Sunday's Celebration

On Sunday, Jana was SOOO sweet and made a birthday cake for me! To my request, she made a funfetti cake with funfetti icing AND chocolate icing with sprinkles! Talk about spoiling me! :) Not to mention she got neapolitan ice cream as well! Yum yum yum! Here's everything on the table looking nice!Shawn and Jana's new condo was brand new and gorgeous! And Jana did a fantastic job decorating! You can see just a few of the decorations in this picture. We took a group picture before Dave and Heidi arrived. So it goes Meghan, Cole, Trevor, Me, Jenny, Randy, Shawn, and Jana! I was smart this time and used my camera timer! Too bad Trevor isn't smiling. Silly :)
Here is Shawn lighting the 21 candles on my birthday cake! I guess I'm not quite old enough to burn down a house with my candles :)
And here is a lovely posed picture of me pretending to blow out my candles. :) I wished for a house and I blew out all the candles... so I'm just waiting for this house to show up! Haha.
And here's a picture of the cake with a piece cut out... I don't know why I wanted to include this one!
Well it was a very fun evening. One of my favorite parts was watching their two cute kitties chase after the laser pointer on the floor! We played Phase 10 and Cranium, and, as usual things got out of control. I must admit I was probably half the problem... and it's really embarrassing to think back to how competitive I am. Honestly, the group got so loud (and not necessarily in a good way) that I think lots of people left thinking "wow... how long is this going to last?". So anyway, I know that I can do my part to bring down the arguing and competiveness. Hopefully game night can only improve :)

Here's a quick update on what else has been going on in life:
1) Trevor's battery in his car keeps dying every time he shuts it off... so he's gone to get that fixed today.
2) We're going to join costco so we can get ready for the camping trip we're going on this weekend!
3) School, for me, is past the halfway point and I have lots of tests and stressful stuff coming up.
4) Work at the Buckle is going better for me - I'm having a lot more fun with the job!
5) Last week we finally got a new apartment for the fall and winter! It's in South Wymount, which is a little bit ghetto compared to the one we have now, but it will still be wonderful and we'll have two bedrooms to use! Trevor can't wait to have an office and a desk! We get to move in Aug. 7th and don't have to move out of our current place until the 26th of August... so we get about 20 days to move and buy furniture! Hooray! ;)

Life is good!

Happy Birthday to Me! :)

So today is my 21st birthday and we've been celebrating like crazy this weekend! On Friday, Trevor and I went to 7 peaks water park and it was SO fun! Then yesterday, we went and saw "The Dark Knight" in theaters and that was pretty crazy as well! So today I woke up... feeling not any older, but still different somehow! Trevor gave me seeds to plant and some soil to plant them in and a puzzle to do because I love puzzles! His mom gave me a cute card with a check, and my parents gave me a cute picture frame with a quote about family in it! This is my first birthday away from my parents EVER! So it's a fun new adventure! Life is just wonderful... :)

Friends + Treats + Games = A Fun Sunday Night!

As I mentioned in our previous post, Trevor and I invited a bunch of our friends over last night for game night! Here's a picture of everybody (except me because I was taking it!) while playing Phase 10:From left to right are Trevor, Dave and Heidi, Jana and Shawn (recently married!) and Randy and Jenny (soon to be married!).

Well, when Phase 10 got boring (which happened after about 3 rounds), we broke out a game of Clue... which was much rowdier than it should have ever been! Haha... needless to say it was a good time. We also made frozen hot chocolate and Jenny brought over a homemade coffee cake! Yum! We're going to try to make it a tradition on Sunday nights! It always feels good to have friends and be social!

Our Fantastic Weekend!

