November 20th- TWO YEARS?!?!?!?!

Okay okay... I haven't written since like August and it's basically DECEMBER.. EN BEE DEE! A lot has happened since August... we moved!... Again... :) This will have been the freaking 4th time since we've been married that we've moved. I almost didn't want to tell anyone we were moving cause... it sounds RIDONCULOUS!... because it is! :) haha! Basically the reason is our last place was way over priced and with us trying to purchase a house, it was impossible to save up! SO... we live in a hole in the wall... literally! BUT... at least I can go to CheeseCake Factory and not want to kill myself after I see the bill. (you know what i mean?) 

This semester has been UH-MAAAAZING! I have absolutely love LDSBC and have been kind of upset that I just didn't start here... Try not to think I wasted 4 years.... heh. :| OH WELL. I have straight A's (knock on wood) and can't believe there is only 2 WEEKS left in the semester! =D 

Another awesome thing that happened in the month of November- my 2nd year anniversary... HOLY SHEESH! I can't even believe it has been two years! WOO! I am SO IN LOVE with my babe, and it has been a crazy and fun two years and I can't wait to spend forever and eternity with Daniel. :) We had a great Thanksgiving weekend celebrating (which, I did NOT have to plan- it was excellent!) We went to Market Street Grill (BEST FISH EVA!!!! They fly their fish fresh everyday!), we shopped at City Creek, where Daniel let me pick out my Anniversary Present :):
My Beautiful Coach Bag!

After that the plan was to go see the Christmas Lights at Temple Square (Where we were sealed:) BUT... a stupid migraine had to come and RUIN it all!!!!... Oh well.. the weekend was still awesome! 

2 Wonderful Years with my Baby Boo Boo

Now-I am looking foreword to the semester being over and going home to VEGAS FOR CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!... Daniel and I haven't been back to visit for Christmas the whole time we have been married - i'm stoked! 

Anyways- Life is excellent. 

Things that make me happy

Hokay, so... what a very great summer it has been but quite honestly, I'm SOOOO ready for fall and ready for school to begin! (i know i know... most people don't say such things...).

Daniel has already started school and is gone ALL DAY monday - wednesday... He is super duper busy but is excited to be back in school and has done so well in his studies thus far! (you know... the 3 days he's been in school haha!) I know for a fact he will do well! 

I start September 10th and have been getting my financial aid and other things sorted out so that way when school starts I will be all set! HOWEVER.... My backpack has been packed and ready to go for weeks =D

So the title of this blog is "Things that make me happy". Honestly, for the past couple of weeks I have been trying to be very optimistic about the upcoming changes in routine for both Daniel and I. With both of us starting school we will both be gone from 7 in the morning to 9 at night monday through friday!!.. AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sometimes, I just feel like sadfksdjafbj,erulighwoiert.gjsbvergt4y5p83458oy4wueafkjdb,awgutqo;ierh.jkwbefuigfwrulk

catch my drift? 

bah.

So... The past week, to make some uplift to NOT SEEING MY HUBBY EVER... I've tried to document random things that make me giggle or smile :)

I was driving to work and before I got on the freeway my eyes were stopped by this wonderful view of the mountains! This also showed me that the sun is started to come up slower!

"What Glorious Scenes Mine Eyes Behold!"

I then had a thought of the Second Coming and how grateful I am for the gospel! It gave me a great thought to start off my morning! The Church is true!!!!

 Oh my way home I couldn't help but think this was the cutest thing EVER! Mind you, I didn't catch the picture until we came to a stop light (i know i know... I'm a good person), and the dog had already backed down a little... Before, half of his HUGE body was out! It made me laugh.

My husband is pretty much the funniest guy on the planet. Although this note was very cute and precious... I literally almost wanted to POOP MYSELF when I walked into the bathroom half asleep and see a huge something in my vision lol. Another something to make me laugh... later.... not at the time lol

I HATE teenage boppery girls (i know... i used to be one but they annoy the CRAP out of me now lol) so yeah.. thanks pinterest for this laugh.

July Update

Alright so, ze plan was to write in the middle of July so that way ze blogs would be shorter and more tolerable to read :) However... with being busy, I do not apologize. July was filled with work... working.. and more work! But that's great cause money is awesome! haha. 

I finally got "accepted" to LDS Business College and am SO excited for school to start back up in September! WOO HOO!

