Happy Halloween Part I

Yesterday we had our friends over and we all carved pumpkins! Here's our group... Don't mind Brian's seductive face :) No, he did not do that on purpose

All lit up!

Our little family. Asha is a bumblebee and Zoe is a little piggy!

Ha ha Zoe hates being dressed and just stands there depressed. Poor girl

I promise this costume fit Asha when we bought it. She is a little chunker and eats everything in sight.. everything!

Our cute girls with their pumpkins

Stay tuned for me and Brian's costumes this year... it was Brian's turn to choose ;)

10.10.10

Today Brian and I have been married for 2 years! It's the weirdest feeling because I feel like I've been married way longer than that, but at the same time it seems crazy that it's already been 2 years. Brian was so sweet, he planned a very romantic getaway and threw me off with every little thing. Friday night I was told to be ready with an overnight bag and be ready to go as soon as he got off work. We stopped by target... very weird. Then we went to Costa Vida. The whole time he was telling me that we had to hurry or we would be late for our appointment. But yet, he was making all these random stops. We finally end up at Little America, the hotel we stayed at the night of our wedding! He reserved a honeymoon suite so the cute girl at the front desk told us congratulations on just getting married and we totally went along with it :) When we got to the room there were chocolate covered strawberries and peach sparkling cider with a rose. It was perfect. The next day we played around in Salt Lake. We went to breakfast at a really yummy hole in the wall, went to the LDS History Museum, went shopping at Gateway, and went and saw The Town. After our day in Salt Lake, we went to Red Robin at the Provo Mall where Brian told me that he would let me pick out diamond earrings! Psych. We ate our dinner and left the mall... without diamond earrings. I know, what a jerk ;) That night, a little after midnight, Brian went and got our bag of snacks we got from Target and told me to pick out my favorite treat. I was tired and definitely not in the mood for junk food. I peaked in the bag anyway and there was a little white box... yes, there were diamond earrings inside. It was such a good surprise! A little mean, but a great surprise! Today we've just been lounging around, ate some yummy crepes, and are just enjoying the time we have together.

Inside the hotel room...

Eating breakfast at the Royal Eatery

Brian even splurged and got me the breast cancer awareness tub of popcorn!!!

It was a perfect weekend. I'm just sad we have to go back to real life now ;)

Happy 2 years babe!

Holy Moly...

Okay, this is going to be a long post. A lot of things have happened, and it's all been in the past few weeks. First, we went to Disneyland over Labor Day weekend with my fam... so much fun! Then, Brian's birthday was on the 10th. His birthday present was a new doggy! Her name is Asha and she is a yorkie, miniature schnauzer mix... a schnorkie! Then, on his actual birthday, both me and Brian got job offers! He is now a pharmacy tech at Target, right up the street, and I am a category supervisor at Victoria's Secret, right up the street! A lot of changes going on and here are the pics...

Disneyland:

We drove in a motor home with my fam, and while I enjoyed every minute of the chaos and wrestling, I'm pretty sure Brian was glad to get home to our quiet dungeon of a basement. We spent 4 days in Disneyland and one day on the beach. We layed out by the pool a lot and had a fun and relaxing vacation!

The fam minus my dad... we have no idea where he wandered off to for this picture

Sicily's birthday was on the 3rd so she got a special birthday pin...

And all of us got special celebrating pins!

Heck yes I am rockin those light-up ears! And no, Brian didn't want any :)

We even went to a "rave" and had a dance party!

Ahh the infamous churros... Brian spent a good 60% of his souvenir money on churros :) Oh, and yes, he is rockin' the Buzz shirt! I was pushing his buttons all day and he would say, "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" Then my little brothers started doing it... Brian just wore the shirt once :)

Before tower of terror...

And during tower of terror!

Me and Brian were packaged up, ready to be sold...

And Sicily became besties with Woody!

Yes, my sister is sexually harassing frozone... is that his name?

Brian got to play in the trivia thing... and won... a high five...

