Anniversary!

Saturday we woke up to a rainy morning. We had originally planned to go to Park City to celebrate our anniversary, but everything we wanted to do was outside! We sat around for a while and eventually the rain cleared up. Dan asked me what I wanted to do for our anniversary and I told him I wanted to go to Gardner Village because I have always wanted to go there and have never been. So we went! And it was probably the cutest place I have ever been, I LOVED it! I now have a dream of opening up a shop there and working there for the rest of my life :) It has all these cute boutiques, and little shops. We walked through all of the shops and had a fun time looking, however, everything there was pretty expensive. Even the clearance areas were expensive. Except, we did end up buying one thing. You see, we walked into a shop and it smelled so good! So I asked the lady what the smell was and she showed me these little envelopes that smell really good. You put them in your house and they make it smell good, the one I liked was called Orange Honey. It was only $2.95- so we got 2! :)

Here I am at Gardner Village with our only purchase. They even put it in a cute bag with tissue paper and a bow. Adorable!

And this is us with the big water wheel behind us at the Gardner Village.

After Gardner Village Dan took me to another craft store in Salt Lake that I have been wanting to go to. And he bought me these cute wood letters! Once we were done doing all the girly things, Dan picked the next activity. He decided he wanted to go to Boondocks, because neither of us have ever been there. It's a family fun center. We played mini golf and games in the arcade. Dan loves arcades! And did I mention the weather was perfect? It was probably in the 70's- basically unheard of for a Utah summer. It felt great to be outside and the mini golf course was the best one we have ever been to. And surprisingly, we've actually been to a lot.

Here we are at Boondocks, the sun obviously in our eyes. You can't tell, but we are on the mini golf course here.

After Boondocks, we went to Chilis for dinner. I love Chilis! We got their 2 for $20 deal, which is the best deal ever. You get an appetizer, 2 entrees, and a dessert to share, all for just $20. We then went home and watched "Night at the Museum". Ok, Dan watched "Night at the Museum," I fell asleep!

Then on Sunday, our real anniversary, we went to church. After church I planned a nice dinner for Dan. I made him steak! It's the first time i've ever made steak and it actually turned out pretty good. I was so proud of myself.

And here's the lovely table setup. Candle and all!

After dinner Ethan (Dan's brother) and Tiana (his wife), came over and ate dessert with us. We had plenty of dessert so we decided to share. We hung out with them the rest of the night.

It was a great anniversary! Thanks to my husband for doing all those cutesy things with me. He is the best!

Guess what happened...

1 year ago from today? This did:

Happy 1 year anniversary to us! It has been a really great year and it has gone by so fast. I have such an amazing husband and look forward to sharing many more years together. We have been celebrating all weekend long. I will have to write about it later. I love you, Dan! Thanks for such an awesome first year!

NY Trip

We just got back from NY, so I thought I'd post some of our photos. We had a really fun time visiting my parents!

Our condo

I am finally getting around to putting up pics of our new condo! I was going to wait until it was all clean and organized, but then i realized that would probably never happen, so here they are... please excuse the imperfections :)


This is the living room, it's what you'd see first if you walked in the door.
This is the balcony, it also has a storage closet out there, which has been very helpful!

This the kitchen, obviously, I really love the knotty alder cabinets and the black granite countertops. I also like the matching black appliances... which you can't really see.

Here is the dining area, with the floating shelves that my awesome husband put up for me. And behind those doors are the washer/dryer. There is also a pantry, it just didn't make it in the pic.

Guest bathroom. If you stay with us, you can use it!

Bedroom #1 (Dan's study)

Bedroom #2 (my craft room) and there's that huge stuffed animal!

Master bath, this is my side...

and this is Dan's side. We LOVE having 2 sinks!

This is our walk in closet. It's hard to tell, but you really can walk in! And we love it!

And here is the end of our tour, the master bedroom. It's a lot bigger than our last room, this picture doesn't really show how big it is though. I think Dan wants to get a king size bed, now that we have the room for it! Our last apt. barely fit this queen! I'm also trying to decide if i want to paint a green accent wall behind the bed... suggestions, anyone?

Hope you all enjoyed it! We are really loving it! Now come visit us so you can see the real thing. Did i mention we have a pool? :)

Pioneer Weekend

We had a fabulous long weekend, so I thought I'd blog about it. It all started Thursday night when we went to the Orem Owlz baseball game with some of my siblings. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, so I didn't get any pics of it. I had never been to one of their games, so it was a lot of fun. There also weren't too many people, so we had great seats. After the game we headed over to Dan's brothers' house where we enjoyed some cheesecake with he and his wife. We then stayed up chatting til really late. We are usually in bed by 11:00, so this 2 am night wasn't something we were used to- I haven't done that since I was single! haha

The next day we slept in and eventually made our way up to Lagoon! I love going to Lagoon, it always reminds me of my childhood. Our old bishop gave us great discount passes, so we figured we'd use them. I thought the place would be packed, considering it was a holiday, but it really wasn't packed at all. We hardly waited in any lines- the only long line was for the log flume ride where you get wet and since it was hot, it made sense the line was a long one! We rode all the rides and my sister Noelle and her bf Jared came with us. And since Dan and Jared both get sick on spinning rides, Noelle and I would go on them together while the guys sat on the sidelines. I have never gotten sick on a ride- it must be something great in our genes. The whole day Dan really wanted to play all of the games, but I didn't want to end up carrying stuffed animals around the park the whole time. So before we left to go home, we had about $15 in cash that I told Dan he could use on games. He won a few small animals and then Dan played the game where you try to get the baseball into the big jug, apparently it's pretty hard to do, but he did it and we won a huge stuffed animal! I was so proud of him! He was only the 9th person all day that had won that game- and the girl there said that is a lot of winners for one day. I love having a husband who is good at all of those games- you have no idea how many stuffed animals he has won for me out of games like that. When we have children, they will have plenty of toys waiting for them! That night we came home exhausted, but had a great time!Here we are waiting for the ride Wicked! I look really red, I didn't get sunburned, but it was really hot!

And here is the stuffed animal Dan won for me. It really is huge!

Saturday morning I had to get up at 6:30 am to be at BYU for a test at 7:30 am. It's called the Praxis and it's a test all teachers are required to take to certify. They basically test you on all subjects. It's hard to study for, because you have no idea what will be thrown at you. I think I did pretty well, but I won't get my scores for a month. The only part I wasn't sure about was the social studies. Hopefully I was good at guessing! After the test I came home and took a 2 hour nap! We then went to see Harry Potter. Dan has been waiting to see it. I wasn't sure if I would like it, since I hadn't read the book, but I really liked it! It was probably my favorite HP movie yet. I think I liked it because there wasn't as much violence in this one. And they had cute little love stories going on.

We had a great weekend! And soon I will post photos of our new condo. We are finally all settled in. I just have to make sure it's clean before I take any photos!