a story for your thursday.

Embarrassingly enough, that would be my desk at School. UEA weekend couldn't have come at a better time, right? I'm super behind with grading planning organizing cleaning laundry dishes general life, and I woke up with a bit of a cold today (sad face). Take this story that Daniel told me yesterday as further evidence that I seriously needed a break from school:

The other night, I went to bed a little before Daniel did. These days I tend to fall fast asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow, so I was already fast asleep by the time Daniel came in to get ready for bed. I remember none of this, but according to him, I said his name a few times so he came over to the bed. Then I launched into a mini-monologue about how I had explained a story problem to him, and he just needed to do it. I had already told him how, so why hadn't he done it yet? Daniel was trying really hard not to laugh at me, but apparently I was talking with my hands and basically giving him a lecture as if he were one of my students. Finally, he gave up trying to reason with me and told me that I was still sleeping. I guess I was in a compliant mood, because I simply sighed and said "Okay," rolled over, and fell asleep again.

We both got a pretty good laugh out of it, especially because talking in my sleep isn't one of my normal characteristics. Conclusion? We think teaching school is slowly making me crazy. Either way, I'm planning on relaxing this weekend. I see a lot of movies on the couch with blankets and  hot apple cider, long walks outside, and a possible trip to the pumpkin patch. 

Happy weekend!

a peek at our weekend.

  

 

 

[1] lots of saturday tutoring.

[2] a distinguished mustache.

[3] our nephew liam's 1st birthday!

[4] liam enjoying his birthday cake. 

[5] a murder mystery party (more to come!)

[6] cinnamon rolls are a sunday tradition over here.

Hope you had a great weekend, too!

Fish & Chips

On our Monday off, Daniel and I went on a little lunch date to Summerhays' Fish and Chips. It's a cute little restaurant in Holladay near our apartment. When I was growing up, it was called Neil's Fish and Chips. It's one of my dad's favorite places, and he used to suggest it all the time when we were kids. It's only now that I'm an adult that I appreciate my dad's fabulous taste in restaurants. We both ordered the halibut and chips, and I have to say, it really hit the spot. The fun atmosphere made it feel like we were on vacation, even though we were only five minutes from home.

What are your favorite places to go on dates? We love suggestions!

Weekend Updates.

This weekend...

D and I had great success on our little Saturday shopping escapade. We found the COOLEST hats at World Market that we just couldn't pass up. (p.s....I love that the trees behind us make it look like we're in the forest!)

M's raccoon hat.

D's owl hat.

We also found a place in SLC that sells Milka bars! D was so excited. Milka bars are the most popular chocolate bars in Europe, and they are made in Germany where D served his mission. It was some of the best chocolate I've ever had. We'll have to go back for more!

We also went to Red Robin with D's family on Saturday night. I think I ate half an onion ring tower by myself, and it was wonderful. I wish I had gotten a picture of my nephew Jace flashing the U of U sign to the table of girls next to us. You can see a picture of him here. (He's the one with the mohawk, of course!)

To get into the Halloween spirit, D and I also cuddled up and watched Shutter Island this weekend. D isn't much for scary movies, but he indulged me on this one. It turned out to be a really great movie! We both recommend it.

Last weekend...

We headed up to D's cabin last weekend to watch conference and see the gorgeous fall leaves. It was absolutely perfect up there! It felt like we really got away from the world, and we were able to really focus on the messages from our leaders.

and a few weekends before...

D decided to be a super awesome and thoughtful husband, and placed a little blue box on my lap for no reason at all! He's the sweetest ever.

The card read:

What better color to find your keys with?

Love,

D

I opened the box to find the most adorable key chain ever from T & Co. He said he noticed the key chain I had was getting pretty worn out so he decided to buy me a new one. [Insert mushy ooohs and awwws here]. He sure knows how to pick 'em! Thanks, D!

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
And if you're a U of U student, enjoy your Fall Break!

happy things this weekend.

Want to know what's making us happy this weekend?

Lunch at Zupas with this gorgeous gal.

Dinner with my handsome husband at Biaggi's.

Drooling over Seeing Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast Five (a great show if you like action movies as much as we do).

These new TOMS.

D playing me songs on the guitar while I get ready in the morning.

Discovering a blender we never knew we had while re-organizing the kitchen.

Making shakes and smoothies with said blender every single night.

This photograph.

My first Jimmy John's experience - can someone please tell me how they make their sandwiches so fast?

Getting all excited to make s'mores up the canyon...until we saw the rain.

That last one is on the happy list because we got to go to dinner with these two instead.

And now we're on our way to play a serious game of Rock Band with this handsome pair.

Can you believe this is my little brother Steven? I still can't get over how old he is. He graduates this year, and he's got this gorgeous girlfriend named Heather. And don't even get me started on how he'll be mission-age next year. It all goes by way too fast.

So what's on your happy list this week?

note: I shamelessly stole pictures from Facebook and Google for this post. We're just too lazy to take our camera anywhere.