Hunger Games and City Creek Mall How Glorious You Both Were!

    Last Sunday we had dinner at my mom's house.  It was yummy and always and fun to be with the fam.  We all are obsessed with baby Spencer and everyone has to get in on some holding time!  Easton loveslovesloves babies and always wants another turn holding!

 Blake had to run something to Pres and Sandy's and the only greeting he got from the Izzy and Mers was where is the baby haha!  He had to bring them over so they could hold the baby again!

 My mom is the only other person on the planet that loves steamers as much as I do, so I gave her a stir stick (thanks to my girlfriend Tanisha).  This little stir stick is the greatest thing ever and makes to yummiest foamy drinks ever!  The kids loves when Grandma makes them foamy drinks now too!

When we got home we had to jump in the h-tub before bed, if you haven't noticed we're kinda obsessed!

    Monday I worked at Dr. Sands and then went to boot camp.  I tell everyone how amazing this class is and try to get friends to come join in on the fun.  My friend Kelsi surprised me and came to suffer through boot camp with me.  It was so fun having her there.  You curse the teacher the whole class because you push yourself soooo hard but at the end you are wasted and are super proud of yourself, it's totally addicting!  I went home and picked Blake up and we met Mike, Alisha and Savannah for dinner at Ichibon (a new sushi place that opened across the street from Red Ginger).  Their sushi is also half priced and tastes amazing!  We had fun chatting, ate waaaaay too much and loved every minute of it!  Blake and I went to see 21 Jump Street after.

    Tuesday I worked at Dr. Johansens and then went to the gym.  Blake had his first young men's activity that night.  It was a combined YM/YW activity and so I thought I'd tag along and get to know the young women since I'll be at camp with them!  We went to the food bank and then to Nielson custard.  It was a fun evening.  We got home pretty late and were both starving.  We made homemade alfredo (a skinny recipe) with chicken, broccoli and fresh tomatoes.......it was AMAZING!  Wow a meal that finally turned out, I was pretty proud!!!!  We got in the hot tub to celebrate our accomplishment haha!

    Wednesday morning I was starting to feel a little sick but I went to the gym before work because we had a busy night planned.  I worked at Dr. Johansens.  When Blake and I got home we grabbed a quick bite and then headed to the temple for ward temple night.  I was starting to feel much more sick and got super car sick driving to the temple.  I was nervous during the whole session that I was going to puke.....thank goodness I was able to hold it in!  Sick or not, I always love being in the temple with my sweet husband!  On the way home my husband knew just what to do to make me feel better.  He got me a giant Diet Coke at McDonalds

We took that and edamame out while we soaked in the h-tub listening to Pandora.....life doesn't get better than that!

    Thursday morning I woke up and was feeling worse.  I worked at Dr. Dastrup's and it was the longest day ever.  I had the worst sinus pressure (it felt like my eyes were going to pop out of their sockets), achy, and a little nauseous.  I was sad I couldn't go to the gym after work but I needed my bed asap!  I took a power nap and then headed to the ward for our first girls camp meeting.  The stake put on the most awesome presentation to get us pumped up.  Our theme this year is Cowgirl Up.  I can't wait for camp, it's gonna be a blast!!!  When I got home I was feeling horrible!  Ryan Bailey (one of Blake's closest rugby friends) was in town from California.  He came by to visit for a bit.  It was so fun seeing him and hearing about his new job!  I had to hit the hay a bit early because I was feeling so crappy.  My sweet husband tried to help me but there wasn't much he could do, I just needed to try and sleep it off.

    Thank goodness I didn't have to work on Friday so I was able to take it easy all day.  By about 2 I was getting a bit stir crazy (I don't sit around very well).  I attempted going to the gym and just walked slow on the eliptical.  I overheated fast and so I didn't stay too long.  I had to run and grab a few things at the store.  When I got home I was exhausted and not feeling too red hot.  My hubs snuggled me for a bit and then we got in the hot tub to relax my muscles, it felt so good.  We grabbed dinner at Cafe Rio that night and then met Pres and J to see Hunger Games.  We got our tickets ages ago.  We have been counting down for the movie to finally start!

It definitely did not disappoint and Blake already wants to see it again!  

    Saturday morning we slept in and relaxed for a bit in the morning.  I was feeling a lot better but still not 100%.  Whit and my mom wanted to check out City Creek and I didn't wanna get left behind so they let me come even though I was still a little sick.  I wasn't allowed to hold Spencer which was like torture for me!  We had soooo much fun.  I seriously felt like I was in California at that mall.  I can't believe what an amazing job they've done!  It was packed with people and I kept running into people I knew around every turn!  It was great with all the live music and fun things for the kiddos.

