Bryce's Birthday, Conference and Easter

Well, it has been a long time since I have taken the time to make a post. A lot of things have been going on around here lately! School is definitely coming down to the wire, and after I write this post I have to go to campus to work on a project for four hours, bleh. But anywho, let us talk about the fun stuff!!

March 30 was my brother-in-law Bryce's 22 birthday. We all had a busy day, but Brad and I and Karee and Josh took the time to make Bryce some brownies, get some ice cream and sing happy birthday. It was nice to just hang out with the Jurgensmeier's for the evening. :) (and yes Karee, I just got the squiggly red line under Jurgensmeier, but surprisingly, not under Karee. Interesting!)

Bryce Blowing out his "candles". It's ok, because the brownies and ice cream still look delish!! I also took sole responsibility in singing Happy Birthday in Indonesian to Bryce, a Bell Family tradition. :) Sadly, Brad says he still doesn't "know the words", but one day I will have taught it all to him.

A good thing to do while at birthday parties is help each other with homework. Well, at least that is what Karee and Brad like to do. I guess that is what takes the place of dancing in their lives??? ;) Don't worry, one day we will turn them into dancing machines.

And then came Easter! We woke up to a delicious Easter Basket, and Brad got me some beautiful spring flowers and some of my favorite chocolates! It was a nice treat to have while watching conference together!



























Somehow, we got lucky enough to get tickets to the Sunday Afternoon session of Conference in Salt Lake! I had never been before, so I was really excited to finally have the experience. Brad and I got there early, so we got some pretty nice seats!

All in all, it was a really nice weekend. Now back to the grind of finishing school, and off to campus to work all day in the Mac Lab! Ahh!! I am excited to see a lot of family in a few weeks at Jeff and Kathy's Wedding, it's gonna be so fun!

The Twins are Celebrities!

The twins were interviewed on camera for their school newspaper, and I just had to post it! I am very proud of all of their accomplishments and their Celeb status at Briar Woods High School :) Its crazy to think that the twins will be in college next year! What are mom and dad going to do?? haha. The Bell girls will forever be cool! Check out their interview with the link below...

http://my.hsj.org/Schools/Newspaper/tabid/100/view/frontpage/schoolid/2524/articleid/341183/newspaperid/2529/Its_a_Twin_Thing.aspx

So Offended!!

Yesterday in my Elang class, someone was trying their VERY HARDEST to make me upset. So here is the story...

Everyday in class, we have a presentation on a word or phrase that is commonly misused in the English language. Yesterday, the controversy was between the two phrases "reason is beacause" and "reason is that". According to the rule, "reason is because" is redundant, as the word because means "for the reason that". ANYWHO, we still use this term all the time in everyday speech, and the guy who was giving the presentation decided to give an example of how we would use it today

"For example, the reason that people don't go to Women's basketball games at BYU is because it is extremely boring. And, I know this first hand because my roommate went and said it was boring."

WHAT THE HECK??? I could not believe this garbage came out of this child's mouth. Number 1, you do NOT have first hand knowledge because your roommate went. First hand knowledge comes from your experience. Secondly, why would you openly disgrace a part of the athletic institution at your own dang school? I mean, I might not be on the best terms with the whole coaching staff, but I don't going around dissing the team right and left! i mean, come on, they are second in the conference. It just irks me. Womens basketball is a different sport than mens. Yea, it might not be extremely fast paced with people dunking right and left, but it still takes extreme technique, athleticism and hard work. And I bet you I could take that loser kid in a game of basketball any day.

I was just fuming that he chose to be rude in an in class presentation. Fine, you can have your own ideas about what sports you like, but don't just diss it in front of a huge class. Grrr. He is probably just a pansy boy anyway. I bet that a lot of the girls on the basketball team could hang with the guys on the mens team. But what do I know, I have just been playing basketball for 14 years of my life...

And especially during the Olympics! Just because womens sports are a little different does NOT make them less important or less intense. You are just choosing to be offensive and sexist. We should support all the female atheletes, especially those who can compete at such high levels of athleticism. Go ballers!

7 Months of Marriage :)

Ohhh what a husband I have :) I came home from class today to these on the table...

This in the oven...

and this hunk waiting to take care of and serve me! What a wonderful husband I have!