Our weekend has been busy, but full of fun! On Friday night, Trevor and I went rock climbing with our friends Christina, Travis, Chris, and Victoria. It was my first time in a long time, so I was really excited! After a pretty quick debriefing of how to operate the ropes and harnesses correctly, I had my very first experience belaying! It was fun, but kind of scary to think that your husband's life is in your hands. If he slips and you aren't doing your job, it could be really bad! :( Fortunately, I was a good belayer and kept him safe. As you can see here, it was a tough job because he had to keep taking breaks! :)

Here's a fun picture where you can see him climbing and me belaying at the same time! He picked a pretty tricky wall with overhangs and small rocks! Go him! The first wall we both climbed was a beginner wall, and that got us pretty warmed up for the harder stuff. My very second wall was intense! It had very small rocks which were spaced farther and farther apart as I ascended! Talk about challenging! But I did it, and it helped me improve my rock climbing skills! This next one is of Trevor being my belayer. I was climbing a fairly hard wall, but it was my third or fourth so my arms were sore and my legs were shaky! It's quite funny when my leg starts shaking, and it's too bad we didn't get a video of that! They were making fun of me, but I tell ya... rock climbing is a work out! Afterward our forearms and fingers were awfully sore, and I thought for sure they'd be killing me the next day, but surprisingly they weren't! Apparently our arms shouldn't hurt that bad if we're climbing right (more with our legs and feet for leverage)... so I guess we'll have to work on our technique!

Then, on Saturday morning, Trevor and I woke up a bit early to help the ward clean the church building. After, I showered and hurried over to my friend Becca Meservy's baby shower! She's due any minute now... and sometimes I'm concerned she may just POP! :) Look at that belly!
Her baby shower was also a scrapbooking party, and we all used our talents to make her some pages that she can put pictures on after the baby is born! Well, I also used this opportunity to start a little wedding scrapbooking of my own. Here's the cover of the album I have:
And here is the first page in the album (not bad for a first page!)...
So I'm just getting warmed up, and today I did two more pages. One is of us coming out of the temple and the other is family! Slowly and surely I'll make it cute! :)
Well anyway, it's been a great weekend so far. Tonight, in about an hour we're having a few friends over for desserts and game night! I love Sunday game night! :) Maybe I'll remember to take pictures and post them next time!

The Fourth (and Fifth) of July!

Well Trevor and I had a fantastic holiday weekend! The fourth started off very early in the morning (6:15) to see the hot air balloons in Provo! We went with our friends Becca and Matt Meservy, who were sweet and baked us muffins so we wouldn't be hungry in the morning! Even though it was SOO early when we got there, the balloons had already been blown up (which I was bummed about) and were about to take off! Here's what it looked like when we first arrived!
And here we are in front of some of the balloons! We both have serious morning eyes haha!
They all started taking off and some were bumping into each other. Is that even safe?? Haha
Up....up.....
and AWAY! I like the pig and Smokey the Bear! (can you spot them?)
The sun finally peeked through Rock Canyon at about 7 in the morning! It made for a really cool shot! :)
Later, after a quick morning nap for Trevor, we walked down to the Provo parade at 10. Even though our spot wasn't ideal, we still had a ton of fun! Who really goes to a parade to SEE the parade? We just wanted to see family! :) Here's my brother-in-law Steve and his two A-DORABLE kids Kanyon and Scarlett!
After the parade, Trevor and I stopped to get lunch and ate at Yoasis... a new yogurt place in Provo. It was pretty good, although I was surprised with my first bite which was a whole lot more bitter than I was expecting!! I guess that's what they meant by "real" yogurt :)

On the walk back to our house, we saw this tank round the corner. I had to laugh and take a picture because the parade (for us) had ended 40 minutes before, but they had probably just made it to the end and were driving back to.... well... wherever the tanks go after the parade. Anyway, I thought it funny that a random tank rounded the bend with everyone still in position and the flag raised! :D
Later that night, after I had to work for 7 hours, we went over to Meg and Steve's house for fireworks with all my nieces and nephews! This is pretty much how exciting it was:
There's something about being a kid that makes those little ones a lot more spectacular :)

