I am not sure if anyone reads this blog anymore but I decided I would make a married blog and retire this one. So I have moved over to grantanddanielle.blogspot.com. Come check out my new blog :)
Thanks!
Friday, March 8, 2013
Sunday, September 18, 2011
As of Late...
I could say well not much has happened in my life lately but that would be a LIE! Life has been very eventful the last bit! So in June I went to Six Flags for my birthday with some friends and one of those friends was GRANT! I had soo much fun with him on our California trip. I was able to see all the reasons why I loved him so much. It was so nice. We were driving home from Six Flags and he said so when are we going to go to Ra Sushi, this place where we had made a bet about going to right when I got home from Jerusalem. I laughed a little and said well we can go Wednesday, my birthday. He said ok, we will make a date of it! My heart got fluttery and I was so happy for proof that Grant was feeling the same way I was feeling about him. So then I said I have two free movie tickets for this week, which movies are good? He told me some movies then said how about we go tomorrow night? So we went the next night. It was such a fun date and I knew good things were to come. Grant and I continued dating for the next few weeks and then it was time for me to go to Hawaii with my family. The Sunday before I left he told me he loved me for the first time again and that evening asked if he thought we would ever get married. I was so happy but hesitant. It was hard being away from him for the week I was in Hawaii. We flew in on Monday morning after a red eye flight and after a quick nap at home I went to Grants work for lunch so I could see him, I had missed him so much! We started talking about marriage seriously and I decided to stay here for the semester so we could be together and give everything a shot. We started shopping for rings and in the middle of August we went to Haney Family Jewelers and were looking at a catalog of ring there when Grant turned a page and said I love these two rings. I said I did too and the next week Grant went and ordered my ring. The next week, the week of September 5-11 I asked Grant everyday if Mr. Haney (our jeweler, had called). He would always so no and by the end of the week he was telling me that the ring wouldn't get in until Monday of the next week. But he still wanted to go to Sedona with me on Saturday. I was getting two different stories and I didn't know which one was the right one! We drove to Sedona on Saturday, September 10th around noon. We arrived in Sedona at Oak Creek Canyon at about 2 in the afternoon. We ate a picnic by the parking lot and started down the beautiful hiking path that runs along Oak Creek. Grant would stop and take cute pictures of me and we would chat and mostly just hike in silence. I loved that, I tend to get quiet when I hike because I just think about my surroundings and I go in my own little world. I like that Grant and I could both do that at the same time but still enjoy being in each others company. At one point in our hike we stopped and we ate a snack. I thought hhmmm maybe he will propose here.... but he didn't haha so we kept walking and he asked do you want to turn back now, I said maybe a bit further and we agreed. We came to a spot that had a big rock, right next to a really shallow part of the creek. It was a beautiful spot and we ate another snack here ( I wasn't hungry and I figured I would give Grant the chance to pull my ring out so I went over to the stream and stared at the minnows) haha. Well I turned around and... grant was just sitting on the rock eating his snack. So i sat down next to him and he turned his hand over and I jumped a little haha even though there was nothing in his hand. After chatting for a bit he said ok Danielle lets go. So I hopped up and started walking when he said wait, do you want to remember this place forever? Then he proposed :) It was so fun and I loved it!! I jumped up and down and said oH my gosh like a hundred times. I didn't even look at the ring for like 3o seconds i just looked at grant and was so excited that it was actually happening. SO then he put it on my finger and then some people walked by so we asked them to take a picture of us, newly engaged. Then we took a video of teh spot we got engaged at and then we hiked back. it was fun to hike back and just reminisce about our relationship. I loved it. When we got back to the car we drove into Sedona and walked down main street to find some where to eat. We ended up eating at this darling Thai restaurant where we sat outside in the garden by the water feature, it was so wonderful. After dinner we got ice cream and strolled main street a bit and then drove home. It was the perfect day. I loved being able to go on a day trip with Grant. We hadn't spent a whole day together like that in so long, it was such a treat. I am so thankful for his thoughtfulness in planning such a nice day for us. I love him so much. We had out first engaged couple visit with our bishop yesterday and that was so wonderful. I am sooo looking forward to our weekly meetings with him. I know they will help us grow together as a couple and grow closer to the Lord as a couple. I am so happy and I know this path is the correct one.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Birthdays
A few weeks ago I got the portion of my blog that I wrote while I was in Jerusalem printed and it look so good! If any of you readers have been contemplating doing this, do it! It is so worth it.
