Dig It Up Up Holes & Brian Regan

This weekend we went to see Brian Regan with my work to celebrate one year of Dr Cannon owning the practice.
I am so blessed to work with such great people!

Unfortunately, my body doesn't hold up very well after 9pm so we had to cut the night short and missed out on ice cream  :(
All in all, it was still a fun night though!

On a different and unrelated note:

Clayson and I like to read books together.

Our most recent book was Holes!

Clayson had never read the book before, so I was so excited for his reaction.

Sadly, I fell asleep for the the last chapters of the book, so I didn't get to see it.
(Again, that's what happens when you try to keep me up past 9:00 these days. I'm just not capable of it. )

But Clayson said he liked the book and how it ended, so I guess that's what really matters.

When we finished reading Divergent I made a surprise theme date out of it that was really fun,
so I wanted to do something similar to celebrate finishing Holes.

This one was much more low key.

Ideally we would have taken a hike to the Wind Caves or had a picnic at the Concrete Jungle, but at the moment, I lack the stamina for such physical activity. So instead, we walked around Second Damn for about 5 minutes and called it good.
Definitely similar to hiking up Big Thumb like they did in Holes, right?  :)

Then we came home and watched Holes and ate Funyuns (instead of onions), peaches, and sunflower seeds.

It's been a fun weekend.

50 Shades of Gray - Searle Style

I have been meaning to write this post for months! 

I visited my cousins house and Clayson says I'm not aloud to go over there anymore  :)  

Her house is so cute and it inspired me to do something with our own place. 

we accidentally matched our pajamas  :)

Mostly I'm a whole lot of talk and not much action. 

Partly because I'm lazy and partly because I finally tell myself I'm going to buy
 curtains/rug/chair/baskets/table/decoration/whatever and then I get to the store and see how much it cost, and I instantly talk myself out of it. haha! 

ready to paint!

One day my parents called and said they were planning on coming to visit us for the weekend.

Because I had just been telling Clayson all my latest plans that would one day maybe be a reality, I off handedly told my parents we could paint my house when they came. Surprisingly, they agreed! And were actually excited to do it! (I think).
So, kind of unexpectedly, all my talk suddenly became reality.

taping.... this didn't last long.
Notice how there is no contrast between the walls and moulding around the doors

We picked up some paint samples from Home Depot.
 I think picking out wedding colors there has scarred Clayson for life, thinking that we will be there for an hour picking between 50 shades of gray
(don't worry, not the movie) but this was much easier than wedding colors. 

We were honestly there for like 5 minutes, tops. 

again, no contrast between moulding and wall

My parents arrived Friday night, we picked up the paint Saturday morning, and the fun began! 

See the color begin to go on! We have contrast!

laying down newspaper

Courtney decided to join the fun! 

However, she conveniently forgot we were painting so she wasn't dressed for it and she showed up just as we were finishing. 

She was good at finishing off our leftovers though  :)

getting above the cabinets was a fun job

We made a last minute decision to paint the kitchen blue instead of gray.

I think I'm ok with it now.

mom and me

me and courtney

After painting mom & dad took us all out to lunch, and then we took a break in the freshly painted living room.

That night we played an exciting game of Mexican Train.

I believe I won  :)

and we went on a walk.

girls in the hood

piggy-back

and played Heads Up

The final kitchen (I promise it's blue, it just doesn't show very well in this light)

Mom & Dad were so generous to help us furnish our living room for our wedding present. 

We love how it turned out!

(one day we will have decorations on the wall....)

Now we just need to decide which arrangement we like.... top, or bottom picture?

Thank you again Mom & Dad for all your help, it would not have happened without you!

We can't wait for you to come back to visit again!

I'm sure I could come up with another project....  :)

Fathers Day

<3

Easter

Denver

Last weekend I went to Denver with my office for a chiropractic conference.

we made him take this picture

Our rental car was so cool! It's called a Spark, but the handwriting on the paper we were given looked like "Spank" so it was the running joke.

our first look at the spank

The drive to our apartment was exciting. This is the only way we were able to get to our hotel and I laughed so hard every time!

Imagine doing this for the first time at night. 

Lyndie was my roommate. 

We watched the news every night and talked to each other in our sleep  :)

Most of our time was spent in classes helping us learn how to improve our office

We were afraid of falling asleep in class, so Dr Cannon bought us all glasses with eyes so we could fall asleep safely without the instructor noticing  :)

I got an award!

it's really not that exciting because we all got awards, but whatever

We have the best doctors!

Dr Stevens & Dr Cannon

Everyone in the Spank!

It's surprisingly roomy!

We went out to eat for every meal. I don't want to eat anything for the next week.

First time at Jo's Crab Shack

Saturday night we went to see this movie:

I love our office  :)

again, this picture was forced

It's good to be home  :)

Pickle Juice

This blog post is brought to you by:

Pickle Juice - Bringing apartments together since 2009

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You know you have a good apartment when you can drink a jar of pickle juice together.

I got lucky once and never thought I'd have the privilege of having another such apartment.

