A day in the life of...us

I haven't known what to blog about lately, we're just settling into our fall routine.  For lack of anything else to talk about, I decided to take pictures all day on Sunday and just give a glimpse of our day through pics.

7am Sunday, it felt too early to be up, but it was a beautiful morning.

Why was I up so early?  This little gal was running circles like crazy in her squeaky wheel.  I must have been sleeping pretty light because it woke me up, and I decided I might as well stay up.

I finished preparing my sharing time lesson (for the little kids at church). 





Scott was dressed and ready for his 7:45am church meeting.  Might I say he looks pretty handsome in his shiny gray suit.

Then it was my turn to get ready for our 9:00 church, and by some miracle, I was ready on time!

Look how surprised I was! (yes, I took this picture of myself...but yes, I really was surprised I was ready on time!)

After a nice time at church we came home, changed into some comfy clothes, and did what most people do... memorize the state capitols.

Seriously though, we bought some $1 flash cards at Target once and every now and then we sit down and try to memorize every state capitol.  Quiz us next time you see us!

Pretty soon I was out like a light.  When I woke up, my face was totally indented from the square pattern on the pillow.  I'm glad we don't have a picture of that...

When I woke up, I found that Scott had made his favorite treat, caramel puffs, all by himself.

After Scott got back from another church meeting, we were on our way to my parents house for Sunday dinner.  Scott couldn't find his sunglasses, so he just borrowed some of mine :) 

After eating, we got into an intense game of Bananagrams, one of our favorites!

We missed my sister Ashley, but we did get to skype with her later that evening.

Our little niece sat in her chair like a big girl :)  She is usually our entertainment for the evening.  We all just sit around and listen to her "stories" and watch her dance.

Back at home, Scott checked to make sure he had everything done for school the next day.

And that sums it up! Just a regular day here at our home. At least it's a blog post.  I was feeling guilty :)

Our Anniversary

I really can hardly believe this all happened a year ago. Time is a funny thing! I can easily say this year has been one I'll always always look back on with happiness and fondness. Scott and I have had the best time together. We have had so many blessings come our way it is unbelievable!We had fun celebrating our anniversary this weekend. We had an amazing time Friday going to the Salt Lake Temple with my parents. It was so special to go back to that beautiful place where we were married. My parents took us out for a nice dinner after, it was a lot of fun! And we loved riding in Dad's mini cooper.

On Saturday we went to Park City. We went to the Olympic Park and rode the zip line, which I've always wanted to do. It was so fun. (the pic is not of us...but for those of you who haven't seen what that zip line is like- here it is!)

After that, we checked in to our hotel, The Sundial, at the Canyons. It was awesome I loved it.
Then we had a light dinner at a great sushi restaurant on Main Street.

When we were getting up to leave the restaurant, I looked down and Scott had somehow sneaked a present on the table! It was a beautiful opal necklace that brought tears to my eyes! How special!!! I'll always remember our first anniversary when I wear it.

After dinner we stopped by the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and shared an 'apple pie' caramel apple. These treats are incredible.


Anyways, it was a perfect little get-a-way to celebrate one great year.

a few happenings

Last weekend we babysat two of our nieces for a couple days, a 3 year old and a 14 month old. They were VERY well behaved, but it was still pretty exhausting. We tried taking them to church with us and I ended up jumping ship about an hour in. After this experience I am so impressed at how clean their house is, and how cute my sister in law Bri always looks. The house was a disaster after us being there one evening, and I could never find time to even comb my hair.
The picture is in honor of Livi, who is the biggest princess fan I've ever met. Aurora is my favorite.

Luke and I got to perform together this week at a Sons of the Utah Pioneers banquet. It is always fun to play with my brother- he becomes an instant favorite everywhere he goes. We mostly did fiddling mixed with some songs from the early 1900's. It was an older crowd :) Scott turned pages for us and did a terrific job. We got a nice dinner and met some great people!

Tonight we're taking Luke (wow we've seen each other a lot this week) to the Draper Temple open house. I'm sure it will be beautiful.

And finally, I love our credit union since you can personalize your debit card. Don't worry these aren't the real thing. No shopping sprees on us!

Watch out...we're watching you

We went to the gateway to check out the new Tucano's for dinner (Scott's favorite). As we were walking Scott says "Hey! That's Memo". Sure enough- Mr. Okur. Man he's tall.

We were talking about how fun it was to see a famous rich person while we walked into the restaurant. We were seated at a table and all of a sudden Scott says "No Way!" and got a huge grin on his face. I followed his gaze, and sure enough, two tables away was THIS guy.

So cool! It was fun to watch people come in and see which ones recognized him. Wow- he has a PRESENCE.

When we left the restaurant, we were laughing about seeing TWO famous people when we turned the corner and...

I love newscasters and this gal is tops, so I was way excited! Scott recognized her too and we burst out laughing!
So we now have a new hobby...people watching.

Bittersweet...

Our Relief Society presidency was released yesterday. It's a pretty weird feeling! I was emotional about it for a few days, I felt like I needed more time. There are projects I didn't get to finish and things I didn't start...but I realized pretty quick I had to let it go, it's someone elses turn. One of the best things about student wards like mine is getting to have callings like I had. I really got to see how the church is run. It's changed the kind of member I'll be from now on!