K-Family

Here are a few pictures of fun family K and their new baby in the hospital. He was so sweet to hold!

Koala Kuddles

This lady has convinced me that the only way to swaddle a baby is with a Koala Kuddle (here)... and I don't even have a baby! These swaddles are being given away at Just for Me... and You

Giveaway

I just learned about a blog that has lots of giveaways called Just for Me... and You. Currently they have a giveaway for an RCA Small Wonder (more information here: RCA

New Private Blog

I've decided to make a private blog. If you currently have this blog on your blogroll, go ahead and keep it there for anyone who wants to find me. Please email me if you want to keep reading up on the George Family! (the new address will be scottandchristinag.blogspot.com) My email address is cmgeorge09@gmail.com! See you there!

Photo Updates

I've updated the photos on the previous post with my mission president, little Brian, and at the football game. Here are some pictures of me in DisneyWorld! The little Mickey doll is in all of the pictures because I bought him to "be" Scott. It made the trip a little more fun since I was looking for the perfect photo opps with "Scott" :)

Here I am at Universal Studios. I was able to go with a co-worker and her husband and they were so fun to be with! I'm grateful they were there!


Here I am on the Toy Story ride, I had fun shooting targets on a 3-D screen.












And, the TOWER OF TERROR! It wasn't really that bad... although the Spanish lady next to me told me that she almost held my hand (she was alone too). I shocked her when I answered her back in Spanish. I guess the shock factor that some white girl speaks Spanish is a little higher outside of Utah!



The next day we went to both Magic Kingdom and Epcot... both for an hour each. Mostly a misinformation situation, but it was fun to be able to go to both parks!
Epcot:

The end. I took about a zillion more pictures, but decided to spare you. :)

Traveling Fun

I'm in DC right now... my sister, Michelle is getting married today! We've had an exciting day yesterday of running around with my mom, Jen, Alivia, and Michelle.



We've had a long week this week! On Sunday Scott dropped me off at the airport and sent me off to Orlando. I went to a conference for 3 days with some co-workers and had some fun at DisneyWorld. When I say SOME fun, it is because I'm supposedly in the happiest place on earth, without the love of my life :( I'll post pictures about it soon!



We were able to go to my mission reunion last Friday and got to see a few people I hadn't seen in a long time! Here's a picture with President and Sister Buttars--the best mission president ever! Afterwards we were able to go out and eat with Scott's sister Katie, her husband Wayne, and their little boy, Brian. It was fun to sit and talk with them, it's been too long!

Our date the week before was the BYU vs. Colorado State football game! We didn't get season tickets this year (mostly because I forgot when they went on sale), but were able to find some tickets for sale. We had a great time and BYU won!

Up a Creek with a Paddle

We are trying make a more concentrated effort to take pictures on the fun dates we have. Yesterday we decided to go canoe down the Provo River. Scott steered on our way to Utah Lake, and I steered on the way back. After about 10 seconds of us switching (and I was the one steering) we ended up in a tree. At this point Scott asks "do you know how to steer?" I said "no." We had an adventure back up the river as Scott taught me how to steer a canoe. :)

We saw lots of ducks on our trip down the river and tried chasing them a few times... it's much easier for them to escape since they have wings. But, we had fun anyway. Have you ever noticed that it sounds like a duck is laughing when they quack at you?

We even saw a turtle in the water. I tried looking for more, but didn't see any. All in all, it was a fun trip!!

Disaster Averted

There was a big storm today... rain, wind, the works. We came home to find that Mr. Stripy had fallen over!! Now, being so tall, he's a little top heavy and has surpassed his cage by about a foot and a half. The wind had knocked the whole thing over! Thankfully, Scott and I were able to save the poor plant and propped it up with an old putter that we don't use. I think it's going to make it, but it was a close one!

Here is a picture of one of the tomatoes I salvaged from the wreckage. Nice.

I was just looking through my pictures from the summer and remembered the picture we took with Scott's mission president at his reunion in July. He happened to be up in Utah (he's from Brazil) and decided to get everyone together. It was fun to meet him in person!

Here is a picture of when we went and volunteered at Thanksgiving Point Gardens. We have had fun doing volunteer service projects and this one was a benefit dinner and auction. Scott got to drive the attendees down to the main event in the golf cart and I watched the auction. It started storming like crazy at the end we ended up soaked and windblown! It was really fun to talk to all of the people--there was a huge golf competition the next day so we talked to several players as well as the wife of the president of Thanksgiving Point! We also drove some kids with their dad on an emergency bathroom run. We found out he was on the board as well. They were all really nice. Here's us waiting outside:

Anyone else excited that the Office is starting up again this week? We've been watching all of the previous seasons to get in the spirit of things. I hope it's a good season!

Okay, so I've been really boring and haven't posted anything for so long.

Updates:
Our garden has become a monster. We have about 10 tomatoes in the fridge because we can't eat them fast enough (and we even give them away sometimes!) and probably 40 more green ones on the plant. Mr. Stripy (small tomato plant on the right) is now taller than me and will soon have a ripe tomato larger than my palm... I post a picture when it comes off! We have more zucchini and squash than we know what to do with and our freezer is already full! It's been really fun!!

We've finished applying for dental schools and now the waiting game begins. We know everything will work out the way the Lord wants it to... it's just hard to be patient!

Scott started back to school and is taking some fun classes. He really loves his tissue biology class and just started carving in his tooth carving class (dental school prep lab is what it's called). He's also working as a Bio 100 TA this semester and is loving it! I think he really has a knack for teaching!

