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Last week I asked Scott to put my camera away.  A few minutes later Scott comes back with these babies...

What in the world?! Can you guess what either of these pictures are?

haha, I just love my Scott. He makes me laugh.

So this week my friend and I went to Idaho Falls to see the Titanic museum. It was pretty fun and interesting. It was worth it, especially for my friend! She loves stuff like this and loves reading about things like the Titanic. It was a nice break from the regular.

That same night Scott and I made our way over to Emily's. We had corn-beef and cabbage in celebration of St. Patty's. :) Emily made a very tasty soup.

and Scott made us a tasty cake. The frosting did not like the cake though and kind of ripped it apart. It was all the frostings fault, no need to accuse Emily...:)

This past week one of my friends made an easter wreath. I kind of copied her idea, adding my own bits and pieces...and made a big mess :) it was so much fun!

It turned out...very YELLOW :) horray! :)

On Friday we met up with Emily and Josh at Craigo's for dinner, an early birthday celebration for me. :) Craigo's had sent me a gift certificate so we used it and got some tasty food.

These are all the different plates of pizza Scott ate. Each picture IS a new plate.

Isn't it just amazing?! That guy can EAT!

thanks Josh and Emily for joining us! It was great fun :) We LOVE having family here to come play with us and pretend to like us every once and awhile ;)

I was done eating way before Scott and even then I felt so sick the rest of the night :s

Even after Scott made himself look preganat by eating so much food...he still didn't feel sick. haha.

The weather was so nice that Scott got to go biking with Dan yesterday. They didn't ride much but Scott still was able to injure himself. He got his knee pretty good (the picture is to come, I'm to lazy to upload it right now, plus you have plenty of pictures for this week right?) and, as he found out today while sitting for 3 hours in church, he also hit is tailbone pretty hard. He did not kill himself though :)

horray for happy weeks of random fun :) 

(: ti od

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 ----------- In a hole
4 ----------- Under your bed
5 ----------- Riding a Motorcycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow--------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange--------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself


CASSIE: I karate chopped an ipod riding a motorcycle because I'm AWESOME!

SCOTT:I danced with my brother in a hole because I'm sexy and I do what I want.

HAHAHAHAHA. So what did you do??

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This week was full of excitement! Cassie read three more books, bought a real table and chairs (no more card table bouncy-ness of life! We don't get it until the people move away in April though. But we still own it! They are just using it until they move :)), verified her FAFSA, and worked up a storm. Scott did homework, went to work and classes, did homework, took Cassie on a date, and did homework. We were able to go get our monthly groceries, it's crazy how much fun we have saving money and budgeting together. Yep, we are dorks. We also were invited to FHE at our stake president's house on Monday. It was really fun to meet his wife and hear their stories and testimonies. It was a great opportunity to get to know our leader :) It was a great week :)

We are both pretty excited to prepare for general conference in April and last week at Stake Conference I felt impressed to make a tradition for our little family to help prepare us for each conference. I had thought back on my childhood and asked Scott about his, trying to get my mind rolling and think of something we could do. So today in sacrament our inspired Bishop sparked this great tradition that this Kinghorn family is going to put into practice. He was sharing his testimony about the conference talks and was reminding us of what the member of the seventy had said to us about the "top 20" talks of conference which he personally studies throughout the year. These "top 20" are the talks of our dear Prophet and apostles. So the spirit came up with this great idea and whispered it in my ear :) We are going to read one "top 20" a day for the next 20 days, which will bring us to the eve of General Conference. Horray! I can't even tell you how excited I was, and still am, about this idea. Scott laughed at me and asked if I was excited for the opportunity to learn or because of how it works out to be 20 days before conference. Well, being the organized person that I am...well, I'm excited because of both! :)

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I have decided that I love to cook! Especially for Scott, he loves everything-which makes it even more exciting knowing that he will more than likely enjoy it :) I took advantage of having canned biscuits yesterday and made more calzones. This time I made bbq chicken, mmmm good! With our lack of fresh ingredients I had to be a little creative, which made it even more fun for me :) I used: 1 chicken breast, 2 cups of broccoli, one onion, pizza seasoning, bbq sauce and cream cheese. They were really tasty and we enjoyed our time together as we ate them and watched a movie. It was a very eventful weekend :)

I have been working on a project that I have been thinking of doing for YEARS. One summer day my siblings and I were talking about all the crazy stuff we did as kids. I was getting into scrapbooking and came up with idea of making a scrapbook of these events. It's taken me a few years to really decide how to preserve these memories because of how super important they are to me, but I FINALLY have come up with a plan and have started this next project of life. 

So this "you know you're a Gale kid if..." book will be organized (cuz I'm all about organization) from A-Z! So cute! So I finally get to use all the different alphabets that I have collected over the years :)

My last project lived on our counter, making it difficult for Scott and I to do much there or use the toaster oven for a few weeks. This time I thought it through better and have things better organized so I can pick it up and move it without any problems. It will be a little inconvenient but it's my own fault, wanting to be in the same room as my handsome husband makes me do inconvenient things ;)

Our stake conference this weekend was very uplifting for Scott and I. We both received answers to things that we have been worried about. I just love how the gospel works like that! I am so grateful for Scott and all the love he shows me and the hard worker he is. I have been more and more touched each day at just how lucky we are. We are blessed in so many ways! We are so in love and have so much fun together. I am loving setting patterns of righteousness with him, my eternal companion. One of the things that was said by Elder Gary W. Walker of the seventy really made Scott and I laugh. He said, "Plan specifically and execute flexibly." Why is this funny, you might ask...well, I have a hard time being flexible whereas Scott has a hard time planning. It is something we are both going to work on but it was funny to see just how different we are in that respect but how in love we are anyways. Does God know what he is doing or what?! :) It was so wonderful to be reminded of the special promises that God has spoken. Knowing them and trusting in the Lord we honestly have no need to fear! 

