Date Night

Andrew and I love our date nights. Getting out of the house. Doing something different and just spending some good old time together with no other worries. It is the best. I love Friday and Saturday and sometimes random days of the week, nights that we get to spend good quality time together. We have done a lot of that lately.

We have gone to a few BYU baseball games which has really been fun and made it feel like full on summer. and we went to the BYU Rugby game for the national championship. That was a.w.e.s.o.m.e. I decided that I really like that sport and I am sad we didn't go to more before the season was over. We won so that was great. Andrew and I sat in general admissions and it was on the field. When they scored we were like 2 yards away from them. It was INTENSE. What a rough game. Making it so crazy to watch!

Another night we went to the batting cages and played mini golf. I had never gone to the batting cages so that was an exciting and nerve wrecking event. Andrew hadn't gone in years and was really excited about it. Once I got in there and hit a few it got exciting and fun! We need to go back more so I can get a little practice though, I am definitely not that great!

We have become big fans of this place called Provo Beach. It has a lot of cool stuff you can do like simulated golf, bowling, croquet, surfing/body boarding, pine wood durby racing, and arcade games. We have only played the arcade games twice but we plan to try a couple more fun things there soon! When we went the first time we played on the basketball game most of the time. It was cheap and we had a ton of fun playing it. This last time we went back and we were pretty sure they jacked up the price on the game so we just played it a couple times and then went and checked how many tickets we had accumulated over the last time and this one. We were really surprised to see we had 906 tickets. (the basketball game also got us A LOT of tickets)

Jokingly I asked the guy how much the stuffed dog was because he was so cute! I assumed he would be 1200 or more tickets, cause they like to kill you like that. The guy surprised us by saying it was 950 tickets! Thats like 2 basketball games! So of course I told Andrew he had to play a few more times and of course he was excited to.

And I got my dog :) we named him Travis and he is adorable. and I now need a real dog so I don't look like a freak petting and calling for my fake dog.

Recently we went and saw Fast & Furious 6, which was awwwwesome btw, and ate sweet tooth fairy treats. I got a cookie and andrew got a cupcake shake which I kept stealing because it was SO good. 

We love hanging out together and spending time doing things we love. It has been fun trying new things together and experiencing it all together. I love it. Hope you all have a wonderful week! 

love,alex&andrew 

Currently I am..

Listening: To the TV and husband talking

Eating: Just ate half of a yummy pumpkin spice muffin

Drinking: A nice glass of cold milk

Wearing: jeans, hoodie, and an apron so that I don't get paint on myself.

Feeling: Happy & Creative

Weather: Night time and realllllly cold.

Wanting: a large rectangle chalkboard.. and the skills to write beautiful words on them.

Needing: A blanket, I'm cold.

Thinking: I am really ready for the paint to dry on the project I am working on right now so I can finish working on it. SO glad I am doing something crafty.

Enjoying: Spending a lot of the day with my husband, exploring Costco and Walmart. and being crafty and making some decor for Christmas that says Noel :) Pictures to come.


Tuesday I took my last test until finals. Guys, that is HUGE in my mind. now I only have 4 tests until the end of the semester. WOW. one semester down and 3 more to go! I can't believe it sometimes.
So no tests soon means life is good and I have time to do the things I love. Like crafting or spending looots of time with husband or watching lots of episodes of white collar with husband. and because of the nice little large snow storm we got last weekend husband isn't working as much which is good for spending time together :)
and guess what?? Thanksgiving is next week!!! YAY! I think I may have checked out of school already.. I am just so excited for a longer break than just two days, and good food, and family time. It is going to be greeeeat!

What are you happy about today?
love,alex&andrew

p.s. basketball season has started and I loooove it. We have already gone to two BYU games and I love being in the students section. This last game we got really close and I won two down-east shirts. how great is that?? and if they get over 80 points you get 5 ounces of froyo. needless to say I feel like we will be visiting yogurtland often. I love being apart of the student section and calling it my "own." this is my school. i looove it :)

Sunday Loving Kansas Style

I am sorry I have slacked off in my Sunday Loving. And my picture taking has also been lacking. Which is sad because the weather lately has been B-E-A-U-tiful. But maybe that is why. I have been enjoying the weather instead of doing other things :) which is fine by me.
Well on this edition on sunday loving I would like to talk to you about a subject that is held very high in our household. and that would be Sports. But I would like to be a little more specific. Kansas Basketball


I love it.  I love Kansas Basketball. Now I won't say I am the biggest fan. I do not watch ALL of the games like my husband does with BYU or Clipper Basketball. But I keep track of them. I have loved them ever since..lets say high school. I'm not too sure to tell you the truth.

But I can tell you that in 2008 when they won the Championship game in overtime. I freaked. My family freaked. My dad ran around in the streets. SCREAMING. and then the next day I got out of work (by some miracle) ditched school and headed to Lawrence to see the boys come home. It was AWESOME!

Emily and I at the homecoming.

wow we look young 

 The crowd at the homecoming 

And I think from then on out I really was hooked. Now ever since then they haven't been as good but that is okay because I still love them. And today when they won against #1 Seed North Carolina, I freaked. It was great. I knew there was a chance they would lose but I had HOPE and lots of it. and it WORKED!
ahhhhhh FINAL FOUR HERE WE COME. and yes they might lose against Ohio St. but they made it to the final four and that is good enough for me this year :)

Now I do have one confession. I always wished I had a school of my own that I could cheer for. But I knew I never wanted to go to Kansas. And now that I am going to BYU let me tell you, I am REALLY EXCITED. I have my own team to cheer for. Kansas will always have a small special place in my heart but I have a strong feeling that I will be a real cougar in no time :)

these bears sat at our reception. aren't they the CUTEST?! 

Well here is to March Madness!

Are you watching??

love,alex&andrew