Tagged!

Thanks Morgan, this was fun!

1. Where did you meet your husband? He was my Home Teacher my first semester at Branbury apts. however I was dating someone else and didn't pay much attention to him until spring semester when I was single and he started coming around more often.
2. How long did you date before you got married? hard to say.. we went on our first official date March of 2006 and broke up several times until September 2006. So if you count the entire time 1 year and 3 months.
3. How long have you been married? 1 year and almost 5 months
4. What does he do that surprises you? He always surprises me.. with what he says or does.. but I love it when he surprises me with flowers
5. What is your favorite feature about him? His face
6. What is your favorite quality? there are so many.. look at his birthday post to see them all.
7. Does he have a nick name for you?yes, smashlee, ash-face, beauty and the list goes on
8. What is his favorite food? fruit snacks
9. What is his favorite sport? to watch or play-Basketball but he also likes playing golf, tennis, and softball
10. When and where did you first kiss? At his apartment on our FIRST date (naughty Phil!)
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Just about anything.. hang out, go to the movies, play tennis, walk around the mall, play Wii, etc. we mainly just enjoy being together.
12. Do you have children? not yet
13. Does he have any hidden talents? He can win any disagreement (if you let him) with his logic. He also can remember quotes from just about any movie
14. How old is he? 26
15. Who said I love you first? I did and he didn't say it back! He told me like a month later
16. What is his favorite music? anything on his smile mix. (meaning anything that is happy)
17. What do you admire most about him? His strength and motivation.. especially now while he has so much on his plate
18. 18 was missing?
19. Will he read this? Yes
20. Who do you tag? Heather and Tricia!

The Courtney-Tricia Spectacular

My friends Courtney and Tricia threw a Halloween Party at Tricia's house this past weekend. I was so much fun. We had lots of food, pumpkin carving contest, fear factor, and dancing. Well really only Tricia, Courtney, me, and Caroline danced.. but it was fun. It reminded me of our dance parties we'd have our first 2 years of college.

Court as the lunch lady

Caroline the lumberjack

Me trying to be a modest pussycat doll

Normally modest and pussycal doll are not in the same sentence

Tim and Tricia as?? Dancer and thug hunter?

Cameron (Court's bro) and his wife

No one else dressed up so I guess I forgot to take their pictures too.


Pumpkin Carving Contest. Court, me, and Caroline did the skull and bones

Fear Factor, I made it to round two and Caroline made it to round three but cheated by having her brother do round two. Not fair :)!



We had so much fun! I've missed these girls! What a fun way to celebrate Halloween.

Halloween Treats!

My friends had a Halloween party the other night and I made these deliciously scary treats :) Go to this website if you want to know how to make them or find other great Halloween treats!

Monster Toes:


Salty (skeleton) Bones:


pictures from the party will be up soon!

HSM 3!!!

My Dad's work, Sara Lee, sponsors High School Musical so we all got tickets and cool t-shirts to go. Even though most of the family hadn't seen the first two we were all SO excited to go. Take notice that the only guy with us is my Dad. My sister's husbands so "no thanks" (ha ha) and Phil I'm sure would have done the same if he was in Utah. We loved the movie and either we are all just emotional girls or it's a emotional movie. We all confessed (expect for my Dad) to crying at least three times during the movie. It was fun hanging out with no husbands, it kind of felt like we were little girls again being taken care of by our parents. We love you Dad and Mom, thanks for taking us!


P.S. Phil is taking the second portion of the CPA exam today!! Good Luck Hunny!

Cross your fingers for us

We heard back this morning about the house and there is a few other people that put an offer on it. We were asked to place our highest bid today and I guess we will wait to see if we won. We told each other not to get attached to this house or get our hopes up... but we DID. So hopefully we'll get it because we have already decided what to do with each room (mainly Phil with his dream office and me with an awesome craft/art room). If we don't get it then we'll go back to the drawing board I guess. We are still holding onto hope so please join us :)

On the brink...

Phil and I did a lot of house shopping this past weekend in Houston. It was so fun and exhausting. We narrowed it down to three homes all in the same neighborhood. We decided to check out the ward yesterday and loved it. There were lots of young families and babies everywhere. While we sat there in Sacrament we realized (in Phil's words) "we are on the brink". It's like we are on the on-ramp looking toward the road ahead. We saw all the young parents and realized... that will be us soon. kinda scary?

We are making an offer on one of the houses today, who knows if we'll get it. I am trying hard not to get my hopes up but it is still pretty exciting!

this is the house... what do you think?

Happy Birthday Phil!

Phil showing off his dance moves :)

Happy Birthday to my sweet husband! I am so excited to be able to spend it with him in Texas! Let's just hope he doesn't get off too late. :)

Things I love about Phil

He is:

Patient
Thoughtful
Hardworking
Dedicated
Understanding
Loving
Focused
Logical
Responsible
Spiritual
Confident
Determined
Fun

Honest

Appreciative

and much more...

Sure love you Phil. Hope today is wonderful. Thank you for being such a wonderful husband.

Baby Kami's Blessing

My mom and Kami

Today I went to my cousin Dotty's baby's blessing. It was so special to be there. Baby Kami was blessed in her home. I loved seeing all my cousins (on my dad's side). We don't get together often but I enjoy every minute of it when we do. I am so mad I didn't take any pictures of my cousins but I did get a few of their cute kids. I was in baby heaven. I just love kids. Lately, seeing little ones kills me. I want one! :) I can't wait until I am in Texas on Tuesday with 3 of my 6 cute nieces and nephews. Oh and my sweet husband too, of course:)


Me and Heather with 2 of our cousin Grant and Shandria's Kids