our weekend in Zions

We visited my parents for the weekend and spent our Saturday at Zions National Park. The scenery was beautiful and the weather was like heaven! We had such a fun day full of hiking, eating,and laughing. Eric did not miss out on the chance to be ornery with pictures, partner with  my dad to tease my mom and I relentlessly, and to wear the same colored outfit. He knows I just love it when he basically wears the same color from head to toe... Men :) In my opinion, this was a perfect way to spend our Saturday!

change of plans...

I was going to copy Ashley and write up a post of texts between Eric and me, but this is the first one I read:

Eric: Hi there sugar plum bum, I frickin love you.
Me: Prove it and go get me a pizza :)

.... And then I changed my mind. Haha!

(side note: 'frickin' is not to be confused with 'freakin'... there is more of an emphasis, more force with the word to make it more passionate. Haha! At least Eric thinks so :) Oh and you'll never ever hear the words sugar plum bum come out of his mouth. Ever.)

Instead, I just want to give a little shout out to my man. I am so lucky he's mine! Sometimes it is so easy, too easy, to pick at our relationship and point out what's wrong. Or that I expect more out of him. Or to tell him what I want, want, want.

Then I take a step back and realize how ridiculous and selfish I am. Eric is good at everything he does. He's almost always right. Almost. And he always has my best intentions in mind. He puts me first, and I'm not sure I deserve it. But I am grateful.

Eric loves me in the best way possible, he loves me his way. He is perfect for me. I love that man with my whole heart!
 

cornbelly's... another reason we need kids :)

I'm finally getting into the fall/Halloween spirit :) Saturday evening we had the best time at Cornbelly's. That place was like heaven for little kids! We had such a great time with our friends and their adorable little ones! 

Some highlights of our night:
Corn maze! The hidden clues were fun but I think we ended up cheating to finish. But only a little... ha!
Lovin' on the little ones.
Pig races, need I say more?
Lovin' on Eric ;)
Watching our husbands race with bouncy air horses.. haha we all may have peed our pants a little from laughing so hard!
Finding funky shaped pumpkins.
The yummiest dinner at Olive Garden.
Hanging out with amazing friends!

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to make it through the miserable winter if we have more good times like these :)

polygamy is not for us...

 So Eric and I have been watching Sister Wives on netflix the past couple days. I know, we're crazy, but it's so fascinating to watch this show and see how these people live. The idea of Polygamy just blows my mind... I'm definitely too jealous for that! I thought all man kind in general were too jealous for that, but whatevs :)

Anyway, while watching the show I told Eric:

me: Eric, I only want you. And you better only want me.
eric: Don't worry babe! You've got enough personalities that I couldn't possibly handle another wife.
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Well then... that's reassuring.

Luckily for him... he's cute.  And I know he loves me :)

P.S. Just in case there's some confusion... Fundamentalist Mormons and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormons) are most definitely not the same religion :)

I thought I was going to die...

...but I survived my first race! I ran my 10k (6.2 miles) in 57 minutes and placed 5th in my age group. Seriously, that is better than I was hoping for! My goal was to make it in under an hour, even if it was 59 minutes and 59 seconds :) I'm so happy with how I finished!
Side note: Eric decided the night before that he wanted to sign up for the race (mainly to get the shirt ha) and he hasn't been running in months. I love that crazy man :)
It was so great having awesome friends to run with and even better to have an amazing group to hangout with after the race! We are so so blessed in the friend department :)

That's me crossing the finish line :)

If it looks like I'm dying here... it's because I felt like I was going to ;)

They had rootbeer (Utah+Oktoberfest= no beer. Just rootbeer!) which did not hit the spot for me at all! But we did win matchy socks! :)

It was a perfect day to finish my first race! Next on the racing agenda?? A 5k :)

P.S. Running hurts! I still don't know why people love it....