Work...Whats that?

So summer is over and I began work last Wednesday. I forgot what it's like to work 8 hours a day...it's tiring! I'm super busy right now setting up my classroom, cleaning my classroom, getting orientation ready, preparing for home visits, organizing everything, and the list goes on and on and on! I think it's going to be a really great year once I learn the ropes. I work with really great people which makes it nice! They say that the first year is always the hardest and the next year it gets easier (well, hopefully I'll be at home with a baby next year) but I think I'll survive!

Star Bright, Star Light

Last night we went to dinner at Red Robin with my family for Derek's birthday. After dinner we were trying to decide what we wanted to do in the evening. We decided that we wanted to go star gazing. So we came home and Derek researched where a good place to go would be. We ended up going about 30 miles north and 20 miles east of where we live. We went down a dirt road by some hay fields and parked. We put blankets and pillows on top of our car and started gazing. Derek started seeing so many shooting stars and I was so jealous. However, I soon started seeing some too. It was amazing how many stars we could see and we could even see the milky way! It was so beautiful. It was pretty windy and being next to a hay field made my eyes water A LOT so I sat in the car after an hour and looked out the window while Derek was on the roof. All of a sudden Derek got really excited and said he saw a giant red shooting star thing that exploded! How cool. I was a tad bit sad that I didn't see it.
All in all it was a great star gazing experience. It was the first time we had done it together but I think we'll be doing it plenty more.

Jack Johnson and The Oaks

On Monday, which was our first anniversary we went and saw Jack Johnson and USANA. We both really enjoy his music! We showed up without tickets and ended up getting two tickets for the price of one! One of the tickets we bought was a GA seat (not the grass), well the lady ended up not looking at our other ticket and gave us both wristbands for the 300 section! So needless to say we were pretty excited! He played all of our favorite songs. Derek really enjoyed seeing the piano player Zach because he's originally from the band ALO which is one of his favorites. Oh yeah before the concert we went and ate at Long Life Vegi House. It was delicious as always! Derek was so sweet and gave me a homemade card, pretty flowers, and an apron that I wanted for teaching!


At Long Life about to eat


See the red wristband =)

A nice man offered to take our picture

It's JACK!!!



My pretty flowers!

Tuesday was Derek's 25th birthday. We went to The Oaks up Ogden canyon for dinner. It's one of my favorite places that I used to always go to with my grandparents growing up, so it was fun to take him there. We had a really fun time and the drive was really pretty. He didn't want a cake, but instead wanted Lime Ricky Sherbet (we had it up in Lava). I thought it would be impossible to find but found it at the first store I went to! We ended up eating our frozen wedding cake on his birthday and it actually was pretty good...we were surprised!


I had a really yummy salad


Derek had this amazing spinach pasta filled with
cheese in an alfredo sauce with artichokes!

The birthday boy!


It ended up being a great 2 days!

One year later

45 Things I love about my Lovey:
1. He is the silliest person I know
2. He can always make me laugh, even when I don't want to
3. He is very patient
4. He gets me
5. He has the sweetest kisses

6. He always tries to make me happy
7. He works hard to keep our home nice


8. He is very calm and balances out my intense personality
9. He sees the good in every situation
10. He is very rational and gets me to see the rational side of things
11. He never complains about the problems we face and always sees the good in them
12. He is such a hard worker but always makes time to play

13. He loves me unconditionally
14. He makes me feel like I do more things right in life than wrong
15. He is supportive of everything I do
16. He always tries to understand things from my perspective
17. He brings out the best in me
18. He will watch my favorite TV shows even though he doesn't like them
19. He loves my family
20. He is so great with my nephews

21. He is going to be the most amazing dad ever
22. He tells me that I look pretty when I just wake up
23. He is very outgoing
24. He is friends with everyone
25. He wears silly clothes

26. He is always willing to try new things
27. He is always learning something new
28. He is always up for an adventure
29. He can always tell me who sings the song we're listening to
30. He does things he doesn't really like just to make me happy
31. He's a great snuggler
32. He calls me Figgy

33. He is very responsible
34. He is always smiling

35. He's a great dancer
36. He knows my favorite things
37. He knows how to make me feel special
38. He listens to my opinions
39. He lets me listen to country music even though he hates it

40. He gives great back massages
41. He is very handsome

42. He is super smart
43. He is great at personal finances
44. He is the best lovey ever!
45. He puts in a great effort to make our marriage strong
Thanks for a GREAT first year of marriage!!!

Anniversary/Birthday trip to Lava

We went to Lava Hot Springs on the 14th and 15th of August. We celebrated our first wedding anniversary and Derek's 25th Birthday.

We stayed at the Lava Hot Springs Inn which I now highly recommend. The people were really nice. It's not the fanciest place but it was clean and quaint.

We had our own little cottage that was so romantic!

It was really little inside!

Our hotel had their own hot springs that we thoroughly enjoyed.

They had really hot ones, a freezing cold one, and quite a few that were just right! We spent most of our time in them.


The river was right behind the hot pools.

We had some delicious ice cream from the local creamery. It came in a square scoop!


The Inn had a free breakfast in the morning that was homemade and delicious!

The fresh fruit was delicious!

We went to the real Lava Hot Springs that day


We decided it wasn't the smartest idea to got to the hot springs on a hot day

We still enjoyed relaxing and talking

We went to a cute diner for lunch that had delicious food!

They had cowboy boot mugs

I just had to drink root beer out of it.

It was such a fun getaway! It was nice to just relax with each other and celebrate these special occassions!