A funny Duck video from Disneyland

So, when we were going on It's a Small World there were two ducks who really liked to swim in the water. However, it always looked like they were going to get crushed by the boats...but...just take a look!

It was really funny in person. I just hope I caught the hilarity of it on video!

Disneyland!

My parents invited Blake and I to Disneyland for 6 days!! It was amazing! We were able to spend all 6 days in Disneyland and we did a lot of things. We even did things that I hadn't done before! It was an much needed vacation and we are excited to go again sometime this summer! Wahoo! I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted, but I got a few...mostly it's because I forgot I had a camera with me. Here are some pictures from our adventures!

 On the Tea Cups! Probably our favorite ride.

 Dumbo the Flying Elephant!!

Our last ride at Disneyland...the Tea Cups. :)

Just in case...

Just in case anyone really cares...I added my bridal pictures online so they can be viewed. I would actually like some feed back because I need to choice one for a 16x20 for my parent's. The one I picked looked funny and my nephew also drew all over it. So, if you have a moment just look and them and comment on which one you think would be a good one for my parents to have on their wall next to Andrea's. Thanks!! Oh, there is a link to my bridal pictures on the side under pictures.

New Year's Resolutions

So, I normally don't set New Year's Resolutions, but I thought I would this year. So here you go!
1. Read at least 12 new books this year. (I have actually already finished one) It should be a good goal because there are a lot of books that I haven't read that I really want to read. And this resolution is for books I haven't ever read before, not books that I am rereading.
2. Read my scriptures everyday.  I struggle with this sometimes, especially if I have had a late night. But the month of January is being spent trying to find a really good time to read them and just go from there. I have only a missed 2 days this month, so I think I'm doing better!
3. Read the Book of Mormon at least twice through. This one will probably be my hardest, but I am determined!
4. Write down impressions when I receive them. For example, in church, when something really stands out to me I need to write it down to remember it!
5. Make a green smoothie at least 4 times a week. Really struggling with this one because our New year has actually been really really busy, but Blake and I both want to do this to help us be just a little bit healthier.
6. Go to Curves 3 to 4 times a week. I was already doing this, so I want to keep on going! I love Curves!

And that's all I can think of right now. I think it will help me to stay more focused on the important things in life rather then just leaving it all up to chance. I am hoping to get myself into a habit with all of these things, so that I will just do them. But we all know how habits are...sometimes they are hard to break, but most of the time, if you aren't dedicated, then they just fall through the cracks. Hopefully writing them down and seeing them frequently will help me to keep up with them and just try to do a little better this year.

Christmas!

Yes, I am finally writing about Christmas. Christmas this year was interesting. For some reason I was kind of ornery. That the best way to enjoy Christmas, but I guess just the stress of being around family all day everyday was just taking it's toll by that day. I love my family and Blake's family dearly, but sometimes...I just can't handle being around a lot of people all of the time. But all in all it was a great Christmas! Blake got me a new set of scriptures with my married name on it. I was actually really surprised! I think I mentioned to him once that I should get new scriptures because if I lost my scriptures in church no one would know who Aubrie Clegg was but us and my cousin Becca! He also got me a new jewelry cabinet/box thing. I really like it! I have been wearing more earrings and such because all of my jewelry is actually organized! Wahoo!!
Blake got an Xbox 360 and a few games to go with it. He loves it! It's actually really fun for him to be able to play Halo with all of his buddies who have Xbox's. Even though he knew he was getting an Xbox, he was still really excited to open it. Lol.
We also got a lot of things from our parents. We were really spoiled this year!! I think our favorite things were a new Bluray player with a ton of movies to go with it, and Blake loves this new gadget he got where he can control all of our electronics...tv, Wii, Bluray, Xbox...etc all from his phone! It's actually really cool! So this is another Thank you to all of those who gave us gifts! You are all amazing! Here is a picture from Christmas Eve that my cousin Becca took of Blake and I.
  
