Happy Birthday to the Man I Call Mine!

Yesterday was Wren's birthday. He is officially 25 and is he desperately sad about. But that's okay, he needs to embrace it already! "I'm 25 and look how cool I am", I've been exclaiming :) I really can't say enough good things about my husband, but here is my TOP 25 on the billboard chart right now of why I love this guys so so so much!

1. He is so funny. I am always laughing! This last week I haven't been able to smile because of my bone graft and I have wanted to kill him because he keeps making me laugh! Then he says, "Sorry, sorry", and does it five seconds later. Naughty boy :)

2. He always has me on my toes, I NEVER can anticipate just what this lovely is going to do next!?

3. He has so much energy, more energy than I can even fathom having. I'm actually jealous of him when it comes to this. He will make an incredible dad because he can go and go and go like the energizer bunny, unlike his wife ;)

4. He is so active. I love this about him. He is a fantastic skier, rock climber, and mountain biker. He pushes me to do these sports with him, which naturally I am afraid of, but is sweet and patient with me as I move slower than a turtle.

5. He loves spending time with family, he loves his sisters and mom so much, and his brother and dad. He also loves my family, and always wants to hang out with them. What more could a girl ask for?

6. He likes talking about the same things as I do. I have turned him a little bit into; yours truly. He shrieks the same as me, and talks the same as me sometimes and I LOVE this. It's SO cute of him. And Wren, I am FLATTERED you want to be like me, truly, I am :)

7. I love when he's hanging out with my girlfriends or our sisters, and he leaps in, plops down, and says, "What are a couple of girls like us going to do tonight?"

8. Now don't be fooled, he is a total guy's guy, simple and unassuming, I love this about him. Absolutely NO reading in between the lines with him. If he disagrees with me, he tells me.

9. He is the best communicator I know. Whenever we argue, we RARELY fight, but we do like to argue who's right a lot. After it's over, if I'm still chapped, he's not stopping until I come out with why I'm still bugged. Wren CANNOT stand when I'm bugged with him. He forces me to tell him everything that's on my mind no matter how much I don't want to. After, I'm glad he forced it out of me because we both feel 10 times better! I can never successfully stay mad either, he always has to make me laugh.

10. He is always willing to help me out. It's funny I will say, "Hey Wren?", and he'll say, "What", and lot's of the time I am like, "Never mind", because I will have figured out whatever I was going to ask him, but he hates this. He'll say, "Sav what, just tell me", and I'm like, "No I figured it out", and we'll do this until I tell him, and then he'll go, "Oh". He just loves to be needed by me and I really like that.

11. He always tells me how much I help him in life. I love this. It's good to be reminded that you are appreciated and he is amazing at making me feel that way.

12. He loves food just as much as I do. We both love to go out to dinner. I'm so happy I married someone who's life revolves around food like mine does. It's just the simplest of pleasures in life isn't it?

13. He is very complimentary. Always telling me how much he loves a project I finished, dinner I cooked, or what I'm wearing. He is observant and I like that.

14. I love that he calls me about every hour on the hour just to say hi, or to tell me something funny he heard, or tell me when he's stressed at work, or see how I'm doing.... Really anything. Love hearing his voice.

15. He imitates people so well, and ME in particular. I don't know why I find it so funny, but he can imitate exactly how I brush my teeth, stand, pee (I know gross), exercise, sleep, and q-tip (PS I have been q-tip free for a month, holla!)

16. He is so good at taking care of me. He always makes me breakfast in the morning, brings me water because he is worried I'm not drinking enough, making sure I've eaten lunch or dinner. He is the best when it comes to this!

17. He is taking 18 credit hours of school this summer and working a full time job. He gets stressed and probably wouldn't take such a heavy work load if it weren't for me, but he does it because he knows it's important to me. I love this about him, and for what a hard worker he is. He is amazing!

18. He is very artistic. He is an incredible painter, drawer, and is just good at those kinds of things! He is getting into photography, and video editing, I know he has the potential to master both of these things!

19. He always gives to anyone in need. If we are walking on the street and someone asks us for money, he'll give them five or ten bucks and talk to them. He is so generous and is like me in the way that we realize people are born into undesirable circumstances. We were so incredibly blessed to be born into the families we were, and I can't say where I'd be or he'd be without them. Some people aren't as lucky to have this. He doesn't judge anyone for being down on their luck, and why would we do that? I don't understand that mentality, and neither does he. I love this about him :)

20. He is SO grateful for what he has. He says everyday, "Sav we are so lucky." It's true, we are extremely blessed and he is the best at recognizing this.

21. He is wise with money, but loves to have fun. Wren is great at saving as well as spending :) He understands the concept of money, as well as the need to live and enjoy life. Wow, did I just say the same sentence three different ways in a consecutive order without realizing it?! Dang, I'm good! Anyway, I love this about him!

22. He always wants me to make the most of my time and the most out of life. He wants me to pursue my talents, and is convinced I will have my own business one day. I don't know what he's even thinking of, but I love he has that much confidence in who I am.

23. He is constantly telling me how pretty he thinks I am. A girl never gets sick of that does she? NOPE!

24. He is very independent. He has had a job since he was young. I am not worried in the least about him being a great provider for our family! Besides the ladies just eat him up in interviews... :) Wouldn't you? Those dimples?! HELLO!

25. The last reason I love him is because he is HIM! He's WREN! Love you forever and ever and ever Wren! You freakin ROCK MY WORLD BABY!

Last night we went and ate at Five Guys for his birthday because, THAT my friends, is JUST how classy we really are!

