Colorado Thanksgiving

Sorry about not posting in a while! The hubby and I took a trip out to Colorado to see his family, and boy oh boy... we had the best time ever! I didn't realize how lucky I was when I was marrying Devin... I get this amazing husband and another amazing family to go along with it. I'm truly blessed.

Everyone that was there: Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Chrissy, Momma Char, Christian, and of course Greg and Chantelle. They were the best hosts! They have a beautiful house and really seem to be loving their new home in Colorado. PLUS, they have the cutest dogs ever. I mean, I seriously fell in love with this breed. I thought I wanted a German Shepherd or a Husky, even a Lab, but after hanging out with these guys the whole weekend, I'm converted!

Anyway, here's some pictures that describe the weekend better than I can in words. 

This was taken while driving to Colorodo. Needless to say, it was a scary drive!

Hanging out at the Denver Nuggets v Dallas Mavericks game with the WHOLE fam!

We might have been in the nose bleeds..... :)

Greg and Chantelle holding Brody and Luna. Also, look at the gorgeous Thanksgiving table settting!

Luna passed out :)

The best dogs ever.

Priceless.

Sweet Dreams

Devin and I have an interesting relationship with sleep. Because Devin works so hard everyday with school and his company, the second he hits our mattress he is out cold. (Sometime even the couch!). This leaves me, a hyperactive, insomniac wife that hasn't seen her husband all day to dwindle her thumbs and entertain herself until she can fall asleep, while she sits next to her passed out (and sometimes snoring) hubby.  

Things I've been doing to pass the time until I can fall asleep:

1- I just started Gossip Girl, season 1 episode 1 on Netflix. I'm already addicted all over again.

2 - Eat ice cream. Straight out of the tub. In bed. It's a bad habit I'm slowly working on...

3 - Do homework / study. This one is not my favorite.

4 - Read. My cute sister-in-law got me some new books for my birthday so I've been consuming them like I consume pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving... It's not a pretty scene.

5 - Listen to Devin sleep talk. This one is the best. Randomly he will roll over and yell or mumble something. Last night I believe he was dreaming about our kids (or some random kids?). He kept saying how hard it was to raise our daughter. We actually had a semi conversation while he was sleeping. Maybe a little creepy.. .but kind of cute at the same time. He was talking about how he loved his daughter but it was so hard to raise her. Hope that's not a future prophecy!

So then I was interested in what our future kids would look like. So I started morphing our faces.

Here were the first two results:

That's a large forehead...

Well, he has his daddy's ears! We are gonna have some interesting kids... Ha...

After I was dissapointed, I tried another website for morphing faces. Yeah.....

Look at that UNIBROW! Wow. The saddest part is I can't tell if it's a girl or a boy!

Anyway, thanks for amusing me... Until next time!

Birthday Wishes

Wow, can I just say.. I have amazing family and friends!? This birthday was so awesome! I turned 21. Which is crazy. I feel like I should feel a lot older than I feel. (Say that 10 times fast!) But then I look around and realize that I am working, going to school, I'm married, we have two cars, and are saving for a house. So I am oldish. I guess.

So for my birthday, Devin woke me up at the crack of dawn to take me to breakfast at Kneaders where he had my girlfriends waiting to surprise me. It was great! I took the day of from work and school so I went home and took a nap while Dev gave me a great massage! Afterwards Devin left for work and I headed to Draper to hang out with my mom. We got mani's and then we went to dinner with my Grandma and Aunt.  It was so fun! When I got home Dev had just gotten off work and surprised me with a giant cupcake that looked like a porcupine because he had stabbed it with 21 candles. It was adorable! ( I wish I had a picture but the wax was melting so fast I had to blow it out quickly). Other than that, I got to talk to my amazing family and friends which was awesome! I am so blessed! 

Plus, look at some of the goodies I got! I don't know what I love more, they're all so great!

Feeling blessed...

