6 Months!!!!!

Happy Anniversary!!

We've been married an entire half of a year!  Can you say that? Entire half? Anyway, what a glorious time we have had so far.  Everyone I know says they are married to the most amazing man. Know what I have to say about that? Blah Blah Blah!  Pa-lease...  No one can even compare to Collin.  He rocks at husbandery!  Rocks my world and rocks my socks.  He makes me feel so great and just loves me all the time.  Even when I'm being a confusing chick.  Ok, obviously that doesn't happen very often, but when it does, he takes it with a grain of salt.  What a good man!

He pampers me and spoils me! We laugh. A lot!  We watch snuggle (every once in a while when we watch movies... Collins not huge on cuddling while we sleep... at all).  I respect that now though, I'm pretty much over it.  We love to just hang out.  On our new awesome couch.  While watching ESPN, Glee, and our Netflix of course. He opens my door for me!  Takes me to dinner when he knows I'm not in the mood to cook.  He surprises me ALL the time.  And has since he proposed (ask me if you don't know how he did it).  He kisses me (always in 3's).  He's incredible! I'm so lucky to have him.  He's the best husband I could ever ask for.  He takes me to the temple every week, and reads the scriptures with me every night.  We pray together morning and night and whenever we eat at home.  I am amazed at how great the first half year of our eternity has gone.  Smooth Sailin!  I love my husband! And I love my life!

Happy Anniversary Baes!!!

A few obsessions:

As of late, I have become totally obsessed with a few things.  Ok, so maybe not just recently. Maybe always.  Yep! I've ALWAYS been obsessed with these, with the exception of a few newbies to spice up my life with even more excitement. 

#1  PICKLES! If you know me, or even if you don't, now you know that I LOVE pickles.  There's a special place in my heart and stomach for this wonderful vegetable.  Pickles have been there for me always.  Growing up, Sunday dinners, Grandma always had a dish of pickles. Thats where it all started I think.  And now, I always keep a jar in my fridge.  (Collin said "Only blog about the sweet ones, just the dill ones." He knows me so well!  Anyway, they've been there for me during the highs and lows in life, and even my "comfort food" when I was down or discouraged.  They make me happy.  :) ( I just ate 2 of them for a nice snack!)

#2 SPORTS! Obviously, this has been a big part of my life from the time I was a tiny little one.  One  year I gave my dad a cool framed picture of us laying on the floor watching a tiny 10" tv of sports.  Twenty some odd years later, nothings changed!  Collin and I love watching sports. I definitely married the right guy.  We've loved the US Open, the NL Wild Card race, the beginning of NCAA and NFL football, and just love each other the whole time while we watch what we love. :)  We're even in a pool with some of Collins buddies.  So ESPN is our best friend for sure. Morning, Afternoon and Night!

#3  GLEE!!!!! This is definitely mine and Collins new favorite show! We watched a tiny bit of the sneak peek a few months ago, but we saw enough to know we would give it a fair shot!  AND YESSSSS!!!  We love it.  I'm so happy to know that so amy other friends share the same love as they blog, facebook and tweet about it. Fabulous!  Can't wait for the next one! I love Wednesdays (esp w/ SYTYCD)... and Thursdays too (SYTYCD, Community, The Office AND Jay Leno). Sign me up! :)

     

#4 Our new Couch!  Oh my word! This new piece of our lives is amazing!  One day after going to the temple, Collin mentioned a "once a year furniture sale" at the local U&I Furniture.  So we went by, only to find that they were closing up shop, but were nice enough to let us take a gander.  Thank you! We found the most perfect reclining love seat! It's tan microfiber (matches our lovesac perfectly) and each side reclines separately. I need to take a picture, but my camera is in the car! LUCKILY, Collin's fabulous mac has a built in camera! Perfect!!

