the oblads

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

A birthday and impromptu trip to Utah!

Happy Birthday to me

I was sad about my birthday this year because 26 seems a LOT older than 25, but it was actually a really good one! Tim planned a surprise facial and massage for me at a spa and then we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse.

Sadly I ate no steak because I'm still dieting,

but my salad ended up being ginormous and was

probably more calories than a steak anyway!

They brought a saddle out and made me sit on it

whilst singing happy birthday--only in Texas!

6 years :)

Impromptu visit to Utah

We recently decided that we were in need of a bigger car having gotten sick of the boys fighting and having zero space. So we put our car online and found a buyer that day.....in Utah! Soooo I had this crazy idea. That we would drive our car to Utah, sell it, and then find a van to drive home, all within a few days. The buyers gave us the go-ahead and within a few hours we packed up and went for it!

We decided to do the 15 hour drive all in one go through the night. Tim was a champ, I was a lightweight. Tim drove all through the night and finally at 7 in the morning I took over for the last 200 miles, and I could not stay awake, it was awful! I never want to do that again. We decided it would also be really fun to surprise Tim's dad by just showing up, so we planned with Cicily to meet at Brick Oven in Provo. We arrived on July 4th around 10am and had some time to kill so we had a crazy fun day. We had breakfast, went to the mall, had lunch, went to a movie, and played at the park.

I miss Utah! It's so beautiful and we have family there. Here's some pictures of our trip:

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Daddy Day!

What a great day.

I gave Tim his father's day gifts last night. This canvas photo:

I love this picture because we took it at the Armed forces bowl last December and this is the winning moment of the game. Tim also got a new BYU jumper (sweater not jumpsuit LOL) and a preseason college football magazine.

Today was really great, we played all day then had bbq for dinner with good friends and played on the trampoline outside for a while. I really wanted Father's day to be special for Tim this year, he's such a great dad. Anyone that knows him or see's him with the boys can instantly tell how amazing he is. I couldn't have asked for a more involved, helpful, and caring husband. As I am typing this I can hear him putting the kids to bed and ready them a story, lovely.

Tim and his boys

Oh also, today while we were outside Oli ran up to me and said: "I found a creature with spikes." So I ran over to see and this little guy was there! Tim informed us all he's a horned frog but is technically a lizard. I think he was munching on the ants (thanks buddy!) Tim also informed us not to touch him because he squirts blood from his eyes when he's mad, nice....

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Besties

I've been holding off doing this blog post because it's too sad and it means our friends are really gone. We said goodbye to our lovely friends the Iversons last week, they're done with Lubbock and are moving on. We've known them since we got here 2 years ago and it's been awesome. They're the kind of friends you call at one in the morning because you need to go to the emergency room, the kind of friends who will drop what they're doing anytime to help you out, the kind of friends you share a hotel room with (LOL), the kind of friends you can joke around with, be honest with, and really be yourself with. Not only will Tim and I miss Wade and Lindsay TONS but our boys have lost some really great friends too. Here's some pics (I had so many I just chose the best ones):