Anniversary Number Five

This past weekend, Rick and I celebrated our five year anniversary!

In some ways it seems like time has flown, but in other ways it feels like five years seems so long ago. 

We have learned and grown so much these past few years and we know we will continue to do so as the years go on.
 

Grandma Kathy took the girls overnight so we went up to SLC to shop around at City Creek, walk the temple grounds where we were sealed, and go to one of our favorite sushi restaurants. 

As we sat down to dinner, we started thinking about what the past five years has consisted of and how much things have changed. 

We started a list and wrote down where our life was in 2007, where our life is right now in 2012, and where we would like our life to be in 2017. 

In some areas we've improved and others we could do better:

Rick has lost 20 lbs, very much an improvement for him!

Although, Rick's weight loss doesn't say much about my cooking...an area I could do better in.

You mark my word, in 2017 I will be Betty Crocker! ;)

It was fun to see what we have accomplished in the past five years as husband and wife and also forecast where we would like to be in the years ahead.

One thing is for sure, our greatest accomplishment is our sweet little girls.
They have definitely changed our life and our marriage, but so much for the better.
 

I'm so grateful for the past five years and love Rick more than I can say. 

Can't wait to see what the next five have in store for us!

June 1, 2012

Anniversary Number Three

I am a day late, but couldn't forget to post that we celebrated our 3rd anniversary yesterday. June 1, 2007 was the day I made the best decision of my life to marry Rick. As some of you know, I did not make it very easy on him during our engagement. I was scared to death of marriage. I put him through a torturous one year long engagement with a few canceled wedding dates in between. If only I would have known then how marriage is not scary, but rather wonderful. I will never forget his face when I walked in the doors at the temple the day we were getting married. He looked so relieved I showed up. I have never regretted my decision since that day. I will never be able to express how grateful I am to him for being patient and sticking by my side. He is my rock, my best friend and the most honorable person I know. I am so proud to be his wife and to have him by my side for eternity.

We wanted to go away for the weekend to celebrate, but we had to be back to church on Sunday so we decided to take a mini trip up to SLC. We went to the temple, went to The Roof for dinner and then Rick surprised me with a night stay at Little America. We had so much fun being together and just relaxing.

Okay, my sappy post is over...I love you Rick!

Florida....

We took a trip to Florida to see Rick's sister Heather and her husband Mike this month. They live in Boca Raton, which is about an hour outside of Miami and it is the most beautiful area. We had so much fun and couldn't have asked for a better time. We fell in love with the beaches, weather, shopping and pretty much everything there. It was so much fun and a nice relaxing break from our day to day lives.

While we were there we went to Miami and went on a boat cruise, went to the Everglades on an airboat and searched for alligators and of course just lounged on the beach (our favorite!!). Thanks to Mike and Heather for being such AMAZING hosts. We love you guys.






I have to add in a funny story about the lady in this picture below. We were at a little burger joint on the beach and we were ordering our food at the bar when this lady started chit chattin with us. Let's just say she was well on her way to being drunk for the day and it was only like 12 in the afternoon. She was soooo funny! She especially liked Rick.....her conversation with him went a little like this, "Wow..................WOW........yeah you are really in shape, you look goooooooood. Seriously, you have a lot of definition......hmm......WOW. How often do you work out?" She didn't hold back! It was hilarious so of course I had to snap a picture of her when she wasn't looking;)

Mid-January Procrastination

It is mid-January and yes, I am just getting to posting about our holiday season. I guess my New Years resolution of conquering my procrastination habits is a big fat fail. Our holidays were absolutely perfect. We were able to spend a lot of time with family and each other. Since I am so late, I have decided to only post a few pictures, one of us rockin' our Xmas Eve jammies that cute mom gave us and the other two from our wonderful yet bitter cold New Years in Park City. I am sorry I'm so boring, but I promise they are three b-e-a-utiful pictures.


Here's to a wonderful 2010.

Food Is Joy....

and as far as Rick is concerned, joy is In N Out. Rick introduced me to In N Out on my first trip out to California while we were dating. He loves it and he got me to love it. Every time Rick goes home to California he can't wait to eat his beloved double-double burger. Well, now he can get it whenever he wants cause it is right next door in Orem and American Fork. There is a little part of us that is sad that it won't be a special occasion to go to In N Out when we go to Cali to see Rick's family but I think the joy outweighs the sadness. Rick, my little bro Matt and myself went and braved the crowds to opening day of the Orem store.

It was good....real good. Thanks for the greasy goodness In N Out, it was a wonderful night.

Uncle Rick & Aunt Melissa

We thought that since we don't have kids of our own, we would borrow our cute little nephews for a day of fun in the sun at the new Lindon Pool to start practicing our parenting skills. I think it turned out well. No tears(maybe a few), no sunburns, and no ambulances were called. I just need to give a shout out to all you mothers, you are saints. These little guys are such angels but kids are so much work! I can't wait to have kids of our own...but I will keep borrowing these cute little guys until we do;) We love them so much.

