1 down, 9 to go

this past week, we had this beauty installed:

alright, so i know what you're thinking....um it's just a window?? but compared to the window that was here previously (which i'm now wishing i'd taken a picture of - it was being held together with blue painters tape..) this is so pretty! and it slides so nicely and looks so much bigger somehow. and the biggest plus? there is no air coming through! they did a great job installing it and it no longer sounds like there wasn't even a window there at all, like it did with the old one! yay! if only they weren't so dang expensive, i'd have 10 pictures of new windows to show you instead of just one. oh well, one by one it is.

i really like scones.

we got to celebrate our cute nephew River's 4th birthday with a giant chocolate turtle cake! isn't he so cute? it was a good time. and that cake was mighty tasty. we love you River!

as part of River's birthday celebrations (and to celebrate Star Wars day...May the 4th be with you...get it?? May the 4th? yeah it's pretty bad, i know) my family went to good ole chuck-a-rama. i don't care who thinks it's gross, i love me some chuck-a-rama. potatoes, turkey, ham, and hot hot scones? um yes please. oh and don't forget the chocolate milk. yes, i get it every time i go. yu-um.

and to wrap up our cinco de mayo saturday, we had some tacos and a round of volleyball with some friends. if you can't tell, that's Jae in the green hoodie - he just hit the ball over. he's really awesome at volleyball. i sat on the sidelines with Zoey and it was chilly! but a good time.

now i'm craving scones...

let the good times roll

when you think of barbeques, doesn't it just scream summer to you? it does to me. and i LOVE me some summertime. and bbq's. we had our first really warm (i think it's even safe to say hot) weekend a couple of weekends ago and we took advantage.

we took some chicken, some marinade, some ravioli, sauce, the grill, and wa-bam! delicious sunday evening dinner-for-two outside on the patio. love it.

{jae really is more excited than he looks....}

mmmmm.

too bad this weekend doesn't look so promising for a bbq.

but it's a weekend nonetheless!

**happy friday friends**

encouragement

i saw this and it was one of those i didn't even know i needed to hear this, but turns out i really needed to hear this today moments. know what i mean? life can seem so mundane a lot of the time, but at the same time it is so full of interesting twists and turns. i love it.

*sidenote: is it weird that when i think of the prophet of the Church, i still first think of this man? because i do.

happy wednesday  :)

sneak attack

so we have a pretty usual bedtime routine around our house. it basically goes like this:

i shower/get ready for bed.
jae takes pup out to go potty once more before bed.
i get in bed and jae brings pup in to bed to go to sleep.
pup and i go to sleep.
jae stays up and watches ESPN/some sort of game (right now it's all about NBA playoffs).
jae eventually showers and gets in bed.
jae goes to sleep.

the end.

except while i was scrolling through his pictures on his phone last night, i found some interesting ones i hadn't seen before. turns out pup and i are so cute while we're sleeping (ok so it's mostly pup that's so cute, not so much myself) that jae likes to snap a picture here and there of us. i thought i'd share a couple because they are pretty dang cute (again - cute of pup, not of me sleeping....that's not really that cute - so please disregard my super glamorous sleeping self. how do some people just look so good when they're just sleeping? it's beyond me.)

i can't help but laugh when i look at these. that pup cracks me up.

sloowww down

you know those weeks when the week hasn't even started yet, but you already know, just thinking about it, that it's going to be a crazy busy exhausting week and you won't get anything done? well it's one of those weeks for us. and i'm not so much enjoying it! but i kind of got myself (and by myself, i mean both Jae and i...sorry Jae) into it.

you see, we are house-sitting/dog-sitting for the entire week - aka from this past saturday night through this coming sunday night. we've done it many times before, but never had our own puppy in the mix of things. and now we do. and it's.....ok.

so basically, we're just trying to keep our heads above water and make it til at least friday. i think friday through sunday shouldn't be too bad. and don't get me wrong, the dogs aren't too bad, really. it's just being so busy with both Jae and i having our two jobs each and our own puppy and going from salt lake to west bountiful and back multiple times during the week. see what i mean?? bobbing...bobbing...in the water...

a few pictures for viewing pleasure, because my mind can't think of anything good to write about......
{sorry - they're all taken with my phone, and yes, most have to do with the pup...she's our baby, what can i say?}

Zoey watching her new tag getting made! she was interested for about 3.2 seconds
and then just wanted to get down, but i thought it was neat!

trying to get a picture of Zoey with her new cute tag, but she wasn't having it.
she did NOT like it so she decided to be a little punk and hide it from me.

see the girl in the hat? yeah...she walked into Primary Children's (yes, a children's hospital) as a visitor to a patient, dressed like that. she might as well have been in her bikini. oh and she had a
massive tattoo down her side too. seriously? classy.



jazz game. went into OT. ryan was a little drowsy...



this is what daddy and Zoey look like after a long, hot walk. they're bff's.



the pretty sunset sky driving home a couple nights ago from work



that one disease

while browsing pinterest, i came upon this and immediately thought of my Jae...and how it so does not apply to him haha

he doesn't let diabetes stop him! he'll eat the chocolates anyway. and then worry about the insulin ;) love you honey! you're still my favorite, diabetes and all ;)

HAPPY WEEKEND FRIENDLY FRIEND FRIENDS!