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Do you remember...the 21st night of September!!

Sam and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary in September. I cannot believe that it has already been that long, best two years ever!! We headed up to Salt Lake City this year for our anniversary. We couldn't take much time off with school so we decided this year that Salt Lake was far enough. It was so good to get away, and we didn't care where it was. We had a really nice hotel, and since it wasn't too far away we got to spend more time together, and less time traveling, it was nice. We relaxed, shopped, and best of all we went to the zoo!! For our anniversary dinner we planned on going to The Garden, but when we got there and realized that it was really a cafe type restaurant Sam decided to sneak over and surprise me with dinner at The Roof. The Roof is such a nice place, and then charge you a lot for it too. :) Sam actually starting texted our friend Ashley half way through dinner to ask her to find out how much it was, because he was so nervous. It ended up being less than we thought, which was good. It meant the world to me though that he didn't care; all he cared about was making the night really special for me. It was a great dinner, best desserts ever, and so nice to enjoy temple square from such a beautiful view. The weekend was fantastic. It was so nice to enjoy three days with my husband. Sam was promoted at work about three months ago and since then works everyday but Sunday, and when he isn't working in the morning we are at school. It gets crazy at times, and I was in real need of getting away. I cannot wait until we get to do it again!! 3 years, here we come!!

These are the little baby Tiger. We seriously lucked out, a ton of the animals had babies just before.

I could not believe that it was laying right by the window. It was so cool to see a tiger that close.

Sam had a scary dream once, where it was his body, but the head of a giraffe. It was sick. If you don't watch Flight of the Conchords, you won't get that.

This is Sam being very nervous to get the bill, but it ended up being less than what we thought, so that was good.

This is where Sam proposed to me, the first time. It was so sweet and romantic.This is me crying, when I had to say no. It was so awkward that I said no, and then he told me that my cousin was taping the whole thing, and yes we still have that on tape. Sam's brother wanted to add it to our wedding dvd. :) Well good thing I said YES the second time!! Best decision ever!!

Sammy P's Birthday

So Sam turned 25 this year. I can't believe it. Such a big birthday. We had a great party for him. All of our friends helped out so much to make it the best birthday for Sam. He really had a good time, and loved all of his presents. He got a popcorn machine that he is pretty much obsessed with, he makes popcorn all the time. I am glad though, means he likes what I got him. His other present I think he was a little confused with at first. Me and all of our friends are taking him to Ohio next summer. He seemed confused, but once he got everything he was really excited about it. I can't wait for it next year. Anyways, it was a great day!! Happy Birthday Sam, I love you!!

22!!

So sad, but I really have neglected this blog so bad. You would think that Sam and I have no lives for how little I write on here. I promise we are more exciting than our blog. I had my 22nd birthday on friday, the 12th. It was probably the best birthday ever. Sam went all out, and made it so special for me. First when i woke up in the morning he had gotten me some new work out clothes, some of my breakfast bars that i like, and a promise note saying that he would work out with me. He hates running with a passion, and I love it, so now he has promised to go running with me. So we got ready, and as we were walking out, he asked, "are you going to wear those shoes?" and I said, "yeah, what else would i wear?" and then he pulled out the shoes!! I have been dying over these running shoes for MONTHS!! I seriously have been obsessed with them. They are the cutest, lightest, nicest running shoes I have ever seen, and of course they were way expensive. He got them for me, and I was so freakin excited!! I love them so much!! So we went on a nice walk together. After the walk, we went out to lunch at my favorite place, Rubio's. Sam has seemed to never find something there he likes, but I think this visit he liked what he got. I love their food, it is so good, and it was the best present to take me there, when i know he hates it. After lunch we went up Provo Canyon to Bridal Veil Falls. Sadly I have lived in Utah for 2 years now, and never been there. Finally I got to go, and it was so fun. We hiked up to the furthest point you can go, and sat at the falls, it was so nice. It is absolutely gorgeous up there, and a nice fun hike up too. After the hike, we went and saw "Up", the cutest movie ever. After the movie we went to Olive Garden, and had the best dinner, where Sam gave me my pearl earrings. When we were in Arizona like 6 months ago i lost one of my pearl earrings, and was really upset about it because he gave them to me when he proposed. It was so sweet, and nice to get some new ones, and he even got bigger ones. I love them. After dinner we went home and he kept saying that he had more planned, but couldn't tell me. When we got home all of our friends were there and surprised me. It was a huge surprise, I had no clue that he would plan that. It was funny because I walked into the house singing, and they were all in there hearing me until I came in the living room. :) Matt, Jason, Blake, Steve and Ash all came over and we had a lot of fun. We played Mario Kart, and went in the hot tub, and had smoothies, and watched "The Man Who Knew Too Little". It was a lot of fun, and like I said, probably the best birthday ever. Sam did so much, and I so appreciated it. It was so sweet and such a great day. Thanks Ash, Jason, Matt, Blake and Steve, you guys are the greatest!! Thanks Sam, you are possibly the greatest husband ever. I love you!!

