A Year of the Unexpected

Seeing as it's been pretty much a year since I last posted, I guess I have a lot of catching up to do! I'm just going to make y'all a list and promise to keep it updated much more frequently. =)

1. I mentioned in an earlier post about how Jacob and I went on a walk to Walmart Thanksgiving weekend 2011 and my knee ended up swelling like a balloon later that evening. I went to the Student Health Center the next week and the doctor told me to ice it and wear my knee brace and that it should take care of it, but if it didn't to go see him again a week later. Well, my knee didn't even come close to getting better -- it got worse. I went back in and he said I would have to get an MRI because he had no idea what was going on. We decided to wait on getting the MRI until we had more cash flow to pay for it and to see if the problem would go away. After my knee getting worse to where I couldn't bend it and I could barely walk, I finally called the doctor in the beginning of March and scheduled an MRI. Not even a week later the doctor called me with the results and told me I had PVNS (Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis) a rare disease with no real cure. He sent me to an Orthopedic Surgeon here in town and I ended up having arthroscopic surgery not even 2 weeks later. It was seriously the scariest thing I have ever done in my entire life and when I finally woke up I was bawling my eyes out and apologizing to the nurses because they had to take care of me.
2. We took a trip down to Utah the first weekend of April (just a week after my surgery) so Jacob could go to a mission reunion and so that we could see Chuck and the kids. Chuck got tickets to the Saturday morning session of General Conference and had a couple extra so we got to go with them and it was amazing. It was a very nice spur-of-the-moment trip even though I was trying to do it without my pain meds -- which I'm proud to say that I did!
3. Jacob and I started school back up in April and I got my first taste of working while going to school... Not the easiest thing in the world...
4. In June we found out that our party of 2 would be growing into a party of 3 and what a surprise that was! =) (More to come about this one)
5. I graduated BYU-Idaho in July with my Associates Degree in General Studies and Psychology.
6. The same week I graduated, Jacob quit his job at the call center where we both worked and he started his job on a carpet crew on campus that he enjoys much more.
7. Since Jacob no longer worked at the call center, in August I was made a supervisor and we were really grateful for it. We were also released from our calling as Nursery Leaders and Jacob became the Assistant Ward Clerk.
8. In September Jacob went back to school, starting his Senior year, and we found out we were having a boy. Johnathan Lawrence Anderson. =)
9. In November, Jacob turned 24 and I turned 21. Party! For Thanksgiving we stayed in town so that I could work more hours and I successfully cooked Thanksgiving dinner (Turkey included). Sadly we didn't take any pictures because we are kind of bad at doing that. Haha.
10. December brought with it the close of another semester, Jacob getting his Associates, and a trip to Oregon for the Holidays and to spend time with family.
11. The beginning of this year my brother, Nick, moved out here to Rexburg and moved in with us. It is definitely different having another adult living in the apartment and I feel really bad because he has to sleep on the couch since our second bedroom has kind of been taken over with Johnathan's stuff.
12. Jacob started his internship with the detectives at the Sheriff's Office about 3 weeks ago and has really enjoyed it so far. If you have any other questions about it you really need to ask him because I don't fully understand it all. =P
13. I officially hit "full-term" on Thursday (37 weeks) and as well it was my last day of work. Not sure if it was my last day ever or just a type of maternity leave... We shall have to wait and see...

Well, there you have it. This is what has happened in the lives of Liz and Jacob (more or less) in the past year. I hope I didn't bore you to tears and I promise that I will update this much more frequently seeing as our lives are about to become a lot less boring this month. =)

Loves!

Chocolate, Snow, and Nursery...

Chocolate

Can I just say that I love cooking/baking blogs? Because I do! There's this blog (I hate to say this) that I check almost religiously. *insert shameful face here* I know that is horrible of me, but I can't help it! There are just so many delicious things to drool over and just wish you had the motivation to make... Well, this week I came across this recipe for triple chocolate cupcakes--made from scratch might I add. I have never made cupcakes from scratch before and this recipe was just begging me to make it. So, Friday night at like 10 I caved and decided I was going to make these cupcakes even if I had to stay up all night to do so. I made the cupcakes, but sadly we didn't have any liners for the pan and even with spray they stuck to the pan and I had to dig each and every one out. =( However, my husband being the awesome guy he is, kept my spirits high and convinced me to make frosting to frost the scraps of cupcakes I had goin on. So, I made my mom's amazing vanilla butter cream frosting because I didn't have 3 blocks of cream cheese in the fridge and I just really love my mom's frosting. I whipped up the frosting, threw it on a few of the "cupcakes", and fed them to my very supportive hubby... And what do you know?!?! He loved them! I mean, don't get me wrong--you would have to be a crazy person to NOT love my mother's frosting, but I had successfully made cupcakes AND frosting all from scratch! Today (Monday) I decided I was going to make these cupcakes correctly and redeem my pride that had gone out the front door Friday night and I am pretty proud of myself right about now. =)

