[ simply in love 4.27.2010 ]

" So it's not gonna be easy. It's gonna be really hard. We're gonna have to work at this every day, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, you and me, every day. "

I think that pretty much sums it up...

Its been 2 years. 2 completely wonderful years with my babe. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

Austin Mark,

You inspire me. I know I tell you frequently that you make my day, but truly you do, everyday I am with you is a new favorite! You make me feel like the luckiest girl to ever live and for that I am grateful. I appreciate your ability to lighten any one of my moods! You are the funniest person I have ever met- seriously, I thought that 4 years ago after only knowing you for 15 min... little did I know that would become my eternity, I love that. I love that you are always in good spirits despite your numerous job disappointments. You amaze me with your personal motivation- always searching for a new job, or schooling option, anything to fit "our needs" as you say! I'm pretty sure not an hour goes by where I am not making some dumb mistake or embarrassing comment, but you love me through it. You have taught me to laugh through all my many mistakes/dumb blonde moments, thank you. You support me no matter what- that means the world to me, I know I get some pretty crazy ideas/ambitions. You are selfless, always waiting till way to late to eat with me, you make me feel special. Most of all thank you for loving me, through the ups the downs and everything else life has to throw at us. I love you and I'm grateful you are by my side for forever!

Spring Break.

We had the most lovely spring break. I convinced the Mr. to take work off for 3 days so we could head to some sun. Lets be real, he is really the one that needed the break from work, and I'm grateful he agreed.

Before we headed to St. George I was able to play with my sisters. Monday we headed to the zoo. I seriously love the zoo and it was no different this time! The kids had a blast and i loved just not having anything to do. After that I was able to paint my adorable bench, Its red which I love. Next up was Tuesday and we took the kids to Bird World. Its like a pet store on steroids. Really I just wanted to go because a month ago my sister in law got a toy poodle there and I have fallen in love and just wanted to check the remaining inventory. If ya'll didn't know Aust has promised me a dog once I graduate so I gotta keep up on whats out there! :) After the pet store we went home to make some of the cutest owl decorations ever. I would post pics but they are not all the way done. Anyways it was nice. My sister just kept saying, "Man I wish you never had to work, everyday could be like this!" It really was so nice, I forgot what it was like to not have anything to rush off to one after another!

Wednesday I picked my mr. up from work and off to St. George we went. It was the best, I absolutely loved the 5 hr. drive just us, giggling, reminiscing, nothing about work or stupid school It was perfect! Our good friends live down there, (or up I don't know?) and were kind enough to let us stay. They are always good company and I'm sad they live far away but its a nice excuse to get away. We didn't have much on the agenda so our days consisted of laughter, tons of shopping, scorpion hunting, pool sitting, visiting, Vegas, and lots of eating out! Sounds pretty perfect right?

Now we are back to the weekly grind but at least summer is coming and the sun staying out till 8PM isn't making school nights so gloomy anymore!

"Don't delay, it's getting late!"

So how about some updates. We have done some fun things, and with it being Spring Break, I finally have time to document them.

My father in law always gets hook ups to all sorts of fun things. Lucky for us we always reap the benefits! A couple weeks ago we took advantage of some ski passes and lodging up at the Canyons resort. The room we stayed in was $600 a night. We stayed for free then spent the next day snowboarding. It was on this day that I finally decided I should retire snowboarding. I am just so awful at it and the only place I like going is at Powder Mnt. during night time. Just one simple run! Park City was a whole different story. Way to much going on and for somebody who sucks, its awful. Aust is seriously the best sport. He is so sweet and always waits for me and sits with me. Its a boring day for him! But he'd never let me know it by his actions. Love him.

I don't know if I've mentioned this but we are members of a shooting range. Its been very fun, our Friday afternoons are spent there, together. It makes for a great day.

