girls will be girls

there's a group of us girls that all grew up in the same neighborhood, been friends forever. one of us (ravey baby) is going on a mission november 9th to washington state so we decided a girls only trip was in order to send her off properly. we all hopped in this giant, awesome sauce, white van and headed down to st george for the weekend.

this was just soooo kassidy, we had to snap a pic and make this our trip theme.

so much whoopie cake, a personal fav. we just went at it with forks, no plates allowed. oh and baby maddie, how cute is she holding her mama's legs?

our dance party pictured below. people were on the ground, using the broom to limbo, really everyone's best work. insanity. a trip highlight for me.

of course we hit up nielson's custard.

what a trip! we sure will miss our pal raven over the next 1.5 years. Our friend get togethers will not be the same without her but she's going to rock it as a missionary! for those who couldn't come on the trip, you know who you are, you were sorely missed!  

celebration station

i made a happy anniversary banner, you know, to celebrate our love. naturally, i made adam take a thousand pictures by it before we left on our anniversary date. little did he know that the self timer was taking 10 pictures at a time. it made for some interesting shots. 

after our photo shoot we headed out, weathering the awful storm, which was reminiscent of our wedding day. we ate dinner at sundance and then hit up the park city outlets for a little shopping. it was magical. great way to celebrate 4 years together. 

 if you're sick of all the pictures of just adam and i, i'm truly sorry. that's what you get since we don't have babies yet. 

4

today is the four year anniversary of when my bff adam and i got hitched.

 this is right after we became mr and mrs clark. just happy as a clam.

the jokes alone have been worth the trip. love you husband. cheers to the next four years, and every year after that.

bathroom: before and afters

i know, i know, this bathtub screams disgusting! don't judge us though, we had vision for the place when we bought it. i scrubbed this tub till my arms almost fell off, happy to say it's now pearly white and mold free!

there was tile all around the walls which we tore down. 

yucky old vanity

if you're wondering why half the tiles are black and half are tan, it's because the owners before us had put black tape over all the tan tiles. why???? who knows, it's a mystery to us. that was the first thing to go.

and after....

a few of the touches. new oval shaped mirror replaced the outdated medicine cabinet. we updated the light fixture and sink hardware.

painted the vanity, updated the knobs and added beadboard where the tile used to be. 

we also painted the yucky red walls a cool gray which we love combined with the crisp white.

and that's it! what used to be a nightmare is now a place where we feel we can get our "business" done in peace.

make like a tree and leaf

yesterday we took our jeep out for one last hoorah before we put the top back on. we drove around squaw peak and south fork. the leaves are in full fall colors. GORGEOUS! the trees were so beautiful, i didn't want to leaf. wa wa. what a place to live eh?



california take two

we headed down to california again last weekend for jimmy and jamie's wedding. it was a quick trip but worth every bit of the long drive down! we all rented a beach house in huntington for the weekend and had waaaay too much fun for our own good!

we pretty much ate ourselves into a coma, played ultimate frisbee and cracked tons of jokes in between all the wedding events. oh and incase you haven't seen pictures or heard from others yet, the wedding was perfection!

as the buddies would say, "the jokes were ON". for a more thorough trip breakdown, check out emily's post.

crosby beach trip

we had such a blast at the beach with my family this year, as we do every year. adam and i got to stay down there for about 10 days, it was heaven. we also got to see chris and kimmy (who live in new york) and katie (who lives in san clemente).

we ate shrimp tacos at our favorite place, rode our beach cruisers to the wedge, hit up all the surf shops in town, played bocci ball and frisbeeon the sand, ran on the boardwalk, and pretty much just loved every second of it.

BIG thanks to mama debbie and papa greg for the trip and to grandma and grandpa alexander and crosby for lending their homes. we love you all!

i'm always a little depressed after getting home from the beach and this time is no different. the only thing giving me hope as fall weather quickly approaches is that we are headed back to sunny southern california next week for a wedding, hip hip hooray!