Reminiscing

Since it's "throwback Thursday", and because I like to reminisce on old pictures, especially when i was somewhere warm, and it's cold in Utah (like always), let's take a look at some Honeymoon pics. (sorry for that unbelievably long sentence.)

I had dreamed about visiting The Atlantis in Nassau, Bahamas ever since Mary-Kate and Ashley filmed Holiday in the Sun (remember-I'm still obsessed). After begging every Spring Break, and holiday, and never making it with my parents, my sweet Tanner surprised me with this trip. We were married in October, smack dab in the school year, so we went during Thanksgiving, and it was perfect. I loved having a trip to look forward to, having a little bit of time to get to know each other first, and spending our first real holiday together, just the two of us! And, we didn't care to get international service, so we just used our phones for strictly pictures. I loved not having a worry in the world, and really being able to enjoy each other. 

When we first got there, I couldn't believe my dream had really come true. And I'm serious... I'm the type of person that sent links to my parents any time I would get a discounted email sent from the Atlantis. I really wanted to visit! And although my favorite twins didn't surprise me with a visit like I had hoped, we truly had a blast, and I will never forget this trip! I don't know the next time we will have a trip like this-just the two of us-so I love looking back on it. Now for some pictures, because who doesn't like pictures!? 

Also...man we were babies.

When we finally walked around in the daytime, and I saw ^that^ view, I couldn't stop being so giddy. 

They're known for their miles and miles of aquarium. You walk through tunnels and halls, you can go down a slide in a tunnel of sharks, and every pool of water (besides the actual pools of course) have animals that you wouldn't particularly want to swim with.

We were able to check out the Casino every night, along with seeing a movie in the free theater! I think that was the only free thing in the resort! :) The Bahamas law allowed me to gamble even when I was 20! Cha Ching. But, we only did penny slots, because we didn't want to be even poorer when we went home!

We swam with the dolphins at Dolphin Cay, and my second dream came true. We loved it. We even got to swim next to them under water, because we had those electric scooter things! They're pretty amazing animals. And, our dolphin even spat on Tanner and laughed, and it was seriously the funniest thing ever. One of my favorites memories though would've been lounging on the chairs after our session was done, watching the dolphins doing tricks, listening to Beach Boys Christmas. Besides laughing at each other getting into those great wet-suits, of course.

We had a delicious feast on Thanksgiving, and loved that everything was decorated for Christmas.

We can't forget the great Thanksgiving festival that went down!

We had lots of great food that week, and my favorite was the Ben & Jerry's down by the marina. 

This boy doesn't crave desserts like his wife does-but for some reason one night, he decided to crave them, and forget about his frugal-ness! ;)

If you're ever in Nassau, you MUST go to Twin Brothers. Seriously, so sad that we went on one of our last nights, and that the cab ride was $50 just to go over the bridge. That's our one regret of the trip-not going more than once!

I loved the day that we snuck into "The Cove" adult resort, and enjoyed their laid back beach, and went jet skiing-eventhough I was screaming/crying the whole time because the water was so clear-and because those waves were so scary-and because those Bahamian peeps didn't really get the whole "explaining of how to drive back to shore" thing.

I read and finished this book during the week-yep, on our Honeymoon!

And, unfortunately, our flights got changed the week before, so we ended getting there later, and leaving earlier, but they hooked us up on First Class for the whole way, with a limo included, and we didn't know what we were doing. 

The pools were gorgeous, and we sat in the lazy rapids (yes...it wasn't just relaxing, but fun too!) all day long. I will have to post the videos of us in the Shark tunnel, because man that was scary. 

Flying away I may have shed a tear or two. 

It was the trip of a lifetime, and we hope to visit soon, Nassau!

My 5th Birthday Party...I think

Happy National "Don't Go to Work Unless It's Fun Day"! I planned a huge breakfast potluck at work today, and I'm stuffed. I don't think I'll eat for another week! Ha! Who am I kidding.

I've said this before, but my parents are moving out of the only house I've ever known (in AZ), and my mom will occasionally send me old pictures and I love it. So in honor of throwin it back on this Thursday, I thought I'd share a picture. When I turned 5 (we think) we had ponies in my cul-de-sac for us to ride. My parents let me have some pretty epic birthday parties growing up, and I honestly think that's how I got so into parties. I love seeing everyone's reactions, and people enjoying themselves. My one friend still reminds me of my "Madeline" party, where we all got Madeline hats, and my mom dressed up as Miss Clavel (literally I remember her putting on what I called a "vale") and took us on a "walk" in my backyard, I'm sure reading the stories as we zig zagged through the swing set. My mom looked just like her! :)

"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines ..."

I LOVED Madeline! I also loved begging my nieces to let us watch Madeline when I would babysit. Madeline, and Mary-Kate and Ashley are my go-to's.

Moving on...

I remember (from pictures and from my mother) there was popcorn, and cotton candy, and cupcakes of course. My mom didn't just stop there. She had bales of hay lining the cul-de-sac, and we played musical chairs on them. My mom had hand drawn pink ponies on the invitations, and you better believe she still has a copy! When she sent me this picture, she said, "Marshmallow!" and I thought she was talkin about me. To ensure you, my mom wasn't calling me fat. The two ponies we had were named Marshmallow, and Caramel, and I was lucky enough to ride Marshmallow for my party! Isn't he just the cutest? Thankful for my moms memory!

I hope to become a cool mom like my mom was, and plan awesome birthday parties every.single.year. Thanks momma! 

(Am I a brat to say I hope I have a little girl that looks just like me?)

Four things:

-I hope this makes you laugh.
-Why do I ever think I can wash my hair in the morning? Every morning I set my alarm, and I snooze it 50 times. I'm now on day 5...

-If you want to read about our "love story" I finally took time to write it down here.

-Regardless of your faith, I invite you to watch LDS General Conference with me this weekend! I promise you will find it uplifting, and it will make you HAPPY! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Happy Thursday! It's almost the weekend! :)

Not Letting Myself Get Fooled This Year

Last year, as a newly married couple, I made the biggest mistake ever, and I think I learned my lesson. I made Tanner promise me that we wouldn't play any tricks this year, because I'm still a little scarred from the incident last year. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, go read it, and then make sure you never play that trick, ever.

This is also very weird, because he's studying for another Chem test, and also taking it on Wednesday. FREAAAKKKYYYY.

Anyways, you live and you learn right? I'm giving you a heads up to not ever play that prank, especially because you'll think you cursed yourself for months after and think you're pregnant. ;)

What's the best prank you've ever done?