Kevin's 25th Birthday!!!

I love you so much!!! You are everything to me and are such a wonderful husband!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEV!!!!!

Winter!!!

Here are a few pictures of Kevin and I. We love the month of December! Lots of food, family, and fun times!!!!

Blazer Game!!!

Last Wednesday, Kevin and I got the opportunity to go to a Trail Blazer game! We love Portland and the Blazers! Here are some pictures of our awesome date night!!!

THANKSGIVING DAY!

WE FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE!!!

Kevin and I call it a blessing!!! We have been looking for months and months at different apartments in Provo and Orem. And to tell you the truth I was getting a little scared knowing we needed to move in a month and still no ideas where we were going to live... I thought we were going to be homeless for awhile. As most of you know, the housing in Provo isn't the greatest.. But our number one priority on our list, was being in a safe location. Kevin will be working nights when we head back to Utah and he wanted some place where he knew I would be safe. So one night last week, Kevin and I were sitting in our room looking at places to live. Keeping in mind that we needed to find something in the next week or so... We both had idea places that we wanted to live but were out of our price range. We ended up making a list of things we both wanted in an apartment, but knew we couldn't be too picky when it comes to Provo. We both got so frustrated with the whole thing, we started getting frustrated at eachother! By this point we stopped looking for apartments and said that we really needed to just have faith. So we said our prayers that night and asked heavenly father to help us and guide us to where we needed to be. The next morning, Kevin went off to work and I got up and got ready for the day not even thinking about looking for housing. I was checking my email that next morning and just thought i would peek at craigslist and see if anything had changed from the night before. (I wasn't getting my hopes up...) But the paged opened and the first thing i saw was the apartment complex that Kevin and I both LOVED was having a huge special!!!!!! I got really excited and decided to keep reading through the post. I couldn't believe it!!!! The place we both really wanted to live, that was in the best location, but was out of our price range, dropped their rent on the 1 bedrooms by $100!!!!! I was so excited! I called Kevin at work and he told me to go ahead and call the apartment, fill out the application and put the deposit down on it. Good thing I called when I did... they only had one apartment left that had that special! We are both really excited about our new home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got approved for the apartment and are all ready to move in on the 30th of this month! The only thing we didn't like about this is that we are needing to move in 2 weeks!!! SCAREY!!!!!!!!! We have started packing up everything at my mom's house and have planned to head down there the 28th of November. This was a huge blessing for us and we couldn't be more grateful!!!

Halloween BEE!

Halloween!!!

Kevin, Mia and I had an (okay) Halloween this year. I was a little disappointed... But in the end everything worked out okay! So, Kevin promised me at the beginning of the month on my birthday that we would do all the fun Halloween traditions together this year! He knew that it meant A LOT to me because this is one of my favorite holidays! Some of the traditions we talked about were...(Going to a pumpkin patch and picking our pumpkins, craving pumpkins, decorating the house, watching old and creepy Halloween movies, dressing up, and passing out candy to all the kids that came by our house!) I was so excited for this year to see all the kids in their cute and scary costumes, since last year we lived in a huge apartment complex on the third floor and the youngest kids that lived there were college students... Well... I'm sad to say out of all the fun Halloween traditions we had planned on doing, we were only able to actually participate in 2 out of the 6 on our list...

FIRST forget the pumpkin patch because of the rain... Kevin was NOT up for walking around in the rain for 30 minutes to buy a pumpkin...

SECOND, Kevin was also really was not up for craving pumpkins this year at all, because he would have to clean the mess up. We also didn't do this last Halloween either! I was not a happy person...

THIRD, I ended up doing all the decorations on the inside and outside of the house by myself... with NOOOOO help!!!!

FOURTH, last year, Kevin loved renting all the old scary movies and watching them with me. I was so excited that this year was going to be a repeat of that! But no... For some reason he wanted nothing to do with anything that involved scary movies! (I just don't get how all of a sudden things could change in one year...) I think I called him a baby about 100 times in the whole month of October! Haha!!!

FIFTH, Forget dressing up! I couldn't even get Kevin to even dress as a crazy NFL fan and wear all his AZ Cardinals stuff! He wanted nothing to do with dressing up for all the kids that came to our house. Sad huh?...

SIXTH, at the end of the night Kevin did end up participating in helping me pass out candy to all the kids... (and eating about half of the candy we bought!) I do admit i was a little angry with him about how our Halloween was going, but by the end of the night and after the Oregon football game was over, he was very helpful. Thanks Kev!

(We ended up finding the cutest little outfit for Mia to wear on Halloween. It ended up being the last of the dog costumes in the store and was missing a head piece for it, but knowing my dog she would only kept the whole outfit and costume on for a total of 2 minutes anyways. So we ended up going ahead and getting it for her. It was on clearance and was only for $3!!! It ended up fitting her perfect and she was so adorable in it!!!)

My Best Friends Wedding!

Apart...

I fly out to Utah today! My best friend Gina, is getting married in the Salt Lake Temple this Saturday. I'm so excited for her! Married life is the greatest!!! But, this will be the first time Kevin and I have been away from each other since we got married... I'm not going to lie, we both got a little emotional when we had to say our goodbyes this morning. While I'm gone, he is in charge of running the house and taking care of the dog. I know he won't have any problems, but fixing himself something to eat maybe a little difficult. Haha! I know he wont starve because he is the type of person that could eat a box of cereal for every meal... yuck! I will update our blog when I get back home on Monday and i will let you all know how things went.

GOOD LUCK KEVIN!!! I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My 22nd BIRTHDAY!!!

