Love My Birthday Boy!

I'm excited to blog! It's been a fun week. We went to the BYU vs BSU football game and it was a blast. It was kind of hard for me to keep up with what was going on without the instant replays and announcers explaining everything. But going to my first college football game was super fun. We won with an impressive score of 7 to 6. Woo.

Officially a Bronco fan with my new sticker :]

I think he is cute :] He loved his potato hat. And if it looks like he is wearing some kind of blush, it's because a kid put orange window paint on Anthany's cheeks.. but it didn't really show up.

So the Boise state game was awesome, such a fun date night. Anthany's birthday was on September 25th. I decided back in June that I really wanted to get Anthany a new Xbox for his birthday. His Xbox was like five years old and wasn't reading disks anymore and was just the worst. So I saved my tips for three and a half months and finally had enough! Right at midnight on Anthany's birthday, I brought him out a card with $25 in it for him to buy The Avengers movie. I apologized that I couldn't do more for him. Then we went to bed. Anthany worked and had school while I was at work. I was going absolutely crazy at work with excitement. I seriously could NOT wait to give him his Xbox. We both were finally home and about to head to dinner. I could tell Anthany was stressed and he said it didn't really feel like his birthday.. so I decided it was time to bring out the big guns haha. I went and grabbed the carefully hid Xbox from the closet and told Anthany, "I have something else for you." He was like "Whatt??" 

I love this picture! This was right after he ripped it open, realized what it was, and looked up at me in shock. One of the best moments of my life. He ran to me and hugged me super tight and couldn't stop grinning the rest of the night. I'm so glad he was as thrilled about it as I was. But it was definitely the hardest secret I've ever had to keep!

We went to Cracker Barrell for dinner.. and Anthany got free dessert. mmmm.

Birthday boy with his presents!

We ran out of time to do his cake on his birthday.. So we got to do that part the next day. Nothing beats Funfetti birthday cake!

My favorite part about this picture, is right after he looks up at me and says "I forgot to make a wish!" I told him "Better make one quick!" haha

I've been working at Fantastic Sams for almost two weeks now and it's going amazing! I'm busy doing hair all day long, my hours are good, my manager is amazing, and I love all my coworkers! They are all such cool girls and I'm becoming good friends with them already. I really wish I would have decided to change sooner.. I love it so much! We are going to Utah this weekend for Anthany's cousin's wedding so it's going to be so much fun to be with family! Another exciting thing, Anthany and I both finally got iPhones last week!!! We are so excited! I video chatted with my family the other day, it was amazing! So life is going great lately! 

-Lindsay :]

Best Friend Weekend

This past week has been insane. Tons of stuff has been going on [at least it feels like that] so I definitely need to update! So my last blog post I explained about quitting my job which has actually turned out to be such a GOOD decision. But I will get to that in a bit. But it was so perfect that I had last weekend off of work so that I could spend plenty of time with Brittanee, Bo, And Ty when they came to stay with us! Bo and Ty were making a trip down to Boise and Anthany and I were stoked to spend time with them. I told Brittanee they were coming and pretty much begged her to come with. However, the day of, she told me she was too busy and she couldn't come. At that point, my emotional self was not the nicest friend cause I was disappointed she wasn't coming. Oops :] Love you Britt! haha When I was texting Britt later that night, she told me that she was bored at home. And I thought to myself, If Brittanee is bored at home why isn't she on facebook and pinterest? [I know my best friend too well.] I told Anthany maybe she was coming and just going to surprise me. He told me not to get my hopes up. Then Bo and Ty showed up and I was way excited but bummed Brittanee really wasn't with them. Then we were sitting around talking and Bo says "I think I can hear someone knocking." I didn't think so but I hurried outside hoping Britt was here.. but nobody was there. But then a minute later Brittanee did show up! Turns out she was confused and knocking on the neighbors upstair's door instead :] haha I was so excited!!

That night, we went to Maverick and they gave us FREE ice creams.. apparently thats something they do every friday night from 9 to 10. Saturday, the boys went to the Boise State football game, so me and Brittanee spent some girl time shopping and playing our favorite Wii game, Disney Universe. We spent lots of time by the pool swimming and getting some sun. We ate out way more than we should have. It was perfect. Me and Brittanee were both definitely in need of some best friend girl time. Another thing we were in need of?....

Why yes... that is two grown woman in footy pajamas. They just take comfort to the next level :] I was super sad when they all had to leave. It was so much fun having them here. And we finally got to put our guest room to good use. Yay! After they left, Anthany bought me some Mountain Dew and we rented a chick flick to cheer me up. Goodbyes are rough for me haha

I wish I had the pictures we took on Anthany's webcam.. SO FUNNY.

Monday morning, I went to go pick up all my stuff at Boise Hair Company. It was kind of awkward so I just went in and got out as fast as I could. Then, I had my job interview at Fantastic Sam's. It went really well and she told me she wanted to hire me! I was so excited. My first day was crazy. As soon as I walked in [before I had even set up my stuff] they told me they had a person waiting for me to give them a perm. So I jumped right in and was busy all day with haircut after haircut. I LOOVED it. The people I work with are amazing. I'm absolutely loving it. It's so much fun and it's so good to be busy and not be sitting around. This is a much better fit for me and I'm so glad I made the change. But because of my new dress code, I'm definitely going to need to buy more black and white clothes.

 

Tonight, Anthany and I are going to the BSU vs BYU football game! I've never been to a college game, so I'm really excited! It should be an awesome game to watch. I'm just not looking forward to going and standing in line for hours for a good seat.. I'm sure it will be worth it!

- Lindsay





Moving On...