 The view facing the temple is amazing!

We loved window shopping at the crazy expensive stores!  We had a delicious Greek lunch at the food court.  The Forever 21 was amazing and we tried on cloths forever.  I finally got myself some colored skinnies WOOT WOOT (I've been dying to get some forever).

I even got Kath to get a pair of black skinnies and they looked AMAZING on her!!!  

The weather was perfect and we had waaaay too much fun together!  I have so much fun playing with my fam, they are my best friends in the world, I am so lucky!!!!!  Blake, Preston, Jake and Jimmy had a boys day golfing at Thanksgiving Point while we were shopping.  They came home with half their faces sunburned and the biggest smiles ever.  Blake hasn't golfed since Thanksgiving and was going crazy!  That night we set up Thretton with a girlfriend I work with, Raissa.  Jamyn had drill so Pres came along with us. We planned to go the the REAL SLC game but it was sold out so we had a change of plans.  We grabbed dinner at Black Bear Diner (one of our favs).  It was packed because it was a Saturday night but it was tasty!  We went back to our house after and the boys got in the h-tub and we all sat outside and chatted.  It was a lovely evening!

    This morning Blake had his first 7 am meeting.  I told him it's his own fault for being too awesome.  If he was just a little less righteous and not so amazing then they wouldn't give him big callings where he has to go to meetings haha!  I have a feeling my husband has got a lot of big callings ahead because he's basically the most amazing guy I have ever met and does way too great of a job in everything he does!  He taught for the first time in young men's and I had to talked to the young women about girls camp.  We have so many cute girls and I can't wait to get to know them better!  After church Blake had to go help with fast offerings.  Now we're just relaxing for a bit.  We get to go have dinner with the Bailey's tonight (Ryan's parents).  We adore their sweet family and can't wait to see them!!!

Newborn Pictures, Getting To Know The Neighbors and Keys on Main

    Tuesday night Blake went to play rugby with Preston and some friends.  On the way home they grabbed some Greek food from Dasks and came to our house to watch the BYU basketball game.  Jamyn had drill all night and wasn't feeling well so she didn't make it over so we are still long overdue for our date night!

    Wednesday I went to the gym before work and then worked at Dr. Johansens.  That night we got take-out from Rumbis with Mike, Alisha and Savannah.  I rented Savannah Smiles for us to all watch together in honor of Savannah (it is by far one of my favorite childhood movies!)  We had a fun night together and Savy loved her movie and theme song!

    Thursday I worked at Dr. Dastrup's.  My cousin Danny and his wife Jess live in Bountiful (super close to Dastrup's office).   I called Jess and we met up for lunch at one of her favorite restaurants out there, Plate and Palates.  It was the cutest place ever and our food was phenominal.  I promise that will not be my last visit there.  It was so fun chit-chatting!  The restaurant has a funny set-up though and by accident I ended up walking out to head back to work without paying............um whoops!  I didn't make it to far before I realized and turned right around.  Jess had already paid my bill and I was soooooooo embarrassed!  She wouldn't let me meet up with her to pay her back so now I owe her another girls date asap!!!  That night I met up with Blake at the Tmobile store.  I finally got off Cricket.  I never thought I'd see the day!!!!!!!  I've had Cricket since my junior year of high school so it was definitely time!  My new phone is gorgeous and amazing and I'm still in awe everytime I touch it!

After getting all the phone stuff figured out I met my mom for our weekly Little America split pea soup.  We sat and chatted forever and I helped her program her new phone (she washed her other one in the washing machine haha).

    Friday morning I went to the gym and then headed out to Whit's.  We spent the day editing the awesome pictures Kaylee took of Sadie and Spencer.  She did such a great job and we were very excited with how they turned out!

I went to a Dr. appointment later that day because my working wrist has been sore since we moved.  We got everything all figured out so hopefully it will get better in a jiffy now!  I went back to Whit's to work on the pictures again until Blake got home from work.  That night we went out to dinner with 9 couples from our ward.  We ate at Bonsai, a Japanese Grill like Benihanas.  Dinner was delish and it was so much fun getting to know more people in our ward.  We went back to the Templetons house after to play games.  We laughed our butts off all night!  I don't know how we got so lucky but we seriously hit the jackpot in our new neighborhood.  Everyone is so nice and so much fun.  We didn't get home til midnight that night because we were having too much fun!

