I Just Can't Hide This Feeling Anymore......

I don't have much to say right now because I have lots of posting that needs to be done with some of my pictures and I don't want to give any of it away! But I will say this... I am in love with this necklace right now! I want one that says "spencer" on it, in lower case letters, just like that. But maybe one day Spencer and I will learn how to make them ourselves because people, there is just no way that it takes $42 to make that. Even if it doesn't take $42 to make it, I still wouldn't mind wearing it :) Check it out at this link here:

The Vintage Pearl

There's lots of other cute ones too... so ladies... go ahead... fall in love with your favorite through the internet. I'm sure we've all done that at some point or another! ;) Tell me your favorites!

Recap...

This is a recap of the last few months here in Provo. I lost my camera cord in Texas, so I haven't been able to upload pictures to my computer for quite some time until we went home for Christmas! You see, my sister Rebekah has almost the same camera as me and has the exact same camera cord that I need to upload pictures... so being the fabulous sister that she is...she let me borrow it for a little bit to upload a few pics. Thanks Rebekah!

We ran out of chocolate chips at our house about a month ago, so I took a trip to Costco to grab another bag of Nestle chocolate chips. And then I found this. :) It was all over. I figured that I might as well buy the bigger bag since I knew I would use them all, at least by the time we move, and it would cost me a little bit less overall! Hello...ten pounds of chocolate chips is totally worth it. ;)

My Mom told me when I was younger that if I cooked my own food it would taste so much better than having someone else make it for me. I totally believed her when I was younger, but now that I make most of the meals in our house I have found that anything anyone is willing to make for me is absolutely delicious because I didn't have to do a single thing but eat it! After looking back, I think that was her desperate plea to get me to want to cook or something for her so she could enjoy dinner that much more. ;)

Usually we buy our pizza at Little Ceasars, but to be honest I really don't like their pizza at all even though it is pretty cheap. So I decided to hunker down and make my own! I've never made pizza before so I was kind of nervous but it was actually SOOOOO yummy! It might look disgusting and greasy and stuff (and the flash on the camera really didn't help that) but it was one of the best pizzas I've ever had. We didn't have much to throw on it but underneath the cheese is red onions and green peppers...mmm. All I have to say is that Mom was right... well at least in this case. :)

I had an assignment for my theatre class at the beginning of the semester to attend the Storytelling Festival held in the Scera in Orem, Utah. I had never been to a Storytelling Festival before and actually didn't even know that it was such a huge deal until I showed up at the Scera and the place was PACKED!!! I mean it was totally sold out and we had to sit outside of the fence so I could hear for a little bit. I was kind of bummed that I couldn't see anything, but I decided that it would have to do. Someone saw us sitting outside the fence and gave us an extra ticket... so now we had one ticket...but that wasn't enough for the two of us obviously. But we thought we'd try anyways. So we asked the lady at the entrance to let us get in with just one ticket, and she actually let us! It was so cool! What potentially was going to be a $14 date became absolutely free! I love it when that happens. :) The festival was SO cool and I would highly recommend it, especially if you have little kids. It was super entertaining.

The next day we went fishing! Our awesome Grandparents took us out on their boat for the evening and Spencer's parents were able to come to. It was so much fun! I had never been fishing before so we decided not to get me a license quite yet and I would just go out and enjoy the ride. It was totally worth it and I would for sure go again.

My mad camera skills in action. ;)

Spencer caught two rainbow trout right in a row and couldn't believe what was happening! Seriously, I am not exaggerating he threw his line back in the water after catching the first fish and two seconds later felt a pull on the line! You would think that someone in that situation would make an excited/shocked face...but instead this is the face he made. haha I love him :) This is his favorite pic from the trip.

On our way back to the dock

We got an awesome deal on a TV in September but had to wait a few weeks to get it. Our friend Brad helped us pick it up from the store and even stayed to help set it up. Thanks Brad!