After the booming had died down, Trevor got bored so he started playing "fetch" with Scarlett. It was pretty much hilarious that she WOULD go get the ball and bring it back to him!
Trevor was getting a kick out of it! And I'm sure Scarlett was too because Meg said this is probably the first time she's ever been up late enough to see darkness! :)
This one doesn't make much sense, but I took it right after Trevor pretended to throw the ball and Scarlett got really confused and turned around with a look on her face like "Huh? Where did it go?" Very entertaining!
And this is my other brother-in-law, Ryan. He's shooting bottle rockets from his hand. Err... that's dangerous :) Oh yeah and did we mention he blew up some empty coke cans which landed on a few cars? Oops!
The next day, Saturday, Trevor and I spent some lazy time around the house, but then we went to the Cummings Family reunion in Heber City for the afternoon. We thoroughly enjoyed eating hot dogs and hamburgers, and dessert! Then the kids (and a few unlucky adults) got soaked with water balloons! Trevor, Ryan, Trent, and I and a couple kids all played in the field for a while. I even was given the chance to play broom ball... and I slowly improved :) Haha... it's a tough thing! Brooms are not the most accurate bats!

This picture is of Grandma and Grandpa Cummings with all the grandkids! Wow! There are so many of them! I was honestly surprised... :) What a posterity!
It's fun to think that my married life has only begun. I have so many things to look forward to in life! A house, kids, minivans (haha), school, teenagers, college, kids get married, kids have kids... it seems so far away! And it is! I love how life is constantly changing and I want to take each day a step at a time and enjoy what life brings me!

So far I have a wonderful hubby and a nice place to live... I can't even imagine what's next!

Baseball and Ice Cream!

On Saturday night, after I got off work, Trevor and I decided we wanted to go to a baseball game, so we did! We went to the Orem Owlz game for our kickoff of summer adventures! They were playing the Casper Ghosts... which I couldn't help but think is a funny name for a baseball team :) Here is the field at dusk!And these next few pictures are the failed attempts at getting a good picture of the two of us. I said, "Trevor! My battery is dying! We have to take a good one so I'll have some battery left!" and this is what he did:
Well... I laughed and then said "Really... let's try again" and these next few are what happened:


Oh dear... well at least they still make me laugh. And my camera died after that last one. :( Haha. Well, we had to leave the game early because Trevor had to take a boot off a car, but when we left the Owlz were winning by 1. However, I just checked the score and they ended up losing 7-10. Sad! :(
After we took off the boot, Trevor and I went to our FAVORITE ice cream place EVER: Sub Zero ice cream! I was really sad my camera was dead because I wanted to take pictures to post! So I will next time we go! But anyway, you should try it. If you haven't been, I'm not going to tell you the secret of the amazingness just yet... you go see for yourself! :)

I Give You... The Class of 2008

A couple weeks ago, I had the opportunity to fly home for a few days to see my brother graduate and see my Dad for Father's Day. My mom and I planned the trip secretly and surprised them both! It was so much fun! Anyway, here are some half-decent pictures I got of my little brother at his graduation! I can't believe he's 18 years old!!! And graduated!!!

Here he is walking in to the UN-air-conditioned basketball arena at NC State. It was so hot that day! And it didn't help that thousands of people were crowded inside the small building with industrial fans blowing!! Well.. in this picture Mike's the blurry figure in front of the blurry figure with a big red thing around her shoulders. :)
And in this one, he's being the star of the show and putting up his arms while everyone is cheering and clapping for the Wakefield Wolverines Class of 2008!
His name has been called and he is walking across the stage to receive his diploma! He really did it! My little brother passed high school on Friday the 13th of June! :)
I love this one! He's holding the diploma holder that everyone is presented when they walk across stage and shake hands with the principal. Except, to avoid potential chaos, everyone's diploma holder is blank until after the ceremony where they file into a room and grab their actual diploma off an alphabetized table. :) That's Wakefield for ya!
Mike's girlfriend Jessica also graduated! Here they are together! How cute!!
I'm really grateful for a husband who works hard to allow me to fly home for special occasions. He was a good sport while I was gone, and even cleaned up the house for me when I arrived home! :) How wonderful!