Weeks worth of fun!!!!

Wow, it's been awhile since I blogged. I guess it's because we've been sooooo crazy busy the last couple weeks that I haven't had time to sit down and type everything up.

I'm happy to say that today has calmed down enough for me to tell you all about it

(that is if anyone actually looks at my blog....) Lol

First things first.........

ERIC HAD HIS 22nd BIRTHDAY!!!!!

It's his first birthday since his mission, and I wanted to try

and make it a special one. I told him it was his day and he could

do what he wanted. So, when he woke up, I asked him what he

wanted for breakfast, and I bet you'll never guess what he said....

CHOCOLATE! Haha So I made him so chocolate Malt o' Meal :)

(It's "heart healthy" chocolate)

Then I had him open the gifts I had bought him. I warned him

beforehand that there would be pictures taken, so he should

look as presentable as he wanted. :)

Here's the birthday boy :) Isn't he sexy!!! ;)

I had to add to his Batman collection.... I couldn't resist!

The smile on his face is priceless!!!

Someday Eric and I will have real lions... someday

Good ole Mario

So after the present opening Eric and I busted out some

crazy Batman Lego playing skills and chilled the rest of the morning, eating an

early lunch at home. Eric had to go to a Math recitation, so I drove him to

the class and waited for him in a parking spot while read a fantastic book...

And then took him to get a birthday "cake". Eric isn't the biggest fan of

cake, so I got him Coldstone Brownie Chocolate Heaven (that's not the real

name, but it looked like something along those lines :)

After brownie heaven we went to the mall and went shopping. Mainly

at the video store there, but we stopped by an arcade place and wasted a

few quarters playing old school games. I love being married!!!!

After spending a few hours walking around the mall, I had to go to work :(

But it was only for a short little while, then Eric and Andrew picked

me up, took me home to change, and then we headed to CAFE RIO!!!!!!

for a dinner with my family. It was a great dinner with

good times had all around. And we got to have delicious sweet pork

from the best restaurant ever! Earlier in the week my parents

had given Eric their birthday present to him:

The Joseph Smith Papyri: The Egyptian Endowment

Eric has been thoroughly enjoying it!!!!

The next day was an equally exciting day. Eric and I finished classes

and drove down to SLC for a day of partying! Our first stop was

to a newly opened store called "Asian City". Haha! We bought some

curly bamboo and a tiny tree called a "Money Tree"

Fun stuff! :) Hopefully we don't kill them...

Then we had a crazy quick drive to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

to catch the 3 o'clocksession. We barely made it, but we had some

pretty cool experiences there. The temple is seriously the

best place ever!!!! Here are some pictures of the temple and us

after we had finished with the session.

What a beautiful temple!

I know, the green and brown don't really match, but hey, it was cold!

My dashingly handsome husband!!!!

After a peaceful and spiritual trip to the temple, we headed into

downtown Salt Lake and had an amazing dinner at

The Spaghetti Factory! Loved me some Mizithra (sp?) cheese!

Then we booked it to the Gateway to find a parking spot

and made our way to my first concert ever!! The headlining band was

"New Found Glory" one of Eric's favorite band. We got there during

the second performing band and found great spots in the back with a

table and chairs. Haha, I wasn't feeling up to a lot of crowd surfing or joining the

mosh pit (I know that's surprising ;)) Eric was cool with sitting in

back with me and enjoying the crazy loud music and insane crowd!

Right after the New Found Glory banner was lifted up

During the concert

The massive amounts of paper confetti they sprayed on the crowd when the came

back onto the stage for an encore performance!

My fantastic husband drove us safely home after a long day! But the

partying wasn't over yet! On Saturday Eric's parents (who had driven

down to Logan the day before) came up in the afternoon time and

took everyone (Eric, me, Andrew, Tanis, and Erich) to dinner at

Olive Garden! MMMMM!!!! I love Italian food! They gave

Eric his birthday gifts and he had a Batman filled birthday! Batman

cards, games, books, movies, cups, rice bags... If you haven't caught on,

Eric loves Batman! It was a great evening spent laughing and

enjoying company with family. Afterwards everyone came over

and played a new card game Andrew gave Eric for his birthday

called "Guillotine". Slightly morbid, but sooooo much fun to play.

Overall it's been a fantastic couple of days and it'll only get better!!!!