Happy 25th

I turned 25 a few days ago, while I was surrounded by family, riding on a carousel and eating deliciously greasy burgers.

I am so thankful for the amazing family that I have. Especially the amazing parents and grandparents that I was given. I am in awe of these people every day, and I love them more than I could ever say. I had the best birthday just being able to be with them! I was also with my little (tall!) brother Ethan, who is pictured walking away in the photo of my Papa and me.

We were given families to help us through the hard times in life, and to share the wonderful times. I am the luckiest girl in the world to have the family I was born into and the family that I married into to share my ups and downs with.

I love you all to the moon and back! Thank you for being amazing!

Stay tuned for my 25 before 26 goals of the year!

Carnival Fun!

 

Carnival lights, puffy dust filled air, the smell of food frying, teenagers screaming and game booth bells ringing. We buy some tickets, eat funnel cakes and curly fries, play a round of the basketball hoop swoosh game, and get in line for the Ferris wheel. The Ferris wheel is my favorite. If I see one, I have to ride it. I just have to! I can ride the craziest roller coaster and not be scared, but going over the top of a Ferris wheel always make my stomach jump just a little. I love having these amazing date nights with my man. He is my best friend, partner in crime, and love of my life! Plus he bought me expensive cotton candy just because I love nomming on the pink stuff.

Do you like the carnival? What's your favorite ride?

Springtime

Life is perfect right now. Our trees are blooming, the air is crisp at night, warm and reviving in the day, and playing in the water has begun. Children’s laughter floats from our neighbors houses as they run through the sprinklers and shoot water guns at each other. All our windows are open, letting the fresh air envelop our lungs. It is a good time to be alive.  

New Furniture and House Updates!

Hello there! It's been awhile since I posted about our house, so here's what we've been up to. We haven't done much painting or anything, mostly finding furniture we like which has been such an adventure! Keep in mind, we're kind of temporary decorating with the walls- meaning we're not hanging anything that has to be held by nails because we want to paint first but can't decide what colors! It's hard haha. So eventually we will have our awesome paintings up, but now it's just things that can be held with pushpins :) Enjoy our little home tour!

 Here's our house, see the little daffodil's in front of the window? Haha those little yellow specks? They make me happy :)

 Welcome to our home! I made this cheery wreath since I was getting tired of our winter one!

Here's our cozy living room! We love hanging out in here, it is the comfiest couch ever!

 Our dining table! We love it so much! It folds down to fit just us two but then folds open and adds a leaf to sit at least 8! It's great!

We just got this china hutch last weekend. It houses Jared's family's only heirloom- their great-grandma's china. It looks so pretty with those glass windows!

This is a vintage library desk I got from the same people I got our dining table from. They had had plants on top of it for a while (who puts plants on a table so beautiful?!) so it got a little warped but it's a pretty easy fix. It gives it charm too so I'm keeping it that way for awhile! It's great having a work space again!

Picked this adorable dresser up this weekend! It needs a little TLC but I just love the shape and colors so I had to get it! This one will be getting a paint job sometime, but it'll probably look about the same, just new paint :) This is in our room, see our cute shower curtain in the background? :)

Well that's all the new stuff we've been putting in! It's slowly but surely coming together :) Look forward to some more projects coming soon! We've been busy working in the yard and still trying to organize all the random odds and ends that get thrown into random boxes (you know you do it too!). This has definitely been our most fun adventure so far! 

Updates in Photos

It's been awhile! We've spent three months in our new home and are loving it! We're decorating slowly and enjoying the time we have together! We are definitely ready for some warmer weather. We spent Christmas with our families, and have taken other small trips to Overton, Kanarraville, Provo, and Salt Lake City. Here are some photos to catch you all up!

Jared, Abby and I hiking in NV // A pretty pink breakfast // My wonderful grandma and me! She is amazing! // Trip to Reno // Dallin, Alexa and Ethan at the top of a cool mesa // Dad, Mom, Jared, Ethan and I playing Bocce ball at Overton park- such a fun game! // Going boating at Sand Hollow Reservoir //  Jared and I mini golfing with his parents

Fourth anniversary flowers and waffles! // Me in an awesome ballroom by Gateway Mall in SLC // Valentine's banner // Easter decoration // A new outfit- loving pink! // My newly painted office // Taking a tour of Jared's work- that truck is so huge! // My new succulent babies

There ya go! Obviously so many other things have happened in the last few months but hey, you got the overview :) Now that we're settled into the house, it'll be easier to set up more blog posts.

Ta ta for now!