Palm Springs

About a month ago we booked it to Palm Springs for a little R&R with the Skousen's and the Runia's. We're super lucky that Joey's in-laws will let us enjoy their beautiful place at the La Quinta Resort and Spa. Our Mazda looks a little out of place next to all the Bentley's and Mercede's but hey we're just keeping it real. Highlights included fun dinners, tennis, hours by the pool, piña coladas, and our favorite "The Adult Pool Day Club" with DJ Pat Rock spinning the best of the best all weekend long! Love our memories with our friends on our Palm Springs trips!

 

 

 

 

for Amy and Beau....All I can say is we were very special.

Texas 2012

Aaron had a week off in July so we headed to good ol Austin, Texas to visit my Nanny and Bompa and cousins.  It was Aarons first time meeting my Nanny and Bompa which is still crazy to me that it took me that long to get Aaron down to Austin.  It turned out to be a perfect week.  We enjoyed lots of Texas BBQ, lot's of swimming with my little cousins, a visit to Krause Springs which looks straight out of a fairytale, enjoyed the fireworks on the fourth of July, donuts from the famous round rock donuts and lot's of chit chat and story telling with my Nanny and Bompa.  I love spending time with my Nanny and Bompa and I still cry like a baby when I have to say goodbye to them. Hopefully it won't be too long before we go back. 

Love YA'LL

XOXO

Spa Night

A few months ago I hosted a homemade spa night at my house and it was a blast.  We had a few homemade face masks, hand scrubs, and lots of supplies for nails.  We also had little finger foods and enjoyed the night pampering ourselves as much as our cute little med school budgets could let us. I got the recipes for the face masks via Pinterest and I actually loved all of them.

Girls Hike in Sedona

Yoga Rave Movie

Here is the movie from the yoga rave I went to a couple months back.  Can you spot me?

Yoga Fun

I've had the opportunity to experience some really fun yoga classes with my friend Heidi.  Both classes have been so different and so phenomenal.  I feel like I have really been falling in love with Arizona lately and taking advantage of things to do here.  The first yoga class was a "Yoga Rave" and it was held at a warehouse in downtown Phoenix.  It was a two hour class with glow sticks, 3 teachers, 2 DJ's, and about 500 yogis.  I really just had the biggest smile on my face the whole time, the music was great, our view was of Chase stadium (Where the Diamondbacks play) and there was the most amazing vibe.  Then we went to an outdoor yoga class held at the W in Scottsdale on their pool deck.  There were also around 500 yogis but the music was much  more calm and it was at sunset with a perfect breeze and 2 amazing instructors.  The atmosphere was perfection.  Both classes were free- extra bonus!- and sponsored by Lulu Lemon

2nd Anniversary

I wish I could relive this day over and over again.  From our wedding ceremony to our amazing reception at Sundance, everything was perfect. 

-HAPPY 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US-

The biggest advice I would give to anyone about to get married or about to have their spouse go to medical school (I'm sure law school, MBA, anything real intense, etc. falls right in this category as well)- anyways, my advice would be to embrace flexibility.  Aaron and I rarely celebrate a special day on the actual day it falls on.  This year our anniversary was very limited as I had to work at Phoenix Children's Hospital all day (I literally left my house at 6 am and got home at 830 pm) and Aaron had some major tests coming up.  I ordered take out from Cheesecake Factory and quickly picked it up on my way home from the Hospital.  I got home and we had a delicious dinner from 9pm-10pm and then went to bed.  The truth is that it was perfect.  It was simple, it was stress free, and we still managed to squeeze some time in together.  I am grateful that we have learned to go with the flow and I know it has made this journey so much easier.  I really don't know how Aaron handles the stress of school and still manages to treat me like a princess and make our lives a constant party, but he does and I love everything about my mister. 