Kyle

LDS Primary Printables

Over the last week I was called as the new Primary Secretary for my ward. I'm excited, but I've also realized how much work it is! Especially if I want to make things look cute. I was looking through pinterest to find some cute free printables, but I just didn't find that many that I liked. So, I took the liberty of making my own! Check them out use them to your advantadge!

Click Below for Your FREE Printables :)

Wristbands

General Binder Cover

Nursery,  Sunbeams, CTR 4, CTR 5, CTR 6, CTR 7, 

Valiant 8, Valiant 9, Valiant 10, Valiant 11

President, 1st Counselor, 2nd Counselor, Secretary

Oh Christmas Tree

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree....

So this weekend I went to our neighborhood thrift store looking for some cute Christmas decor I could refurbish when I found this fantastic tree. For only $10 bucks. Score! Then I couldn't help myself. I was already in the Christmas spirit so I put it up and then swiftly found some gold and silver ornaments to bedazzle it with. I love the look of the white and gold against the light blue wall. What do you think? 

I think it's the perfect size for our apartment and the perfect tree for our first Christmas!

 The cute Reindeer Ornaments I found!

Matching snowflakes!

Our Newest Addition.

I have been dying to get a puppy. Specifically an English Cream Golden Retriever, or a German Shepherd, or a Siberian Husky. I would die for any of these right now. And Devin knows it.  But we can't get a puppy. At least until we can settle down in one place. I don't want to have to worry about finding a place that allows dogs if we decide to move in the next few years. So... until then, meet Lupe. Our fish. 

I may or may not have gone out and bought a fish for my birthday. A girl's gotta have some kind of a pet right? Ok well here he is! He is a beautiful blue color that  I fell in love with! Welcome home Lupe :)

Ok, but tell me these dogs aren't to die for... right?

DIY Beach Christmas Ornaments

I know it's still a little early for Christmas, but I couldn't stand walking past these ornaments. I am weirdly sentimental and like to keep things from important times in my life. Well, that means whenever I go on vacation I just have to keep some sand. So, naturally when Devin and I went to San Diego, CA  with my family for vacation and the Bahamas for our Honeymoon, I kept buckets full of sand from them.  So, when I saw these in the store, I instantly knew what I'd do with them.  (Plus, I could make something more practical and still sentimental, while clearing some space out of my closet for the unused sand!)

I purchased a few of these, they were only 88 cents each. 

Next, I filled 'em up with sand! Then I used a black sharpie to write sentimental details on each one about the place, time, and occasion.  I also put some fun little seashells and parts of a sand dollar in them that we found on the beach. (Sorry, you can't see those in these pictures) I'm so excited to have these forever and can't wait to make more for our next adventures! 

**Update: I showed Devin the cute ornaments and he loved them. I'm not sure what he loved more actually... the ornaments or the sand I'm going to get rid of... either way it is a win-win!

Happy Halloween

Devin wasn't very excited for Halloween until he realized he could dress up as a black rapper. Then he was psyched. Maddie and I were gold diggers, Devin was a rich black rapper - 2 Chainz, and Mike was Carlton. It was hilarious. 

So here are our pictures from Halloween! Mike, Maddie, and Devin and I went to a Halloween festival earlier in the night.  We went through the haunted house and I just about died. I was in heels about 4 inches high and I was running through it trying not to get stampeeded by Devin. He's a little shy around scary things.... Anyways I was crying by the time we finished. 

Afterwards we met up at Mike and Maddie's for a party.  We had invited over 5 other couples and they all brought yummy food. We ended up watching "The Woman in Black" and I almost cried again. Their puppy Mia cuddled with me though so it was ok. Anyway check out our pictures and this great video of Devin dancing. Hahah.

Devin, I, Maddie, Mike

Shrunken Apple Heads in Cider

Such a pimp.

But I get the money... so who cares right?

It was also Maddie's birthday the next day, so we lit a cupcake for her and sang her happy birthday!

Check out these adorable apple faces I made for our cider. So easy!

Click here: Shrunken Apple Heads in Cider

And finally, the beloved video. So great.