Crunch Time!

It is crunch time for us to get ready for this baby!

We finally finished the nursery and I love it so much! 

Thank you to everyone who helped contribute to it.

Especially Clayson for his patience and help with all "my" little projects that he did most of the work for.

How did I get so lucky to have him?

Saturday, we went on our last date before our little boy comes. 

We started with going to the Pupuseria El Salvador for lunch and I actually really enjoyed it!

Then we played a round of miniature golf. 

I was in the lead for most of the game, but Clayson made an impressive comeback and I ended up loosing by 2 points. 

I'm pretty sure this is the closest I've ever come to winning!

We celebrated with popsicles and then drove around looking at houses, just for fun.

I loved it  :)

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Now bring on this baby! 

Making the Bed

Growing up, I never made my bed. I just didn't see the point. I was going to get back into bed again in a few hours, so why waste my time making it every morning when it would just get messed up again. Despite my moms attempts to help me understand the vast significance of making my bed, it made no sense to me and could not be justified, so I refused to do it.

my bed in college

Then I went to college and roomed with Krisann. She always made her bed. Even better, she would make my bed! But then I felt bad that she always had to make my bed for me, so I started doing it. And then I understood why anyone would ever want to make their bed every single morning. There is just something about it that starts your morning off right. Things are in order. It looks nice. I don't know, it's a mental thing, but I grew to love making my bed and I very rarely don't make my bed now.

.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .

Then I got married.

(The first minute of this is a joke about pillows on the bed. 

You can continue listening if you want, but it has no relation to this post.)

I had never seen Clayson's bed made neatly. His mom told me he has never made his bed and I shouldn't hold out hope. He shares the same feelings I had growing up of making the bed being a waste of time. Although I no longer agree with him, I fully understand where he is coming from, because it was once me as well.

Guess what?

Our bed is almost always made.

Guess what else?

More often, I am not the one making it.

And on those few occasions that it is not made, guess whose fault it is?

Mine.

There was no big argument, or discussion, or agreement.

No big hoop-la about it at all. 

Clayson knows that I like the bed made, so he makes the bed 

(He also knows that if he doesn't do it, I will, and I'm usually already running late getting to work)

I know that every time he makes the bed, it is purely for me because he could care less about it.

This is the kind of person the he is.

Our unspoken agreement: When he makes the bed, he gets to arrange the pillows any way he wants.

Clayson's greatest pillow creation "The Backwards Bed"

We have been making the bed together for a whole year now! 

I am so blessed that he is mine forever  <3

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Because love is in the little things.... like making a bed.

2014 Revisited

This year has definitely been an eventful one!

January

I lived with the best roommates and did a lot of climbing (Roommate Climbing)

February

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More fun with roommates (Pickle Juice) and the best Valentines Day ever thanks to this guy

 (Our Flower Shop)

March

Leaning new skills (Yeah, we're kind of a big deal) and getting a new car (Goodbye Little Buddy)!

April

Work trip to Denver! (Denver)

This is me setting up for a party at work and impersonating Gollum

May

Happy Birthday to me - we got engaged! (It's a Love Story)

June

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Beating the odds (We Made It!) and engagement pictures (Engagement Pictures)

Also in June, we went to see Ryan Hamilton!
One day I will finish the video I'm making of this trip and post it. One day....

July

Spending time with my two favorite people (Jana-Clayson Bonding Time) and reminiscing (Turn, Turn, Turn)

Also in July, we got our house!
I still can't believe we're old enough to have a house!

and Carlie and Tyler got married!

August

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We got married! (The Newlyweds) and had a fun weekend with friends at the Pickleville Playhouse (#picklevilleplayhouse #juanitobandito #welikeitmoymucho #friends #goodtimes #rainstorm #fullhouse)

Also in August, Abbi & Jared got married!

September

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Troy & Aubree were sealed (Full House) and I struggled to cope when Clayson left me for a work trip to Chicago (Missin' Him Like Crazy)

October

Just warming our feet up in the sink  :)

That is my dart!

Loving married life (Divergent) and the beautiful Fall colors (It's Autumn Time!)

Also in October, I had another work trip to Denver and won $100 in a ticket drawing!

November

I started Crafting (Getting Crafty)

Also in November, we made a blanket fort!

and we ate pizza and watched a movie in it  :)

December

More crafting (Conforming) and traveling like crazy! (There and Back Again)

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I think it's safe to say that it has been a pretty amazing year!

