Color Me Mine

Last Saturday Richard took me to what was supposed to be the activity for my birthday (one of those things that didn't work out)- Color Me Mine. This place has all different kinds of pottery and you can paint them and then they'll fire them up and make it look pretty! Ok, so I don't know the technical terms, but you get the idea. The plan was for us to both make our own thing and then make an anniversary plate together. I had the ENTIRE plate done and had just finished drying the paint. I turned around to take it up to the front and OOPS- it slipped out of my hands and SHATTERED. I was SOOOO sad and the only thing I thought was, don't cry, please don't cry in front of all of these people! Of course I didn't drop the other two meaningless projects we were working on, I had to drop the plate that was going to mean more and that we would use every year on our anniversary. ~sigh~ I'm going to have to let someone teach me how to not be so clumsy because I do stuff like that all the time! Other than that it was SO much fun and we will probably be back soon. Here are our fun creations that I DIDN'T drop:

Painting my vase

Intensely working on his big fat frog bank

The finished products!

Catching Up

It hasn't been that long since I've written but a LOT has been going on. But here are the highlights of the two best things that happened in the last week:

Cinco de Mayo Birthday

Birthday celebrations actually started the week before with my old roommates surprising me by taking me out to lunch and then to the mall to force me to buy some new clothes, since it takes a lot to get me to the mall. Then on my birthday, Richard tried so hard to make it good day but I guess fate was against him because nothing worked out the way it should have! He did surprise me at work with a bouquet of flowers but that was really the only thing that went right. I felt really bad for him but it was still a good birthday. He got me what I have been wanting for a while now- a brand new bike!!! I was so excited. And the best part of the present is that he got two bikes so now he has to go with me when I want to go :)

Putting together our bikes!

1ST ANNIVERSARY

Yesterday was officially our one year anniversary!!! It's hard to believe that it's only been a year but at the same time it feel like it's been way longer than a year! Last week we stayed at a little bed and breakfast and got to relax and enjoy our time away from Provo. Never mind that the place was pretty ghetto...it was nice to get away anyway :) Then we went to the park where we had our first date and where Richard proposed. On our anniversary Richard made me a delicious breakfast in the morning and then that night we looked at our wedding pictures, watched our wedding video, tried some of our wedding cake (notice I didn't say EAT, it was pretty gross so we just took a picture and then threw it away!), and danced to our song. It was a fantastic anniversary and I'm so lucky to have spent the last year with the most amazing man I know. He's even better of a man now that he's had to put up with me for a whole year!

I LOVE YOU!!

Superstition

For FHE tonight we decided to take my sister's advice to heart and start our own "garden". I say "garden" because all we're really doing is planting one pepper plant seed in our little apartment. Baby steps though, right? Anyway, we are starting it in a paper cup and so we needed some dirt to fill our cup. We decided to walk down to BYU and steal some dirt from their beautiful flower gardens. I think we were both feeling slightly guilty over "stealing" something that wasn't ours and made jokes about getting caught by the BYU police and having to explain where the dirt came from. However, on our walk home, a random black cat decided to follow us ALL the way home. Do you think that's a bad omen for our questionable deed?!

We DID it!

It was official before, but now it really FEELS official. Richard and I spent the last two days going to graduation ceremonies, taking lots of pictures, getting phone calls and visits from family, eating out, and just plain CELEBRATING! Thanks for all of the cards, phone calls, trips to Provo, and all around support from everyone!

You've Got Mail

Isn't it funny how great it feels to get mail?! You could be having the worst day ever but when you come home and open that mailbox and see a piece of mail in there (and I mean GOOD mail, not junk mail or bills or anything) and all of the sudden you can be happy again! In fact, Richard makes fun of me because I check the mailbox EVERY time we come home from somewhere. Even if we already got mail and even if it's on Sunday. I have to check just in case there is a piece of mail I missed! Today I had a huge headache coming home from work and I checked the mail half-heartedly. And just to brighten up my day I had FOUR good pieces of mail! Ahh- life is good again :D

Viva Espana

Date night with Grandma this year was super fun! We took my Grandma to see Viva Espana at BYU. The dance company there is apparently the national champs and they were amazing! The theme was Viva Espana so we figured it would be all Spanish music and dancing. We were surprised to learn that only 3 actually had anything to do with Spanish music... but the rest of the dancing was incredible anyway! Thanks for going with us Grandma, we had a blast!

Poor Students or Cheapskates?

Our graduation is coming up and people kept asking us when and where it is. Since we can't afford the real announcements, we decided to make our own. We figured if we kept it simple and printed it at Kinko's it would be a little more than $10. So we made up a good design and took it over to Kinko's to make copies. The lady helping us rang it up and told Richard the total was $22.50. Richard's jaw dropped and he looked over at me in shock. I had to reassure him that it was ok and we got them printed. After we printed and cut them all to the right size, we realized we left off some important information, like what we graduated in! Oh well, it's too late now and we wouldn't want to waste that very important $20. It is pretty funny that we freaked out over paying $20! We must be cheaper than we thought :) Keep in mind that if you didn't get an invitation, we'd still love you to come, we're just too cheap to print out any more! Ha ha They're both on April 24th and Richard walks at 8 am in the Marriott Center and I will walk at 2 pm in the Ballroom of the Wilk. We'd love to see anyone there who can make it!