I love when spring finally hits, it becomes birthday season, general conference, motorcycle rides, and long days of sunlight! Its great! During the priesthood session, my sis and I made benches out of kitchen chairs. They turned out dang cute and I cant wait to finish my little garden display with it!

We have some good friends in our ward that invited us to a session at the conference center, Sunday. Great talks, great company, doesn't get much better! After conference we headed to a birthday party for Mr. Luken. He turned 1 and let me just tell you what a special day it was. I just kept thinking how differently we could have been spending the day had he not survived that awful day in August.And now for some serious Spring break activity-
Stayed tuned :)

11 Things:

1. Post these rules.
2. Post a photo of yourself and 11 random things.
3. Answer the questions set for you in the original post.
4. Create 13 new questions and tag people to answer them.
5. Go to their blog/facebook and tell them you've tagged them.

11 Random/Quirtky things.

1. I hate using cruise control. It makes me feel completely out of control, I wont use it- Ever.

2. When I really like what I'm eating, I unknowingly dance in my chair. Aust always knows when I'm happy about dinner!

3. I will never, I repeat NEVER leave my house without my toes painted.

4. I have an irrational fear of people choking. When we bbsat my sisters kids, it wasn't the dirty diapers or napping or 5 days alone with them that scared me. It was the fact that I would have to feed them 4 times a day with the potential of someone choking. Its not just when kids choke either, even when aust coughs at dinner, I freak.

5. My socks never match. In fact I hate when they do.

6. I have anxiety with talking to people at church. This weirdness only happens at church and everybody thinks I'm incredibly shy which I am the furthest from being except when at church. I dont know when I picked this up or even why- but its a problem, I seriously turn bright red and stutter my words. 3 Hrs of church is usually anxiety ridden! Maybe now that Aust is in the Elders Quorum I can meet lots of people, who knows??

7. When I get obessessed with a new song I listen to it on repeat for about 2 weeks. Just that song, no others. Currently its "All about us.", by He is we.

8. I can dislocate my femur bone. I'm sure its not healthy nor normal but its looks crazy and it's always a good party trick.

9. I hate salad/lettuce. I've never met anybody who dislikes it as much as I. Its sad because I'll make Aust a salad for lunch and the whole time I think how delicious it is and I'll continually try it again but without fail, I gag. I hate it.

10. When Aust wakeboards I feel like a celebrity wife. I know that sounds hilarious but I think its the coolest thing and luckily we have never been boating with somebody who can out jump/flip/or roll like he can. So everybody thinks he's amazing which makes it even better!

11. My senior year of highschool, my date and I wore duct tape apparel.

12. My favorite ride at Lagoon is the tilt a whirl, no fail every time I get this obnoxious giggle and tap my feet while getting a good spin.

13. And possibly the weirdest thing about me. When I get excited I uncontrollably clap/ rubber my hands together really fast while making squealer noises. HAHA! I'm sure that's a weird mental picture but if you know me in the slightest you have encountered this on a million occasions, its doesn't take much!

All growed up.

You're going to think I am absolutely crazy after I get done telling you of the realization I had last week. The realization that I am grown up. I do those grown up things that once upon a time seemed so far away, so distant. For just one moment I was sad, thinking just how insanely fast life goes by.

I had just gotten home from school, it was 8:50PM I was starved, as was the babe who always waits for me to eat! (Love that about him!) I finished making the dinner that he had started for us. We ate, I was almost to exhausted to even talk over dinner! Anyways we cleaned up dinner and the bed I went. While lying there I was thinking how tired I was and that the alarm would come too early. Then it hit me. I will wake up in the morning, same time as yesterday, and the day before. I will quickly get ready and then just like a programmed car, I will be taken effortlessly to work, arriving early, cuz that's what I do. Everyday.

I'm grown up.

I have a one of those jobs, ya know the ones you're dads always had growing up, the ones they went to everyday regardless. No more of this running into work on Mondays to see what shifts I have that week, no more getting shifts covered so I could hang out with friends. I have a retirement fund, full benefits. I pay a mortgage. This is weird. I am grown up.

