adam called me with the results for BYU. He told me that BYU had been selected as a #7 seed playing in the Western bracket. I was pretty frustrated when he told me this.
You be the judge, what do you think?This post is going to be short, just to give you heads up. I was going to write about this past weekend, and the BYU game with the family. But if you wanted to read a detailed account of that, just go to the Stoker's or the McInelly's blog. Jamie and Emma both gave good accounts of the activities that have happened the past few weeks. I just wanted to compile some pictures of some things that Holly and I have done within the past few months that never made it into our blog.
This past Sunday Holly and I had the opportunity to volunteer our time at the MTC. Every Sunday the missionaries have a devotional , so they take volunteers to work at the referral center while the missionaries are gone. The referral center is the station within the Missionary Training Center that coordinates all of the call-ins to the church hotlines. Whenever someone across the world sees a commercial from the church where they can call in to get a free Book of Mormon, Bible, or Finding Faith in Christ video, they call into the referral center. They also make outbound calls to follow up with those who have ordered items, just to make sure they received the item they requested.
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Roses are Red
And so are the Sox
My wife gave me the COOLEST V-Day gift EVER
And that’s why she ROCKS!
This year, with the way the dates fell, we weren’t sure when we were going to celebrated Valentine’s Day. We have both been very busy all week with school and work. Holly was especially busy because Orem Floral was preparing for the weekend Holiday and ended up working 40 hours this week! But on Friday I got home from work a few hours before Holly did, so I decided to surprise her then. Because of our busy-ness, our house had gotten pretty messy. As soon as I got home from work, I spent the next few hours cleaning the family room, putting away clothes, and doing dishes. I was having fun watching SportsCenter while I cleaned, and was really anticipating Holly’s face when she saw the place. When she got home, I had a big bouquet of flowers set up on the table. She was so surprised to see the place spotless and the flowers for her. I had her present in an envelope on top of the flowers as well. I thought she would be very tired after this week and need some time to relax, so I got her a massage and full spa manicure from Serenity Spa in Orem.
But the biggest surprise of the night was not when Holly got home. I was so surprised when Holly gave me my gift. She put in so much time, effort and love into what she made for me. AND I LOVE IT. She has been working on my Red Sox quilt since even before we were married. She and my mom started working on it last summer and finished it up a few weeks ago.
This is sooooo cool! I am so thankful that I have such a thoughtful wife and they she cares so much for me! This past week was so hectic for Holly and me. We were extremely busy with work, school, and we were just trying to live the dream. Whenever things get so fast paced and we need to slow down and let things unwind, we will always sit down and watch an episode of Prison Break.
For Christmas, my family usually draws names and gives gifts to that person only. This year, Holly and I had drawn my father's name. Instead of doing some cliche gift - a tie, a book, or a gift card to Home Depot - Holly and I wanted to give my dad a trip out on the town. We decided to give him two tickets to the BYU Utah basketball game on January 30 [one for him and one for his girlfriend -my mom :) ].
The whole way up we followed a little stream that ran into the Provo river. The snow on the banks made it look really cool. I could have hiked up there for hours because it was really pretty. For the most part, we stayed on the trail and since a few people had gone up before us, the snow was pretty packed down. A few times we tried to make our own trails, but the snow came up past our knees just below our waist.
This past weekend the Sorensens went out of town to visit the Taylors up in Meridian. They asked us if Holly and I would be willing to dogsit Skooter for them. It has been a blast, but it has really opened our eyes to how much time it would take to have a dog, let alone children. I guess the morale of this story is that I gained a lot more appreciation for my parents, and all parents everywhere.
Don't get me wrong, having Skooter around all day was an adventure. I got to walk him around our neighborhood, try to teach him how to fetch (unsuccessfully), and be with in my own apartment! I love the companionship that he provided for Holly and I. Actually both Holly and I admitted to actually talking to Skooter when we were at our apartment alone. He is such a loyal dog, and a great snuggler. The past few nights he would crawl up in bed with us, dive under the covers down around our feet, and kept us great company all night. Holly didn't even have to turn on her space heater because he kept us warm! He didn't even trick-fart once!
The problem came when Holly and I had to go to class or run to work. Who would stay home with Skooter? Who would take him outside? We even had to wake up early Saturday morning to take him out. But this was just a dog! I can't even imagine waking up every few hours to feed a newborn. It's going to be hard to start a family. Because of this weekend adventure, I have gained so much more respect for mothers and fathers around the world. Thanks for all you do and raising your kids with love, passion, and dedication.
I want to start of this post with the disclaimer that the Sorensen girls have got to be the greatest cooks on the face of the planet. Seriously, eating your food is that good. Holly has inherited so many great qualities from her mother and sisters, but one skill that she practices often is her art of cooking. Holly wanted to expand her cooking skills and learn how to make a pot roast. She also wanted to utilize the crock pot we received as a gift for her wedding and thought that this would be a good way to do that.
These pictures are old but I just loaded them from my old camera onto my computer. Jake and me went hiking to the Y with Jakes family. We went before the football game one afternoon and when we got to the top we could see the stadium and we could hear the band playing! It was really neat because their was such pretty fall colors. Jake's Mom, Dad, brother, and grandma Bell went hiking with us!!!
Its the first week of classes, and that means a whole new set of classes, getting used to your schedule, homework load, teaching styles etc. Classes that I am taking this semester include: Accounting 210, Accounting 241 (Business Law), MFG 202 (History of Creativity), Bus M 301 (Intro to Finance), and M Comm 320, which is a business communications class that is required for the business school. So far I have really enjoyed M Comm. Our teacher is witty, funny, and sarcastic. He seems like he really cares about what he teaches, so that translates into care for his students. But on the first day of class, my professor gave us the assignment to write, and write often. To fulfill this requirement, he assigned each student to write in a blog at least once a week. He told us that we can blog about anything and everything. So I hope to be able to update you all about how Holly and I are doing, and what we are doing. Nothing should change except the frequency of posts (which is a good thing). Anyways, look forward to continual blogging about the Higgins Family and what we are up to!
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