Tuesday, March 17, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS Kory!!!

Yesterday Kory got accepted to his major within the BYU Marriott School of Business!

Just in case you didn't know why that is so cool... Business Week ranked the BYU Marriott School #5 in the nation for top undergraduate business schools! Ranked above UC-Berkely, MIT, Cornell, and Emory!




Mom is really excited that Kory will be hanging out at her old stomping grounds. She graduated from the Marriott School of Business in Accounting. Everyone else is excited for him too!

Kory we're so proud of you, congrats!

By the way... don't forget to check out the blog posted before this and comment for the give-away! One more spot left! :)

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Ana Lee's Own Giveaway!

" Here is the deal: The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me.
My choice.
For you.
This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be photography, I may sew or paint something. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely creative."




The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your own blog and offer the same deal to 5 of your own lucky blog readers. So, the first 5 people to leave a comment telling me they are in, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it."


My friend Lauren posted this on her blog. I was so excited I almost was the first to post a comment without reading the rest. Then I figured, I should probably read the rest before I post. I hesitated for a second but decided that this is a really great idea! I am excited to use my talents to create something for my family/friends. Also, Lauren is very talented, I am excited to see what she will make for me. This will be fun!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Where Has the Time Gone!?

I haven't blogged in forever because (1) We're super busy, and (2) Kory has his computer all of the time so I can't get the pictures off of his camera.

We have some fun pics from our Canada trip (February 18-22) I'd like to share. That trip was so great! We flew up to Seattle on Wednesday night. Rick picked us up from the airport and took us over to Don and Jodi's house. It was fun to see the Fowles and get a tour of their new business operation, Eagle Ink. Thursday morning we woke up and got ready to head to the shop to catch the super nice charter bus. But first, Kory had to take me to get a donut from the Donut Shop, yum! I loved having a chance to get away, and hang out with Mom and Dad Hjelm, and Celeste and Bryan. Up in Canada we went out to dinner, played card games, and relaxed in the hot pools. Good times! We came home Saturday, and Kory and I went to see the Fowles again. Later Adam (Carissa's husband) flew in Saturday night because he had interviews in Tacoma the next few days. It was fun to have him there, all of us played cards again that night. I told Rick we had to have his famous guacamole before I left, so for Sunday dinner we had fajitas! Kory and I both love family time.

Coming home was a little stressful. I just have so much school work all of the time it is hard to keep up. Then with work on top of that. I've been doing ok lately.

The next weekend, February 28th, we got to go to Savannah Cheney's baptism! It was so fun to see the Cheney cousins. After the baptism Jon and Gina has us over for naffle waffles, which are waffles with ice cream and strawberries. Can you tell it was Savannah's choice? Klyn, Kay Lynn, Brett and Mikalla were all there. We had fun visiting. Then Brett, Mikalla, Kory and I went downstairs and watched the movie Sky High. I love that movie, I think it is cute. We totally forgot our camera though! We were so busy leaving straight from work it slipped our minds.

That night Kory and I celebrated our year of dating :) We went to California Pizza Kitchen at the Gateway which is where we had our first "date." After dinner we went to Barnes and Noble and read through some books together. It was actually really fun. We saw The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey at Jon and Gina's house earlier that day. I am always talking about things that Dave Ramsey says with Kory. So he was inspired to get us the book. It was a fun little date.


I can't believe it is already half way through March and here I am telling you about February! This month I have been counting my calories at Livestrong. It is totally free and it has been a lot of fun to see how I am doing just being healthy.

Other than that we have just been enjoying having a nice sunny day every now and then. Also some random snowy days. We are both keeping super busy with work and school. And I am getting super excited to pick my brother from his mission on the 25th! Woo hoo!