Happy Birthday Curt!

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!

An Evening With Il Divo

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!

Bahamas!

We finally went on our anniversary trip to the Bahamas and it was amazing! We didn't want to ever leave. It was so nice to be together and relax. We were definitely in need of a vacation. The Bahamas was the perfect place to go. We stayed at the Atlantis resort, which is on Paradise Island, and it was beautiful. The resort was so much fun! It had a water-park, aquariums, a lot of pools, and of course beautiful beaches.

Gorgeous Gardens

We went to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens last Saturday and it was so much fun! It was both our first time going there and we couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It is a lot prettier in person. We had a blast taking pictures and looking at everything.

Home Sweet Home

We are all moved into our house and we are loving it! We got to move in on Thursday, April 30th and were finished by Saturday night, May 2nd. Yes, including decorating and putting things on the walls. Curt and I have a hard time not getting everything done as fast a possible. We worked really hard and stayed up soooo late. I don't think I have ever been so exhausted in my entire life. My body ached and I had a hard time functioning by the end of it. But now it is amazing and I am glad we did it so fast because moving is not the most enjoyable thing.

Having our own home has been unbelievable. I knew it was going to be great, but not this great! It is so nice having a garage! Oh, and the laundry room is one of my favorites! In the 3 years we have been married we have never had a washer and dryer and boy is it nice now. I will never go to a landromat again!

One thing that we are having to get used to is not being able to hear each other no matter where we are at in the house. I will be in one room and will start to tell something to Curt, but he can't even hear me. We are not used to that since our first two apartments were pretty much just one big room. Like the other day, I started to tell him something while I was downstairs but he didn't respond. So I went looking for him and I had to look a couple places. I finally found him in our walk-in closet. (Yes, a walk-in closet! It is amazing!). It is not that our house is super big, but that our apartments were so small. We love all of the space!

Ok, so I know you are all probably looking for pictures on here, but you won't find them. Curt and I have decided not to post any pictures of our new home. Pictures just don't do it justice. You can't get the real effect through pictures. Plus I want all of you to just come and see it instead. So, if you want to see our home, come on over!

Surprise!

Curt's birthday is next month, and I always start planning for it far in advance. I can't help it, I love celebrating his birthday! He tells me every year that he doesn't want anything and to not do something big or expensive. He says his birthday present is me not spending money on him. Well, of course he said it again this year. I didn't listen to him the last 3 years, so I don't know why he thought I would do anything different this year. To me your birthday is a holiday, so why not go all out! I decided to get him tickets to the Il Divo concert!


They are coming to Utah on June 5th, so we will be celebrating a little early. I had to give it to him last night because I wanted it to be a surprise and didn't want him to find out the bank statement way. He was really surprised and loved it! He really likes Il Divo and has all of their songs. We are both really excited to go. He did tell me though that I can't get him anything else, and that the tickets are more than enough. But we will see. Happy Early Birthday Curt! I love you!

Sister, Sister!

Today is my sister’s birthday and she is the big 26! We have so many good memories, and I love how we are best friends. Happy Birthday Chell!