(this is the video I spent about an hour trying to load, but it's just not happening)

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1191203342199&l=424088212162279038

As fate would have it, I am blessed with another amazing apartment full of wonderful people  :)

Jana with her winnings:

$1 off Questar from Abbi

$1 from Carlie

Delicious chicken wrap from Allison

The moral of the story is:

Roommates who drink pickle juice together, stay together

Frozen

I saw Frozen last night with some friends!

I love this song!
(I may have gotten slightly emotional. The older I get....)

But, I have to say, it did hit a little close to home on the cold part.
My roommates are gone and I have the heat up to 80. It is heavenly  :)

20 Things We Should Say More Often

Taking Over My Life

Last year I made a movie of our family reunion and it turned out really cute, so I decided to make one for this years reunion too.

It is taking over my life!

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love doing it.
Sometimes I wonder if I love it a little too much.

Here's a sampling of "the kid section" for your enjoyment:

I'm pretty sure I have the cutest nieces and nephews ever. 

And I am not biased at all. Just stating the facts  :)

I'm still having withdrawals from being away from them.

Warning to my family: This years video is going to be long. I mean, really long. Like we could probably make a full length film out of it.
I guess that's what happens when the kids start getting old enough to say funny things, the adults get better at using the camera, and we have way too much fun packed into one week.

I don't think it's such a bad thing.

Movie Reviews

It has been a week full of movies!

First up: Mona Lisa Smile

I seriously love this movie so much! However, I will say up front that a lot of people do not like this movie. It is not one to watch passively.
All the characters are so deep and it makes you stop and think (or at least it should). I'm still thinking about it! One of my all time favorites.

Next up: Ramona & Beezus

Such a cute movie! I may or may not have cried - like tears streaming down my face crying.
I had to take a few minutes after it ended to collect myself so I could see through my tears to drive home safely. It's just so sweet!
Granted, I'm pretty sure I was overly emotional that day (I honestly don't know why) and if you watched it you would probably laugh at me for crying.... which, again, I may or may not have done....

Moving on: Pacific Rim

After institute Spencer invited us to see Pacific Rim.
I said I had never even heard of it before. His response: "Just go with no expectations and it will be good."
You probably shouldn't pay eight dollars something cents for a movie you have no expectations for. But apparently I did!
The whole idea of a giant robot punching a dinosaur in battle, most of which took place in the ocean, was just a bit much for me.
It was fun to be out with friends....

On a better note: Despicable Me 2

We went to the drive in to see Despicable Me 2 which makes any movie better! Both the movie and atmosphere were a lot of fun.
Agent Lucy Wilde kind of reminds me of Sierra  :)

Last, but not least: New in Town

A heart warming film, slightly Hallmark-esque. It will make you smile  :) 

It's been a good movie week.

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p.s.  I promise I do other things with my life besides just watch movies.
We also went night climbing this week! That was an adventure, and I have the scrapes and blood to prove it!

Dreams

Trying to find my "Space Jam"

I feel more like this kid....

Slightly Obsessed

Wouldn't he be the best guy to have in the cast? 

He could fill in for any of the parts if someone was sick or needed a vacation of something.

I think he should be Javert.

I'm Inspired :)

Happy Mothers Day

I have been so blessed to have my mom in my life

mom loves sharing a seat with me  :)

She has taught me so much and is always there for me.

I can't wait to be a mom one day  :)

Life These Days

Pie night at Village Inn

Katie & Mary

These girls are my faithful sunday school goers! Love them!

Just for fun

this is the picture we put on the slideshow with the awesome app

Carlie and I crashed Trent's brother's wedding! It was so fun to see Trent again!

I loved this wedding!

They had this cool app where you could take a picture with your iphone and it would put it on the slideshow that was playing. 

I will have that at my wedding. haha!

Climbing

We (usually Tony, Cullen, Carlie, and I) try to go climbing at least once a week.

One day Carlie and I kept climbing by ourselves after Tony and Cullen had left! We were so proud of ourselves. 

Carlie did her first 5.10 and she didn't even cheat!

This was Jana's first time climbing! I am so proud of her  :)

Cullen had already gone climbing earlier that day and I had to prepare my sunday school lesson 

so we couldn't stay and climb, but we decided to pop in and say hi. 

Photo bomb! This is one of the awesome guys that works there. 

Can I just say how much I love all those guys!

Pot Luck

Every Sunday we have Pot Luck. We have so much fun and such tasty food!

This week the topic of conversation was "If you could marry any food, what would it be?"

Jana chose potatoes and Cullen said Pie.
Cullen is known for making delicious potato dishes, and Jana likes to make pie.
Everyone knows the foundation for a good relationship is food!
Need I say more?

breaking the touch barrier

They were a little shy about it at first, but things progressed quickly.

showing off their calves

They have a lot in common - Pie and Potatoes are just the beginning!

They also both like climbing, sushi, long naps, and their children would have awesome calves! 

They are perfect for each other!

On a different note, the toy company has really stepped it up these days! 

Kalli & Jana

Me & Jana
I'll work on getting a picture with Kalli for the next blog post

I'm pretty much with Kalli and Jana all the time. It's great. 

Life is good.