Mail holder/Key hanger!

I just wanted to show off the Mail holder/Key hanger Spence and I made for our cute house! I found this idea on Pinterest, and just changed it up a bit, I'm so happy with how it turned out! We use it alllll the time :) Love it!

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After!!

Mini Golf!

Just had to post a short one about our mini golfing with Taylor and Kenzie! It was so much fun! We went to Trafalga and mini golfed, then road all of the roller coaster chair things inside, and then did the go carts! It was a blast. I don't necessarily love go carts, but Spence thinks there are the best thing ever created, so of course I had to ride them with him :)

Cray.

Also the other night we had a fire with my family, and my niece was being so funny! She comes up to me and  Spencer and says "You two hug each other, and I'll take a picture!" She's 3 years old. She has NO idea how to take a picture! Haha but Spencer gave her his phone and showed her how, and this is what she came up with...

Haha she did so good! We love it and her so much! She brings so much laughter and joy to the family :)

Our cute home!

Oookayyy I feel that it is time to post pictures of our cute home! We love it so much! Spencer is honestly such a great decorator, and has worked so hard. It makes me so happy! He has done all of the shopping, hanging the things on the walls, come up with all the decorative ideas, he's the best! Considering I'm the worst at that kind of stuff, it works perfect for us. Being the wife I know I'm supposed to do all that, but I don't mind letting him take over :) Here it is!!!

Front of our house! Cue Spencer watering the planter :)

Backyard!

Cute kitchen table :)

Other side of kitchen!

Adorable family room

Always fresh cookies on the table :) HA! Yeahhh right.

Cute cute bed spread!

Dresser and tv in bedroom :)

Spare room, where I do make up and hair, and Spencers closet :)

Other side of spare room... i guess we read alot?

Shower curtain I love!

Other side of bathroom!

 And we are working on more things to come! It's so fun to play house and get it all set up together. We love it!!

Monthaversary!

We have had so much fun lately! First, August 9th was our Monthaversary!! And the best month in the world I might add :) Spencer knew I had a long day at work that day, and my parents were out of town that night, so he told me to go to their house straight from work, and take a nap :) so that I did! I fell right asleep and woke up to the best candlelit dinner ever. We love Magelby's fresh, so that's what he got us :) it was sooo good. Spencer is the sweetest and got all varieties of food just cause he didn't know what I was in the mood for :) Also in the middle of the week, he brought me Costa Vida for lunch at work and we had a fun picnic!
Then Saturday morning, my cute bff's and I went and had some girl time and got pedicures! Was much needed and felt so good! You can never have to much girl talk :)

Love them!

Monthaversary dinner, homemade cookies, & picnic lunch!

Today we had so much fun! We decided to not go to either families for dinner, and host one of our own! We invited our fave engaged friends Drew and Jessica over :) I've never really cooked for anyone before besides Spence and my family, so it was a little intimidating. I first made homemade cookies! Each batch tasted different and had their own size and character... not exactly sure that was supposed to happen! Haha they were ok though. I didn't love them but everyone else was nice enough to act like they did :) Then I made sweet and sour chicken on rice, with bread, and vegetables! I think the meal turned out ok :) I had fun making it anyways and having people over!

Spencer is so good at getting everyone to fit in the pic :)

We had such a fun weekend and I have the best husb ever! We have so much fun together and are always laughing. I love him so much. So thankful for all he does to make our marriage perf :)

Kissaversary!!

We had quite the eventful weekend! It was so much fun! First, on Friday night we were both pretty exhausted from work an everything, so we decided to stay in and make homemade pizzas! Mmm :) I will admit, I'm not as great at think whole cooking thing as my mom is, the food just never turns out quite the same! But Spencer always pretends to love it, so I appreciate that :) We had a good relaxing fun night watching movies, eating pizza, and popcorn :) ALSO! My swiffer came!! YAY! I have been waiting for this for so long. Our house (pictures of that to come soon!) is ALL wood floor. Completely, 100% wood floor, and it is driving me crazy not being able to keep it clean all the time! So, I ordered a swiffer :) oh I love it. Just swiff right up any foot prints that come our way! It's the best. So of course I had to have Spencer document the happy moment :)

His pizza has just a few more toppings than mine :)

Saturday was a very eventful day. We first had the Hardman Reunion. You know, one of those reunions you have with EVERYONE in the family. The extended.. extended, family. I'm not all the way sure what these reunions are for. You go, you sit with the close family you know and see all the time, you have a few awkward conversations with people you don't ever see, and you leave. So basically, you just hang out with the people you hang out with all the time! But hey, I'm always up for some family time!

My brother thinks he's quite the entertainer!

After the reunion we headed straight up to Heber to be in the parade! Woo! I've been in parades my whole entire life, always dancing though. This was so nice to sit in the back of a truck and just throw candy out to people :) Spencer parents are Realtor's, and they had the COOLEST trailer made for their business. It's "The Cottle Team" trailer. It also works very well as a driving billboard! Such a smart idea! After the parade Spence and I went to the rodeo. More like we.. snuck in, to the rodeo. We were an hour late and thought it was almost over so we didn't want to pay for tickets! But nope. Snuck right in, 2 hours later, rodeo was over! We felt guilty, but saved some money at least :)

Love the trailer :)

Also, Saturday was kinda a big deal for Spencer and I. It was our one year mark from our first kiss! I call it our "Kissaversary" :) Woo! So obviously we had to go re-create it. Last year, on that exact day, we went to the Heber rodeo, then to the Heber fair, got on the ferris wheel, and kissed, right on the very top! So this year, we went to the Heber rodeo, went to the Heber fair, and kissed right on the very top! Again! It was the best first kiss I ever had and I'm so happy I still get to kiss that cute guy every single day :)

Captured the moment :)

We stayed up in Heber that night and went to church with the fam the next day. There's a new babe in the family so of course we all fight over holding her during sacrament meeting :) This picture cracks me up. Love his moms face in the background.

haha such a great pic.

And then it was back to work on Monday! We had such a fantastic weekend and were so sad to get back to reality. I love my Spencer so much and am so grateful for all he does for me! Married life could not be any better!

We love the temple!

Just a short post today. Spencer and I went on a date night last nigh to the Temple. That is just the best place. Love it so much. We had way cool experiences inside! It's really such an amazing bonding time for Husband and Wife.

Also, my cousin got married this week! Yay for him! I was lucky enough to be able to attend the ceremony. (Spencer had to work :( ) but I got to spend some time with my sweet niece. Can never have too much of that! She's adorable. She told me at the ceremony that she knows her lefts and rights, and then she proved it! I don't know what a good age is to learn that, but she's 3 years old, and I have some friends my age that still aren't sure which is left and which is right, so I'd say she's pretty smart :) love her!