Fun at the Fair!

Saturday, September 8th, I went to the Utah State Fair with Shane, Brooklyn and her friend Britlyn, and my friend Alexis. We ate food, shopped, people watched, and had a blast! Brooklyn and Britlyn decided to go on rides so they weren't with us most of the time.

 Sexy boy!

 Friendship bracelets!

 Brooklyn feeling sick after all the rides.

 This picture was taken at the exact right moment. 

And by accident.

 "Touch me."

 Meant to improve circulation, but really just jiggled your bum.

 Best lip scrub!

 Shane bought a poncho!

We bought some delicious lemonade! 

Birthday Boy!

Shane turned 25 years old on July 28th. He didn't want to spend a lot of money going anywhere, so we did a lot of little things during the day.

He chose to open his gifts first.

I told Shane he could have whatever he wanted for breakfast. He chose to have cereal in ice cream. He wanted to eat it in the bathroom instead of in bed.

We went to some garage sales, but didn't see anything very awesome.

We went on a target run for one thing, and came home with a lot more.

We got a roll of toilet paper and taped it to our friend's door who lives a couple doors down from us. That's the only way you can toilet paper an apartment.

New chairs! They are comfy!

We had a 90 minute nerf gun fight with Shane's new guns, and then we shot at the balcony door for an hour.

It was really fun!

We decorated an entire pair of Shane's pants while we watched The Three Musketeers.

I gave Shane a mermaid tattoo.

Shane drew a copy of a painting we saw at a garage sale. It was hilarious and I wanted to buy it, but Shane said no. 10 points if you can tell what it is.

Dinner at Red Lantern, yum!!

It was raining when we got home from dinner, so we waited it out in the car.

We set up our tent in the family room and camped out in it that night.

I planned a surprise party for Shane. He had no idea and was indeed surprised when we got to my parent's house and everyone was there. It was a fun event, almost all of our closest friends were there.

We had a fun, busy, exhausting day!

Happy 25th Birthday to my handsome husband, Shane! I love him more than anything and am so happy he was brought into this world! I don't know what I would do without him!

Advice, eh?

So I went down memory lane and read some old posts from my previous blog here, and I came to the conclusion that I used to be a lot more interesting than I am now. Bummer.

There are seven fires currently going on in Utah right now. I'm not kidding and they're not small! Utah is a blazing orange! I was so happy to have such a dry winter, but now seeing what it's doing to not only Utah, but the surrounding states as well, I don't think I'll ever wish for no snow again! 

Shane and I have been house sitting and babysitting Chip for my parents while they're camping, and it's been a blast! (I want a dog!) I love spending time with the little pup. He's just adorable!

I had my orientation today at Sizzler, and Tuesday I start training. I didn't get the server position I wanted, but that's ok because I can work towards the position. It seems like a great company and I am excited to work for them. I'll be working there as much as I can until I can find a day time job. Once I get a day job Sizzler will be moved to nights. 

We're going to see the new Spiderman with our fun friends Caity and Ben next week. We're excited, the previews look awesome so it'd better be good!

I went to a baby shower today for my high school friend Kenzie. She looked great, I love her little belly!! She got some of the cutest things, her little boy is always going to look so darling!! Seeing all the baby things made me so excited to be a mom one day. Baby things are just so precious and tiny!! I love it all!

So this is crappy, but since being married I've gained a few pounds, (as you may have noticed if you've seen me recently. Blah.) I'm trying to get healthy again, and holy cow it is not easy! I began calorie counting with this and it wasn't too bad this week. But today hit and I was just so hungry, I stupidly made Saturday my "cheat day." Bad decision. I have been eating everything in sight!! Help! Does anyone have any tips on losing weight and developing healthy habits?? I need I need!! 

Holidays!

Right before Christmas we went to temple square with the Pike family. It was very crowded, but beautiful!

We had a very happy Christmas! Sleeping in, presents, church, talking to Elder Randall, and visits to the Hermansen home, Randall home, Pike home, and dinner at grandma and grandpa Hermansen's!

For New Years we ate a nice dinner at home, and then we went to Shane's parent's house and watched the family play some Xbox games until midnight! Shane fell asleep around ten, the party pooper.

 Temple Square.

 Our Christmas Eve dinner, pizza benders!

 

 In front of our Christmas tree.

 Looking at all of my parent's Christmas cards.

 That's creepy.

 His main present, the 10th and final season of Smallville.

 His other main gift, a Superman wallet.

 My beautiful diamond necklace.

 Shane's brother Chad's chair.

 Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go!

 Our gift from Sean and Mel. Ting!

Happy New Years!