Summer Recap

 Summer has come to an end and I blogged once.. big surprise. This post is a recap on the highlights of our summer in 2012.

 Our baby Boy has been the biggest highlight of our summer. We found out in the month of May that I was pregnant. In July we heard the heartbeat and then told our families immediately after that. I am now twenty weeks pregnant and couldn't be happier to raise this baby boy. 

One of our funny announcements to the world that we were expecting. We watch way too many Disney movies...

We went to Lake Powell with my family for a day trip and had a blast. Summer wouldn't be complete if there wasn't a Lake Powell trip involved.

This trip down to Wayne was originally supposed to be another Lake Powell trip, but the winds were so bad and the pictures speak for themselves.. it was cold. We tried to make the most out of the trip and went fishing instead. 

Camping in American Fork canyon with friends. Even though the night didn't go as planned we still made it fun :)

LAS VEGAS!! Blake and I just recently took a spur of a moment trip to Las Vegas to go see the Phantom of the Opera. Best choice we ever made besides marrying each other. I have never had that much fun in Vegas. We stayed at the Flamingo hence the flamingos.

We had some time to kill before the play started so we went to all the free shows in Vegas that we could. I know this picture is blurry but this duo was amazing.

The wax museum was way too expensive... who pays thirty bucks to see that stuff?! We got pictures with the two wax figures that were on display because we wanted to be cool.

Going in to see the Phantom of the Opera.. Super excited

We tried to get a picture of the big chandler in the background, but we got yelled at for taking a picture.. so this is the best we got. 

This play seriously blew my mind. 

Met the joker on the streets.. he played the character a little too well.

Last picture in Vegas.. Man, my husbands hot.

Nickle City with our close friend Bryson and his girlfriend Mckenzie

Another highlight from the summer.. my brother grew a fancy beard. I never new this could happen and all I can say is I'm proud. RIP beard. Brock and Chayley left at the end of the summer to go to Washinton DC for Brocks internship. I miss them already, but excited for them to have this adventure. 

One sibling leaves another comes home. Makell and Jed are back from Texas. I failed at taking pictures of this night.. but Makell, my cousin Chelsea and I had a girls night. We had so much fun staying up til the wee hours of the night. Makell taught us how to make fancy necklaces and I must say they are pretty legit.

My summer post is coming to an end.. school is now back in session. I noticed this fad of everyone posting pictures on FB of first day of school pictures so just to be funny I took a picture of Blake's first day of senior year in college. Go get em tiger haha

One great thing about school starting is college football begins too. Rise and shout.. the cougars are out. 

Stewart Falls

Blake and I went to Stewart Falls last weekend and had a blast. I love being in the mountains. The weather and the company were perfect. Pictures don't do it justice for how beautiful it was up there. 

Catch Up

Wow has it been a long time or what? I haven't blogged forever. We have been really busy with school, work, and other things. School is now officially over, but for some reason our lives haven't slowed down. Blake is studying for the DAT (the pre-dental entry exam) and I am going to be working two jobs for the summer. The scheduled date for the test is June 28th so everyone keep him in your prayers. I know that he will do great and give it his all. 

Now to catch up on the past. My birthday was March 22nd and I turned 22 so it was my golden birthday. My siblings threw me a surprise birthday party at my parents home. Blake put a party together with some of our friends and then I went to the hunger games with some of my old roommates and friends from college. I  had a great birthday and I felt really loved. Blake even bought me tickets to the little mermaid play. I love the little mermaid and in fact it was the movie Blake used in his video when he proposed. 

 Our friend Deanna shares the same birthday as me so we invited them to come with us. Now the funny part is that Blake didn't realize that it was a BALLET and not an actual musical or play. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but the guys could say other wise. Right as soon as the show started we all started laughing. It was good culture for the men. 

My sweet sister Makell moved to Texas again. We all got together one last time before they headed out and  went to Pizza Pie cafe. Afterwards we went to their house to play games. I love when we all get together we always have a good time. We are going to miss them this summer. 

Lately the weather has been amazing and we have been taking full advantage. This past month we have been getting together with our friends to have a barbecue and  play volleyball. The Provo canyon is so beautiful this time of year. 

