best year ever

This last Sunday, the 24th, Jared and I celebrated one year of marriage.  Best year ever with this man.

I woke him up and told him he was going to go on a scavenger hunt :)

Before he got started, he made me a wonderful french toast and sausage breakfast.  YUMMY

I wrote quotes on each gift and he had to follow the clues to find the next one.  I ALSO made him wait to unwrap each present until the sticky note with a time on it said he could open it (every two hours for the whole day - from 8am to 9pm).  Needless to say, this man was anxious.

Here's some of the pictures of his presents.

       

It was such a fun day watching his facial expressions each time he opened another present.

BEST YEAR EVER, and we can't wait for the years to come.

crazy shenanigans

First off, let me apologize for how long it has been . . .  Second, someone very wonderful (*cough, jared, cough*) pointed out to me, that our blog should have more pictures of us . . . yeah I'm usually behind the lens.  I had to change that . . . I have what's called photographer syndrome :)  SO when we have adventures, I've tried to be a little better about taking pictures of us.

My work has been having themed parties every Friday night, and this last Friday it was Candyland themed.  I somehow convinced Jared to come with me, and he even dressed up :)  We had lots of fun!

Ok before I get too ahead of myself, let me first back up all the way to Halloween.  Jared and I took a trip to Target to get some ideas, turns out we just messed around for about an hour . . . and Jared tried this wonderful hat on :)

However, we wanted to coordinate our costumes (and by we, I mean me), and I didn't have any ideas to go with this hat, so we ditched it.  I kept looking and looking for ideas that were inexpensive and fun. Found it :)

Jared was such a good sport and wore this costume.  For those who don't know, we're Google maps.  We went to our Church ward's Trunk or Treat and most of the kids just looked at us with confusion; however, there were some smarties that figured us out.  The adults all thought it was hilarious.

Ok, now fast forwarding a couple weeks.  I have wanted to make zucchini bread ever since we got married, and we finally did it.  My cousin Kristi was sweet enough to give us her recipe and the loaves turned out delicious :) Here's a before and after picture.

The middle of November, Christmas things started popping up in the stores.  I decided to get a little crafty and decorate :)  These are just a few of the crafts.

houston weekend

Jared and I were able to drive out to Houston a couple Saturdays ago for my work.  The event was known as a showcase - which is where all the students get to show off their progress in all the dances that they are working on.  Here's a few pictures I was able to take of their performances.

We also got to stay in the stinkin' nice hotel that my work paid for!  Needless to say, it was a wonderful weekend away.

After a long Saturday, we started to head back to Austin at about 10 p.m.  We made a quick stop by the beautiful Houston Temple.  Seeing it at night was absolutely amazing!  Around the area on nearby streets there were lots and lots of mansions.  The Temple was behind some trees, but because it was all lite up, it looked like a castle.