So long, Carpet!!

Saturday was a great day! My sweet awesome husband ripped up our carpet in the hallway and laid tile! As everyone in this solar system knows, I'm DYING for a puppy! Well before we could get one, we decided to tile the downstairs hallway so that during the day, while we're at work, we can put a gate at the bottom of the stairs and then it'll have the whole basement to run around and play. And if it goes potty, it won't matter! (This whole idea was Tay's genius-ness too) So.... I cleaned and got the boys lunch while Tay, his dad, brother-in-law, and friend Brad, came and laid it all down. Because it's such a narrow work space, they were stepping on each other so much, Taylor decided that him and his dad should build some shelve for our garage. (Don't ask me where all this came from!) We talked about building shelves when we moved in but never really mentioned it after that. So that was a nice surprise to come down to. Here's some of the progress they made:

Before:


Half way there:


Finished product: (Well, besides grout but we can't do that for a day or two)


Here's an idea of what the shelves look like. (Didn't get one of the finished product yet)



Thanks for everyone that helped!! Couldn't have done it without you guys. And thanks baby for being sooo productive and getting us one step closer to our PUPPY!! Love you!! xoxo

Tepanyaki with friends!

Friday night was so fun! We went to one of my all time favorite places to eat. TEPANYAKI! Their food is soooo good! One of our friends had never been there so we just had to go! It was cool too because our cook/server guy was the guy who's picture was on the coupon. (Pretty sure cuz he was the best one) So now Taylor thinks he met someone famous. Lol.





Ryan and Janessa:


Us:


Jason and Mika:


After dinner we decided to go see a movie. The boys had their heart set on some monster movie (who knows?) so we split and us girls went and saw the Bounty Hunter. It was so fun, and it worked out perfectly. Date night AND girls night.



Thanks guys! Let's do it again real soon! :o)

Burgers, Birthdays, and Puppies!

This past weekend slash week was so fun. Thursday Tay and my dad took off for a little boys trip down to St. George. So I met my mom and sisters and we took the Japanese students to In-n-Out. They kept telling us how they liked hamburgers so they were literally in heaven when we walked in. They were so happy! Lol.



Friday night was my friend Jacquie's birthday so all the girls went to Texas Roadhouse for her dinner. We had a blast as always and got all hyped up on Diet Coke...as always. :o)





I love these girls!!

Then came Saturday. I helped my friend Char from work move into her new apartment. (since I had to drive Tay's beast truck around cuz they took my car to St. George)
Then I met Janessa at Mika's house and we babysat/played with Auzzie their new puppy!! He's the cutest thing in the whole world. I've been wanting a puppy for literally EVER. I'm just waiting on the okay from my husband, but it's getting pretty hard. I'm not the most patient person. But playing with Auzzie is fun and will help my puppy-parenting skills. Lol.






He's the cutest shih tzu ever!! I love watching him waddle around with his toys as big as him! And he hops like a little bunny. Puppies have so much personality and are so fun to watch. I can't wait till we get one and they can play!

Happy (Late) St. Patties!

Okay, so I've been slacking a little with the blogging, and will try to catch up. Last week was one of my favorite holidays. The morning started off great with a breakfast with my work. An old folks home that we refer patients to was saying thank you so they fed us green pancakes! It was so fun!




After work I had a dentist appt. Yuck. Buuuuutt... I had NO cavities!! First time in a long time. So I was pretty happy about that. Straight from the dentist, my brother and I went to the airport to pick up 2 Japanese exchange students that are staying with my parents for 10 days. That was quite an adventure. They know some english, but not much. Lol.
That night my dad wanted to take them to the Mayan. The food isn't the best, but the atomesphere would be fun for them. Which it was. He kept telling them they were next to cliff dive and I think they really believed him for a second. Haha.



It was a fun day, being with family and the new visitors. Always have good times!