We wanted to go pick up the scooter from the house in Lindon so we could ride it to the football game one Saturday. The traffic was pretty bad and it's a good 15 minute drive, so I wanted him to wear this beautiful helmet. :) It was pretty much hilarious seeing him ride around with that tiny helmet on so I had to snap a few pics. This man makes me laugh every single day and I love it! Life is so much better that way. :)

I followed him the whole way home...

And we made it to the game!

Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me??

So when you find the right person, get engaged and finally get married to the man of your dreams all you think about is spending forever with him! You think about everything that you'll do together, what you will share, where you will go, where you will live..........together. But no one ever sheds any light on the fact that for some reason you will be physically apart for a few days, weeks, for whatever your situation is. Well let me tell you about it.

It is LAME!!!

I don't like it one bit! Granted, I was the first one to take a little trip with my sister's and lovely Mother for the weekend at the beginning of the month and leave Spencer all by his lonesome in our apartment, but now he keeps leaving me!! Either way, it's sad. For some reason life for me has worked out like this.....

I was single for the majority of my first 20 years in life and was very good at being independent. I loved doing things myself and being in charge of me. I was never bothered that I did not have a special someone to share my life with until around Christmas time 2008. Only a few weeks after these strange feelings started who did I meet but the one and only Spencer Hill and the rest is history. Now after being married for four months, I seemed to have forgotten what it was like to be quite independent and having to rely on only myself when things need to be accomplished. When Spencer leaves its like I don't function right...

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO LIVE BY MYSELF!

This was a strange realization that I had a few days ago and it makes me just that much happier when Spencer gets to come home. :) But this time I get to travel and meet him in Arizona for Thanksgiving! I am so excited to get a few days off and spend it all with my hubby and family.

Although Spence has been gone a lot this week, I am so proud of him for working so hard all these years to practice awesome studying habits and maintaining amazing grades so that he could fulfill his dreams of being a dentist. We have been so blessed to have been invited for some interviews and now its just the waiting game. And luckily when he does become a dentist... he probably won't have to travel very much! ;)

The Happiest Day of My Life

We got our wedding pictures back a few weeks ago and it has been so much fun looking through them and remembering our wedding day.  It wasn't very long ago, but these are some of my favorite pics because it reminds me of the little details of the day.  I married my sweetheart on July 17, 2009 in the Portland, Oregon temple.  It was such a beautiful day with perfect weather and the day even ended with a gorgeous sunset!  Talk about my dream wedding day!  The day included the wedding ceremony at 11am, a wonderful wedding luncheon, amazing reception, friends and family from afar, a bride dressed in white (ivory I should say...I know it's not white, but ivory matched the wedding better and I liked it on me better than bright white!), and a handsome groom. 

Pictures with all of the nieces and nephews (minus a few that were still in Utah and Texas).  This was the start of a crazy little photo-shoot!  But with 20+ little ones... they did fabulous!

 

My bridesmaids Monica and little sis Rebekah

I love this one!  We look like were in the jungle!

Spencer's brothers.... SO funny

My man is such a stud :)

All in all it was the perfect day and the definitely the happiest day of my life.  I love you babe!!

Family Pics!

Ok Family....

I'm going to try to call all of you today to let you know that our family pictures are finally here!  There is a preview of them on Mckenzie's blog... 

 http://photobymckenzie.blogspot.com.  

Mom will be getting a cd of all of them and we will figure out from there how you all can see every single one of them! :)  They look so awesome!  I'm really excited about them if you can't tell.  Love you all!

Home Sweet Home: Part II

So if you haven't read the post, "Home Sweet Home," I would suggest you do so first.  This Part II will make much more sense if you do so.  

Ok so I forgot that there were more pictures that I downloaded into my photo library to show you all!  So here are the rest.... hence, part II.

I could totally paint my kitchen this color yellow.  It's not too bright, but not too faint that you can hardly tell it's yellow.  I want a happy kitchen that has a lot of sunlight coming in, and the yellow helps. :)

I really like the drapes!!!!  So cute!  I don't love the pattern so much, but I totally dig the bunchy type of drapes.  I think they add the personality that I like to the kitchen.