So, this last Friday was my 22nd birthday, and I have to admit it was the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!! Kevin had work off on Friday and so we got to spend the whole day together! (It was the best!!!) My day started out with Kevin waking me up with breakfast in bed! (He called it, Kevin's Breakfast Cafe!) He brought into our room a breakfast menu that he typed up and a princess crown! He said, I am his Princess and I could have whatever I wanted today! (How sweet is that!?!) After breakfast, Kevin and I got ready for the day and then he took me to the mall for a shopping spree! I love shopping and I was so excited. After that we spent the rest of the day going to all our favorite places around Portland. Later that night, he surprised me by taking me out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory! The food there was pretty yummy and I was so stuffed by the end of our meal, but somehow the word got out to the restaurant and everyone that worked there, that it was my birthday! They brought over a piece of cheesecake with a candle and sang "happy birthday" to me! It was a little embarrassing having a bunch of random people singing and staring at me, but it was fun! I couldn't thank Kevin enough for everything he did for me. He put so much thought and hard work into planning my birthday for me. I am so grateful to have Kevin as my husband and for everything he does for me. He really made it the BEST birthday ever!

Love you Kev,

your the best!!!!

Fun at the park!

Kevin has been working with Mia the last couple weeks with her tricks. She knows how to sit, stay and play fetch! But her favorite thing to do, is to go run at the park. I'm so proud of Kevin for not giving up and being patient with her!

Here is a video of us at the park the other night!

Elayna Bell's 2nd Birthday!

Short Course!

Kevin and I were able to head out to the golf course again last weekend. Instead of going and just hitting balls at the driving range, we decided to play the short course! We had so much fun! I'm so excited Kevin and I have found another thing we love to do together!

Driving Range!

Mia's 6 month Birthday!!!

Mia is 6 MONTHS old today!!!

Driving Range!

Kevin and I got to spend last Saturday out at the golf course!!! Growing up as a kid, I kind of lived on a golf course. My family and I lived out on a nice resort where there were tons of swimming pools, tennis courts, a golf course and a lake! (And everything was walking distance for me!) I told Kevin on the way there, some of the stories of me growing up and taking golf camps during the summers. He didn't believe me and thought I was making the whole thing up... He said, "he doesn't see me as the golfer type of girl." (whatever that means...) I never knew there was a golfer type... Anyways, Kevin and I decided to try out the driving range first. Kevin wanted to make things interesting, so we decided to make it into a little competition.

1. Who could drive the ball the furthest?

2. Who had the best accuracy?

3. And who had the best form?

Well, lets just say that I destroyed Kevin!!!! I drove the ball the furthest, had the best accuracy, and had the best form! I knew I was going to destroy him when he told me, the last time he went golfing he had trouble with swinging the golf club like a baseball bat! Kevin has now decided to go every Saturday until he gets better. I'm just happy that we have found another thing that we both really enjoy doing together as a couple!

Thanks Kev for such a great weekend! I love you so much!!!!

P.S. (Check out the pictures that I have posted of us and Kevin's form and baseball swing!) Haha!!!

Mia at 5 months!

Mia loves to play with rolled up socks! She is also teething right now so she will bite anything and everything she can sink her teeth into! Sorry about your nose Kev! Haha!!!

The Top 50 Reasons Why I LOVE My Husband!!!

1. He is Honest.

2. He loves and has faith in the Gospel.

3. He is Dependable.

4. He tells me I look beautiful when I really look my worst.

5. He knows when I don't feel good.

6. He loves his family and knows the real meaning of FAMILY.

7. He says I LOVE YOU at least 10 times a day.

8. He kisses me everyday.

9. He makes goals and accomplishes them.

10. He talks in his sleep.

11. He is proud of me.

12. He is not afraid to cry.

13. He loves boating.

14. He loves his best friends.

15. He makes me laugh at least 3 times a day.

16. He is a computer nerd.

17. He doesn't really understand dance, but loves that I have a passion for it.

18. He is successful.

19. He loves sports! (Specially football.)

20. He plays video games with me, even though I'm not the greatest player.

21. He thinks he is an interior decorator. I tell him to just let me do it, but he insists on doing it with me.

22. He loves the outdoors.

23. He does the dishes.

24. He loves the smell of MINT.

25. He loves taking bubble baths.

26. He always has to be the one driving when we are in the car together.

27. He thinks being 25 is too old.

28. He always listens to me.

29. He is easily distracted.

30. He always wants to do what is right.

31. He is a positive person.

32. He loves singing in the car.

33. He is very picky about his clothes and shoes.

34. He loves to workout with me.

35. He loves keeping the house and things clean.

36. He hates being woken up from naps.

37. He loves our dog.

38. He loves going on vacations.

39. He loves giving me back massages.

40. He would rather stay home and watch a movie then go out. (I think he just likes cuddling me during movies.)

41. He always smells good. (except after playing basketball..)

42. He is very giving.

43. He is my high school sweetheart.

44. He can't wait to start a family with me.

45. He is always patient with me.

46. He knows me inside and out.

47. He always is making sure I'm happy.

48. I love that he plays the acoustic guitar.

49. I love how he is so grateful for everything in his life.

50. He loves me!!!!!!

My New Hair!!!

I am finally posting a picture of my new haircut. I was a little scared at first to dye my hair a dark brown, seeing as I have never been this dark before in my life. But, I LOVE IT!!! And Kevin loves it too! Let me know what you guys think!!!

After...

Before...

I can't believe it's been a year!

For our anniversary Kevin and I were able to leave Oregon for the weekend and drive up to Seattle, Washington! He surprised me and took me to a hotel that was right on the waterfront in downtown Seattle and planned the whole weekend out for us! We had so much fun!!! We were able to spend the day walking through downtown, Pikes place and the aquarium. He then took me to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, which is our favorite restaurant! I love my husband so much! I will never forget our weekend in Seattle and our first anniversary together!!!

Thanks again babe!

I love you!!! xoxo