14 days of Valentines

I found this idea on a cute friends blog. She called hers the 14 days of LOVE and I thought what a great idea to give the hubby something to show my love everyday for 14 days! I found most of my ideas with free printable's here! http://www.mommybydaycrafterbynight.com/2012/01/14-days-of-valentines-free-printables.html

Here is what I did...

Day 1: Your my "one" and only

Day 2: I heart you-reeses heart box

Day 3: Your one hot tamale

Day 4: Book of love coupon's

Day 5: I love you more than chocolate.. and that's a lot 

Day 6: "sixy" time

Day 7: I have a crush on you- orange crush soda

Day 8: I chews you-gum

Day 9: Your the bomb-Rolos

Day 10: 10 things I love about you 

Day 11: We were "mint" to be together- Junior mints

Day 12: 12 minute back massage

Day 13:  Your rock my world-pop rocks

Day 14:  To be determined.....

Happy Valentines day! 

Whats for dinner??

I hate deciding whats for dinner... i hate more when I the hubby asks whats for dinner and has no idea what he wants. I usually would be too tired to figure it out and when I would I would be missing one vital ingredient. So one of my goals I set for this year is to make a menu so I make dinner more. I grocery shop every two weeks so I plan 10 dinners... one night a week I work so Eric eats leftovers or frozen pizza or whatever else he cooks himself, and we usually eat out one night a week too with our busy schedules.I've been trying to put together a menu board for the kitchen, here is my idea of what I want to do from Pintrest. I just need to find the right chalkboard to hang on the side of my fridge. 

My 10 dinners for the week:

Beef stir fry

Chicken and broccoli casserole 

Taco salad

Crockpot beef stroganoff

Chicken Parmesan

Enchiladas

Crockpot french dip

Chicken Alfredo

Crockpot chicken tortilla soup

Meatloaf

As you can see I LOVE cooking with the crockpot. After a long day of school and work coming home and just having to cook some sides is soo easy! Whats for dinner at your house this week?? 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Tomorrow is Eric's 23rd birthday! Happy birthday babe! I'm so lucky to be able to call him my hubby.Here are 23 reasons/things I love about him!

1. He always knows what to say to make my day better

2. He works hard everyday to make our dreams a reality

3. He is a great friend. 

4. He has a great sense of humor

5. He is very intelligent

6. His never ending desire to learn more

7. His determination

8. His big blue eyes

9. His laugh

10. His ability to have a conversation with anyone and everyone.

11. His big hugs

12. He is patient

13. He knows when something is wrong without me saying a word

14. He would do whatever it took to support and protect our family/life

15. He always defends me.. even when I might be wrong

16. He pushes me everyday to go after my dreams

17. He is supportive of everything I do

18. His love of the outdoors and animals

19. His appreciation and love of family

20. He makes me laugh everyday

21. He is always up for an adventure

22. He tells me I'm beautiful every single day

23. He is my best friend

Happy birthday Eric. I Love you so much and am so excited to spend forever and always with you by my side. "I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend, lucky to have been where we have been." 

XoXo Ash

SCHOOL!!!

Both Eric and I went back to college this semester! We both are only taking two classes, we are in the same English/writing class and my other class is foundation of business thought and Eric is taking math! This week has been my first week of school and work, I didn't realize how much it would change my regular routines from day to day! My classes are pretty easy it's just really different to work later in the days on Tuesday's and not have my Thursday's to do whatever I want. I'm sure after a few weeks of getting used to it I will adjust just fine! I just hope I can make it until than!In our writing class right now we are writing a lot of reflection essays on the events that have taken place in our lives that have helped to shape the people we are today. The class has made me realize how many events in our lives Eric and I have experienced together because we started dating when we were 17. I'm so glad I married my best friend, and that its Eric that I get to ride on this roller coaster with! We both are really excited to continue in school and get our degrees and take on the world! We both have been so busy with work,Eric's running three websites now and Gear to Grow- the non profit he runs, and Target always keeps me taking on something new and different, that some people may think we are crazy trying to take on everything we do but we couldn't be more excited! I'm excited to get my degree and promote to ETL! We definitely have the world ahead of us! Its an exciting feeling to realize how much potential we both have and see some of those things coming to life! 

I love being Aunt Ashlee!

Makyla and Malea came to stay in Utah for two weeks and came and stayed with us for 5 days! We had SOO much fun! The first day we just hung out by the pool and watched movies but the next day we went on a cool hike to stewart falls. It was a really hot day but when we got to the falls in was so fun to cool off in the mist and play in the water. I think the girls loved it!

On Friday we went to this arcade/pizza place with Troy and Karlie, the food was terrible but the arcades were lots of fun. On Saturday we went to the UP house.

It was the parade of homes so they had these guys outside dressed just like the characters from the movie! We got to go inside and they had every detail just like the movie, chairs, ties, beds, paintings EVERYTHING! It was fun to see the girls so excited over all the little details.Even the little mailbox outside was a replica of the movie!

I'm so lucky to have 4 of the CUTEST nieces ever. I know everyone says that about their nieces but seriously have you seen mine? Its been so fun to watch Siri and Brynn grow up and show personality as little babies, I was thinking when Malea and Kyla were staying with us; soon this will be Siri and Brynn! Crazy how fast time flies! I love watching all of them grow up and cant wait to have many more FUN adventures with my nieces! I love being an aunt!

Califronia summer 2011

Summer has been so busy for us I feel like we have been gone more than we have been home. We went to California in July and spent a week with the Peterson family. While we were there we got family pictures done and they turned out SO cute! I cant wait to order the pictures and get them up in the house. While we were out there Eric took me to San Fransisco for the first time(about a 2 hour drive from Eric's parents). We went to Lombard street (the crookedest street) It was crazy how steep the roads are. I was freaking out a little!
We went to Fisherman's Warf, and had lunch on Pier 39. After lunch we went and checked out Ghirardelli square and walked around the shops.On the way back we went to the beach and took pictures of the golden gate bridge!  We drove over the bridge into San Fransisco, I always get nervous driving over bridges, and as we were getting closer I was freaking out a little bit. Luckily there was fog just around the bridge so I couldn't really see how high up we were. We decided that every time we go to California we are going to try and visit a fun place. While we were visiting Brian and Jackie took us out on their new boat, and I FINALLY got up and stayed up..even for just a few minutes on the wake board!  It's always so nice to get out there and see all our friends and family and we cant wait to start planning our next trip!

Summer LOVES

Summer is my favorite time of year. These the top ten reasons why(in no particular order) 
1.Tan lines
2.Sunshine
3.Sun dresses
4.Swim suits
5.Sandals
6.Boating
7.Hiking
8.Fedoras
9.Festivals/carnivals
10.Camping

We haven't done any "big" things yet this summer but we are excited to go visit family in California,hopefully make a trip to lake Powell, and get lots of camping in! We are also SUPER excited for our two nieces Makyla and Malea to spend a few days with us in July! What are you excited for this summer?