Playing catch up!

August has been a busy month! Hence, no blogging. We spent lots of time with friends due to Mandy and Josh moving to San Diego. It was a great couple of weeks because we rarely hang out with friends in groups so large that often any more. We went to a derby. Had tons of hang outs. And played lots and lots of games.

My sister in law had her baby shower. They are expecting their baby any day now!

I had my 23rd Birthday! Over that weekend we spent time with friends and family in celebration. I was spoiled this year and got a combined $500 from Dave, Mom and Morry, Dad, and Grandma Reynolds. Shopping shopping shopping!!! :)

My little sister and sister in law also celebrated their Birthdays!

Dave started school.

We spent 5 days in Bear Lake with the Dent family. Boated. Played at the beach. Swam at the pool. Rented wave runners. Played games. Watched movies. And just had a really great time. I'm so thankful I married into a family that has a condo up there!

On another note: I can't believe fall is already around the corner! I enjoy fall and winter, but I'm sad to see summer leave. It never lasts long enough. I'll make the most of this forthcoming chilly season, but I'm already looking forward to sun, warmth, pools, boating, and vacationing next year! :)

Happy Anniversary!

Wow. I can't believe Dave and I have been married one whole year now. Well, a year since August 8th... I'm a little late on this blog. It feels like just yesterday we were in San Diego getting married on the beach! I would have never expected my first year of marriage to be ANYTHING like it has been. Our initial plan was for both of us to finish school. Get some traveling in. And after 2-3 years start having kids. But life goes nothing like you plan! I would have never expected to find out I was pregnant just a short 3 months into marriage. And I would have never thought in my wildest dreams that I would have twins!! Then having to quit school in the middle of the semester and quit my job in the same day to be on bed rest for 3 months. Then having the babes! It was truly a crazy first year of marriage. Even though it was completely opposite of how I had imagined it... looking back now, I can't see it going any other way. It was great. Challenging. Hard. Stressful. Exciting. Happy. And a million other things. I really feel like our first year made us stronger. I always tell Dave that if we got through our first year... there is no way we can't handle anything else that comes our way!!! I'm really looking forward for all the years to come and everything those years will bring. Both of us finishing school. (Yes. I'm going back eventually.) Dave applying for Dental school. Buying our first home. DOGS!!! More babies. Traveling. And so much more :)

Dave was sweet and got me a teeny tiny white gold band. I've been wanting one forever because I'm not one to take my ring with me everywhere. I don't like to take it on vacation, or swimming, or hiking, or to the gym, etc... I just have this fear of something happening to it. So I've been wanting one I can wear at events like that. I absolutely love the ring he got! It's so dang cute. And I stuck with the first year theme of paper. I got us tickets to The Parade of Homes. And tickets to see Brad Paisley in September.

In celebration... we took things easy! It's a little hard when you have two babies to go spend the night at some nice hotel or take a weekend vacation. On August 8th we celebrated by going to The Original Pancake house with my family. And then we saw some houses in The Parade of Homes. Later that evening my mom watched the babes while we went to dinner at Market Street and saw Dinner for schmucks. It was a perfect first year outing together :)

At The Parade of Homes and out to dinner and a movie

This is my life.

I usually don't wake up until noon. I get about 7-9 hours of sleep each night but when it's all broken up thanks to babies it's just not the same... even at 10:00 in the morning if I get the babies back down I will go back to bed!

Sometimes I don't find the time to brush my teeth until 4:00 in the afternoon. Sick. I know.

Laundry. Laundry. Laundry. And more laundry. It's never ending. I swear I could spend all day doing loads and loads of laundry and there would still be more to do!

Our apartment is a mess. And when I have a spare minute cleaning is the last thing I want to do. (Obviously. I'm blogging) When we do clean it, we enjoy it for a day and then it's just right back to it's messy self. And sadly, I'm starting to not even care how gross it gets.

Some days I don't walk out of our apartment until 7:00 in the evening. Some days I don't walk out of our apartment at all.

Some days I can hardly find the time to eat :(

It seems that all I do these days is breath, sleep, think, and live babies! It's hard and amazing all at the same time. They are already growing so fast so I'm really trying to enjoy this stage. I'll admit though... I'm looking forward to when I'll have just a little more time to myself, and to get back to doing the things that I love doing.

Things I'm looking foward to... Dustee and Andy's wedding weekend! Our one year wedding anniversary! Derby. Mandy and Josh's going away party. Parade of Homes. Nichelle's baby shower. My 23rd Birthday! And Bear Lake with the Dent family. August should be a good month! :)