My 26th Birthday!

I had a great birthday this year! It all started the Thursday before my birthday. Shaun and I went with his parents down to the BYU art museum to see the Carl Bloch exhibit. It was an AMAZING exhibit! I am so glad we went. It amazed me at how many of his paints I was familiar with (the church uses a lot of his paintings). After we were done with the exhibit we headed to Carrabba's Italian Grill for dinner. It was REALLY tasty. None of us had ever been, seeing as there is only one in Utah, but we are glad we went. It is definitely worth the drove to Provo to go.

The Sunday before my birthday I had an appointment with our awesome bishop to talk about what I needed to do in order to go to the temple to receive my endowment. I was really nervous about this appointment for some reason, but I am glad I made it. He wants me to take the temple prep class and then I will be able to meet with him again to get in recommend to go!! This should happen in the next couple months!! I am so excited!

Now we are to the big day! My 26th birthday!! I had a great day! It started by going and getting my drivers license renewed. I made an appointment (definitely the way to go) and I was in and out in 20 minutes. Next stop was lunch and Target to pick up my contact. I was surprised to find out the my new glasses were in too!  I love them! After I made my stop at Target I went and pampered myself with a mani/pedi! It was a nice birthday treat.

That evening we went to dinner with my parents, grandpa and aunt to the Macaroni Grill. It was yummy! I got spoiled this year! My parents bought me a beautiful earring and necklace set while they were on their cruise, my aunt and grandpa and Shaun's parents gave me some money, which I have since used to buy a Nook, and Shaun gave me Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert DVD and LES MISERABLE TICKETS!!!!!!! I can't wait to go! I was so surprised when I opened my present and found tickets inside, because I didn't think Shaun wanted to go. He was just fooling me though! I am SO SO SO SO excited!!!

So needless to say I had a GREAT birthday! Thanks to all those who made it that way!

Our Little Family on my birthday!

My 25th Birthday!

On April 19th I turned a quarter of a century old!! Kind of crazy (well at least to me!) It's amazing to me to see how much I have done in live thus far and how much more I still have/want to do! I wouldn't want to take back any of the experiences I have had in my life. I know that everything has happened for a for a reason and that I have grown so much.

I'd have to say that my 25th birthday was a great one, filled with food, friends, family and fun! Celebrations for my birthday started on the 11th at Shaun's parents house. They had us over for a yummy dinner and then Michelle gave us treatments! (THANKS!!!) The following Friday night (the16th) we had friends over for cake and ice cream and games! It was TONS of fun! Shaun made homemade ice cream and a lemon cake with cream cheese frosting! It was SO yummy! It was great to be able to spent time laughing and just having fun with Aaron, Betsy, Brook, Christie, Matt and of course my cute husband! Thanks for coming you guys! I am glad that I got to celebrate my birthday with you!

On my birthday  I went to school and then Shaun took me to lunch. That night we went out to dinner with my parents, my grandma, my Aunt Brenda (who's birthday is on the 18th, so we always celebrate our birthdays together), and Grandpa. We went to the Texas Roadhouse and it was REALLY yummy! And then Shaun and I went and walked around the mall. All in all it was a great day!

Thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday! You made my day great!

Oh and I just have to say that I LOVE my primary girls. I knew that they were up to something, but I wasn't quite sure what it was. Last Sunday after church we had a knock on the door and it was Ali, one of my girls, with a plate of cookie and a card signed by all the girls, wishing me a happy birthday! It was SO cute!

Here's a few pictures

The ingredient for the ice cream.... Way fattening, but OH SO YUMMY!!!

My birthday cake

Blowing out the candles

Modeling the present my cousin Jen gave me! 

 The cookies and card from my primary girls

Shaun's 27th Birthday!!!

This year Shaun turned 27. It was a lot of fun to be able to spend time with him on his birthday. I wasn't able to spend his birthday with him last year, because I was on my last family vacation as a single woman. Shaun had to still work on his birthday, but I was able to take him out to lunch. We has sushi (YUMMY!!!). After lunch he headed back to work and I headed home to work on his birthday cake.