Don't worry Byan, I'll get you out of here!

Brian works with the tools...

While I cook dinner... yeah right!

And Sicily will just admire herself :)

At the beach I watched everyone build a sand castle... yes, watched :)

This is an exact sculpture of Raym's muscles!

Poor Randal go washed away before we could draw anything

Ha ha my dad looks so worked in this picture. He was a tired guy :) Thanks dad, for the great trip!

Brian Birthday:

For Brian's birthday, he got some clothes to go with his doggy. Then we both had to work... super lame. Then his dad took us to Magleby's which was absolutely amazing, and then we had a softball game, which we almost won... kinda :) Then we had friends over for his surprise poker ice cream cake, which by the way was delicious. Happy 25th birthday babe!

Meet Asha:

Here is our newest baby Asha. We got her the Wednesday before Brian's birthday, and didn't quite realize where Clarkston was, but let me just tell you we drove to almost Idaho! She's worth it though :) She was born on July 15th, and so far, she loves to play with her older sister Zoe and inhale her food without chewing it :)

Zoe is adjusting, she loved her at first, then got a little annoyed when she realized that Asha was staying overnight. Slowly she is getting used to her, but she still gets a little sad look on her face when Brian or I cuddle with her, and she isn't quite sure how to play with her yet... one swipe and Asha's down.

I think Asha looks just like Zoe did when she was a puppy!

Above: Zoe Below: Asha

So there is our update... and I'm out.

Byan Gots a Job!!!

Halle-freakin-lujah!!! My Brian will be starting on Monday at his new job as a pharmacy technician for MedSource Rx! I am so proud of him. He's been studying his little buns off and now he's gonna be working his little buns off too! Way to go babe!

10k at 10k

Oh my man, kill me now! Today I ran the 10k at 10k with my dad and stepmom. This race was up in Fairview Canyon, it was a 10k at 10,000 feet elevation. I just ran a freaking marathon so naturally I thought running a little over 6 miles would be piece of cake... WRONG. The first 2 miles are straight up hill, I'm not exaggerating. No flat or downhill road for freaking 2 miles. Not to mention the altitude kicked my trash and I could not breathe one bit. Yuck. I was light headed and my quads were burning the entire race.

Right before the race... look how happy I am

Michelle is freaking wonder woman and had no problem with this stupid race. Look how energetic she is

And here I come... definitely about to die

And the after picture... Blegh

For some reason I'm excited to do it next year. Maybe it's the fact that the stupid 10k beat me, I don't know. But next year, I WILL conquer that race.

Goodbye, Charlotte

Thursday will be bitter sweet. It's my last day at the Russe and I am going to miss it like crazy. I received a job offer with Vanity and couldn't pass up the chance to have my own store again. What I'm going to miss most is working with these girls. We've had so many long nights and crazy times!

Top Row: Tesche, Nancy, Jessi, Christina, Kandace, Claire, Crystal, Sam, Nikki

Bottom Row: Jessica, Jana, Bre, Andrea

Happy 4th of July Weekend!!!

What a weekend! Of course Utah doesn't completely celebrate the 4th on Sunday so instead we got a whole weekend of fun!

Friday Night: Drive-In with Cody and Krista... saw Knight and Day and somehow managed to convince the guys to see Eclipse too!

Saturday Night: Brian barbecued then we met up with Cody, Krista, Brett, and Hope for the Pleasant Grove fireworks and then some of our own!

Sunday: Amazing day at church, played games with Brian's family then dinner, a movie, and fireworks at my family's house!

I am so grateful to live in this country and I am proud to be an American!!!

Our little family at the PG fireworks

Brett, Cody, and Brian... don't give either of these guys a roman candle or a bottle rocket!!!

Hope, Bre, and Krista

Zoe and Scout weren't so sure about those fireworks

How many Bennett's does it take to light a firework? :)

Of course we took Zoe with us everywhere so she was beat at the end of every night. Here she is trying to look at me but she can't quite keep her eyes open :)