The BIG 2-5!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Ok, so I am a little late at posting this, but it can't be overlooked! On November 11, Conor turned the big 25! I decided to do a surprise party for him this year. I had NO IDEA how much lying that would entail. About two weeks before his birthday I got a hold of all his friends and told them to save the date! Since his birthday was on a Wednesday and he had class that night I planned it for the Friday before.

I had to make up so many small lies about what I was doing while I was getting ready for it, I felt TERRIBLE! Since our place is so small I had the party at my parents house, So i spent a lot of time up there getting everything prepared and had to come up with reasons that I was spending so much time up there and not with him! Then I had to lie to him again to get him up there, I told him that my parents invited us to go to a movie with them that night. ( My parents are NOT movie going people so I was glad he fell for it.)

Then I found out that some people were running late so I had to stall, which meant MORE lies! I told him that my mom ran out of chocolate chips and we needed to stop and get some for her, ( i was so tired of lying by this point and felt so so so guilty!)

So FINALLY we made it to my parents house and my mom called us to come downstairs to see the new cabinets, which was true and not a lie!

All the lights were off and she flipped them on and everyone yelled SUPRISE! He was SO suprised, I wish I had a picture of his face! He was so pleased with what I did and I was proud of myself too. Special thanks to his friends for being such a good help with the whole thing. It was SUCH a fun night!

I love Conor so much, I could go off and do the 25 things i LOVE about my husband but this post has already been pretty long. So I will just say that he is the GREATEST ever! I can't wait for 25 more years!

Happy Birthday!

Halloween Festivities

I am just going to let the pictures do the talking in this one......

Conor beginning the carving of the pumpkin!
We got creative and used the suckers for hair for our primary party.

No Comment.

We decided to show our true colors for halloween this year.

BEST LOOKING COUPLE EVER!

RIght now...

I'm listening to my husband play the guitar....
I LOVE my life.

ANNIVERSARY!

Last Friday was our ONE YEAR anniversary. Crazy! I can't believe that it has been one year already, and at the same time it seems like it's been forever. This has honestly been the BEST year of my life.

For our anniversary Conor made me a video/slideshow story. It was SO thoughful and sweet, I cried through the whole thing. I love being married to such a romantic man. He spoils me everyday. For our anniversary we drove up to Park City and walked around Main Street and went into our favorite store, Rocky Mountain Candy! Haha we LOVE their carmel apples but this time decided on some fudge. ( it would last us longer). Then we headed to dinner. Conor made us reservations at Ruth's Chris Steak House at Hotel Park City. Talk about swanky! The only reason we were able to dine there was because we had a gift card we got a year ago. When we arrived there, they greeted us as MR and MRS LARSON, and treated us like we were made of money. ( so not the case!). I enjoyed the greatest steak that I have ever had in my life, I was honestly talking about it for the rest of the night. Conor enjoyed his too, all 25 ounces of it! Seriously, his was huge. Then we shared a desert, it was such a nice place to eat and would recommend it to anyone who regularly blows through $100 for dinner. ( TOLD YA!). We just spent the rest of the evening enjoyed each other and reminising over the past year and how happy we are to be married for eternity.

The next day we went to the temple together to continue our celebration. I love being there with my husband. It is so special and sacred. I wish I could describe in words how happy Conor has made me. He has definately made me a better person, and I thank him for that. I am so excited to see what the future has in store for us.

ISN'T BEING IN LOVE THE GREATEST?!?!?!

here is the video that Conor made for me.

GO UTES!

Last weekend was a very fun and much needed weekend getaway. Late on Thursday night we began our trek down south. We stopped in St George for the night before heading onto the wonderful getaway spot of Logandale, NV. If you have never been there...it's ok.

On Friday we met Conor's brother Adam and his family in Mesquite for a delicious Mexican lunch, and then made our way to Kim's grandma's house who so graciously let us stay there for the weekend. It was so fun to be able to see Adam, Kim, Shea, and James. They are living in California right now, while Adam is in law school. Friday we just hung out and relaxed and caught up. We went on a four wheeler ride, which almost ended up in diaster. I think we scared Shea a litte bit.

