day date

always on the trail....
we celebrated 11 years on our Washington trip (HERE)





pssssstttt.....

......I have a secret.

Want to know what will make your marriage 

healthier

stronger

and waaaaaaay more fun....


Shared hobbies. 

It sounds so simple, right?



I am constantly surprised at how many couples I meet that don't share many of the same interests. 

Long long ago when Robby and I

lovey dovey love love

dating. 2002. 22 and 19.



Roses are red and violets are....

blah blah blah. 



You wanna know about true love? 

Let me tell you. 



true love is wearing his Ts because they are WAY more comfortable. 

true love is HIM accepting the fact that my hair will forever clog the drains, and ME accepting the fact that he will never stop biting his fingernails. 

true love is when he always eats the

the story of us: part two

the uintas in August



I am just so thankful for this man. 

Boy. ManBoy. (When you meet someone at 21 they will always be your boy.) 

He really is everything to me, 

and wins the #1 You-Name-It award. Husband. Dad. Friend. BBQer. 

All of it. We have so much fun together--parenting, playing, laughing, and adventuring. We have been through so much in these past 10 years, and I am so happy to

It's all fun and games until someone dislocates a toe.

before it all went down.




We had gotten a late start. Sleeping in was to blame--not by accident though--the hotel bed was just so comfortable, the curtains so dark--the room begged "just a little more time".....and we thought that was a good idea. We took our time, enjoyed a late breakfast, and set off for the trail.



The clouds were dark, and threatened rain. Not too dark......but dark

insta-weekend

Weekends just go too quickly! We spent ours in Park City (childless, thanks to grandma and papa) and it was realllllllly hard to leave. We don't "go out" a whole lot because we don't have a lot of babysitting options, so when the kids are away......we cram in as much as we can.

 Here are a few quick phone snaps of the festivities (all of which included eating and/or mountains.)

We ate at one

ten.

ten. 10. عشرة. десет. 十. tien. kymmenen. dix. zehn. δέκα. tíu. deich. dieci. decem.ti. dziesięć. десять. diez. tio. สิบ. 

TEN. 

10 years. 

happy day, 

to us.

десет



late night (late night.....like the headlamps came out.....) 

mountain bike ride to get the party started.



happy weekend!

the story of us: part 1

In just a few days we will be celebrating our 10 year anniversary. TEN YEARS!!! I decided I wanted to recap our last ten years worth of milestones--large and small--over a few posts in the next few weeks.

So, 

here we go.



It all Happened So Fast

"You really need to meet four-fingered Rob" 

My roommate kept on insisting.

(side note: My husband lost a finger when he was two. Hence, "

nerd love

newly engaged us. san francisco, april 2002Look at us. Love in bloom. Twitterpation! The world (or at least the Golden Gate Bridge) at our finger tips. We were married three months later, and quickly settled into newly wedded bliss. Eating every meal together. Grocery shopping together. Signing up for classes at school......together, and skipping merrily across campus hand in hand, cartoon birds

it takes two

surprise surprise.......I'm blogging another treat. what has december done to me?
toffee.we made this. Robby and I. together.Because he is home now,on school break. and I love it.(well....home-ish. he's still working of course but no school is the BEST)we are jumping at every chance we get to play and laugh together. because isn't that what marriage is all about? playing and laughing together. 

niner.

nine years together.I wish I could say something poetic, like "you are the red to my rose"or something thoughtful, like "think of all the roads we traveled together"or something involving nausiating nicknames and baby talk, like "I wuv wu schmoopy poo"
but all I got is....
Holy Crap.
NINE YEARS!! How??? When??! 
Wow.


I love how we celebrate so fancy.
Like how we slept in on some romantic island

day twenty two

I am thankful for spur of the moment date nights!!I am thankful for AWESOME FRIENDS who take our kids into the wee hours of the morning so we can go watch Harry Potter late Friday  night.I am thankful for mint m&ms.......best movie snack ever!And I will say it, I am thankful for Harry Potter. It's true, I loved it!
Best HP movie yet--so entertaining and very well done.
I am so thankful we only

we.

15 minute windy photo session. thanks ryan.

eight.

look at those dorks.I love dorks. I love us.8 years ago today, we became "us"eight years.whoa.

kind of a ghost story, but mostly just looking at a cool old house

please excuse the photos....they are taken through glass....While in Old Town San Diego, we decided to tour the Historical Whaley House.Reason 1: it's haunted. I'm not sure if it's haunted, or "haunted", but it's been on Ghost Hunters and everything! Still not sure if I believe it (would you?), but they had story after story to back it up.Reason 2: I love museums. It's true. As kids, every

lovey dovey love love

Dear Robby,Remember our first Valentine's Day? You wrote me a song about the bubble gum stuck on my pants.Remember when you proposed in San Francisco? I liked that. Remember how you didn't care that my hair looked like this?Remember how I was 19? whoops.Remember how I didn't know how to cook.....anything?? Thanks for sticking it out.Remember how we've kept the same inside jokes for 8+ years (ding

dear robby,

It was 8 years ago today (ish), that we met.Eight years!!Just a boy and a girl. In matching blue hoodies.I had giant hair, and yours was very short.We talked. alot. We laughed. alot-er.In just a few short hours we realized were almost the same person.I went home. And not long after you were knocking at my door. I made cupcakes with chocolate frosting and colored sprinkles. I'm sure they were