dustin turns 25

September 23rd was Dustin's birthday.  He turned a whopping 25 and we celebrated all weekend long!  Friday night some executives from my company were in town from Chicago and they took us out to dinner at the Market Street Broiler!  We had never been there before and the sea food was amaaaazing.

Saturday, Dustin had a halo party with his friends in Provo and they played till 2am!  Guy bonding time.  It's good for them.  

Sunday we went over to the Harpers' home and had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed birthday party!  Dustin loved the turtles when he was little (and still does) and his mom went all out!  Scott made his famous garlic burgers on the bbq yum.  My family and a few of the neighbors came over for the party!  This was also the night we were introduced to "The Fox" video bahahaha.  

Monday we went to the Pie for dinner with our brothers and some friends - they had a live musician in there and he was really good!  After dinner, we had some friends over for cake and ice cream.  I made a "better than sex" cake - Dustin's favorite.  Everyone wanted to meet Quinn and she was the highlight of the night as usual.  

Happy belated Birthday honey!  You are my favorite 25 year old!  I love you forever and I am so happy you are 25 so we can rent a car on our upcoming vacation. :)

24

I turned 24 in Texas!  Woot woot!  My birthday was on a Saturday which was kinda a bummer because that is Dustin's loooong day of work selling alarms (9am - 9pm).  But it was still a really great day.  Emily and I met the guys for lunch (sushi yum) and then we got pedicures and frozen yogurt!  After the guys got home from work (around 10pm) we went to Wing Stop for dinner.  The next day we went to South Padre Island one last time and Emily made me a pink birthday cake!  We also celebrated again when we got back to Utah - we had a luau for all the August birthdays on my mom's side of the family.

This birthday was infinitely better than last year's because last year we were in the car all day long driving home from Texas, and then I was sick that night, and then the next day we had to move into our new apartment where we didn't have hot water for a few days.

It was sooo nice just coming back to our apartment with all of our stuff there just as we left it.  Not having to worry about finding a place to live, or moving all of our stuff was a million times less stressful than last summer. We (or rather I) have been having fun rearranging things and redecorating our little home, so maybe I will post some pics soon. We totally love the area, ward, neighborhood we are in and will be here at least until the spring when Dustin graduates.

Anyway, I love birthdays and getting older, and I am excited to see what 24 brings!

sushi lunch

wing stop with the browns for our late night dinner! we love the lemon pepper & honey bbq aaaand the drink machine where i can get cherry vanilla diet coke :)

our last trip to south padre island, with whataburger of course.

birthday luau with the fam

dustin turns 24

Last weekend we celebrated Dustin's 24th birthday!  On Saturday we went boating with his family, and my two brothers and a friend came along.  It was our first time boating all summer (even though technically it was the first day of fall haha) and we had a blast!  The water was pretty cold, but you got used to it after a while.  I asked the husb why we didn't bring any wetsuits and he laughed and said those are for wussies!   We wakeboarded, surfed, and tubed.  Dustin is a pro on the surfboard and it was fun to watch him.  I tried it for the first time once last summer, but this time I actually let go of the rope and stayed up for a while!  The next day we were sore (from our intense tubing!) and sunburned but it was worth it!

We had plans to go out to dinner with our Vivint friends Emily & Taylor but we got back late from boating and we didn't think to bring clothes down to Sandy to change into after.  So we just went home and showered, and then we went and got sushi!  We LOVE sushi.  And we discovered that there's this little charming sushi restaurant two blocks away from where we live! It's called Pagoda and we'll definitely be going back again.

Sunday we went to the Brigham City temple dedication, and then went over to the Harper's for dinner!  We had yummy tacos and I brought a gooey chocolate birthday cake.  We also played Cataan.  Their family loves that game and I love it now too!  Everyone gets really into it haha.

Dustin's big birthday present was an Xbox 360.  He's been wanting one forever and he met his goal for it this summer so it was well-deserved.  He's really sweet though, and will play for a little bit at night and then watch whatever show I want to with me.  He got this cool game called Portal 2 though, and I actually like watching him play it.  :)

Such a fun weekend!  Happy Birthday Dustin!