A Trip to the Museum

We've almost made it! I have two more days of school left and Brax has 3 more weeks. (Not that we're counting.) Surprisingly, somewhere between school, work, and Netflix, we've actually managed to go out and have a little fun. This past Saturday, we planned on going up to the Natural History Museum to check out their exhibit on the history of chocolate. We actually did go all the way up there- but the line was out the door and we decided we could better spend our time at lunch than reading about a food that would just make us hungrier. So we grabbed some BWWs and went to the Museum of Contemporary Art instead. It was about what you would expect from a contemporary art museum-- weird and mostly incomprehensible, but in an entertaining way. They had everything from a clothesline with lingerie and rocks to a video of "Mars". Our favorites were the video of the Guatemalan Civil War being reenacted in a Home Depot parking lot (again, pretty much impossible to understand what was going on, but entertaining), and Yoko Ono's wish tree.

I mean, really, I dare you to Google image search "teacup pig" and NOT wish for one.

Month One

Yesterday marked one whole month of married life! Here's a look back at some of the things we've been up to since we became "The Excells."

BYU Graduation. Braxton took a hellish load of classes this last semester- including an online class and cramming for days to pass the Physical Science exemption exam, and planning a wedding. So even though he's still finishing up his last three classes this Spring term, we still used graduation as a time to celebrate all B's hard work. Steve and Kelli got to come out from Ames to celebrate with us, we couldn't be happier they took the time to make a long trip out for it!

We like to think we're becoming the chefs now that we're breaking in a kitchen and supplies of our own. So far my job is find the recipes (thanks Pinterest) and Braxton's is to cook them. :) Although, he has a pretty great sous chef, if I may say so myself.

We found a recipe we love for P.F. Chang's lettuce wraps (here) that we loved so much we didn't take the time to take a picture, but a close favorite is mongolian beef (here) and fried rice.

It should come to a surprise to no one that our list of favorite family recipes so far consists of like 85% Chinese food. We actually got more than one wok as wedding gifts-- some couples get multiple toasters, we get multiple woks. And we're okay with that.