Cafe Rio?

So, we finally did what every person in Utah does at least once... we tried to make our own home made Cafe Rio.... Did it work you ask?
NO. Haha. I will have to admit that my sweet pork tasted NOTHING like Cafe Rio's sweet pork. But it was not all to waste because it was still absolutely delicious and we had a fun time pretending we were going out on a Sunday night!
We even tried to make the burritos enchilada style which was the part that actually looked and tasted FABULOUS!! (pictures below of how fabulous they looked). All in all, we failed at replicating Cafe Rio, but succeeded at having a fabulous Sunday dinner!!

Family Home Evening

On Sunday Ryan came home and informed me that someone at church had invited us to FHE at their house for Monday night. I was pretty excited because honestly, I have not really loved jumping into a new ward, not knowing anyone. It has been hard for me. Anyway, so last night we went to a couples apartment and had FHE. It was so much fun. There were four couples there. We sang, had a lesson, and then chatted and played scategories. We had pizookies for desserts, which really shows that these people are quality, right! The couple had a little 4 month old boy, who was so much fun to hold and play with. Plus, Ryan and I tied for first at scategories!! It was a very fun night and we are very grateful for the hospitality of these people in our ward. I'm hoping it will be better now that I know a couple of people in the ward. I think we will start doing this group FHE more often!

Andrea has Dysentery

So the other day Andrea posted the husband quiz after seeing it on my little brother's blog. My sister-in-law Brooke said on the quiz that Nathan could play video games all day (which is true). Andrea says she's glad I'm not into gaming much. But I used to love my old school nintendo and computer games so I started telling her about all the ones I love, and how my old roomate Brian showed me a website where you can play old school games which is awesome. So I started talking about Oregon Trail, which we played in the computer lab when I was in 2nd grade. Then I started thinking, there's probably a place I can find the game online....

...and yes, there is. I found a website with an Apple IIe emulator and an Oregon Trail download (with both disks, so you can actually finish it unlike a few sites where you play it online). So far I've beaten it twice and it's absolutely as awesome as it used to be....setting the pace to strenuous, only hunting for food, refusing to pay to ford the river, reducing rations. It's beautiful.

I know you're thinking is this really what his first post is about? Is he really that big of a dork?

Yes, yes I am. But I think that's what she likes about me. Also the fact that I clearly rock at Oregon Trail.

CAPSTONE

After a full 2 years of nursing school, it is now time to choose my capstone. Capstone is my last semester of nursing school. Every student is put in an area of the hospital and are expected to complete 220 hours of clinical throughout the semester. I will be following a nurse and pretty much working the same schedule she does. It is like free labor, basically... But anyway, it has come time for me to put in my requests as to where I should go and what area of the hospital I should go to. Ryan and I will probably be living in South Jordan, or somewhere closer to where he will be working, so I will probably want to do a hospital in the Salt Lake area. So far there are two areas in the hospital that I would like to work

Labor and Delivery
or
Emergency Room

I need your input and fast because the forms are due this coming Tuesday!! Help me decide. (please provide rational to aid my decision) Thanks!

Testing for Michael

Husband Quiz

Copy and paste these questions in your own post and see how much you REALLY know!
1. He's sitting in front of the TV - what is on the screen?
Basketball or ESPN (however, lately, i might say Gilmore Girls...) :D
2. You're out to eat - what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
Salad? Who eats salad? that is for turtles!!! But if he did, which he wouldn't, it would be Caesar for sure.
3. What's one food he doesn't like?
Anything that is not steak... haha. jk. he doesn't like vegetables very much, but i make him eat those... he isn't the most picky person in the world... Oh, he doesn't like pickles, he thinks my family is weird for eating those as appetizers... haha
4. You go out to eat and have a drink, what does he get?
He loves to get Rootbeer but sometimes he will mix it up and get Dr. Pepper or something like that. He likes to get fancy drinks too...
5. Where did he go to high school?
uh... O'Fallon High School? haha. I don't know the actual name of his High School.
6. What size shoe does he wear?
10 or 10.5 depending on the shoe
7. If he could go to any one sporting event what would it be?
Any Michigan football game. But it would be good if they kicked the trash out of who they were playing.
8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Favorite type of Sandwich, huh? Well, he eats mostly PB&J with chunky PB but that might be out of pure convenience... He likes to eat breakfast sandwiches too, so those might win.
9. What would he eat every day if he could?
Steak, hands down.
10. What is his favorite cereal?
I'm not sure he really has one, he will just eat whatever we have.
11. What would he never wear?
Pink
12. What is his favorite sports team?
That would be Michigan Football. (I think anyone who has ever met Ryan would know this one. that was too easy!)
13. Who did he vote for?
Well, if he did vote (which he may have forgotten to...) It was probably for McCain. I just know NOT Obama.
14. Who is his best friend?
That would be ME by far. Yes, I know we are cheesy.
15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
Make him get up on Saturday mornings to do "chores"
16. What is his heritage?
Well, I'd have to say that we haven't really got into doing family history quite yet, so I'm not really sure. But I do know that we have Gardners in our family line (Workmans) and his Garnders are NOT from those Gardners... We did that much family history! haha. I would say English or something?
17. You bake him a cake for his birthday; what kind?
Well I made him a cake for his last birthday and that was the Oreo Ice Cream Cake-like thing. But I could also do cheesecake, which is delicious! (I think his family loved the Oreo Ice Cream Cake more than he did though... but hey, whatever goes!)
18. Did he play sports in high school?
Yes he did. Wrestling. But I believe he also played football.
19. What could he spend hours doing?
Looking on espn.com or watching sports. But I would say he could do this for DAYS, not just hours. Oh, and the second cheesey answer would be- talk to me! :D
20. What is one unique talent?
He is just really good at computer stuff. I don't know how he gets all that, but he does. And he is a very good people person, which I think will take him far in life.

Ok, Ry. How many did I get right?

Spring=Baseball!

The first thing you think of when you hear SPRING is what? That is right: BASEBALL!!
Ryan and I went to a BYU Baseball game last night. We played University of Utah so the place was packed, which totally adds to the whole feeling of fabulousness that baseball brings!! Even though it was freezing cold (we left after the 4th inning...), the lines for hot dogs were too long (not to mention the hot dogs were too expensive), and we ended up losing, it was still one of the funnest nights!! I love going to baseball games!!

I Have a Heart

So in clinical this week we had our post-conference on EKG's and how to set up a 12 lead. It was mildly interesting until our instructor had us do them on each other!! Then things got REALLY crazy (and might I add hilarious). We had to set up 10 leads on one another (not in the most reach-able of places, might I add) and then lay perfectly still while the machine read what our heart had to say! My teacher said I had to bring it home and show Ryan that I DO have a heart!! (in case he ever forgets!) All in all, I think it was a great post-conference!\

(If you can't see it says my heart rate is 64 and that I'm in sinus rhythm with sinus arrhythmia, which kinda sounds bad, right? But no worries, it just means I am regularly irregular--which we all knew anyway!)

Hello World

Ryan and I just got married a little over a month ago and have been talking about starting a blog together for that whole time. Well, we finally did it! So this is the first hello to the world from the newest Gardners. We hope you enjoy following our fun little life!!