So I think the backsplash in this kitchen is hideous!  But If you move your eyes up just a little, you will notice a lovely open cupboard displaying some adorable dishes ( and the dishes are even the right color).  That is what I love.  I really like the open cupboards that are at the end of the cupboards that kind of have a rounded edge... I don't know if you can imagine what I am trying to explain but it kind of reminds me of an old house.  That's a really bad way to describe it but I guess it's kind of a little hint of vintage.  And I think Spencer thinks I am crazy because I like vintage/antique things sometimes... he always double checks to make sure that I want a new looking house... not one that looks really old because I am always pointing out the houses to him that are older and have a lot of personality to them.  I always reassure him that it can look new but I want some pieces that give it some kind of personality that makes it a little different than the normal modern decorations that you see these days.  Well... all of that made sense to me so I'm just going to leave it at that haha sorry!!  Oh and I like the cabinets in this picture too.

I really like that the backsplash wasn't full of just tiling and that it just has a little touch of fancy design on the tile.  :)

Um.... love this idea.  And I really like how everything is neatly labeled and such instead of having all those ugly spice containers that they come in.  This is a narrow cupboard that actually has a door that you can close when you're done.  I like this much better then a spice rack!  And they look so organized!

Home Sweet Home

Spencer and I just moved into our first apartment in Provo and we are so excited to finally have a place to call our own!  And I am especially excited to know that we won't have to pick up and leave anytime soon. :)  And I am even more excited that when I go to the grocery store, I don't have to buy the exact amount of an item to make a meal because I know that we can use it again when I cook whatever I want with ALL of our own kitchen supplies!!!!!  YAY!  Besides all of that excitement, I have been thinking a lot about decorating with this new apartment and all.  I can see far off into the future what I want my kitchen to look like, and what I want our bathroom to look like, etc. but for some reason it has been so hard for me to look at our front room and think that with this carpet, these wall colors, and these pieces of furniture, I can make our little apartment into the cute home that I want it to be.  So in the meantime.... 

... here are some pictures of things that I like and will be considering for our future home.  I spent some time one day in Texas while Spencer was at work copying all the pictures that I liked into my photo library so I can keep them for later. :)  So without further ado, here are the pictures that I found!

I love the colored bowls in the cabinets, and I also love how you can see the bowls and how cute they are because of the see through doors.  These bowls represent some of the colors that I want in my kitchen later on in life.  I would want them now, but I can't want them now because I won't allow myself to buy any of them... you see I don't have anything that color and now is not the right time to start my collection.  Some day.... ( I get excited just thinking about that day!!)

Ok, so I don't really like anything in this kitchen above, it's just not really my style, especially the dog sprawled across the kitchen floor.  But if you look at the light fixture that surrounds the kitchen ceiling.... now that is something that I LOVE!!!  Maybe not that exact one, but something like it.

You may think I'm crazy but I also like these light fixtures... I know I can't really have both these three and the one that covers the whole ceiling in the picture before, but I can't decide yet.. and believe me I have some time. :)  By the time I can decide, I probably will change my mind anyways but I do like these as well.  The main reason for the above picture is because it is the other half of this kitchen below... and I absolutely LOVE the chairs!!!!!

Excuse me, yes, they are beautiful!  I LOVE them... and totally want those bar stools in my kitchen.  They rock and that's all there is to it.  I also really like how subtle the red is in this kitchen.  I like how they didn't have to paint a whole wall red to make it the accent color (even though that would probably be cute too).  The fabric on these chairs is awesome and, well, I love it.  I just really like how simple and chic the kitchen is.

Someday I will have my kitchen and home decorated the way I want it, but for now, our lovely apartment will do!!  Spencer has put a lot of work into making our apartment more cozy and comfortable and I am SO grateful for that. Not to mention... I am loving our new home and am so excited to be there for an entire year!  Yay for finishing school!