1. Our wedding anniversary! Just a little over a week away!
2. Halloween decorations, candy, parties, etc
3. Breast cancer awareness month (my mom & grandma both survived it) yay for pink!
4. Looking forward to bringing out the scarves, cords, boots, and sweaters
5. Fall break! Ok so I already graduated but it means Dustin doesn't have to worry about homework at night and we can play.
6. Football games
7. Gorgeous mountains
8. Pumpkin desserts
9. General conference
10. Park Stickney's jazz harp concert - October 14. Let me know if you want free tickets!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Hey Stephen
I finally got to meet my only brother-in-law! Stephen came home from his mission in Zambia, Africa on Friday night. We picked him up from the airport around 6:30pm, then came home and ate pizza and he showed us all the cool things he brought home from Africa! He was released at 11pm that night. It was a really neat experience being there with Dustin's family & the stake president, and hearing Stephen talk about his mission and bear his testimony about it.
Saturday we hung out with all the family that came up from California for the homecoming. There were many Cataan games played haha. The Harpers love Settlers of Cataan!
Sunday was the homecoming. I ended up doing the musical number (the yw were supposed to sing, but backed out the day before). I played a medley of three hymns: I know that my redeemer lives, Our savior's love, and I believe in Christ. Stephen gave a fantastic talk! I loved hearing about his experiences in Africa and the people he met. He bore a strong testimony of the gospel and the spirit was strong. And at the end, he bore his testimony in this crazy African "click" language. LEGIT! After, everyone came over to the Harpers' house and we had homemade Cafe Rio!
It's been so fun getting to know Stephen! I can definitely tell he is Dustin's brother. They're similar in a lot of ways - the dark hair, big smile, charismatic sense of humor, and use of sarcasm. But Stephen still talks like an African. It was a fun-filled weekend and I'm looking forward to getting to know him better.
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Saturday we hung out with all the family that came up from California for the homecoming. There were many Cataan games played haha. The Harpers love Settlers of Cataan!
Sunday was the homecoming. I ended up doing the musical number (the yw were supposed to sing, but backed out the day before). I played a medley of three hymns: I know that my redeemer lives, Our savior's love, and I believe in Christ. Stephen gave a fantastic talk! I loved hearing about his experiences in Africa and the people he met. He bore a strong testimony of the gospel and the spirit was strong. And at the end, he bore his testimony in this crazy African "click" language. LEGIT! After, everyone came over to the Harpers' house and we had homemade Cafe Rio!
It's been so fun getting to know Stephen! I can definitely tell he is Dustin's brother. They're similar in a lot of ways - the dark hair, big smile, charismatic sense of humor, and use of sarcasm. But Stephen still talks like an African. It was a fun-filled weekend and I'm looking forward to getting to know him better.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
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!
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!
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
product review: clinique lid smoothie
for my birthday, my mom took me shopping for makeup at nordstrom! i got a few lovely mac products and then we went over to the clinique counter and she introduced me to the clinique lid smoothie. i am obsessed!
it's eye shadow that glides on (similar to lip gloss), it's creamy, shimmery and crease-resistant and lasts 8 hours. the best part is putting it on - the metal applicator tip feels really cool on your eyelid. you can use it alone, or layer other colors over it.
the collection comes in 12 shades: salt and pepper, lick-orice, currant affair, impromt-blue, bit o'honey, cashew later, sassy-fras, ginger-ly, cute-cumber, pinkgo bilboa, seventh heather, and born freesia. my favorite is sassy-fras, but i also have the seventh heather and love that one too.
it's eye shadow that glides on (similar to lip gloss), it's creamy, shimmery and crease-resistant and lasts 8 hours. the best part is putting it on - the metal applicator tip feels really cool on your eyelid. you can use it alone, or layer other colors over it.
the collection comes in 12 shades: salt and pepper, lick-orice, currant affair, impromt-blue, bit o'honey, cashew later, sassy-fras, ginger-ly, cute-cumber, pinkgo bilboa, seventh heather, and born freesia. my favorite is sassy-fras, but i also have the seventh heather and love that one too.
