Amazing people in my life

Thank you to all my friends and family for the flowers :)

Thank you to my mom who kept me busy and cleaned the house and made it cute :)

Thank you to all who have said so many kind words and kept us in your prayers. Needless to say, we survived midterm week!

Taco Soup, New Camera, Kitchenaid and a Special Guest

Alrighty folks. So Randy wanted to invite a couple friends over for dinner and I was all  game. I love cooking and hosting people...makes me feel proud and accomplished. So originally, I was going to do ribs. Bad idea right?? I know. So I ended up doing a taco soup that was really easy and a set it and forget it kind of a thing so I wasn't worrying about it all day.

 Delicious, Super Easy Taco Soup

(I would leave out the beans, it calls for alot. So if you don't like them, don't put them in. If you want light beans, just do one or the other, preferably black.)

Thank you Zupas!

Speaking of Zupas, it's going really great. I'm meeting people and having a good time. Work sucks when it's slow and it's hard getting used to a manager who's very high strung, but all well. It's a great place. Definitely the freshest place I've EVER worked in, or been to even. We prep everything in the morning, hours before we open and it's just so yummy. Come one, Come all!

I guess everyone loved it, so it was a hit! I did cornbread and then for dessert, we did a favorite of ours, Zucchini brownies....YUM!

Well today, I just decided to go out and buy my Kitchenaid standing mixer. I just really wanted it and we had the money towards Bed, Bath and Beyond (it was paid for entirely through gift cards. Thanks everyone!)

Of course, I had to take pictures with my new Camera :)

I made pretty much used it a ton today. It's perfect and I love it! I totally recommend them. 

Speaking of new camera, I brought it with me to Annalyce's (my niece) birthday party at Trafalga. Randy and I got passes that let us in to 7 Peaks, Trafalga and Orem Owlz baseball games for 25 dolla holla! Good til next october, Perfect. :)

Here's some of those pictures.

 Can you tell that this boy just makes me so happy. He's just so joyful!!! 

Hmmm here's more pictures that I've taken :)

Keegan's leaving on a mission! :( and :)

There's a huge duck pond by my house. It's pretty cool actually. All of these pictures are unedited and I just LOVE it!!! (obviously randy took my one-sy pictures. I had to add them because they are just so me!!)

Randy and I decided we wanted to go to a different temple this week. We've gone every week for the past two months and it's been a huge blessing. So we decided on the SLC temple and we're going to make a date out of it. I won a $25 dollar gift card to Olive Garden by being Fast and Friendly at work. (It's worth it peeps.) So yay us! We get to go tomorrow and I CAN'T WAIT!!! This week has been pretty crazy. Ups and downs, but more ups! Hope it stays that way! I was able to switch shifts so I can actually go to the BYU game this weekend. ABOUT DANG TIME! Very stoked for that too!

I made these. I'm going to give them to my nieces...cuz I love them :)

Last but not least, remember that special guest I mentioned earlier???

Let me take you back...

Do you remember this??

(to set this up, BYU vs. UCLA. Check out the score. This was a VERY intense moment.)

Manu

He served in the same mission as Randy so he came over and had dinner with us tonight. 

He's a really funny and very humble guy. He doesn't much like talking about it and he doesn't much like being treated like a celebrity. So I tried my hardest not to take a billion pictures of him and get him to sign all I own. But what can I say, I'm proud to say he was in my home and ate my taco soup :)

Peace and Blessins'

New Finds that I would like to become obsessions...

I want to be crafty. I would like to be able to do it myself and be proud of it. I want to be creative, cute and fun! Here are some things I'd like to maybe try...

Refinishing Furniture:  http://betterafter.blogspot.com/

I check this website every day to see just how awesome these makeovers are. You know how fun it could be finding cheap things and making them unique!?!? Me likey. :) Here's one Randy and I could do because his grandma gave us something like this (but way cooler because there's a record player on top....chyaaaaa boiiiiii!!!).

http://betterafter.blogspot.com/2010/09/take-stand.html

Cute accessories: http://www.allorahandmade.com/, http://www.maggiewhitley.com/, etc.

I think you get the picture. SO CUTE! Let me tell ya. And this Jessica lady seems so cute and reminds me of one of my favorite ladies, Christy Tomlinson, who is wickedly talented and crafty herself!! I can't wait to meet Jessica (I have a job interview today...wish me luck!!)

Miscellaneous:

Cute or no??

http://readysetplan.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-show-off.html

And last but not least: Photography. 

I'll be getting my new camera soon so I can start doing some serious BIZNAS with it...Here's what I've done so far:

 :) :) :)

I did those announcements as well. LOVE EM! :)

(tell me what YOU think!?!?)

Well........

I shall do something cute! I promise!!!

Peace and blessin's ;)

eh eh ehm...Hi I'm him.

First of all...LOVE this song, the dancing, and basically how my 2nd semester of college was. Introducing......

Jerkin'!

How did I end up with a phenomenal husband?? He's honestly the best. I came home last night kinda late and he had cleaned the house, started the washer and this morning he made the bed. My house is so beautiful because of him!

But I really do love him more and more everyday! Gah! I'm so happy!

But....Utah....sucks. The traffic is crazy. Coming out of SLC is stinky.

BUT....The weather rocks. It's bangin' for sure.

The fall colors are wonderful. I just want to go hike those big mountains! :)

My nieces and nephews make me so happy. I love their big smiling faces and how they run into my arms anytime I go over. Randy is so good with them too. He's going to be a FANTASTIC father. Can't wait!!

I miss my momma, and poppa, and family. It's hard being away from family and friends. But I went out to dinner with Kassidy last night and it was SO good. I loved being able to just relax and have a girls night.

Know what's funny.

A year ago, I was just starting college, all I worried about was school, boys and taking way too long to get ready and be all pretty for the fella's on campus.

Present day, all I care about is a clean house, empty laundry baskets, what I'm going to cook for dinner, and making Randy as happy as possible, and not taking nearly as much time in the mornings getting ready. I'm not letting my appearance just go though! I still get ready, but I just don't necessarily care as much. SO crazy to me.

Weird how much life can change in a year.

I'm so blessed.

Randy and I have been attending the temple weekly and we have received SO many blessings from it. I encourage all to go as much as possible. It's helped with furnishing the house, to money and to job searches. LOVE THIS GOSPEL!

So I CAN'T wait to get my new camera (Nikon--5000 or 7000) so I can start photography. I just love it and I'm dying.

Something I really want to get into is craftiness. Homemade headbands and accessories. Refinishing furniture.

Take a looksie at this....my new obsession and I vow to do this.

Better After

Is this not cool or what!?

It's so cool what you can do with "junk". WHOOHOO!