I was reminiscing over high school pics and memories. Those were certainly some of the best times of my life, I loved every minute of it! I had the best friends, the craziest experiences. I got lectures when I was 15 min late coming home. I argued with my little sister over who got the stand in front of the mirror vs. behind the other person while getting ready. My room was always messy, driving around was the coolest thing to do, gas prices didn't matter! Life was good.

Then Aust's episode of the office got over and he came to bed. I suddenly forgot all about how good it was back then, forget then, life is good now. Life is perfect. I like being grown up! I love that I am married to the sweetest boy. I love everything about him and for loving me. I am grateful that I love work, even on the worst days my co-workers will make up for it. I'm okay with the mortgage, that just means we have an adorable place I get to decorate, its ours and I love that!

So I guess my point here is that growing up isn't so bad after all, I wouldn't trade it for anything.

In all living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not endured

Perhaps I should recap life as of late. We've done a few things, sorta!

We had a lovely Valentines day. We decided to not do the whole gift thing. (Though Aust got me a MUCH needed car charger and I got him a replacement shirt for the one I ruined bleaching the ole' hair!) Personally I think its a lame holiday. I don't think one specific day should be set out to say I love you and truly show it. That needs to be happening day in and day out, BUT its a good excuse to go out! It was a good reason to skip school, so that I did and off to Texas roadhouse we went to wait in a 2 1/2 hour line! I cant complain, we probably looked like an inept couple as we were playing words with friends, against each other on our phones! But mostly it was good to just chillax and have time with babe. I never seem to get enough of that! After dinner we headed to my parents so Aust could apply for some jobs. It was a good low key day!

Handsome in his new shirt!

Next up our babysitting adventure. Can I just start by telling you how much deep respect and admiration I have for my dear sister day in and day out as I got a tiny sample of what her life is! Okay that makes it sound terrible which it wasn't, I'll admit though, I think we were in over our heads at times!

For Christmas Mindy gave Mike a trip to Cali kid free. She had asked me months ago if we would be willing to watch the kids for them so they could go. This was going to be a 6 day trip. We picked the kids up Thursday and headed to their house for dinner and bedtime. It was pretty successful until bedtime, poor Luken just wanted to cry, all night long. Luckily we both had Friday off! ( Not like we got to sleep in or even catch up on sleep!) After breakfast and bath time we were off to Arctic Circle for some lunch and play place! I thought I'd be the fun aunt and do all sorts of fun things, needless to say we got burnt out pretty quick. We came to the conclusion that Luke was sick cuz the poor boy rarely stopped whimpering/crying! Mom took the kids so we could head to the range and have a planned night out with friends. Luckily mom and dad watched the kids so we got some sleep! Saturday we were back on duty. I wont bore you with the daily schedule, but all in all we had a fun/tiring time! Katelyn says the funnies things and she is seriously so witty, Aust was so cute with her! Josh is equally as funny and they are so good to play together~ We came to the conclusion life was easier without all 3 so luckily mom took Luke!It was certainly an experience but we did have lots of fun!

The kids were such troopers as we played real life dress up everyday! I cut Katelyns hair and so we had lots of fun practicing.

I sent mindy a text that night with the pic on the left saying rub a dub dub... 10 secs later another pic saying... Not so fun anymore!

Barbie nap time, and a lovely walk.

In other news, we are members of the Wahasatch Gun Range. Its become our Friday tradition and its been so fun.. This is an outdated pic. Aust had this gun for I think 3 days and then he sold it for another, but lets be real. If I tried to keep track of his buying and selling, I think I'd drive myself to the nut house!

[The family who plays together, stays together]

Family Ski Day was a major success.

I was nervous about this outing, due to the fact more than half the family had never been before. I'm sure glad we found a way to make our schedules all work and make a great day out of it!