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1 Year Anniversary!

I can't believe that Kory and I celebrated our one year anniversary this past weekend!  It just seems like the last year has gone by SO fast!  Nonetheless, I am so grateful that we have had such a wonderful year together!  We have been able to create so many memories: our wedding day/receptions,

moving in to our first "home,"

honeymoon in the Caribbean,

our first Christmas,

first New Years,

a trip to Canada,

a romantic first Valentine's Day, Kory meeting my brother, Stephen, for the first time when he came home from his mission,

Kory getting into the Golden Key Association and Marriott Business School,

my college graduation,

a road trip for my birthday,

first family reunions on both sides,

4th of July fireworks, a month in Washington working,

tons of game nights and hang outs with our new group of newlywed friends,

Kory getting accepted to the business strategy program, Kory's birthday,

my first career offer, a Halloween party,

and a fantastic Anniversary celebration!!  For our Anniversary we went to the Marriott in Park City and loved having a weekend away.  But it gets better, Kory got us tickets to go to the So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour!  He knows how much I love the show so it was so awesome!  We even had second row seats.  Our Anniversary was the most amazing weekend ever.  I love my husband so much! I am filled with joy looking back at this last year and seeing all of the wonderful memories we have made.  I am so excited to see what the next year brings.

Girls Trip South

This is my 3rd post today, be sure to read the two below!

This week I didn't have too much going on so I was able to sneak down to St. George for a couple of days to spend time with my best friend.  It was so fun to just hang out and catch up.  She is pregnant, and looking so beautiful.  I got to go to her doctors appointment with her and see her baby boy on the ultra sound!  It was SO neat.  Later that day we went to the St. George Temple together, and it was beautiful.  I always love having time with my girl.  I'm so glad she lives closer now!

 

Happy Halloween!

FYI This is the second post I have written today, read Kory's Birthday post below!

We had a blast celebrating Halloween!  Our dear friends did an amazing job planning the Halloween party, and we had a ball hosting is at our place!  I borrowed some great decorations from my Aunt Laura.  We put a spider web with a spider in the entrance.  We had purple lights strung across our family room and some orange light on the table.  We had spiders, a ghost, a skeleton, a witch, and pumpkins on display.  Then some super cute orange vases, and paper plates to really set the Halloween spirit.  I wish I had better pictures to demonstrate the atmosphere, but you'll just have to trust that it was awesome!  There were over 25 people in attendance, and everyone brought something yummy to share.  Cafe Rio style sweet pork salads/burritos were served, along with some amazing desserts!  We spent most of the time socializing and eating.  Then we got the whole group together to play a game.  Kory and I are always down for a good party, and we are so glad that we celebrated Halloween this way!  We can't wait until we live in a bigger place and can host even bigger parties with ALL of our friends!

Dinner was fabulous, and so were the desserts.  But, I was just so impressed with Stephanie's festive treats.  She's never done this before, look how cute they turned out!

We had a really great surprise, Kelli came over with the two cutest trick-or-treaters ever!  Hayden decided to eat his Halloween cupcake under the table since all of the people around made it kind of chaotic.  Some of the boys that were at our party had fun playing around with Hayden and Roman, and stuck them up on the fridge to be silly, haha.

The rest of our pics are random guest shots.  I know a some people were missed in the pics, but I'm glad to have what I do!  We had such a blast.

Kory's Birthday Weekend! (Totally Belated)

We had so much fun celebrating Kory's birthday weekend! On Friday night we went to Texas Roadhouse with some of our favorite friends. We were also celebrating Stephanie's birthday, so dinner with everyone was totally appropriate and lots of fun! I had never been to Texas Roadhouse before and I loved it. I loved the appetizers, you can never go wrong with potatoes and melted cheese and bacon on top, or fried onions...yum! Their steak was delish, too.  The best part though, was probably seeing Stephanie and Kory riding the saddle in celebration of their special days. We have such amazing friends! Kory and I always talk about how lucky we are that we lived in this apartment complex our first year of marriage and have been able to become so close with such fun friends!

The next day was Kory's actual birthday.  The whole week before Kory's birthday I made a little "birthday gift corner" for Kory to look at every day in anticipation of his birthday.  I know, I'm kind of silly.  But I thought it was lots of fun.  The sign says, "My love Kory's Birthday Gifts!" First thing that morning he got to open one of his gifts.  I got him a few t-shirts and polos, because he has lots of great dressy clothes but not too many casual ones.  I was happy that he seemed to be excited about it. 

After that we went to Mimi's Cafe for breakfast.  Kory had never been there for breakfast before and it was such a treat!  We signed up for their e-club and both got free breakfast for doing so.  If you haven't done that already, you should!

When we got home I had Kory open his second gift, which was a notepad with a business cover to make it look classy.  He always needs to take notes at club meetings etc. now that he is in the business school and the strategy program.  Then Kory went shooting with some of the guys in his Elder's Quorum.  I think he had lots of fun with the boys!  He dressed up in his camo pants and totally played the part, haha.  My husband is so funny. 

When he got home I had him open his third gift.  It was an envelope with a little poem two stanza poem that I can't find and can't remember.  But anyway, that is how I told him we were getting a couples massage!  We went to Solasa (the place I now work as receptionist) and enjoyed an hour of relaxation.

The BYU football game was that evening.  We lost, boo, but still had lots of fun.  My mom was able to go to the game with Stephen and Stephanie.  She was in town because of Brett's wedding.  It was so fun having her!  I'm glad everyone got to go to the game.

Lastly, after the game we were able to have a bunch of friends over for an ice cream cake birthday party!  We  have so many great friends and neighbors, we always love an excuse to have people over.  It's hard to make sure everyone got the word when you're super busy so I know there were some people we missed.  But we are so happy that those who made it came, we love you guys!

I am so grateful for my wonderful, loving, and handsome husband.  I'm glad you had a great birthday sweetheart! I love you!