Honeymooners

Dylan and I have started a tradition (well it’s 2 years in the making, and depending on where we live next year/the size of our family it may not happen again) of going on vacation together as our Christmas present to each other. It may seem boring to not have anything to open up from each other on Christmas morning, but our parents still do a good job of spoiling us (especially on my side since there are no grandbabies and I’m still way spoiled). This year Dyls and I headed to the tropics again for a fun-filled (almost) week. We think it’s way fun to pretend like it’s our honeymoon for lots of reasons:

1. Room Upgrades

2. Special Treatment at hotel

3. Easier to make friends

4. EVERYONE pays attention to you (after you meet someone, they love pointing you out to various people at the resort and saying “It’s their honeymoon!!” We love it)

I guess those are not that valid of reasons, but sometimes it’s fun to live on the wild side (we obviously live a fabulous life if this is our idea of wild). We had the most wonderful time sipping on lots of sugary drinks- our hotel had a “health” bar that consisted of smoothies made of juice, full fat milk, and ice cream. Can you say milk shake? We went snorkeling one day at our hotel, only to find out that we were directly over a reef (to you this must sound amazing, and the fish were out of control amazing, but…) this also meant SEA URCHINS. I’m not into pain/risk taking, so I turned around after about 7 minutes of swimming and hustled it to the shore like whoa. I am not into getting a needle stabbed into my foot like some of the other drunken snorkelers who had impaired judgment. We ate lots of yummy food at the gourmet restaurants at our hotel- we stayed at an all-inclusive which is the way to go for us. It’s all paid for in advance, and you don’t have to take your wallet to the pool with you. I ate more nachos than I’ve eaten all year, and probably made my trainer cringe when I reported the yummies that I’d been eating. I sang karaoke at the night club because…well hey, everyone else was wasted so I was a top competitor. I ran around the room high-fiving everyone while singing “Don’t Stop Believing”. It was awesome. We visited some ancient ruins and swam at the most beautiful private beach with no sea urchins. My feet got super swollen on the last day from drinking so much diet coke and not even aqua. It was no bueno.

All in all, the week was a dream. Sometimes it so great just to get away from a week and just be Dylan and me. We had no worries, could just relax, and got a lot of one on one action together (get your mind out of the gutter). I love my husband.

PS- The pictures are HORRIBLE because we didn't have a digital camera with us. These are classic Kodak disposables...well not even Kodak, I think it was Walgreens brand. Oops.

3 years... stop it right now

I can’t even believe I’ve been married for 3 years. Sometimes I feel like we’ve been only been married for a short time, and at others I feel like we’ve been married for 10 years. Marriage is just the best, and I love my little Dylster. He has turned out to be the greatest husband (for me). Disclaimer- Everyone says their husband is the best, but it’s not true guys. We all have the best husbands for us (some of the things that I read your husbands do for you on your blogs, I would not want and I’m sure it’s vice versa)….Example: I didn’t want a fancy diamond necklace or anything huge for our anniversary (after my ring story, we all know that jewelry is NOT going to be a present given often in this family) so Dyls got me something I’ve wanted for an oh so very long time.

A pair of Nike Frees. A man after my heart…he knows how sensitive I am about my kankles and trying to reduce them. They are on their way in the mail because they didn’t have this cool color in the stores. I’m so lucky (or my husband is trying to hint that I am fat and need to lose some major lbs). Going into the our now FOURTH year of marriage, I still feel like we are newlyweds. I still love hanging out with D-dog all the time, and he’s the first person at the top of all my lists. Most importantly, Dylan is doing a great job at being the man of our home, ALWAYS praying because he thinks I take too long and letting me do all the girl stuff like cooking and cleaning. He’s just the best.

Our plans for the night include going to mutual and cubscouts, and then hitting the gym. Afterwards, we might just go for a McD’s ice cream cone and have some good old fashioned you know J

Happy Anniversary Dylly Baby. Thanks for letting me blog to the world with as many ridiculous nicknames as I want and not getting mad.

(One of) My Best Friend's Wedding

I love love love when my friends get married. Especially since I get to go in the temple and be there for the most special part of the day. Dyls is so nice and let me go to one of my BFF Rachel’swedding at the end of December. I got to go all by myself so I got to spend lots of girl time with some of my fave people. It’s crazy how much time has passes since I’ve seen these little gems:

But is seems like nothing has skipped a beat (I missed taking a pic with R.Sharp…don’t know what we were thinking). I just loved spending time with my friends, lots of laughing, lots of Café Rio, lots of gossiping, and lots of sexy pep talks for the bride to be. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, but a different kind of fun.

After being at weddings, I realize how much I love my husband. Not to get too mushy, but marriage is really the best. I have a partner in everything, someone super handsome to look forward to going home to, a best friend with me at all times, and the funniest other half I could’ve ever asked for. Rachel’s wedding was so sweet, the sealing was wonderful and yet so simple. That’s one of the things I love about eternal marriage so much, that is exactly what it is- ETERNAL MARRIAGE. It’s not some big fancy ceremony, it’s just 2 people getting together forever. I love it.

Rachel was the most gorgeous bride. I hadn’t seen her in almost 2 ½ years!! Our friendship was the same as always, and I am so glad I got to be a part of her special day. I’ll be back in Utah in just a few short months for a quick trip to other Rachel’s wedding, so if you didn’t catch me this time, see you in March!