Bees, Booms and the 80's

 Marshall and I have been having so much fun lately!

For our surprise date in June, Marshall took me to a Salt Lake Bees baseball game.

 While we were there, we got the biggest ice cream cones we have ever seen. Marshall had to finish mine it was so big.

 We're pretty sure the Bee's won, but we left a little early, so we'll just say they did. 

We bought a new grill for the balcony. Marshall had to put it together without any instructions and he did amazing. Then we put the new grill to good use and made some very tasty steaks.

For the 4th of July, the Hutchings family invited us over for a bbq, so we drove out to Wyoming to buy the good fireworks to take with us. We went to Phantom Fireworks and ended up getting almost $500 worth of fireworks for less than $200 because they gave us so much free stuff.

This is our amazing fireworks spread...

Before heading over to the bbq, we spent the morning relaxing at the pool. 

Jill and Ryan did an amazing job and we had so much fun at their 4th of July party.

Everyone enjoyed playing lawn golf while we waited for it to get dark out.

 Finally the fun began! Once it got really dark, I forgot to take pictures of the fireworks, but at least we got a few at the beginning.

For my July surprise date for Marshall, we went on a totally 80's date. I picked up some 80's gear, to make sure we looked completely ridiculous for our date.

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 Since Denny's was popular in the 80's, that is where we went to dinner.

We each had a pancake breakfast, then split a tasty chocolate milkshake.

We both tried to win a stuffed animal out of the claw machine, but it is totally rigged, so we didn't end up with any.

We listened to my Debbie Gibson and 80's mix CD's on the way,

And finished the night by watching the movie Harry and the Hendersons.

We always have so much fun together and can't wait to be husband and wife. 19 more days!!! I guess I should get back to wedding planning now...

Our First Home

 It's official! This past Saturday, Marshall, Ryan and Devin moved me into our first home together. Marshall and I decided to rent for a year, then buy a house and this is the condo we found. It is right near Marshall's work, and I love this condo, so it is perfect.

 Marshall's parents bought us a really nice dinning set while they were here, for our wedding gift. After we moved everything in, Marshall spent a little time putting the chairs together.

Marshall had to go into work for a little bit, but before he went I cooked the first meal for him in our first home together. 

 

 On Sunday, Marshall was able to get the rest of the dinning set put together. He is such a hard worker!

This is the finished product. We love it!!!

 Now for the grand tour of our new home....

 The entryway

 

 When you walk in the front door, this is what you see...

This is the kitchen. We love that the 

condo is so open and light.

   

The living room is right next to the kitchen. We just ordered our furniture on Monday, so it will be about 10 weeks before we have and sofas.

 This is a picture of the sofa we ordered, along with a love seat.

The picture below is the fabric we chose for the sofas. It is a really pretty beige color called moonlight stone. I am so excited to get these sofas!

 

 Our condo has a small balcony with great views. Since we are on the third floor, we can see over most of the other buildings, so we can see pretty far. Right now, we only have chairs and flowers on the balcony, but we are going to be getting a grill this weekend to make it complete.

 

 

This is the view from our balcony.

 Next is the master bedroom. So far, we only have the furniture that I already owned in it, but we are planning on getting another dresser that will go along the wall to the left of the bed. We are also planning on getting all new bedding for when we get married. My mom is very talented with sewing, so she is going to make us a new navy blue and beige duvet cover and shams. The rest of the bedding we want, we registered for at Target, so we'll see if we get it for the wedding.

 

There is a bathroom in the master bedroom that we are doing in gray and white. The walk in closet is opposite to the sink, although you can't see it in the pictures.

 

We have a great laundry room in this condo. Marshall is so sweet and bought us a new washer and dryer. We obviously haven't hooked them up yet, but that will hopefully be done this weekend. The laundry room has great cabinets and a bunch of shelving. There is so much storage in this condo!

 This is the spare bedroom/office. I still have a lot of unpacking to do in here, but I am so grateful to have the extra room.

Lastly, this is the guest bathroom. I already had the shower curtain and towels, and even though Marshall is not a fan of purple, we put them in here so we didn't have to buy new ones. 

 We are so excited to have this new home and can't wait until Marshall is able to move in.

32 more days!!!!

Memorial Day

 

 On Memorial Day, Marshall and I drove up to Sundance. We took the chair lift up the mountain, then went hiking.

The views while we were on the lift were 

so beautiful, I had to take pictures.

 Once we got to the top, we chose to go on the Stewart Falls hike. It was so fun. The mountains still had snow on them, but the weather was perfect. Along the way, we enjoyed the beautiful views of the mountains, saw a few deer and some smaller "waterfalls". Part of the hike was through the woods, which really made me miss Maryland.

 

After about a mile and a half we spotted Stewart Falls. We took a short break to have a lunch picnic, the went closer to explore the falls a bit.

 

After we made our way back down the mountain to Sundance, we drove through the canyons some more until we came to Cascade Springs in the American Fork canyon.

The springs were so amazing. There was a boardwalk

 over them, so we were able to walk through and

 read all of the "fun fact" signs about the springs. I think

 I would be okay with having this in our backyard one day.

After all of our fun adventures, we went home, made dinner, then went and saw the movie "Battleship" (it was just okay.)

This was definitely one of the greatest Memorial Day's ever. We feel so blessed that we are able to do so many fun things together and we are so grateful for the men and women that make our freedom possible.