OBSESSED!

I am so obsessed with this puppy...

Is he not the cutest thing you've ever seen?! He's seriously taken over my life for the past 3 days! He's all I think about, dream about, and obsess over! I'm so mad I found him because now I HAVE to have him :) I've been begging the hubbster to let him let me get him, but he says no :( And I understand because our living situation isn't ideal for another dog, but how can you say no to that face! I'm seriously obsessed with this pup and I want him! Ha sadly, it's really hard for me accept the fact that the hubby said "NO!" because I've pretty much always gotten what I want ha. I've never accepted that word...and I don't want to start now. So if everyone would like to pitch in ideas on how I can achieve this dream pup I would greatly appreciate that, although I'm pretty sure the hubby won't appreciate this post :)

And in the spirit of being puppy hungry, here a few more pictures of some cute cute cute puppies!



Cute huh?!

Special Olympics

So Bree got on my case about updating my blog, and since Conryd is at work (working on looking like this)

for the next hour and a half, I figured this would be the perfect time to update it.
So the hubby was FINALLY able to get a job and started about 3 weeks ago. He works 11 hours a day, 6 days a week. When we said he needed a job, boy did he get one! I'm so proud of all of his hard work that he puts into it. And he is so sweet, he went out in public looking like this to buy me flowers that I absolutely LOVED!! What a sweetheart he is. Gotta love that boy!
Updated news: Two weeks ago the Special Olympics was held here in Provo and our school was given the opportunity to go and do hair (updos and styling) for the event. I've always wanted to go and volunteer but never really got the information to do so, so when this came up, i made sure I was on the event team that went to do it. It was so fun! The athletes were so sweet. And since there was only a small group of 6 or 7 that went, it gave us a chance to get to know some more people at the school. I didn't take a lot of pictures, or any except for 1, b/c I'm too embarrassed to pull out my super ghetto camera and it doesn't help that batteries literally only last for like for 2 minutes but anyways, here's my only picture of the day

On the left is a girl named Joe, then Cam, Robyn, and myself.
So funny story about this girl Joe. After the Olympics were over and I went home, I had this random flash back of Joe, but she looked COMPLETELY different! I saw her with long brown hair, glasses, and wearing one of those long beach wrap arounds that used to be super popular. So I thought about it everyday for like a week and could not figure out where I knew her from. I thought maybe I met her in Hawaii like 10 years ago. So I ran into her at school and asked her if she had ever been and she said no. Well as I was driving home from school it hit me. She went to Ethiopia with our family 7 years ago, our first expediation ever. So I asked her if she had ever been and she said yes and then it hit her too that she recognized me and remembered. Anyways, long story, but I found it so random and really, how small is this world?! Crazy!
And in other news, it's been so stormy here! Look at what it's done in the past week...


Just kidding, that was from winter, of course. I'm just glad it's been raining and NOT doing that!
Lastly, I'm so excited because I'll be going to Texas at the end of July for MissE's 1st birthday! And I pretty much only have exactly one year left of school! Woohoo! Have a great weekend!

Happy 24th birthday!

How adorable is he! This is my hubby when he was probably like 3 maybe 4 years old? And now he my 24 year old husband! He's changed so much (obviously)! But I don't even recognize him in his baby picutres. Isn't he just a cutie though?! I think so :)
So in honor of his birthday I thought I would write a little bit about him.
For those of you who don't know my hubby, he is an AMAZING guy! He is honestly the sweetest guy in the world. He does so much for me and never complains about it. He's always willing to help out whenever it's needed. He's my best friend and I feel so lucky to have him for all eternity. I couldn't ask for a better man to have in my life. He is my other half and I love him to death and beyond. He can always make me laugh! He is so random (Just like me) and we can just talk and talk and talk without ever having one of those awkward silences. That's how I knew we were going to get married because we can just talk the night away. The first night we hung out, we talked from the time her come over at 12:00pm until the time he left, at 7:00 the next morning. Not even a little exaggeration, all we did was just talk the whole night/morning. We never had a silent moment. We connected so quickly and that's how I knew I had to have him, ha. He's always there for me no matter what. And he can put up with me and my random mood swings. That's how I know he truly loves me. He hasn't left me yet :)He's incredibly handsome and has the sexiest accent in the world. We laugh, we cry (well I cry), we play and love each other. He's the greatest husband in the world. Like I've said before, he is such a good helper. He'd do anything for me and I'd do anything for him. He's my Prince Charming and I can't wait to see where life takes us. I love you "dear"!
Then...a cute,little, innocent looking boy.

