This Thanksgiving Curt and I went to California to be with my family. It was really fun to get away, spend time with my fam, and eat some amazing food. My mom cooked everything and it was so good that I ate way too much! After we were all stuffed we rolled outside and took a family picture. It is crazy how fast the family is growing. I do have to say that I have the cutest nephews and niece, and I don't think I am biased. :)
So, as you may have noticed, I now have a blog list of different "breakdown" blogs. Curt and I thought it would be fun to do blogs about our hobbies. There might be more "breakdown" blogs to come, but for now this is more than enough to keep us busy.
Curt loves finance and loves to help people, so he decided to do a finance blog. He will be posting advice and tips to help with your finances. He is really smart, so check it out!
I love reading and listening to music, so I decided to do an online book club and a music blog. I have been reading a lot lately and always wish I had someone to discuss the book with, and thought a blog would be fun. You should check out my first book and let me know what you think. I will be doing books from all different genres, so if one is not your style then look again the next month because it will likely be something totally different. I am so excited about my music blog. I have so many songs I want to share with people that are not on the radio constantly. Like my book blog, I will be posting a lot of different song styles.
Hopefully you will like our other fun blogs! Let us know what you think!
Well I am finally posting pics from Halloween. I have been so busy lately, it has been hard to keep up with blogging. Anyway, we had a great Halloween and it was a lot of fun. At Curt's work, the finance department decided to dress up as an 80's rock band. We got him a tight black shirt and a blond mullet, and he looked awesome. I decided to try and match him, so I was his 80's rock groupie. We unfortunately forgot to take pics of us dressed up, but below are two pics that our works took of us. I am sad you can't see my awesome leg warmers though.
On Halloween day we went to Thanksgiving Point to have fun at Cornbelly's, and it was a blast! I think we were the only ones there without kids, so we just acted like kids ourselves! We took lots of pictures and had so much fun. We think we are going to make this a Halloween tradition.
Blogging is not really my thing. In fact, this is the first time I've ever written anything on this blog. Yet, I want to let you all know that Larissa's birthday is today and she has turned an astonishing 23 years old. Although I will strive to give her gifts she will enjoy, nothing will ever match the gift she has given me of being the greatest wife out there. I am crazy in love with you Larissa, and just wanted to say Happy Birthday.
Love, Curt
Baby news... for the Utah Hogle Zoo of course! Curt and I went to the Zoo on Saturday and it was so fun! Neither of us could remember the last time we went and thought it would be a fun thing to do. There were so many baby animals there and they were really cute.
This is us standing in front of a elephant. The person who took the picture didn't happen to get it all in, so it looks like we are standing in front of some random thing.
How cute is the baby elephant? We took way too many pictures of Zuri, but she was so fun to watch. She really liked that red ball.
This is Curt with the baby giraffe. It just sat there the whole time, so not too exciting.
This tiger was HUGE! The pictures don't do him justice. I could not believe how big his head was, and his paws were literally the size of my head. I had never been so close to a tiger before and it felt cool. I was glad there was glass there though. :)
He had just got done doing a lot of roaring and I think he got tuckered out. How cute is his face? We took pictures of the baby tigers but they didn't turn out as well.
If you look closely you can see the sloth in the tree. We didn't just really like this tree or anything.
After the Zoo we stopped by the "This Is The Place Monument", and it was really cool. I had never been before and it was a great experience. It was a neat to know that Brigham Young and the pioneers stood in the same spot so many years ago, and realized that this was the place the Lord wanted them to be.
Last Saturday, Curt and I went to the USA Soccer Game and it was a blast! We had so much fun! Our throats were sore from screaming at the top of our lungs. This was a World Cup qualifier game and we played against El Salvador. There were so many El Salvador fans it was crazy. Curt and I tried to make sure they knew that US was better and that we were going to WIN! And win is exactly what we did! The game ended 2 to 1 with the sweet smell of victory.
Soccer is finally starting to get some recognition in the US and it is about time we catch up with the rest of the world. I don't think Americans understand just how popular soccer is for every other country. Hopefully some day, and some day soon, we will all know what this world sport is all about. GO USA!
I have thought of a few things that you probably didn't know about Curt and I. You might know one or two but I think they aren't well known. Let's see how you do.
1. We make Margaritas a lot - almost everyday (alcohol free of course!) - lately we have been rotating in snow cones but that is more of a summer thing, where margaritas are year round.