Snow

This winter has been pretty mild for the area, but Saturday we received some long awaited snow which was pretty awesome. Then today it was snowing again and I decided I need some more experience driving in the snow so I drove to Walmart to get a couple of things, but I felt like it wasn't any different from driving in rain or something of the like... So, tonight we decided I was going to drive around the church parking lot a block away and I was going to do cookies and what not. We (I) drove over to the parking lot and found out we weren't the only ones with the idea and there wasn't too much powder left in the middle area, but I drove to the edges and there was all this snow just asking me to slide through it and that is exactly what I did until I used it all up and I had nothing left to play with... =( I drove home hoping that it will snow a ton tonight so I can have lots of fun tomorrow. =)

Nursery

About a month ago Jacob and I were called in our ward to be assistant nursery leaders, but were never told what we were to do. Last Sunday (the 13th) we were asked if we could teach nursery the next Sunday (yesterday). Of course we said we would and that we did. I don't think I have ever felt so hopeless in my entire life as I did on Sunday in the nursery... We only had 4 kids in there, but we had no idea what we were doing! They had given us a schedule with play time, snack time, singing time, and lesson time on it but nothing else. I felt like they just fed us to the dogs (so to speak). Haha. We had no idea what the kids' names were, or even who their parents were! We were pretty much praying the entire time that the kids would be fine and that there would be no incidences. We went through the first hour happily, but as soon as that second hour started we had no idea it was going to be the longest hour of our lives! Without fail a couple of the kids wanted to play with the same toy and didn't want to share so I took the toy away. One of the kids was totally unphased that the toy was gone and just moved on to something else, but the other kid was NOT happy. He got really upset and started lashing out at the other kids so I picked him up and let him just sulk into my shoulder for a few minutes and then I got him to play on my lap with a different toy. Snack time ended with water all over the table and most likely the floor and one of the kids not wanting to have anything to do with us anymore and starting to cry. I picked him up and got him relaxed while Jacob was dealing with the other 3 kids and their needs. We then attempted to have singing time and a lesson, but it didn't turn out too well. I don't think I have ever been so happy to see parents than I did that day when they came to get their kids. Holy Hannah were we tired after that! Well, I'm off to go pray that I never have to go in there again! Haha.

Loves!

Making up for lost time.

I have been neglecting our blog like none other in the past few months and I feel horrible! Here is what has happened in the Anderson household since our last post:

1. Jacob and I both had our birthdays and had a good time sharing them with friends and family.

2.We stayed here over Thanksgiving break and went down to my sister's on Thanksgiving and had A LOT of really good food and definitely had a really good time with family.

3. A few days after Thanksgiving, Jacob and I went on a walk (a few miles worth of a walk). A couple of hours after we got home my knee swelled up like a balloon. Long story short -- it is still swollen to this day. =(

4. Jacob and I finished up the semester with A's and B's. Yay!!!

5. We went home to California and Oregon for Christmas and New Years. It was so much fun being with our families for the little time we could spend with them. It really makes me hate living in Idaho that much more...

6. I started work with Jacob at Bernett Research a few weeks back and I hate it. Haha. Not working with my husband, but just working there.

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Yesterday was quite the busy and eventful day! First of all, it was our 6 month anniversary -- which is so hard to believe! It definitely doesn't feel like we've only been married a few months, it feels a lot longer... To end our lovely Sunday I got a call from my sister around 8, saying that her water had just broke. An hour later her and her husband were dropping off the kids for Jacob to watch and I was off to the hospital with them. After 6 hours at the hospital, my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Brendan Charles, (at a whopping 8 pounds 11 ounces and 21 inches!) and everybody was ready for a nap. Haha. I went home at 5, slept for 4 hours, and then helped Jacob with the kids. It's been a long day, but it was so amazing to see and hold this precious child of God.

I'll try to do better on updating the blog more often...

Loves!

