Day of Love...

This is what I woke up to...

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovers out there!

Fallin'

Take a listen why dontcha?

Smores {in black and white}

On Saturday night, we had some of our dearest of dear friends come over and enjoy some smores. Random, right? Yeah pretty much. But they just sounded good! We were originally just going to do it over our stove in the kitchen as I learned to do thanks to my Dad who used to enjoy roasted marshmallows over the stove quite often. Not anymore...he is much too healthy for that these days! But then Alex remembered that we were given a mini stove thing (I don't know what they are called but they are used for camping and can be found in the pictures) as a wedding gift. It worked wonders and produced some wonderfully toasted marshmallows for our delicious smores. It also burnt quite a few of Alex's, as he has never had to hold his marshmallow two feet above the flame to have it not burn. Oh well, you learn useful lessons everyday and everyone loves a black marshmallow every once in a while, right?

Cheap Dates and Great Friends

This past weekend was a blast! I didn't write about it because I didn't take any pictures unfortunately, but I just decided a few minutes ago that I would write about it. So, I already told you that we are currently going on pretty cheap dates as I am trying to save up for a Marc Jacobs purse, but on Friday night we actually did go out somewhere. First time is over a month! No it wasn't fancy, but it was dang fun! Alex and I met up with my dear and newly engaged friend Brooke and her fiance for some good ole' Panda Express. Yes, I love Panda Express. Yes, I always use chopsticks when eating asian food (even if it is Americanized). Yes, I love fortune cookies and always think of Freaky Friday when eating one.

Anyway, we got it to go and brought it home to watch a ton of hilarious youtube videos and eventually the movie "Sarah's Key." If you haven't seen it, you should rent it. Prepare to be sad for the whole next day because it's mega sad and takes place during the Holocaust. But it really is a great movie and worth seeing.

On Saturday night, we had our other friends, Jim and Lisa, over to just hang out. We don't have any pictures with Jim and Lisa and it blows my mind because we have been hanging out with them a ton! It's weird because we only started hanging out a few weeks ago, but it feels like we have known them forever! They are great and an absolute blast to be around!

We love our friends--new and old! But miss our friends we haven't seen in a while! I guess we will have to fix that, now won't we!!

Budgets and Purses

Im not sure how the time passes so quickly, but I am suddenly so behind on my blog. I haven't written n my blog in almost a week and that cannot happen again--it's my New Year's Resolution! But nevertheless, it has been a busy busy weekend. I have my first Physics test today, a microbiology test on Wednesday, and Biomechanics test next week. Man, I am just tired thinking about everything I have to do today! But, at least The Bachelor is on tonight--I know it's trashy and probably one of the dumbest forms of reality there is, but I quite enjoy it! Im rooting for Kacie B. or the redhead, although there isn't really anyone on the show that I love. I can tell you who I don't love...Courtnie! That woman is the devil, but she sure does play the game well!

Anyway, when Alex and I first got married, we put a little budget together. We each get twenty dollars per week to spend on entertainment. OR if we want to save up for something, we can stay home that weekend or do a dollar movie or something pretty cheap and keep that money that we would have spent. At the beginning of the semester, I started saving up for a Lululemon running pullover. I am currently very motivated to workout as I purchased the BYU Aerobics band that gives me access to all of BYU's fitness classes. My favorite class is one called R.I.P.P.E.D because it is so difficult and you are guaranteed to burn 2,000 calories in one week. I know, that class kicks my butt every time I go. But I like it that way.

Anyway, back to our budget and the lululemon pullover. So, it sold out and I was so sad for a while. But, of course I found something else to put my money towards! Alex even got me a little mason jar to put my saved money in so I can see it grow haha. For a while now, I have wanted a Marc Jacobs purse and I found one I love enough to save up for. I saw it at Nordstrom and while it is going to take my about eight months to save up for, I think it will be worth it. It is a small time to wait for such a classic piece, in my opinion. But I know several would disagree with me on that one. Wish me luck! I have a long way to go! haha

A Concert Weekend

This past weekend was full of concerts! On Friday night we went to a free concert put on by Joshua James. If you don't know who Joshua James is, he is a local folk musician who puts on a pretty passionate performance. I didn't take any video at the concert, but it was pretty cool. I don't really listen to him, but Alex has liked him for a while now so Im glad he got the chance to see him. It was at a beautiful, old church in American Fork. We all sat on the floor. There were lots of lights placed on the floor that actually looked like they were floating a little bit--a very intimate setting with only about 100 or 150 people there. He also made a bunch of cookies--they were vegan, of course, and was selling goat milk that he had made earlier that week. Hipsters...haha ;) Also, Isaac Russel, another local kid who is incredibly talented, opened for him.

On Saturday we went to the Matt Costa concert in BYU's Ballroom. We got to the concert about an hour early so we had a really good view--I was going to say we had really good seats, but there were no seats. We were all standing and we were in the second row! We could see the sweat on his nose! haha He was awesome! I loved seeing him. I hadn't really listened to him all that much before either, but I definitely started listening to him after that concert. He was amazing, playing his guitar, a drum-like block with his foot, and sometimes the harmonica as well. All while singing with his incredible voice! Before he became a musician, he was actually a talented skater who wanted to go to the X Games and stuff. After an accident where I believe he shattered his leg (or something like that), he put all of that energy into playing and now he is a talented and passionate musician that puts on a pretty great show.

You can watch some of their stuff here:

And since we're on the subject of music, I have been obsessed with this song recently. I heard it in Crazy, Stupid, Love and looked it up...it love at first hear! :)

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Baking and Cooking

I love cooking and I love baking! Alex actually gets a little frustrated with me because I guess I make too many treats...who complains about that, right? haha

I don't what it is about cooking or baking for me? I know that a lot of people don't particularly care to do it, but I really do enjoy it. Perhaps it's the satisfaction of a good product and the compliments associated with it? Or maybe it's because I associate it with the weekends since that is generally when I do the most baking? Maybe it's because I have fond memories of baking with my mom or grandma? Or possibly because it's just fun for me. I love being home alone, turning on some music, and just making something--that's mostly baking though.

Cooking is a different story. I like cooking for people--not just myself. Maybe because it's not as relaxing as baking since I don't have as much experience with actual cooking. The last couple years it's been mostly microwavable foods or things like chicken nuggets and frozen pizza that I can just throw in the oven, but since getting married I have made dinner quite often. Probably, on average, three or four times a week and I LOVE it. I love it right now, but Im sure when I have kids and the whole super- exciting- newly-marriage- life dies off I won't like it as much. We'll see.

But for now, I love it and know Alex loves it, too!