Austin and Christee

My AdvoCare Journey!

2012-03-02T12:05:00.001-07:00

I'm proud to say that I'm an AdvoCare Champion! I'm loving it! It's a cleanse that helps you start a healthier lifestyle! It's amazing how much better you feel when you no longer eat empty calories, you don't skip meals, and you see results quickly!

Whenever I tell people about AdvoCare or of my success I get the typical response of "cleanses aren't good for you" or "you've just lost water weight". Well water weight or not- I'm down 10 pounds on Day 11 of 24 and that's more than I've ever lost by just working out and eating right. I've learned to be so much more aware of what I'm putting into my body. I feel great, I'm motivated and I look forward to stepping on the scale or measuring my inches!

I will admit the first few days were HARD. I was fighting a cold and learning to adapt to this new lifestyle and I wasn't sure I was going to make it. But each day it just gets better and so worth it! I can't believe I only have 14 days left! I'm excited to see the very end result.

There are so many foods that I will never look at the same. In fact, it almost grosses me out to see people eating certain things because this alert is going off in my head saying "Bad! Bad! Bad! Don't eat that!". I'm embarrassed to admit it- But I secretly imagine myself reaching over and snatching it out of their hand and saving them from what they're about to do to themselves!

I want to thank my friend Misha for introducing me to AdvoCare and sharing the "wealth"! Thanks for always being there to cheer me on, answering all my questions and getting excited to hear my results!
Thanks to Austin for letting me try ANOTHER one of my get "swim suit ready" plans. Trust me. There's been many. And for supporting me every step of the way in my journey! He has been encouraging, helpful and always excited for me when I tell him my results! He has BBQ'd countless pieces of chicken for me, made healthy dinners for both of us every single night and has become an apple slicing PRO! LOVE him for all of that!

It truly helps to have people excited for you and to hear their encouragement!
I hope to help other people change their lives for the better and become AdvoCare Champions!

A New Family Member

2012-02-08T11:58:00.000-07:00

Meet Little Miss. Harley Jade!

Ashlee and Justin are now a family of 3!

It just doesn't get cuter than that! She is such a sweet little girl! Oooh we just love her!

So excited to watch her grow!

The Mood Swings of A True Fan

2012-02-07T12:27:00.000-07:00

On New Years Eve Day the Utah Utes played in the Orange Bowl.

I couldn't help but snap pictures of Austin's mood swings during the game.

Not playing so well...

Contemplating the game.

And no that is not a barf bowl in case the Utes lose.

That is simply the bowl which he chose to spit his sunflower seeds in.

Its a close game...

TOUCH DOWN!!

Complete focus.

And as Austin would put it.. That's a 'W' for the Utes!

And here's me. Just patiently waiting for the Utes to win!

Good Job Utes!

Thank you for winning the game for many reasons.

But mostly, so I didn't have to deal with a grumpy husband the rest of the day!

GO UTES!

Twenty Twelve

2012-02-07T12:16:00.000-07:00

For New Years, we decided last minute to go to Las Vegas!

Our neighbors graciously watched our little Gracie for us and off we went!

It was so fun to have Austin all to myself! We rarely get to go somewhere just the two of us!

We shopped for hours, gambled, hung out, watched the fireworks, ate at the M Buffet and just had fun catching up!

On December 31st, 2009 Austin proposed at the restaurant "Top of the World" which is on top of the stratosphere. I love being able to spend New Years in Vegas. It brings back so many memories!

Some of our Goals for 2012:

1. Fitness.

I get that this goal is total cliche but so far we're sticking to it! Austin can't do as much as I can because he has school but we've definitely have been eating better together!

Thanks to some wonderful friends in my life, I've been able to reach my fitness goals faster than I thought! Whitney and I go to Zumba multiple times weekly and just recently I started this product called Advocare thanks to my friend Misha!

I hope I have amazing results like she has!

2.Cook more dinners.

Austin is pretty dang good about this already. If I don't make dinner he is always willing to step up to the plate and whip something up.

Me on the other hand... I don't exactly enjoy cooking. I don't think its fun at all. I dread it.

BUT- Thanks to Pinterest, I've been trying to make dinner every night (except weekends).

I think Austin has been enjoying it!

3. Survive the last year of Grad School.

Starting in May Austin will be done with class work! He will be doing rotations instead of going to class and figuring out what he'd like to do with his Pharmacy Doctorate Degree. He will also be studying for his boards so that in May 2013 he can pass with flying colors!