Now... an extremely good looking man.


Happy Birthday hubby! I'm so proud of all of your hard work that you put into school and soon to be work :)
Oh yeah that's right. The hubbster is now employed! Woo hoo! After a long month of searching, he finally got an interview and got the job! Congratulations. I love you!

Sisterly LOVE

So I haven't had to much to "blog" about lately because not has been going on, so I decided to do a little blog about my sister. For those of you who don't know her, she's AMAZING! Hands down my favorite sister :) She has become one of my best friends, but sadly, she lives so dang far away. She is a mother of one...unless you count her husband, a mother of two. Haha I'm so funny Lance! Just kidding, you're awesome too. Anyways, back to Big Sis. She is always there for me and I can tell her pretty much anything! She is beautiful inside and out. She is someone who I can look up to and hope to be like someday. She is hilarious, loving, tall :), a great listener, filled with great ideas, an amazing photographer, also a great decorator, caring, and nurturing (does that make you sound old??) I love you so much!I've loved being able to grow closer to you as we've both grown up. I know when we were younger we probably fought a lot, but I've learned to just blame all fights on Casey ha. And you were probably just jealous because I'm the favorite...right!? I love you B and miss you so much. And your daughter is gorgeous just like you! She is a little angel. I can't wait until we're both living back in CA laying out on the beach! Love you lots!
Sorry if this was way corny. Just wanted to let you know that I'm thinking about you and miss you so much! And I also noticed that we have like zippo amounts of pictures together! What the?! Hope to fix that someday!
Can you believe this was almost 3 summers ago?!

It's like looking into a mirror. It blows my mind to see how much we look alike ;)

You're a wonderful wife...

A beautiful, fabulous, mother...


As I've said before, Love you B!

Chop chop chop!

I did my first REAL haircut yesterday! Although it was only on the hubbster, I still feel like I've accomplished something huge! I was so terrified the whole day before I had to cut it, but it turned out great. He still has all his hair attached to his head and he looks just oh so handsome. No ears were chopped off and no knuckles were cut off either. I feel like I'm almost ready to cut anybody's hair now :)
And so,I used to be way excited to color but after assisting a girl today, I think color can wait. Just a recap of what happened while I was assiting and why I'm so scared of it now... So this woman came in today whose hair is starting to go green. Well it was turning green because when she had her hair colored last they put an "ash" color over her yellow blond hair. Well, the main pigment in the ash color they put on was blue. So what happens when you mix blue and yellow? You get GREEN! So we had to strip out the green and apply a new natural color. Well, while applying the new color we start to notice that this ashy green color was starting to appear again and we both just looked at each other and tried not to freak out, so anyways...long story short, 3 and a half hours later, she finally left the salon with a semi greenish blue tint to her hair. Whoopsie daisy! Good thing we have teachers there to help us out in situations like this. Anywho, I just thought I would post a few pictures of the hubby's haircut. I forgot to take before pictures, but if you look at our 1 year photos you'll see how long and shaggy his hair was.

Chocolate cake in 5 minutes!!!

It is true. You can have delicious chocolate cake in just 5 minutes! It was too good to be true when my mother-in-law told me, but indeeed, it exists! And why hasn't anyone ever told me about this before? So you don't have to wait any longer to get your late night chocolate fix, I will share this recipe with you...
5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar (we used raw sugar)
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (micro Safe)
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well..
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
Then EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous).
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night.



And there you have it, chocolate cake in 5 minutes! Oh yeah, and a very small amount of clean up which makes it that much better :)

Special shout out to Bree! Happy birthday! We love you and wish we could be there to celebrate with you. Love you mucho!

I have THEE CUTEST nieces in the world!

Today is my oldest nieces birthday. She is 3 and just as cute as can be. She's a little rascal, but man could she get away with murder for being so gosh darn cute..at least with me she could :) Anyways, since it's her birthday today I figured I might as well do a tribute post to my nieces. They are all just so beautiful and perfect, that not doing a post about them would just be stupid. So why haven't I thought about this until now? Well, that would be because I didn't think of it until now...so without further ado, here is all the proof you will need to see why my nieces are the cutest in the world! No joke, not even a little bit!
The 3 year old. A.K.A. Diva



The newly 1 year old. So sweet and innocent!



The almost one year old in 3 months. MissE, the little accessorizer.



And last but not least...All 3 cousins together!

As I said before, I have THEE CUTEST nieces in the world! Need I say more?

*Thank you Bree and Carly for your blog posts. Without them, I would not be able to steal these from you :)*
Love you guys and miss you all!