Ethan

Anthony showing me his tongue

.....and Uncle Rick showing me his tongue

Mel and the boys

Nothing's Better Than Good Music

The Fray's How To Save a Life album was the soundtrack we listened to over and over again when we dated and we have been fans ever since. We love their unique and chill style of music that we can always count on to soothe our aching ears. So, when we found out they were coming to USANA amphitheater we could not resist. We went. We LOVED it.

We didn't have the closest seats because we were stuck in traffic for an hour on the way there, but regardless the concert was amazing

We love going to concerts at this venue...take your blankets and lay around on the grass listening to good music. The best way to go to a concert.

Rick refusing to be a good little boy for the camera

Love Them! Check out my current favorite of their cover of Kanye West's "Heartless"......so good

Our Hiking Day

Rick has been a broken record lately getting the point across to me that we are going to be active this summer doing hiking, biking, camping, etc. I told him I got the idea after about ten times of him mentioning it to me this past week, but that didn't stop him, I think he repeated it about 20 more times after that, haha. So, I decided that I would satisfy his craving for some outdoor adventure and we went and hiked Y mount this past Saturday. I was a little nervous because last year when I did this hike...mmm...well...didn't go to good for me. Let's just say I didn't eat breakfast before and I had to stop every 10 steps to take a break, pretty embarrasing. I definitely do not pride myself in being a good hiker so I was a little nervous about how I would do this time.

Me before the hike. I looked happy, but inside I wasn't too pumped.


Rick and I before the journey. After I took this picture I said to Rick, "You are smiling wierd, just smile normal". Well this next pic is what he gave me........


LOL. Yeah, we didn't take any more up close after that:)


We went with our friends Ryan and Rachel who just moved here from California. They have two kids who are the cutest.


We got to the the "Y" and I was so happy cause I had done really well without too much huffing and puffing, but.....


These insane boys thought maybe we should go to the very tippity top of the whole stinkin' mountain. After a little contemplation the final decision was.....



YES....ahhh.



So we kept going and I was actually pretty happy we did, we saw some cool views and burned a lot more calories. Here is Rachel overlooking the beautiful view.


Adorable Andrew. He is such a trooper, walked pretty much the whole way, ALL 4 HOURS!! He was full of questions the whole time and fascinated by all the lizards and snakes we saw.


Us at the top, atleast the top of our journey. We didn't make it the whole way that we were planning on. It was a little bit farther that we had thought it would be, hehe. After we got down the mountain we snarfed down a JDawg..yum!!! It was so much fun to get out and do something with the weather FINALLY being nice. It really got me excited for this summer and all the outdoor goodness we have ahead of us.

On a side note, we got a new car. We got rid of Rick's big truck and got a little car with good gas mileage. We tried doing the one car thing for a few weeks and we decided that even though we work at the same building and could make it work if we wanted, we are just not the couple who can have one car. We are so pumped, it's really nice and 1/2 the payment we had with the truck. Yay for saving money!! Below is a picture of our new beauty!!

I Adore Him

I apologize in advance if this post is too sappy but I just want to say that I have the best husband ever to walk the face of this earth. He has been the cooker, the cleaner, the laundry doer....pretty much everything for the past 3 months while I have been hitting the books hard. Not to mention he does all of this after he gets home from a 10-11 hour day at work. All I have to say is his momma raised him well. Yesterday I cooked dinner for the first time in like...hmmmmmm....i dunno.... 2 months (maybe more) I stopped keeping track a long time ago. Poor man. I know it has been hard on him for me to be so consumed with work but he doesn't complain. He just comes over, gives me a kiss on my forehead and supports me 100%. I love him--a lot. I can't wait to one day make it up to him and be the kick butt housewife and mom that I long to be. One sweet day.

A Whole Lotta Busyness

So we have been going a million miles a minute for the past month. We do the same thing day in and day out and we pretty much feel like we are NEVER home. So I thought the picture above was very fitting for how we have been feeling lately. I am willing to risk the embarrassment of this unattractive picture to better express our emotions for the month of January. Rick and I were talking last night and saying how we are sad that we have a wonderful home and we are never here to enjoy it.......one day:). So I don't have much to blog about but these are a few things that we have been up to:

• Rick got a Wii and is obsessed with game Super Smash Brothers, I suck at the game so I can't share the fun with him
• I have come to the conclusion I cannot quit drinking Diet Coke aka Poison. I have tried and failed so many times. This unhealthy habit is being so contradictory of everything I am going to school for. You would think after all the health classes I have taken I would have kicked the habit by now. Any suggestions?
• Rick=Work
• Got my hairs cut. A little bang and layers. Thanks Steph!
• My sweet husband surprised me with a night in SLC that included a jazz game, sushi at gateway, and an overnight stay at the Armstrong Mansion Bed and Breakfast. So much fun!!!
• Little bro Mike set a date for the wedding, JUNE 20
• School
• Work
• Sleep
• School
• Work
• Sleep......life is monotonous
• Ah yes, and saving the best for last, American Idol and The Bachelor started!!!!
  
  

Farewell 2008

Our New Years was nothing too exciting this year, just Rick and I and our glasses of bubbly Martinellis. It was nice just spending time together all by our little selves:)

HAPPY NEW YEAR