On a different note I have decided to devote this post to birthdays.
Today is the birthday of one of my very best friends, Kelsee Clark.
I thought back today to when we were just freshman in college.
That was SO long ago it seems!
It feels like those days, those tests, those people, don't exist anymore.
I just feel very unattached to that time of life. I do remember
that Kels and I had a ton of fun.
I remember her alarm haha and how she slept on the couch most
of our freshman year.
I remember the dart boards in many of our friends apartments.
I remember driving to pick a friend up from the airport right after Christmas break
in Seth.
A giant snow storm was happening. We are talking blizzard.
It was so terrifying and Kels just slept in the back seat ha.
It is raining outside and this takes me back to the summer when we both turned 18 or was it 17?
We took each other out to dinner on separate nights.
Kels took me to this cool turkish place and when we got home it was pouring.
So we went outside fully clothed and my sister made a music video of us to Do you know by Enrique.
Haha it was so fun.
Ever since then I always want to dance in the rain because of the fond memory associated with it.
Our 19 birthdays were spent apart from each other, I was in Provo on my 20th but pre occupied, and now our 21st birthdays have been spent apart. I imagine that we won't ever be together on our birthdays again, something that makes me sad and attests to the fact that our lives are going down different roads.
Its ok though.
I am so thankful for all of the memories we have made together thus far and I know someday we will start making memories together again :)
Well for documentations sake I will tell you about my birthday.
So my mom and I went shopping and then we went to the Suns Buffet. It is Chinese and divine. Seriously, who knew?
GO THERE.
After that I went home and got ready for my birthday date!
Grant and I went to Sushi at Ra, one of my favorite places. My favorite dish
was the raw yellowtail slices wrapped around jalapenos and cilantro and dipped in a special sauce.
SO DIVINE.
They also served their own bomb version of fried ice cream. So good.
We then went to his house and watched a movie.
It was a lovely birthday :)
So now I am 21 and I have a credit card.
It is a gap card.
I have used it like 3 times now and felt all anxious tonight after thinking about my bill!
Haha
I took the GRE today and saw 2 people I knew!
That was fun.
Also, I leave for Hawaii bright and early Monday morning.
I haven't packed yet.
I hate packing.
Today there was a cockroach crawling in my closet.
I calmly went into the bathroom, grabbed a tissue and pinched that cockroach dead.
I am not afraid of creepy bugs or spiders.
I say just KILL em.
It is probably weird that I didn't mind the cockroach huh? haha
On a different note I have decided to devote this post to birthdays.
Today is the birthday of one of my very best friends, Kelsee Clark.
I thought back today to when we were just freshman in college.
That was SO long ago it seems!
It feels like those days, those tests, those people, don't exist anymore.
I just feel very unattached to that time of life. I do remember
that Kels and I had a ton of fun.
I remember her alarm haha and how she slept on the couch most
of our freshman year.
I remember the dart boards in many of our friends apartments.
I remember driving to pick a friend up from the airport right after Christmas break
in Seth.
A giant snow storm was happening. We are talking blizzard.
It was so terrifying and Kels just slept in the back seat ha.
It is raining outside and this takes me back to the summer when we both turned 18 or was it 17?
We took each other out to dinner on separate nights.
Kels took me to this cool turkish place and when we got home it was pouring.
So we went outside fully clothed and my sister made a music video of us to Do you know by Enrique.
Haha it was so fun.
Ever since then I always want to dance in the rain because of the fond memory associated with it.
Our 19 birthdays were spent apart from each other, I was in Provo on my 20th but pre occupied, and now our 21st birthdays have been spent apart. I imagine that we won't ever be together on our birthdays again, something that makes me sad and attests to the fact that our lives are going down different roads.