4. Friends

Stop putting effort into friendships and relationships that are one sided.

Surrounding ourselves with people who are uplifting, trustworthy, selfless, honest and who care about us as much as we care about them. People who make you want to be better.
True friends who are there for you no matter what.

As much as we want to continue finding friends like this, we want TO BE friends like this!

2012.. We're ready for you!

Wrapping Up 2011...

2012-02-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

I thought I should wrap up 2011 and start fresh in 2012!

These pictures were for our Christmas Card! I love how they turned out! Even though it was a little windy and it kept blowing our "Merry Christmas" sign everywhere!

This year, I convinced Austin to put Christmas lights up! He did such a good job! I LOVED them! Maybe next year I'll convince him to do the top level too??? I might have to pull out some major negotiating skills for that one!

As a fundraiser the scouts sold these luminaries. I wish I would've taken a picture of the whole neighborhood. It was so pretty to see all the sidewalks and driveway lit with these luminaries!

This Christmas Austin did the 12 days of Christmas for me. Each day I received a stocking with a gift! It was so fun to see what he came up with! I got clothes, accessories, books, etc. But on Christmas Eve which was the 11th day of Christmas I opened this beauty! The Sony Nex 5! I had always wanted a fancy camera but didn't want the huge bulky ones that need their own separate purse! One purse is enough for this girl! Austin did his research and found this compact camera made by Sony was the best compact camera on the market! I love that its small enough to fit in the purse I carry daily but fancy enough to be able to switch lenses and take remarkable pictures!

On the 12th day of Christmas I got another lens for my camera! I'm so in love with it!

Man he spoiled me this year! I can't wait to take great pictures of him at Graduation! Which is officially in ONE year! 2013 baby!!

On Christmas Eve, We eat together, play games and open presents with the grandparents.

The kids finally got an xbox and kinect! They wanted one so bad!

I couldn't wait to give Austin and Gracie their stockings. So Santa brought them on Christmas Eve!

Obviously Gracie didn't like the idea of posing with her stocking...

Christmas Morning started at 6 am! We have a tradition of opening all our presents together. So now that we're all married, we bring all our presents to Amanda's so Santa can bring her kids their presents and the adults can open their presents together! Its so fun to see what everyone's spouses got each other!

Ashlee made Justin this quilt out of all his old band shirts! It looked so great and he LOVED it!

Nan and Brady has us this year. Brady made us this U of U sign for our Door! We LOVE it!

GO UTES!

I must give myself Kudos for this year. I did such a good job on Austin's presents. He was totally surprised and we didn't have 1 return! Woot Woot!

Austin was SHOCKED that I got him the RayBan sunglasses he had wanted. I was totally sneaky and had him go into Sunglass Hut right before Christmas when we were at the mall. I had him try on RayBans and had the sales girl write down the number. Little did he know, his pair were already wrapped under the tree!

Whenever we watch the show Wipe Out, Austin always says... They pick the most un-athletic people to be on that show. Which he follows with- I could dominate that course. I'd be so good at it.

Well I got him the Wipe Out Kinect game. Lets see your skills Aust!

Only good things come in Cabela boxes!

A fishing bag to carry all his fly fishing gear!

Austin LOVES Man vs Wild...

So I got him the XBox game!

No more using the wife's pink Adidas bag!

So during football season, I let Austin borrow my favorite gloves for the Utah game. Well I never saw them again after that. So I bought him his own!

Brand New Football gloves. I think he was surprised I picked out good ones!

He better catch every pass with those sticky gloves!

My mom's ornament from Amanda!

My dad built the kids a tether ball pole!

After opening gifts with my family, we went up to the Nabor's to open more gifts!

Bart got his new sweet headphones and Andria got her usual new purse for Christmas!

Deb and Steve got me the sparkly Uggs I've wanted so bad!

Austin is a really good fly fisherman. And Steve says its because of the rod Austin has. Well we got Steve the same rod as Austin. Game on Steve!

Merry Christmas from Austin, Christee and Gracie!

Windstorm

2012-02-06T13:30:00.000-07:00

So Austin got me this sweet fancy camera for Christmas that I wanted so bad (later post) and I decided that I better start taking pictures and blogging again! So here we go!

