be mine.

I have a special place in my heart for senior communities, and assisted living homes.

a lot of those people never have visitors or mail or holiday cheer of any kind... for some reason I was thinking about that last week and got inspired to make valentines for one of those communities. 

(bonus: I had an excuse for a craft project and an excuse to hang out with my sister and mom).

when I called to tell them about my idea, they were on-board too.

 (julianna found this delicious recipe for dinner - I'm going to make them again for the super bowl.)

our project was very successful and made my heart happy. 

mocha frappacino

i like to spend weekends experimenting with more recipes from crunchy betty. 

I can't get enough.  and neither can my skin.

today I did this one

it was invigorating.

and I smelled delicious.

hey, man

remember how we've already been married for

months?

yay, us.

blue plate diner history lesson

diy

there is an ugly secret hiding in our otherwise lovely and newly-renovated house.

the basement "bathroom" <-- I use that term loosely.

we haven't tackled it before now for a few reasons, but we've come to the realization that if we ever want to sell/rent our house, it needs to be done. 

so this project has been stealing all my time:

matt has been installing new lights,

ughhhh... wallpaper should be illegal. 

I put Trent to work too.

we went to Ikea to look at flooring, but our only purchase was Matt's breakfast.

oh, and when I needed a break I went to see Beauty And The Beast 3D with Moo.

stealing all the pretty

last weekend, I had the distinct honor of serving as Ashley's bridesmaid at her awesome Denver wedding.

Ashley is an incredible person and friend, and I have been perfectly delighted with her choice for husband since the day I met him.  Ashley and Aaron are really fun people, but also just good humans who deserve each other and will do great things in their adventure together.  I love them so much.

Ashley is one of those people who walks into any room and steals everyone's attention without saying a word.  So I knew that she would be a beautiful bride.  I even expected that she would be the most beautiful bride ever.  But I didn't realize that she would literally take my breath away. 

People gasped when they saw her because it was that awesome. 

I had such a great weekend in my favorite city with their families, my best friends, and this guy:

nummers

we spent our time together this week eating out a lot. 

Vinto

gave it a 2nd chance after my 1st visit 2 years ago wasn't impressive. 

so glad we did...

so yummy and we especially loved the scoop of gelato we shared with olive oil and sea salt.

Red Iguana (2)

classic SLC deliciousness... never gets old.

Sawadee

good... but too dark for pictures

and now that I'm full, I'm going to get on an airplane and wear this dress for Ashley's wedding.

oops :)