Some old - but fun - photos

So I found some old photos from the summer and since I was a slacker blogger then - I thought they were worthy to post now.  Enjoy!

 Will & his family at a Fourth of July BBQ (I took the photo)

Will at our favorite breakfast joint: Annie's Cafe on Colfax

He hates posing for photos - but I make him do it anyways...Payback Buddy : )

This is before we headed out to Invesco Field - for our BOX SEATS to watch the Broncos!

Do you like my festive Halloween decorations in the background?

Outside the stadium - Sorry it's crooked.

End of summer at a Rockies game. Love the view of the mountains!

Summer was fun but fall has been EVEN BETTER!!  Oh - and I must mention the countdown until we get married is 52 DAYS! I even got our final draft (there's been a few) invites in the mail this afternoon - so we get to start putting those together!  Expect your invites in a few weeks.  : )

WE FOUND OUR PERFECT APARTMENT...

I feel so RELIEVED to have found our perfect apartment.  It actually turns out we're spending way under what we budgeted for housing AND.... we can have a kitty!! We are so excited.  It is only 3 blocks from where I live now, so that will definitely make an easy move.  And MY personal favorite is that we are now one block closer to Chipotle and Blockbuster - where we (meaning I) frequently walk to.

Our new apartment actually puts us in the smaller ward - so we'll see what kind of callings we get.  Both times I visited I think I counted 50 people in the congregation ...maybe.  This will definitely be a growing experience for both Will and I - okay more for me.  But we love the area so much!  Washington Park is so beautiful - definitely a great place to people watch (and for me personally, to dog-watch).

Check out this website to see our new apartment (unfurnished) and the area we will be in (well, actually the area I am currently - but where we BOTH will be soon). 

http://homepage.mac.com/cplockhart/rentals/PhotoAlbum22.html

I personally love the cupboards - so much more kitchen space than what I have now.  And everything is NEW!  Will and I have already started dividing up "this is your space" and "THIS is mine" for closets, bathrooms, etc.  : )  Of course, I get more space because I'm a girl.  I have also had to explain to him that our printer just CAN'T go on the kitchen countertop - when he suggested it go there.  It doesn't belong.  Oh wow - we are going to have fun with this whole moving-in together thing!

Last night we went to this Sushi place nearby that I have driven/walked past probably a thousand times in the past 14 months.  It was so yummy - we both love sushi, but for some reason haven't had it together....EVER.  It was fun!  We walked to the restaurant - and MAN is it getting cold out .  Today was way nice (about 70 degrees!) but the evenings are so frigid.  I even busted out my winter jacket for the walk.  It was definitely a nice change to try a new place.  We will definitely go back.  

On another note - Halloween is in less than a week!! I love Halloween.  I get to dress up at work this year, which is exciting.  Thursday we're having a trick or treat for the kids and an employee costume contest which will be interesting after seeing pictures from last years festivities.  I realize its better to go all-out if you're going to bother dressing up at all.  I went to the Halloween Superstore today - it was SO busy in there, but I found the accessories to go with my Minnie Mouse outfit I put together.  I figure with drawn on whiskers it will be cute, but total for the whole outfit, it didn't cost me too much cash this year.  I'm excited to dress up for sure!

I didn't post any pictures this time around - but check out that website to see the apartment!  I will be sure to take photos of all Halloween festivities happening this week to post them.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE.....

It has been a LONG time since I have posted anything.  Will has been pretty focused on his own blog (willbrawn.blogspot.com) and has kindly left this one up to me.  LOTS has been going on since this summer - and our wedding is quickly approaching!  I believe the count is down to 59 days ... but who's really counting?  We had tons of fun over the summer!  Will and I went to Waterworld for my birthday - Fourth of July was celebrated by jetskiing and a BBQ with his family - We spent a week in Washington in August (well I spent a week and Will spent four days).  While in visiting home Will took advantage of no tax in Oregon and we bought the nifty Canon camera he had been pining after for awhile.  Ever since then he has been shooting pictures non-stop - doing portraits, landscape and actually pretty much anything he finds neat.

I on the other hand have landed an awesome job at Noble Energy - and oil and gas company in downtown Denver (in the World Trade Center).  I work as an assistant/office coordinator.  I now get vacation days and holidays which is a totally new thing for me!  My job is very demanding and busy - but it sure makes my days (and weeks!) fly by.  I can't even begin to say where this summer went, because it was gone before it even started - but Fall has been here for awhile now and so far it is my favorite season here in Denver!  Another perk about my job is that we were able to enjoy BOX SEATS to the BRONCOS game a couple weeks ago.  That was so fun! 

Will and I have gotten out to enjoy the mountains a few times this season and the aspen trees are so beautiful!  I have never seen such yellows and oranges on trees as I have here.  I love it!  This is my second fall season in Colorado - and I definitely was looking forward to it. 