The first week of December we had this HUGE windstorm. We couldn't even sleep that night! The wind was ripping so hard that it felt like our house was going to be destroyed. I had begged Austin to hang Christmas lights this year, and the whole time the wind was blowing he kept saying, "I knew I shouldn't have hung those lights!" Much to our surprise... our lights were the ONLY ones that stayed on our house!

During the night we were hearing this horrible noise. Its hard to describe the noise but it was a loud buzzing noise and our whole house would be lit up with a green light! We thought for sure it was our Christmas lights blowing up.

I was watching out the window and the noise and green light happened again. The power pole just at the entrance of our neighborhood was blowing up! Sparks flying everywhere. I called Rocky Mountain Power, waited 20 min for them to tell me that they would send someone out in 2 hours. Well it was more like 24 hours. We didn't receive power until the next morning.

Once the sun came up, Austin decided to go out in the 90 MPH winds to get our garbage can. I wanted to go out and support him in case something flew at him. Well I didn't make it very far because as we came on the side of our house, our neighbor's Christmas lights had come off, were smacking against the side of their house and glass shards where flying right at us. Not to mention, I could barely stand up in all that wind. I grabbed the post on the front porch and waited for Austin to come back. Sure enough what felt like an eternity, Austin showed up with a garbage can. As soon as he got to our side yard, the wind ripped the garbage can right out of his cold hands and smashed it up against our neighbor's house. It then continued to tumble into the field behind us. But sure enough... Austin got our garbage can back! (Or at least the cleanest one he could find)

With no power, we called our neighbors over to cook some breakfast because we have a gas stove and they have electric. After enjoying a warm breakfast, the wind had finally calmed down. We went to assess the damage with the neighbors. We had just celebrated Thanksgiving and our garbage day happens to be on Thursdays. Because of this, the garbage hadn't been collected for 2 weeks and the day we all had put our garbage out to be collected was the day of the windstorm. You can only imagine the mess.

There was old Turkey, and pies, and raw chicken, trash galore! All of the trimmings to make a delicious Thanksgiving dinner was all over everyone's lawn and covering our streets.

We couldn't help but laugh at the huge mess everyone's garbage had made.

After cleaning up some of the mess, we decided to go check out my parents house and neighborhood. We luckily live in an HOA community so any damage to our house was covered by that!

My parents ended up losing half their shingles! Lucky for them, they got a new roof and gutters from the insurance company!

The wind pretty much uprooted any Pine Tree in its way. Davis golf course looks so different with no trees!

This house lost more than just its shingles!

Davis Golf Course.

Our Neighbor's house!

Everyone ended up being ok! There were Semi's tipped over everywhere on the freeway but I don't believe there were any fatalities due to the windstorm. Just a lot of property damage! In fact, church was cancelled that Sunday so that all the members could help clean up all the damage!

Checking In

2011-11-21T16:12:00.001-07:00

If anyone reads our blog they are probably wondering if we are still alive.

Well the answer is yes. We are doing well and are thriving. I've just taken a break from blogging for a few reasons.

Reason #1: Blogger will not let me post from the computer. Only from this app on my phone. Not sure what's up with that.

Reason #2: We haven't been doing anything exciting lately.
Austin goes to school and I work. He studies, I clean. There's just not much excitement going on.

Reason #3: Picture Slacker. I haven't been taking pictures. It's a pain to get Austin to let me take them and frankly I just forget too.

Reason #4: It's just us and little Gracie. It gets boring posting about just Austin and I or Gracie. I mean really, how many posts can a person do about their cute little dog?

So I'm probably going to retire from our blog until Austin is graduated and we start going on fun vacations and doing things worth blogging about and remembering!

Until 2013!

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10 Things Not to Say to Your Childfree Friends

2011-11-20T16:53:00.004-07:00

So we are lucky enough to live next to a couple who is pretty much on the same page as us. And because of this, we relate to a lot of the same stuff. Well my sweet neighbor sent me this article which I just HAD to post because the whole time I was reading it I was thinking "YA! That's Right".

10 Things Not To Say to Your Childfree Friends

Parenting can have a huge impact on friendships. But you can maintain your bond -- with some insight into the childfree point of view.

By Jillian Mackenzie

My boyfriend and I don't know yet if we're going to have children -- but over the last few years, the majority of our friends have taken the plunge. During that time, I've learned a few things about how to keep friendships strong when you don't have parenthood in common. Here are 10 things not to say to your friends who don't have children.

