Birth Week Continues!

Birthday celebrations continue! Tuesday night, we went to Cafe Rio, saw "Phantom," and opened presents with Landon's family and grandparents, which was so fun! Tuesday morning, Landon made me a delicious breakfast and that night he took me to Tucanos-one word YUM! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND! I ate everything-including the chicken heart. PS-Pretty sure Landon forgot to smile in this picture lol

We partied at Andrea's after and ate cake!

Yea for birthdays! (I'm four hours older than her, just so you know) I should also mention that thanks to my totally tall sandals, I am taller than Andrea in this picture! This has never happened before!


The Ovard Clan


Landon is such a spoiler. He got me all these clothes and shoes and these flowers and a way cute bag. How many husbands would dare get their wives clothes? But basically they're totally cute and fit perfectly. He ROX! Basically, it was a blast. Lindsay was sweet and brought cookies over-YUM! And my friend Brooke brought chocolate to class for my birthday. It was like elementary school; it was so cute! My parents sent presents up with the Ovards-another season of Gilmore girls and way cute clothes! HOORAY FOR BEING 21!

Birthday...No Birth Week Celebrations

Andrea and I have the same birthday! And we have been celebrating it together since we were in kindergarten. We have been apart for the past two years, but she finally moved back close! So! We spent Saturday redeeming free birthday coupons we got! Which included a free burger at Red Robin!

And we got free Cold Stone! YUM!!! We got all the coupons on http://freebies4mom.blogspot.com/ btw-cause I know you're dying to get some of this free-ness for yourself.

And a half off coupon at Orange Julius! We decided their smoothies taste AMAZING-maybe even better than Jamba Juice!

And we spent most the time in between giggling, window shopping, watching Gilmore girls, and trying to decide important things like-who should Lorelai be with? LUKE OF COURSE! :)

And we tried to redeem our free Schlotzky's deli coupon, but they apparently don't have them in Utah, so we went to my place and made dinner.

This stuff was good! It was spaghetti, butter, chicken, and a billion seasonings. TASTY! It was a party from about 10AM-8PM-yeah, amazing!

St. Patrick's Day Celebrations

St. Patrick's Day pancakes! The green kind of grossed me out, so I chose not to eat any! lol-but Landon liked them. He later confessed he couldn't really tell they were green since he's color blind (which is probably why he didn't think they looked gross)! But it's the thought that counts, right? :)

Green cupcakes!

The Life and Times

This weekend was so much fun! Friday night, we played games and ate WAY TOO MANY Doritos with the Williams'. They are so great-even though we found out Megan graduated from college the same year I graduated from high school-classic. Anyway, on Saturday, Landon reorganized the back room (again). Landon gets into these crazy organizational moods, and I LOVE IT! He spent several hours cleaning it, and it looks amazing! Saturday night we watched "Under the Tuscan Sun" which was beautiful (and edited on TV, so I don't know if it's actually scandalous), and we stayed up until 1AM watching it. Landon had Stake Priesthood Meeting at 7AM, so he was a tad tired, but it was so worth it. I think that, of course,but I got to sleep in. Haha

I made cinnamon rolls! This is a big deal for me, so we had to take a picture. I was STUNNED that I thought they actually tasted good. And it wasn't too hard, so I'll actually make them again! Landon seemed excited about the idea. :)

My cousin Bryan came home from his mission (a few months ago), and Landon hadn't met him yet! SO, this Sunday they finally met. We had brownies and ice cream at Scott and Rachel's house and had a blast.

My bro Scott , sister-in-law Rachel , and cousin Jeff. Scott loves it when I take pictures. :)

Coming to a Theater Near You

Landon cracks me up. Last night we were discussing who we would have play us in a movie of our life. (Yes, deep, I know.) I chose Alexis Bledel. Landon chose, "a young Charlton Heston." I died laughing. But the more I think about it, it's so Landon!!! Their hair color is the same (this picture doesn't show it well), they both have blue eyes, and he's a mountain man, which is basically Landon's dream in life, so there you have it! Alexis and Charlton, a match made in heaven! :)

I Laughed and I Laughed and I Laughed

The first video is hilarious, and the second one is even better! Blogger won't let me embed it, but watch and laugh for hours! Landon and I keep listening to it. He has it on his phone now, and we play it before we go to bed, which is bad, because we just stay up and laugh and laugh and laugh, but it never gets old!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!

It's my dad's birthday! He's the best dad...ever, so this post is for him. Dad taught me so many things. He taught me to make time for the important things. He has a very demanding job and church calling, but he was always at my games, recitals, events, etc. It meant so much to me. When dad would drive us to the bus stop or to school, he would always say, "Isn't it going to be a great day? It's going to be such a great day!" I love his optimism. Everyday when dad came home from work, he would always have a smile on his face. I'm sure he had hard days, but he never showed it. He never raised his voice or got angry. My friends would always tell me I had the perfect dad. It's true! He showed me what I should be looking for when I was dating. He opened every door for my mom and for us girls. He is a serious genius at math-seriously, and I hate math. Dad would help me for hours with it. I would whine, but he stuck with me. He told me I could do anything if I worked for it. He taught me the difference between needs and wants. He taught me that the Courtyard Hotel and Towne Place Suites were both by Marriott but catered to different markets. I was fascinated and have loved marketing ever since. :) You taught me to pray. I think every time I walked to your room, I would see you on your knees. Thanks, dad...for everything. I LOVE YOU!!!!