Spring has Sprung

I love spring, I love seeing the sun, I love it hitting 75 degrees, I love seeing flowers come up in our yard, I love mowing the lawn, I love figuring out what in the world we are going to do with our yard in the future.

I could not be more excited for this spring, maybe it is my cabin fever from this last winter, but I have never been happier for it to warm up!


P.S. I did help mow the lawn, Shane just didn't get pictures of it.

The story of us

Since it's Shane and my 2nd wedding anniversary today, I have been feeling a little sentimental and decided to tell you all the story of us.

Shane and I first "met" (meaning I saw him, but didn't really talk to him) when Kurt invited me to go hot tubing here in cedar. It was the second semester of my freshman year at SUU. I saw him and immediately liked him. He was very much my "type". Although we didn't talk much, I found out that he was going to be going to San Diego with a group of friends for spring break. Shortly after our meeting, I was also invited to attend this trip. 

We went to San Diego and had a blast! Shane and some of the other guys brought their motorcycles. I was too scared to ask Shane for a ride for most of the week, but eventually bucked up the courage and asked. (This was my one and only ride on the R1, sad) We had a long in depth conversation while hot tubing and I decided he was even more my type than I thought. (I really, really, really liked him) But, I was the little sister of one of his good friends, so me being my introvert self did nothing. 

I saw Shane a few times after that, but summer came and I moved back to good old B-Town. It came as a surprise to find on Facebook someone had posted "R.I.P. Shane Lee", I thought he was dead for a good week or two before Betty Jo came home and I was able to ask if he died. Luckily, he hadn't. But, he had been in a serious motorcycle wreck, that had broken his back, given him a good concussion,  and messed him up in general. 

This is the first cute thing he did: My birthday is a summer birthday, so I am pretty used to no one remembering it. Shane was the only person, besides family, that made the effort to wish me a happy birthday that year. It made my day.

We started "hanging-out" shortly after that because Kurt started inviting me around  (Thanks, Kurt!) We had many Dr. Pepper fueled evenings watching movies, stealing signs from friends, having dance parties,  and doing bomb fires.

It was on one of these said "movie nights" that I decided to walk Shane out because he had to go to work. This was the beautiful backdrop to out first kiss. (Yes, he kissed me before out first real "date") 

Shane then asked Betty Jo if it was okay if he asked me out on a date, apparently she thought I would say "no". I didn't, and we had our first date that weekend at City Cafe and Deli. They used to do these fun dinners where they cook a big meal and you just eat what they make. Makes decisions easier.

Pretty much it was history from there, we never fought, and never had a reason to be apart from one another. We found that we really enjoyed each others company, and I feel like we have only progressed since then. 

We started dating: September 20, 2009

We were married: April 9, 2011

We were sealed: October 10, 2012

We have only been together a few years now, but I couldn't imagine my life without him. 

I love Shane with all of my heart. I never could have imagined what loving with "all my heart" could mean until I met him. 

In the eye of the beholder...

So I have felt a little, well a lot, out of shape lately. I have packed on pounds I didn't know existed. Which has led me to the daily drama of trying, mostly failing, to work out.

Then something happened, we went for Saturday "brunch" at Wunderbar. They have on of the cutest/nicest/funniest waitress there. She is short and spunky. As we were getting ready to leave she gives me a big hug (I love random hugging) and she tells me that she thinks I have a great butt, like awesome, and she wishes she could have a butt like that. I wasn't embarrassed cause I though it was so sweet of her to say so and from her it was totally not weird.

This got me thinking, my body really is not as bad as it could be, yeah I weigh more than I want and I still need to have a more active lifestyle but, at least I still have a butt that someone wishes they had and I should be grateful for it and all my other good to adequate qualities.

The things kids say

I love the comments that come out of children. They are so honest and so cute. 

Example 1:

I was working in our front garden on Friday, trying to pull some of the weeds that had accumulated. It was a spring break and I had Friday off, but schools are still in. As the bus dropped off the kids from elementary school they all come running by my house, we have some large rocks in the front yard that (apparently) they like to play on. The kids couldn't really see me because I was working on the other side of the yard. Most of them just ran on by, but one little boy (couldn't have been more than 6) turns around and says "I like your grass", smiles and runs off. I was in a fit of giggles for a good 5 minutes after that. 

Example 2:

We had Kat and Sam's kids over on Friday night to watch "Wreck it Ralph". We had a grand time watching the movie and playing the Wii after. As we were getting ready to taking the kids back to my aunts house. Lindsey (the youngest) Turns to me and asks "Why does your car smell so bad?" I guess I have never noticed if it had a smell, and I actually had just had my carpets cleaned so I was not sure how to answer her. I guess I need an air freshener, Lindsay said that lemon would work. 

Example 3:

I love my nieces and nephew they often get me laughing, but I received and email from my sister today that made me miss them all the more. It went like this:

Ember keeps talking about her birthday and every time we say its her and Madi’s birthday she says “ And Shane’s don’t forget Shane's!” It makes me laugh she is so funny!

They are so sweet to think of Shane's birthday too. I hope we get to go celebrate their birthdays together soon. 

Love, Nellie

Made me laugh

Okay, I had to laugh. Not only is this my FAVORITE movie, but it is so perfectly describes some Sundays. 

Link for the whole list of "Snark and Testimony" Here

When you and your spouse make it through all three hours of church:

Other ones I loved:

Being called to be the relief society president in your 20's:

When they announced they were lowering the missionary age in conference:

This one, mostly because Lark and I had to sing in church last week.

Sitting back in the congregation after you nailed a musical number:

Expectation:

Reality:

G.I. Joes

Lark informed me about a place in cedar called G.I. Joe's, at first it sounded like an Army surplus store. come to find out that it is a restaurant that serves breakfast and dinner to Veterans and  the Homeless. Not that they only serve these people, they also are open to the public for a small cost. By small, I mean SO SMALL.

Shane and I decided to try it out last night and we surprised, in a good way, with what we got. You eat what they make, which is great for people as indecisive as Shane and I. We had homemade chili and cornbread (nummm...) and to top that we had chocolate peanut better cake a la mode (yummm...) and we got all this for (drum roll please....) $1.50 each!!!

Okay, so it is usually $1.99 but we bought a punch card that had 10 meals for $15. What a deal, and the people that run the restaurant were so sweet. They made us feel so welcome and even made us feel like the little bit we paid for our meal was such a help to them and their cause.

Needless to say, we have quite a few meals left on our cards and we intend to use them. If you are in cedar and want a good, inexpensive meal check them out!

I wanna grow up to be like Grandma

My Grandma Anderson always has the most beautiful gardens, full of color and life. I have always envied how she tended her gardens and received such wonderful results.

Ever since I have lived in Cedar I have been wanting to grow something, anything! I even attempted to start some seeds in our apartment, they died.

BUT, now that we have a house, I have been itching to plant. With constant snowfall I have not been able to until today!

It is officially march so I can now plant bulbs. The bulbs of choice are daffodils (courtesy of Grandma Anderson, I am tickled that I got some of her flowers) as well as some pink peonies. I am hoping and praying that they grow and I can start my own flower garden.

The last owners left these little gems (used to be a water feature). 

Grandma's Daffodils! 

Yes, I planted these after dark, and Yes, I am weird. 

Love, Nellie