vegas

last week we went to vegas.  we bought a deal on living social and got a steal of a deal at the jw marriott.  we even got a 100 dollar resort credit with which i got a hot stone massage, oh.my.gosh.  heaven on earth.  we spent the rest of the time hanging out with our friends nate & heather and getting to remember why we are best friends {after a week with the twins it was just what we needed}.  i love having those moments when i get to remember who i am and see that fun, flirting, handsome man i fell in love because we don't have to worry about our day to day responsibilities.  i love you forrest brett, thanks for the great week in vegas. 

 

elf on the shelf intro

we are living with my parents right now and i figured what better time to invite our elf on the shelf than when living with the 7 year old little girl who is questioning her belief on all things magical.  although i have to admit i'm kind of smitten with minty myself!!  our elf is named peppermint but prefers that we call him minty.  today he brought a special letter from santa claus with instructions and information about our elf and doughnuts for the whole family, including himself what a smart elf!  we are so excited to see what happens every day this holiday season! 
Merry Christmas all!!

c a m p i n g

well, like the slacker i am i didn't have pictures of the headboard on monday.  in fact it isn't even hung yet.  tonight.  forrest has to help me hang it tonight.  but i do have a good excuse, we went camping for a few days at one of our favorite spots called mill hollow.  it is up past heber and kamas, so a little bit of a drive but the view is so pretty.  we stayed the first night by ourselves, forb and i have been camping together a lot of times over the past 2 1/2 years but have never actually been camping alone.  it was so fun but so odd, i don't feel old enough to go camping without adults....err i mean we are the adults.  i feel like i'm having a mini crisis, it just hit me that pretty soon i'll be the mom and forrest will be the dad and we'll be in charge of packing everything for everyone and always entertaining and feeding and providing and a whole sleuth of things.  {and they say camping is relaxing, excuse me for a minute while i have a hard time breathing in this fresh mountain air}  okay really, not that dramatic but i swear yesterday i was 12.  that being said our very first completely alone camping trip went rather smoothly.  we only forgot camping chairs, but who needs those when you have massive rock chairs around the fire pit.  oh and i guess i forgot mayo and mustard for our lunch but chik-fil-a came in handy with their little packets of each.  we pretty much hung out, walked around and did nothing.  went to bed early, maybe a little too early.  i didn't sleep too well the first night we were there and around 4 am i was just laying there trying to get comfy and i heard freaky noises and footsteps.  i was terrified.  real real terrified.  so a few minutes later i whispered to forb, are you awake?  and he said yes.  i asked if he had heard the noise, he said yes.  he told me we weren't in any danger.  so we laid there for a few minutes, he asked if i wanted to go for a drive i said no it's okay.  the longer i laid there the more i felt like i was going to vomit, then i thought when are we ever both wide awake at 4 in the morning, so i finally said where are we going to go.  we got dressed and i ran to the car.  ha ha i'm such a scared little girl.  we drove to the heber wal-mart so i could use the restroom and we needed mantles for our lantern.  it took about 2 hrs there and back so it was around 6:3O when we were driving back to camp and the sun was rising.  we saw lots of deer, but i see lots of deer driving my car in alpine so i hadn't bothered to put my contacts back in yet.  when suddenly forb yelled  "MOOOSE"  i put my contacts in as fast as i could and we saw 2 bull moose.  they are my favorite animal so it was amazing!  we drove back to camp and slept for a few hours.  then sean and brittany came up and camped with us.  i was definitely ready for a shower and our bed by the end, but camping and laughing around the fire was just what i needed.

t h e l a t e s t

i told you in my bedroom post that i was in the process of making us a headboard for our bed.  i'm glad to say i'm in the final stages of said headboard.  i'm just trying to decide on final touches.  i found inspiration on pinterest of course.  its been a bit of a task, because instead of tracking down weathered wood i made my own.  i beat the heck out of it, sanded it, stained it with tea, paint, steel wool & apple cider vinegar.  but i'm actually really happy with the results!  i cannot wait to finish it and get it above the bed.  hoping to have final pictures to share by monday!  and next on the bedroom list of things to do...pillows.  find them.  make them. buy them.  whatever just get some that i cannot live with out!  

here is a little peek at the wood.  

it's a love thing

well not much to say that you don't already know...i could rave about the boy & how i'm the luckiest because he is my valentine or how perfect he is for me. but i know you all already know how much i adore him because it isn't just on valentines that he makes me feel special or that i am gushy about us being love birds.

that being said, on valentines day he really surprised me & set up a fancy dinner {he brought in the trees, the chandelier, the table, everything}.

it was perfection.

we had dinner & watched a movie of my choice.

nothing superbly different than a normal night for us.

& guess what...i wouldn't change a thing, because everynight with him really is bliss.

new year's eve

since i was little i waited & waited for my new year's eve kiss.

this year i've been so busy trying to make sure everything is perfect it hadn't even crossed

my mind.

i love that last night as we talked about our new years eve fun,

"he" was the one to remind me i'd be "his" new year's kiss.

it's the little things that keep me falling in love all over again.

hope you have a wonderful new year's eve

xo

22

turned 22. had an awesome day. lots of love from everyone, i have such amazing friends & family! the boy tricked me in order to surprise me, & i must say even though it was a mean trick i loved it. i think he loved it more than me though.
here is the gift wrapped & waiting for me to open it...wal-mart bag classy {not only was it wrapped in a wal-mart bag, it was 5 bags, newspaper ad & another wal-mart bag ha ha}

this is the best picture because at this point i thought he really had gotten me a piggy bank & he is stoked because i was so disappointed.

come to find out i had a coupon for dinner & tim mcgraw tickets on july 30th waiting inside the piggy bank for me!!! {as a clue the card said, remember its whats inside that really matters} just what i wanted!!!!

mint brownies :) then we went to the pg rodeo so fun but freezingggg!!
it really was the best birthday i can remember, 22 isn't so bad yet.