So for your viewing pleasure I am adding one of our conversations from today to show you just one more reason why Scott and I are meant for each other:

1:30 pm... Scott: "So this lasagna needs to cook for 2 hours before we can eat it."

Cassie: "I am so glad you thought to look at that! I would have figured it out too late. So we should put it in at 3pm?"

Scott: "yeah, that should work fine."

1.25 hours later...Cassie: "Hey Scott, what time is it? Is it already 3?"

Scott (while playing on the computer): "It's 2:45. Why?"

Cassie: "the lasagna, remember."

Scott: looks confused for a minute and says, "Oh yeah! I forgot!"

One has to be smart so the other can remember what the smart one figures out.

...sepicer rof gnikool

Hey everyone! We have been having a great week and I just wanted to share a thought that has crossed my mind so many times during this past week. We had some interesting problems with our neighbors and some money scares and frustrations with possible future situations but all is well now. So during the week I was feeling so bad for myself, more than I honestly should have been. After each 'episode' I would laugh at myself and think, "you know, you signed up for this! You fought to have this experiences during the war in heaven. This is a part of life and you need to stop complaining and just do your best and God will do the rest." (it wasn't always all of that at once but always something like it ;).) I would like to express my gratitude to all of you who have helped us during these past four months. (we've been married FOUR months! can you believe it?!) For your prayers and love and comments on our blog :) We love you all!

Well, just now as I was getting our crockpot set up for dinner I was looking at our spice racks and realized just how many I have never used during our time together and probably during my lifetime really. So if there are any of the below that you use in a tasty recipe let me know!  :) Recipes that you or someone you know has used before is what I am looking for. Thanks guys!

Mustard seed

Fennel

Rosemary

Parsley

Thyme

Marjoram

Coriander

Celery Salt

Crushed Mint

Have a fun weekend!

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Last month Scott and I went to a store in Idaho Falls called Winco. We found a lot of the weekly food we eat and were happy to find it for a lower price so we came to the conclusion that we would go there monthly. At the beginning of this month we talked to Emily and Dan and set a date for them to come with us. The night before our shopping trip I went to Albertson's to check out some deals that we heard about from some friends. I found heaven and made Scott, Emily and Dan come with me the next morning before we went to Idaho Falls. Thanks Katie! Between Dan and us we saved $120 dollars! We got 20 cake mixes, 20 canned biscuits, 12 muffin mixes, 4 granola boxes  6 icing's and a frozen lasagna for around $50. 

Amazing huh?! I have come to the conclusion that I need to pay close attention to these Albertson's deals.

So after we got done getting prepared for future sugar highs, we headed to Idaho Falls. We took advantage of the Olive Garden lunch special and all of us had all we could eat soup, salad and breadsticks. It was so much fun spending the afternoon with Dan and Emily and getting so many great deals!

Our weekend did end up going by faster than we would have liked since we were busy almost the whole time but it was a good weekend none the less. We got tonz of groceries...

and some things we techinically didn't NEED, but we were proud of ourselves for saving money and keeping to our budget :) Horray, once again, for married life!

Now the only problem is that every time I open the cupboard to get a bowl or plate out to eat a healthy meal, those tasty icings are staring back at me. Aren't you impressed that I have yet to make a cake and it has been 3 days that those boxes have been in our cupboards? Wow, I just plain amaze myself.

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I have wanted to post for the past week but could never think of anything tricky to share. I guess our life has hit that normal state or something. I just work and come home and cook and sleep. BUT I have been doing something more! I just was wrestling about whether I wanted to post it. I don't consider myself a professional and I am so critical of my own work but I am sort of proud of these...

 For Christmas our Gale parents gave us some mission scrapbook supplies. These really opened my mind to the creative things I could do with my mission scrapbook and took away the fear of messing up these amazing memories. So here is a sample of what I have been working on the past week. 

These two are all my favorite pictures and the last journal entries that I wrote before leaving my dear Brasil. I also saved letters from my favorite people and wrote down some of the games that we played with our investigators children. The pocket also contains special things from dear friends.

This layout contains all of my companions in the order that i served with them starting in the middle and going left then up and around and down the next page. These women taught me so much and have touched my life for the better in so many ways!

I also saved letters from each of them...not all the letters, that would be hundreds! But the one's that really touched me and helped me through hard times.

So what do you guys think?

Also, I was wondering if anyone would like to help me brainstorm. Today while Beth and I were visiting teaching we asked our friend if she needed anything and, of course, at the moment she doesn't. So we came up with the great idea of making our visiting teaching girls each a coupon book to redeem during the month/year as needed. Some examples that I came up with are: 

• Babysitting for a date night
  
• Babysitting for a temple night
  
• Making dinner
  

What else can we do??? What are some things you would like someone to do for you on a bad day?