..my sweet hubby..

when i walked into work today, this is what i had waiting for me:

my cute husband sent me a dozen beautiful long-stem roses! NO we did not get in a fight...he is NOT in trouble for anything, haha (that is what everyone seems to think when husbands send their wives flowers!)! he had to go out of town again for work, leaving me home all alone. although i am very grateful that he finally has more work, it is a little sad every time he has to pack up and leave.

THANKS love bug, you are the best!

love you & miss you!!

..movietime..

when lance and i were dating i swear we saw every single movie that ever came out! we were definite movie-goers. since we've been married i think we stay in and watch more movies in the comfort of our own living room, which is fun but sometimes i miss going out to see them! well in the past couple of weeks we have seen LOTS of movies!

disney/pixar's "UP"

this movie was SO adorable! it was kind of a tear-jerker actually (as one critic said, "if you don't cry in the first 15 minutes of the movie, there is something wrong with you.")! it was really very sweet, and i have to say, my favorite disney/pixar movie.

"the hangover"

okay this movie was a little naughty, but probably the funniest movie i've seen since "knocked up." i laughed so hard i was nearly crying...along with everyone else in the theater! if you can't handle crude humor DO NOT go see this movie, it was really very gross...haha but still sooo funny.

"the proposal"

omg. it seems that every year there is one movie that becomes my new favorite. i see it multiple times in the movie theater (when "the holiday" came out i saw it 5 times!) and the second i see it i know that i will buy it when it comes out on dvd. "the holiday," "p.s. i love you," and "27 dresses" are some recent favorites, and now "the proposal" is on that list! i have seen it twice, i LOVED it so dang much. i was seriously laughing so hard i almost peed my pants. it wasn't dirty or anything either, just good clean fun! it was so freakin cute and ryan reynolds is my new favorite man in hollywood. definitely see this movie!

"transformers: revenge of the fallen"

funny story: when the first transformers came out lance had to drag me to the theater. haha i thought it looked so dumb and just a "boy" movie. but i ended up LOVING it! so this time around i couldn't wait to go see it! lance was out of town the day it came out, and i considered going to see it without him, but i figured he'd be really mad so i waited for him. i'm such a good wife, huh? anyway it was totally worth the wait...i LOVED this one too. i even cried, which is super weird, i'm sure, but i cry in lots of movies so whatever!! i liked the story line. i liked how this one had more humor. and i even have a crush on megan fox i think...she is so hot! see this movie for sure!!

"my sister's keeper"

i read this book and loved it so i was so excited for the movie to come out! the book just had this incredible twist at the very end, so even though it seemed very predictable and at times slow, the ending made it so worth it! well...the movie had a different ending and i was so mad. instead of this jaw-dropper it was just a tear-jerker and i was not a fan. don't see this movie unless you really enjoy crying.

now i can't wait for "public enemies" (july 1) and of course "harry potter" (july 15)!! stay tuned for more movie info... ;)

..skydiving..

today when lance woke up the first thing he said was "i'm going skydiving, you comin?" omg. i need more notice in order to do something like this! i am not spur of the moment or spontaneous at all, especially when it comes to something so dangerous! plus it was raining, and the thought of jumping out of a plain in rain sounds just plain stupid. even stupider than jumping out of a plane (if that's at all possible)! anyway, i figured since the weather was bad they wouldn't even be open today, but lance needed to make sure so we called...and sure enough they were open, but not until 3. well i had to work at 3, and lance was dead set on going TODAY, so i found someone to work for me for a couple hours and decided to give it a shot. i didn't commit to it completely like lance did - he put down a deposit and everything bc come hell or highwater there was no way he was NOT going today! haha he is so funny. anyway, the weather cleared up a bit and we ended up going. it was SO MUCH FUN, i cannot even describe what a rush it was! i was so nervous the whole time we were waiting and the plane ride up was insane...i seriously thought i was going to chicken out! but i did it..and so did lance! and here are some pictures to prove it!!

..six whole months..

wow, it is hard to believe that as of today, lance and i have been married SIX whole months!! it is funny, bc everyone says the first year is so hard, and before we got married i just kept thinking, "it won't be hard for us. we know each other so well, and we have dated for so long...how could it really be that hard?!" haha, lets just say i was in for a real surprise -- marriage IS hard! and i don't care who you are, if you say it's not, then you are in denial or something! if i could sum up in one word what i have learned about marriage the past six months, that word would be compromise. it is about two now, not just one, and that takes a little getting used to. thank goodness the second half of the duo is someone i love and adore!! lance makes me laugh, smile, and cry tears of joy. whenever i see a picture of him, or recieve a call or text, it always fills my heart with happiness and brings a smile to my face. he is so good to put up with me (and believe me, he has to put up with A LOT)! in the past six months i feel i have gotten to know him better than in the previous two and a half years and he continues to surprise me in so many ways. so although it is hard at times, the hard times are SO worth it, bc included in the deal is a bunch of really great stuff too. so here is to my love bug -- you are my better half and i L.O.V.E. you so dang much!!