1. "When will you finally have kids?"
Once you have offspring, you want your friends to share the experience. But please don't loudly ask this question across the table at Thanksgiving dinner or at a baby shower. Although many people are happy to be childfree or waiting, the situation may be more complicated. A friend could be facing infertility, in the agonizing position of having a spouse who doesn't want children, or otherwise in a complex struggle over the issue. Bring it up privately with close friends, or wait for them to share with you.

2. "We always wanted to have a family."
If you use the expression "have a family" to mean "have children," you inadvertently send a message that people without kids are... family-less. Family comes in many forms: significant others, parents, siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, neighbors -- happily, the list goes on!

3. "I only invited other parents."
Having children is the norm, and people who are childfree can sometimes feel isolated or excluded. So invite us to birthday parties! Sure, there are some people who just don't like kids and have no desire to spend an afternoon surrounded by them. They can decline the invitation, and the rest of us will cheer when the birthday boy takes his first bite of cupcake.

4. "Are you hung-over?"
If you had kids when you were on the younger side, you may have transitioned abruptly from staying out bar-hopping to night feedings and Yo Gabba Gabba -- and years later, you may assume that we're still acting like our crazy twentysomething selves. But just because we don't have kids doesn't mean we aren't growing up.

5. "You're so lucky you get to sleep in/shop/travel."
We understand that you give up a lot to be the amazing parent you are -- and we do appreciate our extra cash and free time, and god, yes, the sleep. But too many offhand comments like this make us feel like you assume the reason we don't have children is that we're lazy, selfish, or shallow. The decision is never that simple.

6. "This must be birth control for you."
Parents often make this joke when their kid is being loud or persistent, and we understand it's because you're worried the situation is bugging the hell out of everyone around you. Don't stress -- a good friend understands that your kid is going to have a meltdown once in a while. We can take it. And, of course, a crying toddler is not actually a tipping point in our decision to have kids. We're not that shortsighted.

7. "Your dog/cat/parakeet is your baby."
Pets are a huge part of many people's lives, whether or not those people have children. But it feels like a consolation prize when you put it like this. That said, ask about my dog; I'm happy to pull up my latest photo of her adorableness.

8. "I can't die; I'm a mom."
During a recent brief terrorism scare in New York City, a friend said to me, "I have to get out -- I can't die; I'm a mom." We know you have someone depending on you in an unprecedented way, but there are people who love and depend on us, too.

9. "I'm sorry it's taken forever for me to call/email/text you back."
Don't start every correspondence with an apology. Your life is insane and letting us know you want to make time for us is appreciated. But don't stress so much: My life is extremely busy too, and more often than not, I didn't even notice a lag.

10. "You wouldn't understand."
We know there are many things about parenting you will turn to your mom friends to talk about. And, honestly, with anyone other than a close friend, that's probably best -- I lose interest fast when someone I don't know well talks too much about their kids. But when we're real friends, don't let our relationship fade because you're afraid of boring us with parenting stuff. Just like we used to listen to you talk about your ex, we want to hear about what's important in your life now. And we hope you'll do the same for us.

Flag Football Time

2011-09-14T10:49:00.001-06:00

Yesterday was the first flag football game of the year! It's so fun to bundle up, drink a steamer, sit in my chair and chat with the other wives.
Not to mention, that because of these flag football games we have Gracie. One of the other wives has a cute little dog named Lilly. After seeing her, I had to have a little dog of my own!
Gracie wanted to get on the field and chase the players so bad!

The first game was successful! 28-10! Go Team!

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Back to School

2011-09-07T12:04:00.001-06:00

Yep it's back to school time. Austin has actually been a P2 for about 2 weeks now. I'm excited for him to be finishing his last year of class work!
It definitely takes some getting use to. Going from being together all the time to Austin studies and I'm solo. Then summer starts and we are together again, P2 starts and I'm all alone again.
I get use to being alone and doing stuff on my own- then summer rolls around and he wants to hang out... It takes some getting use to :)

Here's to another year closer to Austin being Dr. Nabor!

Good Luck Honey!

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Utah Utes 2011

2011-09-06T13:41:00.001-06:00

Football season is bittersweet at our house. I'm excited to attend all the Utah home games but not excited for Austin to be glued to the TV every Saturday, Sunday and Monday for college and NFL football.
Thursday was Utah's opener! They won their first game and now we wait until October for another home game! We love having season tickets!

GO UTES!
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This is how I feel today...

2011-08-29T22:56:00.001-06:00

I need this sign.