I decided not to take any classes this semester and just relax. It's been nice to not have to worry about homework or sitting through a lecture. We've also been able to go to the gym about 3 times a week. I think my body likes me better now. :)

Oh, and BYU beat Oklahoma last Friday. We were ranked #20 and they were #3... now we're #9 and they are #13...hurray! We'll see if they can hold out for the rest of the season!

Sorry no pictures. I just wanted to post something! :)

Our Bounty!

Hurray! We were able to eat some of the bounty of our garden yesterday! They were the freshest squash and zucchini I've ever eaten... seeping with delicious goodness. I'm pretty sure they both popped out of nowhere and grew to full size in less than a week! However, we will have to start giving them away soon. We just went out this evening and we have almost 2 full size squash and 5 that are 1/2 to 2 inches long already! I only see 1 or 2 zucchini inching along. There are lots of little green tomatoes... but they are slower growing.

Here's how big the garden is now after only 5 weeks of planting the little seedlings!

From the side:And for those that don't remember, here's the garden one of the first couple of weeks:

Braces!

Be honest... how old do I look in this picture??
Right after I got the braces on, Scott and I went to Cafe Rio. He said he was afraid to hold my hand in case someone thought he was robbing the cradle! Later, I went to the grocery store and Scott was sure to warn me on the way out that I needed to be careful and not let the high school boys hit on me. Of course, the teasing is just for fun. He always tells me how beautiful I look.

And, it's little Alivia in the picture! I can't believe how much she's grown already! Jen and Lance are moving out to Virginia for school and today was the last time I got to see them before they left. I'll be out there in October for Michelle's wedding, but by then she'll practically be walking!

Our little Garden... and little more!

I've been meaning to post for forever, but haven't had time!

DAT!!
Scott has been studying for months for the DAT (dental admissions test). Since our honeymoon he's been working on it like a full time job--just about 8 hours a day or more. The DAT has Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Quantitative Reasoning, Reading, and Biology. He was doing really well with Reading and Biology but was a little nervous for the Chemistry sections... his classes here at BYU have discouraged him a bit, BUT... he did a great job!!! He took the 5 hour test yesterday and then celebrated all day! His overall score was a 19! That puts him at the 77.2 percentile in the nation! I am so proud of his hard work. He really dedicated a lot of time and effort into studying and it paid off! Plus, I know that the Lord had his hand in it too as he was able to recall those things that he studied quickly and efficiently. This certainly doesn't guarantee a spot in dental school, but we are excited about his success and at least we know the Lord is on our side in this decision! We are finishing up applications this week and will wait in anticipation to start hearing back!

Braces!
Second, after I picked up Scott yesterday from his test, we went up to Sandy to the dentist! I had to get spacers on my back teeth in preparation for braces! Yikes! They don't hurt, but I wonder why they use bright blue rubber bands! It looks like I'm chewing gum (it feels like it too!). They are making space for the back brackets that hold everything together that they'll put on on Friday... and then braces on a week from today (and one day after my birthday!) Wish me luck.

Garden!
Third, we are so excited to live in a house here in Provo because that means we have a back yard where we can plant a little garden! It isn't much space as we have to share the area with the owners that live in the basement, but we are so excited to see our little plants grow and produce fruits and veggies!
This picture is from when we first planted our little seedlings. We have a zucchini, yellow squash, tomato, bell pepper, strawberry, and pea plant. We also planted carrot seeds that keep getting eaten by some slimy slugs! I'll keep posting pictures as the garden grows. It's been about 3 weeks now and we are already seeing results!

Scott loves to go out and water the little plants and take care of them. One morning after showering, I couldn't find him anywhere. Finally, I looked outside and this is what I found:

What a cutie! We love our little garden! We already have a reddening strawberry and 3 pea pods!

Hurray for gardens!

A little taste of Hawaii

I just wanted to share a taste of Hawaii. These clips are from the Polynesian Cultural Center:



another (shake those hips!):

A few more

These are some pictures from our awesome second shooter, Lesley! Look at pictures from the reception here. The wedding pictures are here. I think she did a great job! You can see how excited I was by the picture! What a handsome husband I have!!

Just so you know it's official

It's been so hard to be back to work again after the wedding. We're trying to finish up putting the house together, and just enjoying married life! I'll post pictures soon of the wedding day and some from Hawaii!!

Pay no attention to how tired I look. I haven't slept much lately. But, here is Alivia's smile :) At first glance she make look like she's in pain, but have no fear, it's really a smile (a larger picture shows the happiness).

Alivia Noel Ames

Jen had her baby early this morning! Alivia was born at 12:16am (we saw the doctor come in while we were in the waiting room... he arrived at about 12:14am) and was 7 lbs 0 oz and 19 in long.

Dress and other plans

I picked up my dress yesterday and I'm so excited!!! I'm not going to post it, just in case Scott happens to see my blog... but if you want to see, just let me know! Plus, in the picture, my sash is too wide (I made it, so I'm just going to sew it skinnier) and it's not tied on very tight, so it's not a true representation :)

We're getting closer to finishing everything! PLUS, Scott sold his spring/summer contract so we are very grateful for that! I just have to get flowers arranged and a cake. Then we just have to order the catering, pick food for the luncheon, and settle on ties and bridesmaid dresses (we are just doing siblings... which totals a lot).

Hurray!

Why we Build Temples

I found this on Tricia's blog and loved it. This is a recent response made about why we build temples. I love that the Harvard Dean of Divinity states that he could see himself taking part in baptisms for the dead. It's short, but wonderful.