Later that night we dove into some games. We learned how to play Turkey Foot, which was pretty fun and then got into a game of scrabble, and then things got interesting. On the second round of Scrabble we decided to throw caution to the wind, and invented "dirty scrabble." I have never laughed so hard. One of the rules was that as long as you could use your word in a sentence it was good. So many words were made up, it made for a fun and interesting game. After adding up the scores I had the lowest but was declared the winner by Adam, because of the number of points that I had. After the game was over the night didn't stop there.

James was running around the house like he had just drank a gallon of caffiene ( he's 15 months-ish for anyone who didn't know). We were laughing about the way babies run and how if an adult ran like that they would look retarded.

So.....the next logical step would be to show how retarded that would look. Conor and Adam stood up and began walking around the room like retards. I know that this is horrible and politically incorrect, but it was SO FUNNY. Seriously me and Kim were crying. And James thought it was hilarious too.

The next day we headed down to Vegas. We did a little bit of the strip, ate a fantastic dinner at PF Changs and of course got Conor his Mexican Coke. Then it was off to the game!

When we got there, I swear it was all Utah Fans. We were all in our gear and everyone was excited, including James who started clapping the second we got to the game. He was a hit with everyone there and was giving the row behind us High fives the whole time. The game was great and we won. We forgot our camera so no pictures. Sorry!

Relying on the Lord

Since my last post on my perfect life, it's become just a little less perfect. Last week Conor and I were hit with cold, hard, mean, reality. On monday my sweet husband lost his job. My immeadiate thought was how he would handle this. Being the man and husband, I know he feels the strong desire to be the perfect provider for me, as I am sure all of our husbands do, and I didn't want him feeling like a failure or inadequete.
Since it was the middle of the day when we got this news we only talked for a minute or two and I made sure to assure him of my love for him and that if we continue to support each other that we would be able to get through this. I think I was still in shock at this point, but when I went back into work, the panicky worrier in me took over.
The next morning when I woke up, it was quiet and I was alone in my thoughts. Not good for someone who is worrying and is quite good at coming up with awful scenarios in my head. I decided I needed the peace and calming affects of the temple.
My day at work could not has gone fast enough, all I wanted was to get away from the world and to be able to feel the calming affects of the spirit inside the temple. I will never forget how the second I stepped inside my world felt perfect again. I had a reassuring thought that everthing is going to be alright. NOT EASY, but alright.
That night I went home and cuddled with my husband and everything was perfect again.
I'm struggling with this, but that is to be expected. The most difficult part for me is that this was not in my "Five Year Plan." or even in my " This year's plan." I hate when things don't go the way I plan them, and I think this is a lesson I need to learn. I need to learn to rely on the Lord more. Already I have become closer to Him through this, and so I am grateful. Strange that while my husband is still unemployed and no solution has come that I am grateful. I think that this will also bring me and my husband closer as well. I am learning that goals and plans I have for me and Conor are not to be accomplished on our time but on the Lords and that maybe He has some different things in mind for us.
I am certain that this will end up being a great blessing for us, but right now it is very cleverly disguised as a crap situation. Conor is on the job search right now and I can't tell you how proud I am of him for his drive and determination to continue to provide for our family.
I ask a small favor that you keep us in your prayers and if you know of any employment opportunities to let us know.
thank you

My life is.......

.....Busy! Me and Conor working full time and him at school full time. There is always too much laundry and whenever I turn around there is another dirty dish in the sink, and no dishwasher to put them in! I have no counter space to cook and use the top of my stove for most of it, which is dangerous when part of it is hot! We have work, school and church callings to worry about and both feel that we are being pulled in every which direction. The bills never seem to stop and I sometimes feel that we are single handedly paying to SLCC to stay open! Sometimes I get home at night and just collapse on the couch, exhausted and tired and stressed, and just done with it all.......but when I climb into bed at night and roll over to face my husband as he snores, I realize....My life is PERFECT!