Daniel will be very busy starting at the end of August! He got a second job doing Financial Advising! He is super excited to start but knows it will be very exhausting. Not only will he be working 2 jobs but  he is also starting school in August! Bascially.. we will never see each other! haha but it will all pay off in the end!

Here are just some of our adventures this July... I will post our fun Lake Trip in a separate post because... it will be a long one! 

July 4th

Daniel and I both had the 4th off! It was nice to be able to spend a day in the middle of the week doing nothing together! That night we went to my Uncles house for dinner and fireworks... I made a grape salad and did my first Pinterest project... Red white and blue strawberries :)

Batman

In the Sleep Family... Batman is considered an important thing we did in the month of July... thank you Daniel. We bought IMAX tickets back at the end of May so that way we could see the last Batman on the day it came out. We would have gone Midnight but... Daniel and I are party poopers and do not like to stay up late :) Daniel was happy and satisfied. 

Seestors

My sisters got to stay with us for a whole week! Basically all they did was sit in the apartment all day while we worked and then we'd eat, be lazy and watch movies when we got off of work! It was super fun and I wish they could have stayed longer! 

Church... they loved teaching the Sunbeams with us :)

 Phil, Moose & Mater... Our pillow pets loved hanging out together!

Free Ice Cream at Dickeys! :)

June Adventures

So... do to the fact that Daniel and I work full time, "summer vacation" isn't a thing we know about anymore (which is a good thing!... right? heh) Well... Daniel and I have done some fun stuff so far! July will be more adventurous but, June has been fulfilled as well :)

1. Las Veeeegaaasss-Daniel's Bday!

In order to get away from reality, we decided to go and visit family in vegas! Super fun weekend and super needed! And with our new baby (the car.) we hardly had to fill up for gas :) 

Birthday Cookie at BJ's! This place has the BEST Soda, btw.

 SEESTORS!!!!!!!! 

Obsession, much?

 This kid.... SO AWESOME at scooter tricks! I was very impressed!!

2. Lagoon!

Daniel's work gave us free tickets to Lagoon! Super fun day! It brought back a lot of memories because I used to go there from the ages of 5-8... so... it was weird being there lol.

Oh and.... Daniel and I won a free TV =D It's the perfect size for our room! LOVE it! (Thanks Genesis Pure... AKA Daniel's worky)

LAGOON!... no we weren't flying... we were on the sky ride! Super relaxing... my fave ride :)

We went through Pioneer land?... I think that's what it's called... and they have a cute Music Hall!

 My hot hubby in front of the river rapid ride! 

3. Hiking Mount Timp (sorta...)

Daniel's friend Mike came into town from Florida/Texas... and he doesn't see mountains much... so... he wanted to hike one. lol. We actually wanted to go see the Timp Caves... but... according to this old bat who works there, tickets sell out at 11:30... she couldn't believe we didn't know that.. bah. SO... we decided to go explore around the caves. Mike swore we could sneak our way in but... this midevil chick that worked there said there was no way..... so hiked back down :) PS... it was like a billion degrees outside....

Preeeeetty.

 Sunburned. 

 Mike?...

UPCOMING EVENTS...

1. Family coming up to Utah to visit :)

2. Dark Knight Rises (not for me... for Daniel... and yes... we already have tickets.)

3. Lake trip to Idaho! 

stay tuned... =D

Anotha day, anotha dollah!

Wonderful wonderful day, today! Probably had one of the most productive days in a long time (it's been that time of the month so... obviously I've just wanted to crawl in a dark hole, watch "PS I Love You" 20 times, cry, each chocolate and sleep whilst taking Advil every 4 hours on the dot! HAH!) This explains exactly how I've felt:

(Harry Potter humor will never ever get old!)

ANYWAYSSSSSS....back to a productive day story. So, Because I work downtown I have to leave at exactly 7AM to be there by 8AM due to the morning traffic (which i LOVE btw....*cough* sarcasm *cough*) and well... I was having one of those nights (as explain above) last night and silly Alicia forgot to set an alarm *D'OH!* and anyways... Danny Boy rolls over and screams in my ear (probably not really... this is just how I remembered it) and says "CRAP! IT'S 7AM!" and I opened my eyes and said out loud "screw it... I don't even care today" (I'm sure we've all had those days...")

well.... I took a shower.. got ready at a normal pace and... somehow, someway.. left the house at 7:30 and got to work at appox. 7:59... DON'T EVEN ASK MY HOW I DID IT B/C I DON'T EVEN KNOW! 