I will be posting on my other blog much more than this one now.

Hi guys. Just to let you know, I am going to be posting a lot more on my other blog, http://rolledupprettyandcutoffthoughts.blogspot.com/, than I will be on this blog. This blog is going to be posts composed mainly of events with my family and friends for journal purposes for when I print my blog off at the end of the year. Whereas my other blog is going to be my FUN blog, with DYI's, fun finds, decorating, design, really anything I think you all would love to know about! Anyway, I've said it before and I'll say it again, become a follower of Rolled Up Pretty and Cut Off Thoughts, you won't be sorry, I promise! Bu BYE!

Thank You, But I Respectfully Do Not Care

My mom sent me this message in an email today and I thought it was hilarious:

"My new motto is "I respectfully do not care." Say it to anyone who passes judgment on something you believe in."—Martha Beck, Daily Coach Tips

I am also making this my new motto because I'm tired of feeling like I have to justify things I do and don't do to others or even to myself. I think I've spent way too much time and energy worrying about what people think of me, or worrying that I'm not "good enough", whatever the heck that means. BUT from here on out, if I don't ask, "I respectfully do not care" what you have to say if it's negative :) Thank YOU very much!

(This is us saying we "respectfully do not care") :)

Lilly's Birthday Party, TOO CUTE!

On Saturday, our perfect little niece Lilly had her "TOO" year old birthday party up in Park City at a fun park. I can't believe how fast time goes, it seems like she was just born! She is the cutest little thing around, see for yourselves.... ;) (You can click on the pictures to make them bigger)

Playing at the Park with Aunts, Uncles, Grandpa and Grandmas!

Blowing out the Candles!

Chowin Down on Cake

Eden, Ryan, and Man-Kinley Tearin it up on the Soccer Field!

Baby Girl Lilly Opening her Presents! FUN STUFF!

"It's a tough job bein this cute, but SOMEONE'S got to do it!"

Happy Birthday Yiyeeee, we LOVE you!

My Man

So Wren and I were laying on our bed the other day and he was just staring at me.... Here's some mumbo jumbo that came spilling out of his trap all within five minutes.....

"Cool, that's an interesting color of blush you wore today" (Ummm, thanks?)

"Can I touch your neck, it looks like a turtle right now" (Thanks again)

"Woah, when did you grow out your bangs? " (My bangs have been grown out for almost TWO years and are like two inches past my chin! "Let's try curling them so they swoop under you chin Sav" (Cousin It Anyone?)

"Let's call Rache and tell her we hate her bangs to be funny k?" (SAD, but would actually be quite funny considering I just cut them and told her I loved them and she's still nervous about it)

Wow, someone was on a role! After all this, I STILL love this man ever so much. Why? Because he says it like it is. No hidden messages, no hidden agendas, no hinting, just a simple minded guy. Plus, he tells me how beautiful he thinks I am like a million times a day, so I guess I can take some constructive criticism every once in a while.... The turtle neck though? I'm still getting over that one ;) So in retaliation, I will do this, because I do what I want:

Mother's Day Fun!

Wren's mom planned a fun day to celebrate an early Mother's Day with Wren's sister and I. I don't have any babies yet, but they still let me come ;) It was so much fun! First, she took us to get pedicures which is always fantastic. My feet are some new ladies now. After, we went down to Thanksgiving Point for lunch. They had some delectable food there, we got a spinach-artichoke dip with pita bread that was to die for... in fact, I'm still thinking about it three days later... ;) After that, we strolled on over to the cute store they have down there and shopped for a bit. We got free samples of fudge, and I bought my favorite chocolate covered sea-foam. Mhhh, mhhh. After we had got in the car to leave, Allyssum had a great idea to take pictures of our freshly painted toenails (see below). They turned out cute and I have now decided my feet are in dire need of a good tan! After the family-toe photo-shoot, Hollie took us to Old Navy to pick out Easter dresses. How nice is that?! She is too sweet, I ended up finding some cute shoes that she insisted on buying.

I win best mother-in-law award out there. Sorry ladies ;)

Allyssum is our very special friend... She really wanted a picture of her toes with the sky as her backdrop :) She's hilarious!

This is Allyssum's attempt to shape our feet into a heart. So tender.

Cute Willow, Hollie, and Allyssum

Willow, Hollie, and Myself

Look how cute these yellow wedged shoes are that she bought for me?! Love them!

Thanks so much for the fantastic day Hollie! You spoiled me rotten ;) I am so grateful to have you in my life and love you very very much! Same with you Willow and Ally, you guys are too too much fun!

Three Year Anniversary :)

Wren surprised me this year for our three year anniversary with a little getaway to St. George. We had so much fun there just relaxing and enjoying each other's company.

I fall in love with Wren more and more everyday. He is who I want to be with all the time. I am so lucky I have the honor of calling him mine. LOVE YOU WREN!

Lots of crap for the road trip....

On Saturday morning we road our bikes on the funnest trail ever. I wish we had trails here like they have in St. George. We had a blast!

Sexy Man

We went to our favorite tapioca smoothie place in St. George.... The Orange Peel. Go next time you're there, you won't regret!

After riding bikes, we got lunch at Pizza Factory and finished our deadly human sized breadsticks in record time ;)

Later that evening we went and took some pictures at sunset. It was so pretty!

We had to self time....

The next day we went through Zion's National Park. It is really quite amazing. We rolled the windows down, blasted the music, and stared at the huge red cliffs. It was so much fun!

After that, we headed home. Nice, fun short trip. Thank you to Wren for planning it and to Michelle for letting us stay in your condo ;)