Vegas, baby!

David and I took a little vaca a couple weeks ago to Vegas. The real reason for the trip was that his cousin, Neil, invited us to go to the skateboarding/snowboarding/motorcross expo. David of course was pumped for the skateboarding portion because some of his idols were supposed to be there. Well, it turns out that the skateboarding part was cancelled and a scary "christian" rock concert was inserted. It was pretty funny because David and I started to look around and we quickly noticed that we were like the only ones in the crowd that weren't gothic or creepy and the next thing we know this HARD CORE ROCK concert was going on (and I do mean HARD CORE!). The bands were supposedly singing lyrics with Christian messages but you could NOT understand it. All I heard was tons of screaming and an occasional "REPENT! REPENT!" Needless to say, we didn't stay long!

We ended up just walking around the strip, going out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, and swimming in our plush hotel. We stayed at this place called SouthPointe that is approx. 5 minutes from the strip so it was SUPER CHEAP but the rooms were amaz-za-zing! It was the nicest hotel David or I had ever stayed in. Next time we go to Vegas, we're def staying there again. We had so much fun and it was nice to get away! (The In-N-Out wasn't bad either :) )

Here are so pics for your enjoyment...

Bad DAVID!

Beautiful display at the Bellagio

M&M factory is always a good time!

David excited about the 16 flavors fron around the world (At Cokeworld)

David actually TRYING the flavors. Some were so nasty!

Waiting in the line for the concert

Creepy concert before lights went out

Back to cool...

Or should that say "Back to School?" Today was David's first day back to college (well, he went to the BYU Salt Lake Center for 2 classes, but I mean back to full-time status) and I'm really proud of him. Every little school boy needs donuts and some color-coordinated balloons on their first day! I'm anxiously awaiting him to come back already. I feel like I sent my first child to kindergarten or something. :) I'm not gonna lie, I miss college.

In other news, here are some things that we've been up to lately...

1-Starting our new job--having major leaks coming from apartments, but getting them all fixed, getting to know all the million people living here, and trying to avoid said people because they are FAR too NEEDY! I'm sorry but a burnt out lightbulb in your fridge does NOT constitute an emergency.

2-Going to the "cabin" with Melissa and Brandon and Co.--Man it was so beautiful up there. And I don't care what they say, that is NO cabin. We had so much fun riding the 4-wheelers, paddle boat, and just relaxing. If we didn't have a meltdown with the green pool, we could have stayed longer.

3-Swimming in the pool pretty much every night. It's so nice having a pool and hot tub just a hop, skip, and a jump away. It's nice having my very own pool boy to clean it too! :)

4-Hiking the Y. 'Nough said. David had to get his first glimpse of the Y that I love so much.

5-Meeting and hugging our cute new nephew. We love you Cory baby!

Harry Potter FINALLY

We saw Harry Potter opening night, DID YOU? David has never read the books so it was so fun to watch it with him, knowing what was going to happen and him being stocked. We didn't realize that they started selling tickets a month before the movie came out so we took one of a few seats left in the place. They ended up being not too bad of seats but I guess there are some crazy Harry Potter fans out there! It was pretty funny, we went to the Gateway a little bit earlier to roam around before our showing an.d there was tons of people dressed up in costumes for the night. I tried to convince David to let me draw a lightening bolt on his forehead, but he wasn't convinced. It was a great movie nonetheless. You should check it out.

Also, for those of you who are interested, David and I are moving this week back to Provo. David starts school at UVU in the fall full-time and we were finally able to secure an Apartment Manager position at a complex near BYU with good pay and free rent, utilities, gas, and internet--not bad for 2 poor college students (ok, so I already graduated, but you know what I mean! :) ) We are really really excited and seems like a pretty easy/chillaxed job and is GREAT for David. All he really has to do every day is clean the pool and shovel sidewalks in the winter. The job was super last minute and we're just counting our lucky stars right now. Getting used to Provo as a married person will be interesting though! ;)

Happy fourth of July!

David and I had a great Independence day AGAIN this year. One year ago, on the 4th of July, was the very first time that we ever hung out. So it's official--we've known each other a year now! Woohoo. I guess the 4th will always have a special place in our hearts.
This year we hung out with friends at Steve and Wendy's pool and had a BBQ/picnic and went swimming during the afternoon. We reconvened after a short nap and then all met up again to go to the Sugarhouse park fireworks. They were pretty amazing and oh boy was that place PACKED. Afterwards, we lit off our own small collection of fireworks at Jewel, Elisabeth, and Mo's house. It was a great day. Too bad I kept forgetting our camera or I would have some pics to share. Maybe next year! I hope everyone had a great holiday. Now it's back to work until Utah's fake-me-out holiday (aka Pioneer day). I LOVE getting that day off. Thank you Utah! :)

The Price is Right, DREW!

David and I were able to go on a little vacation to California last week to visit his family and so I could meet his grandma, who lives in Florida and came up to visit. We decided that we wanted to go to the Price is Right on Memorial Day. David, me, Cassie, Ryan, Neil, and Monica headed to wait in line at 2:30 in the morning and were finally able to go on the show at 1 p.m! It was very exhausting but so much fun and VERY VERY worth it. Monica ended up being called up from our group to contestants row, but all the other contestants kept bidding $1 more than her, so she never got to be up on stage. It was still SO cool either way. We're now going to be on t.v. this Wednesday (June 3rd). We were on t.v. a bunch so you should look for us. We're near the back with red baseball tees with a picture of Drew's head in front of cross bones, saying "Drew or Die!!" That's the closest I'll probably ever come to fame and fortune, and I have to live vicariously through Monica. It was just so neat to see Drew Carey up close. We had a blast. When we got home later that day, we all just zonked out for hours. I'm still recovering from that morning. :) Sorry I don't have an pictures of us in the tshirts because our camera died the day before, but when I get the pictures from Cassie I'll post them.

We do have a few pictures of us going to the beach and hanging out. We're just so glad that we got to go out there for a few days and hang out with David's family. They are the best! If only we lived closer to the beach now...

Us chillin' in first CLASS! Thanks Dustin

David overlooking Riverside

Cassie got FRIED at the beach, hence the sign

Teri showing the practice tshirt for The Price is Right

The group at the beach

David insisted on burying me. It was fun besides the fact I was pulling sand out of my clothes for days

David Sr and me playing Ryan's giant instruments (or at least posing for a picture!)

Happy Birthday David!

Happy 24th Birthday David! I hope you have a great day with lots of fun secret activities. I took a few pictures of the festivities thus far, and there will be more to come. I sure love birthdays, especially when they're not my own. I'm so glad that Smith's was open at 6 a.m. when I needed balloons!

David, I sure love you! I hope this is one of many great birthdays to come. It's your day, go wild! haha

(Revised skateboard cake from last "birthday!)

What is this world coming to?

Isn't this supposed to say "Just Married!?" David and I saw this car when we went to walk around the Gateway one day. At first we laughed and then I got a little sad. I guess some people don't have happy marriages so a divorce would be a relief but it just made me wonder what is wrong with this world and the crazy people in it.

On a less depressing note, this is David and what happened to his teeth because he never goes to the dentist! Isn't he cute?!