Lately

• Mall date: voting on every device at the Apple store to help our friends Seneca and Eric win a dream wedding and enjoying a cinnabon and pretzel after wards.
• Sis-in-law Adrienne and her family came to visit
• Fun Sunday BBQ at the Dicksens with lot's of Midwestern friends
• Lot's of work days for me at Phoenix Children's Hospital and one super sore body to prove it
• A perfect package in the mail from my Mom! Did you know I have three older brothers who all went foreign speaking (so they were in the MTC for a long time) and my Mom sent them a package EVERY SINGLE DAY they were in the MTC!!  Pretty impressive huh!
• Preparing for the spring recital for my dance studio
• Laying out and enjoying the sunshine before it gets too warm
• Finally saw Hunger Games and about two hours after the movie Aaron decided he didn't like it. ha.
• Aaron got to hold more babies at our friend Nick's Birthday Party which is always his favorite

Sprinkles

Today I am baking Sprinkles Cupcakes and enjoying every minute...but I also have a Sprinkles story to share. So first let it be known that I may possibly have the biggest sweet tooth known to mankind, which I can thank my family for. (One time my mom found a rock hard magleby's chocolate cake hidden under the living room chair because someone clearly did not want to share and then forgot about it...we all blamed my dad but it ended up being Kevin.) Anyways, you get the point we love our treats. A couple months ago I had driven over to Scottsdale with a friend to get Sprinkles cupcakes. I naturally got two. One for me and one for Aaron. I ate mine long before I could make it home with Aaron's but then Aaron insisted on sharing his with me which I thought was so thoughtful so I ended up having one and a half cupcakes while Aaron got a half. I assumed that Aaron would have assumed that I had already eaten mine before I got home, but he didn't even think about it. Anyways when all was said and done and both cupcakes were gone he found out I had already had one and was laughing so hard that I ate all of mine and then half of his cause he thought I only brought home one. Silly husband only one cupcake for two people...that's nearly a sin.
Moral of the story: you can never have enough Sprinkles Cupcakes and you should always share anyways, right?!

Lately

It's been a pretty great week

• Finished all my coursework/class time for school, I only have Hospital shifts left and I can feel my self becoming happier and happier as each second passes and I realize I'm almost done with school!
• Went to a Yoga Rave in downtown Phoenix which definitely needs a post of it's own someday soon
• My yoga studio had free yoga this weekend so I got two free yoga classes in two days
• Went to PF Changs to celebrate my graduation
• Girls lunch at Paradise for my friend Erin's Birthday
• Met Aaron for a break on campus and we played basketball and ping pong
• Took a yoga class at Aaron's school for only $2
• Saw Fabio at Whole Foods which I thought was one of the funniest/ most random occurences ever
• Watched some Friday Night Lights
  

Palm Springs

Depending on what circle of friends you are in of mine, this may be your third time reading a blog post about Palm Springs and I must say thank goodness for that because I didn't take any pictures and had to wait to steal from from DaniBree and Shelby. Anyways, we took the weekend off and headed to Palm Springs to meet up with some of our best friends DaniBree and Daron, Shelby and Ryan, and Joey and Tanner in Palm Springs at the Runia's place there. The drive was only 3.5 hours which was totally the bomb and we stayed at one of the most beautiful resorts. As we pulled up to the resort next to Porsche's, Bentley's, Rolls Royce's, etc. Aaron looked and me and sarcastically said, "Should we Valet?". The weekend really was perfect, we had delicious food, Tanner and Aaron had a some fun tennis matches, we enjoyed lots and lots of time by the pool, and lots of laughs which is always my favorite part about being around my best friends. Can't wait for the next trip!

Idiot

Note to self: If you are going to incorporate a new work out move at the gym you should try it out before hand at home...total fail today. In my defense my back is not doing so good right now so when I have to stand on my left leg alone, it hurts real bad (like when I am putting my right leg into my jeans and having to balance on my left...yikes) Anyways, I didn't think this one through and totally face planted at the gym in front of some lovely strangers.

Arizona Friends

I am so terrible about taking pics but thank goodness for friends and stealing pics off their blogs. Here are some good times we've had with our friends down here.

