Wedding in SLC

Last weekend Bryce and I were able to attend my cousin Rachel's sealing. It was such a lovely day! The man who sealed them shared some wonderful insight before he married them and I felt the spirit burning so strong within me! It was nice to be there with Bryce, my mom and dad, and other family members. Rachel looked beautiful! She seems to be marrying a pretty good guy and I am so happy for her! Their day was lovely! The sun was shining and it was nice and warm.

After the ceremony, the Gygi clan headed over to the Lion House for lunch. It is quite pricey there but the food was yummy.

{On our way over to the Lion House}

After lunch we headed over to the new City Creek Center with my mom and dad. It is a new mall just south of temple square. There has been a lot of buzz about it with it barely opening so we had to check it out! We were certainly not the only ones with the idea!! I think the whole Wasatch Front was there enjoying the day at the fancy, new outdoor mall! There were people everywhere! We walked around for a bit, got some YUMMY caramel apples, and then headed back over to temple square to find a place to sit.

{Water feature at City Creek}

Rachel's reception was in the Joesph Smith Memorial building. It was on the 9th floor so we had great views of the temple and the valley. Bryce took some cool pictures of the temple as the sun set:

It was a lovely day! I am grateful our religion is part of our life! It was nice to spend a day remembering what life is all about!

Jazz Game

One Thursday my supervisor at work sent out an email asking if anyone wanted some free tickets to that nights Jazz game. Bryce and I already had plans with Melissa and Justin Schmidt but I thought the tickets were something I better jump on. I was greedy and asked for four. Happily, four were available! After work, we headed down to SLC with the Schmidts. 

The game was great! The Jazz won in over time! 

We are so grateful we have such good friends!

The Rest of Spring Break

I never got back to the blog to tell how the rest of Spring Break went. Well, it went great! We had a relaxing couple of days! It was just what we needed! On Monday we took it easy and relaxed most of the day at home. Tuesday we headed down to the Draper temple to do a session and some family sealings. It was most wonderful! We also stopped at Ikea for a bit and got a few things. 

Wednesday was errand day. We slept in then went about getting things done: fixed a few things on the white Camry, bought a few things for the house, and went to the dentist. It was so great to spend so much time with Bryce!

Thank you Spring Break! You were just what the doctor ordered!

Spring Staycation

Spring is upon us! Last Saturday was such a beautiful day! The sun was shining and you could actually feel its warmth!! That is big for Logan right now! I put on my capris and we decided we had to take advantage of the glorious day! We met up with Tyanna and Trevor, got Subway sandwiches, and headed to Wellsville Pond for fishing and a picnic.

{Bryce, proud of his 1.5 liter Coke}

{The boys and their sodas}

{Ty got the first fish on the first cast!}

{Bryce, reeling one in}

{Bryce and his fish}

{Trevor and his fish}

{Beautiful spring day!}

Thanks Tyanna and Trevor for the fun! This day was a great kick off to Spring Break 2012! I don't really get a spring break as an employee at the university, but we figured I better take at least some of it off because who knows the next time we will have a baby free break?!! We have the next 3 days all the ourselves! We don't really have many plans, but that is the beautiful of a staycation! We can do whatever we want, whenever we want! 

Yay for Spring Break 2012!

 

Bathroom Makeover

Bryce and I have lived in our home for a year now! I can hardly believe it! It seems like we just moved in! I still tell him sometimes when we are pulling in the driveway, "I love our house!" It really has been awesome to be home owners! Anyhow, we figured it was about time to make our mark on the house. I have been wanting to frame the bathroom mirror for ages and we finally got around to making it happen this week. Here are some before shots I found: 

{From the bedroom to the bathroom}

{From the hall to the bathroom}

Nothing too exciting. White walls. Gold light fixtures. I wanted to warm up the room just a bit. Tan walls. Framed mirror. New light fixtures. And, I LOVE how it all turned out!  

Cute right?!! It really feels so different. We had a lot of help to get this silly project done! My mom has been on a painting kick the last couple months so I called her to see if she could help me get it all painted. Thankfully she was willing to give up one of her evenings to come get it done. I really like the paint color. Skinny Latte. I was a bit worried it may be too dark but it looks great on the walls. Thank you, mom! Trevor was also a huge help!! He was willing to use his woodworking skills to make the mirror frame look professional. He spent a lot of time getting the glaze on there just perfect. He and Bryce spent an evening getting it all put together and up on the mirror. So pretty! It is just what I wanted! Thank you, Trevor! 

 The light fixtures were my project. I looked around and planned on just buying new ones, then I found some textured spray paint in the garage and thought I may as well give it a go and see how it would look on the lights. It was kind of a pain and it took what felt like millions of coats to get the dang gold covered up, but I really like the end product. The spray paint was a stone texture and it really does add a nice touch to the tan walls and cream mirror.

{Gold fixture}

{Final product!}

{Still a boob light but it looks great if I do say so myself}

The last shout out needs to go to Bryce. He was super patient with me and this project. We started it kind of on a whim and had to get it done quickly for a shower that I was having at our house. He spent quite a bit of time helping me and making sure things were just how I wanted them. Thanks for that, Bryce. 

The project was a fun one! I am glad we tackled it. It was good practice for the baby's room! Now I just need to decide what I want to do with it!

 

Bugs!

Bryce has a class at school all about bugs! He learns everything about them. He is even making a bug collection for it! Yup! They take field trips to rivers and streams and look for bugs! Nice right?! He loves it! Last Saturday we took a ride up to Ogden Valley with my mom and dad. Bryce jumped out in several places to see if he could find any bugs with keeping. I could not resist the picture. Typical Bryce! Being so excited about what he is doing! He is such a happy guy and I appreciate his enthusiasm for life! Love you honey!! I am so glad you love what you are doing these days!! 

Valentines Day

It seems like Valentines is in the distant past now! I have been working on a post about it for several weeks now! It looks like it will just be easier to to give a quick sum up so I can get it done. 

As always, Bryce was TOTALLY sweet and surprised me with a valentines date at home on Monday after work. I walked in and there were heart love notes going up the stairs to a little table with two gifts and a rose on it. He made me lasagna too! YUM! (He even called my mom to make sure he was doing it right :) Cute!!) He gave me exactly what I wanted: the game Qwirkle and some maternity pants! Nothing says I love you like some jeans with a sexy elastic band at the top! I tease him about getting maternity pants for valentines day but it really was just what I wanted! I gave Bryce a silly little poster with some treats on it. Nothing too big, but it was fun. We had a nice evening at home together! They come few and far between it seems so I really appreciated it!
 

Thank you honey for such a sweet night! I love you!