Halloween and Motherboards

Not much has changed since my last post... Sadly I don't have pictures to add with my post today, but I wish I did. First, the day before Halloween we had a family dinner at my sister's house that was pumpkin-themed. I wanted to make something different for it and that is what I did. I found this recipe for "pumpkin truffles" and I knew right away that is what I was going to make. The recipe says that it makes about 24 "truffles" and I thought that it wouldn't be enough because we were taking them to a family dinner. I then decided to double the recipe... BIG MISTAKE! It made roughly 100 balls! Yikes! We let them sit in the freezer over night and the next day I went to work on dipping them and I (not so quickly) went through 3 bags of white chocolate chips and only got 2/3 of the pumpkin balls dipped. I made an executive decision to dip the rest in semi-sweet chocolate and it used about a bag and a half of chocolate chips to finish them. Needless to say I was VERY happy when I was finally done. Haha. They turned out really good and we are still enjoying them to this day. =)
On Halloween Jacob didn't have to work so we stayed in our apartment and watched Ghost Hunters. I think I have fallen in love with that show. Haha. We ended up getting 2 trick-or-treaters, but sadly we didn't have any candy to pass out... Jacob felt really bad about that... And that was basically the extent of what we did on Halloween.
The week was looking good until Wednesday came around and my computer started turning off randomly. Jacob was kind enough to take it into the Help desk (while I took a test) to fix it. They ended up saying that my motherboard was going out... Not what poor college students want to hear. We then went home and found out that my warranty had recently expired for my computer and we would have to pay everything out of pocket. Thursday my brother-in-law was kind enough to look at my computer for me and we found out that it was just my fan and that it wasn't turning on. He then took it with him to work over the weekend so we could find out what kind of fan we need to order to fix it.

Are you ready for the silver lining?

We found out today that my fan isn't broken! It just had something stuck in it! I am so incredibly happy to be getting my computer back--I have really missed it. =)
That's pretty much the extent of our lives as of lately. The next exciting thing to come is birthdays! Tomorrow Jacob turns 23! And Monday I turn 20! Birthdays are so much fun. =)

Loves!

Seat belts, Truffles, and Watermelon

I'm currently working on my side of our story and I'm hoping to have that up very soon. I have realized I can be long-winded when telling stories and what-not. Haha. We were very blessed that Jacob was able to work each of his shifts last week--even though I didn't enjoy being home by myself all day Saturday. We finally got the seat belt fixed a week ago and now we are finally safe when driving and don't have to hit it against the center console until it jingles. Yay!

I've been kind of outgoing lately and trying out new recipes. I made a chocolate chip cookie pie (which was amazing might I add). I wish I had a picture of it, but after I pulled it out of the oven I walked out of the room and by the time I came back in Jacob had already devoured half of a piece. Haha. However, I made cookie dough truffles today and they are amazing!

Cookie Dough Truffles

 

One thing I'll suggest is after you roll the dough out, instead of putting them in the fridge--put them in the freezer (otherwise they melt in the chocolate and become a big messy goop of dough and chocolate).

Other than school, work, and baking, we don't do much else, but we love when we get chances to do other stuff. We had an opportunity this last weekend to go on a double date with Jacob's old roommate, Alex. We ended up carving watermelons and making homemade apple cider. I know Jacob would agree with me when I say that Alex is amazing. Haha. Here are a few pictures of mine and Jacob's creations. =)

Jacob made a kitty to start off because we can't have a real one.

Then we made a volcano. My science teacher would be so proud. Haha.

 To finish it all up we made a happy face. =D

If there are any specifics we haven't covered--just ask and we will supply the info!
Loves!

No longer a Blogger virgin

So this is my first time using a blog...Liz says just type something, wish I was good at this. so we are just going to school, I am working, and we try and spend time together whenever we can. We are sad there is no new glee episodes until November. I dislike my job most days, but it pays the bills...well, some of them. We have been making good use of our ice cream maker, we have tried vanilla, raspberry, caramel, and mint chocolate chip. that's about all I've got, hope you enjoyed reading my first blog.

Here goes...

After a little deliberation, Jacob and I have decided to make a blog. Yay! We feel that if we (Liz) can keep this updated on a regular basis we can let more people know what is going on in our lives. So, here is to our first attempt at a blog. We hope you all enjoy it! =)
You might be wondering right now why we chose to name our blog, "Eternal Quesadillas." It's quite simple actually. We were first going to name it, "Jacob and Liz's Awesome Adventures" but felt like it should be something different. At the time we were eating quesadillas (that Jacob made) and viola! Jacob didn't understand it at first either, but when I explained it to him he thought it was perfect. I see it as Jacob is one tortilla and I am the other held together with a whole lot of cheese in between (we are very cheesy people if you didn't know). And there you have it.
Enough with the beginnings of this blog and it's name -- it's time to get on to bigger and better things!
Jake and I were married exactly 6 weeks ago and married life is flying by. We are both currently in school and trying to get used to the workload again. Haha. Jacob got a job working for a research call center here in Rexburg and works Monday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings along with all day Saturday. It's definitely hard having him gone so much when I'm left all alone for hours on end. Oh well, right?
I'm trying to keep myself busy by doing stuff with my friends and doing homework, but I had a lot of fun this last weekend. =) Monday was my old roommate's birthday so I spent practically all day Sunday making her cake. It turned out so good! Best. Cake. EVER! I'll post a picture later. Let's just say my friends all call it "Death By Chocolate" Cake. I have now run out of things to say. Haha. If you want to know anything specific, let us know and we'll let you know!
Loves!