8 Tag

8 favorite places to eat
-Training Table
-Chef Tom's
-Texas Roadhouse
-Teppanyaki
-Itallian Village
-Morelia's
-Taco Time (kinda sick I know)
-Maddox's


8 things on my wish list
-A Puppy!!
-Being completely out of debt
-Not having to work out to lose weight
-Go to Hawaii and New York
-A big house with a big yard (Even though I know we just bought one)
-To be super tan all the time
-My family continues to be healthy and happy
-Tay's work to never stress him out ever again


8 things I did yesterday
-Went to the airport to pick up my parents Japanese students
-Walked to 7eleven at lunch and bought a cupcake :o)
-Went to dinner at the Mayan with my dad, brother, and the Japanese girls
-Looked at my sister's cute pictures from their dance
-Played with my doggy, Jazzmin
-Went to my dentist appt and had NO cavities!!
-Posted pics on Facebook of our girls night
-Enjoyed my last night with my hubby for a few days. (He's leavin for St. George today)


8 things I am looking forward to
-Ordering tile (Then we get to get a puppy!)
-Tomorrow's Friday! And girls night!
-Lake Powell trip with our friends in August
-Losing weight (Hopefully...)
-Wearing shorts again
-My birthday
-Retirement, lol
-Snuggling with Tay when he gets back


8 TV shows that I watch
-Friends!
-The Hills, it's so stupid now but I can't stop
-Survivor
-American Idol
-Keeping up with the Kardashians (Even more embarrassing!)
-Chelsea Lately
-E! News
-The Bachelor

8 Things I love
-My Taylor
-Bubble baths
-Anything yellow
-Pictures/Photography
-All animals
-My friends and family
-My faith
-Thunderstorms

8 Things that bug me
-Bad drivers
-Cold food
-Golds gym commercials
-Guys that yell at girls in public
-How "normal" divorce is for everyone these days
-Treehuggers
-Being late
-Messy house

Simple minds . . . Simple pleasures

Last week Tay got a new toy. He's been begging for one for so long! Back when we had 3 weeks of nonstop sick at our house, he was curled up on the couch in a little ball, with tissues, vapor rub, medicine, and the humidifier. Between coughs and sneezes he whispered, "Do you know what would make me feel better?" I softly and so sincerely asked, "what?" Thinking he was gonna say a back scratch or a foot massage, he smiled and said, "a MacBook Pro."



So finally I gave in and we went up to Gateway and got him a shiny new computer. He loves it! Last Sunday we were at my parents just playing on it with my little sisters. Well there's a program with the webcam that has all these cool features.

Like a comic book:



Or the Eifel Tower:



Or on a roller coaster:



Then the funniest ones stretch your face and do mirror images and stuff. Here's some of the ones I liked. (Yes, in case you can't tell, we had WAY too much fun with this!)

Girl's Night with Alice

This past weekend was such a blast! We spent the entire time hanging out with great fiends and family. Friday night was our FRIENDS marathon with Jason and Mika. Saturday night was the always wonderful Girls Night. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!



First we had dinner at Red Robin. Well, if by dinner, you mean french fries and Diet coke, then yes, dinner was good. (Although Kenny could've kept 'em coming just a little faster. It's ok Kenny, you're forgiven.)



After dinner we had to go stock up on candy. (As if I hadn't already eaten enough this weekend) We were so hyper!! (Guess it was all the Diet Coke) This was us, BEFORE all the sugar high:



We snuck all our treasures into the movie theatre where we saw Alice in Wonderland.



It was such a fun show and we all had a blast. Thanks so much girls for making me laugh so hard! I love ya tons!!



We finished the weekend out by spending Sunday with our families. First Tay and I slept in and he took me to Village Inn for a yummy breakfast. Then we hung out with my family, then went to his for dinner. That night, Tay had a work meeting, so since Mika and Janessa's hubbies are T-Mobile buddies too, we decided we hadn't had enough girl time together, so we continued our FRIENDS night. And finished, yes finished, the candy we bought.
This weekend was so fun and I am so thankful for all my family and friends that surround me. I'm so lucky and don't say it enough. But thanks so much guys, I love you all!