Bountiful Basket

Have you heard of bountiful baskets. I heard about them from someone at school and thought I would buy one and see what it was like. They are $15.00 and comes with about a laundry basket full of fruits and vegetables. Here is what we got...

We like to have fresh fruits and vegetables in the house but it is hard when you are on a college student budget, trying to decide if this is a good deal. What do you think?

Cakes

I have been a little too busy to update as you have probably noticed. I have made 3 more cakes and I have been getting very excited about the improvement I've made. Here they are...Enjoy.

Not my style, but it was a requirement for the class. Everything you see I made, the bird, butterflies and all the flowers.



I made this cake for my Final project



I had a lot of extra fondant from my final so I decided to make an easter cake for fun.

Valentines Weekend

Saturday night I got a call from my Mom saying that they were coming to visit. I was so shocked. They arrived Sunday and joined us for Valentines Sunday dinner and Janae' and I made a Valentines cake, which turned out really cute. Monday we decided to take a little road trip to Jackson Hole where we walked the town, took the classic picture under the antler arch and went Ice skating. Here's a few pics from our fun weekend.










Thanks for the fun weekend Mom and Dad.

Shopping Online

I have never been much of an online shopper but recently I made two online purchases. The first one was a power cord for my computer because mine broke. I ordered it from Amazon and knew it would take a few days to get here, then I got an e-mail saying they were on back order so it would take an extra week or two... no big deal. Well, I got it in the mail, and guess what, it is not the right cord. I know I ordered the right one because the invoice has the correct item on it, but the cord I got is not right. Next, I ordered Devin a Coach money clip for valentines day, which I was very excited about and could not wait to surprise him with, since he has been wanting one. It was delivered and I hurried to open it to check out my awesome purchase and I found a small purse..... not what I was expecting, not even close. So I checked my invoice and sure enough I ordered the right item, I was just shipped the wrong thing! grrr. So I had to tell Devin what he was supposed to get. I checked the price tag on the purse and it was twice as much as the money clip... so if I was a dishonest person I might just keep the bag... but I won't be doing that. Does anyone else have bad luck shopping online?

Miss America

Tonight I am:
Eating one of these,


watching this,


(Wishing I had the body like all of the contestants... I guess the cinnamon roll doesn't helping me out in that category.)

and rooting for Miss Texas.
She was Miss Tri-Cities the year I tried out for Miss Teen Tri-Cities. I loved her then and love her now and hope she takes home the crown.

Cake Decorating

This semester I am in a cake decorating class, which is probably my favorite class. I have made two cakes so far. Here is the first one, which is extremely ugly but it was my first time so cut me some slack. My parents were going to Hawaii the day I made it so it was for them. (the icing was an ocean blue color but it came out green in the picture)



This next one I love, it is more of a mans cake.





I am no professional but I am having a fun time learning. Keep posted to see my improvement!

OOPS!

I guess I forgot a blog is something you are supposed to update frequently. Since my last post we have had many new adventures. Here is a month by month run down of what we've been up to (this is mostly for my own record, so go ahead and ignore this post if you don't care to much about what we've been doing): I hate long blog posts but I typed all this up before I realized how long it was so I am leaving it but I apologize for the long post ahead of time.
July 2009:

• We took another spontaneous trip on a four day weekend and saw many new things. Destination: Mt. Rushmore What we saw/did on the way: Church sites in Wyoming (Willies Site and Martins cove), one of the largest coal mines in N. America, Mt. Rushmore (AMAZING), ate the best meal at a restaurant called 'enigma' ,saw a lot of road, oil drills and ranches while driving through Wyoming. We also went through Yellowstone again on the way back because we love it so much. Overall rating of trip: A whole lot of fun.
• At the end of July ended the semester successfully, packed up all of our stuff and moved from Rexburg back to our farm house in Pasco to work for the fall.

August 2009:

• Lybbert Family trip to Priest Lake with a week full of family and fun, including the celebration of my 20th birthday.
  
• Devin and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary with a candle lit dinner prepared by myself.
  
• Came back to the real world and got to work. Devin worked for my Dad on the farm and I worked at Angus Square Dental Clinic for the Harkers.

September 2009:

• Devin and I were called to be Primary workers teaching the 6-7 year olds. I also was called to be an activity day assistant to my amazing aunt Wendy.
• I spent a good amount of my time canning grape juice and peaches.
  

October 2009:

• Devin had a good friend from work, Victor a.k.a Guatemala, get baptized into our church. We had a great time being involved in the discussions with the missionaries and the baptism.
• I agreed to fill in for Sis. Carroll as Choir director while she had heart surgery(yes, I had 3 callings). I doubted myself and was stressed going into it but came to greatly enjoy it and gained an experience that I will never forget.
• My younger sister Karalee got engaged. Which was quite the shocker.

November 2009:

• I took a trip with my mom and sisters to Utah to go wedding dress shopping for Karalee and for a weekend of fun
• Had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Chelsea and Kyle's along with Kyles family and Devins parents.
• I braved the crowds @ 3:30 am on black friday with my little sister Janae'. It was worth the early morning alarm once we got some good deals.

December 2009:

• Threw my sister a bridal shower where we enjoyed some good food, laughs, gifts and fun decorations.
• My sister got married on the 22nd in the Columbia River Temple, followed by a beautiful reception. Go here for pictures (password KJ).
• Enjoyed our 2nd Christmas morning together. We exchanged gifts and spoiled eachother. We then made a santa delivery to my mom from my dad and watched my mom peel out of the drive way in her new ride. The rest of the day was spent at the Woodwards where endless entertainment always takes place. I felt like a kid again while I helped Chander and Carson put together a 900 piece star wars lego set.
  
• Enjoyed a week at Priest Lake with my family, minus the newlyweds. We filled our week with games, movies, eating, sleeping, riding razors and SKIING. Yes, Skiing for the first time. I have never been and I had a blast, Devin says I was pretty good for my first time but I wouldn't know.
• New years was enjoyed at home while trying to keep our eyes open til midnight while watching Monsters Vs. Aliens, which was hillarious.

January 2010

• We packed up our house once again, said our goodbyes and moved back to Rexburg to get another year of school under our belts.
• Started the winter semester with motivated attitudes. ( We will see how long these attitudes last)
• Devin was called as the 1st counselor in the Elders Quorum Presidency.
• I accidentally gave Devin a bald looking spot while cutting his hair, whoops!
  

Well, that's what has been happening in this Lybbert house. Sorry I have no pictures, cause everyone loves pictures. I will try to do better with my blogging.