Not the best picture of us, but that's the only one taken of us around Christmas that I have. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happier New Year!!

Oh boy...update needed!

So, Blake has officially taken over my laptop. It's easier to take to school then his, so I only get to use my laptop when he is sleeping. Lol. You might be thinking, why don't you just use his laptop? Here is the reason...I try and I fail. His laptop is just set up the way he likes it, so it's just hard for me to get use to. I'd rather just not mess with it. But since he has horded mine...it's similarly set up like his laptop. I just can't win. Luckily, I still have my tablet (NEWSFLASH!! I got a Samsung tablet from my parent's for graduation. I love it!) but I can't update my blog using my tablet. But Blake takes the tablet to his parent's house, or to school, so sometimes I don't even have that! Are you sensing a pattern? Yes, Blake has full control over all electronics! Should this bug me? I would say yes, but for the most part he makes sure it's ok with me before he takes things or changes thing. But there are other times where he just does it even though I say no...hmm...interesting?

Anyways, on a slightly more happier topic, I finally got a job!! I work at Primary Children's medical center. It is probably the greatest place to work! My co-workers are great and they really are interested in getting to know me better and wanting to help me out the best they can. It's great to actually have a career and to be doing what I learned in college and apply my learning. Even though I'm only working part time, I still get extra hours just in case someone is sick or just needs to have someone cover their shift.  Primary Children's moto is "The child first and always." Whenever I see that I know my job is stressful, but it's worth it. I always think, "What if this were my child, wouldn't I want the best care taken for them as possible?" That makes me do my job better and more careful.

Last, but not least, my sister is prego!!! I get a new niece or nephew in April. We are all so excited! Hoping to  be able to visit them when the baby is born. We'll see. :)

Time for an update!

So, I'm done with school. Yes, totally done with school. I can't believe it! I'm a BYU graduate!!! Wahoo! Blake and I are celebrating/relaxing after a long six months of an internship. Now, the job hunt begins. I have applied for a few jobs and even have gotten an interview, but I haven't heard back from any of them. Ugh. I guess that's what happens after college!

Funny Moments from when Andrea, Brian and the kids were here. :)

There were a lot of things that happened while Andrea was here, but here are a few funny moments where I couldn't hide my laughter, even for a second.

We went to see Suessical the musical at the HCTO and here is what Emily said. "Aub-Aub, that man couldn't be the Cat-in-the-Hat, he doesn't have any fur! But he is sure funny!"

Another Suessical moment. Emily: "Mommy, can you ask the pink bird if I can have her tail? Her tail is my favorite!"

Gavin: "Aub-Aub where my jacket!?" "I don't know Gavin, did you ask Grandma." "No...GRANDMA, WHERE MY JACKET!!??!!" (He yelled it and she was standing right next to me.

Brian: "Where's Blake, is he sleeping?" "No, he is playing the Wii in the living room." "Oh, ok." (A few days later...) Gavin: "Aub-Aub is Blake.....is Blake.....is Blake.....sleeping?" (probably my favorite moment)

Emily: "Aub-Aub remember when we watching Singin' in the Rain and that guy fell through the wall! He was trying to jump and he just fell through the wall! (then giggling) That was my favorite part!"

Emily playing the Wii. "Blake, do you want to play Mario party?" "Not really." "I'm going to add you anyways..."

Gavin with Otis. "I want a Otis hug!" "Ok...you can try and give him a hug" (Otis laying on the ground not knowing what was going to happen next. "I love Otis," said Gavin then preceded to lay on top of Otis and give him a hug. Let's just say Otis didn't like it, but it was super cute!

Gavin: "Aub-Aub I wanna go outside!" "We can't dude, it's raining." "WHAT?" "It's raining" "WHAT?" (he was pretending he couldn't hear me.) "It's raining".... "It's rainin'....but I want to go OUTSIDE!!!"

