Shufflin off to Buffalo!

This past week Jay and I got to fly out to New York! We had a dental interview in Buffalo and we stayed and played for three days. We had an overnight flight, and did not sleep a minute so for the rest of the trip our sleep schedule was soo off. We got up in the middle of the night and went to a 24 hour greek diner and had delicious breakfast food, but it was actually our dinner.
The next day Jay had his interview which went great, we just found out we got wait listed and have very good odds of being accepted!
After the interview we decided to drive up to Toronto because it was only 1 1/2 hours away. Toronto is HUGE! I had no idea, it is probably 3 times the size of Seattle and there was a ton to do. We walked around the streets and saw all sorts of interesting people. We went to a giant mall and got Tim Hortons (Canadian Starbucks) white hot chocolate. Then we went to dinner at a fancy Chinese/Sushi restaurant called The Spring Roll.
We still had 12 dollars canadian when we were heading back so we stopped at a gas station and got 7 dollars worth of candy and 4.73 worth of gas, the people in line thought this was hilarious. Got to get the essentials. The border was also really interesting. When we came to Canada the guy was all "Welcome to Canada eh!" and was very nice and relaxed. Coming back to america we had about 10 cameras on us and the guy had his M-16 in his lap and was like "why were you in Canada? Where did you eat dinner? Why would you ever leave the great country of America?" Okay maybe not that last one, but you get the picture.
We got to see Niagra falls for about 5 minutes because it was freezing!
After we got back from Toronto we went to a bar called the Chocolate Bar. They have amazing desserts, very fancy and tons of fun.
Our flights were long and at the JFK we ate bad chinese food and got sick on the plane, no puking at least. We spent Sunday in Salt Lake with our cousin Liz Main which was very fun.
We're back in the burg now and theres still no snow! Back to normal life until our next big adventure!

Jay's 26 1/2 Birthday Party!

So for the past couple of weeks I have been trying to plan a surprise party for Jay on his half birthday. He hasn't had an actual birthday party in like 10 years!! So I decided we would finally have one for him with all of our friends. It was all planned perfectly until the day before and the day of. I was going to clean and bake the day before the party while Jay was up at Kelly canyon, but then he decided not to go. So I had to try and get everything done in the 2 hours before the party. Someone ended up somewhat blabbing and I was busted after that.
But everything went okay and we had a ton of fun playing minute to win it games and catch phrase. I'd say it was a success for sure!
I am taking a parenting class right now and it is amazing! Every class I walk away feeling like I actually learned something, which is sometimes rare in college lol. We're reading a book by Alfie Kohn called Unconditional Parenting, you should check it out.
Jay is doing great at his webdesign job and he got to bring left over cupcakes to work today so everyone loves him a little bit more.
My friend Heidi and I ding dong ditched people with cupcakes last night at 11 o'clock and had some hilarious responses while we tried not to fall on our butts in the ice. Overall a successful weekend!

Half sized bday cake for his half bday!

Fun In The Sun!

So this past week Jay and I went down to Mesa/Glendale AZ for Jay's dental interview at Midwestern University. We left Idaho and it was 5 degrees out, we got off the plane and it was 70 and sunny, so I was already in love. We stayed the first two nights with our friends Erin and Spencer Carter and they're adorable little girl Tessa. It was a blast.
We rented a car for one day and we happened to get a Nisan Versa, which immediately made me think of Heroes!! We sat around for 2 hours because we couldn't rent the car till 4, so we walked around the mall and got a pretzel and played in a game store. Jay left his wallet in our backpack at the house so we had to call our friends to come get it for us haha.
Jay's interview went great and the campus is amazing, so we are hoping we get in there for sure. I got to go around and check out apartments in the area. They are soooo spendy, but beautiful. I am already decorating them in my head.
We stayed the rest of the week with Jay's grandparents in a hotel and had lots of fun running around and swimming. We definitely ate out ALOT that week and I know I gained a few pounds lol.
We went to the Mesa Temple Visitors Center and walked around the grounds, they have an awesome cactus garden.
The trip was so much fun and we were very sad to leave the sun and warm weather. But hopefully we will be back down there very soon! Cross your fingers!

 

First Things First..

Hello all my name is Leanne Arnold and my husbands name is Jay. We live in Rexburg Idaho, which is a frozen wasteland for about 8 months out of the year. My husband and I both attended BYU-Idaho, he just graduated in July 2011 and I have one more semester left and will be done in April yay!
We have been married since August 2010 so almost a year and a half and it has been amazing!! I am from Puyallup WA area and jay is from all over Oregon, Colorado, and Washington which is where we met. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints and love it. We have tons of wonderful friends here in the burg and we love to play board games and have random adventures.
My husband is applying to dental school at the moment and hopefully we will be heading out of here for a new adventure in May.
This blog is mainly for me so that I can remember all the fun we have and be forced to take more pictures, but also for my family and friends if facebook stalking is not enough ;) Hope you enjoy!
And thanks to Erin Carter for encouraging me to finally do this!