tuesday

on tuesday tanner and i decided to take a much needed break, and decided to have a tuesday date night! i think we may make this activity a tradition.

first: we went for a drive up the canyon to see the pretty leaves, it was the first time we have done so this year and it was so worth it. utah is beautiful this time of year, and i totally can't believe we hadn't taken advantage of it. it was fun to drive up the canyon, and talk, and tell each other stories (some that we've heard over and over, and others that were new.)

after that: we headed for sushi. a girl came into the bank a few days ago and told me about how the restaurant she works at has buy one get one free sushi ALL THE TIME! she assured me it was great sushi so we thought we'd give it a try.. and it was! this place even had tables where you sat on cute little pillows on the floor. we opted for the table though, and left full, and happy that we only spent $23 on sushi night!

after which: we dropped my ring of at wilson's because, as much as i love this ring, it is retarded, and always crooked and one of the little diamonds had even fallen out. i ALWAYS love going into wilson's because it reminds me of when we got engaged. i love seeing the couples there looking at rings. it really brings back the best of memories. i also have to refrain myself from looking at all the pretty rings they have now that they didn't when i got mine. those jerks.

and last of all: we went to see taken 2.. and were so surprised when the movie boy told it tuesdays were half price. totally AWESOME! he made my night. i told tanner i wanted his job so i could surprise people with such great news every tuesday. the movie was good, but probably wasn't the best choice considering our impromptu date night was really to get away from stress!

gratitude

it's not even november yet and i'm feeling so grateful all the time
i mean... what's up with that? gratitude is reserved for the month of thanksgiving!

ok, but seriously.
the past few months have been hard.
they have pushed me beyond where i have ever been before,
and yet, i feel so at home in this place in our life full of challenges and growth.

and you know, i am grateful for that.

but as i take the new challenges that come our way
day by day by day
it  all works out.

the thing i love most, is looking back
and realizing that i, we, made it through
with a lot of help from one another, and from the lord.

so yeah, i am grateful, just so very grateful.

our lovely fall weekend

last week was so busy, that i made myself sick from going going going so much!  i woke up this
morning (afternoon) so sick. the worst! but, on the bright side, it was a great week.

kristen flew in late thursday night, so i headed straight from work to see her on friday. we spray painted pumpkins and went to mi ranchito friday night. yum! we were probably way too rowdy and loud at mi ranchito but it was fun, and we were able to practice our smize (smiling with our eyes), which is always nice, because i feel like there is hardly ever time to practice smizing (haha) i think pretty soon here one of us will be on america's next top model.. yeah, we are that good at smize.

anyways.. saturday morning i woke up and headed to gardner village with my mom and kristen. we have been going there since i was little so it was totally fun. but very cold!! after gardner village half the fam headed out sailing, and tanner, me, and my mom went out for a fun sushi lunch! i love sushi, and since i am so baby hungry i figure i should get all the sushi i can in now, until it's too late.

after sushi i took a 3 hour nap, the family went and got thai food

we had so much fun having kristen in utah, and miss her already!

october goals

i love making goals
i love striving to achieve the goals i make
and i am so okay with the fact that sometimes i don't live up to said goals
because in the end, i am always pushing myself for more
and i am always growing when i am reaching for more.

in october i'd like to

-catch up on my online individual income tax class
-make bed everyday
-eat at home more
-show more kindness
-serve others more
-ride our bikes more//exercise more
- & strive to be better at keeping the spirit in our home

i have so got this.

car washes and conference

 

THIS WEEKEND WAS SO BUSY! but so fun.

 

Friday we kicked it off (pun) by eating at Noodles then heading to the BYU game. Javan got us amazing tickets and we loved being able to go cheer on the Aggies! (under our breath of course.) Before the game we met up with Javan and ate some more yummy food at her event, and then headed into the game. This was the first time I had ever been to a BYU game and it was actually really fun! I was so worried about sitting still for that long (Because I have the attention span of a humming bird apparently?) But I loved it! It was a blast.... except for the fact that USU lost. Whatever. 

Us all bundled up! It was a COOLD fall night 

Saturday I worked and then headed straight to the lake to go sailing and listen to conference with my Dad, Tanner and Wes. I was totally dreading it because I was tired from work, but it was so fun and peaceful, and honestly the perfect setting to listen to conference, and we got some amazing sailing in! 

After sailing T headed straight to Priesthood with Quinstagram. After Priesthood Tanner & Quinn kindly invited me to get Sushi with them. Also they invited me to arrive at the restaurant 10 minutes early to get a table. Whatever, guys. I got sushi out of it. It was great! And I was the only girl in the whole restaurant, except for the waitresses. Literally. It was crazay! 

Quinstigram showing off his instagram. Cute. 

This post just KEEEEEPS on going. BUT. This is the best part! After sushi we decided to get a car wash... because, um... its been like 8 months or so. So it was about time, I'd say. So, we pull up to the car wash and there are four options;

Rain ($4)

Storm ($5)

Monsoon ($6)

&

TYPHOOOOOON! ($7) 

Since we don't get car washes ever, this whole cute name thing totally took me off guard. I mean who wouldn't choose the typhoon? That is right, we got the typhoon.

Tanner only had 3 dollar bills, and then a 20. So he put the 20 in and out comes...

13 dollars worth of quarters. I was buckled over in my seat CRYING, and Tanner is over there trying to hold all these quarters as they come out of the machine. We were not expecting quarters. It would have been SUPER upsetting if it weren't so ridiculously funny. 

And, to boot? The typhoon didn't even get our car clean! Lame. 

october.

it is only the 3rd of october & i can already tell it's going to be a good good month.

yesterday i got my corporate finance exam back  the class average was 49% so needless to say i was worried...but i got 37% above that!!!

normally i wouldn't be happy with 76 percent...
but with the curve that's an A!
i am so relieved & motivated now.

after feeling sooo discouraged with this class & school in general, it felt good to have something reassure me that i can do it! i can do it.
i can do it?

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i have also made some much needed changes to the apartment lately
here is a little sneaky peaky: