One Year!

This month we celebrated our one year anniversary! A friend of mine told me of a tradition she and her husband do every year of taking a picture with her wedding dress and his suite from the day they were married. I love this idea and feel like it will be a great way to always make sure I don't gain too much weight and fun to see over the years! Plus it is sooo fun to put that thing on again! : )

I am so blessed to have such a loving and thoughtful husband. This has been one fun and adventurous year. Cheers to many more!

Many thanks to the WONDERFUL Dannielle Stout for taking the pics!

My Friends are the Best Friends

This weekend I went up to Rexburg, ID for Heather's Bridal shower. I got to be with so many of my very best friends. It has been too long since all of us girls got together!

We had the party at The Schaat's home and it was soo nice to be back there again. It felt just like we were all back in Longview circa 2004. But no matter where they live they always make it feel like home. I miss going to their home every Sunday!

I am so blessed to have such great friends! I Love you all! XOXO

Heather- The Bride to be!

Amber and KC

Tanya, Jen, Marjean, Amber

KC and Bev

Saturday

Saturday afternoon we got to go up to Ogden to visit Daniel, Spencer's brother and his little family (Katie, Kira, and Carson). When we left Provo it was sprinkling a little, by the time we got to Salt Lake it was poouring, and by the time we got to Ogden inches of Snow. Since the weather channel has been telling us it was going to snow since Last Saturday, it finally decided to come.

Daniel is doing his residency at the Mckay dee Hospital so he treated us to dinner there. He and his family get to eat for free the whole time he will be there. I finally have decided that hospital food IS as good as everyone tells me it is. Spencer and I were like kids in a candy store because there was sooo much good food and TONS of candy and ice cream and no limit! It was fabulous. And all FREE to him and us.

We introduced them to Yo Gabba Gabba, its a kids show that sometimes cool bands and actors will guest star on. Carson was really into it right away! Spencer and I have heard about this show but never actually watched an episode, just a few clips on youtube. I got it for some of my nieces/nephews this Christmas. Saturday we all experienced it together...

25 isn't so bad.

Last week was rough.

As the realization of my 25th birthday was creeping up I got very upset and shed waay too many tears. (KC, I finally feel like I understand how you have felt on every birthday since we met!)

I have feared turning 25. 25...50...75...100...

I am more officially and adult than ever. I guess it just really freaks me out knowing over a quarter of my life on Earth is over, I still have so much I want to do before I have gray hair and my body starts deteriorating! That scares me.

Despite my emotional self, Spencer has been so very encouraging and patient with me reminding me that really it's not that bad turning 25.

We went to the temple on Friday night and it was a sweet experience. It really helped me to get out of my funk and open my eyes to the eternal perspective. Getting older really isn't that badbecause I still do have many more wonderful years, and an eternity to look forward to.

So CHEERS to another wonderful year

with a great husband and awesome family and friends by my side!!!

It was a trip, Literally.

Thanksgiving has always been my FAVORITE holiday of the year! This year was certainly one to never be forgotten. Spencer and I got to go out to Katy, TX to spend it with his parents. I was thrilled to get away from the cold for a bit. I have been dreaming of my days off work just getting up relaxing going for a run... just everything but getting ready and going to work right away! Our trip had a couple unexpected adventures, lots and lots of laughs, good food, and a wonderful time with family.

We flew with Frontier airlines and it was one of the more miserable flights I've ever been on. Apparently the seats in front of the exit row do not recline I believe they actually lean forward. We got stuck with those seats both there and back. Not awesome. Bags were left in Denver on our layover so we didn't get them until the day after we got there. I was surprised by my lack of anger for this, it was the first time my bags have ever gotten lost though so I guess I was thankful for that.

Wednesday we relaxed and spent some time in the kitchen getting some desserts and things ready for Thanksgiving dinner. That is the most fun part of the holidays to me!

Then Thanksgiving morning came. It was beautiful outside so after waking up at about 9:30 I decided I would go for a little run to start the day then I'd come home and help my mother-in-law Kathy finish making the feast. Little did I know, the Flanagan Family has a little history of Turkey Day injuries. So out I went and about 3 blocks away I tripped on an uneven sidewalk couldn't catch my balance took a bite of cement. Luckily I still had all my teeth! My chin hit pretty hard on the cement, my knees a little cut and my hand too. I knew I was a bit scraped up but I felt like I was fine and could just take care of it when I got back to the house. As I went to start my ipod again I noticed the center stone was missing from my wedding ring though. I tried to look a little bit but there was nooo way I would be able to see that thing without my glasses on! So I finished the loop I was planning on and went back to the house. Spencer took a look at it and that's when I knew it was worse than I thought! It was deep, So to the ER it was! But wait! That diamond... We dropped Kathy off where I fell, so she could look around for it while the rest of us went to the ER. We were there for about 3 hours and I got 4 stitches.

When we came back Kathy had miraculously found that diamond under a leaf and had the beautiful feast waiting for us. She is AMAZING!

Friday Kathy and I went and got mani/pedicures in the morning. It was wonderful! I should really do that more often! Over the weekend we also went to a record store Spencer used to go to did a little bit of shopping, not the crazy black Friday kind though!

All in all, Thanksgiving is STILL my Favorite holiday. I am so thankful for all of my families.

Roadtrippin'

I can't believe the weekend is here already! Before it officially starts though, I want to document Last weekend. We had a blast! We decided to take a little road trip last weekend to see two of our favorite bands, Mates of State and Austra. Mates of State played on Friday night in Las Vegas at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Austra played in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall.

Sooo we left early Friday afternoon on this adventure. We got to Vegas in time to walk around a little bit and then hit up the Urban Outfitters sales racks. Then saw the band play at 10. It was certainly a different setting than any show i've been to. Since it was at a casino the stage was awkwardly set in a corner meant mostly for background music. These guys are defiantly not just background music though! Then we hit the road until we were too tired to drive further.

In the morning we continued onto San Fran and got there around 1:30 to the cheapest decent rating hotel we could find. After having a horrific experience with Nadia in California a few year ago, the straight up cheapest is Never what I will do again! We weren't able to check in until 3:00 though so we went into town caught the American Apparel Flea Market which was waaaaayyy bigger than we ever expected! Then we made our way to Fisherman's Warf. I just love it down there. Sadly it got dark almost as soon as we got there but it is so fun to me to be down there. So many crazy people and I just love being so close to the water, I really hate living so far from the coast! Then we headed to our hotel and got ready for the show that night.

Austra played an amazing show. The Great American Music Hall is one of the coolest venues, it is a very old theater with beautiful architecture it was fantastic!

Then it was Sunday and we headed home! We stopped at ihop for breakfast in Sacramento ate delicious pancakes and by 1:30 am we were home again and back to work in the morning! Yes it was over 28hours of driving but we had so much fun together!

Cheers to many more adventures with such a wonderful husband!

Someday I will ride on one of these...

He drove most of the way, he doesn't get tickets!

Mates of State

Austra

Reading out loud to me while i drove

The American Apparel

I love it here!

October was fun!