Downtown

Can you tell where we went?  I'll give you a clue...I dressed to match the scenery.

I guess the posters in the window give it away.  Yep, we went and saw The Lion King at Capitol Theatre!  Man, the costumes were stunning.  We really liked it.  It was a great night out. 

On our way back to the car we stopped and watched the 10:00 news being filmed for a bit.  It was fun to watch the meteorologist point to the green screen and to read the teleprompter of the news casters while they read stories.  So, if you were watching channel 2 and saw a girl in a zebra coat in the background, you know who it was.

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 :)

Time in the sun

A sunny vacation, oh man I was so ready for it! I'm pretty sure this was the first time I took more than a day off work all year.  We spent last week up at Bear Lake with my family and my aunt/uncle/cousins.  Fourteen of my favorite people, it was so much fun to be with them all every day!  We had two sail boats up there and had a blast on those.  You wouldn't think a ride on a sail boat could be very wild, but leave it to Scott...he's not afraid of high winds! 

One night a bunch of us went out for a night swim in the lake.  It was awesome!  We wore glow stick bracelets and swam to the nearest buoy and back in the dark, we were the only ones out there- it was eerie, cool & unforgettable! 

We also went golfing while we were there, and my sister in law and I found out that we are perfect golfing buddies!  There were several times that after our first drives, our golf balls literally landed a foot apart.  I was excited to get my first bogey ever (one over par) during the game.

It's back to the daily grind now, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.  But it was nice to get at least one vacation in this summer. 

China & Cotton

Instead of going out of town for our anniversary, this year we decided to buy ourselves some gifts.  We love a good excuse to buy stuff.  We looked online to find out what the 'traditional 2nd anniversary gifts' are supposed to be.  The first site we went to said 'china' or 'cotton'.  Forget the 'or'...we got both!

We didn't get fine china when we got married, so we decided to pick a pattern and start our collection.  We both instantly loved one of the first settings we saw (Chirp, by Lenox).  We window shopped for a while making sure we looked at everything available, then decided that we really weren't going to like anything more than the Chirp pattern.  It was just our luck that Macy's was having a sale that day, so we got about $40 off the settings!

We have promised each other that we really are going to use it, it won't just sit in our cabinets!  Growing up (and still now) my mom always used her beautiful china on holidays, birthdays, etc.  I loved it (especially since her china is called "Heather").  I can picture Scott and I still pulling these plates out even when we  have grandchildren.

For cotton, our gift to each other was finally buckling down and tackling a project we've had in the works all summer.  We made our own rug! We have a pretty hefty sized living room and have been aching for an area rug to help fill it.  In the past I couldn't find anything cheap (and cute) enough to fit the bill. My sister in law sent me this tutorial  and I knew I wanted to give it a shot.  Scott and I watched The Count of Monte Cristo (the movie we watched on our very first date) while we made the rug together.  It was definitely a two person job.

We absolutely love how it turned out! It is actually pretty thick & sturdy, I think it should last us a while- maybe till we have been married 5 or 10 years!  I still can't believe we have been married two years already.  Life is good :)

It Takes Two

Heather and I often have and talk about those times when you suddenly realize that you love each other more than you did before. We cherish these rare kind of days.

Let me explain...
There are times in your relationship when you think I cannot possibly love her any more than I do now. You feel like your love is deeper and stronger than you ever thought it could be. Then after seemingly nothing has changed you find yourself in a moment where you clearly can see that your love is better than it was at the time of your last epiphany.

Well I had one of those moments just yesterday. We woke up at the crack of dawn (after a 1 am movie bender) to go to the Sealing of Heather's best friend Kajsa (to Monty). We spent the morning with them inside the Salt Lake Temple. Which is always a sweet experience because we were married there as well. Afterward we made our way to Tucano's for a Brazilian style luncheon featuring all you can eat meat. Another choice experience.

We then split up for a few hours. She went to work for a huge show. I went to the U of U to change and decide on a new major.

Later I joined her at work to help sell tickets at their biggest show if the year, Josh Turner. Her boss was kind enough to sell tickets for us once that show started so we could sit on the grass and enjoy the concert. As the night neared and the darkness filled the sky we sat together taking it all in. Josh came to a song where he asked each of us to raise our hands if we were "madly" in love. We both did so as he went into "I Wouldn't Be A Man." She was now leaning on my shoulder as my head rested on the top of hers. I was breathing in the scent of her over-priced salon shampoo and my heart began to race.

My mind quickly reviewed the significant events of the day, as only your mind can do, and I realized this was "one of those days" when the experience of the temple, and the atmosphere of the open air concert, and the realization that we will celebrate our two year wedding anniversary on Monday all culminate to make you see that you are more in love that you previously thought possible.

I love you Heather. You are the greatest ever. You're my favorite. There is no one like you. I love having you as a best friend, to be with everyday. It has been the greatest two years of my life. "We knew it from the start" but I have to say we didn't know it would be this good and we still don't know how great it will become.

Thanks for 2 spectacular years "B"!