Its ok though.
I am so thankful for all of the memories we have made together thus far and I know someday we will start making memories together again :)
Well for documentations sake I will tell you about my birthday.
So my mom and I went shopping and then we went to the Suns Buffet. It is Chinese and divine. Seriously, who knew?
GO THERE.
After that I went home and got ready for my birthday date!
Grant and I went to Sushi at Ra, one of my favorite places. My favorite dish
was the raw yellowtail slices wrapped around jalapenos and cilantro and dipped in a special sauce.
SO DIVINE.
They also served their own bomb version of fried ice cream. So good.
We then went to his house and watched a movie.
It was a lovely birthday :)
So now I am 21 and I have a credit card.
It is a gap card.
I have used it like 3 times now and felt all anxious tonight after thinking about my bill!
Haha
I took the GRE today and saw 2 people I knew!
That was fun.
Also, I leave for Hawaii bright and early Monday morning.
I haven't packed yet.
I hate packing.
Today there was a cockroach crawling in my closet.
I calmly went into the bathroom, grabbed a tissue and pinched that cockroach dead.
I am not afraid of creepy bugs or spiders.
I say just KILL em.
It is probably weird that I didn't mind the cockroach huh? haha
Monday, June 27, 2011
California Adventures (not the theme park)
This last weekend for my 21st Birthday me and some of my friends headed out to California
to go to Six Flags!
The first day we left home at 7:22, later than I expected
but it still worked perfect.
We drove straight to Santa Monica beach!!!
I love that beach!
It is so fun to see all the cool gymnastic like equipment where you can swing around, do flips,
etc.
Also, they have this amazing pier with so many fun shops, street performers, a ferris wheel, etc.
We walked down that, took pictures, were mesmerized by the ocean and
the little sea gulls and pigeons flying around.
After enjoying the pier we headed to the water!! I jumped in first and quickly
got to jumping with the huge waves that were coming in.
I love when they come and crash right by me or right after me so I can jump with it.
I love playing in the ocean. Seriously.
I don't think I can properly explain it to you, you just have to see it in action.
Good thing I am going to Hawaii in 2 weeks ;)
It was over cast at the beach so it was a bit chilly but we still
stayed in for a good amount of time.
So after we enjoyed the water we went to lunch at a place with Shwarma!
It is a pita gyro like item that I ate a lot in Jerusalem! It was
so fun to eat shwarma in the states and to share it with my friends.
So after we ate we drove to our hotel in Valencia and since traffic is ALWAYS
sooo congested in Ca it took us like an hour.
But thats ok I had the window rolled down basically for 3/4s of the drive
to the hotel and it was the best.
I love the balmy Ca air.
So then we went to Vons which is the equivialent of Safeway here. Who knew??
It was nice to use my value card.
After this we went and checked into our hotel and ate our dinners we bought
at Vons.
I bought a rotisserie chicken and apricots and I ended up eating the whole chicken except the thighs.
I would eat a piece of chicken with a dried apricot. MMM divine.
So then we watched Mega Mind which is actually DARLING. I really liked it.
We didn't finish it because we fell asleep ha at 11:30.
We definitely stayed out late, you knowww.
Actually we are way lame and get 8 hours of sleep on vacation both nights, what ev.
So Saturday we woke up and ate breakfast and went to Six Flags!
We got there a half hour early so we were in the first 100 people to get in the park.
Grant told us we had to run to X2 cause its the best ride so he led all of us in
a run
UP this
huge HILL.
Ok wait.
Hill??
Running??
I didn't sign up for this.
But alas I ran to the ride (with maybe a quick break)
and we only had to wait like 10 mins for a ride that has a 2 hour wait midday, so it was
worth it. We rode Viper, De Ja Vu, the WAY dumb river raft ride where Grant and I got COMPLETELY soaked. Aprils shoes got soaked, like mine and for the next few hours we were both complaining
of our sloshing shoes so for lunch we let our socks and shoes air out.
I always think of Forrest Gump where the lieutenatn Dan tells Forrest that he can't wear wet socks ever becasue your feet will rot.