#5  Netflix!  We are hooked!  Two of my friends that I went to Mexico with on Study abroad got married and for OUR wedding, they gave us a free month of Netflix.  Amazing gift!  What a great idea.  So, ever since, we've been hooked to netflix!  We've been able to watch the Star Wars in order, Planet Earth (on blueray of course), and a ton of other movies we either hadn't seen in a long time or that we have been dying to see.  If you haven't tried Netflix, you should definitely take advantage of the free month offer they usually have!  Its phenomenal and totally worth the tiny monthy fee (esp if you watch lots of movies like we do).  Definitely recommend it!

So there you have a few of my current favorite obsessions!  Don't knock 'em until you rock 'em!

Wow! I'm BAD at blogging!

Alright! So it's been over 2 months since my last post. I am definitely a blogtard! I just made that up, and its true in every sense of the ... word. I think about things to blog, but I've gotten so bad at taking pictures. I used to carry my camera with me everywhere, but now its definitely a rarity to actually pull it out and take a picture. Although, in coming to realize and admit this major flaw, I've decided to be better. Or at least try to! So, we'll see how I do.

Anyway, a few notable things have happened in the last 2 months. I just need to remember what they are. Oh ya! I have a new job. I think anyone who will actually reads this already know, but I quit my job at Hallmark at the end of July and started training at Chase! Its an amazing job, and exactly what Collin and I needed. Its perfect: benefits, full time, challenging, interesting, valuable and has helped Collin get back into school so he can graduate. I've had a lot of training, so I feel like I'm beginning to do well and hopefully lead to a successful Banker!! So...ya... I love it! :)

Let's see, what else?! I got to hang out with my best friends a few different times, which was awesome. Carly, Kristy and I went to the Fray concert together, which was so great to be together along with our other halves.

A few times, I made it down to Provo to see the Bakkens and their adorable apartment. LOVE it! Brooke has the most creative eye. Collin and I had a double date day with Melissa and Skyler, full of Cheesecake Factory, Croquet and Bocce Ball. Man, I wish I had my camera; good times! I'm so glad for the times that we get together with our friends down south, because I REALLY miss them a lot, living so far. Ok, 2 hours isn't THAT bad, but its enough to miss people. I truly love it here in Logan, so don't think I'm miserable here. I'm excited to spend the next few years here, but I do love friends. A lot! (subtle hidden message: COME VISIT ME before the crazy cold snowy winter!)

We went to Colorado a few times too and down to Layton a bunch for fun days with our family! I love how big our family tree is now! So many nieces and nephews and amazing examples (all our sibs and their spouses). I don't think we could be more blessed with our family! Such a fantastic feeling! LOVE it!

Oh! So, Logan just got Gold's Gym. I had been Anti-Golds for years while living in Provo with my 24 Hour Fitness membership. But, I am SO grateful that a man from Idaho decided to build a Golds in Logan. Hallelujah!!! :) What a blessing! I go work out in the mornings while Collin has his 7:20 math class! Its so great! They have classes, and the raddest cardio machines. You plug your ipod in, have your own tv screen and control what you want to watch or hear when you want it. Genius! AND, to top it off, when you take your ipod home to plug it in the computer, it connects to nikeplus.com. Ya... it tracks your workouts. Are you kidding me? The coolest, most brilliant idea! Now, when I start to get hooked to Sportscenter, CSI and the news in the morning, all at the same time, I get my butt to the gym and hop on the elliptical while I watch. Then switch over to my new tunes during commercial breaks. Thank you, Golds, for becoming a part of my life! :) (haha, i'm a nerd)

Alright, until I get more pictures, my last 2 cents: I'm stoked for College Football. Collin and I are obsessed with football. Ok scratch that, sports in general. We love them! (magical that we got married, isn't it?) Anyway, we're in a NCAA fb pool. So, there are certain picks each week that we pick the winner. And at the end of the season, the 2 losers fund a pizza party for the BCS championships. Pretty sweet deal. Collin and I have resolved to win the whole thing. Just you wait and see! This one's for you, Stevo!