Monday, October 26, 2009

I'm Back.With the Best News Ever.

Hello, all you fellow bloggers. You MAY have thought that I was gone from blogging forever. I haven't blogged in more than a month now, I know. So you may be wondering what momentous event has sparked my return. WELL....

I COULD write about the Cornbelly's maze adventure we had with some friends.
Or me and Luke's day to Park City
Or the festivities we enjoyed on Luke's birthday
Or the late night Sundance ski lift ride we went on with Kev and Kel
Or our pumpkin- carving night with friends from the ward
Or our new obsession with the game "Scene it"
Or the fact that I don't have work for 3 more days.
Or the bridal shower that two lovely girls and I threw for Charlie
Or the delish enchiladas, calzones, and stuffed green bell peppers that I have made recently
Or how I've thought lately about coloring/ styling my hair in some new way (?)
Or how we climbed the Y a while ago b/c I had never done it before, and the whole way up I was wondering why I ever wanted to do it
Or how we went to the Utah Fair a while ago... the first fair I'd ever been to
Or how we bought a new (used) car
Or how good this season's Gossip Girl is
Or how I love the fact that my husband loves that show just as much as I do (he might kill me for revealing that....)
Or my first time to Outback Steakhouse, and how much it exceeded my expectations
Or tons of other things we have been up to lately.

And while these things are all very important things that have gone on recently, and while most of these things are very blog-worthy and I SHOULD have blogged about them early, and while I will blog about them in more detail in just a second, these things are NOT what originally brought me back to this good ol' blog.

THIS IS:


(Please excuse the bareness of the walls and the plainness of the bed. We been so busy decorating other parts of our apartment that we haven't quite gotten to our bedroom yet, so it's still completely bare.)

Today we made the best purchase of our entire married life. We bought this incredible BED! The first few months of our marriage we were lucky enough to live in APX's apartments who provided all furniture for us. When we moved to Provo we decided to put buying a bed on the back burner for a few days until we made a few other purchases first. A kitchen table, couch, ottoman, end tables, book case, curtains, and a few other main purchases later (not to mention the multiple months that passed as well) we decided it was at last time to say goodbye to our beloved blow up mattress.

Yes, you read that right. We have been sleeping on an inflatable bed for the past little while. This is embarrassing to reveal. Very. But to tell the truth, we loved it. It was the best blow up mattress ever. Thank you, Wal Mart. It has done us well. To make this sound better if I can, this wasn't just any ordinary blow up bed. It's not like the ones you go camping with. It's legit. You don't have to blow it up with your mouth nor with a separate pump. Instead you plug it into the wall, flip a switch on the back of the bed, and it inflates itself to the desired fullness. I'm not gonna lie... as excited as I am to sleep on our new legit mattress, I am sad to see our good old blow up friend go back into the box after it has served us so well.

Ok, enough about our bed.


Luke and I at the Olympic Park.


At Cornbelly's


The group
There were some pretty amazing pumpkins...

pumpkin carving night with friends from the ward.

boy pic
This year's choice: Volcom stone pumpkin

driving to Luke's soccer game in Lindon
taking the bus from the parking lot to the ski lift
us with kevin and Kelli on me and Kel's surprise date for the boys (Sundance ski lift)
bringing out the ice cream came for Luke's bday

The Y

the view from the Y. For those of you who are wanting to climb the Y for the view, I advise you to look from the comfort of your own car at the parking lot. The view is the same. I was a little bummed about that. But climbing it is a great experience nonetheless
The big yellow slide at the fair

the fair

I thought I'd throw this in just for kicks. this is when our car broke down. we were extreeeeemely sad. duh.

But while I dont have much to make up for the previous pic, this boy sure does. He's so cute... even while making this face.


I apologize for the length of this post. I figured I had to catch up sometime though.


oh ya... and I'll be sure to let you know if my sleeping improves with our NNNNNEWWWW bed. <3