So... had a great day at work.. no more crampies (ish..) and so usually my commute home takes an hour. Well... I left work at exactly 3:59 instead of 4PM (I don't succumb to the "man") and I again.. somehow, someway... got home at 4:28 instead of 5:08... again.. don't ask my how I did it. maybe my car flew home without me knowing... I don't exactly know. 

Then... I went to the gym, went grocery shopping, did some laundry , made a tasty dinner, cleaned both bathrooms (like mommy cleaned... not Alicia cleaned), and have had time to Facebook, pinterest it, and write this whole blog.... and its only 9.. which means I will get a decent night sleep.

I must say... this is an act of God haha. But seriously... totes have a testimony of praying, tithing, scripture reading... If I didn't do these things, days like this would so not happen to me! Granted... I could TOTALLY get better at praying and scripture reading, but the Lord knows I'm trying my best right? :) Love the Gospel. Love my hubby. and love life! 

Now... Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to bed i go! 

New Journey in DRAPER, UT!

OKAY! SSSSOOOO..... haven't posted in over a month! Now i REALLY feel like this is my journal ("I'm going to write on my blog every week!.....") haha So, to sorta catch up on things:

1. We finished our moved to Draper in the third week of April. 

My awesome mom came and helped us move! She seriously took the stress away and I mean come on... my mom is like the best decorator and arranger of furniture the universe has ever seen! We got the whole move done in about 3 hours! SCORE! (thanks to everyone that came and helped :) YOU GUYS ROCK!!!) 

2. Cafe Zupas. 

Zupas (my place of employment) has been an adventure all in its own! I started in February and did my line training in the South Jordan location. From there I transferred to the West Valley location and did my Catering training (congrats to my trainer Aliska who got married last week :) ). and then from there I transferred to the Jordan Landing location and got my own store!!!!!! and i LOVED it! but then the universe decided to make me miserable and transfer me to the Downtown SLC location. Now let me explain this..... So, I ended up doing pretty well at Jordan Landing (broke a catering store record) and so they decided to transfer me Downtown so I could do the same... I do have to say that I am very grateful for this opportunity and have loved working in a very fast paced location. I just really really miss everyone I worked with at Jordan Landing. and as you can see from transferring almost every 3 weeks due to training, it has been really tough to get comfortable and in a set routine in life because of it. and, I know that every job has its negative aspects and I have been trying really hard the past 3 weeks to be very positive but sometimes... a person can only take so much stress lol. For now, I am staying at Cafe Zupas, because i REALLY LOVE my JOB! Job meaning... the catering part! And if anything.... Zupas has made me realize what I want to major in and a career i want to pursue! 

Caitlin, Sarah and myself with our Catering Cup! =D

4. "New school, new babe pool" 

"WHOA WHOA! I GOTTA GO.. BACK TO SCHOOOOOOOOOOOL." So, Daniel and I decided to take a couple semesters off school to sort out our lives and discover exactly what we want to do with our careers! Daniel has decided to keep doing accounting. He still works at Genesis Pure as their staff accountant and still loves accounting :) He is in the process of transferring from UVU to SLCC (the community college here in Salt Lake). Now that we have moved from Utah Country, this school just fits better with his work schedule and it's closer! AAANNNDDDD its a great way for him to get his GPA up before he transfers to the U of U in a couple of semesters! 

As for me... I have decided on a major once and for all!! I will be starting at LDSBC in the fall and will be studying Business and Marketing!! SO excited and I'm looking foreword to studying the gospel while at school! I actually (for once) can't wait to start school up! :) and either can Daniel!

4. New ride :) 

So, Daniel and I sold my other car and bought a new beauty. We bought the new Hyundai Elantra! I love it so so much! And now that I've been driving to Downtown Salt Lake, it's helped to have a car with great gas mileage! 

Everyone meet, Katy Perry :)

Oh, what a world. Oh, what a life.

So this past week has been pretty darn crazy. Daniel got super duper sick for 4 days with the flu and then has had a cold. We had a scare at the beginning where we didn't know what was wrong or how to treat his sickness. My poor baby just wasn't himself :( After he got a blessing was when his fever started to go away and started to feel better. The power of the Priesthood is amazing and I just love the gospel. Easter Sunday has been beautiful and I love my savior so so much.

