Sunday, February 26, 2012

1~2~3~4~5~6~7~8~9......

.........10!!!!!!!!

This past weekend marked our 10 year Anniversary!!! February 19th to be exact! It was ten years ago the winter Olympics were in SLC! There was lots and lots of snow all around and my sweet new hubby and I got outta dodge and flew to FLORIDA to enjoy some warmth and SUN!! (We LOVE warmth!) So crazy to think ten years have flown by already! Up's and downs of course...but many more fun times for sure! To celebrate we wanted to get a Anniversary Inn room since we did that on our Honey moon, our 5 year and it would only seem appropriate to do so on our 10 year! Well prices did not wanna work with us. The double holiday of Valentines and Presidents day/weekend didn't help out much either....so....we figured we would bump it a weekend and it would be cheaper and rooms would be opened up and available. NOT SO! So sad! :(

BUT, don't start tearing up so fast! My cousin came to the rescue and got us NOT a Anniversary Inn room....But a HILTON suite for less than half the price of the other! HAPPINESS all around! We still did not understand the awesomeness of it all, until we got to our place in SLC! Just wait!!

We rounded the corner to see this SIGN! Home 2 Suites by Hilton!
We walked in...and this was the rug! HA HA HA! (I am a dork, yes!)
BAM!!!

GORGEOUS!!!

(Really? Was this ours for the weekend?)

YES IT WAS!! AWESOME!! (and there was not a person in sight! AT ALL! EVER! Not a soul was there...it was OURS!!! For reals!!!)
Pictures just don't do it AT ALL justice! The colors were soooo bright and vibrant and fab! I LOVED all the decor! I was in heaven! (I should of taken LOTS more pictures!)
OUR SUITE was SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! There was circles with stripes and swirls! I loved the colors....and check out that wallpaper! Is that not heaven on earth!? I want it! BAD! (I so wish you could see it in real person! It was nice!) It was fresh and BRAND NEW also! This Hotel just opened! Nothing like a super sweet suite that has never been used!!
The window shades (hard to see here) went up with a push of a BUTTON! A Button!!! LOVED IT! (Almost broke it I pushed it so many times! ;)
Trying out our bed!
Mmmmm......yup! Very comfy!
A full kitchen was included! We tried to fill the full sized fridge. ;)
The bathroom was like 5 times bigger than my house bathroom! We coulda' fit a car! SHOULDA' come to think of it! ;)
We then walked around this Hotel to see what there was so see! Very nice exercise room! Of course we were NOT gonna use that! :) Relaxation was our goal!
The pool was nice! Brand new, no chlorine only saline water! SO fresh and once again, never saw a soul the whole time!! It was OUR hotel! Couldn't have been better!
So what did we do next? We swam the night away! We could do whatever we wanted....cuz, yep....no one was around!

Silly Aaron walking on his hands! He did a dang good job too!
10 years BABY!
Our Breakfast at the INSPIRED TABLE was pretty sweet! We ate so much food! Didn't want it to go to waste! ;)
We enjoyed filling our mouths and tummies at this very long kitchen table all by our lonesome! So CUTE and FUN!
Of course we didn't check out of this grand place till it was exactly when we had too. We watched a movie and vegged kid-less for the morning! (We missed them of course, but enjoyed it as well!) Awww, felt so good!
We went to the SLC temple! BEAUTIFUL and nice as always!
We watched the Joseph Smith Movie and walked around the museums. Very neat! Hadn't seen them in years!
The wind was HORRIBLE and cold! I haven't been that cold in FOREVER! It hurt soooo bad! We got hot chocolate and warm soup at the NAUVOO Cafe! It felt much better.....

......till we had to go back out into the freeeeeeeeezing wind to walk to our car! This picture we hurt sooo bad...of course you can't tell that though! OUCH the PAIN!!
Later we ate at Costa Vida (thawing out once again) and saw these signs on the restroom doors....oh how we can't wait for WARMTH and SUMMER! HA HA

Love you AARON! Happy ANNIVERSARY!!! You are such a WONDERFUL husband to me and a GREAT dad to the boys! We love you soo very much!! You are such a loving, compassionate, funny, forgiving, kind, good cook, great picker upper, hard worker, friend and best guy ever! Some times I may forget how great I really have it, but he really is a keeper that I LOVE with all my heart! Truly my best friend! I am so very lucky! We really have such great times together, most all of the time. Thanks for the smiles! Happy Ten Years luv muff!

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Pres Day/Mardi Gras!!

Presidents day there was actually a little bit of snow on the ground! Our friends called us to join them in some SLEDDING! We were not prepared at all with snow gear this year....but we went anyways!

CUTE KIDS!!!

Pretty cold out!
Ready to Zoooom down the hill!
Again and again!
And UP again......
And DOWN again....Until we froze and went to go get some warm food for our bellies!
MARDI GRAS!!!

It was time again for Dr Young to throw his annual celebration of Mardi Gras! He goes all out with the decor, food and fun! Our office went to support this grand occasion!



The traditional cake! If you find one of these babies in your piece of cake....it is good luck! (or something, I can't remember! ha! You tell me??!!)
People EVERYWHERE eating away at the catered food!
Ready to eat the food on the menu! A bit scared as well.......AHHHHHHH!!!!
Alligator! Catfish! Hush puppies! and much more! Mmmmm.....appetizing!!!
Not a huge fan of the food I must admit...but the beads were a hit! ;)
Until next year!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Boat show/Love day!

The MUCH awaited BOAT SHOW came to town and we were THERE!!!! Talk about a way to get super trunky for SUMMER!! We LOVE summer if you didn't know and anything to do with BOATS and WATER is a way to our hearts!! So hence this was a place for us to be!! Will we ever afford to get a boat in the near future? Naw! Is a boat on the top of our list eventually?? YEAH!!! (Our friends do indeed have a boat though and in years past we have boated with them a million and one times. It has been tradition for the guys to hit the boat show...but this year the woman were invited along with the kids!)


Does this picture not get you excited?????? OHHHH HEAVENLY!!
Here we GO!!!
We got in there...and there was just a couple to look at! ;) (and we were indeed standing on a HOUSE BOAT for this picture!!! LOVE THOSE!)
Love muff was RIGHT AT HOME!! Love it!
I think I could handle this too!!!
Davin gets a good feel for this wave runner! Lookin' good!
Lots to look at and and see....and covet!!
Some of these NICE boats cost far more that what our house costs! WHAT????
The kids enjoyed the FREE stuff being given out!
The most awaited RAIL JAM was cool!
Pictures just don't do it justice....but these guys are wake boarding indoors! Pretty darn Sweet!
We knew our boat seeing time was over....when the kids were plopped all over the floor! HA HA!
Moving onto the DAY OF LOVE! AKA: Valentines!!

Not too many fun pictures cuz we all were pretty sick with some pretty nasty colds. UGH! We still enjoyed some sweet little treats from family and friends! YUM!
Made some sweet little Valentine crafts at joy school!
The boys made these for mommy and daddy at the baby sitters! Super cute!
An Olive Garden lunch break from work is also the way to go! It was perfect and we LOVED IT!

I just LOVE all of my BOYS so much and am so grateful for our sweet little family!!!