Memorial Day Weekend

We kicked off the summer with a good old fashion Bear Lake trip! It is defiantly one of our favorite places to be.  On Sunday night we went and stayed with Kevin and Christina's grandparents.  We ate way too much food, played games, and went on a walk.

  In the morning we woke up and went to our grandparents cabin and hung out with them and played on the beach!  It was perfect :) I was stubborn and decided not to wear any sunscreen............ mistake.  I had sunburned knives stuck into my shins.  I put myself on bed rest.  ;)

When we got home from the lake we met up with our neighbors for a bbq and kickball game.  It was way fun! We love our neighbors! It was a perfect weekend to kick off the summer!

Randoms

Christian and I have been oh so busy lately.  I feel like we have seen each other 30 minutes a day for the past couple of weeks.  But even with our crazy schedules we have managed to fit in lots of fun!

We knew we were both going to have to work for Valentines day so we celebrated a couple of weeks early and went up to Salt Lake for a weekend getaway.  We ate SOOOOOO much good food and did lots of shopping! On Friday we started the day at Ikea.  It was Christians first time and it totally blew his mind.  I forgot how much of a maze you have to go through just to get to the exit!! But... It was really fun! We took our time looking at all the cute little displays and it was fun to imagine what our future million dollar home is going to look like ;) Just kidding. We ate at yummy PF Changs on Friday night.  So delicious.  I am still dreaming about it.  We ended up staying at the Little America and had their weekend breakfast buffet the next morning.  It was crazy good! I totally recommend it it for anyone who is looking for some good breakfast! On Saturday we went to City Creek and did some shopping! I bought a couple of new shirts and Christian bought 2 new pairs of shoes.  It was a successful shopping trip.  Of course on the way home we stopped at our favorite place (okay... my favorite place) Target! It was great.  We got a kick out of all the Valentines presents that they had to buy.  This was our favorite!

I love getting to get away for little weekends with Christian.  We both have to work a lot of weekends so it is fun to get a break every once in awhile and just spend time together.

On that Sunday we went over to Shera and Brad's new house for a Superbowl party!  I decided to make jalapeno crescent rolls at the last minute so I had to make my own dough. It was my first try and any type of homemade bread and it went great! I was proud!

The superbowl party was fun too! I didn't watch much except for when Destiny's Child made their come back... and that was great! We had a lot of yummy treats! Katie made artichoke bread and caramel popcorn.  Shera made chicken sliders and chocolate chip cookies, Christina made Better than sex cake and homemade pizza pockets, and I made the crecent rolls and banana cake.  It was great! 

I decided to try and make my own curtains because I couldn't find any I liked that fit my budget.  So I found a pinterest tutorial and decided I would paint big brown stripes.  They looked great... minus a few paint mishaps! I was pretty excited for them and made one and let it dry over night.  When I went to hang it in the morning you could see all the imperfections in the paint job because the light was shining through.  I was so mad I cried a little and then decided I probably just needed a second paint job.  But that means retaping the lines and that took forever... so right now the curtains are sitting in a box and I am trying to convince myself to try again.  Christina kept me company while I painted the curtain! She made a way cute wreath out of yarn! 

For Valentines day we spent our day a the good ol' Mill.  Every year they do a huge valentines buffet and it is a lot of work! We decided to hang my love letters as the centerpiece of the buffet! It turned out way cute! We had to add fabric to the back so they wouldn't have cardboard... but it looked great! 

The night before valentines Christian gave me all of my favorite things.  Flowers, Reeses, strawberry sour straws, a rice krispy treat, "diet love potion" (diet coke), and gum.  He also wrote me a very creative letter. That was my favorite part! 

My parents sent us a cute package in the mail with a picture decoration with all of the holidays in it.  It s really cute! I can't wait to put it up for St. Pattys day! Christians mom came and dropped us off some yummy treats for the Rocky Mountain Chocolate  factory for us.  They were quite good! I am so thankful for all the love that we have in our life.  Both of our families are awesome and we are so lucky to have everyone in our life that we do.  And although I think Valentines Day is a little over rated.  I am grateful that I had the best Valentine out there.  I love Christian! 

Anyways... that is what we have been up to as of late.  

Playing With Photography

When I married Christian I inherited a DSLR camera. I have noooooo idea how to use it.  But I am slowly learning.  My sister Katie and I are taking a class to try and learn how to use our cameras.  I love taking pictures and playing with them on Photoshop and lightroom.  Here is some of the fun I have had lately.