We move this next coming saturday and it couldn't be driving me more crazy. I hate moving.... but love it at the same time! haha. I can't wait to be closer to work and not have to drive an hour there and back through crap traffic and construction. I've been trying to be positive when I drive through it but... sometimes it just kicks my butt!!

We also decided to sell my car... so... if anybody needs a car we are selling it for $6000 lol.

During the Holidays and Conference it has been hard to hang out with other peoples families because I miss mine so much. And I become super jealous of everyone that has there family here because neither Daniel or I do. It has been comforting to know I always have Daniel here with me because he is my family! :) and I'm super glad that I married my best friend... and married someone that I know will always be there for me.

What a crazy week.

On to more packing I go..... barf.

Desserts!

So, lately, all I have been wanting to do is eat desserts. I'll crave cheesecake, brownies, cookies, YOU NAME IT!.. anything with chocolate in it, I have to have! I have come to the realization that this is because I have been over the top stressed. And not a bad type of stress (if this is even possible?) but a good type of stress???.... I don't know. I don't feel like: "AH MY LIFE SUCKS! I JUST WANT TO KILL MYSELF BECAUSE OF HOW STRESSED I AM!" I have been craving such foods because of all the great changes that are going on in our lives!!.. and I guess my body just isn't used to all these changes. For a while... i didn't even eat. Now all i want to eat is bad foods (but good foods at the same time lol)

Starting my new job at Zupas has been excellent! I have been loads happier and I don't feel like dying when my alarm goes off in the morning! Only one more week of catering training and then I get my own store!!... kinda freaked... but super excited at the same time! I'll be working at the Jordan Landing store!

Most of you who know the Utah area would think to yourself "Holy crappys... why are you working all the way over there if you live in Orem?!?!" WELLL...... Daniel and I have FINALLY decided to move out of this crap hole! We found a super cute apartment in Draper! And we will be moving in April 14th! SO EXCITED to not be commuting anymore and SO EXCITED to be living right next to IKEA! haha

So as of right now, life is excellent! Let us just hope that I don't gain a billion pounds with all these cravings. haha!

ps... I am not prego (Believe... i know this for a fact lol).... if thats the assumption you're getting. Let us remember what happens when people ASS-U-ME :)

Positivity.

So, lately I've really been trying to be more optimistic about life. And the fact that I have been doing a great job at it could be the fact that well... life is just falling into place... finally!!! I have a job that i'm in LOVE with (which is a new thing for me...), I have a husband that is well, amazing! We are finally moving out of hell (orem) and found a place in paradise (draper, haha). We actually have more than 100 bucks in our bank account, haha! ,<---------that is, of course, we have been doing so well on paying our tithing!

In fact, I know the reasons that all of these great things are happening for us is because we have been paying our tithing! What a great blessing it is to have the gospel in our life!

On another SUNNY note...

The weather has been absolutely AMAAAAAAAZING! :)

SUMMER CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH!!!

Got my hurry did... happy birthday, yo!

Oh yeah another thing.... I get my hair done like... every other second. This is partially because now that i keep it short, it grows a million miles an hour. and the other reason why is... I need change in my life... quite often lol. and when I'm not rearranging my apartment, I'm doing my hair! hahah. So... here are recent pictures of my birthday hair!.. and... just my birthday! =D

Yep. Straight. Red. Love. (like it curly too!)

Duck Hunt?...

Annie sends me flowers EVERY YEAR for my birthday! She's the BEST! :)

I love my friends & family :)

Even the clock-in screen at my work said Happy Birthday! =D

Daniel spoiled me this year... and this obviously shows that he knows me WAY to well! haha

FIRST POST.... AGAIN!

So... for whatever reason my other blog decided to delete itself?... okay. whatever. So... i'm posting my first post, AGAIN! haha.

As i stated in my first blog i'm going to make this our Sleep Family Journal! Now that Daniel and I are actually starting to do this with our lives, I'm going to start keeping everyone updated with our lives! If you don't care about us... then don't follow! haha. We've been married a year and 4 months now! Holy crap, right? We have decided to move ourselves away from good ol' provo and head up north to Draper, UT! Super excited to live in a cute apartment close to work!... oh yea... I got a new job!!! YAY! I'm the catering coordinator at the Cafe Zupas at Jordan Landing! Yes yes... I'm still working part time at BBB (can't let it go yet...). i LOVE my job!... which is a new thing for me lol. and I am super super excited to move! Pictures to come up soon!

ANYWAYS.... That's it for now :) please follow... you'll be changed forever!