Today was hard. I've been frustrated with my job for awhile now, but I tried to make excuses. Like...
- I haven't given it enough time, if I wait it out it will get better
- Things really aren't THAT bad
- Nobody likes going to work, right?
I finally got to the point where I couldn't take it anymore. I was sick of being talked down to. I was done with being pushed around. I wanted out right now. The thought of trying to stick it out for one more day made me want to cry. Correction... I literally did cry haha. I'm so grateful Anthany was completely supportive of my decision. He talked me through what I should say, reassured my fears, and comforted me as I felt like a failure. I'm truly lucky to have him. I'm sure me getting rid of our main source of income freaked him out, but he loves me enough to care about my happiness.. and he trusts me enough to know I will find something new. Ahh.. I'm just lucky :]

Boise Hair Company wasn't completely terrible. My boss was incredible.. she was so willing to work around my schedule when necessary, was supportive of my goals, gave me tons of compliments and motivation. I felt terrible letting her down after everything she had done for me. I also loved my clients. They were awesome people to work on and they were so sweet to me. I learned a ton working at Boise Hair Company. Working with people with so much experience taught me SO much. I'm grateful for all the times I just sat and watched them work. This summer I've become a much better hairstylist, which I wouldn't trade for the world. It's sad some mean girls could ruin my experience. It sucks that I let them get to me so much.

I'm excited to be moving forward though. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and I just feel so much better. Even though it's hard, I know it's gonna be okay. I really need a job closer to my apartment anyways, because a 25 minute commute was just too much. It will be awesome to save money on gas and have more time with Anthany and less time driving. I have some interviews set up for next week and I'm just hoping for the best. I really hope whatever salon I work at next is amazing.

I love blogging. It's kind of therapeutic for me. I needed to blog tonight just to sort out what I'm thinking and how I feel. To be honest, I'm freaking out. But also so relieved. It's a really weird thing haha. On a brighter note, I'm excited to have friends come stay with us this weekend! It will be good to take my mind off everything else and get myself all cheered up and ready for my interviews next week! Time to move forward!
-Lindsay

Amazing Weekend

 Love this picture of me and my cute sister :] So I will get to how amazing the wedding is... but first I have to tell about how terrible everything up until the wedding was.. To start off, I forgot so much stuff. My griddle.. nintendo games for bri... I forgot everything else I forgot. Anyways, it gets worse. We get about an hour out of Boise and there was a terrible wreck. We are stuck just sitting in traffic for an hour and a half! Anthany had to go to the bathroom so bad that he left me at the car and walked to a rest stop a mile away. We were BOTH super tense and grumpy the rest of the drive [don't listen to Anthany if he says it was just me :] haha]. Everything getting ready for the wedding went pretty smoothly.. until I was adjusting my dress right before we walked out the door and the strap to my dress ripped right off! Luckily, the hotel front desk had my back and a couple safety pins later I was ready to go! It was super windy at the temple but that didn't affect how happy and excited everybody was :] Bri looked gorgeous! Here are some pictures!

Try to ignore how terrible I look... The worst part of being a cosmetologist is everyone's beauty needs come before your own :[ haha

Getting the bride ready! I have no idea why I didn't get a picture of the finished product here... Her hair looked amazing! Ahh.

Pretty dresses :]

Cute little Krista waiting for Doug and Bri to come out of the temple

The point of this picture was for her to show the ring and for us to look excited or surprised or something? I didn't really get it if you can't tell by the look on my face. I felt so cheesy haha Hopefully the photographer got a decent shot of this one.

It was SO cold. Luckily, we had these cute little hoods to keep us warm :] Unfortunately, this was definitely not how Bri intended for our dresses to be worn.

Love him :] I seriously can't wait for our temple sealing day. This wedding made it all feel so much more real and so exciting.

I have the prettiest mom in the world :]

Stunning right? They were so happy, it was adorable. If you are getting sick of pictures.. I'm sorry. I am very much a picture person and this is my blog after all :]

 Anthany and I went to my grandma's house to set up for the reception and it was pouring and so windy! Anthany was out scrubbing down tables and setting up chairs, then he had to go out again and wipe everything down cause it was soaking wet. He was a trooper. We also played an adorable game at the reception called the Shoe Game. Google it and do it at your weddings! It's such a cute idea. One more wedding funny moment. I was admiring one girls french tip toenails at the wedding and showed her that I had gel toes. They both looked adorable, then my little sister Kenna says "I painted my toe nails too!" and shows us her toes. They were these yellow blobs, there was more polish on her skin than her nails haha It was hilarious. I wish I had a picture of all of our feet.

End of the night. Try to ignore how exhausted we all look :]

Saturday we went on a family outing. We played mini golf and lazer tag. 

My cute little mom :]

I dominated at lazer tag that day. I don't know what I did different than usual, but it was definitely working for me :] So it was definitely a great trip. It's always so hard to say goodbye but I think I handle it better every time. I wish I had pictures with the McCabes cause we spent alot of time with them too. We had an awesome foosball tournament, lots of trampoline time, and we played the game "Things" a ton. There are always lots of laughs with them :]

On to other things.. I'm so sick of my apartment lately. So I decided today it was time for a craft. With my inspiration being from Pinterest of course, I found cute scrapbook paper that matched with my bedspread, some canvases, and mod podge and this is what I came up with...

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out :] I might end up doing some more rearranging though. Anthany and I are also stoked cause I found an awesome deal for a Queen size mattress, box spring, and frame. So our second bedroom is now officially a spare bedroom! I'm so excited to get it set up! This is probably my longest blog post ever so I'm gonna end now :]

-Lindsay