Believe it or not...

it happened again. We came home tonight and our fish Holly was dead. Both eyes gone, and totally eaten. I am so sad for our fish, and I think mine is next. Now my fish, Piper, is the smallest fish in the tank. I am still convinced that it is Bricklin that is killing our fish, Sam still insists that anyone of them could have done it. Bricklin is the killer I know it!!!

Dun..dun..dun..dun..dun dundundundundundun or Another one bites the dust

Well I figured maybe some wouldn't get the first part of it, so maybe the second part explains a little more. I hope you got the idea that we had a death in the family...three of our fish. You know how sometimes people send you money in the event of someone passing away....feel free!! :) So I don't think I ever posted anything about our fish tank, but we got a new one about 2 months ago. The old one was damaged when our window well leaked and soaked into the stand. It was looking pretty bad anyways, but with the water damage it was about to collapse at any moment. We immediately had to go out a buy a new one, and wow it is freaking nice. We love it, and because we love it we got really excited to buy some more fish. We bought 6 new fish, and named them holly, bricklin, gil, moe, david bowie, murray, and dwight. Well it all started with Gil, he was so awesome, I named him so I was of course very attached, and well he got sick. We came home from work one day to find him sick on the bottom of the tank, with both eyes missing. It was not until then that I found out from Sam that our fish named bricklin is called a malawi eye biter fish, NICE!! HE ATE GIL's EYES!! I still insist that it was him. Next came ashley (a fish that we already had) she got sick and died, luckily we found her right away and got her out of the tank before she could be eaten. Next came Sam the 2nd, (another fish we already had, the 2nd because Sam the 1st was bite in half) he got very sick and while we did everything we could to nurse him back to health we came home last night and he was sick on the bottom of the tank with one eye missing. Sam really thought that he would make it and become our pirate fish, but no sooner than an hour later he was dead, poor sam. All three lived such good lives and made memories for Sam and I that could never be taken away. May they RIP!!

Btw...we love our fish but not that much, we really are not beaten up over it, but still money would nice.

The Old Tank














The New and Improved TANK!!! Ta Da

New Post!!

I am so excited to write tonight because Sam and I have so far had a great year. We feel extremely busy, but we are really loving it. This semester our classes are so much fun. We are taking business, stress management, and geology. We love business, it is so interesting and you learn really great things that everyone should know. Geology is great, and a lot of fun. I have always found it interesting because my Grandpa is really into it and always taught me different things he had learned, but Sam loves it especially. I thought it was really funny when we dating and he showed me his rock collection, he was really excited to show me and he is so proud of his rocks. :) Stress Management is interesting...hehe...it has turned into a support group more than anything, but I am learning a lot, and hoping that what I do learn will help me, I stress way too much. My parents both had surgery in Jan, and are doing great. We have been praying for a long time that my parents would heal quickly, and 7 years later we are wondering when our prayers would be answered, FINALLY!! This doctor saw my parents and was confident that all the things they were struggling with he would be able to fix. We are just praying now that everything continues to work right, and that they will heal quickly from their surgeries. I feel so lucky to have such wonderful parents and I am so glad that they are doing well. Sam this year for Valentines day was amazing. Even up until day of I had no clue what he was doing, which never happens, and when he gave me his present I was so impressed. He got me a 2 hour spa package!! I went this past weekend, and it was incredible. I got to relax in the jacuzzi, and then the sauna, and then enjoy a full hour massage. I was floating on clouds on Saturday, I was so affectionate to Sam all day because I was so grateful that he thought hard about what I would like, and it was perfect. I got him a year subscription to National Geographic, and it was a success, he loved it. He keeps asking when the next months issue will come, he is so cute. A week after Valentines day Sams Nanny came to visit, she is Dave's mom. I was so excited to meet her because I hadn't, up until then, met anyone from his family. We had so much fun while she was here, Jenny and the kids came up to visit, so we did a lot of girls stuff. I love when Jenny comes to visit, I love having a sister now!! We did a lot, and all of us were worn down by the end of the week, but it was a lot of fun, and it was so great that Nanny got to come out and visit. Now...I know, there is actually more...now Sams friend Drew has moved down to Utah and is trying to interview with my boss for a job teaching at our school. I am so excited, and really hope that he gets the job. We are having fun with him right now, he is awesome!! Anyways, lots of stuff, one week after another, but we are loving life and having lots of fun living it.