So last semester Blake took a Latin Ballroom class with me. Ladies I have no idea how I got him to do it with me other than he loves me that much. I think he secretly enjoyed it though.

 

The other day I came home and my sweet husband had bought me a waffle Iron. Waffles were a big thing in my home and I have been craving waffles like crazy so Blake surprised me. Is it okay if we bought a waffle iron before a microwave?! 

To Infinity and Beyond

It's our one year anniversary. I know so presh haha. I don't know where the time has gone. It seems like just yesterday I was leaving corny messages on Facebook to him and posted about 300 pictures to boot. I am still just as crazy about Blake, but more calmed down since then. It's like what Meg says off of Hercules " People do crazy things when there in love." It is insane when you finally meet the person you are going to marry. Most exciting time of my life. 

Blake and I have had a ton of adventures within our first year of marriage. Traveling across the U.S. together was one of the many. We have a lot of fun being together and there is never a day where we both don't laugh. Yeah, being married to him is breeze.

 Blake and I are all about starting traditions. We decided we would switch off planning our anniversary and Valentines day. He did our anniversary so I will be planning our Valentines date. Oh and we have to keep it a surprise because we both like surprises. 

Blake told me to get dressed up and then he took me here. Have any of you eaten at Ruth's Chris? The steak is AMAZING!

When we arrived they had rose pedals on the table and sparkling water which I don't recommend. All in all it was very romantic.

 I have an excuse for my hair... our electricity was out so I couldn't do my hair. Of course it had to happen on a day that I actually needed to get ready.

It was a charming place.. I loved everything about it. 

They even gave us free desert! 

When we came  home I found this on the table..

Tradition number two.. my awesome sister and her husband told us about this old school tradition where every year you make your gift out of certain material. So we thought that sounded like fun and I'm a sucker for old school stuff.
The first year was paper. Blake made me this awesome rose pencil. I love it :)

I had been working on this drawing for a while and decided I would give it to him on our anniversary. It's not all the way done.. it was hard to find time to do this project, but I loved getting back into drawing. And I just love Blake. So yup we still love each other!

An eventful December

It was my sweet husbands birthday on the 17th. December babies I think in a way feel like they are shafted because Christmas is in the same month. With that being said I wanted to do something really special for Blake. One week before his birthday I sent an invite to all of his friends and family on facebook to a surprise birthday lunch. Blake and I have a really hard time keeping secrets from one another so I was nervous the whole time. I tried to be super careful about what I would say. When it came time for the surprise I blind folded Blake and took him to his favorite sushi restaurant Sakura. There were more people there than I expected. We had a great turn out and I think my sneakiness paid off. Blake was surprised. I didn't get any pictures unfortunately. I tried.. I brought my camera, but forgot my memory card. Oh well.  

The 18th was my family Christmas party with my Chappell side. It was so good to see my cousins that I haven't seen in a long time. The day was full of good food, games and a lot of laughter. I love Christmas, but lets get real.. who doesn't? The smell, the lights, and family altogether again.. yup it's my favorite holiday. 

The next day the 19th we headed down to Arizona for Christmas. Blake and I listened to a Christmas book called The Gift by Richard Paul Evans. It was simply perfect to listen to before Christmas. 

Whenever we come to Arizona we always know it is going to be a good time. We don't get to see Blake's family much so when we do see them we play as much as we possibly can. 

 My sweet mother-in-law bought all the girls tickets to go see the Nutcracker. I have never seen the nutcracker before so I was super excited. I love watching ballerinas.

If only I could be one haha

 My nieces are the cutest. I love being an aunt. It was a lot of fun to watch these two open presents and believe so much in Santa. They are adorable.

 We went to see the Arizona temple lights. It was BEAUTIFUL!

 My handsome husband

 Christmas Afternoon. 

 I surprised Blake with the DAT  Destroyer books that he needed. He was shocked as you can tell. 

Blake Spoiled me this year with a Kitchen Aid. I am excited to make some bread for us. :)

 We had a great Christmas.