There were a few other good ones, like when Andrea, Brian, Blake and I would play the Wii for hours at night. Scene it, Tetris, and Super Mario Bros, Mario Kart, and Bomberman! Brian went on this Harry Potter kick where we had to watch all of the Harry Potter movies in one week. It was really fun to have them here and we wish them good luck on their new adventure to West Virginia!! YAY!!

Slumber party!

My sister and her family is in town for the whole month of April and my niece (who is 5) wanted to have a family sleepover!! It was super fun! Blake, my mom, the kids and I all slept in the living room, while the lame-o's (Brian, Andrea and my dad) went and slept in their very comfortable beds. During the party we had pizza, popcorn, root beer and marshmallows! We watch Singing in the Rain and Harry Potter the Deadly Hallow part 1. The kids were a bit on the grumpy side the next day, but we still had a lot of fun! I'm lame and didn't take any pictures. But at least you got to read all about our slumber party!! :)

A testimony building experience I had...

In my internship there a lot of people who aren't LDS. I have heard a lot of swearing, I have see a lot of people smoking, drinking, and all sorts of stuff. Here's an encounter I had with a girl while doing my blood drawing rotation this past week.
I can honestly say that SLC is a lot different then just Temple Square and the SL temple, but I have known this for years. There are a lot of people who have grow up LDS and who have just taken a different road in their life. Some people absolutely hate LDS people and just don't care about the church anymore, and some who are tolerant because they aren't sure how they feel about the church. I had a conversation with someone the other day where she asked me where I got married. I told her I got married in the temple. She then went on to say, "I thought so, if I ever stepped in to a temple I'm sure that it would fall down around me." I guess she left the church when she was 13 and hasn't had any desire to go back. She is also married and is going to be having a baby. Someone had told her that she would have to pay for all of the horrible things that she has done in this life in the next life. This is what she told me after that, "I am married and having a kid. I believe in God, but I think that some of the ideals that people within the church place upon themselves aren't necessarily what the church wants us to. They teach their children that everyone who isn't Mormon is a terrible person, and I hate that because I don't think I'm a terrible person for believing in God, and not being a member of the LDS church."
It was kind of an eye opener for me. I realized more that my actions can really either help or hinder someone in the church. I don't judge her for leaving the church. I'm sure she had her reasons, or just wanted to have her own "freedom," but I'm not sure which. I have always been really grateful for the church and everything it stands for, but I to hate it when people teach others that other people are bad because they aren't members of the church. Does that make sense? I know a lot of people who aren't members who are really good people and are God fearing people. I know that judgement will only be passed by God and not by me. Here's what I said to her statement, "People have the right to choose where ever they want to go, it's not for me or anyone to decide how a persons life is going to go. That's what God is for." Was that right thing to say? I was going to say more, but we got interrupted. I was going to go on to say that I hope that my children will learn to love the church I like have, but it's up to them to gain a testimony of it, and not for me to force a testimony on them. If they start to go down a path that I don't think will be good for them, I will counsel with them to see if they need any help from me. If they continue to do things that are not what they grew up learning, then I will seek to help them in any way that I can, but I can't take away their freedom of choice. Sometimes people have to learn for themselves what the LDS church really means, but have to lose their way before they can come back. Many they don't come back in this life, maybe it's the next life they choose the Savior. All in all, I know that everything is in the Lord's hands and if we trust in that...then we have no need to fear.
I hope I have made myself clear. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make a situation like this a good one instead of a bad one? I hope I did well and didn't offend her at all. She didn't seem to be.

Ode to stupid drivers

Sorry...I have to vent. If any of you have done these things, I'm not against you or anything, I'm just venting because of these things my car has been nearly hit and could've got both of us injured. Let's just say I'm learning to be a safer driver.

Ode to stupid drivers

First...the blinker...the one that takes about a half second to turn on...is a really good thing. USE IT!

