Six Years!

today i celebrate 6 whole years with my hubsy!!

he's the best thing that's ever happened to me and every day i can't believe how lucky i am!

11/11/11

five years ago today, almost exactly at this time, i was marrying the love of my life!

best five years ever!

Matt, you are everything to me.

you can always make me smile and laugh! you're so sensitive and kind! you're hardworking and so talented! you're the cutest boy i know! you're more than i could've ever dreamed!

i love you so much!

p.s. it is now 11:11 AM as i'm writing this!

Midnight Run

what is the coolest thing we could possibly do at the stroke of midnight on our anniversary?

buy the harry potter complete 8 film collection on blu-ray OF COURSE!

and some butterfinger jingles and mint M&Ms because it's the most wonderful time of the year!

enjoy the many faces of Matt!

SNOWWWW!

like i said, the best part of the trip was the cold weather and i was seriously so ridiculously excited about the snow!

i've never been in snow while it's actually snowing before.

can you tell i live in the desert?

it started snowing when we were in Payson and we got to drive through  a snowy mess that made me nervous even though it really wasn't that bad.

and then on Monday we woke up to snow falling and i ran right outside!

after a few hours we got some real snow to play with!

i made a midget snowman.

and Matt threw snowballs at things.

and Padme looked so stinking cute!

i love snow!

i'm sure Matt is a little nervous now because i can't stop talking about how badly we need to move somewhere that gets snow!

i've always wanted to go somewhere with cold weather and rain but now i think snow is also a must have.

we had so much fun with it!

we drove into town for dinner that night. mostly because we were craving pie.

and when we were walking back out to our car both Matt and i almost slipped on the ice and fell on our butts!

mental note if we move to a place with snow: get better shoes.

if you notice in the pictures Matt is wearing his moccasins and i'm wearing skate shoes.

again...desert kids.

we can't wait to take another trip up there this winter to play in the snow some more!

Anniversary Trip

so Matt and i took our little anniversary trip to Show Low, AZ and it was awesome!

we haven't been on a relaxing vacation for 2 years. 2 freaking years.

i know, insane.

so all the tv watching and food eating and sleep sleeping was much needed.

but before all that happened we helped my parents out a little and moved all their furniture into the cabin and winterized a bit.

Matt also helped chop wood...while i laughed.

he got the hang of it after a while though. 

(sorry for the wind)

but after all the chores were done and my parents left the real fun began.

that's right, we busted out the snuggies and the salsa verde doritos and had ourselves a party.

but then this happened.

Matt was seriously so sad about this he made me take a picture of it.

Padme gave him some snuggles to make him feel better.

the best part of the trip was how cold it was up there!

even though i was sick i soaked up every minute of cold weather i could and we got to do fun things like wear gloves and beanies and make a fire in the wood stove.

we are such city kids.

and Padme just loved every minute of the cold.

notice she is sitting in the exact spot the heater would hit her.

and of course before we left we had to take a jumping picture.

which turned out hilarious but a little blurry because of the self timer nonsense but don't worry, Matt's got you covered.

on to the next one

last of the halloween pics!

ewoks with the nephews

Trey and "Comfy Bear"

ewoks with batman, robin, skeleton, peter pan, wendy and tinkerbell

the little shark "Fin" 

i'm so sad halloween is over but i guess i'll move on to the next celebration.

Matt and i will be married for 5 years next week.

holy cow!

and to celebrate we're going on a little mini vacation and of course that means that i got sick this week.

i now have 2 days to get better. UGH!

dear sore throat, i hate your guts! you're the worst thing in the entire world! i hate being reminded of you every time i swallow! 

so yesterday i decided to stick it to mr. sore throat and downed like 500 gallons of water (no joke), hot soup, nasty airborne tablets and Matt even brought home my secret sore throat weapon- caramel apple spice from starbucks.

seriously, every sore throat i've had since high school has been cured within days of consuming one of those delicious beverages.

then last night i took some nyquil and Matt tucked me in for a good night's sleep....NOT.

turns out even sick and full of nyquil i don't sleep but i still got up this morning and my sore throat is slightly less annoying than it was yesterday.

hallelujah! thank you caramel apple spice!

hopefully another 2 days of the exact same routine will cure me for a fun filled vacation.

now i'm gonna go make some lists.

i'm probably the only one who does this but i like to make a crazy number of lists before a trip.

don't want to forget anything ya know.

especially when you're gonna be within 5 minutes of a store.

i'm a weird person. 

Build-A-Bear Tradition

one more post about anniversary weekend and then i swear i'll be done for a whole year.

on our first anniversary Matt took me to Build-A-Bear.

i had never been before but always always wanted to.

it looks like so much fun when you walk by it in the mall right?

plus i'm a total sucker for stuffed animals.

so he took me there and we had a great time!

the workers always ask us who we're making the bear for and when we say it's for us they give us funny looks and it's awesome!

and if you've ever been there before you know you get to put a heart inside of each bear and they make you do silly things with it before you put it in like rub it in your hands to warm it up, rub it on your ear so your bear will always hear you, rub it on your head so he'll be a smarty pants, rub it on your heart so he knows how much you love him then give the heart a kiss and close your eyes and make wish and then stick it in the bear.

this part always cracks me up!

you can tell the workers want to laugh at us while two grown people are doing these silly actions while making a teddy bear but i love it!

here's the bear we made this year!

i think he's so incredibly cute with his little plaid shirt!

we always make a bear and then pick out an article of clothing for him.

and of course all the bears have names.

this new guy is named Luke.

and our other bears (and dog)...

going from left to right we have Max, Toby, Tilly and Luke.

i think Tilly is my favorite.

but don't tell the others, i don't want to hurt their feelings.

just look how adorable and chubby that little polar bear is with that scarf and hat with ear flaps.

too cute!

i love our funny anniversary tradition!

it's quirky and childish and amazing just like we are!