funny eddie

there's nothing eddie hates more than the grocery store. haaaaates it. he doesn't like any kind of shopping, but especially food shopping. anyways, i tricked him into going with me last week and he was so funny about it. when we walked in, out of the corner of my eye i saw him reach up to unplug the scooter cart. he had the most serious face as he rolled around the corner. then he got mad at me for laughing cause he thought they'd take it away from him. i wish he came every time! 

Thriiiiiller

Last weekend we went to the best event of the season: Thriller! I've seen it now 4 times and am not sick of it.  The Munsons & Fredricksons joined us, and it was a good time.  Before the show we stuffed ourselves with pizza at the Pie, then walked over to the U. 

creepiest mask, right!? 

Highlights of the show: Lorena Bobbit & explaining to Jewels who she was, the MJ thriller dance that I've been doing around our house ever since & the glow in the dark tap dancers! 

Scary Movies

One of the best parts about this time of year is watching scary movies! As soon as October hits thats all I want to do.  Good thing I married someone who likes scary movies as much as i do.  In fact, this time of year three years ago was when eddie & i made the big switch from friends to dating.  And scary movies played a part in that.  We watched what lies beneath at his house w/ all his roomies the night we both realized we liked each other, and a week later we watched pet cemetery the night of our first kiss. 

This is the only picture I have of that one week period when we realized that after 8 years of friendship we liked each other. I remember the night this picture was taken. It was at the ward halloween party, and i was giddy, had butterflies and kept checking my phone waiting for eddie to call me. This had never happened before! We left the party and I headed to the library.  Right when I walked in Eddie called and I turned to leave.  On the way out I saw Paige and told her I was headed to Eddie's & that I think I like him.  She said something like "I told you so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" & that was that. 

So, given our love of scary movies, in the past month we've crammed in as many as possible.  

Here's our running list:

(Most of these are R because they're horrors & the language is terrible.
 So I'm not sure I would recommend them as great movies, but they make for good thrillers.)

Scream 4

The Lost Boys

Descent

The People Under the Stairs **

Fright Night

Paranormal Activity 3 ** 

Hocus Pocus 

Paranormal Activity 1 

** means it was so scary I literally watched through my fingers the whole time.

Grandma's 80th

My beautiful Grandma on her 80th birthday

 Best part about this pic is Eddie thought this was Carson's real smile

Everyone who was able to make it.  Laurie from Kentucky, Mike & fam from Arizona, Robyn from Virginia, Susan & Jack from St. George. 

Grandma & Grandpa with all 7 kids

 

Thinking of her 3 wishes for her 3 cakes 

Grandpa giving a nice birthday toast 

 We made her a book full of memories and pictures

The finished house. Complete with trees~ 

Eddie & Ruby

Booboo & Ruby 

Allison & Jason's cute kids Madsen & Ruby. Eating noodles from the counter

& we rounded out the day with a game of kickball. 

I'm thankful for such a great family!! It was a fun weekend having everyone in town. 

Party Prep

the four sisters hard at work

Alex, Carson and I were on decorating detail. We blew up 75 balloons and hung them over the bar.

best part: you could see them from every spot in the house, even the front door

ballet

this was allison and i last night in ballet class. hardest workout i've ever done. i seriously was about to pass out in the warmup. can't wait for the new barre place closer to our houses to open so we can join! i always love a new workout. 

Family in Town

This past weekend tons of family on my mom's side came to town for my Grandma's 80th birthday.  It was fun & I especially loved not thinking about school for one second from Wednesday- Sunday. The night my mom flew in Eddie and I went up to Booboo's to see her and Susan. 

My mom is the gingerbread house queen!  Here she is making one for my Grandma. She made all the pieces in Virginia, then shipped them out to Booboo and brought the candy with her on the plane. Then she was decorating the house every spare minute until the party. 

Here's Susan with the quilt she made Grandma.  

This year everyone got crafty with their gifts. 

The best part of the night; however, was when Michael and I discovered Booboo's amazing costume collection! I've never seen so many awesome costumes in one place. 

 

Anniversary Trip

Eddie pulled off the surprise of a lifetime and took us back to Sky Lodge to celebrate year 1! 

We decided we'd alternate planning the anniversary celebrations, and this was his year. We went a week early since this weekend was the big family party for my Grandma. The day before we left I got it out of him that we were going to Park City, which I was thrilled about since I've always considered PC "our city." Especially since it's where we honeymooned. 

So as we were driving up (which is only 20 minutes away from our new casa,) I was directing him how to get to a mystery hotel.  Suddenly he stopped listening to me and drove down Main St. As we passed Sky I got real excited, "That's where we stayed last year!! Awe...it was the best! I think that was our room!!" etc. Next thing I know he's flipping a U and stopping in front of it!  I was so shocked and excited. I love surprises. 

Opening his gift.  I wanted to stick with the traditional anniversary gifts, and 1st year = paper. I had 12 of our instagrams from the past year printed into magnets.  They turned out cute! (stickygram.com)

Dinner @ our favorite spot- Loco Lizard

private hot tub overlooking Main St.! 

Zoom for our Anniversary dinner.  Service was terrible but the food was excellent.  Eddie didn't even need a knife for his steak it was like butter & my mahi mahi was the best ever. 

 

We went on a drive to see the fall leaves but it was more like a winter wonderland drive.

Ordered room service for the first time ever. 

The view we woke up to

We kept comparing this trip with last year's.  Besides being 10 lbs heavier, we are simultaneously happier and more stressed! I attribute that to law school for Eddie and job hunting for me.

It was a very fun, unexpected trip.  I have big shoes to fill when it comes to planning anniversaries.