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4 Wheelin Fun

2011-08-17T11:03:00.001-06:00

We have been 4 wheeling a couple of times this year. But my favorite time was when we just went up to Logan. It was beautiful and close!

This waterfall was my favorite part! So beautiful!

We drove so far into the canyon that we weren't on ATV trails anymore. It was a little creepy thinking about what could be out there. Bears, Cougars... Yikes!

I hope to go back in the fall when all the leaves have turned colors!
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Spirit of Football

2011-08-15T19:27:00.001-06:00

Utah Tickets have arrived...

Utah flag is hung....

Utah mat is out....

And we're ready to support our Utes in the PAC 12!!

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Just Do It

2011-08-15T12:11:00.001-06:00

Have you ever met someone who is good at everything they try?!
I'm sure you have.
I'm married to one of those people.
The boy can do anything. On his first try.
I hope he passes that along to our children.

We went boating and Austin wakeboarded for the 2nd time and was good. I don't know why that surprises me..

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Birthday Week

2011-08-15T11:57:00.001-06:00

Austin had school the week of my birthday but man oh man did he make up for it!
On my birthday my parents took me to breakfast at Granny Annie's bright and early!
I dropped my mom off for girls camp and headed to work for a few hours to host a home on the Realtors tour.
After that I met up with my sisters and grandparents at Bun Basket for lunch. Man that place is tasty!
My sisters and I went shopping and that's where we came across this gem! I couldn't help but take a picture!

My sweet Bestie Misha moved to Seattle with her husband and kids about 5 months ago. Well she surprised me with birthday cupcakes since she couldn't be here! I LOVED them!

Don't they look amazing?!

Our next door neighbors Chris and Crystal gave me this adorable apron that I LOVE! Chris would like me to start baking more calorie packed treats!

Once Austin was done with class the real fun began! He took me to melting pot because I have been dying to go there! It was AMAZING!

Austin spoiled me with so many gifts! I was impressed with how well he picked out stuff for me!
He even planned a birthday get together with my family. I loved every second of my birthday week! Thanks for spoiling me Aust!

Guess who else shares my birthday week? Yep! Gracie! She turned 1!

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Running from Fat

2011-08-10T14:40:00.003-06:00

Lets be honest. I hate to exercise. It's not fun and I don't see results fast enough.

I love to eat. I love sweet, salty, unhealthy food.

This combination is lethal to a fit body.

Austin is in shape and always will be.

{Not Fair}

The boy can eat a ton of beef jerky then go running like it's nothing.

{How is that possible?!}

I envy runners. I most of all envy and admire my sexy, skinny, amazing friends who run.

I want to be a runner.

Every time I attempt it-

It feels like a near death experience.

I want to "enjoy" running.

I want to think its "easy".

Maybe One Day I Will.

But that day isn't coming fast enough!

Well Farmington is having a 5K on October 1st.

I have started a training program to be ready by then.

Oh man I hope I can do it!

Maybe if I survive, and can get use to running..

Then I can run off all the Holiday Calories I'll be eating!

Makes My Day

2011-08-04T15:16:00.002-06:00

Oh my gosh when I saw this picture I just couldn't stop laughing!
How cute is that?!
This picture made my day.

2011-07-01T10:30:00.003-06:00

HAPPY PAC 12 DAY UTES!

Time to buy some new gear
AND
a Utah Flag for our house!!

GO UTES!

We Survived!

2011-06-16T12:28:00.014-06:00

We have Survived 1 whole year of house payments!
A year ago today.. I signed my life away.

I love our house. I love everything about it.
I love that it is brand new.
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I love knowing no one else has lived there.
{Knowing I was the first to sit on the toilet seat brings me comfort}
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I love that we picked everything inside of it.
From how many lights down to the carpet pad.
***
I love that it is all ours.
We can paint, knock out walls, add walls, use liquid nail on the wall..
do anything and everything.
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I love ALWAYS having a spot in the garage.
***
I love that we live in a HOA neighborhood.
Our community looks beautiful all of the time and we don't lift a finger!
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I love the location.
Close to the freeway and highway. In walking distance from a grocery store, gas station, car wash, tanning and Orange Leaf!
***
I love our neighbors.
They are kind, loving, giving, friendly, and we could not ask for better neighbors!

This was our bedroom for a few days...
while Austin and his Dad created our beautiful master bedroom!
Not to mention we had to wait for RC Willey to deliver all our furniture!

