1 Year & 4 Days Ago.....

One year down and many many wonderful years to come. I can't believe it has been one yr already! On November 14, 2008 I didn't think I could Love the man in front of me any more than I did at that moment but a yr later I can honestly say I'm even more madly in Love with him! He has surprised me so much, I thought he would be a really great partner but he has shown me so much more. He is so helpful, kind, smart, loving, and well he makes me humble and want to become a better person. I know that sounds a bit cliche but it's true and I know a yr isn't very long but we made through and I can't wait to see what challenges and joy this next year will bring us.

To celebrate our anniversary we went to the temple ( I thought it was only appropriate). By the time we got out it was dark so the picture didn't turn out well but, the draper temple was beautiful and it was such a great experience going back exactly one year from being sealed to each other.


Mike also got me these books I've been dreaming about for awhile... Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Erye.

TRICK OR TREAT

For the weekend we rented a condo up in Park City. Everything was going really well the boys let us go shopping and we ate where we wanted to until .... We were going to go to the store and get treats to munch on while playing games and our husbands got a great idea. They dressed us up in Brad & Caitie's Banana costumes and wanted us to pretend we were in jr high and trick or treat. I have no idea how we got talked into that but off Caitie and I went while our husbands drove behind us. We were having a great time at the beging laughing, running inbetween houses, and not to mention people loved our costumes! But A little later after we had gathered quite the stash we caught on to our husbands using us so we put this little trick to an end. But we were quite satisfied while playing games that we had some good FREE candy right at our finger tips. Never again will we listen to our husbands again though... we felt a bit used and a little stupid that were sometimes older than the people giving us candy!

It was very dark so people couldn't really see our faces and didn't question our ages!

Greg Mortenson

Three Cups of Tea is our favorite book, it also brings us back because it was the book we read on the train rides in Europe on our honeymoon! Weird memory but the book just holds a special place in our heart. Anyways the author of this book Greg Mortenson spoke at the BYU devotional and he is just an inspiring man. I always imagined him to be a very kind and respectful man. When I watched him sing the hymns with us confirmed my imagination and made me really happy to see him respect our religion by joining in. Mike and I are just so impressed with dedication to bring education to Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the affect of an education on girls means having strong mothers in the home that won't allow their sons to join the talabans. The peace he has promoted by doing these acts of service is unreal and we were so thrilled to see Greg speak. He didn't disapoint us and if you haven't had a chance to read this book I recommend you do so!

Thanks for the wild weekend!

Our friends Brad & Caitie really know how to show us a good time. We went up to Blackfoot, ID to visit them since we haven't been up there since their wedding, oh and it was Brad's birthday. We stayed up late and ate lots of sugar! We also went to a haunted house, and I wish I could have captured Caitie's face when the sound of chain saw begun. It was classic her face was filled with pure horror and panic, this is awful but I could stop laughing. We can't wait for another wild weekend.

These pictures were from a different weekend but I forgot to get pictures last weekend so here are some oldies but goodies.

Tis' the Season!

Ignore me in this photo, it was very late and I look pretty scary. But i guess it's okay to look scary because it is Halloween time! Anyways I made this pumpkin cake and i was so thrilled it actually turned out. To my surprise the person that was most excited that I made such a cool cake was mike... he was so happy for me! He's very sweet and supportive of my crazy baking kicks. Lately I have really been loving the magazine family circle, it has provided me with some really great recipes and ideas. So a big thank you goes out to Family Circle Magazine for this little delightful treat!

I'm Obsessed!

Oh the joys of cycling class. The moment the teacher said remove your seat I fell in love with this class. It is the total body workout and our teacher is crazy! She has us do push-ups, pull-ups, squats, and abs while cycling. And I'm convinced all can do it, the momentum of the peddling just keeps you going. So Go find a cycling class and join in on the fun. Oh and a special thanks to Becca for being by my side to keep me going as well!

Happy Birthday Cherise Lynn!

Happy Birthday to my dear sister Cherise. We love you so much and you have been a great older sister, you are one of my favorite sisters. ( That is quite the accomplishment since I only have two and both are so cool that they both are my favorites) We are sad we are not there to celebrate with you and party it up. But know that Mike and I did go out to celebrate your birthday by seeing the movie FAME! We enjoyed it and we were very thankful for you being born on the day of the opening so we could see such an inspiring flick. If you were here we would have taken you with us but instead we took you in our hearts. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERISE! WE LOVE YOU!