I can't wait to see what next year has in store for us!

Divergent

We saw Divergent with some friends when it first came out. 

We liked it, so we decided to read the book together. It's been really fun and we finished it in 2 weeks. 

We were slightly obsessed.

This was taken on a different day,
but ironically we were actually both wearing the exact same thing

To celebrate finishing the book, I decided to do a Divergent themed date.

There are 5 Factions in the book, so we represented each throughout the date:

Dauntless - The Brave

I only worked a half day at work, but I conveniently "forgot" to tell Clayson.
When he came home (he usually beats me home from work) I ambushed him with my Auto Strike Dart Gun.

War immediately ensued.

battle wound from shooting my gun. It hurts.

Clayson dominated in Target practice, but I won the war  :)

We also gave each other [stick on] tattoos, like the Dauntless. This picture shows Four on the left and Clayson on the right.
The resemblance is striking  :)

Erudite - The Intelligent

To represent Erudite, we took a test. 

What better test to take then the Aptitude Test to see which faction we belong to?

Results:

Clayson: Dauntless

Allison: Amity

Candor - The Honest

To represent Candor, we played Two Truths and a Lie. 

It was challenging to find something that the other didn't already know!

(sorry, no picture)

Amity - The Kind

Amity is "the kind" but they are also known as "the peaceful."

To get our inner peace, we had Yoga competitions to see who could hold the pose longest.

Of course, I won because Amity is my faction  :)

Abnegation - The Selfless

To represent Abnegation, we gave each other back/head massages while we watched the movie Divergent. 

Unfortunately, our massages were kind of weak because we were too caught up in pointing out things that were different in the movie
 and saying what we liked better/worse. 

We were so caught up in the events of the night that we forgot to eat dinner. 

Luckily, I had made chocolate brownies to represent the chocolate cake that they eat in Dauntless.

Brownies for dinner is always a good idea, right? 

Clayson eats the middle and I eat the edges. We work well together.

And why not brownies for breakfast too? 

:)

The Newlyweds

We're Married!

It was perfect  :)

Our photographer was the amazing Kylee Ann. 

Click on the above pictures to see more from our wedding.

We headed to Park City for our Honeymoon!

We had originally planned to do something more exotic or a cruise, but when it came down to it, neither of us really wanted to travel that much.
We're such homebodies  :)

Some of the highlights:

Get ready for a whole lot of selfies....

We went to the Olympic Park!

On the lift up

The Alpine Slide was our favorite. 

There was no line so we did it a million times!

View from the Zip Line

I was so afraid to zip line, but it was so much fun! We did this one a ton too.

Ready for the Ropes Course!

Ropes Course #1

Ropes Course #2

The Drop Tower!

I was so afraid to do this.

We loved the Olympic Park!

We took a walk

and this is what we saw....

It was beautiful!

I took a lot of pictures....

and I mean a lot of pictures.

but, seriously....

how could you not love that sunset!

I may have been just a little picture happy.

Clayson was good to humor me  :)

Love it!

We went bowling!

It was the fanciest bowling alley I have ever seen!

They had couches!

and menus!

people even came around to take your order.

Clayson is a better bowler than I am....

but I beat him in basketball  :)  

believe it.

We ate breakfast at The Eating Establishment

It was good

We went to the Nicklecade. 

We probably spent like $8 on this game.

I hit the Jackpot! 

There were lights and sirens and I was screaming and we drew a crowd of little admirers around us. 

It was amazing  :)

This is what we got with our winnings

And this is what we looked like after eating all our winnings.

We are rich in Olive Garden gift cards, so we treated ourselves to dinner.

We walked around Temple Square

We went to Wicked! 

Neither of us had seen it before and we loved it!

Not pictured: we went to an art festival, ordered pizza and watched a movie, played cards, ran from the police, drove through fancy neighborhoods, swimming (Clayson finally saw me go underwater) almost died driving home in an almost flash flood and enjoyed being with each other immensely.

Now we are home sweet home! 

Clayson's pantry!

Since returning, we have opened a million presents (the floor was covered, you couldn't even get to the couch. thank you everyone!) organized, played softball, Clayson built an amazing pantry for us, organized, Abbi and Jared's wedding, Clayson's brother came to visit, organized some more, went to our new ward, Jana and Karissa came to visit, and did I mention organizing....

Life has been busy and I am ready to get back into the routine of life.

Things are good and I couldn't be happier  :)