If there is someone in your blind spot...check your blind spot BEFORE you get over....usually they don't know you are getting over until it's almost too late.

RED lights are RED for a reason. And really RED lights are RED for a good reason so you don't hit cars that are going through a GREEN light!

You aren't the OWNER of the ROAD, just your CAR. So, why don't you take care of your car and try and not hit other people's cars with it.

Construction zones are just that...CONSTRUCTION! Don't go 80 mph not thinking you won't hit a pot hole or something else in the road and expect no one to be around you when you lose control of your car...because most likely there will be.

Next time...don't use your bright lights to drive. They blind people.

Oh and don't use your brights to make me go faster...for crying out loud, if you want to go fast JUST PASS ME!

Tail gaters just get off my butt! If I can see your face...you're too close.

Diesels are bigger then you are, so just don't cut them off...ok?

Stop signs are meant for STOPPING not GOING.

Dear Road fixing people...please make noticable lines in the road so people know where the lanes are...that would be much appreciated (on I-15 there are parts where there aren't any lanes...yep, that's the truth!)

I probably have more, but that's all that I can think of right now.

Update on life

So, I haven't written in awhile. It's because I'm so stinkin' busy all of the stinkin' time!!! I started my internship about three weeks ago, and it is certainly keeping me on my toes. Plus I am working in the Microbiology department at BYU...so there are busy days. My BYU job is awesome because I can work whenever I want to, or whenever I can. It's so nice. I decided not to go to work this week because I just feel so worn out. I have to get up at 5 in the morning, leave by 6-6:15 to get to Murray by 7. And then I'm there until my trainer lets me leave. Sometimes it's only until 12 or so, but there are other days where my trainer wants me to be there until almost 5. Yeah...I have long days. And then, just to top it off...I still have weekly tests. During this rotation, which is Chemistry, I am blessed to only have one test a week. Some of my friends who are doing their internships aren't as lucky. My poor Sabita has 5 tests this week! Not really looking forward to that rotation (hematology). But all in all, I'm had a pretty good experience. The first few weeks were tough...I thought I wasn't going to make it through this internship. Basically, I hate the commute, I hate the inconsistency with what I'm learning from my trainer and what I am actually tested on (they aren't the same), and I get discouraged that I feel like the under dog compared to everyone there. One of my trainers this week noticed that I wasn't really happy, she told me something that kind of helped. She said, "we have all been students, we are still students, lots of things change in this career. Just hang in there, you of all of the students I have taught can make it and feel happy with everything." I have a test tomorrow, I hope I can do better then I did the past two weeks. I get discouraged, but that's when the Lord picks me up and tells me to keep going...It will all be worth it in the end.

Our Christmas tree!

Monica and James were so nice as to let us borrow their little Christmas tree! We are missing a star or angel still...but hopefully we will find some in my parent's Christmas stuff. It's little and doesn't have a lot of decorations, but we still like it! It's very useful as a night light. :)

This is our only other decoration at this time, but isn't he cute!

Bowling with the girls, and the last day of school

Yesterday, I took 2 finals. Each one was for my each lab that I had taken this semester. After my chemistry final the lab teacher told us to clean out our desks. What?! Are we really done now?! Crazy... I cleaned out my lab desk. It was a bitter sweet moment. Bitter in the fact that I will be leaving BYU to go on to another chapter in my life called the internship, and sweet in thinking that I will be graduating soon. I will be a college graduate! I never really thought that day would come.

Well, to celebrate two of my friends from my major wanted to go bowling. We were able to get a free game because we were students and you are able to get one free game a semester. It was a lot of fun! I broke 100 my first game, and then kind of only got 80 my second game. I can honestly say I am better at Wii sports bowling then real bowling. Here are some pictures. The lighting was weird because they had the black lights on for the last day of bowling classes.

 Katie getting ready to bowl. She ended up with a 146!

 Blurry picture because of the lighting

 Our names for bowling. We thought it would be fun to have cool names.

