Happy Birthday, dear Kari!!

Kari's birthday was October 8th. I'm at home all day, so what else do I have to do but make a cake and decorate the apartment?! hehe...yes I had a ton of fun doing it! He had school all day. Total bummer on your birthday, right?! So I wanted to make sure he had a fun night when he got home!

He had fun with his balloons :)

Was he spoiled much?! Nahh... :)

Happy Birthday to you!

Make a wish!

We went to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner. They gave him an ice cream sundae with a candle! :)

It was a very fun day! Happy Birthday, my cute hubby! I love you!

September

Ok, so it's been a long time! And we've done soooo much! I'm slacking! Ok, so we obviously left off at the USC game, which was so much fun :) We have another one this Saturday I'm super excited for! Fight on!
I was frustrated with my hair, and not having my mom around to highlight it for me was pretty depressing! So one day, I woke up and decided I was going to try it by myself! I'm crazy, I know..

Pretty good, huh?! I was pretty proud of myself :) Kari dyed the underneath part, too. He amazes me more and more everyday with his awesome skills.

Angela and two of her kids came down to visit us for a little bit. We had so much fun with them! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures yet. I'll have to post them later. We went to Santa Monica Pier and froze our bums off! It was so cold, but the cute little guys got in the water anyways! What troopers. We got in the pool at home, so we did get some warmer swimming in there. We went to Huntington Gardens, which was so cool! It was so beautiful and so interesting. Kari and I got annual passes, so we'll be revisiting that place a lot. We took them down to Newport Beach, which was warmer than Santa Monica, but it was later in the day, so it was still a bit chilly. We miss them so much! We had too much fun with them :)
I turned 21!! Ya, I'm pretty cool! haha I was totally spoiled! I thought it was going to be a pretty depressing day without all my family, and Kari had to go to school all day, so my expectations were pretty low. But my awesome husband woke me up with breakfast in bed before he left, starting my day off pretty fabulous! My friend, Heather, came over to lay out with me at the pool for a few hours. Who gets to do that?! Just lay out at the pool for however long they want on their birthday :) Then Kari came home and we opened up presents. My favorite part...

My gorgeous flowers :) Awe, cute hubby

Kari's parents got me a USC hoodie and a USC hat :)

My parents got me a really pretty bracelet, a year's supply of contacts (go mom!! ) and my mom put together a scrapbook of all the fun times I've had over my 21 years! Yes, I realize that's a lot of pictures of my face all in one! You should feel honored.

Kari got me a really cool collection of all the awesome girly books that I asked for back when we first got married! They all have their own bookmarks, too! Love them :)

Ok, so I was a little excited!!

But can you blame me?! Look how cute they are! I have wanted these shoes for like 3 years!!

So ya, I was way spoiled. He took me out to Olive Garden to eat, too. He did good, didn't he?! :)

 I went home to visit family in Utah at the end of September. I ran errands with my mom a lot, which is actually one of my favorite things to do! Went out to dinner with family, hung out with my brother, Dylan a lot :) and hung out with my awesome sister-in-law Angela! It was a little weird to be back home (Utah) again, especially without my husband, but it was so nice. I was a little depressed when I came home (California), but seeing my husband again made it better. :) Well that was about it for September! Good month :)

USC vs Virginia

We went to the USC game on Saturday! It was a blast :) I've missed football so much! I still miss my Utes...but the Trojans didn't disappoint! They won 17 to 14. We were a little concerned about getting stuck for hours in traffic, so we left with 5 minutes left. I'm hoping we can take the train down next time so we don't have to worry about it! Here are some pics-again, camera phone = crappy pictures. I know, and I'm sorry!

The student section was CRAZY!!

It was cold, too!! I felt like we were in Utah. It was a lot of fun, though! I'm glad we got season tickets! Can't wait til the next game :)

Six flags! Early birthday present! Projects! Oh my!

Our friends, Kyra and Tyler, came down this weekend to play with us! We hit up the beach and Santa Monica pier on Friday. It was a little chilly, but we did get a show by a man in a speedo that thought he was a beach model! Saturday we went to Six Flags! It was a BLAST!! I was so proud of Kari! He went on the huge roller coaster!! I didn't say he enjoyed it, but he went! So much fun! All the pictures are from the camera phone, but you'll get the idea!

Escaping the heat for a minute! It was so hot!

So excited for rides!!

On the train roller coaster. Kari actually liked this one!

"AHHHHHH!!!"

I'm surprised I didn't drop my phone!

Go me :)

We had to walk up this HUGE hill to get to the ride called the Ninja! (We found out later there was a freaking tram that could have taken us up! Grr...) So Kyra was getting help :)

Tyler decided it was his turn

Getting ready to ride the Ninja! Now, we had looked at this ride on the map and it said it was pretty mild. From what we could see of the ride, it looked pretty smooth. Come to find out, it was crazy fun!! Whipping back and forth and sideways and upways and downways! It was great! But it helped because it couldn't psyche Kari out too much, so I think he actually enjoyed it ;)

This was Kari's face most of the day haha

Just kiddin!!

So then we went up the 30 story tower. This is the view going up the elevator.

We were SOOO high up! It scared the crap out of me! I can handle crazy roller coasters, but not being up this high in a thing that's swaying!! Kari loved it...of course!

Kyra saw a puddy tat!

Ya gotta go on the merry go round! :)

Ride that horse, Kari!

Kyra's not too happy about the ugly horse she got haha

So ya! Six flags was a blast! We were exhausted by the end of the day, but it was well worth it! We had so much fun with these two! Can't wait til next time!

Labor day was a good day :) I've been vacuuming the apartment since we moved in with a $15 vacuum...that doesn't suck...which totally sucks. So I've complained and complained to Kari about it. My good husband decided it was time to get me an early birthday present!!

My new baby :) Oh, how I love Hoover!! (It's funny how I'm so happy over a VACUUM! I always thought my mom was crazy! I totally get it now :) I'm going to vacuum all the time!)

Ok, so this is NASTY!! But I had to show that I knew we needed a better vacuum!! I'm not just high maintenance!

This is Kari's early birthday present. The LA Times! It's so cute! He opens up our door every morning and sits down with his paper. I love my cute old man :)

Project time!

Kari's desk

So I forgot to take a before picture :( but it was just a light brown. So picture it in your mind...and now...

Tah da!! Cute, huh?! I love how it turned out! I really like the white handles. I was thinking about doing the drawers that color, but decided I liked this contrast better.

And of course I distressed it. I just love the look too much to not do it to everything I own!

We also painted our shadow boxes to match the dressers in our room.

Fun, huh?!

I just love how they turned out.

So that's it for now! Unfortunately, there's not really anything else to paint :( I am looking for some kind of end table or something for the living room, so when I find it and paint it, I'll post it!

We're just having a blast down here in Cali! We miss our family, but we're so excited for everyone to come down and visit! We really are living the life :)