Road Trip

Taylor and I decided to take a little road trip yesterday and head up to Evanston to get some fireworks for the 4th of July (all completely legal in Utah). My cousins Dillon and Laura drove up with us. We got to the Phantom Fireworks store knowing that we would probably spend a fair amount on fireworks, we always do, but we were shocked by how many fireworks we got for free. First off every firework was by one get one of equal value free. What a deal! Then if you spent $129.00 you got $140.00 in FREE fireworks. We quickly found out that non of the free fireworks we were getting for spending $129.00 were legal in Utah. We thought that we were just going to get kinda screwed but we didn't. They were totally cool and willing to swap the $140.00 in free fireworks for ones that are legal in Utah. All in all we came home with nearly $500.00 in fireworks and didn't spend even close to half of that!! I'm so excited. The 4th of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. I LOVE lighting fireworks even if they are just the silly Utah fountains. On our way back from Evanston we stopped in Park City and had lunch/brunch at the Loco Lizard. I had the yummiest egg casserole. I would definitely recommend it for brunch. After we had full bellies we ran over to the outlets because I had wanted to get some croc flip-flops. They are $40.00 here at the mall and they have a new crocs outlet in Park City so I figured I'd see if they were cheaper there. We ended up getting 3 pairs of crocs shoes for $30!!! We had so much fun yesterday. It was really fun to just hang with Laura and Dillon. My family really is so close and we love spending time together. All in all it was an awesome day.

Going Veggie

Taylor and I have decided to go vegetarian. I'm extremely picky when it comes to meat. I don't like to cut it, I'm always examining it for fat, I won't eat meat on the bone, and the thought of touching raw chicken makes my squeamish. I had slowly been eating less and less meat and had been thinking about going vegetarian for a while but when Taylor brought it up to me a few weeks ago we decided to take the plunge. Today was day one of our veggie life and I have to say that I think that this is going to work out great for me. Eating veggie style isn't as hard as shopping veggie style. You don't realize how many things have meat in them until you really start looking. My Aunt Michelle and cousin Laura have been vegetarian for a few years now and that makes it easier. They have tons of good meal ideas and great advice to make sure we are still getting all of the protein we need. Hopefully this will be a healthier way of living for us.

IKEA Insanity

Taylor has wanted a Poang chair from IKEA for a long time. They are super comfy chairs but they run about $100.00. Well last Saturday IKEA had the chair and cushion on sale for $39! My aunt Michelle and I decided to go down and try our luck to get one. The store opened at 10 a.m. and we got there at about 8:40. There were already 32 people in line in front of us and we were hesitant as to whether or not we were really going to even get one. Most of the time when places have sales like this they only have a very small amount of the item on sale. We ended up getting our chairs in the colors we wanted and as we were going downstairs to pick them up, we saw an insane line. We asked a worker if that was the line to pick up your chairs and she said that it was the line to get a ticket to pick up the chair (we had already gotten our tickets). She said that there were about 900 people there to get these chairs. 900!! I couldn't believe it!! Luckily we got ours and Taylor has loved playing his Xbox while sitting in his new chair.

Precious!

I got up early on Saturday to go run some errands with my aunt. After getting ready in the bathroom I walked into the bedroom and saw this. It was too precious.

Zoo Fun

I love this time of year. I'm not one for the scorching summer heat but when it just starts to get warm again, I can't get enough of being out doors. Since last Saturday was so nice, we decided to take Taylor's cousin's girls to the zoo. My friend Kati from work and her husband came with us and brought their nieces and nephew. We had so much fun. These girls are always so well behaved and we just love spending time with them. We told them that they had to choose whether they wanted to ride the train or the new carousel. They chose the carousel so I sent Taylor off to buy tickets and he came back with a whole handful. He told me that he thought that the girls had been so good that they deserved to do it all. And he always tells me that I'm going to be the soft one when we have kids. Yeah right!! The day was gorgeous and we couldn't have had a better day.

4 Years Down And Many More To Come

I know I'm about a week late on this post but unfortunately I've been sick for the past week with a nasty viral mess. Last Tuesday, May 5th, Taylor and I had our 4 year anniversary. We weren't really able to celebrate on the 5th with me being under the weather but we were able to finally head out this past Saturday. We went to the Harvest at Thanksgiving Point and had a nice, quiet dinner together. I really feel so incredibly lucky to be married to such a wonderful person. We have our ups and downs and through it all I know we love each other more and more every day. Its so much fun to spend every day with my best friend. Just last night he came to bed at 3:00 am and woke me up. We stayed up talking and laughing for a half an hour about how we knew we had to get up early for work today but we were just enjoying being together talking. So with 4 crazy years behind us I can't help but wonder how amazing the years to come will be. Happy Anniversary Babe. I love you!!

Confession

After telling myself over and over again that I would not give in and get hooked on those cheesy vampire books that everyone has been raving about, I caved. While not feeling well about a month back I borrowed Twilight from my sister. I mainly wanted to read it just to see what all of the hype was about and now I'm addicted. Yes, I am a Twilight addict. I can't put it down. I made Taylor go out and buy me all of the books as I am sure that I will want to read them again several times over. I even made him buy me the movie without even seeing it before the purchase. I don't know what it is. I find myself laughing at the cheesy love scenes in the book and yet I can't seem to put it down. What will I be hooked on next that I swore I would never get into? Facebook, Myspace? Who knows but for now I'll just stick to my Twilight addiction.

Sooo Excited

When I found out they were coming I knew I had to go. I got tickets to see Billy Joel and Elton John and I'm stoked!!! Tickets were a little pricey but can you really put a price on seeing not one but two musical legends? November seems so far away but I know it's going to be great.

Only Me

Ok this story is hilarious now that I'm looking back at it and no longer in pain. Last weekend Taylor and I headed down to Mesquite with my mom and Nolan for a little weekend get away. Wednesday night was spent packing up for our little trip. Now our apartment is really old and has radiant heat. While I am not the nudist that my husband seems to be, it can get extremely hot in our apartment. So while we were packing I decided to take off the pants and just hang out in my long tee shirt. No harm in that right? That was until I tried to step over the suitcase that I conveniently left right in the door way of the bedroom. Logged nicely between the dresser and the wall. In my attempt to step over the suitcase, at the time it seemed so much easier than moving it, I managed to catch my bare bottom on the corner of the dresser. My eyes instantly started swelling up with water and then I heard it. The words you never want to hear when wounded. "Don't look down at it" came right out of Taylor's mouth. Of course it's natural to look at that point. So I did and I ended up with a good 6 inch cut on my BUTT! As I laid there on the bed while my husband treated my wound he said " you'll laugh about this tomorrow." I looked up at him with tears in my eyes laughing and just said "Screw tomorrow I'm laughing now." So now in the week since the incident my behind has bled, scabbed, bruised and healed all because I was too lazy to move the suitcase. It hurt like hell but we are sure getting a good laugh at it now.

Amazing Friends

As I was checking out all of the blogs on my buddy list today I realized how many amazing friends I have. Who at 26 years old, can still say that they are still in contact will all of their best friends from elementary school? I still talk to my friends from middle school and high school too. Even though life has taken us all in so many directions, we still keep in contact the best way that we can. Blogging has been a huge help with that. And even though we don't call each other everyday like we use to, I know that I could call any one of you at anytime and you would all be there for me. So to all my wonderful friends I just wanted to say thanks for your amazing friendships. I have so many great memories with you all and I cherish the friendships that we have.