Master Bedroom Make-Over!
Moving in was A LOT of work.
More than I remember!
When you move out for the first time you still have some stuff at your parents. But as soon as you buy.. they give it ALL back!
I didn't realize I had so much stuff!

I LOVE being a homeowner.
And I love that I get to help others become homeowners too!
We Love this house and we're going to stay here for a long time!

Memorial Memories!

2011-06-02T11:57:00.014-06:00

Memorial Day Weekend was a super busy weekend for us!
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Friday Night we had our friends Tara and Derek's sealing and their wedding dinner afterwards.
*****
It was so fun to celebrate with them!

Saturday we spent most of the day hiking up Timpanogos and going through the caves. That hike was a lot harder than any of us remembered! Does that mean we're getting old or that we're out of shape? Possibly Both.

We were all happy and enjoying the hike at this point..

WE MADE IT! We were so exhausted by the time we got to the top!

Inside the cave where Austin called it Chocolate Falls!
After hiking and the cave we went to Speed Street!
Austin, Darren and Steve. Ready to Race!

I was excited yet nervous because I knew all the boys were going to smoke me!
Bart, Andria, Me, Austin, Darren and Steve!

Sunday we had brunch, saw Grandparents, visited the cemetery and played games with my family.
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Monday we went to Kung Fu Panda 2 with the Bennett gang, lunch and Brick oven, and dinner at the Mandarin with the Nabor gang.
At lunch with the Bennett's Ashlee announced she was pregnant!
We're excited to see her and Justin grow and be wonderful parents!
As for this weekend-
We are headed off to Vegas and then to Disney Land!

Anniversary Celebrations!

2011-05-23T10:39:00.006-06:00

For our first year anniversary we went to Still Water Lodge and ate at our favorite restaurant Flemings!

Right as we got off the exit for the lodge there was a MOOSE!
{Pictures are blurry because I was taking them quickly and my camera didn't have time to focus. Sorry!}

Right next to our car!

Anyone who knows my dad's story about his first encounter with a moose knows how scared I was for my car! No worries! Austin started barking at the Moose and he took of running.

This picture is completely out of order but we went to the Olympic park and Austin did some skiing.
I came home to these...
He gave me this..

It was a perfect one year anniversary!

Thanks Austin!

Last but not least-

Year one is OVER! Austin works rotations for 6 weeks then it's summer break! YES!

A Year Ago..

2011-05-13T14:15:00.004-06:00

A year ago I married my best friend and man did that year fly by fast!

We have accomplished so much together as a team in the past year.

We survived the freeways of California, we bought a house, Austin finished his first year of graduate school, we bought a puppy and Austin got his first pet, I sold my first houses as a real estate agent, Austin experienced what "grown up" bills were and we even had our first major car (truck) repair.

I did learn a few things in my first year of marriage.

Such as:

Men's clothing has a hard time making it to the hamper.

Earplugs at night are a life saver.

Being stocked up on Mountain Dew and Coke is crucial.

The toilet seat will always be up.

Men require a lot of tickles and backscratches.

Last but not least...

Every football game is an IMPORTANT game.

This past year has been so amazing! I feel so lucky to have Austin as mine forever!

I don't want to get to mushy and personal on here so I'll save that for the card!

I love you babe!

Happy Anniversary!

{Tomorrow}

I look forward to forever with you!

Weekend Project

2011-05-05T14:59:00.004-06:00

Ok really I'm in love with this blog! This lady just knows exactly what I want to do to my house but she does it first which is fabulous because then I can show Austin what it will look like. And in return that motivates him. {sometimes}

Framing a mirror makes a world of difference!

I can't wait to do this to our bathrooms!

The best part is- its a quick project that can be done in a day!

{In our case... maybe two}

Before:

During:

After:

I love it! I won't be sanding the edges of mine but hers is super cute!

And this is her half bath!

I'm in LOVE with her frame around this one!
It would look great in our hall bathroom!

Projects, Projects, PROJECTS!

Would summer just get here already?!

Laundry Room Project

2011-05-05T09:47:00.003-06:00

So I've been telling Austin all year that when he actually has a summer break there will be projects waiting for him. This is one of them.

I've been envisioning this idea for my laundry room and then I found this amazing blog that put my idea into pictures! I love it! A shelf and a pedestal is exactly what my laundry room needs!

I might not be able to wait until his break!

It will be so beautiful and functional when it's done!

I can hardly wait!