I have read the entire Mortal Instruments series in approximately 7 days. To say the least... I love it! I was obsessed. I just want everyone to go out and buy it and read it. And then call me so we can talk about it!

is it cute or awkward?

Does this happen to anyone else? On a couple of occasions, without knowing, we have come home from work and have been practically wearing the same outfit.... i don't even know what to say about it?
Of course, if we go out, i make Abe change.




*on a side note: Why is Wes still on the bachelorette? He is a scumbag. I just want him and his ugly sleeve to get off the show already.

Jodi, Jodi, Jodi...

Did everyone cry as much as i did in this book?! Great book, but i mean seriously... there was sobbing! my shirt was wet from crying so much, its embarrassing. after i had finished the book i went down stairs and Abe was asking me about the book, and so i started telling him about it and I couldn't even finished because i start balling! I cant believe i was still crying over this book! am i so pathetic? And then there is Abe just staring at me, totally bewildered, not know what to say to me or do. I am laughing and crying as Abe tries to hug me. The whole thing was really funny, i had no control over what was happening......Jodi Picoult , why did you do this to me?!

utah circa: two weeks ago.

Do you see this face? This is the face that says, don't wake me up if I'm dreaming, because I'm so happy to be in Utah, i cant believe how green it is and I'm at Ruth's diner. This is the that face says i am wearing a cardigan and not sweating in 105 degree weather, and yes, i will finish the entire mile high biscuit. And if i died, right now, in the parking lot of Ruth's diner, i would probably have this face... of pure joyful bliss.

I really meant mile high biscuits... i wasn't lying.

Oh this? This is when i caught Abe making out with the real salt lake crest... what a tramp.

Carrie, Lissa, Kate and me

Not only are we pumped about the game , but David Archuleta will be preforming a mini concert..with fireworks.
This is our friends, Drew and Jenny's little boy... isn't he the cutest thing you have ever seen!

Over all, it was a great trip. It was nice to see our niece get baptized(that was the whole reason why we were up there) and funny to hear her say," whoa, that was weird" as she came out of the water. It was fun hanging out with family and friends. I love Abes family, I always feel so lucky to have married into such a great family! I wish we could see them more often.(aka the 2014: Denver plan) I am bummed that we didn't take that many pictures. I guess that means we were having too much fun to bother with pictures. one thing i do wish there was a picture /video of: We were visiting our friends family and they had this great backyard with a zip line. Abe tells me to get on it and he pushes me really hard ,so i go flying down this hill on this zip line and crash into a tree! some nice husband he is! my hair was all caught up the bark and i am so awkward. It was really funny and Abe felt really bad. It would of been great though to get it on film!
Seeing all of the green trees and old beautiful houses made us really miss Utah, but we know, right now, Arizona is where we are suppose to be. We will just need to get our Utah fixes every once in a while.

Thank you to The Dears for being everything that i hoped for and much, much more. You've never let me down before.

And thank you to this man, who is everything i hoped for and much, much more.

Dland Bday

last weekend, Karla was so nice to come with me to California for my birthday weekend... and what a birthday weekend it was! Disneyland, the beach , lots of shopping and some good sister-in-law bonding!

Us at Huntington beach on a cold windy day. of course it was cloudy the day we went, but somehow i still got really sun burnt on my back? whats with that?
Disneyland!( and can you believe those are my legs with self tanner on? man i am white!!)



When you go on your birthday, not only do you get to go for free, but they give you this pin to wear and everywhere you go, all day long people tell you happy birthday... and by the end of the day you are feeling pretty good!
Traci, Karla and me(Thanks Traci for letting us stay with you and just for being great!)
can you tell that i am excited?

New York?...not so much.

For the last couple of months, i have been planning a surprise trip for Abe, to see his favorite soccer team play in New York City(i got REALLY good seats for the game!). When i told him on Friday night, we were already on our way to the airport and the bags were packed and ready to go.... he was so excited, i was excited and then something horrible happened! we were flying with buddy passes, and when i called on Monday they said the flight was open, even Friday morning the flight was open.... somewhere between Friday morning and the time we got there the flight had book up! we were numbers 13th and 14th on the list for two available seats! there was no way we could get on the flight and next flight wasn't until late Saturday night, and it wouldn't be worth it because we would miss the game and i couldn't change the hotel reservation!! I cried. All of my hard work and sneakiness was gone within a matter of ten minutes! Abe was so nice, he said the thought was good enough for him and he appreciated everything i did! I was so sad! i was so sad we weren't going to new york(because i have never been) and all the money we lost and i just wanted to try and keep up with all of the great things Abe does for me.
The next day, Abe bought me some pots and flowers to plant to cheer me up( its funny how the trip was for him, but i was so upset and he was trying to cheer me up)what a great husband!

Apparently, this is what our kid is suppose to look like...according to this.
( i had to do it twice, because our first kid was REALLY ugly!)



Thanks Stacy for showing me this!

I'm not a "plant killer" ...I've just had a little bad luck.... you just wait.

Seattle!

Me and Abe went to Seattle last weekend with the weights to see the stocks!( i guess when you are married you just call other couples by their last names?)It was really beautiful and REALLY cold! Here are just some of the things we did:


"The Gum wall" Yes, its a wall(or walls) cover in gum! WE added our gum to the wall also

Just being dorky at the science fiction museum!
Me , Katie, Chelsea and Petra at the Whidbey Island history museum
Us at the sounders vs. real salt lake soccer game... It was freezing!
Whidbey Island was probably my favorite thing we did when we were there...not only because it was beautiful, but because we got to ride a ferry there!

At the top of the Space Needle

Our room at the Ace hotel, Where we stayed the first night there.



*Thanks Chelsea and Jeff for letting us stay with you!