One Year Down....

One year ago today...I married my best friend!!! It's been a wonderful year...and I can't wait to see what the rest of our lives have in store for us!! I love you Spencer!!!

Happy Belated Easter

This was our first Easter as a married couple. We had a wonderful time teaching our brilliant Primary class...and came home to a dinner of homemade pizza and jammies! Honestly...It was pretty fantastic!! It won't be too long before the "EB" will be making his rounds again so it was nice to enjoy the spirit and be able to reflect on the Savior and his love for us.

And this...is my Easter Skirt!!! Let me tell you a story about this skirt... It all started back in 2008 when I bought pretty material and a pattern to make an Easter skirt. Guess what...the material stayed in one piece and the pattern had the same fate. Fast forward 3 years...yes 3 years... and guess what...this skirt still almost didn't happen. My dear friend Tabi is getting married in June and I'm going to use the same pattern for my outfit, so I needed a trial run. I followed the pattern and as you will see in the picture at the bottom...it was WAY too big!!! (Side note: Mom and I had the same problem with a different pattern back in 2007. I was a bridesmaid and the dress ended up SWIMMING on me...sheesh!) Ok, so I took the skirt in with help from Mom and Sister back in March. Perfect...skirt completed. NOT! I spent Sunday constantly pulling my skirt back up...and so it sits on my sewing table waiting for more mending.

All I can say, is I hope the skirt for the wedding turns out better. Guess I should get to work on that one huh??

Congratulations Spencer!

Congrats to our newest college graduate!!! Love you!!!

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Spencer's Bday

Ok...I seriously considered posting just this picture!! I've really been craving some homemade whole wheat bread!! (When I was in 2nd-4th grade my sister would make whole wheat bread...and it would be ready to eat right as Dad was telling me to go to bed! Horrible, right?? :-) And as the obedient child I was (YEAH RIGHT?!?!) I went straight to bed with no fuss! hehehe However, I remember always getting a warm slice delivered to me with butter as I was crabbily sulking in my room.) Ok...back to the story. I decided about 8pm one night I was going to make bread. And I'd say I did a pretty good job too!!


But alas...I don't think you really want a post all about bread...right?

Here is Spencer with his Senior Design Project at E-Days. It's a hybrid race car. Poor guy left about 8am Thursday to finish it up, came home at 730am Friday to shower and head back to campus. He came home about 430pm. He'd been on his feet for something like 35 hours!! UGH!! I was tired for him!!


Here we are celebrating Spencer's birthday...the big 24!! His parents came up from the Springs, his sister came over from Greeley, our friend Lyndsey came up from Thornton, and our friends from church the Homecs came from across the driveway (Yes...they live in our complex!) Oh yes...even Shep was part of the festivities!! I didn't get a picture of everyone...but we had a nice time.

The birthday boy and Shep the Great!! (Side note...he is coming up to see us this weekend too!! YEA!!!)

Denver Aquarium and Colorado Mammoth

Sometime during the month of April, Spencer and I went to Denver for the weekend. We went to a Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse game, stayed overnight, and went to the Aquarium the next day. We've been to one other semi-pro lacrosse game...but after spending a few years working with Rugby I have a hard time staying entertained with basically any other sport. Even still...we had a great time.



The aquarium was pretty cool. I've never been so really enjoyed it. And yes...there are TIGERS at the aquarium! I remember babysitting a girl who had gone to the aquarium for a school field trip and I picked her up after school. She was going on about the aquarium, but since I was driving I wasn't really listening. She said, "Everyone really liked the tigers too." Me "huh, cool... WAIT!?!?1 Tigers??" Yeah...that's what I get for not listening. haha.... Anyways...we had a great time, but I doubt I would go back until we have kids.