What a surprise for our seven month "anniversary" :). It was a delicious dinner of Mint chicken, baked potatoes and Caesar salad. I sure am a lucky one! I love being a Jurgensmeier and hanging out with this guy everyday :)

Olympic Trials in Deer Valley

This weekend was definitely awesome!! Karee and Josh and invited me, Brad, Bryce and Bryce's friend to come up to Deer Valley to see some Olympic Trial Events. Deer Valley is so pretty! It is basically the same area as Park City. It would definitely be sweet to have a condo there! Anywho, we watched some Olympic Freestyle Aerial Events. The event we watched was actually a qualifier for the Olympic games. There were 12 girls and 12 guys, and the top three from each group won money and plaques and also a spot on their respective countries' Olympic Teams. It was really fun, and really cold!!

Brad and I in front of the Aerial Event before it started. We had to trudge up a huge mountain to get there! It was crazy, but definitely fun to slide down at the end!

Before the event, they had skiers trudge down the slope to prep it for landing. They also spread pine needles across the landing area so the fliers could spot their landing from sixty feet in the air! It was so high!

Karee and Josh enjoying the view as well :)

This was after the event, but we had so much fun! There was music and fireworks after. Josh and I were trying to teach Karee and Brad to dance, with no avail.

This is the Mogul Slope. It was right next to the aerial slope. On this, skiers bump up and down on the large bumps in the snow. We didn't get to watch this, but the slope was cool to see!

Of course, I couldn't leave without taking some AWESOME videos of the skiers as they jumped. The ones with the yellow bibs are ranked #1 in the world, men and womens. The girl who was actually wasn't #1, which was pretty cool. The #1 girl was from China, and I don't remember the guy. He did win though. Enjoy the videos! It will almost seem like you were there :)

The video above is the best aerialist in the World! She is from China, and she flew just as high as the men! It was ridiculous!

Pretty sweet huh? I don't know how you get into this sport, but its pretty awesome! Man, i wish i went to BYU during the Salt Lake Olympics!

Oh the Christmas Holiday

This year, Christmas was a bit different for me. Bradley and I went to his family's house up in Rupert, Idaho. I must admit, I was a little sad to not be spending any time with my family, and also sad that I wouldn't be visiting Virginia at all. But Brad's family definitely made me feel welcome, and we had a really fun break.

Before break started, however, life was pretty hectic! We had a week full of finals, studying, and tying up all loose ends. I had a heck of a time trying to get all my studying in...just look at all of the notecards I made!!


I was definitely super excited when my last final was over, even though it was at 7:00 IN THE MORNING!!! That definitely made it more tough. However, finishing finals made the excitement for break that much bigger!


Right before Christmas Break, Brad and I even found time to have a small Christmas party with our friends at our apartment. We had a few treats, a few Christmas decorations, and a few good friends to celebrate. Even in busy times, Brad and I find time to party and have good times with friends!

Brad playing the Wii with Karee and Josh.

Our very first Christmas Tree! It is snowflake themed! Thanks Mamma Bell :)

Some nice decorations from Target; you can't go wrong with decor from Target! Erin will back me up on this :)

Some of the yummy Christmas treats!

Haha I had to add this picture of Bradley. This was after Sunday dinner with Jeff and Kathy. Brad is doing a rather awesome impression of a monkey with symbols! DANCE MONKEY DANCE! (Zoolander)

After we had our party and our finals, Brad and I spent good quality time with his family in Rupert. We had fun playing Hand and Foot, Dominos and a million other card games! We also saw Avatar in 3D! It was AWESOME! I was actually thinking that the movie was really stupid looking, but I was definitely proven wrong. We also had fun times playing basketball and stuff with the family. Kevin even shattered the backboard!! I have a picture of it, but for some reason its not working so I will try to add it later. I had fun getting to know Brad's older siblings a little better, and also playing with our nephews and playing in the snow. Here are some pics. Enjoy :)

Alyssa, Cory and Joshy on Christmas :)
Tate and Beau opening presents!

The Montgomery cousins visiting Grandpa at the hospital on Christmas Eve

Brad and our newest nephew, Baby Beau!

Kevin and Joshy taking a nap

Finally, Brad, Kevin and I had some fun playing in the snow on New Years Day. It was sad to leave Rupert and go back to school, but we are excited that Bradley is graduating this semester!

This is the same field that was a beautiful green color where we took pictures for our wedding. What a special day we will never forget, and I love Bradley even more after six whole months!

Happy New Year to all! :)

Good ol'... Brad?

Just a quick video post before I take the time to make my Christmas post! Hope all is well with everyone.

I love my Bradley :)