• CARDIO DANCE CLASS AT MIDWESTERN
  
• ICE CREAM FOR MELISSA'S BIRTHDAY
• ERIN'S BABY SHOWER
• JARED'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
• CAMPING/MOUNTAIN BIKING IN PRESCOTT

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.......WE GOT WATER PARK PASSES FOR THE SUMMER AND I AM A LITTLE TOO EXCITED


sidenote: Is my friend Rachel (green tank top on the right in the dance pic) Jessica Patch's identical twin? I think so!

Oh NBA..and BOYS

Another one bites the dust.  If you can't tell, Aaron and I are kind of obsessed with youtube videos

New Mexico

The weekend after California we headed to New Mexico to visit Aaron's sister and her family. I'm seriously obsessed with those kids and I haven't stopped quoting them since we've been back. Adrienne told the kids that a special friend was coming to visit and when we got there they got way excited but then they kept telling us they had special friends coming and we had to convince them that WE were the special friends haha it was cute. As of now Sadie is calling me Sharon and she is calling Aaron Adam haha but every now and then she gets our names right. Not being around all of our nieces and nephews is probably one of the hardest things cause they grow so much in between each time we see them. Well we had a blast trekking through all the indian reservations and enjoying a weekend in New Mexico.

Amen

I still can't believe what I experienced this week...I have never laughed so hard by myself in my life and I realize this will not be as funny for others to read because no one was there but I just have to document it for my own sake. So for my Psych class I had to attend a group meeting of some sort (AA, Food Addictions Anonymous, etc.) I found a Christian Church that has group meetings on Monday nights so I went to attend one. Well this past Monday they decided to all join together for a therapeutic worship night. Equipped with Pastor Dan and a Christian Rock Band. So I go in and all these lovely fellow Christians take the new girl (me) right under the wing and invite me to sit right in the middle of them. At this point I realized this was not going to fulfill my assignment but all of these people had just so lovingly welcomed me I couldn't just stand up and be like "Oh, I actually don't have an addiction (besides Gossip Girl) and I don't want to sway and sing and praise the night away." So what did I do? I praised and swayed and clapped my way through the night while trying no to burst out in laughter which I realize would have been so mean but I was just so out of my comfort zone. You know on TV when people are shaking, swaying, clapping, trembling, etc...yeah well that's what I went to. On one hand it was cool to experience because I have only experienced LDS services and on the other hand I am still laughing so hard at the whole situation.
AMEN!

What a week

Um....the most amazing french toast of my life- french toast dipped in coconut and corn flakes stuffed with bananas and caramel with caramel and chocolate sauce on the side...wowzahh is right!
If you're ever in LA go to Kitchen24 if you can handle that much sugar

Aaron had the week off for his spring break and we took full advantage of that because between now and June 27 it is officially crunch time for Aaron. He has boards at the end of June which is hands down the most important day and test of a med students life...that single test pretty much determines everything...scary I know. We fit as much as we could in a week and saying it was magical is an understatement. It felt so good to be able to spend so much time together with out the stress of school. We started off the break with a few days in California. We met up with Anne, Pete, and Ryan for some fun at Disneyland. Then spent a day at Newport Beach with just the two of us and then spent the next day with Adam in fancy Beverly Hills. We had yummy food, great company, good laughs, and some major relaxation.

Oh Dear...

This is so inappropriate but I can't stop laughing. Hopefully at least one other person has the same humor as me...

Valentines + Flexibility

Our Valentines was on February 15 this year instead of February 14. One reason why I think we've been able to adapt so well to Aaron being in Med School and being very busy is by being flexible with each other and keeping things simple. Aaron is in the process of finals (Bleh) so we adapted our Valentine's day to fit that. We went to sushi on Wednesday and then after that we went to Trader Joe's together and I picked out a new orchid and one of my favorite treats (Macarons) and I got Aaron a Toblerone. This is obviously not the traditional way of doing Valentine's but it was perfect for us. We then went home and played Catch Phrase with each other. If you've ever played Catch Phrase, you're probably thinking how you can't play that with only two people, yet somehow Aaron and I have found a way and it makes for some good laughs.
xoxo