That night we went out to dinner at the Olive Garden with his mom, my parents, my aunt Brenda, and my grandpa. While at dinner he opened some of his presents (cash and a cool ice cream cookbook). After dinner we went to Murray Park and ate the yummy cake and had Shaun open his present from me. I bought him 18 discs of Good Eats (54 episodes total). I did a very good job picking out his present this year. He has been really cute and LOVES watching the discs. He has even got more excited about cooking! After cake at the park, Shaun and I went and visited his grandpa, who wasn't able to make it to dinner like originally planned, because of one of his aunts....

Picture time!!

Shaun didn't really want us singing happy birthday to him, so I decided that I would name this cat, who was hanging out near where we were sitting, Shaun. So we sang happy birthday to Shaun the cat.

Everyone, minus Michelle

Shaun super awesome b-day present from me!

His finished cake!

The side of the finished cake!

Hi There! We are alive...

So I know I haven't posted in over a month. Things have just been a little crazy. Here is a recap of what has been going on in our lives.

For those of you who don't know Shaun got fired from Backcountry.com due to the fact that he boss didn't like the way he answered one of his questions one day (it's a big long story that I am sure you don't want to be bored with). Shaun has decided that he is going to start his own company doing IT consulting. You can visit his website at http://fastinfra.com. He has a few job here and there, but no big clients yet. If you are in the Salt Lake Valley and know of anyone that needs help with IT stuff, I am sure Shaun would appreciate the referral.

During tax season I was working 2 jobs. My grandpa does people taxes and so when I was at the hospital working I was at my grandpa's helping him with taxes. I am definitely glad that tax season is over. Working 2 jobs (50+ hours a week) and going to school was wearing me out. Speaking of school I only have another 1 week of school left and then my final. I will be glad when I can have more time to do thing around the house.

I recently inherited quilting frame from Shaun's grandmother and so Shaun decided that he wanted to tie as a new quilt that we can cuddle under. After shopping at a few stores Shaun found material that he liked so Conference weekend is we started our little project. We were able to set it up and tie the whole thing (we did a queen size quilt) all in one session. Now all I need to do is work on the binding and our project will be complete.

My birthday was on the 19th and as an early birthday present Shaun took me to San Francisco to see Wicked and to go exploring around San Francisco. (Last time I went to San Francisco I didn't get to do much...) Wicked was COMPLETELY AMAZING! It was so good! I would love to see it again! San Francisco was a lot of fun too. We went to Chinatown, Civic Center, Fisherman Wharf, Pier 39, Alcatraz, and tons more places! The hotel we stayed at was really cool too. We stayed at the Hotel Whitcomb, which is located kiddy corner for the theatre that Wicked is playing at and the entrance to the hotel is within 30 feet of the BART station (We used BART and a MUNI pass to get around! I was REALLY nice! I would definitely recommend it). It was a great trip! I will have to post some picture when I have access to my camera. Hopefully I will be able to find some time tomorrow to do that, since I have the day off!

Last Saturday Shaun and I went to see Phantom at Hale Center Theatre. It was really good. It wasn't Phantom of the Opera, but it was pretty much the same story, with a little more detail. It was good. Later that night we went to dinner at Famous Dave's (yummy) for mine and my Aunt Brenda's birthday. Her birthday is on the 18th and so we almost always go to dinner for both of our birthday. It is a lot of fun.

On Sunday Shaun's parents invited us and my parents over for birthday dinner. It was SUPER yummy! It was nice to be able to celebrate with both my parent and Shaun's. My parents gave me this clock, which I just feel in love with it when I went to Ladies Night at Deseret Book with my mom and aunt conference weekend. I also received a new cookbook, a few children's books (I have a things with children's books) and same cash (which I have already spent on some cute new clothes!) It was a really nice birthday!

Well there is a little update on us. I will try getting pictures from our trip up tomorrow!