    Saturday morning I went to the gym and then did some things around the house.  I met up with some of the Africa crew for lunch at Zupas in American Fork because David was in town from St. George.  We had a great turn-out and chatted for quite a while.  I can't believe how close we've all been able to stay since that wonderful summer, I absolutely adore all of them!  I came home to a husband who'd gone crazy at his favorite store, Home Depot.  My dad gave us a giftcard and Blake was in heaven.  He got a new lawn mower and all sorts of gardening tools.  That night we picked up DJ and Kelsi and headed downtown.  We had a delicious dinner at Sawadee.  It's a great little Thai place and all of our meals were awesome!  After we headed to Keys On Main.  It was St. Patrick's Day and so the place was a little crazy.  Luckily we got a table so we didn't have to stand.  

The music was awesome, the dueling pianists were super talented!  One of them painted his entire head green!

It got a bit sketchy a few times but we had a blast.  We chugged down some diet cokes and virgin daiquiris while were were people watching, singing out guts out and laughing our heads off.  

We were exhausted when we finally left and our ears were ringing the rest of the night.  We had to make a 1 am grocery visit to get our vegetables for Sunday dinner at my mom's.

    This morning I woke up at 3 am cause I was starving......seriously who does that?!?!  Don't worry I'm not pregnant I've done this for years!  I had to meet with the 1 counselor before church.  I got my first calling in our new ward.  I'm going to be the assistant director for girls camp this summer.  I am sooo excited!  I always loved girls camp and can't wait to be a part of it again.  I feel to young to be a leader haha it's just gonna be like a fun trip with a bunch of girlfriends:)!  After church Blake got set apart for his calling and had his first of many meetings.  I am so excited for him and know he's going to do a great job in the calling!!!  Now we're just getting our vegetables ready for dinner at my mom's tonight. It's snowing really hard outside and looks so beautiful!

Cabin Fun!

    Last Sunday was fast Sunday.  I seriously struggle with fasting BIG time!  It's is sooo hard for me to skip a meal.  Thank goodness I have a great husband who helps disract me!  After church I started getting stuff ready to make dinner the next night (I have to think ahead when I wanna cook because I get home so late)  Blake and I went for a Sunday walk after because it was so gorgeous outside.  We accidentally locked outselves out.....whoopsies!  Our cute renters let us try to shimmy up the laundry chute.....no luck haha!  Finally they helped us credit card our way in.  Thank goodness we have awesome renters:)!  We had dinner at my parents that night.  We stayed and hung out for a bit and then went home to get in our hot tub before bed.

    Monday I worked at Dr. Sands.  I went to boot camp after.  I came home, threw my dinner in the oven and jumped in the shower.  When I got out the oven was 90 degrees......awesome.  I can't ever win:(  I was devastated.  I cooked my dinner (honey lime enchiladas) in the microwave.  It wasn't the same but the flavors were still yummy.  I will definitely be making that again.....hopefully the oven will work next time though!  We watched Bachelor Women Tell All while we ate.  It was an entertaining night full of catfights!

    Tuesday I worked at Dr. Johansen's.  Chelsey, one of our assistants, found out her sweet little dog had been hit and so she had to go home early:(  It was a crazy rest of the day and we felt so bad.  Nothing worse than losing a pet!   After work I drove to Lehi to get my haircut from Mel.  She always does a great job and it's fun catching up!  I went to Lisa's after.  We hung-out for a bit and then went to Zumba.  We felt like we were clubbin' again haha!  Since we worked out so hard we had to go get back all those calories at Cafe Rio:)!  My drive home was awful, soooo windy and snowy!  When I got home Blake and some neighbors were fixing the oven.  I swear we have the handiest neighbors ever, they can fix anything!  After they left Blake and I jumped in the hot tub.  It was FREEZING outside and we had to stay up to our noses in the water!

    Wednesday I worked at Dr. Johansens again.  After work I went to boot camp, and they kicked my booty big time!  When I got home Blake had all of Nicole's kids.  We ate dinner and then all got in the hot tub.  They all loved it!

Blake got them all out and showered off while I ran to a relief society meeting.  When I got bach they were all clean and in jammies.  Blake is sooo good with kids!  He's gonna be the best daddy someday.....far far away haha.  For now we love playing with our cute nieces and nephews.  He even taught them no food on the carpet so Izzy got a huge bowl of animal crackers and got as close as she could haha.

While we were watching tv I got THE WORST cramp ever.  Like I literally thought my insides were ripping open and I couldn't move.  After a minute or so it passed, but kept coming back every now and then.  I felt like crap and slept terribly.