I don't want my feet to rot! So I avoid wet socks.
So we ate lunch then we went on scream (this guy gave us a free fast pass for it!)
Collusus, Riddlers Revenge, Ninja, Tatsu and another one I can't think of.
The park was packed but we got to do all the major rides so I was way happy!!
I really loved it.
Roller coasters are a blast!!
I loved spending the day with April, Wesley, Grant, and Hayley. We
all got along so well and had no drama.
SO after Six Flags which ended at 10:3o pm we left and went to Dennys which is right by our hotel.
Haha
the lady didn't put our name down we realized after waiting forever and people getting called before us, then we didn't hear our name get called, haha so we waited for like an hour at Dennys.
Then we finally got to eat.
I ate coconut pineapple pancakes which were so good.
YES delicious.
We went straight to bed after that!
Sunday we went to church where the high counselor talked about missionary work in our homes and how we can develop a plan to help
those around us learn the gospel.
It made me so excited for when I have a family!
I want to have a home where missionary work is very important,
where my children know the missionaries will
be coming over with investigators
once a week, where
our friends will gather and we will have fun together and
they can learn gospel truths from us.
I am just way excited for the opportunity
to create that environment in my future home.
So that was great.
Then we were driving to LA when we saw the sign for Hollywood boulevard so we got on it and drove down it, it was cool.
Also we drove down Sunset boulevard and then
we went over to Beverly Hills!
The houses are soo cool looking and the cars!
We drove down Rodeo drive and I was just in awe the whole time, seeing
stores that I have only seen mentioned in Vogue or something
haha.
It was fun.
Then we drove around LA trying to find the temple that Wesley
thought he had found on his
navigation on his Iphone haha.
It was a fruitless search.
But it was fun to drive around nonetheless.
We got home around 10 last night.
It was such a fun fun trip where many memories were made!
I can't wait to go back :)
to go to Six Flags!
The first day we left home at 7:22, later than I expected
but it still worked perfect.
We drove straight to Santa Monica beach!!!
I love that beach!
It is so fun to see all the cool gymnastic like equipment where you can swing around, do flips,
etc.
Also, they have this amazing pier with so many fun shops, street performers, a ferris wheel, etc.
We walked down that, took pictures, were mesmerized by the ocean and
the little sea gulls and pigeons flying around.
After enjoying the pier we headed to the water!! I jumped in first and quickly
got to jumping with the huge waves that were coming in.
I love when they come and crash right by me or right after me so I can jump with it.
I love playing in the ocean. Seriously.
I don't think I can properly explain it to you, you just have to see it in action.
Good thing I am going to Hawaii in 2 weeks ;)
It was over cast at the beach so it was a bit chilly but we still
stayed in for a good amount of time.
So after we enjoyed the water we went to lunch at a place with Shwarma!
It is a pita gyro like item that I ate a lot in Jerusalem! It was
so fun to eat shwarma in the states and to share it with my friends.
So after we ate we drove to our hotel in Valencia and since traffic is ALWAYS
sooo congested in Ca it took us like an hour.
But thats ok I had the window rolled down basically for 3/4s of the drive
to the hotel and it was the best.
I love the balmy Ca air.
So then we went to Vons which is the equivialent of Safeway here. Who knew??
It was nice to use my value card.
After this we went and checked into our hotel and ate our dinners we bought
at Vons.
I bought a rotisserie chicken and apricots and I ended up eating the whole chicken except the thighs.
I would eat a piece of chicken with a dried apricot. MMM divine.
So then we watched Mega Mind which is actually DARLING. I really liked it.
We didn't finish it because we fell asleep ha at 11:30.
We definitely stayed out late, you knowww.
Actually we are way lame and get 8 hours of sleep on vacation both nights, what ev.
So Saturday we woke up and ate breakfast and went to Six Flags!
We got there a half hour early so we were in the first 100 people to get in the park.
Grant told us we had to run to X2 cause its the best ride so he led all of us in
a run
UP this
huge HILL.
Ok wait.
Hill??
Running??
I didn't sign up for this.
