what is up with us.

well. it has been some time since i have posted anything. i have found myself consumed by pintrest and whenever i remember to post something, i find some awesome craft that distracts me for half the night. my apologies.
let me catch you up on what has been happening with us.

• we recently moved into a basement apartment in a nice house, which has air conditioning aka. heaven. and are loving having two bedrooms and a lot of extra space. our old apartment were great, but it was time to get something a little bit newer. and a added plus, m. can now stand up straight in the shower without hitting his head on anything! it is so wonderful!

• m. got a new job a couple months ago. it seems like he has had a lot of different jobs over the last couple of months. but he is settled at the one he has now and is loving it. and get this, it is just two building down from my work, so we meet in the middle and have lunch together. it is so great. i mean, i love taking naps on my lunch break, but getting to sit and chat with my husbandear is so much better. {we do miss our neighbors though. i guess since we aren't neighbors, maybe we can just call ourselves friends now. but i'll have to check with them first.}

• everything is the same with me. still working at the same place, and wondering almost everyday why i am still there, but it is a good job, i am good at it, and it is super convenient. so i suppose i still be there for a while. at least until m. is done with school and we can be real grown up and have babies and all that other stuff that comes with being a grown up. i am wanting to make almost everything that i see on pintrest. someday i will around to making some of the crafts i have on my list. until then, i am just happy decorating our new house and dreaming of having all the money in the world to decorate with. someday.

• m. has a new band called soft science. they have been making music together for a few months now. they competed in the summer battle of the bands and made it through the preliminaries and came close to winning, but had a computer mishap during their last song. it was a bittersweet ending to their night, but they were able to learn a lot and the band sure came together (after a few swears of course).

• our anniversary is coming up next month. i can't believe we have been married for almost a year. time sure flies when you have fun. and i must say that the past 10.5 months that we have been married have been some of the funnest months of my life. we have had a lot of challenges and trials, but we have learned so much and most importantly, we have grown closer together because of the challenges.

• the new photo at the top of our blog was taken by the {wonderful} Jessica, of raeportraits. she is one of my dearest friends and took these photo along with our wedding, engagement, and bridal pictures. she is ultra talented and we have set a goal to take pictures with her every year. i already can't wait until next year.

• tomorrow is the fourth of july, and i am making a patriotic trifle. it is going to be amazing. i will post pictures of the finished product. stay tuned.

big love to you all. i will do better at posting and taking pictures. come back. it will be worth it.
xo.

l.

and your bird can sing.

my goodness, time sure flies sometimes.
and i have not been doing a good job at keeping you bloggies updated on what has been happening with us.

let me give you the run down.
first off.
it was employee appreciation day at work.
rumor was, breakfast was to be served.
mason went to gandolfo's a quick bite before work.
and to our surprise, it was the big g what was servin' up breakfast at my work.
so i got one of these.


everyone else got an upstate.
suckas!

secondly.
i have been incredibly craftish lately.
m's sister tatum is having a baby next month.
she has a baby shower a couple weeks ago.
i made her one of these.
(it's a car seat cover incase you can't tell)


i loved the fabric.

three.
my sister wendizzle came down this past weekend and we had a craft party all day saturday.
and hobby lobby aka crafters paradise opened in af. hallelujah.
she made a few things.
while i made this.



which turned into this.



which ended up as this.



the most adorable wreath that took FOREVER to make, but it's ok cause i am in love with it.
ok not in love, but i do love it.
m. loves it too, which made me happy.

well, i feel like this post was pretty selfish. i said i would update you all on us and i pretty much just talked about what i have been doing.
let me tell you about m. real quick seeing as how his promise to post something on here has yet to come to pass.
he is doing good.
he has about ten march madness brackets. and is rated number six thousand something in the US. i don't know how that works, but anyway, that is cool.
school is almost over, which is great, but he is going to summer school. so that will be fun. i guess.
he is applying for new/another jobs. and the PR major at the brigham young uni.
speaking of byu, he likes how they play basketball, but has told me numerous times that he doesn't like the way jimmer plays and would not like to play on his team. i guess it's good that he just play intermural basketball.
m. played a show a couple weeks ago. go here to watch a video of one of his songs.

we are looking forward to april 1st and the benefit concert to give children in haiti clean water. it will take place at velour in provo. costs five dollars and there will be free stuff, like food. please come and support the children if you can.

we think you are great even if you don't leave comments on here for us to enjoy. just keep on reading and know that we appreciate you.
and if you have any grand photoshoot ideas, please share. we are taking family pictures (aka. engagements pictures minus the engagement but pretty much engagement cause we don't have any kids or dogs or anything. but bonnie the bonsai will be included, she is our trunked child after all.)
bless you all.
big love.
xo.

Post script: I take back what I said about m. and byu basketball. Apparently i was mistaken about what he thinks about the jimmer. My bad.

better late than never.

my v. day gift finally arrived.

it was a long wait.

but worth it.

i am in love with m.

viva.

this weekend m. and i joined h&b for a wonderful trip down to viva las vegas.
it was a real nice time.
let me show you what we did.

we sat on a big chair.

and stayed in here. it was modern (as you can see by the wall art and blue wall.)

we saw some lions up close and personal.

and watched this water dance.

we thought about going up there.

but ate food here instead.

and we couldn't leave without seeing this.

and finally, ended our weekend with a visit here.

there was great shopping to be had between all the sight seeing. and i'm happy to report that some real treasures were found.

would i consider this weekend to be a success?
decide for yourself.

on the way there.
on the way home.

i'd say yes!

xo.
l&m.

getting better.

happy v.day weekend everyone.
(this is l. not m. as promised, but his post is coming soon.)

to celebrate this l.o.v.e. day weekend, m. and i went out to eat at
cedars of lebanon in slc.
the food was, quite lebanese and tasty. and a little pricy, but still good.
we went to sweet tooth fairy for dessert and boy oh boy was it tasty.
i could eat there famous cake balls all day long. yub!

well, first off, i would like to inform you all that m. and i now have a child.
her name is bonnie, the bonsai tree.







she is beautiful.
we love her.

m. got a valentine surprise from your truly.






i love him. for more than 52 reasons, but there were only 52 cards in the pack.
well, i have a feeling there are more valentines surprises to come, but i don't want to give anything away.
but rest assured, there will be more pictures coming. soon.

give a little love away this weekend.

xoxo.
l.

taxman.

big news friends.
m. has decided to join me on this blog quest.
so, every once in a while, you may see a post from him.
cute, huh?

ok. so it's february. taxes are due in april? i have no idea. i should probably be better at being an adult. too bad.
we got our tax statements and everything is ready to go, but who wants to sit down and enter numbers into the computer and get things taken care of long before they are due? not me, thats who.
have you done your taxes yet?
check yes or no.
if yes, high five.
if no, don't worry, there is still time.

so let me tell you some stuff.
first. we hate our apartment. it is a fine place to sleep, but everything else is a pain in the caboose. but, we have five months left to deal with it. who knows, maybe we will love it by then. yeah right.
second. we are in need of another car. do you have one that you want to sell to us? a nice one, with not too many miles, and isn't too expensive or too old. am i being too specific?
third. we have been going to the gym. m. is learning how to jump high, and i am just running and elipting and biking and you know, the usual. it's cool. we are getting fit. today we sat in the hot tub after we worked out, and didn't even shower off before. shhh, don't tell.
fourth. we have been married six whole months this friday. what are we doing to celebrate this momentous occasion you ask, going to salt lake to eat lebanese food, of course. how else do people celebrate? i've never had lebanese food, have you?
fifth. i really want to take more pictures, but what do i have to photograph and what is the point of photographing when i don't even have the internet to post them on my blog. answer, there is no point. dear internet, don't be so expensive so we can afford you.
sixth. we are at m.'s parents (thus the reason why i can post this), m. is currently watch the jazz game. i don't think they are doing well. some quotes that confirm my thinking: "holy frick cj, what are you doing!," "millsap you idiot!," "oh my gosh jazz what is the deal?!," " gosh dangit jazz." uh oh. unhappy husband alert.
seventh. i saw a package of starburst that were all red and pink. can you say heaven? who care about orange and yellow anyway?
eight. whattheheck was up with the superbowl? ok, i don't care about the game, but the halftime show what out of control. give me a break fergie, you cannot sing. and those black dudes and that asian guy are, how you say, dumb as dumb can get. the superbowl commercials were ok, everything else, forgettaboutit.
nine. i have a lot of ideas for crafts up my sleeves, but could use some more. share with me your crafty skillzz and knowledge homies.
ten. we are in love with modern family. have you ever watched it? it is hilarious and touching, like full house, but on a whole new level of awesome. no kidding. m. laughs out loud, which is the test to see if something is really funny, and i am secretly in love with how stupid phil is. he kills me. watch an episode. or all of them.

well friends, this post was incredibly boring, but i wanted to give you something to read to let you pass the time whilst you are working, pooping, peeping, falling asleep, waking up, wasting time, waiting for your husband to come home, waiting for your husband to go to sleep so you can secretly shop online, waiting for you favorite tv show to start (modern family), distracting yourself from looking at steven tyler on american idol (scary!) waiting for the shower to heat up, trying to keep yourself from falling asleep on your way to work, wasting time on your lunch break, or whatever else!

post from m. next time.
hooray.

love love love.
l.

magical mystery tour.

hello dear friends.
i am back once again.
and as i promised i have some pictures to share with you.

happy birthday to my dearest husband.
on nov. 26. yeah, i am way behind on my blogging, i know.

i am going clear back to december for this first one.
m. and band. (they have no name) played a christmas concert.
in turtlenecks and christmas sweaters.
it was lovely.


we made some gingerbread houses, out of graham crackers which completely changes the name and feel of what they were intended to be, but regardless, it was fun. and this picture was taken as our house was literally crumbling in our hands.

ps. i just noticed m.'s face. real cute, huh?

then it was christmastime.
and our tree shown round about our tiny little apartment.
it was quite bright.


and our p.jams were pretty neat too.


then came 2011 and a trip to lava hot springs.
we stayed in here.


it looked like this.


and ate breakfast here.
it was about the same as eating an old shoe for breakfast.


more concerts, more concerts.


then we went to the sundance film festival.
we saw no films, but ate expensive pizza.


and lastly, let us not forget that the superbowl is upon us people.
do i care who wins?
no. just as long as i get to hang with this guy.


i'll do better to stay more updated.
until next time.
peace and love.
and hugs too.

xo.
linds.