2. We love to read. We read every chance we get and wish we had more free time to do so.
3. We are clean and organized people. I know you probably already know this one, but I don't think you have any idea how much time I spend cleaning and how much time Curt spends organizing and re-organizing.
4. We are always working on a project. Before we finish one, we are already thinking what the next project will be.
5. We enjoy taking walks together and talking. When the weather is nice we try and go every night after dinner.
6. We love the magic bullet. We use it almost everyday and it is amazing! If you don't have one you need to buy one.
7. We don't like brownies, cakes, or cookies. They are just not our kind of desserts.
8. We don't eat the red Starbursts. When we buy a bag of Starbursts there is only the red ones left at the end and we end up just throwing it away.
9. We are a living musical. We break out into song frequently. One person will start to sing their response and the other will just join in. It is really fun, you should try it.
10. We dance to the sound of our margarita/snow-cone maker while it is crushing the ice. It's true. It has a really good beat!
Well, those are just a few things about us that you might not have known. We have a blast together and are always laughing. We really think we could have our own reality TV show - minus our boring work days - then people could see how we really are together. We are funny/OCD/random people and feel we were meant to be - like two carrots in a pod! - as we like to say. Hopefully, you don't think less of us now... :)
Today Curt turned the big 25! I absolutely love celebrating his birthday! As I have mentioned before, I have a really hard time not buying him presents and going all out. This year was no exception. The Il Divo concert was amazing, like I said below, and I think he enjoyed the gifts I got him (even though I spent more money on him then just the concert tickets, woops J). Anyway, I thought I would post a few things to help you get to know Curt a little better.
1. He loves soccer, and I mean looovvves soccer. He watches it every second he can (we pay a little extra a month to get the soccer channels). As soon as he gets home from work or school he puts one of his many soccer jerseys on. He also kicks the soccer ball around the house.
2. He really likes ice. If you ever give him a glass of ice water, he will always return it to you completely empty. Also, when we stay at hotels he likes to go the ice machine and fill up the ice bucket and just munch on ice.
3. He doesn’t like to eat breakfast. I really don’t understand how someone could not like eating breakfast, but whatever. I have to make him eat every morning. We both eat breakfast at work and I always have to make sure he really eats it. He is getting a lot better at it though, probably because he knows it makes me happy when he eats breakfast.
4. He loves to read, but he only reads gospel and finance books. He is pretty hard to budge on this one. I have tried to expand his horizons and tried to tell him that there is good fiction or historical fiction books out there, but to no success. It is not that he thinks it is bad to read other kinds of books, but he just doesn’t enjoy them unless they are about his two favorite subjects.
5. He loves the show Biggest Loser and gets teary eyed every episode. He thinks it is great how they are changing their lives.
6. He likes romantic comedies (and/or chick flicks) and dramas when it comes to movies. It can’t be too girly or cheesy though, otherwise it is too much for him. I love this about him because we never have to do the comprising thing where if he watches a romantic comedy with me then I have to watch an action movie with him. It is so nice to have the same taste in movies.
7. He loves eating vegetables. It really is one of the only things he loves to eat. He is not a big food person, which is crazy to me, but if you put a veggie tray in front of him it will be gone in 2 seconds.
8. He is amazing at waterskiing. He goes about 34 mph on the water and it is pretty cool to watch. He does switchbacks across the water so fast and is so comfortable on the water.
9. He loves to organize…and reorganize. He was excited to organize everything in our house and find the exact right spot for everything. Then he starts looking for things he can reorganize. He has already reorganized 3 areas in our home and we have only lived there for about 2 months.
10. He doesn’t like really long blog posts. So I better end this now J.
Well, I know this was long but I love talking/writing about my sweet husband. I could go on forever because there is obviously a lot more to know about him. I think even his family would be surprised of the Curt that I know and adore. We have so much fun together and he always makes me laugh. I am really looking forward to all the many birthdays we will celebrate together.
Happy Birthday Curt! I hope you have an amazing day. I love you!
In a previous post I mentioned that I got Il Divo concert tickets for Curt's early birthday present. We went on June 5th and it was incredible! I still can't get over how AMAZING they are! Curt was in heaven while we were there and was glad I got him the tickets. It is really fun liking a group so much together and we have been listening to them non-stop since the concert. Il Divo is always on in our house and we love it. I have posted some pics below, but they are not the best quality because I took them with my iPhone. We both want to go to their concert again, and they are performing in cities that are not too far from here - so we will see! We love Il Divo!