Our wedding plans are going well - I can't believe we're down to 8 weeks.  I am excited I get to go back home in 7.  It is really amazing how fast time is going.  We are now apartment hunting - and it is NOT fun, at all.  It is very frustrating actually.  We've been "ward shopping" and it seems like the ward we want to live in doesn't have the kind of apartments we like - and on the other hand the area we LOVE has the smallest ward we've ever been to.  There's lots of other things to consider too: like pets, utilities, parking, free wi-fi.  We want a cat bad - but the nice apartment don't allow them, of course.  Decisions, decisions.  We've decided we'll just know when its the right place - because it will feel like home.

My goal is to blog more often - so family and friends can "keep tabs" on what we've been upto.  So Enjoy!  : )

Attempting New Adventures...

We are trying something new.  We are attempting to have our own family home evening... that way we are prepared when we have a family.  We are also attempting to attend church together most weeks.  Its hard since I go to the singles ward, and I like my ward very much... and Will goes to his family ward where the people are rather interesting.  Will usually goes to church with me if we attend together, but this week I was nice and woke up super early to attend his "odd" ward.  Will appreciated it, and like the fact that everyone congratulated us on being engaged... since nobody knew because I never go there.  Either way, whatever ward we attend, we enjoy being together at church and being able to share in the gospel together.

Another thing we are trying to do, is have dinner at home more often.  We eat out together quite a bit, actually too much.  I can tell - or Will can tell rather - that my cooking has improved greatly.  No more watery lasagna, I'm finding Will is happiest with a simple meal of meat, bread, and potates.  We are realizing by eating at home, we are spending less money and we spend more quality time together by cooking together... Will is in charge of not burning the bread.  That's why I love him.

Time is quickly passing, as it is already June (the best month of the whole year, since its my birthday).  The weeks are flying, and I know summer will be gone before we know it.  We're gonna try to relish in the season, and spend lots of time outside.   : )

Yay im reading

Just posting a little something new. So of course i read the scriptures. But lately and hoonestly in the past two to three years i havent read a novel or short story. Honestly that is kinda sad. Just recently me and Peggy went and saw the new Narnia movie "Prince Caspian". It was a really good movie and i really had the desire to know what happens next in the world of Narnia. So i picked up the book, actually i have the entire collection bound in one cover. And im happy to say that i read my first book in a long time. Its the first book of the series "The magicians Nephew". Pretty good i must say. It makes me feel like im expanding who i am. Its something i wouldnt normally do and its keeping me away from video games which is good and i feel better when i do read. Hopefully this is something that i can keep up with. 

- Will

Summer is coming....

So Memorial Day weekend was quite enjoyable.  I, myself, enjoyed a long weekend while Will had to work everyday but Monday.  He missed my talk that I gave in sacrament on Sunday.  I preferred he wasn’t there actually, because I was already dreading it - so I guess it worked out, even if I was kinda sad he wasn’t there.  But I got to choose my topic, so that made it better.

 

Monday Will and I hiked Waterton Canyon near Chatfield Reservoir.  It was way flat, only an 80 ft gain...but it was a good walk to break in my new hiking shoes (Will had already broken in his new hiking shoes).  I think if there was any more of a elevation gain my feet would have died.  I have a couple blisters.  It was a good hike though.  We then checked out the new Tiguana from VW at the dealership as we are in the market for a new car/crossover...but I did not like it.  We’re hoping to purchase a “sporty” vehicle as we’re trying to spend more time outdoors.  Hopefully there will be many more (and harder) hikes this summer, as well as just lots of time in the mountains, because I love hiking so much.  I’m trying to rub my love of the outdoors off on Will.  I think its working.

 

It was hard to go back to work this morning.  Oh, I did get my new job bytheway.  I’m now a receptionist/admin assistant for Noble Energy, Inc.  An oil and gas drilling company.  I work on the 22nd floor of the world trade center in downtown denver.  Its very busy, and I enjoy it a lot.  The best part is I only work half days on Fridays.  That way I feel like I get long weekends all the time... perfect timing for Summer.  : )

  So my birthday was almost a week ago... and I must admit that it was probably the best birthday I’ve had in a long time.  Peggy, my future wife, is amazing and totally loves birthdays so she made sure it was special.  I mean, she even got me a cake, with candles!  No one in my family has gotten me a cake in a very long time.

 

    The night of my birthday, Peggy and I went to Pappadeux’s.  Its a seafood/cajun restaurant.  Afterwards we went back to my house and had cake with my mom and sister.  Very good cake by the way, rocky road ice cream cake is way good.  Peggy knows I’m a nerd and that I like video games, so she got me a Nintendo DS with the new Zelda game. Super cool gift.  The following day, my parents took us to the Cheesecake Factory, which was my first time there, and it was pretty good as well. Vivian and Gene Peggy's parents also got me and Peggy tickets for A Chorus Line. It was an awesome musical that i really enjoyed. Something cool about it was that there was one set and one main set piece. Ive never seen anything quite like that before.

 

Overall, great birthday.  My girlfriend is amazing, and I love her lots.  And I love my family lots.