checking in from Malaysia

 

this was our sunrise sky at around 630 this morning.

we were on the river in the middle of a jungle.

it was kind of unreal.

 

be back in a few.

vacation eve

well it's finally here.
our flight leaves tomorrow morning at 0831
and by noon on saturday (yes, that means traveling from thursday-saturday...ick)
we'll be in malaysia!

we've been waiting for this trip for months, and i'm getting more and more excited!
but more and more sad about leaving this little bug..

ok ok, you can stop rolling your eyes now.
i know she's a dog.
but i am sad about leaving her for so long!
the beach is sounding better and better by the second, though, i must admit.

adios peoples!
we'll be back in a couple of weeks.
(and then i'm having surgery the day after we get back...more on that later.)
sorry, i don't have any cool guest-posters or anything lined up for you while we're gone.
i'm just not that on-top of things.

don't miss us too much :)

papa Fred's birthday {9.24}

yesterday was my dad's birthday.

he's pretty much the coolest guy around.

and check out this action shot:

isn't he the cutest dad/grandpa?

i brought my camera...it died as i was trying to take the first picture.

my phone was dead.

Jae's phone was almost dead, therefore wouldn't take pictures.

so this is all i got of the birthday guy on his day

{and i had to borrow it from my sister's phone - thanks Sus}

we love you so much dad!

i won him back {for a day}

now that the summer season has (mostly) ended and fall is starting up, i'm starting to ever so slowly win my husband back on saturdays. 

so happy!

since we're leaving this week to go out of the country (!!!) he moved a bunch of his usual thursday/friday/saturday work to today/tomorrow/wednesday. which means i got to hang out with him ALL day saturday! it was super exciting.

our day involved getting breakfast (this is always the first thing i want to do whenever Jae is home on a saturday morning. i love me some breakfast), going to the dump & washing both our cars (sorry, no pictures of this part. the dump is gross & smelly. i'm sure you can picture it yourself), an afternoon nap (also no pic...i was sleeping..), a haircut for Mr. done by yours truly, a walk around temple square & a visit to the visitor's center (couldn't have asked for better weather), and a risky much-needed stop at rocky mountain chocolate factory. can we say english toffee caramel apple and 1/2 lb of some good ole fashioned fudge??

you could seriously drop some serious $$'s in that chocolate factory.

like, seriously.

it was kind of a totally perfect day.

{can we say "hey wife, i'm over taking pictures" any clearer?}

Zoey was also super stoked he was home. she loved on him lots & has been following him around the house.

inspiration friday

{colonial house, slc - 9.20.2012}

 

 

“the longer i live, the more i realize the impact of attitude on life. attitude, to me, is more important than facts. it is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. it is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. it will make or break a company... a church... a home. the remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. we cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. we cannot change the inevitable. the only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. i am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. and so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.”

 

color run 2012

i ran in the color run this year!
have any of you ever run it?
turns out they do it in cities all across the US!
well, if you haven't, you should look into it.
because it was pretty sweet.
and it's only a 5k, so it's not bad at all!
even for miss old grandma knees over here.
i ran it with 3 of my best gf's and it was a blast.
if you can't tell by the pictures, we made sure to really get into the whole color thing...
glasses, socks, headbands...
it was pretty radical.
(yes, i know i just sounded super 80's).

and now for the pictures (because they really tell the story).

pre-color:

 let the color begin!

{a special thank you}

i just wanted to give a shout-out to all our friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and everyone else that thought of us and helped us out by voting for us this past week for the room makeover giveaway.

if you check out vintage revivals blog regularly, then you probably already know that we did not make the top 10. which is sad :( but i am grateful we had the chance to enter and i'm thankful to all of you!!