 Ashlee was romantically attached to her ball...jk. She bowled really well!

Just being silly

Something to think about...

So, today was kind of an interesting day. When I was walking up to school from my car, a car ALMOST hit me! The driver was going super fast, and luckily, I wasn't crossing the street yet. A car in the other lane had stopped for me to let me cross the street, the other car was approaching the intersection, and I guess they didn't see me because, well, they drove right on past! Then I thought about it, what if I hadn't paid attention to that car and got hit... Hmm...interesting to think about.
Then another weird thing happened. After my parasitology lab, I went down to the computer lab to print off some stuff so I could study for my tests that are coming up. I left all of my school stuff and car keys with my friend Ashlee, just so I didn't have to carry them to the computer lab. The only thing I had was my cell phone. So, I was getting on the elevator to go up to study, and the elevator suddenly stopped between floors. Thinking to myself, "well, this is unusual." I waited for about 20 seconds, and the elevator just started to move again. I got off on the floor that I wanted to, and thought...what if I really had be stuck in an elevator? What in the world would I do?
Just something to think about...

Honeymoon pictures

So, Blake wanted to edit our honeymoon pictures, but I think he forgot. I am putting some of them on here, just so people can know we did go on a honeymoon, and we did have fun! LOL. For those of you who didn't know or hear...we went to Disneyland on our honeymoon! It was a blast! And we were able to visit Hollywood (not a fan) and San Diego! Enjoy!

The temple was under construction, but we were still able to do a session!

Turtles!

Penguins!

The Hoppers with Hopper the grasshopper

Bride and Groom

My favorite ride as a child. Dumbo!

CTR 4

I've been trying to play catch up with my blog, but whenever I'm not next to a computer I remember something to say. HA! Such is life. Anyways...Blake and I got a new calling in.....August....ha! We are the new CTR 4 teachers! We have two boys and one girl. All of them are so cute and have the attention span of about 3 seconds. It's really fun to teach them because you can really see how smart 4 year olds are about the gospel. They absolutely love to learn, and get excited about primary! It's one of the hardest callings I have ever had, but I love being able to teach them! We have the primary program coming up on Sunday...I'm excited to have the kids in primary show off!

Meant to be

So, a month or so ago, I was super sick for a couple of days and didn't really want to do anything. Sunday of course fell into one of those days, and I couldn't go to church. Blake, however, needed to go up to SLC to take some pictures for his photo class and needed me to go with him. He also told me that Paul and Phillip were also coming. "Oh dear...," I thought "...if they fight, talk, act up in any way I will make Blake pull over and make them walk home even if we are in Sandy." (I didn't say this out loud at all). Remember, I wasn't feeling well at all! So, we go up to SLC, and the twins were great. They didn't fight, they listened whenever we needed them to listen to, and they were actually really pleasant. They normally are in the car, but you know...teenagers, you just never know what to expect. Then the drive home was really good as well. Overall, a very good experience besides the fact that I wanted to just lay down and go to sleep the whole time. After we took the twins home, I mentioned to Blake that the twins were really well behaved and maybe we should take them more places with us. Blake then told me that he had talked to them before they came out into the car. I guess they had been having little tiffs with the family, and Blake didn't want them to bug me, so he told them, "If you fight, talk, act up in any way I will pull over the car and make both of you walk home even if we are in Sandy." Our marriage was just meant to be. Blake can now read my thoughts. LOL.

Gianna Jessen Abortion Survivor in Australia Part 2

Here is the second part of her speech

Gianna Jessen Abortion Survivor in Australia Part 1

Many of you may have already heard about Gianna Jessen the saline abortion survivor. Her parent's decided on an abortion when her mom was 7 1/2 month pregnant. Let's just say the abortion failed. I'd rather have her tell the story, instead of me recaping it. The movies together are about 16 minutes long, but I hope you watch both of them. She is truly inspiring.