    Thursday I felt all better, so weird!  I worked at Dr. Dastrups.  After work I headed to Blake's work and we drove to Provo.  We stopped to visit with Lisa and Logan for a bit and then went to see my friend Bethany's senior art show at BYU. She is an amazing artist and it was so fun to see her show!  I own an original Bethany Pinnock piece and it is one of my most prized possessions!  After the show we grabbed a quick dinner at Pita Pit and then headed home.

    Friday I spend the day catching up on chores around the house and ran some errands.  We were going to the cabin that night so I had a bunch of packing to do.  I went to the dermatologist and got something burned off my nose.......I was unaware they were removing it until they suddenly came at me with a needle........not the best surprise!  Now I have a lovely goopy scab on my nose, sweet!  When Blake got home we packed up the car and headed to Nick and Kesha's.  Once we got the snowmobiles hooked to the truck we headed to the cabin.  It's my grandma and pa Scott's cabin up in Oakley.  We grew up at the cabin and LOVE it!!!

It just a little carpet with awesome orange shag carpet and no running water in the winter, but its perfect and such a blast!  Once we got there one of the snowmobiles was acting up, but Nick and Blake were able to get it going.  We have to snowmobile into the cabin so it takes a few loads on the sled.  Once we got all settled in Kesha made us some yummy pork tacos/nachos.  We pounded an entire container of Kesha's amazing salsa!  We played Sequence and watched movies with the boys.  Nick kept us up til 1:30 and we were sooo tired when we finally hit the hay.

    Saturday morning we got to sleep in and it felt amazing!  We had a big breakfast and then Nick and Blake went for a boys ride.  Kesh and I played with the boys while they were gone.  Easton was so sad he got left behind and wanted to be outside so bad.  He wouldn't take his snowcloths off!

Blake took him for a ride and he was in heaven!  

My parents, Whit, Eddie and their kids came up and we all spent the afternoon sledding, playing on the playground and snowmobiling.

We hooked this tobagon to the back of the snowmobile and put the kids and sleds on to pull them up the big hill.

We stood on the back to make sure we didn't loose any kiddos.....and to get a ride up the hill......its long!

We went inside and had some lunch and then Blake and I took an afternoon snooze.  I don't remember the last time I was able to take a nap, it felt so wonderful!  When we woke up we took the sleds out behind the cabin and the kids had a blast.

 Grandma cheerin the kiddos on!

Sadie's turn

 Easton's turn

Boston now!

I got the tough job of snuggling Spencer while Whit and Eddie took out the snowmobiles.

Blake and I took the snowmobiles up to the cabin and it was gorgeous.  I was a little nervous driving the snowmobiles because last time I drove Nick's I crashed and crushed my foot, but I did real good:).  When it got dark the kids watched a movie while the adults played Sequence.

Blake and I flew under the radar and ended up winning twice WOOT WOOT!  We finally decided to pack up only to find one of the snowmobiles was broken (the pull cord snapped).  The poor boys had to stay out in the cold over an hour but finally they fixed it.

We were soooo excited!  We loaded our stuff out to the cars and then Whit and Eddie headed home to get little Spencer back home.  We got the snowmobiles loaded and as we were moving the trailer we found it had a flat......and we had no spare.....ugh we could not win.  They poor boys tried fixing it for a bit and finally we ended up leaving the trailer to fix another night.  Poor Blake had to drive home alone because I was out cold.  We didn't get home until 2:30.

    Sunday morning was daylight savings and we were DEAD!  Blake got called in to see the bishop and finally got a calling.  He is the secretary for the young mens.  I know he is going to do an amazing job!!  We went to sacrement and then I had to meet up with Whit.  We went to Centerville to take baby Spencer's newborn pictures.  My sweet friend Kaylee that I work with in Centerville took the pictures for us.  She did an amazing job and we can't wait to see them!!!!!  When I got home Whit and I took Spencer to Blake's parent's to show him off to the fam.  Everyone was in love!

The whole fam was at Miller's for Lauren's birthday dinner and it was super fun!  

    Yesterday I worked at Dr. Sands.  During my lunch I threw some dinner in the crock pot.  After work I went to the gym.  When I got home Blake was working on taxes, boo I HATE taxes!!!  We ate my dinner (orange beef with vegetable on rice) and watched Bachelor.....ugh we HATE Courtney!  I'm glad he chose her because he bugs me too and they deserve each other!  Can't wait for Lindsay to be the bachelorette someday:)!  We got in our hot tub after.  We always have the best chats in there, it was glorious!

    This morning I had my early day at Dr. Johansen.  I went to the gym after work and now I'm waiting for Blake to get home from rugby (touch of course) at the park with Preston!  We're gonna have a little date night with P and J which is waaaaay overdue!