back to reality
well we made the looong drive from texas and then jumped back into our normal lives in utah. dustin is back in school at the university of utah, and i'm back to working at the harp store, teaching, and playing at the grand america. this was the longest time period i had ever gone without playing the harp so the first time back at the grand left me with a few blisters! luckily there weren't a lot of people in there so i didn't have to play super loud.
it feels good to be back in utah, back to being busy, back to a normal routine. don't get me wrong, i loved my free time this summer, but i was really excited to go back to work, and likewise - dustin was excited to be done with work.
some things we've done since we've been back include: my birthday celebrations, a hike, drive-in movie, 5k race, u of u football game, dinner with my best friends, and a few wedding receptions.
also - we moved into a new apartment and so far we are loving it! it's a two bedroom and it has a hallway!! yes, we were excited about the hallway haha. it's a major upgrade from our apartment last year. we've been busy organizing, building ikea furniture (dustin), and decorating. i'll post pictures soon. :) it's in a charming neighborhood, we love the ward so far, and we live right next door to a gelato shop. we're going to have to control ourselves from going every night!
our reality is looking pretty good.
it feels good to be back in utah, back to being busy, back to a normal routine. don't get me wrong, i loved my free time this summer, but i was really excited to go back to work, and likewise - dustin was excited to be done with work.
some things we've done since we've been back include: my birthday celebrations, a hike, drive-in movie, 5k race, u of u football game, dinner with my best friends, and a few wedding receptions.
also - we moved into a new apartment and so far we are loving it! it's a two bedroom and it has a hallway!! yes, we were excited about the hallway haha. it's a major upgrade from our apartment last year. we've been busy organizing, building ikea furniture (dustin), and decorating. i'll post pictures soon. :) it's in a charming neighborhood, we love the ward so far, and we live right next door to a gelato shop. we're going to have to control ourselves from going every night!
our reality is looking pretty good.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
san antonio again
yesterday emily and i drove another wife to the airport in san antonio. it's about a two hour drive from corpus. emily had never been there so after dropping off dasily, we went to the alamo and riverwalk!
i'm always slightly under-whelmed by the alamo. i guess i just had imagined it bigger and more grandiose in my head. or something. what i took from it this time was that the alamo led to the independence of texas, which led to the mexican war, which led to the united states picking up texas, utah, and a few other states. only a year later after that was when the pioneers arrived in utah. pretty crazy huh? oh and i didn't get a picture (no photography allowed! some man yelled at us for snapping pics with our phones.) but there was a locket on display that davy crockett had given to his gf with a lock of his hair inside! ew! i'm glad we have other ways of showing our affections nowadays.
i'm always slightly under-whelmed by the alamo. i guess i just had imagined it bigger and more grandiose in my head. or something. what i took from it this time was that the alamo led to the independence of texas, which led to the mexican war, which led to the united states picking up texas, utah, and a few other states. only a year later after that was when the pioneers arrived in utah. pretty crazy huh? oh and i didn't get a picture (no photography allowed! some man yelled at us for snapping pics with our phones.) but there was a locket on display that davy crockett had given to his gf with a lock of his hair inside! ew! i'm glad we have other ways of showing our affections nowadays.
fearless squirrel we saw by the alamo
alamo mosaic
on the riverwalk! so pretty.
we split a yummmy caramel apple. yum.
our souvenirs
davy crockett style. we rocked the coon hats.
when trevor met dustin
my handsome husband finally met my brother! last week trevor came to corpus christi and got to spend a few days with us. dustin and trevor got along smashingly well (as i knew they would!). they are similar in so many ways and it was lots of fun getting to see them interact finally! they are going to be great friends. :) i haven't met dustin's brother stephen yet, but he gets home from his mission the end of september, so i'm looking forward to finally meeting him.
trevor was starving when he got off the plane, so i took him to whataburger of course.
the moment they met! (haha that sounds like a line from a love story)
the whole office went to rudy's bbq after winning an incentive.
emily, trevor, and i went to the uss lexington museum on the bay! such a cool museum! definitely recommend it if you're ever in corpus.
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