To Park City We Go....

After Sandy's shower, Philip and I packed up and went to Park City for the night to celebrate our anniversary. We haven't had a free Saturday in so long and Philip works late on Fridays so we jumped on the opportunity to head up there while we had the chance. First we went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse and it was super delicious. We both have never been here and were super impressed with not only the quality of the food, but the superior customer service. You don't really see that great of customer service in a lot of places anymore, but there's was amazing! After dinner we went and spent the night at the Zermatt Resort in Midway. This resort was super cute and had a great little feel to it! Philip's sister gave us these little questionnaire things that we were able to do. I believe they were 10 questions to ask your husband/wife every year (Erin if I'm wrong I'm sorry - I have the paper put away so this is all from my memory). It was a great opportunity to find out things about each other and to just have the opportunity to talk. We then finally got to eat our cake! It was so yummy! After we walked around the resort and played a game of chess. Philip beat me and I can't believe it! I used to be a pro at chess! The next day we woke up bright and early to spend the day golfing at Homestead Resort. At first I was really frustrated because I was doing horrible and it was pretty embarrassing to do horrible at something in front of people you don't know. Plus the natural competitor in me gets mad when things don't come easily to me. After a little bit though I just let it go and we were able to have a great time. Philip is a pro at golf! It was so fun to get out and do something together that I know he enjoys. Plus Homestead was beautiful. So many great views of what Utah has to offer. When I see the beauty that is here I can't imagine living anywhere else. Here are our pictures from the trip!

Outside Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

steak and lobster - yum!

Lobby at the Zermatt

Outside at the Zermatt - the grounds were so pretty!

Our cozy little room

Outside at the Zermatt

Our cake at our wedding - seriously how awesome was it?

I had to throw this in - isn't this the best cake picture EVER?

Our setup to eat our cake - my aunt bought us the candle holders to use every year on a our anniversary to remember the reasons we fell in love every year. Such an awesome idea!

Pretty view at the golf course

my hot husband

Sometimes I pretend like I can golf

It was a great time just to get away together. We had a blast. I'm glad that we were able to spend the day doing something that Philip loves to do by going golfing. I can't wait for the many years to come and all the other celebrations we're going to have. Love you Philip- thanks for everything you do for me! I couldn't ask for a better husband or a better best friend!

Sandy's Shower

My sister Sandy is having a baby and I seriously couldn't be more excited to have another nephew join the family! My sister is due Sept 1 and I can't wait to meet her little man! A couple weekends ago my family got together and threw a baby shower to help my sister get ready for the baby. I should've taken some pictures of the cute nursery that she has put together. It's adorable. Here are some pictures from the shower...

Sandy's diaper cake- turned out so cute!

Baby Shower banner

Chocolate Fountain bar - delicious!

Diaper cake and invitation at the shower

Shower guests

More shower guests and my cute sister, Sandy

Yummy food!

My sister Sam and I enjoying all the yummy stuff dipped in chocolate

Majesta and Sandy

Me and Majesta

Sam and Majesta

Opening presents

Poor Nyjel

CHEESE!

Pretty sure her other kids aren't ready for a new baby haha

Best present ever! Go REAL!

My auntie is the best - of course I am!

Kenadee and me

L.j. Kenadee and me

Thanks everyone for coming to Sandy's shower. It was a blast and I know she enjoyed everyone being there.

Look what the cat brought in...

So yesterday afternoon I walked into my kitchen like any other normal day and saw my dog Bentley trying to play with something... I looked down and there was a SNAKE in my kitchen! I literally probably walked only 6 inches away from it. Talk about creepy!

It was about 15-18 inches.

At first we thought that maybe it just somehow climbed up our deck and through our dog down, but after Philip picked it up to take it outside we noticed it was bleeding from none other than our cat Trouble. I can tell you I'm pretty sure we'll never complain about the mice she brings in. I can also tell you that if you're planning on naming an animal Trouble, DON'T! It stays with them their whole life and if they are anything like our cat they will definitely live up to the name.

Sneak peek!

Next weekend we're throwing my older sister Sandy a safari themed baby shower. Being the amazing sister that I am, I made a cute banner to go along with all the decorations for the party. Hope everyone likes it. This isn't the best picture, but it will have to do. I couldn't fit the whole thing in a picture otherwise.

P.S. It will be hanging on a string-banner style- at the shower. Right now I'm just letting all the glue dry until I put it on the string. I'll post pictures of it hanging up after the shower.

Busy as can be..

Ever since we came home from DC we have been crazy busy! So crazy in fact we still haven't had a chance to celebrate our anniversary with just us.. Hopefully in a couple weekends we can make our way to the Zermatt in Midway. I definitely can't wait to have a sweet but short staycation with Philip and to practice our golf skills! Here's what we've been up to lately..
Trouble is never too busy to take a  nap and make sure she is getting in some quality cat nap time.

















 

CC and me

My best friend since jr. high Adam

 A few weekends ago we had our friends over for a BBQ and had a great time. I didn't pull out the camera until the night was almost over so I don't have that many pictures, but I am just so thankful for the awesome friends we have. Seriously we are so incredibly lucky to have them in our life. Love you guys!

Me and Kierstin

CC and me again

<3

Have a mentioned that we have season tickets to Real Salt Lake? Pretty sure I have a million times, but this Summer we have been crazy busy going to games almost every weekend and sometimes during the week too. I couldn't ask for a better way to spend our time though.

 

 So last Saturday we decided to take a trip to Park City with my mom in tow. It was a blast! We did a lot of shopping, ate at one of our favorite restaurants Baja Cantina, and did some sight seeing of course. I once again didn't pull the camera out until the very end. A few years back my mom and I took a trip to Park City and decided to stop in a random cemetery. I don't know why but I've always liked to stop in random cemeteries just to check them out.. Creepy maybe, but I kind of like it. Anyway the first time my mom and I went into the cemetery in Park City and saw this headstone. It says "Remember man as you pass by, As you are now so once was I, As I am now you shall be, Prepare for death and follow me." Yikes! How creepy is that?

Of course this 4th of July proved to be just as busy and crazy as  usual. We started the day of with going to the parade and park with my family. I love traditions and my family has gone to this parade for as long as I can remember. It is so fun now to see my nieces and nephew grow up in the same traditions. Plus it's a total bonus to have a bunch of cute kids around so Philip and I can snag all the candy we want. After all the fun we packed up and went to the Real game. Now can I just tell you how awful the officiating in this game was? It was a nightmare! It didn't take away from our fun night though. After the game they retired Jason Kreis' jersey. He is now our coach, but used to be a player. This has never been done in MLS before so it was pretty cool to be a part of the ceremony.

 

After we waited around for the fireworks to start and snapped some pictures. So glad that Philip loves sports as much as I do and still loves me even with my RSL obsession.

Okay so apparently even though RSL knows how to play soccer, they don't so much know how to throw a firework show. This is the worst one I've seen in my many years of being a fan and going to these games. So before their show was even over we ran to the car to listen to the post-game show and to find some other fireworks.

 

I'm convinced this should be a root beer ad

We made it out to Layton, pulled of the freeway and had an awesome view of the fireworks show. We look a bit ridiculous trying to take some pictures with fireworks in the background, but we managed. I know we are crazy-busy and sometimes we get so worn down we wonder how we're going to make it to the next time we are able to relax I don't think either of us would want it any other way. If we weren't always on the run I'm sure we would get too comfortable being couch potatoes and well. I think the image speaks for yourself. Hopefully by next time I blog I'll have more pictures and by then hopefully we've celebrated our anniversary since we're almost a couple months out now. (0: