Sean's 30th Birthday!

Happy birthday Sean! My honey is finally in the same decade as me again lol! I'm two years older, but it doesn't bother me anymore, because whenever anyone asks us how old we are, I just let Sean answer first and then people assume I'm the same age!! Haha!

For Sean's birthday this year, I wanted to make it special. But of course, kids got sick that week. So no cake was made, and I didn't get to make the meal I usually make on his birthday (spinach and sausage stuffed shells), so I had some major improvising to do! All in all, I think his birthday turned out really well! Love you Sean!

Two of his presents: a new dress shirt, and one of those beard hair catcher things that suctions onto the mirror. His reaction was hilarious: "is this a gift for you or for me??" I answered, "Can't it be both?!" Lol! His other present was a California t-shirt. 

Sean got off early on his birthday, which was a surprise to both of us. He texted me that he was on the train on the way home after I had only blown up like 10 balloons!! I sent him back a text that said "CRAP I'm not ready!" But of course he didn't get it, he was on the train. So when he got home I yelled, "Don't come in!!!" And then I made him close his eyes while I put his bike away, and made him walk into our room and close the door while I finished. Then I hung the balloon strings, and made him close his eyes again, crawl underneath them, then stand up, turn around and open his eyes lol. Guys I'm such a good wife.

Birthday surprise: 30 balloons, and each one had a slip of paper with something family/friends love about Sean! He popped each one and got to read them :)

Delicious salmon, rice and asparagus for dinner!

Cheesecake (from the dessert section of the grocery store) because, again, sick kids means I don't have time to make a cake. Sorry Sean! He wasn't disappointed though!

And, for posterity's sake, heres the 30 things we love about Sean!

1.   I love to play with Daddy! -Luke

2.   I love that he is a kid at heart! –Jenny

3.   He has great facial hair! –Bryce

4.   He’s good at impregnating Hayley ;) also he’s a smarty pants! –Carly

5.   I love that he loves rock climbing! –Tim

6.   I love his work ethic and sense of humor! –Hannah

7.   He’s humble and great at keeping me humble by shoving it in my face with the greatest intention of love :) -Cameron

8.   He loves Hayley. He’s a loving dad. He’s got a sense of humor, all be it a little warped (but that’s okay cause he fits right in). He’s strong and athletic. He’s smart. He’s very likeable. He’s got a strong testimony. He honors his priesthood. –Elise

9.   He will always be the one to find out the how and why behind things in class. He is always willing to go be fat with me and eat all the things. – Morrell

10. I love his hugs and kisses! –Mason

11. I love his tender heart. Also, his sense of humor and his sense of ridiculous! -Jenna

12. I love that he’s stronger than he looks. And his regal nose. And that he will actually sit on someone after threatening them! –Ian

13. I love his curly hair and that he is a very good dad, and that he loves the Lord. He is conscientious. I love to hear him giggle. –Mom

14.  I love that he’s an honorable father and priesthood holder. –Dad

15.  Sean is quirky and funny and plays guitar. –Wayne

16.  I love how Sean immediately welcomed me into the family when I married Ian. –Becca

17.  I love Sean because he is so funny! –Eve

18.  I love the face you pull when I say something really weird and it catches you off guard and makes you laugh!

19.  I love your thirst for knowledge.

20.  I love that you can fix so many things (or BS a solution)!

21.  I love how much you love me, our kids, and our families.

22. You are musical AND athletic, which pretty much was my dream guy for forever J

23. Your goal since we got married has been how to best provide for our family

24.  You aren’t afraid do slap whip cream in the face of someone who needs and deserves it ;)

25.  I love your dad jokes (let’s face it, that’s what they are); they always make me laugh and I love watching you tell them!

26. You’re my favorite road trip buddy! Someday we will do Disney again and have some time just for the two of us there. We will also find time/ways to get to all the other places we want to visit, I promise!

27. You go along with my crazy sewing/craft ideas, even if I sit on them for months.

28. I’m grateful for all the times you comfort me, but also grateful that I am able to comfort you too (I hope!)

29.  I love your blue eyes and curly hair!

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30.  Thank you for being a worthy priesthood holder, for loving the Lord, and loving me! You are the BEST!

(And Katie added, "He's a great spider killer when they're located on the ceiling that small, short people can't reach! I love that!")

Gratitude Day 9

Today I am grateful for Sean and how hard he works in school. He does so much, and works two jobs on top of his immense pile of school work. It is seriously a good thing we weren't in school at the same time though, 'cause he is kicking my butt grade-wise in the classes we took together. Anatomy? A+. Everything else? A's all over the board. Smarty pants..

But seriously. Sean, you are amazing and I am so proud of all the hard work you put into school! Love you honey!

one month!

Can you believe it? Sean and I got married one month ago (well, as of last Saturday).

It's gone by so fast, and feels like we've been married forever. I guess we are married forever ;)

Anyway, here are some things that we have done over the last month.

1. Hiked in Arches. In the SNOW. 

Snow? Really? But it was loads of fun!

2. Going along with number one, took our first vacation together (honeymoon to Moab). It was so fun! We went to Canyonlands to watch the sunset, and hiked a couple days in Arches.

P.S. There will be a separate honeymoon post with lots and lots of pictures once I edit the pictures.

3. Sean has tackled Anatomy at BYU like a champ. 100% on his first midterm, 98% on his second... freakin smarty pants. Love him. I may be slightly jealous that his anatomy grades are SO much better than mine.

4. I tried clam chowder. A few times. And liked it. Enough to buy a bucket of it from Costco and eat it for dinner the other night. Applause, applause, for my newly acquired soup taste. 

To go along with the "new foods" theme, I also tried calamari. And liked it also. Not as much as the clam chowder but I ate more than one calamari thing at Olive Garden a few weeks ago. Yay me!

Lesson learned? Sean makes me brave.

5. Blaze got hit by a car. First family tragedy/scariest moment ever since we've been married? Yes. But luckily he is a big dog and pretty beefy since my mom decided he was too skinny and I was feeding him 7 cups a day. Yeah the vet said no more of that. He had a fracture on his hip bone next to his spine, but is healing just fine.  

Bored, but fine.

6. We bought tickets to Disneyland! We are going in May for our second/real honeymoon, since we only got a couple of days right after our wedding. Yay for tax returns! We will also be hitting up the beach, Sea World, and my parents house so they can treat us to BJ's in Salinas. Yesssss.

7. Sean finally took me climbing. Yes it was winter our entire courtship (practically), and he hurt his shoulder in September and wasn't able to climb. So we finally went the week after we got married. I love it!

8. It finally got above 60 degrees! So Sean and I have celebrated by playing catch and kicking a soccer ball around. I can't wait to hike. And climb outside. And go on bike rides. And not worry about if it is going to snow the next day or not...

9. We bought a vacuum. And not just any vacuum, a Dyson! It's marvelous. And we may or may not vacuum Blaze with it, with the fancy pet attachment it came with.

Just look at it in all it's glory.

10. I am mastering the art of working as a pharmacy technician. I started my externship with Walgreens about 3 weeks before we got married. I love it! It's so great NOT sitting at a desk there, like I do all day long. The only draw back? I'm doing 40 hours a week at my job, and at 10-15 at the pharmacy in addition. It's getting a bit exhausting. Good thing I get less tired in the summer?

11. We bought bikes! With my tax return. Don't worry we bought helmets too. And a car bike rack. Score. I'm so excited to use them :) Of course it decided to snow the night we bought them...

That's about all I can think of for now. I love being married and I love having my best friend by my side all the time. It's been so much fun so far and I'm excited for all the fun months we have ahead of us in our lifetime! P.S. We are still accepting wedding gifts if anyone feels so inclined ;) our registries are still up at Bed Bath and Beyond and Target...

"S'more what?"

"You're killing me, Smalls!"

I'm pretty sure that was Sean's response last night. Not because I don't know what s'mores are (because I do, oh I do...) but because I really wanted them. I don't know why, but I NEED dessert. It's awful and I hate it, but I need it. Good thing I run (sometimes) right?

Anyway last night I decided we needed s'mores to accompany our dinner (which was delicious, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches).

Before.

After. We realized, "why didn't we use our gas stove to roast these?!" Doh!

Oh well. Next time.

Blaze totally thought they looked amazing.

And on a completely separate note, my husband is so sweet. These are just because flowers :)

 (No, he was not in trouble, I had a bad day yesterday. And no, my bad day was not the result of something he did. He made the bad day better. And even more better with the flowers.)

sneak peak!

of our wedding pictures! they turned out SO wonderfully! as soon as I get the CD i will post more.

 Right after we came out of the temple!

This one was actually taken by my sister Jennifer.

 We took couple pictures after the group shots.

Isn't he the most handsome man you've ever seen??

First dance :)

Click here to see the photographer's blog.

More to come!

so i married a funny guy

Sean texted me after he got to school yesterday: "So the sky was clear until I hit 900 North and then all of a sudden it looked like a million beanie babies threw up on me..."

Love him :)