..playful puppies..

one of the {best} things about having two dogs is watching them play together. it is highly entertaining. they wrestle, play tug-o-war, race each other around the house, fight over toys, chew each other's faces, ears and tails...they do it all! if duke is just sittin' around and claus wants to play, he will bring one of their toys over and drop it right in front of duke and wait for duke to go for it, and the second he does claus is in his face and they are fighting over it. haha it is seriously the cutest thing ever!

..a COMPLETE disaster..

let me start off by saying that i LOVE to bake. ever since i moved out of the house and went to college, i would pass the time baking away in my college dorms and apartments. some of my roommates thought i was crazy..others thought i obviously had no life..and some just loved me bc they would come home nearly every day to yummy treats (haha maybe they didn't love me actually, bc sugar+flour+salt+vegetable oil+butter=expanding waistline!). then lance and i got married, and of course the baking continued. and even though we have both gained weight, no doubt due to the late night snacks and all the delicious, but fattening treats, i still find myself in the kitchen baking.

i think one of the reasons i enjoy baking so much is because i can clear my head and take out my frustration on the batter i am beating..the cream i am whipping..the ingredients that i am mixing..etc.... plus, it is always so much fun to lick the bowls when i am done with them, and then try the finished product of course!

yesterday though, everything went all wrong. i was craving fresh strawberry pie, so instead of going to marie calendar's where i would pay way too much for something that i could make myself (and make it better than they do!) i set out on a journey to make it. first i needed a pie crust recipe, and my mom is always telling me about all these different pie crusts she makes, so i called her to get her best recipe, which came from ina garten (of course. our favorite recipes are always from ina). then i found a fresh strawberry pie recipe from pillsbury so i bought all my ingredients and began.

well first of all, the pie crust was a DISASTER! seriously. i have made some bad things before, i'll admit, but nothing has turned out as disastrous as this! it was all sticky and wet and i kept thinking "there is no way this is right." so i added tons more flour to it, and some more sugar and salt, until it was a consistency that felt right for a crust. then i cooked it, and of course i burned it! haha i always set a timer bc if i don't, things burn. well the timer went off and i thought it needed a few minutes longer, and by the time i remembered it, it was a bit crispier than it should have been! haha but it wasn't completely burnt, so i still used it. then i put the strawberries and the glaze in it and let it cool. we cut into it, and for something that i had no idea what went wrong, it turned out okay.

well today i woke up and had some pie for breakfast and even though it tasted good, i was determined to get this pie crust right....so i tried again. and the same thing happened!! it was all sticky and buttery and shorteningish. well my mom came over and we just stared at it, trying to figure out what was wrong with it! then she read through the recipe i had written down -- and alas, the answer to our problem: instead of 3/4 a cup of flour (which is what i had written down) it called for 3-4 cups of flour!! haha we both just laughed for about a half an hour! seriously, how did i get something like that so wrong?! omg. i was ready to give up on baking bc i was so frustrated that it wasn't working out, so even though my mistake was so stupid, i felt better once i knew why it wasn't turning out right.

moral of the story: next time i get a recipe from someone over the phone, make sure to write each part down right!!!

..fabulous fridays..

can i just say that i LOVE fridays?! even though i have to work and it is always really busy on fridays, i still love them bc it means the weekend!! and even though i usually have to work on saturdays, there is still something that i just love about fridays. maybe it's bc growing up we always got out early on fridays. maybe it's bc friday is a universal date night, and even though we are married and every night is a date, we know that on fridays we will be joining the rest of the world -- going to dinner and doing something else fun on friday night!

well yesterday (friday) was no excpetion. i went to work and dealt with all the cute (and sometimes obnoxious) little children who can never decide what to get when they are cashing out their tickets (remember, i work in an arcade). but i survived the day bc i had something to look forward to -- we had a friday night double date planned with our great friends, dave and jenny. we went to the logan temple, which i was really excited for bc neither me or lance had been there before. then after we went to the tandoori oven (indian food), which despite what some may think, is actually really good.

on our way out of logan we stopped at macey's (home of the world's BEST chocolate covered gummy bears -- or so i thought) to get me my daily dose of sweets. then back home.

i read the rest of the night while lance played with his bike. nothing too exciting or out of the oridnary, but it was still another fabulous friday!!