But alas I ran to the ride (with maybe a quick break)
and we only had to wait like 10 mins for a ride that has a 2 hour wait midday, so it was
worth it. We rode Viper, De Ja Vu, the WAY dumb river raft ride where Grant and I got COMPLETELY soaked. Aprils shoes got soaked, like mine and for the next few hours we were both complaining
of our sloshing shoes so for lunch we let our socks and shoes air out.
I always think of Forrest Gump where the lieutenatn Dan tells Forrest that he can't wear wet socks ever becasue your feet will rot.
I don't want my feet to rot! So I avoid wet socks.
So we ate lunch then we went on scream (this guy gave us a free fast pass for it!)
Collusus, Riddlers Revenge, Ninja, Tatsu and another one I can't think of.
The park was packed but we got to do all the major rides so I was way happy!!
I really loved it.
Roller coasters are a blast!!
I loved spending the day with April, Wesley, Grant, and Hayley. We
all got along so well and had no drama.
SO after Six Flags which ended at 10:3o pm we left and went to Dennys which is right by our hotel.
Haha
the lady didn't put our name down we realized after waiting forever and people getting called before us, then we didn't hear our name get called, haha so we waited for like an hour at Dennys.
Then we finally got to eat.
I ate coconut pineapple pancakes which were so good.
YES delicious.
We went straight to bed after that!
Sunday we went to church where the high counselor talked about missionary work in our homes and how we can develop a plan to help
those around us learn the gospel.
It made me so excited for when I have a family!
I want to have a home where missionary work is very important,
where my children know the missionaries will
be coming over with investigators
once a week, where
our friends will gather and we will have fun together and
they can learn gospel truths from us.
I am just way excited for the opportunity
to create that environment in my future home.
So that was great.
Then we were driving to LA when we saw the sign for Hollywood boulevard so we got on it and drove down it, it was cool.
Also we drove down Sunset boulevard and then
we went over to Beverly Hills!
The houses are soo cool looking and the cars!
We drove down Rodeo drive and I was just in awe the whole time, seeing
stores that I have only seen mentioned in Vogue or something
haha.
It was fun.
Then we drove around LA trying to find the temple that Wesley
thought he had found on his
navigation on his Iphone haha.
It was a fruitless search.
But it was fun to drive around nonetheless.
We got home around 10 last night.
It was such a fun fun trip where many memories were made!
I can't wait to go back :)
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
SO I wanted to do some clarification about my last post because I reread it and I sound all mushy. I did in fact giggle at myself and think I was a little crazy for crying while holding a new born. I didn't want to be all theatrical or anything but it was just this automated response that came on. So yes, I think my little tearing up incident is a little funny but all the same very sweet because I know it happened because of the tender feelings I was feeling while holding a new spirit that had just come to this world. Anywayyy that is all!! Ciao!
Last Friday I ｈａｄ ｔｈｅ ｏｐｐｏｒｔｕｎｉｔｙ ｔｏ ｖｉｓｉｔ ｍｙ ａｕｎｔｓ ｗｈｏ ｌｉｖｅ ｏｕｔ ｉｎ Ｓｕｒｐｒｉｓｅ Ａｒｉｚｏｎa whom I don't see often because they live so far away.
My aunt Jamie had a baby and I haven't held a newborn since I don't know when.
I LOVED holding baby Eastyn, he is only 2 weeks old and he
just slept in my arms. It was so wonderful.
I stared down at his sweet, sweet face and was in awe.
I felt tears well up in my eyes and then spill over, I cried.
My sweet little cousins, one is 8 the other 6 came over and Chaylee the 6 year old stared at me and said "why are your eyes dripping?"
Such a sweet question!
After that Rylin wiped my tears since I was holding the baby.
It was so darling of both of them and I think they were able to feel too how special that baby is.
As I held Eastyn I wondered to myself what it would be like to create
a child with someone you love so much, your husband.
Honestly, I don't know because, 1- I don't have a husband, and 2- I haven't ever had a baby.
But I can only imagine the intense amazingness it would be, the bond you would feel and the
intense love you would have for each other and for that
being.
I am so excited to be able to experience the blessing
of bringing children into this world with the person I love most.
Someday that dream will come true, I know it will.
It is an amazing thing that our Heavenly Father gives us the opportunity to rear up His children on this earth, to teach them and help them return to Him.
What a sacred and important calling; the most sacred and the most important.
Anyway, I was so happy I got to hold baby Eastyn.
In other news, today I made bread for the first time,
I made black bread, it is really good!!
I was pretty proud of myself!
It was so nice to have the day off of work so I could just bake at home and relax, its been
a while since I did that.
I hope your week is going well :)
lots of love
ps
I am going to Six Flags this weekend.
Ask me if I am excited.
I AM.
My aunt Jamie had a baby and I haven't held a newborn since I don't know when.
I LOVED holding baby Eastyn, he is only 2 weeks old and he
just slept in my arms. It was so wonderful.
I stared down at his sweet, sweet face and was in awe.
I felt tears well up in my eyes and then spill over, I cried.
My sweet little cousins, one is 8 the other 6 came over and Chaylee the 6 year old stared at me and said "why are your eyes dripping?"
Such a sweet question!
After that Rylin wiped my tears since I was holding the baby.
It was so darling of both of them and I think they were able to feel too how special that baby is.
As I held Eastyn I wondered to myself what it would be like to create
a child with someone you love so much, your husband.
Honestly, I don't know because, 1- I don't have a husband, and 2- I haven't ever had a baby.
But I can only imagine the intense amazingness it would be, the bond you would feel and the
intense love you would have for each other and for that
being.
I am so excited to be able to experience the blessing
of bringing children into this world with the person I love most.
Someday that dream will come true, I know it will.
It is an amazing thing that our Heavenly Father gives us the opportunity to rear up His children on this earth, to teach them and help them return to Him.
What a sacred and important calling; the most sacred and the most important.
Anyway, I was so happy I got to hold baby Eastyn.
In other news, today I made bread for the first time,
I made black bread, it is really good!!
I was pretty proud of myself!
It was so nice to have the day off of work so I could just bake at home and relax, its been
a while since I did that.
I hope your week is going well :)
lots of love
ps
I am going to Six Flags this weekend.
Ask me if I am excited.
I AM.
Friday, June 17, 2011
I am supposed to be leaving to go visit my new baby cousin but I just ate the most bomb lunch and felt the urge to blog about it.
So I toasted one piece of Ezekial sprouted grain bread (gluten free bread), spread
chunky almond butter on it, and topped it with a sliced fresh peach
from the tree complete with a very miniscule amount
of honey drizzled over the top of the peach.
It was DIVINE.
Hello breakfast tomorrow.
I am so excited to go visit my cousin!
Hes two weeks old and I haven't held a newborn in years.
Im talking since I was like 12 (maybe?)
I can't even remember the last time.
GPT this morning was NOT fun.
OH well.
Also, I am starting to hate texting.
It is really bothersome sometimes!!
It doesn't help that my phone requires complete concentration when composing a text.
NOT a fan.
I am going to Six Flags in one week from today.
It feels surreal, I am soooo excited!!
Hello beach!!!
Hello screaming at the top of my lungs on rides!
Hello fun times with great friends!!
:)
So I toasted one piece of Ezekial sprouted grain bread (gluten free bread), spread
chunky almond butter on it, and topped it with a sliced fresh peach
from the tree complete with a very miniscule amount
of honey drizzled over the top of the peach.
It was DIVINE.
Hello breakfast tomorrow.
I am so excited to go visit my cousin!
Hes two weeks old and I haven't held a newborn in years.
Im talking since I was like 12 (maybe?)
I can't even remember the last time.
GPT this morning was NOT fun.
OH well.
Also, I am starting to hate texting.
It is really bothersome sometimes!!
It doesn't help that my phone requires complete concentration when composing a text.
NOT a fan.
I am going to Six Flags in one week from today.
It feels surreal, I am soooo excited!!
Hello beach!!!
Hello screaming at the top of my lungs on rides!
Hello fun times with great friends!!
:)
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